PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 201, 19 May 1908, Page 5

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

•••. (from OCR SPECIAL connnsroNDENis.) i . ... PALIIEKSTOX. A party of sportsmen returning from the Main, Trunk lino report having bagged a fow pheasants, but'consider the season too early for- pigeons.' The work of erecting the Gorge Bridge is progressing satisfactorily. . An indication of the output of building timber at Marton Junction can be gained from the fact that last month the 1 local' yard serit out over .-G9OO worth. The supply is received from tho Main Trunk line. It is evident that Marton Junction is preparing for, the advent of passengers oil the Main Trunk Lino. Enlargement's are being carried out to the station buildings, several side lines are being laid, workmen's cottages a're being erected, and a large boarding house,' containing 27 rooms, is in course of; i construction.' ! Subdivisions are being Marton Extension. The station atvr,the>present time .presents' a scone of activity. ' ■< ......

CARTERTON. \ Saturday's match at Masterton was disastrous, to the:, chances of Carterton footballers' inclusion in the representative, team, .to.;, play the . English team, only ttoo players surviving , the ordeal. 0 However, . the two picked are worthy representatives —H. M'Kenzie and C. Groubo —and Carterton looks to tbem to uphold the honour of tho town.- . \ . ~,The manager of the Carrington, Station is'using a. steam- log hauler for stump extracting. Hp. finds the cost reduced 50 per cent., about : three acres a day /'being the minimum-amount of clearing effected sby this new.method. ; No local football matches were played on Saturday..' ■ owing" "to the Bush-Wairarapa match, played in Masterton. . OrREYTOWK. ■ The formal opening'of. the Greytowii Golf Club's now links at Riverside took place last Saturday. 'Mr. Loasby,. one of the, vicooresidents, made the inaugural address, and Mr. J.' Cotter, president, roplied, and, then made the " opening hit" . with a club, presented to him by .thfS members of the committee./ Mixed' foursomes were' mostly' indulged'in, and greatly enjoyed. Afternoon tea was suppliod by the ladies. . :'•& scratch team of the Greytown Ladies' Hockey Club was beaten by the Cartertpn High' School on' the local reserve last Saturday by .1 goal to nil. After the match tho visitors wero. entertained at' afternoon tea in; the 'Foresters'; Hall by the"local team;: levin.' : > ;Tho annual report -. of the.': Horowhenua Horticultural, and lndtistrial Society, to be presented .the annual meiSingi on May 27,' states that the spring show,'of. 1907 was the rfecord show> for tici Society in most respects, the entries totalling no fewer; than 836; as against 783 in autumn, .1906, the previous highest entry. Considering- tho severity of the! drought,,'the, ontry.at' the autumn show was '..'highly, .-' satisfactory.'. -'.The'- Sots ioty,S'':mpm6ersfiip'f.hasl.in,croaaid from 133 ]'ast year to credit' . balanco of 19s. .10d.,, ahd, : closed .'with onfev 6fj.£13...168 > ., -with 'several' small 'amounts still'to' cpllect.. ,v ,- WOODVILLE. . ■'Mr.' Mun'ro;-,stock .inspector, has ;'.,beon elected • •lieutenant to tho. .local . rifle .company/ iii; place, of Lieutenant Crbnin,, resigned. ''. ■ t '\ : ' ;'. • Tlio funeral-.of Mrs. Luscombe' took place on;. Sunday. ..Deceased, was a'ivory old settier here, and iriado, many' friends: in,the district.. For. somb [time .past ,it was, seen, that she was failing .'iii, health, and 6ri. Friday last she passed away while'asleep. She was aged 83.'- ;• ■> •>

; ; • OTAKL , ' . The senior football match for the. championship between Hui Mai 1 and Kia Toas was the toughest ;yo't Splayed 'this season, the latter winning by a potted goal.by Henarc to. .nil. Tho play, was hard, and "fast, - but lacked judgment'. : Thcf'Otaki juniors defeated Shannon, and Waikanao defeated Levin. \ v i It isjprobablo, tfiat the Rev. 11. ,-T. Stealey, Ariglican -Minister, ■ will take up duties as principal of.thp.Clarevillo Maori College from July. 1, and riot' 1 August 1, as' it first intimated. , ,v :j- ■ ■ '' 'a ' ' '• >A Maori woman named Hopihene .died Vat- on Saturday afternoon., 'A- tangi will be held. ' a , •'., A. collection _will. bo .taken up at itlio local ;Ariglican 'Church ,at . an early date to help towards the equipment of' the "-Hadfield hos l tol-,;riow -being: ejected at .Wellington. ..., ,-ii jheAnglicans.are promoting, a concert,'to bp,;hold next month, for. the purpose of-, rais-ing-funds for tho station church. SHANNON: ' ''■ ' ". v. One of Mr.iG. Seifert's flaxmills'at Tokomaru has closed down., ;-Mr.. O'Connor's flaxmill at .Makerua has stopped stripping, and is scutching up, preparatory to closing down. <■ ; ; 'The'-Seifert Flax-dressing Company's mill it';Muranui is likely, weather permitting, to run throughout tho winter. , . ' '

."Shannon juniors were defeated at foot-' ball last Saturday by tho Kia Toa juniors, by 9 points to -nil.- , . 'Mi 5 . Cochrario, a local resident, is expecting his mother .to come out from.AVest Kilbride,. Scotland, in a month or two. The old la'dy is 75 ycars'of age. • ■ ;; Last week,, at ; a meeting of the suppliers of' the butter, factory,-it was decided not. to take over' the 'concern, and a three ■ years' agreement -was; drawn'up, by which tho propriotbrs will continue to work the factory till; October, 1911. , -. ... ■

; Mr.';Piggptt, the .ferryman,'.has taken out a - summons against -.a .resident -for trespass, i'nMth'at he"; crossed the;.incompleted/'bridge;' instead -of ' making'- use of the ■ ferry.. , Tho position-is rather-peculiar, as it is'contended that/ the : ;bridge, .in its ,-pres'ent condition,; is thp.-proporty'of the,contractor, who ,can' allow passengers; to' use 1 itT "On the .'other hand, it is"' ; ' : ar'guod. - that the belongs ;to ' tho' Horowhenua, .County ; Council; , in whose ;emiPiggott.is.-;, / ;

FEATHERSTON. , ■ •" ..The death; occurred.- on Sunday morning of Miss Unwiri/ at the ago" of 69 years.' Deckssed. a.'nativ.o - of, England, : and. had spfcnt most of'her life in New Zealand. ; "• ' The' Upper. Hutt ..and Featherston. Rifle Clubs fired: a;-match here, on Saturday; .the visitors : proving : victorious. /' • ; ■ Saturday; afternoon last) tho.Wairarapa Hunt Club: held,; an enjoyable run; over the' • properties; of Messrs. J. Shaw and C. B: Pharazyn. -i : ■ ■ , V