WAIRARAPA NEWS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 121, 15 February 1919, Page 12

WAIRARAPA NEWS

The first meeting of the Masterton Repatriation Committee will probably be held on Saturday. Two Sisters of Compassion from Wellington are at.present canvassing'Masterton for funds for the. Homo for Incurables and the Children's Home at Island Bay. ' . lhe question'' of' erecting municipal houses is: to; be considered at a meeting of the Masterton Borough Council next week. Petty thefts are very common in Masterton just now. - Orchards are suffering in particular. Visitors are already arriving "for the Masterton show, to be held on Wednesday and Thursday of next week.

The Masterton Racing Club has secured Saturday, March 22, as' the date for its autumn meeting.

An old resident of 'Masterton in the person of Jfv..C. Hoffeins, sen., died on Thursday night at the age of 89 years. He leaves a widow, one son, and two daughters.

Word hag been received of the particular| of the deaths of the three eons of Mr. W. J, Beeves, formerly clerk of the court at Pahiatun. Lieutenant Stanley Reeves. was "with the Canadians, and was'killed about the time of the battle of Loos.' At the time of meeting ■ his death, Lieutenant William Beeves was with the/New Zealand Eiflo Brigade, engaged in the second battle of tho Somme. The' death of Lieutenant I. Beeves was due to wounds received before the armistice. The -last-named soldier was buried at Brookwood in November Inst, <

' The Carterton Tradesmen's Association has sent a letter to Mr. J. T. M. Homsby, M.P., asking that he bring before .the Industries Committee the urgent necessity for a publicity campaign, with the object of bringing prominently and I continually,before tho puuli&of New Zealand the necessity of supporting Now Zealand industries, particularly by purchasing such goods in preference to imported goods, such campaign to include tlie publishing of lists of New Zealand manufactured goods, •

The train arrangements in connection with the Masterton A. and P. show on Tuesday and Wednesday next, and the association s ram and ewo fair on the two succecding days (Thursday and Friday) are advertised in another column. Accommodation can be arranged for intending visitors, who should apply without delay to the secretary (Mr. J. B. Emmett), P.O. Box 40, Masterton.

Some remarkable figures as' to the health of the American Army are given officially. Tho annual death-rate .from disease was reduced for one week in July to below two per 1000, wheteas the rate for men of tho same age in civilian life is 617 per 1000. '

The following not rates of passages have been authorised for wives. and families of members of tho N.Z.E.F., and apply only, to thoso who have married in the United Kingdom, and to those who, having married in Now Zealand, arrived inthe United Kingdom prior to December 31,1917 -.—Officers, first class, .£29; warrant ollicers and sergeants, second class-, .£l2; other ranks, third class, £7. This rate must be prepaid to the. High Commissioner for New Zealand, 413 Strand. Arrangements will be made to evacuate husbands aiid wives on the same boat, but. in tho <i3coiul and third class passages, it will not always be possible for husV-nd and wife to occupy the same cabin. Children betwcim tho ages of 3 and 1will be carried at half the above rates. These rates apply only to the wives travelling in the clam to which their husbands' ranks entitle them! Should, however, anyone desire to pro:eed in a better class, the concession would be as follows; —Tho wife of a man whose rank is below .that of sergeant could' travel Second or first class for .£22 and .£39 respectively. The wife of a non-commissioned officer of the-rank of sergeant or above could travel first class at the cost of ,£29.

SHEEP TICK. Some sheepowners believe tick can live nway from .sheep, but this is a mistaken idea, says tlio Victorian Department of Agriculture. Tick isolated dio very soon, as ipppriinont.s liy Dr. Sweet and Messrs. Seddon and Hill, of the University Veterinary School, show. Host of thorn were dead within four day;. Only 17 out of 151 were alive after seven days, and' the last died within eleven days. "The practical lesson to'be derived," fays Mr. Robertson, "is that when an owner dips all his sheep in an efficient dipping mixture, it is not; difficult to clean his whole flock. As the presence of ticks oa sheep depreciates tho value of wool and carca?s about 2s. 6d. per head, dipping is a ■paying' proposition. But it must be a dip of unquestionable . efficiency—such as Quihell's Powdcj Dip— fhe favourite,of all successful 6heep owners. Order t'o-day. Sole Agents in Australasia, Dalgety and Co., Ltd.—Advt.