LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8325, 5 January 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Four shocks of earthquake were felt at Kaikoura yestei'day morning. Mr Jas. Ashcrof t, Official Assignee in Bankruptcy, was on a visit to Masterton yesterday. A large number of bales of wool have been sent from the Wairarapa to Wellington during the past few days. At Christchurch, yesterday, W. Creevy, a hairdresser, was fined £2O for sly grog-selling.' He had one room fitted up as a bar. A Chilian who arrived at Newcastle, New South, Wales, last week, was treated as a prohibited immigrant, he having [failed to pass the language test. The roads between Martinborough and Featherston are suffering severely owing to the heavy traffic, and dust is lying on them to the depth of four or five inches. Mr D. K. Logan, of Masterton, left Featherston yesterday for Wellington, to undergo an operation for appendicitis, writes a Featherston correspondent. The Masterton Municipal Brass Band will play a select programme of music on the School-ground, tomorrow afternoon. A collection will be taken up in aid of the Exhibition Contest funds.

Rheum'o has enabled many % poor sufferer irom rheumatism, golit, sciatica, and lumbago to once more enjoy health and happiness. 2/6 and 4/0. Sold everywhere.

Harvesting operations are in full swing in the Mangatainoka district.

The attendance at the New Zealand Exhibition for the week ending last night totalled 105,515.;

The Mangarama Cheese Company made a little over twelve tons of cheese last month.

At Te Puia hot springs, Gisborne, yesterday, an elderly man, named Patrick O'Fay, was choked with a piece of meat while dining.

The death is announced of Mrs W. Ingram, sen., of Hampden. She leaves four sons and five daughters, one of the latter being Mrs Stewart, of Dannevirke.

The tender of Messrs F. King and Sons has been accepted for various improvements and alterations at the Masterton Post Office. The work will be put in hand shortly.

A native, named Whenanu, died suddenly, yesterday, at Waikaremoana. Deceased had his thumb torn off a fortnight |ago by a rope, but the actual cause of death is unknown.

There were 35 bankruptcies in the Wellington district last year, an increase of six over the previous year. In 1906 three of the adjudications were on creditors' petitions, as against six in 1905.

An inquest on the body of Robert Griffiths, a fireman, which was found floating in the Lyttelton Harbour, on Thursday night, was held yesterday, and a verdict of found drowned was returned.

Alex. W. Purvis, late secretary to the Wellington Benevolent Institution, appeared on remand at the Wellington Police Court yesterday morning, to answer eight previouslypreferred charges of theft and false pretences. A further remand till 11th January was granted, bail being allowed as before,

There is a serious shortage of grain sacks throughout the colony, owing to the early harvest and the late indenting of Calcutta shipments. The next shipment is expected to arrive in the middle of the present month. In the Blenheim district the shortage will make ' a difference, as many farmers will have to stack sheaves instead of threshing from the stook, as in former years.

The governors of the Prince Albert College, Auckland, which has been conducted for some years past under the auspices of the Methodist body, have decided not to continue the establishment. This resolution has been arrived at for financial considerations, the step having, it is stated, been rendered necessary by the extended facilities now afforded by the Government by means of "free places" and scholarships at institutions to children desirous of pursuing a course of secondary education.

Mr Douglas McLean, of Hawke's Bay (writes a London correspondent) some little time ago presented to the Ham and Petersham Rifle Club a very handsome shield for competition in rifle shooting. It has just been' won by Mr G. S. Thorne, with a score of 285. Miss A. M. Robinson was a very close second, with a score only one point smaller. The centre of the shield, which shows a rifle-firing scene, is surrounded by combined Maori and British weapons, whilst on the left Is the New Zealand flag. At the top is a silver model of a Maori chieftain's head, and the whole is mounted on a picee of mottled kauri.

A board, consisting of the commanding officer of cadets in each State, ,is meeting in Melbourne, for the purpose of considering the further development of the cadet movement, and to suggest amendments of the regulations where necessary. The Board is presided over by BrigadierGeneral Hoad, Inspector-General of Military Forces, and Surgeon-General Williams, director of cadets, is also present. It is an open secret that Brigadier-General Hoad and several members of the Board are enthusiastic advocates of the provision of miniature ranges throughout fm States.

An unusual charge, said to be the first of its kind ever tried in Sydney, was dealt with by Mr Smithers, S.M., at the Central Police Court, recently, when Joseph Pattenden, "a person not subject to the Naval Discipline Act," was charged, with having employed Charles Nixon, a person subject to the Act, who was alleged-.,t0 have, deserted from H.M.S. Challenger, at Sydney, on August 16th, 1905, Pattenden, while so employing Nixon, knowing him to be a deserter Afcor hearing evidence, the magistrate inflicted-a fine, of £2, with the alternative of seven days' hard labour.

