DISTRICT NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1956, 13 January 1914, Page 4

DISTRICT NEWS.

is . —T -9 — . JOTTJNG3 FROM PROVINCIAL V PALMEB3TON NORTH. ki Local 1 Siilvatioiiistsi. are^/jtiitointer-, ested' in the^iappoiiitmontypf.".Adjutant. T. E. liolmes'as. Li-cad "ot.the.Palinci'Btoii' Mrps,4itfi;!(succPEsioH;!r- to - ...Stair-Captain .WallaceiyjAlJjutanUHolmes'Mnd liis wife, ttrrived from tlie Old Country last June,' and ; svere !: Otaiiuhn,!;;Auck». hind,; T!(i\v had. 18 mimtlss'.'charge of. Ayr, .Scotland whence an enthusiastic ?'semi-civic I farewell:,;"■ ■The local has been lixed for "January 17 and I&.' Start-C.p.ptam;fWttllace>, who goes,.. to.VWellingtoh . lieadquarters, was-' iarcivolied y<'.sU'rda,v.'.- .> .., *. . •

There was- an- interesting?'gathering at the Railway 7 Social Hail, on "Friday, when tho local employees faiewelled Mr. R. Shaw, locomotive foreman, on liis retirement dftcr 37,.years.' Tho proceed-ings'-'-included a >presentation off 1 two easy • chairs. ■■'. Jlr.'.. Wilson, president of the Amalgamated' Society, said.it was pleasing to' know, that Mr..:-Shaw-was about to -enjoy, tho.'reward"of'. lo»g service, but. they deeply,regretted having to part with iiiniiv Mr. ishaw had given every satisfaction '"to ■ tho Department, and had never been harsh or uncivil to anyone. 110 was always l-umane and sympathetic," and. considered tho_ men. to the fullest orient..,'Mr, Shaw, in replying, expressed the'opinion,that the time was..near when ; .»railway. 'salaries would bo.'greater." j , ■ 1 Mr. Robert M'Nab;does. iiot intend to soak-..re-election ou the_ expiration of ,liis tefm as representative 0f... parents' oh the High School Eoajd. Tlio election is Used for January 2-3.-.' Conn*, cillof H. R: 'Woon announces himself as a candidate. '■■■■; /"■ ■ ■ ' The Borough Council holds a sfowal meoting" to-tnorrdw .to. 'further, consider tho bwough loan proposals. . ' K horso at Whakaronga o?i .Weteesday. backed the wheel of' a cart over tlio three-year-old' son of Mr. redley, and trod on. his flhest. Tho child was. ■taken to the Hospital, whoro it is iira precarious condition. . ' ' ..- • •• - 'flie Rev. -H'.-".G,' Rbsher resiimed tho Services" in All Saints' Anglican Church on Sunday, after recovery from his remit operation.- -;v wvy',i;fs"k.;.'.. ' Local Salvationists .ivcreS farewelling Staff-Captain Wallace'lastnight prior to his departure to-day for : Wellington. Mr. iL-Y; Bah'l, a local, fancier of white leghorns, lias received a consignment of ; these fowls by tho R.M.S. Rotorua from England. . ■. After considerable waiting, a beginning has at last been inado with the estensions to tho Terrace- End School, which is eventually to bo the biggest school in Palmerston North! - • Tho poor depth of water in tho Foxton River has been responsible for several instances of trouble With steamers. Tho Qticou of tho South and Awaliou were aground "successively : on tlio same spat recently, but each was refloated atthe next tide. The Awahou's mishap occurred on Sunday. " It- is stated that she had aboard.a-quantity of tobacco, of which (owing to the. strike dislocation) Palmerston had . become . very E-hort. 1 ■ An interesting event this week', will bo the Seventh. Day Adventist Camp, which begins on the show grounds to-day (Tuesday).. > Palmerstou is a specially interesting centre for the Seventh I)ayists bccauso of. the erection of their College here last year. . - • . . NAPIER. Mr. B. Fans, a fifth-year'student of Dunedin, has been appointed junior house surgeon at the Napier Hospital, subject to liis passing tho final medical examination. i ■• ',- Receipts on the Napier tramways ara still on the. up-grade. . Last week the takings, amounted to £200 Os. ,cd„.,.giving mi average 0f.