MASTERTON NEWS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7300, 2 December 1910, Page 4

MASTERTON NEWS

PLOM oua OWN COILEESPONDBWT. " December 1. During the month of November there wcr« 23 births, 6 deaths, and 3 marriages in Maatcrton. . , _ . ■ No bankruptcies were - recorded in the district last month against six in October. Owing to the B.M. having to attend a meeting of th© Licensing Committee at Woodville on Friday, several criminal cases at Mastcrton, which were to have been hoard on that day, will be adjourned. ' Tlie grass has made good growth during the past week, thanks to the rain, and feed, though much later than usual, la now fairly plentiful. A heavy thunderstorm was experienced fn the Ihuraua valley and along in the direction of Tikitauu on Tuesday, the low-lying country being quickly flooded. ■Mr J. Frccbody, of Tc Wharau, had a fall from’ his on Saturday last, and fractured one of his thighs. He was taken to the Mayterton hospital- - Mr 8. Gilmer, of ■ Wellington, who has just returned from, a tour of the world, is at present on a visit to Dankvicw, East Coast. ■ '• .. ■ At Messrs Abraham and Williams’s sale at Pahlatua oirTuesday last splendid prices were received for Mr T. Quirk's herd of empty dairy heifers, numbering nearly 200. Prices ranged from £4 5a to £5 IGs, the latter being received for a pen of Holstein cross heifers. There are at present 2.168,947 sheep In the Wairnrapa. The Masterlon county supplies ■ 595,252, ,- Akitio : -. 232,494. . Fcatherston 531 WO, Castlepolnt 185.153, Manriccville 82,775, and South Wairarapa 195,143.