PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 691, 16 December 1909, Page 5

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Sncoial Oorrcgnoiidcntß.l .'.--. ~-.; ;;,'j ';.'■'"■■- — '-. »- -;',. : \ :-■'■<''-':M'i ','-:'- _','■•' levin.. ';' :V ;, : -/-v v^'v^j Mr. W. Stewart Park,'.barrister 1 and solid* ;:'■■:&j ,tor, Levin, is proceeding by the TJlimaroa on . --'.-'i Friday for Sydney, where be will spend a > V, "H. holiday. '■'' :' ■;<■ '■'-..- ::T ".' ':■•.•" y - ■'' ■',' ''■':' :^^| Tho Postal .Department bos at last recogi '.'...':,; .-./] nited that gas is to bo had for tho purpose -;.;, ■';■] of illumination in Levin, and are having it .'.'.i-:'='i installed-in; tho.local'Post. Office. •: A , . , ::, ; 4!j . Building, operations in Levin are showing , . vj-% activity at present. Houses are going up iu -.''); all directions, including several on the Ara- ■ -;; paopae Estate, which'was recently cut up;and'.:-'.'.'.-'.'.'3 sold in sections. This all means increased .' ■:V< prosperity, for . tho town and district,' ns not v-.-i only builders aro.: benfited; but .plumbers,■.■>;;., yil painiorfi, papcrhangers, - fencers, etc., partici-''■-■■;.-;.- '..', -'.'2 pole also. - ■.'.:.'. \l ..The Mothodist Sunday School anniversary .;:':;] next Sunday promises to ho exceedingly attrac- ';:-"; live. The Rev. A:- B. Chappcll, M.A., will bo -■'.;. TV.-? 1 tho special preacher, and tho children are to ■ ■■).-'..■'.■:.s. give- a.programme of special music, under the -" leadership of Mr. .Williams. . On.Monday even-::. < : ■•-; ing the distribution of prizes takes place.. ■..:,::..'i • — —■ ——'-'■. '■■.:'/.■:■''■r :^"'M ■ • '■ J . G«EYTOWN.' ;'; : ;;v'.':^: _At the monthly meeting', of the Greytowß .: :,- ; s ' District High' School on Tuesday evening; the: '-'* ■ headmaster s report 6tate,tl that: tho 'school had ■ •"'. '- i passed through a very'successful year. Eighty- •''■< ; : i -V-'-'P , seven pupils had gained : ccrtificateti' foratten-' :: "iv dance. It was resolved' that a letter be : ...">: written to tho Education Board pointing out ■■:--vv; ' fhe disadvantage of. the-present train service.':: : '.'?: • Iho'aobon of. the chairman and troasnrcr'-in---'-"'-> : regard to procuring prizes. for those children-- '* i who hod gained attendance- certificates,'was !! V'r confirmed. The school broke up for the boU-- ; days .-.yesterday,'the chairman presenting ■ the ■<■ '■■■'Jj 1 prizes. '..- ; ; . . .-■.; •■ . ...*.. ...;';<^ '■ ■ ■ ■ \'::' F EIL DIN 18.''..' '■; '.■''"'.".-;'.'. ■'" ''^"; : v'3.P:| , The town clerk has received from the-.6o*i-.'.' : J»:v ; '' eminent Analyst, an ■ analysis of tho sample of. V .;' £ -I , V?V e r ™ kcn froß i the Kiwitca stream, from ? ' : .'.v. :'; I which stream it is proposed to draw, a: sup-' -- - ?'' . plomentery 'supply for the Foilding town ser-\' ; =?- ; i vice, TliD analysis, is not - altogolher favour- - '- :, .; ; ■ able.' ...' ■ . - .. : .