LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7932, 4 January 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Handy office calendars are to hand from Mr W. B. CJbennells, agent for the Royal Insurance Company. Yesterday the Parkvale Dairy Company paid out to suppliers the sum of £548 Ss Bd. Mr S. Haigh's stables at Greytown were totally destroyed by fire ou Monday night. Several sets of harness were also demolished. The following are the vital statistics of Carterton for the month of December:—Births 8, deaths i, marriages 2. The first pay-night of the Workmeu's friend Building Society will take place on Monday, January 8, between the hours of 7 and 9 p.m., at the secretary's office, Perry Street, tbenoe fortnightly.

The next meeting of the Stewards of the Masterton Racing Club will be held in Messrs Lowes and lorns' Farmers' Room on Saturday week. There were 15 more bankruptcies in Wellington last year than in 1904, the respective totals being 31 and 16i Six of last year's bankruptcies were on creditors' petitions. The settlers of Tamatu Island intend to construct a suspension bridge ov«r the Ruamahanga River, connecting the island with the mainland I about six miles from Carterton. The annual sports of the Featherston Athletic Club will take place on Anniversary Day (January 22), and nominations for the open events will close on Saturday, 13th iust. The latest addition to the soheduie for the Masterton A. and P. Association's coming show is a special prize of £2 given by Messrs Ross and Bradahaw, of Wellington, for the best lady rider. As showing the "'boom" there is in the land market (says a contemporary), one firm of land agents in the Pahiatua district has put through properties to the value of £IBO,OOO during the last 12 months. A cablegram from Sydney reads' —News from the Islands stales that the German Government yacht has taken a contingent of native constabulary from New Britain to SouthWest Africa to assist to quell the rising there. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., who recently purchased the well-known auctioneering business of Lowes and lorns. Ltd., are now established ia the latter's offices in Queen Street. Mr O. C. Cooper, manager-partner, will take up his residence in Masterton in about 10 days' time. Krne9t Stratford, 27 years of age, residing at his farm at Kaitawa, near Pahiatua, was thrown from his horse on Sunday, and died yesterday. Deceased lived at Tinui for some considerable time, bis mother having a farm there. They left Tinui last November, Mrs Stratford taking over a farm at Kaitawa. Mr A. Geange, of Masterton, was a brother-m law of deceased's. Messrs J. Watson and T. Wagg, J's.P., occupied the Bench at the Masterton Police Couri yesterday morning. Four first offenders were convipted of having been drunk and discharged. On a seoond charge of having no lawful visible means of support George Mackay was sentenoed to 14 days' imprisonment, and a further charge against him of having refused to leave licensed premises when requested was withdrawn. A girl, aged 12 years, who had been living with her adopted parents at Taratahi, was yesterday, on th« reoommendatiou of Dr. A. Hosking, committed to the Mount View Asylum, by Messrs E. G. Eton and G. Horon, J's.P. Lately it had been found bard to keep her under control, aa during frequent fits she would wander away from her home. She was found yesterday morning at 2 o'clock by the police on the Te Ore Ore Road. , Mr Chamberlain, in a letter to the President of the Coventry Trades Council, says he does not propose to make the question of old age pensions part of tariff reform. He does not believe universal old age pensions to be either practicable or desirable. To treat the thoughtless, the drunkard and the wastrel the same as the industrious and provident working man seems, Mr Chamberlain adds, to be a great injustice to the latter. A meeting of the Committee of the Wairarapa Amateur Athletic Club was held in Mr Noble-Camp-bell's room last evening. PresentMessrs S. A. Noble-Campbell (chair), A. E. Wilton, A. Kitto, W. W. Chalmers, Johnston and J. Bradbury. Mr Larkin, Wellington, was appointed handioapper. The annual fee to the Amateur Athletic Association wa's passed for payment. It was resolved to call for tenders fur .the various privileges in connection with the sports meeting on Anni* versary Day. The following were elected hon. members of the Club: —Messrs W. H. Cruickshank, J. Walker, A. Caselberg, H. E. Eton and P. L. Hollings. The next meeting of the Committee will be held on Monday, 15th instant. A reward is offered for the recovery of a purse lose in Queen Street. Mr' Martin offers a reward for the recovery of a dark roan mare lost from Homebush. Mr and Mrs Mcintosh, of Ihuraua Valley, insert a notice of thanks for assistance and sympathy. The Masterton County Council invite applications up to Thursday next for the position of County Rangur. Messrs Varnham and Rose invite tenders, to close at noon, on Friday. January 12, for the erection of a briofc residence. A reward of two pounds is offered for the recovery of a brown pony mare lost from the property of Mr J. A. Hives, Upper Plain. The W.F.C.A. fancy department are showing a large assortment of new lines in hairbrushes, combs, perfumery and toilet requisites. Tenders are invited, to close at 8 p m., to-morrow, Friday, for the various privileges in connection with the Amateur Athletic Club's sports on Anniversary Day, January 22. FACTS ESTABLISHED AT COUET. In an action, the cause of'which was flagrant misuse of our firm name and other gross misrepresentation by an imitating company, which was tried before his Honor, Ch'ef Justice J. Madden, K.C.M.G., L.L.D., in the Supreme Court, at Melbourne, the prosecution showed 1. That Sander and Sons' Pure Volatile Eucalypti Extract contains all medical constituents of the eucalypti, in a highly refined and pure form. *2. That it is much more powerfully healing (antiseptic) than ordinary eucalyptus preparations. 3. That it does not depress the heart like ordinary eucalyptus preparations. 4. That it contains no harmful ingredients, and 5. That it is highly commended by many authorities for the last 30 years as a safe, reliable and effective remedy. Some imitators have tried to deceive the public by simulating our get-up; others have relied on the "just as good" game/ Therefore take care and ootain the GENUINE SANDER AND SONS' EUGALXPTI EXTRACT.

