LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8245, 25 September 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A lad norqed Donald Beach, aged 12 yeaps, fell from a pine tree, at Richmond, yesterday, and sustained fatal injuries. A mooting of the General Committee and the Ladies' Committee of the Albion Football Club's social will be held in Mr J. Wickene', this evening, at 8 o'clock. At the inquest, at' Hastings, on George Fryer, who shot himself on Saturday, a verdict was returned that the deceased met his death by a guushot wound self-inflicted.

A man named William Varooe, a corporation hand at Nelson, who was injured some weeks ago by a gas explosion at the Symons-memorial fountain, died at the Mental Hospital, yesterday.

A publie meeting will be held in the Masterton Borough Counoil Chambers, on Thursday * evening next, at 8 o'olook, to oonsider what form the proposed national memorial to the late Mr Soddon should take.

A Napier telegram states that the Tarawera Hotel, on the Taupo line, was totally destroyed by fire on Sunday nigbi. Everything was lost. The insurance amounts to £1,200. Mr McKay, the owner, is a heavy loser.'

Arthur George Laureas, alias Oliny, was arrested at Mangatinka, days a Wairoa telegram, charged by Miohael Sheehan with having stolen at Napier the gelding Vervi, valued at £3OO. Accused was remanded to Napier.

The members of the Besses-o'th'-Barn b'and had a big send off at Liverpool, when leaving for New York bj the steamer Majestic. They will be absent from Englaud 18 months, having arranged to play in America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. They will play at tbe Exhibition at Ohristchurch for a fortnight in the afternoons and evenings, commencing on January 9th, and on a later date will give a second season, lusting a fortnight.

The Wa/iganui Herald has been shown a horticultural curiosity iu the form oi! a hyacinth which has bloomed underground. The bulb was left in the ground last season instead of being lifted, and by some means was turned upside down. When due up a few days ago, it was found that a sprout had grown, pushing its way down into the earth. The bloom is perfectly ahaped, flower and stalk being of a delicate waxy whiteness, the odour, however, being somewhat sour and sickly.

A diagram iu the report of the Health Department, presented to Parliament,- shows the proportions of persons of various ages who died from phthisis during 1905. The greatest number of deaths was of persona between the ages of 25 and 35. It appears from\ this diagram that oonsumpti' n is rarely contracted before the age of 15. Thus in 1905 there were only three deaths from this disease between the ages of 5 and 15, while between the ages of 15 and 25 there were 53 deaths. Of persons over 25 and under 35, the deaths were 71; between 35 and 45 the number was 38, tfnd the proportion gradually decreased towards old age.

For Bronchial Coughs and Colds, Wood's Great Pepperaam Cure, 1/6 andj_2]6 pel bottle

On' tbe application of Mr P. L. Boilings, tbe Obief. Justice bas granted probate of the will of tbe late Mrs Jane Wylie, ( , JW A prisoner arrested in Dunedin, on Saturday night, on a obarge of drunkenness bad £203 in notes and gold in his possession.

Owing to tbe large number of persons coming before the Dunedin Police Court for drunkenness, Mr Graham, S. M., threatened, yesterday, to double the fines in future.

The largest icebergs seen fvota the Discovery in its antarctic voyage, said a leoturer at (Jhristoburoh, were about 280 ft high, or, say, 2,oooffc thick, and six miles long.

Tbe new railway station at Dunedin will bo used for public trafflo on Monday, 22nd prox., but the official opening by Sir Joseph Ward will nut take placo till the second week in November.

M. Boeufve, Consul for France in New Zealand, has informed th& Auckland Star tbat he bas been officially advised tbat there is no truth in the report that the French intend to abandon tbe Tahiti Group.

At the inquest, s at Napier, yesterday, elates a telegram, on the of the mnn Michael O'Donoghue, who was found on the beach between Awatoto aud Napier, on Saturday, a verdict was returned that death was caused by deceased walking into tbe sea while in a state of unsound mind.

The stamp duty case in which a tradesman was charged with failing to 'stamp a duplicate reueipt was again tefore the Napier Court, yesterday, when the defendant, on legal advice, pleaded guilty. The Magistrate (Mr JBrabaut) said he considered the advice was good, as having carefully read the Act he believed that duplicate receipts required stamping equally with originals. A nominal fine was imposed.

