DISTRICT NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1790, 1 July 1913, Page 7

DISTRICT NEWS.

JOTTINGS FROM ALL SOURCES ; PALMERSTON NORTH. Thero were two accidents in tho football ' matches played on tho Showgrounds on Saturday.' F. Kerr, tho well-known local ' boxer, who has been playing half-buck ; .for Western, h:id two of his ribs broken, and had to leave tho field. He will bo unablo to fulfil "ring" engagements at Wellington this week. Tho other accident was to nn Ashhurst player, who had one of his toes broken while playing. Miss Gill, of the .Terrace End School, Palmerston North, will bo the new assisttant at ICiwitea, that Bchool Koing up a grade from Tuesday next. Miss Freda Fairbrother will succeed Miss Gill as pupil-teacher at Terrace End School. Tho death occurred at 2 o'clock yesterday morning of a.', old resident of Palmerston in the person of Mvs. A. Astbiiry, of Campbell Street. Mrs. Astbury was in her seventy-eighth year, and, had been a resident of this town for over 30 years. She leaves a family of four sous and two daughters. Tho funeral takes place to-day. . , „ _ , Mr. Walter Hosking, formerly of Palmerston, met with a very painful accident at Bulls on Sunday morning. It appears that Mr. Hosting was attending to the generator of tho ncteylene gas plant at tho-hotel of which lie,is licensee, when an explosion occurred, with tho result that ho sustained severe bums about the face and arms. Mr! Hosking will bo confined tt) his room for a fortnight through the unfortunate mishap. As a. party of sportsmen were out shooting near Ashhurst on Sunday, one of them laid his gun on tho ground, and bs some means the trigger caught in "a twig, causing tho gun to go off, and the charge to stnko a boy named W. Olliver, who was standing 40 or 50 yards away. The boy was wounded in tho shoulders, arms, and breast, and wm removed to a privato hospital in Palmerston. The wounds are not expected to be £«rious. NAPIER. As a result of the recount in connection ivitli the lecent Harbour Board election in Napier, and the subsequent order of Mr. S. E. M'Carthy, S.M., to tho effect that a new election be held for tho seat held by Mr. F. Williams, an election will take place to-day week. Nominations closo to-morrow. Mr. F. W. Williams was on Saturday nominated for the vacancy by Mr. W. J. M'Grath and Captain R. 'i'odd. At tho meeting of tho Borough Council on Saturday morning, on the motion of the Mayor, it was decided to send the Town Clerk to Wellington, to enable him to get an insight into the, working of the ijamway service there. , On Friday evening members of tho river . fleet met to say farewell to Mr. D. Fogarty, who is leaving shortly for Tasmania. On behalf of those assembled Mr. Goffrey presented _ Mr. Fogarty with a purso of sovereigns. Later' in the evening Mrs. Fogarty was met et her residence and presented by Ml'. J. Hickey, on behalf of the members of the river fleet, with a .Maoriland travelling rug. About 5.30 on Sunday evening a motorcycle and side-car, driven by Mr. Leslie Limbtick, and an ordinary bicycle; ridden by Mr. Ronald M'Donald, of Argyll East, came into collision on the Westshoro Bridge.' Both machines tfere upselv Mr. M'Donald sustained a broken leg, and was removed to the Napier Hospital. Mr. Limbrick,' apart from a few bruises and scratches, was unhurt, and a child who was riding in the side-car also escaped injury. WANGANUI. At a special meeting of the Borough Council on Thursday evening the rates for the current year were decided on as follow:—Old portion of borough, 2s. 8tl.; St. John's, 2s. 9d.; Aramoho, 2s. 9(1.; Durietown, 2s. lOd.; W 7 anganui East,-2s. 9d. Mr. T. D. 0. M'Kenzie, assistant master at the Gonvillo School, Wanganui, :has been appoifVted^in I 'chat^e' , 'of-\the'Sah- ; son School, arid 'his 'pltte' atGonvillo will be taken by Mr. W. ..Williams, ono of the, assistants at the Hawera School, and formerly connected with the Wanganiii District High.School.* Just after '2 o'clock on Saturday afterjioori, the.fire brigade was called out to' attend a firo which broke out in , a finishing shed belonging to the Wanganui Spiral Pipo Company, located near tho gasworks. On investigation it was found that' a 3000-gallon boiler filled with Trinidad—a mixtvfre of taT and pitchused for coating the pipes, had overflowed and oa\ight fire. The brigade had a difficult tasK, owing to the nature and quantity of tho burning material, but beyond the loss of material and tho partial destruction of the building, very little damage was occasioned. The pipe company had removed their plant to new premises with the exception of tho finishing shed. Tho weather in the Wanganui district is ideal ' just now for winter farming operations, and as a result digging and ploughing are general. Large areas are to be put down in potatoes this year. HASTINGS. The