LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7943, 18 January 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Since December Ist about 2240 bales of wool have been despatched from the Carterton Railway Station. Company E of the Ruahine Bat talion, numbering 47, rank and file, under Captain Tate, commenced a week's encampment at the Black Bridge, Waiohine, on Tuesday evening. The Masterton Municipal Brass Band int«nd giving a grand sacred oonoert in the Town Hall next Sunday night, commencing at 8.30 o'clock, particulars of which will be published later. Owing to Saturday nest being the opening day of the Wellington Racing Club's meeting, th« meetings of tho directors of the Wairarapa Caledonian Sooiety and tho committee of St. Patrick's Day Association have been adjourned until the following oaturday. The Wbareama Sports which are to be held on the Langdale Domain on Saturday next promise to be a great success. Mr Hugh Morrison, the popular secretary, has all arrangements oomplete, and a large gathering of settlers is expected. A feature of the sports will be the polo matob, and the competition is expected to be very keeii. The sports commence at half-past ten in the morning, and with the varied programme that has been arranged, an enjoyable time should be spent. Are you going away for a holiday ? I f bo place your luggage in the care of J. J. gurtis and Co., Ltd. They will call for it, see that it is safely and carefully conveyed to its destination, and deliver it promptly. Charges are very moderate. ' Write for further particulars to J. J. Curtis and Co., Ltd., Forwarding, Shipping, and Customhouse Agents, Wellington.—Advt

To raise funds for the new Hospital building a movement is on foot to hold a floral fete at a future date. Mr P. Dorset has a crop of oats at Te Whiti which it is estimated will yield a return of 100 bushels per acre. A cable message states that owing to the strike of grain haudlers in Sydney the loading of wheat ships is at a standstill. The last Australian drought,was calculated to have cost sheep-far-mers the enormous sum of £25,000,000, and the rain which followed it to have been worth half a million an inch. A cablegram from Launceston yesterday stated that a dog attacked and badly mutilated a man's face. Afterwards the man behaved violently, barked like a dog, and bit other persons. He had to be placed under restraint. Talking with a Masterton farmer on the extraordinary weather conditions that have prevailed in the district during this season, a Wairarapa Age reoorter was informed that the ground had never ueea dry this summer, a most remarkable occurrence for Masterton. and one which had not happened before during the farmer's forty years' residence in the district. There is to hand from Messrs Whitcombe and Tombs, Ltd., a copy of the "Kingswood Cookery Book." It is claimed for this book that it is the cheapest colonial cookery book published, and it is now in its sixth edition, completing the twentyninth thousand. There are 1669 recipes in the book, and although there are recipes for many dainty dishes, the book is designed more for the everyday use of people enjoying moderate incomes. In connection with the Wellington Racing Club's meeting on the new racecourse at .Tientham, on Saturday and Monday next, there will be only one train leaving Masterton, on Saturday at 7 a.m., and on Monday at a.m. The officials of the Masterton Racing Club endeavoured to reserve a carriage for Monday, but found that it was contrary to the rules to do so on holidays. Ifc is expected that at least 300 visitors from Masterton will attend the meeting. The Ground Committee of the Masterton Racing Club met on the rbceoourae yesterday morning. Present—Messrs C. P. Vallance (chair), C. H. Smith, J. Cress, and W. Piatt. Mr H. Siadden, civil engineer, was also in attendance. The Committee inspected the work done.on the new inside training track, and decided to take over the work as soon as the contractor had removed certain rubbish that had been left on the course. It was also decided to invite tenders for fencing the inside training track. During the Christmas and New Year holidays the Hesse? Dredge was given a pretty general overhaul by the dredgemaster (Mr Pettigrew), and most of the members of the crew. Among other things, the engine room was cleaned down and painted, the outside timber work painted, a new ladder roller put in, the boiler re-lagged, the stern lines altered, the second motion shaft raised. A new top tumbler is now in hand, and will be put in shortly. For some considerable time leturna from the Hessey's Dredge have been very regular, ranging from 220z to 230z ner week, and in consequence of careful management the directors were in a position to declare several dividends. As far as aotual dredging is concerned the Hessey Dredge probably holds a record for consistent working, for never during last year was a week passed without there being a wash up, while prospects throughout the same period have also been remarkably regular. Everything on the dredge, with the exception of the top tumbler, which will shortly be renewed, is at present in the first-class order. —Otago Daily Times. Mr P. P.' Welch requires contract wood-outters to out 1000 cords of firewood. Mr George Hume, Tauanui, Martin borough, requires a head ploughman and a shepherd with good doga. A reward is offered for the recovery of a lady's silver watch lost between Pinhey's stables and Mr Winzenerg's. Messrs Seaton and Siadden invite tenders, to close at noon on Wednesday, January 31st, for about 50 chains of street formation, including sewer drains and culverts. i . The Akitio County Council invite tenders, to close at 10 o'clock on i Saturday, January 27th, for road formation and metalling contracts. Partiaulars of, the various contracts are published elsewhere. The New Zealand Railway Department advertise speoial train arrangements for Monday next, Anniversary Day. Excursion tickets, available for return up till February 17th next, will be issued at, all stations in the Wellington provincial district. A really good stock food is a farm necessity, and for those who wish to get the beßt food at the lowest price, Sucrosine, manufactured by the A. and P. Food Co,, Ltd., Wellington, is recommended. Although this food was only placed on the market last season tits sale was almost unprecedented and many testimonials were reoeived frcm well known farmers, stating that it could not be equalled as a fattening food for stook of all kinds. MERIT REWARDED BY COURT OF JUSTICE. The acknowledged good qualities and success of SANDER & SONS' EUCA LYPTI EXTRACT have brought out many imitations, and one case was just tried in the Supreme Court of Victoria, before his Honour Chief Justice Sir J. Madden, K.C.M.G, etc. His Honour,. when giying udoment, said with regard to the GENUINE SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, that whenever an article is commended to the public by reason of its good quality, etc., it is not permiasable to imitate any of its features. He restrained the imitators perpetually from doing so, and ordered them to pay all costs. We publish this to afford the public an opportunity of protecting themselves, and of securing what is proved beyond all doubt by skilled witnesses at the Supreme Court of Victoria and by many authorities during the last 30 years to be a preparation of genuine merit, viz., THE GENUINE SANDER & SONS' PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.

