MASTERTON NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 940, 6 October 1910, Page 3

MASTERTON NOTES.

;■ (From Our special Correspondent.) , Masterton,tOctober 5.: .Welcome showers of.-'rain;have been-fall-. 1 ing in this district for' the -last -two.dajjs, and . are 'expressed,-that; this, will ; coritiiiue, as: the pastures; are languishing for waiit of rain. .■ At a, : meeting of-. the' Masterton branch of. the, Shearers' • Union ; last night- a resolution was carried, and ordered to be sent to-the; Prime Minister, .protesting .against •Lascar-manned- steamers coming, to ; New ..Zealand. -; '•>:;' ■.- • The Masterton Bowling' Club, which opens-its season 1 to-morrow, has accepted' an invitation from the Lower Hutt Club to play a match at Hutt- on November 9.' V" ■ : ■ :Mr. E.. G.Etonjpresided, at the monthly meeting of the Wairarapa Hospital' and .Charitable 1 Aid Board' to-day.;,. An application- from' the Inspector-General for : permission for .the matron of -the hospital to act .as supervisor -of nurses' examinations - was granted.'- : The Christchurch Board; asked 'that : a'-'.'delegate; be appointed .to. attend ,the conference' in Wellington, to. discuss : the ' question, of. the. treatment of .consumptives. While sympathising with the. object 'of' the - conference, the Hjoard decided,to.communicate with the Department before appointing', a' delegate. . It ' was .decided: to- ask-the Inspector-General to report upon the condition of the septictank at- the, ,-Hasterton -.'Hbspitril.The . revised, by-laws: were dealt -with and ap-. proved. . ; • ■■■ ■ ■ ■ At a meeting': of the /Masterton. Amateur; Athletic . Club last, night, 'it : was .'decided to hold evening runs . during - the summer nights.. 'The Masterton'Amateur'Swimming,Club opens,its season; early. ;nexti month.;. Vv There was a large attendance at the wool' aid skin sales; here; to-day;'and satis-, factory; ,were obtMned..