MASTERTON.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1262, 7 May 1896, Page 18

MASTERTON.

Mastkiitox, May 1. Of the 2<K),000 salmon ova recently imported and forwarded to Masterton, ni.it more than 20,0U0 will be saved. About ■k),(M) wen.' placed in the hatching boxes, but most of these have gone bad, owing to their having come info contact with decayed matter in the trays. Tho cause of the great loss is supposed to be a defect in tho shipping trays. A man named George Scully was charged on remand in the Magistrate's Cmrtlast week with having assaulted and beaten one. Thomas Heaney, breaking his jaw and laying him up in the Hospital for throo weeks. The accused stated that he struck only one blow, and that was because Heaney called him a cheat and a liar whilst (hey were playing a game of cards. Mr T. Hutchison, S.M., thought the end-, of justice would bo served by a fine of 40s. Dr llosking said in evidence last week that there was a man in this district over whoso jaw a trolly containing? cwt of timber had passed, and not a bono was fractured.

Tho shop of Mr George AYycf h, at Kurupuni, was burglariously entered last week, ami a. small sum of money removed from the till.

The man Lewis Holmes, who attempted suicide last week, has been committed to the Wellington Lunatic Asylum.

Tho young lad Bowie, whoso arm was shattered in a gun accident at Alfredtou, died in the Masterton Hospital last week from shock to the system. At the inquest a verdict was returned of "Death from misadventure."