DISTRICT NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2164, 1 June 1914, Page 11

DISTRICT NEWS.

i JOTTINGS FROM PROVINCIAL ' . CENTRES. . (From Oiir Bpeciel Correspondents} PAIMERSTON. On Thursday evom.i-tg tits Carnival Committee decided to hold a post<?.r la-ney dress gathering on tho first night, _ Tire rival ■ candidates fat trumislup have mntua.lly agreed on the stylo and material of i/ho aresses which they will wear. jlr. M, Cohen frill judge tbo musical ino.tiol.ogHe competition. Ifauiwa.y matters are 1 sunmaring agaiiu On Thursday evening the Borough Council Coiiunittee. met Mr. Ji-dwi (representative of an Australian I'ratnways syndicate), Th» BAihstanfit;. ot the deliberations will farm the subject oi a. report to the c-n-u ncil jMXfc Tuesday, when a motion to rescind a former, danism® favouring tho Kdistni staraao battery system will be tabled _ Sister Margftrei Jameson, a flii.ssioiiary from Papua, is spending a holiday hew. She was formerly Mistress of the Long-l-rtjrn Scltaol :i nd katier of tho Yotm.g y, o.nr«n's RiMf! Class of tlie Cuba Street Methodist Church. .tier holiday ia-sta six months. pf. Elizabeth Gimn will inspect school children hero this week.

FEAtMEfiSTON.

Mr. J. \i. Presland, who lias heen in Business here for the past ten year?! is leaving Fcatijereton at th® end of Jtjße. At tin? annual meeting of tire Feathers ton Literary and Debating Society, tho following officers were elected -.--President, Mr, A. 0. Holms; committee, Messrs, M. B. Tait, W. A Fitilajson, A 11. Stons, A. N. Thomson s G, T, Baker; editor of ptagazino, Mr. J. 11. Fie-ldhouse; sccr-eiavy, Mr. F. T. Martin.

PAHJ.ATUA

''i'he a.imual coinpetition for tlte Pallia.', fcua i/irc Brigade challenge slimM will be held on (iiuie 8 (Kina's BirilidnV!. A. fecal resident, Mr. A. r S. lir-aus," has fltmated £1 towards the establishing of recreation fund tor tli-e brigado moiiibcrs. A football tyutch between teaiiis front' the _Pahiatus Territorials ami the j>igBallifig Corps is being arranged to bo .played at Pahi.itua on King's Birthday. A; local resident lias invented a selffolding stool, specially designed fo:r iise in dairying districts. It is ciarmed that th© invention will solve tlio difficulty of dirty stools in cowbails, tho fwUrivanee being -fitted to t-hc pariitiuu of the cowbail and folding up aliioluflticaily when not ii:. use. The. j'rieii djy Sficioties' card tournament was.continued last ivoek. , Tlio jeiiding teams m as follow:—EucJire: Cira Hrif:a«c, 18 points; jJ-rass Jbn/1, M; Ffflfflsfcers' A, 1.3; Troc.adero, 13. Criljba.gc: Citizens' A, 20 paints; iWesters' A, 16; Fire .Brigade, 12. A caHisipu factweei) two veliieles on the Maii.gataiiuilsa Head last fl'fiek resulfeu ia Jlr, J. Afsopp, of Makairo, ■find his ifietiicr, an oLetwly lady, receiving nasty injunes. A gig traveilittg in the opposite direStion to Mr. Alsopp crashed into tho hitter's vehicle, upsetting the occupants, Mrs. Akopp sostamed several broltcii ribs, iviiite Mr. A Isopp had his face cut. _ The niateh betwecii. the Kaitawa Mor-ris-fiiho C-lub and' the Kaifawa LasjiflS' Club resulted in a win for the former ■by tlio narrow margin oj-f three points, Th« men's loam scored 262 points, the Mies' total being 259. T, Guerin inado tho [Hissiblo (35>, while- Mi's L I Ross WaS «iie point sliort .bf the possible* Mrs. Bland, Mrs. Ti. Ross, and. Jliss X. Kerridge. finished with 33 each to their cfcdit. The clei-irical engineer, who- is preparing a report in connection with an electrical lighting scjierme, for Paliiattta, recently f<irwan'ie<f circulars to the resiof tlio borough and enclosing a qiiestiau paper on the- subject-. To date iibout 90 per ccnt. have forsvarded re-plie-Si and only six have refused to support the prop<!sotl sr-iieme outright. The golf lnMctt betweefi Pahiatua. an 4 Ekeiahiina, played on tlio local links ; bu Tiiursday. resulted in a win for tho Pah'ia.tvia reproicniaiives. Out- of seven gii'mes played, Jpenl team won six siiid halved, the maaining game.

OTAKI.

A euchre tournamciit betiveen Otaki bowlers and Druids toe.l; pi-ace on Tfies™y nfeto, the- Ja-fctei" sdcuiin.g an ea-sv Will. J A young Native, named Huia Milutka, entered iv private dwetling on Tuesdliy evening while under the .mflnencit of liquor, and severely frightened the occupant. He was arrested' and appeared at tho Pfll-iep Coiirt., ivheft he was finetl So, .ill default one month's imprisonment. Mf.. I*. W.. Ferguson, for some time a .resident of this district., has left to take up residence in Scotland. Among tho inmates- at tho local hos> pital aro Mrs. Bansfield, Jjiss Jl'Caul, ami. Mr. H. Bills. . Mr. M'Circgcr &n Thursday secured off the Ot-ald. beach- a- ve.ry fine groper, probably the- largest caught in these waters, It, weighed over IGOlb. It was exhibited in. various parts of the town yesterday morning.

CBEY7OWN. The Greyt-nwn Miniature Rifle Club held a meeting in the Foresters' Hall oil Thursday nig!;!;, Mr. A. L. Webster presiding. It was resclvej that two rifles be. procured, also 10.000 rounds of ammunition.. The question e.f procuring targets sv.gs left- to the committee. Tile followinrj officers tter« elected: — Catron, Mr. ft. M. 'jatej prftsideut, Mr„ W. Feas-*-; vice-presidents,' Messrs. A. L. Webster fi*td A. JB.. Bnlfourj-see-re-tary and treasurer, Mr. j, F, Thompson; auditor. Jlr. ('. W. Armstrong; eomniittee. Messrs. Jfurphy. A. 33. Winc'hester, C. £4. DoazaiiJ. ,T, tlodge, jtm., H. 0. Trotman, and 0, A. Bickneil. Mr. W. W. Bicktiell donated IQs. fid. towards the club's funils, and Sir. W. Bcckett £1 Is. The C reytown hockiy t.esim oft Thursday beat Daloficlci by 9 goals to nil.