LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8265, 19 October 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

0. W. Brown, a waterman, aged about 70 years, dropped dead suddenly at Timarn yesterday morning.

Mr Charles Eliot Wyatt, of Masterton, is amongst the candidates who passed nt the recent dental examination. At Auckland, yesterday, an eldorly man, named Qoddard, was seized with an epileptic fit, and died when being oarried up the hospital steps. Ruth Leonora Clarke, daughter of Mr H. M. Clarke, of Master-ton, died yesterday morning, from scarlet fever. The little girl was only two years and ten months old. A press cable message states that Mr Ramsay MaoDonald r the British Parliamentary Labour delegate, left Sydney by the Zealandia, which sailed for Auokland yesterday. A telegram states that at the annual meeting of the Taranak Athletio and Caledonian Association, members strongly protested against the meaare sum Set aside for prize money at tfco New Zealand Championship Sports, to bo held at Ohrlstoburob, in January next. The dreaded Queensland fruit Oy has been imported into Whangarei by means of Island oranges, says a telegram. The Chamber of Commerce is taking immediate action to protect tho local industry, and is endeavouring to get local fruitgrowers to destroy shipments. The Government Pomologist and Agricultural Department have oeen communicated with. An officer of the Agricultural Department visited the stores to which the shipment was sent, and seized ten oases of oranges, but only one of these could be said to be badly infected.

Intending purchasers of motor cars are invited to inspect the 28-horse power fourcylinder car on view at our Maßterton Works. This has been imported to the order of a local resident, and is the largest and highest powered oar yet in the Wairarapa. Joiikinson and Co., Ltd., Queen Strest.—Advt.

The Cabinet baa made a grant of £2,400 for a secondary and technical school at Hastings. Id the last list of nine naturalised persons under the Aliens Aot seven were desoribed as gum diggers. At tbe Maaterton S.M. Court, yesterday, before Mr W. P. James, S. M., judgment was given for plaintiff by default in tbe case of K. K. Jaokson v. Alexander J. iiauemann, a claim for £2 lis lOd. At a publio meeting held at Greytown, nn Wednesday night, a resolution was carried in favour of tbe Municipal Council erecting a Town Hall. It is proposed to build In brick at a ooßt or about £2,000. A vote of the ratepayers will shortly be taken on the subject.

The amendment to the Post Office Savings Bank Bill, introduced into, tbe House on Wednesday nigbt by the Premier, in addition to providing means for suppressing gambling by post and the detention and destruction of "quack" literature or publications containing "quack" advertisements, sets out that interest to depositors in the Post Office Savings Bank shall not exceed the rate of 5 per oent. on deoosits that do not exceed £3OO, and i per oent. on so much as exceeds £3CO, but does not exceed £6OO. It is made clear that tbe limits laid down do not apply in tbe case of friendly, charitable, or provident societies.

The opening ceremony in oonneotioo with tbe Featberston water supply wurb a took place yesterday afternoon. Speeches were made by Mr J. W. Card, Chairman of the Town Board, the member for the district (Mr Horneby) and others, Mrs Card formally turning on tbe watefe The loan for the works was £3,500, and 10 per cent, on tbßt amount extra is required to complete tbe undertaking. Tbe engineers are Messrs Meason and Merchant, and tbe contractors Messrs J. and ft. Scott. Tbe work was commenced in April of this year, and the contractors have exceeded the time stipulated, delay in reoeivitig pipes from Home being the cause. Mr W. Barton and Mt John Card guaranteed the amount for the works. At JHfeetahuna, yesterday, before Messrs Herbert and Haswell, J's.P., an old map, 81 years of age, was charged with breaking a window in the Ooorthouse, valued at 30s. Accused explained that he came to tbe colony in 1864, and was in tbe 65th Regiment and colonial forces. He was suffering from a bad cold, and bad no money, so be broke a window to get lodgings. He was refused admission into various homes, because be was not a resident of the district. Previously be bad been convicted on a similar charge. The Bench saw no option but to sentence accused to two months' The Justices decided to make representations to tbe Minister of Justiae to get aoou&ed a place in a Home.

