PAHIATUA NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3135, 11 March 1909, Page 6

PAHIATUA NEWS.

(From Our Resident Reporter)

Wednesday. A large number of farmers and townspeople attended the meeting held in the Commerical Hotel, last evening, presided over by Mr Toss•will, to consider the advisability of forming an A. and P. Society in Pahiatua. Nearl;' everyone present spoke in favour of forming such an Association, considering it would greatly benefit the town and district generally. It was decided that all present be formed into a committee to canvass the country and ascertain what support would be accorded them, and report at a meeting to be held in a month's time. Several influential country residents were added to the committee. The monthly meeting of Hospital Trustees was held last evening., There were present—Messrs J. D. Wilson (chairman), and E. B. Have, Godfrey Taylor, and G. A. Burgess. Dr. Dawson was also in attendance. It was reported th&t there were no ensss of infectious diseases at the hospital at present. It was decided to issue annua! tickets at ten shillings each, which will admit holders of tickets tj treattrunc :-t . i.o hospital free of charge. The annual estimates were adopted and the sum of £350 set down for two additional small wards for special cases. The Pongaroa Rifle Club will held a shoot on th? 17th for the "Bolton" Cup, and Club Championship, and a handicap shoot will also be held on the same day for Mr Poole's trophy.

' The Licensing Committee election yesterday resulted as follows: Hawkins, 747; Harris, 713; D. Hughes, 68C; Norrell, G4O; Harding, 617; Riddell, «10; Walsh, 540; J. McCardle, 527; Bolton, 523; Tait, 493. Of thi; first five Messrs Hawkins, Harris and Hughes, were members of the old committee, while Mr Bolton, one of the defeated candidates was also on the last Committee. .Four of the successful candidates stood on the No-License ticket. At the. local bowling preen this afternoon the Palmerston North rink that is to play the Mnsterfon rink for- the "Dixon" Cup to-morrow, played a friendly garaa with a rink consisting of Messrs J. Hughes, McBratney, Hawkins and Wakeman (skip). The game was a very closely contested one, and at the 20th head Palmerston North were leading by 2. At the 21st head Pahiatua scored 3, and won a good even game by 19 to 18. For the "coil's" trophy Mills beat Ashcroft twice, and Pcarcey beat Godso twice. Moure and Clifton have yet to play. A complimentary social is to be , tendered to the Rev. A. W. H. Qomp- j ton, this evening, prior to his departure from Mangatainoka to Welling. I ton. A report trom Pongaroa states that a youth named Hunt aged about 18 years, was drowned at Pongaroa yesterday. The funeral of the late Mrs Mitchell was followed by a large number of friends to the Mangatainoka Cemetery this afternoon. At the Foresters' meeting, last i

evening, one new member was initiated, P.C.R. Bro. Walsh assisting in the ceremony. Mrs W. D. Taylor, of Makuri, died at Pahiatua this morning. Much sympathy is expressed for Mr TayJor in his sad bereavement. WOODVILLE NOTES'. The General Committee of t'.ie Bush Districts A. and P. Association met last evenjng, when there were present—Messrs R. E. Beattie, in the chair, J. Murray, S. Stace, H. Mnnteith, A. Peebles, J.. Bengley, Geo. Peebles, F. Grieves, W. 'McCaffrey, M. Whitehead, C. R. Beattie, R. Charmley and J. S. Nelson. The secretary read a statement of estimated receipts and expenditure, which showed that the' 1909 Show had benefited to the extent of JS2S over last year, and when the outstanding subscriptions are collected the Asscciation will be in a sound position regarding finances. The chairman said that the matter of outstanding members' subscriptions had always been a vexed question in the past, and a good suggestion was put forward by Mr H. Monteith, viz., that the secretary circularise those members who are in arrears, notifying them that they will be pro-

ceeded against by law if their subscriptions are not paid up. The motion was seconded by Mr Murray and carried, it being the unanimous feeling of the meeting that the success of the Association depended mainly on every one of its members making himself financial. The secretary spoke in eulogistic terms of the manner in which the reception committee had carried out their duties, and it was decided to accord these gentlemen (Messrs J. S. Nelson and W. Olliver) the thanks of the Association. Mr C. R. Beattie stated that through an error in compiling the schedule, a special prize of £4 4s, made by the Hawke's Bay Dairy Company for pen of three two-year-olcfheifers, had been omitted. This was a regrettable occurence, but after carefully considering the matter, the Company had now decided to hand over the four guineas towards the prize fund. The Hawke's Bay Dairy Company was accorded a hearty vote of thanks for their offer. The secretary reported that Mr W. H. Nelson, who had been successful in winning a considerable amount of prize money at the last Show, had generously handed the balance .(after donations, etc., had been deducted) over to the prize fund. The thanks of the Association were then accorded to Mr Nelson. Votes of thanks were passed to the secretary, his assistants, and the stewards of the Association.