LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 827, 29 September 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The latest returns from the Masterton Company's Dredge isllloz for 137 hours work, dredging on the eastern boundary of the olaira. The Hessey Dredge return for the week is Uoz 7dwt, and the Mystery Flat Dredge washed up for 370z. The building trade Is reported to be very brisk in Eltbam at present. Whangarei bulieyes in being up-to-date, says an exchange. It latest acquisition is a Young Women's Bachelor 01 üb. The annual general meeting of the Masterton Lawn Tennis Club will be beld in the Technical Schoolroom, at 4.30 y.ra. on Friday, October sth. The Pahiatua Herald says an eel was caught in the Mangatainoka river at Mangatainoka on Tuesday flight weighing 321b. it was 4ft 7lu long and 19in in girth. A meeting of the General Committee of the recent Band, Fire Brigade and Volunteer Bazaar will be held in the Fire Brigade station at 7.30 o'clock this evening. It is announced that the law providing for old age pensions in France will come into force in January of next year. It is calculated that *be cost will be some 23,000,000 francs per annum. At the meetine of the Workers' Mutual Building Sooiety, held last evening, the sum of £3OO, free of interest, wbb appropriated oy sale. The successful tenderer was Mr F. P. Harrison, who offered £75. At Wellington, yesterday, Marie Ann Guy was further remanded till next Friday on a charge of oausing the death of an infant committed to her charge by neglecting to provide it with adequate nourishment. The Government have sanctioned the necessary expenditure for a full orchestra of 56 performers at the International Exhibition. The musicians in Australia who were conditionally engaged have been cabled to and will leave Sydney for New Zealand to-day. Divine service will be conducted at the Masterton Presbyterian Church to-morrow at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. In the evening there will be a sermon to young men. Services will be held at Dreyorton and Wangaehu also, and will be conducted by Messrs McLeod and Feist, respectively. Mr Race, the Canadian Commissioner at the Exhibition thinks the Canadian maple should do well in New Zealand He describes it as an exceedingly quick.growing tree, and beautiful as a shade tree. He has brought with him a quantity of seed, and he suggested that some of it might be put into the experimental plots of theDeparfcment of Agriculture. A young man. named John Ed. Fisher, alias Ramsay, was committed for trial at the Wellington Magis trate's Court, yesterday, says a telegram, oh a charge of assaulting Thos. Haucrhey, and robbing him of 30 sovereigns. It is stated that Haughey, on the 19th i-ist., cashed a cheque for £IOO. Accused mot Haughey in a hotel, and afterwards followed him to his house, and i there committed the offence. The French bouuty system is responsible for the number of French ships that voyage from port to port in ballast in the hope of striking remunerative freights. Hobart is evidently a favourite port for awaiting orders. At the present time there are twelve of these vessels on the way to Hobart from various ports and adcioea of others are expected. This fleet includes eight ! barques, one four-masted barque, and three full-riggod ships. John Tait, advertising agent, was fined 20s, with £3 10s costs, at the Wellington Magistrate's Court, yesterday, under tho Gaming and Lotteries Aot. Defendant acquired the right to advertise on Corporation Tramway tiokets, and, to encourage the collection of tiokets, ho decided to distribute rewards amongst those persons who oould produce tiokets bearing numbers which would be advertised. The Magistrate held that this arraugemont amounted to deciding a distribution of money by ohanoe. Notice of appeal has been given. PREPARE FOR CROUP. The time wasted in sending for a phy sician, or for medicine, when a child shows symptoms of croup, of ton proves fatal. A reliable medicine, and one that should always be kept in tbo house for immediate use, is Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It wil. prevent the attaok, if piven as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the oroupy cough appears. It is also the safest, as it contains no narcotics. For sale by T. G, Mason, Masterton. For Children's' Hack'ng Cough at Night Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, 1/6 and 2/6 per bottle

