LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8219, 24 August 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Two airships of the Lebaudy type are to be stationed by the French authorities on the German frontier, and it is believed that; ultimately" every frontier poet will be provided with similar ships. Enormous armies of locusts are devastating the country near Debreezen, Hungary, and already over 60,0u0 acres have been laid waste. The farmers are powerless. The loousts are moving towards the south-west. In the House of Lords tiarl Roberts drew attention to the unpreparednesa of the nation for war, and strongly urged that a citizen reserve should be organised and trained to take its share in the defence of the Empire. At the Marton Court, on Wednesday, Robert Ross Moore was committed for trial on charges of arson and perjury in connection with a recent fire at Marton. Hail was allowed—himself in £IOO in each case, and two sureties of £SO in aach case. According to a report received by the Life Saving Society of New York recently a man who fell from a boat that oapsized off Rhode Island was under water for 23 minutes, and was resuscitated by artificial respiration after 108 minutes work upon him. An exobanee reports that the settlers on the Upper Dudley Road, wpst of Inglewood,' recently taokled the job of putting that thoroughfare in' good order, and 27 men with three drays got about three miles of road in good repair within three days. That is one way of preventing an increased rate. The first actual discovery of petroleum in the Inglewood district was made on a property over which the Inglewood Prospecting Company has the rights. Genuine oil has been found in ewampy ground about two feet from the surface. Only gas indications had previously been found in that distriat. At a meeting of the Auokland Tirades and Labour Council, on Wednesday night, it was deoided to send a letter to the Government drawing attention to the suffering experienced by recent assisted immigrants, and asking that a stop be put to the immigration of unsuitable people. The Council was favourable to the immigration of farm laoourers. The Kaltuni Literary and Debating Society held a meeting on Wednesday evening. The subject for dißCUssion was "Should Girls Milk Cows?" Mr R. Dagg led in the affirmative, and Mr W. L. Falconer in the negative. A 'vote was taken, and resulted in a unanimous win for the affirmative After the debate a dance was held. We believe that Japan is preparing for another war with China. .Japan must have money, much money, many hundred millions of money, and a war with China, that would not only pay for itself, but whioh would also pay off the present crushing war debt, and make all Obiria the treasury of Janau, would be popular from one end of the countiy to the otb9r. Eastern World, Yokohama. Miss Thompson, of Auokland, died recently, fiays an Auckland telegram, and her will, as proved, shows that about £IO,OOO has been bequeathed for the traintenanae of the Home for Incurables at Auokland. It is ascertained now thut Miss Thompson was also the anony- j mous donor some time ago of £SOO io the Blind Institute. About the same time several other institutions received similar sums as from a lady who wished her name to be kept private. As far as Otago is concerned, the present is the dullest grain season experienced for years. Usually a more or less steady business goes on from March to November; not so this winter. For the past four weeks practically no grain for shipment has been offerirg at Dunedin. All the business of the South Island, such as it is, is being absorbed by Oamaru, Timaru, and Lyttelton. The cause assigned is the tendency of Otago farmers to hold back for bigger prices. The meruhants consequently cannot get grain for shipment. Christmas comes but once a year, And when it comes—why then it's here; But this of colds we cannot say, They come, they go, they often stay, And merge into a nasty cough, Which we have trouble to drive off. Vain the attempt unless we procure A bottle of VP oods' Great Peppermint Cure.

