LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8181, 12 July 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Batter has been increased another penny per lb in Dannevirke and is expeoted to reaoh Is 6d per lb before the winter is over. Tbe gale on Tuesday blew down a wattle tree growing alongside Mr J. Rose's house on Upper Plain. The tree struck the verandah and did considerable damage. The Stratford Post reports that men engaged in driving a tunnel in the Manganui district on Saturday struck a seam of ooal about four feet thiok by twelve feet in lbngth. It is stated that the ooal is of good quality anl burned well. A resident of Pabiatuahas donated a number of shrubs and plants to the Park Committee. These are to be planted in, the Park and inolude tbe following:—"Ohryptonieria Blegatus," "Lomioera Ohimendis," "Forsytheria Virridissima," "Spirea Alba," and "Weigeiia Rosea." The Grown Dairy Company will (says tne Woodville Examiner) pay lOd per lb for butter fat for the months of July and August. Owing to the shortage in too supply, it is more than 'probable that butter will go up in price to la 3d or Is 4d before the winter is out. Mr Gilruth has reoommended the Government, in connection with the blackleg in Tarauaki, to allow farmers between the Manawapou and Patea rivers to remove their on oaiveq without inoculation on securing a permit from the Stock Inspector and stating their intention beforehand. Ibis will obviate the difficulty caused by there being no inspector at Manawapou. In the Appeal Court at Wellington, yesterday, in the case, Rex v. >Searley, the litter bad been convicted at Wanganui, under Suotion 412 of the "Criminal Code Act, 1893," for alleging' that he was a qualified medical practitioner. The Chief Justice and Justice Chapman thought the conviction should be quashed and no new trial ordered. Justices Edwards and Cooper agreed that the conviction could not i staad, but expressed the opinion that a new trial should be ordered. The result is that the conviction is quashed and no new trial ordered. Searley was unable to find bail, and served nis sentenoe (three months) in gaol, and has long since been discharged. The prinoipal of tne Maori College at Clareville (Wairarapa), Rev. S; G. Oompton, M.A., reporting to the Diocesan Synod on the year's work, states that perhaps the most promising feature is that of the improved feeling amongst tbe scholars and their loyalty to their prinoipal and to their college. Both cabinet making and carpentry work have fully juatifled their existence, abd the money expended upon equipment. Cabinets, lookers, desks, garden seats, and other useful articles' of furniture of the boys' construction are now in use. Besides this, the boys make up orioket shoes and repair their boots. At tbe close of March, 1906, five Maori boys were confirmed by the Bishop of the diocese at Masterton.

A meeting of the Sergeant O'Malley Presentation Committee will b& held in the Borough Council Chambers at 8 o'clock this evening. Mrs G. Harris, an old resident of > Martin borough, is seriously ill with brain fever. Her condition is causing her relatives considerable anxiety. In the month of June, 1906. there were exported from New Zealand, 2,5630wt butter, against 3570wt in June, 1905, and 2530wt cheese,, against 975cwt. It is reported that there is a mild: fuel famine.in New Plymouth just now, the rough weather having so interfered with shipping that local supplies of coal have almost run out. Tbe Secretary of the Workers* Mutual Building Society reports that the sum of over £lO4 was contributed at the payuight last evening by the shareholders, to enable them to narticipate to-night in the appropriation by sale of £3OO (free of interest). The South Waifarapa Health Dietricfc has been separated from Masterton. Mr Dorizao has been transferred to Pahiatua, and Mr M. O'Brien, of Feilding, has been appointed to the charge of the South Wairarapa district. His headquarters will be at Carterton. v There were 400 entries tion with the Pahiatua Poultry Show, yesterday. Tbe quality showed a vast improvement on that of tbe previous show. Mr J. Jarvis, of Rongotea, won the North Hand championship for Partridge Wyandotte cockerel. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agenoy Co., Ltd., advise their Masterton branch that a cable received from London, yesterdaymorning, stated that at the July wool sales merino wools opened with a decline of from par to %&, crossbred slipe wool from j/ 2 d to Id, greasy crossbred unchanged. At a meeting of the Wellington Rugby Union,last night, a committee was set up to deal with the display of larrikinism whioh took place on Saturday at the conclusion of the* Oriental-Melrose match, on the Athletio Park'j and it possible to find out who the ringleader was.