LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7948, 25 January 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There are 78 rinks competine at the bowling tournament at Dunedin, This is a record for Australasia. Acoording to the Taranaki Herald, the recent outbreak of blaoKleg in Taranaki has been greatly exaggerated, and there is no cause i'or[alarm. Rape' and turnip crops in the Palmerston North district, says the Standard, have suffered heavily owing to depredations by the fly and bug. The Huttoq memorial fund has reaohed over £125 in Ohriatchuroh alone. Subscriptions are also being received in other centres of the colony. The annual meeting of members of the Wairarapa Poultry, Pigeon and Canary Association "will be held in the Secretary's office, at 8 o'clock, this evening. A Dane has written: to the Premier of Victoria, urging the settlement on the land of Scandinavians, and offering to send as many shiploads to Australia as required.

Riverton fishermen have been f making good hapls of blue cod, whioh are at present numerous in the Straits. A son of Mr W. Mori ia, Ballance, had aa arm badly broken on Tuesday.- The unfortunate lad, aged three years, was taken to the Pahiatua Hospital. Only 150 sheep survived out of a uiob of 2000 entrapped recently in the tire on Mr A. C. Tora'a property, in the Parkes district, New South Wales. Tbe recent dry weather has had the effect of ripening the crops around Masterton at a rapid rate. Consequently many of the farmers are now engaged in harvesting. The Dannevirke Advocate under- \ stands that Driver Marshall and Guard Viokers have been dismissed from the railway service as the resalt of the Piri Piri collision cn Deoember 30th. Says the Eltbam Argus:—As an evidence of the high opinion that is held of the value of farm land in this district we may mention that a farmer in this locality has now before him an offer of £35 per acre. The large oil launch that has been trying the fishing-ground in the vioinity of Oamaru for the past weeu or so has discontinued operations, the returns not being equivalent to tbe cost of keeping the boat in commission. "There are not many satisfied people in the Transvaal now. The disillusionment has been very complete," says Mr George Hutchison who has just returned from South Jp Africa. • Mr"H. D. Bedford. ex-M.H.R., for'Dunedin, is at present aoting as locum teneus for a Minister at Mangaweka. It is said that the "misaing talent" more often forms the pubject of bis sermons than the "missing voucher." The first hotel in New South Wales to be oalled upon to pay the maximum license fee of £IOO a year, is the Grand Central. York Street, Sydney the rental of whioh was assessed at £3OOO a year whioh carried the maximum fee. \ The fruit crops in the Cromwell district rill not be good this year (says the Argus), as the late frosts and the birds destroyed nearly ail the apricots and plums. Therj will be a lair quantity of peaches, but not anything like the average crop. The rails have now been laid for a distance of four miles on the . Mount Egmont railway line and a 1 further half-mile is formed ready for the metal, leaving four and a half miles of formation and tracklaying to complete the ' railway to the metal-pits. Mr Juriss, gymnastic instructor of Wellingtpn, has invented w w at he claims to be a new method of rapid signalling at night. He ulaims that his invention will enable communication between two points on land or sea with greater rapidity than by any existing method. The taking out of a patent for the invention is to be arranged by a syndioate, whioh will afterwards give demonstrations of its working. The Marine Department, in reply to a Westport petition, intimates that the proclamation protecting seals cannot be withdrawn at present, but the request will be given consideration later on. It is represented that tbe seals are inimical to the fishing industry. The Balclutha branch of the Farmers' Union is in favour of pooling orders for binder-twine (says the Leader), and the Clinton branch \ has already sent in orders for 6,0001b weight. Oth«ir branches following suit will get the twine at a reduced rate for all over a total of 10 tons. Mr Clement L. Wragge, F.R.G.S., writes:—"l am coming again during 1906 with the latest and most beautiful pictures of the heavens, • etc., in existence." Many Masterton residents will remember with pleasure Mr Wragge'a last visit to Masterton, when he gave most interesting and entertaining lectures, illustrated with beautiful views. ? A flow of lava from the Savau volcano, Samoa, on December. 28th, took with it the remaining houses of the Toapaipai village. The only buildings now remaining are the Catholic and London Mission Churohes. The damage is very great. Last year the Toapaipai copra crop was estimated at 300,0001b5. Tbe lava is now within 50 feet of the Malacola plantations, but they are not in immediate danger. > In response to frequent requests for payment of an outstanding account, and a final threat to sue for the amount due, says the Timara Post, a Timaru firm received the following remarkable epistle from the brother of the debtor:—"Sir, —l now write to tell you that Charlie has been dead for three years. So he cannot Pay your bill. I have wrote to you before, and I suppose you don't take Notice, but you oan send your blue paper &nd white paper too, but you don't get it. He is dead, so his debt is Paid* So P|ease don't send any more bills. P.S.—I am sending his piece of paper back to you again." The tone of patient explanation is quite artistic, and the theory that a man's dAath constitutes in itself full payment of all his debte is something quite fresh. A reward is offered for the return i of a gold safety pin prooch, lost ▼ last evening between Hall and Cole Streets. Messrs Varnham and Rose invite tenders, to close at noon, on Wednesday next, for additions to premised in Queen Street. Dr von Slyke, specialistjin diseases of the eye, ear and throat, will visit Masterton, on Wednesday, February 14th, and may be consulted at tbe Club Hotel. The Secretary of the Wairarapa Amateur Athletic Association (Mr J. L. Conlan), requests that all accounts against the Club be rendered to him at once. Messrs A. Hendry and R. Buxton, a new firm o£ drapers and milliners, have ai\ opening announcement in another column. The firm will open business in Pragnell's new buildiugs, the first week in February.

