MASTERTON.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVII, Issue 2411, 17 January 1895, Page 4

MASTERTON.

From Our Own Correspondanf. . Masterton. January 10. Local anglers are signing a petition for presentation to tho Wellington Acclimatisation Society, asking that a second ranger be appointed to this district, as poaching is becoming very common. There , have already been a number of vary good bush burns in this district this season. There is no end of controversy in town over the Shops and Shop Assistants Act. The latest point raised is whether tradesmen who are agents for insurance companies must close then - premises as do other agents. A woman was so severely stung by a swarm of bees at Parkvillo the other day that her life is despaired of. The tradesmen of Eketahuna nro signing a petition for presentation to the Government objecting to the engineering staff on tho co-operative railway works ibeing removed from that place to Pahiatua. Mr C. E. Bromner, county engineer, is confined to his bed, having received an injury to his baok by being thrown from a buggy in returning from Carterton. By Telegraph. —Oira Correspondent. Masterton, January 10. Mr T. W. Kirk, of the Agricultural Department, has boon on a visit to this district, and on Tuesday evening met a number of farmers. Mr James Candy, a well-known musician, was married to-day to Miss Sarah Wrigley, the second daughter of Mr James Wrigley.