PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 947, 14 October 1910, Page 6

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

EFtom Our BdgoI&I ooTToSDonaent#J' ... » - ■■ REIKORANGI. Docking is now in full swing, >. 'and tlio percentage of lambs is good. Mr. A. J. Neilsen's. flock has yielded 103 per cent.,, and Mr. S. Connor's 100 per cent. , Owing to, the death of Mrs. J. Eeynolds, the Ngatiawa Rifle Club did not fire for the Waikanae Co-operative trophy. - , .Tho creamery is putting through over COO gallons of milk per day, which constitutes a record for this time of the year. Suppliers. are considering the advisability of inducing the Otaki Dairy Company to put in a pasteuriser. The. price for butter-fat this month will'be 10Jd. ■ A number of disciples of Izaak Walton are to be seen on the river just now, but'the recent rains have been against them. ' 1 . ■ .

' . No sign of the: expected- addition to the school is yet visible. .Only.a.kerosene oil-heater, which must have been made, in Caesar's time, has been placed l : against the wall, as there is no loom for _ it anywhere else. . Residents are beginning to- fear I that the school will share the fate of the post office. , ~ - -'• The district, will" be represented at the Carterton Show. Mr. T. Coltnian is taking some purebred Ayrshires, including his bull. He will also' have two or three yearlings and three cows. Mr. W.": Hart, of Waikanae, • will be represented by his handsome yearling colt; (by Conqueror). Mr. Hira Parata.will be represented in the jumping: competitions; A church concert is' to take pla'ceyhere towards, the end'of;tue month.; .-■•■'; Miss L. Monk, who has been indisposed f or. some, time, on account of which; she was unable to compote in the recent Palmerston ■elocutionary contest, is,now on the way. to ' convalescence.'' ,";■ .' ; WAIHOANCiAi ' ;: : '.:'''■''■■ 1 Much interest ■ is. always taken -here, in matches between the. Pa-rapaTaumu-and-Hautere Defence Rifle/Clubs.:.This was noticeable on- Satnrdayj : : wheoi.,' a .'very ■large .number, : (including;; ladies) turned: out, to watch'the first, contest,this season at the-HauteTe butts. Siautiful .weather prevailed- throughout, thi"day, -.. r but ''■;. a. tricky wind puzzled .'■ the.: riflemen'' at: times,' and •consequently,'-, tho shooting, oh the.wholeMvas not u'p.to the \ usual average of, either.'.:club. : After ! 'a . close contest the Hautere;men.'won 'b'y:l7 points.' Riftemen James Taylor (94) and Glacken (93) headed the list of the winning team, whUe>for:Paraparaumu Riflemen J. Whiting and S. Weggeryi each placed 94 points ,to : .their credit.,; At', the: pavilion; Mrs. : ; Beaucharap .presided; oveir afternoon - lea, and was assisted, by Misses.Nellie.,Glacken, Dolly Taylor,..Griffiths;. Tardley: (2), and Best., Afterwards; Captain M'Lean proposed a vote, of ,thanks to : Mrs. ;Beaui.'chanip and' her -assistants, for, the. enter:tainment provided;,-,; He,' 'trusted','that,' ; wlien' the return.'match. was,.fired at the Paraparaumu :butts; the, result : of ; ' the shooting would:'be. reversed,, but', they. would endeavour to. reciprocate..the' h'os-. pitality.' Captain. Beauchamp replied, for. the.ladies, remarking that,he'wasVsnre .that it; was ,always;a source■ of pleastrre ;.to ,welcome, such' good as the' .Paraparanmu riflemen.:;.' /'■,:./, -. Mr.; W.- Diiffy,:.'a. well-known Parana-, rauniu ,angler,.has- been ; having, good sport on, the-streams: here; and.has land-, ed.some really fine trout; ■ , : '-, ■ :;,. .' ' :,'- : The 'first -shearing in -the ..Waiotauro Valley has taken.'pkce on Mr. H.'.Ray's ■property,: "The' Uplands.".'. .'•:.-• ',

Mr. D. Hammond' has left' Glenveigb (where he-has' been 1 im''.a'!'Visit.to■!&;••&• -M'Cheyne'. Murray) to take up ; a run.'in the .Taihape:district. .; .'■ : ..i :.;..- - ■ _ Operations'are about : to'begin, with aview to '.recap- or .(otherwiee strengthen the . Toogafca ;Suspensfon- Bridge.;, ,j Mr. 1 Malcolm, jnh.j<! has ;■ obtained' the .Coil- : ' iract. ■ ': ; -" : -^':::; l -- : ..-'. Bush-feliing'in" this 'district 'is nearly' oYct,'" v Another week or so 'will .'find' the last': of. the; axemen "ready' to 'depart! 'A very large - area' of: '•■ bush' on . the - /pro-, perties. of. .Messrs'. rßockett, :Judd/ ,and Frazer Bros, has been 'felled this/season, and' aii early;"burn", is, looked >forwaiid