COUNTRY CORRESPONDENCE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1707, 23 December 1919, Page 7

COUNTRY CORRESPONDENCE.

i ». — DOWN THE LINE.. (From Our Own. Correspondent.) .. OiAKI, Dec, 22., An .unfortunate accident occuircd at Nelson on nidav, when Mrs Scaly, mother of Miss Sialy, matron ofi thosOtaki Hospital, was thrown' by a lady, cyclist' and ha,d an arm broken. Airs ifcealy also sull'eivd severely from shook, her advanced years' making the inju.ies the more serioas. Dr /Sharp, \y|io has been relieving locum tenons- in G'wi'ki for the past few weeks, left Otaki to_-day lor Auckland. His place will be filled temuoraiily by Dr. Little, while at a later date. 'lh.' Sharp, of Wellington, will take over the practice. During tho past few days an - Otaki fruitgrower has sent one hundred cases of plums to the Wellington market, and received tho splendid price of 15s per case. ■ The following have been elected officers of the Horowhcnua Educational Institute: President, Mr C. F. Rdckefl i vice-president, Mr D. Forsythc; hon. secretary and treasurer, Mr 11. J. Jones; auditor, Mr G. W. Kirk. . , Levin is to have a Mardi Gras carnival in February, funds raised to be used in beautifying* the township. At the last sitting of tho Levin S.M: Court, J. A. Collins was fined 10s, costs 12s, for boarding a train while in motion. Herbert Barns, Harry Drake and Bishop Kirapi were charged with geligniting fish, unci each fined £2, casts 24a,/' A Native boy, Matthew Kawhao, recently seized a motor car' which was left standing in Oxford street, Levin, drove it in the direction of Foxton, and ran foul of a mob of sheep Luckily, no damage was done, and the car v was driven back towards Levin. However, a dip in the Heathorlca road was responsible for the car turning a somersault. Kawhao escaped unhurt, and made tor hiding, but ,was unearthed by: the police. Ho was later charged with appro-' printing thai car, was convicted, and discharged, but ordered to be returned to the Weraroa'Training Farm. The car, owned by Mr Maurice Hunter, of Levin, was damaged to the extent of nearly £IOO. A bowing match for the pairs trophy, which took somewhat extraordinary turns, was played on tho Otaki green on Saturday, when Williams and Noble met and defeated Jackson and Sathorley, 27—26. A second pairs match was played botween, A. Smith and Satherloy v. Jackson and Petrie, tho former pair winning 20—17. ' A special meeting of the OJaki Bowling Club was held on Friday night for tho I purpose of considering the alteration of a rule, but the point was raised that members responsible for the meeting were unfinancial and in consequence no business ' was transacted. The above refers to the black-balling of members, and, urifortuii.-jatr-ly, has caused a-broach between certain J membors of the club, while it is feared that I unless there is nioro unanimity between I members a split will occur. Three rinks have boon chosen to play against, Johnsonvillc on Boxing Day at Johnsonvillo. The player* to make tho trip a re:-No. 1 rink: W. B. Smith, Petrie, Canning, Gooding. Nor Howell, Ayre, McDdugall: No. 3: Olliver, Kilnii'ster, Knight, Watts. RAUMAI. (From ,Oub Own ConhESPONDENT.) The annual school picnic was held imthe Ashhurst Domain on Thursday last, lno day was glorious and there was a large attendance, the committee are to be complimented upon the success of the function, and were aldv assisted by a number of lailv workers As usual there was a sumptuous repast for both morning and uvternoon. Races and games were indulged in aild the picnio was most enjoyable At the liivi.*tion of the chairman (Mr W. Lucas) Mr J. J. Lynch distributed the prizes to the following .—Standard V.: Monica Han lon, Kathleen Nicol, Norman Hall, Hov Marshall, Monowai .Funnell. Darcy I'mined. Standard! IV.: Ola McCullock Eric BoNU; tibfek; Standard HI.: Fred Marsha 11, Bob Skuddai, Wallace Smith. Staj.dard til.: Jack Marshall, Bazii Smith. Primer 111.: Willvr- Howell, Alf. Skuddar. Primer 11.: Emiiv Marshal!. Primer I.: Erie Lucm Gren'viile Smith., Kathleen Marshall. Cert,fio.itesoi Merit. Wallace Smith Roy Marshall Norman Hall, Ola McCullock, L. Lucas, GronviU'o Smith, Monowai EunneU. At the conclusion cheers were given for the teacher, Mr G. D. Smith, tho committee, and the ladies. The sum of £l7 pounds had been collected towards the picnic, and loach chUd received a prize. 'lhe chairman, in a very complimentary tone, thanked all those who subscribed so freely to tho funds, and those who assisted to make the picnic the success it had proved. KELVIN GROVE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Tho Kelvin Grove Hall Committee held their monthly meeting on Thursday las Mr Townscnd was elected chairman to I'll tho gap made by Mr Beech, wnc -had re- • sighecL Business over, Mr W. W. Wijsher, on behalt of. the hall committee, present-'. Mr Beech with a case of pipes. Messrs Wil slier, Tounscnd and Rosonoski spoke u "lowing terms of our latS chairman, am n great deal of the past history ol the hal was spoken of by old committee men. All ! Beech fcehngly responded.