LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8243, 22 September 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The English orchard harvest promises well. Large supplies are coming into Loudon. The Minister of Mines has decided to leave in abeyance for the present the opening of a State ooal depot at 'Masterton. The Gape Government is sending young men to Europe to study tbt> wine industry. Mr P. C. Freeth, proprietor of the Manawatu Daily Times, is on a .short visit to Masterton. In all its branches British chipping showed 8Q increase of prosperity during the year 1905. Dr. Karl Peters, of Capetown, prophesies a great rising of trie blacks of South Africa against white rule. A picture said to be a genuine Guido, and worth £2,000, has been bought in a London auotion room for £2. | The Colorado River burst its banks near Port Worth, Texas, and swept away property worth £IOO,OOO. Many lives were lost. Sir Charles Metcalfe says that by next month there will bo a regular sarvice of trains from Capetown to Broken HilJ, a distance of 2,100 miles. The enormous trade in forged Sevres porcelain, both in London and on the Continent, is receiving the attention of the French Government.

J Fourteen members of the American Ice Trust were indicted in New York] for raising the price of ioe 150 per cent, during the hot weather. A young burglar caught in Paris was found to be living in handsomely furnished apartments, with a housekeeper and valet. He kept a motor oar and dog-jart. A Wellington telegram states that tho Board of Directors at Melbourne of the Order of Druids has resolved to recommend that a charter oo issued, creating a Grand Lodge for the North Island of New Zealand, Marlborough, Nelson and Westland. What is believed to be a reoord special rate, which has to be pari in addition to the ordinary rates, is being collected at Molksham, Wiltshire, tingJand. It is one of seven shillings in the pound, to cover the cost of arbitration over sewerage matters, in which the district lost. Brave men have tried times over again To reach ice-bound"poles in vain; There needs yet more acute device To Btorm those battlements of ice; Perchance, by flying ships to be, They'll gain triumphant victory, Provided they, for colds, secure A stere of Woods' Peppermint Cure,

The grest success of the submarines and destroyers during the recent French manoeuvres has led Admiral Fournier to recommend that their number be inoreased.

Newfoundland has put into effect the Aot requiring Chinamen entering the colony to pay £6O each. This will kill the sobemes for importing coolies to work in the mines*.

The adjourned meeting of the Trustees of the Mastertoi! Hospital will be held on Wednesday, SepLember 26th, at 10.30 a.m., in the Borough Council Chamber.

Mr S. G a with, son of Mi 0. F. Gawitb, of Masterton, has severed his oonneotion with tha Arm of Chapman and Tripp, solicitors of Wellington, and has joined the firm of Gawith and Logan, u'l Masterton,

A "spring"' service will be held in the Presbyterian Church to-mor-row. The subjects will te —11 a.m. "The Message of a Flower," 7 p.m. "Natural Law in the Spiritual World." The services at Dcayertou will be taken by the Rev. A. T. Thompson, and at Wangae.'m by Mr Finlayson.

Nine men have been killed at Oharleroi Coal Mine, Belgium. Aa the cage was being lowered the cable bioke, and the nine men dropped 2,600 feet to the bottom of the shaft. Mounted gendarmes and polioe were called out to guard the miuo, which was In danger of being sacked by the infuriated relatives of the victims.

Mr O.j E. Uaniell, Chan-man of tbe Masterton Trust Lands Trust, made eulogistic reference at tbe meeting last evening to tha success of Mr J3. O'Leary, who won the Plunket Medal in the oratorical competition at Victoria College, Wellington, reoently. Mr Daniell oonßidered it a very gratifying result, and. a credit to Mr O'Leary.

Ihe Japanese propose to found a colony embraning a hundred thousand acres in Alberta, Canada. Mr B. R. Nagatany, of Kioto , has already interviewed the railway and. Government agents at Winnipeg, and has now started for Japan to lay bis scheme before tbe Government. He suggests reciprocal trade relations should be arranged between Canada and Japan.

A meeting of the social committee of the Albion Football Club was held last evening. Mr J. Wickens occupied the chair. The following ladies' committee was elected:— Mesrtatnea Hogg, O'Connor (2), Rayner, A. K. Johnstone, Greathead, and Wickens, Misses O'Leary, Wiokena (2), E. Weloh(Opaki), L. Barker, Casbion, Monk, M. Henry, and J. Hogg. There is every indication that the social, which is to be held on Ootoner 11th, will be a suooess.

