DISTRICT NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1881, 15 October 1913, Page 8

DISTRICT NEWS.

JOTTINGS FROM PROVINCIAL CENTRES. (From Our BpeoiaJ Correspondents.) PALMERSTON NORTH. The Seventh Day Advcntists, who recently built a training collcgc at I'almorston North, liavo obtained permission to hold their annual camp on the showground on January 13. They will erect GO tents for tho purpose. MASTERTON. William Bishop, labourer, of Clareville, was yesterday adjudicated bankrupt. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Henry) of this toivu, liavo suffered a very sad bereavement in the death of their nine-year-old daughter, Nora, which occurred 01 Monday at a private hospital after ai operation. ' Soveral furthor alleged breaches o the Licensing Act are te bo investigate! at the sitting of tho Magistrate's Cour to bo held here oil Friday. Tho Kaiwhata Gun Club held a sue cessful clay-pigeon match ,at Homowooi on Saturday last, tho first prize goini to Mr. M. Sharp, with Mr. A. M'Grego second; • A sub-committee has been set up b: tho Lansdowne School Committee to un dertake tho construction of a lawn ten uis court at the school. Docking operations arc now practic ally completed in the Masterton dis trict. The percentage of lambs has beei well up to the average. Whooping-cough is very prevalent ii Masterton just now. The now Bank of New Zealand pre mises are nearing completion. They ar a decided improvement to the mail thoroughfare of the town. New pre mises are shortly to bo erected for til Union Bank. The average attendance at tho Lans downo School last quarter was 214, ou of a roll number of 245. A staff of workmen from tho Publi Works Department arrived on Monda: to effeot repairs to the local post office These will include tho strengthening o the clock tower, which was damaged b; an earthquake a few months back. A start is shortly to bo made wit] tho installation of the automatic tele phone system. A'sitting of the Ikaroa Native Lam Board was held .yesterday, when i number of sales and leases were con firmed. A dividend of 7s. per share has beei declared by the Worksop Dredge- .Com pany for four weeks' working. This i a record for tho company. The board of managers of the Master ten branch of the Y.M.C.A. doeide( last night to take steps to wind up th< institution. At a meeting of the Mastertoi County Council, yesterday tho applica tion of the .Masterton Fire Brigado fo assistance in protecting the suburb J Lansdowne (which is situated in th county) against tho ravages of fire wa declined. Mr. A. B. Wood, while riding hom< on a motor-cycle on Monday night, rai into a dog, and was thrown heavily lie has been admitted to the hospita with ail injury to ono of his arms. NEW PLYMOUTH. Mr. L. G. Hill, at present on tho staf of Messrs. Govett and Quilliam, an< well known in athletic circles, will leavi for Auckland shortly to take up a posi tion _ in the office of Mr. H. Skelton solicitor. Mr. C. P. Day, stationmaster at New Plymouth, will leave on Friday foi Palmerston North, to take up bis duties as stationmaster there:' Mr. C. Peach, of Palmerston North, who succeeds Mr, Day here, will arrive in. New Plymouth in the course of a few. days. Money does not seem to be' tight here judging by the experience of a travelling photographer who. has just left New Plymouth, after 'a stay of i two 'or three months. In that time 2400 people had their photographs ' taken, the majority being young men. ! Dr. Suttie had an exciting ; experi- ' enco last Thursday evening 'oil liis • motor-cycle. He was coming down the " High School Hill (Eliot Streot) at his ' usual pace, wjhen the bicycle evidentlj '• struck a stone and tilted 1 at a danger- ■ ous ;uigle. The doctor managed tc 1 hang on, and' soon pulled up'. His lefi 1 knee was badly bruised, but ho escaped > without furthor injury. The bicycle was practically undamaged. > DANNEVIRKE. ' For five continuous days last week rain fell locally, tho amount during thai time being 2.85 inches, made aip as fol- " lows Tuesday, .06; Wednesday, .20: Thursday, .13; Friday, 1.67; Saturday! j .79. A lot of rain will yet have to fall [ this month to eomo up to tho total oi ' October, 1912 —8.26 inches. 1 It is understood a special meeting of j the Daiuievirke Holiday and Retailers' Association will be called at an early date to consider tho advisability of re--1 versing its decision to observe a holiday ! on Labour Day, in preference to one on tho occasion of People's Day at tho Palmerston North Show. 1 It is understood that the property of Mr. Olaf Carlson in High Street North, comprising a residence and 10 acres of ground l , has been purchased by Mr. 1 John Calder. ■ PAHIATUA. Mr. Chas. Brown has disposed of his ■interests in a farm at Nireaha to Mr. Cmdcn, and intends leaVing for the Taranaki district. There was ft heavy downpour of rain throughout tho district on Friday night. Over two inches of rain fell for the 24 hours up to 9.30 o'clock on Saturday. Tho homo savings banks system is popular in this district. Eighty Boxes have been distributed, and the local postmaster is awaiting a further supply. The question of establisliing a mail service between Pongaroa and the Akitio Coast was brought under the notice of tho Chief Postmaster, Mr. A. P. Dryden, at the meeting held in Pongaroa on Friday evening. Mr. S. Humphries said that by the present service, which was connected with t-lio Daunevirke-Herbertville service, mails for Aohanga stopped overnight at Titree Point, and at Akitio on the following nigjht, mating three days bofore reaching Aohanga from Dajmevirke. Tho district between Pongaroa and the Coast was now more settled than a few years back. The Marainanga Estate was cut up six years ago, and the rivers to tho Coast were to be bridged during the present summer. The speaker said he had to ride nine miles to Pongaroa for his mail. He thought that under the improved conditions the district was entitled to a better mail service. Several present spoke in a similar strain. The matter of opening a post office at Koripo (nine miles from Pongaroa), where a telegraph office. exists at present, was also°mentioned. The Chief Postmaster said the district seemed to warrant a better service, and he would soo what could bo done if representations were made to the authorities. CARTERTON. An Orange Lodge is to be formed at Carterton on Thursday week. It is anticipated that a largo contingent of visiting brethren will do present from Wellington; Petone, Masterton, Palmerston, Hastings, and Napier. The ceremonies in connection with the opening will bo conducted by the Right Wor v shipful Grand Master, Bro. Win. Hunter, Palmerston North, of the Grand Orango Lodge of Now Zealand, assisted by several other Grand Officers and District Grand Officers. At tho quarterly meeting of the Carterton Methodist Church, the Rev, C. H. Standage was invited te remain for a fifth year in tho circuit. Messrs. C. Oldish and D. T. King were elected representatives to tho Syndd.