LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8103, 24 March 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Two thousand miners at Mons, in Belgium, have struck for an increase in wages. The man Boyd, who fell off a building, at Auckland, on Thursday, died yesterday morning.—Association. The following are the latest dredging returns:—Hessey 14oz 16dwt (week), and Masterton 1520z 9dwt for 164 hours. The Hamburg -American liner Deutsohland maintained wireless communication with New York and Lizard Point, says aNew York cablegram. The prestige of the Tashi Lama has enormously increased owing to his recent visit to India, where he met the Prince of Wales, says a Calcutta cablegram. The Tibetans are now becoming cordial to the British. In the course of a paper on cancer, xead at the Medical Conference, at Christchurch, last week, it was urged that the Government should copy the example of other countries by establishing and equipping a laboratory for cancer research. A motion embodying the suggestion was carried unanimously. A cablegram from London, yesterday, stated that Ellen Trevor, a servaut, asked the Divorce Court to declare legal her marriage with Henry Ashcroft, a son of an ex-Mayor of Bootle. The defenoe admitted intimacy, but denied marriage, and alleged that the signature in the registry was forged. The Ju3ge decided that the parties were married.

An unsuccessful attempt was made to burin dowo the residence of Mr W. T. Wood, M.H.R., at Palmerston North, on Wednesday morning. The side of the house was scorched, but fortunately the inflammable liquid employed a preparation used by painters for drying purposes was not sufficiently lasting for the wood to catch fire.

AH the loose- boxep on the Masterton Racing Club's course (27) havft been let for the coming meeting. The Hon. Charles Lonisson has retired from the contest for the Ohristohurch Mayoralty in favour of Sir John Hall.—Association,

The plague precautions have been revived in Sydney. A capitation payment is being made for rats and mice. Another case of plague Is reported at Brisbane.

A New York cablegram, yesterday, stated that a gang of Italian and Hungarian navvies at Marion, in North Carolina, attaoked the foreman. The latter in self-defenoe killed seven with a crowbar. The others then fled.

A Press Association telegram from ChristohUrch states that during the past twelve months the Citizens Life Assurance Company has invested 500,000 sterling in debentures of the New Zealand Government and looal bodies.

Mr Gilbert Anderson, managing direotor of the Ohristohurch Meat Company, who leaves on a visit to England next Thursday, was entertained at a banqaet, on Thursday night, by the Canterbury Employers' Association.

A purse, which was found by the police, has been lodged at the Borough Council Chambers, awaiting an owner. It contains a copy of the duties of the manager of the gasworks, and this will probably lead to its identification.

The Masterton Borough Coanoil again met the landowners interested in Mr A. Caselberg's proposal to form a road through his property in Worksop Road, yesterday, bat no definite arrangements have yet be9n arrived at.

The danger of pea rifles was again unpleasantly demonstrated, on Taeaday, at Aaokland. A gentleman was seated iu bis office, off Green Street, when a ballet from a pea rifle oame- through the window. A wire gauze screen on the window stopped the progress of the missile. The oooupant of the room was faeing the window.

A big deal in valuable property was effeoted, at Pahiatua, on Thursday, by a firm of auctioneers. Four hundred acres of rich flat land bordering on the borough was sold to a Wellington syndicate. It reported that 100 aores will be immediately out up forjbuilding sites. The aggregate sum involved in the purchase is £14,000.

At the Nelson Supreme Court, yesterday morning, a Blenheim civil action, J. J. CJorry v. Clouston and Co., a claim for £3,000 damages for wrongful dismissal, was commenced. Plaintiff's examination lasted the whole afternoon, and was not concluded when the Court adjourned. The case will probably last over two days.-—Association,

The Arbitration Court sat, at Auckland, on Thursday, when the Wicker-workers, Coach-workers and, Hairdressers' disputes were disposed of, the Court ratifying agreements between parties. The hairdressers secured a minimum wage of £2 ss, with £2 15s for board work, the hours to consist of 57 per week. The coach-workers' hours were fixed at 47, with weekly wages of Is 2d per hour.

At a meeting of the Board of Managers of the Christchurch Technical classes, the director submitted a scheme for utilising the building and equipment of the Technical College during the day for a Technical Day School, suoh as had beea established in connection with the Wellington and Auckland Schools. A resolution was passed affirming the principle that a technical day school should be established for boys and girls. The report was referred to a committee.

