LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8221, 27 August 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Press Association telegram from Hawera records the death of the Rev. A. H. Treadwell, Presbyterian Minister, formerly of Lyttelton. Pahiatua wants its railway goodsshed enlarged, and the member for the distriot (Mr Ross) is asking the Minister of Railways to make provision for the need. Mr Ulic Shannon, of Wellington, has been appointed to compile the handicaps for th° Championship Meeting of the New Zealand Athletic Union, to be held in January on the Exhibition ground. Before Mr E. McEwen, J.P., at the Mastertcu Police Court, on Saturday, Denis McMullen was fined 10s, in default three days' imprisonment, for having been (drunk, it being his second offence within six months. At the Christchurob Magistrate's Court, on Saturday, John Ross, bookmaker, was sentenoed to one month's imprisonment without hard labour on a charge of trespassing on the Riccarton Rauecourse on July 14tb. —Association. The Masterton Munioipal Brass Band played a specially selected programme of music in the Park yesterday afternoon. To-night the Band will play a number of selections in Hall Street, opposite the Post Office. Lantern slides will be shown between the items. Cabinet has placed at the disposal of the Wool Fires Commission a committee of experts to confer with and advise the commission on subjects relating to the spontaneous combustion of cargoes. The committee consists of Dr, Mason, Messrs J. C. Mac'.auriu, J. A. Gilruth and B. C. Aston. The commission intends making a number of practical experiments. The Magistrate (Mr Stanford) at Wanganui, on Saturday, re-heard the charges against Turnbull* and Co., and the Wanganui Supply Company of sending parcels into a prohibited distriot without attaching labels denoting the contents, on whioh they were each fined £25. The fines were reduoed to £lO each, on the ground that the cases were the first, of the kind in the district, though the Magistrate held that the offence was a most serious oue. •

Excellent lambing returns are* being reportod locally, says the Marlborough Herald. Mild an& favourable weather has been experienced, and the results are exceptionally good. Mr W. B. Parkerobtained 120 and 140 per cent. from floods in the Lower Walrau district.. A statement of the affairs of the Government Insurance' Department for the three years commenced on January, 1903, and ended on December 31at, . 1905,. shows that the accumulated funds are £3,822,576 15s 7d, and the netvalue of the liabilities £3,626,695 14s, leaving a surplus of £195,881 Is 7d. The Lord Mayor of Melbourne is; arranging to have investigation made into the distress and poverty existing in the city. The appointment of a committee of business men and others versed in the management of charitable institutions to take evidence on the subject is suggested. Sir Wm. Steward thinks that, with a view to encourage the physical training of the pupils attending the public schools, the Government might assist in the providing of gymnasiums and gymnastio apparatus by way of subsidy upon funds raised locally by publio subscription or other looal effort. Be is questioning the Ministry on the subject* The total number of industrial unions registered in New Zealand at the end of 1905 was:—Employers' unions 113, with 3,276 members; workers' unions,. 261, with 29,869 members. Of 263 oases for enforcement of awards presented to the court, 213 were successful, 19 withdrawn, and 31 dismissed. The year's cost of the court was £3,214, and of the Conciliation' Boards £3BB. The Taranaki Herald remarks:— "Roughly, there are 110,000 dairy cows in this province, and we donot think the average earnings from the factory are muoh more than £6. There is no reason, beyond the indifference and neglect of the farmers, why the average should not be £8 more, and this would bring from £150,000 to £200,000 more money in the distriot,fan end worth striving for." The [Government statist of Victoria (Mr E. T. Drake) asserts that owing to an imperfect and wrong method of calculating population since the last census, taken in April, 1901, the population of the State has been understated by many thousands. The statist says the allowance made for unrecorded departures by sea is unnecessary, and the last returns are exclusive of that allowanoe. Mr T. Kothwell, of Te Kowhaf, says the Waibato Times, has been experimenting with the object of developing a new and improved variety of potato. By means of oross fertilisation, and growing from seed, for the past four years he has succeeded in producing fine