MASTERTON NEWS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7263, 20 October 1910, Page 10

MASTERTON NEWS

fEOH OUB. OWN CORRESPONDENT. October 19. H. F. T. Harding, labourer, of Maslerton and Kuku ivaruituuia, a native ci Maslcrton, have filed petitions m oankruptcy. The death -occurred on Monday of Mrs johu Price, widow of the late Seigeanl i'riee, of Masterton, at the age of sixty years.

During the past year ten fires occurred m the Mas tenon Fire District, against seventeen for the previous year. The loss by fire Tor the past tweive months amcunceci to JHIG6, against Jts2-11 for the previous period.

It is. anticipated that when the freezing works a-C wamgawa are in full woxkixig swing ever one hundred men will ue cm p.oyed there. A Uuge number of men from Polone, Wellington, and ilutt will probably obtain employment at the works.

A meeting of the shareholders of the Wellington Farmeis' Meat Company will uo heia to-morrow to confirm tn© agreement for tne erection of bacon-curing works at Waiugawa. Dairy farmeis are growing a considerable area of mangels this year as fodder for cows in the early part of the milking season. The annual examination of the Lansdowne school will commence on Monday nexr.

Mr J. Coradinc, junior, has been appointed secretary of the newly-formed vVunarapa Atalfcic Ciuo. Eleven new members have just been elected to the ranks of the club. A petition is being largely signed in Masterton. asking that Mr Richard Drown, who was for tnirty years town clerk oL Master-ton, be appointed to the LLgisla®v.o Council.

A movement is on foot at Kaiparoro to form a cow-testing association on similar lines to the one established last year at Dalcfield.

Ploughing operations are nearing completion in many parts of the district. A gi eater area of land has been put under the plough than last year. Deer are reported to be causing a good deal of trouble to settlers in various parts of the Wairarapa. in past years considerable damage has been done to turnip and rape crops by deer in the Lower Valley, the animals coming right down to pad-docks alongside the roads in search of food. ’ Many peisons who travelled the roads were attacked by the deer, who generally proved themselves destructive pests. 1 have seen a cyclist chased by _a. deer, and when the rider was compelled to forsake his machine on. coming to u. creek or river and seek t-mclter over a fence or up'a tree, the doer would toss and trample the bicycle, to an almost unrecognisable shape. In. the Kaiparoro district two deer recently became such a, menace to users of a road in that district that one had to b© shot by the Acclimatisation Society. Roth animals are reported to have attacked a number of persons, and several narrow escapes from serious injury were recorded.

Some of the early-shorn wool clips are now' being railed to Wellington.

The weather during’the past three days has been and, following on the heavy rain of last week, has resulted VK, 0 y° un « grass coming away splendidly. J _

There has been a generaUexodus this week of shearers to the back-country, where shearing operations will commence in a day or two. / A match will be played at Greytown on Saturday next between the Masterton and Greytown Golf Clubs. .The Masterton Golf Club will hold the concluding competition of th e season—a imsed foursome medal handicap over twelve holes—on Saturday next. Dunne the afternoon the trophies won this sei£ son will b e presented to the winners bv the president of the club (Mr H G. Williams).

The Wairarapa Cricket Association's senior and junior competitions will commence on Saturday next.

Excellent lambing'returns are being obtained on most of the stations on the Last Ooast. At Gienburn many paddocks have a percentage of over 130. 'while the average right through the big flock of ewes will be about 110. On another station, in one small paddock, seventeen owes ; had forty -lambs, while eight ewes in one lot at Gienburn had twenty-four lambs. In the Lower Valley the returns have also been very good, Waiorongomai, Wharepapa, Wharekaukau, V Jiatarangi, Orongorongo, Te White Rock, and other stations having very satisfactory percentages.-

Mr T. Riddle, of • Eketafauna, who formerly resided in Masterton, lias been appointed buyer in the Forty Mile Bush district for the Wellington Meat Export Company. ■ Mr F. Dupre, who has been on an extensive holiday trip to Australia, will return to Masterton this week. At Shannon, on October 31st, Mr J. C. Cooper, of Masterton, and Mr G. Laurenson, M.P., will publicly debate the. question of freehold versus leasehold. Mr Cooper will take the side of the freehold, while Mr Laurenson will defend the leasehold. •

Mr G. H. Hoed, of Hawke's Bay. has purchased Mr W. McGovern's pioporty of 500 acres at KaZwhata. The land was disposed of through the agency of Messrs Nicol and Edwards.

! There are at present twenty-six patients in the , Masterton Hospital. Twenty-four were admitted duiing the past month. On Friday next another liquor case will come before the S.M. Court, when Wilßahi Burridge, brewer, will be charged with having sent liquor into the no-license area. of Masterton between June 24th and September 24th, he having reasonable cause to suspect that such liquor was for the purpose of sale or being kept for sale. !

Thirty-two entries have been received for the butter-fat competition to be held under the auspices of the Wairarapa Pastoral and Agricultural Society. The number is a record for the society, and includes three cows from well-known dairy herds in the Manawatu. The competition commenced yesterday.