Dr. P. R- Cook has accepted the \ "-invitation of the Ma9tertnn Hospital I Trustees to act on the honorary staff of the Hospital. Professor Law 3, of Harvard University, has prohibited iater-oollegi ate football until the method of playing ia reformed. Dividends paid by mining companies in the State of Westralia lust year amounted to. £2,167,000. The total paid to end of last year was £13,729,000.—Cab1e item. Shooting trout is a favourite pastime of some Marlborough "sports." One of these individuals *was fined 40s and costs last week for the offence. Mrii. E. Chamberlain has an exceptionally fine oroD of wheat on bis farm at Te Ore Ore, and it is estimated to yield the excellent re turn of 60 bushels to the acre. "On account of the Band sports in the Park this eveuing, the meeting , of those interested iin the beautify- ! ibg of the Park, called for this evening, will not be held until a future date. While two young neoole were at a dance at Scarborough, Forty /tflle Bush, on Friday evening their bicycles, which had been placed outside the building, were haoked about in such a manner that it was impossible'to repair them. The Park Committee will meet the Trust Lands Trust Trustees at the Park gates this afternoon, for the purpose of considering the question of rounding the oorner of Dixon Street, and thus allowing a "u better approach to the Park. V ' J v Wellington city corporation will shortly undertake the lighting of the city, having ordered the extra machinery that is required to equip the power station, so that electric power for lighting etc, oan be supplied from the municipal works. The Registrar - General's Department is busily engaged with preparations for the taking of the census on Sunday night, April 29. The previous census was taken in Marob, 1901. The colony has been divided into 50 districts, for each of which a chief enumerator has been appointed. For the Band Contest at Nelson, commencing on February 1, the fol lowing bands have nominated:— Citizen Volunteer, (Hokitika), Grey Battalion, Grey Catholic, Granity, Feilding, Nelson Garrison, Nelson City, Marton, Temuka and Masterton Municipal. The Pabiatua Herald states that from January Ist some of the timber " from the bush round Dannevirke and ether country places was raised 6d per 100 ft, owing to the increased distance the timber had to be brought to the mills. On the same date the Kauri Timber Company raised the price of kauri timber 6d per 100 ft. The Parliamentary shield competition, in which prizes of £SO, £ls, and £5, were offered to persons who forecasted the largest number of members of the late Parliament who -would be defeated at the general elections, has been deoided. The flrat prize was won by H. Burns, of Napier (13 selections). The second prize money was divided between H. B. Willis, of Wellington, and Lealie Woods, of Brooklyn (12 seleo tions eaoh). Mr Willis also won the third prize, with 11 selections, and the fourth prize was divided between Messrs George, of Carterton, J. Martin, of Wellington, and W. H. Joyce, of Spreydon, Ghristhurch, each with 10 selections. Three big colliers have been chartered to tow the great steel floating docte from America to Manilla Bay,' where it is to be used for the purposes of the United States Navy, I writes the New York correspondent of the London Telegraph. The distance is 14,000* miles. The towlines will be one and a-half miles long, and the orew will be quartered on the dock during one of the most remarkable oruises in modern times. It is hoped to make four miles hourly. A considerable crew is necessary on the dock to handle the towing lines and operate tue pumps and eieotrie contrivances for keeping the structure dry. They cannot steer the great hulk, which will befitted j with wireless apparatus, to summon belp if necessary. A paper on the steam turbine, read before an American technical society lately, points out that the "evolution" of steam turbines is following a course quite the opposite of that of piston engines. In'the latter, the constructive part was developed and in a great measure completed before the thermal or thermodynamic features were investigated and explained. Some of Watt's steam engines remained in constant use for a century, and many other old steam engines had a record of fifty years and more; but the thermal or therodynamio feature that pertain to the art have only in recent times become understood and applied. In steam turbines, the scientific Dart has preceded the constructive one—in fact, was complete in essential points when their practical construction and use began. The P. and O. steamer Australia, which was wrecked at Melbourne on ■June 22nd, 1904, still rests on the Corsair Rock off Point Nepean, in spite of the ceaseless actions of the tides. The steamer has proved a veritable gold mine to Mr J.. G. Aikman, its owner, who bought the boat for a nominal sum. Mr Aikman has acquired a new establishment in iJlizabeth Street, Melbourne, out of the profits, and the diver has made as much as £2OO a week, though on more than one occasion his daring has nearly cost him bis life. The lifeboat of the Australia has been fitted with a motor, and it hes been •of immense service in facilitating the transport of oargo. Work is now nearly completed, and it is proposed to blow up the steamer, though this haß not been definitely deoided. AVOID ALL BISKS. Why run risks with mixtures containing ■opium and other harmful drugs when you can be cured—and speedily cared —by taking , Chamberlain's Cough Eemefly? It contains no narcotics, of any description, and is absolutely'safe, - and a positive cure. Taken at the first symptom, it checks the •cold, and in cases of influenza will prevent ipueumonia following. For sale by T...G. ■', Masterton.—advx.