PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 855, 29 June 1910, Page 8

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

I7[au Out Bdcclhl Uorropuomlerildj .FEILDING. The new two-story brick fire brigade station in Feilding is almost completed, and will be opened at an early date. The registration of the Feilding Employers' AsMidatinn has lx>en completed, In the third round of the Friendly Socielies' card "tournament. Oddfellows v. Druids a draw resulted for the second time, the scores being 20 each. The total points now are: Oddfellows 1, Druids !l, Foresters 2. The quarterly meeting of the Feilding Fire Board was held yesterday. Present: Messrs. E. Goodbehere, ,1. .I.'Mallard, C. li. Ewen, O. C. Pleasanls. and W. J. B. Trewin. Mr. Cf, FI. Savwell, superintendent of the lire brigade', was a Is. pre.-cnt. Tho Minister for Internal AD'-.tirs wrote forwarding a return of fires in the borough for the past twelve months.—l!eceived. Tho sii|>erintemleut, in his report, asked permission to raise the strength of the brigade to 21 men. and this was agreed Lo. The estimate of recussed. The receipts were sot down at .mi, of which the Government would pay ,£f>o, and the Borough Council and tho insurance companies ,£2lO each. Included in the expenditure was a sum of .£SO for a bell'and bell stand. Mr. E. Goodhehero was re-elected chairman for the ensuing year. WOODVILLE. Sir. Millar, of the Manga-atua Valley has disposed of his farm to Mr. O'Hara. Arrangements are being made for the opening of another butchery business here. A "sign of the times," as far as 'vVoodville is concerned, is the reduction in house rents. A five-roomed house, in good condition, with the usual appliances, may now be obtained at the charge of 7s. 'tkl. per week. The alteration in tho train service is, in a measure, the cause of dwelling-houses being plentiful, a number of the local railway staff having been drafted to other places.