MASTERTON NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 866, 12 July 1910, Page 2

MASTERTON NOTES.

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL EYENTa ' ' DAIRY FACTORY DOINGS. IFrom Our SDecial CorrcsriondonU Masterton, July 11. The annual snioto concert and presentation of prizes in connection with the Musterton Homing Pigeon Club took place in the Dominion Hall this evening.. . Messrs. G. K. Sykcs, J. C. Cooper," and D. .Hebenton will represent the Masterton Parliamentary 'Debating Society in a challenge. debate against the Wellington Y.M.C.A. Debating Society, on Friday next. Masterton takes the negative in a debate on the question, "That the Leasehold is the Best System oi Land Tenure for New Zealand." Mary Ann Osborne pleaded guilty in (lie Magistrate's Court this morning, before Messrs. E. G. Eton and Eli Smith, J.P.'s, to the theft of a muff, the property of Mrs. Home. Accused expressed contrition, and ivajs fined 10s., in default seven days' imprisonment. A ploughing match in connection witb'/ the \\"airarapa A. and P. Association is to be. held on Messrs. Morrison Bros.'s property, "Glenmorven," on Thursday, August 11. It is expected that several Masterton ploughmen will compete. The Red Star Football Club holds its annual "social" on Thursday, August 11. There were large congregations at the Congregational Church yesterday, when, the pulpit was occupied by the Rev. J. Macdonald Aspland, of Wellington. At a meeting of directors of the Masterton Co-operative Dairy Company on Saturday, it was decided to procure a "Topliss" churn and worker, and a "Subree" pasteuriser and cooler. The Eketahuna factor}' was the first in New Zealand to instal the combined churn and worker, and the result has been so satisfactory that other factories are following the example. Mr. F. Coleman has been appointed manager of the Nikau creamery,: and Mr. F. Kjestrup, manager of the Kangitimau creamery o£ the Masterton Co-operative Dairy Company. The funeral of. the late Mr. M'lvenzie, of Tanranga, took place yesterday, and was well attended, a number of Highlanders following the hearse in the national costume. A seven-aside football tournament in connection with, tho Friendly Societies of the Wairarapa was played on-the showground on Saturday, and was won by tho Druids of Carterton. AH other football fixtures for the day were postponed. The directors of the Masterton Cooperative Dairy Company decided on Saturday to make a further advance of a halfpenny per pound of butter-fat to milk suppliers for the past season. A mixed fourfotno handicap was played over twelve holes by members of the Mnsterfon Go.'f Club on Saturday last, and was won by.H. H. Pavitt and Mra Henry with CO net.

An indication of approaching spring is to be found in the fact that wattle trees are already in bloom in parts of the town.

The presentation to Mr. YV. H. Jackson, headmaster of the Masterton District High School, who has completed a service of twenty-one years' in .the district, takes- place on Wednesday evenill!?. The testimonial has Iwen fiberallj subscribed to by all sections of-the- community.

Mr. C. K. Daniell, wlro has returned from a visit to Australia, availed himself of an 'opportunity of visiting the leading Technical School in Sydney. He states that, as far as he could discover, tlu provision made for technical instruction in this Dominion is quits as good as that of the "other side," though lit noticed that in Sydney that live shcop wore used to give lessons in shearing and ■ woolclassing. ■■ .