COUNTRY NEWS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 179, 24 April 1919, Page 8

COUNTRY NEWS

\ NOTES FROM VARIOUS CENTRES MANAWATU A poll is being taken to-day in the Kairanga County for tho raising of loans totalling .£3000,' being ,£IOOO for each riding in tho county. The money is to be spent in renewing in concrete a number of timber culverts and bridges which nre now in a bad state. Tt is psl minted by the county engineer that a total ot nearly Ml.ooo will be required to renew in concrete all the timber culverts and bridges in the county, nnd the proposed loan, which is the maximum amount the council can obtain from the Stato Advances Department durinir the current year, therefore, cov's only tho cost of the commencement of the work. To carry out the works from rates wonld mean a verv heavy- tax on tho ratepayers, find as the council at the present time will receive tho maximum amount of Government subsidy payn'Mo on rates collected, no further subsidy would be received if a greater amount in rates were collected. While Uγ. Hope Johnston, of ilonen-tp-a, was fWtngMl in w-nnini; pigs at bin farm on Tuesday, a big boar charged him from behind. knncl;hi<r him down and inflicting a severe wound in the enlf of his leu-. He was convoyed to Hip hospital at Palmerston North, where his wound was attended to- ' As ihe. result of his injuries he will bo confined to his bed for some time. Kenneth M. Stevens, younuest and only surviving son of (he hifo Jfr. .Tolin Rtovena, arrived in Palmerston North this wp»k from Esrypt. The following are the -nomination? inr the-Terrace End School Committee, Palmerston North :-ir<«sts. AV. R. Kayo, A. ,T Tortt. S. H. Snell. .T. A. Nash, N. H. Nash. F. Hardy. I?, Mlchie. J. Divukon, i W. Sntlon/G. H. Stiles, J. H. Hownrth. J. Hodgins, G. P. Garrett. nnd Mrs. 11. Hurray. ' , , The annual reunion of the J'almerston North Returned Soldiers' Association will b'e held to-morrow night at the Empiro Hall. Tt being Anzac Day. sneoial services in commemoration of those who have fallen in the war will bo held at All Saints' Church, Palmerston North,at 7 aim. to-morrow. , At a gathering of Awaliuri uralere this week a presentation was made to Mr. and Mrs. M'Crorie, who are leaving the district for the__purposf> of taking up their residence at Cheltenham. The pruEontatiou, which was made on behalf of tho ladies of the congregation of the Presbyterian Church was held at the residence of Mrs. Bennett. \At Norsewood and Ngamoko, the Rev. Mr. Gatman, who has been transferred to Ashhurst, waa farewelled nnd presented with a cheque by the congregation at each 1 place. Mr. Byron Brown (chairman of the Otiiki Peace Celebrations Committee) has made arrangements for the Silver Mission Band to visit Otaki on two days of the peace celebrations. The bandsmen, who number about thirty, will arrive at Otaki on Saturday night, and will entertain the public on Sunday and Monday, and return to the city m the evening. . Corporal Clark (U.M.), of Otaki, bas purchased a farm adjoining Mr. C. I. Harkness's holding at Ohau, and will take possession on Mny 1. Amongst those who have returned from Egvpt are Privates Leu Murray and Arthur Hold, of Otaki, both of whom left early in the campaign. Tho AVanllerer Football Club (Levin) has held its annual meeting. Mr. R. G. Gardener was elected president. The death occurred at Otaki on Sunday of Mrs. Joseph Noble, an old and reepecteil settler. Ilessrs. Will, George, Jim, don, Victor, and Horace Noble are sons, while tho daughters arc Mesdames A. A. Bright, Nat Williams, Henry Beva'n, and Miss Monii Noble, i . The death occurred at Levin on luesday of Mr. Charles Hotter, aged 83 years, an old resident of tho district. Messrs. William Murdoch and E. J.b. Spencer have been nominated for the Mayoralty of Shannon. The nowe was received in Shannon yesterday/ of the death in Wellington of Mrs. Condon, wife of Constable Condon, of Shannon. "Deceased had been ailing for some considerable time. 'Details to hand regarding the accident at Levin on Monday night, by which Mr. Tt Frechtllnp was injured, show that he was riding down Oxford Street on a bicycle when it motor-car came behind him at a considerable pace and struck him heavily. Mr. Frechtling vrae dragged along tlw street for eome distance and the car proceeded on its way with the bicycle entangled in its under-stmcture. Mr Frechtling was picked up in an. unconscious condition, the principal in] dry being a fracture of the skull,, md he wai? removed to the Otaki Hospital. The death took plnce in Palmerston North Hosoital of Keith Francis, eon of Mr. nnd Mrs. J. Better? of -Shannon.

I)ANNEVIRKE_AND_WOODVILLE The cheese factory which is to te erected on the site of. Hie one destroyed by fire at Papatawa will be a threo-vat one, and constructed of reinforced concrete. Tenders are now being called for its er The°d'eath has occurred of nn old Knitawa settler, Mr. T. W. mine, at the age of 80 years. Deceased, who was foi many years a storekeeper, leaves a large AVardrop has been selected to represent the Woodville Returned Soldiers' Association on the Patriotic Society. • , , , Mr. B. Cox, of Kunieroa, has been admitted to the Dannevirke Hospital, eutfering from a fractured log incurred through being thrown from a horse. The Woodville Chamber of Commerce proposes, to plant memorial trees in Fountain Square. The Woodville Chambor of Commerce has been occupied in considennir the housing problem with Hie idea of placing some workable scheme before the local borough council. According to Mr. h. P Home, who has again been nominated for the mayoralty, the tat scheme is tlint at Petone-the building of workers homes at JBSOO, pins cost of land,-at annual rental of ,£-42, wer a period ■of 2o years The chamber is also asking tor i 7 a'm to 11 p.m. telephone sorvice and the appointment of a permanent lineman. Out of 26 nupil." of the District High School at Woodvillo, 19 obtained proficiency certifiwtes and five competency certificates.