DISTRICT NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1952, 8 January 1914, Page 6

DISTRICT NEWS.

JOTTINGS FROM PROVINCIAL CENTRES, (From Our Bscejal Oorjr<srpoiid«it*.l PfItMERSTON NORTH. The . American athletes, who arrived on Tuesday from Wanganni, to compete at yesterday's sports, -were given a civic •reception at the Council Chambersj where speeches of Welcome were delivered by Mr. J. A. Naslr (Mayor), and .Messrs. M. 11. Oram, Woon, Bennett, and C. Louissou. The team's Manager, Mr, Peisotto, replied, complimenting lalmerstonou it-s haitd&onio- square, and tho. members .of tho torn were subsequently motored round the district.. 'A Htili galo prevailed during the contests, where Canghoy, Power, and T-emftletba competed. Caughoy, .in.Bn eshmition threw, placed, tiro shot 45ft, OJm., exceeding tho Australasian record by'nine inches, J/ast year's figures of crime in Palm, erstori show a-u. agreeable decline. Details of tho offences reported-aye: 1912 f C7O eases: KM3, 552 ca&es ;■ arrests or summonses, 645 and.sl9; committed fpf trial, 7 and 12; summarily, convicted mnlos 591 and 478, females 29 &nxs 24;, dismissed males 22 and 5, females. 1 j and none; convicted. after committal,/ 1 and 23. . Convictions were ehiefly W tho following crimes':—Abusive" berf hsviour, common. aaault, burglary, cruelty to animals, disobeying ordere of tho C.Jowrt, disorderly, • drunkenness, maintenance, indecency, malicious dain- i

ages, profanity, resisting,'theft, v»g«< rawc.v, disturbing parades, ■ shooting" , pigeons, .breaches of prohibition. OtAKI. A well-attended mooting of ratepayers decided on .Taesday night to held « poll on. tho proposed drainage, lighting; and high-pressure water for Otaki. majority of those present were iii favour of the scheme, especially lighting.and high pressure-' .Mr., W. M'Kegg (chairman of tho Town Board) occupied the chair,' while Mr. A» S,\ Pstcrsou, engineer, was present, .. MASTEfWOH. At a meeting of tho Wairarspa Am«' teur Swimming Club, held on 'A'uosday night, filial arrangements ttero made for tho aquatic earnival, to be hold in Masterton on January 22. It ilas been de- , cided to add an event for ladies to. the ■programme, and already several entries Irani prpmjn.e-nt lady swimmers have been promised, • ■ ; During tho past' three, moniiis fiftytwo old age {tensions ,\vero granted, at the Magistrate's Court- at Mastcrton.. At a meeting of tho newly-forme.;d Wellington llnral Workers' Union iiwas unanimously decided to apply for registration under the Industrial Coiv» ciliation «nd Arbitiratioii Act. Mr. R. 0. Jarrett, of Mostorton, has received advice from tho director of tho Missouri State Poultry Experiment Station that his pen of birds that havo been entered for tlio egg-laving'contest have arrived safely, and have been comfortably housed. ■• . Since tho- year. 1909,. Mr. William Perry,'of • "Pwoso;" Masterton, has appropriated 20 cliampion'ehips and 85 first prizes in IJneohis, and 16 cham< piovishjps and S3 first prises in Rom-, nc.vs, at the priiteipal agricultural shotvs of tho Dominfoii. Kightoen persons wero convicted of. drunkenness in Masterton during \\\o quartet ending December 31. During tho siinie quarter spventeon breaches of the Licensing Act were dealt with.

TAtHAPE

A man named Benjamin Foster, em-ployed-by tiro Waimarino County Council, wr.s killed on the Parapai'a Hoa.d, near Raetihi, mi Monday. Ho fell from a loaded metal dray,-end ono of tlio wheels "passed over, his body, killing 1i tin instantly. Foster recently arrived from Wangamti, and leaves a widow and young family. At fcho inquest on Tuesday a verdict oi Accidental death waa rctunifd. The rainfall for tht> month of Dcceniher was 5.35 inches, the average for ilio corresponding month duriftg the previous eight years .being 3,43 inches. The rainfall, for the year ended Decembor,Bl \rns 39.23 inchosy flio average nnntial fail during the previous seven yeare being 40,45 inches. During the past three or four cJaya over 200 betas of wool from the various district have been carted to Taihapo for railage to the-ports. It w-3s sheer • ivanl luck which pre» vented RiHemnn Knowles, of Taihape, Jiom winning tho King's f rizG at the Auckland Exhibition rilie competitions. Ho registered femr with his "sightefj" and decided not to count it. With cadi succeeding shot ho scored the possible; but ai> he. was about to take the Inst 'shot a liorso , crossed the , line of fire, and ho lowered liis rille.' Before the ra»gt> Was clear his time wns up, and ho was not aliowed to finish. As it was, ho was , piacofl third, and lifttl lie epunted; his "aightor" he wo«ld have tied with'.the wiiinev. • .: •■

A Tennis Club l»s beon. formed at Utiku, and it.is ptot»scd to." lay down a court on the cricket, gmmid ■ before tho end of. the present season. , The majority-of'the sawmills on tlio Main Trunk lino have recommenced cutting. , The strike settlement has been responsible for ah iraprotcmont in traflo generally, and the prospects at present are excellent.