LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8277, 2 November 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The'latest return from tbs Mystery Flat dredge is 330z for the woek. The next sitting of the Wairarapa District Court will be held in Mastertou on November 16th A meeting of Stewards of the Masterton Racing Club will be held in Messrs Abraham and Williams' Farmers' Room, on Wednesday next, at 2.30 p.m. At the Masterton Magistrate's Court, yesterday morning, Mr Thos 1 . Duncan, J.P., fined two first offenders 5s each, in default 24 hours imprisonment for bavinp been drunk. A telegram from Napier states that at the inquest on the body of the child Agnes Burton, drowned on Wednesday, at Petaue, a verdict of accidental death was returned, no blame being attaobable to anyone. A party was out again, yesterday, searching for the missing man, John Greatbead, who disappeared from Brammerton Station on Monday last. No trace of bis whereabouts has yet been discovered. Yesterday morning a five-roomed house on Park Road, Carterton, owned by Mr F. Burling, and occupied by Johnson, was destroyed by fire. The building was old, and the sunpused uause of the fire was a defective obimney. The house was insured for £IOO, and the furniture for £SO. His Excellency the Governor has remitted the unexpired portion of the sentence that was being served by Harriet Drake : and she has been released from prison. Mrs Drake was sentenced to six years' imprisonment in November, 1902, for manslaughter, in connection with the death, at Otaki, uf one of her children. Yesterday the rivers in the Bush district were in flood, the Maneatainoka and Manawatu rivers bsing very high. A large area of the low-lying country between Eonini and Pabiatua was nndor water; in some places the water was up to the top of fenoaH. Near the Maharabara Station a poition of the road was under water. The Glengarry Hookey Club held a very successful picnic at Mr R. Johnston's bush, at Homebush, yesterday afternoon. The weather was fine, and there was a very large attendance, including a number of members of the other hookey clubs in Masterton. Afternoon tea was provided by the members of the Glengarry Hookey Olub. 'J be tender of Messrs Fly and Young has been accepted for the oarrying of the mails from the Mas terton Post OfHoe to the Railway Station. Mr S. Forman has had his contract renewed for the oarriage of mails from Masterton to the East Coast. The contract for the conveyance of mails from Masterton to Mouni Bruce has been let to Mr L/. J. Matthews for the ensuing two years.

During the September quarter goods were imported to the colony to the value of £1,294,875, an iuorease of £707,210 over the figures for the corresponding period of 1905. The imports to the principal ports were:—Wellington, £1,343,226; Auoklaud, £968,940; Ohristohuroh, £693,915; Dunedin, £668,300. The exports during the quarter amounted to' £2,763,429, au iuorease l of £28,109.

At the conclusion of its bußinesa in Wellington, the arbitration Court will sit at Masterton at 2 p.m. on the 15th inst., at Dannevirke at i p.m. on the 16tb, at Napier at 10.30 a.m. on the 19tb. at Palmerston North at 3 p.m. on tin 23rd, and at Wanganui at 10.30 a.m. on the 26th. At Masterton and Palmerston North, tho court may have to sit at night time in order to clear off the business set down for hearing in those towns. The Masterton Town Hall has been booked as follows:—November 13tb, Edwin Geaoh; November 20tb, Masterton Orchestral Society; November 28th, Antonia Dolores; December 11th, Marie Narelle; December 14th and 15th, StonehauiMorrison Company; January Btb, 1907, Meynell and Guun ; January 18fcb, J. O. Williamson (pencilled); January 25th and 2Gtb, Brougb Fleming Company. PREVENT DESPONDENCY. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets will brace up the nerves, banish sick headache, prevent despondency, and invigorate the whole system. Much easier to take than pills For sale by T. G. Mason, Chemi3t, Masterton. stop it! A neglected cough or cold may lead, to serious bronchial or lung troubles. Don't take chances, for Dr Bheldon's New Discovery for Coughs, Colds, and Consumption affords perfect security from serious effects of a cold. Small dose. Pleasant to take. Every bottlo guaranteed. For sale by H. E. Eton, Chemist Masterton, J. Baillie, Carterton, and the Mauricevillo Co-operative Store, Mauriceville West. Half the unpleasantness ot travelling si caused *by 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 parfcicurs.—Advt.

