LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8276, 1 November 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The oost to the oolony of the J. J. Meikle Commission to date amounts to £1,200. There were 24 births, 9 marriages, and 9 deaths in the Maeterton Registration District during the month of Ootober.

The Hutt Bowling Club have decided to send three rinks to Masterton on November 9th to play three rinks from the Mastertun Club.

Mr C. H. Johnston has been appointed rabbit agent for the Tinui and Whareama districts, and has already taken up bis duties.

The Parliamentary session of 1906, says the Christohurch Press, will be remembered more for what was attempted than for what was done.

Salving operations for the recovery of the £1,000,000 Treasure on the sunken East Indiaman Grosvenor, wrecked off jfondoland, Cape Colony, in 1782, will shortly begin.

The privileges in connection with the Masterton Trotting Club's forthcoming meeting were sold' by auction by Messrs Abraham and Williams, yesterday. ihe publican's booth was purohased by Mr J. Biggins for £7, and the lunoheon and refreshment booth by Mr E. Pelling for £1 10s.

Mr W. S. Jago, who has occupied the position of ledger-keeper for the Wairarapa Farmers' Cooperative Association for meny years, haß been promoted to the responsible position of Secretary of the Association, vice Mr J. Caselberg, who has been elected a director of the Company.

The test piece seleoted by the Exhibition Committee for the Exhibition Band Contest is entitled, "I Lombardi," and was composed by Mr C. Trnssell, conductor of the Waihi Band. The rie«e is Dot con sidered to be very difficult. The Masterton Band will commence practising the piece immediately.

From to-day the charges for transmission of telegrams within the colony will be:—For ordinary telegrams, per word, with a minimum of 6d; urgent, Id per word. On Sundays, on telegrams lodged at or addressed to offices which are open from 5 to 5.30 p.m. only, these rates are doubled.

Town Clerk Fraser, of Foxton, ia one of New Zealand's record rate collectors For the past three years he has been able to show a sheet clear of outstanding rates. He would command a high salary by some of the largest boroughs In the colony, whose outstanding ratea run into hundreds of pounds yearly. -Herald.

The Manawatu Farmers' Union Veterinary Association is not in a very healthy financial position. The secretary, Mr Bendall, reports that out of 200 subscribers, who guaranteed £1 Is eacb, only 114 Had paid, although Mr Burton had been paid £2OO on the strength of tbe guarantee.

The Glengarry Hookey Oiub will bold a pienio at Mr R. Johnston's property, Hom«busb, to-day, providing the weather is fine. In the event ot the weather being unfavourable the Club will, hold a social in the Presbyterian Sunday Sctrolroom, at 7.30 p.m. The invitations issued for the picnic will hold good for the social.

Mr W. P. James, S.M., occupied the bench at the Masterton Magistrate's Court, yesterday morning. Two first offenders were fined 5s each, in default 24 hours' im Diisonment for having been drunk. George Smith and Alexander Annan were fined 20s and 5s oosts for having allowed piss to remain within 50 yards of tiieir registered dairies.

Tbe new rates of postage will come into force to-day. The rate on letters and letter-oards in New Zealand and the Cook Islands n Id for each four ounces or fraction thereof. Postage to the United Kingdom, British possessions, and other countries whioh hare agreed to a reduotion of the Postal Union ratea will cost Id for each half-ounce or fraction thereof; to British New Guinea, 2d for each 1 half-ounoe.

The Department of Industries and Commerce has received the following cable message from the High Commissioner, dated London, 29th instant :—Stocks of mutton on hand are light, and are firmly held in a few hands. Small supplies are coming forward, and the market ia excited by a speculative demand, owing to the expectation that supplies will be short until Christmas."

it is pointed out in the BritishAustralasian by that paper's special Bradford correspondent that the London wool market is now on the deoline, owing to the fact that manufacturers recognise they must go to the centre of production if they would have the beac woolp. The contineent of wool-buyers which has just left for Australia is the largest ever known, and includes representatives of a score of leading Yorkshire factories, besides others from France. On a smaller soale the same thing ia happening with regard to South America, since a number of leading Arms are also sending out buyers to Buenos Ayree. SAFE AND SURE. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets cannot injure the most delicate tissue of the body, and can be safely taken by a chlid. They are the safest medicine for people of feeble constitution, and are sure and effective in the case of the most | robust. For sale JbyT (J. Mason, Chem ! st, Masterton.

Valuable finds of opala have been made near Walgett, one patohoC. stone worth £6OO having been' struck, while two miners found a stone for whuih they received £9OO. Louis Ferlstein who is believed to be the oldest man in New York, baa just died at the age of 112. His 28 : grandchildren and 26 great-grand-ohildren were present at his deathbed. , There has not been a case of bankruptoy in the Wairarapa since July last. In Ootober, 1905, there was one case. During the periud ended Ootober, 1906, there have been nine bankruptcies, as against eleven for the corresponding period last year.. At. a sitting of the Old Age Pensions Court, yesterday morning, Mr W. P. James granted one applicant for a pension the sum of £ll per annum, and adjourned the hearing of another application.

