LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8102, 23 March 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tbe death ocourred at Greytown on Tuesday of Miss Ellen Merson. The latest return for the Mystery Flat Dredge is 3ioz for 132 hours work. The Bishop of Wellington will conduct the oonsocration ceremony of St Alban's Churcb, Taueru, on Saturday. A fish hawker, at Sydney, was fined 5s last week for making a violent outcry by calling oat "fish-oh." 1 Another hawker was warned. During February the New Zealand Farmers' Dairy Union distributed £9317 at its various creameries for butter fat received. Mr S. A. H. Kitto was, yesterday, adjudged bankrupt. The first meating of creditors will bo held in the Maaterton Gourthoias« on Monday, April 2nd. While two mon were skylarking with a gun at White Rock Station on Sunday, it exploded, a«d the charge of shot went into one of the men's lego. A Melbourne wicker-worker told the Federal Tariff Commission thai, in hia line of business Chinese , and Japanese competition* was hav-1 ing a disastrous effect. j Contractors at Stratfoxd, says the Taranaki Herald, are complaining that the aJble-bodied navvy is becoming a rare and oostly treasure, and that even the seuood and thirdrate'articito is( being absorbed by the Government co-operative works. The intercolonial steamers are bringing a large number of steerage passengers to the colony on every voyage. The Wimmera. which reached the Bluffi on Monday, had about a hundred passengers iu the steerage nearly all of them being men* The Farmers.* Distributing Co., Wellington, report that supplies of -potatoes are abort at the present time, and prices range from £9 to £lO, the latter price being for Up-to-dates, which are fast becoming the most popular potato in the Wellington market. In dealing with a maintenance case at Gore, recently. Mr G. Oruickshank, S.M., was responsible for a rather neat epigram when he stated his belief that it was family troubles that drove the defendant to drink, rather than that it was drink that drove him to trouble his family. India's revenue for the year 1..'045, states a Oaloutta cablegram, showed a surplus of £3,4S©iQQO ling. It is estimated t&g.t ifae current year will produce, a surplus of £1,755,700 and th.s, coming year £874,000. Taxation to the extent of £500,000, chiefly 9grico.ltui;a\ v will be remitted.

A cablegram from> Mel bourne, last evening, stated that hides had impoved fully. all' round. • | American Burbanfe seed potatoes jfmported to> Auckland' last year are j aaid to have given a heavy yield. . Two junior rinks-of the Wellington Bowling Club will visit Masterton at Easter and play two junior rinks frora the Masterton Club. 1 Ihe Nelson Colonist says it is the general opinion that the hop crop it bis year will' be'a light one, but the quality should be very good. r As the result of a disagreement with their captain, twenty-two members of the Dannevirke Fire Brigade have handed in their resignations. T. H. Bennett is unable to play in the New Zealand team against Melbourne, at Ohristcburch, to-day, owing to an injuuy to bis right shoulder. T. Maloue will fill the j vacanoy. I A start was made,, yesterday, with the ploughing of the- section, opposite the Masterton District High School* which will' be- utilised for instruction in elementary agriculture in connection with that school. Mr W. Burton, of Auckland, will Jeoture to the children attending tho v Masterton Public Sohool, in the Town Hall; this afternoon, at 2.30 o'clock. The Trust Lands Trustees have lent the hall for the occasion. The Bishop of Wellington administered confirmation to twenty-seven candidates,, inoluding five from the (Jlareville Maori College, at St. Matthew's Church, last evening. There was a large congregation to witness the ceremony. At the New Plymouth Supreme J Court, yesterday, after a trial j llasting two and a half days, the jury failed to-agree in the case of Daniel 'MoL. Dowie, charged with incendiarism. A new trial has been fixed for the next Court sessions. I At Greymoutb, yes;erdav before the members of the Women's Christian Teujperanoe Union, a paper on gambling and the totalisator, fcy Mrs Dohrmann, M.A., of Studholme, ; was read, and an interesting discussion followed. The orusade against usurers in the city of Montreal continues, and the heads of several alleged financial institutions are under indiotment for extortion and fraud, i Hundreds of people have come forward to bear testimony to the oharacter and extent of this terrible scourge. A cablegram from Brisbane, last evening, stated that Cabinet had disoussed the question of Queensland's representation at the Christ- .->j churoh Exhibition, and decided that ( as far as the Government was concerned the State would not be represented. The Masterton* Borough Counoil met the landowners interested in Mr A. Caoelberg's proposal to form a road through his sections in Worksop Road, last evening, and after considering the plans, it was decided to meet again on the site at 13.15 , o'clock this morning, before definitely settling the matter. Frank Hurle McGrath, who was - s sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment at New Plymouth for theft, is a highly educated man who some time ago held a professorship at a University. He was previously oonvicted of theft while in a state of intoxication. The Frimley fruit-cannihg works, . Hawke's Bay, though established 5 only about two years, is already ful-,j filling large ord.irs from India and t elsewhere. The jam making plant,t can turn out a hundredweight a i minute of the finished product, Nine« | ; tons of plums were put through thfc ™ works lately in a single day. The most scrupulous cleanliness is ,ob#* served in every department. To teaoh a man to carry hinsywlfr erect and hold up this chin, says theLondon Times, is already a step in* the" direction of mental improve*ment. He is a better man thai);: het was while slouching along with his. back bent, bis hands in his pocfcets» his ohm on his chest, and his. eyesfurtively looking forth from undec depressed eyebrows. A female oomplainant stated', ait the Christchurch Court, recently, that when she left her house orn a certain day she left the doors fastened but hot looked. "1 find, during my twenty-five years' experience in thiß. colony," added Mu t Day, the presiding S.M., "that it is best, when you go out, to doors wide open." Some weeks ago a telegram was published which statedythat a man named Smith, who coaajnitted suioide in South Australia, was identical with Louis De Rougemont. This now turns out to be- incorrect, as the real De Rougemont is in England, and a series of' stories written by him are now appearing in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph. A Mataura sawrqiller reoently purchased a healthy-looking bullock,, whioh soon died- after refusing tor* eat. A rough post-mortem disclosed * the oause. A pocket-knife, threw., blades of which, were open, was.. found in the. stomach of the un-v fortunate brute. The knife must have been dropped in the rpaddoqk. by somebody and swallowed by v tbe bullock while grazing. Writing to a friend in liaveyoargill: (says the, Southland Times),aJ3cotch.i grooe?, of- many years' exp«rienoe Sl says:— "New Zealand butter; is. not; up to its usual standard tfiiis yeaj?V (1905). I used to keep it Srom Nor vember on tc the month af March, but this year I have not had a pound of it. lam keeping Ganadian. instead; and it is up to the i&arfe. Five years ago I wouid; not. have sold' it, but the improvement in ; the. quality is so great that it is fit for any trade. lp, has the sweetness of the Danish, with the body ©f Home buiter,"^ Children when teething Have more or less diarrhoea, which cannot be checked effectually, as the cause cannot be remoxecl, but the diarrhoea can and should be controlled fey giving Chamberlain's Colw, Cholera, and Dia rhoea Remedy, ans an oooasiooal dose o| caster oil to cleanse the systow, for esAft Vy G. Mason* Isastei;tqu *i?vt .

