PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 193, 9 May 1908, Page 13

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

(FBOM OUR EFECIAn COnnESFONDENM A PALMERSTON. On Thursday night Detective Quirke arrested a man named Edward Myers in tho Commercial Hotol. Ho was brought beforo the Court yesterday morning and charged with being a rogue and a vagabond. A remand was asked for by Sergeant Stagpool to onablo tho police to tako accused's finger print. The remand was granted and accused was given bail, himself £100, and two sureties of £50 each. , A horticultural society is to be formed in Palmerston. A sum of £500 has been raised to date in aid of tho proposed new Technical School. A valuable site has been purchased, and it is expected that two or three months will see the foundation stone laid.

CAItTERTON.

Mr. T. P. Firman of Carterton, is at,present' laid up in a private hospital in Welling-ton,-writes our Wairarapa_ correspondent, as a result of a strain, sustained when lifting, which intensified an old ailment and necessitated an operation. The operation has been successfully performed, and Mr. Firman expects to leave the institution in about a fortnight's time. .

LEYIN,

Levin was. visited by a bail and thunderstorm ,< yesterday morning, but since the weather has cleared iip considerably. Mr. W. H. Field, M.P., has received a communication from the Ministerial head of the Telegraph Department, stating that an- ' other telephone wire is to be put up be- ; twoeri Wellington and Levin, which will bo for tho use of telephone subscribers.

OTAK.I

At the local Magistrate's Court on Tnesday afternoon a_ numbor of< parents > woro fined 25., each without costs, for failing to< sond their children to school. All sorts of excuses, wcro offered, but, nevertheless, flues were inflicted in all cases. A child, of Mr. .Reg. Wright fell into a: bath.of hot water on Wednesday, and was so severely scalded that medical assistance was sought. , _ : .The township, after the langi, is again normal, and only a . few visiting Maoris remain.

SHANNON. '.A

Woodville telegraphed on Thursday that the river had risen 2ft., and on Thursday afternoon tho mail coach could not cross the fbny on account of tho . swollen state of tho river. There was a heavy thunderstorm with pelting: hail on Friday 1 _ morning, but tho flood had 'subsided sufficiently to allow the ferry punt to bo worked.

FEATHERSTON.

COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING. Tho ordinary monthly meeting of. tho Featherston- County, Council' was held in Martinborough yesterday, _ Councillor A; Matthews being in the chair. The treasurer reported receipts during the month, £17 >2s. ; and . accounts amounting to £1371' 'ss:. wore passed for payment, A re-: port from tho i ranger showed that 35 cattle and i seven horses .were impounded during' April.''A'case of typhoid, fever was notified in Martinborough. G:'. Hv Grimmer was granted a renewal of a l ' slaughterhouse ■ license. -'A', 'resolution, defining the requirements in ' connection;- with White llock Road, was carried. A letter from tho Wairarapa South. Co.unty Council, in ' reference to boundaries, was held over till next meeting •for consideration. "With referenceto an apSlicatibn'for thirds to bo expended, it was ecided to write to Mr. TJdy with respect to where ..they-should fbb spent,-and if lie had sold'.his'ihtbrest'in: the land to get. the;new: owner to sfcvto whoro they should be spent. : ... Pouncillors ; Benton and Conßidino were authorised to complete the memorial declaration, in connection with the Hautotara Bridge approach._ . . .Tho action of tho Chairman, in instructing tho overseer. to put six teams on the district road for' patching purposes, 'was endorsed.. It waa ..decided to procuro soine timber for. storage in Featherston, and to expend £40 on repairing the Rimutaka Road. Tho patching' oh the district road is tcj bo widened. Tho Works' Committee and Councillor Evans aro to meet the district road : contractor'on Tuesday, in regard to gravel. Application is to be made for two grants, viz., £400 and £100.