LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7944, 19 January 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Building operations are still being oarried on briskly in Christohurch. Tha world's annual output ot coal is now about 790,000,000 tons. ■ During the last few' days cattle in the laranaki district have shown a marked improvement in price. Ihe other day 240 head of cattle were driven fr6m Wanganui io Gisborne, and not a beast was lost. Is has been decided by the Dunedin Oity Council to continue to hold the weekly half-holiday on Wednesday. It is expected that about 30, members of the Opaki Rifle Club will compete at the New Zealand Rifle championship meeting at Trentham. It is stated that one Dunedin retailing firm hold a £ISOO stock. of plated and fancy goods to give away as discount for cash purohases on the coupon system.

At Whangarei a swordflsb over &f 12ft long was captured the other, day in the Ngunguru River. The sword measured noarly four feet. As from January Ist a direct exchange of money orders between New Zealand and Tonga has been arranged. The maximum amount of any one order is fixed at £4O. We make no doubt that the, New; Zealanders an a nation, in so far as they are an outdoor fresh air people, aie physically superior to ur., in so . far as we are an indoor, carbonioao.'d gas people. C. B. Fry's Magazine. V The Mayor (Mr J. A. Renall), in- ' vites tb<* citizens of Masterton to meet,at the Council Chambers, at 8 o'clook on Wednesday evening next, . to consider a movement for provid- ■ .tj ing additional funds fo.r tne erection * of the* new Hospital. s ' . The Chairman and Secretary of the North Wairarapa Benevolent Sooiety visited the work of the Renall Solway Home on Wednesday, and found it in a very forward state. It is anticipated that the carpenters .will have finished tbeir work in about a fortnight. The number of implements to be exhibited at this year's Masterton A. and P. Show promises to eclipse any previous Show. Many, of the' old exhibitors are applying for an increase of space and a great number of new applications for space are being reoeived. At the Auckland Police Court, on Wednesday, two powerful young men named William and Hariy Green were committed for trial on a charge Vof haying assaulted and robbed an ,i old man named Charles Fagah, aged .■. 70 yisars, in the Domain on New Year's Day. < A telegram from Cbristoburoh yesterday stated that a motion to tbe effect that old-age pensioners in the Board's Home should be granted a remittance of one shilling a week Was proposed at a meeting of the North Canterbury Charitable Aid Board on -, Wednesday, but was. defeated by eight votes to five. While grain crops promise, well in the Waikato district, the same cannot, unfortunately, remarks a local con temporary, he said of botatoes, tbe outlook for which is extremely gloomy. The dreaded blight,, has spread over most of the district, many splendid crops being . out down in a oouple of days. Not infrequently the editor of a newspaper receives somewhat carious letters. . Yesterday, the editor of this journal received an order . from a country resident to send ../.); him immediately five' pounds of ,>? tea, a colonial oven and sundry ooils of barbed a, case of putting letters -In. th©. wrong envelopes. - v • .., ' .J?,. The gaored concert--to be given"' by the Masterton Municipal/Brass '■.- Band on Sunday evening will, in- J elude vocal iand instrnmeatal items' ..*ir by local amateurs in addition- to ''\ selections by the band; As a.musi- '. ■{' ca) treat is promised -the collection should materially augment the Nelson Contest expenses fund. At a meeting of the North Island Poultry Association, held on Wedhesday, the affiliated societies represented were Pahiatua, Wpbdville, Waihi, Newtnn, Auckland, Mana- „ \vatu, New Plymouth, Dannevirke, Eketahuna,. Feilding, Hawera, and Wellington. After a long discission Rule 9 was amended to read "Ist May" instead of "last day of July." The alteration refers to the date of tbe annual meeting of the Assoc i- . ation.

The Park Committee met the * Chairman and Secretary of the Trust Land's Trust at the Park gates yesterday afternoon, for the pudrpose of considering the question of roauding-off the corner of Dixon Street, to give a better, access to the Park. The matter was considered, and the Trust representatives decided to allow the Park Committee 27 feet in Dixon Street, and 18 feet in Park Avenue, for, the purpose of rounding-off the oorber. v

The Masterton Borough Council met tbe Trustees of the Renall and Cole's Estates, yesterday afternoon, to consider the question of tbe direction of roads passing <tbrough tbe Cole Estate. Tbe members of tbe Council present were:— Ors Feist (chair), Temple, Ewingtbp, ; Eton, Morris, McEwen and Elliott. The question was fully studied by the plans and the land gone over. . On the motion of Cr Ewington, seconded by Cr Temple, it was.de- . oid'Sd that the plan of the road in > tbe Renall Estate be approved of, ' ] conditionally on tbe road being extended to oonneot Renall Street and Villa Street by way of the road through Cole's Estate, and the Trustees of tbe Renall Estate to make the road through their land to Villa Street witnin a year, and .from Cole's Road to Renall Street within two years. The plans of the Engineer. < which provide for a road being formed through Cole's and Renall Estates, and joining Pownall Street to Villa Street, was also approved of. on the motion of Cr Feist, seconded by Cr Temple.

The drapery sale at the W.F.O.A. will begin to-morrow, and at the same time the management have decided to' hold a clearing sale of boots and shoes, and sweeping redactions will be made in crockery, glassware, and fancy goods. The whole of the stock in the boot department has been marked down to prices that mean bargains to the purchasers. An inset giving particulars of the, reductions is circulated with this issue.

