COUNTRY .NEWS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 134, 1 March 1919, Page 10

COUNTRY .NEWS

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WAIRARAPA ITEMS

Word lias been received in Masterton that a grass fire swept the Tinui Cemetery, destroying a number of woo:en headstones and fences, together with the mortuary chapel. No bankruptcies were recorded In the Wairarapa during the month of Febat a public meeting at Lansilo'wne on Thursday night staled that , Masterton was one of the lightest-rated boroughs in the whole of tho J)ommioii. At the evening runs in connection with the Wairarapa Athletic Club <»n Thursday. the 100-yards handicap_ was won by K JirEwen, BSO yards handicap by P. Butciier, one mile cycle handicap by A. Picken. and hop, step, and jump by S. V. M'Ewen. It is asserted that a 'Vn-slow policy n being adopted on the Wairarapa line of railwav. Nearly the whole of the-, trains have now a habit of arriving late. The following resolution was passed at a public meetine at Lans'downe on Thursday evening:—"That this meeting deems it advisable that a petition be circulated asking that the County Council take into consideration theAistallatjonjof a, drainage scheme ab I>nnsapwne; that a consulting engineer be engaged to prepare a report and estimate; and that a poll of the ratepayers be then »fken for the Taising of a loan to covcr the necessary fesnenditure" The Chautauqua opened at. Masterton on Friday to a crowded tent in tile public park The principals were accorded a public reception by the Mayor and member for the district. At a meeting at Lansdowne on Thursday' evening, it was decided to support tho proposal to purchase eielit and a half acres of. the Mncnra. estate for a recreation ground and park. _ It i<! probablo that the Wairarapa Kiflo Association's meeting at Papawai will be abandoned, owing to the shortage of tar86In a Booth Cup bowling match, played on Thursday, Masterton A defeated the Purk by G9 points to 50. . At a meeting of the Totara Lodge, U.A.O.D. at Carterton on Monday evening it was reported that tho lodge had paid in sick pay 16s. Bd. through the recent epidemic, and .£l2O for one death claim. A declaration on the sick funds from ono brother at present resident in Chicago, U.S.A., was received. Payment of one maternity bonus was authorised. It was resolved that a roll of honour containing the photograph of etclv member who went on active service be placed in the lodge room. Five new members were admitted order, and one proposed'.'; " , , ' The following story is going the rounds of the Wairarapa:—A Carterton scholar, after a recent examination, wrote to his mother:—"Dear Mother,—l didn't win a scholarship, but you will be..pleased i to know I won the haavy-weight 'boxing match!" The mother is still wondering how pleased she ought' to l e. Charles M'Dougall, a contractor, was finedftJlO in'the Masterton Magistrates Court yesterday for having two Government tarpatolins unlawfully in his possession, our correspondent telegraphs. Our ppecial correspondent, .telegraphs that, out of nineteen applicants Miss M'Nab, of Eeefton;'HospiWl. has .been appointed matron of the Masterton Hospital, in succession to Miss Wilkinson..