PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 549, 2 July 1909, Page 8

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

' UROM ODD SPFCIiL COnRKSPONOE'tTS ) ( t PALMEESTON. Tho follow rdg nonunations- "were received for the scat on tho Kairanga County Council rendered vacant by tho rotiromont of Mr. Tallot.—Mr. N. Podorson, nomin>vt<Kl by Messrs. J. M'Munay and N. 0. Hanson; Mr. W. W. Willsher, nominated by Messrs. D Gordon and R. Lloyd, Mr. F. S. M'Kae, nominated by Jfrssrs. T. "W. Staoo and Chas Andorson; Mr. S. J. Rclf, Aomuiated by Messrs. T. Eogors and P. T. Fair. Some ancak-fhief reaped a'harvest mthout any trouble on Wednesday. Ho went through the clothing loft in the dressing rooms at tho ehow grounds by tho hockey players, levying tolls of varjmg sums up to £1 upon most of those who had loft money in their pockets .Watches and chains were not touched, but the losses were goneral enough to ensure fin ' exciting timo for strangers entering tho dressing rooms m future The vital statistics for tho registration district of Palmerston for tho past month are as follow -'For Juno Births, 44, deaths,, 11; marriages, 11. v For tho quarter Deaths, 82, births, 126, marriages, 42. A coincidence is that the number of deaths .and marriages registered for the half-year are exactly the u eame as for tho first half of last year, the figI ures bomg 64 deaths and 84 marriages ' Birehs total 240 for tho half-year—;i. slight increase on last year's figures for the same period. Mr. Watchorn, who sent an entry "of bantams to tbo. Carterton Poultry Society's slrow, has been successful in taking nearly all the prizes in tl'wo Hie tally was ton firsts, two seconds, three thirds, and ono Vih o. ticket. Mr Watchorn received a congratulatory telegram from tho Carterton Socioty. \ A movement is on foot in Palmorston to invite Mr A W Hogc, ex-Minister for Labour, to ,deliver a political address in Pal- ' meiston.' The Socialist party have tho matter m hand, and aio co-operating with the trades unions. A meeting is to be held next ■week to discuss the matter, and it is hoped to securo the Opera- House for Mr. Hogg's speech Mr Hogg is also to bo asked to deliver an address at Foxton. i LEVIN. ... The ton-days' special evangelistic services in Levm Presbyterian Church closed on. Wednesday evening, when the church building was well filled Tiie Rev George Budd, of L'eilding, the missioner, spoke at the closing meet'"lng on "A Moro Convenient Time," and was , listened to with deep attention Mr J Robertson sang a solo before tho address At the conclusion the Rev. J. White thanked / Mr. Budd for his,stimulating and helpful ad- ' dresses i ] Several members of Levin Bowling Club were busy on Wednesday afternoon continuing tho top-dressing to the green, which is now practically completed. A number of ehrubs and flowers have also been planted in tho grounds i During tho coming summer the effect of these improvements should be a marked ono Although the Levin hockey team, were ' beaten by Otaki on Wednesday by 2 goals to 1, they still head the Hoiowhenua championship table Levin ladies were defeated by To Horo ladies, on the latter team's ground, by one goal to nil Recent heavy rains have caused some trouble on the Oh.au River Mr Bartholomew's mom had been engaged putting crossings through tho river for tho transit of timber to tho mill, but tho flood last Thursday undid three days' hard work, and tho work must now begin do novo / Work at the head-works of tho high-pres-sure water supply for Levin is proceeding apace Tho settling tanks are almost completed, and the tunnel through one of tho hills #is expected to be finished in a few weeks' time SHANNON/, , ..!._-.„ Mr. A. Rawle has left Shannon to take up j a position in Blenheim. / Air H C Cochrane Iβ leaving Shannon for Foxton, where he intends to commence business r | It is understood that Mr. E W. Marriott, 'of Shannon, has sold out to Mr. A. Monteath, who takes over Mr. Marriott's shop on Monday. - Messrs J. Murray, Ford, and J Roos have acquired Mr. A Adams's grocery business In future Mr. Adamsi will reside in /Wellington Tho Shannon Co-operative Company havo appointed ,Mr. J. Aim managor of tho local butter factory. The factory is bomg added to and improved for next season, and the company are about to instal Topler's combined churn and The directors visited the Palmerston show, and, after considerable deliberation, decided to instal this colonial machine in preference to imported appliances Tho factory opens on September 1 The weathor has been frosty and moro seasonable for the last few days , Snow has 1 fallen on thd Tararuas