PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 531, 11 June 1909, Page 2

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

(FUdM SPKcLVIi CCU'.UH3PON9E'JTa.) — 4 f ALMERSTON. . . ; At a Committee mooting of tho Palmerstxm Coursing Glub lield on Tuesday night, Mr. ; OofirioHy, of Oamaru, was appointed to repreI sent tire club at ifoe annual conferen'cer Mr. . . W. Brett was ejected trustee,, vice Mr. Spear,. . ■ wlio has loft Palmerston. Ou June 25 and ■ :26 a} 0 Msnawatu Hundred-Guinea Course . will bo run, nominations closing oil Monday . next'. Prior to* ffie of tiro meeting Hr. , Richards, one' of thd G&Hitetf Members of tlio "cmb' and' sr very old committeeman-, Ants' nro- : stated l % Mr 1 . Ovdrton, on behalf of the ckbi with a beautifully-framed; testimonial in oomnfomoration' of his 1 election.- to- itfd- memborsllip. 1 ,TW inoDtWy meeting of' thtr Hofepital Board wa»- fold 1 -yesterday rnortiiHg, Present:—Messrs;- J. G. Wilson Kih,tJie chaj r ),'L. R. Bryant; Brown, Pearco, Wm. Stnbbs, J. 11. Vincent, H. Haydon .Fowter, Voss,. Fitzferbert,. and. W. llnthcr- ( Mrd. Correspofldctfco was received as folr'towa:—Jrom tlio Telephone- Department, ad- ,; vising that free telephones were to bo abol- . lshed,-. and that half-rates _ would be chargcd; —'■It was decided to continue the telephone •' 'o*' tlio altered 00-nditions. From- J; AitehisOn,. forwarding cheque for £100 from Pal' iriersten Aid Society.—Received. From Sol-lit-t Bros., asking, for further progress pay- • -m'eiits oii the operating theatre.—Hold over • fdr. tho executive to deal with. From S. RLancaster, do»'athlg v fit Is. to the hospital' nmdfc.—Bceen-od With tfefiks. Nurse- Davis' wris granted leave of absence on acoount of Wtiess; Missed Margaret Camobeß and Grace -Bert wore added' to the list of probationers, po chairman' reported that-thev Maori; pro.bationer, Miss, Ellon. Taaro, had arrived, and. Wfes'doing voty satisfactory work. Messrs. ! Holben and Kirk's tenders for installing pri-! ~ vate telephones of £37 16s. 6dt,. aite3 for bolls 1 £D ss. 6d., vf<ite . accepted, a- two . year's . gflaraflteo having'been giveti.. Sollitt Bros:' tender for £43 was accepted' for building the secretary's office l . ■ Miss' Giflott, probationer;, wrote rteigning her. position to tho hospitel staff; Mrs. M'Dona.ld, socreiaiy of tho District _ Nuj-se . Society, wrote stating that the.district' nurse- had commenced her duties,, 'aid- asking- for a,- contributjoa towards funds' Of tho' society.. The chairman said that, wliilo he considered the- district nnrsing schema was a&'excellent and necessary innovation, lie thoilght it hardly fair that the hospital should be' asked' to contribute, seenig that tho- Charitable- Aid Board- had, this :year, reduced- the 'hospital contribution- in order to make a contribution to the fnnds of .the .District Niirse Society. It Wits decided to hold tlio matter over for. consideration at a future meeting. Mr. and Mrs: > Rutherford, father and mother of Professor Rutherford, winmor of tlio Nobel and other prizCE, Mo at 1 present staying with their daughter, Mrs. Bell—a ' resident of the PolrariKma Valley. Mr. and Mrs. Rutherford, together: with Miss Rutierford, wore among; t-),'ose present at'the" opening of tho Gorge Bridge on 'Wednesday. • , SIASTSETON'. . . On Wednesday next tho quarterly conference of tho Masterton Roa&i Catholic; Doaaiory will be. opened hero. The. Very Rev. Dean l M'Kenna will preside,- and there- will be an attendance of. about % clorgy from: difforont. parts of the Dominion. .Messrs, G. Shaw,, and R.- J,- Dagg • are this week, judging , the swede and turnip competitions, being held under the auspices of, jmo Masterton A. _ aiid. P.. Associaiiaan. Entries. for tlio competitions are numerous, and the results are being awaited by farmers with considerable interest. - Tile work of erecting flctv municipal gasworks, near tho railway station, is now practically complete. The pkmt. has yet to. bo installed, arid it will bo some months beforo * the works aro ready for use, At a ths local sub-branch of tho Navy Leaguo last evening, a report vras received from the Masterton District High !'School, .whifch .showed .that branfch. to bo in a very, floorfshiri? condition, with- a large • and increasing membership. The Masterton Golf Club wiß play a match against the GroytOfrn Club on: the, Lansdown links this afternoon. The following will represent tho local clubF. EL Elcoate. Vf, H. Galway, A. E. Booth, J. Gray, J. Steel, B. Booth, A.. C. Paul, A'. Caselberg, N. H. James, Gr. R. Hamon. Emergency: D. Caselberg. The Wairarapa Hunt Cl-nb will hold, a meet, at Featherstoii this afternoon. FEILT3ING. The meeting of the Majiawatu County Council, held oil. Tuesday, was attended by . Councillors J.'G. Wilson (chairman), Kendall, Dalton, Barber, Masters, and R. B. M'Keaiziev lie treasurer reported balances as follow General account,- £1809135. 