LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7951, 29 January 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The licensed surveyors in the colony on tbe Ist instant numbered 40 7, an increase of ten in the past twelve months. While tbere has been a drop in tbe prices of sheep in South Canterbury, there has been more tbau a corresponding increase in tbe price of cattle. Mr W. H. Hawkins, ex-M.H.R., * for Pabiatua, is to be tendered a jT" complimentary social by his supporters,' who also intend to present him with a pune of £2OO. A thick haze in the atmosphere in many parts of Canterbury, on Friday and Saturday, was attributed to' smoke from the Australian bush fires. Mr E. H. Baillie, who for the last twelve years has been teller in the Carterton Branch of the Bank of New Zealand, has been promoted to the Bank of New Zealand, Palmerston North, far A; B. Wiggins will take Mr Baillie's place. Thb total births for the four centres of the colony, together with their suburban boroughs, numbered in December 562, an inarease of 17 on the November figures. The deaths were 188, or four more than in November. A man walked into the station of the Dunedin City Pire Brigade the other day, and left £5 as a donation towards the funds of the ' brigade. The donor refused to disolose hia identity, merely stating that tbe gift was in recognition of services rendered two years ago. The London Daily Telegraph's norrespondent in Tokio states that Admiral Togo's visit to England will take place in April or March next. A training squadron, in charge of Vioe-Admiral Togo, who must not be oonfused with the victor of Tsushima, will visit Australia. During the sohool vacation an instance of combining praotioal eduoa- ~ tion with profit has been witnessed on a Hawera farm, where about fifty boys have been employed at half-a-crowu a day haymaking. This is the sort of technical instruction in agriculture which pays the pupil. „ The fact of. the favourite garden flower, the fox-glove, having been deolared a noxious weed, came in for much adverse comment at a meeting of the Winton Borough Council the other night. One councillor uaroastioally remarked that it would not be long before geraniums and other garden favourites would be placed in the index expurgatorius. The following is a list of the Wairarapa soholars who.have obtained Wellington Eduoation Board scholarships in connection with the last annual examination conducted by the Education Department:—Class B (sohools with yearly average brer 40 and under 201 V—Board Scholarships. Hector Johnson, Park vale, 5,30; Frederick Ashby, Mangataitnoka, 514; Purvis Armstrong, Greytown, 489; Thomas Beard, Grey town, 470; Charles Aitobeson, Greytown, 434. Class O (Sohools with local average under 41) —'Board Scholarship: Mary Johnston, Tinui, 283. A meeting of tbe Exeoufcive Committee of the St. Patrick's Day Sports Association was held on Saturday night. The members present were:—Messrs G. Watson (ohair), B. J. Dolan, H. J. O'Leary, F. Haughey, B. Chapman, J. O. MoKillop, A. Haughey, J. Oreelman, E. Williams, W. Oreelman, M. Kerins, G. F. Day, M. O. O'Oonnell and W. A. Hogg. The resignation of Mr F. O'Toole, from the Exeoutive Committee, was accepted with regret, and Mr W. L. Falooner was eleoted to*fill the vaoanoy. Other business of a routine character was transacted. A correspondent writes that Maryborough is earning an unenviable notoriety amongst visitors owing to the sneak and miserable petty thieves that are allowed unoheoked to rob visitor? at the hotels of their wearing apparel, etc. Last wee k a gentleman stayed at a leading hotel, and between 9 and 10 p.m., when the traveller was absent from the commercial room for a few min utes, his Panama hat was stolen from tbe room, and although searoh was made, and complaint was lodged with the police, the hat has not been restored to its owner. The township has also gained notoriety ! for its roughs, whose horse play and general rowdiness goes ou without being sternly checked by tbe police. FACTS ESTABLISHED AT COUBT. In an action, the cause of which was flagrant..mißuse of our firm name and other gross misrepresentation by an imitating company, which was tried before his Honor, Clref 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 30 years as a safe, reliable and effeotive remedy. Some imitators have tried to deceive the public by simulating our get-up; others have relied on the "just as gopd" garner Therefore take care and obtain the GENUINE SANGER AND SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.

