PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 847, 20 June 1910, Page 9

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

(ffrtm Oat Bdcclbl CorrepoondenW.) fr ■ CARTERTON. An appropriation of .£3OO by ballot in connection with the Wairarana lcnmnatiDß Building Society lakes placo hero on Juno .10. Owing to the boisterous nature of the weather on the occasion of tho recent dance, held under tho auspices of tho local Tire Brigade, tho balance-sheet only shows a profit of lis. Del. The nniiual meeting of tho brigado takes place on July 5, and a smoke, concert will bo held after tho conclusion of tho business. Mr. E. Eagle, of Belvedere, on Friday railed four of his well-known .Jersey heifers to the order of Mr. J. V. letersen, of Midhurst. Tho heifers nr? descendants of tho imported sire "K.UJi. Tho death took place at tho South Wairnrapa Hospital on Thursday evening of Miss Jessie Kiddie, daughter of Vr. and Mrs. G. Kiddie, of Carterton. Deceased was only 28 years of age, and had not been ill long. Tho lata Miss Kiddie was possessed of a disposition which won for her many friends, who wilt sincerely mourn her demise. Hie bereaved "fatnilv will havo tho sympathy ot a largo circle of friends. The funeral took placo at the Clareville Cemetery on Sunday afternoon. A meeting of the General Committee of tho Wairnrapa and East Coast I'. and A. Society was held on Friday, when, in addition to routine business, it was decided to hold the annual horso parade at Orcytown this vear on September 24. Hie reports of the Ground Committeo and Ploughing Match Committeo were received, and held over until tho July meeting. EKETAHUNA. Tho Borough Council has been notified bv the Advances to Local Authorities Board that a loan of .111800 for the Newman Koad improvement schemo has been provisionally accepted, the rate of interest with sinking luir-1 being 3J per cent. At the annual "social" of the Tnrarua Rifle Club tho trophies won during tho season were presented'by Miss Petersen as follow:—Alberthscn's cup and club medal, Alex. Petersen; F. JI. Dowdens trophy, li, Thomasen; A. Mangtison s trophy, O. J. 1\ Petersen; IT. E. Greathead's cup, E. Biddle; club "possibleprize, J. Petersen; J. Daysh's trophies, \V. Mason and 11. Tiuehurst; O. F. Olson's trophies, Alex. Petersen and 0. J. I'. Peterson. The Ekctahuna Chamber, of Commerce is making another attempt to secure the amalgamation of Alfredton. riding, Masterton County, with Eketalmna County. FEILDING. Tho A. and P. Association was requested by a deputation from the Feilding Chamber of Commerce to provide a guarantee for tho industrial exhibition proposed to bo held hero next year. A committee was tot up to consider tho matter. , . The monthly meeting of Kiwitea County Council on Saturday was attended by Councillor!) F. F. Uoclcly (chairman), 11. Fowler, Jl'Ncil, Morton, M'lntyro, Bruce, Grice, and Shaw. Mr. D. 11. Guthrie, M.P., wrote enclosing a letter from tho Minister for Public Works, stating that the Minister had refused to grant the council's request to close the Oroua lload, Bcaconsfield. It was decided to close all tho county roadn to heavy traffic from July 1 to September 30.. It was decided to represent to the Pohangiha County Council tho advisability of protecting tho. bridge at London's Ford by planting with willows. The Valuation Department wrote stating that .£1227 Us. 10d., Government subsidy, has )>oen forwarded. Tho General Post Office advised that there was a deficiency of .£lB 18s. 4(1. on tho Sandon Block telephone, and asking the council to forward that amount. Tho Commissioner of Crown Lands wrote stating thnt a portion of Section 1!), Block XVI, llaularm, had lieen granted for rond purposes to.mo.ko an approach to the bridge.

The Rev. Hugh Paton bosun a week's mission in Tcilding on Sunday.

A sub-committee of the A. and P.' Association appointed to consider tho mattor of lectures on agricultural subjects bus renorted that ft was considered advisable" to ask Mr. 11. W. ' Lawrence, i'.C.S., to give a series of lectures oi' chemical analysis of the soil. , The A. and I'. General Comniitteo /adopted the report.