PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1206, 15 August 1911, Page 6

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

(Ffom Oar Special Correspondents.) :—«

HASTINGS.

Efforts are being made to form a branch of the Anti-Military Council in Hastings. The Borough Council lifts authorised the Mayor to open up a subscription list in furtherance of the Taylor Memorial Fund.. Mr. A. L. D. Prase*, a candidate for the Hawke's Bay seat at the general election, will open his campaign by a public address in the theatre to-morrow night. Ratepayers of the Pukahu ward of the Hawke's Bay River District are indignant over the treatment meted out to them, and will petition Parliament during the present session to bring about their severance from the other portion* of the district. There appears to have been some unsatisfactory aspects about the mt.nner in which the Hawke's Bay Ilivers Board Act was allowed to pass Parliament last session. The Pukahu ratepayers claimed throughout that they should either be left out of the scheme altogether, t or that they should only be rated according to the benefits which they were likely to receive. Their fears were lulled into temporary security by the, assurance of the advocates of the" I'iver Board scheme that Pukahu should be specially safeguarded. Now it is generally recognised that these pledges have not been kept. Those whd urged the scheme on the Government are now blaming the Legislature for deleting the proposals which would have given Pukahu the special protection which it asked for. The position now is that the River Board commissioners have recommended a scheme that will cost ,£83,000, and, of this amount, Pukahu is expected to find two-fifths, though representative settlers state that tlmt district will receive scarcely any benefit therefrom. The River Board has already approved of the engineer's report, and, in the opinion of some, has shown undue haste in giving effect thereto. Thoroughly alarmed, the Pukahu settlers met to tho number of sixty on Saturday afternoon, and almost unanimously voted in favour of prosenUng a petition to Parliament for severance^

CARTERTON.

Mrs. Agnes C. Broadbont, relict of tin. lato Mr. Joseph S. Broadbent, died on Sunday, as tho result of a paralytic seizure. Deceased was G2 years of age, and leaves a grown-up family of tlireo sons, aud four daughters. The funeral takes place on Wednesday. A team from the Carterton Golf Club were defeated by the Greytown Club on Saturday at Greytown by 1! points to 1.

FEILDING.

Tho Bunnythorpe Rifle Club won its match against tho Raumoi Club at Bunnythorpe. The firing of the home team was too consistent for tho visitors, and tho local club came out on top by 2G points—3B2 to 356. The Raumai Club had their best team on the range, these including several old shots. Owing to the prevalence of measles the Cheltenham School has been closed for a fortnight.

OTAKI.

Mr. Henry T. Eagar, a very old and respected resident of Otaki, died at the Hospital .on Sunday night. Although deceased was 76 years of age, he tras very active, and, up till within a short time ago, had carried out liis duties as clerk to the Road Board. He was practically the first secretary of the Maori Racing Club, which position he held for u considerable time. Subsequently he was connected with the local library for many years. For some thirty years he held the position of clerk and treasurer to the Eoad Board, and his knowledge on matters pertaining to the district was very comprehensive. He was deservedly popular, quiet in manner, and unassuming, and was greatly respected by a very large number of friends.