PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 186, 1 May 1908, Page 9

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

(rnou oca, srnciAi,. cobrespondenm.^'

PALMERSTON. , Mr. Nnsli, llio new Mayor, received-yes-terday over; 200. telegrams congratulating him oil' liis victory. : . • ,

FEILDIKG

'■■■'■'i'ViWing vital' statistics for April arc thirtrnn births/' three: deaths; and seven marriages/' • •; : . i ' •••• •> .' .The Kiniboltoir Golf Club,.has opened its season. ' •■:■■■.• ■ ■ i 'J'hn fortnightly' salo at. Apiti was .largely attended, and the prices secured for stock were well up to the average considering all .circumstances.. • ■ i . 1 ••-•A--now .-hockey club, the Oroua Ladies' Club, has been formed m Eeilding.. Miss Bray ,\was elected lion. 6ec. and treasurer, •,whilst;';Musses M. Gould, . V. Ethel Mills were elected a committee. It was'decided to.open the season next Wednesday, under tho coaching of Mr. H. Bo Strange,' ail ex-Ivorth Island representativa plajei

I GREYTOWN

On Tuesdav evening tho annual meeting olf St. Luke's. Ohurch was .held m .the Schoolroom,- the Rev. D. 0. Hampton presiding: during the absencc of the vicar (Rev. Wynne . Bond): >■: .A" fairly satisfactory report and . balaifce-shent. was presented , and : adopted.. Mr. Hampton ■ appointed Dr. i Bcv as his warden, J v and the 1 following officers wcro elected: —Peoplo's - churchwarden, Mr. H; Dudding; vestry, Messrs. W. A.- Tata, ,M. ■ Maxtoiii- W. Armstrong, W. and E. Gates, S. -Kent' Johnston, AY. C. Davies, H. Trot-.* man; •-W «• and H. Czpanskv; ■ auditor, ,Mr. '•H.. Walden; svuodsnian, Sir. H. Dudding. , A resolution was earned affirming the prill- , : : of' female voting. .' Atsocial ' was; held I'. after tho close of 1 business, and was much . cnjoml 1 i The Rev. Wynne-Bond is on- leavo of ab- ~ :sejicp for twelve 'months, and : the :Rov. D. ; '(3: -Hampton is locum tenons. ::' .'■ v ;;* ':v;

"v 1 - LEVINv-

■y'Tlio. Leyin, Dramatic.^Soojpty''is.;:hai>cl:. aj:l, , work ; prepjiriiig ; 'for'; its j: next', production, ; .V iwbich will, be; "Our Bots. ' Tlic piece will May 13V and. should be a great •success, .judging. by'. the J good > work ;,beiiig ' ' ,-put 'in at..rehearsal;. ... v.. . There ,|: . thatj some"^^V»^ J . train as it was/passing through, Levin ,yes--. terday morning at a fair rate of speed,, but so far thero has .been nothing to substan- . liate tho ( storv. S- ~ -.Tho ■ ne\vly-npj>omted minister to ' tho ■ .Leyiiv • Presbyterian -Church,-, the -Rev. - J.iiS' expected to arrive in Levin: next-' • s v '.- •' ' ---j'"'-■.""-V'-vii'iiV;'

FEATHEItSTON.

i.tl A: jSleilißftiit,' long-night dance, -undor -tho-, • ?au3piceS of 1 tno local tiro Brigade, waEvheld; - on i \Vednesdav evening, there. being a good: lattendanco in', face of. unsatisfactory : weather. Visitors eamo from Morrison's Bush and :Martinborough. : Tho. floor, was in capi- - ■ tal l order, and dancing was kept going until ; offer TnSdrtight to: music:, provided, by Mrs. - ■.-A?sßii"rt.','!'Tho duties' of M.C. were earned «: . Out >:bv' Messrs; .o:'Lust and ■A. Higgison. • Extras were played: bv Mrs.; 10. Cundy,'Miss . Waller, Mcssis J Lust and A. Higgison. l 'An'cxcellont supper was; provided, ' and ".the : : door takings ainounted»tor£6'9s.,'ivluch,will leave a'orcdic balanco of £2for tho'Brigado. .

PONGAROA.

i > Mr. JohiVH. P.; .Allen--, writes from Pon-.. garoa; under:dato April was,:dis-..; lc6&'i-<M' n Sii& mofiii'iig .thafc tv3o" %fwMA{io:v'j 'feiJSi'wßfe"lneligible', hot::being householders,-, and 1 havo:advised the ißoard to that effect, requesting then) to'declares. ejectioii-.void." v

' < WAIEAXAE. ,

:The;folibwiiig; in'connection. ;i '\Yitiii the election, of- tlio Waikanao School < Committee this/meeting j,consideravv the erection of; a now .school on .a.-more , 1 healthy site an - urgent * necessity,, also that; it •; respectfully draws the Hoard's attention, to 'tho' fact' that the: attendance of scholars is far m excess of tho present school's capacity, and, rcbnsejuehtly -detrimental; l both to tho ■ healthof tho children' anil to tho convenience ; of. A teacher's residenco/ for which "application 1 has time and again been . made, is still unprovided,;-notwithstanding the fact that tho number of. children attending tho school has long since: exceeded the ■ attendance required bv. the Board before- .a.=- ; tcachor's'residence.is provided. 'scKoioV . olccted at IlcikiorangiMessrs. R,- Stubbmgs .■ (chairman), G.. A. Monk, J. F. iMonk, S. ; Chiton, ,S Coinei, A Neilson, W Cooper, senior