Masterton was devoid of the roar of skating wheels from 1911 until the beginning of the 1913 season. Mrs I. Cooper opened a rink in Perry’s buildings on Perry Street, which was until then known as J. J. MacLean and Co’s auction rooms. The new location was open every...
During 1915 a war raged on overseas, taking our men and women, with many of them never to return. Featherston Military Training Camp became New Zealand’s biggest army training camp, covering nearly 30 hectares, and teaching around 60,000 men over less than four years....
The season of 1918 opened with a vengeance, and for the first time there was an offer of free admission and free hire of skates on opening night. All staff were known to be competent instructors to help those who needed it. W Taylor, the proprietor of the Dixon Street...
After a year of dramatic ups and downs, the Masterton community was eager to get back into their normal routine. W Taylor advertised the opening of the 1919 season to be in late March and would continue to be open every evening. New skates had arrived, and the floor...
Suddenly the advertising for Foresters Hall ceased, and a new announcement appeared for the Plaza Rink which was to open shortly with a “silent floor”. No change of location for the Foresters Hall rink was advertised, so it is unclear as to whether the Plaza Rink was...
The first white settler in Castlepoint, Thomas Guthrie, encouraged sporting evenings on the beach with the station hands taking part in athletic contests. The hands, all of whom owned their horses, also liked to bet on the relative merits of their horses, and bottles...
