WAIRARAPA NEWS

Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 32, 7 August 1919, Page 8

WAIRARAPA NEWS

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'1..:-,.-. ,MASTERTON, This;Day. ■Dr. Anderson, Director of Education, visited Masterton on Wednesday, and dis* cussed with1 educationalists the. question of the site and other matters cSnneoted with the proposed Technical High School. Itis probable that the site offered by Mr. C. E. Daniell be accepted, and that an area adjoining will be acquired. No criminal cases have yet been listed for the half-yearly session of the Supreme Court, to be held in Maaterton next month. , .. '■' ■■ ■ •-

A suggestion was made at a meeting 6£ tie. Masfcerton Progressive League on Tuesday evening' that, in order to meet the unsatisfied demand for house accommodation, the local authorities should provide tents at suitable spots during the summer months. ; , ■'

Dr. E. W. Kirk, a Presbyterian missionary from Canton, China, delivered an address' in Knox Church, Masterton, on Wednesday evening. .':■■,■.■ [ ■■■■ , ■

A young man named Vivian Balkurd, a steward, who deserted from the steamer Pirinzessin when that vessel was at Wellington, was sentenced to. a: month's imprisonment at Masterton on Tuesday on a charge of stealing a gold watch belonging to a local resident, with, whom he had temporary lodgings. At, the annual meeting of shareholders of the Wellington Farmers' Meat Company, held in Masterton on Wednesday, the chairman of directors sai3 it had been suggested that tho dividend on shares be inoreased to 7j per cent. He pointed out, however, that the directors had preferred to consolidate .the works, and'to expend surplus capital in providing now branches to tho'industry, such as woollen mills, etc.

A committee is being appointed in Masterton to advise the Wellington Citizens' Committee that is co-operating with the Department as to the goods that axo most urgently required. . * ■

: Mrs. Young, formerly of the Upper Hutt, has taken over the Martinborough Hotel.

The executive of the Masterton Progressive League has been empowered to create a fund of £.500 per annum for the purpose of engaging a. secretary-organiser.

At the annual meeting' of the Mastertoil Park Bowling' Club, Mr. H. Webb was elected president for the ensuing year. The balance-sheet showed a credit of £12 18s lOd. _ The delegates were instructed to vote in favour of the Booth Cup and iDuthio Shield being played for in one section.