WAIRARAPA NEWS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 109, 1 February 1919, Page 10

WAIRARAPA NEWS

Owing to painters being at work on the school buildings, the Masterton District High School is to remain closed for another week. The school has already been closed for about three months, and parents are expressing great di*H satisfaction at tho .extension of thn ™^neApplications have been received for tho position of overseer to the Gastlepoint County Council. The hnal selection has been left to a sub-coinmitteq. A party of Masterton young ladies has left for Nelson to take part m hopP Works Department has made a grant of A'4o9 to the Castlepomt County Council to assist in restoring bridges vrliicli were damaged by tinrthqlDurfng .the past year St. Bride's Convent, in Masterton, had'-23- passes in bookkeeping; 21 in shorthand, 39 m practical music, and 11 m theoretical music. No bankruptcies were recorded in tho Wiairarapa during tho month of Januai>. A militaiT funeral was accorded tho late Mr. A. M'Kain in Masterton yesterday afternoon. . Notwithstanding tho high prices, lof labour and material, building operations in Masterton have been more active during the last two or three years, than-at any recent period in the history, of the to Th'e Masterton Labour Party does not intend nominating a candidate for the Mayoralty. • Several children in Masvortoii aro suffering from mild attacks of influenza. No adult cases have been reported for some weeks. , In a Booth Cup bowling match nlayed on Thursday, tho Park defeated Masterton by GO points to 59. . In evening races on Thursday, in conneetion with the AVairarapa Amateur Athletic Club, A. Picken won the 75 yards handicap and the 300 yards handicap, "R. Oakley a two-mile bicycle handicap. and G. A r . M'Ewen the hop, step, and jump event.