PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1171, 5 July 1911, Page 3

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

, (From Our Special C.'oncspondenta.) ' '' *' FEILDING. Messrs. 1.. T. Drown, D. Pryde, and A. Williamson, of the Beautifying Society, acting in conjunction with -the borough caretaker, worked ye.-terday :it the planting of the silver birchc? along Kimbolton I Hoad. Homo splendid trees were obtained, and they should do well. The Rev. IV B. Vrascr, M.A., Superintendent ,of Home .Missions for tho Presbyterian Church of New Zealand, accompanied by .Mrs. and Miss I'raser, arrived in Feilding yesterday from Uotonia. They are to take up residence in the house just built for Mr. Frnser in Nelson Sheet. Mr. W. lleid, the well-known farmer, of Makino, and sheep prize-winner at the Feilding Show;, was conveyed to Palmerston oji Monday, and placed in Nurse Linton's privato hospital to undergo an operation for appendicitis. A meeting in connection with post and telephone matters, held at Taonui on Monday' evening, was well attended. Mr. A. Campbell presided. It appears that certain trouble arose through the zeal of one of the railway guards in an attempt to strictly adhere io the Department's regulations in regard to the delivery of m'ails. The matter of attempting to put postal and telephone business on a different footing at the Taonui Post Office was left in the hands of Messrs. A. Campbell and X. Bailey, with pawer to act. The postal 'service at Taonui is 25 years old. Mr. J. V. Aldridge, of Taihapei has been .re-elected without opposition to represent the central ward in the Wanganni Education District. Mr. A. Broadbelt, of Rongotea, will, in the course of two or three weeks, remove his butter box-making plant to Feilding. This sten has been rendered necessary by increased business, and a desire to be near a railway. Mr. Broadbelt has all the latest machinery, can turn out 250 finished boxes per hour, and. in the busy season, employs a large Waff. The first ploughing match organised by the Feildin.? branch of the Farmers' Union is to be held to-dav on Mr. J. Ferguson's paddock on tho Halcombo Road. SHANNON. Members of the Tennis Club paid a surprise visit recently to the residence of Mr. H. Schmidt, who is leaving to man? age the Prousc Lumber Company's mills on-the Main Trunk line.' Mr. .].' Barclay, on behalf of the club, presented Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt with a handsome silver salad bowl and servers, suitably inscribed, and a fountain pen. Tho employees of the Shannon Land and Sawmiiling Company have also presented Mr. Schmidt with a silver watch and sovereign' case. ..'■jho local co-operative daiiy company ,_itly received 116s. per cwt. for 29U .jes of butter sent to London on eonriiguiuc'nt. For tho past fifteen months tho company have been paying lid. per lb. to suppliers. An.exciting aud ''gladiatorial" display of football took place last week, when tho local butchers defeated the grocers by 5 points to 3. Ut. W. H. Gunning's employees have challenged tho employees of the Shannon Meat Company to play a football match. ; What was described as "tho most interesting and exciting football match of the season" took place last Saturday between the employees of Whitaunui, Ltd., and tho A. aud L. Seifert Flaxdressing Company's men, and resulted in a draw of 3 points each. Each of the rivals has a win. to its credit, so that there is likely to be another contest, as Saturday's match was inconclusive. Mr. F. M. B. Fisher, M.P., is likely to deliver a political address at Shannon shortly. .So far tho winter has been a pood or.e fropi the tradesmen's point of view. Quite a number of shops and residences have been or are about to bs erected.

Mr. and Mrs. Norman and Mrs.- Tilling have returned from a holiday at Rotorna. The A. and L. Scifcrt Company's Paiaka mill is likely to resume strippiii!; within a day or h™. Tho company's Miramii mill h.is been unc!er'»oln'; alterations, tho floor of the mill iiein? raised. ■This mill will con'inuD to v.-orl; six strippers throughout the winter. Within a rndins of four miles of Shannon there aro eleven strippers workin-?—those of Uhibiunni. Ltd., the Jliranui Company, and the Wcka Flaxdrcssinst' Company— an unusual number for this Reason of the year. Mr.. T. H. Whitehead has leased the Makerua Estate Company's mill. Tho new post offico is nearly completed. It is apparently a comniodioiis. if not altogether a handsome, structure. Residents are now beginning to ask who is to perform the opening service. There is a feeling locally that this should be held over until the return of New Zealand's Imperial Council (representatives. It might'not altogether he tho most fitting climax to their recent triumphant prev press, but nothing less than a title'will | please Shannon.

