CARTERTON NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9656, 22 November 1909, Page 5

CARTERTON NEWS.

From Our Resident Reporter. Saturday. The Junior Civil Serivcc examinations, competitive and nsn co-rp titive, commenc d here this moriii :g, the Rev. W. J. Elliott bt-ing the supervisor. The takings at the Methodist Curio Exhit iti'wi and Sale o; Work i i Victoria Hall, on Thursday ever.in',', amounted to £43, which i--, i>\i w of the fact that there w t ie no rath" s. very satisfactory. The r suit «f the literary competition f<ir cl.ildrt-n attending tie Wairarapa Schools was made known last evening. In the first competition, viz., by simply changing the order of the words in the following sentence, and express the meaning in a 8 ira r .y direct ways as possible, "The Phughman Homeward Plods His Weary W»y," Fent-m Butler was first. Fur the essay on "How Would You Beautify Carterton?" (competit"rs 16 years and under), Jack Gr«ce wss first, a;,u Fe.,ton Butl-er se.-ond; 14 years arid under, May Benson first, E. Stavely'second; 12 years and U'td.r, Kato Monnrieff first, Beryl Armstrong second. The trophy presented by Captain Surgeon Johnston to the Rifle Volunteers for a shooting competition in the senior division has been won by Corporal Whyte. Mr T. H. Hughes' trophy in the junior division has been secured by Private Harvey. The practical examination for non-com-missionel officers will he held on November 2fitb, when nine will sit for their certificates. Privates Whyt? and Reid have been appointed Corporals of the Corps, and Private Eagle Lance Corporal. Mr Coleman Phillips has donated 10s to the Small Birds Nuisance Society to assist them in carrying or the campaisn against the pssts.