LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIX, Issue 8122, 18 April 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Nominations in connection with the forthcoming Mayoral election will close with the Town Clerk at 12 o'clock noon to-day. In the final for the golf championship, at New Plymouth, yesterday, Burns beat Bates, seven up and five to play. Mr Deakiu, Federal Premier, has received a confidential despatch relating to the settlement of the New Hebrides question.

The monthly meeting of the Council of the Masterton Chamber of Commerce will be hidd in Messrs AbrabHiD and Williams' farmers' room on Friday next, at 3.30 p.m,

The sharp frosts during the last few mornings have played havoc with the late garden crops and winter feed in the Kopuarnnga district.

A fire occurred at Taylorvillo about 9 o'clock on Monday evening, and resulted in the destruction of shops occupied by Studley (bootmaker) and Philpott (grocer).

The State Coal Depot at Wellington was opened for business at 8 o'clock yesterday morning. Trade, so far, appears -to be flourishing, according to the verdict of the manager, Mr W. O. Gasquoino.

A cablegram from London, yesterday, stated that the Countess of Warwick declares that she sold every jewel she possessed before the general election in aid of the fuuds to enablo Socialists to be elected.

A telegram from Dunedin, yesterdny, stated that James Robertson, a fireman employed un the Rise and Shine dredge, droppod dead on board the dredge on Tuesday uight. He suffered from heart disease.

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 Justioe J. Madden, K.C.M.G., L.L/D., in the Supreme Court, at Melbourne, the prosocution showed: — 1. That Sander and Sons' Pure Volatile Eucalypti Extract contains all medical constituents of the euoalypti, in a highly rofined 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 ! 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 oDtain the GENUINE SANDER AND SONS EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.

