CARTERTON NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3115, 15 February 1909, Page 6

CARTERTON NEWS.

(From Our Resident Reporter). Saturday. The plan of the new pipe organ that is being presented to St. Mark's Church, Cartertjon, to the memory of the late Rev. William Booth, is on view in the window of Mr Tucker's Book Arcade. A meeting of the Carterton Gun Club was held this afternoor, Mr Jas. Laurenson presiding. A rough bal-ance-sheet showed a credit balance of £3 Os Id. Messrs E. McGuire and H. 0. Benton, Maryborough, were elected members of the Club. Mr C. S. Beechey tendered his resignation as honorary secretary, and Mr W. Tucker was appointed his successor. Mr Laurenson announced that the Greytown Club had been allotted the championship for clay pigeons, and if they were unable to arrange for t h e fixture, consent had been obtained for it lo be handed to the Carterton Club. It was resolved that the secretary be instructed to prepare a statement of each shoot. Pollard's Juvenile Opera Company performed tu a crowded audience here this evening. Worth Bros'.- well-known circus and menagerie is to pay a return visit to Carterton in March next. When the news of the wreck of the s.s. Penguin was made known here, a rumour gained ground that a Carterton lady, with her two children and another child were on a return journey from Nelson in the ill fated steamer. Inquiries, howe«e*-, provtj, the statement to be incorrect., It appears that a Mrs Wright,• her two children, and a girl frisnd, Miss Hughan, were due back on Saturday from Meison, where they had been on a holiday visit. However, on Friday they altered their minds, and came by the Taparoa, arriving in Carterton by the evening train. Cr Masson has given notice of motion, that he will move at the next meeting of the Borough Council, "that a permanent man be employed by the overseer."

GUN CLUB. The local Gun Club held a "shoot" this afternoon on Messrs Sbaw and Cole's paddock, for clay bird sweepstakes. The conditions were not at all favourable, the sky being cbudy, and a tricky wind prevailing. Consequently gocd shooting was out of the question. There were eight competitors, none of whom scored thp possible. Rhodes, the highest, scorer being seven short of the possible. At the conclusion of the sweeptsakes a "double rise" competition was held, when S. Jensen proved the winner. The following are the details:— First Sweep (Twelve Birds). Hdp. Tl. A. G. Rhodes 20 29 S. Jensen 18 27 H. 0. Benton 14 27 J. G. Oates ' 10 22 J. Reid 10 19 J. Kilminster 16 18 J. S. Laurenson 17 13 E. McGuire 14 8 Second Sweep (Twelve Birds). Hdp. Score. H. 0. Benton 15 26 S. Jensen 19 25 J. Kilminster 16 23 A. G. Khodes 22 20 J. G. Oates 10 20 J. S. Laurenson 17 12 J. Reid. retired 10 5 E. McGuire, retired 14 4