—Asso- *< oiattoii. A Wellington telegram states that at a moeting of the Anglican Synod, last night, ifc was decided to bring before the General Synod the question of a general mission being oonduoteiio New Zealand by missionaries on lioes of the.Mission of Help to South Africa in the year 1904. Several farmers on tbe Clarence' River, New South Wales, contemplate following the example of extensive growers of broom millet on the Riohmond and Mauning Rivers. The Australian duty against Italian i and American millet is £4 a ton, 1 and the duty against the broom- ; handles made of base, an American timber, is also almost prohibitive. Therefore the Victorian and general inter-State broom factories are drawing beavily on the Hunter, the Richmond and the Manning for hurl and shorts. An'inquest was held at Higholiffe yesterday, respecting the death of Mrs Bridget McCredie, a widow, aged 71 years, who was found dead in her cottage. The medioal , evidence was to the effect that the deceased had died from general exhaustion and starvation. The constable in the district said deceased's neighbours would have willingly aided her, but she constantly refused to accept their services. There was-food in the house and deceased had some money. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased had died from exhaustion and starvation, for whioh she alone was responsible, there being no other reason for the same.—Association. A meeting of the General Committee in connection with the Band, Fire Brigade and Volunteer Bazaar and Exhibition, was held last even-,, ing, Mr T. Jenkins presiding. It was decided to engage Mrs Irene Connopj dt New Plymouth, to instruct the fancy'dancing classes and supervise the dancing programme. Messrs A. Morton, G. Grey, E. McEwen, J. Arthur, and A. O. Levien were appointed a committee to arrange for tbe canvassing ot the distriot. Mr A. O. Levien was appointed supervisor of the bazaar and exhioition. It was resolved to ask the ladies to appoint the stallholders as soon as possible. The Committee decided to meet every Wednesday night in future. The first "Ingleside" promoted by the Wairarapa Caledonian Society took place in the Foresters' Hall, last evening, aDd was a decided success. There were nearly 150 peraons present, and the evening, whioh might, be termed "the gathering of the clans," was spent in a convivial manner. Songs were sung by Messrs H. Hall, W. Iggulden, D. Walsh, W. Sellar, Irvine, and Colin Phillips. A Highland fling was danced by Mr T. Pickett, and a recitation was giveu by Mr Kemp. Messrs R. Mcßae, J. H. Pauling, and J. C. MoKillop acted as M's.C. Mr F. MoKenzie presided at the piano, and Mr T. McGregor supplied the pipe music. An excellent supper was supplied, a feature of which was an oat oake and a "Haggis," two Scotch dishes. FACTS ESTABLISHED AT COURT. In an action, the cause of which was flagrant misuse of our firm name and other gross misrepresentation by an imi tatinp; company, which was tried before his Honor, Ch'ef Justice J. Madden, K.C.M.G., L.L.D., in the Supreme Court, at Melbourne, the prosecution showed:— 1. That Sander and Sons' Pure Volatile Eucalypti Extract contains all medical constituents of the eucalypti, in a highly refined 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 caro and obtain ths ■ GENUINE SANDER AND SONS EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. , For Bronchial Coughsjand Colds, Wood's ' Great Peppermin Care, 1/6 and ■ 2/6*pe£ * bottle

During a disousßion at the Hawke 8 igay tCoaaty Council's meeting on Monday with regard to the heavy itimber traffic, Mr G. P. Donnelly referred to the Importance of the sawmilling industry, and said he had been informed that the milh in the district paid £30,000 anmally in wages..—Hawke'a Bay Herald. Charles McLean, the young man who shot himself at a Maryborough shooting gallery, is still in a critioal state in the Gieytown Hospital. The pellut, which entered the region" of the heart, has not yet been located, and the condition of fhe patient has been too precarious to permit of the use of the X-rays. McLean, who came to the Wairarapa from the Hutt, has no relatives in the colony. In the "ballot" of the Lauds Department, says a contemporary, there seems to be elements of a State lotteiy—blanks innumerable, and occasionally a big prize. This is said to be the story of a barleygrower at Blind Kiver, Marlborough, when asked how he was getting on. "Well, to tell you the truth, I've just sold out. Five years ago I was lucky enough to draw a section in the ballot. Thirty-five pounds was my total capital. I paid £25 as a deposit. I sold out the whole lock, stock and last month for £3,000 So you see I haven't