FACTS ESTABLISHED AT COURT; Tn 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 Justioe J. Madden, K.C.M.G., L.L.D., in the Supreme Court, at Melbourne, the prosecution showed:— 1. That Sander and Sons' Pare Volatile Eucalypti Extract contains all medical constituents of the eucalypti, in a highly refined and pure form. 2. That it is muoh more powerfully healing (antiseptic) than ordinary eucalyptus preparations. l 3. That it does not depress the jfhsart.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; ethers have relied on the ;*just.as good", game. Therefore take owe and obtain the GENUINE SANDER AND SONS'" EUCALYPTI EXTBACT.

<w Abont 2000 sheep were railed from m the Waingawa and Carterton Rail- •*• way Stati ods to Wellington yesfcer- ** day morning. Mr E. Simonsen, while wo-kiug at Mr 0. E. Danieli's timber factory yesterday,had the misfortune to hare his first finger and thumb caught in the sbaper while doing moulding work. The naila wore taken off and the fingers otherwise injured. There is a movement afoot in Timaru at present in the direction of having a special holiday sot apart for all trade picnics. The present system, under which each trade holds its picnic on a different day, I V is regarded as inoonveniont and a hindrance to business. The Labour Department has of r late been sending a large mm bur |J of men to various publio works * throughout the colony, especially to the North Island Main Trunk line. The steamers every week from Australia are bringing over many men seeking employmeat, attracted here, no doubt, owing to the prosperous state of the colony. Opaki settlers will be interested to know that provision is to bo made for a temporary crossing over the Waipoua River during the repairs to the bridge at Mr Kummer's homestead. The Engineer and Or Harris visited the locality yesterday morn • ing, with a view to selecting a suitable site for the temporary track. A Christchuroh tea merchant, stales that there is more tea drunk in that c»ty than in any other centre in the colonv. He says that .«. New Zealandera are willing to pay i more for their tea than is paid by J the people in any other country, V as they demand, all round, a very high quality. During, the year ended 31st March 1905, the patients treated in the Wellington Hospital numberod 2169. The numbers of deaths was 155. At the outdoor patient department the individual cases were 2666 in nam ber, aud the attendances totalled 11,633. It is estimated that over 73,000 person* visited the hospital daring the year. The total collective days' otays in the hospital was 57,860. With regard to the rise in the price of hides which has resulted in an increased price being demanded by manufacturers and importers- for boots, the Otago Daily Times says that it might be interesting to know that whereas in 1904 New Zealand exported to America ninety hides, from Danedin alone during a period of two months prior to the end of 1905, about two thousand hides fwere shipped to fill United States orders. ,- The only train from Mas'erton to Wellington stopping at Trentham' ■on Monday morning next will leave at 8 a.m. The stationtnaster (Mr. Hill) requests us to state th it as on Saturday and . Monday a great rash is expected the travelling pub- ■.„ 1b anould make a point of bring- ' ing as nearly as possible the exaot amount of the cost of the ticket, [ also to take care to be at the station , in plenty, of time for the train> The fares to Trentham are 4s and Bs, and to Wellington 5s 6d and lie. Some exceptionally Interesting items of news are wired ocoasion-i ally by. the Press Association throughout the country. A message received from Christchuroh last night read that "Mr Ernest A. JameSi sab-editor of the Press, Chrißtcbarch, has been appointed editor of the New Zealand Farmers' Weekly, published at Auckland." Needless to say, Masterton rejoices at the good news! T t may be ob- * served, however, that the two far- * mera' papers published in Auckland are The Ne>v Zealand Parmer, and The Auokland Weekly News. The Manawatu Herald remarks. that rather a coincidental happening is recorded from the Foxton beach. It was on Christmas Day last that a young Feildmg lady. M»ss Prootor who was at Foxton beach spending a holiday, discovered a bottle which had been deposited in the Oroua River, Peilding, almost a year previously. The bottle had been seourely corked, and in it was a note which read: "This bottle was put in the Oroua River at Feilding, January Ist, 1905. Wishing the finder a Happy New Year.—O. Lookhead." Describing the Auckland section of the batch of immigrants brought out by the Athenic, the New Zealand Herald says:—"Some of the immigrants - who have friends in Auokland aie in the fortunate position of having work already provided for . { them, and the few who have no occu--IL. pation to go to have every expeotaf « tion of finding employment in their various callings. They appear a likely class of settlers, and they are already making inquiries regarding the localities iu which land is available for selection. Amongst the number is a family of ten from Ireland. The Mayor caused some astonishment at the meeting of the Palmerston Borough Council, on Wednesday night, by announcing that the bailiffs had been in possession of the Borough Council Chambers. The Mayor, explaining the reason of the Chambers and its historio archives falling within the clutches of the law, said that an order of the Conrt was made against the Council. During the Borough Solicitor's recent absence from Palmerston a request WR3 made to the Town Clerk for a cheque in payment of the order. The Mayor eaid ho had been \ lead to understand that iu these f matters it was the custom for a ' cheque to be paid through the solici tor for the local body. However, wrongly, he thought, the communication was made to the Town Clerk. He naturally desired to see the Borough Solicitor on the subject, bat in the meantime the bailiffs were placed in possession. The Mayor thought the action taken was not justified, and he also considered the Borough Solicitor should be questioned in the matter and definite steps taken to prevent a recurrence. A SKABOH WABBANT. Search where you will, it is impossible to find a better er more reliable medioine for stomach, liver, or bowel disorders than Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Daring the past few years they have rer B toredhundred3 0f sickly people to health and will do as much for you. We urge every sufferer from loss of appetite, insomnia; nervousness, indigestion, dyspepsia or biliousness'togive'thematrial.' For s tie hj T. Q. Mason, Masterton. advt.