Hcase property is in great demand? at New Plymouth. Houses for renting are difficult to obtain. The Lando Department annually receives some 50,000 applioationav from intending aeleotora. A notice appears in this week's Gazette altering the boundaries of the Distiiot Court district of Wairarapa. Joj the House of Representatives, last evening, a grant of £6,000 was made to Mis Seddon, widow of the late Mr K. J. Seddon. The fishing season will open on Monday. It is reported that there la a plentiful supply of fish in the rivers in the Masterton district. It is estimated that the Paparoa ironworks, when in working [order, will require 300,000 tons of coal, which will be drawn chiefly from the Buller district. Mr John Grigg writes to the Lyttelfcon Times stating that he had offered a portion of Longbeaob for sale some time before the new Land Bill appearedjjor had been beard of. The Kaikora correspondent of a Napier paper notes as a sign of the times that eleven farmers of the district have had oil engines and sheepshearing machinery installed on their Jfarms during the last few weeks, and more are to follow suit. It is reported that a peculiar weed likely to prove a nuisance has appeared in the Fatea district. The weed has a heliotrope flower and it is supposed to have been introduced to the district by sheep brought from Napier. The Ventura arrived in Aaokland, yesterday morning, from Sydney, with 210 bags of English and Australian mails. The Masterton portion of the mail is expected to arrive by the late train from the north this evening. There is a slump in tar in Blenheim. The BorougQ Oounoil has decided to allow pnrobasers of so many gallons a.disoount of 10 per cent. I The Omaka Road Board is to be allowed as much as it requires at 3d per gallon, and the use of the plant. The Native Minister has laid claim under the Maori Land Settlement Act of 1905 to 18 blocks of land in the Tokerau (north of Auckland) and Tai Kawhiti (Poverty Bay) Maori land districts. The area, , some--74,000 aores, is intended, to hehanded over to the $ Maori Land Boards, to be thrown open for settlement. In view of the faot that an owner of large vineyards in South Australia has intimated that he is prepared' to land table grapes in N«w Zealand! at a price which wonld enable them> to be plaoed within the reach of thepoorest in the land—namely, 3d per pound, Mr Seddon, M.H.R., has given notice to ask the Government if it will take stepsjto|plaoe this fruit within the reach of having, the duty removed. Mr Harold Trimble, of Riverdale,. near Inglewood, has furnished theInglewood Record with foil detailsuf the results be obtained last year by planting fifteen different kinds l of potatoes. The return from Northern Star (planted October 13tb, dag Marob 30tb) was far the best, being" 19.691 bs for each pound* of seed. Next in order came Robin Adair (planted September 18tfa) with 18.31b5, and Purple Perfection with 11.421b. None of the other potatoes yielded more than tenfold. Mr Arnold, M.U.R., has given notice to ask the Minister for Labour whether it is a fact that in aonsequeuce of section 21 of tb.B Shops and Offices Act, 1904, having been framed to apply only to districts under a local authority and not to combined districts, it has been found almost impossible in some parts of the uolony for trades in combined distriots to take advantage of that section of tne Act. If this is the ease Mr Arnold has. asked the Government to state whether it will bring down an amendment to the Aot in the direction indicated. Boys, says a Southern paper, are wanted for the Royal Navy. Ladawho are desirous of joining must have been in residence in New kealand for at least three years, and' must obtain the consent of their parents. Candidates must be. between the ageß of sixteen and seventeen years, must- be of very good physique, and have very good teeth. There are also a few vacancies for experienced stokers in the Navy. The maximum age of candidates must be 25 years, and they must be able to pass a strict medical examination, and have lived at least three years in New Zealnnd. EXCRUCIATING PAIN. Many a sufferer who has long endured the excruciating pains of rheumatism, lumbago, sciatica, gout, and kindred diseases, js now completely oured -a free man. There's a reason. These diseases are caused by accumulations in the blood of poisonous uric acid. Rheumo, the great rheumatic remedy- neutralises and drives out all uric acid, relieves the pain, removes suffering, and speedily effects a permanent cure. Your chemist or storekeeper sel t 12/6 and 4/0 a bottle. JAR 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 Remedy stops the coughing ana assists Nature to repair the damage. For sale by T. G. Mason, Masterton. Why suffer the 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. Prioe 1/6; large bottle 3/For sale by H. E. Eton, Masterton, J Baillie, Carterton, and the Mauriceville Co-, operative Store. SWEETEN THE BREATH. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab; ' lets will clear the sour stomach, sweeten the breath, and create a healthy appetite. They promote the f low of gastrice juice, thereby nducing good digestion. For sale by T, G Mason, Masterton. NATUHAIi MODESTY. The natural modesty of many people who have used Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy for Diarrhoea, Dysentery, ect., with splendid results, make them hesitate about giving their opinion for publicity. Still, these same people have done much to make Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy a household word, for they have by word of mouth informed their friends what a good medioine it is to have in the house. For sale by T, G« Mason Masterton.

