PROVINCIAL CENTRES

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1123, 10 May 1911, Page 6

PROVINCIAL CENTRES

(from Our Special Correspondents.) ■ 4 OTAKI, Mr. J. G. Slovens, solicitor, is giving up business oil Hie advice ol' nis medical man. lie lias been 111 tailing iicaini ior ."jiuu lime, and. tlie tkp lias, tticrcfoie, been deemed necessary. Mr. fcteveiis. win in mure probably loilow farming pursuits. An uuoccupicd cottage 011 the Otaki extension ivas iiesu-oyed .by lire 011 baturciay. The police' are inquiring regarding tno matter. . .Miss Ldhouse's shop at Manak&u was burglariously entered 011 Saturday uiul a number ol' articles stolen, togeiner witti tlie cash takings. Sj tar lucre is 110 clue to the perpetrator of the deed. Kll- - was gained by breaking in tno main door. The Otaki Road Board Office lias been added to Hie Telephone Exchange. Archdeacon l-'uncourt held services at Waikanae and l'arapr.rauiuu 011 Sunday, when there wero large attendances. A chistening ceremony was alsq performed when the daughter of the Rev. J. Iklwin Jones was baptised. Messrs. Hakaraia and Knocks were thrown out of a gig here on Sunday, (living to the horse taking fright. Tho animal was also tho means of unseating a boy rider. Luckily, no one was hurt. FEILDING. The Rongotea Horticultural and Industrial Society is holding its annual show to-day and to-morrow. Mr. R. S. Chitton has purchased the block of land and buildings owned by the late Mr. Bishop with a frontage to Kimbolton Koad, StalVord Street and Bowen Street, and containing a land ageucy office, boardinghousc, tlie Carbine Stables, and tlie building formerly used by Belt and Co., carriage builders. Tho old carriage factory is being converted into a skating rink, and will liavo a floor spaco of 132 l'cet by 11 feet. Mr. G. If. Saywell, who has been superintendent of the Fire Brigade since its inception four years ago, and who had also been captain, of the brigade for a year before (hat, besides having been an officer for a previous term, has resigned from the brigade. In tho meantime, Mr. A. R. iVewmau (deputy .superintendent) is acting as head of tho brigade. The Registrar of electors for Oroua (Mr. T. Watson) in view of the probability of the boundaries of the electorate being altered when the new districts aro arranged next month, lias approached the Department in regard to the advisability of having tho hills to tho west of Feilaing, which have for some years been in the Manawatu, brought into the Oroua district. Tho chief electoral officer (Mr. Mansfield) who was in Feilding last week, promised to forward the recommendation to the representation commissioners after he (Mr. Mansfield) had seen the western hills. A. very large gathering of settlers attended tlie funeral of the late Mr, W. Bell, tho interment taking place at tho Ilalcombe Cemotcry. Settlers wers present from a wide area of country, from Waiiganui to irunterville. and tho Fcilding mourners included Mr. D. IT. Guthrie, M.r. .The service was conducted at the house by the Rev. Mr. Daniell, and the pall-bearers were • old settlers from the Ilalcombe district. At the graveside the Rev. Mr. Mackav, of Bulls, made reference to the character and work of tho deceased who was one of the founders of tlie Halcombc Presbyterian Church. FEATHERSTON. The Kahntnra River-Board has. decidcd to obtain a report from Messrs. Gerald FitzGerald and .T. E. Fulton 011 Mr. Laing-'Meason's scheme for the erection of .a stop-bank at Kalnitara. At tlie monthly meeting of the Loyal Unity Lodge, held on Monday night, Bro. A. C. Holms was nominated as N.G., and Bro. H. R. O'Neale as V.G. The nomination for E.S. was held over. '