MASTERTON NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 842, 14 June 1910, Page 3

MASTERTON NOTES.

(Prom Our Special Correspondent.) Masterton, June 13. Mr. W. H. Beetham, who has •accepted the po3ition of vice-president of the Mnsterton branch of the Navy Leaguu, has donated a sum of £5 to tho.funds ot the institution. There is to be a meeting of the league in tho Borough Council Chambers to-morrow evening. At a meeting of stewards of the Jlastertou Kacing Club on Saturday afternoon, a letter was read from tho Wellington ICaciiig Club, enclosing the report of the special committee appointed to ieviso the issue of complimentary tickets and luncheon tickets, and also forwarding a list of proposed charges for admission, riz., Is. outside, and 7s. (id. for the saddling paddock. The opinion was also expressed that everybody should pay tor admission, including owners, trainers, etc., and that each owner should- receive vEI for every horse starting on a race day. Tho recommendations were agreed to. Tho report of ,the committee appointed, to devise moans for,curtailing the expenditure was adopted. A lettei wis read from the Com'missioner of Taxes, claiming 2J per cent, of the 'receipts for tho luncheon booth and race cards.- - A return telegraphic chess match, between teams representing the Masterton and: Lower Valley Chess Clubs, was played on Saturday .night. Four of the games were unfinished, and will be referred to Mr. W. E.'Mason, of Wellington, for adjudication, -Of tho remaining four, Masterton won 2J and Lower Valley .15. The games were "keenly contested. In the letter addressed to tho Mastertou A. and P. Association on Saturday, in reference to further cereal' experiments, Mr. G. do S.. Baylies, of tho Agricultural Depnrtment, stated that only small quantities of the new varieties could bo spared for a.start, but extended trials over 'a larger .area could bo made next year. Two to four bushels of the Australian varieties grown in the Dominion would be available. Mr. Bayliss 'ruggested that all land for', experimental work bo ploughed early, and'.well cultivated, and that a.plot of local wheat bo used as a control or comparison plot, as had been done Wore. He was anxious to get into communication with farmers who were specially interested in variety trials and seed production, as ho held several quite small samples, of a few pounds each," of cereals, none of which were, ho believed, procurablo on ..tho New Zealand market, and.ono or two of which aro as yet unprocurable on any market in the world. Theso samples included, wheats, oats, barley, clovers, and such like, and would have to bo grown in small plots by themselves, harvested with a hook, and threshed with a flail. The chief object was to procure- clean seed of theso small lots for a more extensivo trial, should they appear suitable. Tho crop grown would bo tho property of'the grower, but Mr: Bayliss reserved to himself tho right to purchase such quantities as may be re-' quired for further experiment purposes on other soils. The tender of Mr. A. *R. Wallis, of Carterton, at £Si 3, has been accepted for tho erection of a cheese factory on the Carrington Settlement. There were six tenderers in all. The building has to be completed by the end of August. Mr. A. Mason, who ia well-known in literary and football circles in tho Wairarapa, and who has spent several years in British Columbia, Vancouver, ' and other parts of the. world, was on a visit to Masterton' to : day. He contemplates taking up his residence in Featherston, of which township be was formerly a popular resident. Tho agricultural hall on the now showgrounds of the Masterton A. and P. Association is about one-third larger than that which did duty on the old grounds. ' Tho now grandstand, for which plans have just been prepared, will accommodate several thousands, and will be convenient in, every respect. A case in which Hendry and Buxton claimed .£5Ol damages from Leo Stein for distributing certain printed matter in Masterton' and Eketahuiia'.'.h'as been settled out of Court. ' In coming out of a stable Master Eichard Te Tau slipped yesterdayi and, in falling, sustained a severe fracture of tho arm. -A. painful accident occurred to Mr. E. M'Ewan, a well-known tradesman of this town, on Saturday. He.was engaged in boring a .hole in some timber at tho Waingawa freezing works, when his foot slipped, and he fell a distance of twenty foot, narrowly escaping contact with a pile of bricks. A doctor was summoned, but it was found that no serious injury had been sustained beyond cuts about the face, and a bruised hip. On the whole, it was a rather wonderful escape. ■Mr. Samuel John Crowe, of Palmerston North, died! in Masterton Hospital yesterday. morning.. As the cause of death has not been determined, it is probable that an inquest will be held..