DISTRICT NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1994, 27 February 1914, Page 3

DISTRICT NEWS.

JOTTINGS FROM PROVINCIAL CENTEESv (From Our Sneeial CoftMdonilMtK.7 NAPIER. Mr. W. Smith, of Hastings, who is leaving for Gisborne. was entertained by mom hers of the Hastings Bowling Club,at a farewell social gathering on Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Nereis, of Wellington, are spending s short holiday in ;Napior.

Dr. Avenll, Bishop of Auckland, and Mrs. Averill left Napier on Wednesday morning for Auckland. Tho Hon. F. M. B. fisher and Mr. H. M. Campbell, M.P., left on Wednesday morning for Wairoa. , The cruiser Philomel, yttich is staying in porn hero till Saturday, was engaged, in torpedo practise- in tho bay on Wednesday. Mr. John Payne, M.P., left on Wednesday morning tot Wellington. The Napier High School Board of Governors are considering ways and means for securmg a suitable'site and building a new school.

Caledonian sports were held at Napier on Wednesday in fine but extremely hot .weather. The following are some of the results:—Putting the shot—A. Bonner, 35ft. 0in.,.1j throwing the hammer—J. Bobbin, l'Gftfi. 5m.." 1; lOOvds. handicap, G. T. Scott (scr,)', 1; tossinw tho caber—J. Rabin, 1; 220 yds. hafid£ cap—L. Strickland, 14yds., 1; one'mile flat handicap—J. (J. M'Millan, 35vt35., 1; R. Redward, 40yd5.,.2; 440 yds. flathandicap—P. Carol!, 25v<)s., 1; O. W. Taylor, 25y'ds.,-2. ' Mr. and Mrs. Forbes, of Wanganui, are on a, visit to Napier, .Miss Hine, of Gisborne. is making a short stay in Naffer. . ' • For several years past a Hastings farmer has successfully grown craps 1 of hops. This season his, crop is exceptionally good, proving 'that the HeroPlains are admirably suited for' such a venture.

The officers of H.M.S. Philomel wore entertained by the Mayor yesterday, who-motored them round th-e district.*-

: The Hawke's Bay Rttgby Union has confirmed a proposal made some months ago to divide their district into tlirec— namely, Northern (Wairpa Slib-iinkm), Central (Napier a.nd Hastings Subunion), and Southern (East Coast, Wai•pitwa, and Dannevirkc Sub-unions). Mr. F. Rowley, Secretary for Labour, who_ has been visiting Hastings and Napier in connection .'.with workers' dwellings, left that town last night for Gisborne.

Mrs. Peddie, Miss Peddie, and Miss Miller, of Hastings, leave on Mofiday for a trip to the Old Country, via Sydney.

Mr. J. G. Young, of the Napier Telegraph Department, leaves on Saturday on transfer to Timaru. PALMEKSTOM. ~ Mr. W. A. Lyon,- formerly a- member of the staff of Coil-ego Street School, has wpn his Lb.B. degree. 'Tuesday's draw in tho Star Bowkott Society was secured by Violet Hannah Whitehead, who receives £300 -free of interest. . '

Tho net proceeds of tho gardes party given by Mrs. L, A. Abraham for tho Building .Fund of-the new All Saints' Anglican Church, havo been finally counted up as £153'.

A dairy factory proprietor told The Dominion correspondent that the banks aro reducing ' the advance on stored butter and cheese- to half instead of the usual two-thirds. The same thing occurred during tho financial stringency a few years ago; and lie be* lievos that tho cause itt the present instance. is again merely shortage of money. He does .'Hot imagine jtbat it is due to fear by tho banks that batter and cheese.might bo doubtful security in tho case of new strikes.. The do» cision, if it bo generally enforced, will be very inconvenient, as factories' will shortly begin to store-for the- winter. He says that it is evident that money is still scarce, in spit*.of all arguments that, in view of the prosperous season, it ought to bs otherwise. *

