FEILDING NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1052, 15 February 1911, Page 8

FEILDING NOTES.

,-,\ . ' ■ : :. . - '. ■ : ''. 7' ' V '■'■.. (From Osr Special Correspondent.) ■ The coveted Tate's' Feathers have .beea brought back to Feilding from the Palmerston Bowling ;.Club by a. rink consisting of Claphain, Manning, Steward, and ■. J. Bartholomew (s.). ■'■■'■'.- \- The meeting of , the Manawatu County : Council at Sandon .was attended by Coun- ' cillors J. G. Wilson (chairman), G. Ken- V dall, H. H. Hunt, J. flenson, H. Masters,--K. U. M'Kenzie, and W. Barber. Mr. A. jK. Drew, country treasurer, reported as [follows on the county finances:—General ■.■ account, cr., Os. 4d.~; loan account,/ cr,., <£813 l(is. : ;9d:;,'net. credit : balance, .£2309 ]s. Id. The final amounts available for exnenditnre in the various ridings, to March 13 are:—Sandon, '.£9l:ss. Id.;" Mount Stewart, -C 126 16s. 10d.;Wadtohi, ,£162 2s. 10d.;Kongotea; 17s. r 2d.; Carnarvon, .£26 os. 3d.; Kawakawa, «£59 125.'.:, Id. Amounts over expended :—Awahou, ■£31 75.; Whirokino Division, .£24 13s. 4ti.: The "following alterations.were, made in , the rate roll:—C. A. Johnston; to J. 8.Thomson,' Lots 11 to 22, Section.3B-1, Car- ■■ narvon, 10S2 'acres; W. M.Boss. to.' J., : Murphy,. part Section, 11, Carnarvon, -3 ro6dsV"K."Kobinsori to Sarah Musgrove, Lot 2, Section 119, Sandon, 17 acres; W. > Taylor to E. B..Knight, part Section. ISKj-,; 198, To Kawau,.6l acres, and part Section 196 Tβ Kawau, 37 acres. The chairman, Mr. J. G. Wilson, formed the Mauawatu"County, Council .'• when referring to a letter from the Mil ister for Railways - asking'the board fo .£22,500 for the Durchase of the wharl '■','. that the board tßought that suni;was el together unreasonable.' ..-■ : ■■ :.".-.•' . . A profit of over .£2OO was made,on' the ..". Sandon tram last month. Commenting on this,'the chairman of the.Manawatu County Council said the tram was being'■..-, largely used for trucking sheep sent from the Pahiatuu district to-the Saudon.district. .;■■•..•■ .■■;'•■ h. ,' : , ;; ; "We are bombarding : the Government Departnieuts on the matter," said, the chairman ofthe'Manawatu County' Council yesterday, in reply to Councillor Bar,-: . ber's inquiry about tho Foxton . Beach Eoad. "Is "there any hitch in thb mat . ; ter?" asked Councillor Barber. , "Oh, noi None ot all," said" the chairman, "onlj there is a sort of circumlocution there. . ■" . "• '■. ; : •/'" At the mcetins of tho Chamber of Com; :■■ merce, Mr. Tolley brought tin the matter of the poor accommodation ior the hand- i ling of produce r.t the Wellington railway ' station. The South Island, whose produce was provided with excellent wharf- ; : ing accommodation, was given.a 'great ' advantage over North. Island; produce trucked to Wellington. He nioved; that-■■■':' the attention of the Chambers of Com- ,■ .lnerco of.■ tho: Wellington province and the executive of the, Farmers' Tfnion bo ■ called to the matter. .This was'adopted with tho addition that Mr. Guthrie,./ M.P., be also approached oh the subject. The Chamber-lias' decided to;urK the'•'" Borough Council to push forward the; lighting of Feildiug by electricity. The following tenders have been- ac-! cc-pted for metalling, contracts by"... the : • Manawtitu County Council:—Ol'akeaM'Donoll's Eoad, £00 yards, G. Ellery, 3s. .t'd. ner yard; l'eildins-Awahuri,Eoad, 500 yards, Stuart and Son, 3s. per ■ yard;"'' Eongotea-Longburn Eoad, 175 ■ "yards,".'...-■ Stuart and Son, Bs. per yard; Main Drain; r Eoad, 200 yards, 1. Cooksley, Gs. per ; yard; constructing drain, .76'.• yards, E. Sexton, 12s. Gd. a yard. ■/;'-...:" Tho Feilding Choral Society has elect-' cd the following officers for its'. Ec-rcnth '■•'-■■: year:—Patron, Mr. Ernest Short; presi- ••:-'. dent, Mr.. D. Guthrie, JI.V.; : vice-presi- : dents, Messrs.' E. Gcodbehcrci. A.. Rich-.". mond, and D. M. Montgomery; conductor, Mr.".11. Temple \Vhite; pianist, Mrs./ A. Eichmond; librarian, Miss ' Wilsorf;' treasurer, Mr. A. J. Geary; general com- ' mittee, Mesdames Mills, Jlontgomery.'and Short, Messrs. Buckeridge," Gifforif,' and Morphy. It was decided 1 to 'f.ut into ' ' 'Practice Gaul's dramatic 'work,'- "Joan of Arc," which was written for the 13ir-'v miniham fcstivaL:" v' '■-"- .-;..--.!,■.;