PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 50, 18 February 1908, Page 4

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

iUitoU. I _ | l'rom Our Own Correoiiondents. J The first statutory meeting of tin- i shareholders of the Eakolu Co-operative I Dairy 1.0. was held on Wcdne-nlav, when I the following were elected dirwtor»: i llessis Newt,Ml King. A. Chapman. 1!. | Morrow. H. ilupkm-, .in,l It. Chapman. j Jir. A. Chapman was elected chairman, and Mr. auditor. A vaieduton >ocial wy- tendered in tin* Kahotu llall < rti L*iivia\ iiiglil lo Mi- 3 lX J uip*n. \\ijy ha- ju»i leii here after ihvu a->i>tant m tin- Jural >chool h»r \\u- ia*i iMvi; ualX Wiv \ committee, .Me-daim"* Wright. Lmvrio. I Campbell. McUanniylun. K«*ll\. Mi«-<e« i Wright, Mviiow. ' an.! Al. j liannigltan. av*Med by Hall, j Morrow, ami Niaw, had j:<iue t«i tumid- } erable trouble in decorating the hall witli llowcr- aihl •rjvt'inTy. and tlio <>\- fect was pleading. T!u> \v,i- c-rowU-rrl, afToniinj.' proof <»t tho fpu-em in which war hold. K\cellent miwii- jnovidtMl bv Messrs KnouU'« ipianoi. anil l)unr,Hn (violin». vhilsi Aie?sr>. I'oyntoi an'i M<iTrow maJe «'lVn-ii»nt \\.'<\ .Mr. Kfllv. who wan in fX'vllcut voice., - of the Karih." and in iv-poiw lo ah encore. "The MiiKhipmiu-. iJiki Kulnii 1 : al>K) rtmlereil a in line style. UiirI ing the eveuiu*? a wan maJe I to hotu. Mr. T. I', in nuking a few remarks, stai*«l that Uoutpsey would be missed in l?ahotu. Slit 3 hail done good work l>oth in and out 01 school, and the seho»»l eomoiittee would sooner give her a pie<eiit to stay. He then called on Miw- Emily Hannighau and Maggie Morrow to make the pre--sentation. which i.on-isted oi a bilvcrbacked mirror, brush and rornb. all «uiiably inscribed. -Mr. Campbell re-ponded on behalf ol the recipient. .Supper \va« then handed round, after which dancing was continued until the sma' ? ooi^. r ' During the evening extras were rendered by Miss Hanan (violin), and Mr. Humphries. A 6hooting competition for a trophy presented by Capt. Colmer took plaoc at the range on Saturday, and resulted in Jlr. Coombe getting a leg-in. Tlw don»e smoke made shooting dillicult. The conditions were *evcn shots each at 500 scores;—

500 600 hop. Tl. S. Coombe . .. 17 23 14 ")4 Capt. Colincr .. .. 27 20 scr. 55 B. Condon .. .. 1!) 11l 13 *1 A, Phillips .. .. 27 22 1 all R. Hill „« .. .. 1H 14 10 42 V. Tyrell .. ... 10 18 8 42 <i. Hughson .. .. 10 13 15 :is E. Harrison .. .. IB 10 4 3ii

Messrs Colmer and A, Pliiilips ar« journeying to New Plymouth to compete at the Association meeting thtre thia week. /g;

The annual Harvest Thanksgiving lerrioe in connection with the Church of England was held in the Hall oa Sunday evening. The hall had been nicely decorated hy the Indies of the congregation. There was a good attendance. Mr. L. H. Bell occupied the pulpit, and preached an appropriate sermon. On Sunday evening the long fpell of dry weather war- broken hy a showier of rain, and everyone was in hope* thiit we were going to have a downpour. I'nfortunately, however, the weather cleared again after very little rain had failen. The only apparent cHect of the rain was to clear the atmosphere of smoke, which had been very thick for the past few ilayß. WAREA. Tin? Church of England Jlarveit Tlianksgiving service will be held n«xt J tinnday, and the sale of produce will : be held the following evening. The hot, dry weather still continue*, and the milk supply i* still decreasing, hut the tests are rising a little. Nearly all the wells are dry in this diejrici, and the suppliers are carting water from the factory. There are nearly aa many cans taken tu the factory" for water as there are with inilk. 1 lie Xewall road creamery men have paid a visit to the factory, owing ,to the well going dry. There in not enough water to put all the supplit.V milk through, so all below the creamery ha v e to come down to the main factory.

