WAIRAMPA

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 194, 12 May 1919, Page 6

WAIRAMPA

A number of returning .soldiers by the Northumberland' were given a hearty reception at Masterton on Saturday. Mr..William Wiggins, a respected resiin the Masterton Hospital, including two several of the dairy factories in the Masterton, district are closing;, down tnis W The Minister of Lands recently stated, in reply to certain remarks by LieutenLnt'colonel Cowles, that no discrimination was made in respect to »M>«»ct tiement between the eoldier with money ond the man without money. At a meeting of the Soldiers Asso. ciation in Maetertoa mi tenant-Colonel Cowles furnished the an. ewer in a letter written by the Hon. D. H. Guthrie himself on February 2p last, in which the Minister, referring to the Weslmere estate, said: "It is imperative that applicants for this class of land should have bo*, experience and capital. Four of the original applicants were examined by tho Land Boaid-at Masterton on May 11, and they saUsfied the Land Board that they wero experienced and eiromt enough Enancially to occupy secert Soldiers' Association on Friday night, 193 .new members were elected, making 11 A° houeeTn Mesterton which was erected M years ago for .£4OO, recently changed hands at .£BSO. The Waingawa freezing works have been'dosed down for some days, owing to a shortage in the supplies of ammonia. They will resume operations 10-day.