DISTRICT NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2138, 2 May 1914, Page 2

DISTRICT NEWS.

JOTTINGS PROM PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

(From Our Special CorrcsporutentE 1 MASTERTON. Several sheep-owners worts fined 20s. and costs ifi the Magistrate's Court yes* terday^'morning for exposing for salo sheep mfcctoA with lice. The informations wcro laid by officers of the Stook Department. ' Tho eonferaieo between the MartinboToagli Hallway Lsaguo and tlus Mastorten Chamber of Cofninovee has beau postponed for another week, owing to the inability of the former to get- its delegates away to-day. /flic total rainfall registered in this district for the month of April was 5.08 iiKsftes. The average rainfall for April daring the last ton years lias been 2.88 inches. , Anniversary -services 'arc to he randucted in the Methodist Church on Sunday by the liev, 1). J. Murray, of I'eiJrlifls;, The Mastertoai Homing Pigeon Club fiev an interval race from Hastings yesterday, iho air-liuc <lista.vieo being 110 miles, i'hc winning bird, was 0. Member's Crystal, with Drake Rres.' Stoekiflgs 'second. . Miss Grace. Burnett, who,fois severed jsor coanectkm with lite gas depart- ' meat, was presented by .the staff with : a handsome tnaiticurc set. The presfiiitniioia was made by Sir. J. W. Blackmail, manager of the gasworks? A'ease of interest to shedp-fiu'iners was heard in the local Magistrate's : Court, when a shearer named Ftfctik M'Kolfar claimed a sum of .£}•!. from Guy C. TfilUoms, statiaa-ownCT;. ami J. A. Nicholson, his agent. The evidence for the plaintiff showed that it had fcc'oii the practice of Nicholson to take a gang of she&vers to To I'arao Station every year. At the end-of the shearing in 1912 Mr. Erl Williams had arranged with Nicholson to tiring the same wen hack' iir IMS. In the meantime, however, Mr. Ony Williams arranged with a Christchiirch firm to do tho shearing under tl» Witfiiot system. He said he would' ba satisfied if the contractor engaged ths men who had be®i working in the previous year. Oil Nicholson's gang, including the plaintiff, pFcs'iiiiing themselves,' they wore informed that, the stands fed already been filled.' Counsel for Nicholson cos.v•tended flat ho was not as he had merely acted as Agent for Williams. Counsel for Williams argued that no contract that- was binding in law had ten .made between himself afid the j shearers, Mi. L. t». Rcid, SJI., ro- ! served judgment.

TAiHAPE, Tiio si>!)!liv;ik-il property of Mr, C. ■ M'lJone)]. was offered auatiosi at T'aiimpo on Wednesday. The estate comprised 225 acres., subdivided into twenty, .sections. The highest price realised was £70 pef acre for a section Ji acres & roods 2- perches. Tsu> homestead and tlirco acr<r,« wefe soiii for £ IS'), and (In* lowest pricfr paid tot any oho section tvas £23 per Acre. The wliote of Hie. iA'o.t.i<ms wo.ro s.eld, the avefage price bciiig £-4-5 J,Os. jier aero. A sorimte $rap nscideat, ocevred .at Hi.Wtai.vL' fisv Wediwsdaj% Mrs. Walker and hev two sistei s, tim Miss"* (Jardncr, were . driving along the iVangarore Road, when. tire horse aHanifi:-. to., Ui<3 : vclii.cte 'bo:lted. Tiisj ..elder (Jsrdijer i. ,and .Mrs. Wafer's *. infant soji were ' tiiro.wn out inunediak'ly, sustaining > .niiiiisr ittjMri<3S. : *" 'Fnrth'e;f'i)loiig flic trap; %rg' preeipitafed 'ovcr S 'TjS.flkf; and the two remaining occupants wrc isijuted. Mife. tvalker sustained sfon of' the brain and was still wicenseioiis on Thursday night. ! Misa Gardnw'vras als*) injured, but not sofioasty. I'Houcli'Mts. Walkers condition, is criti- . cal, hopes are enta'taiiied for her W-. coyov.f. ... Whilst imshfelling at- Hiliitaln on Wednesday ji man named Dankl Boattia sustained a gash ill the trrfetj. . the jix» he was.iisiug just missing .the radial artery. ■ _ Patrick who was jeriausM in- • jnrefl in, a blasting fled dent nt oh6t», is waiving, gwcl progress towards recovery, atid it is probable tli&t his eyesight . may not ho ■sericwsly affccted by the accident. .. Another mishap occurred at tiro Fgiivoni Box Company's will at Oimta o>v Wednesday, when Henry lilaiid. had tbreo fingers of his left harfd severely crushed between ttto.iogs. f Mr. C, Forth), of Powerstoelc, West Dorset, lias taken over the management of lluanut station, in place of Sir, E. Borhtse, who recently went in for fa.rn).:i.'-ig on .bis own aeooim't in the Hawke's Bay district. Mr, J. F. Studhohno, of Rnar.ui, who has plantation interests ift Fiji,. mil: visit the island early this xhonth. He will, bo accompanied on tlio trip by Mrs, i Siudholme. , , At a Valedictory gathering at Ma'fcaroa iks, Jftgo-SmitJi was presented witiii a ■ p»r«! of sovereigns on' behalf of ]icr ' local fritauls.

