MASTERTON NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1648, 15 January 1913, Page 10

MASTERTON NOTES.

\ THE BOEB AT MANGAONE. i .'.V- . . rr ~. ■■' t (By Telegraph.—Special Correspondent.) Masterton, January 14. 1 To-day was o'ne of the hottest days cx- ;" perienced this summer. The thermometer j registere<l,Bs degrees in the shade at one., ~ o'clock in the afternoon. Tho dry weather r is" affecting tho milk supply tit tho various factories in the district. & It is understood that a movement is to ''■ bo made in the direction of taking a poll ■' on tho question of substituting Saturday I for Thursday as tho weekly half-holiday, f In the meantime, Thursday will bo fixed i- as the' half-holiday for'tho current year, g .' The bore nt the Mangaone oil-wells is n now down to a depth of between 900 feet e . and 1000 feet. The percussion. drill is bej" ing .used, tlve^rotary > having- been placed temporarily out of- repair. Gas has been emitted at several stages in tho operations. • - : Eabbit poisoning will.be commenced on ]\ stations on the. East Coast during the n present month. Tho past season has been n favourable to the increase of rabbits, and y it is intended to make a vigorous camd paign against them during the next month or two., . ■ | : Tho Masterton Dairy Company manu- ,'! fucturcd 39,9001b. of butter during last I', month, this being nn'increaso of 80001b. I on tho corresponding month of the prev. A'ious year. i Messrs. J. B. Emmett and B. Eayner, y .accompanied by Messrs. G. W. Dellcr and lc ,11. M'Phce, made a successful canvass, of in Carterton yesterday for special prizes for .„ tho forthcoming show of tho Masterton w A. and P. Association. This is the first occasion for some years on which Car>r terton,has Men canvassed on behalf of tho t. local association. lt A cricket match is to bo played on the s Park Oval on Anniversary Day between teams representing the Thursday and d. Saturday Cricket Associations. Somo very heavy crops of oats nre bo. to ing harvested in the Masterton district just now. In one or two cases they are II expected to yield nearly ono hundred ._ bushels to the acre. ,| A number of* parties liavo recently it made the ascent of Mount Iloldswortli. to Tho track to the mountain houso is in '• excellent order.