MASTORTON NOTES.
• 1 .- ; -C-; Miss'L. Milis, ; daughter- of Mr. and , Mrs. Mills,-' of Kuripuni,-met, with, a serious»accident, on Wednesday-last./A.riumbor.of Cattle, were ;being driven along this street, and, in: order!' to - allow .them to : pass, i .Mills •:climbed'on to-a fence, but, I ' slippihg,;sho: caught. ;bne her feet .in.-, tho !paling, arid''sustained:a frafcfeited. lej. . . ,Th« Opaki Rifle Club has decided to inau-, gurate' a .series - of" .fortnightly com'petitiofis during the coming season, and a start will be ; niado. on October 2Uand 23; It, has also been decided to hold two field days, .on which cham. pio'riship trophies will bo -competed for. November 9 has been decided on as tho dato for tho'first. ". ' -,/;■ ,■ -. ' ...
• .Weasels vdo not apparently. always 'confine their operatioav to the fowlyard. A resident on the outskirts of . Masterton has had this demonstrated in. a somewhat- unexpected-mam ner. He is. in- the iiabit 'of . keeping nine br ten ewes for breeding,'purposes,', and; pridcii himself* on bis little flock or lambs.. Ono morn; ing .recently ho'discovercd one .of • the' most promisirig-;of: them ■ lyipg. dead,, with a ; - small puncture-in .its .neck, and ,examination led'to* the vconolusiop , that :a wea6el.'must' have s beon responsible^;;/^
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 633, 9 October 1909, Page 7
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190MASTORTON NOTES. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 633, 9 October 1909, Page 7
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