MASTERTON NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1061, 25 February 1911, Page 7

MASTERTON NOTES.

■ ,- j ffrom Ofi? Special Correspondent) • j "* Mastcrtonj .February 24. ■' la tlio ; Magistrate's' '"Court, to-day : \ Chus. AVatt was fined £10 and costs for ,at reach of-tho Licensing Act, iu having, given an order, for liquor for'a noliccnso district without giving the narao ' of tho persbn for whom ; tho- liquor was intended. Stephen H. ltnlph was also . chafed with a breach Gf tho samo Act in: having received , an,orticr'for liquor in.'.tho no-licehse district •of Mastertonl After hearing ©vidcnco his Worship dismiiised the information. , ' '. . ■■■:. Vmir Natives of tho East.Coast wero . finod 10s. each and costs to-day for failing!' to tako tho necessary steps to'des'"itrojr rabbits on their properties.' . For . thfi-dofendants it.\vas.stated,that their ; faiuiro to comply, with tho requirements - of. the Act was duoto tlicirbcing away alttmding taugis. *'■ ' , A caso was heard in tlio Compensation Court to-day,' in which William Lena • claimed from tho Mas'terton Borough ; Council a suni x of £187 for land dedicated for tho widening of Short Street. After cyidcnco had been taken at length, tin) Court awarded tlio claimant £65 without costs. ' ; . ■ Boveu persons guessed : the correct . weight of tlio luliock' (6071b.) at 'tho '> recent Masterton Show. . The winner of . tho'icwing machine, olTered as tho first , pr.ie, will bo decided by ballot. '