PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 403, 12 January 1909, Page 9

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

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~ FEATHEPSTON * r ■1" The ;Feai&er^oh* 3 Miry .oui: £1675-;8s. 3d; for tho-.four ;!weekp' to ber .29,... The. supply at' present i&.360-gallons . more per -day corresponding period last year. " The average ' test for: tile year' was 3.71, and , the grade of- tho- last three .shipments of cheese. was 91. ... _. Mr.' Carpenter inet-'with a p'ainfiii > acci--dent on Sunday. -He was motoring along the Greytown'road, and, having trouble with the back wheel, was watching it, -when •' the mafthine: Sweired.. ; Mr...Carpenter, straightened U P •?H ddenl ?j and .the cycle skidded and, threw, liim. to tho. ground. He- was picked up very much the . worse., for the. fall—the • small hone of ilio left ahklo-was broken—and conveyed to his. home at Camp Corner, where. ; medicar attention'was soon'available. ''■ - Mr. T. witlua-handicap' of obtained, the possible.. (88) .'at,the '.'.shoot "of the local tilfc chb, held; oil Saturday; Messrs;. M. Wakely (84). and S, Azale (82) were next in order. ■ . .■ . SHANNON. i % ig ', : P res 'dent of the New Zealand lUaxmillers': Association,' went to. "Wellington on Monday, to attend a meeting of the Advisory Board of-the ; Employers' Federation... t' : :v : . The engineer of the county council estimates tho cost of tho proposed' road from •Buckley to Kereru at' £3095.105. ■" .:', .. Miranui Cricket Club' continued, their two-innings match with Mamikau at Manukau on Saturday. Miranui scored 62 and 51 runs, ,as against .Manukau's 32 for one innings. ' 1 ■ .. -, At a meeting of tho Public Library Committee in the Druids' Hall on Friday, night, •ii i' sscretary. and treasurer, sub-balance-sheet. The library is at present t just "paying its. way, and the comnntteo have to depend on the Government g J an f I2a pr ? vidll, 6. new books. .There are about 650 volumes: in the' library, Which (as ;far as tho quantity and: quality of ' its literature is.; concerned) .compares favourably with thatr of ..any:, country town. .Judging bv'the number of regular subscribers, Shannon, either no time or little taste for , reading.-, . The -, resignation of- Miss vxingell, the librarian, ; was received, with £®® r p]' ac g 'Miss: Gardner was appointed in V'.'..~~~ —i' ——-r-. 1 . , ; 1 FEILDING. Tho Oroua County Council has decided to mate Wednesday the half holiday. .'Excavations have, been completed for the municipal "baths off Street,, and the concrete bed is now being put in ivith dispatch; • , .; Councillor Reid' was appointed to represent ■the Oroua County Council on. the i'eildintf' Technical School Committee. ' Adjutant Dawkins and Captain • Charter were farewelled by the Feilding corps of the Salvation Army at special services on Sunday prior to their departure for their new/sphere of work. -■ _ Dr. Wallis, Bishop of Wellington, will conduct confirmation service in St. John's Church, Feilding, on March B.' _ At Buunj'tllorps, winds, rain,. and mud have been the feature of tho new year as far as it has gone. Damage to'orchards has been considerable, and a poor fruit-harvest has been left. The recent _contest, Burns v. Johnson, is evidently, having' an ; influence up Bunnvthorpe way. An interesting boxing match took place there a day or two ago, between two . young amateurs. Everything - was in oruer. seconds, timekeeper, and referee—and number of rounds wero ticked olf. iiut the match appeared so equally divided tnat there.'was no decisive', victory. Tliev were fellow-workmen, and it was simply a xr ° sliil! without ill-feeling. Harvest operations .are commencing: about Bunnythorpe. . Haymaking, however, is not nearly finished—m fact, manv crops are yet uncut; as the farmers are waiting for more settled weather. Pasture is plentiful."!