-.:,-:,-; Mr. Thos. Watson has been- : appointed 'dis-. -';'.v- ---' j™t commander of the Boy: Scouts f or vthe ''■ '"V ' 1 eliding- district,. and will. endeavour to' form :•: -i |-. troops in the neighbouring townships. Already -; -W _ a smart troop lids been formed at: Halcombe. :: ; ''".'V* , practically been decided that the 'scours vti-v; i Si B ° lnto cam V somo time -in January.' r- v . f™" 1 " r .9 n two troops of three patrols,each "■';' ' in FeildingV and the number continues:■■:'to;-i ; ;Vf : grow.' '-,' ' ■;:;- ;': .' -> ; . ;.':-.' ''-ivj:^ - Mr - H.-A.'Eastheri tniancy' inspector for-the .'''--■ Wanganui education district, - who retires on'-"•■■'"-''•■'■* , suncrnnnuation; in . February: next.- ' visited '2J ':'':-.? schools last month, and reports "that HaWera '?,'-»:' was tho. only, place whero ho fouiid onv'sicfc-.!.' !•';■' ness.:, percentage of attendance schools which lib visited .was ilO/i. Fiftv-oight;:..'''-.::' summonses were.issued dnriug, tho inouth.nml ';'--';:': fiues wero imposed.ili. twent}--cight eases. The' 'i. : -i: highest attendance (90.5 per cent.) Was atthe'.''" :'M<' : ' Ohakuno side school,- where 50 children were -"-iVy '.- present, out of a',roll- number of 58. , ■■' v, -,'V'.'■:'•■:'\:* Owing, to the low 'prices, ruling for pork, the - '?.i directors; of, the'Cheltenham. Dairy Company" 'V'-i-'.i have been considering- tho question of-estab- '.';'■■:<'■'■:; lislnng. a cooperative bacon factory :. in'the : ■ J : i'; Foilding district.' It has. been decided to. fur-';''';-.'.; ther tlio movement in-this direction by,com- : : '-:.; municating with, all the dairying / companies:' -'-v operating in' the;district with a new to obtain-.-'- a- ; i; ing ail'expression of;opinion as to the fcasibil-:':..';';'-:. ity of',tho venture. The 'directors decided to ask- tho' Feilding and Apiti • Cham-^■ ■■' : 'i .! ■ bers.of Commorco, to consider tho question. It;-;-. ''p':i£i is proposed,..later: on, to hold a meeting..'to ':':;.•:;;.", which all the above-named bodies will -bo::in<'-'v'' - iiv%: vitcd.'to'send representatives. - '■•."■'' )[::- ;:•;■:? '.;■' ,;. -. ; -.'.; •,FEATHERSTON. ". ; H^; : p.-Ji~sis; The fire/ brigade ~ paraded .sunder . Captain'".•-.':•'v' ! .>; ; Rotter' on 'Monday evening,, and put in' soms:,"'-;".i ; " good;practice with-tho reel. ■■■.■■j':'..y\:. : 'l.-:-<-y[.s-yi/) '. Haj'.making;;and/ shearing are•. ocbnpying. i- ~ .'.:V ' farmers .about here at.present, but the weather,'{.''';): . has been rather- unsettled: for > both kinds ;of ' ".'.v'", work. ;.The' wool .this year is, well grown,':but;,':: : Wy, very, The goods trains that were : left in tho new time-table seem to; be fully'.-'-';,. ;V ; occupied in getting : ,the■ large, consignments '[• :"|;;- away,,' Featherston is''affected a, good deal ;by ..-P-HiO'--tho'new time-table and mailiarrangemonts. The '; 1 '!-.-:'-; . first, mail ;up. from Wellington is' at .hnlf-past'. ;'.;«! ten. This is also the: first mail from hero: tcv,,';';:.