PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 589, 18 August 1909, Page 6

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

- (fuou our srKuiAi. couiiKsroN'jtoa.) FHIUHNG. The countryside is again under water, and tho streams are high once more, .much rain having fallen on Jlonday and yesterday. It also rained heavily last night. Everywherenorth, south, east, and went —the ground it sbdjlon and unworkable. Tho directors' of the Cheltenham Dairy Company are- considering,- tlio question of erecting a cheese factory at Colyton. A conference between the directors and probablo Riipplicrs will be hold there at the end' of this month. ; Tho report of tho Kirk Session, to be presented at tho aniiiifll 'meeting of-tho. congregation of tho Grey Struct Presbyterian Uliurch. on Friday, containe the following:— "Tlio total number on tho members' roll last year was 137. This year three members have been admitted by profession of fa-ith and ten by certificate, i'wenty-niuo have been removed as follows:—By death, 2; left tho district, 23; for , non-attqndanco, 4. Mr. M'Farlaud was reappointed i;es3ion representative to tho Presbytery for tho vear. There aro 140 scholars (7ft boys and 67 girls) on ■ the roll of tho Sunday school, with an averago attendance of 82. and ten teachers. It is proposed to establish a cradle roll, upon which will be placed the names of all' iniants under three ycare of age. Thero are now 300 books in the Sunday school library." . '.. .'. _ '■■..■ i .CARTKRTON-. -• ' An. appropriation by sale, under the'auspices of the Wairarapa Terminatirtg BuHding Society, takes place on August 26. Mr. A. S. Judcl has sold his cyclo/business in High 1 Street to Mr. Lyttlo.of Macterton. , Tho monthly meeting of the local school committee was held on Monday evening, ,tho ltov. W. J. Elliott presiding. Miw Broad-, bent was granted leave of absence to attend tho agricultural class at Grevtown. x Tho action of tho. secretary in . informing the

Education Board. that, owing, to lack of support, the technical classes had been adandoncd, was endorsed. It' was . resolved •to ash permission from the volunteers to use the miniature range recently erected in. fche drill-shed. The headmaster reported that the number on tho roll in tho primary department was 250, the. average, attendance 'being, 216. There were 32 pupils on the secondary roll, the- average attendance being 29. Mr. Pearson was accorded a vote of thonks for painting the names on the' Honour bo.ird in the high school, and a similar vote was occorded to tho Wairarapa Rugby Union for the presentation of•' a football. Messrs. J. Callistcr and H. Wilson were

appointed visitors for the month.

the Belvedere School, Committee met on Monday night, Mr. E. Eagle, j'un., being in the chair. No action was taken in respect to a communication from the Education Board, relative to establishing a miniature '.rifle range. It was ■ resolved to hold the annual school concert on Frfdav, September 3.- The bead teacher's report snowed a roll number of 54, the average attendance being 48.■Mr. M. Hansen has been appointed manager of the Longbush.cheese factory. •Mγ. Hansen was at'one time on. the staff of the Dalefield .dairy factory. ' ' . . ■' ' . :. ;■; LEVIN. • ','■■'-['] ~ .Levin School Committee held a special, meeting on- Monday evening,- the business being to vote for a member of the Education Board. •;," . ; ■ "■■■'.-, ■'■■■■-. A team of- ladies from the Horowhenua Hockey Association' has been chosen for the tournament to be held at papier, as follows: —Goal, Miss Bennett (Otaki); ■ backs. Miss M.: Stucbey (Levin), Mrs. Tocker (Te Horo), and Miss Freeman (Otaki); half-backs, Miss P. Hansfield (Ohau), Miss. Waiwora O'Brien (Ohan), and Mies I). Taylor-(Otaki); forwards, Miss S. Te Hiwi (Ohan);_ Miss Kil- - miuster (Otaki)", Miss M: Francis (Levin), Miss. Re Te Hiwi (Ohau), Miss E.' Hurley (Otaki), and Miss M.' Royal (Ohau). Miss Stuckey has bercn elected captain and manager of the team. - At the.Borbpgh Council meeting on Monday evening, Mr..'frutton asked the council .to subsidise t hjm as, night watchman,, he being atT'present retained, by' a" number' of business people in the town. It was stated in the discussion, that .Mr.. Hutton- should present.. recommeudations : Jrom. people before the council, considered the ap plication. No action was taken; ' ~ : : OTAKI. _•■■.. ; ■ Mr. J. Li Parrant, of this district,. who has been in indifferent health for somoitime, intends te spend a brief period in the thermal regions of the North Island.

The mooting of ratepayers, convened'for Monday night at To, Horo to consider the proposal oF a separate comity, lapsed owing to wet weather. Mrs. George Bennett, recently an inmate of the Otaki Sanatorium, died at Martip borougli ou Snnday. ■ ■'.. .. FEA'rnEitsTON: ■ ''.. Rain brought dowii a slip ou. the Riinutaka Road yesterday < It is expected tbat the road will be clear, again, very, soon'."-, ■"< Bad. weather is prevalent -.liere. ..Cold showers from tlio hills and from tho south, with a.n occasional gliinrjse at .tKo sun," are the chief meteorological features.' ■ There- is, however, a good growth of grass, and'the lambs, are doing fairly well. • : ". The farmers of Lower Valley aro.talking of holding a meotin!;-at an early clato to d-ecide ou a comprehensive sclieuie to ombniik the; Valley and protect it from floods in the Ruamaliunga River. Several' havo already done some work in .this' , direction, and the Kahutara River Board liave a fairly extensive schome under way to protect protterties between Bidwill's sandliills. and tho. Oparoa Bridge. The proposed bank will protect some of the best land in the Dominion.