WANCANUf,

. Some 3svcre .comment on the Public Works Department's' plans for the now Dublin Street bridge was- in-a.de at a meeting of the Borough Council on Tuesday evening, when the Mayor announced that more "extras" were needed. There had been, he said, jib- provision for a railing separating tie footf.'ay from tire roadway, n.or for fastening the tram rails t<> the decking, and these would cost £122 and £40 respectively. One of tho councillors said that while some "extras.." such as the substitution of. cylinders for pifcs- hud been necessary, the Depaffcmcirt. r s plans had omitted other details which even an ordinary layman would have thought of, and tho bridgo when eoftipleicd'would' have cost £32,000.. • -

The now cemetery purchase at- Aramoho was again ventilated at the Borough Council on Tuesday cvemnpr, a»d a somewhat, lively discussion followed upon the reading of a letter from a local firm of land a-geats reminding the council that fifteen months ago it had offered certain land for this p'orposo at Marybank for £80 per acre. The cost of the land at Aramoho was £1-10 per acre, and it is further, from taws', though it is claimed that it has tho advantage of being more easily reached. The discrepancy in the prices', however, was .sufficient to causa several councillors to dtcss for tho reason why the Marybank offer had never been' mentioned to tho council. The Mayor, who appeared to resent inquiries, and who accused more than one'councillor of-in-sinuating that he had suppressed the Marybank offer, Said that the latter offer had' been considered by a committee of the previous council and been turned down. , Eventually s resolution was carried to refer the matter to tho Cemetery Committee for inquiry, and to defer payment/for the AramsJbjo site till after next meeting.

MASTERTON,

:Mr. Owen of. _ Wellington, has been engaged to assist in preparing a bazaar in aid of tha Wairarapa. Caledonian Society's Pipe Band. A contractor offered twelve shillings per day for navvies ;a Masterton a low days ago, but- failed to'secure the men ho required. '

Councillor Candy Bas given notice to movo at the next meeting of the Masterton 'Eorough Council that each bor-. ough employes who has been for ' two years in the employ of the. cawicfl begrantcd • two. weeks' leave- annually on full pay.

Mr. W\ X. Trogonnkg, postmaster at Eketalmna, has been transferred to tho Bluff.

Rifleman W. M'Leny, of the.' Opaki Eiflo Club, won both t'ha ohanjpioiisWp aggregate and the. Midftold aggregate at tho Wairarapa Jliffe Association meeting this week. A' nuinber of other members of the club were also prketakors. Tho Opaki toaais were first and second in tho Teams' Match.

Word wes received from WaiigMiui on Wednesday of tho dentil of Mr. Thomas Chamberlain, son of the lateMr. T. E. Chamberlain, and' formerly of Mastorton.

. A number potato plots in and around Mastorton are reported to bebadly alfcotcd with blight. ■.A cold southerly snap was experienced yesterday. This 'will have the- effect of further delaying harvesting operations, which aro later than usual this year.

At-a well-attended, meeting of the Nursing Division' of the Mnstorton Branch of the St. John AmbulanceBrigade, it was decided to hold the annual, mooting and social reaaiop on March-25, and to .invite, member*.of &<* Carterton and Waiugawa branches 'to '>« present, It waj resolved to ask Dr.

N, H. Prior to.bs lecturer in the. division, ia the coming year. A number of I new members were proposed for elec- j Won.

Sergeant-Major Sandham,' of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, Wellington, will visit Maslerton on Saiurdiv, whcli members of tho local branch 'will bo put through company ami stretcher drill.

The Watrarapa Automobile Association intends hokling a picnic at Mild Mifci ou Saturday.

Messrs. A. J. Percy, 0. Percy, and ■E. Harper Mt on Wednesday to inspect a lrtrgo area of land along the Main Trunk railway which is under offer to a local syndicate.

Ambulance Saturday is to be held hero oil March 21. ; -

An old settler of Wairarap.v-Mr. William P. M'Larcn, of Uns.li flully— died hero yesterday at tho age of stxt-y----thfco years.

