MASTERTON NOTES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3118, 23 June 1917, Page 15

MASTERTON NOTES

A traveller far a linn in an adjoining district was lined £20 in t.lio Magistral oh Court, iit AlnKlerUm on Kridiiy for tiikinK orders for wino in •"• no-liccnso district.. A manager for a Uroiivar station, wlm was charged with failing to elleclivo measured to destroy Iho rabbits on Hμ propDrty, plemled thnt threo ol his men had. been called up lor active eervico and ho was uiiablo to procure liirther men when Ihcy woro re(|iiirwl for poisoning operations. Tho enso was adjourned h> cna-blo Iho rabbit inspectore to again visit Iho propurty and see whether all diligence had been displayed. At tho annual meeting of the « ll '- sl ; l ' , '- ton Firo lloaa-d it was reported tlial. tlio total loss by firo of buildings and t feir contents for tho past year was Mu. i «w was .£921 less than in tho previous year. Tho amount paid in insurance premiums to tho various companies was declared to bo JMMO2 Is. Bd. Tho estimates ior tno ensuing year, amounting to .£9:11 .Is., wero adopted. It was decided to. purchase a motor and chemical fire engine at ft cast of .£OOS. Sir. 0. J'rngiiell was re-elected chairman of tho Iroard for the ensuing y °Tho director of tho Staslcrlon Technical School (Mr. Leslie) has been npporated a delegate to a conference- oi diiectora and supervisors of technical schools, to l>o held in Wellington on Juno 2,. - ho conference has been called by tho directoi of tho Auckland Technical College. The Masterton No-License l-enguo nil on Momlny next presont to Mr. G. it. ova lias been recoivod at tho Mastorton fieh hatcheries from Canterbury. A imtier consignment of 300,000 ova is expected next week. •