MASTERTON NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1046, 8 February 1911, Page 9

MASTERTON NOTES.

tßy Telegraph.—Special Oorrcenondent.) ~ Masterton,, February 7. ' .The ccreal'hdrvest in- thp.'Masterton district has been quite up to expectations, notwithstanding that tho drought in .tho spring had H bad effect upon earlysown crops. Comparatively littlo wheat lias been grown, but the yield of oats has been exceptionally gcod. One or tiro satis-factory-crops of barley liavo also been harvested. .

_A. meeting of tho Wairara'na Employers' "Association, which whs to have been held here to-morroiv evening to hear an address front*Mi.'.'William Prj-or on tho labour legislation jiassed during last session, hfis bebn unavoidably postponed owing to Mr. rryor being detained in Wellington.'.; • * Jlr. Sutton,'the school teacher at Tiniii, has received the appointment of olerk to tlio• CaStlcpoint County Council.. Tlio Shearers' and Woolshod Employees' Union;,of which tho' late 1 Mr. Rei Paku was a frominent member, has sent a sympathetio , address to the relatives of tho It lias also forwarded a beautiful, wreath to be' placed upon the coffiu. 'i, ■ ~ .:: ; ..

A;iuatch. .botween .teams representing the Masterton ;and Carterton Bowling Clubs'is to bb played oil tlio local green on Thursday afternoon.-

The'privileges for the forthcoming A. aiid I'. show have been sold ns follows!:— No. 1 refreshment stall, Mr. W. C. Page (Tiiiui); Ko. 2 still, Mr;. Pago;' JCo.' -1 stall; Mr. Scbrrar; fruit stall',-E. Grooiiibridge; -~ -

The Ilev. A. Hodge, accbmpanicd by Mrs; Hodge, has .gone to Dunedin to attend the annual meeting of tho Congregational Union.

Apples aii|l,pluiils aire being*told at as •law n' pi-ice as one ponnv jier pound by Maslerton ort-hardists just noii'.

As there \vas likely to be a demand for accommo'dntion in.llesterton'during show week, Messrs. J. Staples and Co.,".bro<':.of Wellington, have very generously placed two of their untenanted hotels at the disposal of the A: nnd I*. Association; It Is notMiuprobable that the, offer will be accepted. •U a liirefjiig of the 'Maslerton Technical School managers this eveninir. it was deluded; to wrlto to Mr. Samuel Wood,'r,f Nanier. and ask if ho is prepared to again conduct 'wool-classing -classes in connection with' the K'hrol. •••'.' -

Entries for the Mftstertob Show art still coming in. It is now safo .to say that thero will be record entries . in 'almost every department; -.. • ■ ' " ' ,