MASTERTON NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1642, 8 January 1913, Page 3

MASTERTON NOTES.

'rr, r~*~~ ~—' — ' (From Oar Special Correspondent.) ; Masterlon, January 7Over two inches of rain has "already been recorded in this district during the present month. Half an inca, or more, was registered yesterday.; The.rams have been just what the:, district has required. Moreover, : they have been • intermittent, and Mollowed; by bright, sunnyweatei which has produced magnificent results. . If an index of .the, prosperity of the Wairarapa were needed, it is to be found in the bankruptcy returns. ; ilieso have just been' issued., • A • comparative. state; mcnt for the past three years speaks: for itself : In 1910' there 'were, twenty-'four lai kruntcies, with os, lOd. in unsecured liabilities ,In 1911 the^number had fallen to eighteen, with £5982 7s.JM. in liabilities. Last year tliero were only thirteen registrations: in insolvency throughout tho whole,district, with un liecurcd liabilities amounting to £4008 Hs. 5 Bishop Sprott held a 'confirmation service at Lanedale and Tinui to-day. He returns -to Masterton to-morrow. ■■ ■ The Very Rov. Dean Mlvenna -has booked his passage to the Old Country ■w'the" steamer Orontes, which leaves Svdney on April 23. Part of his mission when at Homo will bo to pecure priests to fill the vacancies in'the dioceso caused grazing runs'in the Ihurana Val; ley, to tho north of Masterton, the leases , of which expired -some time back, are Fhortly to bo .thrown open for selection. Altogether, seven sections, will be available to the -public, . the balance of _ the property being retained by tho lessees, provided "for. in. legislation passed last SO The D annual meeting of the Workmen's Friend Building Society, was held last evening, Mr. J. A. M'Ewen presiding. The report showed the society to bo m^very . satisfactory position. _ Messrs. MEwen. ; Winzenberg, and A. Elkins were elected i 'directors, and Mr. J. Milne auditors for . the shareholders. At a subsequent meeti ing of directors, Mr. TV. •H. Jackson was i re-elected chairman. . , A special sitting of tho Magistrate s [ Court is to be held to-morrow by Mr. . L G. Reid, S.M., to receive applications i for registration under the Land Agents I Act, passed last session. . ' '" ' : Thirty-fivo persons wero oharged with drunkenness in Masterton during last '^During 'the present month sports meet l ings are to be held at Hastwell, Gladstone i and Bidoford. ■ ... .„ 1 1 The Thursday Cricket Association will 1 resumo its matches, which were suspend; ed for tho holidays, on tho Park Ova ' on Thursday. ■ ' ■