A Hobart cablegram states that the centenary celebrations of the foundation of Launceaton were a great * success. The loaa by the telegraph service In the "United Kingdom for the year ended last March was £987,739.-1 Cablegram. The death is announced of Mr T. Mac Donald Paterson, ex-member of the Queensland House of Representatives. A Thursday Island cablegram an • nuances the arrival of the French despatch boas Vanoluse which will replace the Meurthe on the Pacific Station. The death is reported of ex-Judge Scannell, of the Native Land Court. He was formerly Inspector of the A.C., and was also S.M. He served in the Indian Mutiny. A cablegram from Fremantle, yesterday, slated that Mr Phillip Ryan, ohief reporter on the staff of the Perth Morning Herald, had sucoumbed to plague. A cablegram from London, yesterday, stated that the report of the Bank of Australasia shows deposits to be £16,329;000, oash and securities £7,484,000, bills £14,294,000. A Melbourne cablegram, yesterday, announced the death of Mr John Lynch, the last of the captains who fought under the late Mr Peter Lalor, at the Eureka Stockade. His age was eighty years. The steamer Haupiri failed to tow the schooner Aotea off the beach, yetterday. The vessel is now high and dry at low water, and the cargo is being discharged. The hull is not damaged. Word was reoeived in Wellington, yesterday, that Robert T. Montague, wbo was arrested at Hobart on a charge of having left New Zealand with the property of a creditor, is to be extradited to New Zealand. All. Saints' Anglican Church at Prebhleton, nine miles from Christchurch, was completely destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The building was insured for £7OO, but in which Office is not known. At the Masterton Police Court, yesterday morning, before Mr E. McEwen, J.P., Donald MeCalluw was fined 20s, in default seven days' Imnrisonrdent, for having been drunk, it being his third offence within six months. The tone of the London wool market is exoited, and there is keen oompetition for cross brads. American buyers are operating heavily. Prices are the highest of the series. Marrar and Taoroa clips have sold at 13% d, and Tauroa ll%d. The Agent-General for New South Wales has advised the Premier that the international tension over Moiroooo had a deterrent effect on the teceiit New South Wales loan, which In consequence closed earlier than was intended.—Cablegram. Messrs Jaokson Bros., contractors for connecting the East Coast and Martinborongh with the telephone, on Tuesday completed their work. The following are the settlers connected Messrs 0. Harris, Hautotara; J. K. McLeod, Whakapuni; S. Campbell, Stoney Creek; D. Ross, Kaiwaka, T. 0. Haycock, Homeburn; VV. Barton, White Rook; J. T. White, Ngapotiki.

