CARTERTON

Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 January 1939, Page 7

CARTERTON

DRUIDS' LODGE. FORTNIGHTLY MEETING. ("Times-Age” Special.) The fortnightly meeting of the Totara Lodge of Druids was hold last evening. Bro A. Kay. Arch Druid, presided. Three members declared off the lodge sick funds and three declared on the funds. A clearance was granted to a member to a Druids’ Lodge in New Ply- *■ mouth. A proposal to join in a combined > . picnic in February was not entertained. The quarterly returns were read shdwing 248 financial members at the end of November, 1938, 11 new members having been admitted during the year ended November, 1938. One proposal for membership was received and accepted. Sick pay and other accounts amounting to £226 Ils 9d were passed for payment.

Personal Items.

Mr and Mrs Stan Hill will leave on Thursday next on a motor tour to Tauranga and other North Island towns.

Mr and Mrs F. V. Wright will leave Carterton on Saturday next on holiday, which is to be spent at Dannevirke.

At last night’s meeting of the Totara Lodge of Druids a vote of condolence was passed to Bro Percy Reid in connection with the recent death of his sister, Mrs Vickerstaff. J

Mr and Mrs H. Knapp, of Pembroke Street, Carterton, reached the 50th anniversary of their wedding last week, and although the event was not celebrated they received many good wishes in connection with the event. Funeral of Mrs H. McPhee. The funeral of the late Mrs Hannah McPhee took place yesterday afternoon at the Clareville Cemetery. Showing the respect in which deceased was held there was a very long cortege of mourners. A short service was conducted at her late residence by the Rev R. Byers of St Andrew’s Church, wno also officiated at the graveside. Many beautiful wreaths were sent by sympathisers and which were conveyed to the cemetery in two cars.’ The pallbearers were Messrs Hugh A. and Wm. J. McPhee .grandsons, Eric Rayner, Rupert Rayner, Eric Wilton and Alex McPhee, nephews. Bowling. The following is the draw for the various competitions in connection with the Carterton Bowling Club which are drawing to finality. Champion pairs (one life). —Thompson v Riggs; Tucker v Simmonds. Champion singles (2 lives). —Robertson v Sorensen; (one life), Hart v Williams; Barber v Stent. Champion rink (final): Kilmister, Newbould, De Lacey, Hughan (s) v W. Steven, Robertson, Barr, Tucker (s). Peculiar Phenomenon. Your correspondent’s attention was drawn to a peculiar coating of light dust on windows of residences, the like of which has not been noticed before the present unsettled weather. Housewives who cleaned windows at the weekend were surprised last evening to find window panes covered with a light substance resembling ash and along with it a greasy substance, which was hard to remove. Even the heavy rain did not dislodge it; in fact it seemed to add more to the ash-like substance. Unseasonable Weather. The weather which is being experienced in the Wairarapa is abnormal for this time of the year. With the exception of similar conditions in 1912 old residents do remember such unseasonable weather, but not of such long duration. 'The conditions in Carterton yesterday were far from summer and bordered on late autumn.