PROVINCIAL CENTRES. (From Our Special Correspondents.)

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1386, 12 March 1912, Page 2

PROVINCIAL CENTRES. (From Our Special Correspondents.)

SHANNON. The Rov, Mr. .). A. M'Kenzio who hns jwii iii inditicrrnt hciUtli lately, is leaving on a three weeks. , vacation. Miss Eager is resigning her position on I hi- local schoul stall' at the eml of the 11101] 111 Oil the tenuis com , !.?, Miss ICnowlcs and Miss Lu.wll were successively defeated Inst week hy .Miss Eager, who carries off Mrs. UiliWs trophy. The Rev. Air. -Harris, of I'etone, a recent arrival from Seotlowrf, will officiate ut the wrviccb in the l'rcsbytoriimOJiurcli next Sunday. A public meeting is to be held on Friday to reappoint a cninmittes of management for the Library and Mechanics' Institute. Tho annual general meeting; of the Literary and .Debating Society will be held this month. Mr. John Newton, one of fho oldest settlers in tho district, has passed away. He had been in failing health for some time. I'lio Inte Mr. NWton was one of the promoters of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, and was for a number of years in the twice of the Wellington and Mnnnwatu liailway Co. The funeral took place last week. Mr. S. W. Carter has presented the trustees of tho Recreation Deserve with an iron scat. The ballot recently taken by the Manawatu Fla.vmill Employees' Union mi the question of whether the registered office Bhould 1)3 moved from Palmrrs'.on North to .Shannon resulted as follows:—For Palnierston North, 202; for Slinur.on, 2?i. Residents of Mouto.i are moving in the direction of erecting a public hall. A meeting is to l;e. held in the schoolroom to-night, to discuss the question. Mr. Walter Carter has; it is said, promised a section for the purpose. OTAKI. A cricket match, played between the local team and an eleven from the Twining Farm, for the Hall Shield, on Saturday, resulted in a win for the latter byeight runs. Mr. and Sirs. Nnhlo, prar., have returned to.Oioki after an enjoyable'trip to Auckland and liotorua. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bright are at present in the thermal regions, after having made a pleasant slay in Auckland. A "jigger" nnd a motor-cycle enmo into collision on the railway line at the Mill Road cro.-sing on Saturday evening, with somewhat serious results to the latter and its rider. The opening of the Rcikorangi School took place on Friday, the ceremony being performed by Mr; R. Lee (chairman of (he Education Hoard), assisted by Messrs. Freeman and Kebble. CARTERTON. At the ensuing sittings of the Supreme Court, Musti-rton, an action has been n>t down for hearing, in which Mrs. S. E. Armstrong, of Cartcrton, claims from C. .Bowie.-, of Carterton, farmer, £-M damages for alleged slander. Mr. Coleman Phillips is solicitor for plaintiff, and Mr. P. Ij.. Rollings is appearing for defendant. Mr. I). Sustins, of Cheviot, the newlyappointed postmaster at Carlerlon, will take up duty in about a fortnight.