PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1463, 11 June 1912, Page 3

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

tFr.)m .Qur' : Special ; Correspondenta-i — feildi:ng, Tito maina for tho extension of tho gas fieiryico i>kmg Warwick and West .StreetshaVb arrived, and liicii iiro .lio.'.v' at \vct.'k. Spelling up tho rpjidwny iu preparation l'or laying ihcm. .. eduction |n Apiti Jilts r..cver : : ucoii: so' I'ouris'hi'ng as it is Jift .present., Therp ;vrv how eleven (U.iVofent chii-ps at tho Technical School',. viih a. iota] roi I ,<u 1,29. students, Caii any ofii.c'r pla'co of its size, or iii propc-rtic-ii' to p.'opuiatio.hi beat' this .record!' '•I'to vniiiisblo stacks of ports, owned by Breivstei;, of! A]akino; wr-re 'totally de-M-royed I>y. ii.ve. on j^a'tiirtliiy i.i'ißlit, 'flifi origin of tho iiro is a, mystery as tlis' stacks wp'ro. .sih;p.ral chains iiwaj- froni .t.hp liu.bj.i'6 TO,-1(1, 'i'hey wore valued .at' :oyer •C2OO, and' were. not i.iisurssd-.. Mr. Sunvnrt lindikley, who. has. .'for four X-CWs been.: engaged in iM.cssts, Prior anil; Ci.jlSbspi.e's: .has left to join th<; isjail' of Messrs. IJqll, CiuMy, and Cooper, l'alhipr.sto.n. He received presentation's 'fronthis cnvployors- anil from the Mali'.

GREYTOWN

Thfi C<im'm'i"ttec bad asi insurance policy of .£l2O on Hi ft chemicals, etc.,'. in tho did' school which wii.s burnt down. Sir. W. fi. .Davies had Ji.iOQ oiv i.i'is private effects-,. but at tlio date- of il® fire lie- h;lilso.iho .£2OO worth of tmitennl in t'li'p seboai, mid was about to -increaSo liis- cover.

FEATHERSTON

The i'eai.ther.sioiL. Cooperative Dairy |. Company closed its factory {or tho soai. son oil Saturday. li i.-- .est.imii.ied that tho ; output of ehee>.6 for tho .past .'year wilt ; iix'cccft -tlio .previous jest's tot.<il .by iiljout tons. Tho directors hays- in view extensions to the factory to eppp 1 with fhfi ■ anticipated: increase of supplies ij.'ext sea.-

The Teivn Board . hag completed, the erection of several additional street, lamps 'oil the main tlrortiugh'f.are Uir.c'tigis j-ea-t'lierst'6n s The.so. were lighted for the first' ti.iiio on Saturday night, 'J'he rate-: for the. 'Current year will bo struck iit a special! meeting on June iff, and. >vi!l Jjo the' .Stiinc as last year, viz., general, 31<1. i.ii the .£; Ij'b'raiy _~in tlio. «■£; water ioiin in--tprest,. 1 j-Gd. in tho ,1'; timl Sini't'ar.y charge,' 1(K pgr place.. Th.6 unimproved value i$ ct36,i650.

OTAKI

. A. nieetiijg of dairy farmers interested 111.. tli'p formation of ah. asj-ocKitiph to marnse the supply oi milk f'o. AVoil'ingt'on; was fold on Saturday evcnihp, but on account; of flic i.tie!en-.enf weather the attendance was. not'. large. Jl'ivch interest, however, was. 'sh.o.ivnv Mr. C. A. Vi'. McmekUm was in tlie chair, while (ho organism;; secretary of She? Wellington Hairy Farmers' Association, .was :al'sa.present, and. explained tli'e. benefit? to b£ il.p: ,'ived; 'frpin the .fb.riuiiti'p'ii ot .sucli : ah association. Despite the -stria!!., attends ance, some S!0 shares were, taken up. A siniilar .meetirirr, thlv en a. larßer' stale', was held at T.e. Horo,. itiiil;. 3,00 shares were allotted', Other meetings are to be held in other centres. Over M per c.ent, of the farmers approaehed to take up shares have donp sp, and up. till the present over 1500 shares have been subscribed, . At a, meeting of the County Council at' Lovin on Saturday, a- petit ion was received from Wajkanao resi.3.eh.ts\ askihj;. that their towr. should be lit with pas. The council decided that, as. the «:iliter would bo more than half over before the gas could bo installed.' it; was advisable to !i 'time,.ahd..,Jyayo every tiling' in": readiness for next winter. Thi's was ojreed. !o -by iho wardens represcnUrg ■tli'Q' :

CARTERTON

Three offenders against regular attendance at .parades of the Carterton company of Territorials were each fined 2s. '(id. _ The following properties in this 'district have. tliaiißcd' hands, of ..la;te:H3i acres, ■fro.nti.iig-. Swamp ..Koatfi, Dalofickl, owiied bv Mi'. H. .Meyrick, so'd to Mr. A. Knuisos;; 21. acres /pf land at Par',;va!p, owned by Mr. 11,. M'.Mannivay, snld lo Mi'. W, ~'0„ I'ayliss: (iii acres of land adjoining the .Mefield railway stali'oji,.,6.ii;h■pd'. b.v-M?-I'T? Hayfesv' split ,tj» -Mr,., ,E;.. Kiiutson; 1.10 acres of land at Da'.eiieUlj so'd t° 'Mi;' 11. Mevrick

Kecentlv a line of \Souihdown cross lambs w.ere sent a,way from the. 'Car.riiiST. ton lvstaie, Carterton, to bo Killed and ■frozen at AVeiUrigtoii,; arid shipped to.' London. There were fifty of thein,. and. their average freezing' weight was ,641b., ■and ail w.ere 'Spjis^ of the lambs weighed SOlb. and over, ccikl weight., The fat frpm these lambs average till)., valued nt;' '.2Scl, p'ci; lb;, average 1-. 3d., a lid the wool was. the sanic average, also (>11)., valued at tfld. per lb., ss.' The. pelts Is. Id., liiaUiiig. a total value for jvc'ol; fat, aiid pelts, of 7s. -Id. This result apparently affords capital evidence of the I'aft.ch.iiiK aiid meat-producing qualifies of '.tli'e. Spiithd'own. ■ Vive of the best and priinest of them were given first prize, in ■ii class .of IS' entries a.t the- recent iJla'ss ierton show, 'l'liey were nine month? iiU'i when killed. They were carefully. ;i : i;kca. amt ■not; in fqrfced : fed. except for having had ii. littie rapt to. keep them .going,.