A largely attended meeting of farmers was held at Marton on Saturday to take action in connection with the Land Bill. Mr D. Q. Wilson, Colonial President of the Farmers' Union, spoke at length disapproving the new measure. Resolutions were passed sfcrouply protesting against a Bill containing suob new principles, especially in the way of limitations, and against attemping to pass it without the country first having an opportunity of considering it.

On Saturday evening a deputation from Marlborough stated to the Minister for LBuds that the young men of the district were leaving owing to the need of lmd for settlement. The old men, women and girls, it was stated, remained, The deptita-, tion urged that a vigorous policy of acquiring laud under the Land for Settlements Act should be oarr,ifid out. There were large estates within a few miles of Blenheim having frontages of from ten to thirteen miles.. The Minister promised to communicate with the Commissioner of Crown Lands for Marlborough and also with the Land Purchase Department. Be would endeavour to obtain a report at the earliest possible date with a view to seeing whether some of the properties could no| be aoquirnd.

Ibe final debate for the season in connection with the Victoria College Debating Society was held on Saturday evening, the motion discussed being cbat Britain was justified in undertaking the Ciimean war. Mr G. Fox" acted as judge, and awarded the first five plaoes of merit to the following in order oE merit Messrs 11. O'Leai'y (Masterton), V. Willis, U. Evans, J. Mason, and P. A. do la Mare. The result of the union prize competition, which is decided by the Aggregates of points won in all debates of the season, was won by Mr O'Jjeary, Mr J. Mason being second.

Professor Marigliapo, in an article in the Matin, last month, describes the present position of the struggle against tuberoulosis. He deolares that science now possesses speoifio means of attacking the disease, tut that these means can only be useful if they are employed before tne infection has ravaged the tissues, and while the organisation of the patient is in a condition to profit by them. They constantly remain fruitless when destructive lesions have been produced, or have oven begun to be produced. No serious savant, M. Marigliano adds, oan promise a speoifio remedy against pulmonary phthisis. Those who promise one are mistaken.

Child labour on the Taranaki dairy farms is scathingly referred to by the Wanganui Education Board's inspectors in their last report. One paragraph runs as follows:—There is no doubt that the gross and almost criminal indifference of many parents leads them to place a higher' value on the -products and gain of theiv farms than upon the training and welfare of the children. . . . We oannot thinkfthat the stress of existence and the task of making ends meet in this, colony at the present juncture of its history are so pressing as to make it necessary to rob children of their jusl due in the matter of education. Evecy child should have its rights in this matter, and the serious question emerges in tbe presence of some facts that are constantly meeting us, whether some stricter measures should not be tanen with thuse who wilfully, and from no good cause, neglect to give their children tbe full benefit of tbe training accorded them by the State.

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The Forbury Paik Committee has recommended the Dunelin Oity Couuoil to resoind the resolution to purchase the Forbury Park,

Mrs 0. S. Reeves, wife of Lieut.Colonei Reeves, Mayor of Dunedin in the eighties, died on Saturday. The deoeased with hei husband arrived in Dunediu in 1862.

The "Police Ounces Act" provides a penalty for the use of mdeapnt language in an auction room, mart or place "while an auc tion is proceeding." At Kaiapoi the other day it was decided that the mart was not a publio place while the "setiline-up" was going on, and that strong language then used did not come within the seotiou of the Act.

What is considered to be a disease has appeared in, eels in Karapiro Creek, near Cambridge. After the last fresh a large number of eels were seen lying dead in the bed of the creek. It wa9 thought at first that they must have bean poisoned, but Mr Hartis, a farmer, got one that was not quite dead. He fcuud that the eel's skin was spotted and came off readily.

The ponulation of San Francisco is gradually increasing with every week that passes, and it is estimated that 250,000 have returned since the calamity. The proseut population is estimated at 355,000. A Japanese export in seismology (Professor Omori), whu has been investigating the earthquake, gives his opiuiou that California will be free from shocks for over fiftyvyears, and very probably for a much. longer period.

"Milk forms, or ought to form, the staple diet until at least the age of five years has been reached," says Dr Mason, the Chief Health Officer, in his annual report. Consequently "the valud of a pure milk supply cannot be over-estimated in its influence) upon infantile mortality. . . . Last year infantile diarrhoea, enteritis, and marasmus carried off 538 of our children under cue year. These ailments are, in many only synonyms for impure milk and bail feeding.

