PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1105, 19 April 1911, Page 2

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

(From Our Special CorroisiiDudeuts,) OTAKI. At (bo Olaki Police Court yesterdaj two young nun—M. Knocks nnd Henia— were charged with asf.aul'.ing lionare Bniniri, and each was finoil ,f.l, in default, seven days' iniiirisonmeiit. "Joo" Hnktrrnin, for iinin? )xu\ longua km convicted and discharged. A nrobibitiuii order was issued in the case. Tho bowling tournament in connection with .the Otalii Club was. hold on Monday, , in fine weather, when some ten teams competed. The finnl was fought out be. twecn the Hiitt and Olaki D tennis, the ' latter winning ra.?ily bv 29 to 15. The f.norts roflioiiiiß bold at Waikannei nnd Otiiki on Saturday nnd Monday re- , speclivcly were not over succoEsful. The former was Mnjlcd !.-)• rain, and the latter by other circumstances. Still, good rao ' ing was witnessed in bath instances, the handicapping on each occasion beinir satisfactory. i n The hockey malch, Hui Mai (Wcllinß. on) v. Otaki-a fixture which was to liavo been played on Monday—lapsed . owing to the local club bein? unable' to raire a toam. ' , Hunting commences in tho district on . f-atiirdijy week, wlicn a "throw-off" will take place at Levin. ' ' On Satin-tiny last nearly an inch of rain fell hore-thc first rainfall of anv cons". ' f,uenee to weeks. At Otaki Gorge I.CJ

WOODVILLE.

~T I . le r «y i l ' ?! the. football match, Wei. linslou Athletic (junior team) v. Woodvii o seniors, played here on Saturday last, was a draw, each (cam Ecorius five points. Two new candidates are spoken of aa desirous of becoming borouglr councillors, viz., Messrs. Andrews , and M'Cnbe. Both are comparatively new arrivals, but evidently take an interest in municipal matters.

FEILDING.

At tho Annual meeting of tho KiniboU ton branch of the Farmers' Union, Mr. W. Morton was re-elected chairman, and Mr. J. C. Murray secretary and treasurer. The following wore appointed to tho committee-.—Messrs. Hodso, Parsons, ■ Fowler, Krull, Shnploski, Pettigrew, aiid Lowe. The chairmen was elected to represent the branch at the conference to ' Iμ held at Woodville on May 30. ' News camo thrcugh from Dnncdin tkij ' morning of the death of Mr. Rnnkin, ejTown Clerk of Feilding. Mr. Ran!:in had to leave Fending last year after,four years' I'esidenco here on account of eontinuccl bad health. He took un his rc-si. donee in Dimedin, where he was appoint, cd clerk of the borough of Anderson'e Bay. Mr. R-ankin is survived by hie widow and n son and daughter. At the prize-giving for the year to the scholars of the Colyton Primitive Mcthodist, Sunday School, opportunity was taken to present Mr. Arthur Smith, a former superintendent with a beautiful photo frame. In speaking on behalf of tho church and school, the Rev. J. Sharp referred to tho good work done by the recipient. Mr. Smith briefly and appropriately replied.