FEILDING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 754, 1 March 1910, Page 2

FEILDING.

The death occurred on Sunday ; of Mrs. Martha EanMn, relict of' Mr. Andrew. - ; Rankm and mother of Mr. John Jiantin, town clerk. Deceased. was a-native of Scotland. She came to Feilding from Donedin with her son in September 1903, and had resided here ever since. Mr. Ernest Short has made a liberal offer to the FeUding Athletic Club which is in an indifferent state, financially speaking. He will give a valuable Eom- ' ' ney ram to a committee to bo.put up ' at public auction and sold to the.last-•'. bidder, the amount of cash bid individually during the course of the sale to , be' : donated by the bidder, to the athletic c 'ub. . . . .: A very fine exhibition of art studies Inr-V the new director of the TechnicarSchoqU'--(Mr. L. Watkin) has just been held'. '■■ • 'Agricultural teaching is to .bo- taken '. up with increased activity by the-.Wa-nganui Education Board. Mi. G. S. • • Braik, chief inspector for .the board, tiaeV ' been in Feilding conferring with severalmembers of tho Technical School Com-'-'-, mittee, the result of which- conference f was thnt the director (Mr. Watkin) was '■" asked to communicate with all leading farmers of the district asking them to ' attend a meeting next week to consider-. : the matter of smarting, classes in-agricul-tural subjects in different, parts of the district. These classes are to be on similar lines to the wool classes.