ROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 514, 22 May 1909, Page 13

ROVINCIAL NEWS.

(raoir onn sficiai. connesp indents.)

PALMIinSTQH.

, Walter- Cotton, baker, has been adjudicated bankrupt, oji his own. petition.. Good entries have booh received by the dirootor. of the Technical Sohool (Mr. J?. D. Qpie) for tho.South Konsington fcoience'and Art examinations, whioh will bo held about tho end of Juno. In building oonstruction and soionofij thoro are five each, whilo for. bygieine ; inochanics, botany, elcotrioity, and 'magnetism,, light' and sljado,- geomotrical drawing, »aiul pprspcotive, thoro is'one entry in eapn -class.V. v ■ _ : ■ / The opmmittoe of tho Holiday Association mot yesterday morning to considef thp ad-. visabloness of declaring June 3 a publio holiday or otherwise, hni, as they had. not yet received a reply frpm the Auotioneera ! Assooiation in. respect to their inquiry •, as to whether a srlo. was tP bo lipid en that day. ; nq decision was. arrived at, I'hp matter will ;hp again considered when airpply is reoeived from tiio aasopjatibn. .. ; . ,■ ; •» Pi Thiirstiay night tho no.wl.rrfornie(} Street. Metuooist Vouqg Men's Cluh held its iflangnral . evening. The chib has been started tq give reereatiop. to tho : ypit n g■ W®. °? the. Churoli. and the|r acquaintances, and misw ' to-he-very sucoessful.. Qvpr thirty, yqiing wen | attondpd, and. tliorpvghly; OOt. jpyed; thgmse]ves,'. , A nvale phoif liaa been .forniixljn c?iincot\pn wit ll wor adaption? sro beipg , , . With 'tllP object pf ugafe'bnnging qn.tiie, full proposal a with'regard to.tl)q loan, the. Mayor has. given;fiotipe pf^ption as followa;—"That tho ptandiiig .ordovs ,b? tin enalilo r«?o!ntionre rising a loan (or the yfatenvprka' scheme, tp be gnd' amejided,' if thought sary,.by a majority of the 'epittoii." ' . t imputation representing the Sluggish River'and florseshoe Dfainago Beards waited upon tho Hon. 'I)!, Buddo, Minister for Internal Affairs;' at: the • railway ' station' on Thursday, in connection with the amalgama-' iion of tho two boards.' Tho' deputation 'was intredueod by Messrs. D. BuieU and Newman, M.B's.j 1 anti was fully representative of tho tw® boards. The aubjeet matter was broflolieil by. Alr. Hunt, chairman Of. the 'Eforscshpo Board,' inquiring from'the ilinister why Clause 6 «f tho yommissiotier's report had not been given effeot to. Tho Minister replipd that tl-,o boari}* had not potitioned: for amalgamation as'. directed;;' It .'was necessary fer them to jointly.agree upon tho terms , spt fmt'Jh 'tllfi' 4-Oti aijd, when all. tho necessary forms wore* (;pn\pl\ec( with, an prdor-ip\council. vrould bo : prepared. The Information', soht • in' did not ppinply. with tho requirements of the Act. Thoro was no pjal object lon to the anialgamatio.n. Mr. ; Kendall, on' behalf • of .the gluggjsh Rivor Board,, raised tho question of the ndditipnal area which, it was desired. to! hriug witliiri the jurisdiction, ;*• : sjid !that he believed that thoro woa something in ttie Drftinagb'Aot th(it woiiit) help them, but it . would reqiiiro ' Jopking up. ilp had i got: an odditipn to ; the' Aot' tp .provide for drainage paters-king.taten tbrbqghVlpwer i propertleß, • but, in this the reverso pesitipn had' to be cOpsidered, the laiids ill tins p»so b'oing abeve. Mr. : Kendall agreed .as.to the .'position- indicated,, and said that I it was only, natural tliat they-shpuld desire, that the settlers, whe were', benefiting by the effeot of the drainage'piade by- the bo?\rd, ; ishould help to maintain it.' 1 The Miui'sier i said that he ha 4 thought that the amalgamaV tion question- was: tha. only phe; upon which tho bpards wished to consult him, and, under thp circumstances, he. thpyght that it would ! have been better if. they: had seen him in whore the whelp, matter could l' b|i lppspjl HP. ,• The point raised required : looking' into,' and oonstitqted-ain important ;MMWi ' Bo,'..svgeeated that: delegates from' the. hoards, together with - the mombers fer the, district, : ftho«W see him in'. Wellington, ,As far as -the .Department, was concorncd, tihera was, fl(». objoptjpn to amalgamation. He suggested, alsji, that, further infonjjation bo i forwarded as tp-the additional area te be :ta,iipii' .;Vn, a lid Wbav wils. to be put upriplitnig -hbove tliem. ' Ho would'tljon,, |oojt »n?9 we whele ■ matter whon he - /Very,,big' suhjeet to enter. MPOn in. tho,snort space of' timo available; .agreed that it would ,be. bettor-.to>go, -Jo Wollingtpn.; l .,Mr.'Kendall. ,said that the amalgamation hinged upon' tho ' ■ <inesbW?.fi{,"%e;maintenance" of, tho drains, ■ whKjl! thpr cf|nsidere<l; should ,bo divided between the bonrds, Mr. Rnddo' said that- it ' tO L hm jery d ? sirah(e .tllftv the imh gamatiop ,9houi d. be. given effect ,to. in/fthe interests of both boards, and,' if !o Bill was required authorising reasonable advances in .connection with the matter,: he would h'e glad to' support it, . It was decided that <*ofe, i gates: from mo'two boards sliould meet thp' Minister, pert' Thursday 'morning in '\Vellington, at 9 a.m., ai)d go into tho whole matter, :the assistance of the Solicitor-General being also obtained: .. -- s

