DISTRICT NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1970, 29 January 1914, Page 6

DISTRICT NEWS.

JOTTINGS FROM PROVINCIAL CENTRES. ■ (From Our is-Jebtai Correspondents.) PAtMERSTON. Mr. Boekon, ;dn« of tlio forty competitors for the Government's £l2 s OOO bonus for improved' fiaxdressi.ug niaciuuery, has apparently becil victimised at'ToSbmaf-ii, Whore lie is experimenting. Oh Tuesday night four belts wero cut, and portions removed. The police are investigating,. The date of tho Terrace End School piw'iic, at Plinmicrton, has been changed to Friday, February 13.' A -special train will run, and the new West End School will participate. • Mrs. J. Hahvood"made a successful draw in the Starr-Bowkett Society on Tuesday, entitling her to £300 free of interest. • NAPIER. A number of prominent citizens, including tho Mayor of Napier, Mr. S. Vigor Brown, M.P., assembled last night aad presented Mr. R, Alexander, late of the "Tribune." staff, who has accepted an. appointment .in tho editorial departnaent of the "Taranaki News," with a purso of sovereigns, as a mark of'esteem. At St. Paul's Church, Napier, yesterday, Miss Alice .Green; second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Green, of Patangata, was married to Mr. Donald M'Kenzie, yc'ungest son of Mr. and Sirs. R. M'Kenzic, of Kavelock North. After tho ceremony,, which was performed bv the Her. Asher, tho couple left for tho south.

'llwllev. H. B. Hughes was married to Miss Ruby LasccHes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Montague-Lasc'elles, of Hast; i-ngs, at tlio Baptist Church, Hastings, yesterday. Dr. J. Q. Hughes, brother of tho brideg'rooni, performed the ceremony. Subsequently Mr. and Mrs. Hughes left for Auckland,'en route to Sydney and Melbourne.

A .petition in bankruptcy - has been filed by John Alexander Carter, carrier, of Hastings. Tho liabilities are set down at £106 6s. Id.

A pretty wedding took place' at the Weslcyan Church, "Hastings, yesterday afternoon, when Miss Flore'iiceHarmaii, second ' daughter of Mr. and MrR. -IS. Hannau, was married to Mr. P. K. Loach, third son of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Loach, of Christchureh. Later in tlio day Mr. and Mrs. Loach left for Clnistehurch. ' WANGANUI. After fruitless negotiations with other local bodies ' regarding the purchase ,of a new cemetery to serve tho needs of tho district of which Wanganui is tho centra the Borough Council decided on Thursday night to acquiro and control the cemetery itself and resolved on a site of about sixteen acres at Aramoho North for that purpose. ''Recently tho Mayor and the tramway engineer visited Gisbomo to inspect the Edison storage battery cars there and ascertain if they aro suitable for tho proposed -tramway'.extension* .to' WaDeanui JEasb and to Arambho North, Tn the eoursfi of a comprehensive report to: tho Council tho engineer, Mr. f. P. .Talboys,.c;avo it as- his opinion that the storage "cars -as rised at GisbornV were not -suitable' for W.v • ngariui. At Gisborne tho ears had undoubtedly lieen a success under favourable conditions, denionstrating that there was a field for them in systems where local conditions favoured their adoption. - fie" noticed several-eommend-nWo features in the Gisbomo cars, par-' -tieularly the roller bearings of non- ■ revolving axles which led to ■power efficiency and soma of these features he' intended to' esperimbnt with on tho Wahganiii system. . ' When the railway was first- -brought to Wanganm the Railway Department laid it dofrn in a bin"curve almost completely encircling the ;town, with the result that- no fewer than sixteen level crossings .were created, and it is impossible to get out of the town without crossing one or other of tltf-so. Some are more awkwardly situated and with tho growth of traSne have become--very dangerous, as lias been shown by more than one fatality, and the innumerable narrow escapes. Store -than once tho attention of. the Railway Departmenti has been drawn to tho danger, hut so far it- has turned a deal ear and has thrown upon.tho public tho onus of protecting itself. At.tho Borough Council' meeting oil. Tuesday evening, in speaking to a •"motion'expressing the .council's sympathy with the widow of the late Mr. T. Lcpsow, a borough employee, whowas k'illfid at tho Harrison Street crossing a few days ago. Councillor' 0. J. W.fay said it was time the people of Wanganui entered an emphatic protest against the level crossing menace . Thoy couM not get out of the town without risk.' Nearly all of these crossing were ■dangerous.'' and to nvako matters worse the Aramoho crossing was now being used jsra'cticallv as a 1 shunting ground. If the Railway Department would not move, a Bill should bo introduced into. Parjiyiient to deal with the matter, -The Mayor moved that the Works Comndtteo go into the matter of approaching the Railway Department with a ;iev. to havrag the railway line between "Aramoho and Wanganui deviated. Ho referred particularly to the Guvton Street- and Avenue crossings ami in regard to the latter thought a cutting could be made ill tlio- face of St. John's Hill and tho railway lino run along it-., vehicular traffic being provided for by an ov*rhead bridge. 'Councillor Sigley pointed out that the inquest on Mr.' Loeson's ■ death elicited the fact that tho rcatilatiou speed over these crossings Was 25 miles an hour. - He moved that tho Department be written to pointing out that this speed is excessive-and asking that it he- -reduced. Beth motions were [ carried.

! TAIHAPE. It is stated that the Government does not intend to accept any tenders for additional contracts in connection with the Obakmie-Raetihi branch railway. Therailway construction branch of the Pub* 'He Works-Department will, it is wider* stood, proceed with th<* work immediately. Tenders were, called for about i dozen separate contracts, but only ono was accepted Owing to tho traffic in wool, timber, ■ and stock,' three special trains per day '. wcro tun last week on tho MartonObakuns section of tho Main Trunk railway. Tho death occurred at Napier on Saturday of Mr. William Murrell, father of Mr. H. J. Murrell. of the firm of Messrs. Arrowsniith and Lougbnan, solicitors, Taihape. In th© Taibape Bowling Club's chanipionshin singles on SatnrdiiT He'skoth beat Wilson. 17—12. In tho double. Dales a»d M'Laren beat Stmrmervillo and N«\Rle> 18—17. A team of Taihapo tennis players visited To Kaptta on Saturday, and defeated the local players bv 467 to 417. On Tuesday. Constable. arrest-ed-a youth named Edgar Wood,- afied Id, who was sent to the W-erCroa Trainin" Farm from Auckland some time afro; Wood was subsequently licensed in tho iis'nal way ao a farmer at Mtotahuna, but took advantage of tho first opportunity and Cleared out. He. than worked his way to Taihnpo. Ho was sent hack to the-training farm on Wednesday. ... Fishing in. the Hauta.pu River on Monday, Mr, Simon-. Cartier landed h~> trout of a good: average weight. Tt is estimated that as tho result of the publication of a notico to tho effect that .Hi Per-cent, additional will be charged on.rates hot paid by January ,1(5, the amount- of .rates . collected to that ...date 'bv the Rangitikei . Couitty Cfcaiicil will be'£lo,ooo*