MASTERTON NOTES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 60, 4 December 1917, Page 11

MASTERTON NOTES

A slim of £187 7s ; lOd. was taken at the Masterton patriotic shop on Saturday last. The 'shop will close down after Saturday next uutil the month, of March. There are at present thirty-two patients in the Masterton Hospital. Six diphtheria cases are under treatment. Thirty-two aliens have been registerud with tho police in Masterton. The V/airarapa Amateur Athletic Oub intends holding a sports meeting in Masterton on Boxing Day. .As showing the difference in prices of stock in Masterton to-day compared mt.h a few years back, it is mentioned thttt\ wethers which are now selling at 2Gs. and 275. per head were sold' by a local auctioneering firm at from 6s. 6d. to 75.. in the early part of this century. Ewes which, now fetch 275. wera sold at 6s. 66l Fat cows, which now realise up to £15, wero.disposed of at £3 13s. Haymaking is now in full swing, and harvesting will commence in the course of a few days. A cridket team from the Featherston Gamp defeated a Masterton team on Saturday by 206 runs to 91. Bain f't'll at Solway on twelve days during tile month of November. The total fall' for the month was 2.34 in., compared ' with 1.52 in. for the same month last; year. Five patrons were arrested for druhkenncks in, Masterton during the month of November.