PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1382, 7 March 1912, Page 6

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

(From Our Special Correspondent.) OTAKI. A large number of pheasants from the I'araparaumu game farm are to be liberated in various parts of the district. Mrs. Blakiston's residenco was entered a few days afro, and a valuable gold watch and chain, loft.on the dressing-table, stolen. The police are investigating. Soma twenty Territorials left here yesterday to join the main body, who are to go into camp at Waioti. The statistics for the month just ended are Certificates of marriage issued, two; deaths, three; births, four. Weasels are at present plentiful in the district, and are doing, a deal of damage. An old landmark, a two-storied house situated at Rangiuru, was destroyed by fire on Monday night. It was untenanted. FEILDING, Mr. Hugh Burrell again has 20 acres down in potatoes on his farm near Feilding. The patch is particularly clean, for despite tho muggy weather experienced of late, there is not a traco of blight. "Everything is right" reports . Mr. Burrell, "excepting the price which , is down." t On Saturday, a team picked from the ■ Beaconsfield, Cheltenham, and Colyton . Clubs will play a team from the Park Club on the South Street ground. Yesterday afternoon the Feilding con- ■ tingent of Territorials left for the train- [ ing camp at Westoe, near Marton. GREYTOWN, The party to Mts. Reeves and Omejja from Greytown to meet Mr. W. H. Field's partv intend going up the mountains on ■ Sunday next. A meeting of the Mt. Hec- ■ tor Track Committee is to be held on Friday evening. ( CARTERTON. Mrs. Freddy, wife of Mr. J. Freddy, of ■ Carterton, is at present on a heaUli- ; recruiting trip to the Canterbury disi .trict, ' Jlr. H. H. Wolters has donated a guinea • to the funds of the CaTtortou Brass i Band. Jas. Johnson, sawmiller, of Martini borough, has filed a petition in banki ruptcy. His liabilities amount to JEMI i 9s. Bd\, and his assets to JC2SO, some J!3O • of which arc book debts. ! Following are the Carterton Bowling ' Club's teams to play Featherston hero on ■ Thursday in tho Booth Cup contest:— • Nielsen, Churchill, Hamer, Kawlings (s.); ■ Cave, King, J.-Lindop, A. Booth (s.); ' MTliee, Harp, Lightl'oot, . and A. 1). i Hall (s.).