LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8371, 2 March 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

During the month of February 150 births, 59 marriages, and 77 deaths were registered in Wellington. The final for the Singles Tournament of the Victoria Tennis Club will be played on Monday evening, when C. Carley will meet R. Buxton. The following are the vital statistics for Carterton for the month of February:—Births, 7; deaths,; 0 marriages, 3.

The supply of cream to the Masterton Dairy Factory is now rapidly decreasing. However, the tests are still good. Owing to scarcity caused through the continued dry weather, the price of milk has been advanced to 4d a quart in Dunedin.

A meeting of the Mt. Holdsworth Track Committee will be held in the Borough Council Chambers, on Wednesday evening next, to make arrangements for the erection of wooden huts on the mountain.

A meeting of the Master ton A. and P. Association's Ram Fair Committee and the auctioneer of Masterton will be held this afternoon to frame suggestions for the conduct of future sales.

\ phenomenal sample of wool has i b?en obtained from a crossbred sheep 1 o:i the < li'.-n of Mr Duiu sn M'DOnald, j of Hi.idon. {'; is ov • ■ t.vo feet in : wnu'h >s 5 r2? o:o 1 as some- • jr Ji n :y. 1 ! EmMoyfers i.i ?i ni '-i hive experienced grea': 'dilL-aLy in securing a supply of boy hbo.tr. Som:; employers consider that this is a resale of the "free place" system at the high schools. News reached Woodville yesterday morning of the death of Mr Leonard Whittington, for the last three years manager ox the Bank of New Zealand there. Vi 'Mr Whittington was absent on leave, and was visiting friends in Dunedin. An expert will visit Mas'certon, today, in order to inspect several sites where clay said to be suitable for the manufacture of bricks is obtainable. He will take samples of the clay in order to test its qualities for the purposes of brick making. At a meeting at Auckland of dairy factory managers and others interested in the butter industry it was resolved to ask the Minister for Agriculture to appoint a number of qualified milk inspectors, with power to forbid the sale or purchase of milk unfit for dairy and manufacturing purposes. An Invercargill telegram states that an effort is being made by a section of the Invercargill drapers to revert to 10 o'clock closing. The Labour Department, in a letter to the Borough Council, states that it appears a majority do not support the change, and until the Council is satisfied that such is the case it would* not be justified in issuing a certificate. No action was taken. A dressmaker requires two front, furnished rooms. Mr F. P. Welch has a vacancy for an experienced benchman.

An advertiser has to let a sixroomed house with paddock. A young man wants employment with the view to learn farming. A brown geldiiig, lost from Chapel Street, is advertised for. A woman to do washing is advertised for by Mrs Hugh Bagley, Villa Street. A general meeting of the members of S. Patrick's Day Sports Association will be held this evening. Messrs Hare and Davidson, land agents, Pahiatua, advertise particulars of several desirable properties placed in their hands for sale. ! Tenders are invited by the Akitio County Council for various works, 1 particulars of which will be found in the advertisement. Messrs Ross and Greenfield, in coni junction with Messrs Levin and Co., Ltd., report the sale of Mr Chas B. Buxton's Opaki farm. Members of the Wairarapa Automobile Association are requested to meet at the Park gates at 1 o'clock this afternoon, to take part in the opening run to Qreytown. At their rooms, Perry Street, at 2 o'clock to-day, Messrs R. E. Howell and Co., Ltd., will submit,at auction a large ossortment of furniture and general goods, fruit produce and poultry. In another column Mr Albert Chew announces thkt he is prepared to private lessons to ladies and gentlemen desirous of perfecting themselves in hand-writing. Mr Chew will be in Masterton until May Ist. At the Masterton' Auction Mart, Bannister Street, this afternoon, \the whole of the balance of drapery and clothing on account of' Mr D'Arcy Ford will be cleared without reserve. A consignment of replace lines was received yesterday, so that there is still a good selection to be disposed of. The privileges in connection with the Masterton Racing Club's autumn meeting will be sold by Mr J. R. Nicol at the Masterton Auction Mart this afternoon. It is confidently ex-, pected that the meeting will be one of the most successful yet held by the club, and there should therefore be spirited competition for the various privileges. The Knox Church Young Men's Class will meet at 10 a.m. to-mor-row, when the subject for"study will be "Parasitism." The church services in the morning and evening will be conducted by the Rev. A. T. Thompson. In the morning he will take for his subject, "Life a Stewardship," and in the evening, "That I May Win Christ —St. Paul's Conception of Life's Highest Ideal." At Dreyerton the services will be conducted by the Rev. A. T. Thompson, and at Mikimiki by Mr D. McGregor,

