OTAKI

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1029, 19 January 1911, Page 8

OTAKI

Mr. T. A. King, acting in conjunction with tho Chinese Consul, at Wellington, has collected ,£l2 ss. 6d. trom tho Chinese of the x towu towards their stricken brethren in the Kiangsu and Anhui districts. Mr. King is inviting European residents to assist alio.. There nrc still several enses of scarlet fever in tho district. Tho State schools, both hero anil at Jlanakau, liavo been fumigated. A lawn tennis match is being arranged between -Victoria Collego and the local club for Anniversary, Day. There has been an influx of Natives l-.ere his week, tho occasion being the opening of the Land Court. Judgo Gili'edder is presiding. A match for the. ICinniburgh feathers was played between the local bowling team and Shannon on Saturday, and although tho former had a second-rate team they secured an easy victory by 26 to U. The local'men intend to competo foivtho Manawatu ferns. : Shortly 1.-eforo midnight on Tuesday, fire destroyed a cottage at Manalcau, occupied by Mr. S. Johns. The occupants lose practically everything, escaping only with a few. articles of clothing. Tho origin of tho fire is not known. Messrs. Kilsby and Silvester intend leaving next week on nu ascent of Mount Hector, and afterwards making a trip across the ranges to Wairarapa. Mr. Harry liobson, a cricketer and a billiard player of no mean repute, left Otaki on Tuesday for-Wellington, en route for England. During his stay hero Mr. liobson becaino a general favourite, and will bo much, missed. A movement is on foot to open up a new street, running from the Railway Station Road to tho Domain. The matter will bo discussed at a meeting of the Eoad Hoard next month.

Messrs. Eli Allen and J. K. Bills leavo shortly for Auckland. They are going as representatives of tho local lodge to tho conference. Both are combining pleasure with business.

WAIHOANGA. A shabby and- thoughtless -thing was perpetrated somo time last week on tho property of tho Hautcre Kiflo Defence Club.' Tho club, which is one of the best on tho coast, is rather proud of its range, on which it has spent a large sum of money. The firing mounds liavo lately been sown down in-grass and fenced, so as to prevent cattle injuring them. When, however, members met last Saturday for their weekly shooting they found' that the fences-were down -nud that the mounds .had'been' ruined by : maraudiiig cattle. Besides this, all the target'pegs had been removed, thus putting the rifle-

men to groat inconvenience and spoiling their clay's sport. . . . There is a rumour going round here to the effect lh;it Mr. \Y. 1-iicld, M.P., is to ho called to the Upper House, while Dr. Findlay is. to he. the Government nfiininco for tho Otaki seat at next election. Mr. Moncton is now certain to run in the Opposition interest. Mr. Byron Brown will also be a candidate. Mr. Horriban has been elected patron and Mr. Ferguson president of the new llaranikau Tennis Club, both appointmenls being popular. The club will open its new courts for play 011 January 24, not January 21 as formerly stated. Mr. B. Beckett has returned to Gorge. Mount, having recovered from his recent severe accident. A cricket match, Waihonnga v. Paraparauniu, is to be played, weather permitting, in the King's Park, Paraparauniu, oil Saturday. >