WAIRARAPA ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 227, 19 June 1919, Page 6

WAIRARAPA ITEMS

The Masterton County Council is callin;; tenders for the erection of a ferroconcrete, bridge over the Waingawa River.

It is staled to be improbable that the Labour Party will nominate a candidate for the Masterton eeat at the general election. The Masterton Borough Council has set up a sub-eominittee to confer with a committee of the County Council in regard to the amalgamation of Lan6downo with file borough. The Masterton Borough Council has endorsed a proposal of the N.Z. Returned Soldiers' Association that Anzac Day shall be made a statutory holiday. In a ■miniature rifle shooting match in Masterton on' Tuesday night, between teams representing Masterton and Carterton, the former was successful in the "A" class and the latter in the "13 The managers of the Y.M.C.A. in Masterton have reappointed Mr. S. V. Par* sonson'as local secretary. Mr. and Mrs. Parsonson are expected to arrive from England in the course of a week or two. Councillor It. J. King ha 6 been appointed to represent the Masterton Borough Council. at the conference in Wellington convened by the Wellington Central Chamber of Commerce. The quantity of coal sold from the Jlaetert'on municipal coal, depot during the month of May was 52 tons 11 cut. ' _ At a meeting of the Mnsterton Borough Council on Tuesday night it was decided, on the motion of the Mayor, "That, owing to the aculeness of the housing problem in Masterton, the Government be urged to utilise some of the building material at the Featherston Camp in the erection of cottages on Tru6t Lands Trust sections;." , , The Masterton Borough Council has tiecided to support n proposal of the Gisborne Council that the electoral roll be used as a rmmicinal roll. 1 A somewhat serious accident occurred in Masterton about noon on' Wednesday. Mr. C. C. Jackson was driving in his ear along Lincoln Road with Mrs. Jackion, when a cab driven by Mr. \Y. Innca came from a side street. The pole; ot the cab eamo into contact with the windscreen of the car, shattering it completely. Mrs. Jackson was severely cut about the head and face, and was admitted to Nurse White's hospital. Mr. Jackson was also injured to some extent. The Featherston School Committee has appointed a deputation to wait upon the Methodist Church Trustees re the matter of securing a site for a new main school. The resignation-of Mr. F. C. Everton from.the position, of headmaster, alter sixteen years' occupancy of the post, has been received, and the committee placed on record an expression of appreciation of the services rendered, also regretting (liis ill-health. - ■