PROVINCIAL CENTRES

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 681, 4 December 1909, Page 13

PROVINCIAL CENTRES

\ SHANNON.

.• (From Our Special.Correspondents.). • _» FEUDING. Mr, :*W. J;: owner,,of tho Empito yajnadbia I'eonV ■Heal' Sohool,? which carries with-it a subsidy., if UJIO. ;.;i -;.Thp -puhlio - sbhools in tho Wanganui cduon-' ■ •'. tion district are, to. be closed. on December .17; - for the Christmas and New Year vacation. % At the* last - meeting: of the Feilding Borough Council, a letter- was received ,fr.aui -the clerk - '■■; : p£:xthe Oroua County Council stating that' his •. council was-considering' tho question ,of pur-' ■ j chasing a s!eam roller and scarifier, and aslc-oing-df: thoro was. any. probability of the, Eor■ough Council . wishing to liiro tho inachino. Councillor : Tolley proposed that tho council; offer ■to hire the machine for tw^jnt)-in e days , each-yenrvaa requested. . This was seconded by 'o Councillor Goodbeherej -both .coiinculors,speak- ; '^ngi'strongly;infavour >of-_ uSiiig- ! t'no machine -for ! the improvement of the -streets. The 1110- : tion : -was -- carried subjectj -to '. a satisfactory -Li' -agreementbeing arrived i at;. with:'the County iCouncir.-'. - At, yesterdayfs meeting, the .Oroua :County Council Councillor. Pearco mo\ed, and :Councillor Howling sccondcd; n. : motion,to the' '.effect/Ithat ; ,the;; council; purchaso a • combined - . tratttion engino' and Jroad'iroller,; tho- payment - :•. to .-be extended-over.- three years. .On being ■ ■putithe* nlotion'. was ylost, Councillors I'clu'co, ?'i,EoWling, an(Uthe"oliairman. voting for .it, -and r: , Councillors Burrcll, Reid, Redmayne, and Vincent against " '■ " -1' : <■ " Tho monthly meeting of :the_Oroua County ■ ; Council: .was ;held -yesterday.'...'-Present:. Councillors G. C. ■Wheelcrftchairman), J H Vincent. W. G. Pearce.'E Burrcll. Kowlnv?, W ■ ■ (Eeidi' and Redinayne;\..Tho. council decided to,. : 'continuedinsuring'with. :the; Ocean and Acci-,: dent* Company. • It was dwided to-make representation -against 'alteration;of the pre- - ..sent loans to local bodies system. * —■- v. '■ / .-

'Smith; blacksmith,'! has: -exchanged' '-'■ : ■■'■•.businesses-'with Mr. J; Petterson.•.-Mr..-Smith. ■'.- ledves': on "-December; 20. for; New. Plymouth;: ■':/■ where he , v-. -;:; ; y ; ,; ':i i'jHVery -few /people/from-this district attended v K the'< sculling- racd-at /FoxtonU Bad;- the pro-. :■- ".motors 'of.the-'eveht/arranged with/locaV-.shop-the ■'A Thursday/'; instead .cf- the ;:Wednesday,.;. ■*-■'•''■ Heridanoe - from': .this-quarter; would;, have been ,V' : more:; gratifying. ;-:T!ie special; trains;; which v-;.passed through ShaiuK)n-; ; cpnld not W;,car- '-.'-■'.'■; Tied V-mdre'l ; than, i a /dozen; excursionists alto--J's; rShearinV'is inynli'swing at; Mr./J/ o..'Camo: -;;!';• 'rdri^shed^ai/present. ;>,^;\v -.,':, iv",v. •:;':■'.•.-:■'• :V;TKd.'-success'J'-tlM': attended--.the .sinking...of ■':■:: '"'the' artesian^borerat.the^ocal-butter factory. :'Mfthas;:induccd: : a;number;.pf settiers.to;obtain.an, :-.;;.;\ Ktesian-.wafer;supply/;-;;^

MASTERTON. A youth named Thomas Sowell was sentenced to a month's imprisonment yesterday iorsteaU mg a sheop dog, at £i, at io Parae, on November 20, tho property of Charles .Baker. , • ~-, CARTERTON. The Main Koad at Dalcheld is recemng metal m places where it was much needed. An effort is being made hero to form a branch of the Church of Englands lions Soeioty. It is piobable that the Rev. J. D. Russell, of Petone, will be invited to visit St. Mark's parish shortly, for the purpose of explaining tho working of tho society, which has already secured a good footing m tho DoThe Hikurangi Maori College, Chapel Tund x has received the following donations —Eov. H. T. and Mrs. Stealer, X4O, E Balcombe Brown, £10, Maori Boys, .£1 10s.; S. A. Pull, .£1 Is ; Rev. A. W. H. C'ompton, £3, W. C. Buchanan, , M.P., .£3 Bs.; A. T. Somerville, £1; Toko J Arangi Temaari, 55.; Mrs. Dakin, £'i, Mrs. E. Booth, £2 2s , W C. Kensington, £1 Is ; Cap•tain Jury, £3; Mrs. Nicholson, £1. The private residences in Rhodes Street are ■now being connected with the drainage system. Tho footpath in this Street is receiving muchneeded attention. Court Marquis of Normanby, A.0.F., met this week in the Foresters' Hall. Bro. A. J.i Fisher, C.R, presided. Pour brothers were declared on tho sick fund. Bro P. Molloy thanked tho brethren for the courtesy accorded him at tho recent social, and wished the Court and brethren farewell. .forjtho evening were .£6r(!s, on(lid)fiPurseDicnfs r^v lss. The ox-eye daisy, which is a noxious weod, has made its appearance on several properties i iniCarterton, and owners have beon notified by tho Stock Department to eradicate it. The friends of Mr P Merewood, who has been in the 'Wanganui Hospital with a frac tured log for a number of weeks, will be pleased to hoar that he has sufficiently recovered to bo able to return to Tho Methodist "Sunday School cradle roll hoi some 8i names upon it. The scholarship and freo place examinations at tho Carterton High School concluded on Thursday. 'The Rev. t. Thompson was super-

~.:'yis6r.-; ; ';;'::'v ' ,-..: \;ii;\:'y.-^[-:-':--':? r.ffSAtiidy.raeeting of a siitcommittee appointed .-•:'by:it;iie..Wairarapa P. andi-A;;, Society v to/conr :«ider::the 'question of holding fair; in' -'.'; the;'-Bottth; Wairarapa in February,';it-.iva? .;dei'rVcidSd; to? circularise 'i in tho distnet .v:.;withl'avn'ew to ascertaining :' r: what support i;' 1 ,. would be r forthcoming. ; ; : .V ; .;.' <