The funeral of the infant son of » Mr H. Bennett, Whareama, will take ■ place to day, leaving the residence J of Mr Z. M. Hoar, Chapel Street, at 4 o'clock. The bush tires in the Thames dip trict have now burned out. The damage to plant and bush will amount to a considerable sumabout £IOOO. The annual general meeting of the members of Wairarapa and Pigeon Association, will be held at the Secretary's Office, at 8 o'clock to-uigbt. The wool clip of Apstralia for 1905-1906 will, it is estimated, reach close on £18,500,000 in value, an increase of over £3,000,000 on the 1904-1905 clip. - The Department of Labour last A month assisted 582 unemployed persons to find work, of whom 120 were married and 462 single, and of whom 461 were sent to Government works. Entries for the Feilding A. and P. Show are 400 in excess of last year. The competitions average 27 in each event. There will be over 300 pens of sheep and record eutries of horses and pigs. T The North Otago Times is informed that a child fell off a train that was proceeding out of Oamaru the other evening, and the mother, with true maternal instinct, jumped off after it. It is believed that neither was much hurt. At a meeting of ratepayers, a t 'JL'aihape, on Tuesday evening, it was unanimously resolved to form • a borough, with an area of two j miles, and a populaton of about VA 1500. Arrangements are being made s < to give early effeot to the resolution. The estimates, which were passed during the recent session of the New South Wales Parliament, included the sum of £50,000, to assist landowners to wire-net their holdings, in order to combat the rabbits. In South Australia great areas have been wire netted with Government aid, and the results have been most satisfactory. It is reported that small birds are unusually numerous in the Lincoln district this season, quite a number of boys and men making good wages by collecting eggs and young birds to sell to the local bodies. One youth, as the result of a fortnight's work, netted £7 12s 6d. The telephone system will shortly be an established fact in Picton. The subscribers to the Wellington exchange total about 2400. Twelve years ago they numbered 800. The w spread of telephone communication ? of late throughout the colony has > certainly been remarkable. The Hot Lakes Chronicle states that it has been informed that the construction of the waterworks at Rotorua is to be carried out by the Public Works Department, and not by private contract. The work will Involve an expenditure of between £2,000 and £3,000. . The work of burning papa to extend the formation beyond Whangamomona, and, also, to cover the gap between the two stretches of papa formation on the Stratford side of the town, is to be proceeded with at once. The burnt papa makes a very fine road, and the portion so-metalled is the best stretch between Stratford and Whangamomona. ■' The Defence Department at present is offering encouragement to volunteer chaplains to remain in the force. A reoent amendment of the regulations provides that chaplains will be allowed to count their ser- > vices towards the earning of the long I and efficient service medals. This * they can do if returned an having performed "the duties of their office In an efficient manner." At a meeting of the Dalefleld settlers, held in the Town Hall, on Tuesday evening, it was deoided, after some discussion, to adopt a proposal t<? metal the Dalefleld Road, and acquire sufficient land to fill in the drain, thus widening the road; also, to recommend the Wairarapa South County Council to take a poll of the ratepayers interested on a proposal to raise a loan of £6OO to carry out the necessary work. A ranger employed by the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society has ; been trying to catch some nocturnal fishermen who have been spearing flsh by the light of a lamp. On a recent occasion while he was watching, they seemed to get an inkling that he was in the vicinity, aa the lights suddenly went out, and the sportsmen rushed across a paddock and j . / got away. When tho ranger reached £ the spot where he had bidden his bioycle he found that it bad disappeared with the objects of his watch. One of the staff of an Auckland bank's suburban branch was, on Friday, going into town on a tramcar with a bag containing £BOO to £9OO in gold and notes for safer deposit ■ in the main office, when a gust of wind carried bis hat overboard. He went after the bat, and the car