COUNTRY NEWS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 9, 6 October 1919, Page 8

COUNTRY NEWS

NOTES FROM VARIOUS CENTRES

(Prom Our Soccial Oorrespondcnts.)

WAIRARAPA

A children's fancy dress ball was given in the Town Hall on Friday evening in aid of tho Greytoivn Firo Brigade funds. The iloor of the hall was packed with children, and the gallery filled with adults. The affair was very successful. Following are particulars of the attendances at the Mnstcrton District High .School for the month 6f September:~Total number on main school roll, 6.13; average attendance, side school 180 and 170, secondary classes 95 and 91. A plain and fancy dress ball is being held in Masterton to-morrow evening, the proceeds to bo devoted to a fund to provide a permanent roll of honour board at the Masterton Returned Soldiers' Clubjiouse. l The committee of the Masterton District High School has decided to apply to tho Education Board for a grant to enable tho installation of lour drinkingtups at a cost of .£5 10s. each. Two of these will be placed in the. main school 'and two in the side school. An extraordinary general meeting of the Wairarapa Hetuvned Soldiers' Association will be held in Masterton this evening, when such important questions as gratuities, the Auckland Association's attitude towards tho IX.Z.E.S.A., the election of a delegate to the coming conference of the N.Z:E.S.A., and the for. mulation of questions to bo submitted to Parliamentary candidates will be considered. Mr. J. ftorns presided over the monthly meeting of stewards of the Masterton Hacing Club. Officials for the Autumn Meeting were reappointed for the forthcoming Spring Meeting, with tho following alterations:—Mr. 11. Cooper was appointed bird-cage steward and was added to the Judicial Committee; Mr. H. P. Harrison was transferred from tho Judicial Committee, and made an extra steward- in charge of the motor gates. A letter was received from Mr, K. H.'Aidworth stating that he had cancelled, his engagement with the Ashburton Club and would be in a.position to act as judge at the Masterton Meeting. It was decided to admit free to the forthcoming meeting all, returned soldiers, showing a badge or wearing uniform. The following new members were elected:—Messrs. 'Robert M'Konzie, Masterton; H. Hansen, G. Green, and Noel Broad. The secretary reported that the totnl'is'htor permits had been received for two days' racing. The treasurer's report showed a debit balance of .0713 ss. sd. 'Accounts amounting to i. - 7G 13s. 3d. were passed for payment. Golf -games played on the Masterton golf links on Saturday resulted as follow:—First round for senior championship'of club: E. Perry 'beat Cv Perry; Wj H. Eobieson beat H. 11. Dawson; Major Banks beat A. C. Major. Final round for junior championship: A. Hoilings 'beat E. J. Hefter. A bogey competition was won by E. Perry, all square, manawat'd' ■■'The business .people of Feilding ' aro much agitated in their minds as to the results of the adoption of the Saturday half-holiday. Some of them state that has been no improvement in their Friday's takings, while tho amount received on Saturdays, is less than half yihat it was before the change. Sn strong is the feeling of shopkeepers on the matter that it is likely that a determined effort will be made to revert to Wednesday as the-weekly half-holiday, as soon as an opportunity to make the change arises. ._, Arrangements' for the purchase of 20 acres of land on which to erect an agricultural'- and technical college in Feilding are now practically complete. Donations have been coining in. freely, and it is likely that the. required amount to complete the purchase will soon bo forthcoming. The Government has allocated a small sum for the erection of the necessary buildings, and the plans are in course of preparation, Thc-truant'officer "was very much'in evidence, in Palnierston North on Friday, when the Williamson Opera Company gave a matinee, at .which it urndiiccd the pantomime "Goody Two Shoes." He warned quite a number of children that if they left school lief ore j closing time to attend the pantomime] that they would be treated as absentees. 