PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 233, 25 June 1908, Page 9

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

(FBOM OUR SPECIAI, COnBESFONDENTS.),

' PALHERSTON. STUD SHEEP FOR SYDNEY. Tho Now Zealand Loan, and Mercantilo Company, aro "shipping by'the Victoria tor morrow 100 English Leicester ram stud ' lambs on account of' Mr. A". Harding'' (Siberia), to be sold at'the stud 6alo in . Sydney, at which tlio company offer exclu- i sivoly. stud sheep from Now Zealand. At a -' previous sale a tow weeks ago they shipped 245 Romney rams on account of Mr. I). Buick (Palmqrston North), and other lots on ." behalf of Messrs. F.- M. Koberstein '(Tai- ' koroa), W. G. Pcarc.e, and.Smith. Broai (Colyton). , '..

Tho friends of Mr. A. Levy, a prominent citizen of Palmerston North, will bo'pleased to learn that he has quite recovered after his serious indisposition. Tho Apiti Dairy Factory directors havo purchased' tho. large, Topliss combinod chum and exhibited, at the Manawatu Show, and the machine is to-be installed in the new factory room now in course Of erection, on tho site of the factory, destroyed by fire last' season. ''

,- ■■ ' | \ PAHIATITA. • - Heavy rain' sot in at .ll o'clock on -Tuesday night, and ■ continued-steadily until eleven ; yesterday-morning. ' 'At-a sitting of the Magistrate's Court held' on Tuesday.-a ipilk supplier'-sued tho New Zealand Dairy Union Company for £25 Is. 3d for milk supplied, • The company coun-ter-claimed for, £80 as damages, on tho ground that plaintiff had tampered with the test bottles at the. factory. . Plaintiff, did not appear,: and, judgment • was • given for. defen« dants, the counterclaim boing withdrawn; i. At.a,' meeting of the'.'stewards of tlio PahiaJtna'Racing Club, Messrs. J. Breeds, and O. : C. Cooper were appointed delegates, to the conference, to be held at Master'ton,- relating, -.to- the distribution of complimentary tickets.' - The funeral -took place on Tuesday afternoon of the infant son of Mr. Jaines Avery, who died a fow days. back. Tlio remains were followed by a long cortege of sympathising friends of the family. . CARTERTON. V.: Messrs. ' C..VBucharian and A.- H. Vila, members of • the Wellington Education Board, [paid/animspoctioii visit: on Tuesday.tb.Mata'rawa.% \ i : The'metalling .portion of the High Street 'contract was! concluded - oil' Monday, andevery effort is'beiiig made-to comploto the ;asphalt' during the presont spell ,of • fine weather. ' * . . ■■ . ,Th ere'. is ' every! indication of •a I ■' ."record poultry show next month; "Tlio." secretary reports ? that entries aro coming in freely. • Messrs." ,G,. Hr Fairbrptlier' aifd'-'.'W. J;' -Lindop, JtP;'s "presided"* over ■ tho;'VMagis-' .tratpls, Cqurt .on Tuesday . morning, and' dis--,posed. . the .following; undefended cases in .-favour of plaintiffs'by default:— NVStem'pa iV.:Chas. Schow, claim.£s 14s. lid., and costs •£2 3s. 6d.j A.-S.'. judd v.' I. Vukerstafl, .claim £5, and costs 10s.; M. W.-Savage v. :L -E. M'Cdnnpll ■ (Auckland), claim £8 -12s 6d., and costs £1 7s. 6d. v . : . ' ■ ■ i ;!■ . ' LEvnri ■'..... A meeting'is to,be.held in Levin shortly to form a football referees' association, the object,.of which will; be' to attend to- all the doings of the referees, and give them 'an opportunity, to lay down one or two laws on -their ;owri-account.:-