A Maori skeleton, presumably a* female, also a piece of greenstone,, were dug up at Seatoun, near the wharf, a day or two ago. A slight Bhock of earthquake wa& felt, yesterday morning, in Gore,, at thirteen minutes past seven. The motion was east to west, the shook lasting about 20seos.—- Association. The cadet movement in New Zealand started in 1902 with 4,12f>» cadets. To-day there !faie 29 battalions, with a total strength of 14,000. Mr Inns will play a very pleasing: melody for the 'cello, entitled "Simple Aven," and will be accompanied by the orchestra, at the Qrohestral Society's conoert, next Tuesday. Seats may be reserved at Mr J. Candy's. The police department is being urged to take action in connection with certain wagers made by Poverty Bay natives with Europeans as to the fulfilment of Rua'a prophecy that King Edward would be in Gisborne on a certain date. As hi& Majesty did not appear when the Maori "prophet" predicted, some of the natives promptly paid over their bets, but others have declined to do so. It is understood that some of the wagers were for substantial amounts. The Wesley an Young Ladies* Bible Class held a social in the Kuripuni Wesleyan Churcti last evening. There was a large attendance. During tbeevening songs were sung by Messrs B. Church and A. Kigg, and a violin solo was played by Mr W. Better. The accompaniments were played by Misses L. Ohurcb, Burton and M. Church. An excellent Bupper was provided, the catering being in the hands of Messrs McKay and Sons. A piano was lent for the occasion by the Dresden Piano Company. figures supplied to the Gore Standard by the Secretary of the Matauxa Dairy Factory show that the industry is responsible for the suppliers lifting "fat" cheques, says a Gore telegram. One supplier, miluing 36 oows, sent 18,760 gallons of his cheque for the sea&on amounting to £399 Bs, or over £ll per cow. Another supplier with 15 oowa sent 10,27.3 gallone, his cheque amounting to £202, or about £l3 10s pet cow. A third supplier with 22 cows, supplied 13,090 gallons. The cheque amounted to £265, or Jnearly £l2 per cow. ' When a man mistakes tbe police lock-up for tbe open bar of an hotel, it is fair to assume that he has been looking on something redder than artesian water, sajs the Christchurch Press. A case in point was mentioned in tbe Po}ice Court, on Tuesday. A man charged with having been inebriated on Monday eloquently and indignantly denied the allegation, and challenged the "allegators" to prove it. Sergeant Norwood then, related what happened. Witness was in the loos-up when tbe man / rolled j in, clanked down a two-shilling piece on the desk with tbe air of a capitalist, and authontatively demanded a long beer. It took the assembled policemen quite a. long time to enforce the fp.ot that the droughty one was .not in .Warner's Hotel, and even then he was not convinced. r A meeting of the Band, Volunteer, and Fire Brigade Bazaar Committee waa bold last evening. Mr A. B. Charters oooupied the chair. The supervisor reported that the canvassing had been very successful, and that satisfactory progress waa being made in connection with.the bazaar. The secretaries were instructed to make arrangements to have the public and goods insured*. The following officials were ap-pointed:—ticket-sellers, Messrs E. Pragnell, E. Mcßwen, A. B. Charters; door-keepers, Messrs R. Church, J. Berry, D. Jackson; art union committee, Messrs A, Morton, D. Pickering, T. Jenkins. It wa9 deaided to hold a -procession on Thursday, September 6tb, and invite the Carterton and Greytown Fire Brigades to be present. It was resolved to admit children to the bazaar for 6d. Other routine, business was transacted. An advertiser has to let a furnished five-roomed house. Mr Allan Cameron, of Victoria Street, wants to buy a good horsesuitable fur gig. Mr F. P. Welch, labour agent,, elsewhere advertises several good vacancies that are open for engagement at the present time. Mr J. R. Nicol will sell at the Bannister Street auotion mart, at 1.30 p.m., on Saturday, prime beef and mutton, furniture 1 and purebred pug dogs. Messrs Stone, Son and Co.'s Wellington, Hawke's Bay and Taranaki Directory for 1906 is to hand. The volume is neatly bound in convenient size, and contains a mass of useful information, admirably arranged and brought right up to date. It is abundantly clear tbat the work of the compilers is yearly increasing with tbe growth of population and settlement, but tbe directory is apI parently oapable of coping with any oossible itress of conditions. In addition to tbe alphabetical lists of residents in the districts whioh it covers, it contains street directories for all the important centres and separate lists for the country districts, tbe trades and professions and municipal and official direotors. A useful map of New Zealand and an excellent plan of the streets of Wellington are included in the book. MERIT REWARDED BY COURT OF JUSTICE. The acknowledged good qualities and success of SANDER & SONS' EUCAJJ LYPTI EXTRACT have brought out many imitations, 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 not permissable to imitate any of its features. He restrained tbe imitators perpetually from doing so, and ordered them to pay all costs. We publish thisto afford thepublio an opportunity of protecting themselves 1 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 fit SONS' PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.