In response of the Scenery Preservation Commission's report, Mr Seddon has telegraphed to Ohristohurch that it has been\ decided to secure an area of fifty acres of the best part of Kennedy's Bush, on the Port Hills, provided that a third part of the oost is borne locally. The Government will defray the balance of the purohase money from the scenery preservation fund. The estimated oost of the area to be reserved is £550, so a sum of £lB3 will have to be raised looally before the reservation is finally made.

The report of the joint oommittee of the Canterbury Industial Association and the Trades Labour Counoil, appointed to consider the question of the promotion and encouragement of local industries, has been adopted by both bodies. It is represented by the oommittee, after taking voluminous evidence, that some of the local industries are not keeping ; pace with the general increase of trade, and they make various suggestions, including reform of tariff, to secure improvements.—Association.

An unusual oivil case was heard at the Lyttelton Polioe Court, on Thursday. It appears that a claim was made by a chemist for £l3 lis 4d, balance of £2B 13s lid, whioh, with the exception of £1 5s lid, was for chlorodyne, supplied during a period of eighteen months. Mr Day, S.M., before whom the case was heard, said it was scandalous that a chemist should give oredit for such an amount for drugs. If. it had been a publican's bill, be would have given judgment for the defendant, but in this case he could not do otherwise than order the amount to be paid.

The proposal to give instruction in camp to school cadets for a certain period of each year is condemned by the headmasters of sohools in Auckland and the leading officers of cadet corps in that district, on the grounds (a) that it is unnecessary; (b) that in oases of sickness the responsibility devolving on teachers would be too great; (c) that the capitation grant is not sufficient to supply officers and oadets with suitable food; (d) that the sohools would be seriously disorganised if camps were held in sohool hours, while during a vacation would be an unsuitable time. CHILDBEN WHEN TEETHING .. Have more or less diarrhoea, which cannot be checked effeciaa"y, as the cause cannot be removed, but the diarrhoea can and should be controlled by giving Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and Dia rhoea Remedy, and an occasional dose of castpr oil to cleanse the system. For sale by T. G. Mason, Masierton—advt.

