MASTERTON NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1054, 18 February 1911, Page 3

MASTERTON NOTES.

(From Our .Ssecial CorresDondeotJ ; n :.. ; Mastorton,:Fobrua*i7 17. . v , Mr.. J. . D...' Henry, - the -English- oil! ' * expert, visited-Brancepeth' yesterday,. , and Blairlogie to-day,. The re*sult„of • his investigations' has not 5 been made' r known, but it is -hoped- that -it will be such as to warrant tho putting down • of trial bores. ."i : .. Hickory- is - being-successfully -cultivated in some of tho school ■ plots-m -■ ; tho Masterton district.- . At the_ monthly meeting of the Mas- i- - terton Fire Brigade, held, last evening, • Superintendent-• Jenkins" -was--.presented with a two years'- extra service bar, - lie having completed a service of' tif- 1 teen years., /The .secretary.-was in- .v. structed to forward a letter -of sympathy. to Mrs. T. Feilding; Tho team -• to'take part in the Hokitika demon- .1 stration lei\tcs;about tho;27th"i instant 1 5 . . Nearly a thousand persons were present -at the rani .fair,' held ■ yesterday i and to-day. Both , the show and ram •• fair have been the most successful ever held in the Wairarapa, and the officials ' of the A. and P. Association are'naturally very "pleased." ' " A feature of tho fat cattle exhibit at' - the Masterton Show-was-the: exhibition -- of a fat bullock by Messrs.'jM-'Kenzie - ' ■ Brothers,' of tho Wangaehuj- which is said to be the best animal of : its kind' , in the Dominion. The '.bullock was purchased by Mr. TnV.'Jl'Konzie-- the well-known buyer:.for- -the:-Wellington .• Meat Export 'Company, .for £25- and ' will be exhibited* at all 'the" principal shows-of the Dominion nexE r season- 1 Fifty, defaulting- ratepayers arc to, bo proceeded against nr. the Magis- • v trate's Court nest week

A" batch of informations rhave - been * laid against Wairarapa settlers forfail- ' ing to t'ako reasonable-steps tc secure the destruction of rabbits -on their --i-i properties." " 1 J The -Opaki-Rifle - Club-is - sending *a■ •-. ] .very strong team to Trentham. this year, - I and hopes are entertained <5f some of ! the important trophies again coming this -.i way. "" " Good'pro'gress~is being made with the i contracts for the "iinproveniopt-of fho northern approaches/to the town. . i ■ It is not improbable that Mr. J. C. ' I Cooper will give a,.favourable "reply ■■ ■". i ;to the requisition; asking - be-" 1 -come a candidate •:in .-the .Government j interest for the Masterton seat at tho nest election. The:requisition:prSseiit- ! Ed him was ..ofa'- character. .:i • Should ; he' enter the' lists, tho /• : -A will bo. decidedly';interesting. He • i will maie' the fifth'.candidateyw tho • ! field. ' . \ . -• • • t. .y v-.aii A foreigner,-who was taken - ill .at tho -: Bow Street Police „Court ( asked-for some ;»i ■brandy, "and after'pouring it over', the top of his head,:tequested a policeman--to rub-the ejot,' ;[The remedy • proved *' efficacies* ' --V•-