wellshaped tuberß of good size. He has not spray6d the new variety,, but it has been quite free from' blight. We hope this seESon's experience will confirm the opinion that a new b'ight-proof potato has been discovered. Mr Ohas. E. Todd, who has been manager of the Masterton Branch of the Dresden Piano Company for some considerable time, died at Greytown early yesterday morning.. The cause of death was pneumonia,, from whioh the deoeased had been suffering for about a week. He had been residing in Greytown for some weeks past, being engaged on business in connection with the Dresden Company. The deoeased, who was well and favourably known 1 in the Wairarapa, was 38 years of age, and was a native of Newoastle-on-Tyne (England). He came to New Zealand about eight years ago. Mr Todd was a clever musician, and a very able teacher. A widow is left to mourn her luas. The funeral will take place at Carterton at 2 p m. tomorrow. With reference to the recent finding of 257 sovereigns by a boundary rider on Barragan Station, in the Molong distriot, New South Wales, an old resident states that about 50 years ago an aged shepherd, employed by John b'mith, M.L.C., was in the habit of converting hia cheque into sovereigns and planting a certain number of the coins. Hisi custom was to ride to Toogong, have a'spree, and then return to his flock. While returning home one day he. was thrown from his horse and killed. He had a [daughter, who lived with him, but no one seems to know where she went after her father's death. Several residents were aware that the old shepherd had money hidden, but a persistent searon failed to reveal the hoard. The sovereigns unearthed are of George IV. mintage. Who is to be the new Chairman of Committees? is still the question of the hour amongst members of the Lower House. Whilst it is considered that Sir Wm. Steward is favourite with • Messrs Flatman, Tanner and Wilford as strong opponents, the impression is that if a surprise is sprung upon the House it will be the senior Whip of the Uovernmeni Party. The latest rumoured development is that the Country Party, as a result of its conference, has requested the Premier to call a cauous of his party and give a lead in the matter of the chairmanship. This is said to be the second request of the Country Party for a Government caucus, members being disappointed at » meeting not being called for Thursday last. Not a great deal is being heard in the council lobbies about the Chairmanship of the Upper House. The Hon. W. O. Smith will huve a strong following, and the Hob. K. H. J. Reeves will also he a candidate. The Hon. J. Rigg's name is mentioned in oonnectiou with the office, and the. Hon. W. Bolt will be a candidate. Daughter: "Is this not a nice picture that Cousin Clara has sent me; wbsre shall I get it framed ?" Mother (with experience): " Take to that shop in Gillespie'" Buildings, where BoM. J. Lyttle will t do it promptly and well " Daughter: "Oh yes, mother! I heard it was a good place to get mirrors,too." Yo" wrap up your head in red flannel, You snuffle and snort on your bed, You plaster each pane and each panel, , In dread of a draught that is dead. J Nay. Cast all your wraps to the needy. Such miseries never endure, For Woods has a remedy speedy In his Great Peppermint Cure.

Lambing is now Reneral cn the farms in tne Masterton district, the good weather prevailing promises to result in a very high percentage in all flocks. The champion ram (Linooln) at the last Royal Show of England was purahased by an Argentine buyer fir 1,450 guineas, the highest price ever paid for a ram in Britain. Poverty Bay will not be officially represented at the Exhibition. Owing to the apathy of the publio the committee have decided not to vroo°ei further, and will forfeit the deposit (£3O), made to secure space. Kimbolton sofaoul children are encouraged to grow shelter trees in the school gardens. The trees are sold to the settlers and the proceeds are credited to the sohool revenue. A soheme of cultivating flax and running a co-operative mill is under consideration by Straifori fnrmers. Jt is estimated that three hundred acres under flax would be required to make r mill pay. Vigorous prospecting is being carried on for antimony at Manawaoro in the Waikare, near Russell, by Mr Pierce Lannigan, on behalf of an Auckland syndicate. Some 50 bags of antimony have been shipped from Opau as a specimen. Great trouble has been caused in the Western Wimmera, Victoria, this season by the sheep fly, and many ewes and laTbs have beeD lost. It is thought that the presenae of dead rabbits in burrows led tn the fly'inyarge numbers.

