PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1338, 16 January 1912, Page 2

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

(from Our Keccta! CARTERTON, •On Friday milling Mr. a. A. M'Kenzitt lctti'i'-ciH-riiir, who has l.wn transform'.' (y Napier, was jiitsontcd with a sjino li'iivc] rug l),v the Fire Brigade.On Saturday evening this local football players presented him with a cluck, ! Court Marquis <if jNurmniiliy, A.0.1''., , have elected tno following olliccrs for tlip ensuing, period :—C.lt.. liro, K.'V, Kllis; S.C.K., 1 in). T. li. Osborne; secretary, ]5io1!. ,), Chapman; treasurer. Uro. Ay j-'i.shcj-; S.W., Bro. J. Jlarp; ,I.\Y., lire. W. Wright;' 5.8., liro. \V. Miller; 'liro. F; R. Kllis; stirgraus, Drs, •lohnslnn and:'Smyth; auditor,. Bro. J. It. M'Donaid; minute secretary, liro. C. Moore. »The. Carterton Gun Club has decided to lipid a Jive pigeon match oh February 22 ' for a'stake of .£SO, to be dudded as .follows:— First prize, .£1)5; second, ,£10; ■ third, .£5. It was decided to. procure 500 birds from Cl,ii'istc!iurch. It ~ has afco Ir-en resolved to hold n. clay pigeon match on February I, for the patron's trophy. ' ; A mooting, of Natives was held at Girterton las-twcek to consider the question, of establishing a- Maori Fruitei-owinij Company. Sir. Annru Tuliorau'gi was chairman, and aftev due consideration it was unanimously resolved to form a com--pany. it wvs' decided to issue 1000 shares at .ill each,, and that: about 2011 acres of land ts secured in the I'alnierston North district. The .company's headquarters will bn at Carterton. Nurse Bindley, who has b«n oil the staff of Daleton Private Hospital for some time, left here on Monday for Wellington, en route for Kiigland, v.'liere her people.reside. • ... Mr'. W. I'ced, of tjio Hank of New South Wales staff, has Wen transferred to Christclinrcli,' and will Ik? succeeded here by Mr. Mahonoy, of W.iverley. SHANNON. A number of local Druids have been ■ engaged informing a IraCk and making ' other preparat ions for Iho sports on .lanuary 22. The sports aro to bo held on .the Recreation Ground. Mrs. Laurvig aiid Mr. Boullbce have; presented two handsome trophies to tho . local tennis club. - — ■. • - . The following were the results of t.lio principal games ,on the . loca], bowling preen last week':—Ga'lland, . Kirkland, 13. Callaghan. W. 11. Gunning (s.), 20 ;w. Hanson, Quairie, Heinjmuii, J. liouch (s.), 20. Bromley. Boiiltbeo, T. Lind (s.), H; v. Fargher, Gibson; Clayton (s.l, 21. The following was' the result of the ladder game:—Clayton 20 v. Lind 12; Bromley 17 v. Fargher' 1(1; Gibson 18 v. Duiilt- ' bee 10. „ On Wednesday evening, Mrs. Muvnihan, oil behalf of the ladies of St. Joseph's Church, presented Mrs. 1\ O'Connor with a handsome gold chain and pendant. Mr.' and Mrs. O'Connor are leaving Shannon for Marton. On Thursday night Mr. P. O'Connor, who has been malinger for tho ..Shannon. Meat Company for some years, was entertained at a "social" held by tho company's employees, Mr. S. W. Carter presiding. On behalf of the employees, Mr. J. T. Boris presented Mr. O'Connor with a handsoino travellingbag, and Mv. Carter presented liiin with a gold chain and albert as a mark of esteem. ' OTAKI. On Sunday a narrow pscapc from soricus injury occurred near.Manakau, when a horse driven by Mr. O. Detail ran over some rubbish and threw the driver out of.', the vehicle, the -wheel .passing over lum.' Mrs. Bevan, who was also in the vehicle, securcd the reins and stopped the horse's] ■ career just ns n smash seemed imminent,. Another accident -.is. also •■.reported, Mr, 1). 11. Mills being thrown from his hoiv'ij .in tho Otalsi Gorge.. He sustained a frac-. turcd collar-l>one. Road improvements arc at present being effected on the main county road at the railway station, where the thoroughfare is onlv half a chain wide, and therefore a natlier dangerous locality (especially for women" and ".children) -when bill--locks are passing through. A side-walk is being constructed, which will probably be fenced off .by wire.s. A crossing is also, t9 be put. in »h<>ar the. factory, while the county road from Waerenga cornct to Mr. Sherman's is to be widened."' FEILDING. The Fcilding Bowling Club is sending four rinks to Wauganui on Anniversary Day. Mr. S. Standon, tho well-known Romney stud sheep breeder, has. loft Fcilding, having purchased' a' farm of some GOO acres .between Te Awamutu and Ohaupo ill the Auckland district.- He has disposed of his homestead, "Riwpuha," at Aorangi. Mr.' Standon first came to tho Manawatu district - from Marlborough in ISBO, and resided for twelve years at Fitz- . herbort Fast, Seven years ago ho ■ came to Aoraugi and has resided there since. 0110 movement which he will always bo remembered by. his ■ neighbours for was the stopping of the erosion of the Orouit liiver which threatened te dastroy a good many farms. Mr. Standon also took an active part; in the management of tho Man own tu and the Fcilding A. and t\ Associations, and ho was also a judge at outside shows. Ho was- twice selected to judge at tho great N.S.W. show. FEATHERSTON. Tho Featherslon ■-Riile Club held a j practice match, on Saturday' at 500 yards, • tho scores being as-under, with the handicaps in parenthesesT. Benton (scr.), . 15; A. B. Balfour (3), 45; W. Nix (siir.), 44; C. iS 7 ix (scr!), .39; G. Bowring (G), 39.' Tho Featherston Coronation Baths will 1» completed during this month, tho cost; being .£287. Towards this amount about.Cl7o was raised by subscriptions and entertainments, nnd a .175 subsidy was received from the Government. To enable tho contract to be carried out,, the Town Board advanced .£lO. It is estimated that about .£l5O more will bo needed before the baths are lit for use, and a public meeting will be called shortly to consider means of raising this amount. Local anglers report that - trout are plentiful in the Wairarapa Lake. Several of the bridges under the care of the. Featherston County Council are becoming rather unfit for heavy traffic, and it'is anticipated that expenditure under this head-will form a considerable item--111 the near future. The Lower Tauherinikau Bridge (between Featherston nnd . Martinborough) wil} probably bo the next to be renewed, and one of tho two largo bridges over the same river between Featherston and Groytown it is proposed to remove, as tho water lias been diverted to How under ono bridge. So far no further steps have been taken with regard to carrying out the Moroa water-race extension scheme to bring water from the Moroa water-raced to tho Lower Valley. Tho loan of ,£3500 raised for the purpose was placed on fixed deposit about twelve months ago, and became duo last month. The. County Council on Friday decided, to rc-Vicw the term for six months,