WAIRARAPA NEWS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 269, 2 August 1918, Page 6

WAIRARAPA NEWS

During !,. s l month sixteon pensions:' '" f ° l ' ml "»v, ThS Wairarapa Lady Liverpool Cbmnuttee has dispatched four cases of goods for the jumble sale in Wellington in aid otthu copper trail. Thirty births, twelve deaths.' and one marriage were registered in Masterton last mouth. There was a large attendance of soldiers from the Featherstou Camp at tho weekly dance given in Masterton on WedfZ; I:iJ '.,, evwll "S; -The Lady Liverpool Committee acted as hostesses The official opening of the Wairarapa faoldiers Club took place yesterday afternoon in the presence of a large crowd ot people. In the evening an invitation unnce was hold in the clubhouse Tim children of tho Lansdowne School pave a successful entertainment en I hursday evening in aid of the Overseas Tobacco Jnind. During tlm oveniii- a Hug, presented bj- the Overseas Club was handed over to the school by Mr' U. R. Sykes, M'.P. Rain fell in Masterton on twenty-six days during , tho.montn of July. The total rainf.il! mis 6.15 inches, compared with r o.ii inches for the correspundino inontti last year. 'J'lis Masterton Racing Club has at, present 311 financial nicmbors. In furtherance of the work of the Wairarapa Education Reform Ausociatio.i a v/ell-attendod public meeting was helu in Fcatherston on Wednesday night. Mr. M. li. Tr.it, Deputy-Mayor, 'prcsidiiiff in absence of the Mayor (Mr. ,1. W. Card) -who attended later—and Mr. M. II Kendall, chairman, of tun School Com mittee. Mr. 1 , . L. Combs. U.A., was tho principal speaker, and gaVe a very illu. niimiting survey of the situation with which reformers are faced, incidental)} indulging in trenchant criticism of Hμ, system we at' present enjoy, and pointed the way to a reconstructive policy. At the conclusion of the,address the follow ing resolution, moved by Mr. A. C Holms, ami seconded by Mr. ,f. W. Card was carried unanimously: "Thnt this meeting records its keen disappointment us to the. secondary place given the demands of education by the Government lining strongly impressed with tho necessity for Kirly and effective preparation t<, maintain tho nation's position of supremacy." A second resolution, moved by the Kov. R. JJ. Calherwooil, and seconded by Mr. C. J. Danahey, was carried, as under: "That this meeting is of the opinion that there arc four pressing necessities in connection with the school facilities in Ventherston—(l) The erection of a larger building to accommodate the great increase in the school roll. (2) The locution of the infant classes ,in comfortable rooms. (3) The provision of a larger playing area in lieu of the use of the public square, with the attendant dangers thereof. (4) The purchase of a site for the erection of a new school. lii pursuance of the foregoing essential local reforms, this meeting assures the School Cojiiinittee of support in renewed efforts to improve the existing disabilities." It was decided that a local branch of tlw association be formed, with the following provisional committee:—Rev. Mr. Calherwood, Messrs. ,1. 11. FieUlhouse, A. C. Holms, and C, J. Danahey, to enrol members and convene a general lneeliiiir. On the motion oi' Mr. Holms, Mr. Combs was heartily thanked for his instructive' address, mid the meeting pledged itself to nsfiist the association.