LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7947, 24 January 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The gross takings at the Eketahuua sports ou Monday amounted to nearly £8 2. The San Francisco mail steamer Ventura arrived in Auckland, yesterday. The Masterton portion of the mail should arrive this evening. Mr J. Shout, the well-known caterer, of Wellington, will vise the luncheon arrangementsfet the coming Masterton Show. i A meeting of those interested ia raising funds for the new Masterton Hospital will be held in the Council Chambers, this evening, at 8 p.m. Mr W. J. Paulin has disposed of his interest in the Alt'redtou B.otel to Mr Johnston, formerly proprietor of the Kaituke Refreshment Rooms. Inquiries from an American soource are being made in connection with the purchase of some of the Thames cinnabar properties. The Masterton Municipal Brass Band will leave Masterton for Nelson, on Saturday afternoon next. The Band expect to bs absent aooufe a week. It is expeftte-j that the offices of the Masterton County Council, now in course of erection on the corner of Chapel and. Victoria Streets, will be completed about six weeks henoe. A cable message states that the English Amateur Athletic Association have dismissed the appeal of Shriibb, the champion runner, against his disqualification as a professional. The Opaki Rifle Club will not shoot off the finals of their trophy competitions until after the Championship Meeting at Trentham in March. In the meantime practice matches will be indulged in on Thursdays. Mr Jennings, in the course of a speech at a congratulatory social at Inglewood, said be was glad to notioe the Premier's remarks regarding tb» settlement of native lands, and* hoped it was not only a Bgure of speech, as theprosperity of the North Island was linked with the question. Delegates from the various Borough and County Councils in the Wairarapa Hospital District will meet in the County Office, at 12.15 p.m., to-day, to consider the apportionment among the bodies of the oost of maintenance of infectious diseases hospitals in the district. The Masterton A. and P. Association expect to have the new grandstand, being erected on their grounds, out of the contractors' hands in about one month's time. Several other alterations and improvements, recommended by- the Ground Committee, are being carried out by Messrs Coradine -and Whittaker. Two purebred Pel?in ducks and a drake are advertised for sale in an other column. Messrs Gawith and Logan, solicitors, insert a business notice over the leader in this issue, Mr W. D. McCalmont, contractor, notifies that any one interfering with tools or plant at Kummer's Bridge will be .prosecuted. The London Warehouse Company a.dvertise that they are offering exceptional value in all lines of drapery and clothing, and quote a few prices. The Dresden Piano Company, in an advertisement elsewhere, recommend parents to study the interests of the young by giving tbem, a good piano, and a judicious musical education. 1 A five-roomed .bouse is advertised to let or for sale, in the "Wanted" column, of this issue. The house is situated in the borough, 'and full particulars can be obtained from the Age office. In an announcement elsewhere Mr J. Efeyboe, draper and clothier, of Queen Street, advertises a few prices whioh will give the public an opportunity of judging the extent of the reductions now being made at bis attractive sale. The first term of the Wellington Girls' College will commence on Wednesday, 7th February, and the Principal will receive parents or guardians and new pupils on Tuesday, 6th February, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Housewives should be interested in a consignment of patent windowcleaners and polishers that are no w on view at Mr Buoktbought's Post Office Store. The cleaner is a clever mechanical contrivance, and besides being a great labour,-saver, is very light and easily worked. Messrs R. Hannah and Co., have decided to hold a big sale of tan boots and shoes at their premises in Qaeea Street. The sale is announsed to take place on Saturday next, and those wishing to participate in the bargains should make a point of oalling early to inspeot the lines the firm are about to offer. Messrs Lewis and Oo M land agents, Of Wangtfnui, advertise particulars of a number of improved farms which the firm have been instructed to sell. These properties vary in area from 715 aores to 14,000 , aores, and Messrs Lewis artd Co., who are thoroughly conversant with the district, state that every one of them is a bargain at the price offered, as the land in the different districts is rapidly rising in value, and easy terms of payment oan be arranged. Those in search of good investments should carefully peruse the advertisement and, if necessary, further particulars can be obtained from the agents, . FACTS ESTABLISHED AT COURT. 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 §0 years as a safe, reliable and effective remedy. , Some imitators'have: tried to deceive the public by 1 simulating our get-up; others have relied on the "just as good' l game. Therefore take• care and dbtaitt the GENUINE SANDEB AND SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.

