PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 428, 10 February 1909, Page 9

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

(Fi'QM OUS SFECIUi COKRESP INDENTS.) PALMEItSTOIi. At a sitting of the District Court to-day, in Bankruptcy, the implication of Geo. Johnston Webster for his discharge) was adjourned smo dio, mitli loave to leapplv when certain requirements iimo been complied with. John and Mar} Hughej, Robert Cheeseman, and W. Amp vtoio each granted their dischargo. In the case of the District Ofhcial Assignee, m the estate of Jas Wilkie v Elizabeth Wilkie, ft summons to show caiiso why defendant should not hand o\er propeitv varied at £45 and £234 paid by bankrupt to his wife within a year of his filing, flip Court disthp application, on defendant agreeing to hand over a ililncr safe and a motor engine. Councillor O'Loughlin stated at the meeting of the Kairanga County Council jesterday tha.t the noxiqns weed knov\n as pennyroyal was becoming altogether too plentiful in some of tho accommodation paddocks, and steps should bo taken to compel the owners of thp paddocks to keop it dov>n As it was, it was spreading to adjoining paddocks belonging to farmers, and it was essential that the Inspector of Noxious Weeds should bo communicated with. Councillor Brvant stated that ragwort was also becoming very plentiful Councillor Maje was of the opinion that the.attention of tho Department of Agriculture should be drawn to the matter. These noxious needs wen also very plentiful in his district, li/ was resolved to communicate with tho inspector and the Department with regard to the matter. News has been received that Mr. Todd. senr., who has been missing from Palmcrston since Frrlay last, snent Sunday and yesterday Tilth > ( P m o friends at Cross Creek, on,the hue, leawng there- in the afternoon for Wellington. At tho Maeistrate's Court on Monday morning, before Mr. A D. Thompson, SII, two further charges of breachos i of tho Bankruptcy Act wore brought ftgainst Thompson and MusgrovoJ stock dealers Tho only evidence taken was that of a formal mture 1 given by C. J. Hewlett, Clerk of the District Court. Accused were committed for trial, tl(o bail to remain fho same as for tho original charges

FJHILDTNG

';; : jOn Sunday' afternoon: fifty of the delegates .te;tha'--ini»wnp!,o{.'ithe.-^prth / '.lßliind" , Sran3. LpdgfiVo'f.- , Druitjf l .-''.wfiioh;';op"ininenop4' ; : its ■Bit'tings i'at ■' Palmerstpn '■■ Nprjli. yesterday? eveii--ingV journeyed;& Feildjiig,'wlfere they. were met 'and!;entertaihedvby'the ipparDfuids.. '. ! : ■■;'. f .: T^β'■:;Taonui:"Ohakeiv:'Tennis ; Club.; teaip .visited Waterloo'" by-18;ganie^.'tfl "■% .'!'\^;'.'-!!■?.,o rStr ; -. -V Thpßeacpnsfield cprrespondentpf,the Ipcal paper"'.-sends.',: the ;f ollowing inotes :V-The ; w«.a'-' h?r& ; :. ppntiflps;. very",, sultry i■: and; ; thp . growth J ofgrass '■'.is '.wonderful. f;v'The rape crops" are , , the-best years, and, tne' swedes ;■■ are ".coming Va way: >;Mjv Cprpejh'as r a>- nice clean crop, of" algeriari oats, about fifteen acres,'.Tvhichisnust about ready' for the binder: ■: The; milk "supply" Is' decreas-, ing'a little, but it is making little difference to the'qream. -The tests "are from 3.6 to 410. ■v;:.-,/; ■■■■(!,'.' '■■.''' • '.''-'■'-•■•■■'•-•■•• ■-'"■:--.-'-' ..V 'V -,:-JV:

