PROVINCIAL CENTRES. (From Our Special Correspondents.)

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1318, 22 December 1911, Page 6

PROVINCIAL CENTRES. (From Our Special Correspondents.)

FEATHERSTON. The monthly meeting of tlio Featherston County Council was held oii ■Wednesday. The treasurer's statement showcd the general account in credit J.'161, r >, nncl that receipts for the month had been JJIB3B. ' Permission was granted to the .Motor Association, to erect it platform bridge oyer Abbott's Creek on (he Rinmaka Jtond. Owners of strav bulls arc to be prosecuted in future. This is the outcome of the district ranger having impounded hve bulls during the past month. His .report, showed:—lmpounding?, 24 cattle, 5 bulls, and IS horses. Plans are to be prepared for the improvement of the Kimntaka Bond, unci tenders are to be called for the removal of the old Waibcngu Bridge. Arrangements are to bo made for the use of the Maslerton Borough Council's steam roadroller. Employees' holidays will date from December 22 to January 8. The owner of the "T.ongwood" Estate is to be called upon to form the roads in the subdivision of (hat estate. A special rate of 1-lotti of a penny in the .£1 was struck lor the Waihenga Bridge Loan. The new ferro-cowrctu bridge at Wailuriiga, over the liuamahunga Bivor, is to lie officially opened about the middleof January. the exact dale to bo fixed at next meeting of the council. FEILDING. Mr. .1. J. Mallard, one of the Wollington members of the Feildiug Fire Board, spent some time while iu towu ins|>octilig the borough garden plot, regarding which he takes much interest, lie congratulated the Mnyor on tho appearance of the plots. ■ Mr. Sampson, Acting-Bcgistrnr of the Supreme Court. Wellington, was iu Feildiug yesterday. At a sale of Feildiug properly, conducted by Messrs. Gorton and l?on, under direction of the Supremo Court, tho properly which is localod on the corner of Manchester' and ttrev Struts, went for ~CM3(i. to Mr. Do Luen. of WiUiganui. Ir iiicludes » L-roomod boardinghous-e, one o-roouKxl. two 7-roqinod, and other builduiEs.' gtjlvri'. shoE, etc, ■