MASTERTON NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1031, 21 January 1911, Page 13

MASTERTON NOTES.

$ v- . • (From Oar Special Corresoondeut.l ' Masterton, January 20., Monday .will bo observed as a close holiday in Masterton'for Anniversary Bay. -Tho principal attractions will bo tho lawn tennis tournament and the carnival- in. connection with- the AVairarapa • Amateur Swimming Club.- Already some of the competitors in' the former event have arrived in' town." ' The grandstand on the .new show-, grounds at Solway is now almost completed. It is well-appointed throughout, and will accommodate about two thousand. Smut has been prevalent in some of the oat crops of-Masterton this season. A: claim for danjages in connection with a bicyclo collision is-to be'heard at the next civil sitting of the Magistrate's Court, in. Masterton. The now saleyards which -have been erected by the combined auctioneers-of , Masterton, at Solway, will shortly be ready for opening. Tho railway siding , which is being put in by tho Railway Department will be a great convenience. • The' .Mpsterton Co-operative Dairy Company has received'advice that its first shipment -bf.butter realised. 1125.' •'per cwt.- iii.the London market. In the course of an address at tho picnic on the Solway Showgrounds--yesterday, Mr. William' Perry, president of the Masterton A. and P.' Association,' stated,that the'new grounds had.cost £4372, and the:buildings .and.improvements a total' cost of £11,800. ::.. -