DISTRICT NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2000, 6 March 1914, Page 3

DISTRICT NEWS.

JOTTINGS PROM tjmWQtiU • GSMES. ' (Ertfc Oia SucsieJ Gotrcsjcndesb.} PAHIATUA. Tlic first, official'visit of the Grand resident, to.-A. I'fioHipsau. of Auckland, of tlie'A'ortli Island 'Lodge rf 'Druids, to I'alliatua cm 'foewliiy 'eveniiiK, aroused cuteidorabte interest among members of the I'aimtfua Lodge or .Druids. A special meeting was held iu the Lodge.room, .presided over by D. W, Witt-pii, AJJ, I'lio Grand I'resident and the CSran.d. GunrdiaJl, Sr«. F, Jemiings,' of W<?!li»gtt)iii wero accorded a -hearty Bwixlic wuicomo. A district roe©ti»g was -aftmtwtts licit}, tiiD jicwl.v-clectod .District t'resident, }iia. Siiiipson, of Ma-kiiie Lodge, Tcikl■iiig. teJHg installed by tlio Graita Presj» doiit, Uta. I'limnpsidii, asaisfel by tb.o retiring D.l'., ISro. ]!'. Jackson, of I'aliucrston. North, Bro. "Wilton, on beiMli 1 of tlio I'aiiiataa extended : congratuktioiw to tile Grand President, who was married at Gisbarfte last Week. A public Meeting was SJibscqiientlj- Iveld in the Foresters' Hall, aiid was lai'gejy attended. Tlio Mayor, Mr. 'J. 8., C. Urewe. presided, and in Ms opening w> . marks stsital that Oio Lodges weio doing .excellent work in. the uplifttag of niaa and tte making of goed-ftellmvslup. The Grand President atldrossMl the *«- itionoo at sonio length, and detailed th* aims and advantages accrniag from Dfuidism. Ho stated ; ttot- thoro Wore 1350 'Braids' Lodges thrattghout- the world with 197,889 lncnvbtrs. while the total membership of tk(j tiodg&s in. Ne* SJealand was Iv,SOO. Bro, P. Jennings, (».(}.,• supplemented tlfc- rc.nsarks of the Grand I'residujnt. Tlje Ofaaid Lodge . afterwards entertained &t ■a banquet. seventy nwsmbei'S of l-'rieiidly SoirtC'tius aiwl local iifstitutioMJ Wero ijreseiit, iiicluding tho Slaytir aiid rcpreseittatives of the Drnid Lodges ill J'almerstQii, Mastertoß)' Fffjldhig, Carterton. and Eketebmva, and the I'ahiattia Qddfellows'j I'ere-eters', and Rechsj bites' J^otlges.

Tii-3 secretary of the 3?<M]garfia OkiiiV)- !■)«• of Commerce lias, received, -advice from ■ Mr. G. K. Sylt-tfe, M.l*., that the aiinistor of Marine- (Hon. .F. M. B. Fisher), accompanied by 5J.v. R, W. Hotono's, Mnrims JEngmocr, svirl visit the i'bngai-oa, distract at an early date to .make jttqUiriea into the proposed tar.ljour sctwmo ftfc Aoiiaiiga *r at Alatiq. The I'alnatua jLawn Tennis Club, which is the holder o:i: tlic cowutry cliam* jjittUSliip, has rcCßii-ed a ehaltengo hein tin? Mastertoa Club,

Advice was received itt Psliintaa this week that Mr. N. Jacob, ■wiw-, Was £pVmor'y >n iHisJness in this town, died in I'ortli, West Australia,, last jE-ontli,

MASTERTON

The door takings Jit the Herticulturii.l and 'linKish-mi Shoff v oh TljiirscJay were M iess tiraii at tte aiitiunn show last -year. Tito officials of. t>lo eoeicty ore V«r ( y dis.appokited at tlio patronago, estended tjio shew-.by tke geiieral public. ■

The teiiclcr of Messrs, 'Oaflsby Mid BartJett, at .£99s, l.ms li&oit accepted h$ the M-astaion County Counicilfor a .mile of ,• mfttaUins en tbo Weiwi' Road. Tlie oiiiy other tender' was thsrt of Mr.. Martiii,' Ikriiio, £1070Mr, T. M.1 , -, for Jjntt, delivers fa political address in tto Town Hall on Pridey. livening.. Ihe. poll. p.n tlic proposal to raise bans oj: £I&MQ for an qxtawion of il» watei ; systeftj aiffl.f.l.o,oi?o : for a ftiiriicipai- builtltbg ■ took ptee • voistetdiir, Til*', yotmi* ■■. jvas...' as- follows loftriVTo'r,' 234; ' against, 120'. Beth pfoiiosats;,aro,..tlierefprp osi'rred, Uvougii: thtjXj-oiiroal ; tli;biaVh.ti€iH eaniiot niada!; untfl a scrutiny, of. rolls, and votes has: tttlifift pb.cii. ' ■ ■'- ■ '

/'Sip Mastqrton Mosd.ing CSub defeat-. c'dsOi'eytft'ivri' ycsierday by Co points, to-

_Jvcws was received yesterday of iljft! ■d&atji at 'Napier of Mhs JJileoli Welch, daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. Welch,- formerlsvof tJiis district. Deceased vrn'6 18 years of age.

TAmAPS,

. Mr. J. F.'Sttidliolave, of Jtanuii interviewed the Hon. W. a, Her.ri.es, Slmistasr cf Railways, .at Wellington «i Saturday, in reforcnett io'tho "shortage of steep- trucks on tjio Otakiiire-Martan section fif railways. Hid Minister expressed regret that tiro tojubtb lad du, v-cleped'to a serious extent, and ptetuis■ed t'Jie matter woald be- iuvestlgated irnniediate.lv.

LenfJiiig aggregates in coitijcctiou vrifli thft Taiiiape flcfonuft fiife Olab's torn petitions arc :-^SmUjei l la>id Challenge G'up: 11. BertetJ, 193; J, Twiikril, 131.t C. Batt, 190; aiid 143. Etiwera Ciialloiigfl Clip: Ij. Aiiffersau, 181: S. Basop, 188: H. 3laj-sli, 187; awl ¥'. N. Wliitccmbci 186. Ohamiriwi Siiot (stroroflif rifle); C. Bait, J. Tiirvi)mll, 309; H. Mareli, 361: aiwl 3S. Andersmi, 3-38. /

ftuod progress is being iiiacf." wit'li tlte ivm;k ot i?i«eti).!.g. s. -hvidlgc over the flavttapt Ilivcr nt Ui'jkw, to foplaosit that ivliidi jettllaiwed' stout' t«-o years ago Hviili 'ta'tal' results tor :hro flion. - " •