£28 lis. : 6'd. per day. I)uriii"g.,.December; 20 cases of infectious diseases' within'the Hawko'k Bay district were reported to tlio health authorities, made up as follow Tuberculosis, 10: scarlet fever, 4-; diphtheria," 1; enteric, 1; chicken-pox, 3; Wood poisoning, 1. Two eases of tuberculosis resulted fatally. The Education Board made the following appointments yesterday:—Mr. V. ■Parsons, assistant, Nwsewood: MissN. Harper, assistant, Fcrnhill; Mr. Barkright, sole teacher, Kanakanaia; Mr. A.., Strong, assistant, Mangapapa; , Jliss E. Herdman, sole tea-eher, Marum'aru; Mr. Roe, solo teacher, Otafci; Miss I. M'Alistor., assiriant, Dannevirke North; Misfl M. Rig-gin's, assistant, nevirbe South j Miss Ashton, assistant, "Woodvillo; Miss D. Williams, assistant,' Clive; Miss A. Sparrow, assistant, Waipawa; Miss J. Smith, ■ assistant, Waipukurau; Miss C. Barton, assistant, Tipapakukit. ■■■•' Adjutant and 3lrs. Rowlands, 'who 'have been in charge of the Napier Salivation Army Corps for tho past 'cloven months, leave, to-day on transfer to Nelson. Sergeant Fitzwater takes charge hero.pending the arrival of a new officer. I Tfe Napier City 'Band tfro making a Strenuous and not unsuccessful effort to raise funds to enable thorn-, to take part in tho contests at Auckland. At present' the : band is somewhat weak in marching, hut they are practising daily to ovrcome this deficibncy. Tho following officers w-ero cleeted at. the half-yearly meeting of Court Sir Charjes Napier A.O.F. : —C.R., Bro. C. A Spriggs ; S.C.RI, Bro. A, E., Bickerstaff-; treasurer, Bro. James Allen; secretarv, Bro. C. P. Lound; S.W., Bro. ,C. W. Elmes: J:W., Bro. A. H. young; 5.8., Bro. <1. Ray; J. 8., Bro. J. Bald.. .The following ' committee, was elected for tho. new' Napier West -School at, a meeting'' of householders last night:— Messrs. R. C. Runeimau, G. W. Ven : Sbles, T. Rouse, A. C. Smith, G. Ste--plicus,.F., R. .Cameron,' Sergeant-Major M'Nmr. Subsequently Mr. Kunciman was elected chairman and Mr. D. Andorson secretary,' On. the recommendation of tho Education Board Mr." L. V. Hudson, of the Hastings District High .School was appointed headmaster;^ '' MASTERTON. .Mr; W. H. Cruickshank has. disposed of a large portion, of his Bowlands Es- 1 tato to Messrs, Groves Bioi ■ A representative of--' thoS National Greek Society' '."-Hellenninos'V-is at pre--sent in'- Jlasterton' soliciting financial assistance in aid of. the refugees in tho recent Balkan war. 1 ,; ■■ ■'' There are at present twenty-five butchers 011 the boards at tho.Wiangawa freezing. works, and. operations at the works are animated. ■■'/ . . ■■ '; The, question of better advertising, the Mnst-erton shew at Wellington was mentioned at tho meeting of tho A;,- and P. : Association 011 Saturday just. " It .was suggested that the convenient"tram: arrangements and the -attractions of ■ the show should bo brought more prominont T ly. before .'city' people,' and . tho matter was referred to.a sub-committee.. A cricket match is 'to' be played here on Anniversary Day. ; between representatives of' the Thursday and .'Saturday . Cricket Associations. ■ - Tho AVairarapa l'olo! Club'-had another successful practice on"'the? grounds, at. To Ore Ore. 011. Saturday. .. . '.. The,.Masterton Homing;>Pigeon ■■'Clnb' flew,r a ; race; from Christcliurcn' oil Saturday;''' and" another, from?- Timaru'* on Smuiay.-.- ln the - former, event-, Messrs: Drake; Bros?'' Rwhving w : as first:,.home,'' and in' t-hei;latter iJDison'^Cro^n D^rb^ %Thc® Wairarapa Cricket' Association coiitiHueds.its.. i , .,niatchc'sV;'on..- .Saturday last. In the match-Carlton' B v. Carlion. A', t'r/' fonner- made 220 runs ':-■■■ in for,:tho'-loss ;of'!ivetwick«tiisnrtlioir;see()ndX Carlton A knocked''-i'ui...ll'l in their first nijigs'SS ; The'fniatch .Mas.ter.toli 'A;.y.:.MaE-j! terttm .' B .was. continued;:. ..The former NmidoiWlim;their) firstSinnings'and lfi3 for thWfjviokst* in their feoatid." Miw- , tsrtoa. B toorod 92 intieLr- fliit, effort.