continued on its way to town. The • conductor noticed the bag, and on lifting it heard the chink of coin. Opening it, he was surprised to see a mass of gold and notes. At the journey's end the precious bag was handed into the tramway office* and was not handed out again until the bank manager in person had testified to its ownership. A. According to experiments which have been conducted under tho auspices of Chicago University by Doc- | tors Gutherie and Carrell, a time | may come when worn-out hearts in human beings oan be replaced. In the course of experiments ?with dogs they learnt many important lessons on this point, and they hegin their new experiments in October. "What we have learned, "said Dr Carrell Recently to a London Daily Telegraph reporter, "gives us hope that some day we may replace a wounded or woru-out heart in a human being with a healthy, youthful, strong one from a living monkey." A SHABOH W All BANT. Search where yon 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. Daring, the past few years they have restored hundreds of sickly people to health and will do aa much for you. _ We urge every sufferer from loss of appetite, insomnia, nervousness, indigestion, dyspepsia or biliousness to give "them a trial. For stle by T. G. Mason, Masterton.— adyt.

Fifteeen hundred sheep were entrained at the Waingawa Station for thb South, yesterday morning. An elderly man, named Robert Gray Mathieson, died suddenly, at Wellington, yesterday morning. Heart disease is supposed to have been the cause of death.—Association. Entries for'the Maaterton A. and P. Association's coming Show are Deginning to come in in largo numbers, and the Show of 1906 promises to eclipse all its predecessors. Eutries for the Show cluse on February 3rd. The lamb trade appears at the present moment to have a rather better outlook. Buyers in tho North Island are'operating more freely and have siightly raised their prices, while in Canterbury purchasing for export has commenced at big values. The result of the ballot of the Now Zealand Employers' Association, regarding representation at the proposed Labour is incomplete, but so far the votes are:—For a conference - : Canterbury, Napier and Masterton. Against: Ocago, Southland, Wanganui, Auckland and Wellington. The following is a list of tho pre sent day members of tho "Vlastortou Racing Club, who were members in the year 1882:—Messrs R. Campbell, T. G. Mason, G. Diummond, D. McLauchlan, A. W. Cave, W. lorns, J. lorns (life member), J. Maoara, H. H, Beetham, W. H. Beotham, J. L, J. Hooper. C. Buchanan, J. Bannister, W. Wardell, A. E. Bunny, D. Donald, F. Mooie and A. Sheath. Yesterday afternoon, at the residence of t*he bride's parents, at Goro, Southland, a marriage was solemnised between Mr H. C. Robinson, barrister and solicitor, of Masterton, and eldest son of the late Mr H. Wirgman Robinson, S. M., and Miss Barbara McKinnon, the youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Alexander McKinnon. The bridesmaids were Misses B. Greive and M. Robinson, and Mr Robert McKinnon acted as best man. Messrs T. Dunoan and G. S. W. Dalrymple, J'a.P. occupied the Bench at the Masterton Polioe Court, yesterday morning. Alexander Clarke was fined ss, in default 24 hours 1 imprisonment, for having been drunk, and for having committed an indecent act in Queen Street, on Tuesday, he was discharged, as the Bench thought that he had not committed the offenoe wilfully, and owing to the absence of public conveniences in the town, there was some excuse for tho accused. Peter Jankson pleaded not guilty to a charge of having made use of ob scene language in Queen Street, on Tuesday evening, and after hearing the evidence of Robert Gieening and Arthur Pinkerton, for the prosecution, and Thomas Mathews and George Stockdale, for the defence, the Bench imposed a sentence of two months' imprisonment , with hard labour. MERIT REWARDED BY COURT OF JUSTICE. The acknowledged good qualities and success of SAND BR & SONS' EUCA. LYPTI EXTRACT have brought out many imitations, and one case was just tried in the Suprems Court of Victoria, before bis Honour Chief Justice Sir J. Madden, K.C.M G, etc. His Honour, when giving ud"ment, 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 permissible' 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 duiing the last 30 years to be a preparation of genuine merit, viz., THE GENUINE SANDER & SONS'" PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.