LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8370, 1 March 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There were four marriages, fifteen births, and eight deaths in the Masterton district during the month of February. There are 197 patients at present in the Wellington Hospital, an increase of 38 over the corresponding period of last year.

The municipal abattoir at Darinevirke, costing £5,000, was successfully opened, on Wednesday, in the presence of a large gathering of spectators.

At the Masterton Magistrate's Court, yesterday morning, before Mr W. P. James, S.M., Charles Fenwick was convicted and discharged on a charge of having been drunk. At Dargaville on Wednesday evening the Minister of Lands addressed •a public meeting on • the Land Bill. A motion hostile to the Land Bill was carried by a large majority. A number of capitalists have agreed to build a private automobile highway from Boston to New York, upon which there will be no speed limit. The road is expected to cost / some £3,000,000.

The Acting-Premier, Hon. W. Hall-Jones, yesterday received a cablegram from Aden, dated 27th instant, intimating that Sir Joseph Ward and family had arrived there, all well.

The Singles Tournament in connection with the Victoria Tennis Club was advanced another stage, yesterday afternoon, when R. Buxton (scr) beat L. Nicol (rec. 15) by 70 points to 68 points. The game was a very interesting one, the scores being practically level all through.

Accommodation for consumptive patients in Wellington is taxed to the utmost.

A meeting will be held in the Y.M.C.A. rooms, on Monday evening, to make arrangements for the Y.M.C.A. bazaar which is to be held shortly.

A woman, charged at the Wellington Police Court, yesterday morning, was found to have 186 previous convictions against her. She was sent to gaol for six months.

The death occurred at Martinborough, on Monday, of one of the oldest settlers inJJ the Wairarapa, in the person of Mrs Margaret McKay, who had been in the colony for some sixty years.

The ordinary meeting of the Board of Management of the Y.M.C.A., which was to have been held last evening, lapsed for the want of a quorum, only two members being present.

It is expected that the culverts over the Makora Creek in Queen and Chapel Streets will be completed in the course of a few days, provided sufficient cement is forthcoming with which to finish the work.

There were 814 applicants for two sections, of 147 acres and 167 acres, respectively, that were decided by ballot at the Lands Office, Wellington, yesterday. The land is on the Pohangina Valley Road, fifteen miles from Ashhurst.

Four thousand sheep belonging to the Wellington Meat Export Company were driven over the Rimutaka, yesterday morning, owing to the inadequate supply of transit trucks for sheep supplied by the Railway Department.—Carterton News.

While shunting operations were being carried on at Cross Creek, on Wednesday night, six trucks of sheep, while passing over a set of points, ran off the rails, three of the waggons being capsized and six sheep killed. Two of the trucks were seriously damaged. The record amount of £5,000 has been offered by the New York National Baseball League for the "purchase" of two players, Jordan and Lumley, from the Brooklyn Club. The highest "price" ever paid in Great Britain for a football player was £I,OOO.

There has been an abnormal mortality among infants in Christchurch during the month of February, stated a telegram last evening. Local medical men state that the mortality is due to an epidemic of infant diarrhoea and whooping cough consequent upon the extremely dry season this year.

At the Takapau Caledonian Society's annual sports, which were held on Wednesday, J. O'Brien, of Masterton, secured first place in the 100 Yds Handicap off the 4yds mark, C. Gomer (7yds) being second. All the piping and dancing events, except the Sailor's Hornpipe, were won by J. McKechnie, and R. J. Jones won all the bicycle events.

. The committee appointed by the Masterton Borough Council to consider the question of establishing Corporation yards met, last evening, there being present—Crs Morris, Ewington and Temple. The question of a site for the yards was discussed, and it was decided to visit, this morning, certain sites in the town which are considered suitable for the purpose.

At the residence of the bride's parents, yesterday, Miss Elizabeth Taylforth, eldest daughter of Mr John Taylforth, of Fernridge, was married to Mr W. Morgan, of Wellington. Mr R. Taylforth, brother of the bride, was best man, and the bride was attended by her two younger sisters. The ceremony was performed by the Rev A. M. Johnson. Mr and Mrs Morgan left by the afternoon train for the South, where the honeymoon will be spent.

