LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIX, Issue 8140, 16 May 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A Christian Endeavour Society has been formed in connection with the Carterton Methodist Church.

A cablegram received from Sydney this morning states that the German warship Bondor has sailed for Auokland.

The nett overdraft of the Masterton Borough Council at the present date amounts to £1,913 15s lid, and the rates outstanding amount to £SBB 108. Hector Johnson, late of Parkvale School, has received notioe from the Wellington College Board of Governors that be has, been awarded an fantranoe exhibition, entitling him to two years' free tuition at that institution. Sergeant O'Malley, Inspector of Weights and Measures for the Wairarapa, will visit Eketabuna, today, to inspeot the weights and measures in that district, tie will probably be absent from Masterton about a week. > Some time ago 51b-* of Northern Star potatoes were planted at Kaitoke, in a piece of ground 6 feet broad by 11 feet long, says the Carterton News. They have now been dug, and have yielded 1501bs, or at the rate of 2d tons to the aore, and were perfectly clear of blight. The financial position of the Masterton Borough Council at the present date is as follows: General Account, dr., £3,021 15s 2d; Gas Account, cr. £651 6s 4d: Library Account, rfr., £118; Waterworks Account, nr., £2lB 17s lid; Depost Account, or, £161; Interest Account, drainage, cr., £127 3s 7d; Interest Account, Ba||nister Street, cr., £67 lis sd; JLoan Account, cr.. drainage, £55 8a lOd;' Loan Account, cr., abattoir, £549 lis lid. At the meeting of the Borough Council last evening a letter was received from the Masterton Y.M.C.A., asking the Council to grant the Association a supply of ooke during the coming winter for use in their rooms. The Mayor stated that there was not an abundance of coke at the gasworks at present, and he thought that as there was a number of poor and needy people in the borough who were deserving ot donations of ooke they should have first claim. The Town Clerk was instructed to reply accordingly. . CONSTIPATION. For constipation there is nothing quite po nice aa Chamberlain's Stomach and. Liver Tablets. They always produce a pleasant movement'of the bowels, without any disagreeable effect. For sale by T. G Mason, Masterton. Look after the outside of your business it will have a good effect on the inside. Professionaliien, business men, if you want to attract attention just have a chat with R. J. Lyttle, the up-to date signwriter and decorator, Gillespie's Buildings, Queen Street.—Aovr.

The usual meeting of the Y.M.O. A. Literary and Debating Sooiety will be held at 8 o'olook to night.

Miss Burnett, of Belvedere, has presented an oil painting to the Carterton Town Clock Committee.

Dtmedin buyers offered £62 on Friday for shares in the oil works at New Plymoth, but holders are asking £65. The pressure at the brre oontinues to iucrease.

The employees of Messrs Booth and Co., .timber merchants, of Carterton, on Saturday night, presented Mr J. T. Rathbone, the late manager, with a handsome marble clock, suitably inscribed.

Mr G. W. Owen, aged 81, and Mr W. Lynch, aged 56, two old residents of Auckland, died last week. Mr Lynch was for a number of years licensee of the Clarendon Hotel, Auckland.

At the annual social of the Kopuaranga Presbyterian Church, on Friday night, Miss Stewart, the organist, was presented on behalt of the congregation with a handsome gold bangle and a Bible, as a mark of esteem. The presentation was made by Mr Bruce.

A committee of the Hawke's Bay A. and P. Association, at tbeir meeting on Friday, received a letter from the Manawatu A. and P. Association suggesting that joint aotiou should be taken with regard to prohibiting or allowing the trimming of sheep exhibited at shows. It was decided to'reply that the Hawke'a Bay Sooiety did not propose to interfere in any way with exhibitors in the matter referred to.

Mr T. Knowles, of New Plymouth, says the Herald, is collecting quite a museum of marine curiosities at the Mofeuroa Hotel, among the latest additions being a very fine specimen of the starfish, with twelve points, a sea-water bug, and the skeleton of a fish which has not been identified. It was caught near the Sugar Loaves, and is fully six feet lone, with a large head with' horns.

A local barrister (says the Manawatu Times), under instructions from a Falmerston N. resident, bad issued a writ against, an unqualified medical practitioner resident in the town, claiming damages for uhskilfal treatment by which claimant's wife's life was endangered, and necessitating urgent'treatmeut in the hospital. The details of the case are alleged to be sensational.

