LOCAL AND GENERAL.
A frost of 11.2 degrees was recorded in Masterton yesterday morning. The Wairarapa Ladies’ Hockey Association has received a littla over £lO as its share of the profits of the decent Invercargill tourney. The annual* meeting of the Wairarapa Rural Intermediate Credits Association is to be held in the Farmers’ Rooms, Perry Street, at 2 p.m. to-day. Mr. H. Lorenzen, of Kaiwaiwai, has sold his farm, and will leave in a few days for Carterton where he intends to reside. It is understood that Mr. Price, of Kaiwaiwai, is the purchaser of the property.
The members of the Tararua Rifle Club fired the first aggregate shoot on Saturday and also competed for a trophy donated by Mr. B. Lawrence. Rifleman L. Sigvertsen proved the winner after shooting bff with two other members. The leading scores were as follow: R. Lawrence 93, J. P. Sigvertsen 93, L. J. Sigvertsen 93, J. Hawkins 92, J. P. Petersen 90, C. E. Sigvertsen 90, W. M. Manser 89, N. Petersen 89, D. J. Drysdale 87, S. R. Blewett 86, W. J. Manser 85, R. Farrow 85, R. Thomasen 85, K, Daysh 85.
The Farmers’ Union has decided to support the nomination of Mr. A. E. Fowler as the representative of primary producers on the Unemployment Board. The selection of Mr. Fowler by the Sheepowners’ Federation was announce’d by telegraph from Christchurch and later in the day it was announced from hoadquartore that the Union would support the selection. Mr. Fowler has hud experience as a sheepfarmer and was a farmers’ representative on the Commission which inquired into special cases of hardship created by the imposition of the super lan’d tax last year. Complete remissions of tax amounted to £68,552, while reductions were made amounting to £31,734, a total saving to the farming community of £1*18,266. — (P.A.)
At a meeting of the Municipal Band ‘Committee held after practice on Monday evening the matter of additional finance to enable the band to be properly equipped for the contest to 'be held in February next at Wellington fully 'discussed. It was decided to invite a small, active citizens’ committee to act with the band and formulate suitable ways and means. The amount required is not large and it is hoped that Masterton ’people will show their intereM in the good work being done by members fou >he improvement of the ban’d. Congesting experience is of great value to the bandsmen, as the hard practice needed, together with the educational value of playing and hearing other bands play at a competition, is what every band requires. Quickstep practice under capable instructors is also being arranged. The secretary of the ‘ban'd has been instructed to secure 'the necessary accommodation in Web I f lington.
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Wairarapa Age, 5 November 1930, Page 4
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