LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8204, 7 August 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Anotheroase of scarlet fever within the Borough has been reported to the Borough authorities. Mr W. B. Welch, the n«wly-ap-poiuted custodian of the Masterton Racing Club's course, will commence his duties on Saturday next. The monthly mueting of the Masterton School Coulmittee will beheld on Thursday, at 7.30 p.m., in the Y.M.O.A. Rooms. ' The annual meeting of the Wairarapa Gun Club will be held in «;he Oluo Hotel, to-morrow evening, at 8 o'clock. The steamers Putiki and Moa are ashore at Poxton. The Futiki's cargo is being jettisoned. The vessels are owned by Mr Onarles Seager, of Wellington. A cloud burst at Konopisoht, Bohemia, destroyed the Archduke Franz Ferdinand's park, which was one of the most m<ignifloent in Europe, and swept away 60 houses. Many ilves were lost. Acceptances for all events at the Wairarapa Coursing Club's meeting, on Thursday and Friday next, will close with the secretary, Mr James Cairns, at the Empire Hotel at 7 o'clock this evening. The drawing will take place at 8 o'clock. Mails' for the Commonwealth of Australia, Ceylon,l India, China, Japan, Straits Settlements, also South Africa, Continent of Europe, and United Kingdom, also Fiji, per Zealandia, will close at Masterton, on Saturday, August lltb, at 5.30 a.m.

Before Messrs G. Huron and Kli Smith, J's.P., at the Musterton Police Oou?t, yesterday morning, Charles Wilde was fined 10a, in default 48 hours' imprisonment for having been drunk. On a similar charge a first offender was fined ss, In default 24 hours' imprisonment.

The Christchurch office of the State Coal Department has (says the Press-) been besieged with orders since it opened about teu days ago, and the staff is utterly at a Joss to know how to cope with them. Since the office has been opened over two thousand orders have been received for coal.

The Rasaiau General Staff has just issued its final statistics respecting the losses Russian armies during the war with Japiu. They show that 31,187 men were killed, and 115,885 wounded or oontusioned. The number of missing is 37,497, and of prisoners of war 53,897.

Alexandra is the name seleoted for the turbine yacht now being built for the King. The yacht is, of course, named after the Queen, who will, it is understood, perform the christening ceremony. The Alexandra is smaller! than the Victoria and Albert, but is designed to be a icuob more comfortable sea boat than the latter.

The Wellington Education Board's f lambing examination in.tbeory will be held on Thursday evening, and the examination in practical! plumbing on Saturday afternoon. The place at which the candidates will ait for examination has not yet been decided upon, but it is anticipated that it will be Masterton. Particulars in connection with the, examinations can be obtained from the Borough Engineer.

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Mr M, Hansen, of Daleileld,. hasbeen appointed manager of theAhiarube Dairy Factory. A ten-mile section of the Railway, from Motupiko to Todmor, was unofficially opened; yesterday., Tadmor is 42 miles from Nehon. The Masterton Brass Band rendered a programme of musio at Kdripuni last evening. Between the seleo-" tions a number of pictures wer& shown on a sheet. Information has fbeeo reoeived in? Dunedinjthat John Lindsay, the 18; months-old son of a farmer residing; at Blag Swamp, was accidentally drowned in a L oreek on his land. During the week ended yesterday returns have been reported in Dunedin, says a telegram, from 3$ dredges, the total yield being 1,045oz 6dwt 18j?rs, or an average of 31oz per-dredge. The Borough building by-laws, with a few modifications, were confirmed by the Masterton Borough Oounoil at a speoial meeting last evening. The Mayor presided, and all the Councillors were present with' the exoeption of Or Hoar. The Marlborough Rowing Association has instructed its delegate to use>* his best endeavour at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Rowing Association to have valuable trophies* included in future championship prizes, instead of ail money. At a meeting of the Oounoil of the Otago University, last evening, says a telegram, a motion in favour of asking the Government to agree - to the establishment of a Veterinary Oollege in connection with the Meilioal Sihool, was referred to a ; committee to bring up a report. The Otago University Oounoil, last evening, accepted the tender of MoKinnon and Hamilton (£2,097 16s) for, the erection of a lental • Bchool. Mr Hunter, for the Dental Association, gave his personal guarantee for £IOOO--the sum promised by the dentins towards the cost of the dental school.— Association.

