PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 998, 13 December 1910, Page 2

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

(From Our BdocloJ CorrosDonflenuJ .'■ ———■» FEILDING. The Mayor (Mr. Goodbekero) has r©>: ccived the Governor's acknowledgement of the reception and entertainment at- - forded him in Feilding last Wednesday. Very good kinematograph pictures of Lord Islington at;, the boy. scouts' field day were shown before a large crowd of spectators.in the-Drill'Hall last evening. Alfred 'SWlsoii and .George Wilson (seniors) 'ami: George. Webster and John lileakley (juniors). were, the candidates from the Feilding Technical School who passed the Wanganui Education Board's . examinations in bookkeeping. . Waituna West district reports that the warm rains of recent days are much tothe liking of farmers, and have madequitc a noticeable difference in the ap- - pearance of. the crops. : Mr-5. P. .Lance has given a site for an Anglican Church in the valley, some three, miles'from Beaconslield, and the ' settlers have decided to erect the inxMr. A. J.:Trevena is the Feilding representative in the teachers' cricket team which is to visit New South Wales. PciMing has six players:' Ongley, Roberts, Cobbe, M'Lean, Bartholomew, and : . Brennand—in the Manawatu team which is to play Wairarapa for the Hairke> , Cup, despite the fact that no Feilding trams are playing under the Manawatu Association this season. - . T^ e . Manchester Eil| c j won t j n t 0 camp in Victoria Park for a. week's training last evening. Mr. H. H. Metcalf, engineer, of Auckland, spent several days in Feilding lastweek inspecting the water works pipeline on behalf of the Borough Councit- ' Jfr. Metcalf will make a report to the. council, . Feilding's Holiday Committee has do. cided to recommend shopkeepers to close' on Monday and Tuesday in both Christ- ,' mas and New .Year weeks.

SHANNON. The Shannon Pacing Club intends hold ing its annual meeting on-January 28. . Hr. and Mrs. Esson have returned, fron? a holiday in tho south. Mr...D. O'Connor, of Groytown, is ai present on a visit to Shannon. . At a meeting of householders last week the following committee was elected for the new school recently erected at 31akerua:—Messrs. A. Clark (chairman), YV. Trennwan, W. Berquist, H. Brown, and J. Barclay (secretary): At the half-yearly meeting of the local Lodge of the T1.A.0.D., held last week, ■ there was a large attendance, including .. a number 'of brethren from branches - in the district.- A. A.:. Bro. J. Murray '• presided. Bro. Gardner, the secretary,. , presented the balance-sheet, which showed considerable improvement over any pre-* ' vious period. The balances of the funds were as follow:—lncidental fund, £i 13s. 3d.; benevolent fund, .£ll 13s. 2d.; death levy fund, £i Os. Bd.; sick and funeralfund,' . The lodge now has 79 iinan- - cial members, the total funds being £H3 7s. Id. Bro. T. Lhul, P.D.G., stated that ' tho amount received from the hall dur- ; ing the period under review was ,£llß. : The election of office-bearers resulted as follows; Arch Druid, Bro. Foubister;. ': 1.G., Bro. Kennedy; J.P.A., Bro. J. Murk" ray; 0.G., Bro. Qudrrie; A.D., Bards, Bros. H. G. Harris and Bromley;' Bards, Bros. Hunt and Bucknian; secretary, Bro. Gardner, re-elected; treasurer,' Bro. R. ( L. Tippler, re-elected; Minuts Secretary, Bro.-L. Ford, re-elected; Audit* - ors, Bro. Hook and Murray; D.P. &..,'■: Bros. HartiU,..of, .the Ofaki Lodge,-' in-, stalled the..'office-bearers. The Shannon. Lodge recorded, their.'yote, in favours 6! Bro. Gilmouiy; Horowhemia Lodge, as District President.'. ''P.D.P. Bro. J. Batchelar .was appointed delegate of the Shannon Lodgfc at the forthcoming bi» annual conference, to be held in Auckland.' A.D.' .Bro. Foubister 'presided- at the smoke co]icert that followed. Since spring set in the building trade in this district has shown marked' activity. Quite a number of houses have been built or are in course, of erection.. So far the'season'ihits-beEn.iFa.''good. onefor. tradesmen, and Shannon on Saturday night is one of, the busiest centres oil this coasts "Saturday night. ;iu; Sjhnnutm/f. said recent .-.'.'somewhat: resembles—though.'-on-'a-' smaller " . Saturday evening, in Eeefton in the palmy, days." It ,is ( needless to say that Rax ' —as gold' was '-in -Eeefton—is.'-resrionsibta, 1 for. tliis■ general ; activity. ' ■•■";•;••.•.-•*'