A congestion of traffic has followed on the inactivity in the transport of "freezers" on the railway line last week, says the Carterton News. The Department has been rushed from all points with fat lambs, and there is in consequence a shortage of trucks. Three thousand four hundred animals were to be railed from Waingawa to Carterton, yesterday morning, but as there were only forty trucks available, about 600 lambs remained behind in the Carterton yards.

Says the Poverty Bay Herald: — "Mr A. J. Massey intends leaving Gisborne shortly to take up his residence in Masterton. As a musician Mr Massey's place will be hard to fill, his work as leading violinist assisting greatly in the success of local orchestral concerts. In bowling circles he will also be an acquisition to the Wairarapa centre, where the Te Rau representatives and their skip (Mr Massey) recently carried off the North Island championship."

The death occurred at Island Bay, on Wednesday, of Mr William Hume, an old and well-known Wellington identity, at the age of seventy-five years. Mr Hume arrived in Wellington from the Old Country about thirty-two years ago, and within eighteen months or so of his arrival he started business in Willis Street, as a general provision merchant, opening his store in the old Independent offices, on the present site of the Evening Post premises. About eighteen years ago he shifted a few doors higher up Willis Street to his present building. He had been ailing for the past twelve months, but was able to give personal attention to his business up to Saturday last. MERIT REWARDED BY COURT OP JUSTICE. The acknowledged good qualities and sncces? of SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT have brought out many imitations, and one case was just tried in the Supreme Court of Victoria, before his Honour Chief Justice Sir J. Madden K.0.M.G., etc. His Honour, when giving udement 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, etc., it i s 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 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 i VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.

Mr W. H. Jackson, headmaster of the Masterton District High School, received word last evening that the Wairarapa Cadets will leave Wellington by special train at 9 a.m. to-day, arriving in Masterton at 1.45 p.m. The boys are all well.

There was one case of bankruptcy in the Wairarapa during the month of February, and there was one in the corresponding month last year. For the period ended February 28th there was only one bankruptcy, as against three for the corresponding period of 1906.

The Fairview Rifle Club held a trophy competition at their range yesterday afternoon. The ranges were. 500 yards and 600 yards. The competition resulted in a win for E..Harford (handicap 10) who scored 60. A. Vaughan (handicap 14) with a score of 59 was second. Another competition is to be held next Thursday.

The Government Poultry Grader at Auckland will chip a heavy line of poultry for the London market by the s.s. Kumara, the shipment totalling 1,120 : birds—ducklings and fowls, chiefly the former. The birds average 41b apiece. There has been a great increase in poultry shipments this season compared with last year.

' It is not often a local body is called on to defend an action for allowing noxious weeds to flourish in its district, but an instance has occurred in Marlborough, where the Pelorous Road Board was sued by the Government Inspector, under the Noxious Weeds Act, for allowing blackberry ar.d sweetbriar to grow on the river banks, after receiving notice to clear the weeds away. A fine of 10s and costs was inflicted.

The Provincial Executive of the Otago Farmers' Union has decided to approach the Minister of Railways with the object of getting a concession in the shape of a free pass on railways for every deserving person meeting with an accident necessitating removal to a hospital, and also for anyone accompanying such injured person and attending to him on the journey.

The next Federal Defence Estimates will include another heavy vote for the increase of the supply of .303 magazine rifles in Australia. There are at present 60,000 of these modern weapons either there or on their way to the Commonwealth. Acting on the advice of the Chief of Ordnance, the Minister for Defence will seek this year to bring the total up to 100,000. This will mean an order for between 30,000 and 40,000 extra guns.

There is a scarcity of sailors in Sydney, and shipmasters find it rather difficult to get men. As a result of this about twelve or fifteen boys from the Sobraon have found ships during the past month. Some of the lads have gone as ordinary seamen aboard sailing ships, while others have taken passage on steamers as coal-trimmers. The Government Shipping Office records show that fully half a dozen lads have gone away in the latter capacity.

