LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7956, 5 February 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Last year there were 2,374 marriages solemnised in New Zealand.' The'Pahiatuaßifles, to the number of about 30, went into camp, at Pahiatua, on Friday night. The latest return of the Masterton Dredging Company is lOloz 3dwt, for 119 hours' working; During the late wool season the record consignment for one week from the Featherston Railway Station was 714 bales. There is a probability that a dairy factory will be started at West Taratahi shortly. CaptaiD - Tate, of the Ureytown Rifle Volunteers, has been promoted to the rank of major of the Fifth (Ruabine) Battalion. During hie-recent visit to Wellington Mr D. Crewe, Mayor of Pahiatua, successfully floated the £3,650 loan authorised by the ratepayers of Pahiatua. The following have been elected as the new Council of the Carterton Chamber of Commerce: —• Messrs Brown, Hornsby, Lightfoot, Moriarity, A. R. Wallis, G. A. Fairbrother, W. A, Kitchen, B. Soannell and A. G. Bayliss. The Ground Committee of the Masterton Racing Club, on Saturday, decided to accept the offer of j Mr H. Remington for the supply of posts for the fencing of the in side training track on the course. Tenders for the work of fencing are now open. Mr Alibk Dunlop, an old identity of the Wairarapa, died, "yesterday, at the residence of Mr F. Cotter, Cornwall Street. The deceased, who was 73 years,of age, was a native ot Glasgow, and came to this colony fifty years ago, and over half of that time he resided in the Wairarapa, where he was well known. Durina the declining years of his life be was in the employ of Mr Cotter. The funeral will leave Mr , Cotter's residence, at 2 o'olook, tomorrow. Miss Holmwood, of Masterton, met with a somewhat serious accident at South Carterton, on Friday afternoon last. She was riding on a bicycle, attached to a motor bicycle and driven by Mr Edgar Holmwood. When opposite Mr Shutzkowski's house a ooliisidn occurred between the party and another oyolist, named Playle, with the result that Miss Holmwood was thrown heavily. .The young lady was stunned for the time, and sustained a number of bruises and abrasions. At the annual meeting of the Carterton Chamber of Commerce, on Friday, the President, (Mr Coleman Phillips), referred to what he termed "the efforts of Masterton to capture the East Coast trade." He' thought Carterton and Masterton should work together for the good of the district, and not take up the position of opponents. Masterton should reoognise that. Carterton was the centre of an important dairying district, and if Gladstone and Longbush thought Carterton was their best outlet, Masterton should not try tr. grasp too much in that direction. Mr Jas. Brown did not agree with Mr Phillips' remarks as to Masterton. It would be better to leave Masterton alone and to work for their own interests.

On Friday bush fires were raging in the vicinity of Eketahuua. A rifle club, with a membership of over 30, has been formed at Colyton. The sawmill on the Ruamahanga Flat, near Bidwill's cutting, has been closed down. . There were two deaths,, two births, and two marriages,, in Wketabuna, during the month of January. The Government' have authorised a direct graut for the erection of an infectious diseases Tiospital at Greytown. The brick work in connection with the additions to the Carterton branch of tbe W.F.C.A. was com menced ou Saturday. The Greytown Trotting Club have a credit balance of £56. At tbe annual meeting, on June 4th, £250 will be given in stakes. Tbe South Canterbury Caledonian Society made a net profit of £290, on their New Year sports gathering, \ which is u record for the Society. Mr . 4 . R. Wallis will act as delegate for the Carterton Chamber of Commerce, at *he Conference, at Palmerston North, on February 13th, The President of the Carterton Chamber of Commerce stated, at the annual meeting, that the DaleQeld l Dairy Factory was the largest and best worked in Australasia. At Carterton, on Saturday, Miss Maud Mauueell, eldest daughter of Mr E. S. MaunseiJ, of Riveradale, Waibakeke, was married to Mr R. Ward Tate, solicitor, of Greytown. The band which Mr Tait, of Mel- $ bourne, is in negotiation for, and which be hopes to bring to New Zealand nox 1 ; year is the famous Payne's (Besses o' th' Barn) Band, 30 strong. Staff-Captain Ward, Junior Secretary for the North Island, who is at present on a visit to Masterton, conducted all the services at the Salvation Army Barracks yesterday. During the past three months about 21,000 white pine sleepers have been received £.t the creosote works at Woodville from Greytown. lhe sleepers are for various parts of the province. The supply of milu to the Masterton dairy factory is decreasing. The milk supply to the Carterton factories is also decreasing. On Saturday morning about 3,700 gallons were received at Dalefleld. "it's usual for a-landlord to get as muoh as he possibly can out of the tenant, and do as little as he can, isn't it?" asked a solicitor at the . Christchuroh Court, last week. And \ the witness ver-y sadly saifl,- "Yes." The Mayor and Town Clerk of Masterton returned from Wellington on Saturday, after having made enquiries in connection with tbe floating of the £25,000 loan, but nothing definite will be known for a few days. There was a sudden change in the weather in Masterton, on Saturday. *■• Heavy rain set in from the southeast, in the afternoon, and continued, all the afternoon. It eased off towards