DISTRICT NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1989, 20 February 1914, Page 11

DISTRICT NEWS.

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(i'r«n Oiir Corfecpondohts.) PALMERSTON. ■The..Utility of a pole or rope as an idjuuct' to a bathing place was suggest id .during tiro iiujuest on the body ol ISrnes.fc K'Hg) who was. drowned hi the river on Monday. Deceased was noticed immediately that he. got into difficulties ind two campamons who could not Swim said that they thought that.they mighi have had a chance of saving deceased if they had had a pole. The Ceronei [Sir, Poyiltou) said that lie. was sup prised to. learn that many hoys wonl to the .Href who could not swim. Undei such circumstances a pole fit rope woiilc prove of service in case of accident. He however, could hpt make a recoromen dation to this effect- because the rive.; adjoined private property, but perhaps a subscription list might be started.The- Bank of Australasia proposes t-c erect a brick building, comprising a„ shop, bank, and residence Paring-the course of the work tin bank's business will be- eoncfuetetl' 01 the existing. premises which, will bi jacked back to the roar of the section The jyork will probably bo finished ii nftfeh months. ■ _T1» l'Mge double- punt built under th» direction of the engineer (Mr. Fisher for river Works now lies practically completed on. the Fitsroy Street beach. Thi RL-V-er Board has.also, hinjd a pile-driv Big plant' from the'borough 1 council. ..At the .meeting of- the' Boroug] Council ou Tuesday', evening Cbuncillo Woou moved that tile council rescind : resolution, passed Just December tha: eoufipt(l.ars- have priority of fight ii booking seats for, performances- in tli< Opera House. The motion was not sec onded, and lapsed. - - Councillor . Wool stated that' some companies will y& resist.this.regulation. The council fur ther. considered a recent dispute ii which the Town Clerk was alleged t fmve demanded privileges from visit ifigcompanies. The matter has beei made the -subject of much publirity a council meetings, arid By newspap© co-respondents.'-.. The Town Clerk re plied to a.certain newspaper letter ahi the wutncil, passed a Vote- of confident m hiiri.. ■•'.'"/ Tho fickleness of tiie water: pressure mentio'ijed'i'eceiitly. hy the Ftte brigade a-M Vafioualj'att-rijjiitea h the. ncw'-fii tors awl io-.u-nattertfled' garden hoSea a now attributed to the local baths. Gi that theory the bath owners have «v b.c.eii forbiddon-tn fill "the baths exeep under the. direction' of the engineer. - _ The control of motor traffic' is cans inft concern t<? the municipality which on Tuesday, received replies from otlie authorities as to the means adoptci to regulate speeds. The-easting regii ration prescribes.a "reasonable speed,' The, Mayor- said that tho' council ha, had opinions from Me. Martin, soli cttor to the M:\micipal Association, am from their-own solicitor. jSdth were t< the' effect that/ until the Govcrnmeii amended tho Act, locai bodies had Hi status. Councillor Nathan said that In was assured that the Jjutt Council lia. succeeded 1.11 overcoming tli.o iMctifty and he moved that they bo asfce.d foi information as, to how they dealt witl the matter and whence thev obtamei their po.wer. Tlie motion was carried Dtinug ;tlw discussion Councillor Nathan said that in Wellington, it ™ found that numbers ol taxi-car brake: were out of order and the cars couk not always, be stopped when desired He asked wbativas the practice locallv The Mayor replied that.the'engineer iu spected tho cars annually. A resolu tioa was passed making-.this diitv i'm perative, .and with special reference t< brakes. 'ft©;. Supreme .Court&isioiiS on February-24.-: There are foUr.erim liial eases and fourteen civil cases ol the list. - ;■'•■■'■'' :_ Mr. James Young, who is retiring from the Dairy Anion's- employment altor 19 years' servieeas''Wanager I 'wai presented by tho staff .#n- Tuesdav-witl an illuminated address; Cti'mplinicii tary speeches wore made'by Mr, J. A Jsiish and othe- rd'irectors, and member - ! of the stax regarding Mr. Young's work In the course of his remarks Mr. Yduiii! said that he intends to reside at Pal merston. A great crowd attended the'garden party given by Mrs. t. A. Abraham yesterday in- aid of tla building fund Dt tho new Anglican Church. As a result of tho Hon. J. Allen's in sljcrttoii of the Palnierston sshools of Wednesday, it ■«■ ufiderstood that th< Campbell Street SchcoL, which serve. Palmers-ton's most congested area is t< have another..school built. MivCr.ft Bennett, who conducted tlie Minister round, pointed out. the unwisdom of inercasiug tiie cxistißg school owinc k> tl« smallness of its swu-nds. The Ministe-i concurred, and. added that thu Governmerit would sanctiol). action by the boarc hi securm-g a new site:. $e then insp-p-st-ed a suggested site e( about fire acres and approvml it. It is.uiidWstood 'thai the now school, which will heof brick will bo tlip finest in the Wan-gnnui dts trici Mr.' Allen also promised' atten tton to the 'proposals to ciik-rge th< Feildinw District- lligh Schc.ol and th( Orona Bridge Fchool. aild to' se-enre- i School site at Sflvorhopo. . Fur'thcr enrsTgements to the Teface End schob ar° afe fflvocated. . Tho College, Street school., held : it; annual picniqot PKmnieft'dli The garden' party Giv-eti by Mrs. Abraham in aid of All Paints' new Anplicar O-Hrch gave a profit approximately Ol £100. '•■■:'■■ '

