COUNTRY NEWS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 147, 17 March 1920, Page 2

COUNTRY NEWS

NOTES FROM VARIOUS CENTRES

(From .Our Special Correspondents.)

■WANAMU; The steamer Kennedy, which left Wellington for Foxton on Saturday night, was stuck-up on the I'oxton < bur "for n considerable lime oh Sunday, but evontually succeeded in getting into'the river.: At the conclusion of evensong nt All Saints Cliurch, Palmerston . North,: on' Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. C-. N. Forrest, who are leaving: the district,, received Rood wishes and presents from the member*, of the Church of England Men's Society mid.the Girls' Club. Both the recipients, have identified themselves closely with the various organisat'ons of tho church, and the Rev. It. G. Blackburno and Sister Heni (in making the presentations) l -referred to. the loss the. district would; sustain by their removal, and-wished: them God speed. .. At the Palmerston North green.on Sat-urday,-a. match for the .Hanson and Barr. Cup waa played between Feilding and, Palmerston Nprth. Foilding were the, ehailengok, and their, rink, was', skipped. by Mason, -while • the • Palmerston. North (holders) team was skipped by Jolly. Tho latter succeeded m. ...holding,thetnphy, scoring &1 points to thp diallenders'. 15. - ' .. Cup cricket was suspended at Palmerston North on Saturday,-owing .to the representative team. beinf>'.,aVay at Gifi* borne, whilo the Mannwatu B team went to Levin to meet Horowhenua in a.test' match. The visitors, batting first, were all out for 61, to.which the.home team replied with 79. In. their.second innings. Munawntu made 113. With 90 to. get to win, Horowhenua had five .vy.i.ckets down tor 49 when, stumps were drawn with.the game unfinished. At Palmerston North ,o match was. ployed between , the , ; B6VS ; High School masters ami tho students. The mntch wns.. keenly contested, ;-;t:he.; students winning by :tho narrow margin .of thren runs. ..... .... ■ , '■,■■/.■ The Palmerston Aorth. Tennis' Hulls championships were continued, on Satuiv day, bringing theme's fiWmpwnsnip singles to the sixth Tound ahd .tho ladies, to thA third round, of .which two set out of- fivo havo lieen played. The players each have two lives. Of the four rehia-.n-. ing in tho menfs' singles,.; .M'l)n!iiild m .is the onlv one so far, undefeated -The. others-Curtis, Thompson, and Andrewshave each lost a mate]).. In'the. fourth round M'Donakl ,'d.efeated . . Thomrison, liowon defaulted,..and Andrews heat Biiins after a keen struggle, .but afterw-a.rds ' succumbed. to Thompson, ■ while Curtis was defeated for his first life by M'Donaid. In the Indies' series, two'set? were played, Mrs. .Binns and; Miss' Cnlluwon defeatin? Miss Smith .and Mw. Clere respectively. , .'.'- ,:,,.„„:,,,' Tho first sports gathering of the l'e.Klin" and inter-district schools "held on Saturday, was a most .successful aftarr. Thero were very large entries m- all event?, but the atteudonce of the public was rather disappointing. The principal fe ß ture of the programmers the performance of A. Sanson, the Ohakeoi representative, son of.-a *«T oW.athlete. H« ran away from o.ll,.competitors, bemg only tetenbytwo points for-the c.halleujfe shield, which was won by Ecild-.w.. District High School with: K BP.lP.ta-"l>»)|«j - was second with -30 -points.-and Taionui third with 23 points, ~,; •;; .... ' Thero was quite, a chapter of accident* on the Foxton Eoad on Sunday eveiiiUß. 4bout 7.15 Mr. Dunne was;, driving . - trap belonging to Mrs. Henderson, har inV with him Mrs. Henderson and tier little girl. He was driving stewards. :M----ngitlne and when near : Mr. L.ovelocVFriesian Park. property was,rim. into by a young man ou n. motor-bicycle,. with the result that the .trap was .overturned and Mr; Dunne had a eol nrbono brokeK while the girl was considerably inmren. Jt appears that a motor-bicycle, ,to\ ing a disabled machine, was eomins: 010 S the road, when it was .overtaken by another man on,.a motor-cycle, and in avoiding these machines ,he ran- right Mnto the trap.-Tha horse. :I;rqke free . "rom Hie overturned, trap, and uJ'the road, md finally ran-.into a taxied which was fully loaded. .The ivind srreen of the car was smashed, aud. a wSogSrl who was a mssenger was badly ut ab S out the face. The «« kjjg W th« foix-: of the .impact, alio injurc'l wople' were conveyed., into ■Jv™sM North bv motor, and are getting alon* ns well a? can be espeeted, , In the mst the by-laws rolatma to m for trnflic in the l«rou ? h of TamerBton North have anything hut fitr.ct and many motorists and •- motowycle riders haVe taken advantage , of, From the end of the .present, month,-,uew ■by-laws will be in' force. -.- y '

WATRARAPA ; J An '■nattiry was .held at the.Greytpwn--Hospital on Simday into fhe. eireiim-. stances of the accidental. the.Clarevillo railway crossing on Mareh.,6, r^il hnK in. the death on 'Saturday morning last of Cornelius David ■ Wiley.. ; n warned man. aged 37 years -with,A. family, of.six. .children. The D#rict Coroner. Mr. B. : Q El on, returned a yenlw.t Ml mf*: cd died from ininries and shock as tho result of a collision.with a_ poods tram at tho Chester Bead crossing on the. evening of R-iturday. March ,6,, and that he had no lifjht.- , ;<>•:■■' ■■■■■!.. ■ ■ The Carterton-Hish School. Corami reo on Saturday brought,.under. thc..nolice of Mr. A. D. Jl'Leod.necessity for additions.; to the- school bnildiiiß9., ... -.■.-■• »l ■' .■-.-■ ■■: , The festival services..at. r . .it. Mark's Anglican Cliurcli.- l and..th'e Car,tprtnn Mothodisl;,Chinch-we : -o lield-.on, Sunday in'the presence of law congrftfatioTT?. Th<? St. Mark's. :wrvic,os., .were conducted by tho-Bev. C. V,. ToWn. and Hie rtethodist servico3.,by the. Rev,. J. Ward. •- -• • , ■;- ■•.:•;•■■"■ The Belvedere and Carnn!;ton pettlers for Rome time past. have-, bad, a »rievanea in connection with suVidisinsr. tho mail contractors, and .pn: Saturday -placed their views before.-MTi- A. J).: M'l.wd, Jf.P., who has promised ■ to-, bnine them under the notice of .the proper authorh ties, • ' ,"■■ ■'.' r: Messrs. G. Hart im t ", W.. Bnskeville', of tho Oarterton Ron-lint;.. of tho Grady medals, on 'Saturday .defeated We=srs. Bunny and, White, :nf the Greytown Club, by 26 points-to-12. ■■-■.•• •