CARTERTON.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1260, 23 April 1896, Page 18

CARTERTON.

Tho annual general meeting of subscribers to the Carterton Library was held on Saturday, Air W. Booth, president, ill the chair. There was a very good attendance. Tho balance-sheet showed a credit of AM "), and accrued subscriptions amounting to .£2O. It was resolved to recommend the incoming committee to expend £SO in the purchase of new books. Tho revised rules submitted by the committee were approved and adopted. The following members were elected an executive Patrons, Messrs AV. C. Buchanan, M.H.R., and 0. It, Carter ; president and chairman, Air AY. Booth ; committee, Messrs Fh AAC Dorset, 11. H. Walters, J. Brown, J. JJairslowe, AV. I lov.-iiard and Dr Johnston : nuuttor, ?.lr F. Feist. A’otc.; of thanks wero o-ivcn to the auditor and the l.on secretary

for past services. There is a considerable amount of passenger traffic at the Carterton Station, ami a great deal ot discomfort is experienced iu cold and wet weather owing to the exposed state of tho platform. Tho cost of erecting a verandah would bo very trilling. Many an one can date a lasting cold from having had to stand on that exposed station in the wot ami mud while awaiting tho arrival of tho train. Tho Wairarapa line is the best paying section in the Colony, and the department are warranted in going to the_ expense of providing better accommodation at this station. „ „ Tho newly-appointed AA esleyan Circuit minister, tin; Rev S. be accorded a public welcome tit Carterton on Thursday. , „ ~ . Athletic sports in aid of the Carterton. School funds were held on the Show Grounds on Thursday last, and proved a financial success. The school funds will benefit to the extent of about £ls. It is likely to be made an annual lixturo. The one man and two men sawing competitions created the greatest amount of interest with the public. Philip Goodin sawed through a lug 20 inches in diameter in 2min 2t : ec, and A. and J. Johnson completed the

same task together in 33i[sec. The log was of green whito pine. As Mr W. Bayliss was driving home from the sports with his wife and child in a buggy, his horse shied and ran into a paling fence. The vehicle was overturned, aud the occupants more or less injured, but, fortunately, no bones were broken. The ladies of Gladstone got up a ball last week in aid of the Brunner Belief Fund and, in addition to <£o os taken at the doors’ sold many tickets outside. It proved a most enjoyable dance, as such a worthy object merited. The Acclimatisation Society s Ranger ou"ht to take a turn round Wainuioru district, where deer are being ruthlessly destroyed. On the Wainuioru Eiver bank Mr YV. Cooper came across the carcases of a hind aud a young deer, both having been shot.

I don’t know whether it is owing to tho fact of this being Leap Year, but certain it is that marriages this year are in excess considerably of former years so far. Last week the marriage of Mr J. 11. Wakelin and Miss Kate Armstrong was celebrated in St. Mark’s Church, and as they both belonged to tho choir they were accorded a full choral service. Ihe church was nearly filled by ladies. Ihe bride looked very pretty in lavender cashmere, with white feather hat, aud carried a lovely bouquet-. Miss Bella Armstrong, sister of the bride, and Miss Katie Wakelin, sister of tho bridgroom, were the bridesmaids, and were dressed in blue cashmere, trimmed with butter colour ribbon and white hats. Mr W. Wakelin, the brother, acted as best man, aud the bride was given away by her father, Mi Philip J. Armstrong. Both families are old settlers and widely connected in tho district. After the registry was signed, tho Rev W. Balloehey, on behalf of the vestry, choir and .Sunday school teachers, presented the young couple with a service of plate. Afternoon tea was served at tho residence of the bride’s parents.