Mr D. G. MoDonald, of Whakataki, who was admitted to the Masterton Hospital on Saturday, died on Sunday night. The deceased, who was 45 years of age, had been working on several sheep stations in the district for the past ten years. He originally came from Dunedin. The funeral will take place today, leaving the residence of Mr Z. M. Hoar, Chapel Street, at 11 o'clock.

At a meeting of the Rakauui Road Board, yesterday, says, a telegram from Asbburton, » letter was received from the Christoharob Technioal Association, aßking the Board to bring under the notice of farmers the classes for instruction in wool classing. The Board ; reßolved to recommend a system,, of travelling lectureships, as it enables a large number of farmers to take advantage of the benefits of tne instruction.

Mr W. W. Chambers, who baa bner in charge of the olothing departraen! of the W.F.G.A. for about foul years, left Masterton, yesterdas morning, to take up a position ir Pioton. On Saturday night he wai presented with a handsome silver mounted oak liqueur-stand, suifcablj inscribed, by Mr D. Caselberg, or behalf of the employees. Mr G. A. Dawson, of *.he firm's Manohestei department, will take charge of the olothing department.

At a public meeting heH at Wangauui last night, says a telegram* it was deaided to endeavour no arrange a sculling match between W. Webb, of Wanganui, ohampion of New Zealand, and a prominent second-rate Australian professional,, the race .to be rowed on the Wanganui River, and the stake to* be £IOO or ov»r. A sab committee was appointed to confer with the Christmas Carnival Committee with a view to arranging for the race during the Christmas Carnival.

Ihe roads in the Taibape district are in a deplorable st?te, and trafflo is nearly dormant. Owing to the abnormally high freights charged for carting and paoking on the line, business has practically been stopped by .some business men, but 1 believe, writes a correspondent, the Government is going to give the use of its drays, and cart stores as far as possible. StorekeeDera will have to manage afterwards in the best way they can. This will be a great boon to workers, as at the present time they have to carry their neoeasaries from the township, some parties having to go through milos of mud and slush.

At Invercargill, yesterday, Margaret M'Auliffe was fined £SO for keeping liquor for sale in the Enveroargill no lioensw district. The Magistrate (Mr M'Oarthy) found that several persons—some boarders and others, outsiders had purchased beer in their own name for defendant to enable her to obtain large supplies without the knowledge of the police. The story of a witness, that he poured a five gallon keg of beep into a sink because the defendant objected to boarders having liquor in their rooms, was not believed by the Magistrate, who found that the reasoD of this statement was to account for so much beer consumed in the house. The Magistrate stated that if 4efendant was again; oonvioted under the same section of the Act it would be impossible to extend the option of a fine. The oharges of illegally dealing in liquor against Mrs Mulligan and Mrs Fox t who were drinking whisky when the police raided M'Auliffe's house, were then taken, the Magistrate. oonvioting and discharging defendants.

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Within tbe last few weeks seals have come ashore on tbe New Zealand ooast at Gisborne,; Lyttelton and Timaru. New buildings ereoted iu Wellington daring 1905-6 numbered 814, valued at £574,000, against 614, valued at £350,000, during the preceding year. A meeting of the Trustees of the North Wairarapa Benevolent Scoiety will be held In Messrs Abraham and Williams' Rooms, to-morrow, at 3.30 p.m. The amateur golf championship of New Zealand will be decided on the Shirley Links, Ohrisfcahuvob, under tbe management of the Uhristohuroh Golf Olub, from September 10th to 15th.

