MASTERTON.
'At a> representative meeting of delegates from the various Caledonian and kindred societies in the Wairarapa and Forty-Mile, Bush Districts, held in Masterton on Saturday, the following resolution was unanimously earned:— "That a governing body be appointed for the control of piping and dancing in New Zealand." Steps were taken in the direction of forming a branch of the Wairarapa _ Caledonian Society at Pahiatua, and it is proposed to amalgamate the Wairarapa and Bush Pipe Bands. An agitation is on foot to secure a daily mail service between Masterton and Tinui. The Mastertfen Cb-bperative Dairy Company is paying out Is. 2d. per pound for the April supply of. butter-fat. The price of pats to storekeepers has been increased to Is. 3}d. per pound. The Msstorton Homing Pigeon Club flew a young bird race from Kaikoura South on Saturday. The first bird home was Mr._ J. B. P. Sutherland's Chance, which did the distance in 4hrs. Threshing operations are still in procress in_ this district. Although the cereal yield was small, in consequence l of the drought, crops returning forty, bushels per acre of oats -have not been uncommon. With the ruling prices; the_ return to farmers has been quite satisfactory. The Territorials in camp at Opaki aro to be entertained on the old Show-' grounds on Thursday afternoon. The lease of portion of the Admiral Run, containing 2000 acres, will shortly expire. The Government intends cutting it up into small allotments, and there is likely to be a big rush for sections, as the land is of excellent quality. ' About one hundred men left here onTuesday for the Trent-ham camp. '-' Dr. Elizabeth • Gunn, medical; inspeotor of schools,- is at present officially visiting the Masterton District' Higb School: '
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2441, 21 April 1915, Page 5
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288MASTERTON. Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2441, 21 April 1915, Page 5
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