A syndicate has secured optionsover severali properties near Paeroa for the purpose of boring for ooaJ,'. and operations will shortly be commenced.. An octopus measuring about six feet across- was captured from off Victoria Wharf,. Devonport,. on. Monday morning.. The flab was seen hanging on to a pile, and was caught with the aid of a spear and landed on the wbaif. A member of the Feilding Branchof the Farmers' Union went to pay his subscription a few days ago,, amounting to about £2. He made the secretary double it as a thank offering for the good fight the Union had made against the pro* posed Land Bill—Advocate. It ia stated that the warm, dry spring this year has put thousands of pounds into' the poukets of the' farmers in Taranaki. The Ngaire Dairy Company paid out more than £6OO for milk last month, as against £293 for September, 1905, and the September obeque for the Lowgartb suppliers amounted to £577, as compared with £2OB for the corresponding month last year. Southland farmers are taking advantage of the fine weather to get operations well forward, and sowing should be completed earlier than usual. With the exception oftwo sharp frosts and some rain/ the weather was favourable to vegetation throughout September,, and the grass, unchecked by the cutting galea and hail that areusually looked for during that month, is growing freely. From present appearanoes an early harvest seems probable. The month of October was exceptionally dry in Wellington. Only 70 points of r ain fell, as compared with 6.17 in last year, and 12.94 in 1904 the heaviest rainfall that baa ever occurred in the city in one month, lit; is interesting to note, however, that October, 1903, was even drier, only .67iu ot rain being precipitated, and the lowest fall of all on record (.42) ooourred in 1894. The rain that fell on Wednesday night totalled a quarter of an inch—the heaviest during the month. The average fall for Ootoher in previous years is 4tfin.

Consumption,-said Dr. Mason, in an address at Palmerston North, was 'ike a diamond; it bad many facets. One of its characteristics was that some patients would do well on the low land and others on high lands. There were theories that to be cured patients must get as far away from oentrea of populaton as pcsailde, bat this was not bo. As a matter of fact they were now successfully treating tubercle oases at Charing Cross, one of the most populous parts of London, "and if you oan get an atmosphere less likely to do good than that," said the expert, "I would like very much to know where it is." Some very interesting games were played on the Masterton Bowling Club's green, yesterday afternoon, There was a larce attendance, including a number of ladies. Despite the previous day's rains the green was in good order. A match was played between Mr J. Dignan and Mr G. Townsend for Mr O. Pragnell's "star," am] resulted in a win for Mr Townsend by 22 to 16. During the afternoon a meeting of ladies was held, wlien arrangements were made in connection with thevisit of Bowling Olub on November 9tb, and the !tonrnament of the North island Bowling Association ii January.

The Dunedin correspondent of the Ohristohuroh Press states that a sort of fruit famine ia following on the* neels of the potato shortage. A leading Dunedia wholesale man said, on Wednesday: "The decision of tha'Cabinet to destroy all Sonth Sea Island fruit affected with the frut fly maggot is bumping up the prices. Lash month some oranges went as high as 3d each, wholesale price and this month's supply baa been selling at not less than 13s to> 14s par case; aho wholesale. Rarotonga is the island free from the* fly. Tonga is particularly bad. When, a shipment is ooudemned, the importer loses freight, oartage and: other charges, and the shipper loses the fruit. The worst of it is that one bad lot infects other lots on the voyage, and when careful and honest shippers get bifcteu ia that way they naturally won't ship again, ao up goes the prices of fruit. The Government graders and inspectors should overhaul the fruit at the Islands, not in New Zealand, and the shippers would bear the cost; that, would end the trouble."

Shearers are notified that shearing will commence at loa Station on Thursday next, November Bth. Messrs Gillespie and Co. require shearers (blade and maohiue),' a wool-presser and an experienced, butober. A purse containing money, found in Chapel Street, awaits the owner at Mr P. Neilsen's boarning-house Queen Street. In the wanted column Mr J. K Niuol announces that to clear a consignment of toilet ware the lines will be sold at bargain prices. Messrs J. D. Cruiokshank and Co., Ltd.. hold stocks of all farm and station requisites* inoluding grass seeds, wool paoks, fencing wire and netting. Tho W.P.U.A., Masterton, is at present fully stocked with every description of house furnishings of the best quality and design. The firm quote sceoial prices, whioh will be found on page four of this issue. MERIT REWARDED BY COURT OF JUSTICE. The acknowledged good qualities and success of SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT have brought out many imitations, and one case was just tried in the Supreme Court of Victoria, before his Honour Chief Justice Sir J. Madden K.C.M.G., etc. His Honour, when giving udqment' said with regard to tho GENUINE SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, that whenever an article is commended to the public by reason of its good quality, etc., it is not permissible to imitate any of its features. He restrained the imitators perpetually from doing so, and ordered them to pay all costs. We publish thisto afford thepublio an opportunity of protecting themselves! and of securing 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 EUCAIYPTI EXTRACT.