done so'bad!" "New Zealand, sea-girt and mountain-bound, is, in many ways," says tne Landon Daily Telegraph, "the nearest image of ou selves, and among all the little islands under the flag is the child of our heart. The hope of every miad J capable of looking with spiritual imagination upon the! problem of Empire is that the colony which may be called the- British Islands of the Antipodes will nourish a naval raoe to prove again before history has oloaed her book that greatness does not depend wholly or mainly upon size." Hare Matenga, the Mnori fugitive, who is being hunted through the wilds of the Waiapu county by ty party of police and auxiliaries, ha§jj been wanted for over four years upon a charge of horse stealing. After learning that he was likely to be punished for this crime, Matenga made tracks inland, and defied arrest, lho police went out after him on several occasions, but Matenga proved too good a bushman for them, and though his tracks were occasionally found he successfully eluded his pursuers till finally the eearob was abandoned. From time to time MateDga has returned to the outposts of civilisation and raided bushmen's camps, depleting them of shores, guns, and ammunition, and his depredations of late hayo b°.en so frequent that settlers in the back blocks of the Waiapu county have appealed for police protection, with the result that Commipsioner Dinnie issued ' instructions that Matenga must be caught. A telegram from Dunedin' states that the Waikouaiti Licensing Committee has declined the application for an accommodation license for the Waianakarua Hotel. This hotel was the one selected to give effect to reduction, but on application to Justice Cooper ho deoided that accommodation licenses were not subject to the reduction vote. The Committee then, on its own motion, formnlated objections to granting the license, the principal ground being that the house was not kept up to the standard. After hearing counsel and evidence, showing that inO UUUDO viaa *" -'—a » " ; tory, the Committee retired, and then raised a new objeotion that the bouse was within Ave miles of another house at Hampden, and declined the application. Counsel notified that he would apply to the Supreme Court for a mandamus. The Chairman (Major Beddell) did not agree with the decision of the eleoted members. In the Appeal Court Wellington, yesterday, judgment was given in the case, Janet Plimruer v. Trustees, of the estate of the late John Plimmer. Plaintiff, under a deed of separation in 1874, received an annuity of £l5O. After the data of agreement, Mr Plimmer amassed considerable wealth estimated at £38,000. The Chief Justice and Mr Justice Cooper had hsld that the covenant in the deed of separation did not preolude Mrs Plimmer from making the application and awarded her £I,OOO out of the estate. From this decision the trustees of the will appealed. Mr Justice Edwards delivered the main judgment to the effect that the Court had no power to grant a lump sum. The appeal was allowed, and Mrs Plimmer, instead of receiving a lump sum, will be paid £IOO a year from the date of testator's death. The Chief Justice dissented, holding that the' Court had power to grant a lump sum. The cultivation in France of a new potato, brought from Uruguay, has (the British Consul-General for Havre'and district writes) been observed for some time with great interest. A variety of this potato, oalled the "solannm comtaersonii violet," is said to possess excellence of taste as well as nutritive value, and is equal to the best table potato known in France. The variety is distinguished by its resistance to frost, as also to disease, and its one great advantage is that it prospers most in a damp br swampy soil, where no other kind of potato would grow. Every kind of soil—whether clayey, calcareous or ailioious—seems equally adapted for its culture, providing it is damp. This potato has been placed on the English market in a limited quantity for planting purposes. STBAIGHT TO TH3 POINT. Mr Alexander Miller, the well-knowr builder of Boslyn, is not lavish with words. l—t U„ hoo in nn.T7 hrififlv ftnd to the point. Writing under date Mb. May Mr Miller says: -"I suffered from days. I can recommend it to anyone suffering from the same complaint." It is a volume in a nutshell. Two month s aeoBV oured!in two days!" 1-can recom mend it," says Mr Miller. You can believe him. Bheumo is sold by all chemists and storekeepers at 2/6 and 4/6 per bottle No HouseholdShould be without a bottle of Dr; Sheldon's Macnetiolinimtnt; a reliable remedy foi cots, bruises, aches, pains, rheumatism, lumbago, etc. For sale by H. E. Eton Masterton. J. Bailbe, Carterton, and Maoriceville Co-operative Store Co., Ltd., Mauriccville West—Advt.

