DISTRICT NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2005, 12 March 1914, Page 8

DISTRICT NEWS.

JOTTINGS FROM-?ROVINCIAL CBNTEES, , (From Our Ssecial OattecponftatiJ NAPIER. The Napier municipal electric supply was connected up on October 13 last, and at tile present time there are 178 consumers, A number of others are being connected. •■■ ■ .' ■ Mr. P. S. I'oley, of the Public Works Department, -Napier, has received no* tico of' Jus promotion to chief clerk at the. DuiKfdin office. Tho Hastings Chamber of Commerce, acting on the suggestion of Mr. W. C. Whitjoek, js extending an invitation to the. Trades Commission of the National ■Association of Manufacturers, of tho United States to visit Hastings when touring New Zealand and meet" the farmers and fruitgrowers. . Two Hastings schoolgirls, Mollis AM-

ridge and 'Jiilsie Irwin, have gained cer-tificates:-fm- swimming 2501.1 aikt 2800 yards respect-iv-ely. Mrs. Derbyshire, owe >rf tWTbMest members of the Napior Congregational Church, who proposes shortly to take a trip to the Old Country, has been presented with a valuabio' travelling rug by members ojr.tlm, co.iigregatiwi as a mark of esteem.

V/ANCAWUI, . During February building ■permits rcpreseiitjftg a total value ot £5620 were issued in tho Borotigli of Wa«ganui. : Though not particularly impressed with suit-ibilit-y to Wanga.imi can* ditieiis of storage battery tars, as used at Gisborne, the Boro.tigh Council has decided not to coase their ■ investigattotes regarding auxiliary syst-era's on the tramway estcjisions which aro to be -Hiadeshortly.

The plant of tho Wave-rley "Tn-biwe" waa sold to4ay to Mr. E. .P. Eei-Mins-way, ofiHt-ea-y whither it.j's.tmdorstood it is to bo removed.

Tfio boreu|li engineer and his staff received 'Somi?iiments from nicftibcrs of the council at Tuesday liigltt's lneoting in respect ta voad-Making wei'k. ■ A roturn s'hqwing.'tlio cast- of new streets indicated that they had doMo the work for £26 per chain,''> as against .ill ,per- c eJIgS.II 'which tlio council had foTirietly ;gatd u-ii-der tb.6 contr.ict svstenv;

Tlio Borotgh Council is at ; pr-ese?,it ! at : a loss to know what is thc-.-ineairiiiK of' a ■ certain phrase ift a letter rfteeiveij from the Maritto Dopai'tincjit about two iveeks Sgo. In returning tiic. plans far the 'iiittorvslb river "bank 'protection, the Department, after ,ftt approval thereto,'' said tlmt tho eotl!^ei , , inusfc dertako the responsibiKly ig.'.r tho stability oi' tljo protective wall. ; 'J'hig erea-tcd, an uneasy feeling in the- minds -of.the council, 6n whoso instructions the" bor>, ough soliuito-r wrcte to the J>epwtafi!3it to itfquifo tho reason for sttch a ■coii'di-tio-u befeg imposed, and asking wheth.or it was not satisfied witk.tlw.'rJlahs'Gr thft proposed'methods, or whether• it had. .anv doubt.; on. tho subject, whicfc.tho coiuicil owght to know. It was'f-epDrtesl-at Tuesday nights meetiK-p; of the.' eoihii. eiHh.at.&>'l)e-ps r 'taent had not yet sent any reply, and, as there Is a- geaeral sire.to see a start mads'with this feftjf-. delayed';, but iiecessar.y/ work, futther -word from the_ Depart-me.nt. is: bgi-ilg s-cmewliat impatiently awaite!:!.

