PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 783, 5 April 1910, Page 8

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

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''"/-.■ ."-.; ■.:'.■"■■ oTAKi. ...... ■■; ■The following have been elected offi- ■■;.'■ tiers of the Otaki Ladies' Hockey Uub. — VPatron,/Mrs. Ling; president,. Mrs. Stevens; vice-presidents, Jlesdames\ Byron Brown, Hector. Nicholson,-AV. J. H. Ruth- '. waite, ■ Freeman, ■ Bells. and Arthur "; liright; secretary, Airs. Kow; captain, ; Miss Bennott; vice-captain, Miss Bells. ■ X '-.'■ • Air. Bly, whilo working at. the .Otaki .- v Gorge! mill, , :had the misfortune to have ; a finger severely jambed in some stringers ':-.. that. were being ' packed. Medical as-sistance-was obtained; and Dr.'. Huthivaite found it necessary ■to amputate the first.'joint of "one finger. : .--."" , ; Powelka is-still at-.large. 'On Satur- : ■.';• day .a number-of Natives'deposed'to see- ;...,' ing: the escaped man. at Katihikii, and im- ' .; mediately, made, it- their...btismess; to in- ■ form thp police. .An .investigation .proved x that .the. suspect was .'an. ordinary. "sun- . downer" -and did not... nns.wer Powelka's j

description'in. any. form. -:..-. :'"• ;-.■■'■'■■ -Harvest . thanksgiving . services were '' given .in ; the ':district yestcrdayj• in \cbn- ■-. riection. -with,.'the . Anglican. Church. The churches' 'were .decorated, but.- there was not r an. .over-abundance : of field produc-tions,:-in-fact.the vicar .had .occasion to • remark :on .the. poor/display of offerings, at .the. same time preferring to the , ; beautiful; climatic, condition of thii place, to•gethcr. with-the suitable soil. ••.;■.-.'-. ; '. During' Saturday evening, between the ,'■.- hours , of; 7 and 9, - the privato'rooms at the--Salvation .Army- barracks were eii- .'" teWd,.,a'nd- : a. few, sixpences, and .coppers, ainountrdg" in all to about 3s. 6d., were

stolen. Sit. is' surmised '--'that the thief ; entered by a .'window, and was either; disturbed.during his peregrinations br was, not seeking qtber; : .Taluabl(ss,, fis' a. watch and .other .jewellery ;were lying • handy, /i-'oi;Mle.-'.»;sn'ni'.'-of >83-.'was also in. one of .-' the .rooms;. ..Constable Shaw -is;,on the ? warpath,-but the case is a difficult one to de.il with. ; • .... • FEILDING. - fhe Feilding Football- Club has. elected . . the' -following;"-officers:—Patron,Mr, ;D. ;' H. Guthrie, M.P.; president, Mr... Fred. Biramvice-presidents, Messrs. A. G. Walker, ;E.;'Gbodbehere, G: Bartholomew, P. Thomson, ,W. A. L. Bailey, T. Collins,- W.' W.' Anderson, T. : . Evans, J; O'Meara, J. Cobbe, and A. H. Sutton! captain, Mr. A. M. Ortgley;,. vice-captain, Mr. M. Carroll; secretary, and. treasurer, .'Mr. A. J. .Trevena.•;•••,• Mr. John Cobbe,'of ' Folding, . who leaves; 0n;,%, world tdur. at.^the, end, of this week,; : received v a - presentationof.. avery, handsome .pair'of field' glasses from the members, of.hjs:sta£fs. ~Mr. J.'.:Camp-. belli-;who has ;been longest, in- the' employ of Mr. Cobbe, made the presentation, and in doing.- so. referred; to;the-, good'- feeling always:, existing , between. employer.'and : ' emplo'yee..'at that esthblishment. : . The .Foilding Jockpy' Club ;lias several , deer running. on,. its picturesque race- .. course to which the public .are freely .ad.".'mitted:'- Mio other day two ladies wjio werevisiting th'e-.'gfounds attacked' by a deer. ' One of them; a visitor from. Taranaki, .being charged . three times.' On Sunday 'afternoon three yoimg. children of Mr. Wm. Gawerwere on. the grounds when' the . same ; 'deerso- savagely; gored ■-. a girl'that she is now-under the -doctor's -care,. having received several : nasty, wounds. Had it not been for the ; courage and - presence of mind of her , eleven-year-old sister,--who., succeeded in getting the' little one- out. and < shutting the 'gate, a fatality might have resulted.' x . SHANNON. ■ The local' football season opens. next Saturday-, when .a .Shannon fifteen will play, a team, from, ; the;Jlaranui mill. . ' . . All the ; Tokomaru-flaxinills are likely ' to' ruii throughout the winter months. ; The friends of Mr. F.-' W. Denton, will c-regret to Ji'eir th-it lie is. likely to sell his business and leave Shannon shortly. The son of, Dr. Gibb,-of ; Wellington, has been, appointed successor to the Kov. J. A. MTvenzie) 'who last -week left .for Home on a year's visit. Mr. Gibb preached iin the-Presbyterjari Church on Sunday. v' ; ,

