PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 34, 4 November 1907, Page 2

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

. »- — : PALMEKSTON. . (HOM OUR SriiOIAL CORRESPONDENTS.). ' 'Now that the Show is over a word of praise is due to Mr.- Smith; our local stationmaster, and his staff, for their untiring efforts to please the public and the manner in which they coped with the greatly-increased traffic. All day long trains were; pouring in and out '6f Palmerston, and yet not a single accident was reported: Besides the passenger trains, special stock trains called for increased attention, and right'through' Friday night active shunting 1 operations we're carried on. < ' > ' ' ' The police report a. quiet .time during the Show, for, with ' the exception of a lew persons, who fortified, themselves rather too' freely against the dry weather, the cells were empty. 'The district class of instruction for:officers and non-commissioned officers in Palmerston North will commence in tho Drill Hall this evening and will he continued until the end of tho week, under. Captain 1 HI H. Brown. 'The rain which fell'.at the close of the Show had a tendency to brighten up'the. surroundings. In conversation with several farmers attending the Show, I : learn that the fine weather made a marked difference in the appearance of the teed,/ and the milk -supply has rapidly increased. Sir. J. (J. Connell,'who for the past two years has occupied a position in the local branch of the Bank'of. New Zealand, has received a wellmerited promotion to Wellington.; Shearing operations arc now in full' swing 'in the district. . ■ • ; A show wasliiiig-up took place at the Palmerston Court 011 Saturday, when several cases of drunkenness were dealt with in the usual way. Mary Hallord, for being an idle and disorderly person, was sentenced to thvee months' imprisonment. May Watson was charged with being a rogue and a vagabond, and having insufficient,lawful means of support. After hearing evidence, tho case was dismissed. On a further charge of having committed an indecent act a sentence of six months' imprisonment was imposed. Myrtle Johnston was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for being ail idle and disorderly person. Hospital statistics for the past, month are: In the institution 011 October 1, 33; admitted during the month, 45; discharged, <12 • deaths, 5; in on October 31, 39. ■' The vital statistics for the. district are: — Marriages, 12 ; births, 41; deaths, IS. . A section in Cuba Street, with a. frontage of ,66ft.. was on Saturday sold for J2IOUO Tho value of town sections is steadily increasing. Owing toj the recent rise in the prico of meat and other necessaries of life, several proprietors of boardinghouses are raising their tariff. Inspector O'Brien,-of the Health Department., is at nrosent 111 Levin inspecting the 111stallatioii of dr.iiiiago to'SGvor.il rcsidcncos. The residents of ■ Levin are becoming most enterprising 111 this respect.

Siasterton. Slugs are reported to be playing havoc with properties at Kuripuni. A sevon-acro oat crop has been completely ruined in one case. • No trace has been discovered of the missing man, Ernest llyalls, who ■disappeared, from bis lodgings on .Saturday last stating his intention of taking a dose of chlorodyne. The police aro making a vigorous search. Tho bowling season was officially opened on Thursday. A very large 'number of visiting and local howlers wero present on the JUasterton Club's green. The president, Mr. 0. Pragnell, gave an address, and afternoon toji ,was provided. The rinks are iu capital order, and some good play was. witnessed. Cricket has' now opened in earnest, and two 1 interesting games were played on Thursday between Carlton and Stars and W.F.C.A. and Caiterton. l'\ P. Welch made the good score of -14 in the former match,

being eventually run out. Carlton made 210 i.i their, first innings, Stars responding very ' feebly with '■ 22 For six wickets. There will he a consideriible number niak»ig tlft) ascent of Mui'iit Holdsworth on Saturday, Tuesday, and .Monday next. The guide; Mr. C. Jiniinister; is taking a great interest in Alpine matters, and intends making a plaster model of the- ranges to guide tourists and others! The crops around Mastcrjion, arc. coming on wonderfully under the fine spell. '• Between Carterton and Maslerton some very forward areas are to bo st!|m, while on the Plains and at To Ore Ore the country is.imprdVing with rcmiirksiblo. rapidity. : .•; The rise in the price of moat is reported to bo accounting for an appreciable' fallingoff in the amount of stock slaughtered at the local abattoirs, the aniount killed the week following the rise being the minimum since the works were opened,-over eighteen mouths ago. . ■ .. •, .;

.FEILDING. .