There has been a considerable increase in the amount of Christmas business throughout the colony this year both ia regard to telegrams and letters, the greatest increment being in - tho South Island. In four days the seventeen principal offices of the colony handled 1,162,885 letters. Telegraphic business was also brisk. 59,297 teiegram3 being forward jd and 64,073 received at the offices above referred to. Mr Barclay was recently given a parse of sovereigns acd an illumiated address by his supporters. The member for Dunedin North said so far there had been talk of spending the first session of the new Parlia ment, or a great part of it, in revising the tariff, and the following session in dealing with the problem of local government. Suoh programme would be insufficient and more than that would have to be done. In a forceas 1 ; of what will have happened in the world's affairs by 1955, Professor Strong, of Liverpoo University, says:—"Australia will have shaken off the trammels binding her to the Mother Country, but with Germany despatching troops to New Guinea, will again be bagging Great Britain for aid. New Zealand wi.l remain true to the Old Country. Oauada will have joined tho United States. Through revolt a large portion of India's frontier will have been lost to us." During last year labour troubles cost the employees at the Coal Creek colliery in Victoria £19,000. The legal manager of the Jumbunna Coal Company, in order to prevent labour troubles, suggested that working shares should be issued to the miners in addition to their ■wages, so that they would take an interest in their work. Up to the time of the strike the profits of the company were £24,459, but since the trouble began the company has made losses amounting to €5941. The Chinese monopoly of the retail fruit business in Wellington wou'ld appear to be disappearing, according to what Mr A. L. Hunt, manager of the Farmers' Distributing Company, told a meeting of shareholders daring his reecent visit to Nelson (says the Evening Mail). For years this monopoly was so powerful that it was almost impossible for a European to stand against it. Apparently the Wellington people have rebelled to a great extent against the Chinese monopoly, and now bestow their custom on Europeans, for Mr Hunt; stated that out of 52 fruiterers and greengrocers forming the Wellington Fruiterers' and Greengrocers' Associaton, only eleven were Chinese. Bowlers will be interested in a system in aae at Blenheim which should go far towards making olear the merits of each individual member. The Marlborough Bowling Clob has adopted the "ladder system," under which each player i 8 entitled to challenge for position any player whose name is on a higher rung. The rules governing the system have been adopted from . the Wellington Chess Club, and the local bowling club (says the Marlborough Herald) is the first of its kind in the colony to adopt thin system. Tho "ladder" has been framed by the Match Committee, and alieady a number of challenges are on the notice board pn the green. Occasionally we read paragraphs in. the newspapers regarding some fast shearing, but it is seldom we hear of such an uncommon performance as that which took place last week at Mr W. McKenzie'j shed, Tane. The shearers, anxious to "cut oat" before New Year's Day, started work at 2 o'olook in the morning and worked continuously until 2.30 the following morning, the tallies being 343, 352, and the boy's, who fell asleep towards midnight, was about 200. Nine candles and a big lamp supplied the light. The shearing would oompare with the average daylight shearing in any shed. To relieve the monotony of the midnight work songs and tales were given, and at the conclusion the board was swept and an Irish iig together with the Highland Sing were gone through, to show that there waa enough "go" left for another 21 hours, if required. It ia trnoh to be regretted, says the Argentine correspondent of the Otago Daily Times, that the New Zealand Rugby Union did not arrange for the team to break its voyage in South America on the way Home, playing matches against Uruguay at Monte Video, Argentine at itaenos Ayres and Rosario. There me five or six good clubs and some 15 or 20 first class Association clubs, Bad should the New Zealand Football Association ever think of sending a team to vissifc Britain, it should arrange to spend a month in Argentina and Uruguay. The players would find foemen here worthy of their steel. The same remarks apply to Rugby and cricket. A New Zealand cricket team could put in a very nice time visiting Argentina, as there are good teams in all the large cities, while the provincial teams are deoidedly warm. A visiting team would find it an easy matter to tlx up a series of fixtures, and at the same time get a good luok through the country. The more hurrane despatch of •cattle and horses is being kept steadily in view by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and an up-to-date weapon is to be supplied to the executive officer of the Christchurch branch, Mr VV. H. Zoubh, who has frequontly to attend cases of serious injury to horses and other animals. The latest weapon is practically a short shotKun with an air chamber about five inches in diameter at the business end, after the fashion of a blunderbuss., A cartridge is inserted in the breech, and the bell mouth of the weapon ia placed against the animal's forehead, so that a tap of the trigger completes the work cleanly and without any blundering. The air-cham-ber suppresses the noise of the exploaibn. Mr Zouch states that this method oould easily be introduced ibo abattoirs, and would entirely do away with the older, and, to a certain extent, barbarous methods of slaughtering now in use. We are prepared to assist any respsctable energetic man or woman in poultry farm ing. Best chance ever offered to begin ners. Particulars from Model Incubator Agency, Christchurch. —Mvt,