DISTRICT NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1910, 19 November 1913, Page 4

DISTRICT NEWS.

JOTTINGS FROM PROVINCIAL CENTRES. (From Our SpcclaJ Gorießj>onaent«.) NAPIER, Considerable anxiety is felt conccrn-ifig-J. A. Cattniiitoli, dairyman, of jVlceanoe, who disappeared from ' his homo on Saturday afternoon and has not been seen since. Potato blight lias made its appearance iu tlie Taradaio district, and many crops will suffer in consequence. For the.. ton mouths ended October, 1913, the earnings of tho wharfage department of the Napier' Harbour Board amounted to £32,539 55.'2 d., nil increase of £1305 os. 4d. over the earnings for the corresponding period of 1912. A motor cyclist named Goorga England met- with an accident through liis front wheel getting into a, rut. Ho was thrownr loleutly and sustained numerous bruises and cuts. Mrs. Charles Hughes died at Hastings yesterday morning after a painful illness. The deceased, who bad resided in Hastings with one short interval for thirty years, was greatly respected by, all who know her. She was a staunch supporter of the Roman Catholic Church. Enthusiastic efforts are. being made to augment the Hastings Cottage Hospital Association funds, and the Amateur Operatic Society, who recently scored a great success with their prochiction. of "S'an Toy," are giving a special benefit performance for that purpose, _ Though. _ only thirteen miles from Napier, Hastings is badly in need of a cottage hospital, and the residents, there ar.e _ interesting themselves with th&t aim in view.

PALMERSTON, The High School' Board has granted a bonus of £15 15s-. .to Mr. F..P, Opie,: Director of the Technical School, for oxtra Work during.the illness of tllp Sector (Mr, Murray). ■ It also granted' J2l to Mr. Aftcfeaonj of tlio-High School, for'' the- same-reason. .The., average attendance is now 185. Senior free places, at the High School liave -been granted to ■ the following pupils till the ago of 19:— Stanley Walter ' Barber, • Ernest Glen Barker, Percy Win. Barnard, Fred, "j Gatilt Barrowc-lough, Henry Berthold,' Edward Clausen, Milly Constance Grabb, David Lapwood Ciilkn, Robert James Curjie Leonard Harry Daiije.ll, Eric W. Arnold Ksponer, Fergus lan Fiurbrotter, Hilton Fonder, Kenneth Graeme, Guy, Bertie Fletcher Hall, Frederick Stephen' Han-kin, Sydney Hoban, Eric Malcolm Hodder, Victoria Dorothy Hull, John Jamiesai, Jessie M'Murray, Gordon Gray Mitchell, W, Miers, Horace Nash, Newel Gilbert Perry, Itis Constance' Priest, Roy'G. N. Scott.'W. Simm, Brian Charles Symes. James! Edgar Thompson, Thomas Vernon, Hubert W. Walters, Ray West, Stanley Whitehead, Archibald Williams, and Doris R-ay-Muir Wilson. An extension of her .junior free place for one year 'has been granted to Joyce Haukiii. The {allowing candidates have passed the London City and Guilds' examination held in connection with the Pal-' merston Technical School :--Plumbing— Honours section: First class, James, Pen'kth. Grade 11, practical and theory: E. Clifton and Leslie Howlatul. Grade li, practical: R. M'Oall, C Muot'b-, and R. RamseY. Carpentery and joineryGrade tl, J. Slipper. Plain cookeryFirst class: Miss M'Nair. There wars ■two. failures,' Mr. G. Seife'r-fc has returned to Palmorstoii from Sydney, "whore ho was ■ Paddon's backer.for the.Australian row- ' ing championship-. ■' '."'_ ' ' ' ■"'. The ManawatU Motor .-Cycle-.Club has decided to give ©no quarter of the profits ; of 'the forthcoming • sports meeting • to the district' nurses' fund.

MAStERTONV The Worksop Dredging Company,.-. in which Mastorton holds tho coutrpll* ing interest., has ifee'Vare-d. another divrdent of-6si-por share, which makes 19s. per share paid out'on every £1 sharo during tho last thirteen weeks. The Mastertoii Lawn Tennis Club has been advised that the Provincial Championship Tournament has been allotted to Mastertmv and will be held hero on January 22, S3, and 24.. ■A sitting of tho Conciliation Board will be held here on Thursday, when matters affecting the butchers'' dispute will.be dealt with. , A meeting of the Jlgsterton Ladies Swimming Club was held on Monday* at which there was a fait attendance -or ladies. ■ A deadlock arose through the inability to satire officers for the enduing year, and'the meeting was adjourned till a. future date. Sir, Young, of Masterten, on Saturday last drove a- motor bus -containinga number of . Eketahuna residents through to J-ongaroa. ""A large party made tho journey, and the- distance (forty-ono miles) was traversed in 3i hours. ThiSj. considering the state of the roads, is* regarded as a good, performance. A motor bus company has been formed in Eketahuna, and it is proposed to establish a regular service with Pongaraa-. . The death occurred on Monday of Mrsi Shaw, wife of Mr, John Shaw, of this' town, at the comparatively early ago of thirty-sis. ■•■■.-..