. - fAIHAPE. A man named. J. Slaaiiing met svitli.a, vers' serious accident at.ltvine's s'a'Wmiii at Hiliita-hi on Monday afternoon. Me was strucfe on tho head by a piece of wooil and sustained a compound fracture of. the skull. An operation was performed by Dr. Boyd, and revealed that a large pieco of boiie had penetrated tho brain. . The operatioa was successful sa far as the removal of the pieco of bones is ennceraed, but the condition of the' patient- k .critical.' At a- meeting of the Tnihap.o- School Committee on Monday evtming, the, Director of tho Technical School reported, that ho had conferred with the board's supervisor in referenco to the f'orftintiom of wool-classes. The supervisor: suggested that Ta-ihapo he made a centrefor instruction in wool-classing, and that an instructor be appointed' frith headqwtoKi at Taihjipe-, '

For the month of February tho output of the sawmills under tho direction of the .Rangitikei General and Co-opera-tive Timber Co., Ltd., amounted to 2,613,67' i feet, as a«ainst 3,383,263 feet for the* correspondinp; month last year, AdditioiKil results in connection with the Taifatpe Tennis Ciub's tournament are as■ foilovv-:—Ladies' singles: Miss Kearins {% 50, v. Mi&s Keanecly (15), 43. Combined doubles: Qiigley and Misfl M s DoneJl ; (ifi). 60, v. liair and Miss Keariivs (ser.), 2-1. Men' angles: Ongley (10), 70. v. Thurston (12), 52; AbscInm (ser.), 70, v. Parsons (15), 43; M. Al'Lauglilan (ser.), 70, v. Tansley (S), 63; Foden (owe 10), 70, y. Do Louto-ur (owe 5), 64. On Moadny three men named Frank Porter, Carl Siinonscn, and Alfred 01aeii were- arrested at Tailiapa on n. charge of. having deserted from the bar-quentin-fi Lindstal, at Waiiganui. Thoy ivero brought before the Court on Tuesday ami ■ rcmaaded to appear at Waugaiiui. . • Tho death oeeu-rred at Tanidale on Monday of Jlr. llicliard Neagle, father of Jir. D. Noagle, of Taihape, at tho age of 81 years.

CARTERTON, Til© dairy factories in tho Carterton district will send Homo 877 crates of cheese this week. Tho contributing factories are: —Balcfie-ld, 800 crates; P'arkralc, 200; Belvedere, 150; Tarataliß, HO; Oarriugtoii, ■ 70} Kokotatt, 25 ; Lougbush, 22. 1

In tlie Carterton Polieo Court b« Wednesday morning Angus S.t'K'enzio was charged with being found tinder the iufluonco of liquor while in charge of a hnrso and vehicle. Accused was allowed bail after being arrested, and as ho did not put in an_ appearance at tho Court tho Bench decided to convict him and estreat his bail, .£2. Edward jloar was charged with insobriety, and was fined 10s. or 21 hours' imprisonment. The Waiiiiikoko School CommiUco have, arranged to give tho school children their annual outing on Thursday. 4 vearessntatir© cricket, match he-

hvoen tho Wairarnpa and Wellington -schools will tin played at Carterton on Saturday nest. The Wairarnpa team sill bo: —Miller, K. Moore, Hi. Pcrrin, 1!. Welch, lTunr, I>. Moons {Masterton), l'enst and M'ldtosh (Greytowii), Pkillpotts, Gravostock, Uaniiiu (Carterton); emergencies: O'Callnghaii, Booth (Car* torton).

The Her. . L. of St. An-drew's-Presbyterian Church, Carterton, lias been appointed moderator of the Wnirarapa Presbytery for the ensuing year.

PAHiATUA. Mr. P. C. Noilsen, who has boon a director of the. Jjcxdnlo {Mangamaire) Dairy Company sineo its formation some, six years ago, is leaving this month on a- trip to tho Old Country and Europe. At'a meeting of the directors held on Monday reference was made to tho nssisiaace rendered by Mr. Neilson in the forming of tho company, which was now the second largest dairying institution in tho Forty-Mile Basil District, He was granted nine- months-' • leave ©f absence. Mr, Neiheii stated that whilst away ho lisped to get an' insight into the methods of handling a.nd disposal <rf dairy produce in London ami other rrori-s, When to came back to New Zealand he would, place tho knowledge lwa had gathered at tire disposal of his own and other companies. The Pahintua, Borough Council, at its meeting on Monday evening, decided to confer with the proprietors <>f tl» Pahin. tun. Gas CompsHjy and ascertain tho advisability or otherwise of purcuastiig tho plant for tins borough. A bowling match tietweea teams ropre. settling the- Banks, Law. and School Teacher* \v Tho World will iib, played on tho Pahiatua. green, on Saturday. The death occurred on Monday of Mr. Stephen Tester, of Paliiatua, who bad reached; .the ripo old ago of 75. years. The iJush District Pipe Band decided rtt tiro monthly njeeting held ©a Tue> day to malte'application to be attached to' tho Pxihi.at.ua Company of Territorials,. The band,.which was formed oft January 6 of this year, has made good progress during, tho." past two months.

