DISTRICT NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1980, 10 February 1914, Page 3

DISTRICT NEWS.

. —_ JOWW«B FROM FHOVINCIAL CENTRES* (Froa Ou.r guci-tal Correeponaentu PAUMEfiSTON. Local biielnnrikm-s announce that, after this week, the prices will bo £2 las. per thousand for bust building hncto, and £2 12s. for chimney bricks Air. J. H. Estilo will address a public meeting on tins "Commerce Facilities of the Port of London" o n Wednesday. Mr. Joha BalsiHio has convened a Rieefcmg for next Thursday to discuss a scheme to secure improved fiwiiltics for the frcoKmg of fat stock and tko cool storage of butt-of ami cheese. Tho meeting will lie held at tho Showground offices, and Mr. Balsillio promises to submit an important suggestion. In Saturday's bowling match' tlio Australiates won five games out of seven, but the aggregate scores were, equal, each sido getting a total oi 158. The v , tss m fivo t ' ,)ks tc l r «ildilig depleted the Terraco find greens on Saturday. I hey brougiit back tho Maiisan and Barr. Cup, Imt failed to dislottgo tho Vates I<eat!iersor tho Diwn Cup. , Messrs-. Young's printing staff-had an enjoyable picnic at Paokakariki on Saturday. Sidney Murdoch, who is alleged to have attempted suicide with a pocket knife ou Sunday, is an ox-army man, ana is now a hotel worker. He- recently arrived lToin Napier. - Tho police aFo looking for the person who threw a.stone through the window ot the guard's vail of tho Waipukurau tram when it was arriving near Tc-rrTrce End on Saturday.

WANOANUI.

a Y nt lmo tlw Orfence Act Amendment Act, iji2 ) provision is made for thoso itabio to servo to obtain exemption from persona! serv/ce on the grounds of undue hardship. ' The first application (for partial exemption) of/this kind in Wanganui was made tollr. W, ICerr, S.M., at tho Magistrate's Court yesterday jnormng., Tlio grounds of application ware that tile apptirant's fatihw. had been injured in. an acsid-ent which left permanent injuries, and that- applicant and his father ran a,- dairy farm, supplying milk for consiimptic-H,, in town. ,'lhe ousmess was eonsfUeiably interfered Witli while the applicant was away at camp. Tho Department opposed tho application for total exemption, but wero willing to accede te exemption for a period covering t'-ho busy portion of tho season. They pointed out that 75 percent, of the regiment to which tlio applicant belongs was drawn, from dairy tanners in Taranaki, aud. it was no '-hardship for thorn to attend drill. After hearing evidence from both sides, his Worship decided to grant partial exemption, the for renewal of same to bo made every twelve mouths.

MASTERTON.

Fine, warm weather prevailed on Saturday, raid this week should the harvesting completed, as only a 'minbr portion, of tho crops remain in the paddocks. Tlio returns promise to bo better than those of last year. Ott Saturday tlw Masterton Tennis Club played a match with Martinborough, the home team being the victors by lO points to 8. Masterton - bowlers defeated Carterton in the Booth Cup eeri&s of matches by 83 games to 75. The t'uk'etoi cricket team paid a visit to MastertHi or. Saturday, «nd played a match against ,i Masterton eleven on the Park oval. The- visitors wero uu- . able to withstand ihe bowling of Hickson, who came out with the h'lie average of eight wickets for 20 ruas. Tho lvcrnio team batted first, and knocked up the I respectable score of 315 runs. Styles 1123, Kimball 01, li. Welch 51, Hicfoon 21, N. 'Ibbetsim' 19, Southgato 16, and Ijlaclnnmi 14 being tlie e-hief eontributors., sSiyles played a line iniiingSj scoring freely all roiiild .the wicket. Kem* ball's 61 was also compiled by nice cricket, while B. AVelcfi was iii good form. The first innings- of tho visitors realised 88 runs, Owen 15 being the only batsman, to reach double figures. In their second attempt they, did slightly better, making 64, liumoy 12 anil Kent 13 being the. uouble-ligure scorers. The iiom-o team thus won by an innings and 213 runs. An eartlirjuako shock was felt here on Sunday at 11.30 a.m., tho tivnior-s cciitinuing for some seconds. Sonic little* alarm was felt, but no damage is reported, 0

' TAIHAPE.

A prolonged shock of earthquake was experienced here at 11.35 a.m. on Sunday. Commencing at 10 a.m. on Tuesday last and finishing at midnight on Saturday, Albert Steele put no a new record of 110 hours for continuous piano playing/ Tiio previous record (109 hourly? minutes) was put up by Mr. Breuf at Bathsirst, Nciy Soutfi some time ago. ' Steele's' performance at Taihstpe was superviswi by u local committee. iSiaee tho commencement of the wool GMso-Hi 1903 bales of woe! have Been forwarded from the Taihapo railway station. The total -number of hales forwarded last month was 1200. For the Main Trunk ram fair, which is to bo held at Taihapc on February 26, the number of entries was greatly in excess of the limit (80(7), and at a ljjt'eting of tho committee an all-round reduction was -mado. Some of the host breeders in the North Island will be represented. The Itangitikei A. nnd P. Assocktiou's third annual, show, which takes pt.too at Taihape on February '25, promises to be a great success. The number of entries already received l is very eneottragins, and will in all probability exceed tho number received for last year's show.

MQHAKA. 1

Tho long spell of excessively dry and hoi weather lias at last'bccM succeeded by niild rain and a cooler atmosphere, aiid during tlio week thunderstorms havo prevailed. Good burns of largo areas of Mlcd bush and fern have been tho result of the drought. Feed is plentiful, and stock is looking i-e-markaWy roll. A Mr. Hirsh and his son, from Bradford, F.uglattd, havo been visiting Kafeariki Station. Mr. Hireh's <.b,tect is to secure a good-sized station or' sliceprnii, where lifi casi grow his. own wnol and' setid it Home direct t<i his woollen mills, as he is a large manufacturer. Mr. Hirsh was delighted with this district so far as i-ho country wont, Inifc the groat- drawback ho considered w\\s the want of a railway to open up tlio country and allow settlers to havo quick transit for their stool-: and pro- , (hico at reasonable rates of as at present, £4 per ton. (The NapievC4isborno lino is now in progress.) Mr. Hirsh has already acquired a farm at Fcilding of 1500 acres. A very fine drove of fat wethers, some fifteen liuii-clrcd, left, Kakariki last week, consigned to tho North British Freezing Company's works. Mr. Campbell, M.P., is expected . to visit this part of his constituency at an early date.