MASTERTON NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 263, 30 July 1908, Page 2

MASTERTON NEWS.

» ' " " ' 1 ' (mm OtJE OWN COEBESrONDENT.) " : ' " . His Excellency the Governor, Lord Pluil- . ket,' president of the Ne'w Zealand Ambu— , lance Association, has consented to make:the first annual presentation of. Certificates "to 1 '- 'the. successful candidates-of the Masterton St. John Ambulanco Brigade and Nursing Di- - vision, oil-Wednesday, August 19. • . • . Monday night was tho coldest experienced here this winter. The frost registered; close upon ISdeg. ■ -i ■; The:Masterton Borough Council intends to take a.poll on the proposal to borrow £10,000 for extended drainage, and sanitation, and £7500 for the. purchase of the old Masterton ■- i . A. aud P. show grounds. '' .-It is reported here that the Rev. Mr. ' ■Thompson will shortly deliver an address upon the license question. at Eketahunii. There are further '-noticeablesigns of - a ■ ; strenuous fight here over the question, and . i it is considered very probable -that the reverend gentleman will deliver lectures in various parts of the electorate. ■ ■ j.:" - 'The annual-report of the Wairarapa Cale- ■ donian Society,'ono:-of: : tho strongest, institu-. ' . tions of its kind in,Neiv Zealand, shows receipts for tho year amounting to £539 2s. 5d., ' and expenditure £469 10s. 2d., leaving;'a -m • credit balanco of £69 12s. 3d. fho assets art \ £42G 125.'3d., and the liabilities nil. i ' . . -