Tbe Masterton portion of the San Francisco mail arrived last evening. The Welch Family of cricketers defeated Levin by ten runs on Easter Monday. By carrying out tbe drainage works by day labour, instead of by ..contract. Carterton estimates to have saved £354. The Carterton Borough Council is making provision for metalling a seotiou of High Street. Carterton, with broken stone and rolling it. With the advent of the grain season, Cbristohurch andLyttelfcon people are complaining at the shortage of grain trucks. A well known speculator has purchased several of the Napier butchering businesses, aud efforts are being made to aoquire others. A lawsuit involving the ownership of a large Carrara marble quarry, valued at moie than £9,000,000, has begun at Milan. Mr W. O. Rutherford, of Culverden, Canterbury, has consented to act as judge at the forthcoming trials of the Masterton Collie Club. A conference of Friendly Societies from all parts of the colony will be held at Wellington about the middle of next month to form a Colonial Association. A cablegram received from Sydney this morninc. 'stated that the racehorse Fitzgrafton had been sold to aa Indian sportsman for 1,800 guineas. George Brooks, aged 15 years, died in the Duoeain Hospital, yesterday morning, sdlys a Dunedia telegram, as the result of a bullet wound in the abdomen. He was plnying with a toy pistol with some other boys, when ife weat off. The Social Democratic Federation Conference now Bitting at Bradford has passed a resolution declining to affiliate with tbe Labour Representation Committee until the latter clearly aooepts the principles of Socialism. Mr Hqlman Hunt's picture, "The Light of the World," which arrived at Auckland from Sydney on Sunday, in charge of Mr M. Jost, is now on exhibition in the municipal art gallery. It was inspected by a large number of people on Monday. The picture will be on exhibition for a week, and will then be taken south. Messrs J. Henry (Opaki) and E. Vennell (Te Wharau), who tied for a oup and medal at the Wairarapa Pifle Association's meeting in February, tired off for the trophies on Friday last. Mr Vennell scored 97 points and Mr Henry 95 points, the former thus winning by two points. Commenting on the stand taken by the Victorian Labour Conference against the protectionist overtures, the Secretary of the xsew South Wales Political Labour League states that members of the Labour oarty have decided to look to their, own platform for their industrial salvation. < At the Wellington Lawn Tennis Association's meeting, yesterday, H. M. Gore defeated P. M. B. Fisher in the final.of tbe Men's Championship Singles. The Ladies' Championship Singles was won hy Miss A. Ward, who defeated Miss Powdrell in the final. The engine of the special express from Invercamill to Dunedin leaving Gore at 11.54 p.m. on Monday was derailed while going to water. Two engines were obtained from Invercargill, and on the arrival of the night train from Dunedin the passengers were transferred into each other's trains. The Daily Express states that Captain Crosswell, Naval Director to the Australian Commonwealth Government, after visiting shipyards on the Tyne and the Clyde, has forwarded to Senator Playford, the Federal Minister of Defence, specifications and estimates for four destroyers and four torpedo boats. A Sydney cablegram states that the flnanoial article in the Sydney Daily Telegraph, while declaring that the London Statist's estimate that twenty millions has been sent Homo for investment is exaggerated, admits that twelve millions has been vemitted to the Old Country within the past two years. The ordinary meeting of the Masterton Municipal Fire Brigade was held last evening, Captain Jenkins presiding over a large attendance. Apologies for absence were received from Fireman E. Brnggins, D. McCormiok, S. Check, R. B. Church, and A. H. Pickering. The Brigade decided to cooperate with the Band in forming a ladies' committee in couueotiou with the bazaar and exhibition. Mr R. Harding was elected an active member and Messrs F. Holloway, and A. W. Williams honorary members. The formal opening of the new bridge erected for the Eketnhnna County Council, under the direction of Mr Joseph Dawson, over the Makakahi River, at Hamua, is to take place on Friday. The Hon. W. Hall-Jones, Minister of Public Works, will perform the opening ceremony. Ho will leave Wellington by the express train, aud will reach the bridge from Hukauui between one and two o'clock. The bridge is a combined truss aud suspension bridge, aud a large number of local representatives have been invited, to whom Mr Dawson will explain the various details which he claims to be valuable improvements. Mr W. H. Oruieksbank has for lease 100 acres near Masterton. A notice with reference to an umbrella left at Mr Letbafcy's shop, appears elsewhere. Messrs E. J. Carthew and Co., New Plymouth, advertise particulars of two valuable properties which have been placed in their bands for sale. The farm of 1,350 acres is pronounced a bargain, and should attiaot capitalists in search of a good investment. QUITE DIFFERENT. The ordinary cough medicine may soothe the throat, bat it hiis no power to heal; recovery is not complete, and a second attack is more liable to follow. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is quite different, because it not only soothes bat also heals, so ■ that the affected parts are restored to a healthy oondition, and the danger of a future attack is removed. For sale by T. G. Mason. I Masterton.—Advt.

