PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 506, 13 May 1909, Page 4

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

(from OOR SPECIAL cbuRIidrONOESTS.) MASTERTON. A meeting of the Mastorton Private Telephono Committeo was hold on Wednesday, Mr. C. F. Vallance presiding. It was decided to increase the maintenance feo to lOsi per mile for each wire.' It was also resolved that tile Masterton and Wairarapa County Councils be approached for assistance in tho matter of securing legislation to give local Codies power to frarno . by-laws to control private telephones, and -to - their power to a committed to bo appointed by the county jounoils concernodi FEILDING. ■ The monthly meeting of the Manawatu County Council 'was; held'yesterday. - Prosent: Councillors J. G. Wilson : (chairman), Dalton, Kendall, Masters, M'Kenzie, Barber, and Henson. The Treasury forwarded a statement of loans .inscribed for the year, totalling £2365 12s. Bd. Mr. -E. -Newman, M.P., wrote stating that the Minister'for Public Works was evidently opposqd to- a trial survoy of tho Lovin-Martou - railway being made, and forwarding a copy of tho' Minister's ,roply to the resolutions passed at tho meeting of deloga-tes at Foston. - Estimates were submitted and approved, and it was decided to levy the following general rates:—Sandon riding, 7-Bt-h of a penny, in the £1, producing £727 6s. 6d.; Mount Stewart, 3d. in-the £1, producing-£703 9s. 8d.;: Waitohi, '3-sth"'of a penny. .(£598 2s. lid.)Rongotea; l-Bth of a penny (£1245 Is. •Id.); Carnarvon, 5-Bth of a penny (£664 Bs. Id.); Kawakawa. I.Bth of a penny' (£ll3l 16s. 10d.) ;. Awa'hou, jd, (£703 9s. 10d.); Whirokino, jd. (£220 2s. 10d.). Separate rates were struck as follow:—Mount Stewart, l-Bth of a penny (£ll4 lis, Bd.)j Waitohi, l-Bth-of a penny (£9B 19s. 2d.); Car?t?,T 01 3'. l-30th of a penny (£35 lis, - Id.): \Vhirokmo, id. (£73 193. 2d.), Bates ill tho' special rating distriots aro tho same as last year, and tho.total rates amount to £7176 55.,.- as . against £7056 ,os.- 3d..- last year—a net increase of £111 3s.' 9d. Tho tramway receipts wo.ro estimated at £3000, and ! tho expenditure (including now ongino £1000. and £100- for now rails) .£4OOO. 1 Tho tramway manager reported a'credit balance for tho month-of £2_os. '5d... The traffic,'ho stated, was. not so; good as last-year. Tho traffic in grain totalled 177 tons, mercbandiso 120J tons, motal and clay 300 yards, timber 18,300 feet, faros £5 3s. 3d. ■ .' ■

CARTERTON. . Messrs. J. : M., Nioholls (Garterton), and A. ii. Charters (Grey town),, left for Wellington on •Wednesday .'afternoon, to. attend : tlie annual meeting of. the "New Zealand: Rugby Union, as delegates' from the Wairarapa Union. : ■ ■ ■ i

; M'Keage, of tho mcchanicalstaff of Mr. Gordon: Hughan's: motor works, left on Tuesday to take up a position, in Wellington. . He is succeeded here by Mr. B.' Evans, of; tho Rover Cycle Works, England, i'ho Taratahi-Carterton Water-race Committee have, decided, to close the water-races tor annual overhaul—tho western race. from June H 'to i.June 14,. and the others "from Juno 7 to , June 21. . v GUEYTOWN, A meeting of . the Hospital Trustees was held yesterday, Messrs. .W. Udy • (in . the chair), M. Moxton, .and M, Ross being pre- . secretary reported correspondence With Dr. Valintino and the Wairarapa District Hospital Hoard, ro now wings. Matter hold over for the dootor's report. ■ The Carftertoa ■ I'dondly Societies' Council wroto offering Ito .supply a bod for thoir members, and i asking for 'a 'ooflferenco.—Decided to qiebt .tliem at next ordinary meeting. Tho Public forwarded £200 on behalf of the ■ estato of the late A'." Anderson, towards tho hospital fulids. The receipts for tho month were'£2o9; accounts paid, £119; and, 'credit bank balance, £482, Accounts amounting. to £78 wore passed ; for. payment. Tho patients discharged during- the month' wero 3, admitted o,' now in hospital 7. Mr. W. "Udy was appointed ..visitor for tho month.'

