LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7945, 22 January 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

\ looal option poll on the licensing question will be- taken in South Australia, late next month or early in March. A meeting of the Directors of the Wairarapa Caledonian Sooiety will be held in the Club Hotel, on Saturday afternoon, at 2.30 o'clock. A start was made with cutting the crops in the Kopuaranga district on Saturday. Some of the crops are looking well, but others are "patchy." The Wellington College first term of 1906 will commence on Thursday, February Ist. New boys are to assemble at 9.30 a.m. on the previous day. Messrs Levin and Co. contemplate building immediately an up-to-date steam launch to work the upper reaches of River, says an exchange. This will be a great convenience to settlers residing near the river, and the enterprise of the firm is sure to be appreciated. The first annual meeting of the Wairarapa Amateur Athletic Olub will be held on the Park to-day. All the arrangements are oomclete, and there is every indication that the meeting will prove a deoided success. A large number of the visiting athletes arrived in Masterton on Saturday. Yesterday afternoon the Committee of the Club took the visitors for a drive to Mr J. 0. MoKillop's place at Te Ore Ore. Mrs A. MoKillop, Miss MoKillop,and Mr J. O. MoKillop hospitably entertained the visitors. The visitors . returned to town highly pleased with their outing. Mr A. Fell, reported in the cable news as the successful candidate for Groat Yarmouth in the British elections, is a brother of Dr Fell, of Wellington. Mr Fell, who was born in Nelson, will thus be one of the very few New Zealand born members of the House of Commons. He stood in the Conservative interest. FACTS ESTABLISHED AT COURT. In an action, the cause of whioh 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 i—--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 imi- ' tators have tried to deceive the public by simulating our get-up; others have relied on the "just as good" game. Therefore take oare and obtain the GENUINE SANDER ' AND SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTUACT.

A five-year-old draught mare was sold at Ash burton last week for £75. The offloial opening of the new Post Office at Palmerston North will take place next Friday. A party of Mastertouians made tne ascent of Mount iloldsworth yesterday, and despite tfle rain which was met with they reached the top, and got a good view of Mastertoa and the country to the eastward. The heavy westerly weather made it impossible to obtain any view of the western side. Mr H. A. Parker, the present holder of the New Zealand Tennis i Championship, who isa competing in the tournament now in progress on the Masterton Teuais Courts, will shortly leave New Zealand to take up his residence iu Sydney. This will be the last tournament that Mr Parker will take part in before hia departure from New Zualand. Some good games should be witnessed at the tennis tournament this afternoon, and persons interested in tennis should not miss the opportunity now ufforded of watching the play of some of the Quest exponents of the game in the colony. A. charge of Is for gentlemen and 6d for ladies will be made for admission to the grounds. The Wellington Girls' College, hitherto known as the Girls' High School, will oommeuce its first term of 1906, on Ferbuary 7. Parents and guardians will be received by the' principal on the day previous, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Mrs Sommerville, who conducts the boarding establishment, in Bill Street, in connection with the Girls' College, has vacancies for new boarders. Those interested are re-' ferred to the advertisement on the subjeot, which appears in another column. The Nelson Contest Funds of the Masterton Munioipal .brass Band were augmented by the sum of £9 15b by the sacred oonoert Held in the Town Hall last evening. The building was crowded, and the prorgamme submitted was an