The annual sports mooting in connection with the Masterton Ladies' Swimming Club was held yesterday, The weather was unfavourable, but there was a large attendance of the public: The Wttirarapa. championship was won easily by Miss Annie O'Leatv, who appropriated five other events. The Endue Cup went to Miss N. O'Dovrd, and tlie other events were won by Misses Gibbs and Bolton (WelHiigtosi) and, M'Keneio (Napier), '•

TAfHAPE,

A- cricket match between T'aihapo find Ngauntkehu on February 22- resulted iu a win for Taihape by 34 runs. - Taihapo made 109 and Ngaiirukohu 55. Ottgloy scored "29 for Taihapo and OJscn 13 for Ngaurukehu. Bowling for the losers, Hill -took > seven wickets for 40 runs, and for the winners Msickay took 8 for 2-1. United and Utiku. met- on the same date, when the gamo resulted in a win for Utiku by five wickets and five. runs. -United scored 62 in the first innings;- and Utiku replied with 61. In the second innings United made 87, and Utiku 93 for the loss of live wickets. Tidswefl, 11 and 37, -was the. best bat for' United, and Robertson, 18 and 30, arid Bccehey 24 (not out), and 15 Were,the:iiest' bats for Utiku.. On tho previous day Utiku met Marten' at Marton, and suffered defeat by 173 runs. Last- week a workman wa-s given, a position as yardman in a sawmill near Taihape. On Saturday the- mil hands threatened to-cease ■ work unless the newcomer was dismissed; it being contended that he served as a special-con-stable at Auckland. during the waterside workers' strike To avoid trouble tho man was dismissed.

. Mr. and Mrs. D, Alto, of Rangiwaea, who have taken up- a farm at .Karioi, were; tendered a valedictory social by residents of the Bangiwasa" district on Saturday evening. Several young children who were playing to the bush near Ghakufrc discovered and ate soa« tutubberrie s with the result that they aLI became ill, one aarrowlj ■ escaping death by poisouinc;. Additional scores in connection with the rifle shooting competition . for the Hiwcra ChaHettfiSs Cup are as follow :— ,S. Bason, 96; M.' Marsh, 05; V. Bait, H. Bartell, and J. Anderson, 94;' t. Anderson, 93; F. N. • 'WlirtcamtW 00; .]. Turnbull, 89; E. Anderson, 86; C. Grsbb, 8(j; and.\Y. Mathie, 85.' At the Magistrate's Court on Monday, George- Sutherland appeared on remand on a charge of theft of £14, the property of the Taiba-pe Borongh Cmmcih. Other charges of a similar nature were preferred against accused, the alleged .defalcation's totalling £332 18s, Accused was further remanded ' till March..].?, being releasee! oil bail in his own security of $300 and two others of £150' each. ... ■;

A bazaar m aid of the Catholic Pros* bytery fund opened on Tuesday evening.,, and will be'continued^-throughout the .week;. ..There was. wi'gftod' aUeftdaijco on the opening night, and -good business was done.-

CARTERTON

Several Carterton tradesmen are organising a Thursday- aftcrlioon $izac to Mount .Holdswerth.. If will probably take, place on Thursday, week. The-' new-t-rack brings tho mountain within easy range of Carterton. An examination 01 candidates for the bronze medallion and a certificate under tho auspices of the RoyalLife-Saving, Society took place at tho CartertonSwimming Baths'oa Maackv evetiina. Messrs. E< V. Ellis and t-." C. Dudaoii pas-sod with honours. , ,Dr. Johnston examined tho candidates on knowledge of how to restore the .apparently drowned, and Mr, W. Soreiison. represented the society. ;

GfISEYQWN

The monthly meeting of the Moroa ■Water Mace Committee was "held on Tuesday. Mr. T> Benton'complained of the bid state of the race through, his property, and asked that it- be attotnled to as early as possible. The ranger received instructions to give this 'shatter early attention. '

The Ahikouka Hirer Beard hold a' Special meeting on Tuesday. Mr. I'itiyJs moved that in future no money collected for rates be spent in eradicating noxious weeds oa tho river beach. This was seconded by Mr. Wcnden, and carried. The Ahikouka. River Board's balancesheet for the year'ending March'3l was received from the Audit-General duly certified. ; Tho financial position of the hoard wafe submitted, «i>d showed acredit bank balance of £5 7s:. 2d.