LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8159, 13 June 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A beast killed at the Maaterton Borough abattoir,yesterday, was condemned by the inspeotor as being unfit for human consumption. A movement is "on foot in Waipawa and Waipukurau having for its object the establishment of a cooperative store in one of those town&. The oolonial mails which left Melbourne oik May 9th, per R M.S, Qmrah, via»Naples, arrived in London on the afternoon of the 10th instant, two days early. A telegram from Dunedin states that Hugh McLachlan, aged 74 years, was found dead on the railway line near Oway. Death is believed to be due to" natural causes. A telegram from Ohristcburch sta L es that the Durhani Street Methodist Ohuroh benefits to the extent of £I,OOO under the will of Mrs W. H. Clark, who died on Sunday. Mr W. P. James, District Coroner, yeaterdsy received intimation from Constable Sheary, of Martinborough, that a Maori, named Tahia Hanui, had been picked up dead on the Pirinoa Road. It is supposed that deceased met his death through beiug thrown from his horse. All civil cases which were to have been heard at the Masterton S.M. Court to-day have been adjourned until Tuesday next, owing to £the Court being closed on auoount of the Premier's death. For the same reason Mr W. P. James, S.M., has adjourned the sitting of the Dannevirke Court until Wednesday next. The rabbit pest haß recently become more troublesome than usual in the high country of Hawke's Bay, particularly in the neighbourhood of Kuripangapanga and inland Patea. This is partly accounted for by the continuous wet] weather experienced there for some months, which has rendered the poison sour, and to a great extent ineffective, it has been deoided by the authorities that more stringent measures will have to be takea to deal with the pest in the districts indicated. No Household Should ever be without a bottle of Dr. Shel don's Magnetic Liniment; a reliable remedy for cuts, bruises, aches, pains, rheumatism, lumbago, etc. For sale by H. E. Eton, Masterton, J. Baillie, Carterton, and Mauricevillo Co-operative Store Co., Ltd., Mauricevi'lo West. —Advt.