excellent one. Songs were sung by Misses Barclay and Eikins and Messrs F. Hunn and W. lggulden, Selections on a man. dolyra were given by Mr A. Davidson, and Bandsman Hutohinson rendered a tromhone solo. The Band assisted in the programme by two selections, and an instrumental quartette was given by Bandmaster McLeod and Bondsmen Russell, Gray and Norman. The Dannevirke Advooate says:— "A painful impression was created at the Rifles' camp (last night by the discovery of a blunder which, had it remained undetected, might have caused seriouj misohief. It appears that blank cartridges were being served out when one of the men noticed that his package was heavier than usual. Investigation revealed tte fact that the parcel contained rounds of ball cartridges. It is understood tbbt the ammunition came from Wellington, and strict enquiries should be made into the whule matter with the view of sheeting home the responsibility for the blunder to the proper quarter." [The Kopuaranga Church Sunday' School picnic was held in Mr R. Miller's paddock on Thursday afternoon. There was a large number of parents and children present, and an enjoyable outing was spent. Sports were held during the afternoon, and refreshments provided. The following is a list of the prizes scoured by pupils:—First Class— Boys, 0. Savage 1, 11. Stewart 2, H. McKenzie (speoial), A. MoKenzie (special}; girls, Grace Cobb l, Minnie Bannister 2. Seoond Class—Girls, May Stewart 1, Evelyu Barber. 2; boys, J. Moji 1,. H. Moji 2. Third Glass—Boys and girls, W. Nightingale l, El ma Wakeman. 2. Visitors from Wairarapa to the Wellington Eaoing Club's opening meeting at Trentham, on Saturday, fared rather badly in the matter of train service. The only train left Masterton at 7 a m., and this was crowded, and the large number of travellers who boarded the train between Masterton and Featherston had to content themselves with standing on the platforms. The passengers were informed that there would be extra oarriages put on at Featherston, and this was looked forward to as a relief, but the disgust of the northern passengers may be imagined when it wa3 discovered that the carriages put on at Featherston were already full of Featherstonians. One extra carriage was added, but this only relieved & limited number of the inconvenienced passengers, and the journey over the Rimutaka was anything but pleasant to those who were crowded together on the platforms of the oarriages. The same state of affairs prevailed on the homeward journey. The passengers were loud in their oompiaints against the Department, and it was generally admitted that the arrangements were . the worst ever experienced on such an oooasion. It is to be . hoped that visitors to the races, to-day, will reoeive better treatment. Messrs Vara ham and Hose invite tenders, to close on Saturday next, for additions to the W.F.C.A. furniture factory. Mr A. Henderson, watchmaker and jeweller, advertises particulars and prices of a number of superior every-day requisites, inoluding silver-mounted goods for presents. The Commissioner of Crown Lands invites tenders, to close at 10 a.m. on Friday next, for the grazing right of four lots iu the Tawaha Settlement, late Bid will'a Estate, near Martinborougb. Plans and conditions of lease are on view at the Post Offloe at Masterton, Featherston, Carterton, and Martinborough. BHEUMATIC GOUT. What a great sufferer for many years thinks of Eheumo : " Kilbimie, .Wellington. " I have been a great sufferer with rheumatic gout in ray hands and feet for many years, I was advised by a friend to try your Eheumo. After taking two large dottles I am glad to say the pain has left me, and I am able to close my right hand. I have not been able to do tnia for many years.—M. A. Jeffrey. Scores of those who have suffered for twenty years and more from rheumatism, lumbago, sciatica, and kindred diseases, write us that Rheumo has cured them, it will cure you if you give it a fair trial. All chemists and stores sell it at 2s 6dancl 4s 6d a bottle.

