PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 31, 31 October 1907, Page 8

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

m'asterton. (FROM ftun SFECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.) The weather is now excellent, and gives promise of being so for some days. A loading fanner told a Dominion ifcpresentative to-day that, the country out Bast Coast way I s , m 'and 'grass; is '■ plenty. i ' ;r " :I1 season does riot' shorn' t<i" have alfectod stock so much as was anticipated, and shearers find' tlio staple in good condition, without; breaks. ' Mr. W. D. • Watson took ! his ■ well-known jumper, least, to tho Manawat-u. Show • today. A large number of people availed thomselves of'the excursion fares to-visit the Show. Practically all the local farmers hay< gone great--fair, the 'spirit'of'pro' gress which .has lately been-infused into, lo*. cal agricultural,and.pastoral matters being. 110 doubt, accountable, for the fact! ■ 7 No holiday is to' be'observed' m ! itfastcrtoa by factory employers on Monday, November •' » 11, as the risk of prosecution,.for breach of-, -, the various awards governing factory , hands is eonsidorod. possible unless double-time ia paid for Saturday.,' : -i- : Tho Borough Council met last night arid '' decided to visit the' Borough Waterworks , to.i. decide on:tho.quostion: of improving, the. condition of the intakes to the-rcservpir. • / • - PAHIATTJA. 1 ' • nl l [ lo , rahiatua Wednesday . Amusements Uub has held its; annual 'general mfeeting,' and decided - to, ■ oiirry ."'on for. tho present "/ year. Tho balance sheet' showed accredit; , ■ balance of £17... A committee was"'formed to -, lnspcet and report: on tho cost" of preparing " a cycle track and'piitting the grouiid in good ' ' order..; The prospects for a- good season aro - considered very-satisfactory. .FEILI)ING-J . : ; . . There aro few settlements showing' such ' ■■*}§"* 'of progress- as-Apiti,;says'the'Feilding' btar.. v.A, Town, Hall of;. respectable,dim-; ionsiohs .is being erected,,-. and .the busiu,"isa places are. up-to-date. The construction of footpaths is to "be carried' out' immediately.' '/< ihe site for the pOst : office is : \ready';'' arid ten- •' dcrß .for.-tho work ; of j building it-, closo - in-,a day .or. .two, .antL alj. round: .the district-tlio ,; plough is being brought' into active use! Th# ; * school committee is a- live one,'having 'pur- ' 1 ' chased an additional acre of-landi and schoolgardens are, an, accomplished fact; -Therov-o 1R : prqsperity,,about,t-he,place''whichH - augurs well for the future, an ( l the healthy ' , chaiato proves a great boon to residents. The'"'" winter an "excellent one,fValthoiigh tho spring . has, been/, disappointing-. rThe ,appearahce pf tile soil is. not half so.bad as. in. i' the low-lying portioiis'-of the- district, and ■ » a little dry weather would riow : Work' wop"' 1 tiers. W4DIMIINO. ,• The streams in the vicinity of Ohakurie'arid I Raetihi are shortly- to' be : replenished ivith a quantity of young trout fi;oiu- the hat-chery at iilastertQn.; Tho ; sriiall' fry * nrimh'er. 40,000. of which;-. ,10,000 are the amber - trout / and t-bp Mane? to be liberated in- tile stream?' ■ at' Ivarioi,: the Orautoho, "and Manga-ivjiero.'- i.:,; The work of bush fqlling and filearingion', >i the aroas at Ohakune and. Rangatawa, vnich are .to be .cut up-arid l sold in sections by tho (?overnmpnt:,oarly.next'year,',.\vill shortly be'',' put in ; hand. [ Local' opinion- : states' thatVcbn-' --: sidoralile, competition' will 'be experienced at ~ the-sale.

• Works around the Ohakirne: station • yard iro in progress, consisting'of'cieaning opera-, tions. and road making.-. r-Thoi station-rinaster.'s! residence; which was to have been commenced •'.»/ last month, is ...also, being... proceeded with. - - A fow days' fir.o weather has liad.tlie offcct 1 ' 1 of; promoting the'.growth ,of .grass as wellvaj--bettering,:somewhat '- the.-qondition of i, the roads.: - The. maikcoa'chi has: resumed stlie.'- old . running betweeni.Ohakuno,and;Raetihi„ : but ■: the work 'of, mendingtho thojrouehfare not being carried bri-witlrthoTexpeuition' the. J! case .demands, .?and if; bad ;featheri isr-ro-. ~ encountered ,-thc. :old'.trqublo!- would. again ,-set. ~s .J in. : ' iK? .V .fops. :i'i- .' i;::'^MEiiSTo^^NofeTH• •j; While in Feildirig tW.othbr'.dayr'l chanced'-''■? to' meet Mr. A. R. Mayo,, of Aorangi, the - : , wqll-known fruit his opin'ion regarding .Chinese exploiting- the. fruit, 'market 'for" the coming '''sea'son.---''Mr; : -Mayo 1 replied thatnodoubt they'-'woiild do "so, attack' from" this' quarter "was' for' growers to.' give the preference of'"purchasing their, '' fruit to the whjtc' sellers.ln past yenrs lie - ~ had made 1 a : practice of' so doing^'and l had'---;always • received .a.... satisfactory, figure.'-..;'' - Tt; •' was wrong for "the; white 'growers ; to ''cry oiir .. at., this 'stage' about a ..penny' pier, lb: .on fruit: •'■ when ! tlio'y' wereassisting ' ! the v Chinese '■ to' cut their 'own throats. I . l "'' .-ii-'- ;.m:- !,