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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1116, 2 May 1911, Page 2

PROVINCIAL CENTRES. (From Our Special Correspoudents.) $ FEILDING. Mr. John Cobbe has received many congratulations trom far and near on his election io the Wellington Harbour Board, Mr. D. H. Guthrie, M.l-'., is to take tho chair at Mr. Robert M'.Nab's lecture on "The Temples of Egypt," in Si. Paul's Hull, next Friday evening. At a meeting of the committee of (lie Feilding Jockey C'iub it was decided tc thoroughly top-dress the course and paint alMiuhdings and fences. Frost is now being experienced, mucl to the disgust of fanners, lor it is nip ping the young grass, i At a meeting of delegates it was decided to form a Feilding District Hockey Association. Four clubs warn represented —Feilding, United, St. Paul's Park, and Halcombe. The fixtures are to be drawn up Ibis week. It is hoped to get two playing grounds on the South Street Reserve, and tho United Club has the use mi a Bf'ound on tho racecourse oval, I here is, que judges, every prospcct ol' an f'athusiastic hockey season in Feilding this year. Tho total receipts for the Apiti Show were .EllO--casily a record for the seven years of the society's existence. It is now proposed Io hold a spring as well a? an autumn show. llio annual report of the Feilding and JJismct, Acclimatisation Society states that there has been a decline in the number of licenses issued for the season, this being' owing chictly to the proclamation of a close season for shooting. "Fishing," says the report, "lias slood the society in good stead, and, as our finances prove, wo stand ,in credit. Your committee thought it advisable to place tho three front, ponds at Mr. Wilson's properly in order for the purposes of conserving Ilia fry. Thirteen thousand fry were purchased from the Hawora society— 8000 brown trout: and JOOO rainbow trout, together with 1000 especially ordered for Mr. A. Barrow, of Kiwitea. Owing to tho dry state of the weather, nntl the chances of the fish dying, it was thought advisable to liberate the fish. Rowovcr ( of the 13,000 fry, about 9000 were collected by Messrs. Lync mid Baker, and the Eocretary—all well growl:, in fact, as large las yearlings—and liberated in the Oroua Stream at various intervals." After a closely-contested game, thi . Feilding Bowling Club's rinlc (P. Thorn' soil, Clapham, Stewart, iuul Bartholo' ' mew), for the seventh time, successfully withstood a challenge for tho Dixon Cup. [ Palmerston, from which club (ho cu',i ' was taken some months ago. sent up it; . hottest team—J. Young, C. Smith, J. Nash, and H. Nash (s.). The score was: —Feilding, 22 points; Palmerston, 21 | points. FEAT HERSTON. Tho Feathcrston Debating and Literary • Society will commence its winter session, i on Friday evening next. The programmo will consist of an address by Mi\ \\. JJaiv . ton and readings by other members. Mr. J. Holland, who has, for the pas three years, been a member of the postal staff here, has been transferred to New ; Plymouth, and left for his new station l yesterday. On Saturday evening ho was presented by his fellow ofiicers with a dressing-case, Mr. Macdonald, postmaster, , expressing the good wishes oi the stall t towards the recipient. Mr. Silvcrwood, of Petone, will fill (he vacancy at leather- - vital statistics for Feathcrston for tho past month are: Births, 2; deaths, nil; marriages, 2. Tho local rainfall for April (according i' to the rain-gauge at tho Post Olhce) was - 4.