DISTRICT NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2118, 8 April 1914, Page 5

DISTRICT NEWS.

JOTTINGB FROM PROVINCIAL CENTRES. (From Our . Special Correspondents) NAPIER. .Mr. A.E. Libby/of" Hastings, who is .leaving, on a trip to tho. Old Country, lias been presented. with a travelling bag by his friends.- •' i\lr. A. H. I-lealo and Mrs. Hcale, of Hastings, are shortly leaving on a trip to the- Old Country. The Napier Competitions commence on Thursday, and as the entries aro very lai'go a successful session is anticipated. Mr. C. ]). Kennedy, of Napier,. has donated three prizes of £5, £3, and £2 for. tho bewt-kent gardens in Napier South. Tiie judging is to extend over Six months. Mrs. S. A. Vyner, of Hastings, left yesterday morning on a- trip to Dunedin. Tho Napier 'Harbour Board lias decided to levy rates , in future on unimproved values. ■ Efforts are being.made- to. form a branch of the New Zealand Club in . .Napier'; Mr. A. H. Bale and Mrs. Bale and Mr. J. 0. Hayward, of Havclock North, leave- at the end of tho month ifor a holiday trip to the- Old Country. PALMERSTON. An'encouraging report as to the outlook next season was submitted at the annual meeting of tho Manawatu Golf Club. Officers were elected as follow :— President, Mr. C. Louisson; vice-presi-dent, Mr. A. Strang; captain, Mr. L. Seifert; treasurer, Mr. St. J. Gibbons; secretary, Mr. L. A. Abraham; trustee, Mr. H; Cooper. Messrs. P. A. M'Hardy and A. Seifort were elected to vacancies on tho committee. A recent judgment for plaintiff in the case, Hospital Board v. Veekes, lias been reversed. In the. former judgment tho Magistrate held- that,. under Section 70 of tho Hospital , and Charitable Institutions Act, 1909, maintenance fees of hospital patients- wero recoverablo for 20 years afterwards. Defendant's counsel subsequently pointed out that the section had been repealed, which allows the Statute of Limitations to operate. Tho'Magistrate has ■: now, therefore, decided for defendant without costs. WANCANUI. tho annual meeting of tlie Kailran Football Club officers were elected as follow:—Patron, Mr. W. S. Dustin; prcsidont, Mr. L. J. Funic ; secretary and treasurer, Mr. T. P. Souther; assistant secretary, Mr. V. A. Brookie; senior coach,- Mr. P. C. Peters. The • Waitotara Council has received a communication from the Government agreeing to give £435' towards repairing • the damage done by floods to the roads of Ahu Aim and other districts in the county. A' condition is attached that tho cduncil should supplement tho amount £.for £. It was decided to accept. In answer to tho - Defence Department's request that local bodies should and work for conscientious objectors, such work to be equivalent to -personal service, the AVaitotara : County Council has resolved to recommend'-.-the-Department to set (such persons to fatigue work in connection with the annual training camps. After being closed for several months and - causing great inconvenience, to settlers, the Upokongaro ferry, about seven miles abovo Wanganui, is to bo reopened almost immediately. After a good doal of negotiation between'tho \\angamn and Waitotara County Councils, tho former put forward a proposal that tho ferry should be managed by a joint committee of three <members':'from each of the councils. Both bodies-will share profits or losses (tho latter iii- . eluding any compensation payable for accidents): and also carry out the- requirements of the Wanganui Education Board regarding carrying children 'back and forward to school. Each body has nominated its lepresontatives on tho committee. _ Tho Wanganui County Council, which closed the ferry on. account of the adjoining county refusmg to take any share in losses on the working, has this carried its point that each body should be equally responsible. Whether tho ferry, will bo run for long is now a matter of speculation, as a petition is being very largely signed to both councils asking them to erect a new traffic bridge at a point two miles below it. taThape.'."' Mr. A.' A. Paape, Reform Party organiser, will visit Taihapo about the end of next week, and during his stay here a meeting of representatives of the Reform League will bo hold. Mrs. Ryan met with a severe accident at Ruanui on Saturday. She had ataclied a halter to a somewhat frisky lioifcr, when tho animal, suddenly made off. Mrs. Ryan became- entangled , in tho rope and was dragged for some distance across the paddock, with tho result that-she sustained a dislocated kneo and- minor cuts and bruises. Hie half-yearly meeting of the Tailiapo Municipal Band was held on Friday evening, Conductor Bryco presiding. Jhe balance-sheot showed a credit balance- of £40 14s. 7d.. Mr. E. E. Smith was elected secretary in place of Mr. Ji-. Loader, who resigned. After the meeting the late secretary was entertained at a social gathering. laihape residents who will spend Easter in Sydney-are Messrs.-'M. M.'-Car-P e f e i, : 3 - Swanson, ,F. and Sid. Reid. Mr W. J. Muiiro, who was recently transferred from the locomotive foreman s oflico at Taihnpo to the locoinowo engineer's office at Addington, was the recipient of still another prescntanon last week from the combined iiihape locomotive-and traffic sections iiie presentation was mado at Addinston by Mr. G. A. Pearson, locomotive - engineer, to whom a gold albert chain and inscribed locket were sent for presentation to Mr. Munro. FEATHERSTON. ,I,,°m- Mollda 3 , .- , i n<>rnii. g a duelling, occupied by Mr. C. E Thomas, and owned by Mr. J. Worsley, together with the contents, was totally destroyed by fire.. There was no one in the house at the time of the outbreak. Iho insurances were:—£loo on ;ho building in tho Victoria Insurance Company, and.£loo on the contents in the National Company. ' MASTERTON, Several members of the Masterton dun Club intend competing at tho Auckland Gun Club meeting at Eaeter. Tho business places of Masterton intend casing down for tho Easter holidays from Thursday next until tho following Tuesday. This will give shop assistants four clear days' holiday. A caso of suspected infantilo paralysis As at present under treatment in Masterton. . Tho Carterton Brass Band and tho Caledonian Pipe Band gave a combined concert in Iho Masterton Park on Sunday. A collection was taken up in aid of the sufferers by tho Upper Hutt disaster, and a sum of £14 was realised. Deer-stalkers report that, although doer are numerous throughout tho district, the number of goo'd heads is limited. The special prizes for elementary agriculture presented to tho Fernridgo' School by Mr. W. Andrew have been won by Cora Ilulibard, May Lowis,' Leonard Tauchcr, and Albert Graham. The Masterton Homing Pigeon Club flew a young bird race on Saturday from Upper Hutt, an air-lino ;distanco' of 35 miles. Sixty birds competed. Tho winning bird—Mr: G. Pember's Iris —did tho distance in 32min. 34scc., which is said to bo a record fly for the Dominion. It is understood that Mr. A. H. Her-

