PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 159, 30 March 1908, Page 9

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

(FROM OUIt BPECIAL C,OURESFONDEN79.I, PALMERSTON. ; .Good progress is being made with tlio river protection works at.Hokowhitii.' • The'officers elected liv Mauawatn Rugby I)nion for the season are as follow: Patron, Mr. 1?. S. Abraham; president, Mr. Gibbons.; vice-presidents, Messrs. Stagp'oole, Hardo'i, and Pirani; secretarv, Mr. H. Muller; Iron', surgeons, Drs. Pencil and Willis; Management Committee, Messrs. Armstrong, Manning, Picktitb, Reul, iNash, Jury,, and Lyon ; Inquiry Committee, Messrs., Harden,, Cooper, and- R . S. Abraham. It is considered, that Manawatu' will bo well represented in the .field this season. . ■ ' \ . Councillor .1. Nosh had an' enthusiastic meeting of supporters on I 1 ridav evening. Tho present Mayor's supporters are also sail-' gutne of success, . and the contest should be a well-fought one. ■ 'At Palmerston horse salo on Saturday there was a fair entry. As. usual there was 'an abscnce-of good harness horses and hacks, which are m great demand. ,

'■ v- PAHIATUA. ■ A severe galo was blowing hero on Saturday last, hut' otherwiso the. weather Was keeping fine. 7 ' ?'??;- ' ' i At' the' pig': and- poultry, sales on Saturday entries wero only small, and most lines wero passed in. Weancrs only found buyers at from ss. to 6s. ;-.' 1 "•• At a meeting 'of the Poultry Club held on Frjday evening it was decided to ■ abandon the annual 'show this year. .- ' : 1 ' ■ ' ■ ■:■■■.! GIIEYTOWN. •: After", .some. .12 ofalniost 1 incessant rain wo arc now enjoying beautiful woather, and ono can almost see tlie grass grow—also the ■ weeds, The roads,-,- -yrh'icli y. ero much cut up,'have now set hard again.- . , . -The decision to increase the size.' of , tho South'Wairarapa Hospital has not been taken any too soon; as Dr. Boy has'had'to refuse several cases lately for want of accommodation. A number ot typhoid cases have come in 'lately 'from' 5 the back blocks'and -filled ,thp hospital. '.'-..?'■ .'..•-•?:':•?? :. "-v. OTAKI. •'Football is now; one"of- our. '.chieftopics, 1 and . next Saturday, the' g'Vmo 'will : begin in real, earnest; when the. Moonshiners "—a new toam, composed ,6f sturdy: mill", hands—, will, meet 1 the; recently-fprmcd'. .'Kia'; ' To'as" (Otaki). ... ■ i. ■ - . .The ladies:.of .the Mariakau Hockey .Club jntend opening the season 'with a social early next month.' ;• . The Rev. P. R: Pans,was last week entertained,by his friends,atVsocial &p Teljoro, arid : presented'- with- a pair of-. field-glasses. 1 Mr. Kirk made the presentation. •' - 1 Mr; and Mrs. -S. G.-Cole, who have been Manakau sfor. some .time, 5 liayq' Bold 'out, and in future will reside in Wellington. V??:? { ?'''.' \' '?,' '?'? FEATRERSm. .• On-s Friday;'. Privates '.G.- Walker, ajid 'J. Symes, ■ local .members' of: tho: N?o.. 2 toam of the Groytown Rifle Volunteers that competed at tho Napier Carnival,'.returned home. ' Tho tent-pitclimg was won by -tlio Grcvtowii : No? 1 team, tho No.-2 team getting-third place. 1 -^ci.^n)Wned-te^i)ik-'-Vero'. ; fpijrjiJi 'in'this; mile route, inarch. : . v; ??,'• :