PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 585, 13 August 1909, Page 7

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

XPKOTU 'OOB> BPHOIAL:COUttUrONaB^ta,>,. I■' t MASTERTON. ( ; The six-roomed cottage, occupied by Mr. I'lTj' G'Toole; and. family, .which < was destroyed', [by fire. on Tuesday ■ night,, - was uninsured. [•The: building-was tho property of tho trustees lof-'the Bishop estate, and was .under lease, to Kems. The furniture was insured |f6r"£lCo in .'the 'Liverpool,/and London and fefcb«vOJHce^ ; 'for?.wliom.-Messrs.v-;Leyin...and f Co,, Ltd., aro the agonts. v fc'Oa th«'Lans9o»Tno ; hnks on "Wednesday after-.-r.oou % i tcanr.' froni v thc .Paiiatua Golf .Club e.', tried i-.eonqlusiens ■.■-with i the. Master ton. Club<- " l'lio-weather/conditions, -were: . unpropitiousj; .',>-and tho visitors were not in .good form, .t' o rJlocal:pkyersinfinning every match. 'The folAlowing aTe - tbo.vreauTte;—C. C. Cox btat J. -•^Oslwn»': ? Lilly} , <i-'-mB-.;aiid;i - 2s'to~play.;.;'Ai.- 8., fjiliawrenOT.ibrat-H. MlSherrji 4,upland 3 to - play y..'W;.-H.' f ßooth biwt G. IT. 4 .up fcab®-2. , 't0. I plajJ{'.'P»'i - H.--.'Elcoate.l»at',JjvSwaittf son j S up and 7 to play, A. H. Sclanders beat ilarshall, 5 up and 3 to play, A E Booth beat W J. Collins, 3 up and 2 to play; B, Booth beat E B , JEare, 6 up and i sto play, 'W. H L, Galway beat T Wills, ' 2,up and Ito > Gray boat G ClarL- ' ' eon, 5 up and 3 to play. / 1 ''r "" • : ■ 1 t , PAHIA.TUA. ■ K'j:'?s'A ! painful (accident,happenedi at, Konini on- . . 'iWednesday to 'a- son of Mr. Goorge Stone, of; it this 'district. <'i?lt appears; thati.tho.lad picked, fti-up 'a' detonator- in a paddock, and, being, un- , aware of its 'nature, as using it for a .whistle i when/it: exploded,; - I ,blowing; -• several j!jM|m! : ; r his face. The patient to tho .'-Tahiatua .'Hospital; ■ and .is as > j3i?fjll^ ; firssmat6h ; /ofirthe;; foPahiatua'Girn. Club : ..(for al'.stag's head tro- ; ■to phy)'.wa3 shot:o(fon \V«dnesd?iy..nn!l..-.resultcd , K.f:ia'J.!Hughe3getting:a' < ( 'log in'': ;with lß>,birds. • i jjtfTof 21. C Sidey (16) was second, and Sherwood' and'Pitts. tied for;-third place,: with- ,, 15 each Thetrophy has to be jWen. three ; ;ii^rvMs>or i i twice in. succession; > mtfTbevjPaMattoxWefaesdijxfootbM'/te&m!. si.was defeatcd 'by . Woodvills on ,tha .- lattcr's., ' ground by si\ points to nil c i Over 250 menibors hare now joined the S.^Pahiatua^AlcifciOiA.v'andiP,-Association; .48 of JRthisviSuMctgbeing^eQ^d^'at*;;theytfeeting;; jHiheld,! in s; the .Commerciah,Hotel,! on; 'Tuesday i ievening; at.,which Mr. 1 Ji'-C. :;Gooper,presided.;; ' ;;off as; jlf^fsite'] ' po3ed to told cn or about -Fcbruaiy 12. ipif programme was *üb-i.'.',-raittod;,,;'ana4a:<numbor;of; the-.items? adopted l ■ a -sub-coitimittee-,consisting. of iMessrs.v; J. C.: i Cooper; Tr''"oj"d, W. Jljtchell, ; Tsjlor ) Vi/pf6gramni(i'as;to-sheep, ',ond report to<a future meeting / A fratyis r > ;;-number of ; h6rsa -events 'included..: On : tho i ; f:Whole;- tliej prospcctsl'of ;tho are -par-; t.' ticularlyAgriodii and-.'the; secretary (Mr.: J.v A. KWalsh).