DISTRICT NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1954, 10 January 1914, Page 15

DISTRICT NEWS.

JOTTf.NC.fi FROM t'iiON INC IM, j CKNTRES. CARTE fITON. The la to Jlr. J. 11. di'alh was iccordrd on Y\'<'(!u<\s(].iy.*:,\v:i) one of tho oldest members i)fuh(;',.t:,iij.;:| terton Yolunteor l''ire last.tribute of ri'spcct was dciiartuil comrade yesterday :i! i<'itiooi>.j with a lirnnon's funeral. A vacancy has been Jiejl Carterton Borough Council tlnoughrjUi'ejj resignation of Councillor L. 11.• An election will take place on J:'.nm-.ry i 2',1 to fill ilie vacant chair. Dr. and Mrs. Johnson and - Mi?s'-' .Tolinson returned homo on Thuysdaj} evening from their trip abroad V/ANCAIIUI. Though tho jmrt of Wanganui kmaiued open during the recent sti''ki'. its trade was naturally affected to sonioi extent by the suspension of operation? elsewhere. This is reflected in : . tho" Customs returns for 3913, which are £76,743, or £5687 below those, for, iho': previous year. Tho returns «re,vhow : . ever, larger than for .1911, whmivithb" total was £73,840. Returns for Mho', last- quarter of tho year, when ; *\tlie strike was in wero £18,085,'.' as' compared with £22,C107 for the. corre-', sponding (piartor of J 912. Tlio shipping of wool is now in;'full swing here. Largo quantities aro coming forward from all over the district. The growth of settlement in inland districts may bo judged from the fact that during tho last week ,£."oOO worth of wool came forward from upriver settlements alone, and this .'only represents a fraction of tho clip ; n thatand adjoining areas. . w W TAIHAPC. Local anglers have been having some good sport during tho past week or two. Tho iish are in unusually good condi-: tion, and aro plentiful. A local ftiiglcr took three trout, averaging 'IJlb,, from tho Hautapu River on Tuesday. ' . . During the year ended December 31, 1913, tho Taihfipe Magistrate's Court, sot 191 times. Sums totalling £4252 7s. Bd. were sued for, and £2468 10s. recovered; 471 males and 5 females wero dealt with on various charges; and 63 old ago pen-, sions were granted and 3 refused. The Taihape Firo Brigade will be represented at the Hastings demonstration by the following team:—Lieutenant.' Cribb, Branchmen Adair, Mortland, and Draper, and Fireman Banbury; emergency, Fireman Mathie. Lieutenant Cribb has been appointed delegate to the Akaroa Conference. Ou Wednesday a man named Randolph. cnt three fingors to the bono while endeavouring to draw a cork with a pockct knife, tho wounds necessitating several stitohes. The vital statistics for the year wore as follow. —Births, 17.1; deaths, - 3(3; marriages, 31. The figures for the previous year were:—Births, 153; deaths, 35; marriages, 37. . Taihapo swimmers are considering '\i proposal to send a team to .compote in the relay race at tho Wanganui swimming sports. '' }'J OTAKI.

The monthly 'meeting- of tho Otaki Town lioanl was held on Thursday afternoon, Commissioner Byron Brown presiding. Correspondence was read from a lirin ol' solicitors, forwarding a cheque on behalf of Jos. Truman, for a' temporary transfer of licenso of the Railway Hotel to Annio Doogan. From Wm. iiaddison, stating he had bold his property, and asking that all rates in future be charged to C. 11. Williams, tho purchaser.' From R"Wcljtfy (roadman),complaining of debris being placed on road sides by residents.—Dccided that stops be taken to prevent a recurrence From the same, complaining-of tho con-' dition of a creek on Jubilee Road, —Decided that tho Health Authorities be requested to view tho locality, with a view of preventing a nuisance that was a serious menaco to public health. Lot. tors wero read from two gas companies, pointing out the advantages of their respective lights for town lighting purposes.—Laid on the table. The tender of tho Otaki "Mail" ((is. 3d. per page)., for printing the by-laws was accepted. It was decided that the mat,tor of cleaning the raceeourso creek.be left in abeyance, pending'a report from the Health Authorities; on tho creek in. tile town. It was also resolved to purchase no more iveed destroyer, but wait and sc*e the results of that at present put- down. Mr. N. Chamberlain, who recently injured his foot, intends to rccuperato at his homo in Mastorton. The annual tennis match between the local team and Victoria College will be played at Otaki oil January 22. ■ ; '.

MASTERTON. It is not improbable that the American athletes will pay a return visit to Masterton on their arrival from Australia next month. Sir. J. C. Cussck, who is managing the New Zealand tour, was in Masterton on Thursday, and conferred with members of the AA'airarapa Amateur Atahletic Club, who will endeavour to arrange for the holding of their annual sports meeting for the day following tho arrival of tho Americana at AYellingtcii. Two local land agents made personal application at the Magistrate's Court on Thursday for the issue of 1 , new) licenses, as required by the Act/' which j wero granted. The applications of j others, who did not appear, were ad- j journed. The magistrate remarked upon | the necessity for an amendment of the Act to- do awav with the requirement l for finding fresh bonds every year. . r - A female Native of AYhakataki named Miki Keita was on Thursday adjudicated bankrupt. ' - , A meeting of hockey nfayers was to be held last night to consider Die (|Uoslio;i of raising the necessary prnranteeUo secure a vi'.jt from the English fioeKey team, whirli is to visit tho DomnnoiKj in a few mnnths' time. . The Thursday Association's • ene,:eli| matches were continued on 'I hursday.;in";| "If" 1 weather. The match between;; Hockev A and Carterton A wa«;,eoit-'; c-ludcd, and was won bv the LaUer::.uie ; match Hockey IV v. CarteHiuv B;-re-sulted in a rather easy win tor. .tso? former. In the Magistrate's Court veS;--er(i:iy;T Philip Juno was fined 40s. and costs .for;, giving nil or<hv for lirjuor to a C publican wiuio'it supplying fhe ■MianiC;;nnd address in writing. Fori-allowing| his premises to be used as a sort, for the consumption of liquet'.. James S?orr.ir was also fined 40s, £ and | costs. Several Territorials wertf^nnea l j for failing to render tho re-] nuireil of 'hem under the Defence -Act. Alfred Pauling was lined 4fK nnd in default fourteen days' military doiention. . . A stable nnd shed, containing hav\¥ak, the back of the premises of Mr: -I. V;'; : y ley. at Kuripuni, were vesferdav afternoon. The Masterton Homing ( Init n-'.v a rac from Parengarega. to the'extreme.!; north of Auckland, on Thursday},;-. I,li?| air-line dist.nce was 487 miles.. birds reached home in the 1 ,io lirKl.-. to dir.'k-in beinr' Mr. AA. L.nwhng sv Mystical, which did the journey hours 17 minute?. The next bird 11. M. Wilton's Flyaway) vne minute later.

FKKi.S FIT AND "Four years ago J was troubled *with } *if, hp;ivy, Ccoliiifr n [!)•:•/,: tvriUi* Mr. T! Wood, Aln'xV ciiidrn, Vic. "Ono day a frinid chsuuHyr; Cli-n riOx-rl:ii:i 's r l «\b«?tv T nckd on bis Tr.o <iny tho firsl dosn f. foit dcridr-dlv bH iu n wc-ok fi)H i vrr^ ; .fijrrf : c4l; irnxo Wt lit and well/'—A.dvt