PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 780, 1 April 1910, Page 6

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

(From Our Snecial OorresnondcntU . :'——7-* ——-- FEATHERSTON. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Henderson, of ■ South Featherston, have had the misfortnne to lose by death from convulsions' their infant child, a boy ten weeks' old. The little one was in perfect health until .two days before he.passed away, early on" Thursday morning. There were some hopes that, when the railway time-table alterations, to come into effect on April 1 were made, some improvement would be made as regards the Wairarapa service, but they have not been realised. The "vagaries of th« 6 a.m. train from here to WoodnUe, and that frtfm Woodville to Cross Creek at. 6.50 p.m. have become such a matter of course..that travellers- have ceased, to complain. ' .' J. ' ' , , , The members of the local town board, and as many residents as wish to attend, will meet the Governor "at Featherston Railway Station, on the morning of April ■20, which will be his farewell visit to the Wairarapa. . ' •

FEILDING. The Chamber of Commerce to-day passed a vote complimentary to Mr. John Cobbe, who leaves on a world s tour next Saturday week. -The chamber expressed appreciation-of Mr. Cobbe's past services to Feilding, and hoped that ho would have'a good time and a safe return, and gave him a fraternal letter to kindred chambers abroad.- .', ■' „' ', Work at the Feilding Railway btabon is increasing appreciably, and the start are kept very busy ;• in fact, it is necessary for them to work overtime in order to cope with the work. The opening; of the Mnir, Trunk line made a big difierence to the Feilding trade, as this town, taps the country even unto the Waikato. ! Pastox Swinerd, who has>ad charge ot the Baptist Church, here for the past three years, left to-day to'.take up. his new duties at East .'Oxford, Canterbury. The Feilding Golf Club had four representatives at the Tarahaki championship, meeting (Messrs. Power,.. Parkes, ■Spain, and Mackay). Power a second in the Bogey match, while Spain and Parkes were, well up in the medal Comptjtitioß. 'r ' ■'•.'■' '"." : _, '■'.. !■. Three of the Wanganm Education, Hoard's teachers, Messrs. Browne, Clark, and Niven, scaled Ngaruhoe on Sunday last,-. ■■•' - ■ ■ ■■- -■ ... Mr. James Fraser, who has been a 'resident of Colyton for seventeen years, is retiring rfroin farming:.-_ He' takes :up his' residence' in :Wanganui-next 1 ; week;' Mr.. Praser's farm 1 at Colyton has been sold to Mr. Hany Gaxlick, of. Colyton. Mr. T. Scoble Cornish, who scored.* success in Feilding in January last Jjitiv his original plays, "Ngaio," and "Hers Castles in Spain," has written several more plays. One, "The Roll of the l)rnm," is ah ,-anrasing military play, and is to be used as the curtain-raiser m the dramatic entertainment to be given : in the early part of May, in aid of ths funds of the Feilding Mounted Erfiea Mr. Cornish has also undertaken to gm "Ngaio" at an early date in Palmerston' in aid of the Hospital funds, and he has written a three-act drama, "Jack, th» Boy Scout," a New Zealand play for pro-, duction in Feilding for the benefit 61 the local scouts. It, is probable that th« Cornish Amateur Dramatic Company will also.appear inKimbolton. All the new plavs are now' in active rehearsal. The Minister for Railways,' during hi< recent visit to Feilding, gave an assun anco that" he would see that Feilding ii" future appeared on the time-tables as i stopping-place for the Main Trunk trains The April guide is out, and Feilding' ii still a non-stop place, so'far as the time table shows. At its meeting to-day th< Chamber of Commerce decided to again point out the omission to Mr. Ronayne." The president (Mr. W.. F. Bramwelll was appointed to represent the Feilding Chamber at the conference to consider a proposal to connect Apiti and Kirs 'bolton by rail with F.eiWiw- '.'