PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1252, 7 October 1911, Page 10

PROVINCIAL CENTRES.

(From Our Special Correspondents.)

FEILDING. Councillor W. ]!eid look his scat at (be Oroun Comity Council meeting yesterday alter a lengthy illness, and was cordially welcomed by the chairman. On Thursday night the. Feilding Card , Club met a team from Sandou, ami an i interesting tournament resulted in tho Fcilding team winning by 51 games to 19. Mrs. W. Clark, who has acted as Postmistress at Taonui for wine tinio past, was tho recipient of a purse of sovereigns ami an address of appreciation from tho settlers this week. Mrs. Clark is leaving for Australia. Mr- H. Blcomfield, Presbyterian missionary at Apiti, who recently sat for his second year's examination, has received w.ord that he has passed in the six subjects prescribed, with an average of DO per cent. FEATHERSTON. Tho spring show of tho Featherston Horticultural Society will bo held liore towards the end of November. The Presbyterian Church manse fund will benefit to the extent of about .£l2O us tho result of tho bazaar held on Thursday. OTAKI. There is evident satisfaction bere at tlio success attained at the Palraerston North elocutionary contests by a number of local elocutionists. Messrs. Eric Lyon and Byron Brown were very successful, while Miss Pole and Miss Pauline Brown, and Master AVinton Brown also did well. ' Tho usual monthly sitting of the Magistrate's Court was held yesterday, Mr. A. D. Thomson, S.M., presiding. On a. charge of theft of 10s. from tho shop of Mrs. H. H. Vann, a boy was reprimanded by tlio magistrate, and warned that any future similar oft'enco would bo met with something more than a caution. Half-a-dozen Natives were charged with failing to register their dogs, and were mulcted in fines of Is. and 2s. Gd., with costs in each case. In a maintenance case the defendant was ordered to pay 12s. 6d. weekly towards tho support of his wife. GREYTOWN. The motor car. traffic in our Main Street is causing some discomfort by raising clouds of dust, which finds its way into shops and dwellings. Tho No-Licenso meeting held in the Town Hall on Thursday night was not largely attended, but tho "Trade's" representatives were present in some force.