MASTERTON.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1192, 4 January 1895, Page 14

MASTERTON.

Masterton, December 26. A man named Muir head was thrown from a horse* at Te Ore Ore this morning, and received concussion of the brain. ’ Mr Bennett P. Perry, an old and respected settler of this district, .died- on'" Christmas morning, at the age of 76 years. He arrived at New Plymouth in 1841. Masterton, December 28. Toxa is now being successfully used in this district for.the destruction of rabbits.. . It is essentially a summer poison. V. ' ' The Masterton Operatic Society held an “At Home ” in the Temperance Hall on Thursday evening. There was a fairly large attendance, and dancing was kept up until the early hours of the morning. The Mauriceville Athletic Club’s sports were held on Thursday under most favourable circumstances. The Mauriceville Handicap was won by Johnston. In the ■ evening a ball took place in the Choral Haii. An inquest was held at Eketahuna on ' Thursday concerning the circumstances attending the death of John Delaney, who was killed by falling from the Makakahi Railway Bridge. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death. ; .. v ; Mr Hogg, M.H.R., has received’' Communications .from nearly every part of the Masterton electorate eulogising his conduct at the recent meeting of the Wellington Land Board with reference to special settlers. Masterton, December 29. During the past year only 13 bankruptcies have been recorded in the Wairarapa, as against 27 in the year 1893. There have been two bankruptcies this month, as compared with two in the corresponding month last year. Harvesting has become quite general around Masterton. A sum of .£lO 8s 6d has been collected by the Rev A. C. Yorke to assist a young man named Benjamin Morgan, who had the misfortune recently to lose his leg. Of 17 cases of larceny from the dwelling reported to the police in Masterton this year, only three cases were undetected. The criminal cases dealt with in Masterton during the past year numbered 217, as against 216 in the previous year. The weather is still very dry and warm, and small farmers with crops and settlers with stock are very much concerned. . Unless rain falls soon, the loss to the district will be most serious. ;

Fully one-third less cases of drunkenness have been brought before the Court in Masterton this year as compared with last. The following tenders have been accepted by the Masterton Hospital Trustees for supplies for the coming year: — Groceries, Wairarapa Farmers’, Co-opera-tive Association ; drugs, Mr T. G-. Mason; meat, Mr C. Hughes; . bread, Mr James Wickens j milk, Mr Henry Jones. A special meeting of the Masterton Hospital Trustees was held yesterday afternoon. Present—Mr J. C. Bodtfington

(chairman), E. Foist, J. B. Keith, and Rev Father McKenna. The business was to consider the drainage scheme and decide tenders. After considerable discussion the following resolution was carried with reference to the drainage: —That the first scheme submitted by Messrs Penty and Fordo be adopted, with the proviso that alternative tenders be invited for extending the position of the settling tank further down tho Hospital grounds, specifications to bo prepared at once, and tenders to close as soon as possible. December 31. No less than 13,614 sheep have been trucked from the Masterton Railway ■ Station this month. During December 51,000 feet of timber have been forwarded from the Masterton . Railway Station. In the same month 3225 bales of wool have been sent away from the Masterton Railway Station. So far this season, 6300 bales have been despatched. A party of Mauriceville residents returning from a concert on Saturday night had a narrow escape, of a serious accident through their trap capsizing. A three-year-old child of Mr Moynck, of Carterton, fell down a well on Sunday and •\Vas drowned. Mr James Harvey, Stock Inspector, who was reqently transferred to Woodvillo, was presented this morning with an illuminated address and purse of sovereigns. The presentation was made by Mr A. W. ' Hogg, M.H.R., who referred in eulogistic terms to the conduct as a Government official of Mr Harvey. A meeting of suppliers of milk to the Fernridge Creamery was held the other . evening, at which resolutions were passed condexnning the New Zealand Dairy ''Farmers’ Union for making a reduction ■of 7A per cent, in the payment for milk, and asking that the milk be tested daily at the local creamery.