PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 666, 17 November 1909, Page 8

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

(From Our Special Correspondents.), t FEILDING. } v:■ v, Messra: W. F. BriunweH and. M. M'lntyra arc to represent the i'eilding .High ; School at the conference of school committees at. Wanganui this week. Tho object of;.the fconferenoe is to consider a proposal to form a school committees' association. ■ . , , The monthly meeting of the Feilding'Ministflre' Association was held at Sandrin on, Monday, eleven 'member being present. Papers jn ■ Chapter 4, of Siinpson'6 book, "The Fact of Art" were read by the-Rev. ; Messrs. Evans and Frost, and a profitable discussion ensued. Some time was aiso.\ spent in debating the pros and cons of the proposed amendments in the Licensing Act/ but' no resolution was' passed. . ■ A curious position on an educational matter seems to have avis<ai. It appears that Mr. J. Darragli, of Feilding. had received promises of contributions totalling <£10 Bs. towards the Feililing High School Ground Improvement Fund, 1 and to facilitate matters, forwarded his own cheque for the amount of the individual contributions. This was looked upon by the Education Department as an indiscretion, and the payment of, the subsidy 16 hung up. Wliy, is not clear. ■ , ! At its next , meeting the Chamber of Commerce will consider the following' motion by Mr. H.'Tolley: "That a deputation of this chamber Trait oil the Borough Council, and the FeiWing Fbe Board, and.prge: (I) That a residence for tie fire superintendent be attached to the proposed new fire station; (2) that the Borough Council be asked to support and the Fire Beard to approve and appoint a permanent fire superintendent, sireh officer, to be selected from the permanent staff, of Ore brigades in one of the four centres, aai to possess first-class qualifications." *

PftHIATUA. . The Mafcnri-Pongaroa Dairy Company mil pay out over £500 on Saturday next for milk supplied during October. At the Woodville Cheese Factory 1700 gallons are now being delivered daily, and it is expected that the supply will. reach 2000 gallons in the height of the! season, which tip; here is' about tie middle of December. The sum of jCGOO was paid out for (Jctober's milk supply, this being at the rate of Mi per lb. of butter-fat. The average test for. last month was 3.65. Already about 30 tons of cheese have been sent away, and 150 cases will leave the factory on the 27th. The manager states that about half of the milk supply is from farms that have not been used for dairying before, which shows that the dairying industry lias taken on well in Woodville. The largest individual supplier is Mr. W. A. Walther, who is delivering 13001b. of milk from a small farm of 85 acres.- Ifcirty-fi™ suppliers are now delivering milk to the factory. The Ballance Company's creamery at Scarborough is now receiving about 2000 gallons, of milk daily, this being about. 500, gallons in excels of:the quantity supplied at the same period last year. Owing V the increased supply a new separator of «0 gallons per hour capacity is. being installed. The • largest suppher is Mr. D. ■ O'Brien. • At the same com-creamerv-at Hamua the largest mpMr- Smith, is taking in about a ton daily. The supply at the Konini, Butter' Factory of tie same company .is. nearty 3500 gallons par da,?. The largest suppliers are. Messrs. i nomas Quirk and Thomas''Avery, each sending m between-3400 and 850 Mb. Both are running neck and neck . for' the highest: supply. Mr. Quirk yesterday morning, was. 801b. ahead of-Mr. Avery;.

. levin.- .7; ; 7"v At the Levin Police-Court on Tuesday, before B.' E. Gardener and James M'Leavey J-P. s, a boy was fined 10s: for breaking an insulator on a telegraph'pole at'Wereroai Leonard wis si 1 ?' with, stealing 'clothing 'from Levin llotel cm October 16, the • property ; of' Charles bmitti j also,' at the same, tinie: and place with stealing a Post Office Bank oook' and clothing belonging to P:' Mason. Accused had been convicted..several times, in various, parts of the Dominion, andthe Bench'sentenced him to, ,six months',, imprisonment on ■ each charge, the sentences to run concurrently. • ; 'Mr.. Ti W. Driver, of Wellington,' is to. appear in.. Levin, jn- Jiis; anti r 6piritualism criiaade next ,week, , Mr, .Driver-.will be remembered as haying,;, . recently i,„ challenged. Bailer,' • the \apport'\!prodncer,i in .Weilington. The streets of itie ; borough.' with the exception of Oxford Street, have been opened for grazing. • _ . A. <»nimittee;,ofj.tho Boriugh Council consist ing of. Councillors Mackenzie. Cameron, France, and Hudson, has- been set up to confer . with several petitioned regarding- the formation of a cycle racing ■ track on the recreation ground. ' -The ' performance'.-which is to be given, ,;in Levin by the TFoxton Dramatic Clnb takes place this , evening.

FEATHERSTON. . The flower show, to be .held at Featherston to-morrow, promises to be a great success. Two ■silver, bowls are' ; offered . for, competition—one for roses, presented by Mr. W. C. Buchanan, M.P:, and cme; by' Mrs. : C. ■ Elgar tSr the'- moa points for flowers, not including floral decorations. In the evening the Glee. Club will repeat the concert;which was such a success last Thursday. ■ '•■ • . ' ... ... . A little boy, son of Mr. Foster, of Waite Street, fell down > a .'disused well last week, and is still suffering from shock. . . > . Mr. Mason, bafar for Mr.' Rlntchford, had the unpleasant experience of inadvertently Stepping into ; a pot of boiling water thai ' was standing, in the .bakehouse.' He ■ was very severely scalded. . Shearing i 6 in full , swing about here now. Some of the larger sheds nave cut out,' and, on the whole, a satisfactory clip has been obtained. , , ~ The secretary of the fire brigade has received a donation of £2 2s,.from'Mr. J. Crawford, and another of .£1 Is. from Mr. J. H. Tully. The site finally decided on for the nSw, .firebell is' at,the, west end of the Triangle. Thesite is a very good one, and it is hoped that the erection of the boll will now be pushed on.

> OTAKI.. . At a-meeting of the Otaki Maori BacingClub on Saturday plans;of the proposed grandstand for. the new. course .were .submitted and .approved; and tenders-will be called for the erection of the structure in the course of a few days. '• ■ Among the visitors to Otaki on Saturday and Sunday were Mr. J. F. Arnold,' M.P., and Mrs. Arnold. They were the guests of Mr. niui Mrs. l'enn, and were motored to Parapaiaumu on Sunday by Mr., Byron Brown. The, visitors returned to .Wellington yesterday morning!. The proudost nnk of. bowlers' in. the district at the .present time are/Messrs:.Byron.Brown, J. G. Stevens, T. O'Rourke, and W. B. Smith, of the Otaki Club. They journoyed to Shannon on Saturday, and wrested,.the coveted Kinni : burgh feathers from the local .champions. The latter have staved off many previous attacks. At a meeting of the Kalui Cricket Club on Saturday nighf it'was decided to hold a concert on December 1 Messrs. Small and MTkteekan were.elected joint secretaries for the event. A cricket match was played on Saturday between the Kimberley Club and the loml eleven. The latter won easily by an innings, and one run. ■ '■

Mr. C. Powles intends leavics the: district shortly to take up business in Wellington. It is probable also that' Mr. and Mrs. W. Tompsitt frill shortly taie up residence in La Tin, whore Mr. Tompdtt has purchased a block of land..; ;

Mr. A. 0. ■ Pikei who recently .joined thie ranks of the Benedicts, wasi on. Monday liiglrt, presented with a silver-mounted baton, as a token of esteem, by members;6f the Otaki-Or-chestral Society, of which, body . Mr. ■ Pike is conductor. Mr. Kingi Tabimi made the presentation.