The extraordinary fall in values of Sooth African mining shares dnr- i ing the past thirteen mouths has re- i suited in a loaa of over £65,000,000. < For the year ended March 31st, the Ashbuiton Hospital received £307 10s in patients' fees, which constitutes a reoord for the institution. Two hundred orossbred ewes were stolen off the Wosterfleld Estate, Aehburton County, Inst month. It is said that a good deal of this kind of thieving is going on in that district. So scarce is the supply of domestic servants at New York that an untrained girl can obtain £5 a month as wages, while a properly trained young woman cau earn as much as two guineas a week. It is proposed to form a substantial Ferro Concrete Company and have works near Now Plymouth, in order to construct bridges, wharves, walla and buildings on the most up-to-date lines. Up to March 3rd the total revenue of the New Zealand railwayu for the financial year was £2,146,380, as against £2,031,848 last year. lo the same date the expenditure was £1,490'.267, as compared wish jEl',Bl3/221. A company has been formed to start a Scottish colon y in Canada, to consist of 144 men. Each man will be financed by the company, and it is honed that in the oourse of eight years he will be able to entirely discharge is liabilities. Spread through the length and breadth of Victoria there are 1,200 branches of friendly societies with a membership of over 100,000. or nearly one'in ten of the oopulation, with a total invested fund of £2,500,000. 'The women pieacberaand ministers of religion have inoreabed throuihout the United States during the last decade in the ratio of 300 per cent. In 1890 the women "clergymen" of Amerioa licensed to preaoh and marry couples numbered only 1,143, whereas there are now 3,378. In oonneoton with the eruption Of Vesuvius, it is interesting that last year one of the numerous Old World prophets predicted earthquakes in all parts of the world; numerous voloanio eruptions; the eruptions of some volcanoes now supposed to be extinct. "There -will be an especially destructive eruption of Mount Vesuvius, of Mount Peleo, and of Popocatepetl 5 A syndioate is arranging for working alluvial ground on the Batou River, Nelson, by means of sluicing and dredging, and consequently the question of proclaiming the Baton River a sludge channel has arisen. Tbe Mines Reoord points out that the Baton is a tributory of the Motueka, and when i: was proposed a few years ago to gazette tbe latter river, there were claims for compensation amounting to £124,706. The Wellington Ooera House Company will this year pay a dividend of 8 per cent, and the annual bonus of £lO5 to the directors. In view of the growth 'o-f the city and the requirements of the theatrical profession the board contemplate consulting the shareholders with a view to increasing the accommodation of the house. This will require that tbe capital of the company should bo increased. Tbe rents last year amounted to £3.310. A remarkably smart piece of cabling was performed by tbe Pacific cable people, last week, says the Dnnedin Star. A message for London left the Dunedin office at 10.29 , a.m., the reply baing received baok ! in Davedin at 1.2 p.m., only 2hr 31min being occupied in the transmission of the message both ways, its delivery and reply being attended to by tbe addressee. This performance ranks as one of the smartest yet performed by any telegraph administration. Two little children, whose home is in Tiaiaru, had a very unpleasant experience recently. It appears that their home is also the home of a small colony of rats, and when asleep in their beds early one morning the two children, whose ages are from six to seven years, were attacked by some of the more daring members of the rodent family. The mother of the children, hearing the little ones screaming, hastened to see what was the matter, and she was horrified to see the rats actually biting the children about the lips and face. They were severely bitten and their faces were smeared with blood. A great number of people who travel in trains do not seem to recognise the danger of hanging their arms out of tho windows. Some go so far as to put their heads out. Cases have be9n reported where people have had arms broken by being struck by passing carriages, and through striking other obstacles, and in Victoria a couple of years ago a man's head was smashed to a pulp through the same thing. A case iu point happened between Sydney and Evoleigh the other day. A little girl, travelling with her mother to Camdon, lot her arm hang out of the window, and some portion of a passing train struok it, with the result that it was badly broken near the elbow. The train was pulled up at Eveleigh, and the injured child taken to the Uoyal Prince Alfred Hospital for treatment. COMPLETELY CURED APTEIt NINETEEN YEARS. After nineteen years suffering from rheumatism, Bheumo broughtrelirf to MrChas. Dowsett, the well known chimney-sweep of 54, Murpby Street, Wellington. Head what Mr Dowsott writes:—"l thank you very much for the use of Bheumo. I have used nearly everything in existence for heumatics, but found no relief till I used your Bheumo. After nineteen years suffering it is a great relief to be free from pain." Give Bheumo a fair trial, and it will cure you just as it cured Mr Dowsett. Your grocer or chemist sells it at 2s 6d and 4s 6d a bottle.—Advt, The noble forests of our land Beneath man's devastating hand Soon will have vanished, leaving there This country lying,, gaunt and bare. No wooded clothing, now she's old, To save her from her death of cold, Bntlol Dew, Woods arise with healing sure All hail then—Woods' Great Peppermint Curs.

