MASTERTON NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1731, 23 April 1913, Page 8

MASTERTON NOTES.

(By Telegraph.—Special Correspondent.) Masterton, April 22. The tender of Messrs. Taylor and Hodges has been accepted for the erection of a new police station in' Masterton.

Tho Retailers' Association is instituting proceedings in tho Supreme Court and claiming an injunction against the Borough Council to restrain the lntlcr from proceeding with a poll regarding the statutory half-holiday, on the ground that the petition demanding I he poll is invalid. The annual'meeting of parishioners of St. Matthew's Chinch is held tomorrow. evening. The report shows that a very successful year has been experienced.

The meii engaged in erutching operations on iv station to the east of Masterton struck work yesterday because their demand for-, an increase in. pay was not conceded.

IJisaP'vjiptmenH is lying expressed locally at the. fact that the. visit la the district of the Minister for Public Works has been so long delayed. The roads in tho lmck-l>locfc< aro becoming very bad,"liiul it is feared they may be impassable next month. ,

There has been a considerable falling nff of late in the supply of milk to tho Mnstcrton and surrounding ' dairy factories. This is due to the colli weather. It is'expected that,the season will come to an end earlier this year than last year.

The statement filed in the bankrupt astate of Rupert and Nellie St. Legsr, formerly of Porirua, liotelkecpers, shows that the total debts it-mount to .£569 18s., and the assets to .£231 I.ls. 3d., leaving n deficiency of .£338 4s. '.Id.; Most of the creditors aro Wellington merchants. Visiting horses and owners are- already arriving for the Masterton Racing Club's meeting, which takes place on the Opaki course on l'huralay and Friday next. The coursc is reported to be in excellent order.

"A. philosophy thilt belittles humanity and makes me a sen themselves as atoms is a far from inspiring lliin?." savs Filson Young' in the "J'all Jlull." "IE people cannot get hold 11 philosophy that invests lutmanity with some splendour unit loyally', anil thai sees man us a crusader, a conqueror, n kin;;, 1 hen tliey are better without any at all,"