FEILDING NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 91, 10 January 1908, Page 9

FEILDING NOTES.

'. (BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.)' Mr. F. Y. Lethbridge, M.P. for Oroua, has received a letter from tho Minister for Agriculture, tho Hon. R. M'Nab, intimating tliat ho will not be able to. pay his visit to this ' district to inspect tho proposed situ for the dairy school until after his return from his northern tour, at about tho end ,of this month. Tlio Minister has promised .to notify a definito dato later on. The Anniversary Day picnic that was being organised by tho Druids is to bo given under tho direction of the Feilding Friendly Socioties' Council, which has now taken charge of all arrangements. ' The half-holiday committee of tho Chamber of Commerce has decided to close at <1 p.m. on tho first day and 11 a.m. on tho socond day of tlio Foildiiig Show next montli. A novel contest, , with Foildiug as its finishing point' took placo on ,'AVcdnosday. Taylor, of, Wanganui, that placo on a bicycle, and Lawrence, an • old-timo runner, of Marton, left that . place—each at two o'clock—tho latter on foot.. Tho match was for £10 a side, and a £5 donation. Great interest was takon, and large numbers of people awaited tho arrival of the contestants. Taylor, who had to come 44 miles, arrived first,'just .on 5 o'clock! 'V"'" ing passed, Lawronco one and a half miles from the winning.post. Lawrence's distance was' 18 miles. Taylor lost 40 miuutos monding. punctures. An important omission, says tho "Foilding Star," is mado in the Government Railway (juido. Tho map showing tho lines of railway in the. Dominion does not link the San-don-Carnarvon tramway, although on page 59 of tho Guide tho timotablo is given. At the instance of Councillor R. B. M'Kcnzie it is proposed by tho Manawatu County Council to draw tho attention of tho General Manager of Railways to tho omission. Tho Rev. A. S. Innes Jones and family loft yesterday for a holiday vacation, which is to bo spoilt at Plimmorton. Mr. S. W. Fitsihorbert intends resigning his position as secretary of the Foilding Chamber of Commerce.