DISTRICT NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2139, 4 May 1914, Page 6

DISTRICT NEWS.

JOTTINGS FROM PROVINCE I

CENTRES

(From Our Sp.o.oiftt Correspondent'!!')

PAUfERSTON NORTH

.Nominations far the Queen o'i ! the Carnival, which, class io-Wiorjw, so far inelude Miss Toi'torJFfißfttfly Societies), Miss J, 1, Cook CAiiialgaiiiitfld Society of Carpenters and Joiners), and Miss Ij. Harris (Soft Goo/i.s Association). 'Noni-ina-t-i<in.s are .p&ndiiig froih the Bmvlnig Club, "the .'Uteeii'sotl Tictualler5 f and tho Railway Servants.

A moating of the W.CT.tL on Fri* ■d'ay.disftussed ttrtatogenieiite forthq fm-'tbcbmM.g provMiar'&nTcrenco to be lield licfc..

. The friendly .Socfeties' Co'Uiieil on Friday re.scifcetl to p.ureliaje a. site in Cuba 'Slirejjt for a dispensary and establish this when £500 lias been raised.

The Ijiterary and Pebafiii* Soeicty ap< tl)6 Rev. Mr, Carlysle, jiftssrst Oram and .tfaycoKsk fo.f the doha'tiug. eoii> tost against Woodville,

CAPTERTON

In the Car.tertqji 'Polico 'Court on pri. day monviug, Dennis Crortiu was fined 10s., iii dcfeHlfc iS hours, for insobriety. Tho Wairarajia 'I'erniiDating BliildiilS SofrfOfey held an .n.ppro.ppia;fio.ii o~f £U!) by sale- -ok Thursday ovejiing, five tra)(lisfs beiiig recdved. 'The otfcrs rail li'om .£2O for <*ac'h 41S0 np to £30, aid ,afc this ■figure 'Mr. A, J. .P.artou, of Cartertan, was ssjceos'sfui in .securing tl)<j mm. . ■ ■ '

The aiiiiua} incctiilg of the parishioners of St. Mark's Clniroh W,i.s held oil Thursday; •erening, tlie I?;ev> ft. Young, vicar, presiding over a good attßitdsneo, OfFiefcrs Were oiec't-ed irs iiud"er;^ ? icaa-'s eli.iirc'i.twar'don., Mt. K„ §. Moss; peHple's .phurchwaid.e.n., Mr, i\ CoWr't.; .lloasra, W. Soreiiseffi T, E. .Mamisell, V?> lp Booth, \y. KEis, J. Crewe, ami A resoteiion-Wan pisseii Btip:porkiig tho ropt.esehthtiflj.is being insilo t<> tiio 'Government urging ttefc a. refereiidurti be taken on (lie .question of Bib.lo-iffiadfag in sch.oo'ls..

GREYTOWN

Tljo Jtlotfut Stictoi' To-umts' Track' Cmntnitteo mot o.n Friday iriglil to' con* sirlcrtliQ fomisial .position. The sec'.ft.*tni'y explained that same £47 had been: expended., said vouchers hM teovi Spilt to ttw-district ■cngiliterj but no ro.s.po'rise had been made. The see.rotarf iv-as i-n-Struetccl it> telcgra.ph te ..the offer ift charge, a.nd again wiliest'.a,cheque. A. dopii'totion consisting of Messrs. J.ku'tay, Webster-, and Sta-.x.'tai) was set tip to confer wi-t'li -the member for the district ■6o as to .ajmai'sge for a. more .proiiipii method of getting the GoyeiTi.iyicftt grant paid. & as to. Assist tlio men rcsjft'iring immediate -pkyifeni., a ''round, rofei" was made at the niGc'tin.g to pay them oil.