Mr. Cecil Davidson, who' is -leaving for'JSllgtodi to pursuo, Lis studies_ fh electrical engine'erin-ft, Was entertained by his friends on Mouday-eveßiiifi and presented with'a Kaidpoi travelling r'trg. Of AKI. . A number of jjlieasjints ancl ducks have been forwarded from the I'ar-a-paraijmu game farifi.to: tlftvl/evin distinct, whore they wore liberated in. suitable, localities. Tha State Scdlool picnic took piaco yesterday in glftrievis wcatlieS', atid Was largely attended. Th© co.mmittoo Work-' <sd hard for the success of the afftji-r, and deserve 'much kudos. .

tho members of tho .Masfertoji Bowling Club 011 Tuesday crofting entertained Mr. J. S,. Rankin, af the Stock Department, who has been, transferred ta Pata-erston North. Several members of the cdyib bofa testimony, to tlio stfrrii&g qualities of-Mr, Kahkin, who Was presented with a handsoßio travelling bag. Mr. faylor, tlio _ ti.ewly-aijnoint-ed eljoirinaster and organist -of Kiios P'resbyteriaa Church, was -entertained at a welcome social on. I'uesday- opening. At a meeting of tho Wfirafafsa- Presbytery a. resolution pf condolence . was passed to tho widow-..0f Iho'Ja-te' Rev. A. Thompson, of Petpne, who at one timo ministered at A Sjtasterton Territorial who has on several' occasions sfiffe-r-od military -detei'itiou, arid'w).io>.pftrsi,Sts, ; indjis tefussj to drill, was taken to the detontiion camp again yesterday, iu default of t'ho payiucnt of a fine.

Tho Master ten Technical School ctl this week for the 11)14- sessions. Tie attendance- at- ni-ost &i tlio classes wft-s satisfactory. Ii is proposed to institute seyerni now. classes during the eU-gufaig tei-i-H. ' " ■ k

.■ \A juvenile branch of tho Beehabfte Lodge is about to be farmed- iii Mastertolt ■

At iho monthly meeting of the Mastßrtpii. County Council, it was depicted to. fa'ko stops to raiso a loan of jgioltj %_, hridge-buiMhig iw t-lid Wainuioru riding. Tits clerk was instructed 10 Submit plans for t!» : proposed bridges to "tho"Public Works DiepnrtW«ii .'l'lits'.ordinary meeting of the Wnvrarapa Presbytery was li.oM on Tuesday, tho Rey. G. K. StOTB-eil pißsicj.ffli?. £%0 ordination ©f Mr, L. Hodsfln. as a lio-nic inissioftaty at E-ke-tahanA was authorised..- Arrangements wwe-mado for tiio. .attcridatMc- of ahap.la.ins at the fort!}* GdiMthf; iivHßary camp at Takapau. file Van. ATohdeaco-i-]. Fftiicwrt is j>t .present a visitor to Mftstortei!.

A nian ftarrtecl.-John Carter was arrester] here tiwtay' 011 a chara? of fallingto ireeoutit for a smn of £481, which it .is alleged was; roocß'cd by him oh •behalf-of a Lowex'.'Valley, Native. He was remanded .to appear at Maft-fe-lfproujrli'oii Friday; Bail was jrfiowetf •in, his own'TfceftiHsi-nco of £200 a'nd Wo siireiws.of £100 eiicli. . •,'■'