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DISTRICT NEWS.

\i'-S .■"' '■&'$ ' " '■'■ S^."',''S"*^^4^fe^ : ' : '■■' J I;' '' ;;-*Ercmy)iir. '■■•\ li/t;:- ■■■\il*'.''-.--'£^ , ?l^fe# ;, ;« 5 .:4f. %%%£i io raif; : ixi!' ; ;'S?i'i;ioc:.4!i(l* icacliorSsl ; ;; which; . .qjni;mt!u?e(!ojift ! -N n." PJVj^Jyesie r d ijyjp' :|)£ev ■ £xammor?jl j) ii i fig*! ?Mfel I;;4HHIv; v schools i l'ur&il law s ; ?B if %'..... ' 2 :.nite>nui Jα rit y* V.f '11 kJScS ii" idjitesi (A rpSi'e'niii.l ?S- ;SlS:Tiio'ugli; J3 Csii bject^;ijrfiyii'm!uded:M{.JtljS ; :: papers;* j'Se , rvice!Uias;|ja]ien|:\ip ; j ;"'rhpgi;cvqnjiuf dm yed f, t r oimCtite '4. Na pier; jSvitlij£ysls^^^y.vS.!!fi''PTO:jp!iKyear^. p4^s'\^L r^2iptsj;piv-Hlie?:!oV;ipi(/ri,Tram^: , " fiast .ive«k|the.;takiiigsl:a"mgnni«l4ft;i--3p : ls ; ; .sovereigiistv/aris; bo! at' Hastiiig«J\Sf ;Sli^|rW:^ : '

f4oirjsW>.: ; .a' 'passenger"'.by.?thq"- ,! mail : 3jraiii]j'jcster^ jiioniu!g/ior.^*elHngte!i;igi;V?=.S\-is : .i?^-'. oftAnibug. thexvisit«?s'^y>of' ! Xiipier are 'Mr.fvyoyenislit'MoareS/rbrtCl.irisi.clnuch, of ■ Now. !Plym<i.uth;? , iMr/va'"nd ! *Missi»;Kellvi'-'' :i 'of . of ,^ £OTite*Nifpief*?£itv*Bau'dTis .'.trying to ge.t'.'Xorth- , Island■■.bahds. ; to''!the contests W^bejhold?m^^ai)iej^'yii 1 .-1915 ! '' : and' the Napier4piirty;fl'l'housand..y'kCJub ■■' has agreed- to, give- tlitfJiieccssaTy" guarantee.

#p£L,M E RSTONi; NORTH ft*

tho bowling"games' on<Satur-day,.-.tho .holders;of';thelliall-.l''eathers , (Miehieo l Stewart , £;P.kkcnng, : :?: and • J. Sniitli)jiVJefeaiedrftho'*clmlfcngers from Torracn; End '■ (Adams,? Claughton,..Davidson, aiid .Turner).i'by-22jto 9. • ■~,-.'

■ - : ■TliUv'eoiiiinit.tcc'.'Jot'K'.tlie: Pahnerston Bowling Cluli'iptjiSaturclayidiscussed ■iangements};for;'the'.Eiister,tour!iamt'nf,and ospociallvia'projiqsalUhat. tho yari-. the ■ chib ''■ instead.- ofWiby^-sliips.-'^'lt , . , was pointed■'fi,out!,;;t!m.t . skips icsultsdfin-"a>iew prinks/ possessing . all rlie-'besV players', as:L ; .was. evidenced in iwa Pahnerston tcams'iHuring' the centre tcurnaraeiit. . Ot'icr-'teams; therefore, had very small prospects, of winning. Finally, on tho chairman's, casting vole, ii.',was; resolved to adhere to the present system—selection by skips.' Fnlnierston teams, will ■..visit." Pahiatua.- , arid ■ Wood-' silio onVAniiiversary,Day.CKA.team will play 'Levin arid-, to--morrow'(Wcdriesdayyiifithej.dat.eas.tsuit-. ablo to those .clubs'.' ■"■£:'?>'U- ': -,

Athletes '-are.v very 'Jccenly'-interested over to-morrow.iSVgreat.inieytini? on .the Sports'" C'roun(i;;if--'wh<?ro v the"'American' athletes will appear.'■: Power, .Templelon, and Caugheyi' , arc likely; 'starters, and, in addition, M'Holm, , the champion Australasian hamnior-thrower, ami Kcddell, tho New.Zealand champion'hnrdlcr,,wilj compete.. Doubts arc entertained as to whether Parker, the American' sprinter, will I)o-.-'«oen,*;i.o.wiiig-Vtp ; his : recent- iiijur.v.".,-,'**-;:-,■ '•\-%--i.':\ :'O-%?Z*' : '-

Mr.' and Mrs':':'A. Seifert arrived back on Saturday from a: tourr.of -..the'-world' which begau last ApriLisis^'^-J^V

The steamer Queen of the South went egoun'd in the Foxton fi-iveiv on', Snu.da.y, three-quarters,.of,a mileifrom tho wharf.' , ; , Att-empts to move her,.wore.to be made Yesterday afternoon.. ~\ '. ~

