COUNTRY NEWS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 262, 1 August 1919, Page 10

COUNTRY NEWS

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From Our Special Correspondents. WAIRARAPA Miss D. ]'L Jackson lias severed her cukiiectiou with the Jlastcrton District High School, in view of her upproacliin;,' nwrriaßO Ko bankruptcies wero registered in Masterton during July. I'civ peopie realise the seriousness ul Iho housing problem in Mnstcrtou. It is a fact timt lira and even three families are. residing in many houses in tho town. A ennvuss of Masterlon l>y the eomniittco of the Wairarapa 11,I 1 , and A, Society has resulted in a liberal response from'' business people, and the special prizes for next spring eliow should show a material increase) in consequence. It is expected that Mr. Joseph Dawson will make an early start with the erection of a foot bridge over the "Waipoua liiver to connect the j.'ublic Hospital with tlie Masterton Park. The contributors towards the work wero as follow :—Mastorton Racing Club, ,£110; private subscriptions (per .Mr. C. E. Daniell), JCII7; Masterton Borough 'Council, J;!!!); total, .£247. The work will be carried out under the supervision of the Borough Council. To Ore Orn residents are not agreeable to the suggestion of the Education Board that their children be sent to Lansdowno School in future. It is contended that tliougli Lansdowuo is only a mile and a jialf distent tho majority of tho children who attended Tβ Ore Ore School came from outlying districts, also that it would be necessary for tlie scholars lo traverse the narrov* Ruamahiinga Bridge, constituting a dancer from accident. Tho committee intend putting up a hard fight to have tlio school recently destroyed by lire replaced by an up-to-dato j building. Except for an occasion very weak ray which has managed to creep through the thick bank of gray cloud, Hie sun has been a stranger to Masterton for tho past ten days. A thick drizzling rain lias fallen practically the whole tune. It has, however, been tbo driest July experienced for five years (a shade over "in. being registered), as the following | figures will show-.-5.56 inches were registered in 1918, 5.31 in 1917, 3.20 in 1916, and 4.61 inches in 1915. jlr. It. J. Young, who has been prominent in Masterton as president of the Progressive League, was yesterday entertained at morning 'tea by employees of tho "Academy" bookshop, of which hs was the proprietor until recently. On behalf of the staff, Mr. A. E. Clemas presented the guest with a silver cigarette caso as a token of the esteem in which he is held. At tho opening of the mooting of the Wairarapa Ked Cross and Countess of Liverpool Society in Maslerton the, lioi>. treasurer, Mrs. J. Coselberg, on behalf of members, presented Mrs. J. 31. Coradino (president) with a handsome silver rose-bowl. In making the presentation Mrs. C'aselberg referred, to the splendid work done by tho president during the strmiuous years of war, und stressed the fact, that in spite of the many calls mado upon the late Mayoress her interest and entlmsiasM had never flagged. Her example had acted as a stimulus to thn committee. Mrs. Coradinc suitable replied- . , . Thirty-five births wero registered _*» Masterton during July, as compared with thirty-two for tho same mouth last year. Tho marriages notified totalled ten, an against one during the same period last year,, while the deaths numbered ton in comparison with thirteen during tlie previous July. It has been announced that Mt. A. 1\ Whatman, in conjunction with the returned soldiers of the district, intends to give tho child Mii of Mnete.rttu a tn-«« on August 4, the anniversary of tho declaration of war by Great Britain, at the Soldiers' Club. Mr. D. E. Leslie, retiring director of the Masterton Technical School, was last evening tendered ,v the managers, stall', and pupils of tho school. The catering was done, by the domestic science pupils, under Uio supervision of Miss M. W. Mankio, Instructress. Mr. C. E. Daniell, who presided, presented Mr. Leslie with n gold albert, and Mr. ond Mrs. Leslie with a Doulton afternoon teu-sot und a Morris chair.