LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIX, Issue 8129, 1 May 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dr. W. S. Ross returned to Masterfcon from Wellington yesterday. On Friday night the residence of Mr Nation, at Manuamahoe, was totally destroyed by fire. A case of typhoid fever in Eenall Street, Masterton has beeD reported to the Masterton Borongh Council. A busb fire at Makaretu, Hawke's Bay, on Saturday, destroyed Oohra' sawmill and four houses. Nothing was saved. A ohimney on fire in Queen Street, yesterday, afternoon, was the cause of the firebell being rung. The Eketahuna branoh of the New Zealand Farmers' Union has passed a resolution urging the Government" to abolish the duty on potatoes. QUITE DIFFERENT. The ordinary cough medicine may soothe the throat, but it h«s no power to heal; recovery is not complete, and a seobnd attack is more liable to follow. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is quite different, because , it not only soothe 3 but also heals, so that ,the affected parts are restored to a healthy condition, and the danger of a future attack is removed. For sale by T. G. Mason Masteiton.—Advt.

A turnip weighing 351b, has been grown on a farm at Templeton, nine miles from Christchuroh. The turnip is of the purple-top mammoth variety. The annual meeting of the Wairarapa and East Coast P. and A. Society will-be held in the Agricultural Hall, Carterton, at 11.30 a.m. on Saturday next. A covert coat found in Perry Street, Masterton, yesterday, awaits the owner at the Police Station. Tne name, "T. H. Harvey," ia marked inside the coat. Great trade depression exiata in Johannesburg, says the "South African News," and one large millinery establahment, in order to attract customers, has been giving away a lady's trimmed hat to every customer whose purchases exceed 10s. At the Wellington Supreme Court, yesterday, J. E. Patrick, Clerk of Court at Marton, who pleaded guilty to a charge of embezzlement of Court funds, was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, Mr Justice Chapman refusing probation. J. Lennon, for forgery, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment. "if we could get three years' conscription," said Lieutenant-Colonel Stoneham, speaking at Dunedin last week on the lack of support given to Volunteers, "it would do all the good in the world." The remark was reoeived with empahtic approval by a fairly large meeting. Another speaker, not a Vounteer, said that he believed conscription all over the British Empire was a certainty within the next ten years, and the sooner it came the better.

Some alteration baa been made by the Postal Department in the arrangement by which the s.s. Moana is to bring on the San Francisco mail from Vancouver. Instead of the Government steamer Tutanekai going on to Suva to pick up the Moana's mails there, on the due date, May 15th, arrangements have been made with the Union Company for the Moana herself to bring the mails on to Auckland. The Moana is due in Auckland on May 18tb.

In an interview with a Sydney newspaper reporter, Sir Robert Stout, Chief Justice of New Zealand, said that there was one thing that was rather distressing to New Zealand, and that was the decreasing exportations to the Commonwealth. The ship in which he travelled to Sydney was practically empty;' and he had noticed that nearly all the vessels leaving for the Australian States carried very little cargo. He supposed it was partly due to the fact that Australia was now more self-reliant, and partly owing to her protective tariff.

The fishing fleet at Moeraki is gradually undergping metamorphosis, it is found that the launches fitted with oil engines catoh the moat fish being independent of wind, and, therefore, better able to get on to the best fishing grounds. The sailing boats are thus at a great disadvantage. The number of "converted" sailers is increasing, and another of the fleet, is at present at Port Chalmers having a set of engineapufc in her. It is only a matter of time when the fleet will be all launches. ' From an aesthetic point of view the change will be a decided loss (says a correspondent of the Otago Daily Timesi, for one could travel a Jong way before he could see a prettier sight than 30 or 40 sailing boats making port with a spanking breeze on their quarter.