Hastings Borough Council met again on.Friday evening to consider tho applications for the position of town clerk and borough engineer. Tho meeting last-,' ed till some time after midnight, and although the result was not available for publication it is understood that the names have been reduced to two for each post, and theso applicants are to be interviewed. Tho council ihas had a decidedly strenuous week, two meetings of five hours each having been spent on tho applications and one of six hours over the estimates for the current year. ' His Worship the Mayor of Hastings was sworn in as a Justice of the Peace by Mr. S. E. M'Carty, S.M., at the Hastings Courthouse on Saturday morning. PAHIATUA, The conference between the comiiiittee of the Borough Council and tho local carriers respecting, a proposed increase by the latter in tho scale of charges for carriage of goods from tho Pahiutua Railway Station was held at tho Borough Chambers on Friday' evening. A new ecule of charges • was agreed upon, and it was decided to recommend the Borough Council to adopt tho revised tariff. A meeting of settlers interested in tho erection of a j>arty telephone line between Pori and Pahiatua was hold at Tori, on Thuradoy afternoon. Mr. E. Whitcombe, who presided, introduced Mr. E. Baucke, president of tho Progressive Association, who read correspondence concerning that line from the chief telegraph engineer. It was stated that the length of the line would be 24 miles,.instead of 17, as previously estimated. The meeting decided to employ Mr. James Dick, of Ngaturi, to go over the route, to find out tho shortest distance over which tho lino can bo erected. If the cost comes within the estimate of tho settlers, the line will be erected. The number of subscribers will 1 probably bo ten'. The Pahiatua card tournament was cou. tinued on Thursday evening. The Band defeated Foresters' B, the Citizens' team won the match ajjainst tho Fire Brigade, and the Foresters A and Druids''contest ended in a draw. Tho present position of the teams is as follows:—Band, 12 points; Druids, 11 points; Citizens, 8 points; Foresters' A, 7 points; Fire Brigade, G points; Foresters' J3, 3 points. MASTERTON. The annual meeting of tho Wairarapa branch, of tho Teachers' Institute was held on Saturday last, when thero was a fair attendance of members. The following officers wero elected for tlio ensuing year:—President, Mr. P. L, Combs; vicepresidents, Miss G. Haggett and Mr. A. N. Bums; committee, Miss Marryatt and Messrs. Brockett, Barnett, Foss and Jones. The proposed sewing syllabus was further discussed, and tho meeting passed several resolutions, suggesting alterations. The Masterton Gun Club held another sweepstake shoot.on Saturday last. Tho youngest shot in the club (Mr. D. M'Laclili.n, junr.), put up a fine performance, breaking twenty-three out oE twenty-four clay birds, and whining the stake. A succession of keen frosts has been experienced in this district. Twelve degrees were registered yesterday morning, and twelve this morning. Stock aro reported to be wintering well, ami thero ■have been comparatively few deaths or hoggets. At theannuul meeting of the Wairarapa branch of the Teachers' Institute on Saturday last, Mr. J. S. Tennant, principal of the Wellington Training College, delivered a most interesting address on the Moiitessori system of training infants. He was accorded a hearty voto of thanks. Mr, A, AV, Hogg is to. represent the

Masterton Labour party at the Unity Congress to bo held in Wellington this week. Miss E. Williams, who, during tho Inst two years, has octcd as secretary of tho Wairarapa branch of tho Teachers' Institute, resigned office on Saturday last, as slio is about to leave the district. A telegraphic chess match was played on Saturday evening last between members of the Masterton and Hamilton Chess Clubs. The Hamilton team proved victorious by the substantial margin of fivo games to one. Two unfinished games havo yet to bo adjudicated upon. Mr. I'. P. Welch acted as local umpiro for tho Hamilton Club. Mr. J. 8.. Thomson, who has been appointed manager of the Dannovirko subbranch, of Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., was on Saturday last presented by his fellow members on tho local staff with, a ha'ndsomo pair of binoculars. The presentation was made by Mr. J. B. Moodie. Tho staff also presented Mr. Moodie. who has been manager in Masterton for eight years; and .who has been transferred to Wellington, with a valuable hall Dutch clock for Mrs. Moodie, and a case of pipes l for himself. The departure of Mr. Moodio will be sincerely regretted by hundreds of friends in the district. ,There are now thirty-one patients in the Masterton Hospital, including sixteen fovor cases. Tho Masterton P. and T. hockey team played their match with a Palmerston North Post Office team