^ ; : tho north;- A'train passes hcrp.at'hve^minutci-;^'?:;.''' / post six in'the morning, but'iib mail.is taken, ■ '■':■'■,-■''■ {. ;Tlu^,;.m'rans;that a letter,posted here.,for Ihi'',;,';';'';';: 'Main ,'Tnlhk lias to w : ait a 'day in' Wellington ; : ',■'' ' : ',' nnda reply,from north of Eketahuna cannoi '; '". , bb, received on tho samo.day; as thaton .which ,; ; ;;;: a 'letter'.is -postcdf .The morning and. ovcnini;.. , - : - :? - ■ Wellington.trains, being half-an-bour later nnck.: 'j.'.v - earlier .respectively, make-a good deal.of. dif- .'-,:,.:'"; ■; fcr'enco also,, If n'person'has auy, busihess'to': :■'.:■.; : do in Wellington,'it practically, means a two- : ,'.','". day's-trip,, although- tho distance is so small.,:!;!''':?' .. The train gets into'- town/at bu't'.'»v,-.','',-;-'; : /ri number: of- business men 'do not get back, from '•£'s%; lunch ,till two , o'clock,; .and. : the*train. starb;; ; ;':''.-I^. back, at half-past thrrc,; leaving less'tlian'oß:' :.;'''.--J hour-and-a-holf to do businnss in. A haif-hour ';''"!.-' earlier, in the morning aiid l '.a.'lialf-hoar , 'iater-."'-' , ,' 1 3?;J in the afternoon.would havo been, much more..".'' ; ':''"^i; cnitable. Tho cutting r oi)t of;tlio early morning:;;:;;;::^, up and the late, mail down. is. felt, a' grcat'deiu 'v.V'i'' all over' the-district. , ..:;■ '.'•.■■-■' ■'.'.'^'-K*,;:!; , .. 9uite a impibor of motors are making' the;,:-.■%£ trip over the Rimutaka just now." .Tho hill 'is'.J '-& h.good test for;a'car, but.any.machine in good ; . : " :^ order,ought, to be able ..to negotiate it. ■ The'".-v 1 ■'."»>'-■ grade is not excessive, but tho.corners nro apt'-""";'^ to-cause ; trouble. On Saturday, two largo cars -f:. '■;'.'■-iD met onaliridgc at a turning, and it was onlT-i:V.":':'.v : .¥ by very careful handling of both ' machine's ; •■''■ ; r >' thata, bad /accident was ; averted.; . This, s'orir,':-.';:;-^ of thing is all the more'dangerous:-'for the. do-... 1 - : *:S, fcending cars on this side of tho.ranee,"aS I tucj' <; '3 vV-:-havo'to take tho ontsido of tho road; ■ ;-;;■ i' .i : -V Dr. and; Mrs.' Palmer, who recently loft -'.'»' district to: reside 'in- Australia, have- returnee'•-,;:;'; Vto -Now Zealand to;live, tho climate of Aus'J;' J Sf-; tralia.not agreoing 'with them. ■■■■■': )'■, '■'. ;.,." .-■;■ "■' '■•:■'■■?'■'.«?■.. ''Influenza is .'strongly, in evidence : here -ni ...'.',5 prespnt...,.;.,■■ ,;■ ■..,'.,'}■'.'.-. ,'■;, : '-i.-':-'. ,"';>' -~..- •Thero is every, prospect of thorc'bbinga fir^^yV; class raco meeting at' Tauhereriikau on New-' : 'i.'■7 c , a ?X Day,; ,v ' hon the' Waifarapa Racing Club Wi£U hold their, bummer ovent. Tho. racecourse'. anil ■• ■ •''•';> '• is surroundings havo been improved and beautified-."' .''•''!;, . greatly, and,, the .nominations exceed: tho .best:, '■' -iri to date, by over sixty.\'Also' tho classiof horses'' -: - r 'i : ; nominated speaks well for tho reputation: of : ;,--"■'- ' tho. club.; ,;.::'/;';': ■•;.'..', .V-;' ; .'.'..'- '/-.' '-.'•';'; : '-. ; : v'-.i-^ , '.Tho Featherston. Dairy. Company sent away ''■■■ -'•■""-''-'? 500 cases of chcoso last week;-^This' establishes ft- : a record for tho factory.: -Thisweek"2oo more v ; ■*'; - : arebeing shipped..- Tho supply: at the factory : -" '' V 'S ' is just on 5000 gallons daily. •■■■:■•>, : .-:,'• ;;'IV