DISTRICT NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1844, 2 September 1913, Page 3

DISTRICT NEWS.

JOTTINGS FROM PROVINCIAL CENTRES. PALMERSTON NORTH. Captain Kelsoy, who has started on a Cape-to-Cairo motor trip, is a brothor of tho caretaker of tho ilanawatu Showgrounds. In tho homing pigeon yearling raco from Blenheim, 117 miles, held by the Palmerston Pigeon Club on. Sunday, thirty started. Tho results are: —P. Lewis, 3hrs. 21min., 1; V. 11. Edwards, 3hrs. 22min., 2. Patients admitted to tho hospital during August numbered 60. Tho number discharged was 67, and live died. Tho Licensing Bonc.li, at its quarterly meeting, finally granted transfers of the Railway, Central, and Now l!o.v:«l Hotels to Messrs. W. Owen, H. Marriott, and A. Haywood respectively. Tho Gleeson fund has been augmented by £11 3s. 6d. from Marlon farmers for whom the lato Mr. Gleeson installed, tho telephone service some years ago. The first troop of Boy Scouts lias been established. A youth was fined at the Police Court for letting dust obscure the number on lu's motor-cycle. Walter liayle.y Stock, who had himself and his motor-cycle badly damaged by a collision with a motor-car recently, 'was convicted for reckless riding on that occasion, and was ordered to pay costs. His companion, 1 in a 6ide-car, Albert Cook, was fined £3 and costs. Tho following employers were fined for breaches of the employment,laws:—Joo Lee, laundrymau, £1 and costs 145.: Mrs. T. H. Whitehead, lodginghousekeeper, £2 10s. and costs 145.; A. E. Mills, lessee of tho railway bookstall, 10s. and costs 9s. MASTERTON. The Mastcrtoii Golf Club played a series of bogy competitions on Saturday. The best card handed in for the A Competition was that of Mr. C. Bennett, and for tho B Division that of Mr. J. H. M'Caldon.' A school for elementary agriculture was opened hero on Monday for teachers, and will last for a fortnight. Botween thirty and forty teachers from various parts of tho district aro availing themselves of tho opportunity to increase their store of knowledge. Thirteen degrees of frost were registered hero on Sunday moriiing. Only one on occasion during tho winter has this registration beer, reached. The second anniversary in connection witfli tho Masterton Baptist Church was celebrated on Sunday, when .special sermons were preached by the Rev. W. H. Hijiton, An anniversary social is to be held this evening.

Small birds—particularly sparrows— aro very numerous in tho Masterton district this year. By defeating Carterton in the thirdclass football match on Saturday, the Red Star team have won tho championship, four years in succession. Trout aro fairly • plentiful in the streams around Masterton, and good sport is promised for anglers at the opening of the season next month. Tho Bev. D, Nicol, of Duncdin, wflio is a candidate for tho vacant Lansdowno chargo, preached trial sermons on Sunday to large congregations. . CITAKI. Tho local Rugbyites played Shannon on Saturday, and won by 18 points to 4 (a. potted goal by Elijah, an ex-Otaki player). Henaro [jotted a goal and kicked a goal from a free-kick, Mann scored a try, and Griffith and Ahern also scored. ' Griffith's try was converted by Heiiare. Tho winners played a fino game. Tho Shannon forwards played doggedly, but received very little support from their backs. Hui Mai defeated Levin by 14 to 4, thus Otaki leads for tho championship. A euchre tournament will take place hero next Tuesday night between members of the local Druids' Lodge and a To Horo team. The elocutionary and dramatic recital to bo given by Wellington perforators has been postponed till September 12. Tho Levin, Foxton ; and Shannon Bowling Clubs have joined tho Palmerston North centre. Otaki is attached to Wellington.