The Band gold output in Jane constituted a record. It amounted to 475,975 ounces, of the total value of £2,021,813. %, A telegram to the Secretary of State for India says that 417,000 persons are now receiving relief in India, owing to their destitute oondition. The advisability of pulling down the Eiffel lower when it becomes the property of the city is being hotly debated in Paris. Scientists want it preserved for scientific purposes. One of the labour law refoxms advocated by the New Zealand Employers'* Federation recommends that section 101, subseotion c, of the Arbitration Act snould be amended by striking out the last sentence, which provides "that in no case shall costs be given against the inspector." "This amendment." it is explained, "will cause inspectors to thoroughly satisfy themselves that oases really exist before "bringing them into court." Some excitement waa caused at Port Chalmers on Wednesday, when it became known that the contractors for the new graving dock, Messrs Cuttrell and Scott, had r suspended excavating operations at v the dock site, and that between 50 and 60 men had been dismissed. Neither the contractors nor the dook trust officials will give an explanation of the apparent friction, but it is understood to be connected with the decision of the dook trust not to provide a plaoe near at hand where the spoil excavated . could be deposited. Some time ago the trust , decided to reclaim a small bay near the dook site, and authority was given to call for tenders for a retaining wall, not to cost more than £250. The lowest tender waa for £260, whereupon the trust declined to accept any, and took no further steps to provide a plaoe for frbe deposit of the spoil. This ia understood to be the muin cease for ceasing operations. The annual report furnished to Parliament by the Department of Immigration, of which Mr William O. Kensington is the Under-Secre-tary, states:—Upon the High Commissioner in London devolves tb6 whole of the arduous work and reV- sponsibiiity of selecting the emigrants, and of making known the resources of New Zealand by advertisements liberally distributed throughout the United Kingdom, by issuing pamphlets and leaflets setting forth the advantages New Zealand offers, and by ariapging for lantern exhibits and lectures wherever advisable. The High Commissioner also insists upon the emigrants being of good physique and healthy in body and mind. In passing I would mention that he has been eminently successful both as to the class of emigrants sent from the shores of Great Britain and in their general pbysnue and high character. That New Zealand has benefited very largely by the High Commissioner's judicious selections the following statistics will show:—-Statement showing the number of persons who have received i passages at reduced rates for twelve J[ months from Ist April, 1905, to 31st March, 1906—Number of souls, 2,469; number of statute adults, 2,076; capital in possession of passengers, £110,204, income derivable by passengers, £1,960; amount of . money contributed by Government to shipping companies, in addition to sums paid by passengers, £8,304. A prosecution—the first of its kind in Auckland—under section 23, sub-section 1, of the Alcohol and Liquor Sales Control Act of 1895 was brought against a commercial traveller at the Police Court on Wednesday. The section provides that orders for iiquoi shall not fee received or solicited .within a no-iioense district. The district in which the liquor Whs supplied was Grey Lynn. Defendant was charged with having received an order for beer and stout from a. resident of Kingsland. MrgM'Veagh pleaded guilty on be half of the defendant. It was, be said, a fact that defendant did receive an order for stout and beer. He had gone to the house to oolleot an account due to him. He had Dot solioited, and eaid he could not ask for an order. Mr Kettle, S.M., said he would acoept the statement of defendant that the order was received in ignorame. At the same time, ignorance did not make a complete excuse. Brewers and tbeir travellers should know the law. He imposed a floe of <£s and costs £1 ss. The twenty fifth annual report presented upon the prisons of the colony by Colonel Hume was laid before Parliament on Wednesday. According to tha report, all the prisons are in a thoroughly efficient state. Complaints regarding improper treatment, bad food, and clothing were very few in number. At the commencement of last year there were 678 males aid 72 females in custody, and at the close of the year tbere were 