DISTRICT NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1963, 21 January 1914, Page 3

DISTRICT NEWS.

■::' i 's.;;'t.'if; : . * — !T ■■ .' from provincial^ itltlS ■ ':■■ t ■ CENTRES." fe-V '■ > : 'C Special' CorrceiiondoEts.) - ■ ftffilfe .' PAi-MEf!STON.>-...-vrR;? itfTheSovonih Dny.Adventists llavcfin-' business portion of thoir"con■fi;i;pi>co, ijiit. continue devotionakmeet- '■'■!'%">■:■■ •.■■:: . •■'"■.■■- sh: :i; S.T ll <VJ i °: l '.''l."<>f'HijJ;li'' .School Governors aI fa ni'xting 1 on Monday received ■■ in.'inflation from the Department that tlu» 'fiiiosiion ofaVsito for {lie Girls' High ;.Viool would'shortly lit further v-.ooh-jSHlpred. ■ ■ :;:■-, • '■■'■.■; .■>■;-. :~, ■ ! .C-- , --': ■■■ ■y; Tlio.-High' School 1 ■forth be ■ opened .daily I'm-. the/ÜBe' of | pnp< s/.'aud intending pupils. ' A pro-1 .posnl ■ to. open the baths to ex-pupils aisn is under consideration.-. ■.':■■- -? ' V' : n^ I{a( H nill lnstl -- bto funt] amounts co ,£-10. Dr. Martin, • who' will gather .information concerning the radium questions .'luring nis holiday tour, will leave month , ' ° nJil ' April ! ' nd ''° ai ? scn^sis ;^Hi» !l :f :W *— — ~— '~^,"Sri''tir: >:P ?%' ".: ■■'.NAPIER, ' ,■■ ■■! ■ \ ,;-i.' chairman of''the Napier /Harbour Board,' commenting on ' the •work-or fiie hoard for the past. year, said tho hoard entered 1913 with e debit balance of £804 os. 2d., and ended .with the substantial credit of £3282 os. 3d. after reducing rates by some £3000: .liie revenue for 1913, exclusive of rates, ■■was £46,439 14s. 10d., being only £88G as. 10d. below that of tho previous year, i.whicn was a record in wharfage. Re'.ccipts from exports established a , n> ;cord, being £8461 Is. lid., the nearest approach thereto heinf the year 190!) when the total was £8006 Is". 4d. The .bales of'wool shipped in 1912 totalled .i'8;.598,-and in 1913, 83,922. Tho tonnage of frozen moats of all classes in ■1912 was ir.9i"-l, and in 1913, 10,994! The hoard's loan indebtedness is £.543.--000,' against which tlioro is a sinkin'" ■fund on. the 1884 and 1892 loans amount■iiiK to £110,933, and all of tlio sinking funds arc invested o.u first-class fjee. hold security, earning iop rates of interest. ■ ■ ■ ■ father Mahony left Hastings yostordny for to attend the Prcsbvtory. Ho goes on to AVellington for the retreat.- Father Keogh nrocceds to Wellington on Holiday. - The Boxing Association has appointed Mr. W. Pamnson, of Wellington, to referee the Bnrtlett-tipland contest. Only 6!ioO entries have been received for the Hawki-'s fifty l?.am Fair, u-liicii talws placf this month, as compared with 6222 last year. '' WANCANU!. During 1913 the number of adjudications in bankruptcy in the Wangamii district- was 32. The liabilities involved amounted t0'£11,994, of which £1350 was recovered in dividends and preferential claims, iu addition to £"5460, the amount duo to secured creditors. " A largely-attended liioe'iHg of members and supporters of tlie Wanganui Beautifying Society was hold on .Monday evening, -when it was decided to hold another of the garden fetes which liavo been so successful in the past in raising funds, for carrying on thy society's work:. The fete is to be held in March. A grievance of some stnuding with residents of St.. Jolm's Hill is that since they joined the borough the Morough Council has not spent so much on roads, drainage, etc... on tho Hill as they had expected. Tiie council gave an undertaking that money would be spent in due course, but in order to make doubly sure tho Hilliies started an agitation, with I tho result that ■ a clause . was inserted in tho.Wauganui Tiovouph Loan Polling Act. binding the council to spend tho sum mentioned, On Monday evening a meeting of St. John's ratepayers was hold, at -whiclr it became evident that there were two parties, one desiring the money to bo spent as-originally intend-' ed, while others desired that £.3000 i should be diverted to pay for trams or other transit service to the top of tho Hill. The "roads and bridges" party wr-re hopelessly outnumbered, and a resolution passed that the council be asked to change the purpose of the £5000 ■grant in the direction indicated. _____ MASTTERTON. A number of. farmers in the Masterton district have been enrolled as members of the- Employers' Federation. -■ A successful canvass of Carterton was made on Monday for special prizes for the Mastorton A., and P. Association show next month. 'J he Opaki itifio Club will be represented by the following members at tho Manawahi Hifle Association's meeting o\i Anniversary ■ Day:—■Hiflcmen G. Hvdo, K. J- Smith, V. Swanson, F. Mmtoii, K. J. Kins;, H. 11. King, A. M'Kay, V. Bolto'n, J. M'Kenzie, and W. | J. lfcast. Bro. F. Youle presided at tho meeting of the Oddfellows' • Lodge on Monday liHit', when the following ofliccrs were elected:—K.S. to N.G.. Bro. T. Adams; R.S. to V.G., Bro. A, M'Kenzie; L.S. to V.G.,.8r0. A. Lawton. Tlio balancesheet for 1913 showed that very satisfactory progress had been made by tho lodge during tho past year. Tho secretary's report showed an increase of forty-fivo members. Excellent nominations have been received for the Wellington provincial lawn- tennis championship, which commence hove on Anniversary Day._ A triangular rifle match was fired on Saturday between teams representing the Mau'ricovillc, Alfredton, and Tararua Clubs. The apKrcgnto scores were as follow :—Alfrefltoii, 708; Mauricoville, «02; Tsrarua. 615. ;' CARtERTON, ■■The Csrtcrton Swimming Baths CommiUcfl purpose holding a carnival early in I'ebriKii'y. ; ' , . , ■ On Saturday a rifio match ootween the lirnytown' and '£<> Wharau Clubs ] wps fi'T(l on the To Wha-rau range. It resiillwl in a win for O reytowii by '.'( points. ' Mr. W. J. Koisl, of the (rroytmvii Chib, registered the pos&iblo at 300 yards. The- fimeial of the lain Mr. Tims. Bnilev. who. was killed at the Taratahi railway crossin-r, at Waingmva, took I place. 'NX the Clareville Ccmetsry on 1 Sunday afternoon. The cortcao included ! a number of the employees engaged at. ; the Waingava meat 'works. The Rev. I C. H. Sta'ndaco conducted tho service.