PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1360, 10 February 1912, Page 3

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

(From Our Special Correepoudcnt.) » FEILDING. The Registrar of Flcolors.informed Hie F-orough Council last night that the election nf (l Licensing Cominillee far tho Urmia, district will cost ;ibmit. .CIIIS. X:\ on .ft inoiv limn Inst year, caused bv Hie enlargement nf (ho electorate. I he \\ i'<|; Coast Si'lukil swimming chamluonsliip will tiiK-c place at Wanganui <>n Saturday, .Koliniiiry 21. The Icililinn School, whoso. ropre-cntatiYo (Allen Jvade) won the championship (wo years n 'r"> ,VI 'H ilfiiUU IlilTK II ItOV Competing. lln> Makino School picnic and distribution of prizes takes place, on Wednesday next. Delogales attending Hip Congregational 1 nion now in session at I'nlmerstnn arc. to be driven over lo Feilding tin's afternoon. Already <i most lilioral list of special donations has linen promised for the 1013 Inkling show, through the energy nf Mr. '■••Kliort. president. .Mr. (J. Ji."j|-Laren (Waikn.o) offers n fen-guinea cup for the hunters' competition; Messrs. G. Shannon and Co. give a ten-guinea, cup lor list, hacks; Mr. 'I'. 11. 11'K'onzio (.Maslerton), a. five-guinea cuti for the best pen of heavy-weight lambs; llorr Derger, n five-guinea, cud for best pen of two-tooth Downs. For the licform party's Tallv next Monday night, which is to (ako place in the Unit Hall, the Skatinir Kink has 'icon engaged for an overflow mooting. Mr. A\. V. Massoy, leader of the UcfoTm parly, will speak at. both meetings. A machine-shearing competition for a substantial wager took ulnco in Mr. Hugh IJobrrt.-'s shed ycslcrdav afternoon, the contestants being 0. Browning, wlio wan a similar competition at the show on Wednesday, and C. Carr. Mr. V. WiNon nctfd as jiijfio, and Mr. ft. M'M-ina.way as timekeeper. Browning finished at the rate of three slieep, while Carr shore two. Mr. T. G, Nir'iolns axled as doorkeeper, and collected 32a. M. from patrons, this sum being handed over to the fund for the purchase of the Awahuri Bush. OTAKI. Mx. \\. H. Field's supporters met last night, and decided to make him a presentation of a purse of sovereigns aud au illuminated address. A. local Native yesterday morning applied for a prohibition order against himself, which was granted, FEATHERSTON. Out of a collectable rate of «£S9I9 17s. Id., the Feathorston County Council has at present outstanding ,L'lG9 2s. srl. At the meeting of the l'eathcrston (.ounly Council held on Fridav, the chairman (Mr. A. I). M-Lcod) slated that, on some of the roads in the county, briar and gorsc were growing, and extended for several miles, while on the properties adjacent these weeds were not growing. Ho thought that it was unfair, in such cases, that, owners of land contiguous should bo compelled to clear the Meeds from the road as provided by the Act. It was agreed that the council's workmen should remove Hie weeds found growing on tho roads under tho conditions mentioned. In the coming lawsuit, Yulo v. Feathersten Comity Council, a claim for damage alleged to have been caused through the creel ion of a stop-bank by tho latter body, Sir John Findlay, K.C., has been retained as leading counsel for the defendant party.

Rheumatism, Gout, Sciatica, and Lumbago are due to tho presence of excess Uric Acid in your system. How can you hope to cure thorn by liniments and embrocations? You must get the poison out f the blood, and RHEDMO will do it. All chemists and stores, 2s. Gd. and 4s. Gd.— Advt. 24 Messrs. Williams and Kettle, Ltd., will hold a stock sale on Tuesday, February 27, commencing at 1 p.m., in the Woodbank yards. Wimbledon, kindly lent by Mr. Colin Speedy. "Why, Bill, wofs 'applied? Lost ver leg! , " "Yes. Ain't it a bit o' luck? It's the one ! used tcr 'ave tlio rheumatics :o bad in!"