PROVINCIAL NEWS. (FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS)

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 334, 22 October 1908, Page 8

PROVINCIAL NEWS. (FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS)

MASTERTON

At yesterday's meeting of Hospital Trustees a. statement was submitted by the secretary which showed that patients' fees collected during the past six months amounted to £267 13s. Cd. on account of general hospital and £68 7s. on : account of infectious diseases "hospital. Tho-number of patients in tho hospital was reported to bo 23. It was decidcd that all patients in futuro must state whether they are members of a friendly society or not. At the Magistrate's Court yesterday Samuel Bartlett, a- prohibited person, was lined £1 with costs 75., in ."default seven days imprisonment,, for -being,.in possession of liquor during tHe;.currency of a prohibition order. Arthur Jones-was fined £10, with an alternative of a. month's imprisonment, for procuring liquor, for Bartlett. The latter paid Jones's fine in addition to his own. ■' The balance-sheet .submitted to the annual jneet-ing of. the Municipal Brass Band shotted Shat the receipts for the year had been £163 ,2s(t Sd..-.- and. thej; expenditure £161 4s. 4d. The assets were set down at £280 19s. 10d., '•and'-, the liabilities /at £23 2s. 3d. The fol- ' lofrirtg officers were elected: —Patrons, Messrs T. Wagg and Dr. Cook; president, Mr. P. L." -Hojlings; bandmaster, Mr. G. W. Hutchinson j sergeant, Mr. E. G. Maher; drummajoH Mr. F. J. Hunn; sustodinns, Messrs. A. Bri.den-and H. Collins; committee,MesGrs. R. Gray, Collins,. J.. Wiseman, H. Dixon, C. and the "officers ex-officio; auditors, JleVsrS, J. ..Prentice and A. Gardner. • At the* sitting of the Ikaroa Maori Land Board yesterday, it-was agreed to recommend the salo of seven acres of Native land at Akura, two and a half miles from : Masterton to Mr. John Cummins. Recommendations were- issued under section 26 of the Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1907, granting flax-cutting rights on Epairama Block D to.-Messrs. Braud and Gilbert.: It was agreetWo recommend the sale of Mangatainoka, block 3 D, subdivision 2 R, to lMr. H. Udy',-' BuEject to a satisfactory price being arranged v ' ' feiljDing. •A number of flags "were hoisted in Feilcjing yesterday in honour of the 103 rd anniversary of Trafalgar Day. - : : Taumarunui is to have another paper, the "Echo," from the first of next month. It ; will be published three: times a week by the. syndicate running the papers at Raetihi and Ohakune.. . ' ■ ' ' . The Halco'mbe correspondent of the star 'states that. the. Kakariki Natives were somewhat disappointed at the non-arrival of King Mahuta ;on Saturday, as they_ had made great'preparations 'for his. reception. A wire was received 'to the 'effect that 'he would visit them'yesterday' when, the opening ceremony -of their new meeting house would be performed." ." ' '■■ , ~ The dairymen .'of'Kakariki are starting a. co-operative cheese factory near the railway siding".' The productiveness of the land in 'the -vicinity, coupled with' a plentiful supply of fresh "Water, ought' to secure the .success of the company. ." ■/. OTAKI.. > At' a meeting of the Horowhenua Horticultural and'lndustrial Society on Tuesday, night 'it" "was decided to postpone the /date of the spring show, ; on of the election,' from; to 25." Various .judges were appointed, subject to their coh- ; A thunderstorm broke over the ; district 'yesterday afternoon, and' for a time raln fell copiously. . . ~ t. ' .... ; The -cricket championship matches will ' commenced. Saturday,, when Otaki Vr'H play Paraparaumu, and Levin will meet Shannon. ' During the course of his speech here, Mr. W H Meld, M.P., said Levin would prob•abiv"be'the central-polling booth in place of Otaki. Mr;,: Hurley,. Registrar.-of Elec-. tors,, says it has now been decided to retain Otaki as the central-booth.

SHANNON

Every seat in the Town-Hall on_Tuesday was 'occupied when'the Rev. Mr. ralmer, of Parramatta, New South Wales, gave an address on No-License. • ; Mr. -Palmer, said';the great objection to -the liquor trade'was'that it-was parasitical. : He referred to the' great struggle over the : Licensing' Bill: aVHome, which' had been the ■means -of-' uniting-'all Christian communities on the Liberal Government side as they had never been joined together before, and quoted Lord Rosebery, "If the nation does not 'throttle the trade the -trade will throttle the nation!" The-speaker dealt effectively with the arguments of the licensed victuallers' party with Tegard ■ to. Ashburton, 'Invercargill, and Oamaru. Mr. Palmer enlivened mS'.-lecture - with illustrative , anec'dotes, and received a=good-hearing. . At the conclusion of -the meeting Mr. Palmer and the Rev. Mr. Worseley, of' Levin, were accorded'.'votes of thanks, and three cheers were .given for No-License. 1 Mr. Albrechthseriilxas let his house in Grey Street to Mrs. Withers, and has gone to reside at Te .Kuiti, ■ Mr. J..Liggins is : !about to give a trial to Mr.'Currie's flax-washing machine in his flax-' mill at Tokomarii. : Tho A., and, L. : Seifert Flaxdressing Company intend'to instal Mr. Walter Seifert's flaxdressing machines at Miranui.

FEATHEItSTOff

Mr; -J.',-'Cameron, "Organising secretary of the Anti-Asiatic League, is at present on avisit 'to Featherston. Before Mr. J. G. Cox, J.P., in the Magistrate's Court, on Tuesday, a man named Adolphus Letter, was;fin«l ss. and. costs for being : unlawfully- : on -the Church of England property at-midnight on Sunday.'