LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8209, 13 August 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Sonoma left San Pranoisco with the inward mail on the sth inst. at 3 a.m. During the season 1905-6 there were 60 suppliers to the Mauriceville Dairy Factory. Mr Walter Graham, one of Auckland's oldest residents, died on Friday night, at the age [of 70. He served during the Maori war. The Christchuroh Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animala is having a petition to Parliament drawn up, asking for legislation prohibiting pigeon shooting matches. The English mail whioh was despatched from Melbourne, via Naples, on the 4th July arrived in London on the 7th inst. i The monthly meeting of the Trustees of the Maaterton Hospital will be held on Wednesday, at 1C.30 a.m., in Messrs Abraham and Williams' Farmers' Room. A bad case of sheep-worrying is reported from Fyramid (says the Mataura Ensign). On Sunday morning Mr W. Reid had two sheep kiled, four so much injured that he will have to destroy their, and 20 or 30 others torn about in a terrible fashion. In the course nf a leoture at Christoburoh on Tuesday night, Dr. Truby King urged that the system in force iu France by whioh aohool children were instructed in the elementary knowledge with regard to the calling of a fisherman, should be followed in New Zealand. A London paper states that Mr Arthur Sherwell, whose books on the drink problem (written in conjunction with Mr Joseph Rowntree), are well known, has started on a long voyage and hopes to visit Honolulu, Samoa, and New Zealand before returning to England by way of Canada in the Autumn. Mr Sherwell's h9altb has broken down.

The matter of appointing an expert in dairy oroduce to watch the interests of New Zealand manufacturers on the English markets is engaging the 1 attention of the Governmebt. It has not yet been definitely decider! that such an appointment shall be made.

A passenger train ran off the rails at Progranitschnaia Station on the Chinese Eastern Railway. About a hundred persons were billed or injured.

Mr J. D. Rockfoiler has decided to give £200,000 towards the building of reformatories for boys and girls in ths Southern State?, id connection with the propaganda* of th« Central Juvenile Protectory Committee of Atlanta.

At a special meeting of the Eketahuna County Council, on Saturday, it was resolved, on the motion of Or Falkner, seconded by Or Pitcaitbly, "that the speoial order declaring giant burdock and tawhina noxious weeds be confirmed and sealed by the Council."

The treasurer of the Tribune-Fund announced that i* had collected for Misß Terry 53,563 shillings, and together with £322 raised in Amerioa, it amounted to £3,000. The rerformanoe at Drury Lane raised over £SOOO, so that altogether Miss Terry would receive £8,784. >

At the Eke'abuna Magistrate's Court, on Saturday, Herbert Swan Dixon, clerk, pleaded guilty to five separate oharges of if moneys from James Jones and Co., storekeepers, in whose employ ho was till February last. Accused waa committed for sentence to the Supreme Court ar, Wellington. The amount of the defalcations is £206.

The Volunteer, Brigade and BaDd Bazaar and Exhibition will commence in the Drill Hall, on September 3rd, and continue for a week. A number of committees are at making extensive arrangements for the function-, wbiob r>r r> rn'°Bß to eclipse auyfcbing'of the kirn l hold in Masterton. In conniption with the bazaar there will bo an art union, for which valuable prizes will be given.

On Fridav night the antlers of ] Nireabn tendered a farewell sooial in | the schoolroom to Mr and Mrs 0. j Nordell, who are leaving the dis- j triot. On behalf o£ the settlers, Mr j Albrectbsen, in a neat speeob, presented Mr Nordell with a travelling | bat;, and Mrs Nordell with a sileer bisouit barrel. During the eveniug a number of songs and recitations were given, and dancing was kept up till a late boar The music was supplied by Mr Hall. A deputation from the Eketahuna Chamber of Commerce waited on the meeting of tbo Eketahuna County Council, on Saturday, and suggested that a Committee should be appointed to consider the question of enlarging the Eketahuna County by taking in a oortion of Mauriceville and Alfredton. On the motion of Or Moss, seconded by Or Pitoaithly, it was resolved that a committee, consisting of Crs Redpatb, Lowes, Pitoaithly, Falfc&erand Moss, be appointed to go into the matter and report to the next meeting of the Council. ARB YOU COUGHING VET? It is unwise to let your cough run r n, fo this frebnent coughing naturally increase he irritation of the bronchial passages. Yot are wonderms what to take —-suppose you try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy this time. It has relieved others, and will relieve you. Pleasant to take soothing and healing. For Sale by T. ) G Mason Masterton.

The Munioipal Association Conference will open in Wellington on> Monday, September 23rd.

A private cablegram reoeived from London states that it has been found that the fire whjch destroyed the barque Pitoairn Island (when onher way from Wellington to London) originated in the wool cargo.

