PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 901, 22 August 1910, Page 2

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

IFrojn Our Special CorresDonaent«.) ; MASTERTON. Tho annual meeting of the Wairarapa'" branch-of the Teachers' Institute was' held, in Masterton on ■ Saturday. A\ balance-sheet was presented which • showed the. brand! to be in a satisfac- i • tory nnancial condition. Several new • members were elected. Mr.-N. C. Has- : lan was elected president for" the en- ; _ suing year, and Mr. J. A. Jones sec-i rotary and treasurer. At the animal meeting of: the Masterton Co-operative Dairy Company on '■" (Saturday afternoon the report and bal-ance-sheet • wero adopted. Tho report showed that during the past year the financial position had improved.- Tenpence per pound for butter-fat had been paid out to suppliers, and a sum of money put to the sinking fund. A : pasteurising plant was about to be in- : • stalled, and it was expected that : milk from 300 extra cows would be supplied : ' in the coming year. Complaint was made that local tradespeople did not support tho company as loyally as they should "ido. Messrs. Wright,'-. Thompson, and P. Cotter were elected to the ;; directorate. ■ _The art classes at the '• .Masterton Technical School have been considerably strengthened as, a result -of tho recent art exhibition. CREYTOWN. The usual- monthly meeting, ot tho committee of the Greytown High School was. held on Friday evening last. The minutes of the last meeting were iread' and confirmed. The ' headmaster's ■' report ' was-' read and . adopted, and accounts-amounting to £21 16s. 4d...were passed' for payment. Messrs. Honry and -Maxton were appointed visitors for. the. month.. A large attendance of dancers and onlookers was present at the', military ball held in the Town Hall on Thurs- . day evening. The volunteers were in their uniforms and sot. the hall off nicely.' - Visitors attended from all parts of tho valley. ■ ' WOODVILLE. At a meeting of the Dairy Union suppliers held.last week the opportunity was taken to record the suppliers' appreciation and esteem of the late manager of the Woodville factory, Mr. E. Harding. The present took the form of a silver tea set. FEILDING. •'"..' It is most likely- that the Kiwitoa. County Council will appoint Mr. Waito, '■'■ who was second on the list to ■ Mr. Campbell, to tho engineership. Mr. ' ';' Campbell has taken up an appointment ,< iu Tonga. . - • -" The ordinary monthly meeting of the Kiwitea County ■ Council was held on Saturday. ' There were present: ;■• Councillors F. F. Hockley (chairman), H. Fowler, Shaw, , Bruco, Morton, : Grice, M'lntyre, and M'Ncil. Tho Lands and Survey Department wrotai forwarding'the Land Board's approval!;' of the expenditure of thirds. The Trea-! sury forwarded a Government grant of! -.- £184 7s. Bd. The treasurer, Mr. L. J.i\ Verry, reported as .follows '; on thoi ( finances:—Keccipts: Hates, £309 19s. \ 9d.; Government grant, £184 7s. Bd. j, • dog tax, etc., £6,135.; total," £501. Os.. sd. Paid out of.county funds, £1681 j ss. 7d.; loan account, £109'155. 3d;: ' ; land fund, £240 Os. 7d.•; land fund No. ' 2, £15 Cs.; cemetery account, £1 Bs.; total, £2047 15s. 5d.; debit balance atbank, £2153 7s. 6d. Another of the old identities, oneconnected with the foundation of Feildat a\,very? early • hour on Saturday morning- in the person' of Mr,•-Thbs.v ff.Ev Mr.yFoster was-; born 'in ■ Stoke, ;.'.Devonshire,-V 1 .'76' years', ago, and lis death'jaided '.a- long and painful illness'^''Hi ; entered at : Home as one of the 'first settlers for the' Manchester. Block,-landing in Wellington off the ship Laoge, and coming to Feilding in 1874, and having'resided here ever since. He was for 13<years on the clerical staff of the B. and 0. Aid Corporation; which financed tho settlers of the block, and,was tho last survivo'r of its staff. He founded, and; was for 33 years (up .to the time of his, death),. secretary of the Foresters' Lodge here, besides occupying-, tho secretaryship of the Masonic Lodge for 28:} years, and was' one of the founders of the Oddfellows' Lodge. Mr. Foster* • is survived by.a widow, five.sons, four daughters, forty T eight grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren. The first meeting of the .Management Committee of the Wanganui Dsitrict 1.0.0. F., M.U., was held in the Odd- -•• fellows' .Hall, -Feilding,- on,-.-Saturday, ' Thore wore present:—Brov. G.M. Broi W. J. Allen (Feilding), Bros. ' E.j-_ M'Gonnell (Maugaweka), I. Saleki (Wellington), T. Bamber (Wanganui), H. Sb'arman-. (Palmerston North), S.,\ 'Watson ..(Palmerston), ~C. Aitkeni (Feilding),' TV- Bason G. H.i Fspiner (Buniiythorpe)j' K. Johnßtone, (Foxton). Tho. Grand Master'referred! ' to the fact that, the meeting was thoi first under the altered system of: man-, agement, the half-yearly meeting of* deputies having been discontinued. He. extended a hearty .welcome to the members of the committee. '■ The C.S. (Bro, Salok; of Wellington), announced that the necessary steps for tho .imialgama* tion of tho Loyal Awarua Lodge (Obi-' nagiti) with the Loyal Kangitikei Lodge (Mangaweka) 'had been : , taken, and would shortly bo an accomplished fact. After considerable' discussion upon the deficiencies accruing in the, medical aid funds of tho lodges, it was resolved that the following notice of. motion be placed on the' order paper for the animal 'meeting of tho Wanganui district: "That the B.M.C. be asked to : add tho following words to General Rule, No. 53 Clause: 'Viz., and that tho medical pence.be paid by all members in advance.'" The various bal-ance-sheets showed ""that there was a sum of £1200 standing to the credit of tho various lodges awaiting investment. - '