WAIRARAPA NEWS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 117, 11 February 1919, Page 8

WAIRARAPA NEWS

Advantage has been taken of the line weather bv a number of .Masterton parlies to make Hie accent of .Mount lloklsworlh. A canvass of .Masterton on Saturday resulted in a sum of .UkS Is. being collected in aid of I lie prize fund of Iho Masterton A. and I'. Association. The total number ol entries received for the Masterloii liiim Fair, to lie held on" the day following the sliow, is :i;i±;. A gathering of business nr.'ii is to be held in .Mnslertoii on Tuesday Willi a view to stimulnling interest in local aflans. The formation of a Welfare Association may be Ihe outcome of the feathering. Considerable disappointment has been expressed by returned Holdiers in the 'Wairarapa at the announcement that the Westmero J-lslato has been selected under Section a of the .Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Amendment' Act, and will not be thrown open for selection. Some returned soldiers claim to have received advice from the Commissioner of Crown Lands that the land was to be open for selection. A number of Masterton poultry fanciers intend exhibiting at the Hawke's Hay Poultry Show this month. The Masterton Hacing Club decided on Saturday last to apply for .March 27 as the date for its Autumn Meeting. The date previously allotted—April I(l—is the day of. the licensing referendum. A shield match between the A and B teams of the Masterton Bowling Club was played on Saturdny last, and was won by the former by eight points. Inquiries are already being made for accommodation for the Masterton Show this month. Twenty-eight new members were elected at a meeting of the Masterton A. and P. Association on Saturday last. The chairman and three other directors of the Featherston Co-operative Dairy Company are to visit various Tarannki factories with a view to gaining knowledge of suitable designs in connection with the erection of a new structure, at South Featheistoii; A committee consisting of Mr. J.' C. Cooper and others has recently been appointed to interview local bodies in connection with the Wairarapa hydro-electric scheme. Arrangements have been made for this committee- to meet the members of the. County.C:\iineil, Marlinborcugh Town Board, nnd Featherslon Borough Council, at' the Council' Chamber, Martinborough, on Friday next. The Masterton A. and P. Association on Saturday refused an application from the Licensed Victuallers' Association for permission to civet a lent on the showgrounds at the coming show for the purpose, of enrolling electors. Gunner Percy • Cooper,' of Masterton, who was-.with'the troops: in Europe, was dangerously ill on February .3 with pneu-, monia. Captain C. Gillespie, formerly of Ma»twvon, has returned to New Zealand, and is on a visit to Masterton, where ho will undergo medical treatment. An exciting scene occurred at the entrance to the Mn.slerton Onera. House on Saturday night. Long before the doors iw open, n large crowd had assembled, and'as scon as the ticket-window was 1 if" 1 - •"■■l there w<vs a most unseemly scramble. Men'and women fought for positions liko I'gers, and several women, lnd . their hlou=es torn'■iii the strugcrle. The scene for half an hour resembled a -violent scum on the football field. Miss Helen Gillespie, of MasterJ-in. has ben advised tlv.il she i«.one of those sel""led t"aiuine in mass.nce in ronr°"H:in with the military hrwpiMs. Miss' Gillespie leaves for Dunedin, V common: 1 " her studies Ihere, at the bc-Mining of ""arch. Mr. F: AV. EvVlrso,,. „f Rnimokok.ik". wl'n lux] th" nnVirhino lo hrenV a rib itid injur." his cclbirhonp through a fall fern a ( lo:id of hay last week, is making good progress towards recovery.