PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 541, 23 June 1909, Page 9

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

- : ;'■■/■ '~. ' (From. Onr Special Correspondent.) :"; ;':;;■ ';Vo;:>; .'.'.';•'"/■'.'♦.". ' :"- : 'V•■'''■./'^'..' ■•' Mr.' • Barry, 1 a well-known resident of Mas-, iri the hospital yesterday. .",'.'.'-. •Tho, directors of tic Permanent Investment and ; Loaa Association of Wairarapa,'; in 'theirf thirty-sixth'.ajiriual report, "state, that the. amount'on mortgage is now £42,576 'Os.. Id;, the' securities for wnich'are ample. There are 1271: investment shares now current, 125 shares having been paid off, and 118 new ones being taken up, during the year.;.'ln;accordaiice with the; rules, Messrs. ; X>. P. Loasby and J. R.; Nicol retire from the directorate, and, : being eligible, offer themselves for reelection.:; •'!'■'■ ■:';■;'..:.-'' V ':,-■.- '•'•' -,'-"-• ■ ;.Mr. : :J.;'Georgeson,:: Inspector of Factories at'Masterton, has received a number of applications for ,the bnsHelling work that isibe- ', ing •'. provided by the- Government, at Waito.tara; -and: has sent the names of fourteen;ap- ; plicants to; Wellington as- being suitable for tho work. -Eleven.of..these belong to Mas..tertoh," and five.of tihem are married.' . .-. :i;7'lie'EansdoAvno:School,,though .only I'-rs-.' cently. erected,' bids fair to equal many of the older.'schools in point of appearance.' Under the 1 management of ;an: energetic committee, part -. of. grounds will 'shortly,;' be' tranfiionnedv into-flower- plots.,: A;.lawn,: too, is to be laid down, and a hedge'js to bo planted. ; .'Alfred; 1 Rpbay, hbtslkeeper, SMauriceviDo, has filed a.petition in bankruptcy.; His'statement', is as, : creditors, £90 7s. lOd.;: secured creditors, £525; total debts, £615 7s. 10d, ■ Assets r Stock-in-trade at hotel, £32; book debts, £40, estimated to produce £10; cash.in-bank-, £45';■ furniture-, £300;-total, :£387; .: The'.deficiency is : £228 7s:,10(1.- /The unsecured creditors'are as follow ;-F. Holloway, £9; Dr. W. K. Hosking ■ £v33s;; G. W:. Moy, ,£3:4s.;'. Kong; Fong, £2; Wairarapa ''Age,*' £2 Is.; J. Dixon, £5; MauricoWUo Co-operative Store, • £25;. A.;Larsen, £15.'!' C. Hoffeins, . £10 45.; W. Fisher;'£3'; New, Zealand Acotvlene Gas Company;: £5425:,10 d.';;. Page and Page, £7 3s. ; There .are'three secured creditors, viz. :Barraud'. and,. Abraham : ' (Palmerston North), £230; Barton Brewery Company (Palmerston;'.North)),£l4s; H. Johnson (Mastorton)', A---.,-;;:.'.>,■-^i^^-jv'.\ ; -\:.:--- ; '

1 CAHTEKTON

../;The;work of;cbvering'.the;open, water raceß on;.the,,Masterton-Cartertpn lload is.nbw-in progress. .. -..'_' '-.//■■-./" ■.■:/-v; :: --. ,-;.-,:' ;.■."'• , .Mr.' 'J./; Lewis,'; of .Carterton, Has secured the': contract; for installing \ an' acetylene -gas plant in the ■.Working ;Men!s:.Club"-'at-/.Grey-" town.,'-/■■;■•■ ■'■ : .". : 'v.' i -; .-'■".■',..v-- , -' ~ '■;-/ '■'.■:(:■'-.., /■'■/Several/local fanners haye,left on l a.brief. visit'.to ."■.Palmerston.; North., to-attend the "Winter Show;?;../v;;^.:.:-. : , ; ./;v^'.;-..-/■'-:. -.-■,. .i'The local-School Committee has .been'-aoV vised by the, Education Board that no satisfactory application has been.received for the position of second /assistant at the local High SchooJ, andthe position is; to. be' readvertised.

LEVIN

:' iDr.' Boraooff, the Bussian'"exile, lectured at lievin'-pn Monday to a\email audience.': : " ."•'•' ' ■.■■;■ ■■':;■' ■■;"■:'/•:■: ■■.'-. ~ -The;Hon. ! .'T. Mackenzie,; Minister for the.' Scenery,and-fForestry;Departments, is ■■:expected 'to visitvLevin;to-day'to:inquire'into ;the necessity; for; acquiring .""more land 'for. Bcenic'.pnrposes on the shores of Hordwhenua .Lake/-'■ : \V< '■'■-■■: ■ ''-'''- :''■ v:,'; ■'} .",.■'■-/"''•' ;'■'•.• .'■;; ?At &' meeting of the Levin Borough; Conhi'cij on Monday evening Mi. James Coombes .was appointed .borough' ranger... A long' dis--mission took "place' oyer the. confirmation, of the ljd;;rata ; struck; by the council, 7 and Councillors.'; Hudson '.and France did :?'their ,best:to'haVo'it.reduced'to 1 l-Bd., but. tie, council, confirmed ttio re&» . : at'.l}d. y.The' council appointed Councillors Cameron, Hainan, -Hudson,: Mackenzie, and France .as.a Library, Committee. :

■■.The, gas manager, Mr.' C. E. Shaw,'topeß. •to 'have the town; illuminated, by -gas on

• Saturday; July 3. : ; ■ The Borough Coanoil have appointed Mr.. E.Marsh as stoker,- for , which position there-were 22-applicants. ■■ ■■ '