PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 311, 25 September 1908, Page 3

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

(FROM OUR .SI'ECIAL CORHES?ONDENTS.) FEILDING. At the meeting of the Feilding Firo Board on Wednesday the chairman (Mr. F. Pirani) and Mr. R. M. 'Simpson (Wellington) were appointed delegates to tho Conference of Fire Boards: • : . - • Tho Halcombe Primitive Methodist • parsonage trustees arc adding land to their trust, estate by purchasing a paddock of four acres adjoining the parsonage property, which previously belonged to Mr.- 11. F. Linton, who has, with his family, just left Halcombe for Otalico, inland from Hawera. The above addition will givo to the parsonage property a total area of nearly six acres. A meeting of the committee' of the Oru'a Tennis Club was held on Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Frrd Pirani (president) being in the chair. The resignation of the lion, secretary (Mr. H. B. Strange) was accepted with regret. Mr. A. M. Ongley was elected lion, secretary. The following committees were set up:—Match and handicapping committee, Miss Bray Messrs. M'Corkindale and Sinclair; ground committee,' Misses Skinner and Bray, Messrs. M'Corkindalo and Gould. CARTERTON. His . Worship tho Mayor (Mr. W. Moore) opened the Fire Brigade bazaar' yesterday afternoon. The stalls were well filled with attractive goods, tho result of the unremitting industry of months past. In the even-' ing the "Tin Can" band 'from Masterton performed, and a torchlight procession of brigadesiren announced that business had begun tin earnest. The stallholders were asfollowTrinket stall: Mrs: Maguire,' Mrs. Edwards, and Misses M. Whyte, Robinson, Beatson, Woods, ' Maguire,' and De Steine; Fancy'stall : Mrs. Hadley, Mrs. Baillie, and Misses Callender, Zillwood, Krahagen (2), and Tucker. Produce stall: Mrs. T. Aplin, Misses Burnett and R. M'Farlane. . Plainwork stall:, Mesdames D. Reid, Canton, and M'Kelvie. Lollio stall. Mrs. Cole,' Mrs. Goodin, Misses Judd, E. Eagle, Nicolson; and Mrs.' liathborie. Flower, stall: Misses Graham, Brown, Hall, Maguire, Baillie,' and Miss Graham. Tea-roOm: Mesdames Lum-: ley, Cave, Hart, M'Kenzie, senr., Krahagen, and Misses Hart. Molloy, Herdman (2),; Mcqnkcn, and Bristow. Dredge: Miss Moore and Missi Mona Skelley. Football-' kicking: Mr. H. M'Kenzie. Shooting gallery: Mr. C. Sadler. Aunt Sally: Mr. H. Hutchinson. The whole of the details-were arranged under the direction of Captain E. M'Kenzie. Mr. Walter Campbell is secretary. WOODVILLE. . The Fifth, Battalion Rifles held a daylight parade here, on Wednesday. Tliero were present: -Dannevirko Rifles, 22 men (Capt. Davidson, officer in charge); Dannevirke Cadets, 32 (Capt. Allaidicc); Woodyille Rifles, 22 (Lieut. Home). The Battalion staff was: Major Taite, Capt.-Adjutant Nelson, Lieut.-Quartermaster Cairns. The Pahiatua Rifles did not put in an appearance. Somo useful drill was. gme through. In the evening- Col. Davies, InspectorGeneral, gave a lecture to the men in the Drill Hall on service protection. The local hockey teams held a combined social in the Alexandra Hall on Wednesday evening as a wind-up for the. season. OTA EI. The No-Licenso meotiii2 convened for Wednesday night was very poorly attended, only the convener, the No-License Parliamentary candidate, and reporter putting in an appearance. The seven-year-old daughter of Mr. Dawicli, of Palmerston North, died in the sanatorium hero yesterday, making . tho second death in the institution within a week. Mr. Best, of Te Horo, has disposed of somo early lambs in tho Wellington market, at 15s. per head. FEATHER S'i'ON. Advocates of No-Licenso aro endeavouring to form a league here. Theip'o'st office contract is being pushed ahead with much rapidity, and..the brick work will soon bo completed. Mr. J. Munro, late of Feathcrstqn, has been elected foreman of the Taihape Fire Brigade. ' ,' '. . Business people here have decided not to close their places of business on'Saturdaiy (Dominion Day). A public holiday is to be observed hero from 11 a.m. on tho "People's-Day" of tho Wairarapa 'P. and A. Society's show at Carterton. 1