DISTRICT NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2167, 4 June 1914, Page 9

DISTRICT NEWS.

JOTTINGS FROM PROVINCIAL CENTRES. (From Our Spwrja.! .CeTre9p&a4eilM} WANCAWVI. . Tlio Wangnnui Beautifying Society lias voted a sum of fig'7B for" tins year's work, thn money being allocated mainly among ilie suburbs. The joint committee appointed bv the Wnitotam aucl I'atca County Connc'ils in regard to a boundary di*[;iit« having been uiiablo to como to any agreement, it. is now sugjjr&lod tltnt i'iirliriitwiife sliould be asked to appoint a eooimission to settle tho matter, after a pofseaol examination of the territory in dispute. Tho steady growth of Gcmvillo ancf Castlecliff is being in the iro* provement in tlio Gciavillo Tfainw.iy Jioard's revenue returns. Although tho seasido traffic is ever for 4ho een.sOß, the board finished last month £2-5 ahead of working expenses, and the winter returns arc expected to he considerably better than those, of last yeai , .

TAIMAPG

The Aotea Maori Land JBoard lias, confirmed tho sale of 7000 acres of the Maugaohaue iilock by tho Native owners to Mr. G. L. Shaft. A largo number of Natives M-tro joint pnitcts of tho property, and will receive stuns varying from £25 to £600 each. The block was disposed tff .%$ foliaffs :—•300 acres at £G per acre-; 1000 seres at 325. 6d. per acrei 3000 .testes ,£tl 225. <sd. r«ir aero; and the remainder at Ir-oto J,Os. to 15s. per acre. At a- meeting of ladies oft Monday,': it was decided to farm a Ladies' ftocltey : Club. Mrs. R, W. Smith was elected : president, and Miss Ctark SEorot-ary and treasurer. TliQ'Tailiapo Bowling C-lnh intends holding a series of progressive eticlire parties during the winter months. At the Magistrate's Coiirt on Monday George Mcllen, on a charg© ef attempted suicide, was convicted and ordered to corao up i'or sentence- tvlren called upon At a meeting of flw Tafepe liraneh of the Plunkot JCarse Society, a proposal to extend the work of this srtciety to Taumarumii in tho north and Hunterville in the sovtth was , agreed to.. Tho rainfall for Ijhc ttioiift of Sfajr was aboyo the avftra-gff, Itain frfj Qn 20 days, the total fall being oM inches. Tho average 'fall fo-J- the corresponding month in the previous eight Jeara was 3.03 inches. There was a heavy fall of emv an tho higher levels of the Main Trunfe raihvaj on Monday night -attd en Tuesr day. 'Heavy rain -and bitterly; cold weather prevailed at Tattape. Tlio southbound, M-atn. Tmiik express , on Monday, morning ran inte a slip tetweeu.Waiouni and Hiiwt.alii. The brakes wero applied , ■promptly, and the damage done wa-a the brtrnking ci two side chains and • portion, <ii tuo st«asn piping. At a meeting of the Eseetitive Committee, on Monday, tlio. secretary ef'tho Tailiapo Chamber of Camtteree ivas instructed to. write to tlio Jliwster_. β-f -Railways, pointing out the desirability of removing tbn railway true-king yards to a more suitable- site.