Masterton News.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume I, Issue 49, 13 September 1893, Page 3

Masterton News.

(From our own correspondent.) Mian wow, 1 m sd i\ It is a good job. •• for their stomachs* 'ske.‘* that frequenter* of a certain boardmg house in the Wairarapa do not know, snd cannot see. all they eat. A few days ago the proprietor of a certain restaurant came out of his hark door with a cat in his hand. Wondering what he was going to do with the anu.ia! I stood and watched hnu. Taking it by one of its hind legs he swung it round anti round and kni»eked .1. head .... . dwppmx block imnl times. I hen. the animal being stunned, lie laid it on the bha-k anti chopped it with the wood axe. The laat spark of lift must have fled, but he apparently was not satisfied, so tskmg it down the l»ark yard he again started hacking the pair I ►east With the axe. At last he threw it away. Th* next morning I saw* the some man rhtippmg on the same block—it was apparently his meat block some meat which he intended ct»t»kiiig for the meals of his hoarder*. Knnugh said ! The hhel action C. A. Pownall v. Joseph ' rarapa DaUj Times, in which the plaintiff claims £IOO damages for alleged libel, on account of a certain pamgrrph which the defendant characterised as hlasphemous. will most likely le heard at the nsxt sitting of the j Ihstrict Court liere before Georg* Kettle. I Mr W. It. F.dwards has been n-rained for I the plaintiff. ami Mr W. G. Ihard will probabhK conduct the defendant's case, if I not. Mr 11. !>. lu 11, of Wellington. TI.C nett election lor * nieniher ol the Houo of lU»prt-*.-ntAlive* I. nlUKillK dec- I tors to ha\e their names inserted on the I Fleet. Tal Roll. The first supplementary ! roll ha* been completed, and onl\ contain* about :Hli names, but I am told that ap j 1 plications ft*r registration are coming in I fast snd funous now. and the second I 1 -sup** will U vary much larger. Almost J ' the whole of the names on the second roll are those of working men. It is believed : •. r«% km that Mr A. W. 1 Hogg will have a walk over. It is I very unlikely that any candidate will j 1 be forthcoming from this pul of the elec- I ( locate at anyrate. The present member, ( since his election, has gained many bush supporters, and it is everywhere admitted * that it w ill take a very strong mail indeed to oust him from his ptsitioii. c Improvement* are being effected in all parr- >»f the Horotigh at present, and new 1 buildings are going up in all quarters. The town »% going ahead at a great pace, and »e~ * 4. A great impetus A ji more of the out 1, ito the market. The * *i At incuts in the Te Ore < h .ting in gradually, and it 1 is . Jiv latnsdownie estate of Me* is ft Beetham is shortly to be and thrown open for selectie. property contains ‘iUlO acres j i and is uted only about a mile out of t the ltornugh. so that, if rumor is true, I • this will nutke one of the most important » land sales that has ever been recorded in j Masterton. ami it will do an incalculable ! 1 amount of good to the town. A portion ! l of the estate was sold a short time ago. I < and there are now half-a-dozen or more j t ■ The land is of good quality and commands I the la st view of Mastertmi that can be i obtained. 1 Sickness is at present very prevalent, j I and the local medico* have their hands | i full. The trout fishing season op ns on the 1 i 15tli lust, iFriday). There are not so j' manv licenses taken out this year as last. The rivers are in a far better state for angling thi- seaaou. the reason being that I the dax mills that used to dep>sit all the j ' debris in the stream* are now closed, and j the many freshes in the rivers during the past winter have scoured all the rubbish away. The weather luu again broken, and rain | is coming down heavily, and to all appe*ranee- it intends to continue. Mrs Yciincll. of Gladstone, had the ; misfortune to be throw n from her buggy j on Tliuraday evening last, breaking her j arm in the fall.