LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8375, 8 March 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

'•' The tender of Messrs Coradine and Whittaker, of Masterton, has been accepted for the erection of the new Empire Hotel in Queen Street. The price is stated to be about £IO,OOO.

There have now been four Rhodes scholars, and three of them have come from Dunedin. This is a fact that the southern city may well be proud of.

At Halswell, a Christchurch suburb, on Wednesday night, a meeting called by the local Road Board accepted an offer of £1,500 by Mr Carnegie for a public library; the Road Board to provide a site and £IOO annually for the up-keep.

The final of the Men's Singles competition of the Victoria Tennis Club was decided yesterday afternoon, when C. Carley beat R. Buxton by 70 to 61. The Auckland Trades and Labour Council has unanimously agreed to nominate Mr Slater as the workers' representative on the Arbitration Court.

A seven-roomed hous"e at Palmerston North, owned by Mr P. Anderson, was practically destroyed by fire, yesterday afternoon. The insurance on the building amounted to £270. The furniture was insured for £2BO.

A nine-year-old son of Mr Twining was riding on a drill at Maungatawhiri (Auckland) when the horses bolted. The boy fell to the ground, and the wheels of the machine passed over his head, causing instantaneous death.

Three rinks from the Masterton Bowling Club will visit Pahiatua, tomorrow, and play a match against the local Club. The teams will leave by the mail train, and return by the train arriving ia Masterton at 10 p.m.

An Otairo mill-owner opened this season's threshing with what will probably be a record this year,threshing 7,350 bushels in -35 hours. This was done from the stook in a very fine crop of Garton oats.

"I am here with the object of endeavouring to get through the* work of the circuit in about half the time that is necessary," stated Judge Chapman at the recent sitting of the Supreme Court at Palmerston North. "In fact the Bench is running shorthanded, and , four judges are endeavouring to do the work of six."

A Christchurch telegram states that a man, named Charles Pinder, a Rabbit Inspector, was found, on Tuesday evening, at Waipapa, shot in the head. He was unconscious, and was brought to Kaikoura, a distance of twenty-five miles. Two doctors failed to locate the bullet, and the man died on Wednesday evening.

The following is an illustration of the ups and downs of colonial life, states a contemporary. In 1890 the Hon. J. A. Millar was the principal man in New Zealand to fight the battle on behalf of the strikers; now, as Minister for Labour, he has to use his power to see that justice is done to the employers against the strikers.

The Postmaster (Mr T. Hester) advises that owing to continued disarrangement of the San Francisco mail service no mails for Great Britain will be sent or received by that route for the present. Every opportunity of forwarding mails via Suez is to be availed of. A subsidised connecting steamer to Sydney will leave Wellington to-day, and fortnightly thereafter.

A Christchurch telegram states that several of the riders who had been fined £5 and disqualified for twelve months for improper riding in the Enfield Cup race last ber, appealed, to the Council of the League of Wheelmen, on Wednesday night, against the conviction and the punishment, bat the appeal was not upheld.

At the conclusion of the practice of the Knox Church Choir, last evening, Mr A. Nicol, who has been conductor of the choir for a number of years, and who will shortly take up his residence in Martinborough, was .presented with a handsome leathertravelling bag and silver entree dish, the former bearing a suitable inscription. The Rev. A. T. Thompson made the presentation on behalf of the choir, and the recipient suitably acknowledged the gifts. The funeral of the late Mr Edwin Meredith took place, yesterday afternoon, at the Masterton Cemetery. The cortege was , a very large one, and included settlers from all parts of the district. A short service was conducted in S. Matthew's Church by the Rev. <L M. Johnson, assisted by the Rev. J. H. Sykes. The services at the graveskij were also Conducted by the Revs. A. M. Johnson and J. H. Sykes. The pall-bearers were Messrs J. D. Cruickshank, H. Toogood, G. Watson, G. Mackersey, F. G. Moore and D. McGregor, snr. The Auckland Education Board has drafted a scheme for the establishment of an agricultural school in the Waikato district, and will approach the Ministers of Education and Agriculture on the matter, with a view to the departments bearing the cost of building and equipment. The proposal is that scholars entitled to free places in the secondary schools be given the option of entering the agricultural school, which it is proposed shall be erected near the Government Experimental Station. At the Masterton Magistrate's Court, yesterday morning, Mr W. P. James, S.M., gave judgment for plaintiff by default in each of the following debt cases: Reihana Boyes v. Maurice Lyon, claim £2 7s, costs 7s; E. H. Waddington v. William, G. Taylor, claim £4 17s 6d, costs 10s; William Blinkhorne v. B. Sigglekow, claim £2 Bs, cos,ts ss. Orders in judgment summons cases were made as follow: —John Hennessy v. E. Coyle, claim £l6 lis 6d, defendant ordered to pay forthwith in default 16 days' imprisonment, .order to be suspended so long as defendant pays 15s per week, first 'payment to be made forthwith; R. E. Howell and Co. v. P. Kirkby, claim £4 7s lid, defendant ordered to pay the amount forthwith, in default seven days' imprisonment, order to be suspended so long as defendant pays 20s per week, first payment to be made forthwith. MERIT REWARDED BY COORT OP JUSTICE. The acknowledged good qualities and success of SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT have brought out many imitations, and one ease was just tried in the Supreme Court of Victoria, before bis Honour Chief Justice Sir J. Madden K.C.M.G., eto. His Honour, when giving udament said with regard to the GENUINE SANDER & SONS* EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, that whenever an article is oommended to the public by reason of its good quality, etc., it 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 whatis 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 VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.