7d.; loan account, £947 9s. 4d. .'Amounts avaiL-vblo for oxpeuditure for td»e year ending March 31 aror—Sandon, £230 19s. Id,-Mount Stenvart, £299 10s. . 4d.; Waitohi, £215 7s. lid.; Rong-otea, £322 -3s. 4d.; Oaraarvon. £404 4s. lid.; Kamakawa, £401 3s. 7d.; Awabou, £352 6s. 6d.: Wiixokino Bnbdivision, £147 2s. lid. A start will probably 1» mado s-liortly with some oxtensrvo alterations at tie post office. With the growth of business in tiho post five or six years tlio present accommodajaon has become too limited. The alterations include tho removing of tilie telephone and telegraph departments upstairs,-aajd the modernising of the termor, department. Tho_ present .avorago attendance at «ho Technical Scliool is 194; at 'Bannytliorpe 20, and at Kiinbolton 17. Mr. W. Fossoy. director of tho school, informed t-he commi-Dtce oh t that. Mr. J. Cavill, instructor for the wool-cla,ssdng class, liad made arrange- ,' or the classes throughout the district. Tho instructor would cover tho ground on horseback. The Hon. Dr. Findlay is to bo asked, when visiting Folding to open tlio now courtliouse next numth-,.- to deliver a lecture hero in aid of tho furnishing funds of the Technical bCtlOOj. \ — ■ ' ' LEVIK. m Tes , u 't °f the council by-oloction, held ou luesday, was as follows:—Arcus, 173 rotes; Williams, 104; Thome, 78: and-Galli-chan, 48. A deputation consisting, of representatives trom tlio Presbyterian, Methodist, and AngUcau churchos and tho Salvation Army' waited on tho Levin School pommitee oa Tuesday Qvaixng to ask permission tx> form a Bible-read-ing class m'tho district ecliool on ono morning per week. All tib© members of the oommittee wore present. Tho Rev. J. Wliite (l'resbytenan), introduced tho subject, and stated that it was not o deputation from ono particular ohurch, but representative of all tho Lhnstian organisations of tlio town. Thoy ' desired tho ccmimittco to grant the representatives of tho churches one half-hour per Week for Bibfo-readiug arid instruction in simple Biblical trutlis. Mr. White hekl that tho spirit of tlio Education Act of .1877 wasthat sclipol committees had power -to grant this, and quoted statements I by the Hon. C. O. Bowcn, who lmd charge of that Act in iarlionicnt, in support of his contention, iho Kev. S. G. Compton (Anglican) also spoke yi support of tho request. Tho chairman of tho committee (Jlr. J. Malcolm) in- , Formed tho deputation that tlio committee would consider tho rcqnest, and the sccrotarv would commuiiicato decision. Tho Rw 'J. White, .thanked the committee, and tho deputation witlidrew. Tho committee afterwards discussed tho matter at length, and filio chairman hold that thoy had no power J? kh° Application. Tho permission of the iliducation Board must bo obtained in tho first place. ' Aftor sereral membors had. spoken, Mr. Robertson mored th\t the board be asked to. grant the committee poircr to accedo to tho request of tho deputation. Mr. Cameron seconded. After a lively debate, the mottou was lost, those voting for twing: Messrs. Camoron, Wood, and Robertson; against: tho chairman, Messrs. Palmer, i Hook, Davison, Hooper, and Hall. i Tho weekly meeting of the Levin Presbv- 1 tenan Social 'and Literary Society was held - oil Tuesday evening, when thero was a large attendance. Mrs. Papworth presided, and , tlioi programme;was sustained principidly by I children. Recitations wero given bv Dolly i

;£*!)aiS ■ Tossio Robertson, Muriel Muir,' Molly Caihpbolli Robert. Jones, Donald and Winston Fry. Ales. Ambler, Stuart Robert ""i" ?? d A ™' u i' Pringle; sontrs by Quoenie and May Muir, a trio,by Albi, May,, and Muriel.Muir. A reading; was splendidly given m Mrs; Milno; while-' an' excellent paper by i JUrs. Birss was-read, by Mrs. Papworth. Th« . -Kov. J. Wlhte mhdo a few congratulatory . remarks at tho'olose'of the'programme: tb.« performers being lieartily thanked. ' ' il ;?, H^ h ' on ), ,a Boating- Club held- their ~ .monthly Cinderella- dance in. the Town. Hall I on rucsday .evening when some thirty , couples attended. Mr. P. Hcdgman was ' l , Jl uru ]S J* 0 evening songs woro sunc by- Mrr.