An intimation has been received' by the Premier that neither New South Wales nor Tasmania will berepresented at the Medical Congress, which it is proposed to hold at Christohurch during the Exhibition season. Mr Samuel Robinson, who has been Seoretary of the Wellington and Wairarapa Charitable Aid Board and Wellington District Hospi'al for some years, is about to start ia business in Melbourne, and loft Wellington on Saturday for Sydney* •The Victorian Cabinet has given authority for the despatch of Detective Hunt to England to bring baclc Alexander H. Peroival, formerly treasurer of the Trinity College •Council, who disappeared in 1901, and in whoiae accounts a deficiency of £2,100 was discovered. A seven-roomed house, with a dairy attached, owned by Mrs E. OadWallader, and occupied by Mr Edward Martin, was totally destroyed by fire at 3 o'clook, on Saturday morning. The insurances were-~£250 on the bouse, and £l3O on Martin's belongings, both in the Alliance office. At the Palmerston North Polio© Court, on Saturday a settler was fined 1 £5 for feeding pigs on unboiled offal, and £1 and costs for leaving the carcase of a horse on his property within half a mile of the road. The Stock Inspector's evidenoe was to the effect that ifc was the practice of accused to feed his pigs on dead horses and other animals' carcases, whioh were put into the pens. The annual general meeting of the Mauriceville Dairy Company, Ltd., will be held in the Foresters' Hall, Mauriceville West, on Thursday next, at 1 p.m. The annual report of the Direotors stages that the sal© of butter realised £7,390 5s 2d. Th© amount paid to suppliers on a basis of 9rt per lb for butter fat was £5,881 15s Id. The amount of milJt reoeived during the past season was 3,920,174 lbs., and the amount of cream reoeived was 7,183 lbs. The amount of butter fa.t was 156,834 lbs. and the amount of butter made 174,152 lbs.

A disastrous fire ocourred at Mangawefea, on Friday evening, when the blonk of buildings known as Monro's oorner was totally destroyed. The following places were burilt:—The shop of Mr Gannon, tailor; Williams' store and auction martt; the shop of Mr OroLard, draper and clothier. At one time tho Langholm Hotel, the Post Office* and ether buildinizs were threatened, but fortunately there was no wind. The insurances on the building® were £300; stock: Gannon £250,, Orchard £450, Williams £4OO.

Hakaraia TewbeWs general «fcore> at Otaki was totally destruyed by? fire at 7 o'olock, on Friday eveactag. The cause of ' the Are ia anknown, but it is surmised', that it originated from a lampj v which had been left burning daring the temporary absence of the .manager, who lived at the bacK of the store. Th& building, which was erected only last year, waa insured for £IOO in tho London and Liverpool and Globe' Office, but the stock was uninsured. Mr Tewhena's losses amount to between £BOO and £I,OOO, only the books and about £5 worth of goods having been saved. The manager, Wr JRbimes, lost ail hia effect.

in submitting their annual re-port,-the stewards of the Wellington Racing Club state that the financial , position of the 'club oontinues®to improve. The net result of the year's operations, they state, ia a credit balanoe of £1,342, "which is very satisfactory.'" During the year seventy new members Were eleoted, and one resigned. Iho accounts show thau the receipts' totalled £36,145, including Tolalisator £12,857 (less State tax £7BB 17s, aud ex'penses £456), entries, eto., £2,832; lawn and gates, admission and railway, £3,763, privileges £1,153; sub. ecriptions and entranoe fees, £882; club ball reoeipts; £234. On the expenditure side the accounts show that £10,285 was expended in stakes, £1,037 in salaries, and £19,612 on the now coufse at Trentham. The bank balance at July 32at, 1906, was £1,144 3s 7d. The Wellington Supreme Court is being asked to *give an interpretation of the provisions made in the Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement * Act, 1903, resppoting concessions made to selectors whereby after paying the first half-year's rental on light bush land a is relieved from further payments for a period of three years. It is provided that if within five years of taking up such land the selector transfers his lease, he shall be required to pay in full to the board the amounts of rental concessions given to him. There is, however, an ambiguity in the section of the Act, and doubt exists as to whether or not it is made compulsory on transfer of a lease for the selector to up all concessions and for the incoming tenant to be levied upon in similar manner. The oase came before the Chief Justice on Friday, and judgment has been reserved.—Post. MERIT HE WARDED BY COURT OF JUSTICE. The acknowledged good qualities and success of SANDER & SONS' EUOA LYPTI EXTRACT have brought out many mitations, and one case was just tried in he Supreme Court of Victoria, before bis Honour Chief Justice Sir J. Madden K.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 notr 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 thepublio an opportunity of protecting themselves 1 and of securing what is proved beyond all \ doubt by skilled witnesses at the Supreme i Court of Victoria and by many authorities . duiing the last 30 years to be a preparation of genuine mert, viz., THE GENUINE SANDER <fr SONS' PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT

