MASTERTON.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVI, Issue 2277, 6 August 1894, Page 2

MASTERTON.

By Telegraph,—Own Correspondent. Masterton, August 4. The cast of characters for “ The Sorcerer,” which is to be produced here shortly by the Operatic Society, has been arranged. The catalogue for the next show of the Mastertou Agricultural and Pastoral Association was passed at a meeting of the General Committee to-day. Special subscriptions of £5 from Messrs Murray, Roberts and Co., and £3 3s from Messrs Levin and Co., of Wellington, were acknowledged. Nine new members were elected.

A man named Harry Oetgeu was killed at Pafecwhai, East Coast, to-day, through a tree falling fell’him." ’The'Coroner has been communicated with, and an inquest will fee held. V"

The monthly meeting of the Maaterton Trust Lands Trustees was held on Friday evening, Mr W. Lowes presiding. The ordinary feu?iuess having been transacted, the question of school grants was discussed. The Maaterton School Committee applied for £7O, and the application being supported by a deputation, the full amount asked for was granted. The Fernridge School received'a. grant of £25, and St. ■Patrick’s School £ls. ‘ A grant of £ls was also made to the Volunteer Fire Brigade, which represented that it was in urgent need of funds.

The Masterton Museum is now an established institution, and is well worth seeing. A room has been set apart in the Institute for th© display of the exhibits, and, thanks to the energy of Mr E. Brown, the promoter,‘those exhibits are very numerous and ‘A* public .meeting will shortly he'held to test' the” Museum in trustees, and a grant in aid will then bp made by the Trust Lands Trupteps'., The notice of motion given by Mr A, Vile regarding a town hall has been deferred by the permission of the Trust Lands Trustees for a month, pending the completion of the agreement to take over the Drill Hall. The Trustees offered to take over the Drill Hall from Mr Pownall, and pay the liability upon it, but a third party ;eame upc:j the scene and negotiations were 'temporarily . suspended. Mr PownalThas,; hoWevdr,- offered to indemnify jiljp trustees against hny'tMrdTiartieo,- and the agreement't<? take ■' oyer the'hall will therefore probably ha completed. To-day is the fourth of the month. It is a day of anxiety to many in Masterton, The money market appears to be exceedingly tight, and the shoe is' pinching in more than one direction. Pour little mites of children, whose mother died some days ago, were committed to St. joteph's'.prjAauagD, Wellington, to-day. ■ • Influenza stjll prOyoila here, 1 and -every other person in the tewn is'ajflioipdOwing to the boisterous leather i ho meeting of the Masterton Mutual Improvement Society on Friday evening was postponed. ■ '