night. At intervals yesterday heavy showers-fell; Eutries for the Masterton A. and f. Association's* Show, on February 20th and 21st,\closed on Saturday evening, and although the number received is not yet available there is every hope of the coming show eclipsing its predecessors. Several residents were seen in the vicinity of Dixon's cordial factory up to their knees in water, on Saturday afternoon, oleaning out culverts, which had become blocked owing j' to the great volume of water flowing' in the channels after the heavy down- • , fall of rain. i A Wellington cyole repairer advertises that he "repairs the elusive puncture for Is; replaces the over-, taxed spoke for Id; rejuvenates the dilapidated cycle for 355; renews the superannuated , tire for 12s 6d; replenished the. store of portable atmosphere.for nix; and replies to all enquiries." \ There will be a number of meetings of the various' committees in connection with the Hospital Floral Fete and Garden Party during the present week. The Ladies' Committee will meet this afternoon, the Sports and Musical Committees tomorrow night, and the Side-shows and Lighting Committees on Wednesday evening. 4.11 meetings will be held in the Borough Council Chambers. While riding along the road, si, Taratahi, on his way to Mastertont on Friday, a cyclist had a rather ua- ( pleasant experience. He was going at a good pace, and caught up to a mob of calves being driven along the road. He collided with one of the animals, with the result that he turned'a complete somersault and I landed on his bank in the grass at the roadside. Neither the cyclist nor his machine were injured by the accident. . A meeting of the Central (Wellington) Branch of'the Independent PoltiiiaL Labour League waa held on Friday night. A motion was adopted recommending the next annual conference of the league to include in its platform a plank favouring the reduction of the land tax exemption from £ooo to £2OO, and favouring an increase in the land-tax, the extra taxation raised to be compensated for by a reduction in tbe duties on food or to be applied to the purchase of lands^ acquired by the resumption of lfefrge estates for closer settlement. 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. MaicteEHv K.C.M.G., L.L.D., in the Supreme Cofort, 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 effective remedy. Some imitators have, tried to deceive the public by simulating our get-up; others have relied on the "just as good" game. Therefore take care and ootain the GENUINE SANDER AND SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.

Mr A. L. Wylie, M.A., of Winton, has been appointed AssistantInspector of Schools. There were 33 applicants for the position. Near Davenport, in the West Coast difltriot, Tasmania, lives an old lady, who is the mother of twenty-six daughters, all married. The representative of the Union Company told the Arbitration Court at Dunediu that taking the whole of the season's demands it meant to the company an increase of £16,500 per annum. It is expected in local volunteer circles, says thb Pahiatua Era, that Captain Inuea will be succeeded in the command of the Pahiatua Mounted Rifles by Sergeant Major Cornelius. Mr Andrew Collins, who was ap pointed by the Wellington Trades and Labour Council to organise labour throughout the Wellington district, begins his work this week at Wanganui. Mr Charles Hansen, of NewPlymoutb, has solved the problem of the exhaustible bottle—the bottle that-cannot be refilled—and has patented his invention throughout the world. He is about to visit England, the Coutinent, and the United States in connection with his valuable patent rights. • A number of settlers in the Whanaarei district have given up dairy farming, and are going in for sheep grazing and raising, which industry at the present time promises better returns for the next two or three years on account of the high price offered for wool and the dearth of sheep for slaughtering during the past year. . On" Wednesday nighfc (says the Orepuki Advocate), a number of bookies and sports who were in Orepuki and de°ired to be present at the Tapanui races the following day, hired a special train to oon- . vey them to Inveroargill. This permitted them to continue their journey north by the firafc express on Thursday.' A man, named Johann Anderson, who arrived at Wellington by the train from the North, on Friday • night, and intended leaving for Sydney on Saturday, was found dead in bed on Saturday morning. Liters • found on him showed that he was i«3 «ently in the Palmerston North Hospital and also in Dannevirke. The Feilding people are so thoroughly dissatisfied with the recent valuation of that borough by the Government Valuer that the Chamber of Commerce willj according to the Star, deal with tte subject at an early date, and there is some talk of holding a public meeting to protest against the inflated values placed on their properties. When the troops of Catherine 11. took Warsaw they carried the 300,000 volumes of the local library of Sadziwll and other public libraries. This year the Russian Government decided to return the Radziwill books. Tbey were brought back in the unopened boxes in.which they had been taken away more than a century ago. Owing to statements made by policemen during the sitting of the Police Commission, it was ordered ■by Parliament that a return' be laid before the House giving the names of members of Parliament who had endeavoured to bring pressure to bear on Inspector Din me to make appointments