MASTERTON NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2164, 1 June 1914, Page 11

MASTERTON NOTES.

A sum of £I.jo appears on the borough estimates for tho public park, an which a bowling green and tennis court arc at present being constructed. Maurice Y aueam, iHvo is walking round tho world for a wagev af i'oU'lo, arrived at Masterton on 'J'hutsday. So far ho has completed 19,010 miles, and is three montlis ahead of it is time. ■ Mr. James Ewart has <•(!!!> iiienced an action against tho Mnstcrton Borongh Council, claiming £100 damages in Connection with a collision with a street; lamp, which it is alleged' was not lighted when the collision occurred The esse is set down for hearing m June 1L Mr. Thomas Parsons, <| Jioagokokaho, has disposed of hiii property t'ft Mr. r.'C. Narboy, of Hnkshui. Shop-lifting has been common- in Masterton of late. A '-id was brotight foeforo the Court on Friday charged Willi stealing a football from the front of a stationer's shop. Ho was severely admonished, and his parents We-ra ordered to pay the cost of the ball. Six marriages, .twftftty-fire birtla-S, ais,a two deaths were registered in Master-* toil during tho month ot May. A man named WjSliam Ledbronko was charged in the Magistrate's Coiti't at Masterton on-.Friday -with usifig in suiting und obscene language jo isergeant lliller. He was fined -Ms. and coats. Another case of an alleged breach of the Licensing Act was iawsvtigatad by Mr. L. G. lleid, S.M ', oft Fri<by, when a man named Lewis Henty Spaekman was charged with keying liquor for Kale. -Tho defence was that the had been obtained for another person to whom it had bean delivered- The case -was dismissed.

Tho annual meetirig of tho Masterton Horticultural and Industrial Society ivas held on Friday evening, Mr. G. W, Sellar presiding. The chairman congratulated tho socioty upon its strong nnancial position, and suggested thiii application, ba made t<i tho Trust I;aiids Trust for a grant tcttmds. a, cottagers 1 class. Tho following officers Were clacted:—President, Mr. E. Hale; vice-presi-dents, Messrs. G. G. Summerell frkd -J. C. Alpass; committee, Messrs. W. J. Hirschberg, G. W. Sefer, W. Candy, F. Martin, W. Kemp, L. Robinson, fa, P. Mountfort, J. A.I lon, R. (.!. Dixon, J. Meredith, J. Casftlberg, and A- Henderson. A Ladies' Qoto.mifte.e was also elected. It was derided that members ba permitted to enter' exhibits at the shows at 6d. per esJiibit. One bankruptcy was registered in the Wairarapa during, tho month fitf M.ay, as against ono foir the, samo month last year. For the ftts4 five ijHsatbs of t;3jo year fivo petitions in bankrunicv have, been filed, compared with four for a similar period last year. The return match between pfeftss teaais representing tho North and South Wai~ rarapa is to bo played on Friday n&st. An effort iu being made to arrange ii chess championship toumaaient- ia the Wairarapa. Building permits to thei value of f 7G7 ss. were issued ip ' Ma.stertoii futimg tho month of May. Mr. J. Henry Ziag, of tho Australasian branches of the .Y:M.C.A.,at Hyderabad, is .to h& in Masterton on Wednesday.