MASTERTON NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1041, 2 February 1911, Page 9

MASTERTON NOTES.

(By' TeleeraDh-SneclnJ Oorroapondent.l Masterton, January 31. Five, marriages, eighteen births, ,and fivo deaths hayo bceu recorded iu the Wairarapa during the mouth of January. Inspector Hugo, .of Wellington, iu.-. spected tho Masterton fire brigade and firo police on Monday evening. . Entries continue to arrive-for the Mas'--terton A. and P. show, and : 'it7 is : fully anticipated that the record foi''rtJiiS-cv.qht' will bo broken. :.-.. ;■.,'.'/•':..• A meeting of the Reform party- was hold hora yesterday to consider the posi-' tion which has arisen through two Opposition: candidates;., .in tha-- iieid. No definite docis'ion was "arrived "at,"liut it is understood that another meeting will be hold. ' ... Fivo petitions in bankruptcy,were re-, corded in tho Wairarana during tho month of January. A man named Murrell is reported to have sustained a serious injury, at Ilukanui sawmill yesterday through' a truck passing over him. Details are not to hand. Masterton, February I.' At tho monthly-meeting of the-.Wairr.-rapa Hospital and Charitable Aid Board to-day tho following resolution was rea'd from tho Wanganui. Board:—"That this board expresses its keen sense of tho injustice done to individuals giving valuable services to public bodies and institutions by tho provisions of tho Hospitals nnd Charitable Institutions Act, 1009, and considers that the principles contained in that Act aro wrong, and will have tho tendency of driving the handling of public works and funds into the- hands of inexperienced men."—|l'ho Wairarapa Board ,after a short discission, .decided to receive the communication.

The following resolution from the North Canterbury Hospital and Charitable Aid Board was read at the meeting of the Wairprapa Board to-day :—"That in view of the increasing burden upon this board of maintaining degenerates and their olf- . spring, and in view, of the. danger to tlio community both from a-physiological and moral'point of View,, this board urges upon the Government tho necessity . for tho founding of a State school-for defective girlsi similar to that for boys at Oamaru, and a State home, for women of.fceblo mind, with power of detention'.iu each case, and that this resolution bo treated as a remit to the forthcoming conference." — Tho Wairarapa Board unanimously decided to endorse the remit. Mr. W. W. M'Cardle, Mayor of Paliiatua, has been appointed to succeed Mr. D. Crewo (resigned) as a inomber of tho Wairarapa Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. It is reported that a Forty-Milo Bush resident intends offering himself as a candidate for one of tho vacant seats on the Wellington Harbour Board. The names of several ilasterton candidates have also been mentioned. . The monthly, mooting of the Masterton . Borough Council was hold last evening. In the unavoidable absence of the Mayor, tho chair was occupied by Councillor JOl- - The business transacted was chieily of a routine character. . The Park Fete, to be held to-morrow,-promises to be a success. Much public interest is being manifested in the movement for beautifying the town.

At tho meeting of the Wairarapa Hospital and Charitable Aid Board to'-day tho report of tho conference and tho interview with Mr. W. G. Buchanan, M.I 1 ., and tho Inspector-General of Hospitals concerning the proposed Home for Incurables at Greytown was accepted. The architects (Messrs. Atkinson and Bacon)' submitted two plans for' the proposed institution. It was decided to accept No. 2 plan, subject to the approval of Mr. BuoUnnan. The estimated cost of tho building is several'thousand pounds. A 6ub-commitlco was set up to deal further with tho matter.

Thfi Wairarapa Hospital and Charitable Aid Boaftl decided torflay to hold its meetings every other mouth, instead, of monthly, as at present. ■ y

A peculiar position has arisen in regard to the composition of the V'airarapa Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. Tho Act requires that an election of n:t-m----bers shall bo held at the unnii.il election of contributing bodies. . Soiuo. of the members represent, borough councils, others town boards, and tho rest county councils. Tho borough elections tako place in April, the county elections in November, and the town board elections at other periods. Some.members confoquently bold office for two years, nnd others for three years-, while tho elections tako place at different'.periods. :The position is decidedly interesting.; .