to the force. The return constats of •one word—"nil." In regard to the inoculation of calves mortality, the Waimate Wit nessstates:—"We have made further inquiries into the matter of calves dying after inoculation for blackleg, and find that oar former statements •are fully borne out by the facts. One farmsr lost six out of 32 calves treated, neatly 19 per cent, and others bad losses ranging from 10 to 15. This was on some farms near Manaia. The following official figures—the latest available—represent the movement of emigration to Canada from the two countries mentioned during the twelvemonths ended (June 30th, 1905:—From Britain and Ireland, 65,35.9. From United States, 43,543. For every four persons who went to Australia from England 20 years ago only one goes to-day. Emigration from Britain to Australia declined from an average of 53,000 iff 1883-5 to 14,120 in 1904. The Mayor tMr Renall) took advantage of bis recent visit to Wellington to wait on the Premier to invite him to attend the Liberal Pionic in Masterton. Mr Seddon promised to do so, if the date could be fixed for early in Maroh, as he would be leaving for Australia in April. The date, which is now fixed for Easter Monday, will probably be altered. The Renall-Solway Home for Old Meu will be formally opened oa the same day as the picnic. A reward is offered for the recovery of a brindle collie pup. Mr J. L. Murray invites tenders, to close on Wednesday next, for the lease of five acres with house and stable, at. Upper Plain, j Tenders close, to-day, with Mr J. L. Murray, for the erection of! brick shops in Queen Streat. The funeral of"the late daughter of Mr and Mrs Wyllie will take place tomorrow, leaving Homebush, at 11 a.m. The Wellington Education Board invite tenders, to close at noon, on Monday, February 12th, for repairs and painting at Taue-ru and Fern- . ridge. < Mr J. Dixon, Chapel Street. Masterton, advertises that his trotting •horse, "Timoty," was lost on Thursday afternoon, and he offers a reward of £2 to anyone finding and returning the horse to bim. Mr Dixon, also, notifies that anyone retaining the horse after this date will be prosecuted, ANOTHER TRIUMPH FOR RHEUMO. Mr John tain, the popular Wharfinger at Waitapu, tells how Rheunio cured him after four years' suffering:—"l have pleasure in stating that after suffering moat severely for four years from acute rheumatism, and having to walk with two sticks, I was completely cured by the use of s»ur Rheumo. The pain left me in less than an hour, and since that timeover a year ago—-I have not aifain been troubled.—John Cain, Wharfinger, Waitapu, Nelson." Rheumo will cure you of rheumatism, gout, lumbago, sciaticn, and gravel just as it cured Mr Cain. Give it a fair trial. All chemists sell it at 2s 6d and 4s Gd a bottle.- Advt.

The Union Steam Ship Company's steamer Atua has been launched on the Clyde. A syndicate of newspaper owners iu the North of England is contemplating the use of wireless telegraphy for news transmission. A telegram from Auckland, yesterday, stated that at a recent meeting of the Aucklund Bootmakers' Asso ciition a slight increase [in tho price of boots was decided upon. There are now 110 boys at tho Training Farm at' Levin, and satisfactory progress is being made with the task of bringing the farm into a state of cultivation. Old boys of Nelson College have decided to form a Wellington branch of tho Nelson College Old Boys' Association, it is estimated that thero are 150 ex-kelson Collegians resident in that city. Mr Jaeprizz's cherry harvest, at Young, New South Wales, finished a couple of weeks ago, w'th 17,000 cases. Owing to the rain and cold weather, the harvest was at least a month late, an the yield was 5,000 cases below that of last year. Mr Thomas Rollitt, of the Crown Roller Flour Mills, Ashburton, informs tha Ashburton Guardian that he is prepared to provide a site and the necesasry power for a dairy factory if the Ashburton oeoplo will erect one in their town.* The first "co-operative system of hot water supply"Jn Britain is'to be installed at Rolls, Whitehaven, in 32 miners' cottages built for the Earl of Lonsdale. Hot water for all the houses will be supplied from one boiler, and the arrangement is expected to prove economical and convenient. Several ex-colonial and "other bishops took part in the consecration of the Very Rev, Dr. Thomas as the new Bißhop of Adelaide at St. Paul's GV.teiral, London, on Friday. The Cambridge University has conferred the Doctoiship of Divinity upon the new bishop. Mr Deem, Government Stock Inspector, recently inoculated 960 calves in one day at Eltham. At Hunter Road over 700 were inoou; lated. Up to the present, in the Haw,era County district, a total of 14,000 calves have parsed through the hands of the inspector. There are no signs yet, sayn the Grey River Argus, of the abatement of the plague of mica which has, for the past two or three moiths, been causing housewives in the Grey Valley considerable annoyance. The bush in the vicinity of Blackball is reported to be swarming with the pests. Mr F. Lawry, M.H.R., who has just returned from a visit to the King Country, informs the Auckland Star that the Maoris iu the vicinity of Te Kuiti are taking a practical interest in the dairy industry, which has been established there, and are now the largest suppliers of mUk. We are prepared to assist any rf speotable energetic man or woman in poultry farm ing. Best chance ever offered to begin ners. Particulars from Model locubator Agency, Christchurch.—Advt