on Saturday. last. The game ended in a draw, each side scoring two goals. A Masterton resident, while travelling from Blairlogio to Masterton on Saturday, met no fewer than fifteen "swaggers." • This would indicate a scarcity of work in the district. The Carswells exchange is being dono away with, and arrangements, are being made to connect telephone subscribers in that district with Masterton. GREYTOWN. Vital statistics for tho month of June: —Births, nil; marriages, 2; deaths, 2. There are at present 20 patients in the local hospital, and 5 in the Buchanan Homo. Residents in Greytown this winter have experienced considerable difficulty in procuring firewood. This scarcity of fuel is becoming moro acuto year by year. Mr. Allen Fisher, of tho local Post Office, has received notico of his transfer to the Wellington Telephone Exchange Oflice. Ho vill leave for his new sphere of labour at once. Mr. E. O. Turner, who has been in the Wairarapa for thirty years in the Bank of New Zealand, and latterly eleven years in Greytown, leaves for Wellington on Wednesday-j where, ho will occupy a'.position in the Bank of New Zealand head oflice. ■ FOXTON. Robert Henderson, the man who' walked off the edge of the wharf on Tuesday night, and was rescued by a Maori from almost certain death by drowning, and who disappeared the following morning with tho dry clothes, and bootsx supplied to him by' Mr. F. W. Gardes, of tho Family Hotel, was on Friday morning brought before Mr. J. W. Poynton, S.M., and charged by the police with the theft of the clothes. In answer to the magistrate, the accused said he did not attempt to sell any of tho wearing apparel. Tlio police said that had ho sold the clothes lie would have been naked. Tlio magistrate said the accused probably did not intend to commit theft, but; technically ho was guilty. Tho police then handed tho Bench a list of previous convictions against tho accused, and pointed out that hi.9 last conviction was for theft at Palmoraton about eleven days ago, for which he received a sentence of seven days' imprisonment with hard labour. The magistrate convicted and discharged the accused conditionally on his paying expeuses in connection with his arrest. EKETAHUNA. The new Eketahuna District High School has now been completed by tho contractors, and is expected to be taken over-by the authorities some timo this week. An invitation is to. bo sent to t'iio Minister for Education, tho Hon. James 'asking him to'perform tho opening 'ceremony; It is suggested that Arbor Day bo tho dato of the opening ceremony, and that a public holiday be declared for that ' date. ■ Mr. H. Keene has disposed of his Putara property to Mr. W. J. , Manser, late of Rangiwahia. Mr. Keeno has acquired land in the Dargaville district, to whicli place lie will be removing. June in . Eketahuna is generally a wet month, but such, has not been tho caso this year. So far 3.1 inches have been registered, as against 7.24 inches for tlio corresponding month last year. The socidl held under tho auspices of the Nowmah Ladies' Hbclcey Club.on Friday evening waS largely attended.. The music was supplied by Mr. and Mrs. Watts, of Hukanui, while Mr. P, Monaghan acted as M.C. ' MARTON. . On July 18 the children of Bulls School aro to pay a visit to Marton, where they give a performance of the ICinder : spiel and operetta in the Marton Opera House. Tho proceeds from the performance are to be devoted to ground improvements at the Marton District High School. A progressive euchre party was held on Friday night by the congregation of St. Francis's Church. Tho prizes went to Mr. J. T. Wylie and Miss O'Rourke. During the evening Mr. J. T. Wylie, on behalf of tho congregation, presented to Miss Everett Campbell a silver-backed liair-brush, mirror, and comb, as an appreciation -of her services as organist to the church for a number of years. LEVIN. Mr. B. R. Gardener (Mayor of Levin), wilio is speaking at the different centres of the Horowhenua County, held'a very successful meeting at Manakau in.connection with the proposed severanco of this county from the Wellington Hospital district, with the object of being attached to Palmerston North. Ono point made by tho speaker was the fact that, with ono exception, tho towns in the district were so situated that patients wero able to reach Palmerston much quicker than they could reach Wellington. A resolution favouring hospital severance from Wellington was carried unanimously. Mr. M. Fosclla, a former member of tho Levin Borough Council, lias accepted nomination for the vacant seat now existing on the council. J. Foss is succeeding Miss Stuckcy at the local school. Miss Tonkinson, who is also leaving Levin Public School, will be succeeded' by Miss M. Brown, of Wellington. The Levin School Committee has nominated Mr. W. H. Field as a momber of the Education Board.