PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 41, 12 November 1907, Page 7

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

MASTERTON. ' (FnOJI OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.) ' Dr. -Archer Hosking, who dealt severely the other day with town milk vendors and their 'methods, expresses the opinion that tho sooner the whole business is placed upon a more thorough and systematic footing tho better it will be for the infant population of tho JJominion. Steps might bo taken, said the doctor;:so'that the town milk supply all over New Zealand might bo uiider municipal control. This was dono in many portions of America, and milk could bo obtained in any. form whon prescribed by physicians for invalids. At tho samo time, cow-yards and dairies were, subjected to a most rigid inspection. In cohncction frith tho Jlastertou milk supply, a raid was inado by tho stock Office some months ago on tho town vendors as their floats stood 111 tho street. Prosecutions ' would havo followed the •. inspection but: for the illness of the inspector. Tho , doctor's charges have been admitted to some ) extent by tiie milkmen themselves, who, however,' attach a'large amount of blame te for tho insanitary arrangemonts 'made • for, the reception ot the milk. Since the exposure by the doctor, it is noticeable that tho quality of tho milk'lias vastly' improved in'sohio quarter's. . ■ 'J'ho following aro the details of tho lawn tenuis inatch played • hero on Saturday bo.tween tho Thorndon and Masterton teajns, tho names, of tho. visiting representatives being given first in each instanco (best of tho •nets; •—y.f*M.'B. Fisher lost to C. C. Cox, G-5, 6-2;>J, C; Teiicock heat G.'G. Aitkon, G-2, 3 : 6,..G-4 ; F. Laishley beat S. It. Gawith, Wi .or3i.. It. N. K. .Swanston beat N. D, Bunting, G-3, 6-3; G. Didsbury beat A. It. Sclandcrs, G-2, 6-5; ! L; S." Thompson beat D. GftSolbefg, '6-4i.5-G, 6-5. •> Fisher and Pea-, coot beat .Cox and Aitken,- 10-8, G4;,Laish- 1 Jey-and, Swanston .beat Gawith and Bpnting, 6-2, 6-2; Uidsbury and Thompson beat. Sclandcrs and Caselborg, 6-0, 6-3.' ;•' The Mount Holdsworth -Alpine Club intend# to issue an. invitation to Mr. .T. J3. Donno, .Chief of ,thp.-.Tgurist Department,, to visit tho mountain, some, timp in December.. ' Tho railway traffic from Wellington to: the , Waii'urapa oil Saturday was a -record for an Inland train' bound over the Bimutakas. •There was no special raco train for Clarovillo, with tho result that tho. express was crammed.' Thero were sixteen cars besides 1 baggage waggons/'arid five'Fell'ongirifeS wGre' t required- to steady tho' load dowii tlio incline. TKo . train passed .through tho. Wairarapa running half an hour late. ; ■. .' , ; — 1 -FEILDING. • , ..:,; TC ? "Mr. Walker,' tho secretary of .. .the Feilding Centre of tho New Zealand;. AthleticDnion, informs our Manaivatu . representative that twenty-five clubs h'Atc -this affiliated to tlio Feilding Centre, which has under its control the district between . Whoreroa and Taihape. Mr.--Walker was in ..attendance at the Foxton yesterday, enrolling athletes. also attend all tho meetings in his district-during'the present sports season. \. At Feilding on Saturday, evening rf section with' a 66 feet frontage, near tlio railwaystation, and suitable >for. business purposes, was disposed of at £50 per foot: MHIATUA. * ■ At the monthly meeting l of the County Council, notice was received that, owing to pressure brought by several settlors, the Government intended" repairing certain roads, charging ; ;tho Council with tho cost. Several complaints were received from a Makuri ■settler against the.work- down by the County Engineer, which, on investigation, were found to be groundless. ' .-• ■ • ■ - ' A detachment of tho Pahiatua Itifles shot loff-a match at Makuri against teams from tho Makuri and l'ongaroa ltitio Clubs, the latter, winning easily, and Pahiatua beating Makuri by ono point. On tho return journey, tho waggonette carrying the Pahiatua team capsized down a bank just after passing tho top of, Ngaturi Hill, the members having to walk home,. somo six miles. Beyond smashing thb/iiobd, aii(l severely shaking tho occupants ; of tho/waggonotto, ho damage was done. ..The. Mangkt'ainoka Athletic Club held a • further.