-.Anderson-, Messrs. Laurie- and , Grovor (duet), and L. Nation.. A solo on a ' ~ one-string violin- was played- b> Mr.. Lolloy,. Tho'piano was kindly, lent by Mr. Hodgtnan'i, '; Tho Horowbcnua Lodge, No. 12, U.A.O.D:, met on Wednesday evening, when Bro. W. Francis, secretary,, read tho half-yearly, report and balance-sheet. The total: mcftbe*. slip of ttio Lodge now stands at US} aod : 'the finances' aro in a- soundi and satisfactory' : condition, . Both statements. were adopted and: tho suggestion was ■■ mndo that, by , nitot half-yearly meeting, it might bo con. . '.Si° r K wl'otiiW the Lodgo should see.that .< ;tiie baJance-obpot bo printed and circulated ;&mwigst; members., The election', of,'officers ! tit e " KU «»g h'nlf-year was tlion proceeded , with, and tho following-wore- dirty *°ted=-A-D:;.Br<>. H. GilrtorOj^.D.yßroV , . W. H. Galhchan; secrblMy", Brm-W. Francis; Weasurer and. minute secretary, Bro-. J ' PoterlSin; 0.G.; , Bhx E. W. Eggktojl.; A-.D., Bards,. Bros. I \ anv **£ J> n obertS(«T J.P.A.; titii ' LW n> 5, ro -.B«tehdbf. District 'PrS Es M^m ' '*• ■" «ab -S"" ceremony was very injprceeive PW. uV i? , tno men B competition. Levin' A representative meotiiiff of Druid, t™. •MdrtK. Bros, B. Lanchcster and A 1: S honoured :--'*Tho Kfg," "Drmdism," "Grand Lodge " "Dig! "Part. Ofers.'-^Shsnnon Jims, W.. Eeegan, Bachelor, Allen Lah, 1 Chester, Morgan.. ... . ' >. ; - Iffi Among buildings to bo 1 shortly , . :putm hand will be a . ' ' , ■■■'■'CrRBTCOWHf:' niM ° f tb< ? Soatb.Wairarapa Hos. pital trustees .was held; yesterday, It was 'SM *»: ofstribt C pital .Board have levies for tho £2000 for re- ' ptong tho. ohd. portion o£ the. present hosS~£ Md .™o .matter, is now awaiting- tha nS°%V *!, r\ s Pf c *OT-Gcn ela l of-Hos. : prtals.. Tke oredit balanco at tha bank was ■reported, as £400 48. m. (£2OO of wEicßlt donation; allocated to thtf Buiiditig FtradV . Welegates from the Carterton Friendly So- "' pieties Conncil attended the meeting, and' placed their views before tho' trnstoas,»it!i reicrenco to acquiring a- bed for thoir inembers m the hospital. Tho trustees will givo tneir decision at nest, meeting. ■ . ■ ■ • Tho heaviest frosts of tho year, experienced ,w date, occunod yesterday morning. ~ EKETAHUITA., , r % Mowing were installedoracoie' of'hhs Myrtle Lodge of Druids on Monday night b» D.P. Brou J. N.Nicol (Carterton) :-=A JD.. v Bro. J. Dicbermaiir V.A.D., Bro. C. Blalrol treasurer,-Bro. T. Kearn; secretary, Bro. e! A3 Bros. A. Sparkmaa and W. H. Foote; VXB. Bros. G. H-. Leslie and , R. MGarty; 1.G., Bro. H Bymi; 0.G., Bra li. Uagaard. After tho installation' about thirty members of Totara Lodge (Pahiatua) entorfauied' at a smoko concert, at winch the usual toast 3 were honoured. '' Tho Ekctahnna School Cdmmitteo' has for some time had under.. consideration a proposal to establish, a District High School but,. despite* much enthusiasm,, tha project has not succeeded in passing its embryo stages.. Ebetahuna is tho. centre of a- largo' school district, and residents hold that ther« is no great reason why such all :insttttition should not bo oreated. The committee* is malting, inquiries as to whether, if tho regu. lation nnmber of pupils are available, parents of eligible children will bo willing t« > send them. .. * . . ■.' -\ WOOTJTILLE. • _ The members of tho Woodville. Borough Council, who attended the opening of the Gorgo Bridge, drove part of tho way through : tho gOTge, and then walked a distance of four miles, .which,tho horses: could not negotiate:- This: gives a very fair impression of the difficult state of tho road hr tho Manawatu Gorge. Th<y local footbaD- matches' on Wednesday furnished two fine .games. ,Tlie Dannevirko High School boys 'won their match against w° j 1 i um '? rs b J five points .to tireo. Woodnlle seniors were victorious over Ex» celsior by six points to. throe* , pahiatua! The-monthly meeting of the Pahiatu* Borough Council was held on Monday night. Tho treasuer's statement was as follows ;— General account, dr., £1329 los. Id.; ,in--torest account, cr., £366 155.. Bd.; library account, cr. f 75.. od.; Cemetery Trustees' ao : count, cr., £30 15s. 4d.; water and drauiago extension account, cr., £326 19s. 6d. A resolution, moved by Councillor Hare/ to em- , power tho council to purchase, tlie, local gasworks n-hen in a position to. do so v war'. negatived. Tho following ratcn in. the pound, ' for tho year onding March 31, 1910, woro struck:—General rate, 2d.; lighting, Sd.» hospital' and charitable aid, Jd. .