PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 743, 16 February 1910, Page 9

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

'.'■;.' (From Our Suooial : OorresDondenta.) ; ; ■:)- '.'''^■■.;S-;^ : ;"'':, ..'.A 1 business 1 site via; Manchester', Street,. Peilding, pn'Vwhicb.; aishop ...is; r ;. erected ; with/.«■'•'frontagei:;of i :lßj : . ; foet,'.'wa*s'; i sold ; ftepother 7 tlaj;;(or/,£2000;:;: It is'sqnly "/re-; .'ceirtly v also; tiiit' a' 20ft.:'sectibh -in the. same; locality brought',JE22so. \'t' : V- '/. v..Mr.;. W.,,'Buvgess,■(' wVio... lias' /been, ■ for. 4be./past twelve, "months,:, a.;pupil teachor ;ii.iKe-liytton Street-School : .is' to'.enter .the '<'-, Waillngtbii •' Training ■:■.-. College "on : March;,!..;,/-.>.' :^-r ! /'/] .-.-.w. </ : : ;-•:''• '+ ;vAri(unusual'"amp'unt ;of sickness- <is re' iported;from, /"the : .Beaconsfibld: district. ;\Vhoopihg 7 :"'cough \W: '.very ,;-prevalent., arqoh'gst the i cflildren,T and,:-.'if,/it' icon-; ■tiiiues ;to' neces-' ■ sary to'clbW'the.'school;for a'few : . i weeks.' •..'Miss -.Murray's':: death;, recalls .the'fact ! that ,her : brother, v tho:Rey.:Hiigii. 'M^rray,Xwho'died: five .years'. /Presbyterian minister here £or=l7 -years /--from -'1680 \ tov'lß97..'' : On his - resignation 'frbm':ac.tivo r ;duty,,the congregation;.gave, ,pa'vtiqu!av.• proof of '.their' attachment : to' him,: and, to;his sister by.providing them.' ; with'a;section; and. cottage in'.Feilding. .: .';The■ JToilding, Fire. Brigade -have? prer, 'sehted"the secretary-(Mr. H. K."Fitzgerrald)i with: a.'pnrsb of sovereigns.. Mr;' FitzAT : gerald'/has t seoretary.i of. the .brigado: ; fbr:■ the. ..past; twelve-, years, 'and '•■ t])'e'."..pre-,' sentatibn: was .'made:, in/.appreciation ■; of.' ;the: gbod...w6i;k;done-dunng .th'at;'term;iV-.-.; itA'r.meetihg, was;held.-yesterday .morning for; the-purposeof considering the. ques-V itidri-of.forming.a branoh'of the Y.M.C.A; .ihVFeilding." The Roy. C;'B.:Beecroft.was. •votedvto.,the,:chair,.. and : .there',were also ; present;/:the'; v ßeT..:y.;, J, Cbssum;-an'd :Messrs.; .T. I ..Watson',-:H.\-' l M'lntyre; : :JV: C. : Thbin'ps6n, G..vFitzpatrick;;'ahd: ; Swinerd.->;.'Mr. .'Thompson"- stated ,'thatl.;he''.;wai; l w , i^ing , ;'to" give .a i'site-ifoi 1 ■; »■'..building ■ * or.;: to i, assist; in. .anotherlone- ifitheproposersA thought, fit.. After'someVdiscussionat l 'was agreed : ;that : ■Mr.yE.. : :,M.':Swinerd,v:"whb'ih'ad ..taken, an: active./parMri. calling the : meeting, should; make a'canYassjof. the to.wn/.with anviow to "ascertaining "ho.iv^many-'young: ; nien' :w6uld-.:,b«'f.likely/. to .-.support'the; associa:tion".;r:Vlt.',is 'proposed ''.to'rc'all .in :Mr'. ; vH.: 'N:v: : Hqlmes,',of Wellington'/.-.'-fori .con-. Apiti'.,-,tjo.^Captain'; and;.'Mrs'. l ,E6se ' prioi l ;.tb their-departtre'foriCaYte'rtbn.ri Kefer-,: enceiwasimadfl'to-the'-valuable wo'rkVdonoby\the,'ciptairi and. his'Vwife'dnring their ;conneotion-;.'with-; : jhe.;local;-,corps ;of, ; thei .SalvationSAriiiy.?^v^?;^'?^'•'■■: ""■ '■';; 'j '■' r 'following officers:^Cpnduot6r,. ; Fraser ; j : Mr.;-; -Percy;: Meicer;;." foregoing" Md'^Missys^nd^ •will:;rhake-'.its-'debut, at boy' seouts'/cbncert,"'•;''■:'';v; : J '■''. : - i ; '.\'.''''•""',■.'■"■. ■']';' ■•'/Ai;meeting* .called': on.-Monday ,\evening for ,thej purpose 'of'".forming ■; an athletio;' society: was'-.iveH .attended,' and'• the club,was j\ duly Officers r" were elected: as', : follow:—Mr.': JSNioholas,: pre--.sideutjlMrl'J. .'Caftwright,'; treasurer| Mr; iTFardropp,-, Bebretary/'I-If'/i'/the -BorPugh 1 ; theuv.demand;: for; ;one ; third; of .'the .gate" money; are,;held,- there ; isjHttl«:dqubt - but: that v the ; 'riew- : sooiety"cari: -K-';'-'i :jGpdd;::entnes .•the^.swimming; r 6rrtrts/'':whioh'Varel'to*-'be:' ;heldv'here :thisy kK: i:;-":: 1 ::"::, ■;;-■' -'?Tie.--local-.i:y;olnhtMri: : 'company.V purpose' .hplding.-adaylißh't-.paradeyfit'wh'ichlever'y jrnan^"pW4;.fl'hd.«avo'urXtb'.l»".preM , nK^fo*- : ' ■it ,isitKe;. desire::of to .hayei-'a-' ,mto',;tie.newv.territbrialS,.'K' -;v '-■ ■<■/'■