PROVINCIAL NEWS

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4316, 27 March 1901, Page 2

PROVINCIAL NEWS

CARTERTON, la the continuance of the senior championship cricket match, Carterton v. Featherston, the former suffered a “ rot,” and were all disposed of for 33, or 72 behind their predecessors. In their second innings, Featherston. hare lost four wickets for 45—Bid-will {late of Wellington College), 21 not out. Among the Featherston team tv as Cobcroft—well known in Australian and New Zealand cricket—who intends returning to Sydney next June. If: Featherston defeat Carterton (last season’s champions) they will giro Greytown a big chance of annexing first honours. • _ Bast- week there was an 'incipient strike among some of the casual labourers of Booth’s timber yards,- who asked for an increase of 6d on the wage of 6s per day. Mr Booth has asked the men fo wait a fortnight for an answer. These men are only paid'for the hours they work, and a fortnight’s pay is always kept back by the employer until the employee is discharged, or leaves willingly.” " The Carterton Borough Council has requested Dr Johnston to ask the Board of Health that a medical ofiicdr be appointed for the district.

The published statement that the late C. R. Carter’s grave is not marked by a headstone is not quite correct. It is true that, in accordance witn his express wish, no perpendicular stone marks his last resting place, but hrigrave is marked with sr beautiful' broad piece of white marble t suitably inscribed. The grave is 'environed with am iron fence set in cement, and is well looked after. On this subject Mr J. W. Boynton, Public Trustee, writes to ■the editor • as follows: —ln - the “Times” of Monday last certain statements were made having reference to the late Mr Charles Booking Carter’s bequest to Carterton. Your informant does not state" fairly the conditions on which admission may he gained to the. Homo, ’;an,d he appear^to .he absolutely, ignorant ■of the provision made to mark Mr Carter’s -last resting place. The following is an extract from the will, having reference to applicants for admission to .the Homo:—“Applicants for admission to the Home shall not- be inrder sixty-five years, of age, , nnd shall have been ordinarily resident for the space of five 'years at- least,; before their admission to- the Home, within- the district./ . . . All applicants for ladmission to thojHome must be of good character,! and special preference shall bo given to those who have not been habitual drunkards and have not become bankrupt.” With reference to the provision for marking the last resting place of the late" Mr Carter, the following is an extract from the ‘‘Wairarapa Observer’/’ of March, 1000 : —“ln Meihoriam.—The late Mr Carter’s Grave, —The monuments to the memory of the dead in Clareville Cemetery--—‘God’s Acre’— have recently l*epn added to. by the erection of a handsome marble ledger, bearing the inscription that will arrest 'the attention, and call to the minds, of the present generation at least, feelings of deep veneration for oho to whom the people, of Carterton ow.e so much. It is unnecessary ' to say that we refer to the late Mr Carter, bu£ for whose good actions Carterton ..would. have scarcely been worthy of the name cf 'town.’ Our recreation reserve, site for the Council Chambers, town clock, and the Old Men's Home, shortly to be built, are all‘the late ‘Mr Carter's gifts. There in the Clareville Cemetery he lies, dead, but not forgotten. To be cherish- ■ ;e r I in ’the hearts of those left 'behind is not to die. Instinctively we feel with the poet as wo look back on the past, that— . * -

, Our little systems have their day; i They have their day and cease to be; I They are' but broken lights of Thee, j And" Thou, 0 Lord, are more than they. ’ “The ledger is very handsome, but not showy. Indeed, it is truly emblematical of the ifian toi whose memory it is raised—a strong, noble, rugged' character. The marble, a beautifully veined piece, rests,; upon , a blue _ stone _ basement. Around 1 the grave is a suitablydesigned iron railing, erected on a stone 1 kerbing. The floor is concrete, and a handsome. foundation of marble chips on the floor of the enclosure relieves, in excellent taste, the leaded" inscription on the marble ledger, which runs as follows : “ Tn memory of Charles Rocking Carter, Xehdal, Westmoreland, died July 22nd, 1896, aged seventy-three years.” “ ‘Also, Jean, the wife, died, at Buxton, Derbyshire, September 16th, 1895, six-lt-fi.ve years. ’ . , .., « ‘AUso, Jane 1 Caroline, their only child, died in London, January, 1870. ‘Nearer my God to Thee.’” ‘On Thursday afternoon last the grave was visited by Mr H. H. Wolters, at the request of the Public Trustee, who wished for a certificate as to how the work had been completed. Th cost: amounted to nearly £6O.

