PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 80, 24 March 1908, Page 4

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

WAREA. (From Our own Correspondent). Mr. •!. Burgess met with a painful accident on Monday last as he was going on hit usual trip to New Plymouth to attend the Charitable Aid" Board meeting. When near Omata lie met u motor car, and his linr-e shying, .Mr. Burgess was precipitated to" mother earth. The motorist* stopped and helped Mr. Burgess on the horse again, but he was unable to ride far, and came home oil Wednesday by the coach. lie is progressing slowly. The milk supply .it the local factory, which ha- ' ? !:-■ ling about the same for w'r t down suddenly after tin -rlv wind and ram. The tests .. , g a little every week. I tie highest last week being 4.5, and the lowest 3.7.

Mr. Bruce Anderson received a wke last Tuesday to the effect that his brother James was dead. The' death will be regretted by all who knew deceased in the district. Mr. J. Iveedom has taken Mr. Anderson's position at the factory, which he will return to this week.

The Catholic social held in the Hemp- • ton Uali, Okato, on Tuesday evening ' was largely attended. The room w-js crowded with visitors from all along the coast. During the evening several songs were given. At midnight nn excellent sapper was landed round by the young men of Okato. Mr. P. Brophv made an able M.C. Miss M. Daley supplied the dance music. The Okato v. Warea cricket inat:h was played on Mr. M. Brophy's paddock on Saturday last, in fine weathur. The game ended in a win for the Okato eleven by six r»ns. Warea'* best men were not available. The following is the result: —Warea: B. Anderson, b I'. Carey, 18; -J. Keogb, e Evans, b Des Forges, 3; T. E. Larking, b Carey, 1; J. Leedom, run out. 5; R. Warburton, b u Carey, 0; H. Layman, b Power, 0; 11. Julian, c land, b L. Carey, 0; C. W. Corbett, b Carey, 7; E. Mac-Donald, b Power, 3; W. t'emberton, run out, 1; J. Aylward, not out, 1; extras, 7; total, 48. Okato: >. Andrews, b Warburton, 2; L. Carey, b Warburton, l!(; W. Des Forges, b Anderson, 1: L. Andrews, b Warburton, 5; I'. Carey, b Anderson, 3; J. Power, c Larking, b Anderson, 12; J. Carey, 1.b.w., Anderson, 1; X. (Jordge, b Anderson, 1; W. land, b Anderson, 2; D. Evans, b Warburton, 3; W. Wilson, not out, 2; extras, 1; total, 52. After the match afternoon tea was provided by the Warea ladies. A return match will be played shortly. The ratepayers of this district do not seem to be very interested in liarb>r loan meeting-, in connection with the extension of the harbor. Mr. Maxwell has been here twice, and only two turned up on the first occasion and three the second. So no meeting was held. The big majority, however appear to be in favor of the proposed loan, for they want to see the harlior go ahead to euable Home steamer* to come to New Plymouth. The weather here during the last few days has been very cold and wet, and it has been more like that obtaining in the middle of winter. On Thursday about noon a gale sprang up from the south-east, with rain, and blew with terrific force all the afternoon and night. A farmer on the Warea road had a cow killed by a limb of a tree blowing down upon it on Thursday afternoon, and another farmer out in the oprn found one of his cows in the drain next morning, dead. The animal apparently had been trying to seek shelter through the night under a hedge and had fallen in.