Professor Stephane Leduc, of the* Sohool of Medicine at Nantes, claims to have oreated a form of life. He states that he has by means of electricity acting on inorganic matter actually produced live plants three to four inohes in size.

according to the last census there are 251 Maoris in the Masterton district, 365 in Featherston, 50 in Pahiat.ua, 20 in Eketahuna, eight in Mauriceville, 43 in Akitio, nine in Castlepoint, and 119 in Wairarapa Soath.

At the fortnightly pay-night of the Workers' Mutual Benefit Build* ing Society, held last night, the sum of £238 12s 6d was reoeived.. The annual meeting of the Society will be held this evening, and an appropriation of £3OO, free of interest wi'l be allotted.

The Cologne Gazette demands the resignation of Lieutenant-Colonel' Podbielski, Prussian Minister for Agriculture, on the ground that "his flabbiuess in the face of the rising prices of food la driving increasing sections uf citizens into the ranks of Social Democrats."

A little girl about seven years of age had a remarkable esoape from an aaoident at Waihi last week, a horse whioh she was riding ran away with her, and the animal stopped so suddenly on bsing intercepted by a man that the child was thrown over its head. The man, however, succeeded in catching the girl in his arms, and she escaped unhurt.

The Premier has definitely deoided to leave for England early in February, and is confident he will be back in-time for the opening of the next session of Parliament. While in England Sir Joseph Ward will represent the co'ony at the Maritime Conference. Cabinet will commence its land campaign throughout the colony next mouth. The first shot will be fired in the North Island.

Mr Bobbin, the Premior of Manitoba, in a speech recently, at Winnipeg, said that the Government bad deoided that on and after January Ist, 1907 every sctlool that receive® a public grant from the Treasury of fche province must have the UnionJack flying from such school during school hoars. The Premier ad<led: "The man who oomes from a foreign oountry in order to> better his circumstances and who- objectsto perpetuating the glories of our flag is a man that is undesirable."

Last week managers of the Wairarnpa factories visited the giadingstores at Wellington, to see their pioduoe graded and discuss the question of grading with the officials.. The different oheese was scored as follows:—ieatherstou and Taratabi 91 Grey town 90)4, and Dilefielii 88The little conference was productive of much good* themakers having full opportunity to disouss difficulties in their wcrk with the grader in charge, the assistant Dairy Commissioner, Mr D.. Cuddie, and the cheese instructor, Mr Singleton.

The question arose at n meeting of the Domestic Workers' Union, at Wellington, on Tuesday evening,, whether the employer should pay medical expenses when illness of a domestic assistant is caused by an infectious sickness brought to the home by one of the family. A case' was instanced in which a girl bad contracted measles from a member of the household, and it was necessary to bring a doctor a distance of twenty-four miles, at a cost of eight guineas, which the girl was required to pay.

A blind man, named Hansen, appeared before the Wellington Benevolent Trustees, on Tuesday, withi a complaint that he was refused permission by tbe secretary to leave the Ohiro Home. The secretary explained that tbe man was totally Mind, anct it was not'syfe to allow him out of" tbe home for the purpose of roaming about the city. The chairman J. Kennedy Eliott) pointed' out that the secretary was quite right in refusing leave, as it was unsafe for a blind man to wander about the streets without an'afctendant. "It ia very hard on me," said Hansen.. "I am confined to a small space, and cannot read or write, and the life is very monotonous, same thing day after day and week after week. I want know whether I am to be a prisoner in the Home?" The man was told that tbe leave would not be granted. "1 would soouer die in the streets than be a prisoner in the Home," retorted Hansen as he faltered "out of the room. "You can please yourself about that," conoluded the chairman. FACTS ESTABLISHED AT COURT. In an action,', the cause of which was flagrant misuse of our firm name and other gross misrepresentation by an imi: tating company, which was tried before his Honor, Ch'ef Justice J. Madden,. K.C.M.G., L.L.D., in the Supreme Court, at Melbourne, the proseoution 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 move powerfully healing (antiseptic), than ordinary eucalyptus preparations. 3. That it does 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 obtain the GENUINE SANDER AND SONS EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.

