MASTERTON.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVI, Issue 2211, 21 May 1894, Page 2

MASTERTON.

If rom Our Oion~pgrrqsp ondent. ' Masfertbn. May 19,th ( . There was a crowded * audience at fhq Wesleyan schoolroom fast’ night when Kf Bufement delivered a’ lecture bn "thq “ 8.10 pd,” under the auspices of the Mastertqn Motqal Improvement Society, The lecturer treated, his subject in a very able and lucid manner, and showed by means of diagrams on a blackboard the noaitioins of the heart and its functions In the distribution of blood to tfte human, body. He also treated of the composition of the blood, the differences between venous and arterial blood, and bow the nervous system acted on the heart, On the whole Dr Bntement is to bo congratulated on dealing with so difficult a subject in snob a clear and popular style. Mr Easthope, at the conclusion of the lecture, complimented the lecturer on the way in which he had handled the subject, A. hearty vote of thanks, carried by acclamation, was tendered Hr B.utament, ' It will & to wop fair-ju^Gc^ I>evsou iv was well that a vofca for tl\a reduclipn of the number of hotels was not carried at tbb last licensing election in this dirtnci, as; fqr ag Mastortwn was concerned at least, for- during the past three or four days accommodation was at a premium. Oyer ninety persons were accommodated at the Club Hotel, whilst forty or more visitors had to bo turned away. What is true of that hotel is equally applicable to tho others, as they were all crowded, people being compelled to accept shake-downs in tho most unlikely places, and glad of any substitute foe a bod. It is evident that whenever there is any special attraction in the district, which brings more than the ordinary number of visitors hero, tho hotel accommodation is scarcely up to the re?uirement3 of the public. It is to ho hoped hat the Licensing Bench will see that the hotels have tho necessary accommodation for visitors before their next sitting. At the Magistrate’s Court this .morning, before Mr T. Hutchison, S.M., a lad named Eobert Crombie, on remand from Wellington, pleaded guilty of embezzling certain sums, amounting to £3 5s 6d, the property of Chamberlain Brothers, in whoso employ ho bad been as driver of a bread cart. Mr Pownall, who appeared for the accused, asked that the case be dealt with summarily, and that the lad he admitted to probation. He pointed out that it would, not be to the interest of society that the accused should be sent to gaol. .The lad’s father was a respectable, hard-working man,, and there ..was nothing against the accused until.the present charge, when ho. teok the money and need it in paying for traps to, drive abouton.Sundays. Mr Beardf whq appeared for. the, prosecution, : raid he, <s>no«e theappKraiftouVTAef accused Was fjntil Monday inorip.. ing|' pending a report of the Probation pfficer.’ pail was'allpTfod^his father gfmg ft Harry Tomkmqon pleaded guilty at the Magistrate’s Court to-day to stealing a watch, value £& ids, the property of John Henderson, from Pranoia* boardinghouse, about 1 o'clock on Sunday morning. John Henderson, Piripi Ibaka and Sergeant MoArdle gave evijjcnco for the prosecution. The accused, on being asked if ha had anything to say why he should not bo returned for trial to the next sitting of the Supreme Court, replied that be could not hoi— sa ~ ■yas klepte’"^* lia The accused was committed for trial.

■ -Mr "W.■ Doutrailj whQ has been away ou a hqilday pip; extending over’scjrbe wpskgrtj| §£<Juc.y ais 'returned tp' : Sta's-; ferton last night, ’ ’’ Mr Inspector Pender paid an. official visit to Masterton yesterday.' It is reported that a well-known assoc ia. tiou has in serious contemplation the advisability of erecting several creameries in different parts of the Wairarapa, with a large .factory in some central place, say at Masterton. Evidently cute business men see that there is a big future here for the dairying industry. A report reached Masterton this afternoon that the body ■of James Beard, an old resident of the Greytown district, who had been missing from Morrison’s Bush, was found lying in a pool of water.