DISTRICT NEWS

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 1967, 26 January 1914, Page 8

DISTRICT NEWS

JOTTINGS FROM PEOVIFiCIAL GEKTRES. (From Our Spcdcl Corr«MOEdtntf) PALMERSTON NOHTH. ■■■ The- Seventh Dny Advcntists' camp concluded yesterday when tho. day was lull iof enthusiastic services andsong meetings. -•> ' '•■ ■■■'Mr..; A.^HvS- Cockayne, Government .biologist;'-::is;';.engaged on. th® flax fields ■studying'the flax grub aiid other pests.' | - Two/Terrace End' bowling, teams 'visited Lyall Bay .on Thursday and were 'defeated,'--the figures of tho tiro'rinks :being:.. Lyall Bay'-23 and .47;i : Terraco End,; '22 'arid- 35..-' .'. Tbe;Manaivatu:'Mo(or-cyclo Club passed a vote of. sympathy with the. widow oi : Mr;'-' Harold .Piimmer, the victim cf-. the. motor-cycle accident >at ..Awapuni, 'Sftiltl#NAPlEß. 4 : ' ; ! • -Messrs: D. Thomson and L. Murriane j have ..beeaii: appointed secretary and deputy-captain respectively of the Hast* . ings Swimming Club. : . " . .'■■?•■■■ 'File' annual report of the Hastings Operatic.-Society. shows that the past season :has, been- a very satisfactory flno, the society having in hand a creditbalance of £101 -Is. 6d., despite the fact that £91 odd was donated to the cottage : hospital 'fund. Tho society's nest production,is to be "Tho Country Gid." ■ i Mr.,R. G."; Catheral!, foreman com-positor.-of the "Haffke's Bay Tribune," : who is about.-to get married, was met by the staff on Saturday , aiid presented with an easy, chair and a set of fire ■ brasses.! The managing editor, Afr. W. who made tho presentation,.....also handed Mr. CatlieraH' a, cheque: from the proprietors of ; /paporwi-vy. , : Among "the- numerous presentations made to.Mr. S. F. Haszard, postmaster at Hastings, who leaves on Monday for , Duuodin, were four sets of silver knives j and forks,from the Hastings Bow'ing | Club iind a handsome dressing ■ ease from the "staff'of tho Post and Telegraph Department.. The Hon. J, D. Orroond has'given a collection of Parliamentary ivcords, ■ . dating hack over 60 years, to...Hie Napier Municipal Library. . v Mr. George Crawshaw, secretary of the Hawke's Bay Education Board, has been -"'appointed to act as secretary of the High School Board of Governors, vice Dr. Sidey, resigned. . •' CARTERTON. ~ Messrs. H. M. Trapp, J. Proddy, and , H. Hutchinson have boon nominated for tho vacancy on the Carterton Borough .Council.. Tho Greytown Town Lands Trust has accepted'tho tender of Mr. E. Kini. rf ' ..Carterton, for additions and repairs to ': ' certain premises in Greytown. Tho annual picnic. 'of the Carterton Methodist Circuit was held in Mr. M'Part-land's paddock on Thursday, and passed off very successfully. The rain . which fell late in the afternoon spoiled tho evening amusement.

Messrs. Griffiths and Son, .Blenhetm, have an Sf?3^aere,farm,.for.sale in the Mori-', ■' b-troiigli districh—"" • • • •* ■' . Holiday excursion tickets arft now avail- ■' able for the liottmhenua A. and P. shew at Levin on January 28.. . ■ ■ . ' ; ii A stock sale is to be held at Palraer&ton. ' iXorth on/..Thursdaynext. r Jlc-wr.O'Abrahanr. and William?, Ltd.. ; will hold a flock sale a), Johusonviile e-ii Wednesday. January 25. • Messr?. W. and G. Turnbull and Co., Ltd., will hold a stock -sale at the Waipcua yards, Mastertoß, on 'Wednwdav, January 28. ' iiessr?. Murray, Roberts and Co., Ltd.. Wellington, have a number of sheep and cropping farms for ?nle, A client also ivithrs to seeure n £4000 form. The Nov,- Zealand Loan and Jfercaiitile Agency Company. Ltd., have been instructed to sell fi.iO sheep by auction on February 10, at the salevardSj Paimerston North. ■ The Associated Auctioneers, Masterton, will hold a stock sale at the -Sohvav Show Grounds pa'ieyards, Mastertoa, on Wednesday. January 28.