Ninety thousand rounds of ammunition were fired during the Trentham meeting, which concluded on Wednesday. A requisition, asking Mr J. M. Coradine to contest the Mayoralty, is being largely signed in Masterton. The names of several other well-known citizens ai*e mentioned as probable candidates for the Mayoralty. In response to representation made by Mr R. B. Ross, M.H.R., the Postmaster-General has agreed to establish a new post office at Waimera store, near Waione. The new office will be known as "Waimiro," and should be of great* convenience to settlers between Waione, Horoeka and Pukehinau.

A number of sales of new season's oats have been made this week in Southland. Very high prices have been given by buyers, 'several of whom hail from the"North. For one very bright and heavy line a buyer gave 2s 4d *>n the trucks at the nearest station. Other growers have received from 2s 2d to 2s 3|d, according to quality. Buyers do not .anticipate prices to be maintained, the opinion being that the early cleaning out of last season's stock has induced a marked rise.

The sittings of the Invercargill Supreme Court were concluded, yesterday, the whole day being devoted to the hearing of the civil suit of Moffett v. Walsh, a claim for £399 19s 2d for alleged breach of contract. The defendant counterclaimed for £SO deposit paid on the purchase of the Carriers' Arms Hotel, Riverton. Walsh had entered into an agreement to purchase the hotel, but the Magistrate had refused him a certificate of fitness, and as he could not get the transfer of the license he withdrew from the bargain. Decision was reserved.

The final meeting of the Tournament Committee of the Masterton Bowling Club was held, last evening", Mr 0. Pragnell presiding. The bal-ance-sheet in connection with the recent Northern Bowling Association's Tournament at Masterton showed a credit balance of 15s. This result was considered very satisfactory, considering the heavy expense in connection with the tournament. Votes of. thanks were accorded to the secretary (Mr E. J. Rose), assistant secretary (Mr. CD. King), Mr J. W.Cochrane for managing the catering arrangements, and to Mrs E. Richards (secretary) and the other members of the Ladies' Committee for supplying afternoon tea.

"The duly qualified physicians and surgeons at present on the New Zealand register and actually practising in the colony number, roughly, 600," said Dr. Barnett at the opening of the New Zealand Medical Congress at Dunedin, recently. "The population of New Zealand is in round numbers 960,000; ?o that we have here one doctor to about every 1,600 of the inhabitants. The membership of our Medical Association now totals 361. I feel proud/ to think that in addition to a climate of unrivalled salubrity, there may be another factor—namely, the influence of our medical service—responsible in some degree for the remarkable lowness of the death-rate in New Zealand—9.27 per 1,000, the lowest > death-rate in the civilised world."

At the Invercargill Juvenile Court, yesterday, a boy of 14 was charged on two counts with breaking and v theft, also with having been found in possession of a rifle, he being under the age of 16. The police said that the boy had had a rather remarkable career of crime. Recently he paid two visits to Christchurch and one to Edendale, though all the money his mother had given him was 14s. At Christchurch he borrowed 9s 6d from a gentleman who travelled in the ' same carriage with him, promising to refund the money on return. He put the sum mentioned in a sugar bag, and tied it up in a parcel and sent it to his benefactor by post. He was an expert shot, and when a rifle belonging to his uncle was taken from him because it was against the law he purchased another which he kept concealed in a hedge, giving the owner 5s and a rug which he had taken from his home. The parents did not object to the boy going to Burnham for a year. * and the Magistrate committed him to that institution.

The W.F.C.A. require a good boot repairer. ,

A large selection of drapery and clothing is to be sold at the Masterton auction mart, this afternoon, on account of Mr D'Arcy Ford. The Masterton Borough Council give notice that a penalty of 10 per cent, will be added to all rates which are unpaid on the 15th March.

The W.F.C.A. invite the public to inspect their large assortment of new lines in wall papers, which include selections from the best English and Canadian makers.

A meeting.of the committee of the Masterton Football Club will be held, to-morrow evening, to discuss the question of sending a team to the proposed football tournament at the Exhibition.

The W.F.C.A. have special agents in Ceylon, who select the finest teas procurable. The firm by dealing first hand in this important commodity is enabled to give clients the best value at the lowest price. At their rooms,' Perry Street, at 2 o'clock, to-morrow, Messrs R. E. Howell and Co., Ltd., will submit at auction ajine of travellers' samples, including cutlery and crockery-ware. A quantity of furniture, fruit and poultry will also be offered.

Twelve bales,, containing several thousand rolls of wallpaper, have just recently been unpacked a©Mr C. E. Daniell's establishment. The designs are original, and the colourings superior to anything the firm has ever handled. Inspection of and criticism is invited.

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