PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1530, 28 August 1912, Page 2

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

(From Oar Bpecial Correspondent!.) 1 MOHAKA. The Mohaka settlers avo waiting to sec what the Government intend doing towards benefiting tlioso whoso lot is cast in tho back-blocks, and whom the continuous regime neglected entirely. It is hoped that tho Jiapior-Gisborno railway • will now bo rapidly pushed Somo think that it would bo more expeditiously carried on, and bo cheap?!' and moro ] satisfactory in'every respect, if tho mnk- | iug of tho line were lot by contract. Tho Main Trunk line stands out prominently . as an examplo of tho dilatoriness and ■ waste of the co-operative system. I Tho Reform party are (by their ac- J tions) strengthening their position in j these parts daily, and it is confidently ] expected that the large tracts of valu- ' ablo land at present lying wasto will 1» , opened up for closer settlement in tho , near future. < Tho severe snow-storms and bad weather . generally which seems to havo visited most parts, have left this district severely j alono, indeed, for quito a length of time, . tho weather has been mild in the ex- ; treme. There has been comparatively iittlo rain, but a few sharp frosts. Stock ; all round look well, and lambing is very : satisfactory. , , , i Mr. Mutchinson has almost completed , on up-to-date residenco for .Mis. Mossman, of Auckland, at Kuimanauka. Everything for the building had to be "packed in"—from tho roofing iron- to tho kitchen range. These are tho places : where a little money could be spent with i effect on road-making. Mr. 1". J. Kydor, owner of ICakariki Station, who lately underwent a serious operation at his residence in Otaki, is steadily progressing towards reoovery. He , is at present recuperating in Wellington, and hopes to be able to return to kaka.riki early in September. OTAKI. A number of local dairymen will appear at tho Magistrate's Court at an early dato to answer charges regarding milk which, it is alleged, varied from the standard required by the Act. This milk was sent to Wellington for city consumption. The new brass ornaments ordered from Homo for the local Anglican Church, have arrived, and will shortly bo duly placed in position. Tho funeral of tho Into Mr. G. S. Smith toolc place on Monday afternoon. _ A largo ooncourse attended. Special services were held in tho district on Sunday, and at Paekakariki prior to tho body leaving for Otaki. A number of beautiful wreaths (including one from the Paraparaiimu Horticultural Society) were sent. The-service at the cemetery was conducted by th<? Rev. J. Edwin Jones. Tho Manawatu branch of the New ftenlaiul Education Institute met at Otaki on Saturday, when it was decided to nominate Mr. C. Hardin? as represeh(stive at the annual conference. Mr. W. Burns-Smith read a pansr on "The Conditions of the Teaching Profession! in Br'tain 25 years ago." On Monday the secretary of the Town Board movement revived word that the committee's request- for OtaVj to be forced int" a Town Beard would lie ace»''ed to. The committee immediately deeded to taVe the-necessary and push on with the matter. FEILDINGr - Tho Toport given at the thirty-sixth an- • niversary of the Primitive Methodist Church by the Rev. Mr. Sharp showed the church to bo in a prosperous condition, and•satisfaction was expressed .that, through tho financial results accruing from the anniversary celebrations, they would commenco tho year with a substantial credit balance. A well-attended meeting called for the purpose'of discussing tho proposal to erect a chee9o factory was held at Awahuri this week, Mr. C. E. Levicn being in the chair. After'a lengthy discussion it was resolved to' ask the Awahuri Co-operativo Dairy Com pan j if they would erect a cheese factory at Awahuri and on what terms. A deputation was appointed to wait, on the •directors of the company, Messrs.- R. Ross, ' M'Crea, and D. Whisker being asked to represent the merits and facts of tho case for the cheese faotory, and to report as soon as possible. . \ . The manager of ono of the largest butter factories in this district states that tho supply of milk is dally increasing, and it is now far ahead of that for the corresponding period, of last year. He anticipates that tho spring output this year will do from 15 to 20 per cent, ahead of that of last year. This lie accounts for by the fact that a good autumn helped tho cows to weather the winter, and 'they have come j in in good condition. An Aorangi dairyman, in explaining the fact that fatalities to cows at calving in ' his herd arc now rarely recorded, -attributed this mainly to oare in rugging and feeding the stock well throughout the winter. ■