A man, named Rudolph Bargess, has been arrested at Wairaki, near Taupo, by Constable Vern, on a charge of false Dretenoes. Burgess is identical with "Or. Burgess,'* who was in Falmerston N. a short time ago, and who claimed to be on a walking tour of the world. He will be brought to Auckland to answer the oharge, and will, it is alleged, have other similar charges made against him.

According to the last census returns tbe population of Lansdowne is 439 (males 218, females 221). The population in 1901 was 288. The 'population of Oastlepoint bounty ij 561, being an increase of 131 since last census was taken. Tbe returns for tbe Upper Tauera district shows the population to be 195,' while tbe number of people in the Warrmi-o-ru district, is 487. being an increase of 41 since 1901.

Mails for the Common wealth of Australia, Ceylon, India, .China, Japan, Straits Settlements, also South Africa, continent of Europe, and United Kingdom (which need not be specially addressed), also Eastern Canada and Eastern States of United States of America (which must be specially addressed), per Moeraki, will close at Masterton on, Saturday, May 19tb, at 6.15 a.m.

On Thursday, May 17tb, at 3.30 p.m.. General . Babington, Commandant of the New Zealand Forces, will inspeotthe various local oorps. The Masterton Rifles will fall in at the Drill Shed at 3 p.m. sharp. Tne General, accompanied by Major J. G. Hughes, will arrive from JNapier by the 3.25 p.m. train on Thursday, aud will leave for Wellington by the 5.30 p.m. train the same evening. The men in the local oorps will be given five rounds of blank ammunition for field work. Ihe site of the parade has not .yet been decided on. The Greytown Rifles are coming to Masterton for the parade by means of drags. Colonel Drummond, Officer Commanding sth Battalion, will also be present.

A large number of members attended the preliminary meeting of St. Patrick s Club, which was held last evening. Mr B. J. Oolan, President, ocoupied the chair. The Secretary read a report of the year's work, and submitted a balance sheet showing a small credit balance. The report and balance sheet were adopted. The Chairman reported that he had secured the use of the meeting room which the Club had occupied last year from Messrs Abraham and Williams. The Secretary was instructed to write to Messrs Abraham and Williams, thanking them for their courtesy. The debate selected to upen the session on Tuesday, 22nd May, was '•Does the Socialism of To-day Further the Interest and Improvement of Sooiety." Messrs J. O'Connor, J. Yarr, W. Redmond, F. Hbubgey and B. J. Dolan were selected as leaders in the affirmative,' and Messrs P. O'Leary, A. Haughty, B. Flanagan, J. Whittaker and J. Robertson in the negative. MERIT KB WARDED BY COURT 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, K.C.M.G., etc. His Honour, when giving udoment, said with regard to the GENUINE SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, that whenever an article is oommended 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 thisto afford thepublio. an opportunity of protecting themselves and 'of securing what is proved beyond all doubt by skilled witnesses at the Supreme Court of Viotoria 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.

There is a movement among Mr Seddon's friends to celebrate his birthday (June 22nd). The manager of the Moturoa oil 'bore considers that an oilfield extends from New Plymouth to Gistiorne.

A "long night" dance of the Masterton Band, Fire Brigade and Volunteer Assembly, will be held in the Drill Hall this evening. Kefreshments will be provided by the ladies.

Speaking to a Taibape deputation with regard to the Main Trunk railway/Mr Hall-Jones said that he intended to uonstruot light branch lines, irrespective of the survey, to expedite the connecting of the railheads.

No less than ten doctors are interested in the estate of a bankrupt lighterman at Port A burin (Napier), and out of total liabilities amounting to £123 16s the claims, of medical men represent £BB 3s lid.

The Auckland Acclimatisation Society has under consideration tbe -question of the advieableness of stopping the shooting of both native and imported birds next year. Game is very scarce in all parts of the Auckland distriot.

The, transformation of Egypt from a bankrupt oountry seething with rebellion and discontent to a condition of absolute peaoefulness and financial stability in the short period of 20 odd years is undoubtedly one of the geatest achievements in the history of British Empire-making.—Mail, Frankfort.