Mr P. H. Saunders, advance representative' for Cook's Tours with tfae Living Pictures Company, is in Masterton making arrangements for a season commencing at the Town Hall on Monday next. The Government has promised (says the Manawatu Standard) to send a Government engineer to Shannon in a few days to make a survey of the looal oreeks for th e purpose of electrical energy. Mr J. Crump, farmer, of Bullarook (Victoria), has invented an ingenious automatic potato planter. The machine ij attached to an ordinary plough, aud as the furrow is made the maohine plants the potatoes at regular intervals. The machine only weighs 801bs. At Primler, Hastings, during the last fruit season, nearly 200 acr«s were under peaches, and in three years time it is anticipated that the orchard will produce a thousand tons of this fruit alone. In 1908 it is hoped to have 280 perches in peaches at Frimley. Captain W. J. Grey will be the BBseisor with Mr W. P. James, S.M., at the Magisterial inquiry at Dannevirke to morrow into the loss of the launch Akit'eo. Captain Grey was formerly in charge of the Go vernment steamer Stella and the. revenue cutter Hawk, and was afterwards Customs officer at Port ChalCarl Sohicker was, on Tuesday, committed to the Supreme Court, New Plymouth, on a charge of the murder Lf John Kollin, at Kaponga, on June 30tb. The parties weie Swiss milkers and it ia alleged that during a quarrel over a giii the accused struck the deceased, Rollin, on tho head with an axe handle, the blow proving fatal. It seems to be a romarkable winter in the south. They are picking rine raspberries at Amberley, and at .Kaikoura fruit trees all over the district are coming into bloom. It I is such a dry midwiuterthat settlers hre burning off sections, and Kaikoura residents are carting water from the oreeks. The Mastertou Borough Council notify that they have for disposal 1,400 yards of good soil., Mr T. M. Drommond, surveyor, Carterton, invites tenders,' to close on Saturday, July 21st, for the construction of Wakelin Street, Carterton. Mr J. E. Blade, land agent, Carterton, advertises particulars of several town and country propertiep, <vhioh have been placed in his bands for sale. The drapery department of the W.P.C.A. are at present making a speoial display of Belfast linen goods. These have been purchnsed direct from the best factories, and are worthy of inspection. The Masterton Borough Council give notice that the Motor Registration Act will come into force to-day. The fee for four-wheel motorcars has been fixed at 10s, and that for two-wheel motors at ss. Messrs Gilmour Pattie, and Free, land and estate agents, of New Plj mouth, advertise particulars of several valuable farm properties varying from 1,255 aores to 1,970 acres. The agents note that they can recommend the properties as sound investments. The annual show in connection with the Wairarapa Poultry, Pigeon and Canary Association will be held In the Drill Hall, Mastertou, on Wednesday and Thursday, July 18th and 19th. At this year's exhibition the North Island Championship for Barred Plymouth' Rooks will be awarded in addition to a liberal soale of prizes and trophies which are being given by the Society. Tickets of admission entitle the | holder to a chance in an art union, for which valuable prizes have been awarded. I The South British Fire. Marine and ' Accident Company of New Zealand, with a capital of £1,900,000 issues polioies at lowest current rates, covering all risks. These include employers' liability, acoident and sickness polioies. The Company has ■> seoured its popularity on account of its prompt and liberal ad- ; justment of claims and being purely a New Zealand-owned organisation makes a reasonable claim for public support. The Wellington branch is now under the management of Mr E. E. Hammond, with sub-agenoiea throughout the Wairarapa district. The Company has a business notice on page 1 of this issue. The usual half-yearly sale held by Mr O. Srrith will commence to-day, at his Mastertjn drapery establish- . ment, and will be continued for ; three weeks. During that time the , firm expect to make a record on their i past popular sales and provision ■a has been made to cope very , large turnover. The rnauagßraent 5 point oat, in an inset which ia oirs oulated wito this issue, that the d prices nßve been marked down to j such ap extent that the public will s appreciate this opportunity toseoure , bargains. A perusal of the bargains 0 will be of particular interest to - readers, and , a visit to Mt Smith's « warehouse will afterwarda prove the r reality of this "price-out sale." e No matter where you purpose travelling—- . either in New Zealand or to other coun-tries-you will find that the cheapest and best way to ensure prompt delivery of your lugcage i<* to Rive it into tbe charge of J. J. a Curtis'and Co.. Ltd., Forwarding, Shipping , and Customhouse Aerents, Customhouse j Quay, Wellington. Write for further par ticulars.