A telegram from Feilding states that at the Feilding Court, on Thursday, the Feilding Sociecy for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals laid an information against C. Tucker, of Wanganui, for ill-treat-ing a pigeon ,by killing it in a manner as to subject it to unnecessary pain and suffering. The case originated out o( the recent pigeon mutch. Yesterday Messrs Trewin and Burns, Justices of the Peace, fined defendaut £5 Is and costa £1 10s, cm the grounds that the infliotion of pain was unnecessary, and the object for wbioh it was inflicted was unreasonable. This is the first case of the kind heard in the colony. Evidence was given before the Registrar in Bankruptcy, at Sydney, recently, by Oscar Meyer, provision merchant, bankrupt, of transactions with money-lenders. In 1895 he started as a provider ia a small way, and with but little capital. He borrowed £25 from Isaac Himmel hoch, and had been borrjwing from him till atout a year ago. At first ho borrowed but little, but afterwards had borrowed pp 10 l jer for four years. Till two years ago he used to pay 60 per cent, interest, _but HI LB uieiDocb thoc reduced it to 45 ner cent. About a year ago he left off " borrowing from Himmelhooh, and went to Fish acd Packer, who only charged him 20 to 25 per cent. At the time of his sequestration he owed them about £640. i'ney had no security except a life policy for £SOO in the A.M.P. Society.

The evil influence of the recent "prophet" movement is strongly felt among the Maori* even now, and very few of them have gone to work yet (says the Waimana correspondent of the East Coast Guardian). The few who have started work have not averaged half-an-hour a day for the past six months. The Government have notified them th-it they will be supplied with clean seed potatoes free of cost, and the Maoris feel sure that flour and sugar will be forthcoming too. Dunne the fine weather of the past month anyone riding through the Waimana Maori pa would see any afternoon scores of able-bodied men who are physically able to earn 8s a day, basking in the sun, and waiting for Government charity. They refused the road work which was offered to them by the Roads Department.

Piince Kbilkoff, who was in London recently and was one of Russia's representatives at the International Parliamentary Congress, has had a most remarkable career. In 1874 he went to America as an immi grant, penniless and friendless. For Bome time he lived the life of a tramp. Then he obtained berths as oiler in 'a machine shop, stoker on the Pennsylvania railway, driver of a freight engine, and finally as engineer of a passenger express train. He attraoted the attention of the Minister of Railways of Venezuela, wbo appointed him chief engineer of a railway then under construction in that country. After a year or two in South Amerioa, however, he was seized with the home fever, and, returning to Russia, became stationmaster at a small country town. His exoeptfonal ability soon marked him oat for promotion, and, rising through position after position, he at last became tho Czar's Minister of Ways and Communications. On resigning this position reoently he was appointed a member of the Council of the Empire.

WHEN ?0U CATCH COLI). Do not take any chances on wearing it away, or experiment with some doubtfu preparation which will only half cure it at the best, and leave the bronchial tubes weak ened and susceptible to attack from the germs of consumption. Dr. Sheldon's New Discovery for Coughs, Colds, and Consumption not only stops the cough, but heala and strengthens the lungs, and prevents serious effects from a cold. Small dose. Pleasant to take. Every bottle "guaranteed. For sale by H. E. Eton, Masterton, J. Baillie, Carterton and the Maurice Co-operative Store. JAB OF CONSTANT COUGHING. Hammer blows, ste&dily 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 Remedy stops the coughing ana assists Nature to repair the damage. For sale by T. G. Mason, Masterton,

The nurses at the Dunedin Hospital aro asking that the eight-hour system fce adopted in regard to their work.

The appointment of Mr W. P. James, S.M., .as chairman of tbe Waioawa Licensing Committee is gnzetted.

The championship of the Pahialua Golf Club has been wou by Mr Druoe, who beat Mr MoShaue iu the final on Saturday.

A meeting of the General Committee of the Volunfeer, Band and Fire Brigade Bazaar will be held in the Drill Hall at 8 o'clock this evening.

The subject for debate at tbe ordinary meeting of the Sf. Patrick's club, this evening, will be, "la oity life injurious to the physical and mental capacities of the individual?" Messrs B. J. Dolan and a. Haughey will lead in the affirmative and negative, respectively.