V The Hobart Presbyterian As-' sembly has accepted the offer of the ' Rev. Mr Riddle, a New Zealand mis- I fiionary, to supervise the Epi district, in the New Hebrides. As the result of systematic spray- ' Ing. a Kimbolton Road farmer will I crop fully 400 tons of potatoes, from 36 acre 9of land. The yield, j It is estimated, will return about j £4,000. , At the Australian Natives' Conference, in Melbourne, on Thurs- ( day, a motion was oarried favouring the establishment of an Austra- . lian navy to act in conjunction with the British navy in time of war. The Queensland Government has j appointed a Royal Commission to re- ( port on the deportation of Kanakas and the supply of labour for the ? sugar plantations. The Premier 1 states that there are six thousand J Kanakas in the State, and this year ■ they would be unable to find employment. If they were sent back to the Islands in a body a famine would probably result. Two Bremen from a Home steamer j lying at Lyttelton, while endeavouring to "raise the wind," by the sale of a tin of smuggled tobacco, rushed unwittingly into disaster. Seeing a quiet reapeotable looking man on Norwich Quay, they approached him with a question as to whether he wanted to buy any tobaoco. Unfortunately foi them, he was a constable In plain clothes. A peculiar thing happened at the Dunedin railway station on a recent morning. During one of the extra t heavy gusts of wind somebody opened the end door of a uarriage, and the door at the other end slammed with saoh violence as to shatter the glass in the face of a shunter named Carter, who had to fee tafien to the hospital to have the flesh stitohed. Some months ago a horse owned by an Onehunga resident named Smith was shot In a paddock near the Royal Oak hotel by some unknown person, who remained undetected. On Tuesday night a similar outrage again took place, a horse belonging to Mr Smith being injured. Enquiries into the matter are being made by a detective. A whare whioh was once occupied , by the great fighting ohief Te j Rauparaha was discovered the other day in 9 Becret recess of the forest in the Waitomo country. The building, though ninety years old, is in a good state of preservation. It was built by Te Rauparaha as a secret retreat from his enemies. The whare Bhould be preserved as I an ancient bistorio relic of deoided I interest. Owing to the wet weather prevailing yesterday afternoon, the pro posed lecture to the children attending the Masterton School, by Mr W. Burton, did not take place, but instead, he delivered an address to the pupils of the fifth and sixth standards, in the schoolroom. In his discourse the speaker touched on several matters concerning school children, and much good advice was given the pupils, who followed the address with interest. Mr W. H. Cruiokshank reports having sold the following properties during the week-Pifty-seven feet frontage to Queen Street, with building known as the "Glencoe Board-ing-house," owned by Mr H. Campbell, of Opaki, and purchased by Mr N. Person; 57 feet frontage to Queen Street, with six-roomed dwelling, opposite the Queen's hotel, owned by Mr W. Cole, and purchased by Mr J. Bulpitt; section 66 feet frontage to Smith Street; and two sections of the Fitzgerald Estate, Pine Street. Messrs- L. J. Hooper and Eli Smith, J.'sP., had before them, at the Masterton Police Court, yesterday morning, several oases of breaobes of the Borough by-laws, in renpeot of riding bioyoles and driving vehicles without lights. ThomasWagg, John Cummings, Frank Waite, Henry Lyttle, Percy Cross and Joseph Thompson, were eaoh fined 5a without ooßts for riding bicycles without lights, and B. Gulloty Bnd James Clarke were each fined 5s with 9s costs for driving vehicles without lights, while Denis McMullen was fined 10s, with 7s costs, for leaving a horse and cart, unattended in Queen Street. The Treasurer uf the Masterton Hospital acknowledges with thanks receipt of the following additional subscriptions in aid of the Building Fund, viz. .'—Alfred Matthews, of Waiorongomai, £3 3s; Robert £3; George Watson, £2 2s; 'an old | subscriber, £5 ss; D. B. Carriok, * H. Hansen and J. W. Wovsoe, each £1; Robt. Brown, 10s; W. S. Bowie, Wm. Breobin, Chas. Bull, JU. Fitzgerald, George Hall, A. Harrison, James Hood, L. H. Neilsen, James Oliver. C. Ross, Wm. Smith, Thos. Stack; :W. Swinburn, eaoh ss; George Allen, and James McMullen, eaoh 2s 6d; total from Flat Point, £l2 ss; A. B. Lawrenoe, James McGregor and T. W. MoKenzie, eaoh £1 Is; Simon MaoLeod, £1; John j MacLeod, ss: H. A. Nevins, £1; G. Cooper, R. C. Dunn, R. Gregory, J. Lewis, Pat Mayo. J. MoGann, John O'Brien, P. Parker, J. Bead, J. Roberts and M. Sharp, eaoh sa; C. T. Riohardson, 10s; G. J. Campbell, Waitawhiti, ss; total from Annedale, £4 10s J. Bringans, A. Brough, J. Dawson, F. A. Mason, T. Morgan and J. Stephens, eaoh 10s; J. Carrington, M. J. Evans, S. Hone 7, and L. Orr, eaoh ss; total, £4 (subscribed for and remitted by b- Mr R. J. Thompson, of Aotea, an ' ex-patient); Te Ore Ore school children, per Mr J. J. Gueßt, 7s 6d. MERIT REWARDED BY COURT OP JUSTICE. The acknowledged good qualities and success of SANDER & SONS' EUCA LYPTI EXTRACT have brought out many imitations, and one case was just tried in the Supreme Court of Victoria, before hia Honour Chief Justice Sir J. Madden, K.C.M.G., etc. His Honour, when giving ndament, 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 ia not permissable to imitate any of its features. He restrained the imitators perpetually from doing so, and ordered them to pay all corts. 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 during the last 30 years to be a preparation of genuine merit, viz., THE GENUINE SANDER & SONS' PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.

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The weather experienced lately haa favoured the early sowing of grass in the Pongaroa district.

At Rongomai, on Wednesday, Mr E. Earley, of Rongomai, was married to Miss A. Lower, eldest daughter of Mr J. Lower, of Rongomai.

South Africa is the key of the future of the Empire; a false step in the Transvaal aud good bye to a united Empire.—Sir Gilbert Parker.

It is reported that a movement is on foot in Feilding to obtain a Munioipal Opera House to cost, about £3,000.

