PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 909, 31 August 1910, Page 10

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

(From Our Sooctal CorroßDondentaJ CARTERTON, A concert is being arranged, to bo given in.a month's time, in aid of the funds of tho local Methodist Church. Mr. and Mrs. S. Greatbateh, from the South Island, = are at present visiting friends hew. Mr. Grcatbatch was at one time clerk at the local railway station. Mr. W. Campbell, of. Marlon, is at present oil a visit' to Carterton. Mi. Campbell has many friends here, lie was,.for a considerable period, secretary of the local fire brigade. Mr. J. Frnscr, who recently sold his tobacconist's business here, has established a similar business in Patea. | The new dairy factory at. Carrington will probably be ready for operations at the beginning of October. • Tho licensed victuallers of the Wairarapa, have (through Mr.-W. M. Halley) presented a beautiful solid silver chal- ! lenge cup to the Wairarapa and East 1 Coast P. and A. Society, for competition lon points in' the cheese classes. The I trophy is on view liero. Mr. S. Cranch, of Belvedere, has.pur--1 chased a farm property at Te Aroha, in tho Auckland province, and has • left to take it over. Mr. A. E. Wallis, the contractor for removing the old wooden portion of tbe South Wairarapa Hospital, is making good progress with the work. Mrs. Tilson,. wife of Mr. It. Tilson, a well-known and highly-respected settler of Ponatahi, "died on Monday evening. The funeral is to take place at Greytown on Wednesday.

EKETAHUNA. A poll was taken yesterday on thequestion of raising a loan of <£1800 for improvements, to Newman Road. ' The proposal was carried' by 39 votes to 3. ' Mr. Thomas Parsons was elected yesterday for tho 'twelfth time 'as chairman of directors of the Dairy Union. OTAKr. At o. gathering of Utaki ratepayers un Monday night it. \va3 decided to elect a committee .to go into the pros and. cons of forming a borough, this committee to report at a future meeting. There were only three dissentients •to the . proposal. . Several ministers were here yesterday in connection witn Native church matters. It is the intention of the local Natives to. lay a protest before them regarding the trustees of the college charging' for children attending the. Native school here. . ' ' . FEILDING. ■ Mrs. J. Graves, wife of one of the oldest" settlers of the Halcombe district,and' sister of Mrs. Peter Thomson, of Feilding, died this week. The deceased lady was widely known throughout the district as one of "our pioneer settlers. She was' 73 years of age. Mrs. Wratt, wife of Mr. J. Wratt, of Taonui,-. has also just passed away. ; Dr. Frengley, district : health officer, was in I'eilding yesterday, and made an inspection of the borough's septic tank system. , ■' Although'defeated by last year's champions (tho Druids) by 22 games to 18, tho: Oddfellows are the winners of the friendly societies' card shield, 1 having' won ,7} 'games.. The Druida won (ii. and .tho I'oresters 4. ■' 'Mr. D. H. Guthrie, M.P., has not yet given up hope of having Bartholomew's liush acquired for. the use of\ the public, and is taking .active steps to' this end.

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