' The New York Herald's correspondent at Port de France saya. that, between February 16tb and March *Btn, 80 earthquake shocks were felt ■at Martinique. Professoi Heilprin has made an ascent of Mont Pelee, and viewed the oiater. He found no symptoms of disturbance. He is of the opinion that the bed of the Caribean Sea is settling. It is generally understood that the legislators of the colony get a great deal of bard work to do and very little thanka for it, bat the position is apparently not always without its perquisites. Five members of the Legislature, two from the Upper and three from the Lower House, attended at the drawing of an art union at Christohurch the other night, and each was nble to go home with a work of art under bis arm. Yet there were only twentyeight prizes altogether. The Masterton Borough Council, at their meeting last evening, considered applications for the positions of slaughterman, assistant slaughterman and boy, at the Borough abattoir. Twenty-three applications were received for the first position, and Mr W. Mawhiney, or Palmerston North, was ap. pointed. Mr P. 0. Jorgensen was appointed assistant slaughterman, and Joseph Thompson received the boy's position. A meeting of the hapus and the prinoipal chiefs of. the Wairarapa, was held at Papawai, qn the 10th and 11th instants. Baukura Tamabau handed over the ground on whioh the meeting bouse stands, com- " prising about -two acres to the native people and the Government.. The trustees appointed were-r-The Hon.' Jas. Carroll (Native Minister), and Eaakura Ta-riahau, Tunuirangi, , Niniwa Teranga, H. Parata, Iriatara Klngi, and Nirehai Tamaki.

The statement for the first eleven days of the New Zealand Utility Poultry Club's Second Egg-laying Competition of 100 peua, at the Lincoln Agricultural College, show that 601 eggs were laid during that period, the highest totals being as follow: D. M. Peek's Blaok Orpingtons. 28; D. M. Peek'H Blaok Langshans, 27; H.vHawke's Silver Wyandottes, 24; G. W. Aldridge'a White Leghorns, 24; J. Mann's White Wyandottes, 23; J. Mann's Silver Wyandottes, 22. Association.

The weekly meeting of the St. Matthew's Club was held last evening in the Vestry. The Rev. A. M. Johnson occupied the chair, and there was a large attendance of members. An elocutionary contest waa won by A. Keeble, who rnoited "The Man From Snowy River." It was decided to obtain a, special prize for him, as he, was not a member of the Club. E. Maosersey ("The Pipes at Lucknow") was second, and P. Hyde ("A Pin") was third. A hearty vote of thanks was passed to Miss E. Williams, 8.A., for acting as judge. The quarterly session of the Wairarapa District Coiirt will open in Masterton on Friday, af 10 a.m., hefore his Honour, District Judge Haselden. The case of Henry Burling, farmer, of Alfredton, v. Charles and William John Blake, farmers of Haunui, a claim for j£3oo damages, alleged to have been sustained through a bush fire from defendant's property spreading, to plaiotiff' s, is the only one to be heard before a jury. The case of the Kaituna Co-operative Dairy Company ' v. Edgar L, Holm wood, a claim for £4B, damages sustained through an alleged breach of contract, and an appeal fro'm the Magistrate's Court, will be heard before the Judge alone. Messrs Hollinizs and Prendeville will apply for probate ia the estate of the late Mr William Adamß, of Masterton. The ordinary meeting of the Municipal Fire Brigade was held in the Central Station, last evening, Captain Jenkins presiding. Sick leave was granted to Foreman Maher. Leave of absence for one week was granted to Branohman Holmes. A letter was read from the Palmerston North Borough Council inviting ap- . lioationafor the position of Superintendent of the Palmerston North Fire Brigade. The letter was reoeived. The Masterton Fire Police wrote forwarding Custodian Fielding's service while a member of the corps, and also a complimentary ticket for the annual social. Foreman E. MoCullooh wrote tendering ' ' tils resignation as an active mem ber, which was. accepted with regret. A sum of two guineas was voted from the Members' Fund to the widow of an ex-auperintendent of a Christ•churoQ suburbau brigade. Mr D. Palmer was elected an aotive mem; ' 'ber.

Four tenders were reoeived by the Borough Council last evening for the erection of a stop bank at the Waipoua River. The tender of Gadsby and Bartlett for £*4B was accepted. The Inspector of the Masterton abattoir, Mr D. Elliot, is expected to arrive in Masterton towards the end of the week. At the meeting of the Borough Council, last ( evening, Mr Elliot was also appointed manager of the abattoir.

A Ohristehuroh telegram states that at tbe divorce sitting of the Supreme Court, yesterday, decrees nisi were granted in the following oases:—Cecil A. Swete v. Juan it a Luoy Swete, adultery; Winifred Gordon v. George Fraser Gordon, desertion; Eliza Lloyd v. Joseph Lloyd, desertion.

Among the applications before the meeting of the Masterton Borough Ooun6il, last evening, for the j-osition of butcher at the Masterton abattoir was the following from a person who evidently thought the position was made for him:—"l will accept the position of head butcher at the abattoir. Wire when required."

