COUNTRY NEWS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 129, 25 February 1919, Page 8

COUNTRY NEWS

NOTES FROM VARIOUS CENTRES WAIRARAPA ITEMS Air. J. L. Murray's AVaimiiomapn estate of 38G0 acres lias just changed hands at a satisfactory figure. Mr. C. A. Cumming has been appointed to represent the AVairnrupa Teachers' Institute at the Town-planning Conference in Wellington. A joint meeting of local bodies and others interested is to be held in the Masterton Municipal Buildings on Wednesday evening to meet Ihe committee of the Wnirarapa hydro-electrical development schema Harvest thanksgiving services ware held at tho Kuripuni Methodist Church on Sunday, and were largely-attended. Mr. C.. 12. Daniell will- represent the Mnsterton Methodist Church at (ho Methodist Conference, which (pens in Christchurch this week. Two rinks of '.'bowlers from Nelson are visiting the AVairarapa this week. The Masterton Park bowling team was defeated by Eketaluina oil Saturday by 39 points to 32. The following officers were elected at the annual meeting of the Masterton branch of tho Teachers' Institute.—President, Mr. G. A., Jones; vice-presidents, Miss J. Finlayson and Mr. AV. H. Jackson; secretary and treasurer, Miss O. Jt. Sutherland, M.A.; committee, Mrs. I. Wilkinson, Misses Marryatt, Campbell, G. T. H'aggctt, Messrs.']). E. Leslie, C. A. Gumming, 11. J. Nightingale, J. F. Williams, B. AVarwick, G! J. Goldsman; auditor, Mr. A. D.\-Low.

Owing to tho wet weather, the past season has been a poor one for AVairarapa beekeepers. 1 i. The Masterton branch of the Teachers' Institute.has passed a resolution in favour of ft Dominion scnio of subscriptions to the Educational Institute, to be deducted from salaries.

•Playing in the final bowling match of Iho season at Carterton on Saturday, Featherston sustained defeat'by a margin of 2G points. Carterton will play off for the championship against the winning club in the North Wairarapa area.

The Featherston and Martinborough Rifle Clubs fired a match at . Martinborough on Saturday, the home riflemen being successful, scoring £08 points lo Featherston's 653. .

An amusing incident occurred at the termination of a wedding ctrociony in Masterton a few. days ago.- Tne iiewlymnrried couple had 1-jft tho home of the bride's parents in a motar-sar, osttnsibly for the rail.viy station. At (lie time-table hour for the departure of (lie train a large numiar of wc-dding puests hatl assembled at the sution, anned with confetti' and other tributes. _ '1 lie bride and bridegroom, howevpr, cliJ not appear upon the scene, and the crowd was filled with disappjiatment. It subsequently transpired th.it tne cliitf ac'ors had transferred themselves to ar.itncr car and motored aver\tfho Kimntaka to Wellington. . They consoled the an>ioss guests by sending a wiro from a nr,H»ay township, wishing thum lick and advising them to "carry on." ' A meeting of the Early Settlers' Asso-. ciation (Greytown branch) was held 011 Saturday night, and it was decided to arrange' for a social minion' shortly. The question of a medical man for Greytown is not yet' settled. Several applications havo been received.