FEILDING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 127, 21 February 1908, Page 9

FEILDING.

• On' Wednesday the garden'party. organised by tho Foilding Cricket Club : air a- means of raising funds towards defraying , the cost of converting tho South'-Street reserve: into a .oriokot ground;-,was;-hold >'• on • Mrt: • Cobbb'i grounds, jit is/expected'£2o' or; £30' will 'bo obtained. This, with tho;'mousy''from tho .'swimming., carnival,' .will'''-proyirl ( s Mrwe ;tb.ni the;. £50: which •'the -club •> promised tho Borough-Council;it' would raise.~j The Feilding sohool excursion-is to tnko , place' on Wednesday. n'oxt.--Tho "scene of ■ tho jiicnic is Paokaksriki, .for which ; placo a, spec J ;ijil train will loavo Foildmg : ,it five, minutes before 8 o'clock' in. -tho' morning;- returning from'Ptiekakariki.at fi.2Qip.ni.• : ». 0 . M A school cadet camp is tq be held-in. Folding on Saturday.: ' -■■ ■ ' . \ ! The Mounted Riflo Corps is in camp on the racecourso just now. , , , . - ! , OTAKI. '! Tho '.Paraparaumir Tennis:--€Jluh 'and- tlio trustees -of the .:new recreation ground liavo Come to terms, 1 , and t-liQ. former a:ro arranging : to g et ' iiew'. courts. "■ >,Th'o• work • will be carried out by, Mh. Aplin, ,who ilaid th'oiPflokakariki court; In playing off for tho ladies' trophy on the, old. court Miss l Whiting jwon in-tjia final from. Miss .Wallace. • j 'rho.Bmoko throughout the' district is■ not so, dense as yesterday, ; but,•: ■■ nevertheless, should, » strong- breeze spring up, the old .stumps, and trees at the roar; of tho various townships will again: be. fanned: into .flame, and .tho. troubles of. tho Settlors will' again commence,.-especially at Rcikbrangi: i-The damage;(done..to ..the .various settlers 'along' tho lino, amounts tq. hundreds of pounds.-... LI3VIN. ' There ;rwa.s a rumour : curront in -Levin on , Wednesdaythat -Mr. Taylor,.. 'of- Manakau, ibad.' beeii;'burnt:'.out.'.by 'the::bush fires, but .this, is'apparently.:':nbt soj. though his liouso .well scorched by ithe'; flames. The' number':' of sheep tliat. go'through, rLevin by rail daily "is worthy 'of note, for every train carries-a number of.theni.- and tri-weekly special'stock trains navo now been istarted; betweeiv. Palfrierston iNprth/andvWellington. Tho""two first" trains' carried a total ; of sonie sixtv odd cars of-sheep. - ;! All prizo money in connection with tho Horowhonua A. and P, -Show h'avo'be^n,paid, \yHich act ..reflects with oredit on t-lio socre.tary, Mr. R. B. Gardener, who has dcs-. patched ''-them all within a . week,, of tho. "show,; ;. ■ ■■■■. ..... ./,

FEATHERSTON. :5 ' , I A Leap Year Dance., is .to bo held iu the Feathorston Town. Hall on Thursday week. ■ j Tho road over the Rimutaka Hill is. in a' had . state, at, , tho,. present time.. . , * .'/ :. ; Mr. J. Lawsoii, of the W.F.C.A. Branch, ;Grcytowii,'.will, bo ;manager of . the firm's ,Martinljorqiigh branch about to;be pnoiicd.i, ; - TJiero is ■ still an absence of ..rain, although the clouds look, threatening.. . >• . -. The' produco, sale in connection , with tho Methodist'.Harvest .'Festival realised £4 10s. Bd. ; : Tlio.drought still, continues; and there are no indications of rain., Thoso residents who .are .not within: tho high pressure .area aro suffering from a. shortage of . water, and in. many, eases havo to oart it' some distanco. ,Some who have had,to,resort to,'tliis.coursemo unfortuiiato enough to-.bo paying water■ . rates,''for;.whiob"they receivo no 'btinefit: • Jh\ C. J- .KentrJoHnston, town clerk,, is at .present on a yisjt ( 'to.Nolspu. ■ . .=