LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8364, 21 February 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A dairying class is to be established in connection with the Eltham School. ' i At the Rechabites Conference at! New Plymouth, yesterday, it was decided to hold the next meeting in Masterton in 1909. At Carterton, yesterday, Mr A. Sutton, second son of Mr J. Sutton, of Christchurch, was married to Miss Alice Maud Sullivan, second daughter of Mr D. Sullivan, of Carterton. At the Bakers' Conference, at Timaru, it was decided to ask the Minister of Health to insert a clause in the Pure Food Bill to prevent smoking in bakehouses or on delivery carts. At a meeting of the executive of the North Canterbury branch of the Farmers' Union, yesterday, a committee was appointed to arrange for a land campaign through Canterbury in support of the freehold. A woman, named Beatrice Milford, pleaded guilty at the Lyttelton Court, yesterday, says a telegram,to a charge of having made a false declaration in respect of the birth of an illegitimate child, and was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. An Auckland telegram states that as the outcome of the verdict at the inquest touching the death of an in-, fant, named Douglas Allan Campbell, a woman, named Eliza Davis, was arrested on a charge of manslaughter. The verdict was to the effect that death of the infant was due to the want of nourishment, and was caused by Eliza Davis failing to supply it with the necessaries of life and medical attention. At the Rechabites' Conference at New Plymouth, yesterday, the following officers were elected:—District Chief Ruler, Bro. Calder (Nelson) ; District Deputy Ruler, Bro. Westney (Invercargill); District Secretary, Bro. Fraser (Wellington); District Treasurer,' Bro. Leslie (Wellington); District Superintendent, Juvenile Branches, Bro Fathers (Wellington); District Auditor, Bro" Nicholls (Wellington). At the Wellington Magistrate's Court, yesterday, further evidence was taken in the case in which Thos. Wallace, alias Williams, and John Baxter, were charged with conspiring with, others to defraud James Chapman, a new arrival, )£ £9O by the "Confidence Trick." Baxter pleaded guilty, and was remanded to the Supreme Court for sentence. Wallace was committed for trial. The Hon. Mr McNab, in the course of a speech at Whangarei, on Tuesday night, said that of all land taken from the large freeholders the State would still retain the freehold and those who got it have the freehold rights. All native lands declared by the Commissioners to be surplus would be dealt with by legislation and be disposed of under the freehold system with favourable terms to buyers. — Association. At the Bakers' Conference at Timaru considerable discussion took place on the question of fines for light bread. The Conference ultimately adopted a standard weight for weighing, in ordinary dough, 21b 3oz and 41b 6oz for 21b and 41b loaves, respectively; "tin" dough 2lb 4oz and 41b Boz. It was said that if a baker could prove that he had weighed into an oven at these weights, no fine could be imposed for short weight. An inquest "on the body of a man found in the Rakaia saleyards plantation was held at Rakaia yesterday. Medical evidence was to the effect that the man had been dead from ten ito fourteen days. A rifle bullet was found in the skull, and a rifle found alongside the man contained an empty ; cartridge. In the. man's pocket there was an account addressed to Peter Anderson, of Kinlock, from L. J. Lynch, storekeeper, of Queenstown. The body was too I decomposed to give any clue to identification. A verdict as returned that the deceased met his death either by suicide or accident, but the evidence was not sufficiently clear to show which. There was .a large. attendance at the Masterton South Band Bazaar in the Kuripuni Hall last evening. Good business was done at the stalls, which were tastefully decorated. The Band played a march from the Post Office to the Kuripuni Hall, and were assisted by Mr J. Parker, the well-known cornet player, of Wellington. During the evening vocal items were contributed by Miss Judd, Mrs Harding and Mr H. Kemp. The accompaniments were played by Miss Hilda Berry and T. Fawcett. The Bazaar was brought to a conclusion with a dance. The Band intend holding another Bazaar, shortly, and the goods that were not disposed of last evening will' be offered at that Bazaar. Mr H. Kemp, the secretary of the Band, and an energetic committee of ladies and bandsmen are deserving of a special word of praise for the manner in which they worked to make the Bazaar the success it was. The OeiiEbbitt of Sander and Sons Purs Volatile Eucalypti Extract is universally acknowledged. Boyalty honours it, and the entire medical profession has adopted its use. Imitations sprung up without number. The latest of them—as styled •' Extracts " —was oil foisted upou the trusting and unwary under the grossest misuse of Sander ahd Soriß' reputation. Sander and Sons instituted an action at the Supreme Court of Victoria, before His Honour Chief Justice Sir J. Madden, K.C.M.G., etc, and at the trial a witness testified that he had to stop ti.- >iso of counterfeits on account of the irritation produced. This shows what care is required to obtain an article that is scientifically tested and approved of. Ab such is surely endorsed and recommended the GENUINE SANDER AND SONS' PUBE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT

" The Conference of Premiers of the .States, of the Commonwealth has been postponed until next year. Lord Elgin, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has declined to make the polling day for the Transvaal elections a holiday. Mr J. Vigor Brown has been elected Chairman of the Napier Harbour Board for the third successive year. The valuation of Napier was completed on Saturday, and is stated at £97,911, as compared with £91,614 for the previous year, an increase of £6,297. The building trade in Taranaki is | reported to be in a very healthy condition just now. There is also an unsatisfied demand for unskilled labour. At Invercargill yesterday, Patrick ! Finn and John Keating were committed for trial on a charge of assaulting and robbing Jr,o. Devanney of £2O, and also a watch and a purse. A Queenslander,, writing to the London Globe, asserts that New Hebridean girls are often bought from native chiefs for a gun or an axe, and are handed to New Caledonian convicts. Up to the present about 320 entries have been received in connection with the New Zealand Rifle Association's annual meeting, which is to open at Trentham next week. In the House of Commons, Mr Walter Runciman, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, stated that the salary of the Right Hon. James Bryce, as Ambassador at Washington, is £IO,OOO a year. "It took 26 years to settle the site for the Town Hall, six years to find a site for the abattoirs, and now it has taken two years to find a site for a morgue," said the Mayor of Auckland at a meeting of the Auckland City Council. A London cablegram states that an inquest has been opened on Jack S. Layton, who came from Australia as doctor on the Wakool. It is supposed that he committed suicide by taking poison at Kensington, fearing the consequences of breaking his contract to return to Australia as doctor of the steamer. A Dunedin shipping firm, some of whose trade extends to the Far East, state that a number of their steamers are still locked up in the trade between Vladivostok and Odessa, the "cargo" offering being Russian soldiers. This is an interesting sidei light on the magnitude of things in the recent Russo-Japanese war, since the last of the soldiers are not home yet. , The Louisville correspondent of the newspaper American describes a successful test of a new invention enabling a railway passenger to telephone from a moving train. Mr A. P. Jones, the inventor, is reported to have carried on a conversation by telephone from a train going at the rate of 25 .miles an hour. With such an apparatus in use, the late railway accident near Washington might have , been averted. A point of importance to those who manufacture butter was disclosed in the dairy prosecutions, before the Auckland Magistrate's Court recently. Abutter manufacturer was convicted' under the dairy regulations for failing to keep his dairy utensils clean. An erroneous idea has prevailed in some quarters that only vendors of milk are liable to prosecution, but the proceedings show that all persons handling dairy produce of any kind are liable to be prosecuted under-these regulations. A drover, named Collins, who arrived recently in Newcastle from Queensland, was seized with a mania for glass destruction. About midnight on Tuesday, sth , inst., armed with a brick, 'he promenaded Hunt Street, and. smashed shop windows indiscriminately. Eleven large panes of glass were destroyed. Some of these were valued at £25. The total damage is estimated at £IBO. When Collins was arrested he had the brick in his possession. He was committed for trial. A representative meeting of settlers of Stratford and district, held on Tuesday night, carried the following resolution:—"That this meeting desires to protest most strongly against the tardy progress made with the following public works, viz.—metalling the Ohura road, construction of Mount"Egmont railway, and the pushing on of work on the Stratfdrd-Ongarue railway, and further, that this meeting is of opinion that the continuation of such a slow rate of progress in'the opening up of the back country is directly opposed to the advancement and prosperity of the colony." An educated lady seeks position as housekeeper. A reward is offered for the recovery of a lady's black silk umbrella. A* reward is offered for the recovery of two gold rings lost in the lavatory of the ladies' cloak-room on the Masterton Showgrounds. Mr Robt. McGarry, of <McGarry Bros., bakers and pastry cooks, Eketahuna, notifies elsewhere that from Ist March next the business will be conducted by him. Patrons are promised every attention to their requirements. , Some particularly good farm pro-' perties are advertised to-day by Messrs East and East, of Wellington and Christchurch, pre-eminent among them being a splendid 1000 acre farm near Masterton, which they pronounce an unusual opportunity. The Wellington Piano Company have decided to hold a sale of their fine instruments either for cash or on the time-payment system, at their local agents, Messrs McLeod and Young, Queen Street. For that purpose a special consignment of pianos is to hand. The Company wish to state that all those who have given their orders to Mr Light, the firm's representative, can see hm at the local agency for the next fortnight, where full be obtained. Special prices will be quoted during sale time. The Nurmsg Mother Who uses Dr Sheldon's Digestive Tabules j not only krspa her own stomach perfectly resulated, but imparts the glow of health to the cheek of her babe. Dr Sheldon's Digestive Tabules are mild but infallible. For sale by H. E. Eton, Chemist, Masterton, J. Baillie, Carterton, and the: Mauricevillo Cooperative Store, Maurice' ville West.