Victorian potatoes were sold' by auctioneers in Napier on Monday in small lots at prio°s that worked oat at about £9 per ton. The Government has oommenoed the purchase of natives' interests in the Waimarama properties, Hawke's Bay, for close settlement purposes. The Palmerston North Borough Council have placed £l3O on the estimates for'beautifying the town, in response to the request of the Beautifying Association, A telegram from Wellington states that the Governor has received the following cablegram from the Secretary of State for the Colonies:— "Referring to your cablegram of June 3rd, the King and Queen of Spain : desire to express their most sincere thanks to the Government of New Zealand for their sympathetic message." is now in a refuge for the aged in Madrid a woman who may probably claim to be the oldest member of her sex in the world. She is an Andaiusian, and is 125 years old, being born at Granada in 1781. Her name is Maria Nietoy Santos. She has inhabited Madrid for 103 years, and has been the mother of 2:1 ohildren, all of whom are dead, though most of them lived to a fairly old age. In a reoent issue the Westport News says:—"The Seddonville State Coal mine is not as flourishing a business concern as it might be, and for obvious reasons. Instead of the Wellington management pushing the sale of the special coal, which contains about 30 per oent of small, it is accepting orders for oraotically nothing but soreened ooal. This, of course, means that to supply the> orders, a large quantity of coali must be rendered praotically un.- , saleable. It is too small to suit requirements." "Pitiable specimens" of children were admitted to the Hampstead Infants' Hospital, London, during 1905. They suffered from diseases, of malnutrition, and aveiagedi 50 per oent. below normal weight. Yet the iate of mortality was lower, than the mortality rate of infants under one year of age in any of the large towns of the United Kingdom. This fact, says the London Times, demonstrates that with ordinary oare, the rate of infantile, mortality should be very consider*' ably deoreased. Experiments in wireless telegraphy will be conducted shortly, says the, Melbourne Argus, between stations erected at Point Lonsdale and. Devon port, Tasmania, by the Maroon 1 Company. any messages can be transmitted, however, the oompany must be granted a special license under Aot. The' oentral postal officials recently piepared a license form, but it was' not acceptable to the company, and several alterations, have been suggested by them. When the license has been amended as desired the experiments will be made without delay, so that the value of the system for commercial purposes may be practically demonstrated. The fear expressed by many Europeans that the Maoris are dying oat does hot appear to be borne ont by this year's census. The returns received up to the present show an increase, in the Native population in nearly every district, and there is reason to believe that when all the figures are in hind it will be found that the Maori race is numerically stronger than it was when the t census of 1901 were taken* The sanitary conditions at the majority of the Native pas are a vast improvement on tftose whioh prevailed a few years ago, and mainly owing to that fact no doubt there have been no serious epidemics since 1901. While a number of the oiroua employees were busily engaged at the New Plymouth station unloading the menagerie oars, a crane was brought into requisition to /raise the cars to enable the wheels to be adjusted, says an exchange. An extra heavy load overbalanced the orane, and threw it off the rails on to its side. Fortunately the men were able to jump clear and do one was hurt. How ta get the crane baok onto the rails was a problem. Presently the keeper of the circus, elephant appeared on the scene, with his huge pet, which was taken to the lower side of the crane, and at a word from his master, placed hi? massive forehead against the crane and righted it. Although weighing at least a couple of tons, the elephant appeared to with remarkable ease. Mr P. A. Vaile, the well-known New Zealander, now in London, writing in Fry's Magazine, gives bis view of some of John Bull's failings. 'There is in the national life of England to-day a wonderful atmosphere of falseness, of narrowness, of selfishness. £ see these things with eyes that have not the suales of tradition, custom, precedent. to dim their vision, and I see the pitiful make-believe thai is taking snob a prominent place in the social life of that which was, and 1 hope always will be, the greatest nation in the world. . . Gone are the stately old aourtesies, the genuine, lavish ' hospitality, the welcome of the home, in their plane we find the 'good form' of the present day, the right to buy our way into or about country homes oy the grace of the varicious ser- ,= vants who wait With itching palms on every step. And instead of the home weloome we have the restaurant dinner and the bridge party." MERIT REWARDED BY COURT OF JUSTICE. The acknowledged good qualities and srccoess of SANDER' & SONS' EUCA LYPTI EXTRACT have brought out many imitations, and one case was just tried in the Supreme Court of Victoria, before bia Honour Chief Justice Sir J. Madden, K.C.M.G., etc. His Honour, when giving udement, said with regard to, the i GENUINE SANDER & SOtiS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, that whenever an article is commended to the public by reason of its good quality, eto., it is not permissable to imitate any of its features. He restrained the imitators perpetually from doing so, and ordered them,to pay all coats. 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 <Sr SONS' PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTR&CT.

At] the Maaterton Police Court, yesterday morning, before Mr W. P. James, S.M., two firat offenders were fined 5s each for having been drunk. The first annual ball given by the' Mounted Rifle Corps at Tinui (writes our correspondent) was held on June Bth, and was a deoided success. Trooper C. Bell made an energetic secretary. The manager of a station in Cen■tral Otago writes that the weather there has been frightful The estimated loss round tho Lakes distriot is £12,000, mostly through loss of sheep in the snow, and Borne farmers did not harvest a single bushel of grain from their orops. A little while back a rather interesting wedding occured at One hnnga. Forty years ago two families migrated in the same ship from tho Old Couutry to New Zealand. The march of time left the representative of one family a widow, and the other a widower. These survivors joined foroes at Onehunga, and are now spending their honeymoon in England. Their combined ages make an aggregate of 130 years, A writer io the Hot Lakes Chroniola reoorda a singular movement of the waters of Lake Tarawera, 'which one day, while he was fishing, rose from his ankles to his knees; then receded, and left him high and dry. "On relating my uncanny experience to some 'campers' in the neigbourhood, they told me that they had also observei these pulsations of the lake, that usually they were hut slight, but that occasionally a 'king-wave' ocourred such as I bad witnessed." Five shillings wharfage is still demanded for the privilege (?) of drirj ing a motor car on to the New Plymouth breakwater, for shipment by steamer to Anckland says the New Zealand Motor Journal. We woold , not even so much objeot to the ridiculous charge if the wharf was In any reasonable condition for driving a oar over it. A driver has to take all sorts of risks in crossing * and re-orossing the rails, which are many incheb higher than the wharf. It is a disgrace to the authorities that such a state of affairs should exist. It is now reoognised that the motor car has come to atay, and surely the expenditure of a few pounds on this much-needed job should *io longer be delayed. The road from New Plymouth to the breakwater is one of the best in the colony, but the journey is spoilt by having to finish up the trip by a • aeries of steepleohase jumps ()ver iron rails. Good plasterers .are wanted by Mr W. King, Greytown Hospital. !' Messrs Gillespie and Co. have vacancies for housemaids, waitresses, etc. Mr C. E. Ivess advertises that he Ss prepaied to supply a first-class, line of tea and invites the housewives to try a sample.

