MASTERTON NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 884, 2 August 1910, Page 2

MASTERTON NOTES.

SYNDICATE'S GENEROUS ACT. A SPLENDID DONATION. . (Prom Our Special Correspondent.) Masterton, Aug. 1. The members of the syndicate which!bought the Sol way Estate (Messrs. W. Perry, C. F. Vallauce, E, Gray, J.- ' Strang, and Q. Donald) have addressed the following letter to the Masterton. A; and P. Association:—"Enclosed please , , find the Sohvay Syndicate's cheque for ' ■ d£3l7 10s., representing the increased price obtained for the fifteen odd acres fronting the Carterton Ko.id, on which the saleyards are to be erected. I also enclose a further cheque for .£llß3 Is. '. 9d., being the total amount-of the profit .-? accruing to the syndicate to date. Only .: two seotious remain unsold, which are •-. estimated to produce, say,' .£320. These .' • sections are worth the money, and when disposed of it is tho syndicate's intention to baud the money over to the association. This will make a cash contribution to- the association of a trifle over .£ISOO, or, in other words, including the above £317 10s., a total of JEISI7 105..— O. C. Cooper (secretary)." The reading of this letter at tho annual meeting -of -.- tho association on Saturday was the signal for an outburst of loud and sustained applause. Mr. James M'Gregor do- ■■ . scribed the donation as one of the grand, est instances of mens unselfishness he had ever witnessed in his life.' Various Societies. " v • At a meeting of the United Friendly; Societies' Council, held at Carterton, a. l ' grant of ,£5 was jnado from the benevo- ,' lent fund in aid of. a brother who is in poor circumstances. This was the final meeting of the council as at present co&v stitutecl. . Complete arrangements have been made for the exhibition of pictures and other works of art which is to be'held connection with the Masterton Technical • School on Wednesday and Thursday. A. strong committee has been organising tliti exhibition. ■' ■ : ■■'.■•. Tho directors of tho Masterton Cc operative Dairy Company, at a meeting on Saturday, decided to pay a further halfpenny per pound for butter-fat to suppliers, bringing the total payment up to a fraction over tenpence.- They have written off .£IOO for depreciation of buildings, carried forward a balance of .. between .£6O and JE7O, and added i>loo to ■ the sinking fund account, bringing that - reserve up to ,£I2OO. The directors have discussed the question of next 6eason's milk supplies, and have invited intending suppliers to meet them. The good feeling existing between the , various church'es in Masterton was de- ■ moustrate'd on Sunday, .when the Revs. ■ Bain Macdonald and Hodge exchanged . pulpits and-preached to' largo congregn-' tions. '~..... The Masterton Homing Pigeon Club; held its annual .meeting this evening, s when a- satisfactory report/and balancesheet were submitted. .•.'-. • ■- . ■ The-directors retiring from the Mas- ■ terton Co-operative Dairy Company this ; . year are Messrs. E. J. Wright and. U. A. Thompson. There will bo three vacancies to-fill. ' ■ ;-■■ . :..,.'. At a meeting of the local branch of the Navy League, in the Borough Council ■ Chambers this- evening, arrangements were made for tho members of the branch' : to visit warships when tho latter are in Wellington bsvbour.. ~...'.. Messrs. li.'Holmes, R. Kibblewhite, E. J. Wright, and J. 0. Ewington (chairman) have been appointed a committee, with the "secretary, and . manager of the . Masterton Dairy Company, to go into the question of the local disposal of butter 7 and cream, and to report to. a further meeting of directors. . . County Council Matters. .: ■ The monthly meeting of the Wairarap* South County Council was held on' Satur- ' day last, Councillor W. Perry presiding. A credit balance of .