News has been received from England that Mr I-I. N. Smith, a warehouseman employed by Messrs Maoky, Steen and Caldwell, in Wei lington, was lost overboard from the steamer Drayton Grange, on June 14th, soon after leaving Montevideo, nn the voyage from Wellington to London.

At Pennant Hill, Sydney, re«ontly, it will be reraembflrod a mad Chinaman killed two lads. The Sydney Chinese have since subscribed liberally to assist the bereaved parents, and at the same time expresed their deep sympathy and sorrow that the terrible tragedy should have been caused by one of their own country men.

At a meeting of the Se<?don Memorial Committer at Wellington, yesterday afternoo- , states a telegram, it was uu'iounoed that replies reoeived from loual bodies, etc., indicated 147 votes in favour of the establishment of n technical college, and 21 in favour of a scholarship endowment. In view of the over whelming majority in fnvour of the technical college, the fund will be devoted to that purpose.

A young woman, named Marion May Emmens, was arrested at Wellington, yesterday, charged with murdering her infant. Accused, who was not well enough to appear at the Court, is a single gitl 23 years old. She gave birth to a child about a fortnight ago,, and the body was found in a barrel of lime and water at the place where she was employe 1. At the inquest the jury returned a verdiot that the child was born nlive, neglected by its mother, and met its death by violence.

A Wellington telegram, last evening, stated that one of the masters at the Te ro School was, yesterday, charged with bavlng'assaulted a boy by beating hira with a cane. The cbirge was lai/1 by the lad's father. The evidence showed that the boy bad refused to complete a task when kept in, and had amused himself by annojing the master. Th« Magistrate said that if the boy's father objected to corporal punishment he should send the lad to a school where it was not inflicted on unruly pupils. The information was dismissed.

The monthly meeting of the Board of Management of the Y. M.C. A, was held last evening, Mr P. L. Hollings presiding. On behalf of the committee appointed to go into the affairs of the Association gen'ernlly, Mr A. J. Parton reported that, the gymnasium club was doing excellent tfork, and regular practices were be'ng helij; also that the ambulance corps was receiving regular lectures from Dr. Cowio. It was stated that it bad been decided to open the cricket season with a social on Ootober 3rd, to which all members of the Board were invited to be present. Several new members were elected, and various accounts were passed for payment. ■

The Wellington correspondent of Chrisfcohurob Truth says:—"lt is becoming increasingly difficult to discover what ia happening to the Land Bill in Committee. Another meeting was held on Thursday, and so far aa can be learned, progress has been made aB far as Clause 7. It is said that. Berious differences have occurred in Committee, and it ia qnite probable that a deadlock will yet take plane. 1 understand that Clause 3 has been held over. Present indications point to the Bill being before the Committee for a week or more yet. The Freeholders say the Bill fs having a pleasant and placid time in Committee. The Leasehold members of the House say it is getting pretty roueb usage."

Mr W. P. James, S.M., oooupied the Bench at the Masterton Mngis trate's Court, yesterday morning. A Maori woman was oonvicted and discharged for drunkenness, it having been her first offence. John Charles Wylie, who was arrested in Wellington, was charged with having stolen a watch, razors and various article? of clothing, valued in all at £7 7r Gd, from Mra Watson's boarding house on Tuesday last. Accused pleaded guilty, and was committed to tho Supreme Court, Wellington, for sentence. . A gold hrooob, representing a pick, spade and hunker, stamped, W.A., the whole having the word "Goolgnrdie 1 ' anross it in raised letters, was found in tho possession of tho accused, and tho poliae are desirous of finding an owner for the article.

DON'T DIET. It needs all kinds of food to supply the numerous demands of the body. That's why nature gives us such a generous variety. Eat all your appetite calls for. That's what your appetite is for, to let you know what elements of nutrition you really need. Eat all you want. Dr. Sheldon's Digestive tnbulets will digest it'and makea new person of you. They will give you strength, new life, ambition, and enable you toenjoy living as yon have never enjoyed it before. For sale by H ¥•■ Eton, Masterton .1. Baillie, Carterton,'and the MauricevilleCo'-oporativ Store. Mr Thrifty : " How can we have this dull room with this torn paper look nice without spending too mucb money upo ?" Mrs Thrifty: '-1 don't think we could do better than get Eobt. J. Lyttle to do it.' Mr Thrifty: "Good idea ! I will look into his shop on my way to the office." For Colds in the Head nnd Influenza, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, 1/6 and 2/6 per bottle.

