LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8377, 11 March 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The latest return from the Antonios Flat dredge is 13oz lldwt for 106 hours. The work of opening the face of the claim is still proceeding. At a meeting of the Masterton Dredging Company, held in Dunedin on Friday last, a dividend of five shillings per share was declared. The sum of £3 5s has now been paid in dividends on each £1 share. At the inquest, at Wanganui, on the bodies of Mrs Giesen arid Miss Campbell, who were drowned in a river on Friday afternoon, while endeavouring to save a boy who had got out of his depth, a verdict of accidentally drowned was returned.

A Boxing Association has been' formed in Invercargill. Hopes of re-floating the French cruiser Jean Bart, which was wrecked on the Barbary coast, have been abandoned. A cable message from London states that Miss Marie Hall, the well-known violinist, intends to tour Australia and New Zealand, opening on May 21st. The Chinese fire in the trading quarter of Bangkok, recently, the loss in which amounted to ten million ticals (£583,333), is described as the largest fire on record. j Tinware factories in the colony have increased in number from twelve, in 1891, to 54 in 1906; and iron and brass foundries, boiler-making and kindred engineering establishments (exclusive of Government Railway Workshops) from 79 to 132. It is understood, says the Dannevirke Advocate, tfiat Constable Learmouth has tendered his resignation as a member of the Police Force, and will be leaving Dannevirke at the end of the present month. Constable Learmouth was stationed in Masterton for a considerable time.

The guessing competition in connection with the recent Masterton A. and P. Show resulted in Messrs J. E. Blade, of Carterton, and C. Ross, of Kuripuni, tying for first place. On Saturday lots were drawn to decide who should become the possessor of the sewing machine (the first prize), with the result that Mr Blade was declared the winner.

A meeting of settlers interested in the Upper Plain water supply was held in Mr A. P. Rawson'a office on Saturday afternoon, there being present :—Messrs W. J. Falconer (chairman)-, R. Kibblewhite, R. McKenzie, H. Boyle and F. Hood. It was decided, on the motion of Mr Kibblewhite, seconded by Mr Hood, that a petition be presented to the Masterton County 'Council asking them to borrow £SOO for irrigating the Upper Plain, the size of the pipes to be 18-inch concrete.

The children who attend the Upper Plain Church ■of England Sunday School spent a yery enjoyable afternoon at Akura on Saturday. They were driven out to the spot, and from the moment they reached the ground till dusk there was hardly a dull moment. Games, races, and the river kept all busy. During tea, the prizes for attendance and conduct were distributed, and the children showed by their cheers their appreciation of the work, done by their teachers, Misses Arlidge, Iggulden and Gawith, on their behalf.

Elsewhere Mr J. M. Coradine notifies that, in response to a largelysigned and representative requisition, received from the burgesses of Masterton, he has decided to contest the approaching Mayoral election. The text of the requisition is as follows: —"We, the undersigned, in view of the coming Mayoral election," desire that you should place your services as Mayor at the disposal of the burgesses for the ensuing year, and in the event of you so doing, promise that you shall have our hearty support, and that we will do all in our power to secure your return. We are, yours faithfully."

Before the business was commenced at the meeting of the Masterton A. and P. Association, on Saturday, the President (Mr R." Gray) made reference to the death of Mr Edwih Meredith. He said that the Association had sustained a heavy loss by the death of Mr Meredith. He had been one of the pioneers of the Association, and a member of the Committee at the time the present Showgrounds were purchased. Mr Gray moved that a letter of,condolence be sent to the relatives of the deceased. Mr W. Perry seconded the motion, which was carried. A match was played on the Pahiatua Bowling Gi*een, on Saturday, between the Masterton and Pahiatua Bowling Glubs. _,Each Club was represented by six pairs, and Pahiatua won on the aggregate by 98 points to 76 points. The results of the games are as follow .-—Morton and Hewat (Pahiatua) 21, beat Rose and Prentice (Masterton), 14; