WAIRARAPA NEWS
The Masterton County Council has approved of a proposal suggested in Otago that trees with tablets would be fitting memorials to fallen soldiers.. The support of the Borough Council is being sought in carrying out .the proposal. .'■■■■' Gates' across roads have been a source of continued annoyance jn the Masterton County for some years past. The council has given notice to owners that the gates must be removed, but no action has been taken to date.
,-At the statutory, meeting of the Masterton County Council on Tuesday the whole council was appointed a Works and Finance Committee. Thursday was again fixed at the statutory halfholiday. . / The quarterly meeting or officials of the Masterton Methodist Church passed a resolution heartily supporting the proposal for National Prohibition. A number, of children in Masterton are at present suffering-from mild attacks of influenza. The, thcrmomoter registered 84 degrees in the rhade in Masterton on Tuesday. Bust and smut are reported to havo made their appearance in some of the oat crops in the Masterton district. The Masterton County Council has at present a credit balance of £1824. Harvesting operations are now m full j swing in the Wairarapa. ■ The stock sales in Masterton on Wednesday were largely attended, and the entry of sheep and cattle was big. Bidding for' the better class of stock was brisk. At a meeting at Carterton on Monday evening for the purpose of forming a municipal band it was decided to canvass the district to ascertain what support was forthcoming. Canvassers were appointed for the various localities, to report at a meeting to be held a month hence. It was resolved that Mr. W. Tusker act as secretary and •Mr! AV. B. Allen as treasurer. It is probable that, a representative will he appointed from tho Wairarapa to give evidence before the Industries Commission, with the object of urging a deviation of the llimutaka railway, line, the installation of tho hydro-elec-tric scheme, and a more vigorous policy of closer settlement. The settled weather of the past week has enabled good progress to be made ■with harvesting and shearing operations, which in many cases were backward. •
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 95, 16 January 1919, Page 3
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358WAIRARAPA NEWS Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 95, 16 January 1919, Page 3
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