PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 16 July 1907, Page 2

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

KAHOTU. (from Our Own Correspondent.) Although at a special meeting the Eginont County Council passed a resolution declining to contribute to the cost of obtaining expert' advice as to the cost of the proposed Eltham-Opunake electric tram service, the matter is not to be allowed to rest. At llie Council meeting on Friday a resolution was passed to hold another special meeting to discuss the question when a notice of motion to rescind the previous resolution will be taken, ami there seems every probability that it will be carried.

The spring show under the auspices of His Opuiiiikc Horticultural Society will be held on September 13. The Wairau bridge, which has been under construction for some time past, u now completed. The new structure is a handsome one.

Mr Fleming, County chairman, is away at Wellington at the County Councils' Con ference.

Three men, Messrs Donnelly, Harrison and Koi, had a narrow- escape whilst working in a gravel pit at the Waiau river on Thursday morning. They were partly buried through a fall of earth. Fortunately assistance wa,s at once forthcoming, and they were released from their perilous position. A quiet wedding was celebrated at the residence of the bride's' father, Opiia road, when Miss Maire Brennan. daughter of ilr M. J. Breiintin, was united in matrimony to Mr. .lohn Feaver, son of Mr •!. Fcu'ver, Opunake. The Rev. Barugh officiated. The bride, who was attired in a cream silk dress trimmed with ac-cordeon-plcntcd chiffon, wore a nicelyworked veil, and carried the orthodox orange blossoms. She was altended by two bridesmaids—her sister, Miss Olive Brennan, who wore a cream voile dress, and her niece, Miss Kathleen Gilmour, who was attired in a cream cashmere frock and parried a basket of flowers. Each of the bridenuiids wore brooches, the gifts of the bridegroom. Mr A. Loyard was best man. At the conclusion of'(lie ceremony n recherche wedding breakfast was partaken of. The young couple left en route to Auckland, where the honeymoon is to be spent. They were the' recipients of many costly presents.

RAIIOTO.

General regret was felt here when news arrived that Miss Olive Wright, daughter of Mr W. R. Wright, had died at Wanganui on Saturday morning. Tho young ladv, who was only 17 years of age, was on a visit to Wanganui, where she had an attack of measles, which resulted in her death. She was of a bright disposition and was very popular, having sung at several concerts on the coast." Ricere sympathy is felt for Mr and Mrs Wright and family in their sad bereavement.