MASTERTON NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1388, 14 March 1912, Page 2

MASTERTON NOTES.

(by Telegraph.—.Special Correspondent.) Masterton, March W. At its- monthly n:e:-ling to-ilny the Mas-(oi-itiii (.'tiHiily Cuuiiril decided lo place ioxkli)vi> (digilalis puerpcra) on the schedule of noxious needs One eouncillur stated Mini he h:nl received a letter from a settler eiiyiiig that if this weed were placed on tuc schedule- of noxious weeds, it would spell ruin to him. Tho ciiniriiiuii pointed oui, liowevtr, that tinofficers (if iho .Department would not rigidly enforce the Ad, and, in nin" ea-e, wi tiers had a right of appeal to the Minlslcr lor relief. The Mastcrton County Council has asked for a conference with the Borough Council \jii the. <mohtsoiv uf widening '.lie recently-eoiistruclcd bridge at the northern approach to the towii. The monthly meeting of the Masterfon Fire Brigade, Ik-lil last evening, was presided over hy Superintendent Jenkins. The secretary reported an average attendance of sixteen at mecliiißs, and of seventeen at alarms. A -.ociuj committee Mas appointed, to arrange for socials •luring the winter months, and a committee was set up to report on the advisability of establishing a library in connection with the brigade. A deputation waited upon the Borough Council last evening, and asked that the fees for plumbers' license* be brought into line with tlioye of other township.-. The council decided, alter some discission, (o make a nominal charge of one shilling for licenses:. A complimentary smoke concert is to be tendered Bandmaster Hutciiinson, of tho Hastcrton Municipal Band, on March 18 next. At a meeting of the Mnsteiton Amnteur Athletic Club last night officers were appointed to control the annual sports meeting. It was decided h> hold a social on tilts evening of the sports day, at which competitors will bo entertained. Mr. G. de .Gi Baylis,' I'ields Instructor to tho Agricultural Department, met tho KxjH-riment Committee of the Mpsterlon A. and P. Association this afternoon, and arranged for the carrying out of autumn experiments on mi extensive scale. Poisoning operations are now in full swing in the Kast Coas* districts, and rabbits are reported to be taking the poison well. The Masterton County Council has decided to notify settlers that they must destroy willow's in the streams passing through their properties. There has been a kce.i demand for M'ai-rarapa-bred Tionmey Marsh rams tills ?eason, and breeders have experienced some difficulty in filling orders. At the Masierton Borough abattoirs the following slock wove, slaughtered during the month of February:—lo2 cattle, G calvrs, 442 sheep, 154 lambs, and 148 pigs. from present indications it would appear that there is not goin? to be a contest for the Mayoralty of Masterton this year.- The silting Mayor (Mr. J. M. Coradine) has expressed his intention of offerins himself for re-elec(ion. There are at present C 056 hooks on tho shelves of the Masterton Public Library. During the month of February 1184 books were lent from the library. The Masterton Borough Council decided last night to take legal advice in the matter of framing a by-law to regulate motorcar traffic within the borough.