A house in Terrace End, occupied by J. W^'lhihro, , caught fire in tho small hours of Sunday, morning. Owing to .ths. beng.. a ■■ new.-■■'street tlin water -hnd'io bo obtained from a distance of .300 yards. . One room was gutted,']and the roof was..destroyed, lint the other rooms were saved.. There was mi insurance of'£33o'on the....buildingi aiut \£l2o' on the furnittire..;£;[■% 'Two'"Md'st-c'rton , * a'ligicrs' disroveretWn' a .local stream ■on Saturday* what, tb.py took to bo ah.-Animated boot-lace..- .It was about ;two feet long,..ami-moved .in t*ie water.in .serpentine-fashion.- .-'lt is thought to.be a, -otherwise known as the hair-cc1,,;.: or hair-s-riako. It. is parasitic'in an : insect. , until near iiiatunty, when it. leaves;the].insect'', aud lives, iu the waterkf? ''VfV;* "":/■■:'•" 1 .- The news"received, here "on Saturday that the Opaki team ; had --won ■■;■■'the Teams' Jlatch : at tho'Auckland Exhibition . riflo ' mooting was : received*' with very 'general ■■Eatisfactioii.-jßi.Tlip Opaki Club ■ has;!iioiv won ■'■almost.-every lea ins' aiatcb in'-tlie';Doiniii|oni'/fi; ; .'yi.-. ; ,,. i 'j'.'.'..".' •■ :-There aiev'at present'•'nineteen,"patients in of whom are.iii the fever .ward. '\/. ~... ... A number, of Mastertoii 'settlers."are proceeding to Wellington for the..wool istiles, .jvhich.open on Wednesday.' .;, ■'" ■.!; ' : . The dry "spell''at , present being'experienced is being taken, advantage of for bush-burning, , and as usujl.at.this time ..of tho'year, , heavy, clouds of smolcsare obscuring: tho 'sun, , in the. , surroiindiiig districts, aud .occasionally , in the .town 'itself, ■■xj^^^i^esias^^-ife : :

'Hi'i: ta i hap m% ■:, ■. ..A young'man named .'Tlmrgood,' ; who sustained a broken leg'.iii-'a fail from a horse "at Mstaroa on Christmas Eve, underwent' an operation ■ at tho Taihane Hospital. oir.Frklay,. when it was found necessary to amputate the leg../ The sufferer is making good procress.% v ''"- : ''. ■ On Friday last shearing was commenced at Ruanui station, when cloven men put through 1394 sheep, v On Saturday, twelve shearers'got.through 1846 sheep, makins; a total for tho:,two. days': of 32W sheo;>.?i Last .season', tho tally, for tho first two.days was only. 2647^'and fourteen shearers were then engaged. In their third match against the Utiku team thc-Taihapo 'Club's ■ representatives won by 116 runs to 93 run's.,-w For Taihape, Dashwood 61,"Watson 47, and Fallefy. 11, reached double ■ figures;-iTho best batsmen i'or Utiku wcro: DaVis.'.ll, Robertson 11, and Couzcns 13. <'■.■■■■ '

A man nanwd A. Robertson had his thumb badly crushed while working at a sawmill which is in" course .of erection nt Tairoa. He was brought, to Taihape on Saturday'afternoon far-medical treatment, and - wiLl bo incapacitated from work for three or four w»ks. '■■ X-ji-i.. '■;.:. Hot weaOier has prevailed ..since-..De--' comber 23, hut-Simdav was cooler,'aiul was-followed by a.cold nißhtMwt'. 1 -•■ ■■"■'/■ ■ "BurniiiK-off" is in progress in manyparts of the..district, -.and the. nir..diiri?itc thp latter pnit oF last , week--was heavily ..charged .with smoke from .-bush tires. ■■'■■ .:-":K : - \J',.^-'\ t . ■ ■■>;' ■ Constable; Jl'Lood,' , of sent \o. Hnri'tly on Saturday.for ispeoial duty.'in counoction.with thciiprpiiosal to reopen thp mines .there..,. ■?& ,; *ft, ''■"'.'".V^-J ! ':'Sli-.'""S^ : Ftdler,; , iiostmaster- at. ! ;;Bap:lan,aiKi Mrs, Fu!le'r'caro:at|-\>resei)t-!spending a holiday in'GrcyioTrn'. , ."*'-'''■'■*■ '&'*;'\ Tho AVesicya l. Stincls'.y School, heldia ."picnic at .Kofcataii-.oii Saturday. l . .. -|.-. '.■.Tiie Mcrry..,;Wido\y" Opera Company,: gave a eeasoiiKof.;J;|wo'uights in Grey£ town'.^....^;'-; ■■• , ! -' ,f -:'y ! " "•■' '■" /V. ■'-..A

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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1650, 6 January 1914, Page 8

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DISTRICT NEWS. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1650, 6 January 1914, Page 8

DISTRICT NEWS. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1650, 6 January 1914, Page 8

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