Building operations continue brisk A generally throughout the North * Island, according to reports received * by the Labour Department at the of last month. The following Masterton candidates nave passed the Junior Civil Service examination held in December last:—Misses Y. Murray, Fay Mary Hogg, V. Kay, Ivy McKenzie, Ernestine von Keisenberg. The season of Mack's Pictures in Masterton was brought to a close in the Town Hall, last evening. There was another large audience, and the uhange of programme that was submitted was highly appreciated. Mr Joseph Greatbatoh, a pioneer settler of the Wairarapa, died at his v "residence in Featherston, yesterday 7 morning. The deceased was 79 years or age, and had been ailing for some considerable time. He leaves a widow and four sons and five daughters to mourn their loss. School teachers are in especially •strong demand just now. The Wellington Education Board is calling for applications for 14 vacancies in its primary sohools, including head tean.hers for Carterton, Kaiwarra, and Bernridge, and seven vacancies in secondary departments. Private cable messages received in Cbristoburoh report a sharp fall in the London market for New Zealand lamb. Offers of FebruaryMarch shipments of Caiterbury lamb Titled per lb c.i.f. are stated to have been declined by London buyers. * The Premier's contention that J there is plenty Of money awaiting investment in the colony (says a contemporary) appears to be borne out by the fact that for the JiJast Gore loan debentures, totalling £2,300, no less than £15,000 was offeied to the Gore Borough Council by numerous tenderers. At the Pahiatua Presbyterian Church, this evening, the Rev. R. Wood, of Masterton, by appointment of the Wellington Presbytery, will preach and preside at a congregational meeting, to be held with a view to presenting a call to the Rev. Mr Woolass, who was recently received into the Presbyterian from the Methodist Church. Mr J. C. Blaokmore, Government Pomologlsi, who during the last couple of months visited nearly all the districts in the southern portion of the South Island, states that the potato crop everywhere is looking very promising, in some instances late potato blight has made its appearance, but in no case was it of a •serious* nature. Last year £4,000 worth of gold ■dust was soraped from the 19 chimneys of the United States Mint during the annual cleaning. During the year £IO,OOO worth of gold and silt ver dust waß swept from the floors of the Mint, while much more was recovered by burning the- work •clothes of employees. i A telegram from Auckland states that Mr D. Gouk considers that the wreckage found near Te Koro, consisting of a hatch, part of a deckhouse and some varnished lining, is probably from the steamer Stella. Last week, whilst on the coast, one of Mr Gout's sons carried out alterations to the Stella, and the old timber was thrown overboard near Hipper Island. The following tenders have been opened by the Masterton County Council:—6l.6o chains of metalling on Wangaebu Road: Gadsby and Bartlett, £3Bl 18s (accepted subject to reduction in metal length); B. Ouiloty, £461 5s Od; M.- Kerins, £493. Fifteen chains, more or less, • of metalling on Wangaebu Road: Gadsby and Bartlett, £lO4 12s 6d {accepted); B.Culloty, £l7i 15s. A copy of the "Novel Magazine" for December is to hand from Mr C O. Aitken, bookseller and stationer, Queen Street. The.publication is, of course, one of Pearson's enterprising and the number under notice is no exception to the general high standard •except it is rather better than usual, being full of bright Christmas stories. Many of the contiibutions are by well-known writers and Robert Browning's fine poem, "How They Brought the Good News from •Ghent to Aix," is, also, published. Last Wednesday night, a middleaged man, apparently a farmer, according to the Lyttelton Times, bad supplied himself with a bundle ■of about fifty pound notes, which he thrust singly into the bands of pas-sers-by, and threw promiscuously ■about the roadway. He purchased ■about £7 worth of postage stamps, and commenced to dance a haka on •them, but the police put a stop to his eocentrioities before he could unburden himself of any more cash. He was taken before a Magistrate, and committed to the Sunnyside ■Asylum. During the past few months upwards of one hundred and sixty men have been sent from the Oamaru district toco operative works in various parts of the colony, mainly to the North Island (says the Oamaru Mail) Of these in the north several cave taken advantage of opportunities to acquire small blocks of obeap .bush land in the vicinity of their work, and on these holdings they spend all their spare time in improving, doing the work assigned to tnemdurday and working for themselves in the evening. i A A WONDERFUL 3IEWCINE • "I can sincerely recommend Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Hemedy to ell who are attacked with bowel complaints," writes Mr George Adams, of Albury, N.S.W., "for it is a wonderful medicine, and does all thht is claimed for it. Luckily, when out in the country a few clay's ago, I had a bottle with me, for I met a fiiend nearly doubled in two with colic. I ■ only gave him one dose, yet it effected an immediate care. I always keep a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera aDd Diarrhoea Kemedybyme."" For sale by T. G. Mason, . Masterton.—advt. ASEABOHWABRANT. Search where you will, it is impossible to ■ find a better or more reliable medicine for . stomach, liver, or bowel disorders than Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. ■During the past f«w years, they have restored hundreds of sickly people to health andwUldeaamuoh for yon. We urge • every sufferer from loss of appetite, insom.nia, nervousness, indigestion, dyspepsia or biliousness to give "them a trial. For sue T.-Gh Mason, Masterton.—advt.