The Gisborne dairy factories are considering a proposal to obtain a veterinary'surgeon .to test tbe dairy herds of suppliers. The Dannevirke railway station ia to be fitted with the interlocking system. Signal boxes are to be plaoed at each end of the station. Particulars of a number of Pongaroa town sections announced for sale by auction with tbe upset prices, appear in this week's Gazette. There are now 96 private consumers of the municipal eleotrio light in New Plymouth, and applications foe light are still coming in freely. Owing to tbe exceptional mildness of the winter, early potatoes are very forward in Sratford, Taranaki, and they are reported to be looking very healthy. It is reported that the docking tallies of one property in the Poverty Bay district show an increase of 132 per cent, of lambs from a flock of 6,000 ewes. The Agricultural Department baa arranged to establish a small experimental station at Lichfield on the Rotorua line, chiefly for the purpose of testing several varieties of salt-bush for growing in that district. A Toronto paper states that until recently £SO or £6O was an outside figure for obureh soloists in that city, but a leading soprano is now drawing £IOO, and in maqy of the churohes there have been increases. The annual re-union of old colonists is to be held in Auckland in Oatober. No less than 84' deaths have taken place amongst those who were present at last year's funotioj. All h*d lived in New Zealand for periods ranging from 50 to 75 years. A Durban oorreepondent, writing in referenoe to 'he late rebellion in Natal, says:—"About 3,000 natives were shot, and the same number taken prisoners. The casualties on the whites' side number under 20, and in almost every case they ore traceable to 'accidents' from our own side—presumably shot by /-inexperienced recruits." At the meeting of the Wellington Education Board, on Thursday, tbe resignations of Mr G. Lee (Ponatahi), and Miss A. Fifleld (Taratabi West) were accepted. Leave of absenoe was granted to Miss Freeman (Martinborough), Mr Q. Oromie (Greytown) and Miss M. Broadbent (Carterton). "I fear," sai3 Mr O. E. Daniell at the meeting of tbe Masterton Chamber of Commerce, yesterday, when referring to the question of tbe proposed exchange of sites between tbe Trust Lands Trust and the Government, "that the Government will make this deadlock over the sites an exouse for not going on with tlfe? erection o? a new oouithouse in Masterton." ' All information codcerning the Legion of Frontiersmen can be obtained from Dr. R. V. Hoskirg. The Masterton Borough Council invite tenders, to oloea at 4 p.m., on Tuesday next, for trenching and laying water mains. Mr W. B. Chennells, Deputy Official Assignee, notifies that dividends are payable at bis office in the bankrupt estates of Joseph Williams and G. G. Eddie. Messrs E. Hannah and Go's ealw of hoots and shoes will continue for one week longer. Foither reductions are being made, which appear elsewhere. At their rooms, Perry Street, at 2 o'clock, to-day, Messrs R. E. Howell and Co., Ltd., will sell by auction a large assortment of furniture and general effects, produce and poultry. Messrs East and East, of Wellington, wish to draw attention to a very good farn: in the Wairarapa, whioh they advertise in this issue. They guarantee all particulars as stated. Intending buyers should communicate at once to secure. Mr J. Carpenter has just reoeived direct from Home a very large consignment of ladies' Boat-ook footwear. This well-known English make is noted for its durability, style and comfort, the prioes for ' whioh are very reasonable. The Commissioner of Crown Lands notifies that five rural seotions, ranging from 132 to 328 acres, in tbe Momabaki, Tauakira, Umutoi and Tlffen Survey Districts will be open for selection on the optional system, on and after Oatober 30th next. Particulars can be seen at the principal post offices. in another column Mr Frank Dupre announces that he has just received, ex Tongariro, a splendid consignment of dress and engagement rings. The line includes diamond, ruby and sapphire half-hoop rings at all prioes, as well as a varied assortment of 18-carut rings of good valqe,

FACTS ESTABLISHED At COURL | In an action, tho cause of which was ; flagrant misuse of our firm namo ana, ' other gross misrepresentation by an li'nl tating company, which was tried before his Honor, Ch'ef Justice J. Madden, I K.C.M.G., L.L.D., in the Supremo 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 doe 3 not depress the heart like ordinary eucalyptus preparations. 4. That it contains no harmful ingredients, 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 oDtain the GENUINE SANDER AND SONS EUCALYPTI EXTBACT ACHBB AND PAINS. When you have an ache or pain, it is a sign that the nerves in that part of your body need attention. By applying Chamber lain'a Pain Balm you soothe tho irritation stimulate the healthy nerve activity, and reduce the inflammatory poison that is causing the nerve to ache. For all pain, Chamberlain's Pain Balm is a perfect cure For sale by T. G. Mason, Masterton. « Science has achieved a triumph in Dr Sheldon's New Discovery for Coughs, Colds, and Consumption. Absolutely guaranteedFor sale by H, E. Eton, Masterton, J. Baillie, Carterton, and the Mauriceville Co operative Store, •