MASTERTON.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 852, 29 June 1888, Page 12

MASTERTON.

(from our own correspondknt.)

June 22.

Constable Collerton, who is stationed at Tinui, met with a very nasty accident at Mutaikuna on Tuesday. He was out at the coast in search of a man named McLeod, for whose arrest a warrant has beon -sailed because bo was avoiding service cf a subpoena in the Tinui still case, when his horse fell, throwing him into a lot of timber. He got his chest very badly bruised, several ribs broken, and the under lip pierced through by a jagged piece of manuka. Being of a vigorous constitution, and feeling that medical attendance was advisable, Mr Collerton pluckily remounted his horse and rode into Masterton, where Dr Hosking is attending him. Up to the present the full extent of the injuries is not knoivn, but there is reason to believe that internal injuries have also been sustained.

William Chaffey, a man who has beon in the employ of the Rev J. C. Andrew, lea Station, for some years, got drowned in tho Whareama River on Tuesday under somewhat extraordinary circumstances. He had been to Tinui on horseback, and was returning to the station carrying several pieces of plough-fitting which he had slung about his neck. Though the river was high at the time, tho unfortunate man apparently saw no danger, for he entered the water without removing the irons. A man who was with,him states that the horso got out of its depth almost as soon as it had entered the water. Chaffey was washed off, and, as a matter of course, sunk immediately ( undor the load he was carrying. There is .a drop hole just below the ford, and it is believed that the body must have lodged in that; but, although efforts have been made to remove it, they have, up to the present, proved of ao avail. Mr Andrew reported the occurrence to the police, but, Constable Collerton being away from Tinui, no assistance could be rendered from that quarter. ’ • : ‘ • 1 June 26.

The Wairarapa Exhibition closed last night, and how takes its yank among those things that have proved far more successful than their most sanguine promoters could have anticipated. . Though got up for the purpose of paying off a debt on tho Wesleyan Church, the management was taken in hand by a committee in tho formation of which the word “ creed” was not even fora moment considered, .and the consequence was that it soon came to be looked upon as an undertaking which everybody ought to support in order to make it worthy of the place. In addition to those who worked on the Committee or contributed to the diet' of eXhibifs, there were 'many others who did all that lay in their power to further the object of thp prompters, iiio3l proqiinent a'mpng lylfbm were the jnpmb'prs o.f an excellent choir, go,t up for the occasion, which was conducted by Mr H. Pearson ; the Volunteer Band, under Mr Pnpworth ; Pearson’s Band, under Mr Pearson ; and tho string band of the Philharmonic Society, conducted by Mr A. von Keisenberg, all of whom gave their services gratis. I have not as yet been able to ascertain the total takings, but as the expenses are almost entirely confined to the hiro of the Drillahed, printing and railway freight, tho margin is certain to be a very satisfactory one. With regard to yesterday, the proceeds go to the Masterton Hospital. I believe that the total is a little short of L 22, and that the expenses were between L 3 and L 4, so that the institution referred to will receive what is considered a very handsome balance. Tho members of the Hospital Committee express themselves as highly pleased with tho result, At'a meeting of the Masterton Football Club on Saturday, Mr G. H. Smith was elected deputy-captain, member of the Match Committee, and delegate to the Union. It was also decided to try arid get the Union to pass a rule on the subject of players using insultiog language to hmpires' and referees, the 'immediate cause "being certain allegations made against members of the' Red Star Club. A stringent rule on the subject would ho doubt prove very useful, but so far as the action of the Masterton Club is concerned it is only a case of the pot calling the kettle black. _ , The weather continues very favorable for farming operations, and though rain has of late been falling almost daily, it has generally been between the hours of sunset and sunrise. The consequence is that work is Very forward in all branches.

[By Teeegbapii.] Master ton, June 23. Captain Leatham, whose death was an, nonneed by cable, was well known here, having commanded a troop of the defence force stationed at Masterton 22 years ago. Masterton, June 26,

Mr J. Watson, Postmaster at Tinui, has met with an accident, by which his log was broken. - An accommodation license has been granted to Mr W. J; Burling for Grassingdale Hotel, Tirumea. 1 '

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