£Bl5 Is. Id. was re- ° ported by the treasurer, and uccouuts amounting-to',£nsl 18s; ; lid. -were" passed ' • for payment. Tho"report ; of the sanitary' : ■■ inspector disclosed a satisfactory state of affairs. The ranger reported that seven- - . teen horses and twenty-four, head of cattle- had , been-impounded "during! the*"' month. The engineer was instructed to ' do necessary gravelling in tho neighbour- ■ hood of the Gladstone' Hotel. Ittwaa - ■ decided'to have himd-railings p'ut'up on. both sides of the bridge appioaches on'.the Brooklyn Road. The.'engineer was ■ in- , structed to put in a 12ft. groyne at the Black Bridge'on the Maungatarere Road, to keep the water off the approaches to the bridge. It was resolved to hold over work on the West Taratahi Road;until the road is installed in the spring. An application from the Parkvale dairy factory to put pipes across tho County Road was conditionally granted. Several other minor matters \voro dealt with. A Popular President. , L Mr. G. C. Siimmcrell, the popular ■ manager-of the local branch of Levin , '■"■' and Co., Ltd., who completed his term : ' of presidency of the Masterton A. and P. ' Association on Saturday last, wasy.ac- •'•: corded a well-deserved vote of thanks. Mr. 1). M'Gregor, jun., in moving the ' vote of thanks, said that in Mr.-Sum-merell they had had a president who had ■ conducted the affairs of tho association on business lines, and had lnnt dignity to . the position. The keen interest taken.in '.' the association by Mr. SunimereU was -.. known to all. 'Mr. J. B. Hoodie- also 'eulogised the retiring president, who, in ■ -'acknowledging the comuliment paid him, . said that it had been a pleasure to: him U> be at Hit head of such an association. ■;• Ho had done his best to further its objects, but ho would never have been able l.i carry out his duties had it not been for the loyal support.™ members of the . v/iihinittec. Jfr. William Perry, who Mccceds Mr. Summerell as president, is . the well-known Lincoln breeder of "Penrose." Mr. Perry; who has previously ■ occupied the position, has been honoured in . boing elected to fill the responsible post for the first year in which . the association will hold its show on tht now ' ground. -. i The lack of accommodation for usitors ■ to Masterton at show time was incident_ally referred to by Mr. William Perry at the meeting of'(lie Masterton A. and P. '.' Association on Saturday last. The hone was expressed that townspeople would make the necessary-provision in time for the next show. .■•',■■ The Post and Telegraph staffs'of iMas. terton and Palmerston North coiiijwted in a - hockey match at Lansdowno un Saturday. A fiiie giiinc'eventuated, nnd Palmerston secured the victorv by two goals to nil. Mr. A. C. Pragnell was refei'«. lii the senior Kugby football iuntth. North v. South, played in Masterton on '-. Saturday, each side scored three points, aud. the game thus ended in a draw. ' The' Firewood Famine. .' . The' scarcity of Jiiewood in Masterton is causing acute inconvenience, aud .there seems no prospect .of immediate relief. Mr. J. C. Cooper, chairman of directors of the Wellington Farmers' Meat Company, has been asked to address a meeting of settlers at Ilukanui in 'regard ■ to the proposal to erect bacon-curing works at. Waingawa. It is aiiticiuatca ' that, next week, the directors of thn'compuuy will have tlwir schemes for baoon works completed aa regards details. Keen .frosty weather is now being ex- ". perienced in. the Wairarapa aud Forty- . Mile Bush dist.ricU. Much sympathy is expressed in town with'Jtr. J. G. KmiiH'tt, whose wife died ' somewhat unexpwtt'dly .this; .morning . ■ - after a short illness. Deceased, xrhosc ~. parents live at Folding, was thirty-two years of age. ■ [ A very enjoyable run with the Waia'iirapa Hunt Club's hounds was. hold at .Tc I'arae on Saturday. The draE was J laid by Messrs. T. Smith and J. Flojd. ' Only one; bankruptcy was , recorded in tlie Wairarapa .district during , the month:" lof July. "Pourteon schedules on insolv. • ency have been filed sinwi the bnginning " I of'the yea*.