WAIRARAPA NEWS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8652, 10 February 1914, Page 9

WAIRARAPA NEWS

From Our Own Correspondent. February 9The sum of AGS was collected in Carterton towards tlie expenses incurred by the Defence Committee through the recent waterside workers’ strike. The five-year-old son of .Mr Madron, of Longbusli,“feii ok a pony on Wednesday last and sustained a broken leg. Ur PIt. Cook, of Mastertou, attended the unfortunate lad. „ Mr Stan ire id, of Carterton, left Carter lon, to-day for Tiiuaru, where he will enter a horse training stable. . A sharp shock of earthquake was felt in Mastertou at IX.3u o’clock yesterday morning. In a. tennis match at Mastertou on Saturday, Mastertou defeated Martin - borough by 10 games to 8. Mr and Mrs Laird ami Miss Niven, ot Mastertou, left lust week on a visit to 'Great Britain, . The engagement is announced or Mr .a. Levick, of Wellington, and formerly of Carterton, and Miss IC. Hills, of M ellingtou. . , Tho Greytown school committee has appointed Mr P. M. Jackson, head teacher at the Kopuaranga School, secondary assistant at the Greytown school. On Tuesday lust the settlers of Longbush tendered a farewell social to Mr and Mrs Donald McPhec, and presented them with a handsome marble clock. Mr M. Lust, who was formerly in business as a tailor in Featherstou, is now farming in tho Manawatu district. Mr J. Hertlmau. manager of the Car-, ter ton gasworks, left on Saturday on a holiday trip through Hawke’s Bay. The business people of Carterton have decided to close their premises at 12 o’clock on Wednesday, February Lth. “People’s Dav” of the Mastertou show. f The Paliiatua Rifle Club’s second competition tor the Bolton Cup was won by Rifleman Clifton, with a score ot la-. Rifleman A. J. Cameron being second with 118. and Rifleman J. Carpenter third with 117. ’ The Mastertou, Carterton and Pahiatua, fire brigades will bo represented at the firo. brigades’ demonstration, which ig to be held at Hastings at Easter •_ Tho rain which has been experienced in the Masterton district during, tho past ten days liae proved very beneficial t° the pastures, and should assure a good autumn growth of grass. ■<A conference of Oddfellows is to be held at Paliiatua pn February- 17th- Delegates from the Mastorton .Oddfellows will bo present at the gathering. The subscribers to the Paliiatua library now total eighty-. One hundred old volumes in the library are ■to be replaced by- new books. A, new building, containing thirteen rooms and a motor garage, is to he erected at Pahiatua.. The building will cost over JI2OOO. xVt Hamna last week Miss Matilda Lucy Bartosh, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs J.l. Bartosh, of Kakariki, was married to Mr Robert Kenny, youngest son. of the late E. Kenny-, of Hamna. Misses Ockerstrum CVVoodville), Grace May, Elsie and Isabel Bartosh were bridesmaids. The ceremony was performed by- the Eey. Father Harnett, of Masterton ...

David Crewe, of Pahiatua, is at present on a visit to Auckland. Dr Dawson, of Pahiatua, is attending the Medical Conference at Auckland. The Masterton Bowling Club defeated Carterton on Saturday, at Carterton, in a Wairarapa Shield match, by eight points.