MASTERTON NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1004, 20 December 1910, Page 6

MASTERTON NOTES.

A METEORIC DISPLAY. ' . ' (Irom, Oar. Special Correspondent.! . , Masterton, December 19. -. Entries for ; the. .Wairarapa, Amateu# • Athletic Club's sports,, to .be.held on.Bia, Park Oval on Tuesday, ' December 27, were to have closed'on 'Saturday -night; ' • but the. committee, decided to receive lata entries'up till to-day.. : Among-the competitors ' .will, ' be-' several -provincial champions; also two New Zealand champions. -..The Fire Brigade, evejits . prov ■ inise to be specially interesting.' . " The young man. Leo ! Barker, who . was : arrested, on Saturday'on' a charge of arson in 19011, has been'employed on .the tejegrnph ' lines of the North Island. : ' Ac- . cused has. made a statement to the police,; and some interesting developments ara ■ expected' at; the hearing of the:'charges - oh Wednesday. " • '.- Shearing has now been practically completed in the Masterton. district, and tho staff of the local railway statio'n'is; kept busy dispatching ■ wool. The wool" clip - has been a good' one, " and there liava been very few breaks in shearing operations. - - ; - The clioir. of-St. Matthew's Church will render .the cantata, ."The- Daughter ■ of, Jairus," this evening". . 1 ■ ' New potatoes are. being sold in Masterton iat lid. per.lb. At a meeting of " directors of the Wairarapa • Caledonian Society on Saturday .. last sixteen new were elected. .; Messrs..'M"Leod, Pauling, and, Wadding-' ton-were appointed a committee to maks arrangements for a luncheon-.booth at the sports meeting on ,New Year's Day; elected .an honorary : life member •of the . society. It was decided to; abandon the i wood-chopping events at-the sports, arid , to substitute., for .them, three..bicycle-. events on the grass'track. '-. Three full rinks from,.the Masterton Bowling Club will compete at the Northern Bowling - Association's meeting in ' Auckland, commencing on January.3. The rinks are as follow:—Messrs'.. W.M.; ; '' Cole, -,W. Wilkes, J. K. Blinkhorne, W. Pragnell (s.),\ J. C. Ewington, ' A.. W. Chapman, J. W. Cochrane, C. Perry (s.); E. Rose, H." Reynolds, T. Cre.sSwell, 0. -. Pragnell (s.) Five teams will'also com- •' .pete in'the champion pairs : matches. A remarkable" meteoric display was >.' witnessed from here on", Sunday night, between eight and nine o'clock, when a ■ ' brilliant meteor flashed across' the north" . era : sky, apparently increasing' iii size,: : until' it resemblM, a huge '.ball of,.fire.; . It. left a lurid trail 'behind it,'as- it disappeared in space. Mr. John . Hessey has. presented tha" , . Masterton Rifles-'with a handsome; roso ' ■howl for competition in• rifle shooting. .-. ■ The hay crops in and around Masterton suffered considerably ■by the ' wet weather 'of ; last week. -The .weather has again settled, and. harvesting r,per. . ations are-in full Swing. -- Quite a number of local parties and"-' several /from Wellington intend; making ' .the ascent .of.Mount''Holdswortlr uurin? ' the Christmas holidays. In' view of the: proposed visit' to: Wellington of ii..number-of Wairiirapa cliess ' : players early in- the: coming -season;: 'thA . ' local players■ are putting in very/active V practice. ~,. . A. large, number,,of residents' :cf. th#; .. \ district; are going to the Wellington 1 sea-. ; ' side resorts, for Christmas. .... '.