}./Oa- .■a'.\cricket;'m.atbH : 'was':.played pn,"'tlie-local:' ! . rccrea'tibn '■.?• ground Blovens representing ■:Pahiatua'and' Maurioe,\nlle.'-". ■The-forineri by./an'iinnings.V! and: :92;r.uns:.^;For-:Pahiaiua, : ;q|iffitli' 93,;.; Tipping 503 and; A. Welch '-17 the 'batsmen/.who' '_reapb!e'd:'''dou^ th'p .hpwlers. - ' '.{' ■ AtJa;- ineeting 'of: tho pourity Cpuncilj Tiald 'bn'iSaturday,', tne-County ; 'Engineef was'; inistrjicted to.'.repbrt pi), the condition-, of>.the. Ipadsbin -.Rahger : :reported^having ■.soen •■ number^'i'p'f. jiorseS'.'.an,d;cattle straying; on.Vajipii^.'rpads , ,'-. ''BJjfc VKsVin.Strubted.itiq; *; : ■•'sa ; ioffe'n<Jraß ■'againstvihe;-,'by-lsws.v,;■ Scptipn' 1 1136;:B16ok : :IX,.Alahgah'ap,'was! \6 O E Irving. A copy of proclamation was received f rom v thp Engineers of the Haads Dcpaitment, taking laild tKVo'fch" , ' Blow's!; MangalittO, for Brosnahan's, Road. and. also a copy of a tho- 'control W the Mangatainoka Bridge in the Pahialua Borough Council, the cost cf control tp be apppitipned between the Bprpugh and the, Cpunty Cpuncil. Mr. Dicls waited oji th.e' council and agreed tp form a road about tYtp phains and a half to his residence if tho cpuncil would metal same, and the engineer was lustructod as to |he quantity of metal roqmrcd. An application for a refund of the fino imposed at tho Magistiate's Court for strajing cattle was refused. It was decided to open Tjlco's. Ford, Ma.kuri, if engineer cpnsidora that i|; v> ould bo permanent. It was resolved that all contractors and drivers pf eppnty teams entering settlors' land tp procure metal must repair danugo to fences as sepn as work is completed, and, in cases where tho metal is permanently used, gates bo put up which could be locked when net in uso. "' '

'■• ■ Entricfs for'the'Woodviile'A.- and, Pv;Sh(ivr clps'ed,-;yesterday.:'. ,'So iar, there:, : is, every; prospect; of ; the fihpw receiying quite'as much support as, Jriifp.rmer years' ,'ithp pqra'e ]n steadily for ; spmeweelta'.pastt" ; -, :~. ■.■;HJy~'R. Bryant, "wpjrknown in .this v dis-. tridt, died at Gisborlie on Friday. : '' ?• ; Tjie gpflial.weather of the last few weelcs lias cftused',t|io ; r6u,fc crops, abput h.ere.teniaturo ra'pidly;.'': Oats barley; arel'reportedtp be. heavy:crops'; garden stuffs a.re''plentiful/andj: -although tho,;incessant;'"rain. ■was'.iinpleasant■ in;some'■'respects/';yet the district-Has/gained-by;the-3pvynpbur. ';■«,' ''':;' v '*]?■ ■'■■'''•

()TAKI

'At the Otaki Police Court pn Mohday, William George Fisher was charged, ,-on tho information of Constable Sathoiley, with (1) disorderly conduct, (2) being a roguo and a vagabond, and (3) wilful damage Tho Bench convicted and discharged in tho first instance, and ordered defendant to come up for sentence when called upon in tho secpnq 'The third enarge was dismissed. Detective Williams and Constable Satherley both garo evidence against accused, and tho Bench administered a sound reprimand, and stated. that''should he borne' before "them on similar charges he would be sentenced io threo months' imprisonment without the option of a fine. Glorious weather pievailed hero on Saturday, and in consequence tho newly-formed bowling green presented an animated appearapce. Among tho number present wore a large number of ladies. Mr. Field, M? , performed the opening ceremony, after which Airs O'Bourke, wife of the presidont, throw tho first bowl Among those present wore quite a lumber of bowleis from adjacent townships, all of whom indulged in games duiing , the day Mr. Kemp, of TVaikanae, met w-ith a nasty mishap on Wednesday, when he fell from a building and broke his wrist .

SHANNON.

An extensive bpsh firo oconrred on Mr. J. Cameron's property on the heights on Monday night. The Alanawatu River is lower now than it has previously been this season. Two rinks of local bowlers journeyed to Otaki on Saturday to attend the opening of tho Otaki Bowling Green. Mr. J. R. Stansell's rink defeated tho Otaki players by 22 to 14, and Mr. "JV. H. Guiining's rink disposed of a nnk nom tho Levin Olub by '83 to' 22 points'. Rumours have been current that the Shannon Land and Saw milling Company's mill on the heights is about to restart, but there is at present no probability of such an event. The last two men kept on at the mill wero paid off on Saturday. The Miranui' Cricket Club defeated' Otaki at Shannon on Saturday in a two-innings m.itch by eight wickets. For the local play-. eis, Yf. Tremawan (25) made top score. Mr. Beach, of Pahiatua, has purchased Messrs.' Rosenbeck's land, next to Mr'.; Homo's property, on the hoights, '■■■ Mr. Buchanan, of Dalgoty and Co., and Mr. M'Farlane, representing tho local Cor opernlive Dairy Association, mot in Shannon last week to arbitrate on tho price of the local butter factory, and the Moutoa and Fbxton creameries, which tho association are likely to' take over. No price was agreed upon, and negotiations are still proceeding/ '