The tent that so long sheltered tbe grave of tbe late Mr Seddon, on tbe crown of the Observatory Bill, hasbeen replaced by a galvanised iron struoture. Men are now excavating and preparing a place for tbe new mausoleum, whioh is to be 22ft 6iu square, with tbe external walls of brick lined with concrete in layers, of 3ft to s£t thick. Tbe depth from the surface of the ground to the floor will be 9ft, and the tomb will be arched up to b height of ft above the outside level of the steps leading up to the mausoleum.

1 Judgment was given at Wellington, yesterday,?by Mr Riddell, S.M., in the case in which Margaret Blytb, lioeneee of the Royal Tiger Hotel, was charged with having used labelled bottles for the purpose of bottling whisky and having applied a false description of two bottles of whisky sold to Constables Greenfi aud Simpson. A conviction was recorded in the. first case under the Licensing Act and a fine of £lO was imposed under the Trade marks Act, the costs in both oases amounting to £7. In connection with similar charges against 'lnomaa Clapham and Edward Fitzgerald, the Magistrate reserved his decision. Mr Joe' Dransfield, who was for many years one of the leading citizens of Wellington, died yesterday, aged 81 years. The deceased came to Wellington in the early days from Australia, and carried on bubfnesa until ill-health compelled his retirement into private life. In 1870, when the affairs of the district ceased to be administered by a Town Board he was elected Mayor of. Wellington, and held office for four consecutive terms, being succeeded in 1874 by the late Mr C. B. 1 Boorlase. Mr Dransfield again stood for the Mayoralty in 1878, and was returned. He was re-elected in 1879, j but only oooupied the position until W j May 9th of that year when he reI signed. Special services were held in S. Matthew's Church, on Thursday evening, in connection with the Dedication Festival of the Church. The Church was tastefully decorated for the occasion. The lessons for the evening were read by Rev. T. Smith (Featherston), and Mr W. A. Fendall, and the prayers were read by Rev. A. M. Johnson and ! Rev. H. S. Leach (Fahiatua). Th» Rev. V. H. Kitoat preached an el', quent sermon on the conversion of S. Matthew. During the offertory Mr W. S. Jago sang "Comfort Ye, My People," from the "Messiah." Yesterday being S. Matthew's Day, early morning services were conducted at the Church by the Rev. A. > rM. Johnson. v

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A olause has been inserted in the Masterton Trußt Lands Trust Empowering Act Amendment fill), proTiding that the personnel of the Trust shall be increased to nine. The road from Mangumahoe to Iburaua Valley is in a very bad state at present. At one portion, on the bill leading into the valley, there is a stretch of three-quarters of a mile, Jwhioh is described by a person who travelled over it yesterday as a "veritable quagmire." Two large land slips have occurred on the Masterton-Wairere Koad at a point about 13 miles from Masterton near Mr H. Dagg'a homestead. In one case a part of the road has been swept away for some distance, and a narrow track has had to be out on the side of the hill, and even then access is difficult owing to the slippy nature of the ground. Is the House of Representatives, yesterday, Mr ivlassey drew the attention ,of the House to the fact that the proceedings of the Waste Lands Committee are being sent all over the country. He urged that this was contrary to the Standing Orders, and he thought either that the Standing Orders ought to be enforced or the Committee proceedings opened to the press. The breach of the Standing Orders by some of the papers was very unfair, to the papers which obeyed. The Premier agreed with these oonclusons, and said he would look into the matter with a view to taking aotion. Mr P. P. Welch has vacancies for good farm and station hands. Mr R. Rigg, Kuripuni, requires two or three good oarpenters and a joiner. A smart lad is wanted for the New Zealand Clothing Faotory, Masterton. ' Mr T. J. Nott, of the Cafe de Paris, is receiving a daily supply of fresh whitebait. Messrs Hannah and Co. will con tinoe their boot and shoe sale for a few days longer, and quote further special prices. Mr David Dixon and family insert a notice of thanks to those who sent wreaths and other tokens of sympathy in their recent bereavement.

At the Bannister Street auotion mart, this afternoon, Mr J. R. Kiool will sell, on account of Messrs Staples and Co., prime beef and mutton, after whiob will be sold furniture, poultry and general sundries.

On page two of thisjissue Mr F. Webb, specialist and herbalist, of Wellington, notifies that he will pay a professional visit to Masterton on Tuesday- next, September 25tb, and may be consulted at , rooms in Queen Street over Miss Rives', stationer, between the hours of 2 p.m. and 9 p.m.

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