LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8361, 18 February 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Steps are being taken to form a volunteer corps in Carterton. The Rev. T. B. Mac Lean, for many years vicar of the Anglican Church, at Wanganui, died yesterday morning, after a painful illnes.

The Auckland Nautical Court found that the wreck of the Awarua, near Whangarei, was not due to unskilful or negligent navigation. Charles Harwood was injured in a sawmill accident at Te Araro ; (Poverty Bay) on Saturday. He died from the shock and loss of blood. A telegram received by the Inspector of Police at Auckland, from the constable at Aratapu, states that Ernest Saunders, mate of the s.s. Stirling, was lost overboard near Awaroa on Friday. During the month of December, 4,274 men were employed by the Public Works Department on co-oper-ative works. No fewer than 2,358 out of the 4,274 were working on the North Island Main Trunk Railway. On Saturday David Coutts, a shaftsman engaged in the Waihi Con j solidated Mine, had his skull fractured from the top of the head to the base, by a piece of stone falling out of an bucket. His condition is critical, j At the annual meeting of the Gisborne Gas Company the report showed that the profit for the year was £4,061, and indicated a reduction in the price of gas, with special concessions to users for power purposes. A dividend of Is 3d per share was declared. A Christchurch telegram states that, oil Saturday afternoon, at the Opawa Swimming Club's Carnival, G. D. Bull, of Christchurch, swam a quarter of a mile in 6min 28sec, which establishes a New Zealand record, the previous record being 6min 30sec. The North Island Brass Band Association „ has decided to hold secondgrade contests in the future, and Boosey and Co., of London, have presentee! the Association with, a fine silver-mounted shield for tliis competition. The idea of the secondgrade is «that it will be a steppingstone fpr the first-grades. The death is announced of Mr Janies Butters, one of the best-known marine engineers in the colony. The deceased came to New Zealand as chief engineer of the Panama Company's steamer Lord Ashley, and he was in her when she was wrecked on the Taranaki coast during the Maori 1 war. He was afterwards in the Union Company service. The next mail for the United Kingdom and Europe, via, San Francisco, due at London on JVTarch,29th, will close at the Masterton Po»t Office on Wednesday, February 27th, at 4.45 p.m. A supplementary mail will close on Thursday, February 28th, at 5.30 a.m. The next inward mail via San Francisco is due at Masterton on February 26th. The steamer Rakiura (formerly known as the Rose Casey) went ashore at Nugget Point (half way between the Bluff and Port Chalmers) at half-past one on Saturday morning. The weather was thick at the time. The crew are safe. The vessel is lying in a fairly good position. She was built in Auckland for the late Captain Casey in 1878, and has been ashore twice on the Southland coast prior to her present mishap. MERIT REWARDED BY COURT OP JUSTICE. The acknowledged good qualities and success o! SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT have brought out many imitations, and one case was just tried in the Supreme Court of Victoria, before bis Honour Chief Justice Sir J. Madden E.C.M.6., etc. His Honour, when giving udt>ment said with regard to the GENUINE SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, that whenever an article is commended to the public by reason of its good quality, eto., it is not permussable to imitate any of its features. He restrained the imitators perpetually from doing bo, and ordered them to pay all costs. We publish this to afford the public 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 1 VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT Gout and its kindred disease rheumatism are caused by excess uric In the filood. If you suffer Rheumo will soon cure you. Give it a fair trial. 2J6and 4/6. All stores,

The recent rain will do a considerable amount of good to the turnip and rape crops in the Masterton district.

Th 6 Masterton Town Hall has been pencilled for April 19th and 20th byMessrs McLeod and Young for the Besses-o'-th'-Barn Band.

Mr T. Hester, who has been appointed Postmaster at Masterton, arrived in Masterton on Saturday evening, pnd will take up his duties to-day. •

An Invercargill telegram states that a boy named William Rutland, about 10 j years, was missed from Lome Farm on Saturday evening. He was last seen about 8 o'clock. A diligent search reveals no trace of the lad, and fears are entertained for his safety.

Mr and Mrs C. E. Daniell left Masterton on Saturday morning for Wellington, whence they will sail by the Warrimoo for Sydney, en route for the' Old Country. Mr and Mrs JDaniell intend to stay for some time in Egypt, and Palestine before going on to the Continent and England. The privileges in connection with the meeting of the St. Patrick's Day Sports Association on March 14th were sold at auction by Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., on Saturday, as follows: —Publican's booth, Mr J. Biggins, Taratahi, £9; fruit stall, Mr P. Kirkby, £2 10s; refreshment booth, Mr E. Pelling £l. A Greymouth telegram, yesterday, stated that Harry Campbell, the well-known driver of the Christchurch coach, was brought to Greymouth on Saturday evening suffering from congestion of the lungs. He was i removed to .the Hospital, where he died at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. , The services at S. Patrick's Church last week in connection with the . Mission of the Redemptorist Fathers, were largely attended. The at- -' tendance 1 at the 8 o'clock Mass yesterday morning was considered to be the' largest in 'the history of the Church. The Mission will be brought to a close by services of a special nature on Tuesday evening. Four seamen named W. McLean, L. Ambrose, J. Farrell, and W. Dainty, belonging to the Kumara, who were arrested at Masterton on the 12th inst., .were convicted by Dr M'Arthar, S.M., at Wellington, on Saturday, of having deserted from , the vessel. It was explained tha£ the Kumara would make Auckland her port of departure from the colony, and his Worship sentenced the accused to fourteen days' imprisonment in the Auckland gaol, the understanding being that they should be placed on board the vessel if she left before that time. Settlers having sheep for sale would do'well to note that the season for dipping being now well advanced a close inspection of all travelling sheep or sheep found at public sales will shortly be made- by the local inspector of stock, and. vyhere lines are affected with lice the vendors will be prosecuted. To avoid this, all

