MASTERTON NOTES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2736, 3 April 1916, Page 9

MASTERTON NOTES

-« George Henry Lyiioh', of Masterton, formerly of Hawera, haß been adjudicated bankrupt. No fewer tban eighty-eight motorcars and seventy-soven motor-cycles were registered in Masterton during the twelve months ending March 31. Building permits to th© value of £6945 were issued by the Masterton Borough Council during the month of March. The Hon. Dr. M'Nab and Mr. T. M. Wilford, M.P., have beon invited to_ accompany the Prime Minister and deliver recruiting addresses in Masterton/ on Tuesday night. Rain fell in Masterton on seventeen days during the month of March, the total' rainfall being 2.95 indies. Owing to the inability to procure a regular supply of instruments, the Masterton brancli of the British and Continental Piano Company ie to be closed down next week. . Since January, IDIS, not a 6ingle charge of sly-grog selling has been preferred in the No-License district of Masterton. The vital statistics for Masterton for the month of March were as' follow:— Births, 22; marriages, 5; deaths,, 3. An old resident of Masterton named Samuel M'WMnnie died suddenly on Saturday at the ago of 76 years. One of his daughters is Nurse M'Whinnie, of Masterton.. , „,,.-,•, j The Masterton Racing Club decided on Saturday to donate £500 to the Patriotic Funds. The club also decided to hold two days' racing in the spring and one in the autumn, instead of two in the autumn and one in the spring.