COUNTRY NEWS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 155, 26 March 1919, Page 10

COUNTRY NEWS

NOTES FROM VARIOUS ; CENTRES MANAWATU NOTES Members of the Ivairauga County Council met a representative gathering of Whakaronga settlers in couiereiiee on Monday over the question of the formation of a drainage board for the district. Mr. J. Liuklatcr, chairman of the county, who presided, said that the council had come there to help the Whakaronga settlers all they could, and. he 'hoped to see them form Miemselvei into a drainage board, and get on with the work required. The councillors and settlers then inspected tho creek und the new cut which -it was proposed to put through. It was pointed out that if the creek were straightened and cleaned ed out lower down the water would all [be carried away. Subsequently the settlers held a meeting, at which it was decided to form the necessary the members appointed being Messrs. S. it. Lancaster, J. Shepherd, W. Dyers, Haslock, and Brown. Mr. Tjincaster, who WB3 elected chairman, said that the scheme was going to benefit the district as'a whole. He thought about. JUOOO would'be required to do the necessary •work, and the presoiit loan of about ,£2OO would lie absorbed in it us well. The interest nnd sinking fund when divided amongst twenty or thirty settlers would not amount to much in consideration of the benefit that would be' derived 'from the scheme. *■ - -Reserved judgment was filed in the Supreme Court, at Palmerston on Monday in an action affecting the Bankruptcy Act which was heard in tho Supreme 'Court on February 27 by Mr. Justice Chapman. The action' was one in which the Deputy Official Assignee ior the Pahiatua district petitioned ior an order lmlliiving the payment of .£IOO to, the Masterton Implement Company, on the grounds that the same was illegally .made, and was wrongfully given preference over the claims of other creditors. The facts as set out were that the New Zealand Postal Department had paid to the Masterton Implement Company the sum of JJIOO out of moneys due to Alex. 11. O. Irvine and Carnegie E. Boulston, of Pomraroii. mail contractors, on an or- ' tier signed by the aforesaid contractors, who had within three months been adjudged bankrupts. in reviewing the evidence. His Honour held that on January 1!). 1918, the debtors were adjudicated in respect of au act of bankruptcy committed on November 20, 1917. This was fatal to the. claim of the company to

told this money. An order was accordingly made directing the return of the money to the Official Assignee. The Co-operative Dairy Co. at Ashhurst has just installed one of the latest up-to-date white-tiled whey tanks and drain at its factory. The Poxfon ItiHe Club's team to take part in the Wangamii rifle meeting at Hie end'of this month will comprise:— Uiflcman li. Band, C. Band, J. Hartley, 11.. Hamer, .and A.-HaTUftrd; emergency. RißemoirW. Symons.

Mr.* A. Jobliii has anounced himself as

a candidate for the Kangitike; seat at the genera! election. At Monday's meeting of the Palmerston Chamber of' Commerce a deputation was received of Aokaulere settlers, headed by Mr. Dan vers, asking support in their efforts to have a bridge erected over Hie

Miihawalu Bive-r at .Hokowhilu, near Palmerston. .It was pointed out that the bridge would bring 8000 acres of fivjitj ela=s land within four, miles of the Pnlmersion Square, shorlening the present route by three miles and a half. This land could be cut. up into the urovorbial' "t'lirep-acres-and-a-cow" allotments. The deputation asked that the Government be urged to renew its grunt of JlaOOfl. r<d flint Hie other kcal bodies interested be asked to contribute. The limitation was advised to npnronch the Kairanga County Council, and to form ■ Hinmwives into a special rating area. The chamber adopted a resolution asreeii'SC to. support the settlers in their effwts.' Mr.. George Harford will be a candidate for I'Vildiiiij'iS Mayoralty at the lii'nnicinnl elections. / ■ The New Zealand Loau and Mercantile Agency, Ltd., have decided to extend and improve their Te Horo yards. - Sergeant P. Ferguson and Private L. Murray, two Otaki boys, who have been in Egypt almost since the outbreak of war, are expected back at an early date. A ship's dinghy bearing the name "Merry Duchfcss" has been found .on tho Hokio' beach,' Levin. It is in a fairly good state of preservation. The bazaar held at Levin recently in aid- of St. Mary's Church netted i!SG.

Sergeant llobert Percy .v/id Private James Jellyman, of Ashhurst, are back from the war.

A new postmistress, Miss Shields, commenced her duties at Ashhurst on Monday. • While cranking his motor-car, which back-fired, Mr. A. Jensen, of Ashhurst, had the misfortune to break his arm.

The industrial side of Manawntn will be : presc)itad to the Industries Committee of the House of Representatives by the Palmerston North Chamber of Commerco at tho Palmerston sessions of the committee. The committee lias agreed to sit at Palmerston on a date to be fixed, and the following is the imposing array of evidence'already in hand for presentation:—Hemp industry, oil cake, etc.; geological survey I —testing for coal, etc., Mr. J. M. Johnston; manufactures from flax refuse, Mr'. A. Seifert; native dyes, Captain Preece; afforestation, coabfor industries, wood pulp, Mr. E. H. Crabb; necessity for cheap power. Mr. A. J Palmer; manufacture of paper, Mr. H. L. Young ; finishing wool and hides, Mr. M. A. Eliott; dairy industry and scientific research, Mr. F. J. Nathan; extracts from wood, Mr. J. A. Nash; stock foods, Messrs. A. T. R. Hodder; electric power,, Messrs. E. H. Crabb, B. Holben; construction aeroplanes, Mr. B. Holbenj land • aggregation, Mr. P. C. Freeth; transit of stock, Mr. J. White; white pine—butter boxes,. Mr. W. Cook; woollen industry, Mr. J. P. Stubbs; transport—Edison batteries, Messrs. E. 11. Crabb (convener), A. Sflifert, J. Bett, B. Holben; freights, Messrs. M. A. Eliott (convener), E. H. Crabb, J. Bstt, T. R. Hodder, .T. P. Stubbs .. Tho following is the result of the first round of the Linton Rifle Club's competition for Mr.'.W. L. Fitzhcrbert's trophy—Griffiths, G8; Newth, Gfi; Bar- | low, 66; Edwards,. 65; Randell, 03; Craw, | 64; G. Tremaino- 64; C. Page, 3; W, Munro, 62; W. Bell, 62; Thompson,* 61; D. Markland, 60. Mr. B. S. Pees, of Palmerston North; intends to leave shortly-,-on an extended business trip to England and America. His position as secretary of the Palmerston Voluntary Motor Corps will be taken by Mr. R. Maunder.

Two Dannevirkft soldiers, Lieutenant A.. Anderson (son of Mr. G. T. Anderson) and. Lance-Corporal H. Glass, are on their way back to the .Dominion.

Second-Lieutenant C. Stanley and Privates A. Davey, ,T. Curcen, A. Campbell and G. Guy, of Apiti, are to he accorded a "welcome home social" this week.

Prior to his departure from Dnnnevirke to take up his residence in the Bay of Plenty. Mr. D. N. Wilson was this week made the subject of a presentation by the citizens of the town.

The two days patriotic shop run by the Mayoress's Committee at Dannovirko realised about ,£13(1. ' A. conference of local bodies is to bo held Jit Palmerston on April 3 in connection with the movement to have a bridge erected Dver the Mannwahi River at Longburn.