Bert, of Eketahuna, will again.be a candidate, for tho Mastcrton scat at llso next general election. Mr. J. J.Lang, former!}' a school teacher under the Wangauui, and Wellington Education Hoaftls, and latterly postmaster at Tawataia, died in tho Mastertou Hospital last week. Tho death is. reported of Mr. Watson, an old identity of tins town, who was engaged in tho blaclesuiithtiig btisiness for many years, at tho nge of seventy years. Mr. "William Cooper was operated on in n- private hospital on Saturday for appendicitis. Ho is progressing favourably. Medal competitions were plaved on Saturday by the Mastertait Golf Club. The bost card handed in for the. "A" grade was that of Mr. V. & Donald, and for the "B" grade that of Mr. A. D. GiH-es. Dr. Elizabeth Gunii on Monday campletcd her examination of the children attending tho Masterton District Higfi School. As the result of a comparative examination of the pupils treatoel oil tho occasion of her previous visit, Di". Gumi expressed dissatisfaction and disappointment. Although the conduct aivd general, appearance of the-young people was satisfactory, she was disappointed to find that in quite a number-of instances her suggestions to parents had not been carried out. Wild pigeons are reported t<s he still numerous in the outlying bush districts of the Bast Coast. During the quarter ending Mttreh Si seventy old age pensions wefe issued iu Masterton. ■ The amount sued.for in tho Masterton. Court during the. March" quarter was £2469 55."10 d. The amount recov-oMd was £834 10s. 10d. PAHIATUA. The hunting season will be opened in the Pahiatua district on April if. The first run will bo held at Mr. T. Mested's property, near the Pahiatua Borough. Arrangements have been male by th,o Woodlands Hunt to hold a series of runs in the Pongaroa district this seasbii. Mr. W. S. Hirst will act as huiitsmasi during, tho ensuing season. • The circular from tho Ministof of Defence-inquiring if employment could be found for conscientious objectoirs to military service received fayauraMe consideration from the Akitio County Coimcil_ at its meeting on Saturda:y. The : opinion was expressed that plenty of , "navvying": could bo found for objectors.. ■ Tlie Pahiatua .and WoodviHfe County Councils did not treat tho inquiry seriously. : Nearly all the Pahiatua, •'business pcoplo hare signed 3 requisition agreeing to closo their premises oil Eastef Saturday. Consequently Thursday evpning will bo observed as the late shopping night this week. Tho Pahiatua Fire Brigade is ■ sending a team to. compete at the United Districts Fire Brigades' Association demonstration at Hastings.during Easter. In order to keep up the full strength of the brigade during the team's , ab-sence,-a number, of ex-firemen and citizens havo been enrolled for duty during tho Easter.vacation. Tho death occurred at Cambridge last week of Mr. William Howard, wot was for many years a resident of this district. Several of the relatives are residing in this district. The Mangamutu Post Office- . store, which was destroyed by fire last- Friday, is to bo rebuilt immediately. (

