PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 226, 17 June 1908, Page 4

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

(FBOJI OCR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.), ■■ ■ ■ fr— ' PALMEESTON. ■ 'A 1 five-roomed house at Stoney Creole, owned by Mrs. Handsford, of Wangamri, and occupied by Mr. W. Byors, was totally Btroyed by fire' yesterday afternoon. Tho occupier was absent when the fire occurred, : . and its origin js unknown, The insurances are not available. CARTERTON. Yet another society has been added to the list of social clubs in Carterton. At a mwty 1 ing hold in the Library on Monday evening it was decidcd to form a chosß, draughts, and Balta.club. About 26 people handed in their ; names as members, and tho following offices •:■■■■■ were filled President, Mr. T. E. Mannsell; vicc-presidonts, Messrs. Jas. Brown ( and W. F. Roydhouse; secrotary and treasurer, Mr. W. Downard; committeo, Messrs. Salmon, H. . I Hall, A. E. Edwards, and J. Cheu. . . A meeting of tho Gas Committeo of the " ' Borough Council was held • last evening in tho Council Chambers. The serious leakago in gas has been chceked. It was reported that 185 consumers had been connected with tho system. Tho Fire Brigade has added another loaf ■■ - to its laurels. Tile brigadesmen met and de;v. feated tho railway staff at euchre to the V 'tune of 30 games to 13. During the social / that followed opportunity was taken to prei sent Fireman Gr. Canton with an eight-day • , ■ striking clock as a parting gift from his fellow brigadesmen. Captain Lumley made the presentation. Mr. Campbell endorsed the re- , marks, and Fireman Campbell suitably reI : ■ ■ plied. Songs and recitations were given by. Messrs. Miller, Molloy, Canton, Hutchinson, ; - and Toomath. Mr. N. M'Kenzie, letter-carrier, was enabled by coolness and promptitude to avert serious accident' on . Monday. The horse , at- . *: • tachedJo Mr. M. T. West's buggy careered iV. ; \ down High Street without a driver/ and was ;j ' stopped m mid career at Victoria Street V crossing by Mr. Mackenzie seizing tho roins. : : y • Much discomfort and inconvenience is being experienced by the ploughing operations for lowering High Street. /Now , and again ■ J.;' ■ : the plough strikes .water 'and gas connections,, and thero is trouble till readjustment takes place. . * v . - LEVIN. •. • BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING. The usual-fortnightly mooting .of the i' ■ ' Borough.; Council was held last night. ' There were present :—:Tlie Mayor (Mr. ,B. R. GardiC ' ener), and Councillors' Mackenzie, Hall, \Yil- ,. . liams, Prouse, ' Doiiglas, Ryder, Hankins, ; , and Hudson.' The ' Council first" sat' as the :■,Domain -'.Board, . whop ,'the, motion charging • the Horowhenua Rugby Uniosv £10 10s. for tho use. for the .Levin. Park .was. rescinded, ' and it was decided to chargo tho Union £5 , ss. for the use of tho ground during tho ■ present season. .. . ! The Council then sitting to deal with ordinary business put through a . considerable amount of correspondence, including a tele- : , gram "from the Premier, asking that Levin ; should have a representative nag flying in i- Auckland during the visit of tho American fleet. It was decided to send a flag, also a • telegram of welcomo to tho fleet .from tho ' citizens of Levin. With reforenco to. the forthcoming conference of the New Zealand Municipal Association, the Maydr was appointed delegate ■ to represent the local Council. 'rJ'\ It was decidcd to allow Mr. R. Baylis an ; extra 14. dayS'in which to complete, his con- . 'tract for making of footpath botween township and the'railway station. ; , , It was resolved to strike a general rate of lid. .in the £,' during tho (current) year v ' ; ending March 31, 1909. V:|.' Owing'to tho fact that the work at the v c , local Court-house had increased so consider- t ably of late, and that tho chief constable has. found difficult-to manage both his duties , as oonstable arid'.clerk of the court, it was , deeided tfl tho Minister for/Jurtico, ; asking for a' separate Clerk of the Court: ; . It was decidcd to arrange with the Counr ~ mi's.bankers for an overdraft of £1300, in i anticipation of reoeiving. the general rate of lid. in £ on "the capital valuo.of the , Borough, viz., £224,000. . Being a mid-monthly : meeting, but few C general accounts' were passed for payment, - tho total amounting to only £16 16s. , . ld _ ■ It was resolved that the account of Mrs. Ostler for the surrender-of her interests in the gravel reserve amounting to ,£438 19s. . 3d. bo passed for payment. The report of tho Roads and Streets Committee, which recommended that. the crossings in Mabel and M'Kenzie Streets be repaired and improved, was adopted. ; A sitting pf the Police Court was held in Levin this morning before Messrs. B. R, Gardener and W.' C. Nation,' J.P.'s. A man • named James Muir was charged with being i ' > drunk, 'with being illegally in the Weraroa } / Post Office, and with using obscene languago. I i Muir was fined 55., in default 24 hours' imprisonment, for being drunk, and on tho I' other two charges, a month's imprisonment j; for'each was imposed, tho terms to bo con- : j : y ' current, ; / GREYTOWN. i: . The public men of tho Wairarapa are mak- | ing a point of being separated from tho Welr : lington District as regards charitable aid [ . and having that administered from within : their district instead of from Wellington city t as.at present. Tho present timo, with the If Hospital and Charitable Aid Bill before tho f . public for consideration, is considered oppor- [. ; tune, and it is understood that the late dclc- : - gates from this district are moving to get a meeting called at which delegates will be !. ; appointed to place the- matter before tho ; •. Minister from the Wairarapa point of view, j . The members for: tho districts interested are I understood to bo in favour of the change. i ■ . !' • I' OTA'KI. H.'-V .Mr- W. M. Simcox has returned to this j district after an extended holiday in AustraU lia. While there, he saw the championship j ; tonnis match in South Australia, indulged in I ■ his favourite pastime of golf, and otherwise I;had an enjoyable and profitable time. [' . - Mr. Cook, tailor, met with a nasty misf hap on Monday night, while following his i usual occupation his finger came in contact j.' : with the sewing-machino needle, with the ro--1 . . suit that the linger was completely pierced ! . —hone and all. i ' r The _ Papa Koura hockoy team to play j tho Kitt Toas at Greytown to-morrow is as t follows:—Misses C. Easthope, I. Fuge, I. j ' Tait, P. Aitehison, A. S. Cundy, I. Sheen, I E. Burt, E. Davis, I. Rowl, Elsie Burt, and i;, / E. Skipago. The Golf Clubs of Feathersten and Greyj i town play a match here on Saturday. L- . ; Mr. A.. 'Murphy, of Featherston, was _• throwii from his horse whilo proceeding into , j the citizen's' ball the other evening. Tho ! horse tripwl and fell with him. He lay . stunned for some two hours on tho road, i' before being discovered. Mr. Murphy sufi fered some nasty cuts on tho face, and K- . sundry bruises. . " • ! ' The Shield points in connection with the < . Golf Club now stand as follow:—B. Speedy, i 35-; J. W. Card, 3.; A. J. Toogood, 3; Q. Donald, 21; G. Fenwick, 2J; G. T. Allen, j 2; J. R. Williams, 1; A. Hammond,