LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8331, 14 January 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A sharp shock of earthquake was, felt at Eketahuna at 11 o'clock on Friday night. The Masterton A. and P. Association have donated the; sum of £2 2s to the Masterton Ambulance Corps. Mr Hugh Beetham, of Brancepeth has been elected a member of the Royal Agricultural Society of Great Britain. The Masterton Mounted Rifles returned to Masterton, yesterday afternoon, after having been in camp for a week at Castlepoint. The work of 'metalling the Eringa Road at Longbush has been commenced by the contractor, Mr C. Hartley. There have been several cases of sheep Worrying in the Mauriceville district, writes our correspondent. Mr T. T. Hillas has lost about half a dozen ewes and lambs. The treasurer of the Home Rule fund (Mr Martin Kennedy) has received £llO from Gore and £324 from Dunedin. The Wellington subscriptions now amount to £520, and are expected to reach between £550 and £6OO. A meeting of the Directors of the Masterton Co-operative Dairy Company was held on Saturday. There were present—Messrs J. A. Renall (chairman), J. Baron, T. Wyeth, J. C. Ewington, R. Wilton, W. Perry, H. C. Bertelson, and R. Kibblewhite. It was decided to meet in future on the second] Wednesday in every month. The Secretary was instructed to obtain all information with regard to installing an ice-mak-ing plant at the factory. The amount to be paid out to suppliers for butter fat for December is £1,411 14s 6d. Some time back Mr W. C. |Buchahan, of Wairarapa, addressed a circular to the A. and P. Associations and the Farmers' Unions asking for their support to a request to the Minister of Railways, that, with a view to facilitating sheep trucking, the ends of sheep trucks be made open. The Farmers' Advocate publishes the reply of the Minister to the effect that the concession asked for was granted some years back, and was not taken advantage of. As the opinion of the farmers seemed to be divided, the Minister could not see his way clear to-grant the | request now made. \ Mr Joseph Devlin, M.P., will deliver an address on the Home Rule question in the Town Hall this evening. He will arrive to-day by the midday train from Wellington, and will be met at the railway station by the Reception Committee and other residents whojare able to attend. During his stay in Masterton Mr Devlin will be the guest of the Rev. Dean McKenna. At a meeting of the Reception Committee, on Saturday evening, a letter, was received from Mr R. B. Ross, M.H.R., stating that he would be pleased to to be present at the meeting: It was arranged that Mr JA. W. Hogg, M.H.R., should move and Mr O. Pragnell should second a resolution of sympathy with the Home£ Rule cause 'at to-night's meeting, t A vote of thanks to the speaker will be moved by Mr R. B. Ross, M.H.R., and seconded by Mr J. Cooper. The dress circle will be reserved for ladies and their escorts. A meeting of the Executive Committee of the St. Patrick's Day Sports Association was held on Satur- , day evening. Mr H. O'Leary presided, and/there were also present— Messrs J. Kealy, B". J. Dolan, W. L. Falconer, J. Burke, F. O'Toole, J. O'Dowd, J. Cullen, J. Pickett' and E. G. Williams. It was decided to write to the Masterton Municipal and Masterton South Bands, asking ihem on what terms they would provide music at the sports on March 14th, and also to Mr Reihana Boyes, inquiring on what terms he would supply music for the dance in the evening. The Secretary was instructed to write to the Borough Council asking for permission to levy a charge at the Park gates on.the day of the sports; also to the Wairarapa Caledonian Society, asking for the use of sports material. Messrs J. Windle and W. Daley were elected members of the Association. It was decided to donate the sum of £2 2s to the Masterton Ambulance Corps, provided they give their services at the Association's sports meeting. Digest Wha.t You Eat. The reason why any wholesome food is not properly digested is because the stomach lacks some important element of digestion. Some stomachs lack peptone, others are deficient in gastric juice or hydrochloric acid. The one thing necessary in any case of poor digestion, is to supply those digestive elements which the stomach, lacks, and nothing does this so thoroughly and safely as Dr. Sheldon's Digestive Tabules. They digest what you eat, thus giving 1 ) the stomach a rest and assistance until it is restored to its normal action and vigor. For sale by H. E. Eton, Chemist, Masterton, J. Baillie, Carter ton, and the Mauriceville Co-operativ Store, Mauriceville West. Why not get your oustoms work 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 oharges. Write for further particulars.—Advt.

