MASTERTON NOTES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3126, 3 July 1917, Page 3

MASTERTON NOTES

The list published in the Gazette shows that there are at present eighteen Justices oi ! the Peace in the Borough ot Alaeterton. ■- ). During; the past quarter the Wairarapa Patriotic Association has advanced loans amounting to .£751 7s. Bd. to returned sol-diei-3, free of interest. ■ . Twenty-one births, ten deaths, and six marriages i were registered in Masterton during the month of June. ' . The Rev. G. T. Brown, M.A.. who is leaving with an early reinforcement, preached farewell sermons to large conceptions in Knox Church ou Sunday. The rainfall registered in Masterton for the month of June was H. 23 inches, compared with 2.22 iucluw for. .the same month last year. The oral rainfallfor the fintt six months of the* war has been 19.10 inches, compared witli 16.12. inches 1 The Groytown junior footballers defeated the Red Star -juniors in a match played at Masterton on Saturday by six P< tbbite ifsome part, of the Masterton district are said to be badly affected terton Patriotic Shop on Saturday last. A hockey team from the Featherston Camp defeated a Masterton comW.on huna Counties in the Horowkenua C Tlm s 'wairarapa Patriotic Association' has paid out £960 in xnglxt-of-serv.co "rants to returned soldiers, Every Waimrnna returned, soldier is handed a cheque for immediately on Ins roUrn. Lainlw have atready made their appearance An several fanue in the Masterton district. •