Or Temple stated at the meeting of the Masterton Borough Council, last evening, that the automatic clocks attached to the gas lamps in Perry Street performed a "bop, step, and dance," and sometimes the lamps were lighted, for an hour afl,d then went out for an hour. Or Pauling stated that although the clocks on tbe lamps in Short Street were going, the lamps did not light. The Gas Manager intimated that he would give the to-day.

The fire whioh destroyed the Greytown Hall consumed much volunteer property, including uniforms, and E Company of Euahine Battalion requires £3OO for uniforms. The corps has £'225, capitation money, in hand, and proposes to raise £75 between Carterton and Greytown. For that purposs "a meeting was held on Monday, when it .was deoiJed to bold a social in the Victoria Hall, on May 31st. The following, were appointed a general committee:—Messrs G. Hully, J. Stevens, J. Waters, J. Petersen, J. Underbill, W. King, and W. JobnBton.

The Borough Park Oommittee met last evening. There were present:— Grs J. G. Ewington (in the chair), J. Elliott, F. W. Temple, and W., Morris. The Engineer reported on the cycle track at She Park, estimating the cost of improvement at £230, made up as follows:—-2,713 yards of asphalting, £l7l, 8a 9d; 333 yards of filling, £43 6s; widenng, removing tar and send, grading and rolling, £25 3s. The Town Clerk was instructed to invite representatives from the various athletic I bodies interested to meet the Park ! Committee with reference to the Amatter. The Engineer also reported that he was taking levels for the ornamental waters and the ten acres, and hoped to have them completed this week. The caretaker, reported that tie had had no reply from the footballers regarding their playing on tte Oval. It was decided to inform the various clabs tnat unless the terms set down by the Park Committee for the use of the Oval are aduepted on or before the '2lstf instant the playing of football on the Oval will be prohibited. The oaretaker was instructed to impound cattle trespassing on the Park reserve and to claim damages for trespass. The report was . subsequently adopted, by the Council. . ' s

Messrs Maokay and Sons insert a notice with regard to the new premises in Queen Street taken by them.

Jurorß whose summonses were marked "criminal" will not be required to attend the furthoomirgsittings of the District Court.

The members of the Wairarapa Mounted Rifles (Native Corps} are notified to attend the camp at Marj tin borough, on Saturday next. Messrs Hecksber and Co., Ltd., have an extensive selection of all kinds of furniture at their rooms, in Perry Street. Those about to furnish are invited to pay a visit of inspection. Messrs Heoksner and Co., Ltd., advertise particulars of a number of town and country properties, including sub-divisidns of the Penrose Estate, which have been'placed in their hands for sale.

In a cew advertisement appearing elsewhere Mr 11. T. Wood, chemist, of Masterton, directs attention to his healing salve, an unfailing remedy for dressing! wounds, sores, and all forms of skin irritation.

In their Fanoy Department the W.F.O.A...stock note paper and envelopes in large quantities, and supply their customers at low rates. The firm have also a stock of botwater bottles, fanoy soaps, and toilet requisites. ' »- ■ , Mr J R. Niool reports the sale of Mr A. 0. Feaßt's farm, of 156 acres, at Dalefleld, together with the dairy stock thereon. At the present time there is a demand for dairy farms in Wairarapa, and this will probably continue until tho opening of the factory season in September. In another column Mr A. Henderson, watchmaker, jeweller and optioian, notifies that he has purchased the business of Mr R. Aahton (late W. Dougall}, and that he has removed into those premises. During the next fourteen days exceptional bargains will be offered to the public. The Ndbbiso Mother Who uses Dr Sheldon's Digestive Tabules not only keeps her own stomach perfectly regulated, but imparts the glow of health to the cheek of her babe. D 6 Sheldon's Digestive Tablets are mild bur infallible. For sale by H. E. Eton, Masterton, J. Baillie, Carterton*—Advt. Mothers. Do you know that Dr Sheldon's New Discovery will relieve Croup instantly? A3 it contains no harmful drugs of any kind, it is perfectly safe for your children. Small Dose. Pleasant to take. Price Is 6d, large size 3s. For sale by H. E. Eton, Masterton, and J. Baillie, Carterton. Don't Cough at Night. Restful sleep follows the use of Dr Sheldon's New Discovery. The best lung remedy in the world. Small dose. Plea; sant to take. Every bottle guaranteed. For sale by H. E. Eton, Masterton, and J. Baillie, Carterton.