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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2017, 26 March 1914, Page 8

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The best scores in Mie final shoot for the Sutherland Challenge Gup hy ■members '•of the Tailiiipo Befeiiee Rifle Cfejfe, were, as follow; —H. Marsh (2).: \V. Mathie (.0), 98; J. Tumbull <scr.), 93 j 0- Batt (scr.), 93. Tho trophy was ■ Won by J. Turnl.ui! with an a.ggregato. score of -2-7, 0. Batt teut-Pi runner-up with 285. Both winner ami runn el-up wore .on the scratch mark throughout the competition. . Mr. £, M; Ilorlaise, manager of Kuamii Station fer twelve. years, is aijput to take up farming: on his own account j Hear Napier. >, , ° Mr. R-. A. James, secretary of the New Zealand Political Reform League, paid an oflieial visit to Taiha'po on .Monthly. it is expeated iliat- an announcement regarding the official Reform can-. didati: will bo in ado shortly, An eifort i.; being made to induce Mr. 1?- F. Hock-: ly (wilt) 'contested.the seat at tho last . elce'tion) to' again com 6 forward. A bushman named 'S. Smith sustained a severe gash hi tho left arm Jit l£awhatan on Monday. His mate's ase glided off a treo and struck him on the. arin, severing the tendons of the l'orcariH.; He was brought to Taihape for medical atft-iltibii, atid is making good progress. Mr. \Y. Am], Public Works Overscrr, wlio for son's tifli®. past has supervised tho erection of. publi-o buildings i.ii Main Tnmii towns, his Tccei,cd notice of transfer to AVangaaiii. _ Thcrb were : 53 appl'icatiiju-s for t'lio .positioii of Town G-lerk to the Baixjufr.h of Taihape, and. 53 applications for the position of Borough Fortaiaa. Mr. W, J. Dimiisn, clerk to tho lleniiiera' .Rani Board,, was appointed to the former position, and the sclectiun'.of a boroufih Meinjui was deferred till a later meetpisg,

GTAKL Tho genera! cleetian is the main i.opb locally, and it is now VHwlerstaod tlifit the «oiitest will be between Mr. J. E«Sertsan. (t'iw jptesenfc Lab,our 1LI\), Mr. W. ll,'. Fiekl (Liberal), awd Mr. 'Byron lli'o'ivii (Uetorw). Opossums uro fairly piesitiful 011 someparts Of tiio ranges ill the vicinity of ilreMsfaiigi., and e»o sinall party is said to have- captured forty in the Course of a fen- days. A cit-i-oijj ovdr ihn'e pounds in weight, was recently picked' irtom -.ail Qlslt-i orchard. A lad named Attol Feiili was thrown from a horse o-n Tnesd-ay er&uing. It appears lies ant! another were ra-oins, ■whoii the horse got beyond liis control. Timt'dng lis conid improve his. position by jumping, he did so, and landed ln\u ify on the roadside. He was. rendered' .partially tuivoliseious, afiiJ received .a severe shaking. Several Natives in the. district wo proving successful d-iiry .farmers, Tito Latest to join tlio Jiuaiibor is Mr. Hun Paratai tl.ie well-kiwwn chieftain of Waikanae, who has. up-to-data. sheds, liirlfcing machines, and sanin sixty cows. Miss 'Gregory.- a frequent visitor to this district, died recently at Mast'crton, ■ dofltli lK'i.ns due to pwniiMtmia. Deceased was- » davi K litei- <if Mr. Wm. Gregory,, of Krdnev. and gran-ddaugblor of Dr. .■ Bcttlaw ''Jackson, of Kusimi Square., LOH-d'Oll. MASTERfOM. At.the last in<Jeiiug of the Jt-astertou Botoagh CotißW'. ©miwtttof 'WihwA- ■ berg stated tfcat ho bad ken authorised'

by til© syndicate., owning the old. showgrounds. to say that tlio.y were. prepared to dispose of 24 .acres for i'l-j'J'J. The counullor in question said lie was of opinion that the grounds should k> secured for the town as public sports grounds, No definite action was taken iu the matter. Sir. J.'Ml. Coradiii'O has deoi'dai to offer himself for re-election to tko •Mayoralty of Masterton. _ So far as •fail 1)0. ascortaiiietl, there i§ not like/ to bo auv opposition. ' • Tlx' annual meeting of tlio M.istwioii branch' o-f the St. John Ainbulaiicu Hrigado was held on Tuesday evening, Mr. A. Donald presiding over a largo attendance. Tlio a.ffmra'l report a'rnil balance-sheet, which showed that ■ a .most aqcccsslftl year fad been expe'f'iefteedj wore atloiltod. Certificates \Wm during the. year were pri'scnied ,l>y the Mayoress (Mrs. ("oi.adinc). Miss Joy was presented with a certificate ol commendation for having Completed Bve Jews' work. During the evening an interesting demonstration of 'ftrsfc aid wurk was given Ivy the members. A presentation cf a thermos flask was made to Mr. A, Donald., aiid of » silver ealk-iiisk iind sib-cr teapot to Miss Joy. Mr. Cideman Phillips, of Carterton, addressed tho Mastcitoi:. ' I)orou{;h Council at iomo length ou tho. question of tko deviation of tiic. Kimutak.ii railway. He urged that the people..of the Wiiiiarapa should be 'Unljtga ''On' the subjcift, stating that they had the Wdlijigioa "City Ccuneil. at their, back. lie strongly advocated iho dc\ lation of the Hue along' the \Yainui Valley, and .10 the eastern sido of tho Wiiirarnpa Lnke Tb« Mayor, agreed. .wft.li . $•£:. Phillip's , that C-oncorted action: ;.;iibguld he taken in the matter, but he stated that settlers at the northern cad of tlio district favoured a deviation, via Woodside. After some discussion, Mr. Phillips was tkani'.o.'l for It« address, hut no further action Jiras taken in the matter. The owner a. local threshing mill states that tiro average yield of cereals in tliis district is not as large this year as it was last.