LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8316, 20 December 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There are no patients at present in the Hope Street fever hospital. Messrs Percy Bros., of Te Ore Ore, commenced harvesting operations yesterday. The Tawaha, Kaiwaiwai, and Morrison's Bush settlers have decided to establish a co-operative cheese factory at the Knoll. The steamer Everton Grange has arrived at Auckland from London. She brings 117 immigrants, mostly married people with families. There 4s a great scarcity of labour on the Banks Peninsula for the cocksfoot harvest. Many paddocks are nearly ripe, but no men are applying for. employment.

It is reported, says a Christchurch telegram, that Lionel Terry has been removed to the Lyttelton gaol, having threatened to kill a warder if he was confined any longer in the lunatic asylum at Sunnyside. The Wellington and Marlborough Cement Company have decided to go into liquidation. The annual report showed a loss of £10,349, incurred by excessive cost of material, heavy charges, and inadequate capital.

Mr W. H. Cruickshank acknow- | ledges receipt of the following additional subscriptions in aid of the' Keeble Fund: —A. G. Pilmer £1 Is, W. G. Beard £1 Is, J. O'Meara £1 Is, J. Lowndes 10s. At a meeting of the Featherston Oddfellows' Lodge, on Monday night, the following officers were elected: — N.G., V.G. Bro. Rev. SmitH; V.G., E.S. Bro. F. Merlet; elective secretary, Bro. A. Holms. A meeting of Featherston ratepayers is to be held/on the 7th prox. to* consider a proposal to raise a further loan of £7OO to cover the cost of the completion of the water-supply works and extending the same.

Mr D. Dobson, Borough Engineer, has'been appointed by the Masterton Hospital Trustees to'superintend the work of connecting the new Hospital with the drainage. He has also been given authority to call tenders for the construction of a septic tank. A Gore telegram states that rain set in at 6 o'clock yesterday morning, and has continued since. Farmers are jubilant, as on the lighter lands and ridges they had been preparing to turn sheep into the crops. The rain will save most of them. 1

The Matron of the Masterton Hospital reported to the Hospital Trustees yesterday that fifteen patients had been admitted to the hospital during the past month, arid twelve had been discharged. There were seventeen patients at present in the institution.

Some idea of what Manawatu and adjoining districts owe to. the dairying industry will be gained by consideration of figures obtained by , a Standard reporter from the secretary of the New Zealand Farmers' Dairy Union. It appears that no less than £687,973 has been paid out by this one company during the thirteen years it has been in existence. Of this .amount £615,403 went to suppliers for butter fat, the balance being for wages, fire-wood, carting, etc. For the last five or six years the Dairy Union has been paying out to suppliers some £70,000 per annum.

We have to acknowledge receipt of of the New Zealand Mining Handbook, which is forwarded with the compliments of the Hon., James McGowan, Minister of Mines. The production, which contains maps .and is most profusely illustrated, consists of a wealth of useful and interesting information in regard to mining in all its different branches in the country. Of course it is published chiefly for the benefit of those engaged in and connected with the mining industry, but at the same time the work of editing and compiling has been so well done that the book should interest almost anyone, and certainly everyone who takes an intelligent interest in the welfare of the country. The maps show the principal mineral localities in New Zealand, and, according to that of the North Island there is plenty of gold in the Wairarapa district. The Mines Department has, apparently, a fairly clear idea as to where gold may be found in the Wairarapa, and in the interests of the country generally they might just as well let the public into the secret. 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 wa3 just tried in the Supreme Court of Victoria, before bis Honour Chief Justice Sir J. Madden K.C.M.G., etc. His Honour, when giving udoment said with regard to the GENUINE SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, that whenever, an alrticle 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 publio 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 BANDER & SONS' PURE VOLATILE EUCAIYPTI, EXTRACT.

Mr J. W. Cochrane has been appointed Secretary of the Wairarapa Gun Club.

The tailoring trade is Reported to be very brisk in Masterton at the present time.

The name of tlie Geraldine electorate in the South Island has been changed to Temuka.

During the month of November the arrivals in the colony numbered. 3,818 and the departures 1, 388. - < : The banks of the colony will be closed on December 25th, 26th, and 27th, and January Ist.

Mr J. Devlin, the Irish Nationalist party's envoy, is due in Wellington from the South this morning.

A girl named Susie Robson, aged 14 years, was drowned while bathing in the Motupiko River, Nelson, yesterday. \

Mr N. Hooper, who will leave for Gisborne to-day, was tendered a farewell social by a number of his friends in S. Matthew's School-room last evening.