(18 inches. Rain fell on 1< days tho i' maximum being registered on April U, 1 U Mr and' Mrs. S. Aitchison left here last , week for Ilcriof: (Otago), having received ; advice that their son Harry, who is spends ing a holiday there, was seriously ill. ; Later reports state, however, that lie is , improving. . , . A number of visitors arrived here .on Saturday for the opening oi the shooting season. Some sportsmen, who returned ■ from the lake yesterday, report that ducks > arc very, plentiful, but, owmg to tho fino weather, they are flying high. " On Friday evening, the Rev. Mi. t>°- ■ beris, (he newly-appointed Methodist pasi tor, was welcomed at a social evening by i members of his congregation. - Tho building known as tho Featherston Gymnasium, erected some years ago for ■ the purposes of a physical training ' has eon handed over to tho Town Board. ' A meeting has been called for Wednesday E night, when all endeavour will be. inado to revive interest in gymnastic oliau.. As the outcome of the .interview betwecn Hie Minister for Public WoAs, and a recent deputation, regard)J ll £ wncnrl hridcc over Abbotts CICGK, it is considered probable that' the Countv Council will take steps'to oWam contributions from other counties interestit is usual' for the- -Railway Department. I to delay the departure ol the morning I t?ain from Masterton to W ell, until 0 810 malting the appointed time of ais . \ Jf TYonibam 11.54 (or only six minutes before the start of the first race). e T1 0 trail S invariably late in arrival at r b„t.' even if it ™ not, (hero n j s v ' er y little chance for Wairarapa visitor Club's range n J iturdav, the match for the champion- •- i ; ,'' Vrcd C..Nix being the winner, r m! 1 1 tr 'cores at 200, 500. W .and I: 1 ® "rt' i: «. 47! 40, 41, 41, total 178. - ' S — — O LEVIN. II A number ot parties have arrived for ** (lie shootine, one, largo party (irom Mi. j 11 WDonald's) being campcd out oil • tho iloi'owhenua Kim. fcovcral small s , v , r tios are cammed near the mouth cf - 11> nhaii Ducks, however, will bo scarce, as the lakes are still short Ol T"meeting m tl» candidtiture ot Mr. v.. A. \Mlltlnolt MoiieUion for the electorate ot Otaki, was held in the Century Hall, Levin, 13.1turdav al'ternbou. Mr. John kebbell was v olol 'l to the chair, and a working committco was iorincd, ol \jluch ill. J-. il. Kmgdon was elected chairman. The Anglican vicar (the hen. S. G. Coiniiton, M.A.) intends to form a branc.r of the Church .of England Men s Society Levin's iiopulatwn is given as 160b. This is 313" more than the total 111 190 G. MASTERTON NOTES.' CANNING STARTS AT WAINGAWA (By Telegraph.—Special, Correspondent.! Masterton, May 1. Canning, operations were commenced at the \Vaiugawa ileat \\orks to-day. lhis ' branch- will emnloy .seven or eigiit .-:ieii throughout the winter months. . Tho annual meeting ol the Masteiton , branch of the Y.M.C.A. took place to- J night. There wa:, a good attendance, and the report disclosed a very satiMnctory^ '"jir!°T'. Mills, superinteiulent of (ljife Prcsbvterian Orrdianage in Welhngliin. has eollected „';1U0 in this district 111/ aid of the funds of the institution. Severe frosts have Uen exper.eneed hero during tho last two nights. SUFFERED SEVERELY FROM BRONCHITIS. "I THOUGHT I WOULD CHOICE." "For Ten, days 1 suffered very severely from Bronchitis, and was so bad Unit at times 1 thought that. 1 would choke," writes Mrs. M. .Morgan, 35 John Street, Valley, Brisbane, I},. "1 tried several kinds" of so-called (Tough Cures, but 110110 of them had any t-'lVect whatever. I was then recommended to try Dr. Sheldon's New Discovery for Coughs and Colds, which 1 did. 1 am pleased to say, after the first few ilosos I felt very much better, and now 1 rtm qui(<> cured, "Dr. Sheldon's New ■ Discovery is tho best remedy 1 have ever tried for llroncliitis, and shall always keep n bottle in the house." Dr. Sheldon's New Discovery is a most . effective family remedy, curing young and old alike of Coughs. Colds, Bronchitis, Croup, and all troubles of tho I.ungs and Throat Price, is. Gd. and 3s. 10