The firemen in Melbourne had a remarkable experience early one morning last week. They were summoned to an outbreak in a chemist's shop in one of the principal streets. When the deputy-chief arrived on the scene with a } strong force of men and equipment he was so alarmed by the dense smoke'issuing that he telegraphed for further men. They burst open the front door, and commenced to search for the seat, of the flame. Soon they were startled by loud explosions, the room was filled with dreadful fumes, and the lights they were carrying went out. This was a danger signal, and the leader called out, "Keep your heads well up, and advance cautiously." All the contents of the shop had been severely damaged, and the flames had at one time taken a good hold of the (building itself, but not the smallest flicker of a flame could anywhere be found. Apparently the explosions had released a number of gases—from the smell it was evident' that it was so —but what particular combination proved so effective as a fireextinguisher the firemen cannot tell. Chief-Officer Stein says that in all his experience he never heard of a similar case. BBEUMATISM. The quick relief from pain afforded by applying Chamberlain's Pain Balm is worth many times the cost. It makes rest and sleep possible. For sale by T. G. Mason, Chemist, Masterton. The Pehii. of Ouk Time Is Lung Disease, Dr Sheldon's New Discovery for Coughs, Colds and Consump ' tion cures lung trouble. Small dose. Pleasant to take. Every bottle guaranteed. For sale by H. E. Eton, Chemist, Masterton, J. Baillie, Carterton, and the ,- Mauriceville," Co-operative Store, Mauriceville West.

The Westport Coal Company's: output last year was 571,559 tons, and the -Seddonville State collieries' output 36,048 tons. ".' Two strangers, named Delaney and Gibbons, were committed for trial at Westport, yesterday, for burglarisr ing a hotel and removing the cash register and its contents. The total rainfall in Dunedin for 1906 was 32.33' in. The highest monthly fall was in February, when 4.66 in was recorded, and the lowest, 0.73 in, in November. A deputation from Dunedin will proceed to Christchurch on the 17th inst., to urge on the South Island Representation Commissioners Tuapeka's claims for electoralentity. The Wellington Domestic Workers' Union is about to call for a conference with employers. The demands will include "preference to unionists." 1 The' servant girls for Napier who came out to the colony by the Gothic are to receive from the employers to whom they are being forwarded wages ranging from £3O to £36 per annum. The Agent-General has authority, in his discretion, to assist the passages of servant girls to New Zealand if they are suitable. The Government does not propose to take any further measures to meet the dearth. The Besses o' th' Barn Band is coming to the colony by steamer direct from Fiji. . *The band "will therefore i first reach Wellington, arriving next Wednesday, and proceeding to by the Mararoa the same evening. Included in the arrangements for the forthcoming North Island Bowling Association's Tournament is the location on the ground of a telegraph ! official, to whom messages can be tendered. The telegrams will be conveyed by bicycle to the local, Telegraph Office for transmission. This will save bowlers the necessity of having to leave the ground to despatch wires. Official figures showing the work done by the Registrar of Births,. Marriages and Deaths during the year for "Greater Auckland" district, compared with 1905, areas follows: —Births, 1906 2,594, 1905 2,511; deaths, 1,060, *1,059; marriages, 1,003, 943. The wrecks of the

Haeremai, Aotea, and Sir Henry death rate for 1906. Otherwise the rate shows considerable reduction in spite of increased population, i

An injquest was held at Dunedin, on Thursday, concerning the death of Robert Francis Smith, seaman of H.M.S. Pioneer, whose body was found in the harbour on December 20th. At the former inquiry the medical evidence showed that the man had apparently died from the effects of blows on the head by some blunt instrument. After further evidence the jury returned a verdict to the effect that death had been caused by injuries to the head,-but •' there was not sufficient evidence to '. show how these injuries had been received.

The preparation of the Marsden cross, which is to be erected at the Bay of Islands .on- the. spot where on * Christmas Day, 1814, the Rev. Samuel Marsden conducted the; first Christian service in New Zealand, is now well in hand, says the New Zealand Herald, and Archdeacon Walsh, who originated the movement, has, with Mr Wheeler, Government Surveyor, fixed the site for the cross. The mission station was first established near the head of the harbour, and after it was moved inland to Waimate and Pakaraka, the C.M.S. sold the land of the original site, reserving one acre, the boundaries of which have now been fixed. Within this acre the Celtic cross will * be erected,. probably on the spot where Hong! erected a pulpit made from half a canoe. The cross will be a landmark for many milesaround. '' ,

The new railway by-law, which has recently been brought into force on ' Palmerston North station, prohibits any person, other than officials and passengers, from being on the platform for a quarter'of an hour prior to or after the arrival or departure of certain trains, except on payment of twopence. The trains to which the rule applies are: 10.25 a.m. from Dannevirke, 10.30 a.m. from Wanganui, 10.55 a.m. from Foxton, 11.2 a.m. from Masterton, 11.20 a.m. from Wanganui,, 11.34 a.m. from Wellington, 12 noon: for Woodville, 12.15 p.m. from Wellington, 3.22 p.m. from New Plymouth, 3.57 p ; m. from Wanganui, 5.35 p.m. for Wanganui, 6.20 p.m. for Wanganui. A breach of the bylaw renders the offender liable to a penalty not exceeding £lO.