'Hearing of this, the mann.ger of the company made soecinl .nirahgenients for these young folk to attend the evening performance!' , The returns for the Mn."islrptp's Court f«r the nuarter Just ended, show that during that period. S:i male* ,vd seven females were niT»sted, nnd that 103 summonses were token out "Stalest 'nialps find 12 ngninsi female o . The figures include 11 male and six female juvenile offenders. At a m,eetin<r of dplegofps f r om (nn"l F«hnol''cnmin ! t>?p«; hebi on Fridny ii!|»lil. it was decided in se"d n' de't'itptinn t' ; '"""llfmr'ton to iiitp''vt«'i\- |-li« MinisVr nf Education and ury n Hip n«cd of cn"sfrup. Ho" of new school b\!'lr"-= nt Tpwri."" Kid. a new school nv,} i-font echini al Cnll«e Street, and tho purchase of fnhr and n hnl.f/ncres if 'nnd n» whip 1 ' I" erecl" the same, and the purc'in>« nf »i n,! ( !il-;«!."i *onv acres of land at the AWI E"d School. A fairly strong wind bl n w here duri-T Friday pvnniii" ""d Vert 'on iriHl Ci" early hours of the niflrninp\ when ; t died dow" a little. just 1 nf"i'o 4 n.m.. it was f«'low»d b'- n refill'" - Fouth"''lv: "h'lslei - ." vliicli fnv ,n shnr! time blew with hn'i'ieiwp fnr'rn. acp"'"- - ~,-•„.! t... i..,t- v ~„;„_ ?w! ~P ll of d'ini!ise.lia« been <ior» to oi , eli"'i , d.a.mnn v of the' early fruits ViVg 'tn,flowe r . A "umber of fonpps were blown down, trcs vera t-rnt-p-i. "ivl lpncn prHo'»° such as of "a'ynn'setl'irnn and lioards were carried for some ''istnn' - " At o"p nnip"v <!'.'" t.ins were blown ofla "ii'ol'er of Hie hivn». .Goats' rue is snrpadii's at a 'tiiii>pi - - r., e .„(. !- H„"1p„..1.-in~ w -(io"« nl' the land adioining H>p Mniiwatn Eivp' - . !>i#l (iin swor"ov lmvln down toward'-. Mnufoua are s!i"->]v boi"(r "vprriin with it. So far tV A[pna« - itTf;n"ity Pomp- | oil has declined to dndnt'e the net ;• I noxious weed uiuW flip *pt a"'! \i"' n fl;,i Pnvpril«iPnt tnkps "•■'•us to plpp.v "-'i" len'l lip'oiieinT t" it i" t l '" i"inpr rppp'"of t'ip Manawntu from rn». i - •■• not like 1 ".to do so. It i«. t'-t tl.is '". tbp <-ource from which all Hie trnnble fnrings. , . Tl'e'ei'iiVpt'=p"sn" - .ra? to h.ivn ouppp-i on Rab'T'lnv. Imf owinct to l<\p b.ipi.wp - "! =tatp of the p - ouu''« no nlnv <""i ,- »t l->" <nd'ilrro,j-jn, T-], n ?r,nripival" held its annual nie nf !p» i" wl'P'i Mr. .T.' A. Vash. M.P.. wp« nnP"iole'i pat -- p". Five ■ t«pns had npnlied for pffllintion. nnd -I'hprq irp ptnected to join. .A dispn^i - "! took - ib>-n r.n )'i" o'-er niiPcHo'i. n';'' if finallv decided to adopt <■'>» pifbt-lv 1 ! over '" pll pu" m»l---hps. Tt «-s d""i''-d I" call upon C. Grepr, of tbp Vntii tp»ni .Triu'nsf Wan.tranui in fin l:i=t TPnre«entntivp maHi. to "xntain b'n~ :\pt'on in obspniin" liimsn'f from nlay on H'p lust day of that matcb. wis to ''av n hfP'i I'le Pnal foot- '<-' 1 i,.p|...ii nf tlm ""ntpii v-ns nlPvpH im Sntu'r'lnv lwt,wP"'i PirntP'J A n«d'. W-st-ern TTnilp»l senior teams, in H'p fii"! for Hie Abrnlipii' C-«n '■oi"npf ; tio". ''""- (mine ,--0<! a nar|ip"l!>r l- * bnnl f n ii"''f. and willini oiip. n'nv l - pi - "» ori - 'pi»^'!i - to H"< forward". «onii< excellent combination wis at l- '"i" - : phown bv p"pli I,n cV division. W;|,n-i fin.p wn S pp.IW Hip snnrps stood 8 ill', and following Ihe u c 'inl ('u«t"iii i- «ueh conipetilions two pxl> - a swlN of ten however remaiiipd ii'iallpi-d and i -> n' l proba'-ilitv. Hip nialch will be rpplnyrd Saturday.

Sptunlav ni-rM «'"s vrr-.- pnld u«d ■vimlv. -wit'f ""in. v ";lnr(l.i v . \rn< vprv boisterous, v'it'i <:!nnl. ob.rm-ers '"id "t----trPH'i. (ip'.l. V-11-' l-inl' i'' M.ffnnnnsiderpMv, but H-hnpM'- olie:ir : nrr, tliemrli «tnrl"d on j» fcv «'""H fv~rv> V:* not vot lieronip <">tvi">|. nt'ipi-wi™ IWp ivonld bo consideriiblp ln?«ps of ,«!in'"i shppp. •

Mr. V. ITpii «»ssv. pbninvn>ii of W>o Frrr. ton jriirbour Boird. nrponin-ui'vl h" ''r W. Sismil. is 'n.t nrpspnf i-is'linc r>.,i,, for the mirnopp of '"suppl*"" Mm flrwl'-'. nndpr offer in Hip TVisi-nn P.o>m],

At a. nippfins "f Hip ]''.'-o"«Iop V.--"-nrnnoh nf t'" l T'lyniprs' U'»i"" "" c ''!- urdny the following remits from brandies