PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 165, 6 April 1908, Page 9

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

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FEILDING. Mr. Roy L. Harding, w'ho has been actingcngineer for: tho Oroua County Council for ,tbe; ; past.'twelve, months, has■■beon'.permanchtly VappointKr toy tho'position. ,Tho :Orona County. Council, is to '.strike a general rate of ll : l6ths of a penny in tho & on the rateablo value of'tho county for the .! ensuing' year. ' This is a deduction. of l-16th of a penny on tho previous year's rate.. Th©.»jPeilding' Chamber of Commerco is gathering. data, to. convince tho Minister for • Railways of tlio. importance of Feilding as a centro of: traffic. Tho month and tho quarter just - -finished ' provido. strong proof. In . March": there were dispatched at the station ovor. 30j000 vsheep, 218 .cattle, botiveen 500 and .600 pigs, , nearly 450 bales of wool, 200 tons'of grain, and over 100 tons.of articles coming under, tlio heading of'"general merchandise." /For tho . first- threo fmonths of this year:goods dispatched havo constituted a record, and, indeod,; tlio value' and bulk: of trade increases with every year. • During the -quarter .a''total of; 7000 bales' of wool was handled, and sheep to tho number of 100j000 wero;sent away. This -.will give an idea".of the extent and value of the district; to bo served; by: the ■trains.; aiidisliould weigh, well in pressing home to : the,' Gcrernment, tho necessity l :for' treatingFeildingwith -justice in" the .rumiing of : the express trains.. 1 . •' The .. annual" meeting. ,bf > tho Ivirabolton Literary..and Debating elected, tho following', officersß«v. J.: . Mayo, president 1 ;;-Messrs'. iH.VE.; Astbury, J. Wallace, H. : If. - Hodge, :vice-presidents; Mr. Mason, secretary and treasurer; Mcsdames Crabbo,: Astbury;-.Fowler, Paliiier*' and Wallace, and Messrs.) C..'Baynes', : E. H. Crabbe, W. Morton, :and:T.'*MestdiV,. general committee ; Mr. H. -E ; Astbury, editor of, the .Journal. - 7: - that ..Mr. has., been nominated :for tho position,. will' bo ' the -iiext -president of the: Feil<jfing V A...and.P.' Association; The FcildingpArnateur. Swimming Club has given' £40 :to' tlio fund for making a' cricket, groundyonVSout^'Street^lteserve.This handsome donation ~is-the ; result : of tho swimming carnival/ aricl >thei: Club's funds -also benefit by-£6. '; The ..Club has 'decided to. carry out tho ; arrangements, fori the oompstition for tho medals': : and/certificates' offered' to'; school • ehildren/'kyviho ' .Wanganni.'Centro^'of' tho Swimming. Association. ■ This swim is to be hold "in 'Mr.- Carr's artificial lake; . The next carnival v if(-' t.0 : .-be. held in ■ aid of ..-Mr. Sam Daw's .Manchester Band.;. Mr.'Carr has been thanked b'y.tho'Club for.tho use of ; his lake.

HASTINGS. .It - is slatai 'that Mr;/E: J. 'Watt and other largo HawkeVßay. landholders - will - shortly go.- tp ; .''Australia.-, with tho; object of/investing .. very'-considerable.-.sums.in-land, in Queens-. ■■ la.nd. \- ~ : ■ • 1 -~ ;,/ - Sir- Joseph' Ward has informed a. prominent /resident'./that' 'ho will , visit Hastings, '..and will-deliver: ap/address as. soon as ho returns from. tiio.'Sotith. ■'. - Up fo.stho 1 present- tho candjdates- for. the fiawke-'s -Bay r ;|oat -aro Mr., Dillon l (the .sit-. Wmj'Russell, Mr. ,T.: J. Thompson (Mayor)/,. and : Mr. H; >lan Simson:/ Mr.All. i'J.;. JXatt ijs "being .pressed to stand, .waited upon ; : 'Mr:/.G. Py® oh nelly with the samo-object,, but it is verv doubtful 'if Mr. Watt will eiiter the'lists} whilo Mr;. i.Dohnelly. is almost cer-. tam..to decline tho honour. Mr.. A. E. Jul), of .Wajpiwa, ;-is : persistently mentioned; -but he/declines to "'commit-'himself to a stated 'merit.:/;;:.; 1 ;;-/.-/:;.'-: //'; ; ; -' FEATHERSTON. ! A-.meeting r of/ tho 'Fire Brigade wi'll take ' placer on • Monday, evening, the business be-' ! ing'vtb'-receive' .the", balance-sheet and thedelegates'Conference report. l , The brigade made'^'profit/of/_£2..6s.;4d>'from its danco on .: ' •/■ It was reported at| a .-meeting of tho trustees of ~the ' Methodist Church ; that £50 had beon paid :bff ;tho. principal'of the mortgage. : It ; vestry. -' ./Mrsil;, Sti-lne,"':/tlie ifewly-appornied-'.teac'lier'' for.'the ,Tablolauds School,, has arrived in that .district.' : • J/./ :;//'/ / . Thero J . Aver? 17 '.births,•••2.-deaths,;- and 2 marriages ' in - Martinborough • during r .tho quarter ended March 31. ~ , -: v Mr.W. E. Bidwill's racehorso Elovation is reported to: have arrived in Sydney in capital condition. •-. , On : Friday • ovening Mr. iR. R. Martin of :: tho ;New .: Zealand-'- Political -Reform 'League,' addressed a 1 representative meeting here; Mr. J. 'W. Card was in. tho chair. In. tho' course of his-remarks Mr.- Martin, explained;-the objects of the League, whose political colour was' -identical. ta ■ that of tho Opposition. Ho pointed out the benefits to be derived from organisation, quoting seve- . ral-Aillnstrations."; At the 'of the' ad-. ■ dress'/thp speaker' was accorded a 'vote-'of thanks, and: it- was -unanimouslj : resolved to form a branch of tho League. /