>'is^to' ! bevcongratulatc<li;'oii. tho. largo • j it.-'is 'upderpt-ood . that-'tho :movement to -pin'®ifehep^:is;,^eiatiiig;;3ptl^(^d;iS^ The Pahntua Borough Council ha\o at last made a grant of £10 to tho l funds of.: ;Band, :cn con-- . |^tiMrts; i! 1 -.4pia.l''oMasiohsV:'.: : 'fjfei 1 -i. ; , —"-jii'Court vt > alnatua~t?A'.OrP; hokK' thelfy-.fort- - pightliiS^|tii!i^;oii|Cf!esda^ pfiiltfi^i3StTi^*a^c^rig^^hi^^Sfe|^ur3o;; few3com^^.^hMp : ; • ■ .♦ "i' > : ]' J, , fc^:itheiMjp^a^;sCTyiM'ipr : ' ' ; ; ; ; j of IMI It J *M'Lean, and a pubhc performV v <: \ : SSj^idjSill'je^.^eatly|Misse(l4 *.- if ..riot progressive,V 'ap.d'. it : smirs ; probable ; \ ; Kc^^K^^tS'i'sartotidii: it;' piv; ; .' ! f .'ar; Control..'.r-fatreot-improvemcnti schemes; aTO-; > also being prosecuted, and a few \car3 ll.ftsh'qiikl : • centre ■» :r - r. c ■'■" ''vt' " The Now Zealand Farmers' Dairv Union ; ! .. ,of jturning; cut/1 Bcwt:. of butter, ;.nnd' almost :..;eiitirely ..dispenses .with .iMßnlial labour... ; n < . ■ ' '•>' i GirnviOv/N- , ( ' ; SofsV;ictc)ria;'Hqme;.;iU r eilingtbri ; 1 ijSfor anU^Mr^^^Mt^ii^sen ; Council,'. Carterton,' 'wrote'v stating 'that t!-ey iiwpuld-.not.enterta 'por s* annum.i,-». The v-reportcd'-a' 'credit; i balance; of '£32C._ ;' l nie; list; showed' .'discliargeS; 1- died, ''ami 8 still rerr.aining; Mr. iA. ;Bmt-h was appointed visitor .for'.the .^Smontfci'ivS's^ CAItTEHTON. •. : V v. - J '' ; -:.,:Betw«en j .v seventy;^ ;rbecupied;:tki;flpor. : ':;Tuesday ;^girei^^^;MiJ'|';?^i^ : J," .ir'Banhin.'s jvMg ;;districfej; JtinielJiyas ; ; ?; : <prder ptiioi ■ e.-.was . d-anced. for . tho'ifirst-' Cartorton.-. ■ -Wus Bcrnll -(pialirt)"' and; Mr.; A -R.. Crawley r;';(i:ornct), proviaod tho. musicj/ and 'exltras .were played by Motdames Beard, Bannui,., and iMissci Wilde and Brown • , Word received Jrom Mr nrtd Mrs G, W i^J^!^r,;^hbraroaW^esbht^v^to^V : t ;:6tatojitHit v |?Kpleasiiiitvtiiiw^:They^jrerp;ist - toljvplay/f^liington Gr^fwvn^bn? 1 i Saturday-—Benton and Pike (GToytown), -. .. Talk (Mnsterton), ■ Orr: and Lornner (Grey- : town), Wickens, Ah, I/op ; Brunton, Leahy, i:;v; gykes .(Uasterton), ;Moyriok"(2),;:.'Tunnicliffo -■ ■ (Uartertoe),; Bicknell and Beard (Greytown). h•.•;imer2e^ciM^.HWe«t' ; .-.(Carterton),'-.AVybor .- Mr-'.-W. Stevens; a; local 'poultry/ fancier, r-.!'v>ias'.'.'imported,'fa.virell-Drea.''Braok'.';-Orpißgton- - owkerel from ,tln :Waipiuiga Poultry Farm, n l Loner Hutt, for broeding purpdsos. sit- is understood that Mr. \V; -J. Hill /.hasdsposrd ef hi* lob prirting and stationery . basmoss'in High Street to Mr Adam C Bo.vso, a former resident of Greytown, and ' iroro recently of Eketahuna. Mr Eowso is a son of a forntor 'Wairara-pa clergyman, and I {j s m any friends will wish him success m his l» o in»ss venture , Mi, HiU purposes taking un Ins residence at '-a seasido town for the benefit of Mts m Hill's health, » ; ; -At a meeting of Court Marquis of Nornanby A.0.F., "on Wednesday evening five lcmbers werc,dcclared on tho sick fund. Alterations to the interior/of St. Mark?