744 males and 6G females, an increase of 66 males and a decrease of 6 females. During the year 1905, 5,150 males and 639 females passed through the various prisons, as against 5,244 males and 665 females in the previous year, a decrease of 94 males and 20 females; but of the 6,439 persons who passed through the prisons it has been found that a fifth were in mare than once during the year, and should therefore be deducted from the gross total. During last year the daily average number of prisoners in the different prisons has been 728 72 males and 72.70 females, an increase of 21.15 males and 1.65 females. The largest increase was in Auckland—224.2s, as against 190.84; while the largest decreases were—in Lyttelton, 102, as against 107; Dunedin, 45.27 as against 48.58; and Wellintgon, 157, as against 161. "It js difficult to conjecture the cause of the increase of orime in Auckland," says the inspector. WHAT MR JOHN STEVENS M.R.H. THINKS OF BHEUMO. Mr John Stevens, of Balls, the member for Manawatu, has a high opinion of Bheumo. Read what he writes:—"l had a severe attack of lheumatism and was advised to try Bheumo. I did so, with most, satisfactory results. After taking two bottles it practically cured me. I have no hesitation in saying that your remedy is the best I have used." Try Bheumo yourself. If given a fair trial it, will quickly cure heumatism, gout, sciatica, lumbago, anp l 'kindred diseases. All chemists and storekeepers sell it at 2/6 and 4/6 a bottle.

The Wellington City Council last night decided to proceed with the erection of a municipal abattoir.— Association. It is alleged by a contemporary that somewhere in the North Island there is a property of 56,000 acires, valued by the Goveernment at £9,000, and the owners are considering an offer to sell it for £2,000. A Wellington telegram states that Captain A. Mnnro, sailing master of the dredge Whakariri, has been ap-. pointed wharfinger to the Wellington Harbour Board. There were sixtynine applicants for the position. Mr Haldane, the Secretary for War, announced in the House of Commons reoeutly tuat he had deolded to form a consider the spiritual interests of the Army apart from denominationalism. As the result of inquiry into the alleged extravagance of the Poplar Guardians a contractor admitted having raised bis prices 300 per cent, in a year, says a London correspondent. Sinoe 1901 the travelling expenses of the guardiaus increased by £1,005. The Commercial Summary, Sydney, says that "the freight market is dead, and decent burial is its present awaitment." Three-eighths of a penny to a halfpenny per pound is all that is offered for wool cargoes, and other rates are proportionately low. At Wellington, yesterday, a decree nisi was granted in each of the following divorce cases Harriet Cook v. George Cock, Alice Harrison v. Job Harrison, Kathleen v. David Grinton, Robert W. Mnnro v. LydiaM. Munro, M. A. Whitburn v. James H. Whitburn, Mary A. Day v. Frederiok W. Dpt. At Dunedin, yesterday, states a telegram, Justice Uoopßr reserved his decision in the Waikouaiti'lioensing case, where a writ of mandamus is applied for to oompel the Licensing Committee to grant a license to the Waianakarua Hotel, which they had previously refused.. Revised regulations for the entry of naval cadets who are candidates for commissions as executive and engineer officers of the Royal Marines are* gazetted. Two nominations are reserved in each year for New Zealand candidates, but not more than one of these nominations -will be made at one time. Miss Frances Bulfin, fourth daughter of a farmer residing at Tuapeka West, died yesterday, from the effects of an injury received from a trap accident, states a Dunedin telegram. She was returning home with her two sisters from a surprise party, when the horse she was driving shied, and the wheels sroing into a rut the three girls were thrown out. Two escaped with scratches and fcruis»s, but the other was injured internally, and died four days after the aooident. The penny-in the slot machine was before the Court nt Oamaru the other day in the shape of a prosecution for selling on Sunday in view of a public plaoe. The oase w&s brought largely in conseqaence of complaints that Sunday school scholars made use of their pennies 5n proouring sweets instead of putting them in the boxes. The defenoe was raised that the evidence failed to prove that the machine was in a public plaoe, or in view thereof, and on this ground the case was dismissed. The twelfth annual report of the Government Advances to Settlers Ofßoe