MASTERTON.

Wellington Independent, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3910, 25 September 1873, Page 2

MASTERTON.

(feom oub own oobrespondenx.) A meeting of the Masterton Rifle Qlub- ;'■- was held on Friday last,- Captain Perry in . the chair. The subscription list for'theannual prize firing was handed roundj and £Q 12s was collected in the rqomi^hfglij; -•-: amount will be supplemented before long: by £0 already down for collection^ The- '. balance sheet for the current year; was: read, showing a balance to the credit r bf" .the club of £5 3s "9d,- which- fact :niay beconsidered very satisfactory. Messrs i;Q-: R. Williams and D. Donald were appointed auditors to examine the balance vsKeet, and report thereon at a future meeting. ■■ The original committee were -re-elected without a dissentient voice ; also two 'additional members of the club were, added ; to the committee in the persong of Mdpsrs. R. Tankersley and S. Kibblewhite i: ~ ThW meeting then adjourned till the 26fix-iiis^ \ to allow the treasurer to draw tip a report of the transactions of the club during the current year. A vote of thanks to -the chairman concluded the proceedings. - Messrs M'Gregor, of the-Manaift Saw Mills, have just purchased :a large and. more powerful engine from Messrs Grace and Wilford, which will be put into wOfking order in the course of a few days.- . This may be considered a very valuable V addition to their machinery, as they have ■ for some time past kept the smaller ;. pn6 working bobh night and day, aniqtothett: found they could not cope : witbi,.tiie>l&pgo orders for timber, the, s demand beiugvff ati in excess of the supply". ". .' ;. ; H . A meeting of ; the Ma^tQrtojjt^.Jocisgp: ;. Club, coavenecl fpt-W^3nQ^o^oi^&;i '■ owing to the' v§ry, unprbpitiott^yßteM«M' ' " ; the weather at that time prevailing, ad-** journed to ' Thursday, bhe 26th current. Tliis was considered necessary as a number -,:. of tl^e zealous members were deterred on.. account of the weather from attending." . : However, I- trust I may have to chronicle , a full meeting on the next occasion!' ; ;^r : ; A great desideratim has been met' in - the shape of two cabinetmakers who hare opened in that occupation in this town^: : ship. ' They bring first-class rMerenicSsi from Norway ; and lam sure .will proved/ very useful addition to the business portion of this locality. The Wardens for the Castle Point V Highways District are calling for tenders^""" 1 * for a bridge over the Whareama River. It It will be, when completed, a very strong and neat structure. It will have , thr^fr > spans of 22 feet in each, and an extreme length of 66 feet. The contract time- - expires on February 1, 1874. -'. -