PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1350, 30 January 1912, Page 9

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

(From our Socclal CorrtaDondtnUJ

OTAKI. : The annual general mooting of the committee and subscribers to the Otaki Public. Library-was hold on Saturday night, when the receipts showed members' h'ul> script ions to.be JC2I 155., and there was a credit balance of J!1 18s. 2d. The olcctfou of officers resulted as follows —Committee, Mrs. Hopkins, Messrs. Smith, buotli, Ulu.olnis, Pcnn, Freeman, Ling, and Simoox; librarian, Mr. W. Fisher; auditor, Mr. 11. Freeman. '' FEILDING. Bishop Sprol.t is to hold a confirmation service in Feilding on March 2". Yesterday morning the new school at Cameron's Lino, Aorangv was mjeiKxl ny Mr. M'Gonnick, head twicher. In the afternoon a picnic was held, ill tlie school grounds, ac which Messrs, Gutlirio ami liuiek, M.L'.'s, aiid Mr. Fred l'irani (chairman' of the board), and prominent residents were present. At 3 o'clock tho first election ot a school committee was held. Tho schools in this district reopened yesterday after a six weeks' holiday. At the FcUding District High School" there were 333 children present in the primary department, nnd 51 in the secondary department, mailing a total which is 2!) better than that of last year. At Lytton street the attendance was 235, as against 218 last year. , CARTERTON. The funeral of the late Mr. W. Moriarty took place on Sunday afternoon, there licing a large nttendencc. Members of the Carterton Bowling Club acted as pailbearers, and tho Kav. Father flowc conducted the sen-ice at the grave. The Coronation Bawl rotunda, erocted on Carrington Park, has been, completed, and will bo officially opened on February 8. Sir. Si l'oolc, chief clerk at the local branch (if the Bank of New ZraJand, is at present spending his annual holiday iu Tiinaru.