PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 951, 19 October 1910, Page 8

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

(From O&r BDeolal OorroSDoDdentiJ

/ WOODVII.I.E. ■/ ; / Owing to an • alteration ■ in: the ,/plan of'.the services ,inv connection .with, St. David's Church, 'Mr.'-Stevenson is.npw able to conducts aii; adult /Bible class on Sunday afternoons, ; the; first being held last Sunday.■.■■'. ,; v ■ , . ■ The opening of the; local bowling and croquet green is/ , to'; take place this afternoon. . '■.' ./ . . -.-

; Already quite a .number of. local re-sidents-nave gone to Hastings, for -the show days, ) and "on People's ; Day ; (Thursday) , a large: number purpose availing themselves \. of the... early 'excursion train which leaves Woodville about-,7.20. ,■"■■,.. ■ ■ • ,: :'--.::';: ':';■) ; :: ; \

]': The.'. Woodvillo 'Mutual improvement Society will hold their closing meeting for the , session, on': Thursday/evening.;.

.. Considerably more, milk was supplied by- the local ;farmors to the : .different factories here for the montli of' September of this, year, than was-.the case for September ■ last' year. The number of suppliers are -about the' same, rand the increase' therefore indicates that the cattle- have-been' better wintered, this year than last. .. ■ ."■■■ •..-.-' ''"Y;-- .■i;- : X,'"'OTAKif.'.':'''.'.;';:- : /-' : : V--.The bazaar organised in connection , , with the Otaki' : Catholic Church ;was opened on Saturday by Mr. W. .H. Eield-, iI.P., and will, continue for a week, Seyeral_ stalls, containing, goods of all descriptions, are displayed, arid presided over by a gallaxy of ladies, ■all of whom , are displaying' commendable energy 1 . i : At an inquest held'touching the, deatH of, James.Stewart, at, on-iFri-day; a verdict was returned' that death was due to .a. paralytic stroke.'- y •; Sweet peas are-now in bloom in the district.- .In several'; gai'dens they may be- seen in. largo quantities., Prnit-trees are: also very forward, while vegetable patches show fine'growth.--" ■-.' ;An " exhibition of billiards will be given here to-day, when, Mr.-. J..-.'"W. Bead, champion •of New Zealand,. will wield the cue. He will play a match of 750 up with bar local cueist, ■Mr. ■.- H. Kobson. .. '..,.-'.... ■■ .-.•■■ . /V;'/. ■.',; SHANNON, ; ?■ " V; Dr. Chappie andvMr. E.M'Nab , visited Shannon' last'week, .' • ~: ■ ,: . , A.road is shortly''to be;formed from the main County Eoad ■ through the Kingston Block of the Makerua Estate to Seiferfs. 'drain. ', :\: ■■■ '-. A. scratch. team of- the -local Eiflo Club were defeated by. a team from the Palmorston North "'Volunteers:-on Saturday. The following is the cast, ofi "Our Boys," which is'to be produced "by- the local Dramatic Society on.October 26:— Sir Geoifrey Champneys.Mr. F.Whibley; Talbot Champneys,..-'-D. , .- Adams; .Perkyn Middlewick, Mr.J. H..E. Tilling; Charles. Middtewick, Mr. J. -Dnggan; Kempter, Mr. V. Malcolm; Poodles, Mr. J. Gardner; Violet Melrose, Mrs. Tilling; Mary Melrose, Miss T. Hughes; Clarissa Champneys, Mrs. White; Belinda, Mrs. . May.. Mr.. May will sing between the. first'and second acts, by special request. ■ ■ , ! .

. Mr. Robert' E. Bannister, who, has for three or four years past .resided in the- Palmerston North district, ha« decided to take up his residence .in Sydney, where he considers there, are excellent, chances for smart -business men -with capital. His son, Mr. Montague Bannister, also intends to, try his fortune .in, Australia'. ,' ':.:'; The death took place at Tauranga on Wednesday last of Rahera te Kahuiapo, a chieftainess of the Arawa and Ngaiterangi tribes, aged 97 yea're. She leaves two daughters, 12 grandchildren, and 17 great-grandchildren. A bookmaker named S. Isaacs is to appear at the Magistrate's Court on Friday next for alleged street betting in the city. -. ■' ' . . ; Tlie Te Aro Baths are to bo open to bathers-henceforth between the hours of; 12 noon and 2 p.m. :. ■'■■''•• The Mayor has completed- arrangements in connection with the £100,000 loan, to bo expended in the duplication' of- the Wainui-o-mata water main, and will announce the terms on .which it is to be obtained at, Thursday night's meeting of the City Council. Messrs. Thomson and Br,own insert elsewhere auction notices in "-reference to a residential property situate in Kelburne, which they will offer by public auction at thoir rooms, Customhouse Quay, on Wednesday, November 9, acting under instructions received from the Registrar or the Snpreme Court. The section is No. 7; Block 7, South Terrace, Kelburne, to-' , gether with the four-roomed villa, washhouse, scullery, and . basement erected L thereon, . .