MASTERTON.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVIX, Issue 3004, 16 December 1896, Page 1

MASTERTON.

Special to the New Zealand Times. Masterton, December 14.

The hawker nuisance is becoming quite unbearable boro. Beside half-a-doxon turbanned Indians, there are several Italians and one or two Arabians canvassing the district. In several oases those hawkers have been most insulting. The police seem powerless to take action, as there is a difficulty in procuring evidence. Constable Lawler, of this town, has been laid up for some time. Ho is now being relieved by Constable Thompson, of Wellington., An enquiry was held by Mr T. Hutchison and a jury on Saturday into the circumstances under which the house of Mr John Butcher, at Kurupuni, was destroyed by fire. The evidence revealed no probable cause for the conflagration, and an open verdict was returned. A young man named Tinsley met with a painful accident the other day. A plough tell on his foot, crushing his toes into a pulp. Masterton, December 15. Shearing has now been finished on most of the stations round hero.

A publican in this district is to bo prosecuted for selling adulterated liquor. A man named Robinson narrowly escaped drowning in the Makakahi river the other day. He was rescued by some boys. The Wairarapa Amateur Athletic and Cycling Club’s sports, which wore to have been held on Thursday, have been postponed till early next year. The Masterton School Committee intends entering a protest against the proposal of the Education Board to make the Masterton school children compote with the city children in the scholarship examinations.