The new turbine steamer which is being obtained by the Union Com- i pany, for the Cook Strait ferry ser- i vice, will be of tbe same class us the Loongana, but larger. The Pahiatua Herald is informed that some of the settlers in the fldakomaku district have discovered lignite on their sections and are burning ft iustead of wood. A cablegram received from Sydney, this morning states that Hale, of Sydney, defeated Stepheus, of Victoria, by one point iu for the bowling championship of Australasia. It is ominous that the Government should be faced at the beginning of its career with the two groat provisoes, South Africa and Ireland, on which Liberal Administrations have oome to such awful grief in tho past.—Manchester Courier. At Pahiatua, on Monday, Mr George Anderson was married to Miss Catherine Brodie, second daughter of Mr and Mrs A. Brodie, of Pahiatua. Miss Quirko was bridesmaid, and Mr G. Oliver, of Masterton, was best man. It is reported, says tho Christchurch Press, that the State Fire Insurance Department can, boast of having about three millions sterling of insurance on its books, while tho losses up to the present amount to less than a thousand pounds. The export of flax from the port of Auckand for the month of March was a record one, totalling 74,000 bales, amouutiug to 7,000 tons. This, at the average value of the I flax exported, should bo worth approximately £119,000. The Mayor of Carterton, MrJaa. Brown, addressed a meeting of tho burgesses, at Carterton, last night, and laid before them a statement of the receipts and expenditure for tho past year. He was accorded nn enthusiastic reception. Mr Jas. Baillio occupied the chair. I The Miramar Company, Limited, Wellington, whioh owns a large area at Miramar, has decided to utilise fifty acres for the purposes of a park, which will be laid out iu orioket and football grounds, polo grounds, and tennis conrts, and will include a oyole track. People are frequently warned of the danger of cleaning gloves with benzine near a fire. Recently a servant girl iu Wellington was cleaning a pair of gloves on her hands, and on holding them near the fire the benzine on the gloves ignited. The girl, who was severely fcuruod, is now in tbe hospital. The Premier, in a recent speech, stated that he and his colleagues had oome to the conclusion that the timehad arrived to connect the Capo Pallißer lighthouse with the telegraphic system of tho colony. PalUser Bay is a well-known death-trap for shipping, and telegraph conuec-. tion with the lighthouse has long been urged. At the Oddfellows' Conference at Nelson, yesterday, tho eleotion of officers resulted as follows: —Grand master, .Bro. A. N. bachelor, Nelson; Deputy Grandmaster, Bro. James Marshall. Rangiora; Corresponding Secretary, Bro. Kershaw, Wellington; Treasurer, Bro. G. E. Godber, Wellington. For the British Government in the present situation there is only one course to support France loyally, and to make it clear to the rest of the world that France, as regards the Moroccan question, does not stand alone, and, further, that if France is to be made the subject of attaok by Germany because she ventured to com© to an agreement with Britain, the whole force of the British Empire will be exerted in her defence.—Spectator. The Government Biologist, Mr T. W. Kirk, has just returned from a visit to Hawke's Bay, where he made an inspection of the Frimiey Canning Factory, near Hastings. He found that good progress bad been made with planting fruit trees in the district, and the area known as the Frimiey orchards, owned by different people, has reached 380 acres, and new plots were being plauted every year. The factory is doing good work, having this season taken in 14.090 cuses of fruit, mostly peaches and pears. It would, as the result turn out 12,000 boxes of preserved goods, of which Mr Kirk was assured there were already orders for 8,000 boxes, some of which had already been executed. At the height of the season—tbe cud of January and early February —the factory employs 120 hands, and it still has half that number actively at work. The Cbristchuroh railway authorities make strong complaints iu regard to the action of the Volunteers who left the Ohristohuroh Railway Station on Thursday oveuing for Balmoral, says tho Press. There were not sufficient carriages ai'ailable for the men, it seems, and the authorities supplied trucks for them. Tbe officers went iu a carriage, and the men considered that they had not been properly treated. To mark their disappioval of the arrangements they tore up the seats in the trucks and damaged tho railway property iu other ways. It is.stated tbiit they threw stones from tho trucks ou to houses as they passed by, and at Wuikari they tied ono eud of a rope to a truck and the other end to the fence at tho station. The tri'ik was noticed in time, otherwise a large portion of tho fence would have been tore down. The railway authorities have brought the master under the notice of the Minister for Defence. "couoh, coucii!" Night and day, until the strength is entirely exhausted, and that dreadful word ' Consumption" begins to be whispered amongst friends. That's a common story, 1 familiar to the people of all parts of A-ustra 1 lia. There's another story which ought to be as widely known as the story of the disease—and that is the story of the cures affected by the use of Dr. Sheldon's New Discovery for Coughs, Colds, and Consumption. Bronohitis, obstinate deep-seated !■ coughs, bleeding of the lungs, and other forms of disease wbioh effect respiratory organs, are permanently cured by the use of Dr, Sheldon's New Discovery for Coughs Colds and Consumption. Small dose. Pleasant to take Every bottle guaranteed. For sale by H. E. Eton, Masterton, J. Bailie, Corterton.—Advt. i For Colds in the Head and Influenza, Wooda' Great Peppermint Cure, 1/6 and /6 per bottle.

