MASTERTON NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 964, 3 November 1910, Page 4

MASTERTON NOTES.

.':-::; ;.- - /': " '■ '' -j _ : i (From Our Special, Correspondent.^ '•. •• -■• Masterton, November .-2. ! '''Mγ.", Harry Lang, who, after_ visiting the.various brandies of .the -Y.M.C.A. in New' Zealand and' Australia; is pro!:ceeding to India to take : up"w6rk among ; tho students at. Hyderabad, was entertained, at a farewell social by tlio Masterton,,branch of. ' the association on ,;'':.'■ ■'-'■....''< ■ The annual ."social" in connection witlv the. Women's Christian Temperance Union was held in Knox Hall on Tuesday, when addresses . were., given and music and refreshments:dispensed. Mrs. J. W. Blackman presided at the annual'meeting of the Ladies' Swimming Club on Monday, when the report and balance-sheet showed a small credit balance. Mrs. J. Pryor was elected president, and Miss K. O'Leary . secretary and treasurer. The following general, committee was also elected:— Mesdames "Scrivener, Nicol, Claughton,Ladner, and Kendall, and Misses Hathaway, Finnis, Burnett, and Gillespie. The-public baths, one of which is reserved for ladies, were opened for the season on Tuesday. - ; : - " ;, ■ A number of :visitorsare expected for the opening of the now fire station in Masterton on Thursday. : The opening ceremony is to bo performed by the Hon. D. Buddo,,Minister for Internal ; Affairs. - ■■■'■'Bro.'lA. Wheeler, N.G., presided at the ordinary meeting of tho Oddfellows' Xodge on' Monday evening. An invitation from the Hibernian , Lodge to at- : tend a social evening on Tuesday, November., 8, was ...accepted......... Two . new members wore Initiated and three proposed for admittance to the lodge. Tho younger members of the lodgo' will ontertain the older »t a "social" on next meeting night. . ' "A writ claiming £501 damages for alleged slander has been issued against a Wairarapa farmer. Tho slander is alleged to have been uttered by the farmer's wife. The case is to be heard at the' next sitting ;of the Supreme Court'in Masterton. ■ ' ' '-'Tho Miisfical and' Elocutionary Com■petitibiis Society, which- was.-fdrmed in -Ma'sterfon on' : Monday'night, intends seeking the sympathy and support of *th'e; Borough Councjl , , and other local bodies: . The society "will "start with a strong membership.'. . ' ■ - Ttoy-Mastef some anxioty about the delay in accepting a tender for the :new . courthouse. Tenders closed same weeks', ago, but no announcement has yet been made roiigarding the result. ■■j.-.,-. : . ■: A start was 'niiado on Monday with the work of improving .'the northern approach to .Masterton by,;tho construction .hi two hey bridges and footpaths. . :The■■Masterton section of the Wairarapa. Egg. Circle dispatched thirty-three crates yof.eggs to •■"Wellington- on Monday'.vi-:-,!:-..'': •, i.- : .'A ■ :■■■•'■■". ■'■■■ stbh;';wa's "to-day r committed- for:'.trial at. the next.criminal.sessjons/pfiAthe Supreme;. Court at- Wellihgton,!jpiiSa charge of assaulting a''girl of. tenderjjyears.