All claims against the estate of the late Robert McKaj, of Wangaehu, are requested to be fient in before Jane 28th to the executors, Mrs MoKay, Wangaehu, or Robert Bruce, Kopuaranga.

The Shaw Savill and Albion Steamship Company notify that they are now issuing single and return tioketa on single or return bookings. . The rates can be obained from the local agents, Messrs Levin and Co., Ltd.

At Hogg Crescent, to-morrow afternoon, Mr J. R. Nicol will sell, on account of Mrs Forbes, who is leaving Master ton, the whole of her furniture and effects, whioh are praotioally new, having only been in use a few weeks.

Sapolin varnish will, renovate •wood work and furniture. Sapolin both tub enamel dispenses with the annoyance of rußty bath tubs, and Sapolin stove pipe enamel will renew stoves and ironwork. These valuable novelties are procurable in the Ironmongery department of the W-P.O.A.

The W.F.O.A. have just landed from Australia a fine line of No. 1; Carman seed potatoes, an all-round first-class early seed potato, which ■will take the place of the Beauty of Hebron. It is said to be a vigorous grower, and heavy oropper, and is recommended as one of the best of the early kind ever introduced on the market. Intending growers are notified that the supply is limited.

A handy and very efficient appli anoe for the use of dairy farmers is the Heckler patent legrooe, wbioh effectually prevents a cow from kicking. This useful contrivance, •which has been patented by Mr L. Heckler, of Mangamahoe, and which is highly recommended by those who have used it will be exhibited among the dairy appliances at the forthcoming show of the Maniwatu A. and P. Association.

The annual oatalogne of "Yates' Reliat>e Seeds" is to hand from Meaers J. Graham and Co., woo stock these well-known seeds. The publication, besides containing a large amount of useful information on gardening matters, gives particulars of vegetable and flowering seeds, flowering bnlbs, tubers and Toots, roses, and other flowering plantß. * A point to be noted in contention with Yates' seeds is that the firm destroy all the old seeds at the end of every year, in order to ensure the public getting new seeds at the commencement of the season. Messrs Graham and Go. have a selection of no less than 5,000 packets of seeds to choose from, and they invite the public to call and inspect them. Have Yod a Weak Thr oat If so, you cannct be too careful. You cannot begin treatment too early. Bach cold makea yon more liable to another, imd the last is always harder to cure. Try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy just once, and you will find it pleasant to take, and most soothing and healing. For sale by T. G. Mason, Masterton.—Advt. A Modbbn Remedy. Dr. Sheldon's New Discovery for Coughs, Colds and Consumption gets to the root of the trouble and effects a permanent euro. For sale by H. B. Eton, Masterton, J. .Baillie, Carterton, and Mauriceville Co op erative Store Co., Ltd., Mauriceville West, i—Advt. First Mirror: " I wonder of what use we are in this hurrying age, when everyone seems in toomnch hurry to pause ?" Second ditto: •' It's hard to say, but we can pause for ' reflection' and see." Ji iTen thousand up-to-date rolls of paperhangings, at Queen Street Shop also "reflect" credit to Robt. J. Lyttle, who stocks them. *