The Dunedin City Council has declared elderberry to be a noxious weed. The height of Mitre Peak is 5,154 ft, and that of Mount Holdsworth 4,835 ft. Mr A. R. Bunny has resigned from the oonductorship of St. Patrick's Church Choir, after holding the position for thirty years. A number of the Sisters of St. Bride's Convent, Masterton, will Heave for Pahiatua, to day, to take •charge of the newly-established conTent school at that place. The • school will open on Monday next. The Masterton Co-operative Dairy 'Company'* butter is keeping well up to firsc grade standard this season, and is, generally, better than last year's supply by three or four points. A charge of explosive with fuse •attached thereto was discovered in a -aargo of coal received from Australia the other day by the Napier Gas Company. Had the charge reached I the retort disastrous results would ihave followed. The members of the Masterton Municipal Biass Band left for Nelson, to compete in the Band Gouteat, on. Saturday afteruoon. Before marching to the station, a selection was played in Queen Street, and there was a large crowd at the railway atatioo to see the bandsmen depart, and to wish them success. Turn>p seed soaked in kerosene is an effectual method of keeping birds and fly from the orops. Mr P. Raddon, uf Fairview, Canterbury, has used the method mentioned for twenty ysars, and has never experienced a failure. Mr Raddon ad da that the kerosene can even be tasted •on the young leaf, but of course the taste and smell soon pass off. At the Magistrate's Court, on 'Saturday morning, before Mr W. P. James, S.M., James MoKenzie Millar waß again remanded until Wednesday next on a charge of the theft of a scm of £2 15a 3d, being portion of a cheque for £ll 6s 2d, on or about December 11th. The bail, one surety of self of £SO and another of £SO, was renewed. The Councils of the New Zealand Sheepbreeders' Association, Roraney Marsh Sheepbreeders' Association, \ and Hereford Cattle Breeders' Association have arranged to meet in Maßtertou during tibow Week. The meetings will be held on Pebruary 20th, 21st and 22nd, respectively, at 8 p.in. in each instance, in the A. and P. Association's Committee - room. It is not often that one seeß medals gained for service in the pulpit, but such was the case on Sunday week at the Ohristchurob Cathedral, , the Rev. R. T. Gardner, M.A., a visiting English clergyman, wearing two on the left side of his surplice. Mr Gardner had served for two years with the British troops in South Afrioa. , In connection with the recent sensational thunderstorm at Archill, Aookland, it is now stated that a woman and two girls who were in >the bouse were thrown on the floor by the shook, and in another house near by a man was pitched off a chair on which he was sitting. In a third house a woman had a knife in her band, when the lightning ran up the knife and blackened her face, but no serious injuries resulted. What must be one of the most remarkable funerals in history took place in Philadelphia the other day, when a 40-ton block of steel was intoned with all the rites of the Roman Catholio Church. It seems that some days previously two labourers were working in the bottom of a moulding pit at Midvale Steel Works, when the gate of the swinging oauldron of molten steel gave way kbove their heads, and they were instantly oremated, their remains becoming part of the block. The mass was buried in a corner of the steel plant yard with impressive ceremony. With reference to the reported , outbreak uf blackleg among calves at Manaia, ascribed in some quarters to the vaccine supplied by the Agricultural Department, Captain Young, vetorinarr officer in charge of the district, informs us (Taranaki Herald) that the mortality can- * not be attributed to the vaccine, but to certain other local conditions or influences. Asa matter of fact, the various inspectors have all had vaooine of precisely the same strength and quality supplied to them for use, and already 15,000 calves have been innoculated this season in TaranaKi, with excellent results, no mortality .having been reported elsewhere. An. accident, which might have resulted in far more serious consequences, occurred in Chapel Street, at the junction of Renall Street, on Saturday evening. Miss Eva Rigg was Cycling down Chapel Street, when a horse, which had got beyond the control of its rider, galloped round the corner and collided with the cyclist, who was picked up in an unconscious state, and oarried to her home, where she was attended by Dr Cook. The sufferer did not regain consciousness until an early hour yesterday morning, and, beyond a few bruises and the effects of the shook, is now progressing as well as, can be exneotea after her miraculous esoape. The nioyole was considerably damaged. The February number of "The Red Funnel" magazine is to hand from Mr C. C. Aifcken, bookseller and stationer, Queen Street. It is a creditable production, and is an improvement upon anyof those previously published. Interesting articles written by Florence Bright and W. E. Burghardt du Bois, the subject of the former being "The Tariff Reform League," and of the latter "The Future of the Negro in America." The frontispiece is an excellent portrait of Mr Joseph Ghamberiain, with the not Inappropriate line beneath: "Hear! for thy ohildren speak from the uttermost parts of the sea t" The Action part has been well attended to, and, altogether, the magazine—in an age .of magazine literature—is a good one. We are prepared to assist any respectable energetic man or woman in poultry farm ing. Best chance ever offered to begin ners. Particulars from Model Ipcubator Agency, Chvistcharcb.—Advt

