PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 600, 31 August 1909, Page 7

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

• S : 1 : ■ (mou OOR srwlil. COImMrOHOtITS ) J , __ I. » CARTERTON. ';; • Tho funeral; of tho late Blanche vAropero Kopu/ who. died' at the l -Black Bridge pa a ' back,: was ,to 'have- taken ; placo on' ; Sunday, but'tho obsequies had; to be postponed 4ntil.,Tuesday, on account of. tho . ! non-arrivaJ of some ' near relatives. ■. , Mb.: J. \V;v\Vakelin, superintendent of St. 'Mark's Sunday i-'School, completes 25 years' Borvic'e as a 'teacher- in : .tho school on-.-Sep- :;■■■ v,:tenjber 14. - The-.' parents : and . teachers . on ■ Monday evening 'marked the occasion by presonting' her "pritli an; elaborately-finished oak tray.l • • * < • ■ . Members of Wairarapa Methodist congrer gatiohs are arranging to hold a social on : Monday evening,' September >■ 13, to celebrate ' the 'diaffiond vr«ldmg of Mr. . and, Mrs. S. -.■ I", Hart. 1 "Ministera 1 of ■ other denominataons,. and.'-tho president of tho Methodist ponfer- • : v. 'enco' - are to bo invited .jto attend, .ind-: a i ,me<nento;to mark/tho occasion will be presented. , ", : Mr: Roland ' an, ex-resident of ■ Carterton, and now of Taihapo, is at present - on a" brief holiday visit 'to friends hero. The WHirarapa South County Council met. ■ on ■.< Saturday, ' Councillor W. Perryin ■ tho chair.".' A. deoit -balance iof £537,\35. Id. was reported, and accounts amounting to £256 / lls.'6d. were'passed :forpayment.Amatter, ■v concerning Mr.: Cameron and'the East Coast, ; road-'was-left'lnythe handS' of the committee appointed to deal with .tho matter. The ': recommendations • of:. the. conference held . re- . cently,' in connection with retaining the Services of the sanitary;inspector.were adopted, v -it beinjj pointed out that the county ~ was ' ' only, being asked to pay an- additional £1 : ■> per, year. With - a view to. replacing v the •v."f ■ Maung&tarcro Bridge,leading to ■' Swamp , Koadj ":the;.engineer iwas instructed to pre? - pare a one-span structure, -with reinforced conojete'spiles, and to submit estimates' at next meeting for wood , and -steel structures. It ' was resolved to replace • a broken culvert on the.Lonsbush Road with :anj;lßm. pipe culvert, and ,to .put a 12in. ' pipe - culvert opposit-o Harlana's, on tho. ' . ; Gladstone Koad. . A new stringer is to bo put- in the Deep Creek Bridge without delay.