A cricket match between the Puke* toi representatives .and . a Pahiatua eleven will bo' played on the Mang«tainoka Domain on Easter Saturday. Tho former team- will ahp play watches at Masterton and Dannevirko during Easter..

.Katherino D. Smith, the nine-year-'old daughter of. Mr. and Mrs. ■R. Smitli, of Konini, died at the Pahiatiia Hospital on Sunday, after a -. short •illness.

Anniversary services in connection v.'ith the. Pahiatua ' Mcihatlist Sunday School were conducted last Sunday, tho preacher boing tlio Rev. J. A. Hoiking, of Dannevirke. Tho distribution, of prizes. won during tho past year took placo , last evening.

The Akitio County' Council decided at its monthly meeting last Saturday to accept Messrs. .Robertson and Whtttakor's'tender, of £038 for the erection of the Marainanga bridge, between Pongaroa arid the coast. It was reported that the metalling work on tho road between Pongaroa and Rakainui was nearing completion. Councillors -expressed approval of a suggestion to readjust the county boundaries, so as to give railway-to-sea communication. Tlio rough balance-sheet submitted for tiio year ended March 31, 1014, showed that tho general account was £?o5 (is. 5<J. in debit, as compared with £1823 7s. 3d. debit "on March 31, 1813. Road construction and maintenance during tho year cost £3458 19s. GARTERTON. The No. 2 Supplementary Roll of the Electoral District of TrVairarapa' tontaius 197 additional names, and a notification

of the erasure of 1253 names, principally thoso electors who did not vote last election, those- who have since diedor ■ wero transferred, and -of mjmeu voters whoso names have been ehaitged by. marriage and aro now mciuded in the supplement.

MOHAKA. Tho long spell of. fine weathot was brokerf , last week by' some heavy rain and a cold snap, but the weather has cleared again. The rain that foil did much good, and there will now bo sufficient ieed for stock during tho. winter.

Dipping, which was stopped owing to trio wet weather,, has now recommenced. There has lately been a demand fiolu the : South Island, for sheep from this district. A draft of ■. 3000 ■ wethers in splendid condition was scut there last week from Kakariki Station.

A lad named Cook, who lately arrived from Homo and who was working on Kakariki Station, recently met with an accident while out riding. He was unhorsed and kicked, and sustained a dislocated shoulder and_ other injuries, which necessitated his removal to Napier Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. F..J. Ryder, of Kakariki Station, have left on a visit to Otaki. OTAKI. , The golf season opened on Saturday,

when both players and enthusiasts attended in large r.umbers. Tlio day was fine and competition keen. In the ladies' trophies, Mrs. Winterburn, by goad play, won botb< while S. V. llapley and W. H. Simcox won thosa offered for the men's section.

Mr. A. J. S. Thomson, manager of the Bank of New Zealand, left on Monday for .'Wellington. u Ho is on a two months' furlough, which time uiJl be spent chiefly in tlio Aitcklafid and Tiawko's Bay districts, ant! Sydney. He is accompanied by Mrs. Thomson. Tho Levin inalo clioif intend to put on an ontcrtainraont here In akl of tlio local Domain Improvement Fmitl. A special sitting of the Native Land Court under Ju-lgo Gilfeddor is at present, being held hbre. Hockey promises to bo brisk liftro tJiis season, tlio forming of a sub-union bringiiiK forth two new clubs. Tho Rev. F. Harris, ef this district, leaves shortly on transfer to Christcliurch. Ho "will be much missed from tho district.