MASTERTON.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXI, Issue 30, 23 November 1894, Page 15

MASTERTON.

(From an occasional Correspordent.)

November 12, 1894. At a recent writing and drawing competition, held in connection with the Masterton Horticultural Society's show, and open to pupils attending any Wairarapa school, tho following gratifying successes were achieved by children of St Patrick's: — Writing — boys, first price, F. Bezoska. Highly commpnded — Victor Bell, and P. O'Leary. Girls — first prix3, Minnie O'L°ary, second, Ciesy Hourigao. Drawing — second prize (bjys^ 1 , Frank B^zoska. Prizes were also awarded for knitting, sewicg, embroidery, and crochet woik to Annie Chapman, Cissy Houngan, Minnie 0 L3ary, and May Connelli respectively.

During the past few weeks builders have been busy in making gome much-needed additions to the presbytery, and before long a decent structure will have replaced the dilapidated " lean-to " which haß so long defaced our parochial house.

The ceremony of the Forty Hours' Adoration will be commenced ac St Patrick's on Sunday next. Masses will be celebrated at 8 and 11 o'clock. At the former the members of the Sacred Hearc Association, of the Hibernian Society, and of the confraternities of the scapulars will approach the Most Bles3ed Sacrament. The latter will be a Missa Cantata at which there will be a procession of tht children atteoding school. Solemn Vespers will be sung at 7 p.m., after which the Very Ray Dr Watters of St Patrick's College, Wellington, will preach.

On to-morrow night (Tuesday), the usual monthly meeting of St Michael's Branch H A.C.B.S. will be held.

The Greytown Amateur Theatrical Company, under the management of Mr Robert Gaut, have very kindly placed their services at the disposal of St Patrick's School committee. A performance will be given by them in the Theatre Royal on Thursday evening in aid of the school funde. Mr Gam's entirely new and original comediettai " The Lady Mayor," which bas been produced in Lower Valley township with much success, will be preceded by a concert to which our most prominent local singers have promised vocal contributions-

Of course the sole absorbing topic of conversation here for some time past has been the wreck of the s. 9. Wairarapa. A peculiar, and so far as I am aware unnoticed coincidence with regard to the name of the ill-fated vessel is that it happens to be the second borrowed from ibis dis'rict, the Tar,uua being the last previous melancholy example.

Heavy rains which have fallen throughout the valley during the last few nights, have proved extremely gratifying to farmers.

The "swagger nuisance " bids fair to be speedily abolished throughout this provinc, if the restrictive measures adopted by leading station-owners prova successful. Notices decidedly unaccommodating to the fraternity have been inserted in the local papers — the immediate cause of the proclamations being the burglariou ß entrance wmch was made some time ago into the kitchen of a Mr Morrison cf Branc>peth by some hungry wayfarers in qiest of food.

R'V Mr Yorke, incumbent of St Jlatt law's (Anglican) churcht has just adminis'erei a severe snub to local Wesleyans in declining to atten 1 a ncent commemorative service held hero by them, on hQ ground of his scrupulous aversion to sibismaticf. Mr Duktg (Wtsleyan) in his reply has shed a lustrous halo round his flock as the purifiers of the social system O tempora !