Ata .recent meeting of tho .Boating Club : to closo down-' the .boatj ' sheds; during, July. so as to haTO all .the ; boats "overhauled and repainted. ; During the- last .week or .so stags have been scon in this district. - One man?toldjtho> ; writer of, a .magnifleenti animal'->H he saw a few [lays,,ago.; ; He'happened to 7 'f: cpmo over .• a ridge.against'.the wind when':.:, ho saw-.a grand headed'malo not-a hundred , 'yards off,'but'ha'was riot destined to'fcea'.;'him ; for long, : a?'the : stag; on catching sighty-;.', of the man, bounded away; 'neatly ! deimrig. ; ; ' a'high : fence, and'waß 'out 6f''.sighs in ■twinkling of an eye.' ' '■ : ' Mr. ■ M. W. l'oley has'been elected secre-." tary of the' Horowhenua Boating' Club in ; placo. of. Sir. E. A. ;Terry,- wlio has : . lefV "■ Levin. ; , ,

Mr! J. G. Hankins, secretary of the Horo-' •' whenua Boxing Association has received in- '] timation that the: association' has been ra- -' gistered under tho Unclassified Societies Act. . f , ,'Mr. Hankins -is; endeavouring.to make, ar- f ;rangoments for tho formation of a . boxing school in Levin'' and Otaki.. I-j otaki. :: 1 • 'A fire ocfcurred at Ma'nakau early on Mon.dny morning,' destroying' tho homestead of 'Mr. George. The origin of tho outbreak is ii mystery/and-the occupants barely escaped with their llivos.

A meeting! of ithq Horowhenua Hockey Association. .was .held on Monday ..night, at' I'MjAaJcau/wheu it was decided to play. Wair- , j'arapa at Levin on August. 5. .The protest by .; ■the.,Manakau,-ladies against Otakit on the ; ;grounds ■ of .the •referee ■ being biased- was - considered frivolous. . 1 ; .1 j : /- ; ' WOODYILLE. Tho 'attehdanco.at.'tlie- Woodvillo -High; i School has sq. improved that the school has- -, risen', a grade. . ' ■ . 1,; .. ■ 1 t At tho recent school .committee meeting, K ! the' Rev. Canon Eccles was elected, tp ropre-, ;Sent' the district on tho Education- Board. , A piano fqr tho .'use of .tho school.is-.totba bought immodintoly.- . , - . . .'.i. - ■ featherston. Tho balance-sheet. of thp rocent citizens' ball shows a credit balance of £11 Ss. 2d., .receipts having been ,£25 165,. Gd. Of the recoipts'"£7 10s.. were donations.. On Monday Evening thcro was a fair audi- ' onco in tho Town Hall,' whon a ' lecture concert, arranged by Mr. J. T. M. Hornsby, M.P., was-given in aid of tho Fire Brigade. The programme was well received, and tho - various parts were carried out vory credit- . ably. Tho programme was as follows :-Ovor- ' turo, orchestra; lecturp,, " With TheJPoots,"Mr J. T.' M. Hornsby,' M.P., j* selection, ;orchostraV Shakespearian roading, the'trial.: •scone I from' "The : Merchant.'- of ,'Vonico,'! ; Misses ,E. ; Armstrong, 6., Berrill,' Mossrs. / M. X).." Hornsby, W. Moore, 0. Moeiiken, iPulkf ord, - and- HtC Fairbrother; songs, Mr... ; J.; MdncfioiT; : Miss E.; Card; recitation, 'Miss " •;Ti KMlughes;- song, : Slr." Algio; recita'tio'nsi'V. ■•Miss : 'Ena' ; .Afmstrp'ng, ■ Miss' H'. Sadler; 'song, ;T >Mr:'.A; Wl Gray Miss .West,.", iMr; '. 0.. Mceiikeiv; '"song, Mr. G. ; Fonwick- ■ recitation; Miss Gertie Berrill; reading, Mr.:'y! 'J. Ti'M.; Hornsby. , ! i Tho Liberal senior, team to play Rovers at Carterton, to-day is -.—Parker, Killop.' .Cor> ■ : nisli, •'M'Cahe, Hendry, Whana, Tockor, ! Fugo,' White,' Chisholm, Nip, Aicken, Fair* brother, Nip, and Tidswell. .' : A horse sold in the pound on Tuesday'roaj lisod, 25.. . ... ,' . . "■ ''.. >