DISTRICT NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1887, 23 October 1913, Page 5

DISTRICT NEWS.

? JOTTINGS FROM PROVINCIAL CENTRES. (£rom Our Specie! Correspondents.) featherston Mr. A. Tockor lias sold his property at Pigeon Btisli, known as "Lake jiendon's,'' and containing about SffiUO acres, to Messrs. Dagg Bios., of Mastciton, who will take possession alter shearing. Tho Featherston school has a roll number of IGG, and the average attendance y for the past month was 152. The Wairarapa Automobile Associae tion has under consideration the inst-i----tut-ion of regular runs for its members f throughout the season. e Tho Royal Hotel hero will bo taken s over by Mr. E. 11. Saunden, of Fear t'liorst-oii, as lessee, on December 1. 0 The owner, Mr. James Crawford, intends to retiro from activo business, but B will reside in Featherston. Mr. Saunders is very well-known in this district, -having been in business here as a storekeeper for the past ten years. ' A meeting of tho Motor-Cyclo sube committee of tho Wairarapa Automobile s Association was held at Featherston, on Tuesday, Mr. M. Elgar in the chair. A e letter was received from the Wairarapa Racing Club consenting to the assoeiation having the use of the Tauherenikau '■ Racecourse on December 4, for tho pur•J pose of holding a motor-cycle sports !' meeting: The clerk of the Licensing 13 Committee wrote advising the procedure necessary ill applying for a license to " open a publican s booth at the gathering. Letters, were also received from 1, several firms in the-motor trade, promising donations to t'he prize fund, and it the Wellington Motor Cycle Club notified that every assistance would bo given 1 by its members in the way of entering for the various events. After considerable discussion in connection with tho dato of the proposed meeting, it was 7 resolved, on the ffiotion of the chair--10 man, seconded by Mr. W. G. Miller, that owing to unforeseen circumstances, the ie sports ho postponed until January 15. TAIHAPE. The new Church of the Holy Rosary at Mataroa was opened by Coadjutor ■j Archbishop O'Shea on Sunday, when there was a largo congregation, in spite ■" of the unfavourable weather. _ The v i church was blessed by the Archbishop, B > after which Mass was celebrated, and an interesting sermon preached bv His ,v Grace. On Monday evening, His Grace 3r was entertained at a conversazoine, at which thoro was a large attendance. ',7 An excellent programme of vocal and musical items was contributed to by the j following:—Misses Connolly, Warren, I and M'Keowen, and Messrs. Somerville and M'Lean. An address of welcome was presented to the Archbishop by s " Mr. J. M'Cartin, and His Grace made 11_ an appropriate reply. s ' In connection with the screening of the photographs of a number of dren who attended the recc-nt fancy dress ball, the voting as to the best costumes resulted as follows: —Master Tyson ("Ancient Greek"), 1; Master An- • drews ("Uncle Sam"), 2. Miss Knos 1C ? was voted to be tho wearer of the best girl's costume ("Joan of Arc"). Miss I s AYhite ("Carnival") being placed sec*e ond. ' ■' The snorts gathering on Labour Day, I! J in aid of the Domain improvement fund, promises to be a great success. Over ,s ' one hundred entries have been received for the Railwaymen's Handicap, and 36 the tradesmen's event has attracted ls nearly forty competitors. Tho railway staff at Taihape, in the 1 tralEc and locomotive branches, _ now numbers over 130. The duplication o'i 1 the oxpress service has added about a dozen to tho usual staff, n. / r • -'OTAKI. lg The Palmerston Lawn Tennis Clul lie play a matcli here with the local repreu- sentatives on Monday, while the T< I't Hiwi Bowling Club, Weljington, wil er send il couple or more rinks to plai ir. liere. y, Whitebait, which has been scarci is- during the past fortnight, has mado it: ht appearance again, the warm weathei being responsible. Applications foi large quantities hav« been reeeivec th from various parts of Wairarapa, ai ihl well as from Palmerston and Welling j". ton. is- Mr. Goldsman, who has been reliev by ing as Clerk of the Court liere, wai to -entertained by a number of friends a' sa the Family Hotel 011 Monday evening ( 's and accorded a hearty Rcgre tig was expressed that his duties took hin )t- elsewhere, but he was wished bon voy he age. ■