The remarkable sum of £3,6Q0 was paid at Christie's rooms recently for Nelson's famous memorandum to the fleet on the eve of Trafalgar. This historic document, undoubtedly the most important* Nel- ] son relic that has ever appeared in the sale room, consists of four quarto leaves, each side of wbioh is oovered with the bold characteristic handwriting of the immortal Admiral, and it is interesting to note that in it no provision was made for anything .but victory. There is much speculation (says the Daily Mail) as to the relic's ultimate destination, but at present it will remain at Mr Sabin's premises in Shaftesbury avenue. Mr Sabin, who has offered to sell it to any public institution for what he paid for it, has received an offer for it which would bring him a substantial profit. It has been pointed out that this is a document which should certainly not be allowed to remain in private bands.

A Canadian correspondent of a Southern paper remarks:—Owing to the political system under whloh our magistrate is appointed, we do not always have the law administered by .met) of technical qualification. Up ? in the Abittibi country, through which the new trans-continental railway will pass, the representative of a Montreal fur house was found with 775 beaver skins in his possession, contrary to the game laws of the province. The offender was taken before a magistrate who reasoned that the possession of ,eaoh skin was a separate offence. Therefore, on the basis of £4 per SKin, he imposed a fine of £3,100. This the culprit refused to pay.' The alternative fixed by law being three months' imprisonment for each offence, this marvellous magistrate then solemnly sentenced the guilty party to 185 years in. gaol I When the facts were known in Montreal an apnea! to the Supreme Court was heard, and the sentence was reduced to a fine of £i.

MERIT REWARDED BY COUET OF 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 bis Honour Chief Justice Sir J. Madden, E.C.M.G., etc. His Honour, when giving udement, 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 is not permissable to imitate any of its features. He restrained the imitators perpetually from doing so, and ordered them to pay all costs.. 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.

The latest addition to the Telephone Exchange is the Masterton Cement Pipe Company.

At a meeting of the aub-oommittee of the Wairarapa P. and A. Society, at Carterton, on Saturday, it was resolved to recommend that a Poultry Society be formed in connection with the P. and a. Society.

Daring the gale on Saturday a large combine-shed belonging to Mr F. Allen, on the Upper Plain, was blown over, and considerably damaged. Messrs Chamberlain Bros, had about £IOO worth of clover seed destroyed.

A Blenheim telegram last evening stated that a prohibited person, named Thomas McNellis, attemptea to commit suicide by taking spirits of salts. . He was removed to the Hospital and is expected to recover.

The following officers have been electee! b7 the Wairarapa P. and A. Sooiety, unopposed:—Presideut, Mr J. Strang; Vice-Presidents, Messrs J. Wbll and H. MoPhee; Treasurer. Mr U. W. Deller; Auditor. Mr H. S. Izard.

The condition of the man Olson, who met with a shooting accident at White Rock Station, Martin borough, last week, while pig hunting, and who is in the Greytown North Hospital, is such that very little hope is held out for bis reoovery.

A telegram from Wellington, last evening, stated that" Mr Seddon would to-day enter upon the fourteenth year of his office as Premier. Mr Seddon was 47 years of age when he assumed ttie Premiership on May Ist, 1893.

Mrs M. A. Tattersall, an old resident of Maaterton, died at Greytown North yesterday. Deceased, who was 62 years of age, was a daughter of the late Mr Edwin Ticehurst. Seven children are left to mourn their loss. The funeral will take place to-morrow, leaving Greytown for the Masterton cemetery.

At the Masterton Magistrate's Court, yesterday morning, before Mr W. P. James, S.M., George Newton Wilson, who was arrested at the Railway Station on Saturday, was ordered to pay 30s pei week towards the maintenance of his wife. On his own application, a prohibition order was issued against him.

At the Coons' Entertainment, which is to be given in the Masterton Town Hall, by a number of Masterton ladies, in aid of the Hospital Fund, on Friday evening next, Topsy, Honey, Gollywog, and Tiny will take the solos in "O Listen to the Band." Another feature of the programme is the Item, "Every Race Has a Flag but the Coon."

One of the advantages of the Poverty Bay district from a frnitgrowers' point of view, it was pointed out by an expert recently, ia that there are only two pests which have really a hold on the trees of the ■district, the oodlin moth and scale, whilst In other districts growers have half a dozen different pests to contend with.

