PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 793, 16 April 1910, Page 3

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

(From Our Ssecial CorreasoßdentU —-—» CARTERTON. A welcome "social," preceded by a tea meeting, was tendered on Thursday evening to the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. , Standage, by the Carterton Methodist congregation. Although the weather was violent during the day, iit cleared towards evening, and the attendance was large. A very pleasant time wag" spent. 1 Tho cricket match for the Henderson Cup between Carlton (Masterton) and Carterton teams had to be postponed on account of the weather, and will probably take place next Thursday. It was to have been played on. Thursday afternoon last. • Mr. L. H. Smart, of Carterton, has been appointed an auditor under the Friendly Societies Act. ' • A gale with some violenoe raged here on Thursday, and did some damage'. Near Mr. H. Huntly's residence* at South Carterton , a telephone i pole was blown over, and fences and stack tops were lowered in many places. In the afternoon the sale abated, but • ' sprung up . again early on Friday morning, and gives promise to continue. The Carterton Borough Council hag decided to present an address to his • Exoellency the Governor on the occasion of his farewell visit to tha' Wairarapa on Wednesday. Mr. -A. Armstrong (Mayor) will present the address, on behalf of- the council and'*., burgesses, and citizens axa . to be invited to attend. It is probable that a guard of honour will be formal by the school cadets and local territorials. . At a meeting of the recently-formed Tradesmen's Association, the rules governing the working of the association . were finally approved. Those present, given permission to do light work. A,, membership roll, and the secretary is to interview tradesmen who were not present; with a view l to inducing them to join. Bro. J. Feneham, N.G., waß in, tho * chair at a recent ordinary meeting of the Loyal Heart of Oak Lodge of Oddfellows, when the business was of a routine character.. It was decided •to • inquire whether the lodge surgeon was aware that a brother in receipt of sick pay was\following his employment,and to ascertain whether he had been give npermission to do light work. '. A euchre tourney between the benedicts , and bachelors ended in favour of the' former by four games to one. Another . - tourney will be held at. tho next meeting. Receipts for the evening wera £11 4s. 6d., and disbursements £2165.' 7d. ; ■

OREYTOWN.

The weather 'here, is . exceptionally: ; rough and wet', and trees aid' fences are.being demolished.. Apples, etc., are also being blown off the. trees.. in large.-, numbers. The gale is the heaviest perienced-here for some,time.. •■ , •■ ".'■-.'.. Members of the Kia Toa Hockey Club gave a concert and dance on Thursday . night in aid of the funds of the 'local v fire brigade.' Notwithstanding the bois-terous.-weather a, very good "house" was recorded and all enjoyed tb/j'ettv' ' tertainment provided. . . "'.

- , WOODVILLE. '■-"■■J

The monthly: meeting of "the" Wood-' ville Borough Council was held ffiey week, when the following business was transacted <—It was resolved to. co-. operate with the County Council in tie extermination of noxious weeds;, the . Minister is.to. be asked to a110w..-In-, spector Hugo to report'on the fire' ap-'i ■; pliances of.the locatbrigade; the Football Club is.-to. be ,o)iarged oae-fonith ; . of gate receipts for .matches played -da-;, the Becreation • Ground;. the Mayor 0f..-' Wellington is to.,be asked'to represent' this borough at the forthcoming' conference. ■On account of complaints be/; . ing 1 made regarding .town-sewerage b6-; ,1 ing;emptied into the Mangatua Creek, , ' notice is being, .given, that residents : must not empty hoiuse refuse into dama under, penalty-of a'fine, as the rnainr sewer leads into this creek. The drain-'.' age scheme has been advanced another/ step by the engineer eubmitting a newreport and plan which are to be considered at a special meeting. The Lighting Committee are .to discuss the ad- ' ' visability of laying gas mains in. Or- "; mond. Street. On the motion of iihe Mayor a charge of 30s; per day is:to be the maximum for any club' or society using the Eecreation Ground. The £7 balance from the Old Athletic Society, > which was , 'placed in the-hands of .the council, is to be handed over to the society recently formed:' 'The Mayor . was, asked to stand for re-election and ', consented, i , '-~ , ..'. '■.- "■ It is intended ..to ' entertain. 'Lord Plunket at luncheon when he" passea . through here on Thursday next: .' The Rev. B. H. Ginger left for Wei-, lington.yesterday. While there he is to undergo a serious operation. .'', . Tenders'for the renovation of the Methodist Church were considered this . week and the tender'of Mr. P. Grieve, of. Mangatainoka accepted. . ...

FEILDINC. -.'•' The l annual meeting of the Feilding bnaach of the' Farmers'...Union* was waa held in the office of the secretary "■ (Mγ.' Perry) yesterday afternoon, Mr. Hector Booth presiding. Hie following officers wore elected-for the ensuing year:—Chairman, Mr. A. S.' Mayo;' ■ vicenchainuan, Mr. C. Selby; committee, Messrs. Hector Booth, iGeo. Wheeler, C. A. J. . Levett, F. Usman, R. . Conway, J. M'Farkrad, R.' 0. French, Hugh Burrell, F. Y. Lethbridge, A. Campbell, R. ShortaU; 0. Anderson, A. , ,H. Atkinson,;. W. G. Pearce, W. G. Fry, and A. Barrow. .Messrs. Mayo and Conway were elected delegates./to. the. provincial .conference. ' Mr. S. Kenny, .who has,been on the staff of the local branch of. the, Bank of New South 'W.ales for the past eighteen-. months, left by the Main Trunk trai?yesterday' for 'Auckland, having 1 been transferred to that city. Mr. Kenny ■'•; was secretary of the Feilding.. Tenuis Clubi ■.■:'•.■ '.. .• ■; j, .. .; ; /. There was a good yarding of sheep'■-. and a. fair yarding of '.cattle'-at the Feilding sale yesterday,- and prices were ■ satisfactory. .■■•-..' ' ■. ■. < The Vdlley ' Eoad School v has haS another escape from fire, tho caretaker being just in time to prevent the spread of the flames. The.school waa' full_ of smoke when the fire was first noticed. ;■•".'' i The annual show of the Apiti Horticultural and -Industrial ■ Society was held yesterday. The entries, in almost' all , classes, were ; good; In the farm',' ' roots, vegetables, and school garden classes the exhibits were especially good. . ..... . ■:...:..-■

Before leaving the Dominion,' Dγ' John, president of: the British .Esperanto .Association, in a letter answering a query from Mr. S. Andrew, of FeikV ing, , stated that he was "quite pleased with the pronunciation of the language by New Zealand Esperantists. Their pronunciation was exactly that which' English, French, Russian, • and other '■■ foreign Esperantists. would comprehend without .the least difficulty.

FEATHERSTON. '■

: afternoon, whilst Mr. and Mrs. C. lVingham; of' Pigeon Bush, accompanied by. two friends; were ht Tv ," V 5 n Marti nborough in one of Yelverton Brothers' cabs, the horses swerved when going, up Bidwill's cutting, and the cab was overturned. The driver, T. Davis, was thrown' to the ground and badly injured. He is now in the (xreytown Hospital suffering from concussion of the brain. The pa£ sengers received a severe shaking and the cab was badly broken. ' ■ ■