PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 491, 26 April 1909, Page 6

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

(FROM OUB SPECIAL COHBESrONDE>TS.) »- MASTEItTON. A sonior football match 'was played on tho Show Grounds on Saturday last betwoon tho Rod Star and: Carterton: Clubs.' Neitb,oi eido was fully, represented, Red Star being particularly noticeable for tho number of junior and third-class players included in its ranks. .Rain fell; heavily during the,wholo: v of the gamoj which resulted; in; a win. for Carterton by eight, points' '(a goal and a'-: '~ try) to three. points (a .try, scored by K; Welch). Last year's champions shaped, dis-, appointjngly against the Iwcak team opposed • ito them, andMt was/generally considered in football circles' here that they will, have to show remarkable improvement to retain tho premier laurels against Gladstone and tho newly-formed Lower, Valley teamß. .' ,V :■ 'jv:, ( ; ■ ■;■ ; . ■■■■-~'■ . >A;meeting : was held in -Hie Century Hall, Levin/;'on Friday evening, when ; the Mayor , (Mr; B. :R. Gardener) addressed the burgesses on tho. work: of the Borough Council during the past year, Mr.:R.'R. Harris'pre-;' j oided,! but' the . ; attendance: > was • small, ow- • .' ing, no doubt, to tho boisterous nature of the: weather*' The; Mayor spoke. for "three: quarters of an.hour,:;and 1 gave,an.intercstuig account ofc.tho various schemes taken in '' hard' by 'the council.;'Candidates'for the •Borough: Council: were/also incited to Btato' their .views, and Messrs.. : Palmer, Gallichan,'Hudson. Thorne, , Mackonzio, _ and .Faulkner; briefly - addressed -the audience. •Councillor Levy ■■> declared himself in of day labour for.coun'cU contracts, instead of : having it ! done by navvies ' brought: into tho\town\by the contractors. ,Further: meet- , ings are to be.held to-night,and i. evening by sevoralof ithe " candidates, tonight at Weraroai and on Tuesday at : Levin. :■'.-During' the gale on Friday, afternoon one r ofthowindowßVm Levin High School was blown in. Fortunately none of .the children were hurt by the broken glass.! ' . Levin Wanderers. Football'..Club played a ; match at Levin on Saturday against Hui Mai(Manakau), when' the homo club retired victors by a goal and a try (eight points) to , nin. Walter Winiata and Hooper scored tho tries,, one of 'which was converted. ''• • ;"' A'.'.weddirig: : bf" interest';; especially ,to;';res> dehts- ! 6f 'Hautere Cross, and district, tooli ! placo'thfere on' Wednesday afternoon, when Mr./Geoi^e'William' Duncan, second' son oi~, Mr. George'Duncan,, of. Bulls,, was,'married to' Miss Qa'ra Guy,: eldest daughter:of,Mr. Joseph GuyJ' a well-known settlor of the district. The ■' wedding took, placo' at tho'residence of the brido'B parents.. The bride woro j,y a pretty dress .of embroidered Swiss muslin,.' with a veil,, arid a coroiiot of orange bios-, 'somsi'.Sho' was attonded by, Miss Edith .Duncan, sister of the bridegroom,: who .woro a. frock of white embroidered lawn, with cap ' arid-veil. The Rev. Cecil Smith was tho offi- ' dating clergyman;,- arid., Mr. Albert;. Alfred Millner was'best,man.':.'After,tho ceremony a wedding' breakfast ,was served, • when a largo number of relatives, and, fnonds wero ■>... iproisont.'; .'■.' !■':][':,''[:: '.'/.'.'.'..''.'■,' ':■..',:'''/.'. ' :.; ; . )■': 'FEATHERSTONiI: : .' "j

■'Tho expected flood' did not ■ tuni up .to time.' The' rain cleared!'off on' Friday, and the rivor thus had d chance to empty ltßolf. The advantage of having the telephone in : the country was brought out strongly during the preparations for tho flood. -:Mr. Ales. Hannay,' of' To. Tare, Kahutara, rooeived word from Eketahuna that the rivers there were very high and he immediately rung up his ' neighbours iand warned them,; Consequently, early , in tho afternoon, tho stock, off all', tho low-lying ground had been removed to a place of safety.. If tho rain had continued , as it began thero would have been a big flood thf(t • would ! haveprobably ■ necessitated tlie mustering of- the - stock lato; m the' afternoon. /This ,is .always a bad thy®, in rough weather, because stock are hard to move when there is a driving < rain. However, with tho 'telephone's timely warning, ample time was, given .to-, put the stock in safety before tho river became high at all. The Fcatherston School .Committee held. its' last. meeting before * the, election-on Friday evening. The. • headmaster, Mr. \F. C. Evorton, reported that tho averago attendance for the past quarter :was only twelve under the total number of children, on tho roll. Very ; favourable comment-.was made ■; on this by members. .Several minor .repairs were authorisbd. ■ . _ , , - At ii meeting of- tho Liberal. Football Club, held in the- Oddfellows' j Hall, it was decided !• to enter junior, Thursday and Saturday teiims ill tho championship competitions this' yeir: Messrs. 1 E. Fairbrothcr and A.. P. Roydhousc were chosen as delegates to tho union meeting to bo held in Carterton.