-meeting, when tho arrangements for I the sports, meeting'wero completed. Sir. H. Wagstaff, who returned to Pahiatua. a.few weeks ago from a trip to His native .town Bclper, iii Derbyshire, had a very .rapid- journey. Froih tho time ho left Pahiatua till the day he returned, was ox- - acjtly sixteen weeks. He had been twentyfivo years away from Helper, and noticed many changes which'had takon place during ' his absence.' Most noticeable, lie said, was ■ the dearth of, agriculture—harvesting . appeared to be' a' lost industry in Derby. The ;caus.e : appeared to him to bo not so .much the effects of frce-trado as tlio rapid extension of the railway system.' • i The local officer of the Government Stock . .Department is just now completing his agri-/ cultural statistics for the, county.- In tlio, Mastcrton County, the farmers themselves' were' asked to supply the particulars"'and,, forward.them to'the Stock Office; in-Pahia-tua the work is being, done by , tlio, Stock.. Officer. Tho news that the Government intends to acquire tho Manawatu raihyay lino in the : courso of tho next twelve months, has been received here in busihoss'circlcs with much : ' satisfaction. It' is thdSght _ that Pahiatua will gain by tho chiiijge', owing to tho fact that it is about half-way from that, town: by -either the Wairarapa or Manawatu lino i to-Wellington'. As tho main lino will bo via • . Manawatii; Pahiatua passengers and goods :woilld be a quicker journey. Pahiatua, therewould bc'iif quicker journey. Pahiatua there-, fore, should become a terminus. It is to ho hoped-'that "representation will be made in :thb"proper"qUal'tor, so that our may , not be overlooked in this all-important 'nutter. - • - ' It is reported hero that Messrs. W. i*. . Massey (Loader of tho Opposition), J. G. :Wilson (President of tlio New Zealand Farmers' Union); and J. G. Cooper will address-,-meetings here shortly/on the land question and : other; matters vitally / affecting tH ' .farmers.: \ v ... . ~ .. , FEATHERSTON. Entries for tho flower show, to bo JielJ ' here on Thursday', are'coming in freely, and ' :tho eveht promises to eclipse its' predecessors'. A feature of the show will be tho ,- number of special prizes that are ■ to bo computed for. - : Tho plots of tho agricultural class of the Fcatiicrston School are looking splondid at the'present time. '. The Featherston County Council have decided to call tenders for metalling 5225 yards (cubic) oil the district road from Te. Alairo Boad to Martinborough town boundary. , . . . • The Featherston'Gun Club fire a clay bird: match for a stake of £7 on Saturday next. The'match is open to members of any gun ; club; • \." f WAIMARINO. Matters around Horopito are showing signs : of activity, and the road between there and Baetihi having dried up the traffic is becoming nuiro evident. A big clearing has been effected on the railway reserve, and a ■ start has been made, in erecting the cottages. Tho station sito is on the northern side of tlio crossing, where clearing is also going oil. A road loading to the Manganui-ao te-o block is beinjj; cleared, and meets the main road just outside-the town area. In Horopito township itself the mass of newcomers ap- . pears./t'o be centralizing near tho junction,- \ places already built are being! removed to tin's vicinity. At present there., are no buildings/going up on what is known as the private town, the area close to , the riiilivay .route holding pride of. place. It is confidently expected that there will lie high, bidding for, 'these sections when offered at auction, next year. i Tho Tohnui viaduct, about tlireo miles balow Horopito, is. being rapidly pushed on. -. Oiily one span now remains to be completed. This structure is of largo dimensions, being , next iii sizo to the Ohakuno viaduct on this : sect ion.-/The.recently-built librarj; hall is in good, demand, and is fully appreciated by residents of the township , and camp. _ , Two cases of. unlabeled whisky were seized' by "tho polico' at the Ohakuno railhead on Thursday.