MASTERTON NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 913, 5 September 1910, Page 2

MASTERTON NOTES.

AN ASTONISHED CATTLE MAN.

(From Our-Special Correspondent.)

: ; Masterton, Bepteinher 3." } ■'■ A TVairarapa .buyer recently •.askedv ■ for .three .trucks, in .which ■ to,; convey :t cattle over'the Rimutaka. .He has beenrK astonished al the ' receipt of. a reply \ froni the -District Traffic'-'Manager that.v he. requires, more than'; .two wagons'.by 'the' ; morriing ; train, he* will havo-'to pay the cost of an extraeilgint... ...:,.;.;..- ~-.,, A -..i~.. ■;..'; ' . i ; ' At a meeting of the local branch o'f->-the -Y.M.o:A.j*at which' Mr. P. L. Hol- : ' lings presided, a report was read by-/ tho secretary - showing that the cost;' of tho-recent .extension of?Uio'buildings was £1050. Of' the,amount,-.£630 -had;-":' been, received ;and iaidynto the bank.-, The gymnasium would be handed over!, in a few days'; time.:: 'The question of"/ a,bpys',,,department was; again discussed,;" and it..was" d&ided.that',a\ , roorh } '.be, setv. apart for the special use of-boys uhderi". years-.0.f-age-'Dii, two. nights ofi the week". '.-..'.■ ',• ■•-' '.? .. ■•.-;-..••■■•,. ; Vl6ar'S"-transfer;^rK^ ! yL.; The Rev. H. Watson, "vicar of &;"; Matthew's Church,;,'has received notice .of. his 'transfer to -..Palmerstoß-., North.: Tho ; 'transfer takes '.place''iir November next.v v-;-;.- v- {V;'-.- ;• -The,,l)irectolv of j!Fields'"nnd Kipon-' mental Farms; inVa circular addressed;, to. -farmeMj:';.states' that there is no such thing 1 as'-'the: "turnip'fly" affecting ' the turnip crops'of the Dominion. Tho term haa ; been,indiscriminately apphxl iri the ..past, to either ophis-or diamoud moth.:. ■■;',.. ~ .•"-'.-■■.■ ;, :■"".■'.'■■ •Mr.'; Alexander'• Yule,' who died suddenly at ; Pah'iatua on':Thursday,'was a former resident of Mastcrton. 'He was engaged in; tho iellmongDi'y business at the Waingaiya prior to going to Pahiatua. A' number of liis relatives now reside; in7:Ma3terlx)nl4v ; .,?'•} ; What tho "Cold Snap" Die :• -One settlcf'on the East Coast states that he has lost fully.-.400 lambs, as a v result of the "cold snap!' experienced' r - •'The "circuit ■ session.-of'; the • Supreme Court;opens ill Masterton on!;, Monday, before Mr.■'' Justice Theio' H only one case on the; criminal'calendar, and; _tho _ civil; list is :■ very' light. A petition' irivdivorce/will: be';-heard) and ■a/-number of ; applications ; "iindcr the Bankruptcy 'lAct. ">C!:S > -.; :".\f-* A "Mother's: Day''-.'is'about:, to be instituted ;in''.connection;wii.h'; the'Masterton branch' of the Y.M.DiA/,' , The new I'ire Brigade.Station,in Masterton is Uncaring completion-.; It" is expected that it will be .opened 'next month with"a v public/function.;' s ' A meeting has : been culled .for Wednesday next,.to endeavour.to resuscitate the Mastertoh^Amateur::-Athletic- Club. This 'Institution■:■■ lias. tiffin, .'slumbering for. two 'or three -years,-' aiid it' is thought that.tbo time is ripe for'reviving it. • Promises of ; active yinterest and support have ..bcen'.receiyed.i fronQ the; Wellington' Centre. : iy- j'; ? '- v '. -^.■'■': ;Farmers in the iAVaiigaehu...Valley repprt.'that. tlie' v :cold;'snap: : in ;&o early part of the.week was responsible for •a very <serious loss among;young lambs. :;Mr.r.Alf.|.SnowballjVs'..cret.ii\') L n\ the Mastertou; branch of 'the Y.JJiC.A., hag been /appointed delejgateto the forthcoming Australasian 1 National Conference,, to r ..bu held in, Wellington from September '29 to October-,; 6., : ■'■''■ZM ' ;,;, {mportant ■ of, Fields and Expen* ;men.tal-'.Farms.of;the;;Agricultural Department,, has' addressedja circular to farmers, '..asking ■ ,con- . corning... the ■ damage£dorie to turnip : andVrapei.ctops by,' ; ;in- ■ sectsj ■; and; '• by. ,disJsa'ses : 'jj_£]"'fvraigoid'i naapprehension .$' is// 'throughout, .the vl)osi^ age which; is 'being done.' .;• The replies of: farmers fare to be {-treated-, as oon'.fidential.''.'..' ; . ''vh''-.".-''- 1 .:...'!'?---'