MASTERTON NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1660, 29 January 1913, Page 5

MASTERTON NOTES.

. ■ (By, Telegraph.-fSpecial. OorresDondent.) '■ - •;.-:■"' 'Masterton; 'January 28.''-- ~.; The drought v that.has' bsc'n'experienced : for the last month; 'and,that has occa-' * eioned a 'good deal of anxiety to: settlers, , was, broken, yesterday,-' evening,' -when vathunderstorm, was .'followed'..-by:-a cold .southerly snap.;,-:Heavy;rain 'fell ' during the, night, s ;the amount registered.bcing r I.GI inch. ;;.'-,(•/■-,; ■■•.'.."-'. i'-- --■-.-, At the conclusion of tho addresses de-' livered I .in.Masterton last night by i Mr. Evelyn Wrench, and: Miss Wrench] the following .executive'.'was .appointed to the' local.branch of the 1 Overseas Club:—President, his! Worship,':the:' Mayor (Mr. 'J. M. Coradine); -vice-presidents, /Messrs. G. E. Sykes, M.P., and.A.'.W. Hoggjcdmmit/ tee, Mc'sdamcs Coradine, Anderson',' Miller, and Br'addell,-, Messrs. J.- Georgesohand; J. Hesssy, Dr, Cook, and Hcv.'fl.: Watson: 1 : The, ordinary, meeting;;:.'of -,-Stoneh'enge Lodge, U.A'.O.D.„was:;held-in the ..Druids' Hall last evening Ero. .W.GourlajyP.A., presiding. ;.Brd3.;Buckt6n, A;D:, amLEw-, ington, ,V;A.1)„ vwore'appointed jsent' the-lodge at the Oddfellows'.social' 'fin. February-; 3:\ ißrd; J. Smith, was inistalled in the vacant office of V;'A.D.;,Brd.' H. 'M. > Wilson was -presented' with. a silver butter; dish on; : the 'occasion 'of his recent : marriage.- '••;_ ,-v,'v //■./'//■,/,/■•/■>;'-;;-,j'. ;-y ■Mr."Frederick.Challis, who;was : 'one/of the victims of the drowning'-fatality '/at Saltwater Creek,' iin,--: Canterbury, was a native of the.Wairarapai.-haying been born 1 ,in Carterton.!/ He attended-'school at ,tho Jatter place,Vaswell as-injMasterton and Ekefahuna. ;'Ho left Masterton for Christohuroh some.years had since been following the > tr'ado 'of- a painter., His father, two 'brothers,'-;and' foUr sisters rc6ido m: Masterton. •',-'- V'-; v- -..:

. I orty-sis- applications' have"already been received ;for',tlio:position of: secretary to. the Wairarapa,- Hospital and .Charitable Aid Board, This- number -.is-likely to be increased considerably, as applications do not close until Saturday next 1 . ■;■" The api pointinent willbV-made at a-meetim- of the board on Wednesday next; " ' ' ; Mr.Grooinbridge, of Masterton, has purchased the fruit stall .privilege for the .Masterton A; and;?, show. Tho refreshment; stall -privilege; has not yet been disposed of. , .. \-, .' . ir _The-settlers :af 'Carring'ton -and West Taratahi arojo' have a daily mail 'delivery as from, March 1. .;_The seven-roomed house 'of-Mr. G E Ellen, at. West, Taratahl, was totally destroyed' by : una 'last night,, together with its contents. . Tho firo appears to have been, caused by a defect in the chimney. Mr. Allen is a heavy loser, as quite a largo number of trophies- won at vanous.A. and P.shov/swero destroyed. Among the.numbar was a handsome roseybowl,won at the. last' Masterton show, which was to have been returned this week, as it was only held for a year. A gold watch that had been in tho family for. over, fifty years-was also lost/ The : insurance on; tho house was £m in tho State office,© and on the furniture ,£IOO in-the Farmers. tmion Mutual office ■■ ■