* . 3IASTERTON. • , An extraordinary case, of theft took place at the Masterton railway station on Friday afternoon. Mr J. W. Thompson, a traveller for Messrs W. aiid-J. Staples and Co., boot . of Wellington, left a quantity of samples at the 'station. An individual came along, broke open the tranks, and taking away a quantity of the samples, tried to sell them to a resident in-the ■vicinity of the station. Then it was 'discovered that all the hoots, were “odd” —they were all “ left-footers.” - .The young man was annoyed hut nonchalant. There was some mistake, he said, and off he went back to the railway station, and. proceeded to ,i.oommandeer some more foot-wear. An inquisitive porter wanted', to "know what : the youth : did there,, but being solemnly assured that the thief was the owner of the trunks j allowed him to stalk away with another consignment of loot—-or-rather boot. 1 But. a. smart Xderk 'name'' Stubbs happened on to 'the .scene, :.and, “ smelling d rat,” set. out after, the enterprising stranger, audi laid determined bands on him, after an'exciting chaser The up- . shot, of. all the, above was that the'man William Sutton was sent to prison, for a month.

Three properties on the Upper Fernridge have been, acquired by the Bor- . ough Council f for the waterworks I scheme. . The racing-club had- a credit of £2lB fl6s.lod.on its last meeting. The ex- ■; penditure was £1029 10s lid, including £730 stakes. The totalisator contributed £673 15s 3d to the receipts fox* the meeting. The late Mrs Wood, wife of the. Rev ' Robert Wood, Presbyterian minister,: at LMasterton, was an earnest worker in. re. ligious and charitable moyejnents, . and will. be greatly missed .in Mastertoniv Private Boddington, whothas just:: returned'from South Africa, was enter- ■ taincd at a smoke concert Sit the Club Hotel on'Saturday evening, the Mayor (Mr O. A. Pownall) presiding.' " WOODVILLE. ' S. R. Lancaster was brought up be- ( fore the Court yesterday charged with ' causing a pig unnecessary pain and suf. I fering by shutting it up in a packing . case. The Magistrate was not clear as what caused the pig’s death, and dis--1 mi*wd the

A lad named Grinlinlon, by. a fall from a tree while bird-nesting, sustained severe injuries, both wrists being disloca* ted and the arm broken above the elbow. DANNEVTRKE. lu the Bush Club’s Lawn Tenuis Championship meeting, held here, .Mr F. Newenham, of the Dannevirke Cl üb, won the men’s championship, and Mr Jo'nes (Makuri) the men’s handi-pap singles. Miss-Guy and Mr Neweuham (Dannevirke) won the combined han‘.dicap doubles; bliss Richards (Damaevirke) and Miss MacArthur (heildirag) the ladies’ handicap doubles; and Milss MacArthur the ladies’ handicap single ! s. At a conference between the office’ r» of tiie local volunteers and the XJndoi > Secretary for Defence, arrangement p were made for the erection of a drill- • shed. GREYTOWN. Two bases of typnoid have been received into the hospital from Carterton. ' KLTHA-M. - A well-attended meeting was held for the purpose of pointing out. to the Department tiie necessity for separating the post and railway offices hero. A central site for a post office was offered by Mr John Searle. Messrs Williamson and Woods were appointed to proceed to Wellington and interview the MinistelSeveral cases of typhoid have been reported, ' V STRATFORD, , , A movement is afoot to bring uito operation the ' Rating on Unimproved Value - Act, - . The Catholic ’ bazaiar, which has just closed, netted over £l2O. PALMERSTON NORTH. ! The Government has promised to advance the Fitzherhert Road Board sufficieht money to enable the FitzherbOrtTokomaru road to be completed. NEW PLYMOUTH. The auction sale of toll-gate rights for the year resulted as follows. The prices in brackets are the amounts obtained last, year; —Waiwakaiho, £52 lOa per month (£52 10s per month); June* tion Road, £2l 10s (£2O 2s 6d);: Puniho, £l7- (£lB ss); Inglewood South, '£27. The Heimana and Mountain. Road gates were passed in.