The. Taranaki Herald pubiisbea a distressing storyof the experiences ot the wife of a settler named Old. of Mahoenui. Mrs Old was seriously ill, and had to be brought to New Plymouth, for an operation. A vehicle was obtained to convey her from Mahoenui to Mckdu, a distance of 25 miles, but the road, which is tbe main artery between Taranaki; and Auckland, was so bad that a* stretcher bad to obtained, and Mrs Old oarried by settlers over the distance. Mr Old has occupied his land for 13 years, and* there are numerous other settlers yet still withont a road at for wheel traffic in an unusually dry October. Last year Parliament voted £3,000 for the Mokaa-Tikuiti lioad, but only about one mile of metal baa been completed and nothing is being done now.

In his annual report, presented to Parliament on Wednesday, tho Secretary of the Agricultural Department says.—'"There Is an increase of 503 acres in the area under potatoes, the total acreage being 26,834 acres. Diseases of this orop were more or less prevalent throughout the oolony, and, excepting where spraying was systematically carried oat, the yield of sound tubers is small. In many cases the orops were a total failure. Some of the newer sorts have withstood disease fairly well, and this dearly shows the necessity for a change of seed every second or third,, year. Spraying was generally resorted to, bnt in many instances was performed in a perfnnotory manner, and in consequence was time and money wasted. Where, however, it was carried nut intelligently, the results were most satisfactory."

Dealing with the small birds nuisanoe, the annual report of the Agrioultcral Department states that very little headway had been made in the dnstruotion of injurious birds. Each local body had its own methods of dealing with the pest, and until these were carried out more systematically over moot* larger areas no permanent lessening of the evil need he lr-oked for. An amendment to the Act m the direction of compelling the local bodies of boroughs and town districts to contribute towards the destruction of the birds would undoubtedly be a help. The difficulty of growing gram in the North Island, which cart of the oolony did not come under the Act, was now very apparent, and should the Aot be amended it should te made to'inolude the whole oolony within its scope.

MERIT REWARDED BY COURT OP JUSTICE. The acknowledged good qualities and sncoesq of SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT have brought out many imitations, and one case was just tried in the Supreme Court of Victoria, before bio Honour Chief Justice Sir J. Madden K.G.M.G., etc. His Honour, when giving udcment 1 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. He restrained the imitators perpetually from doing so, and ordered them to pay all costs. We publish this to afford the public an opportunity of protecting thomselves| and of scouring what is proved beyond all doubt by skilled witnesses at the Supreme Court of Victoria and by many authorities during the last 30 years to be a preparation of genuine merit, viz., THE GENUINE SANDER & SONS' PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.

