PROVINCIAL CENTRES

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1430, 3 May 1912, Page 3

PROVINCIAL CENTRES

(Frjm Our Special Correspondents.) FEILDING. 'I'lio amiual xnoi'tiiig nf til? J-Vildiiifj Acclimatisation Society was held at Jl'Manawitv's l!<i!cl this week. -Mr. (.!. 11. S;ivivel! occupied the i-liiiir. The chairman expressed llii' <i[>i 11 ion tiint interest in the Micirlj- was licln<j revive;!, this being instanced by th" number Thorp had breu sunic talk of introducing partridges 'iilo tin? district, mid ho (tiio speaker; had been isii'oi'iiioil that they would (In very 'voll. Tho now council elected consists of -Messrs. .Saywcll, tiorton, Dixon, Marion, I'oMp-.-i-, Hanks, Churehcr, Lyne, Mercer, lirnccMcli, I'owor, and .1. Hurdle. .Members of the l'eilding Club assembled iii foreo lor say good-bye to -Mr. 1). M. Montgomery und to mak'e him a presentation of a handsome cusp of pipes and a billiard cue. Mr. Montgomery has boon transferred to tho managership of tiic -Vshburton branch ol' the Dank of Australasia. ' On the following morning (iio local , Choral Society also said good-bye to ill's, and .Mr. Montgomery. Tho Mayor (Mr. Goodbe ho re) expressed tho regret of tho society at losing Mrs. .Montgomery from (he ranks of tho society, Mid handed her a silver lose bowl, at the same time conveying Uic best wishes of member.?. -Mr. Whito (conductor) and Mr. A. liiehmoud also spoke of tho help which Mis. and. Mr. Montgomery had been U, tho society, tho former as an active member and tho latter lis a vice-president. Tlicy were, entertained at a dance on Wednesday evening. OTAKI, A heavy full of snow now lies on tho Tararua ttanges, and in consequence the weather has a. decidedly wintry feeling Frosts may now be expected. Land at "To JJoro still commands a high price, and an area recently purchased for JISO an aero has changed hands at while an acre of land adjoining tho school has been oifered to tho cornmitteo as a horse paddock for .£GO. Tho secretary of- tho proposed Otaki Town Board has received word from the Government to the effect that the petition praying for Otaki to bo constituted a town district is receiving attention. It is hoped, locally, that the matter will bo given immediate attention. ~ Local hockey players have raised newly ,£25 for the erection of n dressing-shed on tho domain, and a contract has been let lor the work, Messrs. Gordon and Wilson being the successful tenderers at .£29 18s. The next tender was £30, and others ranged up to nearly .£SO. A silent totalisator is being installed for (he coming meeting of the Otaki Maori liacing Club, nnd a suitable building is in courso of erection. Tho lawn is also to Ise enlarged. Mr. and Sirs. IS. Buckeridge, who liayo had considerable experience- in in tho Wellington and Wairarapa districts, have left this district to take up a hostelry at Napier. FEATHERSTON. At the annual meeting of the Fcatherstcn Literary and Debating Society, held on Monday night, the following officers were elected: —President, Mr. A. .). Toogood ; vice-presidents, Messrs. W. Barton, .1. W. Card, and M. 11. Tttit; lion. sceretarv and treasurer, Mr. W. G. Miller; committee, Messrs. 1). Mncdonnid, F. Bladen, G. T. Baker, A. C. Ilolms, and K. A. Laery; editor, Mr. A. C'. Holm. It was resolved that meetings bo held on alternate Tuesdavs, the opening night to bo Mac 14, when the programme will ho readings by members and impromptu speeches. The rainfall lierc daring April was 3.90 inches. There were 14 days on which rain fell, the maximum fail being on April 23, when 1.14 inches was registered. CARTERTON. Fourteen head of young fawn, caught and reared at Gladstone and Longbush, wore consigned from Carterton to Auckland on Vveuucsday by the- Acclimatisation Society, e Captain Calcott, officer in charge of tho Carterton Corps of the..Salvation Army, has received advice of his transfer to Oxford, in the South Island. Captain and Mrs. C'alcott are to be tendered a farewell "social" on Monday evening next.. Tho severe rains of the past few days have been responsible for a high fresh in tho Ilinako stream at Belvedere. This has undermined and washed away some of tho filling at the new bridge near the school, with the result that a large he'.a is left. Tho bridge over tho Maungatarere, on the Dalefiold Road; was also in a similar plight, and for some time ail traffic was stopped, Tho County Council staff soon effected repairs. A number of now books have lately been added to the shelves of tho Carterton Public Library.