MASTERTON NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 944, 11 October 1910, Page 9

MASTERTON NOTES.

' (From Our Special Correspondent.) ■'" ;' . .s';;/";.«t"".vi.:;Masterton, October 10.; '' .Af the meeting of sheepowners in Hosterton on Saturday afternoon, Mr. H. Kevins advised'those who intended, shearing their lambs .to ..tbink twice before doing so. He had, himself,' determined that -no lambs would be ■ shorn on- Anmv flale''Station'this'-yearV -He.- asked ..those■who'did'shear lain bs: to keep a tale'of 'the number shorn, per' day to.;see how theycompared with the big, sheepi '■ ' it The pea-rifle nuisance has Ijecome very pronounced iri ;: Masterton' of;,late. : An angler sustained something,of a'.'shock on. 'Saturday/last by hearing pellets' whizzing past his head. - He' has laid a complaint with the -police, and it' is. understood, 'that a boy will be prosecuted. '~'•

:■ The itav. Mr.'Farrer concluded a highly :successful- mission in the Town. Hall, last evening, when • tho.ro was a packed 'congregation. A collection in aid of the Ganon Missioner Fund 1 resulted m.a.suin of ,£32 being, raised. : ' ';■ The docking returns which are-, coming jto hand show.'that,*; on-several stations,' the percentage of lambs is a good deal lower this year ' than-, it was last year. This is attributed'to several causes other .jthah'weather. ..,./: ! A very :fine : rainbow trout, weighing sslb.,w'as taken from a reach'in. the -..Ruainahunga River by a Masterton angler 'on Saturday. 1 The manager of the Masterton Dairy Factory has been advised .that 'the-rail-' 'way. traffic-manager' will not guarantee 'to -provide .insulated'trucks: for, the carriage, of butter for less than, three tons. iWhen less than this quantity is sent, it r iwill have to. take its : chance-of othergoods being put into the same truck', of 1 it.will be sent.in'ordinary trucks. This' imeans'that the: local factory, which is; out about half a ton daily, can; ; only; ship, their butter once'.a week to the Wellington cool stores. The capacity for. cool storage at, the Masterton factory'is' "only,about sufficient for storing' bufer '{ot the local trade, and the,new^regulation will- put the company to considerable inconvenience. ■ The inconvenience/will also be ■ felt by Mauricevilla and other factories, in the district. At the meeting of the Masterton A. and P. Association on Saturday, Mr.' W. B. Mathcson, of Eketahuna;-suggested that a horse-shoeing competition be added to the catalogue. It was pointed out that these competitions had been, previously held, but did not induce a sufficient number of entries to warrant their continuance. A seven-roomed house at Te Ore Ore, owned and occupied by Mr. P. Carr, was totally destroyed by. fire on Saturday. Tho occupants were rn town at the time •of the fire, .which had -a very good, hold when discovered by the neighbour's; The building and contents were insured, but the amount has not been.disclosed.

. A bogey handicap, played oh Saturday by members'of the Masterton Golf Club, for a trophy presented by Mr. M.. Foley, | was won by Mr. E.' B. Waddington.' j Seven new members were elected at the i meeting of the Masterton A. and P. Association on Saturday last. ■■.. .A match'in connection with the Masterton Homing Pigeon Club will be flown from Blenheim on Thursday next. A meeting of the Wairarapa Cricket Association .was held in Masterton on Saturday night,. Mr. Collinge presiding. It was decided to inform the Nelson Association that January G and 7 would bo suitable for the representative match to be' played here between the two associations.-' It was decided to write to the New Zealand Council and suggest that North v. South Island matches ho played between the teams representing country associations in both islands. It was resolved to inform Marlborough Association that this association could not play a. match at Blenheim on December 25 and 2C It was decided to write to head-\ masters of schools, asking them to endeavour to work up school cricket. The application of tho South Wairarapa Club to join the association was agreed to. The Opaki Club was also admitted to the association. Fixtures were drawn, for the coming season: In a match played on Saturday last, the single-' members of tho Masterton Cricket Club defeated tho married members by H6 runs to 63. Charles Woodley, 'cnginc:drivcr of Carterton, was to-day.. adjudicated a bankrupt. The liabilities are eot. down at ',£lO9 17s. 10d., nnd assets at .£l2. A smoke-concert was held in connection with the United Friendly, Society. Council to-night when tho trophy won I in the card tournament ■ was presented.