Church for. the accommodation -of the new pedal. pipo organ, to arrive next week), liavo been put in hand. Tho rear portion of Cametharon Nursing Homo, which was severely damaged by lire a fow weeks ; back, is now' being repaired, tho contract having been secured by /Messrs. T.i S. Arcus and Sens. ' •' :, •A social hall is about to bo erected at tho rear of the Presbyterian Church, the timber for tho purpose being, already on tho ground.

- , FEiLDirrn •.. Somo dissatisfaction is bomg expressed by mandgemerit of'thd'Feilding) Technical ' School;,at .tlio fact "that the ;AVanganui Education Board has decided on removing Mr. Cahill to --a : northern district to take 'classes a' /jesrilfc Jfei Cahill, who'has v built up, a wonderfully •, successful ' s'erios;.of; 'classos at; Feildingj.Bunnythorpe, Eimbolton,v'Eongotca, Apiti, l'ohangina, Waitmia,,and Choltcnham, has had to rednco tho number of classos per we?k by: half. Tho board'is.to be aske<l to allow Mr. Cahill to continuo to devote all his time :to tho Fcifdnig'district. ■ ' ' jTOoyatest orazo ;in .Saudoii' is 'tho; ancient 'game;of;'qiioits;'f;alid from morn till .cvotho :glittorihg rings 'arc flashing through tho air. Mr. E; W; ;Morso; has . arranged'a eompetition, and Mrs. ;Morso has a set , of carvers-as rhrst-prizo. - Tlio first competition takes.place next.Saturday. ; ; -9 s of ,tho congriega-. tion was held in the Halcombo Primitive Methodist . Church, to make preliminary < ar- ;: rangements 'for, entertaining' ;■ tho ;■•'district meeting, delegates., in ;November. next. , A general .plan was agreed on t . and .later on another mooting is ?to bo oalled.to.fill in details... •It was: decntedvto.'provide lunch , m the schoolroom each day; and on tho first evening a public tea , , :. Un WcdueMay evenmg 'in the; Technical School Mr. G. D. Braik (Chief Inspector oftho'^Vanganui;:Education -Board) mot;, members of ; school' committees' and. others and explained ~his. proposals m regard to the teach-j ing''of.fagriculture.\iii; the.'SMondary ;6cnobls.,:

k FEATITERSTON ' - : The.' monthly, meeting ; of. the townboard; i the S'to jirHfi dlerE'sJ abseil co:^irf r; :itotorua,% the meetirig' been' postponed rtill'rhexfc /'Wed-' 4osd»j\6reningv:.,.^; V ':v •*•';, •••'• >; i Mr >0 J Kent-Johnston has' returned ironV'Rolorua after speeding'a:very-enjoyablo: 'monthlthere.--i; * Ai- v ',V : ;-The' works:'is. steadily progressing.. ;On Wednes-; ay there'{will '(b'e^Sneeting, of; : farmers', and. address by Mr. J.: C. Cooper on'tJus mattei;.')The/ : meeting will bo held in the Empire- ; Hotel. . There.art*jtwoc^bssibleVßites-ih idistrict.': Ono ision Sfr:.;iA: :Tocker':s property !ftt.'iL l igcon.JJu3h; r .Tbis:'is^an^idealisito ) having; ■ ajsplehdid supply.."!ancl riplenty. if'l'gobd: land, for holding stoclt overniglitg: The'other' jsHo is7at''.'W66dsjde, : i on j.Mr^'J&clison's, prr perty.' Stonesteed.. • .. .' " '

Two or-three racehorscs■hero-havo been ; aitackeil "with; jtiie; iA veterinarian* was called in, and .nientiphccl"'tVttt.=tHis;Wais";.thq^fisfis3KVoise_h© jKEidch erird ! ofiii;this ;■ district |V' probably .atrtho-.Trentham:, boxes/.ok i froiti\tlte:boxlM,W;}ne> 7 M Tho. first inotor engine ever built entirely; in tho'AWairarap'a. ;by^ilri-SteVartJ;^lStettari^d' Sons,'] '■lreath^rstbliiv-'-'XVlt.ffsrl.a'rbni^.ancl^a^alfV.. horse-S power;? motors bicycle ';ehgine;VjK'.^.XSW\yai^* '• .tliVfo&s^inis ß^ ihgmo : \ras;|i;iven : 46s; worked- every ; Ayell;as ;firticle/%^.^^V;^

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jt, S s fTwfn 1 ?!!' : \t'o{iki;ana-'ParaparauMtfvto;goVfp^ i .iiigs ( i ,ih"stoucej;:'seA - , ®£xpect<xl ri-liat' tho. . 'np ;; ;3prv : Kgiiatvi^s;';iandK^cfr. ; .'•. S6>; .Parliament;':--. •/.'.•''•••. ■' .^^MessrsV, : j 'purchased. Mr.' W. Vickors's.. say.'raill' v at'lioilibraii:• v>;\ '^v'"''■/'■"}■ ; ': ! r' -. •Th.e local paper takes' exception'. to.-. ;i t-Iio\: "fiifislf IcasM'itbe* jCliSirsj;' -"'for/^flstafice^'farb- 1 ■ tlio '■ v -'b i Usincss ; :-"-, , '-B£'"- •_;]Vtr , .-- f -; , ?A.":v :Si'Mediap>