NAPIER

. Tlie annual report of the . Hawko'a. Bay Automobile. Association .and-the ' accompanying-. balance-sheet shgvvs the assoeintiftti" to, be -vcry : :soiind. Despite expenditure amounting to £.114 Ms. Id, (which includes £39 odd for danger signals, distributed throughout, the die-' triet), the bal luce-sheet shows a credit <rf£l22 65.-9 d. - . The MfowißJj.'officers were elected at the irnniiAl meeitU' of the Hastinpfi Orchestral Society; Conductor, Mr, P. W. Tombs; "leader, Madame Le Lievrft) jjianJst, Miss Shatt'ky; librarian. Mr. L. Abbott; auditor, Mr. A. W. Hamilton j r.ot'retnfy and treasurer,., Mr.. F. S. Thomas; cominif lee. Madame Lo Lievrft, Moss-rs, F. Marbi-ook. P. George. 0. ' Shattky, C. Palmer, J. Ball,- P : . Bragpins, and T. Ivitclmi'.or.. At the conelu-F-ion of the meetißg riiemnevs rrresented the condijetoi - (Mr, Tombs) witTi n_ piirse of sovereigns in recognition of'his services. - Some esoentionally good fishing is being enjoved by Napier sportsmen. Olio na-rty wbiah went out in a launch en Wednosdav. morning secured ten large kiftgfish. the heaviest of which Weighed 251b. These sportsmen used rods and minnows, but they were not prepared for such good sport, and lost ti-iiie fish owing to' their tackle giving way. Tho time taken to knd the kitniftsh in the '. launch averaged from 20 minutes to Bfl minutes, and it requires a skilful exponent of the rod to land the fish. Hence the sport is most attractive It has I been found that Idusfish hero bite best between daybreak and about 7 o'clock.

WAMGANU*. The Horticultural Society,, which, has undergone a revival, held its summer show this week. There were some magni.ficent exhibits of fruit and flowers,' Unfortunately .'-Strong counter attractions militated against the- public attendance, and so far from potting the society's finances on a sound footing, it is to' he feared thst the reverse lias been the case. Mr. C, H. Davis has invented a very' ingenious 'tramway .indicator, which ■ is (Vfief'ated by "\\v car's own fcechanisjn. It shows cii a dial the name of the next ■stopping.-place, and it is understood that

the invention is to' be" given a trial on all the systems in the-Dominion. • During the past month. 133 patients were treated in the WftogiHiui Hospital. Of. these, 50 were discharged, arid 9 1 died. After several, months of informal coil;' sidcltttioii'; a motio.ll wiis brought up by the chairman of the Wangawii Hospital Boa -d at the last ,Tjioiith);v meet* mg as follows:—That fees for patients, be increased frohi oiio guinea to two guineas per week. A very warm debate ensued, tlio opposition contending that the hiost equitable way to ensure the nd.co.uato tip-keep of Mu hcspital was through a rate. During tho debate it was elicited that the cost per bed per year at Wangaimi Hospital was £89 25,, which was stated to bo about £16 below the iDornihioii's average. The debate was filially adjourned without aiiy desision being cOiii© to.

