PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1090, 31 March 1911, Page 2

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

(From Our Special Correspondents.) >—- — FEILDING. The first sports meeting of Ibo Ohnkea Club was henl on -Mr. P. iiailey's grounds on Wednesday attenioon, under tne best conditions. There was n largo allendiiuce, over JtlU being taken at the giues. The club was fortunate in bavins a hardworking committee, with Messrs. C. M'Uonnell and i\ Gabites as lion, secretaries. Messrs. James Morrison and H. S. Cornioot have been nominated for the vacancy on the Oroua County Council, caused by the death of Mr. G. C. \\ heeler. Mr. M'Manaway, who has just taken over Hastie's Hotel, has soon identilied himself with, local sport. On Wednesday night he, as president, took the chair at the newly-lormed Athletic Football Club. The lollowing additional officers were elected:—Secretary, Mr. 11. M'Grcgor; Selection Committee; Messrs. \V. Thomson, D. Younger, L. Chapman, I''. Moore, and N. J. Bartholomew; club captain, Mr. J. Hughes; vice-eaptain, Mr. U. Chamberlain. Messrs. Percy Coylo and M'Manaway were elected delegates to the Manawatu ltugby Ijnion. The Government has not lost, sight of the desirability of purchasing Bartholomew's B\ish on the l'irinoa IVoad, a mile and a quarter from the Foilding Post Office, as a ljcauty spot for Feeding. Yesterday, Mr. Amundsen, the Government expert, was making an examination of the timber with a view of estimating the correct value of the reserve. The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. T. Mackenzie) called this bit of bush "one of the finest assets Feilding could acquire." Wednesday was a gala day at Apiti, when the ceremony of opening the new Technical School building by the chairman of the Education Board took place. The building was erected by Mr. D. Patterson, under Hie supervision of the local committee. There aro two large rooms (one for woodwork and one for cookery, etc.), and a hall between th'eni. Half the cost of the building was subscribed locally, and the balance is the statutory Government subsidy. The Apiti School is under the jurisdiction of the director of the southern district (Mr. L. J. Warkin), and Mr. J. Matthews is the local director. The committee, of which Mr. Holdt is chairman, looks after the local interest. Technical classes were first formed in Apiti on July 15, 1037, when thvco classes were held, while at present there are classes in English, dressmaking, arithmetic, millinery, woodwork, first aid, etc., and the pupils number 80. It is intended to institute dairying classes next week. The ceremonial opening in the afternoon was attended by Messrs. F. Pirani (chairman of the board), D. H. Guthrie, M.P., G. Braik (Chief Inspector); and L. J. W'ntkin (Supervising Director of Technical Education). There was a large public meeting at night, when, for an hour and a half Mr. Pirani was kept answering questions tearing upon educational matters, especially the new compulsory regulations.