PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 145, 13 March 1908, Page 5

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

(from onn special correspondents.).

PALMERSTON

A public meeting is to be held to-morrow in connection with the resignation of the Curator. Tho Dairy Union will pay out £4791 for the month of February. Slightly over half of this will bo distributed over the Palm'erston District, and the balance over the Eketahuna district.

MASTERTON,

Mr. J. JI. Coradine (Mayor) and Councillors Pauling and J. Mackay waited on tho Hon. J. Carroll to-day, and'brought under his notice the matter of eleven thousand acres of native leasehold over tho Ruamahanga river at To Oreore, which is held by sis settlers, and asked (that the Government 'tako it over and lease on behalf of Natives. Tho Minister promised to get, Sir Robert Stout and Mr. Ngata, M.P., the Nativo Commissioners, to inspect the land, and the, Government could, ho said, act immediately on their recommendation. .

CARTERTON

•- At a special meeting of the Borough Council held in tho Council Chambers, the following tenders were accepted for the street contracts: —High Street, A. Jones, £3500; Park Road, Burling and Goodin, £113; Belvedere Road, W. H. Hart, £29; Tyno Street, Kent Street, Rutland Road, and Brooklyn Road, T. Aplin, £145; Lincoln Road,, C.' Hartley, £131; total, £3918. Tho only tender made for the work as a whole was that of Mr. A. Sellars, £5700.

CARTERTON,

The rccent rains havo done an immenso amount of good, but, as a result of the drought, farmers have been compelled to reduce, their stock. 11l some pases dairy heifers ' are selling at from 355., and cows at £2. Sheep farmers, Wing to the scarcity of fcedj-are selling stock equally low, aged breeding owes in some cases being sold at Is. per head. Feed is now growing.again, and the prospects for winter pasture aro much better. : 1 '

Hot days and showery nights give promise of "winter feed, and the plough is busy in all directions. ....

GREYTOWN

At tho meeting of tho South Wairarapa Hospital' Trustees on• Wednesday, tho score-, tary reported tho receipt of £10 as a dona-, tion from Mr. G. W. M'Donald.

Dr. Valintine is to visit' tho Hospital to report on tho proposed new to the main building.

SHANNON

Owing to the fall in fibre, the Soifert Flaxdressing Company has dispensed with a number of omployces, and is only working three strippers. Though-rain-fell heavily on Wednesday, tho weather is now clear and warm. The Manawatu River has .risen about a foot . The Catholic Bazaar opens on Saturday night. Father Schaeffcr will probably perform the opening .

NTREAHA AND .BUSH DISTRICT

• Tho death occurred at Nireaha : ou Monday of Mrs. Margaret. Drysdale. Thoydeceased, who was. 79 years of age, 'was the relict of the lato Wm. Drysdale, who came from Stirlingshire, N.B. Advice ha£ been received that at the examinationvheld in Pahiatua in October, 1907, under tho direction: of tho National of Music, London, Miss Winnio Kay, of Mamua, a pupil of Miss'Foss, .of Hukanui, passed, in musical theory .with honours, securing .94 points out-of a possible 100. , Mr. 'Ddv, of Hukainui,.'has'commenced rebuilding his sawmill, whicli was burned down during the fires.Tho Tararua lliflo CWb competed on Saturday last for the Jesson Tropliy, which was won. by Rifleman W. Mason'. . The scores were: —W.. Mason, G3; A. "Petersen,: 5(; C. Huckstep, 55 ; 0. I l '/ Olsen, 51; 0. A.' Olsen, 50 ; \V, Cell, 49; W. Rasmussen,, 42.