MASTERTON NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1669, 8 February 1913, Page 9

MASTERTON NOTES.

n (Br. Telegraph.—Spcoial. Correspondent.). I,! -ikm).-<f MMasto'rton, February' 6. 7. e The bi-monthly meeting of tho Wairarapa ; o Hospital and. Charitable Aid Board, was a held yesterday,, thero being sixteen nierny bers present. The.matter of investing, the r. 41u0; bequeathed-by tho lato.Mrs. John n Card, of Foathcrston,-was referred to.tho Fihauco' Committee, with power to act.. t Iho reports of various committees were y adopted.'; Some discussion took place upon, a tho administration of tho nursing system,' 0 Bevoral members. contending that the pres sent system was not giving satisfaction, e A sub-committee was eventually 6et up' 1 to report upon tho matter. A somewhat ! > animated discussion took-place upon the s transaction of _ board business by- mem- <• bers of tlio Finance Committee, but no t action was taken. Mr. A. D. M'Leod in- - timated liis intention of moving at tho 0 next meeting that the number of-mem-d hers of the l>oard.be reduced by one-half, r ' The'opening "social" iii connection with 3 tho noiy Presbyterian Church at Lans--1 ..downs is to bo held on Tuesday of next week. Tho llev. J. Paterson, of Wolling- - ton, will conduct tho opening services on i Sunday. j Mr. Cecil Kebbell, of To Hoe, Alfredt ton, leaves for the. Old Country with- his t .family in April next. Ho expects to bo . away for two or three years. , An agodnativo chief of this district, r Toi Tnmati, died at yestert day. Ho was' reputedly 'ninety-four years of age. . A."tangi" is to be hold. A firo occurred at tho residence of Mr. ( Anketell, at tho Upper.Pjain, about- noon yesterday. It was extinguished -before it I got a firm, hold. The damage dono is estimated at about 420. An organ recital was given by Mr. C. Spencer Coinpton in St. Matthew's Church last evening. There was a crowded audience, and the ' programme was very much, appreciated. ' The monthly meeting of tho Jlasterton \ branch of tho W.C.T.W. was held yester- ' day, Mesdames Redman, Swii\erd, Hosk- ; ang, Faller, and Miss Roberts were appointed ■ rice-presidents of the branch for tho ensuing year. It was decided that an' "at home" be held next month in place of the ordinary meeting. r The Maslerton.Fire Brigade held a. social gathering. last evening, when trophies were presented by tho superintendent as follows-.—Deputy-Superintendent Pickering, winner of snooker tournament: •Fireman Kdchards, winner,, of .'billiard : tournament; Branchmen Dixon and Frier, winners of tournaments. Branchnian H. Moore, who had'won two brigade competitions, was presented with handsome medals, which liad been donated, by Messrs. J. Archer and E, Pragnell. At a meeting yesterday, of tho committee of tho Musterton Golf Club, it was 1 deoided that the annual meeting bo held on March J, when the dato of tho opening of tho season will bo determined. It was also ■ resolved to hold a golf tournament at Easter. . , ' At the ordinary meeting of tlie Masterton Lodge ef Oddfellows, Bros. Youlo and Wiiiskill wore appointed to represent tho lodge at the district meeting, to be held at Levin oil February 18. Two now members were initiated into the oSxler. At the conclusion of the business a social gathering was held, when representatives ot kindred bodies wero present. Since its registration, the Worksop dredge, in which Jlasterton is largely interested, has paid dividends amounting to 430,142. , Tho share capital is only 4cooo. i ; An alarm of fire was sounded on tho Maslerton firebell at 1.15 o'clock this morning. Tho causo was a. burning shed atLansdowne, on tho property occupied by Mr. E. Harris. : The shed contained a wood-cutting plant, belonging to Mr. i Boyle, which was completely destroyed. r Many parts of the Wairarapa district I which wero a few years ago over-run t witli rabbits aro now practically clear of I tho pest. Several stations on tho East i; Coast, which formerly spent hundreds of c pounds annually in keeping the rabbits p in check,, now find it sufficient to keep a a rabbitor or two on tho properly. Tho a splendid results achieved are duo in a measure to the advice and assistance rendered by officers of the Stock Department, ; It is probablo that the small grazing ji runs at Ihurnun, which have been sur- S ve.ycd and valued by the Wellington n I.nnd - Board, will be thrown "open for n selection in the courso of a few weeks. 1 ' . ' hi