LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7954, 1 February 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Sir Joseph Ward is to be tendered a banquet in the Town Hall, Wellington, on February Bth.

The Master ton Rifle Volunteers will form a firing party at the funeral of the late Mr Kichard Cole this afternoon.

The annual meeting of the members of the Opaki Qaoits Club will be held in Mr Wyeth's woolshed, at 8 o'clock, on Tuesday next.

At Inveroargill, yesterday, the Magistrate delivered judgment on the looal option petition, which was dismissed with costs against the petitioners.

The steamer Maheno, wbioh arrived in Wellington, from Sydney, yesterday, brought a batch of seven Chinamen for various New Zealand ports.

There were three bankruptcies in Wellington during the month ended January 31st. as compared with two for the corresponding period of last year.

A meeting of the Stewards of the Masterton Racing Club will be held in Messrs Abraham and Williams' Farmers' Koom, on Saturday afternoon, at 2.30 o'clock.

The elected members of the Wellington Conciliation Board, having failed to agree as to the selection of a Chairman, the Government has appointed Mr F. J. O'Regan, solicitor, to All the position. The driver, fireman and guard of the Gembrook train, whioh became derailed botween Ferntree Gully and Gembrook, Victoria, on Saturday last, have been suspended, pending an official inquiry.

A Press Association telegram from Wellington, received last night, stated that the ratepayers of Karori had agreed to borrow £37,000 for the purpose of installing an electric car service, street widening, and for purchasing a recreation ground. BPBAINED. ANKLE, STIFF NECK, LAME SHOULDER. These are. three common ailments for which Chamberlain's Pain Balm is especially valuable. If promptly appl e,d it will save you time, money, and suffering when troubled with any one of these ailments. "For sale by T. G. Mason, Masterton— advt,

Surveying for closer settlement in Wellington province ib just now very active.

Women will next year become eligible to act as judges and lawyers in Norway.

A trout, scaling 231bs, was caught in the Opihi River, Canterbury, on Saturday night. The fish was foul hooked in the tail.

It is a curious fact noted by the "Book Monthly," that manuscripts by women are rarely as "clean" and "tidy" as those by men.

A mysterious disease is attacking the horses on the West Coast. What it is is not known (says the Grey Star), but several horses have of late dropped dead in their stalls.

Sales of dairying land in New Zealand at £3O to £4O per acre, and of flax land at £ls to £26 an acre, are reported now and again. Firstclaps land in Argentina sells at about £5 an acre.

During the past year 334 inquests were held by the Melbourne City Coroner. There were Ave cases in wbich a verdict of manslaughter was returned, and eleven in which the coroner recorded a verdict of murder.

The Minister for Public Works has authorised the sum of £240 for expenditure on the Kakaunui road and the balance (£157) of the vote will be authorised as soon as the tlrstnained amount is nearly expended.

The Government telegrams despatched during the December quarter of last year numbered 80,036, tbeir value being put down at £7,238. The largest number sent from any one place was 25,953 from Wellington, Auokland being second with 14,659.

The Mayor, pfc the meeting to consider the matter of raising funds for the new hospital, last evening, intimated that the W.F.O.A. had voted the sum of £25 as a donation towards the building fund. The announcement was received with applause.

On one occasion during the hearing of a case at the Court, yesterday, counsel for the proseoution Was citing an authority to prove bis contention, when counsel for the defence interrupted. "Don't interrupt," caid oounsel for the proseoution. "I'm interrupting," replied counsel for the defence, "because you're talking bosh," a rejoinder that created much laughter.

Anticipating, with the Premiership of "C.8." a strong wave of double nomenclature, "Mr Punch" recommends as suitable na : uea for—an athlete, Rumbell-Sandowman; a burglar, Tremble-Jim myman; a glutton, Scramble-lnnerman; a critic, Grumble Daoimerman; a poor relation, Humblt Stammerman; a bridge player, Gamble-Slammerman; a dentist, Gumboil Jamaman; and a Sultan, Staraboul-Crainmerman.

With reference to the rumours as to *he new appointments tn the Legis ative Council, it might be interesting to state that ,tho members of the Lower House are being circularised as to their views on the question. Ihe author of *;he circular is said to be a northern representative, who claims to belong to the progressive section of the Liberal party. The questions- put to members are: (1)> "Do you favour further appointments to the Legislative Council? (2) Are you in favour of the abolition of the Legislative Council?"

The death occurred, yesterday, at the Mastertou Hospital, of Mr Richard Cole, a very old resident of Masteron. Deceased, who was 86 years of age bad been a private in the 65th Regiment. He came out to Hobart, Tasmania, from England in 1844, and left for New Zealand with bis regiment in 1846 He served is the war against the Maoris, and received a war medal. For the last thirty five years deceased was in the service of Mr E. Meredith and family. The funeral will leave the Hospital, to day, at 3 o'clock.

Mr S. Mawley, Ditton, requires a man used to stock.

The time for receiving tenders for the erection of cattle yards at the Borough abattoir has been extended till 4 p.m. to day.

Mr A. Henderson, watchmaker and jeweller, Queen Street, has to hand a line of chiming clocks, with Westminster chimes, finished in handsome oak frames. These clocks are very suitable for presentation purposes.

Messrs Lomax and Co., land agents, of Mangatainoka, advertise particulars of several properties which have been placed in their hands for sale. These include a well-established painter's and paperhanger's business, and several hotel properties.

Tenders are invited for the erection of about ninety chains of wire fenoirg at the racecourse, Opaki, for the Masterton Racing Club. The olub will supply all material. Tenders will close, with Mr Thos. Duncan, secretary, on February 7tb, at noon.

Messrs Donald and Sons, Ltd, announce that they will have a large exhibit of machinery at the Masterton ohow. The principal exhibits will be Cooper and Nephew's sheepshearing machines, oil engines, Massey-Hairis farm implements, and binders, together with the firm's own patent wool -presets, jacks, and strainere.

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