A Ngapara correspondent of the Oamaru Mail Bays that the people in that district have been on the verge of a water famine, and were only jast saved from it by a little rain. The ground is .very dry, and they are beginning to be fearfnl of a ruinously dry spring and summer. The Minister of Agriculture is being asked by Mr Ngata—(l) Whether he will take stops to appoint a wool expert for the purpose of instructing small farmers and others in classing and makiug-up their dips for the colonial or London market; (2) whether he will oause inquiries to be made into the quality and snitatility of sheep dips now on the market, with a view to preventing the use of mixtures injurious to the wool fibre, introducing n legislation for the purpose, if neoesand (3) whether he will cauße * to be established in various parts of the colony aohools or classes in ! whloh instruction may be given in the classing of wool-clips. ' i The Hon. Mr M'Gowan's Gaming and Lotteries Act Amendment Bill extends the provision of the Act of 1881 ("where any lottery, is conducted") to "any lottery promoted in New Zealand, or any part of the business or operations of or connected -*ith any lottery promoted elsewhere than in New Zealand." Persons who manage or conduot or oanvass for subscribers to or receive any money or valuable thing for tickets in or for any purpose connected with lotteries are to be brought under the operation of the Act. Pak-a-poo and fan tan are declared to be lotteries under the . meaniug of |the principal Act, and J provision is to be made to prevent the use of unfenoed and unoooupied land as gaming places. The number of factories in the oolony last year (9,881) increased over those of the previous year by , 758, and the factory workers (70,403) were more by 2,690 than those of 1905. In the year 1895, when the Labour Department was organised, there were 4,109 factories, employing 23,879 workers in the colony, and during the oast fifteen years the factories have increased by 5,772, and the workers employed in them by 40,524. The report states that the increase daring the paßt year was largely composed of workers situated in Wellington and Dunedin. In Ohristohurch there was a decrease in the number of both factories and persona employed; but the lesser number isjprobably caused by a shift in the looal economic position, since the faotory fees collected were £7 more than last year. This is interpreted to show that the small faotories have been absorbed by larger better pdapted, perhaps, to more extensive use of machinery, since the fees of small factories are merely nominal. The four ohief cities of New Zealand are increasing year by year in the number of fine buildings which have been ereoted for commercial and industrial purposes (snys the annual report of the Labour Department). In Wellngton alone several{hundreds of thousands of pounds have taken architectural form in stone, brick, wood, and steel during tbe year, i while Ohristohurch, Dunedin and Auckland are very little way behinri in heavy expenditure. Napier, Timaru, Invercargill, Masterton, Nelson, .Wanganui, and Palmerston North have also added greatly to their valuable business and private establishments. The result has been that the building trades have bad a period of pressure and more than full work, very few places having had any slaok time. Some part of this progress may be allocated to t.he ahare of the "rating on unimproved values" being adopted in many plaoes, thus making it costly to keep sections of land idle for speculative purposes or occupied by old buildings at low rentals; but more, per- 1 baps, may be put down, to the share which the extension of electric tramways has had in enoouraging I building in the suburbs. FACTS ESTABLISHED AT COUKT. In an action, the cause of which was 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 ingreiients, and 5. 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 ootain the GENUINE S SANDEE AND SONS EUCALYPTI EXTRACT For Children's Hack'ng Cough at Night Woods', Great Peppermint Cure, 1/6 and 2/6*p»r bottle

It is said that plans have been prepared for the building of a vault by the Government over Mr Seddon's grave, at a cost of about £4OO. This will not include a column or memorial, whioh will probably be provided for privately or by public subscription. Judge Seth Smith has been appointed to hold an enquiry into oertain allegations by Kuinl Wi Rangipupu and Heni Te Kau against the Publio Trustee. One complaint is that a greater amount of oomiuission was charged for collecting rents than was allowed, and another that complaiuants had no security of title as against the Public Tiustee. A second commission empowers tne Judge to investigate allegations that a oertain person charged natives usurious rates and interest on money pdvanoes made, by whiah they were impoverished. The enquiry is prooeediDg. Correspondence from places beyond the oolony for the following persons is lying undelivered at the Masterton Jfost Office:—R. A. Anderson, Jaok Buckingham, T. J. Dickson, W. Davis, Harry Edwards, Harry Grant, E. J. Godfrey, Fred Gallagher, H. Heathwood, Arthur Hennings, A. Hutohison, G. [H. Jel ner, Fred Johnson, Robert G. March, H. King, W. Mahoney, E. MoLaughlan, C. Neill, Mrs J. Poulson, W. G. Polley, Edgar Quartly, Alfred Salter, H. W. Steele, E. L. Thomson, Robert N. Watt, Mies Annie M. Warrington. "In my opinion the time has arrived when we should have a Publio Works Committee, to whioh petitions for railway works should be referred. That would do away with the system of getting works done by favour."