FEILDING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 276, 14 August 1908, Page 3

FEILDING.

A painful and distressing accident took place in Queen Street on Wednesday, when Mr. Gil Heald, son of Mr. R. Heald, had a severe injury inflicted to his eye. Mr Heald was driving a four-inch nail into a joist, when tho nail rebounded and struck him in the eye. It is impossiblo to say yoti how serious tho result of tho accident may, be, but tho'hope is expressed that Mr. Heald may not' havo his sight_ permanently affected; The annual meeting" of the Foilding Athletic: Club was held last night in the Library' room. Tho annual report stated that facing a debit balanco and waning interest, inathletic sports by the public and competitors, it was . considered advisable to reduce tho prize money for last year's sports by about £50. There was a balance available of £35 2s. 5d.,..the, year's operations having resulted in>a profit of £33 3s. ' lOd. Officers were elected as follow: —President, Mr: F., Y. Lothbridge, M.P. (re-appointed); auditors, Messrs. E. J. Wackrill and C, B. Aitkcn,'(reappointed); committee, Messrs. C. B. Aitken, E. G. Kennedy, J.- Collingwood, E. H: Fisher, R. Whisker, J. M'Leod, N. Bray, W. J. Jones, T. Askew and J. Jacobsen; programme committoe, Messrs. Barry,. Collingwood,' Fisher, Sutton, Aitken, and Ongley. j

LEVIN. j Tho weather locally still remains very fine —warm .days and • frosty nights, and already several households, are getting short of water. •' Mr. J. Phillips,' a local motor enthusiast, was evidently looking for records a' day or so ago, when he came from ' Paekaliariki to Levin, a distance of, 35 miles, in fifty minutes, actual riding time, on' His Jour-cylinder motor cycle. . On one "straight piece of .road, where he could see well ahead, he states that ho covered "four miles in'as many mihutes. At .tlio Century Hall on Wednesday night .the ;Y.M.G:.A., Debating Society discussed the. ■ question as to "Which was the!most.beneficial tb'education, reading-or'travel?"" Thore rwas , affair'attendance of the public, and : tho debate-was a good one, and so;very even that the public had great, difficulty in deciding which'was the better side, though in tho end "reading"'won by .two votes. , Mrl'W. C. Nation, with'three others,'spoke,ably for "reading," as in. fast did Mr. Palk .and two others- for "travel."- ■ . J. . '. At Wednesday night's meeting of'-.".the Management Committee of the.'Horowhenua Rugby; Union A. -Cook, who was reported by Mr. J. C. Bump for rough play, was dis- ■ 'qtrtiliiied for one £ear. j Mr. Drysdale, the manager,of the Wera;roa|State Farm, has been unwell for somo weeks'past, and left for-Roixirua yesterday morning to take a wqll-earned rest. Tho ■Levin team of ; hookey players that visited Otaki on Wednesday to play the Otaki team, were beaten by 4 goals to nil. Mr. Nicholson refereed. '■ At. Manakau the Manakau team met and defeated tho Levin YIM.C.A. team .by. 3 goals to. nil, -thereby winning this year's ;championship by a margin- of 6 points. ' • ,