$ The doctors have operated with pronounced success on the Hon. George McLean, for- abscess on the liver, and they are nbw hopeful of his recovery.

At the meeting ,of the Masterton Hospital Trustees, yesterday, Messrs A. W. Hogg, J. B. Keith, J. C. Ewington, and W.' Harris were appointed a committee to confer with the various local bodies in regard to the formation of an ambulance corps.

A meeting will be held, to-morrow evening, in the Club Hotel, at 8 o'clock, to wind up matters connected with the Keeble Fund. It is requested that all subscriptions promised be forwarded on or before tomorrow evening to either the Secretary or the Treasurer. The chairman (Mr A. W. Hogg) and Messrs J. C. Ewington, J. B. Keith and W. Harris were appointed, at the meeting of the Masterton Hospital Trustees yesterday, a committee to report on the question of installing gas in the new Hospital.

Considerable interest has been aroused by the announcement of the buck-jumping exhibition to be held on the Masterton Showgrounds, on Saturday evening next. It is anticipated that there will be a very large attendance of the public to witness the various exciting events. The management are arranging to have the grounds well lighted and special care is being taken in this matter.

A telegram from Wellington states that Mr' A.' H. Wilding, of Christchurch, who has been so successful as a tennis player in England, arrived yesterday by tha Ruapehu. He was welcomed on arrival by the members of the New Zealand Tennis Association, and entertained at a gathering over which the Mayor presided. Mr Wilding went on to Christchurch in the evening t/y the Paparoa. The building trade in Invercargill. is extremely busy, both in the town and suburbs. In addition to large business premises, more residences are now under construction than ever. Several suburban areas, cut up intobuilding allotments, were keenly competed for up to £7O a quarter of an.acre, the prospect of-' the'early establishment of a tramway system inducing many to spread into the suburbs.

The Auckland Chamber of Commerce has decided to "urge upon the Government the necessity •of amending the Bankruptcy Act, which does not now properly meet the requirements of the general public and commercial community, and suggests that the Department should appoint ■ someone to remodel the Act, who may obtain from the' various Chambers of Commerce their grounds of complaint as to administration, and the operations of the Act, and their suggestions for improvement."

During a recent visit to England the suggestion was made to Mr S. A. Sha'vy, of Waihi, that New Zealand : should advertise in a similar manner to that which Canada adopted. Can- 1 ada had several shops in the best parts of London, displaying the products of the country, also' maps arid : particulars regarding immigration placed in shop windows. Mr Shaw states that over 250,000 people left for Canada last year, the Canadian Government giving land grants and all assistance to settlers.

The Committee appointed ,by the Masterton Borough Council to deal with the weighbridge met yesterday morning. There were present Crs Ewington, Temple, and Pauling. It was decided to remove the lever and let the bridge remain where it was for the present, with a view to selling it outside of Masterton, as there did not appear to be any demand for the bridge in Masterton. The removal of the lever will enable the work of diverting the water from the Albert Street Creek to be gone on with. The following have entered for the Championship Chess Congress, to be held at ; Christchurch next week:— W. S. Viner, Perth (champion of Australia); S. Crakanthorp, Sydney (champion Of New South Wales); Claude"R. Sainsbury, Argentine; J. C. Grierson, Rev. C. E. Fox, and Rev. H. B. Wingfield, Auckland; T. Sexton, Waiouru; O. C. Pleasants, Rangitikei; F. Kummer, Masterton J. Mason, H. L. James, and O. v Davies, Wellington C.C.; B. Mason, Hutt; R. J. Barnes and B. Parker, Wellington Working Men's Club; F. Kelling, South Wellington; A. Gifford, Westport; M. S. Stewart and J. R. Cummings, Canterbury; Archdeacon Gould, Oamaru," D. Forsyth and J. Edwards, Otago C.C.. A MOTHER 01? TWELVE. "About four years ago," writes Mrs E.. E. Warneminde, North Pines, (Ql, "my little boy, then about five weeks old, had a severe attack of diarrhoea, and though I was giving him the medicine prescribed he did not seem to get any better. I bad seen in the papers that Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy had curerl cases similar to his, so I thought I would 1 give it a trial. To my great relief he showed improvement after the first .dose and it only took a couple of doses to completely cure my infant. lam a mother of twelve children, and after my experience I can safely recommend it." For 6ale by T. G. Mason, Chemist, Masterton. That dreadful word "consumption" need: never be feared if Dr. Sheldon's New Dis covery is taken in time. Thousands speak of it in the ' highest praise* For ssle by H. E. Eton, Chemist, Masterton, J. Bailj lie, Carterton, and the Mauriceville Cooperative Store, Mauriceville West.

r Influenza is prevalent throughout tho Weatport diatrint at the present time.

