DISTRICT NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1968, 27 January 1914, Page 8

DISTRICT NEWS.

JOTTINGS FROM PROVINCIAL ' CENTRES. ' (From Onr Special Correspoadent-s.) PALMERSTON NORTH. A Bunnythorpe ■ section, containing . 101 acres and dwelling., was ofl'crod at auction, by Messrs. Abraham find Williams oh Saturday, and was passed in at £460, but was subsequently sold to the tenant, Mr. A. H. I'aulkncr, Mr. G. A. Lundie, a memlwr of the teaching staff of the Night- Sehooi, lias entered tho Hospital suffering i're-m an internal complaint. Mr. 13. R. Gardener, Mayor of Levin, who, is in a local, private hospital, is better, and will probabiy escspo tlio necessity for an operation. j NAPIER. Tlic Bums Anniversary was celebrated in Napier last night liy the flawku's Bay Highland Society, members of which assembled in full fore© in honour of tho , occasion... Among the principal .items was an address on Burns, written'by Mr. J. Liddell Kelly, at Wellington, in 1897, which was read by Mr. 'B. Ynili, Beforo tho meetiug tlispcrsed it was decided to invito Mr. jas. Craigie, M.P,, of Timaru, to'visit the society next year and givo an. address on tho life of tho : Scottish bard. Mr. S. F. Hazard, late postmaster at Hastings, left yesterday morning for ■ Duuedin.. ' , Two Territurials, named Hugh Campbell and Alexauder, wero fined ; £o cach at tho Napier Court yesterday i moruing, in default 2S days' detention,' 1 for failing to render personal service. ■ Well over 10,000 persons have attended the-Napier municipal baths'-since i January 1, and tho revenue already ex- i eeeds that for any month sinc-o tho ; baths were opened by over £10. i Mr. D. T. Sinclair, of Napier, has ; been appointed judgo of the dog classes ■ at tho Marton A. and P. Society's 1 show. Mr. Royd Garlick, who is at present ; supervising teachers' training classes at j Hastings, leaves for Auckland on Wed- i uesday. . j At Taradale yesterday afternoon Miss ; J. T. Leitcli, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. i T. Leitch, was married to Mr. R. G. ( Catherall, fifth son of Mrs. M. A, Ca.th» ( erall, of Hastings. Subsequently Mr. 1 and Mrs. Catherall left-for Auckland. : Nurse Purcell, l'lunket niirse- at Hast- j jr.gs, who has been appointed senior ' Plunket nurse at Wellington, leaves for ! tho capital city on Thursday. j OTA 1(1. 1 Mr. J.. Robertson, M.P., denies t"ho ( rumour that ho will not eontcst the 1 next general election. ■ ! . Mr. G. Watson, wlio has been fartt. 1 manager for Mr. W. H. -Field for a ' number of years, intends to go on t-ha ' land on his own account. ■ j Mrs. (Colonel) Baucliop is at present 1 visiting friends iu this district, * Mr. and Mrs. Georgo Bowfcer, who 1 have been on air extended visit to 5 Canada, have returned to tho Dominion. After visiting relatives in this districtthey will tako up residence in Auckland. Several parties aro still camped on tlio local beach, a good deal of the tirno being spent in fishing. Some very good hauls have been made. MASTERtON. The npw polico offices in this town aro : to bo taken over by the Polkr, De-part- ! mcnt this week. Grass fires have been started in several parts- of this district., but have boon suppressed without much damage being done. ■ ; Quito, a number of South Island breeders have intimated their intention of exhibiting at tho Masterton Show next month. Mr. H. B. Vavasour, of Marlborough, is bringing over a number of his Shropshire sheep. Tho death took place on Sunday o? Mr. Rodorick M'Kcnzic, a very' old settler of this district-. Tho deceased, who was seventy-four years of age, had been ailing for somo months. Hs leavesa grown-up family. Tho second round, of tho Wairarapa Cricket Association's championship fixtures was .commenced on Saturday, Carlton A met Masterton A, the former getting 131 runs in the first innings and ' the latter '201 runs for the loss of eight ' wickets. FEATHERSTON, On Monday afternoon, a horse at* tached to a fcwo-wheelerl trap; while standing in front of Mm Bank cf New Zealand, near a railway crossing, became frightened by the whistle of an approaching train, and broke away. It attempted to cross the lino in. front of tho train, aud was caught by the engine and carried along for about twenty yards. The trap was badly smashed, aud the horse was seriously injured, and had to be shot, Mr. J. T. Bicknell, of Kahutara, was the owner. TAIHAPg. Four rinks of Taihape bowlers visited Huutorville on Anniversary Day, anii met tho representatives of the local club. The result- of tho meeting was in favour of Taihape, who won tbo four rinks and scored 80 points to their opponents' 59. The points in each rink wero as follow: —22—11, 21 —15, 17 —1-1, 20 —19. At Hihitahi on Friday, a man nnnred Alex, Irvine sustained a broken leg through falling over a signal wire at tho railway station. He was brought to tlio Taihape Hospital for treatment, Mr. Allen j'. Vickors, of Taihape, has resigned his position as a member of Hospital Board, and an election to fill the vacancy will bo-hekl as soon as flic necessary arrangements linvo been completed. Mr. J. Euglobertzert, a visitor from Wellington, landed nine trout, averaging 2Jlb. weight, from the Tautapu ; River on Friday. I During tho year 1913, there were two cases of scarlet fever, four eases of diphtheria, and three cases n! tuberculosis in the borough of'Taihnpe. In i 1912 the, figures were: Scarlet fever 3, diphtheria 1, tuberculosis 0. I Teams representing tho Taihape and i Utiku Cricket Clubs met nt I'tikn oil > Saturday, the result being in favour of ' rtilui by ail innings and 20 runs.