At a meeting of the Eketabnna braDCb of the New Zealand Farmers' Union on Saturday, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year:— Chairman, Mr W. B. Matbieson; Vice-Ghairtran, MrT. Bayliss: Seoretary, Mr R. J. MoLean; Auditor, Mr J. Carter; Executive, Messrs J. H. Bridge, S Keam, B. Moria, T. Moss, F. C. Turnor, F. Dowsett, H. Dunn, E. French, E. O. F. von Reden, E. TotrlinsoD, A. Small, F. Calton and G. Heokman; Delegate, Mr W. B. Mathiesoo.

Mr A. Norman is at present offering speoial value in winter goods, including golf jerseys, douses, and quotes prices of the leading lines.

Mr W. Booth notifies that be is giving up business and requests that ail aoocunta be settled before Saturday, May sth, otherwise proceedings will be taken for their reoovery.

On Thursday, May 10th, Dalgety and 00. will submit at auotion, on account of Mr R.. % H. Rathbone, the whole of bis superior household furniture. Particulars will be advertised later.

The boot department of the W.F.O.A. have established a repairs branoh on their premises, and have engaged competent workmen for that purpose. A speoial announcement to this effect appears elsewhere.-

Elmwhere in this issue, Mr K. H. Bbodes, land agent, Woodville, advertises particulars of several ohoice farms which have been placed in bis bands for sale; The properties

range from 1.20U acres to 7,300 acres ' of highly improved country, and inolude a block of 6,000 acres of good milling totara bush on the Main Trunk line.

attention is drawn by advertisement to the splendid accommodation offered to the travelling pub Ho by Mr Robt. Seymoar, proprietor of the JUketahuna Hotel. Mr Seymour is a well-known sport throughout the, Wairarapa, and Bash districts and visitors patronising the hotel under his control will obtain every comfort that this wellappointed and up-to-date hotel affords. The apartments throughout are splendidly fitted and furnished. 3VBT WHAT EVERYONE SHOULD DO. Mr S. G. Mather, proprietor "Chronicle" Normanton (Q.), always keeps a bottle of Chamberlain'B Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Bemedy at hand, ready for emergency, for there is no telling when it may be needed. He says:—"lt completely cured me of chronic dysentery, from which I had sufIcred for year?. I feel confident that Cham berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Bern edy saved the life of my infant daughter, who, when teething was severely attacked with diarrhoea, t.nd was given Hp by the doctors." For sale by T. G. Mason, Masterton.—advt. * YOUII COMPLEXION. It is an index to the state of the stomach. If you have pimples, boils, oarbuneles, or any other public signs of distress, your tblood is full of impurities from your fiomach. Dr. Sheldon's Digestive Tabuleg •will remove the cause of your mottled appearance, and will cure the headache, in digestion, sleeplessness, and all other evils <, that arise from a disordered stomaoh. For ; sale by H. E. Eton, Masterton, J. Bailie, Carterton.—Advt.' J"or Bronchial Coughs and Colds, Wood's Great Peppermint Cure, 1/6 and 2/ pel bottle.

A miner in British Colombia waa fined £SO for working more than eight hoars a day.

An effort is being made in London to establish a Now Zealand Clnb with permanent rooms in the oity.

In the recent general election in Great Britain, the total Labour vote exoeeded half-a-million.

A Dunedin telegram states that a good deal of damage of a minor nature was done about the oity and suburbs by the tierce squalls of wind on Sunday morning.

Cliff Hou<?e,Jthe San Franciscan pleasure resort, which v,as destroyed during the recent disaster, was managed by a Mew Zeolander, Mr Mendelson, formerly of Uawera. ' Artificial nitrate of lime is being made ry electricity in Norway at a cost which will enable it to compete easily with tue nitrate of soda now imported from Chili.

Six strokes with a birch rod was the punishment imposed by the Wellington magistrate recently on two boys who had damaged insulators on telegraph poles. The promptness with which leading men of San Franoisoo met to discuss plans for the re-building of the oity is a striking example of American alertness and energy.

