PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 157, 27 March 1908, Page 5

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

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PALMEIISTON. i Palmerston butchers after May 1 will sell . for cash only. , ? . . / . : t , FEILDING. i Feilding business men arc much concerned - over the rumoured yossibilitv of their town _ boing cut out of the list of stopping places for tho Main. Trunk Line. Tho Chamber of" Commerce has held another meeting to 3 discuss the matter. The secretary (Mr. S. ■ W. Fitzherbert) read a telegram from Mr. 1 F;.-F. Lothbridge, M.P. for Oroua, who was . in Wellington, as follows: "The Minister informs me that tho time-tablo is not yet J fixed."■ The Department is at work on it." . It was resolved that a .committee be sot 1 up to arrange for a deputation, supported . by • all' tho local bodies interested in the . Wellington Chamber of Commerce, and | armod with all.' the available statistics, to , wait on tho Minister as soon as possible. [ Tho Chairman said it seemed ridiculous to him that tho people of New Zealand should | be taxed for thi3 line, and an important ; district like Feilding left out. ! A gymkhana, held on the. Feilding Race- . course on Wednesday in aid of tho funds , of the. Society for the' Prevention of Cruelty !■ to Animals, was spoiled by bad, weather, the [ takings only'clearing expenses. PAHIATTJA. , A sitting of the Magistrate's Court was j hold on Wednesday, when, several, civil cases , having been dealt with, the case of the , Paliiatua Racing Club v. ( J. Coburn' for , trespass as a bookmaker was called on. Tho , evidence for the defonce showed that the defendant had obtained admittance to' the course with the intention of finding employment as a bookmaker's clerk, but had doiie no betting himself. Tho caso was dismissed, each side, to pay their own.costs. In the caso Pahiatua Racing Club v. J. C. Palmer, bookmaker, for trespass, defendant was fiiied £10, and costs amounting to £3. . Tlib annual general' meeting of tho Woodlands Hunt Club took placD on Wednesday evening, when tho balance-sheet for the past yoar," showing a credit balance 0f,£47 195., was., adopted., With regard to tho forthcoming; mooting, a similar, programme to last- ; yoar was adopted, with the exception that the ~ "Bqiicolct raco" was' cut out uiiid a " Members race" substituted. Prior to the mooting, Mr. ;J. Sweeney, whft was .the'master, for tho past year, was the recipient of .'a handsome silver-mounted oak salver, salad bowl and servers, suitable inscribed,, from tho mombers of tho Club, as a mark of tho they folt of his work in ' the interests of tho Club. .The local Chamber of Commerco also held a meeting, at which it was resolved that the Postal Department be asked for direct telephonic communication between Makuri and Pongaroa, via Mangatiti. It was also resolved that it W.-V3 advisable to have a road suitable for wheel traffic connecting Coonvor .through the Makairo Gorge, and Mr. T. Whitta be asked to obtain all the signatures possiblo. for a petition to this end; A Holiday .Committee was set up to draw up a list .of holidays to be observed, and submit ,them,.to a further meeting of-the Chamber, and'it . was also resolved to hold a meeting early in April, when- other matters of commercial interest' would be. discusscd. .'. CARTERTON. 1 .- •'A.meeting of ladies in connection with tho forthcoming bazaar was held at tho Fire Brigado station on Wednesday, about thirty being present. Stalls were allotted, and.arrangements mado for a complete canvass of the town and surrounding districts. At tho, pa ratio of tho Cart'crfon Rifle Volunteers, Dr. D. G. Jchnston was attached as'• Surgeon-Captain to tho Corps, tho Rev, R. Robert as chaplain, and'Mn J. M. Lightfoot as honorary member. , , OTAia. . Local jieoplo aro indignant over a paragraph which has appeared in various papers to the effect that when tho Main Trunk railway lino is completed tho through train will stop at Paokakariki, and not at Otaki. It ■is contended that this is most i unfair, ■ considering that,tho refreshment rooms are here, and that Otaki is' midway between Welling- • toir"and Palmerston.,, . ' . , .SHANNON. \ ■ '..■■Miss M'Carthy, who is at present relieving I'Mr.; Harrison at tho Post Office, has been far'from well lately, and is still confined to bod. v. ■ ; v . _'. . Everything, in this district points to a hard ' winter for tho workers') ..with possiblyindustrial .depression in the near,- future.. Neariy all ©very-day commodities ;h'avo advanced in price, and house rents'are slowly hut surnly rising. EEATHERSTON. •, The .dance.held on Wednesday evoning by tho i'iro Brigade was fairly well attended, a.nd.';passed\ou: very enjoyably.. Music was, provided' by Mrs.;A. Burt, s and tho duties of ul'.C.v attended'to by Mr. J. Munro. A . horse belonging to tho -Wairarapa Racing Club, staked itself on tho Club's cbur'si) at Tauherenikau a few ovenings ago, and.ivas found dead next morning. It was valued at £35. . ' .'Mr; James Crawford has given £1, to'the funds.of the Firo Brigade. ' The Wairarapa Lako was opened on Tues- ■■ day to, allow the surplus waters to escape. ; ' ;Mr..S. Aitchison, of Featherston, is at present laid up with a sprained knee, the result of . a bicycle collision. ,