DISTRICT NEWS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1907, 15 November 1913, Page 3

DISTRICT NEWS

, JOTTINGS FROM PROVINCIAL - CENTRES. • ; . ■ (From Our Special OorreßponOents.) PALMERSTON. y Safety at Foxton, the popularity of .' (diich as a seaside resort for Palmer Etonians lias been fast growing, will bo increased as the result of a meeting held here oa Thursday. The meeting decided to proceed with the erection of a Jetty and to provide a lifeboat at a, total cost of £200. Already £50 has boen raised, and a committee of townspeople, is guaranteeing the.-remainder. Tho committee includes Messrs. J. Mounsey, E. Hdlbeii, J. Bctt, "W. Bailoy, and C. Dahl. Scout matters hore are progressing.' The local corps, which was .recently formed, is working with energy on the first tests, and is now qualifying fast for second class badges. A concert will shortly be hold! to raise fiind-i for leas-. ing tho club room. Intimation has been received from the Chief Scout that it is proposed to subdivide Wellington Province into three districts, with headquarters at Wellington, Palmerston, s end Wanganui. The district commander at Palmerston has been., asked to nominate a commissioner. A lantern lecture will be given next week by the district commander, his subject being "Practical Scouting in India and the Far, East." . . s T. G. Mackenzie, a local bakor, has filed a petition in bankruptcy. Tho Unsecured debts are £208 ISs. 9d.-> and the deficiency is £4 Os. lid. . "I am afraid," said Mr.. Poynton, G.M., , dwing the course of school attendance cases yesterday, "that the children of New Zealand get too many holidays. In Germany children go to school from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., and have only the Saturday holiday. In Australia they get only four weeks per annum. Own is- the: most lenient country in the world, but if we are to keep, up -with Germany the children must be sent to school." Mr. Ernest Bryant, an old Campbell Street School boy, has just passed another examination at Guy's Hospital. His brother Keith, also in England, is doing creditable work as an artist. The Arawa, arriving towards Christmas, has on board Mr. and Mrs. James Mowlem, of this town, and Mr. and Mrs. Venn, of Shannon, who are returniite from interesting 'tours. ■ -Mr. C. Peach, chief railway clerk at ■Palmerston, has' been transferred to New Plymouth as stationmaster. ' . The Mayor (Mr. J. A. Nash) asked the Auckland Exhibition authorities to permit the Royal Artillery Band, , who arrive in Wellington about November 28, to break their journey at Palmerston, in order to give a performance on the showgrounds for tho benefit of the Hospital. The Auckland authorities refused the request, stating that/ the heavy expense incurred in connection with the band necessitated all benefits going* towards liabilities. Owing to the strike it was inadvisable to incur further engagements for the band before their arrival at Auckland. The Mayor, however, hopes to secure the band possibly on their return, after the .conclusion of the exhibition. • ! MASTERTON. A short sitting of tho Ikaroa , Native Land Court was held hero yesterday, when the question of' the disposal of certain lands at Tβ Ore Ore was dealt with. ■ , ' ' The Mastorton Homing Pigeon Club flew an old birds' race from. Auckland yesterday. The winning bird—Mr. G. <rpember's King Dick —occupied 9 hours 33 minutes in the journey. The annual meeting of the Masterton Ladies' Swimming Club is to be held ■'• oh Monday. In the annual report it-is : stated that the position, as disclosed by the; balance-sheet,! is very satisfac--V tory. The .February-.carnival was very successful, competitor being present from,all. parts : of,the,,pominion. .Com-, men't is made upon , the' fact that' Miss Annie O'Leary, a member of thd club, had won the lOOyards'championship or New Zealand. It is claimed that_ the club now holds a loading position amongst the ladies'..swimming, clubs in the Dominion. .Mr. Walter Scott, who has been on the staff of the Masterton Borough Council for about nine years, has ac- ' cepted a similar position with the Gisborne Borough 'Council, and left for the northern township yesterday. ' ' At a special meeting of the Masterton Borough Council last night it was decided, in view of the disturbance of trade caused by the strike, to abandon tho proposal to take a poll on the water supply loan question in the meantime ■A. W. Petherick was fined £2 to-day ' for a technical breach of the Licensing ■Act, in failing to give the name and address when ordering liquor, to be taken -into, a No-License district. , A charge, of having attempted to keep li»iy>r' for sale was dismissed.