PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 96, 16 January 1908, Page 9

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

(from OUR SrECI.U, CORHESrONnESTS.) ■ FEILDIN.G Building operations are fairlv brisk 111 Jj'eijding just, now, although there is,llo boom. It is considered: that there will be sufiicii'iit work for the next few moiiths to keep tiloso employed iti the building'trade fairly busy. Mr. J. Darragh has decided to have , erected tho; additional five shops for which tenders wero • called simultaneously with those-now being erected by Sir. -W.' Wilkinson in Fergussou Street. Tho addition will go to make,a really ifino : block .of shops and offices, with, a frontage, of 132 feet to Fergussou Street .and 66 feet : to MacArthur Street. Mr. Wilkinson, who has the contract,for the building.now in course of erection, has also been, given, thp Work of making the addition. The total cost is somewhere about £4000. The. architect for., tho work is Mr. A. James, of • ■ , Mr. T. H. James; .prchiteet to the Wanganui Education Board, paid a visit to Feilding on Tuesday and inspected the technical school building. Mr. W. Wilkinson, tho contraetor for the building, , says it I will bo all ready for occupation in a month's time. A special .meeting of the Rongotea District Athletic Club was nold to discuss the action of a cpmpetitor at last year's-sports, and it . was decided " thaf . the Club consider that the difference between the judges and Mr; J; M'Dopnell at. the Ronpotea sports last year has 'been amicably settled by Mr. M'Donnell apologising to Mr. Lumsden, and that Mr/. Lumsden's action in accepting the apology be xiphoid." . ~ \: , , K.vo grass.crops now being threshed in the Sandon district pre, turning out excellently, some yielding 50 bushels to: the acre. Mr.: William Penny, has. a particularly fine crop over a large area.

SHANNON. ' 'Shannon Cricket Club defeated Tokomaru last Saturday, by an innings • and seventy runs.-.' ~ r.'■ i A great quantity of fruit has', been stolen from orchards, in this district. OTAKI; v. A; large riumbor of people have been camped in tents' at the Waitohu- and Otaki beacn, and-, Judging' by the crowd visiting these jtlaces daily, they are becoming favourite, seaside resorts. - i , (■A movement is on foot to erect a fino and commodious accommodation - house at the Waitohu boach; and if this is done, no doubt a largo number of visitors will patroniso this locality.. Fishing, rowuig, and. other sports can ■be indulged in, and. a . splendid panoramic view of Otaki and district can be obtained. ; ■•' . Some prominent citizens aro . interesting themselves in the formation'' of a bowling club. ; '. Tho Rot.- Frank Isitt arrived in Otnki yesterday afternoon, and conducted a meeting in oonnection with 'the No-Liconso League. There was a modorato attendance. Matters in connection with the coming elections.wero discussed, mid a vigorous fight will be mado prior to tho .'.election:' /' ; The at. the new racecourse of the OtAki Maori, Racing Club is steadily progressing, but it'will be 'some timo yet .boforo the course; is •' completed,. ; . Tho -weathor.'..;fo"r tho past, few ' days, has been very hot and stilling, and fears are entertained of a water.-famino. If the dry weather continues,, much longer, fho scarcity of feed will be very noticeable. Fires have started in the paddocks at Te Horo. '' LEVIN. A meeting of tho Horowhenua Boating Club was' held on Tuesday night to make further preparations for tho grand carnival,which is to be hold on January 22.- Some of the committee have; feared that if thero was no ram-tho carnival; would havo to be postjiphed, as the hot.weather.has dried up tho. jako somewhat; and tho boat sheds aro now high and .dry,'but 'the meeting decided to have a jetty built running •' right into tho ivater, so that the boats could be handled with, ease. The matter of swimming in tho. lako also enrno up for discussion, when'it was pointed out that the Domain Board bylaws only allowed bathing jn two parts of tho lake,; and anyone, in future, being caught bathing near th'o boat sheds would.be liable to prosecution.''';. , ' • -. Liout. Jones, of. the local Fire- Brigade, when staying in tho Wairarapa a short time ago, entered in tho one. man competition at Carterton,, and. was. successful in winning it. • Tho weathor still remains terribly hot, ana the want of rain is being felt not only by the. farmers, , but by. the townspeople, whoso tanks aro beginning to run short, ino lake'lias also gone down somewhat, and the water-races in several parts of tho town are almost.dry. . . j It is reported that the largest trout yet caught in the Ohau River was landed a day or so ago by Mrs. G. Marryatt, a well-known lady angler in this district. Tho fish weighed just on BJlb. Mr. H. J. Richards, Chairman of the llorowhonua County Council, has been appointed delogate to act for the Council at tho election of a member of tho Wellington Harbour Board. ' . At the meeting of the Horowhenua County Council on Monday, Messrs. A. and J. Dean waited on the Council, asking that a road to their property be formed. Tho engineer stated; that the road would cost £300, and Councillor l'rouso considered that as Messrs;' Dean were tenants of the Government, ttiey should apply there for • the road, and not further saddle tho ratepayers witli tho expense of a road which would be a direct advantage to the Government. It was decided that, a deputation he formed to'wait on the Government and ask for a special loan to make this road. ' ' Wednesday is the day that has been fixed upon by tho County Council for tho statutory half-holiday under the Shops and Offices Act.