DISTRICT NEWS:

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1843, 1 September 1913, Page 3

DISTRICT NEWS:

5. JOTTINGS FROM PROVINCIAL CENTRES. (From Our Spccial Correspondents.) PALMERSTON NORTH. Tho result of tho Manawatu Farmers' Conference with tho general manager of the' National Mortgago and Agency Company concerning the taking over of tho Longbum Freezing Works is that he will place before his company's New Zealand attorneys certain proposals and give an early reply. Fear that'the Old People's Homo will not bo proceeded with owing to the great expense of other hospital. extensions has happily not materialised. Tho lowest tender and tho other expenses aro estimated to total £10,319. At a meeting on Thursday, when the board decided to proceed with the home, it was stated that other works proposed included a nurses' homo £7105, alterations to the fever and diphtheria ward £1366, etc., approximating a grand total of £20,000. Tho contributing districts aro Kiwitca, Pohangina, Kai- , ranga, Oro la, and Manawat-u counties, and Palnierston, Feilding, Foxton and Rongotea, many of which ars contemplating raising their levies, by loan. Sir. M'Kenzie, secretary of tlio Holstein Breeders' Association, has gone to tho Wairarapa to inspect cattle for the herd books. Tho Loyal Temperance Legion has been inaugurated'here to get juveniles to pledgo themselves not to smoke, drink, swear or gamble. Nine members . joined at the first meeting. There will l be a cradle roll also. Bro. R. Rush at tho timo of his death, though Druid, was not entitled to ■ funeral benefits. The Oroua Lodgo, however, raised a spccial fund for the ' family, totalling £127 175., which is £7 in excess of the ordinary funeral L benefit. This' sum has been paid over. Mr. R. D. Knight, a settler of Longburn, while driving homo from Palnierston on Friday night, was struck by a § train at the Cook Street crossing, and R hurled, with a companion, x out of tho | trap. Ho sustained a dislocation of tho 1 collarbone and fractures of several ribs, | but his injuries aro not at all critical. | His companion was not hurt. Tho 1 train was tho incoming passenger train | from Wellington, and it struck tlio | rear of tlio trap. Tho horse' was unin- E jurcd. Mr. Knight w.as taken by tho | train to the station' platform, and after | attention by Dr. Stowo was motored E ; home. ' j ; The Campbell Street School fancy dross ball on Friday night was a moil- t ster success. The attendance was estimated at 1800, crowding the large agri- ' cultural hall of tho Showground. Six • hundred children in. fancy dress took 1 part. They competed for prizes which the Mayor and Mrs. Nash awarded as follow: —Comical character: Mark Levy, 1; Colin Allen, 2; Leslie Jackson, 3. Poster: Enid Mawkos, 1; Daphne Lovy, 2; Ivy Astle, 3. Historical: May Buchanan, 1; Wilfred Farghcr, 2. Original: Inez Mitchell, 1; Olive Neilson, 2; Whanaka Park, 3; Gwen Watson, 4; Willio Bower, 5; E. Wylie, 6. The affair will bo repeated next Friday, for tho sake of the many peoplo who were crowded out. . In tho compensation case, in which , tho Now Zealand Express Co. and tho Rhodes Estate, claimed for land in Church Street taken for a station yard enlargement by the' Railway Department, tho Court (the Chief Justice presiding) awarded £4620 and £5544 res- , pectively, with costs. ■ A now road r is being , opened up between College Street and Park Road, nearly opposite Collego Street School, giving nearly-half a mile of new building frontage in a popular part of tho . town. ; NAPIER. ; ' Mr. F. Black, Tramways Consulting i Engineer, conducted a successful trial , of thoNapiertramcars on Friday, the ' steepest grades being negotiated with ' ease, and all tests being satisfactory. An association has been formed at I Hastings, having for its object securing , better hospital facilities for that district. \ During. August 6 building permits I were issued by .tlio Borough Council authorising work to tho value of £5064. 1 In all, 42 births, 12 marriages, and l 19 deaths were recorded during August, .• as compared with 33 births, 22 mar- ( riagos, and 15 deaths for the correspond- . ing month last year. • :' ' Two bankruptcies were registered . .during August, making .nine for the | past eight, months. Mr. G. A. Dawson, local-manager of- [ the Guardian Assurance: Company has j received notice of his l transfer to the , managership of - tlio Ohristchurch | branch. The Napier Fresh Air Fund amounts ; to £174 18s. 3d. Mr. W. G. Gould' has resigned his t position as secretary and treasurer of : tlio Hawko's Bay Fruit Growers' Comi pany. . , The Customs returns for Napier for i August show a decrease on the corrcs- > ponding month last year of £1336 19s. • 6d. There, is also a decrease in tlio 1 excise duty 'oil beer of £184 7s. 9(1. ! MASTERTON. ' Tlio Masterton Qun Club held their fortnightly shoot on, Thursday afternoon. A' twenty-four clay-bird match 1 was won by H. Rosson, who also ap--1 propriated a sweepstake. 1 Tlio Masterton office of tlio Labour 5 Department lias not sent any men to " Government work during tho past ' month. The office has, however, sent a 5 considerable number of men to private r employment. . 5 It is stated that inquiries are. being 1 made as to the possibility of, establish- ' ing a candle factory in . the neighbour- !:'. hood of Masterton. ' A ' Twenty-nino broaches of the Defence r Act havo been dealt with in tlio Magis- " trate's Court at Masterton this month. b Tho Natives of this district aro pro--1 testing strongly against the sittings of ' 1 the Ikaroa Native Land Council being J suspended on account of the smallpox ' outbreak in tlio north. Tho matter,* ! it is understood, is to be brought un- ■ dor the, notice of the Native Minister. ! The Slasterton Horticultural and 111; | j dustrial Sociotv has decided to hold a i bulb show-on September 11. Tlio question of reviving tho Master- . ' ton Association is being discussed. .A preliminary meeting of those l interested was'held on Friday night. j Olio bankruptcy has been recorded in ' tho during tho present '. month, as against two for the corres- ' ponding month last year. During the first eight months ol : the year eight bankruptcies have been registered, ; which is a similar number to thoso recorded for tho same period last year. In all, 25, births,. 10 deaths, and 6 marriages" have been: registered, in Mas-terton-during the present month. [ CARTERTON. j An appropriation of. £300 by ballot, , under the auspices of the \\ airarapa ' Terminating Building Society, took place , on Thursday evening, . the successful shareholder being Mr. G. Shaw, To Oro ! Ore, Masterton, trustee for .1. T. Shaw; Tlio second shoot of tho Carterton ' Oddfellows' Miniature Rille Club took place in.tho Drill Hall on Thursday evening. Sixtcon members fired for the ' -trophy.presented by Mr. T. H. Hughes, which, was won by 11. Patterson. The roll number now totals over thirty. At Masterton on Thursday afternoon, tho final for tlio Booth Cup was played"' betweon the; Dalelield. and Groytown I hockey juniors, (lie game ending in a , victory 'for Dalelield 'by one goal- to. nil. Dalelield havo thus won both'the cup I tuid Datiuin banner. Mr. A. 0. Prngwm r&forea,