Monday waa the hottest day experienced in Central utago thia summer.

A featnra of the Jaßt Sydney wool sales wan the nnpreoedented'y heavy purchasing on'Japaneae acaount.

Mr G. C, Goooh, Liberal M.P, for Bath (England)* has introduced In the House of Commons a bill to restrict the employment of barmaids.

A former boarding-house keeper at Turangerere has been forced to Join the ranks of the co-operative labnnreis on the Main Trunk line. Ad amount of between £2OO and £250 la owing to him for board and lodging by co-operative workmen.

Professor Klaatsch, of Heidelberg, who has baen travelling on the north coast of Australia, eaya the aborigines of the northern half of the continent are much more numerous than ia > geneially supposed, and their number migh< be estimated as between 100,000 and 150,000.

Mr P. P. Welch requires six good musterers for rough country.

Mr Alex. Murray announces himself a candidate for the vacant seat (Alfredton Riding) on the Masterton County Council.

• The New Zealand Railways Department advertise full particulars of the special train service which will be observed during the Christmas holidays.

Messrs Dimock and Co..announce that the next dates for receiving pigs at Eketahuna will be January 7th, and at Mauriceviile on January Bth.

The Railways Department notify that for the convenience of visitors to the Greytown races to-day a passenger car will be attached to the goods train leaving Woodside for Masterton at 6.30 p.m.

The premises of the Masterton Implement Company will be closed for the Christmas holidays from 5 o'clock on Saturday, December 22nd, till the morning of Thursday, December ,27th.

The Wairarapa Racing Club require waiters and waitresses for the luncheon rooms at the race meeting on January Ist and 2nd. A representative of the Club' will meet applicants at the Age Office at 2 o'clock to-morrow.

A special Christmas sale is to be held at the Masterton Auction Mart on Saturday, when geese, ducks, fowls, and hams will be the leading lines. A consignment of ladies' and gent's bicycles, fancy goods, glassware, carpenters' tools, and furniture will also be offered.

The sale of furniture to-day, in the estate of the late Mrs Mason, will commence at 1.30 p.m. The various lines will be on view this morning, to give the public an opportunity of making an inspection before the sale. The equity of redemption of the house property will also be submitted by auction by Mr J. R. Ricol. The upright grand pianos used at S. Bride's Convent concert, last evening, were supplied by the local branch of. the Dresden Piano Company, being choice specimens from the factory of Messrs Collard and Collard. The beautifnl tone of these instruments was greatly admired, and did much to make the concert the success it was.

Mr W. Burridge, of the Eagle Brewery, Masterton, is very busily engaged in executing orders for the Christmas season. The Eagle brewhas a reputation for being an excellent beverage, and the proprietor reports that he is receiving orders . from all parts of the country. The water .used is from one of the best private springs in Masterton.

The unreserved sale of Mr George G. Cork's household furniture to be conducted at his residence, Lincoln Road, at 1 o'clock to-mofrow, by Messrs R. E. Howell, and Co., Ltd., should prove very successful. As before announced, the furniture is a very superior lot, being nearly new and in first-class condition. It can be inspected at Mr Cork's residence, "Wai-iti," Lincoln Road. THE WHOLE BODY LAUGHS.] When the liver and bowels don't act, life is a failure: Chamberlain's, Stomach and Liver Tablets wake these drowsy organs, like the sun wakes the earth, 'and the whole body laughs. It is fun to live when the body is in good trim, but it is never so when the liver and bowels shirk duty. There is more happiness in als 6d box of Chamberlain's Stomaeh and Liver Tablets than you ever dreamed of. They stimulate the norvous system and mstke you feel young again. For sale by T. G. MasoD, Chemist, Masterton. ,

Why not get your customs woVk done with the greatest promptness and despatch? Send the papers to J. J. Curtis and Co., Ltd., Shipping, Forwarding, and Customhouse Agents, Customhouse Quay, Wellington, who will carry out every detail and deliver the goods to you, at the most reasonable charges. Write for farther pariculara. —Advt.