DISTRICT NEWS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2186, 26 June 1914, Page 4

DISTRICT NEWS

J JOTTINGS PROM PROVINCIAL '■ ■CENTRES. : IFtom Our Special CoMespOTHJeiMii ■) TAiHAPE* Por smiie tijn* past residents of Olmtu siiul Cljku have bum agitating tor a Saturday night trail! from 'Tnthapo. The licjsa.ft'ijHjafc tins, liowever, replied to the effect that it. caiaiMit see its way clear to comply «"ith the request. The .now sdwol baildißg at Smith's mill has been completed, tat will not be oimswkl till tho inspectpr visits the district, • Xi.io Kongoiti School,''which was dosed fur same time owing to ttee iUusss of the mn-stof, inis been To-opcti&d im* tier the elmrge of Miss Jd'DwiaW. • MASTE'ftTO.fI. At the ordinary nieotaig of t'i}o Mfisto.i'tou Lodg* at 1 'Gdt'lftlfcws, .aft interesting address was given by Pl'ev, -6.51. Pro. A, J. Pople, of tlie Anefclawl district, ou this consolidation sclum'te. Tho election of officers resulted as fellows:— N,G„ B«s. A. P. Smitht V.G,, M». G. i'orraim: «,, fivo, J, J, PiiAev; B, S. Bfo, W.'IC Liiwion; ItS, toX'.G., Bro. A. Andrews; E, S., rlro, A. Carsweil; L.S. TO V.G.', Bro., G. OltaWs. The officers 'were installed t>y Bra. Pople, who cougrattiiatcd the ledge njwsn its pre* grass and the interest ta-tcen in its affaivs by the young people, The. twenty-guinea cup printed to tlw Miistortoii Bowling Club by the late • My. S. Jbtaßgaroa has been w<jvs by sh\ C. Perry, he having won tho champion singles this year and, the two pre'•vians yearsl tlw Rev, J. 8, Syte, of TJppor Butt, delivered; a fcetijra here on Tiles-day evening .in aid ot the funds for the bfatioii of the MfU'sdon Ceirteaassv Br. (i, 11, Sylws, JI.P., Will open tho bridge, ftt the n'ffltitli of .tho Akitio iR ive.f O'Ji SutUfday. After the eereiMeity Mi'. : J', 0. Coffper, managing ■direetor 6f the 'WoilingtcM Fiu-luers' Slc-at . Company, will ftddtes : s Bfjttle'j'S on tile nties'tipn of establishing freezing works in the district, Mr. T. B. Allen, who has been ap* fainted district aiatmßc* for ilio Public Trust Office to the Wakarapa.i h,is taken dikes in M#si<srtQ». It is proposed to orect flew 'office's in this town at; a,'n early date. At the first nitinial show of tboToce-ittl}'-formod'Jlasterton Poultry, Pigeon, aid Cage-fed Association tlw eliaiajiionsiiiii Plymouth Ikifcks went to Mr. H, Preston's w : hrco «olwrd and the jjrisw ill Utility Leghorns to Sir. T.' W, Vbs'e's ■ white puMnt. Mr. H. Presteat sramrci tire special prim for test bird in tlie show;; Mr. W. 0. Gcmrfay annexed the special prize for best homing fcieean, and Mr'. B. . Sijthcrland (Wclliußton) for test bird in the heavy breed Utility ' classas