, , EKETAHUNA, : - At tho annual - meeting of tho Tararua ■ -Rifle-Club ; the following offioers-were elected:, •\..:vpj^«Bt,'.Mr.^' , o.".7Alberthßen;..'.--yicfcsreßi-. -dents;- Messrs. J. Drysdale, A. Quinlan,'and F. H: -Dowden; captain, Mr. J. Petersen; ; vicC-captain, Mr.-A. 0. Petersen; .secretary, : , and treasurer, Mr.- R. Thomasen j handicap\pers; r ;Messrs. A. 0. Alex/i.Peter' : . / sen'V flnd B- R. Keene; management commit-, tee;* Messrs. E. J. Powell, R. Thomasen, E. 1 Biddlej' and 0: Arisen;.auditor,- Mr. F. H; i Dowden. Tho season will, be; opened ;on September 11. .-. Mr." Gregory, -headmaster at tho Hastwfrll * Sohool, ii sonously indisposed, v, Mr.'«A.- Cousins. was_ tho -recipient of a 1 -travelling rug-from residents of tho., Newman '■i -■ district at 'a; farewell social-tendered him recently.- Mr. T. Moss, chairman of the . Ektetahuna County Council,: made the pre- _ sentation. ' , The -checso factories in -,tho Eketahuna , ' 1 district will commence., operations during > the-first week-in September.- From a dairy-ing-'standpoint -coming : . season,,, .has. brighter prospects than any season since tho factories commencod. , , ' . A case of some interest to local bodios. was •recently heard at tho Eketahuna ■. Magis- . > Urate's* Court, in which C. Bourko sued L. Lnoni for -wilfully, damaging a fenoo, erected , " by' oomplainrint on •a, public . roadway, with ■ the consent of the- Eketahuna County Coun--1 cil.w-According to -the -evidence,- plaintiff obtained» permission to erect. tho fenco from ' oouncil,- but defendant, as soon as the;] l . posts- wero put in, pulled them oat. Thei defence was- that the -council hadno statu-. Tory ; right to give con sent, and that de- :' ifendant was justified in .the action wMch ho ; -:-v3tooki"> ; ln: his reserved judgment, tho -Magisx irate 1 (Mr.-C. v C: -Graham)' said, that it'.'.was; proVed that the fence- in question- jiwasof : general beaefit to'th'e I^ community,''as'it '^ro- ■«. tected-:the' travelling, public, as well as cattlo • ' and'sheep, from-a-dangerous bank: and it , was in'no way a-hindrance or obstacle to the' defendant'm tho.due use ]and enjoyfnent'of the'-road,'and'therefore ho had no rcason- . - able justification' in removing it. His propor course was to bav<s taken action against i the local authority calling on it to remove . -. the i'fenco,-" or, 'failing that, to go to the Supreme Court for an injunction.. .'--Defen-. , ' dant was fined'2oa. 1 and costs, in addition to the amount of damage done, which was assessed at 50s.

, / MASTERTON. 'A five-roomed house, the: property of; tho trustees of the estate of tho late Mrs. Guest, •was .destroyed-by. firovlast Evening; whilst , ; the >occui>ants (Mrs.'E. . Jackson antr family), were 'absent. v.'-Tho.ihouse.-. was insured in the ;-State" Fire office;* but the. furniture: was on- \ - insured." -The origin ,o! tho fire is unknown.; LEVIN. t Tfco junior' championship of the Horo. a;: whenua Rugby Union was won on Saturday X by/K6reru, who 'beat: Kia Toa (Otakiy-by 12. V.' points; to. nil. Ms w tho -Koreru Club'B first season as a team. J The senior championship has been won by Kia Toa. 1 - lir.* James Chapman, whoso sad death at i Elth&m was-announced .on Saturday, was i ■-. until, a few montha ago in business m Lovm with/Mr. 'VValkoi'ji. as ;painter , and ' paperhanger. i • - ' Tho.."frco and easy' I 'social at tho Y.M.C.A.. rooms on Saturday-evening-was again well attended, and-a/ merry-tim« : was ; . spent. Songtf were givn by 1 Messrs. 'Anderson, Hera; Grover and Haste; readings were' contributed by Messrs. J.' Ashfort-n" and S. ■ Goldsmith ; a recitation :by Mr. Frywhile - Messrs. Silk ,and Moon (violins), Solley ('cello), and "Arthur James - (piano) supplied ; several, orchestral selections. -,'■■■ ' | Though the Levin school boys were beaten ■ ' in .their match with,.the Feilding boys on Saturday, they speak' in;_high, terms. of 'the reception accorded them "inthat town. - . , A .watch haa beeii-presented to the roa Boys' Training, Farm Sunday Sohool'for the hoy who gains most marks ift""an examination on religious subjects to be held' ' shortly'.'

:; ■. ■ ' otaki. . : The "scare-ship" has again made its appearance, and four local individuals adhere to -the fact : that they plainlv saw ono on : Saturday night, and lieard the engines.' Repairs, additions, etc., to the Maori Mission Church , are now complete. Euro- : pean ■ residents . are again - anxious to hold . church-services there, but. it is understood that at the present time,, the clergy and Natives cannot 00/ne to an • understanding. ". Henoe the whites continue to-use the; barn-': . like: building in Iti'Street. It is. probable that a number of. churchgoers will shortly .wait on the Maoris and: ask'permission for use? of tho. Native . building.. . Should this oonto to pass seems to bfe no doubt but; that the old . historic building will bo - ■ again used by Europeans.