PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1716, 5 April 1913, Page 13

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

(From Oar Bsecial Correspondcutc.)

9 FEILDING. "The Geisha" is' tho work which has been, chosen by tho Foilding Amatour Operatic S'ocioty for preparation. Herr •Berber has accepted tho appointment of conductor. Last _ month tvro dwelling houses wero authorised to be constructed in tho borough, tho total value of which is estimated at ,©SO. Though thero is not a p'eat deal of work- going on insido tho borough, builders and contractors aro-very busy throughout tho district. Arclideacon Cassell, tlio former vicar of Kiintea parish, will dedicato the windows placed in Kiwi tea Church in memory ol tlio late Mrs. C. A. J. Levitt and 11m. W. I l '. Jacob at tho 11 a.m. service to-morrow. Last month .'there were slaughtered at tho I<eliding Municipal Abattoirs 71 cows, 3u bullocks and heifers, 465 sheep and Jambs, 86 pigs, and 3 calves. rivo cows, ono hoifer, and two pigs wero condemned, m for 1,10 month wero .£69 15s. Gd. Iho Borough Council has granted a subsidy of ,£lO each to tho Foilding Band and tho Salvation Army isand. ii lo council could not sco its wa'v to municipalise tho Foilding band. ' OTAKI, A committee meeting of tho Paraparaiimu and District Horticultural and Industrial Society, was held last night in the Coronation .Hall, Paraparaumu. It was decided to hold the Spring show on Wednesday, September. 10. Votes of thanks wore accorded tho two judges, Mrs. Samuel and Mr. Harold Small; also Mr. tomno for most kindly auctioneering the goods at the close of the last show, the Misses Weggery and Baulko for superintending tlio supper, Mesdames R. S. Maclean ands Mr. Heffer, and all those ladies who assisted with tho afternoon tea, otc. A sub-committee was elected to submit tho spring schedule to a comK lf * eo . meeting on Monday, April 14, so that the samo may bo discussed and arranged, in order that tho schedules rpi ay a 9 lrcu ' a^ as ,'oiiTly as possible. Ino thanks of tho society wero, tendered to those who so kindly pave special prizes and gifts towards tho afternoon tea, etc. FEATHERSTON. The WairaTapa Auttimobilo Association hold an opening "run" on Thursday to Pigeon Bush, Mr. Tringham having kindly granted, tho. use of his property for the gathering. Owing to the threatening weather a numb:r of motorists were prevented from attending, but tho assemblage was representative of all parts of the Wairarapa. Various competitions wero held, and afternoon toa was provided. It is understood that similar outings will tako pltico in other parts of the district. Tho Featherston Literary and Debating Society will opea its fourth session on April 15.