MASTERTON NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1605, 23 November 1912, Page 6

MASTERTON NOTES.

(Prom Oar Special Correspondent.) Masterton, November 22. A Native named To Awtotu.Te Huki was fined and costs in the Magistrate s Court this morning for neglecting to take the necessary steps to destroy thorabbits on his property at Kaiwhata. The case had been postponed for several sittings of the Court, as there was a dispute as to liability, the land having been leased. The magistrate eventually decided, that To Hutti, as the owner, was liable. The Native. Appellate Court has given judgment in a long-drawn-out case in which the ownership of land at Wlareawa was involved. It appears that in 18G0 two Natives acquired a partnership in a block of land.' One of those Natives died, and the relatives of the other have since claimed, all' interest in the land. Special legislation was passed to enable the case to be investigated, and the Appellate Court hfus nov; decided that the descendants of both of the original owners are entitled to an interest in the block. A considerable sum of . money which has been'vested with the Public Trustee for some time will now be distributed. The first summer day of the month,was experienced to-day. The atmosphere was sultry throughout. The change will be welcomed by those who are waiting for a few days fine weather, to enable them to commence shearing. Mr. H. C. Robinson, a member of the Masterton Trust Lands Trustees/ addressed a public meeting in the Town Hall tonight, at which he criticised the policy of the trust and the attitude of the Labour party, and suggested the resignation of the trustees so that an appeal could be submitted to tlie electors on the views ho had outlined. Between two and three hundred persons were present. The following resolution was: declared ..carried : "That this meeting is of opinion that.'all trustees should resign as soon as the rolls are closed, so as to have the question of trust reform settled at the earliest possible moment by- a general election on clear-cut lines." Fully two-thirds of those present did not vote. • . The Booth Cup match between the'Masterton and Carterton Bowling Clubs was not played yesterday, owing to the unpropitious u-eather. , Constable Dunphy, of .Masterton, nnder-we-.it an operation in_ the local hospital yesterday for appendicitis. There are at present thirty-five inmates of the hospital, a number or whom are fever patients. . „ ~ A case was heard in the Magistrates Court'yesterday in which B. R. Bunnv sued M. G. Mackav for .£l2, the price paid for a horse, which, it was alleged, the defendant guaranteed to be staunch arid quiet, and fit for a ledy to drive. Ibe warranty" was not denied, but defendant contended that -the horse answered the warranty. After hearing the evidence, his Worship .reserved judgment until this mornins, when he entered judgment for the plaintiff for the full amount paid for the horse, with costs. 4.n advertisement of special. interest to ladies is inserted in to-day's issue by Cole s Drapery Company, Manners. Street.. Big reductions a-re advertised in ladies sumnier' wear. Particulars of the Solway stock sale to bo held on November 27 Are in our advertising columns by • the Associated Auctioneers. ' An Auckland dairy farm, consisting of 450 acres, is advertised for sale by Mr. T. 11. Husband, of Woodville. TWO GUINEAS FOR FOUR LINESI A CHEQUE FOR.£2 2s. has been sent to the writer of this verse— F.A.C., Great South Road, Remuera, Auokland— 1 had a wretched hacking counh, A wheezy,.sniffy, sneczy cold; But Linseed Emulsion cleared it off— "Tonking's" I mean, the best that's sold I WIN TWO GUINEAS! Prize Poem published every Saturday. Best original four short-line advt. verse about "Tonking'6 Linseed Emulsion" wins each week. Front Cardboard Cover (the Cherub) from bottle must be enclosed. With Is. 6d. Bize may be sent one verse; 2s. 6d. size, two verses; is. 6d. size, four verses. Addresi! "Tonking's Linseed Emulsion," jjQ t Bos 280. Wellinatoa,