It is understood that the Government will almost immediately oall for tenders for the Summit Tunnel on the Midland railway line.

The bakers of Wellington have notified that in future they will not exchange bread with customers. The reason given for this discretion is on the score of public health.

The Glen-Oroua Dairy Company paid out on the 20th inst. £3BOO for butter-fat delivered during the month of February, the rate being 9}£d per lb.

It is expected that private companies will construct about miles of new railroads in Argentina during the next five years. The Republic has already about 16,000 miles of railroads.

Dr Makgill, who recently visited Eketahuna, said the sanitary condition of the town was very bad (says the Eketahuna Express), and immediate steps were necessary to improve matters.

At a meeting of carters, ooal merchants, and others at Auckland, on Thursday, it was resolved to request the Acting-Minister for Railways to keep the goods sheds open till 5 o'clock.

The remaining portion of the Mount Herbert Estate is at present in the hands of the surveyors, and it is reported that, with the exception of about 3,000 acres, it will be put upon the market at an early date.

The following resolution has been passed by the Opunake branoh of the Farmers' Union; —"That, in the opinion of this branoh, inoculation for the prevention of blackleg has done a considerable amount of good for this distriot."

Several quarter-acre building sites in Picton have lately been sold at £3OO per seotion. One propertyholder who recently cut up a property in that borough is reported to have made over £I,OOO dear profit.

The agitation whioh ia at present beiijg made in Auokland and the Bay of Plenty in regard to the more speedy prosecution of the GisborneRotorua railway is being enthusiastically taken up throughout the East Coast.

Miss Catherine Helen Spenoe, of Sydney, who is 81 years of age, proposes to stand again for a seat in the Federal Parliament. Her intelleot is bright and clear, and enthusiasm fresh. Her mother, who lived to 96, and was, also, political, retained unimpaired faculties to the end.

In Christchuroh they are considering means of subduing the riotous football barracker. At the annual meeting of the Sydenham Football Cluf, Captain Meikleham advooated the forming of a vigilance committee, whose ohief mission would be to keep watch on the playing ground.

Some of the students at Canterbury College, being of a mercenary disposition, have been doing a brisk business by retailing stenographic notes of the professorial lectures. The sale of lecture notes has, therefore, been declared illegal unless the permission of the lecturer is obtained.

A young man named Neville MoWilliam has qualified foi admission to the Supreme Court Bar. He has been blind since his birth. He was born in Christchurch, and came to Australia at an early age. He holds a B. 4. degree.

Advices have been received in Christohnroh from Birt and Co., Ltd., of Sydney, representatives of the Federal, Houlder, and the Shire lines of steamers, to the effect that these companies are prepared to oarry exhibits to and from the United Kingdom to the New Zealand Exhibition one way free of freight.

The most litigious people in the colony are stated to be those residing in the Southland province, says an exchange. One student of matters of this nature ascribes the fact to the presenoe of a strong Scottish element, and, making a oomparison with the people of Canterbury, he says the latter, to a large extent, avoid Court proceedings by arriving at amicable settlements.

A London cablegram states that the Secretary of the Midland Railway Superannuation Fund Association explains that a prospective deficit is oaused by actuaries assuming that members coming on to the fund will Jive ten years, whereas experience shows that the average life of annuitants is six years. Messrs Hannah and Co. are now offering serviceable linos of seasonable footwear besides special lines for football aud hockey piayers. A price list is published elsewhere.

Mr J. S. J. Allpass, baker and confectioner, is making a special show of small goods at his shop, in Queen Street, to-day,/ and invites the publio inspection of same.

Mr W. Cragg, of the "Corner Shop," Queen Street, announces in another column that he . has over £2OO worth of pipes in stock at his establishment. The assortment includes pipes by the best makers, including Loewe and Co., whioh can be purohasfed at prices ranging from 4s 6d to 60s. In view of the ooming football season, Mr Cragg haa secured a varied stock of requisites in this line whioh are well worth inspection, 1?0R A LAME BACK. When you have pains in the small of the baok, dampen a piece of thick flannslightly with Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and bind it over the seat o! pain, and quick relief will follow. The back should be bathed with Pain Balm, and the flannel dampened with it morning and evening. Rub the back vigorously at each applica Mon. . r For sale by T. G. Mason, Chemist msterfcon.—Advt.