MASTERTON NEWS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7302, 5 December 1910, Page 9

MASTERTON NEWS

FEOM ODE OWN COEEESPONDENT. MASTERTON, December 3. Denis O’Loughlin, engine-driver, of Masterton, has been - adjudicated ; bankrupt.- " ■ 'The death occurred yesterday: at Goomliwindi, New South Wales, of Mr T. A. Dwyer, father of Mr T. J. Dwyer, of Masterton. JThe deceased, who was 64 years of age, recently paid a visit to Masterton. ilo was. a well-known racehorse owner in Australia.'

During the month of November there was not a case of drunkenness before the local court. ; : " :

Gram crops in the Wairarapa are earlier this season than has been the case for many years past. On an average the ■ crops should turn out fairly well. In the districts in'’.West Wairarapa under the hills, where there ■ have been fine rains at intervals, the 1 crops will bo good, but towards the East Coast, where the drought was felt severest, the crops will be poor; infact, in many, cases, only worth ploughing in. Three Masterton. pedestrians, J. Berry. J. Bradbury and H. Langdon, will compete at the Wellington’Amateur Athletic Club's forthcoming meeting. The cow-testing competition, held under the auspices of the Bush, Districts Agricultural and Pastoral Association, was won by Miss Clegborn's Jersev cow Bonny, who gave 461 b of milk, with a 5.4 test, the amount of butter-fat" being 2.4841 b. McGovern Bros.' .Terscy cow Pearl was, second with 52jlb of milk, 4.7 test and 2.4681 b of butter-fat.’ ■ The third cop; was Miss Matthews’; . Topsy, who pave 521 bof milk, with a 1.2 tost, the buttor-fat amounting to 2.1841 b. Mrs I). IT. Rutherford, of Feilding, sister of Mrs F. Harrison .of Masterton.' who was well-known in this district, died on Thursday.