CARTERTON NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10009, 4 April 1910, Page 6

CARTERTON NEWS.

(Own Correspondent.) Saturday. There was a large attendance at the farewell social in the Methodist 1 Church last evenin?, tendered by the adherents, as a to Ken of e3teem to the Rev. W. J. Elliott and family, who are leaving for Whangarei. Speeches alluding to the good work of the Rev. Elliott were made by several prominent citizens and general regret expressed at his departure. He was presented with a handsome gold watch guard. A musical proi gramme varied the proceedings. | The death is announced from Hastings of the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs J. A. Gordon, formerly of Carterton. This morning a young fellow named Roy Reid "cricked" his neck ' through moving quickly while engaged at his work at Messrs A. R. Walli3 and Sons' joinery shop. The mishap is not serious, but is paniful. Mr V. L. Kairbrother, auctioneer, to-day held a successful sale of furniture and house decorations on behalf of Mr T. W. Foster, in order to make room for new stock. ' ; An appropriation of £3OO by sale in j connection with the Wairarapa Terminating Building Society will take place on Thursday evening, in Carterton. The upset price of each £l5O is £2. | Last evening on the local bowling green, in the junior singles, Herbert defeated Pink, who will now play off in the final with Keilsen. Dr Anderson Stewart is at present locum tunen - for Dr Johnston. The Rev. W. Manson, M.A., of the Canton Village Mission, gave an illustrated lecture in the Presbyterian Schoolroom last evening. Taking into account the counter attractions there was a very good audience, , who were regarded with an interesting evening's adrdeus. The Wairarapn South County Council intend having 400 cubic yards of metal spread on Beef Creek Koad A number of the members of the Carterton Football Club indulged in a practice game this afternoon.