PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 568, 24 July 1909, Page 3

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

(ritou ODU srnniL cottttMroN9i4TS.) FEILDING. : ' The officials of the Baptist Church hav« decided to extend .the "boy preacher's" mission into another- week, owing ■ to' th« great interest shown.. The Feilding Football Club's senior team' left yesterday afternoon for their annual visit to Maawkau, where they play tho Hui Maiyteam to-day. - As tho result of the sitting of the Assessment Court hero, the total reduction made in Mr. J. F. H. McCarthy's valuations wag £1685. Tho whole of this, amount was taken - off the unimproved value, and the improvement values wcro never seriously challenged., Tho capital value of tho borough as it/stood before the sitting of tho Court was £770,699; unimproved value, £455,939; value of improvements, £314,750. The latter sum will remain at tho figure stated, tho, other two being reduced by £1685. At tho Assessment, Court three years ago the reductions' Inado totalled over £7000.

Nearly all tho members of . tho Wangamii Education 'Board will bo present at tho - oponing of the new brick Technical at Hawera, next Tuesday, when addresses' will bo delivered by tho Minister for: Education (Hon. G. F(wldsV \ind tv "'-nir-va of the Wanganui Education Board (Mr.F. Pirani). FEATIIERSTON. Tho weather has been very disagreeable hero for tho past few days. Wo have had .>• more rain during this month than we have had for the past six months. Notwithstanding this, feedis keeping up well t and stock appears : to bo. in oxfcellent condition. • At a meeting of tho Management Committee of the Liberal Football Club; it was decided to hold the r.nnual social on August 26. A special .general meeting of tho, club '; is called foi" July 28 to make arrangements. for the dance. Invitations are out for the Volunteer Fire -Brigadej dance, to be held on August 5. Already quite a number of replies have been received from those intending to bo present, and mombers are looking- forward to holding, as successful a dance as the recent volunteer ball. ■ " ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ - V;;- , LEVIN. ~ The Y.M.C.A. Debating Club met/in4h» ' rooms on Thursday evening, Mr. J. Harvey in the chair. The subject of debate was; • "Should Australia have ; a Navy 'of hoi, Own?" Mr. L. H. M'Calman oponed in the affirmative, and Mr. O. Ransom in the noga-- .... tive. Five speakers took. part, in the Bubsequent discussion, , and the vcrdict' was for the affirmative. : - • , ' Tho steel work supporting the roof; andi smoke-tower at- tho. now municipal gasworks : is the work of Mr. \V..B; : Macintosh, Levin,i who secured tho contract . against several i .. metropolitan firms in'various parts of the l Dominion. Tho work'reflects credit on Mr. i Macintosh, and affords a good testimonial as to what can bo done locally. -I rhe following have been chosen to represent' Horowhonua. Hockey' Association;, againstWellington Association, at Wellington, on' Wednesday, July 28:—Goal, J./ 0. Burns (Levin); backs,. T. G. Vincent (Levin) and Noblet. (Otaki): half-baoks, ,W. Bevan, son. (Maimkau), M'Kenzio (Levin), and Bull (Manakau); forwards, H. Karcmto (Maiiakau), A. Thome (Jjevin Rovers),. Sims (Otaki);? W. H. Wilson (Levin),.. and J. Hughes (Rahui). * ■"/ v ■ The Mayor: of Levin has'reoeived a number of; congratulatory messages from all parts of-the Dominion on the successful inauguration of the municipal gasworks,'and on tha enterprise shown by tho Borough Council.

SHANNON. ;■ Tto sum of £10 was collected in the Pres. "i bytoiian Church on Sunday ©warns, and' j will bo handed over : to. one of 'thai, district ■ '.j nurses,'.in Wellington, for relief of caaos of ..•■ i distress. ■. , '• : .;! A meeting of tho Makerua Drainage Board was hold at Tokomaru this week. i :• On Wednesday Mr: W. H. Fieldj'M.P., in-, troducod Mr. J. M. O'Connor, J.P., and Mr. . . M. Moyr.ihan to the Minister for Railways ' on-railway buw'nossj ThoVMinister agreed to keep the railway crossing between tlio Foxton Road and Ballanco'Street 1 open' topedes- i trians. . \' : ; There was a good aibtondnince at .tho looal Literary and Debating Society's musical , evening on Tuesday naghi. ... GUEYTOWN. ' A splendid Uluafcmtiofl of,how to pnrno and spray fruit trees was given, at Groytowa ; on Ttarsday by Mr. Ncfctoge, Government 1 ' '• Frnit Export for■ tQiis district. ,The demon-; stration was given at the orohard of Mr. T«. ' E. Kempton, North Street, and there wore) about 60 persons; present, notwithstanding]!, : tho downpour of raui._ Too inspector seepia' to aim at practical results ratiber thaa look- ; ing'to make a fanciful tree, and wiiih tW® ■/ 3 view he gave examples of pruning an pip v ) and stone.fruit trees, explaining as ho went • j why he cut,,or-did' not out.• tJus or that branch ''-There is not .a doubt but thatjtihia 1 1 diffusion of; knowledge will assist fruit-grow- - i ing here. '- ' : - ■ • •, ' •. . : --1 h:." CAItTEIITON. ) ■'' ] .ThoTaratahi Dairy Company directors •• j yesterday selected, out of 28 applications, j 'Mr. W. Harkness, of Waitom, Tuauia- ;. i rina'j for the position 'of manager .of tho i Wairarapa Terminating; Building Society. ',! The draw on Thursday night \ was won by \ Mv.; W. T. Masson, of Carterton. • Tho South Wairarapa Poultry Association | has appointed- Mr. H. J. E. Meyrick delo- i gato to represent tho society at tho annual ■ . ] meeting of the North 'Island Poultry As- ■ sociation at Palmerston' North, on August 5. ;