WAIRARAPA ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 38, 8 November 1919, Page 10

WAIRARAPA ITEMS

■The balance-sheet of the Masterton Citizens' Hand for the year ended October >^'ii? n,s tll!,t feints for the past twelve jiitWsftha amounted to ,£3OO ss. lod and expenditure to Mai, m. 9d. (which in eludes .feSS ss. 7d. paid for the purchase of new instruments). The assets total AiOO and the liabilities .CIS" lGs. sd. Hie following resolution has been passed by the Masterton branch, of the i.l.A.:—"That this executive of Mie Masterton group of the I.'. P.A., realising the need of higher education for the children of the Wairarapn, endorses the proposal for the establishment of a high school on the fishponds site in iMnsteiton and the progressive development of the present Technical School, 'i'J. Cil L,- U1)0 ' 1 tllß members to attend tne public meeting to support the proposal." ' '

Iho following are the results of Hit events run in connection with the Wairarapa Amateur Athletic Club's evening sports 111 lihc .Ma.sterton Park on Tilnirsday evening:—loo yards: Kilminster (31 S d4 , 1; ,S " lby ™-' Cl » ld 3' (2i), 3. 440 yards; F. Butcher (22 yards) if Kilminster (10 yards), 2; Candy (5 yards),.! Mr. J. H. Hay, of the Electoral Department in Wellington, was in Masterton yesterday in connection with the arrangements for the forthcoming elections Arrangements are well in hand for the holding of the .Masteiton musical and elocutionary competitions during the term holidays of .May next. At a meeting of tlio committee held last night, and presided over by Mr. W. It. Jackson it was decided lo adopt the 101-1 programme, with the following amendments: -'That first and second prizes of ,£35 and respectively be offered ill the choral contest; that the winners of the championships receive a prize of two iniineas each in addition to the usual gold medals; and that a section for national dancing bo added Miss V. Hampton was appointed official accompanist, and Pipe-Major M Donald official piper.