tt . ■ • ■ ■ The new Dunedin railway statloa will be opened for traffic uext Sunday. The latest return for the Mystery Flat Dredge is 30oz for 127 hours work. A London cablegram, received 'this morning, states that the South African footballers defeated Devonshire by 22 points to 6. Mrs Low, a storekeeper in Greytown, bad the contents of the till in her store stolen in daylight on Tuesday last. The measles epidemic is dying out in Dunedin. The usual mortality is 2 per cent and the deaths from jQieasleß in ;the Dunedin district for the past two months number only ;flve out of about 2,000 oases. The death occurred last evening of Mrs Molntosh, wife of Mr D. M. Molhtosh, of Masterton. The de- * ceased, who was a daughter of Mr A. Pickering, sen., had baen ill for two ■ or three weeks. American lawyers have discovered •that President Roosevelt's order for the official employment of the new spelling reform is a violation of a law whioh makes Webster's Diotiour ary the legal standard of spelling in Government documents. Mr W. G. Lamb, Secretary nf the Masterton Fruitgrowers' Association, purchased 70 dozen small bird's eggs, yesterday afternoon, from boys. Last week 62 dozen •«ggs were received. Mr Lamb states that the quantity of eggs is increasing every week. The majority of the eggs received yesterday were .thrushes. ' „ John O'Keefe, sheep-farmer, of Maryborough, was arrested at Wellington, yesterday morning, and charged at the Magistrate's Court with the theft of n«ne sheep, the property of Arthur Martin, a neighbouring stationbolder. Aooused was remanded to appear at Peatherston on 26th inst., bail being allowed. A very serious fire has been xagijg at Thuaru Station, near Hawea Plat, for over a week, says the Cromwell Argus. A large number of sheep have been aurnt, and the fire at latest aaviues was spreading to the Morveo Hills Bun. Some sheep are badly burnt, and still alive, so it is diffioult to "• estimate the amcunt of damage ( v <lone. The Carterton Bowling Ciufc opened the season yesterday. The green was in good order. Half-a-dozen players from the Mastjrtou .Bowling Club were present, and took part in ft match between teams selected by the President and VicePresident. The game resulted in a win for the President's team. The visitors were hospitably entertained by the Carterton Club. In the Wairarapa, reports the Department of Agriculture's inspector, the condition of dairy premises re- , giatered under the Act is satisfactory, but that of the sheds and yards of a great number of factory suppliers leaves very muob to be desired ; nottintil the latter are brought

under the provisions of the Act, and 1 rigid inßpeotiona conducted, can a satisfactory state of things be hoped for.

The Court of Appeal |Bt Wellington, heard further argument, yesterday, ou the appeal by Harry Gordon BalfourKinnear. sheepfarmer, Kumeroa, Woodville, against a fdeaiaion of the Chief Justiue in favour of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., in an action brought against the company by the appellant<to recover £513, 08 6d, the price of 954 mixed sheep. At the conclusion of argument judgment was reserved The death of Mr William Rose, assistant secretary and inspector, has necessitated certain ohanges in the Postal Department, and it is understood tbat these will be' made very shortly. It is stated tbat the positions which Mr Rose filled will be separated, tbat Mr D. Robertson, chief clerk, will bo assistant secretary, and that another official will be appointed 'inspector. Mr D. Gumming, Chief Postmaster at Auckland, is mentioned as likely to receive this appointment. A meeting of the Masterton Borough Park Ccmirittee was held « last .evening, when there Were present—Crs J. C. Ewington (chairman), Elliott, Hoar and lem pie. An application from the Wairarapa Amateur Athletic Club for tte use of the Park, on January 22nd, to hold' a sports gatheriner, was granted.. It waß decided that the . conditions under which sports' bodies would be allowed the use of the Park during next year should be the same as last year. The Committee decided to erect the tea kiosk in the Park before the New Year. It ■ is proposed to ereot the building by i means of a working bee.

An advertiser has to let two front luraished rooms in a good locality. Messrs Hendry and Buxton advertise for an experienced saleswoman for their fanoy department. ' Messrs Jenkioeon and Co., Ltd., require a man and youth to ereot a marquee on the Carterton Showgrounds. The premises of the W.F.O.A. will be elosed at noon, on Wednesday and Thursday next, for the Carterton Show and Maaterton Races. At the next meeting of the Masterton County Council speoial orders in connection with raisins loans wiil be brought up for confirmation. Meesrs G. Hyde and Co. have to band a further consignment of new furnishiugs, including carpets, tugs, curtains and mats from the most prominent manufacturers, and the goods are now displayed in their 'warehouse. The furniture exhibited in their windows, especially a highlyfinished wardrobe!] with carvings, is worthy of inspection. IT DAZZLES THE WORLD. No discovery in medioine has ever created ' one quarter of interest that has been caused by Dr. Sheldon's New Discovery for Coughs, Colds, and Consumption. It has "brought relief in the most hopeless cases, when all else has failed. For sale by H. E. Eton, Chemist Masterton, J. Baillie, Carterton, and the Mauriceviile Cooperative •Store, Mauriceviile West.