PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 604, 6 September 1909, Page 9

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

(ritou dor/eritciAii cniiiitsroNotfia ) : : ;/ / -MASTERTON. ;:- V : , ~Tho Ground Committee of tho Masterton ltaoing .Club' mot'on,: Satiirdny. Present: Mosms. C. P. Vallaaco, J. lorns,.!' , . : Dorset; 'James Cress,-.A. G.; Pilmer, ~D.' M'Lachlan,' and■ A; Thoiinattcr was dismissed uf allowing tho outside of tho coiirso proper td bo- opened for trial : ,gallops'.for horses : nQniinate<l for. tho • forthcoming meeting, or for,-horses' requiring- a special trial,., and it. was deeidod : that it would , .'.not! injuro. tbq course to allow it to' bq used on theso lines. It : was also decided to liayo the bookmakers' enclosure shifted 'awny from itii front of the grandstand.■ y ■'.* '. ■ ■■' '■ -i ■ ' . i : •'■: The, Chnroh-of the Seven-Rules of,. Jehovah,,'which is being, .erected by tho. East .Coast'''Maoris, is ..nearing 'completion, and will :bo opened oh November 14. "Tho.Hon. James'Carroll, and other .'Ministers,':will take 1 part: in'the.' opening, ceremony. A : mooting of tho ■Young. Maori-party ..was', held oh Saturday in tlio Y.M.C.A., t& discuss..tho question,of. forming ■ a ,new ; Maori moimtod riflf corps-in ■ tho. "district;'■'■; .There was 'Oh'torse attendance, and the chair was' Occupied by Mr.,-Tai,.te Tau, It was!decided .to.form' a-.co'hipahy, .and tho following officers were elected;— Captain, Tai te Tau; lieutenants, H. :¥. "ICerefioma, Puhara-to Tau,.;and Rei I'aku;: sergeant-major, Moana-l'aratene. The cbrnpany will bo:- called- tho!■ Tumatanenga Maori Billes, ; arid is : already v- over ! sixty strong. ■';.■: >[ ..... ' :'.-■ '.- . ,•■':■. :.'*.•-<■•';.-■.-