WOODVILLE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 675, 27 November 1909, Page 11

WOODVILLE.

,-The funeral, of the late Mrs. Hawken took, place yesterday, and was. largely, attended. Deceased was'well known and highly rcspected, being; a very-.old. settler. ■ ' The Presbyterian Church Bazaar Committee found. it necessary to extend tlie event - for three nights:; A sum • of- i/195 was, taken—a record for ohuroh,bazaars, here.. '' The. .Woodville V olunteere are receiving more applications, -for- enlistment- than/the ' total strength.- allows.-There..is - some : talk of instituting a Xo. 2 company. ;GREY-TOWN. . ' ' ' The. .foUbwing ' oie the officers, of the Boy Scouts in' the Grey town district Scoutmaster, W. I. Shanley; chaplain, Eov. A. T. B. Page; treasure*, E. 0; Turner E. 0. Turner,, and :M. Maxto'n.'Collections -are' now bding made,-.to 'assist'.,ii 'completing the equipment' of the corps.- . 'The';local,; Glee''. Glut ' have; abandoned their intention bf giving; a 'performance, in Carterton.

> FEILDING. ;,;In. the ;Grey,.Street ~-Hall.on, Thursday, even'-' mg a„ reception-, was.,held.>.in : : ;hoiiour of ; Dr. Edward .-Kirk, .grandson-., of the withor.of ;the famousv'Healtli .Papers.'' 'Dr. Jffik.ponies. from' Edinburgh, and .-has been accepted iot work with his brother in the .Canton;.', Village 'Mission of ■ the■ Presbyterian Qhurch of. New Zealand. . •..'.-i.:■?-•■- - W6ol ■is coming,, : in ! -,freely: to the ■ Feilding Eailway Station at;the present time, although, bo. fat-this scasop,.,thq.-r,ush n has not been so great las; at-this'times' The' reason given/is that- the rains . have prevented 'shearing. operations.■ -r•• . ■, < , trucks:of- wool-left'the-goods- shed yesterday l , for. Wellington/. and, •' in - tho afternOon, a- load;-of' three - and a half tons arrived from- Apiti. 'At -the annual meeting'-'of ■ the ■-Peilding branchy of, the -W.C.m, the president (Mrs." J. .C. Thompson) was re-elected;- The following other, officers were also Jones <and Thompson,- secretaries j - Mrs. Frost treasurer.;, Mrs.. < Burnley, •, White Ribbon agent. Shearer.: was given: charge of the railway literature .box;, arid Mrs, Snelgrovo appointed superintendent, of-;purity -literature; i sl ' ccess fl l '; P ro (luction .of- -Cowen's cantata; : lho l{oso : .Maiden," ,was. given- iii the'drill-hall last;evening; : by:,the Foilding..Choral.".Society; The : soloists . were i - Madame. ■ Emily '~ Brigus (soprano), Mrs. Pickering (contralto), Mr.. E M; -Swinerd . (tenor); , T/. W. Potts (baritone),- with: Mr. H.' Temple Whito as con, ' UUCtOV. ; . -.1., •./ ' , OTAKI. - ' . " Mr/.- B^ro'n;.Brown'; met with' to accident' to! his car in the Manawatu: Gorge' on Thursday afternoon. . Ho left Wellington atH.3O a.m. to return' to Masterton and Woodville. On amving at\.Woodvillo, he was told that the Eoad ,was' -daagerous. • buti pushed on; only (to, .find that-on (; entering! -tho'gorge the road .wasjimpassable. -In returning,- the front •wheel- ,of -the car slipped- oyer the bank, and -thei -car went, down; a. declivity of about. thirty l»ckily landed - safely -at the bottom,. with only one or two scratches. The car had turned completely .over,- .with: the.- wheels in '. the ■ air,. and- Mr. Brown had to go , and throw off the switch before the?: engines stopped." The! car :seeras to _be badly, -in the':w'ood-work of the ■body,, but the machinery ,is, uninjured. Men ■iTom Mr. J. Bett's mbtor works in Palmerston ,out. to-day. with,block,and '-tackle"to hoist,the car up.-for the necessary;repairs. -.Mr; brown ' returned 'to Otakr- yesterday vmorniftg ,non© tn© worse for - his ra tlier wonderful ; escape.