LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8240, 19 September 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Press Association telegram from Westport reports the death of Mr James Lynch, barrister and solicitor. The nett overdraft of the Masterton Borough Council is £4,175 13a 7d. The rates outstanding amount to £445 18s lOd. Mr Blackjrell, of Newcastle, New South Wales, who was selected for the position of. borough engineer at Gisborne, has declined the appointment. A lirge totara tree felled at Mangakabia, North Auckland, about 60 years ago, was split up the other day and found to be as sound as the day h was cut down. The Opaki Riflb Club will oommence trophy-shooting at the Opaki Range to-morrow. The Committee have not yet allotted the trophies for the season. The Railway Superannuation Fund is still increasing by leaps and bounds—the balance last year was £68,670, and on March 31st last it was £90,984. The Hastings branch of the Liberal and Labour Federation has passed a resolution urging the member for the district to give his whole support to the Land Bill now before Parliament. It is reported by th« Taihape News that the men on the cooperative works in that district have raised £Bl 7s 9d for the Wauganui Hospital. The Government subsidy will bring the amount up to about £179. At Ohakune, on Monday, a rather remarkable egg was laid by a ben belonging to one of the workers on the Main Trunk Line, says a rio&tempornry. Its weight was 7oz; length 3%iu; depth 2%in; oiroumferenoe 7>£in. A Dunedin telegram states that at the Police Court, yesterday, Helen F. Braid pleaded guilty to giving a false statement to the Registrar of Births at Mosgiel as to the age of her child, and was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. The proposal to erect a cottage hospital at Hastings as a Seddon Memorial has been abolished owing to insufficient means for maintenance. A largo amount of money was promised on condition that a hospital was erected, and as this is an impossibility, a meeting uf suosoribers en Monday night decided to return all subscriptions paid and not further entertain the proposal at present. The following have donated prizes to the Fairview Rifle Club for competition:—Messrs Levin and Co., A. Henderson, (J. E. Daniell. F. Dupre, J. Elliott, Donald and Son, Turner and Turner, A. Stempa, MoLeod and Young, King and Henry, A. J. Giddings, J. Graham aud 0"., G. R. Sykes, Dagg Bros., D. McGregor, E. Harper, J. D. Cruiok shank aud Co., Masterton Implement Company. The death occurred at an early hour yesterday morning of Mrs Dixon, wife of Mr David Dixon, of Hall Street, and sister of Messrs John and Frank Hessey, after a long and painful illness. The deceasedwas 64 years of age, A husband, four sons and two daughters are left to mourn their loss. The funeral will take place at 2 o'clock on Thursday. For Bronchial Coughs and Colds, Wood's Great Peppermin Cure, 1/6 and 2/6 pel bottle »'

J The Auckland Racing Club has solved to build a new totalisator house at a cost of £1,595. The monthly meeting of the Mas- ' terton Hospital Trustees will be held this morning at 10.30 o'clock. Mr E. 0. E. Mills, of the Port , Nicholson Yacht Club, has been > elected the first life member of the , Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. 1 The Borough Park Committee visited the Park, yesterday morning, and gave instructions to have the > trees that are overhanging the fence near the cemetery trimmed. Constable G. Learrcouth, who has been stationed at Masterton sinceApril, 1003, has received notice that he is to be transferred to the Mount \ Cook Station, Wellington. He will ) leave for Wellington to-morrow. • \ The Government has expressed it» > willingness to enter into negotiations, as suggested by Mr Heke, to » make an exchange with the authori- : ties of Cape Colony for certain ) Maori history documents deapos'ted 1 by Sir George Gtey. The Premier uonsiders that the I request made that Magistrates should deal with old age pensions claims at the opening of their Courcs is a most reasonable one, and the question will be referred to the Justice Department for consider- ', ation. Applications were made at. the ; meeting of the Masterton Borough Couneil, last evening, by Messrs J. : D. Cruickshank and Co., J. Whiti taker and Wong Way Kee, for whole* 1 sale licenses to store kerosene at the ) rear of their premises. .In aooordi ance with the by-laws the applioa- • tions were referred to the Inspeofor to report on. Giving evidence before the Arbitration Court in Dunedin last week an employer naid that bricks were ' now 10 to 12 per cent, cheaper than they were when the brick- , workers' award was given three ' yearg ago. The building