OTAKI. A .voting nian named — €«x appeared before Messrs. Carkeek and ).V.'s, on Monday morning charged with the theft, of a tin Of benzine. ..Accused was found guilty amt was fined 20s. ; Mr, Tavlor, vrHo has. been relieving at the Batik of Australasia; returned to Palmerston on' Monday. • , , , Jit. Byrbii Brown, representing. tlio Qtaki'Town Boad, had an interview on .Tuesday with Mr. Hilar,, general manager of .railways, regarding the train service for Otaki. An .early morning train from Otaki to -Wellington,. and a Into train from Wellington to Otaki; was suggested.' Mr. Hi-ley promised to favourably consider tho request. . At & meeting of the Licensing Bench yesterday a temporary license' transfer : ivas granted from R. ,T. Paul to J. Quirfc in respect; to fclto Paokaikariki Hotel, A tennis match,; pb,ye'd qt Manakaii yesterdayj hetyftferi i'hp Ideal club. w ■and Otaki seconds: whs wbii.bv the. vis'ito.rs, Mr. J. W. Poynkn, S.M., ..expects to leave for Auckland on..holiday in the course of afew days. ~•»■. Tlio milk Btipptyat the various facr : tories is how oh,the decrease, ami;is likely,to he still less for sonlo-aottths, tbfi off scasari having set in. ... llr. Perev Sltndnx has gtewn several acres ©f'linseed at Mniiakau,. and the crop, which is now. heing harvo|ted, .is a good one. It will be used as feed for calves. ~ . .... Residents of Otaki .railway arc anxious for a roarMo run from the station, to the Domain ground—to be opened u:p, Biainta.iir'nft; that it.will he a good connecting link as iye.l a'S'Otodnmc up a.lot flfvahiabio property-, Most of the land for tlm'pnfpbse.is beiikj offered grata*; and it is. hoped the* Town Board will move in the matter. '■■ MAST6RTON, The gate takings at tho Masterfott Show oil Thursday nnwfflleq* to, £221 ids., as compared 'With £221 4s. 63. in the, previous year.' In view of thi* fact that the membership of th«. association lias beeii largely" increased during the year, the takings are regarded as highly satisfactory. " . Several members of the St. John Ambulance Bffgidc tverfe. in attendance on tho Showground. .yesterday, and their services were needed for,several eases. One mail received a .kicjc from a horse, add was rather badly injured, hut.on receiving . attention from tho' brigade -members, was ah-le to return to town, A number of ladies who had fainted were'also attended to. . ". The Mangaoiio Oil Wells"' Cohipaiiy has abandoned its first bore, at Tarie, arid is putting down a second bore- on the property of Mr. Grpvesj at Tirtvataia. ' . ' • ■■• A number of. Southdown sheep iv#o purchased' bv Wa'irtrapa- hjeed'ef s, at tho sale, of Mr; 'Rhodes* 1 '? Mcadowbarik .flock in Canterbury. Mr. ..Ralph Bcotham, of Bra-nCopeth, paid lDjlgns. for a jfam Jw flic "imported fam St,-'-AH)aVrs, which ■was the highest "figuro obtained at tho Sale. ...... , ■'; There was A very largo attendiirice of breeders at the rani fair to-day, and bidding- Was- animated. •'■> ■-.' The To Wliarau, Hiflh. Ohib .will bo -retwdmeh itt th'e dfreytown and Tr'efttha.m meetings"'.,. - Tlio champion, fat;. bullock at tho Mastortoft Shdw,. .wlne'h ii.the P.rppprty of Mr.'T. A. DuHjah-i of Rn-ngitikei, is to he taken over to the Syd'ii'o.y Show. It has been suggested, .also, that the animal, which is of im-me'n-sd . tions, should be taken to Eiigla-iid.

TA SHAPE

1 At A meeting of ■ the Wainrarino County Conneil ori Saturday, Councillor t'emberton gave notice to irtovo at thenext meeting Of the council: "That-the' Minister of-Agricultu.ro .1)6 advised that this council is 6f opiiiitm that tho cutting of Cftiifofhian thistle is utterly listless as ft means (if preventing the growth or spread of the post, and considers that tho obligation to tilt it j should bo rciiuived. . | Messrs. It. W. Smith (Libe.fal), F. < Beecbey (Reform), and A. G. CunningHam (Labour) have already arnioutiteti their 'iiit.ewtio.ii of riohtosthig the Waimarina scat at thus general election. It is rumoured that" there will probably be two otlier candidates, hut nothing definite has Vet been annouflßed. Air. Anthony W'all> who died at Pliinmerton on Sunday nighti was well knonmm this clistti.ct. beiiig. tho qwile/r hi' a farm at Wamui. Mrs. &. E. Laidtp.y, of Raukufti, is a sister' of deceased. There tvero large congregations at tho morning and evening services at the M<*i£&i.ist Church oh Sunday,, when the annual harvest festival services, were held. There was also a- good attendance at the annual harvest festival "Social oil Monday evening, , ■ . The Utiku School excursion, to the beach at Oastlecliffi was well attended, but the journov is a tiresome one, tire tinM occupied* iii travelling the 14D mites being ten hours. . ■ Competition ftames played on the local green on Tuesday resulted m follow ;— Championship singles!. Detoeft 20 v. Neagle, '.IS, Handicap ..pairs; Wrightson and Powell (4) 23 v. Wilson, and Kclsiill (4), 14.. ■. . A meeting of the Iwhape.branch of the New 'Zealand Political Reform League was toetd o.n'TiJ6:sday eveiiuiK. Dr E 0. Barnett' was liiiamrtioMsly elected secretary.for the eusning vear. The questioh <if ihvititlg one «f the Jimisters to Taihapo to deliver a pre-ses-sional nddrfess was discussed, and to* arranging of n visit to taHe place next month \m> left in the hands of the •socretarv, • It was anrtouiieed that Mr. Y F Hocldy, who contested the sea* ~'«t the lftstclertioii,. would tidt enter the field again, and; the. secretary was' instructed to maho inquiries as to wjp ■H-euid be tho official Government Candidate at the nest election.;