CARTERTON NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5016, 3 May 1895, Page 3

CARTERTON NEWS.

Aom Our Own Correspondent. . * Friday. An attempt is being made to start a Literary Society here for the winter months. Nothing but dancing claimed attention last winter, and it is essential to introduce something not altogether so frivolous. a Miss Brann left yesterday for to take charge of a small school in the district in which her parents have taken up their resi- ■ dence,; Before leaving she was made the recipient of a nice little present from net fellow teachers, as a slight joker) qf the esteem in which she is held by them. The gift was a gold brooch, with a pure amethyst stone in-the centre. The Carterton Choral Society has commenced its wintorsesßion, They have in practice, "The Merrie Men of Sherwood Forest," and it is likely to" take on" with tho members, The burgesses are waiting with more impatience the results of the visit of the Hon. the Minister for Lands. The "genial Jock" promised them a Bite for a Town Hall If JKuaan g'et'his'colleague theMinisfw for Justice to part with the Jana at the' back of the' Courthouse, A building capable of seating 10Q0 people and t6 cost about £IOOO i B suggested, something after the style of Feathorstqn Tqwp Hall, but with more space in the hall proper.