PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 931, 26 September 1910, Page 2

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

.IFrom Our Spoclal CorroiDonflentj.) "V .' -' fr.r 'ov'> ; CREYTOWN. At. a meeting, of the South Wairarapa Fruit Growers . Association, held <m Friday evening (Mr.'. Maxton in; the ■' \.' chair), ; the knuiial report'"and -. sheet, which , showed a small credit bal?. ance, were r'ead and adopted.. A letto! was read from" the local borough court- , cil, offering to.pay £ for £ up to £12 on money collected by the association; This was accepted, and a vote of thanks passed to the council. Mr./.T.. -K Kempton, who donated £5, was appoint-': ed collector for funds, and receiver for: > birds eggs and heads, and was ed to pay out on the same basis as last year for those.. . : .i- -. WOODVILLE. Thursday at the S.M. Court was very busy, day; ;so .much : so'that, the sit* ting had tohe carried over till Friday;' :- The first case was that of A. .Milno, who .was fined for'rescuing cattle from the. '' ranger: The'case of Mr. Pacey, who had applied for,a,license; for. ".the ;Wim- l-.x bledon Hotel, but whose application had /. ' been hung up by the Licensing Benchfor reports, .etc., wasithen taken.': ■ ; Tho police report 1 affected the case consider-• ably, and the greater ..port of tho. day .. was occupied in the-hearihg of in the applicant's favour. : L . Som'e.oi th«i,; leading men of' Levin were' called—3 Jr .: 2 v Pacey having been a. resident of thati • place for some.timi, 'ahd atione periodj; : : being landlord of the Levin Hotel. ' Af-{ . ter the Bench had weighed-the evidence*'; the application was refused. concert given by Mrs. Reed's pupils, : in the. Alexandra Hall last , week was! attended, by a packed' ''house?' ■' Some, tliirty children contributed'to:the programme, which, consisted of dances,,. songs, and a cantata entitled; "The Eosoi i of .Ivy." , Evejy item'went off: well, an® the performers thoroughly 'enjoyed their/' ' part..: The..time which' Mrs.; Reed do-;, : voted to - training, the children must? j. have been very considerable; and the • quality of the performance showed it. . ! .