There are between 25 and 30 witnesses in the Meikle inquiry to be heard before a Royal Commission at Dunedin. It is understood that some important evidence will be forthcoming.

The Government is calling for tenders for tunnelling under Arthur's Pass, on the Midland railway. The tunnel will be over five miles in length. The record price of 1500 guineas has been paid for a Shorthorn bull calf at Perth, the animal being Lord Lovat's Broadhook Champion. The animal has been sent to Buenos Ayres. :

Dr C. C. F«rr states that the magnetic survey of the whole of the colony will be completed in a few weeks. Sub-stations have been established, in all parts. There are about 300 of them atogether. A Press Association telegram from Wellington last evening stated that the Government had decided to call for tenders for the construction of three of the bridges on the central section of the North Island Main Trunk Railway Line, including that over the Manganui-a te-ao. A New Plymouth resident writes to one of he local papers and suggests that special inducements should be offered homeless San Franciscans to settle in New Zea land. He suggests paying passages, eiving land, and otherwise helping them to their feet again. At WarracknbaeaJ (Victoria) a few days ago Hamilton Allen, a far-aer, of Willenabrina North, was found guilty of having furnished a false return of hia income for the year ended December 31st, 1903. He was fined altogether £BS, with over $lO costs, and ordered to pay double of the tax evaded.

The first silting of the Meikle Commission, before Justices Edwards and Denniston, will be commenced to-day at Dunedin, to take the'evidence of 33 witnesses, who have been summoned on behalf of Meikle. The proceedings are /expected ,tq last ten days. Afterwards the Commission will sit in Wellington.—Association.

Mr J. S. Lennox, of Auckland, trad a rather unpleasant experience while recently motoring from Rotorua to Tauranga A bullet struck him in the baok, cutting away a portion of his coat, vest, and shirt, but inflicting nu serious damage, it was discovered that che shot was fired by one of a party of deer shooters.

The iate frosts in tbe Bay of Plenty distriot have done considerable damage to the maize crops in tbe inland settlements, but as usual the crops on the sea coast have escaped injury. The orop this year from thefle districts will show a falling off of many thousands of sacks as compared with previous years.

A very striking parallel is furnintibed by tbe great fire which devastated Chicago. Tbe work of rebuilding was begun immediately, and jast bow little time was lost may be judged from the faot that, in some instances, workmen dfgging out foundations were much inconvenienced by the beat from smouldering debris.

, The "Standard's" Chicago correspondent states that a Chicago jury awarded Ruktb Bostrum, a ten-year -old blind girl, £SOOO damages for injuries sustained by receiving an electric shock. She was paralysed while walking near an electric wire owned by the Union Traction Company. The jury accepted the theory advanoed in support of the girl's oase that it is not necessary to touch a. highly charged wire to receive a shook. It was stated that n shook might be received by a person who was 4ft. away from a live wire.

Ihe Waibi gna supply is sold through the medium of a "shilling in the slot" machine. The prepayment coin meter is an ingenious contrivance attached to the ordinary meter. The consumer is required to place a shilling in the slot, which thereupon registers 102 ft of gas; or a number of shillings a proportionate dmouut. A warning is given when the supply is about to ran out by a pointer and scale, which shows exactly the quantity of gas oonsumed. BABY. COUGH MUST NEVER LINCIER Nothing is more distressing than to see a helpless little infant suffering with a cough, and to be fearful of using a remedy which may contain some harmful ingredient. The makers of Chamberlain's Cough Bemedy positively guarantee that their preJJ paration-does not contain opium in any ferm, or any other harmful substance. Mothers may confidently give this remedy to their little ones. It gives prompt relief, and is perfectly safe. It always cures, and cures quickly. For sale by T. G. Mason. Masterton—advt. Perhaps you wish to send a parcel to another town either in New Zealand or across the sea. If so, you will find it best to forward it,through J. J. Curtis and Co., Ltd., Forwarding, Shipping, and Customhouse Agents, Customhouse Quay, Welling-' ton. Not only will it be the cheapest way, but you will be saved time and trouble— Advt.