—Advt. i\ New Leabr foe Weak Lungs, e Dr. Bheldon's New Discovery for Coughs, b Colds a.nd Consumption cares Influenza fc and all lung troables. For sale by H 3 E. Eton, Masterton. J. Baillie, Cartertoi i- and Mauriceville Co operative Store Ca, - Ltd., Mauriceville West.—ADvr. s ! : - . Stubborn Cough Cubed.' , There is no danger of pneumonia or s consumption or other serious lung trouble, r if Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is taken, , as it will cure the most stubborn coughs ' the dangerous kind that settle on the lun^s 1 and may develop into pneumonia overrnight. For sale by T. G. Mason,' Maste-

There are 72 mounted rifle corps In the colony of a strength of 359 officers and 3,834 other ranks. The sum of £239,333 was spent for 1904-5 bs military expenditure, and a further sum of £2,515 was devoted to harbour defences, making a total of £241,848. Entries for the Poultry and Pigeon Society's Show, to be held on Friday aad Saturday, July 20th and 21st will close with the secretary, Mr A. P. Hall, to-day. The export of tiax from Auckland for the montn of Juno totalled 570 tons, which r.t the average value of £27 10s per ton means £15,675. Auckland exported a third of all the flax s<ju6 out of the oolony. The Wangauuji Education Board was the first in the colony to ap point, a scientific instructor in agriculture, says a contemporary, hut now nearly all the Education Boards are following the good example set, Nelson beiug the latest, to oome Into line. A special social rescue meeting will be held in the Salvation Army Barracks to-niaht. Mr A. W. Hogg, M.H.R., will take the chair, owing to the absence of the Mayor. Short addresses, bearing on the Army's work amongst the fallen and outcast, will be given. During the evening Miss Uaniell will sing "The Last Muster," Mr Rnlph a solo, and Messrs JHgo and Ralph will sing the duet "Excelsior." Aooord'ug to a calculation made by the British Temperance Advocate there are 118 English, 26 Welsh, 21 Scotch, and 29 Irish members of the House of Commons who are total abstainers. The greatest proportion is amongst the Welsh M'ri.P , of whom the teetotallers form 86.G ner cent, of the total .representation The Sootch percentage is 29 1, the Irish 28 1, whilst English show the smallest proportion, which is 25.4. Altogether the 194 teetotal members are 29 per cent, of the whole assembly. "Le Liberal," a Soclanstnewspaper pnblisbed in the French oolony of Tahiti, makes tbe following flattering comparison between the administraiton by New Zealand of tne Cook Islands and tbe French management of Tahiti:—"We would like to see France follow a similar principle for the extension of her colonial iufluence. We would like to see her inspired by that same spirit which has actuated our ally England. In this very neighbourood, close "to Tahiti, the Cook Group, whim lately beoame an English oolony, is now in full process of development. In 1905 its Budget showed a surplus of 65,000 francs, and in 1905 it was increased to 125, 00d franoH. This country is in every respect similar to Tahiti, which for some time past has closed its accounts with a defioit of from two to four hundred thousand francs. It is a fact that Rarotonga, the principal island of the group, has no departments of roads and bridges, but there are roads in the country." When bronchial tubes of fell catarrh Give no uncertain hint, The best of cures both near and far Is Woods' Great Peppermint. The truth is great and will prevail His blessings will endure— These are the virtues that we hail In Woods' Great Peppermint Cute. Daughter: "Is this not a nice picture that Cousin Clara has sent me; where shall I get it framed ?" Mother (with experience): " Take to that shop in Gillespie'" Buildings, where Robt. J. Lyttle will do it promptly and well." Daughter: "Oh yes, mother! I heard it was a goad place to get mirrors, too."