WAIRARAPA

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 223, 14 June 1919, Page 12

WAIRARAPA

So far tho curator of tlio Mnsterton fish ponds has been eminently successful in his collection of ova from the Wnirarapa streams ami rivers. A larger number of spawning iish than usual have come up from the Wairnrapa Lake.

Tho season for the slaughtering o.' sheep nl the Waingawa freezing works has ji:,sl r.i'.-out concluded. Tailing all circumstances into consideration, the senson has lieon satisfactory. The frliorlagn of slaughtermen has been rathnr severely fell.

The estimates of the Mastertou FireBoard provide for a levy <if ,£l,lOl for the ensuing year. The board has deemed to increase the salary of its superintendent to £'M per nnnuni. It has also set apart n sum of .CRD for the provision of new uniforms for the firemen.

A Methodist Ministers' Association has been formed'in the Waifarapa, with the-

Rev. J. Ward, of Carterton, as the first president. .

Twenty-eight' h're insurance companies are at present doing business in this Masferton fire district. The premiums received by theso companies during 1918 amounted to i7-ISB 18s. 11<I.

The Masterton Co-oporative Dairy Company (Mr. Hopkins manager), besides securing the point* prize for butter at tho Taranaki Winter Show. also, secured the champion prize at the Otaso Winter Show last week.

The Fentherston Borough Council is to meet a committee from the Wairarapa Anzac Club at an early date to discuss the details in connection with tho gift of the club tendered to the town by the subscribers.

The mauagers of the Masterton Technical School have decided to expend a sum of .£798 in establishing a machinery workshop.

Fresh fish is being retailed in Master ton at the present time at Is. per. lb.

A inau named Harry Brown was Sued =£10, or six months' imprisoninuut, at Tinui, on charges of using obscene language and resisting the police. The weather experienced in Masterton during the past week has been characteristic of spring. The Tararua ranges are entirely free from snow, which, is quilo unusual for this period of the year. The Lansdowne school children have given three successful entertainments in the Masterton Town Hall this .week to crowded audiences. . . V 'Fhe Gisbornc Salvation Army - Band, which is en route to Wellington, gave a successful entertainment in Mastertou. The sale of Wiggins's estate took place on Wednesday, and the total realised at the sale was over .£50,000, says our Greytown correspondent.