„FEILDING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 151, 20 March 1908, Page 5

„FEILDING NEWS.

Yet anothor unsuccessful attempt has been mfido by ,a ,'Palmorston team to win the Yates: Feathers from tho Feilding Bowling Club's, holders. •'. i .- .

A party, consisting ■of Messrs'. G.' D. Braik, of Wanganui, J. A! Itush, and F. Purnell, of Marton, and S. Penny,' of Sanson, were to leavo Marton yesterday evening with ; tho: intention, of exploring the crater of Ruapohu.' : Mr.- J.-O.' Capper, sccrot-ary of the Kim-bolton-Apiti Railway League, wrote to tho Feilding Chamber of Commorce, asking for their' representation on the deputation which |is to meot the' Hon. W.. Hall-Jones shortly on tho subject of the branch line to Kim-, bolton' from* Feilding. Messrs. J. I W. Brarnwell and : Fred were appointed. 'l'he anniversary social of tho Methodist and Presbyterian Churches of Nikau was held in the Nikau Methodist Church on Wednesday evening. - The' Rev. C. 15. Bee-croft,-of Feilding, .president of the Methodist . Conference, -fwas: iii:;the' chair, and was cordially welcomed iii'recognition "of the honour recently oonfoircd upon him. A special'meeting,-.of tho Council of ..'tho Feilding .'.Chamber of'i Commcrco was held' on Wednesday night. ' Tho Chairman, Mr.. A. E. Atkinson, stated that 'the emergency meeting had been called to discuss the proposed omission ' Feilding from tho stopping places on tho railway when tho through lino from Wellington to Auckland was opened. Mr. Fitzherbert .said, in answer to a question,', that, the authorities . had decided to i-stop- tho train .at - Paekakariki and 1 Otaki, and,they woro to leavo Foilding ont to mako the stopping places as few as possiblo. I Mr. Bartholomew proposed, that the . secretary approach the member for the district (Mr. F. Y. Xothbridgo), and ask him'to ascertain .if, there was any truth in the statement that Feilding was to be left .off tho list, of stopping places:, After discussion, - this' was adopted..: