PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 5 June 1907, Page 2

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

(t'.oni Our Ihni ('nrrcspondcuts.) WAIiKA. .n.-oting of subscribers to the library was h.-1.l »u Tuesday night. Sir J. liur-g.--s ivas iu ihe chair. After a deal of iiiscit "oinn jt was decided tu liuil.l 1111oiher cupboard. Ini^ci- than the present All- .1. l'elhaui will lilid the timber :; "'l MM it for L'li Os ami give a vcar'x snl-..-ii|ili„ii to (he lilirar.v. " ' > 'l'ii.- ''ii.'in'e anil ilanee'party was held ! "II T ,:t| i's.lay evening ] ; lhL iu line weather. . I'lie al lendanee was good. The snccesslul w inner.; were: Gent's., .Mr W. J!. I Clarke; ladv'.s, Mrs U-edom. The room < was afterwards eleared for dancing, wliieli was kept going until morning. Miss francis and llr liruce Anderson supplied tho lutisie. A meeting ol' the local branch of the X.Z.K.I . -was held oil Saturday night. There was a fair attendance of lueniliers. .Mr .lames I'.urgcss was in the chair. Mr W. MeUchlan (delegate) road tile report of the Conference held at New Plymouth on May ICtli aiul 17tli. Mr Jlurgess, gave n short address on his tour in Canterbury ill regard to the Land Hill. His first meeting was at Kangiora, and according to the Lyttul- I ton Times lie bad a very rough meeting, ! but this was not so. Most of those present were leaseholders, but wla-n things were explained to them the majority in the room were ill favor of freehold. His other meetings were held at Addington. Kaiapoi, Ambcrley, West Oxford, Shef-

field and one or two oilier .small places, and they were all in favor of freehold. The secretary (Mr T. E. Larking) was instructed to write to Mr 11. Okoy, 11.11.1t., inviting him to Warea to give an address to Ills electors, and a social will be bold oil that night after the address. A football match, Warea v. Pungarehu, was played in fine weather on Saturday. 'The game was nothing but a squabble (l'oni start to finish, Pungarchu's team consisting mostly of Maoris, who were continually disputing the referee's decisions. The game ended before time witli the scores—Warea 3, Pungarehu 0. Mr \V. li, Clarke refereed. The next match will be played here next Saturday for the Diamond cup. Pungarehu v. Warea will be the first match for the cup. -

A rifle practice was hold at the Warea raage 011 Monday, The Oakura men came down for the day's outing, there not being enough local mou. After the match ten was provided. Results;Mr M. Duggan's team, 200 yds: J. J. Carpenter 32, M. Duggan 24, T. Corkik 31, \\. Mace 20, W. ]}. Smith 20, 11. Priske 2G, G. W. Corbett 19, S. Sefton T. Morris 10, 15. Anderson 20; total 215. Air (J. Grover's team P. /j rover 32, J. Duggan 2G, C. Mace 25. U Arden 15, W. 11. Clarke 20, C. 11. King 25, T. E. Jerking 13, Woods 10, W. Des Forges 23; total 224. Mr Duggan's team thus won by 21 points.

OFUNAKE. Mr Ulack, who has recently taken over (.he Opunake Hotel, is sparing no expend to make the house one of Iho most up-to-date and comfortable in laran iki. rllie house ha* been recently renova ted tmt-side and inside. The interior has been newly painted, and greatly improves the appearance of that end of the town, whilst the whole cf the inside li;n been re-p.ipered and decorated. The house ha- also been completely re-furnished every item of furniture "being new. There are several cosy sitting rooms, whilst the bedrooms ;iii: a'll cb'/in and comfortable The dining room, an important feature, is a mice, bright room, whilst the cuisine is in exeelli-nt hands. It is the intention of Mr- lilaek t.o keep none but the best of ].ii|Uors, so that the house should soon be favorably known. "Mr C. A. Mullon, who has been Seriously ill, is again able to get about. U is reported that the.ru was a fire on 1 lie Elthnm road this morning, a house (occupied by Mr Crawford) being burnt to the ground. Tlii' Oeo races eventuated on Wednesday last, and proved successful. There was a very fair attendance. The o/lieers> all worked hard and got the events well off to time. Jean and Ttiinitangi, the property of one owne,r, won , most of the events. In the Forced Handicap llimitangi won, Jean being , sqcond. As the committee considered Jean's running inconsistent 1t was ilej clarcd no race. Subjoined are t-ho re- | suits:

Maiden Ilacor—St. Helen 1, Lady Pure 2, Tarbov 3. Valor also started, but was left at the post. Flying Handicap—Joan ], Ilimihngi 2, Inlands 3. Valor also started. Pony Race—Whareroa 1, Uplands 2, Dago 3. La Franco, Lady l J ure, and Timlmctoo also started.

Oeo Cup—ll'imitangi 1. Jean 2, St. Helen 3. Only starters, Pihama Cap—Jean 1, llimitangi 2. St. "[Men 3. A r ulor, Tarbov, and Timbuctoo also started.

Forced Handicap—llimitangi I, Jean 2, Uplands 3. Only starters. Declared no race. ,