LEVIN. Harvest thanksgiving-, services were held in. St. MarjT's.-iiiglioan Church, Levin; oil ■ Sunday, ,wnen this church was tastefully 'l'he'Rev-. S°. , <5. Cpmpton,. , ■ il.A.,'the vicar, preached to alarge.coiigregatiou in the morning, and i Holy Cohimiinion.,was dispensed.at the close of the. service. The;churbhiwas again well fille'd . . in the eyenihgi'when Mr'J J. C. Burns, lay reader; conducted the service, ..the Rev. S. G. Compton conducting a. thanksgiving service at Shannon. Mr.- A:;T. Penton,. a.vice-president of * Levin Rovers Hockey Club; "has donated a gold medal for. the player,, who 6hows most improvement during, .the. season. : , ■ . Misses :Stuf:l;'ey' and-' Tdnkin'son, new teachers, .commenced, theirduties at Levin School on ; Monday morning., Oa•iYednt'sday next,a sailing raco will be held on Horowhenuji. Lake tlio- start--1 ers i)i'in» Mr. W. B; JlacintDsh's Gowan (ecr.), .Mr.. W. E. Burge's Vipar (15miii.), and .Mr. C. E. Shaw's'Bona (lSrwii.). The course will be for six miles. : , Levin :tt"anderers Football; Club Iwil an •i enjoyablo.: practice game on Saturday; .a large immbsr, of last season's best players , turning out , and showing, that' they still retained all their old skill.

■ WOODVILLE. . Several cases of ./diphtheria ' are reported • jn the borough.. ■ For the.past week atmospheric changes have.been very frequent... .Although' ire'',ciseaped- the heavy downpour that, occurred. in other 'fcaTe.-had rain 'with• very, cold snaps, 'and consequently "a number : 'of folks Maya been laid aside with influenza. The' cases of diphtheria, are at two' different localities', in this town. : .The Eev. Ginger: leaves ,for Wellington Bhortly, to .Undergo; a serious operation. For some. time past' heV'hascarried \>n hip work .here .: under great, physical 6treSs.. . The . advice of expert medical tnen is that his trouble should, be. seen to at once.. . Mr.; Stanton,, of.. Wellington, will-fill,the position in Mr. Ginger's'absence. •

. WAIHOANGA. There was a stiff gale of. wind here last ffeek, trees falling in all directions, iilr. Beauchamp bad his buggy-shed 'bodily lifted and blown-.some: chains away. " .. Bush-falling 'has- ' commenced. Jlr. Judd's . men have erected their camp, and some two hundred, acre's of., bush . are. to come down. Mr. Bockett follows suit with a like {number, Messrs . i'razer Bros, and Ray,commencing: operations later on. The..Ngatiawa Rifle Club visited here last week to try conclusionsrat the butts with the Hai)tere. men. ..The fates were against the visitors, and,the Hautere men won .by 21. points: as ;just, completed a. fine new residence, and has gbne into occupation. -.'The Eyry", is. a great .acquisition to the place, and-.from it'caii be'obtained i.splendid panoramic view • of"-.-the • surrounding ~