LEVIN. ■ BifhSman P. Joneg and L. Ingram, of tho • Levip Biflo (jflnb, who tied in the aggregate for trophies presented • by Mr. g, B. gardener (Mayor of Levin) and Captain P. 0 have fired off,.:pd tJonps is the winner, Mr. J. Wood, secretary'of tho club, has issued a phsll^ga. tq Mr,- James M'Leavey for; a return match' with -the team of civilians which Mr. M'Leavey organised a fwmonths >gq, when an enjoyable match ,ended in favour of the club. fir. M'Leavey has .not yot'.vfPlssd, Tho Rifle Club are ;holdjng a social and dance in the Town Hal| 011 June 3. •_ The local lodge of- Druids are organising a ''Ladies' Night'' for ffo(li!opd;>,y, Jnno 16. Ifle large Sp™. of sheep ui the. local pound the; other' morning belonged to a local settler, vty.. refiwd tfl pay. some of tho charges, when Jie rojea^pd, thegi. A solipitor now has the matter in hand. ■ ' Mr. and Mrs. Hoi-ace Goldsmith, who have bpen wy fr<OT l-fovin for considerably over six months Hi search qf Jipalfh, are both greatly' improved, aiid tfeeip jnany friepds are hoping to, see thpm back again in ' a , few weeks' time. Mr; Gqldsmith, Who is a, son of the Twn Olwk, iWf s 9 memhw pf orjo of 1 the Now Zealand contingcnta which served in tjie Boor war. < ■ " At a special jnoeting of the Levin Borough Counoil > on Thursday evening, Councillor' Fnuioa proposed that the council'construft' public swimming baths on one of the roson-esr 'Hb suggested a bath' 76ft. by pft. the bottom fcrbe poncretecl, stfltPti that' tho wnole cost would not amount'to £50. Ho also pointed out the necessity for teaching and girjs to gwini. ' Councillor Lan-' ' castor' seconded tho iso|;ior\. Mayor sugRested • ihat the proposal might. bo' deferred until the high-pressure plater supply was installed. : Until then; he thought, thp-t the scheme vns impracticable; Councillors Palmer. Jlaolienzie, and Cameron, wero of 'asimilar opinion, aiid the motion wjvs lo^. .Jlfiilway Dapartmcht is .heing.severely onticised horo for failing to light the local railway-statiqn .better .than is. the case at present,; ; Thpre are oply t}i r eo small koro-scnt-lamps for'tho platform, while Shannon is refitlgenl in a|l tJiQ glory of an acetylene pas plftnt.; One way and another it Ipoks as if; Sir' Joseph Ward will hear a largo' number pf. gnov.-ipcvoa (vhen Bo opens the Weraroa Post Office. ' ' . OTAKI. : TheGrflm hpcltjy (lacljps' and men's) (nteqged to. pay. Otaki a visit .oil Monday to inept tbp.lpoal tnftm, but lipfrirpssen: circumr ptanccs Jipvo p.-i, iS KI the .Wp||mg):qn.^ f ms to Indeftnltely pqstppne thpir yisif. ■ ; .Mr. JoreniiahSHurley. who has'-filled tho Officer for this district gmce. 1893,. intends, resigning tho ppaitionl: WOOD7ILLF,. C'onsiiiWn. Rrosnaham, vl'O has been sta, tioncd at Woodvilm for eleven years, retires from the police.force jp June. fMf,'Brosnalinm ha« been ljnpffn hero a? an pttjcioiit ancj pnmstn!(ii)g i>Jßccr, and the public lyill regret' lo honr of his rotirement for reasons of jiealth. ■ ' ■ ; > Mrsj. Whibley,. of. Pjnfokl, hpr .in. torcst in hcr.fwm tfl a Pfllmerstoiv spttlpr. FOXTON. A largely-attended mectinp of the Foxton Jlorticnltiiral Society was held in 'the' secri tnry'g roflins m Tlinrsrto, whpii the revised catalogue and rules were brought before tho

mooting for endorsement. Tho preeidont (sdr. A. SpoirsJ remarked that it. was very gratifying to see so many of the inetnoera prosont, and by fbo interest which all Beemed to bo taking tie next show should bo n gres» success. He then stated that tho committee decided to hold two shows this ypar, the spring show in i November, and an antumin shop in April next. The secretary then read tho catalogues as revised, and the meeting adopted them! . -;• Tlio trial boro being put down by tho Borough Council for tho purposo of a water supply for-Foxton reached a depth of 460 feet OH Thursday, when a very good supply of water, rising,to p feot> above tho surfacc, was struck. The prospect seems bright for a goo(f permanent supply.- . ; >•