LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8242, 21 September 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

No steps can bo taken for the ereotiou of the new Courthouse at Masterton until the negotiations for an oxohaugo of sites are completed. The annual meeting of the Masterton Cricket Club will be held in tne Central Hotel at 8 o'clock this evening. The Postmaater-Geueral states that tbe present telephone rates are so lowj that no reduction can be authorised. Mr Cameron, who has been tor some time on the staff of the Eketahuna Post Office, has been transferred to Wellington.

The next trophy competition of the Opaki Rifle Olub will be fired? on* Thursday, October 4th. Mr Charles Carter, a New Zealand tenor singer, is now appearing with tbe Moody-Manners Opera Company at the Lyric Theatre, London; praise • is aocorded him for singing and acting. The latest dredging returns to hand are:—Masterton Company, 40oz~ 14dwtp, for 135 hours; Hessey Company, lioz 14dwt for the week; Mystery Plat dredge 340z for the week. In the trophy competition of the Opaki Rifle Club, yesterday, Mr J. Turn bull scored the first aentury ever made on the Opaki Range. Mr K. J. King made the possible (35)at 500 yards. The election of seven member of the Eketahuna Town Board was held' on Wednesday. Tbe folluwing were returned:—Messrs J. F. Baillie,J. J. Mead, J. A. Hasfcwell,A. N. Herbert, M. Kelliuer, W. Kershaw, and R. Seymour. The fourth of Dr. Oowie's series of lectures to too members of the< Y.M.C.A. Ambulance Corps was given last evening. The dootor explained the methods of artificial respiration, and at tbe conclusion of the leoture was acooided a vote of thanks. Mrs Kendall's dancing classes brought the season to a close with a< plain and fancy dress ball, In tbe Foresters' Hall, last evening. There were between fifty and pixty couples present, and a very enjoyable evening was spent. Miss Elsie Richards supplied [excellent music, and the catering was under tbe direction of Mrs Kendall. j We are sometimes inolined to grumble at the high rents charged,' says an Auckland paper, but 66 years ago the rent asked for'a flva-roomed hoase at Kororareka,. which the authorities wanted for a post-cfSoe, was £1 10s a week. And yet tbe average wage of a labourer in New Zealand in 1840 was about 3s a day, and that of a skilled mechanic ss. The Mastei'ton Bnrough Council decided at its meeting last evening to extend the water mains along Cole Street extension, Pownall Street and Essex Street. Tbe Engineer was instructed to obtain quotations for pipes from a Dunedin firm. With regard to tbe ways and means the Council decided "to establish a principle whereby all money required for extra works not already provided for should in future be made by way of a temporary loan." There was a large audience at the Town Hall last evening wheb Cook's Pictures were shown. The pictures were very clear, and free from flicker. Among the best films were those depicting a trip through Switzerland, an incident of theRussian Revolution, street scenes in Dunedin, Wellington, Ohristoburob and Palmerston North, and the New Zealand steeplechase. A number uf capital comic pictures were shown. During tbe evening songs were sung by Mr Wynn, who was warmly applauded. ,

A Gisborne telegram states that "a young man named William MoJLeoa> son of the Harbour .Board's overseer,,, succumbed to tho effects produced by gas at the Gisborne SheepFarmers' Freezing works jesterday morning. He wast engaged testing; the gas main for the presence of water—a thing he had done hundreds of times—aud was found faoe downwards near the pipe, from which he had removed the stopper, life being extinct. Another young mao named Moßae, who discovered McLeod and pulled his body away, got a whiff of the gas when replacing the stopper, and beoame unconscious, but recovered after medioaL treatment.

On Wednesday the Government valuers visited Mr J. Stuokey's property,Te Eangitumau, fo'r the purposeof valuing the estate with a view to its acquisition for] oloser settlement. Sinoe the visit last week of the Land Purchase Board, which notified Mr Stuokey, the property has been sold to Mr A. J. Stone-Wigg, of Mangaone Valley. Te Rangitumau con-, tains 3,608 acres, and it is under-, stood that the new owners intends to retain about 1,000 to 1,200* acres, and sub divide the balance into small holdings. The sale was negotiated by Mr W. B. Ohennells in conjunction with Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd.