tMr H. Burling, who is 105 years t>f nge, is now living at Hadfleld, near Otaki. The acceptances for the first day of the Pabiatua Racing Club's meeting are very satisfactory, totalling 138, as against 90 last year. The New Zealand Dairy Union has received the highly satisfactory price of 118s per owt. for a consignment ■of 762 boxes of butter sent Home by the Ruapehu. The wife of Mr Brown, settler of Fencourfc Road, Cambridge, had *both her legs and her right arm broken through a fall from a wagon on Saturday. The blight has wiped the potato crop ont of existence on the Durham | Road, near New Plymouth, and as many settlers had planted very 'heavily the loss will be sevorely felt. The funeral of the late Mr John "Hartmann took place at the Master-'-fcon cemetery yesterday morning, and was attended by a numoer of relatives and friends of the deceased. It is estimated that the value of "the wool disposed of at Dunedin on Tuesday was £150.000. Prices for some of the clips represent a record for the colon* for this season. The Pabiatua Chamber of Commerce has deoided to oonvene a public meeting shortly to consider the advisableness of establishing an agricultural and pastoral society in that town. In connection with the football match between England and New ' Zealand a firm of London, tailors ~4 offered to present a suit of clothes jj v to each member of the victorious team. A dairy farmer iu the Oamaru disriot last month averaged £1 7s per cow from forty cows. This is the best season he has yet experienced. Taieri farmers having had a bad season, the turnip . 'crop is very' late, and some are how only sowing turnips. The season is the worst •ever experienced on the Taieri, 'and a shortage of winter feed is •expected. For milk supplies during December, the Taieri and Peninsula Company paid out £27.000. Under the supervision of Dr. Truby King, the ■company will at once mstal a plant for the manufacture of humanised milk. This is an important new departure, aud the company are the Brat to take it up seriously; A man garrested at the Thames • last week, and who had been atf tacked* bj delirium tremens, admit- ■; ted having got through £SO during a three weeks 1 stay in Auckland. He Was under the impression than an imaginary man in Auckland was discharging liquid eleotrioity at him.' From December 21st to the 31st, 1641 trout were secured in the Rotorua district, of an aggregate weight of 5,5591b. For the first two months of the season 7,133 flsh, weighing 29,0131b, • have been caught, an increase of over 10,000 for the same period of 1904. The Chief Justice, Sir Robert Stout, remarked last 'week in Wei iington: "Weil, the tendency of the people of the colony seems to be in this direction, that pleasure must come first and business afterwards. I do not sea-why the Christmas holidays or any other holidays should interfere with the ordinaryjoourse of business, and in this matter I don't know what we are coming to." A man named John Crawford was admitted to the Hospital in a weak I state last evening. He suffers from * heart trouble, and while riding from Gladstone to Masterton he became exhausted and fell off his bicycle, about two miles from Masterton. He remained on the spot until a passer-by came to Masterton and informed Constablle Lear J mouth, who bad the sufferer taken to a buggy to the Hospital. A number of the members of the Masterton Rifle yester- j day visited Company Eof the JRaa-1 'bine Battalion in camp, near the ! Black Bridge, Waiohine. A church i parade was heid at St. Mark's Church, Carterton, in the morning, \ and in the afternoon the Masterton , Company were put through pbysioal ! drill. The visitors were oordially received, and returned home in the evening. In regard to certain complaints from country settlers that the Bordeaux mixture for the treatment of the potato blight had in some cases .. failed to serve' its purpose, the t Government Biologist, Mr T. W. T Kirk, questioned on the subject, remarked: "In all cases that I have Investigated and we frequently have specimens forwarded to us—examination has shown that the spray nas either been improperly made or not applied to the under-side of the leaf. The annual reDort of the Indian Government on snakes and wild animals shows that in 1904 the deaths oaued hy wild animals numbered 2157 human beings, as against 2749 in the previous year. The corresponding figures in respeot to snakebite were 21,880 and 21,827. Considerable success has been obtained in the destruction of wolves in the United Provinces, where the mortality from these animals fell from 278 to 90. The number of cattle killed by wild animals and snakes was 98,582. *..- Professor Pupin, of Columbia Unii versity, is at work at Pittsburg (Pen- ¥ nsylvania) on an experiment to prove that 'conversation can be carried on between New York and San Fiancisoo on a wire one-eighth of an inch thick. He has inrented a series of coils laid at way stations which carries' the sound wave ad libitum. His first successful test was made recently between Sewickley and M'Keesport to Jprove his theory. The American Bell Telephone Company is assisting bim in his experiments, and a line from New York to San Francisco is to be completed shortly. There remains a stretch of 90 miles to be completed in Dakota, and another short line in Colorado. SPBAINED ANKLfi, STIFF NBOK, UME BHOOTDBR. " These are three common ailments for which Chamberlain's Pain Balm is especially valuable. • If promptly applied it will save you time, money, and suffering yrbqa troubled with any one 61 these ailments. For Bala by T. Q. Mason. Masterton- advt,