Mahomet, the champion bull-dog of the world, baa been sold to Mu Herat, of New York, for £I,OOO. At Temuka, on Tuesday, a yonng man, named Williams, was fined £2O on a charge of netting trout in the Gpihi River. < The Customs Dook at .Buenos Ayres baa been destroyed by fire, and merchandise burnt to the extent of 3C,000 tons. The damage t amounts to at least one million pounds. Incendiarism ia suspected. Miss Edna May has resigned her part in the "Belle of Mayfair" at the Vaudeville Theatre, London, owing to the management billing more prominently Miss Oamille Clifford, the "Gibßon Girl," who has been married to the eldest son of Lord Aberdare. A suspension bridge has been built aoross the gorge of the Grand Canyon of the Arkansas River, near Canyon City, more than 2,600 feet above the surface of the river. Its floor is of plate glass, so that tourists may look down into the wonderful gorge. A meeting of the nswiy-formed Good Templars Lodge was held in the Y.M.C.A. building last evening. Theie was a fair attendance of members. The officers were installed and various matters in connection with the Lodge wexe disonaaed. There is every prospect of the Order having a successful career in Masterton. At lnvercargiil, reDently, on the application of the police, a prohibition order was issued against Richard Pennington, whose supply of jliquor for one week, last mouth, totalled 42 gallons. The police said respondent, who did not appear, bad , been very liberal to his friends. He practically ordered beer and lay beside the cask until it was flushed. Mrs Nicholas Longwortb, President Roosevelt's daughter, prevented a panic at Columbus, Ohio, recency, where she unveiled a statue of the late President McKinley. Fifty thousand persons were present, and | the crush was so terrißc that many women, fainted. Mrs Longworth saved thejsituation by quickly unveiling the statue and requesting the crowd to disperse. A man named John Greathead, who has been employed on Mr W. Mace's station, at Brammerton, for 32 years, has been m'ssing from the station sinae Monday last. He was last seen about 'milking time on Monday morning. A search party has been out since Tuesday, but no trace has yet been found of the missing man. A shirt, singlet and towel were found on the bank of the Taueru River on Tuesday. The missing man is 45 years of age, sft 4in high, and is of slender build. The members of the New Zealand oontinßents taking part in the Boer War will be interested in the fact that Mrs Hawden, daugher of the late Dr Barker, and the first white child born on the Canterbury Plains, is about to publish a popular history of the doings of the uontingentera in book form. The history of the doings of the first and second contingents of the Canterbury Rough Riders, and the Amalgamated First, Second and Third New Zealand Mounted Rifles is given, as also the record of the treks of the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh, and the fight at Bothasberg. The histories of the Eighth, Ninth, and lenth , are given under the headings of ' "The Spirit of the Race," and "The Imperial Bond." Mr Hy. 1 Preston, Lansdowne, advertises for sale 200 cords of 4feefc matai in lota to suit purchasers. In the wanted column Mr W. G. Newton, solicitor, Masterton, notifies that he has £5,000 to lend on approved freehold seourity. Messrs Whishaw and Co., Perry Street, have for sala a second-hand Oadillao 10 h.p motor-car in good order. , Applioatipns are invited by the A.M.P. Sooiety for the position of oanvasser for the Industrial Department in MdbtPrton and the surrounding district. In another column in this iesae Messrs Ross, Greenfield, and Co., land agents, of Maßterton, insert particulars of a number of lown and country properties whioh have been placed inUheir hands for sale. A perusal of the liit will be of interest to those in search of investments. Messrs Husband Bros., land agents, Pahiatua, advertise particulars of a number of farm properties whioh have been placed in their handsjfor salu. The firm direct special attention to the 2,000 acre block as being a really good invesement, as the whole block is well-improved and excellent country close to the . market. Elsewhere in this issue Mr W. H. Hill, late of Wellington, announces that he has taken over the tobacconist and hairdressing saloon in Qaeen Strflet North, which has for some considerable time been conducted by Mr H. Fraser. Mr Hill is making extensive alterations to the saloon, whioh will be thoroughly renovated and fitted with ohairs of the latest American pattern. Other improvements of a modern character will be effeoted to the saloon, which will be placed in charge of experienced and competent artists whereby patrons can rely on first-class attention. It is the intention of the proprietor to stock only the most popular brands of to baccos and cigars, and a full range of pipeß of the leading makes together with every article necessary for a smoker's outfit. DIAHRHOeA. Diorrhoea in its first stages, can be cured by a few doses of that pleasant reliable and effectual medicine, Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. In many instances one dose i s a affieient, but as a rule three or four dost s are necessary. It is a good thing to keep it in the house. Get a bottle to-day; it may save. life. For sale by T. G. Mason, Chemist Masterton. Half the unpleasantness ot travelling is caused jby the trouble and annoyance of looking after the luggage. The cheapest and best way to ensure prompt delivery of , the luggage without trouble or annoyance ' is to give it into the charge of J. J. Curtis | and Co., Ltd., Forwarding, Shipping, and Customhouse Agents, Customhouse Quay, Wellington. Write for further parcicnars.—Advt.