trade in Dunedin now was very poor indeed , compared with what it was when ' this award was made. A telegram from Greymouth, last evening, stated that a deputation ' from the Grey Borough Oounoil waited on the Harbour Buard, yes 1 terc'ay afternoon, in regard to the : stoppage of the survey of Point 1 Elizabeth. The Board, after hear--1 ing the deputation, passed a resolu--1 tion strongly urging the uovern- ■ menfc to complete the survey. i The residents of Albert Street I petitioned the Masterton Borouerh i Council, last evening, to divert the i creek from their private properties 1 into Albert Street, and continue It t down the water tables of that street into the creek Jin Chapel Street. They pointed out that -the oreek was a danger to health. The petition was referred to the meeting of the Oounjil t o be held to-morrow evening. ,- | The following donations have , been received towards the Piano Fund of the Y.M.O. A.:—Messrs Maunsell, £5; P. L. Ho«lings, £5; O. E. Daniell, £1; J. B. Keith, T. Dixon, J. Elliott, O. N. 0. Pragnell, H. 11.% Wood, Duncan .McGregor, 1 Edwin Feist, W. MoP. Cole, and James McGregor, 10s each; F. C. > Lewis, Duncan McGregor, jun., H. . H.-Sutton, A. D. Low, and W. E. ; Chamberlain, 5s eaoh. The ordinary meeting of the Masterton Municipal Fire Brigade was - held last evening in the Central Station, Captain Jenkins presiding. ' Leave of absenoe was granted to i Firemen Haughey and Jackson. The Secretary reported that the average attendance for the month of August was26-2-3rd. Captain Jenkins prei sented Fireman H. L. Ewington with , an extra two years' service bar. The Brigade deoided to prooure distinctive badges for the junior lieutenant t»nd junior foreman. The Secretary was instructed to write thanking, the Carterton Fire Brigade for assisting in the procession at the reoent bazaar. A letter was received at the meeting of the Masterton Borough Council, last evening, from the Palmerston North Chamber of' Commerce asking the Oounoil to pass a resolution requesting the Government to take over the Manawatu Railway; also, asking the Council to appoint a representative to a deputation to wait on the Minister of Railways and the Premier in connection with the matter. "We have nothing to do with it, and ft does not concern us," said the Mayor, amid "Hear, hear's" from *he Councillors. "It's business, on the part, of the Paimerslon North Chamber of Commerce, no doubt," said Or Ewington. Considerable discussion took place at the meeting of the Fire Brigade, last evening, with regard to the water cut off in Queen Street on Monday without official information having been given to Captain Jenkins. The members expressed the opinion that in the event of an outbreak of fire the .Brigade would have been placed at considerable disadvantage owing to the water having been cut off without their knowledge. A complaint was made that no reply had been received to certain correspondence sent by the Brigade to the Borough Counoil. It was resolved that Captain Jenkins interview ,tne Fire Brigade Committee ou these two matters. MERIT REWARDED BY COURT OP JUSTICE. The acknowledged good qualities and success of SANDER & SONS' EUCA • 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. Sis Honour, when giving udoment, 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. 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The Milne ueißmograoh at Obrißtchurch last year registered 87 earthquakes. I The Government has intimated to V. the Land Committee its desire that they should lose no time in coming to a deoision on the Land Bill. Mr G. I. Dayßb, an old resident of the Wairarapa, died at Martinborough, on Saturday night. The deceased was 74 yeans of age. The funeral took plaoe yesterday. It is stated that Mr J. 0. N. Grigg, of Longbeaoh, Canterbury, intends to anticipate the £50,000 limit of land ownership by cutting up his property, whioh comprises 15,567 aores, of a capital value of £133,739, unimproved value £98,014. Dated from Pipiriki, Wanganui Kiver, New Zealand, on August 20th, John Donn writer to the Sydney Referee:—"l hopa that you will insert the following in your paper that Miss Ferry, of Wanganui, is willing to row any lady Soulier in Australia in outriggers, here on the Wanganui River. Miss Ferry has a reputation locally as the lady ohampion of New Zealand." With reference to the proposal to establish a gas show-room, the Masterton Borough Council, last" evening, decided to set apart the whole of the front of the old Druids' Hall for that purpose; the amount of Bpaoo to be used to be left to the Engineer and Gas Manager to deoide. It was decided to nail tenders for the work of repairing the hall and making the showroom immediately.

