PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 561, 16 July 1909, Page 8

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

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r : ■ I PALMEBSTON. j Thoro was a'very large attendance at the [ Broad Street Methodist Schoolroom on Wedjt nesday evening, when the anniversary cclo- . brations of the Church wore concluded. The > schoolroom was beautifully decorated by the t ladies in honour of the"occasion. Mr. \H. t Haydon presided. Tho report and balancc- ' ! shoot wore read by Mr. K. Carty, and showed a very satisfactory state of affairs. Duraig the evening the choir Tendered a number of ' anthems, and ..solos woro sung by Mrs. Bath and Mr. C. Bennett.

, FEILDING. ? Mr. John Bartholomew, of Fcdding, who i l has jnst completed fivo years' study in the San Francisco University, has obtained his MD diploma., Dr Bartholomew expects ■ shortly to return home to Fcilding. I The thirtieth annual report of the Feilding > ( Jockey Club, to bo presented at tho annual moetmc to-night, contains/the following.— 'For tho first time for many years we have to report a scnous falling-off in the totalisator receipts, this amounting to no less " than £19,763 for tho two meetings. This ' was no doubt partly duo to the presence of * bookmakers, who were licensed at only one > of our meetngs during tho previous season, ' \'but tho hard times experienced throughout ! ' this district also contributed in a measure, < as a considprablo diminution is disclosed in J - othor items of rovonue From a racing point ' , of view, the season just closed has, however, f been very successful, and tho result-of the Thud Feilding Stakes v(run at tho last Spring meeting) was very encouraging, a fine field of i horses facing tho barrier for this event'.' Tho * balance-sheet shows that, during tho year, > tho sum of £3553 was received from the i , totahsator, and £1152 los from bookmakers ; as fees. The gate recoipts totalled £1081 - • 15s , and entrv. fees £1354 Tho total re- '- ceipts, including £1608 4s. Id , bank balance, were £9441 7s. "lid On the expenditure , side, stakes paid were £5060, permanent lm- ■ provoments £640, salaries £625, totalisator , tax £586, bank balance £846. ' , ' PAHIATTJA. > On Tuesday last, at a special meeting of tho committee of the local Jockey Club, it was decided to lease the club's grounds to the Agricultural and Pastoral Society, ' and to allow the erection of cattle pens m , the carnage paddock. , The BaViance Dairy Company will this week pay out £800,' this' being equal to 10Jd on the past month's supply. s A match between the'Kotorua and Huia Ladies' Hockey Clubs took placo on Wednesday afternoon, the former winrung by four goals to nil. , The annual dance, in connection with the 1 Mangatainoka Footba'l Club, was held in \i the Library 'Hall, Mamgatamoka, on Wed- " ' nesday ovenrag, and proved a great success ' At a general meeting of v the Pahiatua Starr-Bowkett Society, neld, in - St.' Peter's I I Schoolroom, on Wednesday evening, Mrs. T. and Miss Daisy the , lucky number for the thirteenth appropriation. LEVIN. . The Horowhenua' Boating Club held a ' "Cinderella" dance 'on Wednesday night in ' , the Druids' Hall. Mr. F. Hedgman proved an efficient M.C. Songs were' given by Mrs ' 8.. Anderson, and Messrs. M'Beth, and D Anderson. The function was one ,of the , most successful held this season by the i clnb. ■ ' , Representatives of Levin, and Levm Rovers, met in a hockey match on the Recreation Ground on Wednesday afternoon, when tho former team won by one goal to ml, after a splendid game. Levin ladies drew with Otaki ladies at Levin—one goal each. The ceremony of turning on tho gas at the Levin Corporation gasworks will be performed by Mrs.; Gardener, the Mayoress, ' ' at two o'clock next Wednesday afternoon. ;" Invitations to neighbouring public bodies are to be issued. An adjournment will afterwards be made to the, Century Ball,,where a few speeches" will bo delivered, and 'after- ! noon/tea served. Dr. Boranoff lectured to the boys at the training farm on Wednesday evening. The Levin Co-operative 'Dairy Company propose starting a creamery at Koputaroa ' ,A' meeting <of suppliers is to be held this 1 evening.■ > ' The Levin District. High School Cadets were inspected on Wednesday by Major T ' W. M'Donald. The boys were under Captain Burns and Lieutenant Wood. The inspecting officer complimented tho company on their appearance. v Major M'Donald also in spected the icadots at the Boya' Training Farm on Thursday. , o . l> GRETTOWN. A meeting of tho Trustees of the South Wairarapa Hospital was held at Greytown yesterday ,> Messrs -H Morison (chairman), M Maxton, W. Moore, A Booth, R G Welch, and ,W. Udy being present In reply to i tho Friendly Societies' Council of Carterton; it was uecided to grant them a bed (Foi accidents only) at £20 per annum Regard ing the application to the Supreme Court to vary the will of the late Mr. D Thomas l , of Carterton, it was decided not to oppose that course. Accounts amounting to £151 5s 6d. were passed for payment. It waf „' decided to procure some of the new meta filament electric light lampsMbr the institu ( tion. Mr. R G. Welch was appointed visrtoi for tho month. , ', « A successful dance was held by the loca Foresters here on Wednesday night, whei some 40 couples attendod , A severe frost was experienced here yes terday morning OTAKI. - The Otaki-Manakau hockey match, playec on Wednesday at the latter place, was by the homo team by two goals to one Among visitors to Otaki at tb,e presenl time aro the Rev. H. T. Stealey and Mrs Stealey, of the Clarevillc Maori Collego The fire which destroyed the largo wool i shed of Mr. Edward Bevan, occurred at i late hour on Monday night. ) Shearing machines, potatoes, etc., were destroyed Constable Satherloy loft yesterday to mak< inquiries. WOODVILLE. Tho Woodville senior football team simpl, "walked home" in thoir match against Aote' on 'Wednesday A hard game was antici pated, for, if tho latter team could hav wor\, it would have put the Excelsior tear » on an equal footing with tho Woodvillo tear for the Hunter Shield As it is, Woodvill now wins this competition The result o Wednesday's match was 19 points to nil. ' FEATHERSTON. 1 Featherston has been visited with hoar frosts lately. So far, however, tho weathe has boon exceptionally fine, and old settlor say they ,ha\e not seen a better winter fo years. Mr. Shirely, of this district, was'removoi to the Groytown Hospital this week owinj to serious illness Mr. D. Tidswoll, who recently sustained . broken leg in a local football match, is got ting on noil. Mr. C. J. Kent-Johnston, town clerk, lof on Thursday morriing fpr a fonr weeks' tri] to Rotorua for tho benefit of his health.