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The Rev. J. W. Hayward, of Napier, will conduct the services, to-morrow, at Knox Church, Masterton. The services at Miki Miki will be conducted by the Rev. Hayward, and at Dreyerton by Mr P. Gordon, snr.

Before Mr J. Fraser, J.P., at the Masterton Police Court, yesterday morning, a first offender was fined 5s in defalt 24 hours' imprisonment, for having been drunk. For a similar offence John Hansen was fined 10s in default 48 hours' imprisonment.

The Masterton Municipal Band held their first practice in their new room in the Tea Kiosk in the Park last evening. The members are unanimous in the opinion that the room is much more suitable for practice than the old Band room.

I The election, which was held on 7 s Thursday to fill the vacancy in the Masterton County Council (Alfredton riding), caused by the resignation of Cr Holmes Warren, resulted in Mr Alex. Murray being returned. The voting was as follows:—A. Murray, 98 votes; A. K. Hansen, 42 votes.

JltJis the intention of the Masterton Municipal Brass Band to hold a sports meeting in the Park on January 17th, for the purpose of obtaining funds to defray the expenses of the Band to Christchurch where they will compete in the Band Contest. The sports will extend over the afternoon and evening.

In reply to a telegram, forwarded by the Premier, through his Excellency the Governor, sending greetings from the Government and people of the colony to their Majesties, the King and *Queen and the Government, Sir Jose-ph Ward states that he has received the following reply from the Secretary of State for" the Colonies: --"Their Majesties send your Government and the people of New Zealand sincere thanks for New Year greetings and expressions of loyalty."

Messrs Gillespie and Co. require a washerwoman.

There will be no sale at Messrs R. E. Howell and Co.'s auction mart today.

Mr T. Clancy inserts a notice of thanks to the Fire Brigade for their prompt assistance .a* the fire on Thursday night.

Intending competitors at the Exhibition champion sports meeting, on January 24th and 26th, are reminded that entries will close to-day.

Mr J. E. Blade, land agent, has for sale the lease of a farm, including cows, near Carterton.

A new list of prices of special lines of boots for summer wear is advertised by Messrs Hannah and Co.

The closing service in connection with the Seventh Day Adventists Mission will be held in the Tent, Hall Street, at 7.30 o'clock to-morrow night.

A reward is offered for the recovery of a purse lost last evening at the railway station or in a railway carriage. The Misses Whitcombe elsewhere advertise that raspberries and cream can be obtained every Wednesday and Saturday at the Ranfurly Club. The MaSterton Trust Lands Trust notify that claims for enrolment" on the Trust Lands voters'list must be lodged with the secretary, Mr A. Hathaway, on or before January 31st, 1907.

As a pleasant and reliable summer medicine Hawley's Effervescing Saline is highly recommended. This refreshing summer-, drink can be had from Mr T. G. Mason, r chemist, Masterton.

The annual meeting of the volun-

tary contributors to the Masterton Hospital will be held in the Borough . Council Chambers, at 11 o'clock, on Thursday next. Two trustees are to be elected at the meeting.

Mr W. B. Chennells, Deputy Official Assignee, invites tenders to close at 5 p.m., on Thursday next, for tjhe goodwill of the business and lease, of premises at Greytown, and the law library, in the estate of Mr H. S. Izard.

At the Exchange Buildings, this afternoon, Mr J. R. Nicol will sell the whole of Mrs Kendall's stock of electro-plated ware, fancy goods and toys. There is a splendid assortment of the various lines, and as this kind of sale is not of frequent occurrence it should be worthy of the attention of the public.

Wellington investors are operating largely 1 in Masterton properties. One investor has purchased, through the agency of Mr W. H. Cruickshank, 18| acres of land owned by the Wrigley Trustees, adjoining Mr W. H. Beetham's, in Perry Street, for subdivisional purposes. Another Wellington investor has purchased the whole of the Watson Estate, situated at Te Ore Ore, through the agency of Messrs Whishaw and Co.

The large building of two stories recently erected in Perryj; Street to the order of Messrs Donald and Sons, Ltd., emphasises the wide extent of this progressive firm's business connection. The structure has a frontage of 52 feet and a depth of 136 feet, and the requirements of the firm have been carefully studied in every detail. The whole of the lower floor space has been concreted in to facilitate the handling of machinery. Included in the building are three suitable offices, neatly fitted up. A large /quantity of machinery has been installed, and the lighting arrangements are of a very complete character. Machinery is hauled up to the second floor by means of a powerful overhead traveller.