MASTERTON NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 912, 3 September 1910, Page 8

MASTERTON NOTES.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) The Williamson I'nnl'omimc Comiiauy drew what was iirobably the best audience ever seen in the Masterton Town Hall, to witness the performance of the- pantomime "Aladdin" on Wednesduy evumng. Kverybody appeared lo be delighted with the pei'formiinee. '.' ■ In the-.Aluglstrate'a Court yesterday morniny, Let'oru Air. I*. U. Held, iS.iVI., judgment for plaintiffs by default was fjiveu in the following civil cases:— J. L. Murray v. F. Oscar Johanseu, £H Vds. 3d., and lb's. costs; W.FiC.A., Ltd., v. W.-G. Taylor, ,£G 12s. ad./and £1 (is. Cd. 'costs; M'leod and I'oung v. Pikiliiwi Sheridan,' Jil, nnd !)s. (id. costs; Archer Kosijng v. Croorge Morris, 155.,- and ss. costs. Three judgment summons cases were also ckialt with. '. ■ ;, . , A case was commenced- in the Magistrate's -'Coiirt yesterday morning, before Jlr. Keid, S.M., in. which Jamts Cav'anagh, settler, of To Ore Ore, claimed u sum of .£59 from the Masterton (JouutyCouncil for'damage alleged to have Ijutm doufc through a culvert being irregularly placed over ; a stream through his property. ' Considerable evidence was tnken. Mr. H. -1). Hebentoii, -of Jlasterton, whu is a prominent member of the Masterton Parllamenttiry llebatjng Society, has been awarded first n'rize in the JJunedin elocutionary - contests for, a prepared. speech. The subject was: "Do New Zealanders devote too . muab. -: time to athletics?-' -;.' , .'•.,'• -, ..At the fortnightly, meeting of the Jlasterton' I'ire , Brigade, Superintendent Jenkins'presided. Arrangements were made for a .progressive euchre party,, and it was decided to ask the Borough Council for permission to practice in-the Park Oval, in view of the forthcoming demonstration.. : , ■•■■ ■:•' r \ ■ .' - - ''. •' A large number, of ,Masterton spoiting men proceeded to the Taratahi yesterday for the steeplechase meeting of the Wai-. ; rarapa. Hunt Club.. ' . ~ ' ,J 'The weed by which the horses , at Milii! Mild were;: poisoned is known 'us thei "Strathmore weed." It is : . shrub-like ■in appearance, and is to be found'in various parts of the Dominion. . . : ■.••