9 The revenue of Victoria for Jaly shows an increase of £37,217 com pared with July last year. The total waa £642,204. JThe chief increases were in the surplus returned from the Commonwealth, £219,148, against > £191,500; and from railways £266,178, against £255,699 for July laßt year. Mr Spenoer, Chief Inspector to the Taranaki Education Board, is drafting a oircular with a view to initiating a uniform svstem of instruction in rural education on the Boston principle, now largely adopted in England. This was to have, in addition to large or experimental plots for the whole school, one plot measuring 30ft x 10ft for every two chiHrea. An annual* competition has been established among the children of Wharigarei in garden culture. The ohildren are to conduct their plots in the home gardens. These will be duly Inspected, and first, second, third, and fourth prizes awarded. Ibere are to be two dlflsseflj ono for ohildren from 12 to 16, and the other for ohildren, under 12. Dr Jaraieson, the Melbourne health officer, speaking at a meeting of the Victorian Sanitonum for Consumptives, said that in 1903 there were 227 .deaths per 100,000 of the population in the city area from consumption. In 1904 there were 172. In 1905 they bad fallen to 142. He believed the time would soon come when the deaths from consumption would reduced by h^lf. The Amerioau (says a contemporary) are wonderful. No sooner has Mr Upton Sinclair succeeded: in making the whole world's flesh creep by his lurid exposure of the' methods of the Beef Trust, than his enterprising countrymen have converted Mr Upton Sinclair himself into 9 trust. A company has been formed to ex* ploit hia literary future. If dividends are to be kept up, a succession of scandals will be necessary. "Pa'ltbnsh" may be grown as a fodder plant, which may be harvested, says a It may be out or fed down moderately low, yet not too low, or the plsnts may die out. There are many kinds, some halfdozen of which are obtainable from rseedsmen. Atriplex nummuiaria tand Khagodia hastata are two of the "best of the; taller-growing kinds, and' perhaps the best for cutting.. Atriplex semi-baqcatum and A. vesl- ' oarium are best for feeding sheep on. The Seoretary of the Cnristohuroh Painters' Union has written to the Seoretary of the Auckland House Painter' Union as follows:—"Some of your members may have thought of coming here, thinking it will be easy to get work with so much painting at the Exhibition, and 1 am instructed to write to yoar union warning them that whilst there has been jB fair amount of work here, it. has fallen off very much, and there have been a lot of men here to do the work. At the present time there are many mwQ walking about looking for work."

i The Russian word "Duma," anknown to the outside. wcrld a year ago has now become very familiar, says a London paper. It should not be called "Diuma." It is a very olfl . friend—our own Saxon "doom," judge or judgment, aB in the Manx "doomsman,"' and is, 1 of coarse, ahin to "condemn" and "damn." It is common to all the Gothic tongues and "domr" in Icelandic i.■ means a court of judges. It is quite 1 alien to the Russian language,having been borrowed- from. the Swedish. Mr Mayhew, in Notes and Queries, suggests that it is a more dignified word than our own "Parliament" or "talk-house."

The Wallace Agricultural and Pas* tornl Association, Southland, passed the following resolution at its last meeting—"That in tbe opinion of ! V the members of this association, and -'■* in the interests of the producers of the colony, the time haß arrived when the Legislature should pro* . vide for the establishment of agricultural scholarships and the creation of a department in the High Schuol for the special teaching ofAgriodltnral Chemistry; that Linooln College flhonld be popularised and, entrance thereto made easily accessible to pupils from the- agricultural department of High Schools, and that it be a recommendation to the mem-; bar for the district to advocate these, proposals in Parliament." \ Mr J. L. Murray has decided to continue his clearing Sale for another Aieek, and during that time innumerable bargains will be offered in all j ■ .lines. The Town Clerk (Mr R. brown) inserts a notice with, reference to the responsibiity of householders in giving • fnotice of infectious diseases under the Publio Health • ACt. ' ' Tenders for' the erection of a new hospital for Masterton will close with the architects, Messrs.Oriohton and McKay, Wellington, at noon to-day. A meeting of fruit-growers and ' . * others is convened for 8 o'clock, this evening, in the Y.M.O.A. Rooms. The question of dealing with the small birds nuisance, the formation of a fruit-growers association, and other matters will be brought up for \ discussion. M An effective remedy, and one that is largely used in connection with cuts, bruises, and sprains', will be found in Tooby'a oil. It is claimed by the proprietor, Mr S. E. Tooby, of Worksop Road, that the healing qualities of this preparation are unsurpassed. NEVEE KNOWN TO KAIL. Mr. G. S. Fitzwalter, Charleville (Q.), writes:—" I have much pleasure; in ' testifying to the excellent qualities of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy, having on several occasions ■ experienced most benefioial resalts. Have ftlan recommended it to many _ people suffering from bowel complaints, diarrhoea and dysentery, and have never known it to fail. For Bale by T. G. Mason, Masterton. Daughter: "Is this not a nice picture that Cousin Clara has sent me; where \ shbll I get it framed ?" :' ' Mother (with experience): "Take to that shop in Gillespie'p Buildingp, where Bobt. J. Lyttle will do it promptly and we lL>' Daughter: "Oh yes, mother! I heard it i , was a good[place tw.'*