5 Captain Sundberg, master of the ■ schooner Jessie Nic'col, died very sud--1 denly at Dunedin on Saturday morh- • ing. . The value of the properties to be j rated under the new Ahikouka River $ | Board is £35,000. The ratepayers I • number twenty-one. It is reported that trout are lying , dead in the streams round Wood- • ville as a result of the ashes from > bush fires and the intense heat. The Napier Harbour Board's annual returns will this year constitute a re- ' cord in the history of the province. Almost every head of revenue shows a substantial increase. j As the result of a light drizzling ; rain the potato blight to be r spreading through potato crops in .- the Stratford district with enormous rapidity. J Steady rain set in last evening in . Masterton. Heavy showers fell on Saturday morning, and on Sunday '. morning and afternoon. At the time of going to press rain was still fall--1 ing. i The failure of the whaling season is reported by whaling vessels that have returned empty to Scotch ports. Experts predict that, owing to smallness of supply, whalebone will shortly fetch £3,000 a ton. '{ The largest cheque paid to any one I supplier for the month of December by the Masterton Co-operative Dairy • Company was £B2 7s 9d. This is i the largest amount ever paid out to a single supplier in one month by [ the company. : A'reply has been received from the ;. Minister for Public Works to the petition, asking for a grant for the metalling of Priest's Road (Eketa- . huna), to the effect that as the ( money is not provided in the estimates he is unable to grant it. The police made a wholesale raid ' on hop beer shops at Makatote, in the King Country. On the Whangamarino Plains fifteen barrels were seized—eleven in the bush, and the balance with malt and brewing apparatus, .in a tent. A raid at RaUrimu is also reported; The grocery trade in Dunedin are at loggerheads with respect to the , statutory half-holiday. The small , shopkeepers wish to change the day to Saturday, while the terger firms '. are fighting for pretention of Wednesday. The questionfwill be decided at I the conference of local bodies on the , 16th instant. Some person, with even less con- . sideration than .sense, has revived the , bib! game of playing "ghost," arid [. has been practising his cruelty about the Mile Road, Linwood, Christchurch, for some time. Several . people have been badly frightened. The other night a girl was found in a hysterical, half-fainting condition; a night or two later another girl received a severe fright. A Napier telegram states that judgment in the case in which the ' widow of 'Thomas Henry Morton, stevedore, claimed £4OO from Mary Smith, as damages for the loss of her husband, as thejj result of an accident while engaged in his work, has . just been received from the Arbitration Court. Judgment was* given for defendant, with costs and disbursements. The following dates have been decided upon in connection with the scheme of continuous camps at Christchurch for public school cadets: —Third Wellington Battalion, February 6th; First Otago Battalion, February 15th; Wairarapa Battalion, February 22nd; No ; . 2 Hawke's Bay Battalion, March 2nd; Grey Battalion, March 9th or 16th; Southland Battalion, March 23rd; Bay of Plenty and Northern Wairoa Battalions March 16th. / ' During a thunderstorm at Leura, New South Wales, recently, a girl was killed and a young man injured. A party from Newtown had been camping out in the Blue Mountains during the holidays, and were engaged in striking their tents prior to returning home when the storm suddenly came on. Five members of the party took shelter under a tree, which was struck by lightning, and Ethel Heffernan was killed. Her body was much burned. . A young man named Rutledge was struck by a portion of the shattered tree,' and sustained concussion of the brain. . A remarkable case of mistaken identification has occurred in Sydney. An elderly man was found on Sunday, December 30th, in .an I unconscious state in George Street, and he died in the Sydney Hospital. Subsequently his body was identified as that of John McDonald , Brown, a resident of Wo°l°omooloo. Mrs Brown was positive that the body was that of her husband, and a < clergyman andi several others also testified to the corpse being that/of Brown. Late on the following night Brown was found to be alive. The body was subsequently identified as that of one Frederick Ernest Crone. A novel method of convincing boys that it is incumbent upon them to giv§ due regard to the observance of proper hours comes to hand from the Exhibition cadet camps.' About ten minutes after the hour at which all well-conducted cadets were safely back in camp three or four panting delinquents were held up by the sentry on duty, and their names, companies and unpunctuality duly noted. Next morning they were arraigned before the cadet magistrate, and, after a well-seasoned lecture, were ordered to spend the morning peeling potatoes, and so expiate their offence. Thereafter the delinquent statistics ; showed a substantial decreased MERIT REWARDED BY COURT OF JUSTICE. The acknowledged good qualities ancl success of SANDRR &' SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT have brought out many imitations, and one case was just tried in the Supreme Court of Victoria, before bi'a Honour Chief Justice Sir J. 