—said Mr Massey in the House of Representatives on Friday. The Premier, replying, in the absence of the Minister for Publio Works, said that such a oommittse would usurp the place of the Govern ment, and suoti a committee woald have to be in existence all the year round. However, he would place' the suggestion before hia colleague. A wanderer among the ruins of San Franoisco describes the strange incident of the flight of particles of glass aoross the area of desolation and dust. The summers of California are windy summers, although her winters are calm and bright. Gales from the Paoifio and dry winds from the vast Continent across the bay, sweep the bald hills and hollows of the peninsula of San Franoisoo, aDd sinoe the disaster have scattered the powder of thousands upon thousands of windows. All labourers among the rubbish, all* campers among the ruins, are compelled to wear goggles under pain of damage to the eyes. The Firearms Bill, which was introduced in the Legislative CouDOil Minister of Defenoe, the Hon. Mr Pitt, makes 'it unlawful to sell or supply flrearmß or any bind of ammunition to any person under the age of sixteen years. Further it shall not be lawful for any person under the age of sixteen years to use, carry, or to have in his possession any firearm or any kind o? ammunition. Every perscn who commits a breach of this Act will be liable to a fine not exceeding £lO. Firearm is defined as a "gun or pistol of any description whether acting by the force of gunpowder or not." This effectively deals with even what i* known as the "toy" instrument. People who have pest infested orchards are'waroed that the Department of Agriculture [intends launching out on a strenuous campaign. Sine the Orchard and Garden Pests Aot was passed, the department has not been .too striot with people who have not, taken sufficient care to keep their orchards olean. Cautions have been issued, and orohards have been visited by inspectors, to give the owners every chance to apply remedies. During the incoming season, however, the Aot will be enforced with fair stringency. It is understood that there is a number of dirty orohards in the Lower .Hutt and other portions of the Wellington district. Consequently the propriej tors will need to be energetic if they desire to escape prosecution. The number of men assisted by the Labour Department or who obtained work through its agenoy during the fifteen years of the department's existence is 45,084, of who 20,413 were married, and 24,671 single. Government works employed 29,295 of them, and 15,789 obtained wcrk under private employers. In tho department's first year (1891-2) 2,593 men were so assisted by the department, in 181)9-1900 2,147, and 3,407 (for the year 1902-3) was the highest number'provions to the year covered by the report of the Labour Department laid before Parliament on Friday, whioh showed a record number of i 6,712, of whom 2,027 were married men and 4,685 single. Government works absorbed 4,783 of the -men, and private employers ; look the other 1,929, which is greatly in excess of the number of men engaged on co-operative woius last year (1,170). This year the aumberof men forwarded to the nilways was unusually large. A decade ago the marriei men assisted by the department exceeded the number oT single men (1,880 against 991), whilst last year the single men were mora than double the number of the married (4,685 against 2,027). Messrs R. Hannah and Co., Ltd., annondoe that a great dale of boots and shoes will commence at their Masterton premises on Wednesday next. Particulars of the reductions to be made appear in the firm's advertisement. The New Zealand Postal Department invite tenders, to close ou September 24th next, for the mail carrying contracts for three years, from January Ist next. Particulars of the contracts relating to the Masterton distriot appear on page 1 of this issue. IN THE HOME. A. feeling of security and freedom from anxiety pervades the home in which Cham berlain's Pain Balm is kept constantly on hand. A touch of Rheumatism, Neuralgia an attack of Headache, Earache, — Tooth ache, a Sore Throat —whatever the trouble is, Chamberlain's Pain Balm drives away the pain at once and cures the disease quickly. First application gives relief For Sale by T- 6. Mason, Masterton First Business Man : " I see that Mr Up-to-date has just had that oldfashisned shop Tront of his taken out and plate glass in-" ~, ~ t Second Ditto: "Yes! He got Bobt J, Lyttle to do it, and is perfectly satisfied with the joD." First Ditto: "I think I will get,an estimate from him for mine too,"