Tha financial position of the Masterfcon Borough Council is as follows: —General Aooount, dr.,, £4,884 5s 13d; Gas Aooount, or.-, £822 16s 2d; Library Aooount, dr., £134 5a Id; Waterworks Aooount, dr., £lO5 \ 7s 4a; Deposit Aooount, or., £174 ■ 10a; Abattoir Aooount, or., £9 9a ; lid; Interest Aooount, drainage, or., : £143 15b lid; Interest Account, ' Bannister Street, or., £BS 4a 7d; < Loan Aooount, drainage, or., £ll4 148 4d; Loan Account, or., £49 18s 7d. A deputation representing the ( employees of the Manawatu Railway Company asked the Minister , lor Railways on Monday to do what he aould to get the aompany'a employees brought under the operation of the Government Railway Supertannaation Fund as soon as posßicle. The Minister, in reply, said he could not be fxpeoted to introduce a measure which would serve the employees of a private company and pass over the Civil Service. He woald like to see a whole comprehensive scheme dealt with, but it did not seem possible this session. He would, iowever, consult Cabinet, and see what could bo done. The amount of work carried out by the staff of the Department of Surveys flast year greatly exceeded that of the year before. In all, 107 surveyors were kept going, of whom 76 were employed in the North Island and 31 in the South. They dealt with the following areas under the'different classes of work:—Minor tiianeulation, 355,072 acres; topo graphical, 345,670 aores; rural and suburban, 605,425 acres; town sec-1 tions, 939 acres; goldjmlning surveys, 4,191; Native Land 28,766 aores; rosda and railways. 307 miles. In Westland, exploration surveys were made of 101,577 acres of hitherto practically unknown country. At *ihe meeting of] the Masterton Borough Council, last evening, only one tender Was received for the construction of banks for ornamental waters in the Park, and bb that was about £IOO in excess of the money available for tha work, the tender was relented. For the work of formation" in Oookbarn Street only one tender was received, and that being in excess of the money available b7 about £6O it was also rejeoted. The two tenders received for road formation, etc., in Pine Street were rejeoted as the tenderers only tendered for a portion and not the whole of the work. Ihe Mayor said that he thought there was too much work in the towu at present and that was the reason why the contractors bad tendered such, high prioes. Yet, he said, he bad received about a dozen applications for work during the past week. He could not see why the contractors engaged on present contracts could ?not put on more men and get the work through quicker. It was deoided to call fresh tenders only for the work of bank construction and ornamental waters in the Park. Mr W. G. Lamb, of the Tararua Vineyard, requires a strong la*!. Messrs Gillespie and Co. are advertising for a ropeman for a sawmill; wages 10s per day. Messrs MoLeod and Young, are j now booking orders for the various J Christmas numbers of New Zealand weeklies. Speoimen supplements are on view in their windows. The Akitio County Council gives notice to strike, at their meeting to be held on Saturday, September 29tb, a general rate of on all the rateable property within the County. Mr W. G. Beard, solicitor for tne exeoutor in the estate of the late Mr George M. Urummond, notifies that all claims against the estate must be rendered to him on or before September 30th, 1906. The committee of the late Band, Fire brigade, and Volunteer Bazaar invite the stallholders and all those who assisted at the late Bazaar to a complimentary social and danoe in the Drill Hall this evening. Dancing will commence at 8 o'clock. The sale of boots and shoes at the Central Boot Depot will continue till the end of the present week, during which time Mr Carpenter will offer still further bargains in order to clear the stock, and make room fcr the new shipments coming to hand. Mr Robert Falloon, of Masterton, announces elsewhere that his Clydesdale colt,. Brilliant Boy, will be at the service of breeders in the Wairarapa. Brilliant Boy was bred by Mr Buckley, of Hoon Hay, Christchurob, and is from far-famed Clydesdale stock both on the side of his Bire and dam. Particulars of bis pedigree werw given in detail in the report of the Masterton Horse Parade on Monday last. For Colds in the Head and Influenza, Woods' Great Peppermin; Cure, 1/6 and 2/6 per bottle.