:4; . . METAHOA.-; , : At; the annual meeting of tho Eketaliuna of the Wellington' Acclimatisation 1 ' 'Society ' tho . following committer was elected for tho ensuing year Messrs. F. Q: Turner (chairman), T. B. Mason.J, S. Tripe, J; P. Lowes. T. Coster, S. Hawkins, A. Boycs, J. Thomasen, and .W. H. Dempsoy /(secretary).',lt was resolved to urge tho Acoliinatisation . Society Vto - reserve . tho Makakahi River from tho Newman Bridge- to the. heads for artificial bait fishing only. -As tho result of a, party of local sportsmen. being ordered off the waters of tho Wairarapa Lako tho following resolution was carried"That tho parent body bo written ,to asking'if land owners, whoso property abuts tho/Wairarapa Lake, have power to prevent any one wading i» the water." -'■• '. The Tnrarua lliflo Club concluded its trophy shooting on. Saturday. ■ Sir. Tripe's trophy was won by Alex. Petersen with a' score .of 131, J. Petersen, being second with 114, and R.' Thomason -third. /Mr. M. -Fisher's attendance trophy (7 shots at SGOyds.) was won by. 0. Olsen in a. shoot ott with B. Thomason' with a score 'of ,81: '. Mr, J. Petersen's consolation trophy (7 shots at 500 yds.) ;was. won;by B; Alborthsen, who,scored 29.' At the annual mooting or tho.Nowman Hall Committee tho balance-sheet, as read, showed a cash credit balance of £1 os. 4d. Tho following committee was'elected:. Messrs. Daltoii '(chairman), Syversen,'Voigt, W. Dowsett, Humphreys, Hickman, R. Gyde, and Mesdames Hughes, TJro, Humphreys, Dowsott, and Syvorsen. , ' TJp till May 7 only four shooting licenses had been'issued at the EKetahuna,Post Office. The County Council has passed a authorising a loan of £200 for bridging'a stream near the Hulcanui creaiaery. /' . Tho Hon. A. AV. Hogg has intimated his intention of attending tho banquet to be tendered delegates, to : tho Provincial Conference of;■ tho' Farmers' Union on ftlay 28, if < his official duties pormit. ■ ; ; • The condition of the difforent County Council accounts ;is as follows: — General account or., £779 15s!; Mangatainoka Rivor bridgo, 1 £8 10s.: Syvereen's road account. £27 6s. . . , . . It", is stated : that ;, the condition of Mr. M'Laren, of Bush Gully, Martinborough, who met\ with, an accident at.- Eketahuna last week, is, causing his friends grave anxiety. i Tho Eketaliuna Borough Council/has de-. : id«l to apply for an additional 10 per cent, to complete the Jones's estate improvement scheme. ' . '

Bomo while back the residents of Eketahuna decided to 'go ill : for an cleotrio lighting schomc, and a loan proposal of. £3000 was carried. Tenders were called for, but as these considerably .abovo the estimate; the council acting under' the advice of the consulting encmeor i decided to instal tho light itsoTf; Tho original scheme was Bomewhat modified to bring it within reach of tho estimate, though increased expenditure was authorised by the Lighting Coramittoo in connection with building th®. power-house. At the . first meeting of tho new Borough Council a statement of accounts in connection with tho schema (tho installation of which is almost completed) ; was submitted by the clerk, and this showed that tho cost of tho 'work would oscced tho £3000 loan by £1073. The "estimates of rocoipts 'and working, in conncction with running tho schcmo.woro set ,out as follow:—lnterest and sinking fund on loan of £3000 at 5 per. cent., £165; wages of two moil, £281; coke, oil,, maintenance, etc., .£146; total, £592. Receipts: Sales to two, motors, £15; shop lighting, ten consumers at Ba. per unit, £72; dwellings, fifteen £279 Cl '' £72 ' public '"SWing, £120; total, OTAKI. On Saturday, on tho Hautoro rungo/tho second competition lor tho Dixon Cup was fired, H. l'raser topping tho list with GO points, 32 of. wh ! ch were put on at the 200 yds. range,- ami 34 at 500 yds. J. Taylor put. on the -"possible" at tho 500 yds. range, and thus secured Mr.' licanohanip's medal, Two further medals havo been offered for "possibles" scored, Mr, Vickors presenting one, and Mr.' J. Ilickard the other. In connection ivith ■ the new. county more-

ment, it is interesting to note tho following figures, showing tho capital rateable value of tho respective ridings of tho Horowbonuii County, nnd that of the Wharcroa' ruling for the Hutt County, as set forth in the statistics for 1B08: Tokomaru, £833,116; Wirokmo, £1,025,310; Otaki, £484,597; To Horo, 4421,^62; total, £2,785,015. The thieo ridings, of which *it is proposed to form tho now county, would thus havo a capital rateable value of £1,1(55,517, or a little less than half tho rateable valuo of tho presont Horowhemia County. ' . Football this season is likely tp ho, on tho wane as far as Otaki is concorncd, and, although championship matches have commenced, no practices have yot been held. So lackadaisical are the local playors, that tho management of tho union has gono to Loviu, and with it the secretaryship anil treasurership. While Otaki thus lies dormant, the Lovinites aro seemingly awake to 'the main chance." ,

Tho grounds of the Sanatorium aro now quite picturesque, the croquet lawn and fernery, being features. Other parts ' of K the ground show great improvement, as compared with a few months ago. FEATHERSTON. ' , The weather* has been very rough hero during the past twenty-four hours. The cold wind has, howovor, made tho shooting ou tho lako much better. 'i'he Liberal Football Team, selected to play Martmborough at ilartinborough next Sat- 1 urday, aro as follow;— Nix, Tocker, Tricker, Aickin,' Ma3on, Hyland, Ohisholm, Crawley, Kelly, Duncan, Tait; T. Parker, Daley, Phelps, and W. Donald. The emergencies are L. Penton,' Tyer; A. Crawford, and B. Fugo. ,