states that: the number of applications for loans received during the last twelve months is the largest since the year ended March 3let, 1897 (which was practically the first full year's operations), whilst , the aggregate amount applied for by applicants—almost a millionconstitutes a record for the department sinoe its inception in 1894. The figures are:— Applications, 2,288; amount applied f0r,"£940,432 The General Board of the offloe bad, up to Maroh 31st, 1906, authorised 17,403 advances, amounting to £5,829,290. Applicants to the number of 2,094 declined the? grants offeredjthem, amounting to £906,660, so that the net advances authorised to March 31st, 1906, numbered 15,309, and amounted to £4,922,630. The securities for the net authorised advanoes were valued at £10,817,184, and those now held by the department are in most cases enhanced by the expenditure of the money borrowed on additional improvements, and at the same time the liability is being reduced by the instalment repayments of the principal. The Registrar of Old Age Pensions in bin annual report to the Colonial Treasurer, savp the principal event of the year was the passing of an Act which increased the maximum pension to £26, the immediate result of which was not only an enlarged expenditure, but also a marked addition to tbe number of participants. On ' Alarch 31st last the number of pensioners on the roll stood at. 12,582, beiug 812 more than at the close of the previous year, and 194 less than for the 1902 period, when the record number (12,776) was on the roll. The Maori pensioners numbered 667. Although the number of pensioners bad increased, the Registrar noted with satisfaction that the percentage of pensioners to the population eligible by age and residence had not g6ne up. Of the 12,582 pensioners on the roll 10,398, or 82 pe* cent, of the whole, were in receipt of the full pension of £26. Male pensioners are more numerous than females by 1,930; and 72 is the age of the largest number, 1,168 Europeans, 73 heing the nest with 1,112 pensioners. The number of new claims made during the past year was 3,027, as against 1,683 received during the previous yeir. Of this number 2,073 were granted, 590 were rejected, Bnd 892 awaited investigation. Maori claimants during the year numbered 125 The total number of claimants from 1898 to Marob 31st la&t was 28,662, of which 21,846. were admitted. The cost of administration for the past year- waa £4,758. The percentage of the total cost of ad ministering the Act to the gross caymonts of £1,428,372 was only 1,67 per cent.

The Wanganui Education Board bare re-elected Mr R Pirani chairman. Public recognition of the new Ministry will taue the form of a conversazione in Wellington on September 10th. The work of laying the rails through the Turangarere tunnel on the Main Trunk line was completed on Monday morning.. Much apathy is being, displayed in connection witb the proposed establishment of municipal produce markets in Wellington: At the City Council meeting on Monday only one person attended to give evidence in support of the movement. Owing to the prevalence of lameness among horses, the Wellington Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has deuided to suggest to the Government veterinary surgeons that it be compulsory for farriers to pass examinations and be licensed. The Dunedin Council of Churches passed a resolution on Monday suggesting to the Government the desirability of obtaining on loan from the Homeland some of the principal national pictures for exhibition in the chief centres of population in the colony. Reports from the urey Valley, writes a correspondent, indicate that great destruction of lambs is being caused by the ravages of the common brown hawk. Some farmers have taken the precaution to place poison on the carcases, but unless this provision is generally adopted not muob good is likely to ensue. At Napier, yesterday, Mr Brabant, S.M., gave a reserved judgment in a case in which Francis Fitzgerald was oharged with betting on a public road. The magistrate held that there was no evidence of defendant [[having a stand or place, and that ambulatory Getting was not shown to be illegal. Therefore, he could not conviot. DB. SHEr,don's magnetic liniment. Cares Rheumatism. It will penetrate to your very bones, soothe and subdue- the pain. Bub it in freely. It will not blister or burn the ckin. Hub it in and the pain will stop. It can't help but do you good. For sale by H. E. Eton, Masterton, J. Baillie, Carterton and Mauriceville Co operative store.