Mr F. Goode, who is well-known intha WRirarapa, died at Kate, near Martun, on Sunday.

The monthly meeting of the Yorkshire Sooipty will be held in the Club Hotel at 7.30 [i.m., to-morrow.

The prospeats of the dairy farmer for the coming season in the Manawatu are exceptionally bright.

The next criminal sessions of the Supremo Court iu Wellington will begin on November 19th.

A oablegram from London announces the death of the Rev. Brabazoo Tooko Hallowes, Congregational Minister.

A well-known farmer in Southbridge has sold his ram lambs foi delivery in April at 27s 6d. From the south the Bruce Herald hears of lamts sold for delivery at meaning for 12a, all taken.

High lambing averages are the rule this season (says the Gore Standard). Some crops are remarkably heavy, as Jhigb as 130 and 140 per cent, being by no means uncommon. These figures have been attained in several cases in the district.

A message from Mudgeo (New South Wales) states that the residents of Pyramul, forty miles from Mudgee, have been terrorised by the appearance there of a strauge animal, resembling a baboeu. Several reputable people aver that they have encountered the animal, aud that its appearance is such as to inspire the greatest dread.

The. settlors ou the Moa Flat Estate, Otago, have been very fortunnl:e with a mild winter, and now that spring hna commenced and thfl stock being all in the host condition their prospects for the coming season are exaeptionally good. The Tapanui Courier understands that young be seen on some of the farms since the beginning of August.

The subject of noxious weeds cropped up at a meeting of the Waimato (Canterbury) Road Board. Mr Wells said that gorse was spreading, but ragwort was much worse. Just latterly he had had n very sharp lesson, and now he was quite satisfied that the inspectors wore worth having. There was a patch of the weed in the district which wjould very soon evict the farmer; ragwort was gaining ground. Mr McPhillips sail that leaseholders had little interest in keeping the weeds flown, and wore satisfied if tlioy beat the inspector. 'the Board should take strong measures. Mr Wells: Bag'wdrt is 9,000 times, worse than gorse. Mr McPhillips: I think it is 999,000 times worse. It was resolved to Insist ou farmers abutting ou the road keening the roads clear.

At a meeting of Master Hairdressers of Dunedin, the following resolution was carried: —"That this meeting of Master Hairdressers express thoir approval of the provisions of the Shops and Offices Act, 1905, wherein it is provided that the hours of work of employees shall be strictly limited to not more than fifty-two per week, with two full hours off each day for meals, and with the provision of the Act that assistants muy work up to the hour of 8 o'clock on any of four nights of the week; that / this meeting of hairdressers strongly protest that the proposed closiug of hairdrissing saloons at G. 30 p.m. would prove most inconvenient to customers, disorganising, and disastrous to our businesses, and at the same time carry with it no compensating advantages to either employers or employees." The result of this decision ' of the Association, ia that under the rules or the Hairdressers Association the Duuedin saloons will continue to be open for the convenience of the publio up till 8 p.m.

Mrs A. C. Major advertises for a nursery housemaid.

Mr A, Henderson, has just opened a big consignment of alarm clocks, imported direct, which are now on view at his shop in Queen Street. The clocks, which are guaranteed to give every satisfaction, are being retailed at 7s 6d each.

WHY WASTE YOUB MONEY. If you have rheumatism, gout or soiatica, it is useles to hope for a permanent cure from a liniment. You can expect, at the best, nothing but temporary relief. If you want to cure yourself you must d«al with the cause, which is uric acid in the syptem. Turner's Ilhenmo achieves this object; it drives out the uric acid, and all rheumatic or sciatic pains at once cease. Mr W. Oakley, painter, New Brighton, writes: —"I was suffering from a severe attack of rheiimatio gout, and got a bottle of Rheumo. After a few doses I was able to shavo myself, although before talcing it I could not use a knife. I will never be withon Rheumo for the future, and wil aladly recommend it to my suffering friends." Sold everywhere 2/6 and 4/6 a bottle.

Why suffer tlie torments of Hell with Rheumatism or Lumbago when Dr. Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment will ease pain at once, and continued applications effect a permanent cure. Prise 1/(5; large bottle 3/For sale by H. E. Eton, Masterton, J Baillie, Carterton, and the Mauriceville Cooperative Store.