A two-storied house at Nireaha, owned by Mr G. Edwards and occupied by Mr E. M. Smith, was totally destroyed by fire at 6 o'olock on Wednesday night. Mr Smith and his family were milking. The only person in the house was Mrs Smith, who was baking. The origin of tne fire is unknown. The house was insured for £l5O, and the furniture for a small amount. The Commissioner of Crown Lands notifies that a number of rural and village sections in the Mangahao Wainui-oru and Kaitawa and Tararua Survey District will be re-opened to applicants on the optional system on and after Wednesday, Maroh 28th. Plans and conditions are obtainable at the principle Post Offices and at the Crown Lands office. Messrs Hendry and Buxton reauire an experienced saleswoman for showroom. In a new advertisement Messrs Hendry and Buxton, drapers, announce a speoial line ot coloured underskirts. Tenders are invited by Mr W. B. Chennells, D.0.A., for the stock-in-trade in the estate of •Mr G. G. jjlddie. Stock sheets and conditions of tenders, which will olose at noon, on Wednesday next, can be seen at Mr Chennells' offices, Perry Street. Mr J. W. Cochrane is making a very fine show of all kinds of presentation and oase pipes at his shop in Queen Street, at present. At the left of the counter a new show oase, 6ft by 4ft, has been fitted up which displays the assortment of pipes to advantage. Smith's Glasgow Mixture is a tobacco that is recommended on account of its excellent flavour and smokers will be Interested to learn that a large consignment has just been received. Perhaps you wish to eena a parcel to another town either in New Zealand or across the sea. I£ so, you will find it best to forward it through J. J. Curtis and Co., Ltd., Forwarding, Shipping, and Customhouse Agents, Customhouse Quay, Wellington. - Not only will it be the cheapest way, but you will be saved time and trouble Advt. FACTS ESTABLISHED AT COURT. In an action, the cause of which wa3 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 (antiseptio) 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.

Lord Roberts deolared at Liverpool, recently, that an army of 1,000,000 men was necessary to safeguard England from invasion. "In the Normal School, whioh I visited the other day," said Dr Greenwood during a leoture at Christoburch recently, "all the children were taught to breathe through their nostrils. It was safe to say not 5 per cent of those children would be at all likely to get consumption." At Sydney, says a cablegram, Mrs Johnston has been found guilty of manslaughter of Harry Diamond, and sentenced to- 23 months' imprisonment. Diamond was a prominent athlete and brother to the well-known cricketer. The allegation was that the prisoner gave Diamond an overdose of morphia. There is a prospect that conorete buildings, thoroughly earthquake proof, having a framework of steel, will shortly be introduced in this part of the colony, writes a correspondent. Buildings of this description are said to be cheaper, safer and in many respects better than those of bcick. In Masterton, owing to the abundance of shingle and gravel in the rivers, they oan be constructed with faoility. The Thames, it seems, is to enjoy a great future as a port for the shipment of great timber cargoes. A resident of Thames who has been ! intimately connected with the timber industry, says that in a few years there will be more timber exported from the port of Thames than from any other portion of New Zealand. Kairara, be says, will soon be done, and Thames will take its place. The Premier delivered a speech at Geraldine, last week, showing what the Government has done i n regard to settling Canterbury. A table setting out the operations of the lands for settlement scheme in the province from the time the measure was adopted showed that the area settled was 245,998 acres, at a cost of £1,255,199. The Laghmar Estate on the Ashburton River containing 17,700 acreß waß under negotiation. The employees at several mines at Gymnie, Queensland, have benn discharged and re-engaged at a reduction in wages of a shilling a week. It is understood that this aotion has been taken with a view to making the men pay the expenses of insurance under the new regulation of the Workmen's Compensation for Accidents Act. At a subsequent meeting the mineowners and directors of companies formulated a scheme to meet claims arising under the Act. Over fifty settlers residing at Nireaha, in the Eketahuna County, have memorialised the Minister of Lands to have twenty aores, adjoining the eduoation reserve, of the land from whioh Mr Drysdale has lately removed the milling timber, reserved for soenio and reoreative purposes. They point out that nearly the whole of the district is occupied by Crown tenants, who have expended large sums in roading and making their holdings productive. The proposal is to have a sports and picnic ground, a portion of the bush being carefully preserved for the purpose. It is hoped by the settlers that the Minister will see the desirability of having a domain set apart for general use.

MrR. Palmer, of Eltham, and a gentleman from Palmerston North, says the Eltham Argus, have purchased the sawmilling rights of 4000 aores of matai and totara busb, at Taupo. Mr Palmer has had considerable experience in the timber trade, and he ttates that the bush is some of the finest he has seen. The totara trees range from 70ft to 90ft in length of barrel, and the matai from 60ft to 70ft, The property adjoins the Taupo Totara Timber bush, and Mr Palmer estimates that there is 100,000,000ffe of ' milling timber to be cut. The bush is about ten miles noith of Lake Taupo. A milling plant is soon to be erected and Mr Palmer expects to becuttiag in three months.