At a poll taken at Dannevirke, on Wednesday,' the ratepayers carried a proposal for the extension of the waterworks, a scheme which will cost £6,009. A poll was also taken to initiate the system of rating oh unimproved valueis, the voting being —for the proposal, 308; against the proposal, 94. The ratepayers refused however, to endorse a proposal to raise £15,000 to either purchase the present gasworks, owned by a syndicate, or erect municipal gasworks, the voting being —for the proposal, 169; against the proposal, 222. •

The shortage of cement is being keenly felt in Masterton at the present time, and contractors are being put to considerable inconvenience owing to there not being sufficient material on hand to' commence or complete contracts. The shortage is atrtributed to the fact that the cement works at Auckland are temporarily closed down while undergoing repairs. One Masterton firm disposed of a thousand bags of cement in a fortnight, while another firm sold out a smaller consignment almost as soon as it arrived.

Messrs Bunny and Dolan have a business advertisement over the leader in this issue.

Mr .W. H. Cruickshank advertises for sale several sections in the Wrigley Estate near the Railway Station.

Ratepayers in the Mauriceville County are notified that after to-day ten per cent, will be charged on all outstanding rates.

Messrs Varnham and Rose invite tenders, to close at noon on Saturday, March 9th, for the erection of a shearing-shed at Tupurupuru.

The Masterton Borough Council notify that the Masterton Park will be set apart on Thursday, March 14t,h, for the S. Patrick's 'Day Sports Association.

The sale of drapery and clothing at the Masterton Auction Mart, to-day, on account of Mr D'Arcy Ford, will commence at 1.30 p.m. A full selection of all leading lines will be offered during the afternoon.

At the rooms, Perry Street, on Saturday, at 2 o'clock, Messrs R. E. Howell and Co., Ltd., will sell by auction a large entry of furniture and general sundries, produce, fruit and poultry. East arid East, Wellington, advertise particulars of some choice farm properties, and call particular ■ attention to a fine 8,000-acre lot in the Bay of Plenty district, which they pronounce an unusually good opportunity. Weak Backs. The weak spot in many men and women is the back. It gives cut before the other part of the body. It gets tired and aches terribly after a day's, work or pleasure. A tired, weak back, pulls a person right down and renders life miserable. The kidneys are often suppose.l to be the cause but usually the muscles nud tendons in the back have been strained. Dr Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment is the proper and only permanent remedy. Rub it into the pores of the back, and a feeling of renewed strength and vigour will come immediately,, and a few such treatments will fix you up all right. Dr. Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment takes out soreness and inflammation. It invigorates and freshens all the muscular tissues. It contains ingredients that you never used before. For sale by H, E. Eton, Chemist, Masterton, J. Baillie, Carterton, and the Mauriceville Co-operati n Store, Maurioevilla West.

.•At 'a (meeting of the Seddon

IMemorial 1 Committee, at Wellington, last evening', it was decided that a monument should be erected in the •city to .Mr. Seddon's memory.

A meeting of the Borough Park •Committee was held, last evening, there being present—Crs Ewington (chairman), Hoar, Temple, Morris, and Elliott. The Engineer was instructed to remove the old wire protection fence at the Park from Dixon Street to the nineteen acres, a.id to repair the Dixon Street fence and other parts of the Park boundary fence.

A meeting of those interested in the formation of an anti-Chinese League will be held in the Masterton Drill Hall at 8 o'clock on Monday next.

Messrs J. A. Lyttle and Sons, cycle engineers, have just received another big shipment of MasseyHarris bicycles, Pearl bicycles (English) and numerous other wedknown English machines. Included in the shinment are a number of the Minerva motor bicycles. They are of the very latest pattern, and the firm invite public inspection of same.

Mr W. E. Christmas invites the public to inspect his oil and watercolour paintings now on view at Messrs R. E. Howell and Co'.s rooms, Perry Street. These pictures are for absolute sale at considerably reduced prices, as Mr Christmas is desirous of disposing of them prior to leaving the colony for the Old Country. The opportunity is one that should not be lost sight of by those who are anxious to secure works of real merit.

The Secretary of S. Patrick's Sports at Palmerston North has received the nomination for the S. Patrick's Day Handicap (three distances) and One Mile Handicap from Mr Alex. Campbell, the crack longdistance runner of the colony —if not of Australasia —who gave such a fine performance at Feilding, last Boxing Day. Competitors should note that nominations for handicap events close on Wednesday, March 6th, and should get them in as soon as possible. The sports will be held on March 20th.

No matter how long you; have suffered frsm rheumatism, gout,sciatica or lumbajjo, Rueumo will care you. All chemists and stores stock it. Price 2/6 and 4/6.