A . ricket match, Town (Wares) v, Country (New-all road), was played in Mr. Martin Krophy's paddock on Saturday. I here was a good number present to witness the game, which was a cak«v.alk tor the town team. After the match afternoon tea was provided as u-ual by tlie ladies, and was very much appreciated. The following the the ncurts:- -

j New-ill roail (Country).—ll. IVlliani, ( I» And-r-on. -1: 11. Lille v. U Anderson, j U; 11. J. Newman Watt, run out, 2; j I'. Ca--ie. I) Andei *m. 0: -I. E. f-ortlon. [run «»m. 0; K. Ducker, 1) Anderson, 1; I'. I'iitt. Pi Jenkins, 0; I'. .lone,. M-Donald. b Andrrson, I); A. Ellis, li Ander-on. 1: A. l)eegtui, i McDonald. li AnderrOn, U: S. Cassie, not out, 0: extra-, 4: total, 12. | Warm (Town)—F. Jenkins. b C««ic, j :S; T. K. Larking, b Watt, D; li. Ander- ; '"ii, l> cassie, 0; J. Leedoii, run out, 10: :K. Wheatlv, b Lassie, 11; C. W. Cor- | Ik-H. li ( ai-if, 0; 11. ijiynian, b Cassie, | 'J; 1). Corbett, c Jones" b Gordon, li; j I!. -Julian, b Lassie, 2; M. Brophy, not : '"lt, »; E. Mac Donald. e t. I'elhani, b I I): extras, l.'t; total.. 54. The j town umiii thus won by 42 rum. | A meeting of the Athletic Club wis i held fn the library on Saturday evcnj ing. A large number of memIMTS was Jin -ein. Mr. 11. Corbett presided. The minute- .if the previous meeting were read and confirmed. Very little business »as done. It was decided to open an account with the National Bank nf New Zealand. The refreshment hoo'.li has been let to Mr. M. Heath, of Opuiiake, who had it last year and gave every satisfaction. The secretary was instructed to arrange about a hand. The meeting then adjourned. During the last few weeks the bush settlers have bad gome trouble with the busb tires, which have Iteen raging through all the back country in this district. A little rain fell here oil Monday morning, but the ,-ettlers in the lmsh ) wliere the !iie« were raging, and rain was wanted, did not get it. On Tuesday night a strong south-east wind ro.-e, blowing all Wednesday, which freshened the half-extinct fires up, and they burnt furiously in all charters. The inn-t dangerous one was the one Th.it skirted in Dtieker I'ro-.' proper! v and vw-nt in die directiuii nf their liuu-e anil mill, ami surrounded the buildings. The mill han-l- bad a verv war-n job ia saving the mill, but in »pite of their eirort*. the lire took several thousand r'wt of timber and a few outbuilding-, such a- pig-styts and towl-houses. Then the tire came aero-- the road in - o Mr Corkill's [>ro|>crty. burning gra-s and logs. From there ii reached Mr. 11. I'orbetl's bush, and did more damage | to the grass* than it did anywhere else. • Being a very old clearing.' everything j had to go. There i- not a log or blade j ol t.i V -een nil the ba.'k ol the , section .ii.. 1114 tie- liver 1.-ink. while the t front .iUn -11tl'.'i'._ : • 1. I|„. wind di»d ' down ''arl\ on lhni --l.iv nun nini:. and

; tli-- < > ff :stry i«, und«'i dcn-v >mok«'. 1 it I few chdiJH alu al. If t| M . wind iWs i agnin. whii-li i- muhy Hi,in likfly, ilicnj will W >mn<' I prvperiii.-» in (In- i.u-li. No ) lt haw j bet-D lin rut dmwi yw. although sunn- , have had tlit? (in*- <• h»-*■ la llu iu. jn\t;Ah»i:rrr. Ilii* .0n,,, OT til.- Dominion i- all but in d;ukn*—. I In- .in.) dn-l. h.m- m-ar!y lakrn miii and m.mii limn it- Tlh* -1111 -!imv- like a I 11 oi' Ihv tor a i*. w hour- daily. Inn i}i«> \uliuii" of smoke i" l«>o d<'iw- I'm- ihe momi to peiutrat<\ Wal'-i i- -M-divv. ni ,d tiu> yrj-s i» \<ilou. Kvi'»-ytliin«r U drying up. i-ut u.»ed-: tln-y -<*«'ni *o grow iii ali w^ath^r-. Die [hat i- g«>inj; in lo Uh* Uu-kl*fc»-k-> thi-* .-<a>oii i- xwieilmig mionhou-. u>'». i» l.iri !]> r Ij.u k daily. ami a Inn. niwi. wniiH'ii arid .-hii.li-n- ari' pushing hack. Then- U not lo [lnroad- ev«-]it what tin* dry wrather h *hiing I hi- M-a-'iii. yet hK Majr>iy'road or no road. ar* 1 going !>a'k.

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