Mr John Ferguson, one of the original six Senators for Queensland, die-3 at Sydney ou March 30th.

Miss F Watson, assistant teacher at Parkvale, has been appointed assistant at the South Wellington School.

The increase in incomes on whioh taxatiou is paid in New South Wales this year is close on two millions.

According to Kussian newspaper estimates, 72.000 persons are _ now imprisound iu Russia on political grounds.

There ore now seventy-four flaxmills iu Southland, and the exrjort of fibre is second only to that from Auckland in quantity.

The cash transactions of the Public Trust Office, of New Zealand, for the year just-closed show the enormous total of over £2,500,000.

The latest reports from Colombia. South America, show that 2,000 persons were killed is the result of the earthquake and tidal wave which swept the coast southward from Buenaventura.

It is stated in the Madrid press that King Alfonso and Princess Ena, af t*r their marriage, will pass the honeymoon at Kylemore Castle, Ireland, the property of the Duke of Manchester.

A somewhat noteworthy and decidedly gratifying feature in connection with a recent Native tanai, at Parihaka, was that no liquor was consumed by those taking part in the ceremony. The Premier of New South Wales has refused applications for between one and two millions of Government stock, on tbe grouud that the State has too much money to pay interest on, and the rate will have to be reduced. In North Canterbury complaint is being made that duck-shooting is already going on, though the season does not open until the first of noxt month. The same complaint is heard iu South Canterbury. James Alexander Hyman, licensee of tho Pig and Whistlo Hotel, at Broken Hill, was recently fined £5 for Sunday trading. Tbe police stated that there were 105 men iu the hotel when they entered it. The exhibits of marble will bo a special feature of the New South Wales display at the New Zealand Exhibition. The industries of the State will be fairly represented, though business people have riot shown all the interest that was expected. Tbe four-masked barque Swanhilda, 1,999 tons. Captain Maodooaid, has arrived at Sydney, after a passage of 107 days,from Coquimbo, Chili. The vessel met a series of gales, and was knocking about for a fortnight within three hundred miles of Sydney. The Gore Waikaka Railway Finance Company, the formation of whioh was authorised by a special Act last session for tho purpose of financing tho construction of a branch lino of railway twelve miloß long between Gore and Waikaka, as was done in the case of the Paeroa-WaiVi line, has been registered. Pretty Pictures want Pretty Frames. You can get the Finest Selection and the Best Workmanship at it. J. Lyttle's, Gillespie's Buildings.—Advt. HADY COUGH MUST NEVEIt LINGER. Nothing is more distressing than to see a helpless little infant suffering with a cough, and to be fearful of iisin? a remedy which may contain some harmful ingredient. The makers of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy positively guarantee that their preparation does not contain opium in any form, or any other harmful substance. Mothers may confidently give this remedy to their little ones. It Rives prompt relief, and is perfectly safe. It always cures, and cures quickly. For sale by T. G. Mason, Masterton—advt.

For Bronchial Coughs and Colds, Woods Great Peppermint Cure, 1/6 and 2/G per bottle.