COUNTRY NEWS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 34, 4 November 1919, Page 10

COUNTRY NEWS

NOTES FROM VARIOUS CENTRES (From Our Special Correspondents.) rt WAjRARAPA 0 As a result of the hurricane on Sunday evening, reports of more or less ex-tc-nsivp damage aro coming from nil |. parts of Masterton and district. In adc dition to the damage mentioned in yese | lorday's issue of The Dominion, por- ) ; tions of roofs were lifted from half a ." | dozen residences, chimneys' were <le- |" molished, fences laid, and odd pieces ]'.' of masonry blown about the streets. The ] I Municipal Park presents a sorry appeare ance, foliagii being strewn in all dirccf | tions. Ono peculiarity of the damage 3 | dono was that, without exception, the ■■' plate-glass windows destroyed in Queen ? I Street belonged to shops situated on tho r j lee 6ide of tho street, j- . The violent thunderstorm which oc- !- I currcd about 11 p.m. on Sunday was ror sponsible for the quenching' of th.i bush s fires at Aliki iliki, Mount Brace, and Matahiwi. Numbers of stock were burnt in the fires, and fences razed. At Mild Miki, Mr. Hunt's' _ woolshed was destroyed, and at Matahiwi a woolshed. tho cheese factory, and the residence of Mr. A. H. Tinkhain mot a similar fate. Mr. L..\ Butterworth's cordial factory f was totally destroyed by fire at midnight 1 on Sunday night. The building belonged to the Fuller Estate, aud was insured . for ,£2OO. The machinery in tho estate was insured for .1:250. Mr. Butterworth's I interests were covered by .£SOO on stock [ and ,£lO9 on machinery. t The Castlepoint County Council is taking i steps by special order to raise a loan of - X'soo for the purpose of paying the cotin- '. oil's share of the cost of construction of j' the Waingawa and Tauheicnikau bridges. .' A sueeial rate will be levied on all ratet able property within'tho county. i 'through the agency of Messrs. Wright, . 'Stephenson and Co. a purebred red polled l bull has been purchased from tho Hon. i P.. Ilea ton Ehodes's Otahuna stud on bc- - half of Mr. S. Schofield, Tiiiui. ! MANAWATU The weather for tho week-end. was extromely blustery, and a little rain fell on Sunday. Yesterday it was again blowing strong, with slight showers, and about 4 p.m. heavy rain set in and con- ; tinned until late at night. With tho strong drying winds which have prevailed lately, tho ground was drying up badly. Both farmers and graziers will welcome the rain, but on the other hand, with tho Manawatu show opening to-morrow, the majority of tho people would naturally prefer fino weather. It is evident that there will be a big influx of visitors for tho show, as practically all the available accommodation is already booked up. There was a large attendance on tho Manawatu Bowling Club's green on Saturday, when a match for the Dixon Cup lias played between Levin, who were tho challengers, and the Manawatu Club, tho present holders of tho trophy. Levin was represented by Hoe, Holdaway, Pike, and Pollock (skip), and the homo club by Jones, Hanking, Tastier, and Itadford (skip), The holders hjd an easy victory, this being their third successive win. The next challenge come? from the Pulmerston North Club, with a team of hliich Mr. N. 11. Nash will be skip. The match will bo played on Saturday next. The gusty weather at Palmerston North was not conducive to good cricket on Saturday, the third day of the cup matches. In the llaihvay v. Returned Soldiers' Club match, the former had an easy victory, Railway putting up a seoro of 133.runs, for four wickets. -Tho U.S.A. made 47 in their first innings, while in the second innings thev were a'.! out for 121. In Old Boys v. Midland match tho formor, with 137 runs, drew with Midland, the latter scoring 119 for eight wickets at the call of time. The Railway Club Ims been presented with a handsome challenge cup by Mr. J. Mitchell, to be held from season to season by the batsman obtaining the best average. A meeting of casual employees of the Palmerston North Borough Council staff was held on Saturday night, when the luatter of non-payment of wages on LaI bonr Day was discussed, and a proposal to form a union put forward, but nothing was done in that direction. According to the usual practice all permanent men on the council staff were paid for the Labour Day holiday, but the payment was not made to casuals, some of whom had been in the employ of tho council for only a very short time. Lord and Lady Liverpool intend paying a farewell visit to Pnlmersdon North on Thursday next. They will bo met at the railway station and taken for a mo- , tot- drive through the Esplanade, after , which they will proceed to the showground, where they will be entertained at liinoheon by tho A. and P. Association and the Borough Council. At the-lunch-eon Mr. Alters (president) will accord a welcome on ooh'alf of the association, and the Mayor will speak in reference I to their doparture from New Zealand. i At the Magistrate's Court, Pnlmovston North, yesterday, John Thomas Hod?-, son, of Ashhurst, was charged with . cruelly to cows by leaving them uiiniilkcd for two days and starving calvys, and was fined ,£lO and costs. DAWKEVIBKE The Dannovirko Patriotic Society has in hand a sum of ,£2GO, and at a meeting held on Saturday it was resolved, on the motion of Mr. Pansome, to vote ,£l5O of it to the building, furnishing, and grounds fund of tlv> Soldiers' Institute The local branch of the War Relief Association mot on Saturday, when nu- < merous applications for relief were dealt with, the majority of which wese frranted. Tho association is dealing veiy liberally with returned soldiers. During ; the month of October S9 applications for ' .assistance were dealt with, and .£7Ol was i allocated, while at Saturday's micting a further expenditure of .£SOO was recommended. This district lias been visited by a "nlo of .unusual violence. Log and scrub fires , are raging in several of the outside settlements, and in Ngamoto, Ngnpaeruru Waitofara. and Tiratn the settlers aro having a very anxious timo in fig'hlim? ; the names. It is only by puffins; forth . the most strenuous efforts that mnny buildings, fences, and stock- have been '' saved. 0 . i October was one of the driest months j experienced hero for years, less than two | inches of rain having fallen. With one ' I exception if is the driest month experi- r enccd for tiliirleen years. Tho continual high winds are dn-in? mi tin? feed, and are causing farmers considerable anxiety. '