WAIRARAPA

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 221, 12 June 1919, Page 8

WAIRARAPA

Under the will of the late Captain Ji. Biddiford. Jt.C, tho Masterton branch of the Y.M.C.A. benefits by a sum of •CIOO. Tho Mastorton County Council has a ■debit balance on its general account of =£3553. The Mafiterton Progressive League decided on Tuesday to takn slops in the direction of rosur-eitalintj; tho local musical competitions and of holding a band contest and gala week parly next ynar. The friend? of Mr. and Sirs. K. M'Bcnu Stewart, of Jfasterton. will loam V;ith regret of the. dcadi of their eight-year-old ran, Edric, which occurred in the local hospital on Tursdny. At a meeting of the Wairarapa Presbvlcrv on Tucsdiiy. Mrs. Jessie Pn?o. M.8.E.. was presented by tho Gnnnral Assembly of the Presbyterian Church with ;i <,'<ild wristlet watch in recognition of lipv heroic services at the Fcatherston mililiiry crimp during (he influenza epidemic last. year. The Jlasterton County Council hns decided to take a poll on n. proposal to

raise n. loan of ,£IO,OOO for the purchase of road-making niachiiiery. Councillor W. 'J. Welch lias ljecn ap ; pointed to represent the Jlasterton County Council at the annual conference of tlio Now Zealand Counties' .Association, i The late Mr. James Elliott, of Masterton, has made a bequest of .£3OO to the funds'of. the Methodist Church. The proposal to merge tho suburb of Lnnsdowne into the JMasterton Borough was discussed at a meeting of the Masterton County Council on Tuesday. A committee was sot up to discuss the matter with the residents of the- suburb. The collection of ova for the Masterton fish ponds has been commenced. The Waira'rapa Presbyteij- on Tuesday discussed tho proposal for a union of the Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregational Churches. By the narrow margin of ono vote the proposal was rejected. An invitation from the Palm?rston Chamber of Commerce for the appointment of a. delegate to a conference to discuss the unsatisfactory railway t»rvice between Masterton and Palmerston, has been merely "received"/ by the Master-i ton County Council. Loyal Unity Lodtfo (Foatherston) has nassed the following resolution:—"That application be made to the Board of Directors for the whole available amount from the ledge surplus, after making provision for paying 1\ per rent, thereof to the society's War Members' Belief Fund to be appropriated to the redemption of the future contributions of members. Tho officers were empowered .to complete an agreement with the newly-appointed medical officer (Dr. ,T. A. Doctor).