On Monday the territorial offienrs for the district visited Shannon . Thirrvthrca younpr mon have registered in this district, and it is proposed to appoint one of them as a subaltern at £15 per year. '

At'a meetin.T.of residents in the Club i til 0" 3r ° mia 3' m > ,l(: . it was decided to hold a concert and "social" on ■July 28 in aid of the family of the late Mr. W.' Ryan, v:ho was recently run over bv n train on the Main. Trunk Line. •T. Gurran and Bilderbeek were appointed doorkeeiwrs. and Mrs.. Moynihan. Srps«rs •T_. H. E. Tillintr, .1.-Boris, and E. j. Kini; were appointed a committee. Mr E. J. King will be M.C. at the danco to follow. A man was arrested here on Tuesday morning on a charge of the- theft of a gold ring. The local dairy conipapv has received (in: .-offer of Is. 4d. per lb. for all the butter which they have on hand. —— —_ CARTERTON. Mr. J. Bridges, organiser for the local A'o-License party, is at present on a visit to the Auckland province. . M rs- F- Tounsend, of AVellington, and her little daughter, Gladys, are at present on a visit to M.rs. Gravestock, of Clarevijle. _ The Carterton Literary aud Debating Society met on Monday evening, when the evening was devoted to tho reading of the society's Journal. A very instructive time was spent. Tho local Golf Club have- found that, for the number competing, it was impossible for a iifteen-holo course to be played while daylight lasted. It has been decided, therefore, to handicap on nine holes, reducing the handicaps allotted for the 15-holo course by approximately one-third. A number of players (not completing the 15 holes) did not hand in their cards, and the best scores were not available. The competition will be continued next Saturday, nine holes only being played New handicaps will bo allotted.

GREYTOWN. The Greytpwn Borough Council met on Monday evening, the Mayor (Mr. Loasby) presiding. An application was made by Mr. C. Hardingc for a lease of the cemetery reserve, recently vacated by W. Workman. It was resolved that, the lease be put up for open tender. A slaughtering license was granted to Messrs. Haigh aud Son. Messrs. Kliodcs aud fiouzaid applied for a lease of the Town Hall for two nights a week for picture shows. The council decided not to entertain the application in present form. ■ Two small accounts from the Amateur Operatic Society were passed for payment. A cheqin lor three guineas was received from Mr. Geo. Mncrnrlano as a donation to the Coronation Baths fund. The sum of JJIIO was received from the Valuation Department as a subsidy on rates. Dr. M'C'arthy wrote notifying one case of scarlet fever and cne of measles in the borough. Mr. K. Brown, Harbour Board return-ing-officer, wrote complaining of what he termed tho excessive cost of printing rolls for the election. The town clerk, admitting that iho "copy" was bad, offered to boar the cost of printing, hut the council decided to pay half cost of printing. It was mentioned that a subsidy of ;C2*)o had been granted by the Minister for Internal Affairs towards the Coronation Baths. Tho Hank of New Zealand notified that the usual overdraft up lo JM2OO would be in order.

The Mustertcm Chamber of Commerce forwarded u copy of a petition relating to the Rimutaka line, ami requested the council to obtain signatures for same. It W4S agiejd to do, so, " l \

A pc'lilion was received from Hie residents of I'apawai asking that the approaches to the Papawai bridge should be improved, and complaining uf vehicle traffic yotii'jj over the bridge. The matter ivivs left to the Works Committee to deal with. The ranger reported impounding It head of ratlle and handing over to owners 3.j others. ' It was decided to increase (ho town clerk's salary Id «£l5O per annum, anil to give the hall custodian an extra "> per cent., making a total annual salary of 15 per cent, on receipts. The Finance Committee's report was read and adopted. Tho Mayor reported that there would be 20 gas lights in thp streets as follow:— Eight pedestal (double light) in Main Street; four in Jviirarawhili Sheet: two ill Groat Frederick Street; two in Jl"Master Street; two in West Street; two in Humphries Street; one in Woods Street. As the gasworks are to be opened with an official celebration, the Mayor and Councillors Hayman, Haigh, and Trolman were appointed a committee to arrange the function. On the Jf&yor asking for general business.'Councillor Haigh said that his Worship had talked about voting .£IOO to the batlis fund, but had not as yet moved tho motion. . The Mayor replied that he had overlooked the matter, but would now move that .£IOO be donated to the Coronation Bath fund. This was carried unanimously.

•, " WOODVILLE. . Mrs. Perryman. wife of the Eev. Mr. Pesrymau, of Johnsouville, conducted the Methodist Foreign Mission services here. The results surpass those of other years as regards finance. It has also been decided to subscribe the necessary amount to Eupport a. native teacher on tho mission field, independent of the usual subscription. ■, An Opposition candidate is to be chosen to-day (Wednesday) v to contest the next election. Your cough troubles you. most just when retiring, and you have difficulty in getting to elcep. Try "NAZOL," it acts liko a charm. A few drops on sugar and allowed to dissolve slowly between the ch««k,and gums, and a good inhalation of "JvAZOL" through the "KAZOL INHALER" will quickly cure you. Sold everywhere. 3s. 6d.—Advt. A new statute, making Greek an optional subject in Eesponsions for candidates taking honours in mathematics or natural science, was passed by Congregation at Oxford University on May 1G by 156 votes to 79.