PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 148, 17 March 1908, Page 11

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

•!(Fnoiloun SPKCIAT, CORRESPONDENTS.)

' ' I'ALMEUSTON ' r/' '■M 1 'thp!; 'presort' ; tiimov'a ]argQ ,: 'building ; , ; is •» l>®inS:ielt!ctcd-. at End,. Palniorston order ! of-; Company,intciidf'.'to iraaiimiotura- gas. engines.' and other classes' cf.^machinery. On®, of the heads of. thofirm ... statM<that,"ftfter visiting Auckland and Wel- '• : / Palmerston . North, -was selected as v., beirig a convenient centre for distribution, v t •:■ ..Tho j Pohangina County: Council has do-' cided*,to protect papa cjiffs adjacent to tho bndge.by.a ooncrcto wall, 111 order to prevent .. fiirtM.Kidisaßt'erjand • also' 1 to preccSl:■with' tho.Vrc-orection of tho broken 'sim 1 . of tho ' bridgcj- MrinJ.' 0!Donnoll!s tender, of £984; boing accepted . ' - MASTERTON. ■, Mr.-Tai .To;Tau, of Lansdowne, has. been ■■■■■■, eloctedi chaifman of tho Wairarapa Maori Couifcil,- and will -represont' .-that •••body • .'at- ! therMftori Conference to bo held in 'Welling-' ton'in July „ r ■.)••• =Tlieije i is. likely -to bo a land, boom in town - , : sections here bcforo. long, ; .owing, to the ,fact r. ; that !; several -fairly large blocks are -now be- : - ing surveyed, - preparatory to/sale -,by., auction ' '>/■■■ :■ : ■ FEIKDING. 1 / v" 1 v The;,death "occurred m /Feilding'yesterday , ... - mornihg,of/Mrs. C. Coombe, relict of Mr.-11. i. at Vjf eight'.!yoars;i ,c .Mr,: Uooinbe ■ predeceased• his": -...'... wife by. fourteen years. The. 'family.; 1 -hat^i^pci^^g'«'ijiltF®ding' ;,for. ? thirty { • '/ /years^|;^; ; 't?f: t/1 ;. . A .successful :llower,'show was-held at'Kim- *; bolton on Saturday. There werei4so entries. ;V: V V 4 „ (JAIITEIITON, ■ Mr.;JohnTanofsky's houso was down ■ and (the contents .completely 'destroyed, on, : Saturday evening at 6.30 o'clock.' Tho owner, ls'afc.-a'loss to account for the fire, as ho had • not .lit 1 the ' fire: during rtlio i day, and. had no inflammables •! m tho vplace."; Thero was no i inillrlnoe , < His-Graoo;the'Archbishop of Wellington, aocompanied by tho Rov:'Archdeacon Devoy; and' other., clerics/ passed ,' ' li in . v '', morning/;/.,The,.;;occasioh./is;^ ...... of.the twenty-fifth year of tho brdmation >.of. Dean.;MlKenna/0ne..0f.. the.most. popular of. the Catholic clergy, v .. .... 1" GEEYTOWN/ - .The; bazaar'.held, last v week. - c in ,v Greytown ' in aidvof the Fire Brigade funds was very i-'i' v:. successful,/ ariij-;.the net result will, be about £130"/ , ;; r : J- Thfr..weather,.is still -urisettledr. It. threatens;. , i antlsgoes. .off/again.".'. The glass:.is, however, much lower . "V' ,f '- LEVIN. ' , 1 'A iitennis ; match waS played on . the local !/- ; :betweeii'ia'''team i Otakr;and ;thevLevin..team.vAs it began' to ~.; grow; dark, two sets bad - to. be left unfinished, i ... utakvhaving the-advantage, m ono and Levin - .: ( the advantage m ■ the other:' Of r the • other • setsvplayed/vLevin won six ■ and :Otaki four.''' , At the meeting of the Horowhenua County ' ■ .Council' on Saturday > accounts amounting to - . / £1567.vl4si\?fid.'> were .passed-iforv GoneVal account, £77y 10s. 5d., 'and -loan" aco'otifit £788 4s ■ 13!: his .. report ' on j'tho deviation •of tho 1 ■ Shanhpn, road near tho bridge ovor th© Mana- ' : watu ;nver, the-Engineer, of', the. Horowhenua' County Council estiinatedithaitho cbs't'would!''! ' bo about 1 £509 10s Mr.-- H.-.'vM: :Bouchor, 'of:. Melbonrno;- do-' People;. Spirit Life, and Condi!ions',"'at the ; i. Ihl-^6-and- l apprc&4MVo 1 . .' . ; i'v'.- : ltf.wSsVd^!dfd , at.[.thei of 'the Horp-'." ;. . ~ -. the. roads; m, and around Reikorangi, M ai- 1 :V ka^{fr.tio'^y^-;^& : .stock'/l V'. waitihg'r ' ,"on the';&uiiqil};'and pointing ':, ajnipst:impjissible :to '.. keepstocli within!- /, . bounds; the number of fences .'that':" ■ ■■ receht bush'and grass" ; ' ■$. W: ■; . i, The Rev.. P. It. Pans, . who 'leaves shortly •• for InvercargiU, was tho recipient of another ■ presentation;' his congregation 7 at Parapara- . umil; Sunday, nighty■ -.presenting- lum. with - a Mr. Cordukes,' in' making • • the referred oulogistically / to "the valuable services of.Mr.,Pans,-;regretting . greatly, bis departure, and,wishing lnni every ; , possible.-/success. •..-.The ■ rev/-gefltfemanWifeol-'? ingly responded. , The;(Rev. .H. .'T. Stealey, -who has . berin: .i ■rtationfed.;'hej?e as; 'Ariglicah miniistet : . for I 'tne'V ■' past-ithree'years,: announced ■ ■ during - tho ;: :f ,' been ,appointed principal'at the Clareville ...: ,■' Maoli.Cojlcge,, and mtonded to onter oil his , .nowiauj.ies.Qn,August 1. Mr. Stealey,, during / s _ /. his stay, hero,,has-made"many- friends, -ana ' both,he; and :i Mrs. Stealey r.will be greatly : .. missed.»-It.<js;.probable that' the: Rev. J. E. > . Jones ,ivill be appointed to take charge here. SHANNON. , The superstructure of the bridge in course of erection ~the Manawatu • river has • -. been/raised ■15 inches., . • _ r .-. / J-:.R. Stans e ll, l , J.P., opened, the " ' tathohc bazaar here on Saturday night 'The Town Hall \vas crowded, and-many articles 1 . . were .sold .and raffled.' There was' a great ■ ' Bale (©L tickcts for a cushion presented by ~ Ladj ljunket, which.was-won by Miss Wa- ' ran,, ofvAuckjand. -Tho-bazaar..will.cofl'oludb". OT I " i •'i '? , s , nl S'\t| !(nd a dance and social be. held on Wednesday night Fathbr Mallieii,. of;Otaki,- is-at present in ' Shannon. . • . .

«V;. j,£ h .. output; from. this" dis- ■' trict since the drought broke. ■■■ t. v FEATHEESTON. Mrs. Kathleen Harrey;: wife of Mr A' •' Har.vey,---.late, of Featherston," died nt Mas-/ ; • terton; s oA ■"Saturday atthe early age of 39 : internal complaint wasvthe cause 1 of :d<sathi..,-'.A'. widower and four children are • -lefttamourft' their loss-'" v . Tho; hospital box at the Royal Hotel was' .cleared a "few; days ago,' its contents,' totalling. £2, sent":to, the South Wairarapa , Hospital 1 ' '