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Mr J. Devlin, the Irish Nationalist Party's Envoy, was entertained in .the concert room of the Wellington Town Hall, on Saturday evening, about 500 persons being present. The annual general meeting of the Dreyerton Sports Club will be held in the Kopuaranga Town Hall on Thursday, January 17th, to receive the annual report and balance sheet and , to elect the officers for the ensuing year. The Chalmers branch of the United Temperance Reform Council has passed a resolution viewing with alarm the number of cases of young persons charged with drunkenness coming before the police courts of the colony, and entered an emphatic protest against the licensed liquor system. The officers of the Dunedin Health Department state that never have there been so few notifications of disease as in this present month. Up to date there has been only one notification of infectious disease. There is a notable absence of cases of scarlet fever and enteric fever, though measles are rather prevalent at Milton. The Tuapeka County Council, at its last meeting, passed a resolution against the proposed abolition of the Tuapeka electorate, and appointed Councillors Mclnernay and ; Simpson to act with other delegates from the district to appear before the commissioners at Christchurch next Thursday to oppose dismemberment of the Tuapeka electorate. "After twelve months' experience ih'the Auckland province," says Mr A." A. Thornton/ the Government Produce Grader at Auckland, "my opinion is that it is the real dairy- , •ing country of New Zealand, and a few more years will show ajremarkable development. In fact, I don't think I am wrong in stating it will be the centre of the dairying industry of New Zealand." , There was a fair attendance at the | meeting addressed at Ashburton, on Saturday night, by Mr J. Donovan, the Irish Nationalist delegate. At the conclusion of the address the following resolution was passed unani-mously:—-"That this meeting, having heard Mr Donovan's address, tenders him its heartiest thanks, and hopes that in the near future Ireland will enjoy the blessing of self-Govern-ment, which New Zealanders so highly prize." The amount collected for the fundjin the Ashburton district totals about £2OO. Mr Hall-Jones has Mr Scott, the South Australian' Commis- ' sioner to the Exhibition, that the Government is prepared to. release the Exhibition Orchestra for one week, in order to visit Wellington and give a series of concerts. It is stipulated that the orchestra must come, if at all, at its own risk and expense, or that the Wellington public finances the trip. It is believed there will be no difficulty in . obtaining the required guarantee. About £3OO was obtained in half an hour on Saturday. / A most enthusiastic reception was accorded to the Te Rau bowlers (winners of the North Island Championship) on their return to Gisborne on Saturday night, states a telegram. " They were met by the City Band, and driven round in a brake with four greys attached. At a social gathering felicitous speeches were made, and great praise given to the | Masterton Club for the way in which the tournament had been arranged, and for the hospitable treatment of the visitors. The team attributed their victory to their complete har- ; mony and reliance on the skip. The Workers' Dwelling Board set up last year to do the preliminary work connected with the establishment of workers' homes has concluded its labours, andjias been dissolved by the J Government. The board consisted of" Messrs W. C. , Kensington, Under-Secretary for Crown Lands (chairman); Mr James Mackay, Chief Clerk of the Labour Department; Mr John Campbell, •Government architect; and'Mr J. E. March, Inspector of Workers' , Dwellings. In future the administrative work will be discharged by the Minister for Labour, the Hon. J. A. Millar, and the Land Boards in the various districts will have charge of the detail administration. All the homes erected at Petone have not yet been