TOWN HALL MASTERTON.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 834, 1 August 1881, Page 2

TOWN HALL MASTERTON.

*A ' v'.Vi 1 '»V. j'.'i 1 . f'Vi . ' ALkDIN," ' The Lydia Howarde Trojipe; gaye. .theirfarewell performance on Saturday evening to the best house they : had. been favored with in Masterton,. nearly' every : seat being occupied and the gallery filled,. The. company became more popular eachnight, and on the present occasion they qoukbnot haveTwisbed for a"more appreV ciative audience. -The'least'pretence ata joke or pun produced,a laugh, and as the burlesque is almost a string of wittK cisms, it need hardly be said that the audience were laughing all" through the piece, and their applause was hearty and ' spontaneous. The Emperor was represented'by Miss' Maud Tincent, and though the part does not require very meat talents; it "was made the most of. The same may be said of Mr Hayes as the Grand Vizier. - The < Emperor's daughter (Miss Jennie Nye) was a great' favorite' and received much applause for her singing and dancing, as well as for her happy-rendering of .her part.; Pekoe (in love with the Princess) was well represented by Mdlle. De Glorian, whose aident wooing hit the taste of many of the audience. The oharacter of the bur--1 lesqe, however, is -mother (Mr ■ Power) 1 . '- His make-up was fearfully and wonderfully conceived,' and his. funny i •'!business" and lclear. enunciation of'the ■ many puns in his part, fairly brought i down the house. His imitation of a i prima donna, singing opera, was excellent, i and deservedly met with. unbounded 5 api plause, The (Mr-Fisher) was I also very good, his acting perfect, and i business first-rate. The part of the hero , was entrusted to Miss Howarde, who. was received with a round of applause on her appearand?,'..-. She .made '.a charming--1 Chinese youth', aud filled her'part with J her .usual brilliance, A duet between | her'and the' 1 Princess (Miss Jennie Nye) | was a gem; the execution' was perfect, and the voices in..sweet aooord, The. | various ohoruses were given in splendid style, " and the 'end of the play found the I audience with a higher opinion of the company than eyer. There was one '. slight fault observable on Saturday evening,- which'-waa'tlmt" all the characters' were not letter-perfect, and the prompting in some instances was rather loud: but I this, in one ;.case, onlyt'atlded'to; the ■ amusementi'and was therefore iota grdat i drawbaok. - -

The afterpiece, was. the ■ well.-known comedy "A Kicsinthe' Dark,"'in"which Miss Jennie Nye (Mrs Pennifold), Mr 'Power;; (Pennifold),'"TSlr Fisher ' (Mr Fathom), and"'Misp'Vincent (the roai'd), took part.; Llf ran its .course smoothly and'took immensely, all the characters ooming in for their share of applause. - , To-night the company play in Carterton',' and[.ye:adyise,those who care to see good'acting, dancing, and singing to pay the Public Hall there a visit on this occasion, "-v

RABBIT DISTRICT. . A meeting of the Trustees was held today. Present—Mesprs Stewart (Chairman), Welch, Gun.derson, Dagg and Campbell. Correspondence was read from Mr T. Mackay enclosing copies of resolutions passed at a public meeting at Tenui on July 7 th, viz "Thjjt, in the opinion of this meeting thg best.Remedy rabbit pest is a wire netting fence for eijqlosing tlje dis|r triot, and that the Government be called upon to pay a rate for the special purpose on all Crown Land wjthin the district say at-the-rate'of'one penny per a.oi'fl tp)d the settlers to contribute the •like sun}untilthe fjj|jc§ is completed, and that all lands i;e taxed jo the sjmo extent." "That copies of t|}o preyious resolution bo fqrprded to tlje various llaljbit Ijo'ards ancj. qi)f representatives in 3?arliameiit asking .£lien) jo tykp the question of rating Crpwn apd Naffye laijds for |j{)p purppsp'of fencing it off from freehold land with wire netting, into conpiderar tioii," It was moved bv Mi" Welch,' seconded by Mr Campbell, and «arried—"That in the opinion of. this Board it would be advisable, so far as Masterton.is concerned, that the question of the erection of rabbit-proof fencing should be left to private enterprise."-. ,•

