FEILDING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 441, 25 February 1909, Page 7

FEILDING.

The: registrar .of- electors for Oroua,Mr. •; T. ! .Watson,' , set 'an unusually heavy. task /. fortlio Feilding Post O!iico _ staff to-day, .: 1 over' 1300 registered . letiers-'in olio batchbeing posted.\ These are notices to the nonvoters at: the recent'- general jfelectipn, and- '. are sent 'out'; for', the':'piirpose 'of■ ascertaining .;, whether they aros till//resident in the electorate. As. a. separate receipt has to 3 be. made, out for each letter, it willbeseen t that the work is not a light' one. ; ' s Tho .deputation which is to.. present tlio petition.Ho /the. l'reiiiiersurging the Government to acquire tlio Kiddifoid estate at . _ Cheltenham for closer., settlement, ;left.-for ' J. Wellington yesterday.' • Mr. Crabb, of Kim- - bolton,/ who . joins, the deputation; will /also . interview the. Premier regarding his pro-' . ••/ jected visit to'/ Kimboitbn'to open tlio now ■ v post office there., :The Premier,has/informed...i the Cheltenham ; .deputation that • ■ he will 1 meet them on . Friday./•'Mr. Guthrie,-, M.I 1 ., will introduce the deputation. // v,; !: ' . v J Mr. F. Lothbridge, cx-AI.P. for- Oroua, [.'■ was entertained .by \.his supporters at Kim-, ; S/ bolton last night. •. .. _ '■X■ e At- tile meeting of .creditors in the bank- ■ [;■ nipt'estate of; J. A. Hubner on Tuesday,; bankrupt was submitted to a long crossexamination -/iby/..., various/ 1 creditors.; He ' ; 3 stated, that he had not removed any furni-!\ ;? turen.by moonlight' to his soil's houso on the - [' next' ; section. " Asked if he conk! make an "" offer ho said that' he-was unable to- do so v ; r until/.he/'sild' the section; .. The meeting n-as." ?. adjourned • for.Ta : fortnight :to -.ienable./ tlio , "••bankrupt- to\mako : up. ; ,his-ihind..'?.s to the . s ;. possibility/ of making' ; 'an "offcrV,.',; i .quests, -have lately'been, received .',by the' directors :of/.'the'''Cheltenham! Dairy Company for the erection :of creameries. The Kiwitea r > settlers' have sent ah urgent petition for 3 r a creamery- and, / seeing , that one large pro3"> perty-owner (Air. K. Short) has announced lt his intention of milking. ISO cows, it is. very probable that the/' directors .will meet, .the- . le requesti -Tbe Cinder Hill.dairymen-have also, iV : p, made'/appliciition fof the. erection a: "cream-. ..: ery,' and' this' will be favourably. considered ';/" ■■■■'-} if a sufficient number of cows is guaranteed. '-. At' .Waituna'a'^ "creamery/also: exists;-:having';/: " been placed thero : by the ltewa Dairy Com,e pany. The. Cheltenham' Company took ovei ' s the. liewa.-Company's; affairs, but they'have / not yet'./opened, the..WaituuaV.creamery. - : 'A /:.: >y. request for its bpc-ning 'has,.beeit made, and b- is;, being /considered. ; ': : ':-With ; /.tbe\ creamerieiv,-; ';/, already.- in operation - the-: Cheltenhani J Dairy / /!;' Company has had a very successful year. •

IIA.HTOIT. Foiir "rinks;,from' ; the,'. Palmerston . North.; Bowling" Cldb" visited'- ; 'Alnrto»i ; yesterdayand ', suffered defeat on the aggregate by • 52 points. Mr. took tho opportunity'at tiib conclusion of .. tlio day's play, to congratulate, .the Martonplayers 1 on "tlieir Victory. : He stated^that. the green no doubt had.something to.do"with';"-- , v this", as it»was' the fastest which they had played on. .This .was accounted -for-; by. tho . ■ fact that :*the' club ; hadnow been cut olf-from' tho' usual .water .supply, 'which ''■' to the'.upkeep ; :of a .goodiplaying green. '.How- , ,'. ever," they had' spent;a' most enjoyable-after--noon, and .had been defeated- fairly'on--the J . day. The' result would be in no way.' dis- -' to - the Palmerston players, as a , : promised visit to_ Palmerston from .the; Mar- s . ton Club., at an earlyf.date' :(probably v next : '. week) would no doubt turn; the. tables. ; ; .Tho , - visitors wero hospitably entertained. - The re-.: ; suit of -the uames was as follows:—. . . No. 1 rinu: Marton—Trott,- Carey, M'Et. . . downev, Sutcliffe (s.),' 36;".: Palmerston—■ • Short/ Clauson,; Sollitt, Thacker (s.), '• 18. ■ .f No. 2 rink: Marton—Nicol, , W. , Ward, Woolley, H. . llunt (s.), 28; • Palmerston— - ■Grigg, Swallow)-Mowlem,- Taskor"(s.), 20.;;; No.; 3 1 rink:■ Marton—M'lridoe, Holdoway, -k Williams/ Sharpo (s.), 38; Palmerston—.. Dixon, Hansen, Scott; Patterson (s.), 22. .' No. 4 ' riuk:. Cormack, '■ > Duok, Bell (s.), 34 : Palmerston —Batchlor, Ayling, Wilson, Pickering (s.), 25. -' '•■ . , LEVIN. Mr. H. M. Douglas, lato of tho staff oi • Messrs. Wilding and ; Aclanc!, solicitors, ChristchuTchV has joined the staff, of Messrs. Harper and Harper, barristers Mid;solicitors; ■■■: Lovm. - . - . . . - ' -Enthusiasm is'tho feature in :conncction; - with tho Lovin Bowlinji Club just: now, and . quite a' number of lwoii competitions are • taking place among blub '"members'" each. evisi- ;S'' iug. Mr. A. Silk, for - some time; resident of ;■' > Levin, returned on Tuesday, from a twelve 1 - holiday.-from - England, •