MASTERTON.
..'■"'■ Burglars, or rumours of are-;the subject of. the hour among 'tlio' residents of .; Jean ; Street just -now.. ; It. is /stated - that: a i lady, presiding in- that, '-street,- pn'returhirig thpriio' on .•'Wednesday; evening, was astonished ;t6,'' ; find' her, residoricb '■. (which shb' locked when ! going., put) illuminated/by what- appeared to bo- a riioving; light.--. Her screams /attractedthe. .attention of .''--neighbour's, ''.■ but, when.a : search'was .madq,.. the light was riot.; visible •nor w'as; the ■'"cause" discovered... .. . ;...' \•_ '■";•::.. ;." The' monthly meeting of the . North Wai-;i'arapa-Benevolent Trustees was hold on Wednesday afternoon,' Mr. E. Tv Holmes'prosid!;ihg. Two, applicants-were granted admission tothoßenair-Solway Home, and one was readmitted. '-, Train- faros -to. Napier 'arid Woljlirigtonwere granted to. two other applicants. ;A ; .'• request .was -.'received' from: the United iCharitable ■ Aid Board for. particulars..of the' ''trust's.estimates-,for tho' eiisuing;yea.r.;.:;; !<• J "At -a,- , special meeting■• of the ;;llasterton Chamber..of. Commerce: held this week:the ;following resolution/ bearing .reference-: to the local train ."ervice, V was. 'passed:—"That ''. the 'attentipn of: tho - Minister: 'for Railways bo I'.directed' to tho fact. that ..the • Wellington- , ' ,Napier f mr«il -train ■■■'• arrives, at -Wopdville itwonty-fiye '.minutes after ,tlio-:trairi ; tb':cou.riect .with , .tho Auckland sbrvice, /and that Jib bo asked .that, this train be-made.to- cbn;neot with that leaving Palmerston;'and that ;it..be pointed out'that by. the present arrangement..- corr.espendenco ,' is. delayed .'-.for a ;day and ..passengers spend-two hours longer .than i is"'necessary:-between Masterton and Palmorston.!':' o.; ; . . .■/;■/.■-;■ ,; : ~:;-..:
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 431, 13 February 1909, Page 10
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224MASTERTON. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 431, 13 February 1909, Page 10
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