PROVINCIAL CENTRES

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1336, 13 January 1912, Page 8

PROVINCIAL CENTRES

(From Our BoecltU CorrosnonclcntiJ ♦

CARTERTON.

Mt. N. A. M'Konzio, lottor-carrier on Uio Carterton Post Officc staff, leaves licro on Momliiy on trans-fiT to Napier. The W.I .C.A., Ltd., arc crectini; a grain stoi'o on _ ground near the Carterton railway stiition. Mr. A. E. Wallis is tho contractor. liro. D. S. Watliins, of Loyal MartinIwroush I.oditc, lias been appointed auditor of tho W'airarapa Past Graiul Ixxlgo of Oddffrllows, in place of l!io. C. J. Kcnt-Jolui'd'on, who lias left tho district for l'arnoll.

FEATHERSTON.

There is a keen demand for store sheep throughout the Wairarapa' district. The I'eatherston County Council has decided to invito the Prime Minister and the Minister for Public Works to the official opening of the new ferro-concrete bridge afcross tho l'uaniahunga River- on Thursday afternoon next. lieprc-senta-tives of neighbouring public ,bc<lies have also been invited.

FEILDING.

Grass seeding in tho Apiti district is going on apace, tho weather just suiting operations. A message from Utuwai yesterday morning confirmed tho idea that there should be a favourable yield,

HASTINGS.

At a meeting of workers held in Hastings on Thursday evening, it was decided to form a branch of the New Zealand Labour party. As tho press was not admitted, it is not possiblo to indicate tho scope of tho now body.