I The Government Statistician's report on the vital statistics of Sydney | for the month of August has been I issued. From this it appears that during the month 1,224 children were born (632 males and 592 females), and F»08 j.ersonH died (274 males and 234 females), •'ho excess of births over deaths being 716. The birth record was 48 above, and the death renord 22 below, the average for August during the previous Ave years. The resultant birth-rate was 2.31, and the death-rate .96 per 1,000, corresponding, respectively to annua! rates of 27.72 and 11.52 per I,OGO of population. The birthrate was only fairly satisfactory. It was equal to the average of the last, five years, but is not so high as for last month, or for August of last year. The mortality rate was very favourable. It was lower than for laßt month, and for August of last year, and was well below the average for August during the previous five years. JAB OF CONSTANT COUGHING. Hammer blows, steadily applied, break the hardest rock. Coughing day after day jars and tears the throat and lungs until the healthy tissues give way. Chamberlain's Cough Bomedy stops the coughing ana assists Nature to rdpair the damage. For sale by T. G. Mason, Masterton. For Colds in the Head and Influenza, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, 1/6 and 2/6 per bottle. STRAIGHT TO THE POINT. Mr Alexander Miller, the well-known builder of Eoslyn, is not lavish with words. He says what he has to say briefly and to the point. Writing under date 19th May, Mr Miller says: -"I suilered from rheumatism in my heel for two months and was cured by Bheumo in two or three days. I can recommend it to anyone suffering from the same complaint." It is a volume in a nutshell. Two month's agony cured in two days!" 1 can recommend it," say* Mr Miller. You can believe him. Bheumo is sold by all chemists and storekeepers at 2/6 and 4/6 per bottle

"A very good memorial," said tbe Chairman of the Kairanga County Council, speaking with reference to the propjsed Seddon Memorial, "would be to give tbe back-block settlers a road."

The Native Minister told Mr Hogg, on Wednesday, that the owners of onueed native lands in tbe Mas erton district would be communicated with, and warned that unused lands must be put into proper occupation or opened up for settlement.

A bank cieik in tbe Pitfleld district (Victoria) reoeutly lost a bag containing gold valued at £6OO, purchased by him at some of the neigh bouring ccipes. The bag was found by a boy named Frank Hall, who restored it to tbe bank ofßoial. The toy received a reward of £lO for his honesty.

At the Sports meeting at Inveroargill, yesterday, states a telegram, Frank Ford put up a reoord, throwing the 181b harrmer (4ft i!iu handle) ironi a standing mark 117 feet 7 inohes. This feat was authenticated by Mr Woods, President of the New Zealand Athletic Union, the Mayor of Invercargill, and many other prominent sports offloials. The funeral of the late Mrs David Dixon took place at the Masterton Cemetery, yesterday afternoon. The cortege included fa large number of the friends and relatives of the deceased. "The pall-bearers were Messrs D. Christian, W. Hodges, W. Judd, and H. Walton. The Rev. A. M. Johnson oonduoted the services at the graveside. Complications have arisen between the New Zealand and Australian Tennis Associations owing to the latter body having decided to bold "Mars Buckley" competitions in Melbourne in November, whereaßthe New Zealand claimed that the competitions should be held in New Zealand at tbe same time as the Australasian Championships. It is probable New Zealand will with- • draw from the Australian Association. As a result of a verdict of the Coroner's iury, and the revelations at the inquest on the death of the child ] ,■ left in the care of Mrs Mary Annie j Guy, the woman was arrested and brought before the (Magistrate's Court, at Wellington, yesterday morniDg, charged with having oaused the death of tbe child by neglecting to provide adequate nourishment. Accused was remanded for a week. Some of the Waterfalls settlers are agitating for an improved postal servioe, say the Eketahuna Express. The mail hitherto has been travelling once a week between Alfredton and Waterfalls, and petitions fur a bi-weekly servioe have been resultless. If a servicb cannot be obtained twice a week, the settlers suggest that the mail, instead of being carried from Waterfalls to Alfredton and baok, should be carried fom Alfredton to Waterfalls and back, so that they may have the chance of replying to correspondence promptly.

Replying in the Houße of Representatives to Mr Hogg's request that land should be acquired for closer settlement, Mr McNab raid : —Land within a short distance of Masterton is held in small estates, the owners of whioh could not te agreed with as to price. Tbe large estates have been divided, and, although generally worked as a whole, cannot, uader tbe present Aot, be purchased against the will of the owners. Private owners have, however, divided their lands iato allotments editable for residences nea#the town. Masterton itself ia by no means densely peopled, there being ample room for every resident to occupy a very fall area.

An advertiser wants to rent a furpished room with fire place.

The Manager of the Age Office requires a smart honest lad to sell papers.

A strawberry now with calf at foot"will be sold at noon to-morrow at the Masterton pound.

Mr R. JS. Jones, plumber, announces that be is prepared to supply rubbish bins in all sizes on the most approved pattern,

A special line of ladies' dress combs has been received by Mi R. D. MoFarlane, Qneen Street.

Messrs Keeling and Anketell, of Queen Street, have been appointed local agents for the Atlas Fire Insurance Company.

The Masterton Borough Council invite tenders to close at 4 p.m., on Tuesday next, for erecting an embankment and forming artificial water in the Masterton Park.

At their rooms, Perry Street, at 2.30 p.m., on Saturday, Messrs R. E. Howell and Co. wi!l sell a quantity, of orookeryware and general household furniture.

Messrs Hare and Davidson, land agents, Pahiatua, advertise particulars of three good dairy farms situated olose to the Ballance Dairy Factory, which considerably Bddti to their value from a dairyman's point of view. The whole of the properties are good investments.

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