The criminal session opened .at Gbristohurob, yesterday, before Mr Justice Chapman. True bills wore returned against Bruges (solicitor) and Goodman (clerk), in respect of three charges of theft John Ross was acquitted ouaoharge of beeping a common gaming house iu Colombo Street. A young man named Jerome Furlong reported to tbe Aucklandjpolioe, on Saturday night, that he had been shot in tbe n>'Ok near his home, in Newton, by some unknown man, who ran awny. He says he heard a report, saw a flash, and then felt a stinging sensation in tbo throat. His wound is not considered serious.

A British,steamer which has arrived in Japan from Tigil, Kamsohatka, reports tbat last year the Russians tmptured a Japanese fishing schooner, murdered ten of the crew, stripped eight others naked, and drove them into the forest. The suffered terrible agonies from mosquitoes, and the Japanese owner of the vessel committed suicide. Eight men, it is stated, are still kept aB slaves at Tigil. They are starved and maltreated and were kept without clothes during the winter.

At the Wellington Supreme Court, yesterday morning, the Chief Justice eat to deal with prisoners convicted Bfc the recent criminal sessions. Joseph Bradley, a boy who was oonvioted of indeoent assault, was allowed to go to a farm, under certain restrictions. William Barker, oonvioted of theft of timber, was sentenoed to nine months' imprisonment. Three young men, convicted of assault with intent to rob, were sentenced as follows:—Jobn Black, nine months; Angus Black and Daniel Morris, eighteen months. The official history of the New Zealand Contingents is at present in coarse of compilation, and In order to introduce more detail than the official records furnish, relatives and friends of the men wbo fought in Africa who are in possession of letteie describing operations in the flwld, are invited to forward them for perusal. The officers and men of all oontingents are also invited to forward their diaries aud all information they have may to F. H. Beamish, Parliamentary Buildings, Wellington. All matter forwarded will be carefully returned in due course.

At a meeting of the Auckland Saddlers' Union on Saturday, the decision of the Court of, Arbitration in that trade was discussed. Several speakers expressed indignati on at Ithe award, and declared tht the evidenoe given by all the union's witnesses, and by a majority of, the witnesses for the employers in favour of an increase of wages had been totally ignored. The following resolution was unanimously carried:—"That this union enters its most emphatic protest against the unjust award that has recently been made by the Court of Arbitration, on the grounds—(l) That it was altogether against the evidence of a majority of employer*; C-2) that the Court apparently set aside all evidenoe, even that of the New Zealand Goverment Official Year Book respecting imports; (3) that the award was framed independent of all evidenoe on the part of employees; (4) that the Court apparently has set its face against the just olaim3 of the workers, ignored all their capable witnesses, disregarded even those clauses practically agreed upon, and made an award which proves the absolute futility -of expecting the present Court to make an award based on common-seusu aud justice."

The Masterton Reohabite Tent will meet this evening. Mr W. B. Ghennells advertises to let a new seven-roomed bouse. An advertiser has vacancies, for several young men as boarders in pri-i vate family. Messrs Gillespie and Co. require an experienced general'and a young lady to teach three children. The Misses Wbitoombe, of the Central Registry, Perry Street, have vacancies for generals, cooks, and lady helps, for town and country. In another column in this issue Mr F. Murray, land agent, Woodville, advertises particulars of several sheep and dairy farms which have been plaoed in his hands for sale. In the wanted column Messrs J. T. Harry and Co., land and estate agents, Peilding, advertise particulars of a general store and a board-ing-house, whioh have been plaoed in their hands for sale. Mr A. Rollings offers a few remaining copies of this year's Academy pictures at the reduced price of 6s 6d. He has a good supply ot "Pictures from the Balkans," by Foster Fraeer, and other new books, and invites inspection. FACTS ESTABLISHED AT COURT. In an action, the cause of which wa flagrant misuse of our firm name and other gross misrepresentation by an imi tating 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 care and obtain the GENUINE S SANDEB AND SONS EUCALYPTI ! EXTRACT.