tenanted, but it is expected there will be numerous applications for the dwellings to be erected on the Crown land in Coromandel Street, Wellington. A .reward is offered* for the recovery of a black rough-haired slut. An advertiser requires a cooklaundress. Messrs Hannah and Co. advertise particulars and prices of new lines in seasonable foo.twear. The AkitioSCounty Council invite tenders, to close at 10 a.m. on January 26th, for 2| miles of road formation. Numerous entries have already been received for the Band Sports next Thursday. Nominations for the bicycle race and 100 yds and 220 yds foot races will close with Mr G. Groombridge or the secretary (Mr F. O'Connor) to-morrow night. An advertiser wants 25 acres of ploughing and turnip drilling done, near Masterton. Particulars can be obtained from Mr W. H. Cruickshank, Perry Street, Tenders are invited for stumping and ploughing 20 acres of land known as Wrigley's Estate. Plans and specifications can be seen"at the office of Mr W. H. Cruickshank, Perry Street, with whom tenders will close on Saturdy next. Some symptoms of rheumatism arp. fefling ef coldness ; want of appetite thir?t; and sharp pains in the joints Bheumo removes the cause of the trouble excess uric acid in the blood. 2/6 * 4/6. INDIOESTIOv! A CUKE FOR IT. Cathartic pills nover havo and never will cure indigestion and stomach troubles —Why? Because they act entirely on the bowels, whereas the whole trouble is really the storraeh. When the stomach is diseased, all fcha other orpars suffer. That ia why fatal diseases of the heart, liver, kidneys and lungs are often the dirsct result of indigestion. The use of one of Dr Sheldon's Digestive Tabules after each meal gives the stomach perfect rest, because they aontain all the natural digestants as found in a healthy stomach, This ia a common-sense method of treating all stomach troubles, and the results are always certain. For sale by H. B. Eton, Chemist, Masterton. .T. Baillie, Car tertor, ani the Mabriceville Co-operative Store, Mauriceville West.

Mr Davies, instructor in agriculture under the Wellington Education Board, has taken up his residence at Greytovvn for the of the work which he hasjx> carry out. The Dunedin Pipe Band will take part in the Band Contest at Christchurch on the 24th and 26th inst., in connection with the Exhibition Athletic Union sports meeting. Captain East, travelling representative in New Zealand for the Tyser line, died at the Wellington Hospital yesterday,as the result of an operation performed a few days ago. Our Kopuaranga correspondent writes: —"On Friday we had the heaviest hail-storm ever experienced here. It was accompanied by thunder and lightning. Some of the hailstones measured half an inch in diameter. Considerable damage was done to the crops." It was ascertained on Saturday forenoon that the fire, which occurred about 1.15 o'clock on Saturday morning, and which the Fire Brigade and Police were, at the time, unable to locate, had broken out in a shed at the rear of Mr H. Johnstone's residence in Villa Street. Attached to the shed was a pigeon house, which also caught fire, and six pigeons in it were burnt to death. The outbreak was put out by means of a garden hose. The following are the tests for the month of December of the various creameries supplying the Masterton Co-operative Dairy factory: —Rangitumau, highest 4.1, lowest 3.4, average 3.75; Nikau, highest 4, lowest 3.4, average 3.71; Mangamaire, highest 3.9, lowest 2.9, average 3.56. The average test for all the creameries during the month was 3.67, as compared with 3.7 for the corresponding month of 1905. During the last few days two men have been found in the town, says the Wellingon Post, in a state of unconsciousness, and suffering from severe wounds. The last man was Reuben G. Wallett, employed as a kitchenman at the Brunswick restaurant in Wilils Street. He left his work about 5.15 on Friday evening, and at 7.55 was found lying in a passage way at the side of the restaurant bleeding profusely from severe scalp wounds. He was attended by Dr Pollen, and then taken to the hospital, where it was found that he had sustained concussion of the brain. There is an element of mystery about the whole case, and nothing further will be known of it until Wallettiis able to give an account of his actions. A handkerchief saturated with water and stained with blood was found on his clothing. The doctor was of opinion that the wounds could have been caused by a fall. Exposure to cold and dimp causes rheumatism. The skin oannot give off the excess uric acid and it becomes deposited in the blood. P.hkumo will quickly core the trouble. All chemists and stores, 2/6 and 4/6