WAIRARAPA NEWS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 286, 22 August 1918, Page 8

WAIRARAPA NEWS

The Military Medical Board is at present sitting in Mastcrton. A very fair percentage of reservists are being passed ius fit for service.

A young man was arrested in Masterton on Monday, charged with the theft of a diamond ring, at .£SO, from a Native woman. Tho ring is alleged to have been subsequently pawned in Wellington. Tho auuiial appeal on behalf of tho Red Cross funds is shortly to be made in the AA'airarapa. Mr. Isaac Snell, a resident of the Ponatahi district, new 1 Carterton, died .on Monday in a private hospital from inflammation of the lungs, as a result of a severe cold contracted during shearing last season. The late Mr. Snell had siient 31) years in the Ponatahi district. He was liot married, but leaves a brother, Mr. .lames Snell, of Ponatahi, and two sisters, Mesdames Hcggie (Masterton), and Ralph (Paimerston North). The late settler was in his Glird year.

The sum of X"2.">3 Is. Sri. lias already been raised in Carterton towards the Conner Trail Puud.

At the invitation of the Government Air. -I. W. Card (Mayor of I'eatherston) is attending the ceremony in connection with the piercing of the Otii'a tunnel. XIV. Card witnessed the turning of the first sod on the AVest Coast railway, at Stillwater, near flreymoiith, 31 years ago. The I'eatherston Branch of tho Patriotic Association has appointed Messrs. M. I!. T<u't (chairmnn\ and A. C. Holms, who will lie accompanied by Mr. Q. Donald, as a delegation to the Claims Hoard for the purpose of explaining a scheme siibmilfed bv Messrs. .1. IT. Pieldhouse and Holms for a medical, maternal, and dc'tal benefit for «nldi»rs' depp"di>nts.

Of four master jewellers in Mastevfon (wo are on active service, and a third ws drawn in the latest ballot.

Fresh eggs are at present selling at •■. 10d. ner down retail in Masterron.

Ooloipl Valintiiio nnd Tlr. Friiigley met ren'vwntafivps ol' the "Wairarnpa. Hos-nil-il juiil Charitable Aid .Board and the Patriotic .Assopiaiion on Tuesday, and finally apnroved of plan* for n military wins'to tlio Miiste.rton Hospital. At a meeting of the Claims Board of the Wnirarnpa Patriotic Association it was decided to pay the war rating on the insurance pnlicv of a soldier proceeding i:o tlie front. Temporary assistance was granlcd to five returned soldier?. Loans aggrcgatin? .£350 were granted two returned soldiers, free of interest.

A lad who left Wellington on Sunday on a push-bike, and speit two nights in the open, was taken into custody by the Masterlon police on Tuesday. His parents are being comnmnirated with. The Wairarapn and East Coast P. and ■\. Korietv decided at its last meeting to draw the attention of the Wairarapa Smith County Council to the bad condition of the' main Toad between Carterton and the Waingawa Bridge, and asking that same be put in order. Lambs are beginning to make their appearance on farms iii and around the Carterton district. The changeable weather will, however, not prove beneficial to them.