MASTERTON NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1372, 24 February 1912, Page 5

MASTERTON NOTES.

(By Telegraph.-Spcci/il Corespondent.) ™ , . Mastorton,,rebruarr 23. Ihe town is returning to its normal condition of business activity uite thra or four days of abnormal rush. In sp™ of threatening weather, there was a larger number 0 f outside visitors to tho show aid IZIZ yeaT than ou auy previou * -Mr. J. C. Ewington, who sustained,, a heavy loss early in tho week through tho destruction of his business premises, Cs already made arrangements For tho provision ot new buildings on tie site of the The secretary of the Masterton Swimming Club has written Miss Annie O Leary hearti y congratulating her, on behalf of the club, on her success at the championship meeting at Christchurch. ihe officers of the Stock Department are experiencing sonio difficulty in procuring a sufficient quantity of pollard for poison-making. The Department have a supply of poison in hand, and this is being freely distributed among the farmers A crickot match will be played to-mor-row between teams representing tho Mastorton Club and the Forty-Mile Bush. The annual carnival in connection with the Ladies Swimming Club takes place on Thursday next. Some very good specimens of sugar beet frown at the Masterton and Carterton s £ ho ° ,VT, were on exhibition at the local show. When the erop matures, an analysis tno beet is to be made by tho Government Chemist. , The question of alleged "sheep-faking" is again agitating tho minds of local farmers. It is stated that, in spite' of the agitation of last year, trimming was strongly m pvidence at the recent show Miss Jessie Angus and Mr. Duncan Bennett, who met with painful accidents at tho Masterton show, are both reported to bo doing well.