MASTERTON.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 29, 29 October 1907, Page 6

MASTERTON.

WAIIURAPA CALEDONIAN,SOCIETY. : [BY TELEGUirH/'-PRESS ASSOCUTIOSj • ■-■ 1 At a meeting of the Programme Committee of the Wairarapa Caledonian Society,' some important alterations in the'programme for tho next sports,gath<:ring were.resolved upon; It was decided to strike out cycling events, and allot the prize money hitherto' awarded to those events among'the ..successful com-, potitors in the' Sheffield Handicap. The latter , ' will be a, hundred, aiid twontj'"yards'.run/.m heats of'.five competitors. , ' ;Tho winner ~of ,oach heat, except the.semMnar.in'd final, will recoivo 10s. The first prize w.ili be" £25',- the second £S, and the'third £3. -The. aggregate prize money on. tliCj programme will not-be in?, creased. ■ ■ : '.. ,:,: ■'-~'',.',!'.- ..■ • TliO' one-man sawing; competition , , lias been struck out, and tho maiden bagpipe* > music altered to marches. ■■ The eatcb-as-catch-can wrestling was.altered to. maiden .wrestling. (Cumberland stylo), and tha'light cater event '.substituted for a heavy one.. .No gold medal will be offered, for the aggregate'in 1.1)0, 220, ahd 440 yards, i -.' ',' ■-'. '■' ■"' ;; ' •' ',' .; . Owing to'the lateness of the season, Mr. C. Bannister, the MountHoldsworthguSilo, says that it will not bo muchuso parties ■ascending the mountain before the middle'of December. The flowers will not .be Li bloom till about that time!-. ! -Tlio. 'erection': of tho mountain house has'.been postponed I 'till, the end of November.;'- 1 : ..Y- ■ ,',;,- • -.- rf ...... . The Salvation Army self-den'ial-fund iri.-this district realised £131. ' •'"' . ;