Mr Day .reported that Messrs McGregor had laid the poison provided by the Trustees oii fhe nafive'land of Akvra, 'The ti^gfot's 1 roß;oj:.t hayjnjj been read, it was resolved— '■ Thai pi'fjoeedings. be taken against'Mr J. Dorset,- unfer tile 18th sectipn qf tlje Ealjljit Nuisanjje Act,. 1 : j!l§ filßßeptflf 'puljsequently' reported that 'he l)a4 y|slt§ij p)i) ppei'itigs of Messrs ])ay and Moljachlai}, and that steps had been commenced to destroy ti)e rabbits thereon, and. that he woi}ld report fully on the efftofloy of these stpps at the next meeting/ .J'/.'.. -1 >.?•/.,'. The landowners list was gone through, amended, and signed by-all, the trustees.The meeting then adjourned, , ' .• •. The long promised match between Mastertonand Greytown was played on Saturday. Owing to the inclemency of the weather only nine of the Mas.terton team turned'up, much to the 'disgust, of the Greytown men, who always turn out to a man, no matter what the weather is. S'owever, the"Masterton tCatii was'made' i p yifh at)(} they-gave a good; aeco'uht nftjjemselves. 1 We tfouh} hint to luasterlon players' jifyat if tjjfywisji to make footballers they must not faa|c at the least .sign of. dipty weather, but go jntq t|)e ganje pith a will.'' The following ppe the tfanjes ,qf fhp tpps Qreytpwn: %wcjß, Bpard, [Jdy, Canjeron, JF; llajton, fealmer, Webster, To'cker, aid Wgnhara, quarterjbacks,. Desmond, and ; G. Saywell ; halfbaoks, O'Connor, and 'Hirsohberg; Ronaldaon, ' three-quarter-back'; back* Day.' 1 i:.\ /Masterionßacif /MeKflnzi* (oaptain)'; ■ hal^acksfWi' o.'faulkner ! ;; quarter-backs, F. Smith Vand 1 J,' 'Perry; forwards, W. and G. Harvey, H. Bannister, B. Perry, Muni, 0. Steward, Kuni, B: 'lfanibera, jod'EMl)# I *} v "i r> was kioked-bff' toyl'miguirb,: 'and smartly, followed up by the Greytown : forwards, noticeable among them being Webster, carried up to the Masterton goal line,

when G, SayM jfQhtho first try for. (Greytown, trjed the: kick—wKibh wps ahfjojtbut a very strong i'wiSnpf via ilpvlngfaifttiis time which vcarrild 'WAy from where it the ball being kicked' off .again a 'few 'loriramages short time. On the ball again coming, into play.^the-forward play.of-.jlijni..was .;njaqe-i.,Bhort run| ;) and,,vai very.- well stogpettby Perr Grey town men were wellonlhe Ball, 'and v by somevery determined play carried it down, when: Cameron secured a. second try for Grey* .town. again failed. Tiiwv to love/ (i ® v The-secontt spell was commenced byG. Stewart kicking off: for Masterton,: but Greytown was again on it, and worked.. lm¥,t forcing ball again,' again ito the' fore getting the, bajl past all-the .•Greytovh men fbuVDayj -whopWerly. kickedifrin touch", on it being thrown!in some good scrimmages took place, "'at* , ithis platp Palmer Bhow'ed jlip Irery .well,'; ' bringing the ball'through' on to the M&fc ,tert6n~goal line, where a very fierce scrimmage took place, resulting in Masterton being again forced down. On the ■: ball being kicked off again, it was immediately carried back by the Greytown for- - wards, who again forced their opponents down. Time called, game 2 tries to love.. ' t Eonaldaon kicked off for the 3rd spell,- • when-by—aoriie splendid play'-by Beard, Maguire, and Cameron, the ball was carried under the Masterton goal, where, a scrimmage took place, ending in Ronaldion potting a goal, the ball having been cleverly passed tohira by.one of.his men. Steward kicked off, and Day returned the ball'well up in touch. On being thrown out, Hirschberg made.'a good run; and was -very : well stopped by Perry. On: scrimmaging --the'ball dff Masterton was' again forced down. On the ball being kicked off again, Ronaldso'rf sent it back well up in touch; On being thrown out, it was again carried down to the. Masterton goal line;. Faulkner-mark-ing.; oloae', up-.to the line. Some gocjd. passing about this part of the game* was' exhibited by the Greytown men (who, during the whole of the game, worked well together), especially, by 'Hirschberg, and Rehaldsony resulting in another force down for Masterton. On the ball coming out,'the Greytown forwards, by a splendid piece of play, oarried it well down, when Cameron secured another try for Greytown, Ronaldsoii failed to kick the ball; behind the goal line. . Time- called, game—\ goal 3 tries, to love.

Phillip (foe Masterton) took the kick off in the 4th spell, Hirschbei'g quickly returning it. / The Masterton team here showed : a very determined front, and Buooeeded by dint of hard play to work the ball into very close proximity to the Groytown goal line, but by good play the Groytown men worked it back to the centre of the field, where the Greytown men got a loose scrimmage on .the way, and, carried the , ball rights tbrotfih'; i Cameron - and Udy being well to'the fore. Faulkner tried to stop it, but the greasy nature of the ground prevented ""him, "' leaving" Udy' the honor of getting another try for Greytown, which Rnnaldson converted into a -goal; On the ball being, kicked'off again, the Masterton men set io work,and by dint of really determined play, carried the ball down to.the Greytown goal-line, and for the first time'during the game the home team was forced down. This, appeared'to put them oil their mettle,'and they started to work earnestly as soon as the ball wks "brought out,'; Palmer-and Webster being (Veil to, the fore.But Masterton was not to be done so easily,' and succeeded in .working it back, .but Day quickly returned it. Soqiescrimmagt ing occurred in the centre .of the field, when Cameron secured the ball and car-;, ried it'well lip, but' was "stopped by McKenzie, who could not keep possession) Ronaldson securing an'easy try,, from which lie got a goal Thegamflthus resulted in favor of Greytown by 3 goals and 8 tries loloye, '

The Greytown Club expects to play the Wellington Club in Greytown on Saturday next, but if they Jo not they will come to Masterton.

A match between the country and borough members of the Maßterton Club is talked of, and we hope it will soon Come, to a head.