DISTRICT NEWS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25, 30 January 1912, Page 8

DISTRICT NEWS.

j OTAKI NOTES. / [bx ielegbatr— special to the post.] OTAKI, This Day. The annual general meeting in connection with the local public library was heW on Saturday night, Mr. W. B. I Smith presiding. The balance-sheet 1 showed — Members' subscriptions, £24 15s; I Bubsidy from County Council, £9 9s; ! Government subsidy, £11 5s 6d; refund from Road Board, ss. Expenditure — Librarian, £12 16s; audit fee, 10s 6d; stationery, 8s lOd ; fuel and lighting, £2 j 12s 6d ; printing and advertising, 176 ; insurance, £1 8s 8d; interest on overdraft, £6 9s lOd; 'bank fees, 10s j leaving a ! credit of £1 18s 2d. It was decided to-t make an endeavour to reduce the overdraft, and an entertainment in aid of . that object is to be promoted. The-fol-lowing officers were elected: — Mrs. Hop- ' 1 kins, Messrs. W. B. Smith, R. Booth, It. L. Bacclues, F. Perm, and guarantors (ex officio) ; librarian, Mr. W. Fisher ; audi- } tor, Mr. H. Freeman. Mrs. Hopkins and Mr. Smith wero authorised to purchase new booke for the year, and sell or ' exchange any old ones. # , Mr. Geo. Powell, who has been indis- : posed for some time, was on Sunday admitted to the local hospital. • CARTERTON NOTES. [bx xxlbgbaph— spkcial to the fost.] CARTERTON, This Day. There was a large and representative I gathering of friends at the funeral of tho ' late Mr. William Moriarty, which took I "place at the Claro'ville Cemetery -yestei- ' ■ day afternoon. The Rev.. Father Bowe, . . of St. Mary's Church, conducted the service at the graveside. The Carterton Volunteer Fire Brigade havt, decided to send a five-men team to j compete in the Dannevirke competitions , in March next. , I On Saturday, the Wairarapa South j County Council accepted the following tender* fo» motalnng contracts:—Contract No. 129, H. L. Herrick, at 4e per cubic yard ; contract No. 131, W. A. Reid, at Is lOd; contract 139, W. C. i Cameron, at 2s 3d; contract. 142,- T. j Harvey, at 3s; contract 143, WVHansen. at Is 7£d. Fresh tenders are to be called for- contracts 140 and 141. ! v The Cordnaßon Band Rotunda, which has just been completed in Carrington Park, is to be formally opened on Thurs-j day afternoon, Bth February. - ',v FEATHERSTON ITEMS. '[B* TELEGRAPH — SPECIAL TO THE POST.] FEATHERSTON, This Day. Three rinks of local bowlers will play representatives of the Greytown Club here on Thursday. ' Tho rinks will be: — Baker, Knowles, Tocker, Everton (skip); Holms, Donald, Horsbrugh, Benton (skip) ; Nix, Sorensen, M'Kenzie, Elliott .(skip). Tho Coronation Swimming Bath is nearing completion, the walls and -the greater p.art of the floor having been constructed. A meeting will be held shortly to consider the matter of raising funds to provide sheds and for the erection of a fence around the bath. On the bowling green on Saturday, Bladen and Elliott (scr) defeated Henry and Benton (12) by 41 points to 29. The Rifle Club fired its first trophy match on Saturday, when C. Nix (sor) and A. Balfour (4) each 'scored 92 points, firing ov^r the 200, 600, > and 700 yard 3 1 ranges. J. Parker (3) scored 89 points. _ I A heavy downpour of rain was experienced yesterday, and, following upon a week of sunshine, was welcomed by pasi toralists! Visitors to Feathorston are almost unanimous in declaring the to.vn to be one of the most pictusesque in tho Dominion, but they invariably remark upon tlje lack of interest the townspeople appear-to take in their immediate surroundings. Nature and the work of pioneer residents combined have ' brought about the greater part of the beauty of "the loveliest village of the Plain," /but the citizens of today, generally speaking, are doing little to add to the attractiveness of the place. The Town Board should set an example in this matter worthy of emulation.