MASTERTON NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1210, 19 August 1911, Page 5

MASTERTON NOTES.

(From Our Burial Correspondent,) Much sympathy is felt for Mr. and Mrs. Donald Donald in the loss by fire of their handrome new residence in (ho suburbs of Maste-rton. Tlie building had only recently been erected, and contained about fourteen rooms. Mr. Donald is a heavy loser by the fire. Iu tho Magistrate's Court yesterday, Mr. li. G. Keid, S.M., gayo judgment, for tho plaintilTs in tho cases in which Maggie Young and Henry Edelsten clninicd from Leo Barker tho value of effects destroyed by a fire which Barker had been convicted oi' lighting. A claim for.damages outeido tho value of the effects was, however, disallowed. Tho popular conceit held last night under tho auspices of tho Wnirarapu Caledonian Society was unanimously acclaimed tho best given by the weiety, both in r?pard to altendiince and tho ex-' I'cllcnce of the programme. Mr. K. W. Kobson was the presiding director. A football match is to be played on, August "8, either ;it Carterlon 01 Aicisivrion, between teams representing the Wairarapa and Manawatu Rugby Unions. An interesting senior hockey match was plnycd at Laiinlowno yesterday, when St, .Matthew's Club defealed the holders of t lie Pearson Challenge Shield (the Excelsiors) by threo points (o two. Thegamo was a very fast and exciting one. 'I'll© Post and Telegraph team will meet the winuiH's on Thursday next. As evidence of the approach of spring it may be staled that peach and plum trees are already in bloom. At a meeting of tho Management Board ot the Y.M.CA. to-nislit, Mr. C. Ibbotaon was appointed pastimes secretary. It was reported that the mcmlicrship and finances of the branch were in a satisfactory condition. Two pi-oncers of this district passed away to-iliiy. Theso wero Mr. William Bennett, aged SS years, and Mrs. Jano WinU'ingliani, agtd SJ. Both had taken part in tho strenuous pioneer work of Uia , early Wairarnpn. ■