DISTRICT NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1885, 20 October 1913, Page 5

DISTRICT NEWS.

9 : JOTTINGS FROM PROVINCIAL j CENTRES. J (From Our Special Correspondents.) ; WANCANUI. , At the recent examinations of the L Wangantii branch of the St. John Ani- ( bulanco Association all twelve candi- , dates for the first year's examination | passed, while two passed tho second- . class test. Tho Wanganui branch of the Amal- , gamated Society of Railway Servants , Jias decided to ask tho Minister of Rail- . ways to instal t'ho same facilities for . men at tho Easto wn workshops as exist at Newmarket and Petonc. Tho branch has now J-i-j members on its 1 books. ' Heavy rain has fallen during the past twenty-four hours. It will do much ! good in country districts, but it has caused some inconvenience in town. A southerly gale sprang up during Saturday afternoon. During the past twelve months a total , of 1200 people visited t'ho Moumabaki experiment farm. Plant breeding experiments with cocksfoot and prairie grass aro now being carried out at the 1 farm, and good results are anticipated. NAPIER. The following dates have been fixed for tho Napier wood sales: —November 6, December 1, January 2, and February 2. As the result of the revaluation of the Borough of Napier, Which has been in .progress -for some time, it is estimated that there will be a general increase in value of 25 per cent. In some cases the values of hill properties will he almost doubled. Mrs. F. Williams, of Wellington, who has been an. a visit to Napier, returned homo on Saturday. The revenue of the Napier Tramways is being well maintained. Tho rolling stock is proving inadequate for dealing with theatre traffic. Burglaries aro almost' daily occurrences ill Napier now. On Friday night tho Harbour Board's shed was entered and a quantity of goods stolen. Tho invoices have not yet been checked, but a rough estimate fixes tho value of the stolen property at £5. MASTERTON. The Mastcrton Homing Pigeon Club opened its season on Saturday, when a race was flown from Christchurch. Mr. J. B. Sutherland's Finisher was first home, doing the journey in 17 hours lmin. A heavy- thunder storm passed over this district on Saturday afternoon. A very fine line of fat bullocks are being dispatched to-day for the Hastings by Sir Walter Buchanan and Mr. H. K. M'Konzio. CARTERTON. The Acclimatisation Society has, during the last week or so, liberated some 30,000 trout in tho rivers near Cartertoil, the Waiohine and Maungatarere. Ta | uherenikau and Featherston streams have been attended to, 'and the society's officers are now engaged at Kaitoke. Tho quarterly meeting of tho .Wairarapa Past Grand's Lodge of Oddfellows was held at Martinborough on Thursday evening. Owing to a counter-at-traction in Martinborough, and the fact that the weather was very wet, the attendance was small. P.G. Brother J. F. Wallis presided. Prov. G.M. Brother J. A. Boake gave a short address on "Subvention," and received a vote of thanks. A vote of condolence was passed to P.G. Brother A. Bisli, in regard to a recent bereavement. The President (Brother J. F. Wallis) nominated Brother v. Nicholson as his right supporter for tho ensuing year, and Brother James Maguire as his left supporter. The Vice-president Brother C. J. De Lacey nominated Brother H. A. Bick as his right supporter, and Brother A. Bisli as his left supporter. Mr. W. B. Allen, of Clareville, has offered the Government (for workers' homes closer settlement) soma 80 acres of land adjoining .the Clareville railway station. FEATHERSTON. ' A ladies bowling match will take place here on Thursday. ■ The opposing sides will bo married v. single. A sale of work in connection with' the Presbyterian Women's Missionary Union was held here on Thursday last. Tho financial result was. about £30. Tho facilities ' at the local railway station for loading and unloading goods such as wool 'and timber, which are handled in large quantities, are considered by carriers to be inconvenient, owing to insufficiency of siding accommodation. On behalf of those interested, Mr. B. Yelverton has written to t'ho member for the district, Sir Walter Buchanan, asking him to use efforts to have improvements made. Sir Walter Buchanan has replied stating that he will do his best in the direction required. ' The Martinborough Lawn Tennis Club has a membership list of eighty. At the annual meeting the following officers were elected: —Piesident, Mrs. W. J. Martin; vice-presidcnts, Mesdames G. ;Pain, J. Martin, F. M'Leod, G. Hume, and Mr. A. 0. Considino; auditor, Mr. H. F. Heycock; secretary and treasurer, Mr. Biss; ladies' committee, Mesdamen 11. E. Webb, J. K. Edie, Miss Evans; president and vice-presidents, ex officio ; general committee, Messrs. S. R. Gawith, J. K. Edio, J. W. Kershaw, G. W. Cobb, P. G. Peacock, and J. Jolly. DANNEVIRKE. x Messrs. Hansard Brothers, of Dannovirke, secured the contract for tho new totalisator house for the Dannevirko Racing Club, tho prico being £499. There were several tenderers. At a special .meeting on Thursday of tho council of the Dannevirko Chamber of. Commerce it wa3 decided to inform the chief postmaster, Wellington, that ceirtain statements made to him at the meeting at Pongaroa concerning the mail service to Akitio were incorrect. Mr. S. Humphries was reported to have said that "by ;the service, which was connected with the Dannevirke-Herbert-villo service, mails for Aohanga stopped | overnight at Ti-tree Point and at Aki- : tio the following night, making threo days beforo reaching Aohanga from Dannevirke." This is wrong. The time taken in delivering tho mails from Dannevirko is only 1J day 3. t new Plymouth. "There aro few dirtier towns than New Plymouth," ejaculated Councillor A. H. Johnstone, at tho last meeting of the New Plymouth Borough Council. Ho added: "I say it deliberately." As an outcome of the discussion, it was 'decided to agreo to pay tho Taranaki Hospital Board £30 a year, terms upon which the body would allow its health inspector to make periodical inspections of, and reports on, the borough and its sanitation. An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of tho Inglewood Oilboring and Prospecting Company, Ltd., was held in the Town Hall on Thursday night, to consider tho offer of a syndicate for tho purchase of the rights and options of the company. A motion was carried' authorising the directors to grant an option for six months for the purchase of tho oil-boring rights and plant and machinery of tho company for the sum of £500, payablo as to £250 on signature of the option, and as to £250 on an allotment of shares being made by a company t« be formed to acquiro such assets, together with 5000 fullypaid £1 shares in the capital of such company; the nominal capital of such company not to cxcced £50,000, of which not less than £30,000 shall ho working capital, and .such compayy not to go to allotment until not less than £10,000"cotitriliiitiiiK shares havo been subscribed for."