OTAKI, At a meeting of the* delegates of various clubs iit the district, held 011 fta'ir.'y- ■ day, it was decided.to joriii a hockey suiwsttion, the head bady having jiivtfH. tlio iwcesssry permission The- fol'imriug were elected officers : ' Mr. Byron .Brown; ' vieopresidents,: Messrs. 0. liraiuloi;., P. i'eun,, ami C. S. J.uxi'oj'd; seWary an:! treasurer, .11 r, J. lMvison: assistant, Mr. 11. Xkolstfii; ; iiudiior.. Mr. I'. Frmirait; mauageffwnt cpinraiitee, Messrs.. H, Taylor, I>. Kiiirtisicr, •!?, i!. Anderson, H Nros >1 Jl. liweU, 13. Giiuldgo, slid the scerc-; tary rflpr'esentativs seiockr "St r& 11, Nioolsoa, "J. Davison, atal 11. Small. It was decided to open ilio t'ranjpir.iis'bip -iixtuvdii in a fortnight's tttnq, ftiid that- tho lej'iitoroii representative col'ours of tbo union be red and white, arid t.ho aO'diiiiioii i'eo lor earli club £1 Is. All fiffor.of Mi - . \V. P. EdVards to give fi te'uottfc picture entertaiimiart in aid of the funds of tiw losai chdw wag accepted with thauhs. ■ ' Wo de-atk occurred on Thursday of fhe. infant soli -of Sir. Georgft Closes, a well-known Native of this firi-ii. J.fr. Avtluu' Brako, ivlio was tecontJjr etwratqd «ra for a seristis inta-Ha-l. complaints is almost liim«?ii' again; having made a spkmdid recovery. Mr, J. 11. >1 '.Donald, the welUfiiown sportstean t»f lloaibcrloa, Xrtsvin, who toured Australia and other places for jiealih reasons of i'ccefit date, is now : feeling the benefit of his tW-p, ijnd reports be-iiig almost fully recovered, in fact reeling -better than lie has been for some consiiiof&Wo ii-m-o.- Bo is ikwt abio to follow liia usual outdoor occupation, Mrs N. J- Baraingkm, of SiWstream, is at, present visitiii'g te.ktive-s iii MainvIsaa, while her mother, Mrs, Cotter,_ is iioUd-iiy-makintl at Wai-lcana-o, staying with her daughter, M.r^. Miss Gaf!siq;hcr, at 0110 tirno postmistress at Miiiiaßau, and jww <>f \Y-t4-lmgtew, is at present spwidiug a few days hi ill" former township.

PAHIATUA. Tin) aiuuial lnoainig of poHshiancts. St Prior's (Aiifllicaii) (liuu ii was l.idd on' Thursday m-tfumg, Sir. >T ; 1), C. Crewe was olectwl n<v.rs dnwciiwarden, and Mr. .V, P. Douglas poojilo's wartion. Mr. Bmjfjlas was also rleotwl S.yiio'iisiivaii. Messrs. (J. C. Milk*r, K. B. il.ir.', G. (io'liu'v Taylor. L. '/i'l!WOOll, JHidee, frfggft, and J. Nelson wore elected vestryman A hearty rate of tbanlss yeas accorded to «li who liacl assisted ttitli ■(.•Imieli ami Sunday school •w'orjs during the past-year. •3'ii.d voolcly stool, ■ of ;!>•? Kail.nva ladies' Miniature ft i Iks Olnb resulted ■in the following scorn • l»ing recorded off tlift rifle' Miss F. Kcrritfge ?,2 {po.s - sihle Mrs. BW 38, Mfe 0. Ucss 32, Miss K. Korridgo 81, Miss L. L Roes 31, Mi-as I. Hess 2d. An mteroet*

ing ceutost for possession of Mr. J. Stevenson's trophy teoic place between ! Mrs. Bland and Miss I. Ross, «nhe tied' i.n the best two oat <sf three shoots, •After three attempts, Mrs, 331u.ntl svn-s successful. Mr. A. Watsofl, a prominent settler of the Posigaroa district, Ims disposed of Ms property asd istends settling in tlio nortb. The shooting season for game opened •in the PahiafctTa district yesterday, A number of e.nUinsiosit'; left in tWoatfy morning to try ihtir foek with the gun. Mr. Thomas Murphy, an, old resident of tho BaHar.ce district, died oil Thursday. The deceased had reached tlio ripe age of 73 years. During tho winter months a, mtmW of tho shopkeepers intend ■closing l.ht-ip bosiness premises at 8.80 p.m. instead jof 6 p.m. Tl\o scheme was tried last 1 winter, awl worked very satisfactorily. At tii.o meeting of the Pijhiatua Oogtl Templars' Lodge on Thursday evening, "Mr. and Mrs. .Proctor, who* aro leaving for Danneyirfe, were presented with tokens from the jjieinlsors of th.o .Lodge. Tho recipients \rero prominent .Lodge workers.