; • : ;.H- the'quarterly mvetiiij; of I'm- (,'ai- ; £ertoii MctlmdUt Circuit it was.'report;' : (xl. tiiiituhy church had snflcred/tlio.toss i .of'one momber'through (lentil.' The bal- : was road and adopted, iiK'in- ?. hers'omisidering';.the. financial part of • ''.lhe ,,^circuit-..'; 'BHtisfactor i v.' .Collections ;■ were 4 authorised/. in .'.the ■ Daleliekl.. and Belvedere:. Sunday-' .Schools'; during'-", tins . next' quarter.. -..It . was decided ttiafc.-" a letter be .forwarded' to the .widow and family of .the late Mr. .las. . Gordon;.'.'.: Musm 1 \ Onli h and Prcddy wore re-elected circuit stewards. . Mr,:.- ()rdisli '.was. elested; representative .I to conference.; Captain and Mrs. Foster, of tlio local Salvation Army staff have received notice; of their transfer to Nofsewood. v-ctMr.' J. A. Dudson, of Carterton, accompanied by two daughters, left on Saturday on' a visit to Rotorua and ~' CfISVTOWN. j The funeral'of the late 'futa Pihoniho | took place at the Pappiwai Cemetery yesterday afternoon. Tho burial services were conducted by tlio Rev. To; i'uinata. ■ . ■ Mr. J. M'Hattie, late postmaster of. Greytown, leaves on Wednesday for TiHmru, where ha will take up his n«w duties as accountant in the money order office and savings. bank. ,\"v-Vv ; OTAKI. '• Tho monthly meeting of the Horowhenua County Council was held 011 Saturday, when a record mooting, as regards tho finishing of biisiuesß. was established. . Correspondence was read from the Wellington Hospital Board requesting payment of levies dne. It , was decided that the fees Ire paid. The fte*. G. F. Potrio wroto complaining of t!» state of tho Qtaki cemetery and its approach. To bo attended to. &CO. Phillips (Manakau) wrote asking per- • mission to grazo liis 3iorso on tho gjravel reserve. Granted, The tender of . Douglas and Co. (£256 10s.) was accept- >• ad for a bridge over the Te \\aka stream, It w,vs decided to take steps | to have tho northern part of tho riding ■ joined to tho Palmerfiton North Hospital district, !■ . ■ ■; PARAFAftAUMIi. V' -j Mr. Charlio Rainsford is at present .spending a- well-earned ■ holiday 311 ; Napier. ' " , fl Sir. Bennio and family have. left , "Kapati House" for th&ir homo in. Wel- ' lingtoii. Mr. Wybrant Olphort has 16ft \> ulowbank, cn route for Kakariki Station, . HawkcV 13ay. . . .. TAIHAPE. , A man named M'Clure, employed as ; a carrier, fell from an express wagon on Friday and sustained a badly-bruised ■ back in addition to minor injuries. Hp • was attended to by Dr, Barnett, ami- . is making good progress. I An impudent theft was perpetrated on > Friday afternoon, A woman entered >. tho shop of a local tradesman and a.p- ---> preprinted two combs. She entered the :• adjoiniitg shop and asked for some paper , to wrap tho goods in. In tho nienn- • time tho tradesman missed tho articles, ; and arrived 011 tho scene in timo to' recover his property. No further action )' was taken. 1 The North Otago Pipo Band, which 1 was on its way to tho Auckland Exhi- ' bitioil, gave a very successful concert ■ at Tailinpo on Friday night in aid of ' the school funds, which' benefited 111 eonsiquenee to the extent .of between . £30 aiid £40. Tho visitors were afterwards? entertained at a banquet/ and p left V the 4.9 a.m. express 011 Saturr day for Auckland, ! Pot UTti!rtren'i< HackiDß iit'Nijjtit, 1 Woods' Groat PeEpertniat Cm a, Is. fid.*