PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 778, 30 March 1910, Page 10

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

- (rrom s Our Succial- Correspondents.) •

OTAKI. - The mam attraction-at Otaki oil Monday, was-tho Druids'.-Athlotip. Club's • annual sports-gathering. - Tho weather : was/fine,-and'in consequence thero was. a larger gathering than has been tho • case ore previous occasions: Tho racing Vfjs 'good, but occasionally the judging /was questioned. Tho handicapping was good, but the largeness of the commit- ' too was, oil' tho - Svliolc, . a hindrance rather than a help. Following are the results:—District Maiden - Kace, "60 v yards: W. Udy. 1; H. Taylor,. 2; F. Benuott. 3. Hurdles, 220 yards: J. Jones, 1: J. Edwin, 2; F. Cootes, 3. Handicap. 100 yards: Tooby, 1; M'Kain, 2; Jones. 3. Boys' .-,< Championship': Buimv. Hawea. 1: White, 2: Morgan,:3. Half-uiilo: F. Bennett, -1; '■£.: Staveley, 2; D.''Wilson. 3. 220 Yards Handicap: J'. Jones. 1: M'Kain,- 2 ; • Tooby, 3. Girls'-.Race: Eileen Bills. Sack Race: Nohu Towiata./lt Ono Mile Handicap: R.'Staveley,. 1; D. Wilson, 2./ Druids' Race: J. Noblc,! ; W.. Noble t 2. Forced Handicap:. Symonds and M'Kain, dead heat. V i.Tho Groymouth ■ footballers arrived herb 'yesterday and defeated, a local , team by 28 points to :3. During the '/■ganie„.in .frhich the plajvwas not of, a very high order, a player named Rikihana had a cojlarbone. broken, wlulo another, A. Cook, was rendered msenRi'ble. bv an injilrv to his head. A Greymouth player was also slightly m- .-. jured.;Tlie visitors left. yesterday mcirn- . lig.for, Palmerston North,! after' which they play in' Wellington..,; ! .; ''; t : The Druids' "social'! held on Monday 4 night in the Town Hall was largely' at-' tended,-' and an enjoyable time resulted. Special church services were held hero during '~.. Easter:.'; week, vhc ' Oliureh being decorated for the ocqa-' ■ iion. ' Special hymns'-were used, while'. a • large number attendedholy - ...com-: > muniori. .' ' ■ ■ The'statement made -by The ,Domin-_ ion!s ■ Waiohoanga correspondent ;.• that v Mr. 'W. J. Bow-'iiifcends' to' iun a .taxicab;. t<i arid'from tlio ;Otaki station is '-- without foundation. ;-j • _• • The "hockey match ' between Hui Mai (Wellington). and Otaki, which; was played .'on. Monday, resulted in;, a win {■■■ lor ;,Otaki- by. ;5,, goals: to-, The game . : was .not a very:scientific one,.andin.the .first half iof-sido'plav 'predominated.

•, ; * FEILDING.' iFeilding defeated. Marten ■ in-.the-an-nual cricket - match,- making--222 runs as' against; their opponents'-68.,and 76. 'In.a friendly cncketma-tclv the. milk suppliers met tho -factory employers -at *. -Cheltenham, and scpred,l42 runs, 'the employers responding, with- 25 and 30. -Mr." : B-'-Prewin, who has been '' .Mayor/ofc Feildirigvfor:: four /years,- •isuot to have a walk-over this'year, as the -position will. be, contested- by a member, of tlio council. ■ WOODVfLLE. .. i ■''/ The. Easter, holidays.-passed.. off-very ■- quietly -at AVoodvillo, ihe.-chief attrac- . tion being the Manawatu ;. Gorge,.-.to which "numbers ot excursionists ;.paid a visit. Tho traffic at tho railway ;station,' however, 'appeared"to I :.be limited. :■ As ' a {the' mail' tr'ains-yare.crowded v. at this, time. of itho.'year, vhiit'i.thpso passing tiirough. on .Monday ■ werP not half tilled. - ~ - On Good Friday services were conducted 'at .the Anglican''Church by the Rev..- Canon Eccles. : . Woodville is at present experiencing i some Jittle. difficulty in keeping all its shops and dwellings let, but,- no doubt, ".V. ; this'; state :of ; things is only temporary. . I'ermaneut residences, .'on.. the'c.othei;. hand,-'.seem to .^'.iin-,great The proposed visit of a Napier' rifle team to fire, a match against, the ;-Wood-. ville Rifles,-was postponed. -.'i'./" -The" result of. the recent Harvest : ',■! . Festival,theld b.v the Methodist Church,, camp up to expectations,; a sum .of £100 being. realised.,- rlt *is , the 'intention' of the , Church . officers to renovate the: " inside .of, the . church thoroughly, and • make certain -imprpyetaentsljtp.-tlie' approaches. i • CREYTOWN. (IhoVwet: -weather on;- Monday inter; fered : With the-'holiday proceedings a little. A' few residents • found their : way to .the Taukerinikau- faces,, but a• •• much larger:. percentage':; remained at home. On Saturday the shops closed for the half day. - ,1 . •. ; -A farewell "social" was tendered to ■Mr. G.v.JV. Pittendreigh, local mis-: . .. sioner':. for the Methodist' Church, here, i on his • leaving to - take -up more im- • nortant duties in. the north .of Auck-. .land.. Addresses wore given by .-tlio Rev. Wv. J. Elliott, Messrs. Geo. A. Fairbrother, M. -Maxton, and A. Haigh. ■■■ Mr.. Haigh; presented- the guest-of the ■' .. eveniiig/..with ...a. purso of jsovereigns on behalf;:of -the■ members .of the -church.'