A Dew branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Uuion has been formed at Kaetiti with over thirty mambers, "Home-Rule on the hire system,." is Mr Chamberlain's description of the Government's Irish policy. The Earl of Elgin is the lir.-t Scotsman to hold the offloe of Secretary for the Colonies. The Government has granted £3,500 for the erection of a Technical School in brick in New Plymouth. Tho Eketahuna Express is 'he latest subscriber in the Press Association. We congratulate the proprietors upon their enterprise. The prices received by the Greytown Dairy Company for the ship ment of cheese sent to England by the stwamer Ruapehu. was (523 and 645. During the oast ton days the Department of Labour has desnatobed about 100 men to the North Island Trunk railway works. About the same number will be sent this week. At the inquest at Auckland on tho body of a nowly-boru child, found at Great Barrier Island .recently, the jury returned a verdict of wilful u/urder by some person unknown. Sir Henry Campbell Bannermau's plea for a reduction of armaments is looked upon with some uneasiness in Prauoe. The suggestion is re garded as ill-timed and dangerous. The New Zealand Herald says that J to all impartial visitors from every part of the oolony, theOtago Central Railway is a mo3t hopelessly unpro mising piece of work. At a meeting, at Timara, on Friday, it was resolved to reestablish a Chamber of Conferee for South Canterbury. ' Mr J. P. Newman, managei of the Farmers' Association, was elected President. The official returns of the takings at the New Zealand football match at Cardiff show that a sum of no less than £2,650 was received. This amourt beats all records for a Rugby international in Wales by £4OO. Claims by ex-burghers of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, in connection with the gift of £3.000,000 by the Imperial Government, amounted in the aggregate to £99,000,000. The number of birds' eggs and heads purohased by the Ashburton County Oounoil to date is 246,000, which at 29 per hundred has necessitated the expenditure of £246. The highest ticket paid out was to the value of £2 lis 6d. Included amongst the grants made last week by Cabinet to the Welling ton Education Board is a sum ,of £415 for the erection of a teacher's residence at Konini and a similar amount for the ereotion of a teaober.'s residence at Scarborough. The famous Jagersfontein Excelsior diamond, which weighed 971% carats, has been out up, Messrs Tiffany, the New York diamond merchants, report, into ten stones of from 13% to 68 carats each, making a total of 340 7-32 carats, valued at £BO,OOO. Snarrow-farming, on a mild soale, is being praotised by one settler in the Wyndbam district (says the Mataura Ensign. He is feeding all the sparrows caught in order to sell them to the Invercargill Gun Club, which purposes holding a sparrow-shooting match shortly. . ■ ( . At the Reefton Stipendiary Magistrate's Court, the.Consolidated Goldfields Company obtained a"reduction in the Golden Fleece mine from seventy to twelve men. Suits by the , men against the company for over- ; time rates are pending. The reduo- < tion is subject to the company depositing £l5O. The whereabouts of Henry Creasey, aged 65 years, is causing speculation in Lyttelton. The man, who was employed as a fireman on the Harbour Board tug, has been missing sjnee Tuesday night. He was last seen at 10.30 in London Street. It is feared that he in some way got into the harbour and has been drowned. A tram accident occurred in Wellington on Friday, on a doubledeoked car in Courtenay Place, resulting in a lad, residing at Wadestown, named Sidney Lawsou, 16 years of age, sustaining a slight concussion of the brain. It appears that Lawsou put his head over tho protection rail on the top of the oar, and came in oontaot with, a pole at the foot of Taranaki Street. The townspeople of Leipsio. in Saxony, boast that in ten years they will have the biggest railway station in the world. It will be spanned by seven immense arches, each 140 ft wide, and its 13 train platforms will eaoh be moie than 1000 ft long, while 26 different lines will run into it. It will cost £6,500,000 to build. Marble granite, bronze and steel will be lavishly used. The waiting and refreshment rooms are to have gigantic frescoes of famous German landscapes on the walls, and the beer taps are to dispense2o different sorts of beer. Mr P. Hamill, draper and mercer, announces special lines in suitings, caps and ties, new goods and the latest styles. Mr J. O. Boddington, insuranoe and commission agent, notifies that be has removed into the office, in Queen Street, formerly occupied by Mr Burton Boys. Attention is directed to an advertisement from the proprietors of Plimmerton House, Plimmerton, where exoelllent accommodation is provided for visitors. For some' years this has been one of the favourite seaside resorts, within easy dlstnance of ANOTHER SUFFBBEB TELLS HOW RHEUMO CURED HIM. "I have great pleasure in writing to state the cure effected on myself through your Rheumo. I suffered from rheumatism in my shoulders for over six mouths, and for three weeks most aoutely. I was advised to try Rheumo, and did so. The second dose relieved me and one bottle cured me. I have not had a return, and hat is six months ago.—Yours faithfully F. W. Burgess," Rheumo cures rheumatism, gout, sciatica, lumbago, gravel, and kindred complaints, because it goes straight to the blood and neutralises the uric acid poisoning which is the real cause of the trouble. All chemists and stores sell Rheumo at 2s 6d and 4s 6d a bottle.