PROVINCIAL CENTRES

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1622, 13 December 1912, Page 10

PROVINCIAL CENTRES

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FEATHERSTON. ■ The (loath occurred hero -on Wednesday last, ai'tor mi illness. nJ' two .vans' duratiou, of Sirs. 0. T. Baker, wife of Comstable Baker, clerk of iiio t-tiurt at I'cntherslon. 'Tljo Into Mrs. Baker, who was 3D .years (if ago, wns burn in Gothenburg, Denmark, bumf? a daughter of tlie late Captuin Clirisiotisen, of the Danish Army Tim funeral will tttko place at J'iketahuna. ' The. Feathcrston Coronation Baths wore formally opened ou Thurwlay allernoon by Mr. W. C. Buchanan, M.P., and the atißndanco was targe. The total cost of the bath ami build nigs txi (kite lias been about .KSSU, of which amount .1; 170 was raised by public subscription, £lb win received as a subsidy from tho Government, and .£2OO was borrowed an a special loan. It is anticipated that the baths will become very popular with the residents during tho summer time.

•Mr. J, W. Card, chairman of tho Featherston Town JJoard, leaves for Sydney on Friday, December 13, on a-short visit to Adelaide, South Australia, lie will return early in tho New Year. FEILDING, Stanley Tunnicliffo, tho young man who recently went to gaol for seven days under tho Defence Act, sooner than pay a fine, was again prosecuted before Mr, A. D. Tlipmson, fcj.M., yesterday, and pleaded that lie had "conscientious objections." A fino of 205., with 7s. costs, was imposed. Tunnicliffo remarked that ho would not pay the fine. Leonard Beazer's excuse was that ho was busy shearing. Ho was fined 10s., and 7s. costs. Fred Bcnge and 0. Sporlo put in tho' plea that they wore resident firemen cmployed by tho Folding Fire Board, and were ■ therefore exempt. Tho magistrate said that these men took turns at duty nt a picture show, and it would only mean another arrangement. He would impose a fine of Is., with 7s. costs, in eacli case. Arthur Bird, who had missed six out of pight parades, was fined 10s., with 7s. costs.