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Mrs Duffy has been appointed Postmistress at Makuri. Messrs A. Hannay, E. J. Knight,\ Chas. Mathews, F. Pearce and A. Robinson, have been elected members of the Kahutara River District Board, The Carterton bowlers defeatedGreytown, at Grey town, on Thursday, in the Booth Trophy Competi'tion, by 91 to 76. The Dalefield Dairy Company paid out £l9B 17s 6d to milk suppliers yeserday morning for the four weeks ended February 18th. Ail Invercargill telegram states that at a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, yesterday, it was resolved that, in the interests of the travelling public, the time has arrived to establish a night train service between Dunedin and Christchurch. It was also decided to seek the co-operation of the Southern Chambers of Commerce in the matter. At a meeting of the WellingtonTra l;s and Labour Council, on Thursday night, t'-ie following resolution was p — ; That this Council reaffirms the policy of a 'White New Zealand,' and regrets to note the fact that certain hotelkeepers in Wellington are making an attack on this policy by their determination to employ Chinese in preference to European A telegram from Rotorua states that while "?: irning from the races, on Thursday night, W. Mayes, proprietor of the AtaurM il )",)l, was thrown from a trap and became entangled with the wheel. One of his ankles was broken, and a shoulder dislocated. The trap was rendered useless, and the horses broke away. His daughter walked fourteen miles into Rotorua for assistance, arriving at 3 o'clock in the morning. Mayes was taken to the Hamilton Hospital yesterday morning. The Antonios Fiat Dredge is still working well, and Mr J. Hessey expects gool returns from it. The dredge washed up 21oz for the first six days that it was worked on the bottom. Ttyis return must be considered Very satisfactory for the opening. The dredge is now one of the best built dredges in the colony. It i 3 constructed of kauri and hard wood. It contains al6 h.p. Marshal engine and a 30 h.p. boiler; also a splendid electric lighting plant. The sluice-boxes are said to be an improvement on anything yet used in the colony.

The figures supplied by Mr Munro, General Manager, as to the financial position of the Exhibition at Christchurch are interesting. Mr Munro estimates that the total expenditure will amount to £160,000, and the revenue to £105,000. This leaves a deficiency of £55,000, but the sale of the Exhibition material and other property is expected to amount to £20,000, reducing the deficiency co £35,000. The gates are expeced to return £50,000, space in the Exhibition £30,000, percentage of sales made by the Exhibition, returns from the art gallery, concert hall and other, attractions, £25,000. The Government has already expended £75,000 on the Exhibition, and have received up to the present revenue amounting to £15,000. With regard to. the probable loss of £35,000, it is interesting, to note that the Melbourne Exhibition resulted in -.a. . Joss of £237,000. \

Dlt. SfIIiLDOS'S Maov tic Lxnimbut W II rolievoat; oice Rbeu U'itUu, Lumbv.;o, Lame Back, Cuts, Bruises, Burn j , and continued applications will eKact n, care it a remarkably short t : mi. For s ile br H. E. Eton, Chemist, Mastercon, J. Baillie. .Jirterton, and the Maurioevilie Co-opcritiva Store, Mauriceville West.