The Wanganui Herald snys empty bouses are very scarce in Wanganui, the demand being more than equal to the supply. Papulation statistics for the quarter ended June 30th show that Victoria gained 4,186 peroons during the quarter. 'i'he population on June 30th was 1,226,230. Mary Ellen Powers, of Lockport, New York State, nine feet seven inches iu height, and said to be the tallest woman in the world, has just married a prosperous young farmer, j who is six feet high. The public librarian of Chicago ha* withdrawn from circulation Mr Sinclair's novel, "The Juugle, 1 ' beoause of certain passages] in the book being considered as unfit for general reading. A sale of fat wethers from the Kimbolton country at 21s a head was recently recorded. A more remarkable sale ifl thai; of 7,000 crossbred sheep from the Assets Realisation Board's run near Dannevirke. The average price was a little over £1 per head. The case of Herbert Francis v. Rudolph W. Becker was called on for argument before his Honour the Chief Justice, at the Wellington Supreme (Jourt, on Friday, when Mr Martin Chapman appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Bunny for the defendant, says ; the New Zealand Times. The plaintiff had agreed to sell, and the defendant to purchase a piece of land having an are* of 11 acies 27.1 perches, part of the Villa Home estate, neat Masterton, for the sum of £558. The defendant deolined to complete the purchase, on the ground' that he was iaducea to enter into the agreement through the misrepresentations of the plaintiff to the effect that certain roadg which would add to the value of the land as a poultry farm had been aocepted aud taken over by the Masterton County Council; also alleged misrepresentations as to the sum of money whioh he had paid for the land, aud as to a statement that other wouldbepurobasers were inquiring about the land. The plaintiff denied that there was any misrepresentation, and olaimed specific performance of the agreement. At the conclusion of argument, his Honour reserved judgment. The weekly official report of the NewZea'and International Exhibition states that the Tourist Department will Immediately commence the erection of the active nodel of Waimaogu Geyser, and also the model of hot water and mud pools. These will be situated between the sports ground and the power-house. This situation is necessary beoause steam and hot water are required to be laid on to the models to produce realistic effeots. Fifteen hundred square feet of space has been reserved for publio school exhibits from New South Wales. This exhibit will form a portion of the exhibit of the Department of Education, and will be looated in the gallery. The . Premier has advised the Chairman of the Executive Commissioners that he lias received a cablegram j from Home advising the despatch t of 40 statues by the steamer Qrmuz. This shipment is due at Lyttelton ou September 28th. The remainder of the statuary purchased by Sir Joseph Ward will leave at the end of the present month. A statue of Pauline, a sister of Napoleon, was shipped some time ago, and it should arrive at Lyttelton very shortly. Mr Poland, M.H.R, who has just gone over tne route of the Main Trunk railway, tells the Auckland Star that he found every indication of activity. There were 2,500 men employed altogether on the works, but a gap of 60 miles will have to te ooujrileted hefore Auoklanders can expeditiously reaoh the capital without a combination of sea and land travels quite disconcerting urless the conditions are absolutely favourable. The Publio Works Departmeent is doing its best to push on construction, douele shifts being worked in the heavy cutting at Waioura. It is also intended to j start double shifts at Oha&une where there is a heavy cutting and filling They are making fairly goo] headway, but the country is diffioult, inoiuding the celebrated spiral line whioh the railway doubles .upon itself in orler to gain sufficient altitude to cross a high ridge. He did not believe that any ooach connection could be provided for northerners who wished to ttke an overland route in visiting Christchurch Exhibition for the opening. No doubt, ha said, lat«r in the summer, perhaps during January, the road would improve sufflcently to enable this, promise of the Minister for Public Works to be carried out. NEVER KNOWN TO FATTj. Mr. G. S. Fitz waiter, Charleville (Q.), writes:—" I have much pleasure in testifying to the excellent qualities of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Bemedy. having on several occasions experienced mosn beneficial results. Have also recommended it to many people suffering from bowel complaints, diarrhoea aid dysentery, and have never known it to fail. For Sale by T. G. Mason, Masterton'