PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1224, 5 September 1911, Page 2

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

(From' Our Special Correspondents.) CARTERTON.' Sirs. A. F. Wilson, who is leaving Carterton shortly to t.-ilco i;n residence at Stratford (II r. Wilson lunlng been transferred iu (lie Agricultural Department's service), was entertained by friends last week, and presented with a handsome Indies' bag and silver-mounted smelling raits bottle. Tlic Hew .1. .T. Pcndrny, of Eketalnina, conducted tlio Methodist' Church services here on Sunday.. 'J'lie local brnncli of the Wairarapa Egg Circle dispatched over 300 dozen last ilr! C. 11. Poolo. M.P., dolivers an address at C-nrtwton on Sunday next, under the auspices of the No-License League. It has boon suggested that steps should be taken to form a branch of tho Sports Protection League in the country districts. On Friday afternoon tho children attending the C'lnrcvillo State School presented tII r. J. Jl. Beechey, the headmaster, with a handsome case of pipes, tobncco cabinet, and Russian leather pouch, as a memento on the occasion of his ap. preaching marriage. Mr. A. Phillpous, chairman of the committee, made tho presentation <m. behalf of the childiwi, •Mr, 0. Tanner, who is contesting the Wiuravapa beat at the forthcoming genera! election as a Liberal, addressed a good audience of electors at Victoria Hall on Friday evening. Mr. F, Feist, Mayor, presided. A vote of thanks to the speaker end choirmau concluded the proceedings. OTAKI. August was an exceptionally dry mouth here. For the 31 days only l'.3sin. of rain fell, although there were 12 "wet"- days. The. mr- : mum lull (.55in.) was on August 17. Thu'e wer-3 fiyo frosts. . The Otaki Bowling Green is well advanced, as far as preparation goes. The oppiiiug takes "laco shortly. . Miss Eileen Tompsitt .has passed her musical examination (just held* at Wan.sanni) with honours. There arc still no traces of the missing mail, Peter Smith, wlio disappeared suddenly at Manakau five weeks ago. FEILDING. A very keen and unsatisfied demand still exists for good dairy cows. Mr. It. n a ' sll informs the local journal aa lollows:—"l'eilding is rapidly bscomiiij/ as good a centre for Jersey stock as it ia lor ltomncys. Inquiries are coming hero irorn all parts of tho Dominion. At the Duke of Marlborough's clearing Sale of pedigree. Jerseys, which I attended in 1000 nt Home, prices were not higher than they nro for high-bred pedigree Jcrseys in Feildine to-day, and they were beautiful animals." Although tho weather continues exceptionally dry, feed is .coming away rapidly, and most of the stock is looking wefl. Farmers iu general are prophesying another dry season, and maize and other green food is being sown accordingly ia order to make provision for dairy slock. Hares are again reported to bo a considerable nuisance to young crops in tho Wailuna West district. It seems rather a pity that one cannot exterminate a few. of them in the same way as the rabbits are dealt with.