For the'school garden competition eonducted by the Foilding A. and P! Association the following schools have been noniin/ ated: Lytton Street, Rangiwahia, Mangaweka, Tiirakina, Ruahiuc, Taonui, Kimbolton, Aniti, Cheltenham, and Halcombe. Last" year there were eight entries, including .five of the above. The new competitors this year are -Rangiwahia, Mangaweka, Ruahine, TuraKina, and ■ Apili. The Newbnrv seh"U. which won last year's contest, was compelled to retire owing to a falling-olf in die atconuance. ' Cheltenham (second) and Taonui (third) are again in the lists. A meeting/of the committee is to be held to make arrange-,, ments for judging. ~,','■' Thirteen hundred . railway .passengers' tickets were issued from Feilding to Palmers- 1 ton Show. This was a hundred more than last year. . During last month buildings to', the value of "close, upon £10,000 were commenced in the borough of Feilding. ',''... "':-':'■ Owing to the growth of trade'in the Feilding yards it has been found necessary to add a loading ramp for stock. The Manawatti ;Rifles ; is Y to'fire ;a match of twelve men" aside with the Kimbolton and Cheltenham Rifle Clubs on November JJ. The. following team was' chosen to represent the Feilding corps:'—Cant: Barltrop'; LieutsV Pleasants' and Domigaii; Col.-,Sergfc ; ' ArU: ken; Ser'gt. Fisher; and Pvts. Evans May:' hew, Parker," Stewart, Matthew,- Belk, and Pleasants';■■ emergencies, • Blunden, Diamond, and Stent. ' '. , . ■•■■ .-;. '*, ■ ':■-., - '■:' ' ".SHANNON.. : ■.;■'■■.?■■; _ Mr. and Mrs. Hensitaaii, who have been on a six months''visit to'the Old Country, are expected bad; here in three weeks' time. The official opening of.the Seifert;Flax-, dressing l Company's mill ' iit. ' Miran.ui'.- takes 1 place on November 16. So far as the. season has gone, agrioulturo in this district has been retarded, by.'licavy floods and unseasonable , weather /generally ,-■ but the last few days', sunshine has considerably brightened the outlook. ,1 -'Though the ground is still somewhat sodden,, grass/..is growing rapidly, vegetables are no longer at famine prices, and the whole'countryside has benefited .by the present comparatively dry spell! ■' . '•' • : '• '"" ■ r • .'.. . Owing to the.'drop 'in the price of hemp, flaxmillers are "sacking? , their hands and dispensing with all workers who are hot absolutely essential to the business. Mr. G. Watson, manager, and Mr. A. Wynd, an enginedriver in- Mr.. H.< Greig'a mills at Foxtbn, have patented'their invention by which the chopping of fibre owing to unequal feeding.is likely to a great extent to be avoided. By the anpiication of lovers and weights the boating bar of the.shipper, has a greater : " give,',' and instead of .the. stripper-keeper . having i continually.; ■, to bo screwing up his machine, the. stripper, adjusts , itself automatically to tho varying thiokuesS' of the flax, butts.introduced. . , •,..'•■ :•■■ ■ ; ' K9?AEL tt p /_■■ J '}■• . Many-.locall residents were yesterday.'.'pat* ronising the, , Show, being held at.Palmerstpn., Mr.' Rollo, a. breeder of Southdo.wiiSj is, the. chief,exhibitor.irom.this:'part. .-.-•. .-,.■-: -,',, ', } Several 'young men have ..purchased; from' .Mr. .Geqrge, .of Wellington,, the blocks ,of ; 7000 acres of bush land up'the Otaki Gorge,-, and intend to clear and otherwise improve it.'; Miss Jacob, school mistress, is the latent victim to'the influenza epidemic- .-> .... ; The business at.the.S.M. Court on, Thurs-. day next is likely to be of long duration, .andi the.S.Mi will probably, be asked to commence; business in the morning instead,of 2.30 p.m., as at present arranged.... '■-~■■■-,■ ■■ . Mr. Venimore, of Hastings, replaces Mr.i List on the postal staff here. : ■■'■■•' ..;. ,; ■.'.•'/ .',"' fe'atheeston. •-' - : Mr. R. N. Burl, of Featherstoii,, has -pre* sented a.trophy.,to tho local cricket,club for : ' the ■ player securing the greatest .nUinbcr... of. catches during the season. ..'.■ ~. ;.-., •_•. -' . On Friday the Featherston. Dairy Company sent away 200' cases of cheese Jor\ shipment, in thc'Arawa.to. the Home market-.,;. ■■; The members of the local Tennis Club held' an enjoyable croquet practice : on,, Thursday, afternoon. ... _ , ■ , ■ r .- - - -...■> The.Featherston cricket j;eam to play .Car-, terton here to-day is,:—Keys, Nitz,. Cuudy,: (2)', Williams, , Everitt, .Ji. and F-. H.awke,. .Howlett, Thomas, Saundors,'.H.utchins, Chew,, Pilbrow, Goggins, and i'ait. -.. . ..-.-.■. The tradespeople at Featherston intend toobserve the King's Birthday, holiday, .on? Saturday next, Novomber y. ...,- ~~- ~ •■-, Frequent loads of wool are daily bemgdelivered. at the; Featherston railway.station. ■'■ ''. ' 'EEETAHUNA. •' •■: f:';.;:'" A 'meeting of -Eketahuua ratepayers oil Friday night passed a resolution to' the effect that , the . Borough' Council shall proceed 'to' tako a poll on a proposal to borrow £3000 for. the installation in''the' borough of -elec'triij. light. ,',,■- .- • '-!. •' •'.:;■',•'" :, , UPPER RAKGITIKEL-■ ;:; The .Taihape. Chamber ,of Commerce, onThursday liight. discussed the.. question of' Taihape being made the.. starting-place for., tho early train, to Ra..gatawa. -At present the early morning train leaves Waipuru for the , railhead on tho sonbhern,section, passengers being compelled .to.pass.through 'lailiape by-, the' evening train and stay the night atWaiour'u. This is especially inconvenient on Saturdays, when, travellers, have to - spend,Sunday. at Waiouru in order to go on to Haiigatawa early on Monday morning.•' It 13considered that. the. present morning strain to the North could start from Taihupe a little, earlier, aild with an accelerated running still reach. the railhead in. time to emmect with the. coacht's for northern towns and ike\ northern section trains to Auckland." This• would allow, through passengers'--a chance oh obtaining:-, the better >Hotel and boarding-, house conveniences offered at Taihape. , lti ;s----proposed that, should-Sir Joseph visit; Taihape in couuection, w-itli the opening of. the new postal .building this month, theopportunity should bo taken of, interviewing him on the matter. ,:, • -, ■ ■ ■ ' ■■ ■■■■■