JOTTINGS PROM PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1983, 13 February 1914, Page 11

JOTTINGS PROM PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

(From Ouj Sdccl&l Cofrcsjopietili.) PALMERSTON. Mr. Estill addressed ,a meeting on Wednesday evening advocating tiie claims of tha port of London as n terminal for New Zealand produce,. Ho received a hearty vote of thanks. Tiio H-atigiotu Bridge is to be rebuilt in concrete at the joiiit expense of the, Knil'anga and Manavvatu County Councils. The decision was arrived at yesterday, when representatives of the two councils held a conference at the bridge site. The cost of this new bridge is estimated at £1000. Concerts aro being arranged by Haywards and the Royal Pictures Tii aid of the family, of tiio lot® Mrs. VaugTtan. The Terrace IS»d and AYest End Schools liold a combined picnic at Plimmortou to-day. it will ba one of the biggest picnics of the year. Thft Anglican Sunday School teachers held their picnic at Tiritoa- oil Wednesday. ' The co-operative freezing works move, mcjit received another, sot-back yestorday, when Mr, lialsillie's meeting, which had been called to consider ail important proposal, wij-s attended by only about eight grafci'tjrs. the meeting expressed keen disappointment'at tho lack of support, and resolved to taEe no furtherstefts, It is-understood that sJi\ Calsillic's proposal was to reopen negotiations with the Lottghttni works. It will bo remembered that fariiiers liad proposed to raise £30,000 to amalgamate • with JLonghuni, but tiio directors of that company stipulated that the Longburn interests should retain tho control . of the management and output. This the farmers turned down. Mr: JMsillio has since bad conversations with the manager of tho Irfmgburn worliG, as , a result of which ho had drafted a modiiiod scheme for amalgamation on conditions removing the friction aft to control. He had received an assuriuico of support from Scares of farmers., and had hoped to have the- proposal formally approved at yesterday's Meeting. Mr. Balsillie expresses himself as quite discouraged at the lack of_ response,, and, as mentioned, is' not disposed to make further, .efforts. Ho told' a reporter, however, that the inadequacy of freezing works is serious all over the North Island. Only this week fi man h.ftcl told him that ho would send 2QOD cattle down ■from the Waikato at once if they had works available •to receivo them. There arc outside rumours that a- number of Fcilding farthers arc quietly working out a schema of their owii for works farther north.