owners should carefully examine the points of briskets, shoulders, etc.,

of sheep for lice before sending a line into the yards. In both Hawke's bay and Wellington a number of. prosecutions for the above offence are ! pending.

A public meeting will be held in the Drill Hall, jMasterton, to-night, when the Chinese question, or "Yellow Peril," will be dealt with by Mr John Cameron, who has made a study of this subject. ; The leading points of 'Mr Cameron's address will be statistics of Chinese emigration and immigration, dangers in the near future, the poll-tax, and the necessity of amendments to the law relative to the Chinese immigration jto this colony. Reference will be made to Sir Joseph Ward's addresses on various platforms dealing with the question, and extracts from the journals of the Houses of Parliament ' will be given. At the close of the address it is proposed to form an anti-Chinese League. At the inquest held at Pahiatua, on Friday, touching the death of John Mackay, who died in the Pahiatua Hospital, oh Thursday afternoon, evi- . dence was given to the effect that the deceased, at his camp at Neilson's Gorge, drank from a bottle supposed to contain yeast, and collapsed on being driven to Pahiatua for medical treatment. The bottle was ultimately found to contain nitro-benzine. Dr. Mac Donald said he had not heard of a case of poisoning from nitro-benzine. The symptoms were so similar to ! those of hydrocyanic acid poisoning | that he considered the jury should j have the contents of the stomach and (the bottle analysed. The jury dej cided to have the analysis made, and j the inquest was consequently adjourned. Mr T. J. Nott has made special arrangements for lunch for visitors during the Show Week. J The New Zealand Railway Depart-, ment advertise special fares and train arrangements for the Masterton Show and Woodville Races. ''Three Square Talks" is the char acteristic heading of an advertisement inserted by Mr Chas. E. Daniell on page 3. The Wellington Education Board invite tenders, to close at noon on Wednesday, for painting and repairs to school > buildings at Ihuraua, Alfredton and Whareama. An advertisement inserted elsewhere by the Wellington Piano Company, Ltd., will be of interest to . those about to purchase a piano. Messrs McLeod and Young are the local agents. Messrs G. Hyde and Co., house furnishers and manufacturers, will make a special display on the Masterton Showgrounds, and invite the public to inspect their exhibit and to visit; their showrooms in Queen Street. ; Visitors to Masterton during Show Week are invited to inspect the large and well-selected stock of footwear at the Central -Boot t)epot. Mr , Carpenter has to hand the latest styles from the leading manufacturers. The Book Arcade Company are offering special lines in books and stationery at reduced prices. Particulars of the lines and prices will be found in the Company's advertisement appearing elsewhere in this issue.

There are'now over fifty subscribers to the Eketahuna telephone exchange. Mr W D. Ayson, Curator 'of the Masterton Fish Ponds, was engaged last week in stocking the rivers in the Hutt County with rainbow trout. There is to be seen in a Masterton garden at the present time an apple tree which has yielded a crop of fruit this season, and has already blossomed again. The Exhibition Rifle Meeting will •open at Christchiirch to-day. The Opaki Rifle Club team left for the South on Thursday. The team is a strong one, and is expected to shoot well. Practically all the crops at Opaki have been cut, but threshing will not commence, generally, until after the Masterton Show. Owing to the dry weather in the early part of the season the yields this year are not expected to come up to those of former years. Mr A. H. Wrightson threshed a crop of between 30 and 40 acres of wheat, which yielded a return of about 47 bushed to the acre. At the Masterton Magistrate's Court, on Saturday morning, before Mr W. P. James, S.M., Patrick Kane, a third offender, was ordered to come up for sentence when called upon, on a charge of drunkenness. Maurice Cronin, x represented by Mr C. A. Pownall, was charged with -having assaulted Elizabeth Reeves and with having been found unlawfully on her premises at night. Accused was bound over to keep the peace for six months, in one surety of self of £2O and another surety of £2O. At a meeting of the Concert Committee. of the S. Patrick's Day Sports Association, on Saturday evening, 'Mr F. Haughey, presiding, various arrangements were made for the concert and dance which is to be held on March 14. The Secretary and -the President (Mr H. O'Leary) were authorised to arrange for securing the, services of vocalists at the concert. It was resolved that the Ladies' Committee should meet on •February 22nd, at 3 p.m., to make certain arrangements in connection with the dance. No matter from what form of rheumatism you suffer —chronic, muscular, infiamma ■tory—or gout, poiatica, lumbago, Bheujio ■will surely cure you. All stores 2/6 and 4/6.