MASTERTON NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1327, 3 January 1912, Page 9

MASTERTON NOTES.

(By Tclegrapn.-Special Correspondent.} Masterton, January 2. The receipts at the gates for. the "Caledonian Society's snorts on Monday amounted to .UIGI , . -Is. • Gd. This sum is considerably in advance of the amount firken at tho sport's last year, notwithstanding 'that the number., of privilege tiektt-holders hud trebled ' during ; the. year.' A sum of about <£Go'w.as also taken ;iit, tho concert in the evening. Among tlie, visitors to the sports was hisGraco Archbishop liedwood. Mr. A. L. Herdman, M.P., who has been spending a pleasant holiday at Castlopoiut, returned to .Wellington.to-day, i-lo is engaged to app-ear in the tramway case before tho City Council. Tiie rainfall registered in Masterton for the month of December- was 4.07 inches. The total registration for the year was 38.75 inches. . .

' The Mauriccvillo Eiflo Club' conmrcnees a scries of-trophy competitions on Saturday next. .

.Tho fortnightly meeting of the Stoneflongo Lodge of Druids was held last night, Bro. Jorgensen, A.D., presiding over ;v large attendance of members. One new'member was initiated, tho initiating officers being members of Myrtle Lodge, Lketahuna. After the business of the lodge was transacted,'«■ social-was held,-at •-which , tho usual Dr-uidic toasts wcro honoured. > ' ... ' '.'.. , i ... ■.■The Native festival a-t'To'Oro Ore'ha's concluded, and most of: the visiting Na-. tives hnve returned to' their' homes. A largo body of hoodlums celebrated the advent of tho New Year by kicking kerosene tins through the main thoroughfare and , otherwise behaving in an unseemly manner. Several of them arc to bo invited ta explain their conduct before the magistrate. Among tlio visitors to the Caledonian sports on Monday wcro the pipe-majors of the Oainaru, llawke's Bay. "Wellington, and Ciinstchureh Pipe Mauds. Rust is reported to have made its ap-pearanc-o iu several of tho wheat crops in this district. A party of Mastertonians , made the •mi" 11 ? ot , )ioullt llo! 'lsworth on Sunday, iiie traflc to. tho. mountain-house is reported to be in excellent order. • Ihe amuial picnics in connection with the Methodist and Congregational Sunday hchools were lield yesterday. There was a ]«rge assemblage" at each, and a mnst enjoyable outing was spent. Considerable difficulty is being experienced by _ the smaller sheep breeders iu this district in securing shearers, owin" lo the larger sheds being' so late in cutting -out. Much interest w.is centred in a pigeon race flown from here on Monday under the auspieos of.the Caledonian Society About two hundred birds from Wellington .lptts were liberated from the Park Oval each bird being nominated by a local lady Ihe winning bird—the" holder of which receives a gold bracelet-was Mr Boltons Sea Eagle, nominated by .Mi-s Jmu Bruntou. ■