MASTERTON NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1022, 11 January 1911, Page 6

MASTERTON NOTES.

*—\ (From Oar Own Correspondent.) Masterton, January 10. A pronounced shock of- earthquake was felt, in Masterton at five o'clock Lhis morning. • : . • A swimming carnival is to be held in conncction with tho Wairarapa Amateur Swimming Club on January 23. The Natives of Wairarapa, Hawke's Bay, and Manawatu intend holding a tangi'at P.apawai in March in memory of the late Hamuera Maliupuku: The proceedings, which will extend over several weeks, will include the unveiling of a large marble memorial to the late chief. Tho news that the Minister for Railways intends making Masterton the start— ing point for the early morning train to Palmerston North has-been received with satisfaction ■ here'; Another train which is urgently required is. the early morning train from Wellington; but this, apparently, is not yet to come. The funeral of the late Mr. Alexander Cameron took iiiace in tho Masterton cemetery this afternoon. It was at+onded by a number of members of the Wairarapa Caledonian Society, with which institution, deceased had been, identified. TJie Wairarapa Cricket Association has been notified by the Hawke's Bay- Association that it is unlikely that tho latter will bo able to repay tho match : with Wairarapa this season, owing to Auckland having been challenged for the Plunket Shield. An Indian pinner duck belonging to a Masterton poultry breeder has put up rnther a remarkable performance, having produced 220 eggs in 226 slays. . Another duck of tho same breed has laid 104 eggs in ICS iiays, and from a pen of four ducks of. the Knight strain, with ono Bulft Orpington, 957 eggs have been collected in 245 days. Thcso results are said to be well ahead of those in the egg-laying competition in ChristchurcTi. . . Sir. L. Hoffmcister, a settler of Kaiparoro, has had the misfortune to break his leg. above :the ank|o whilst engaged haymaking. . John Henry Blockley, cabinetmaker, of Masterton, was yesterday' adjudicated a bankrupt. At the ordinary meeting f of tho Masterton Veterans' Fire Brigade Association last evening it was decided that a letter of condolence be sent to the relatives of the late Mr. E. T. Marsh. - Three • new members v;ere elected, and three nominated for membership. A number of young men of the. Masterton district are' at present employed harvesting, cocksfoot on Banks' Peninsula, in tho South Island. They make tliis trip an annual one, and do very well as a rule.