HANAWATU

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 56, 29 November 1919, Page 12

HANAWATU

Miss Ironside, M.A., who for some years hns been head mistress of the Palinerston North Girls' High School, has just received tlio appointment of principal of tho Girton Girls' Grammar School, Victoria. The staff of this school at prosent includes four full-time teachers and twelve visiting teachers. Miss. Ironside is to hnye full charge of all mntters in connection witli the 6chool, lncluflinp the matter of staffing. Mr. David -Amesbury, one of the oldest settlers in the Foilding district and jvell known over the Dominion as an amateur taxidermist, has died there at the age of 73 years. Mr Edwin Irwin, of Feildmg, died on Thursday after a lengthy illness. He was one of tho original settlers in the Benconsfield district and latterly had farmed at Apiti. He leaves a widow ant three grown-up daughters-Mrs. J. Melsten and the Misses Evelyn and Violet Irwin. , ,-l 4. special meeting of the Onraa County Council was held to consider matters in connection with a road improvement scheme. In the cour«c «f i , renort submitted l>v Mv. P. Hardiii*. CE., he suggested that thp primnrv step was to secure a good pl"it. iicliulin? c stone-crnsher and hvn motor lorries> itivnlving an expwiditme o? nbwit .WO6O. The "ni'inoer pointed out thnt Jlr. Hnruinif hnd rccommendnl American lorries, nnd mentioTied that it would be necessary to 60CUV0 the approval of the ratepayers for a loan to raise the necssnry money to purchase 1 the plant, and this vwnmonnt to a sum of .£275 per annum fointerest. The majority of the councillors spoke in favour, of the scheme, recogmsinir thnt progressive measures, were urg-,j ontly necessary, but several Tai?ed an diectioti to the plant lipin? proenrNl from Amerion It wns pointed out thnt if they wanted the lorries immediately. America was the o'lly country which ooiild supply them, If they went to England for the lorries they would not ect them for some considerable time, as there wns nono ready for delivery (it the , present time. It was eventually decided to adopt the proposals of the engineer and he wns instructed to obtain nil available information on the proposal nnd also in the mntter of the raising " f tho necessary lonn for financing tue scheme. ..

DANNBVIRKE At the meeting of| the Dannovirke County Council the engineer reported that jfr. Nathan, assistant engineer to the Public Works Department, had visited the localities for proposed bridges and had picked out sites for two structures across the Mangatmvai-iti Jliver, on the Main Norwood Itoad, and was arranging to have tho necessary plans nnd specin•cations drawn up. It wns also reported that a new road was being constructed to allow of vehicular traffic crossmg the river where the bridge had been burned. The total amount received for tho 2505 acres of tho Mangntoro Estate, ,which was sold by auction on Wednesday, wan .£53,946 17s. Cd., being an average- of just over cC2I 10s, per acre. For the leaseof tho 2500 acres held under Nativo lease the sum of X 15,125 wns obtained, which mnkes tho total aggregate of tho ealo jtf.9,071 17a. Cd. Tho Railway Department has now ft gang of about a dozen men engaged in instilling now signals alonir the whole line between liera and Napier. Up to the present they havo reached as far aa The'Dannevirke County Council has decided to remove the Califomian thistle and the ox-rye daisy from its list of noxious weeds. This is considered a retrograde step in a district where most of the properties are. fairly infested with weeds of one kind or another. •• WOODViLLG

At the meeting of tho WoodvHle School Committee it was reported that the attundanco at '.ho local schools was as follow: Secondary department 32, s'.de school 31. and primnry department 384. Mr. P. Kennedy has been nominated for a vacancy on the committee Tho W'oodvillß Choesa Company has just completed its final payment for tho season to suppliers which makes tho total received for butter-fat 2s. per lb. _ l'ahiatua having wrested the Dixon Cup from the Palmerston North Bowling Club, has been challenged by Woodvillc. Tho match will bo played hero on Saturday, when WoodviHe will bo represented by'Lyoii, O'Gorman. Nicholson, and Wardrop'; emergency, Allen-

An explosion in the wtrol depot at the American camp near Dijon started an extensive fire, the damage being estimated at over *2100,000.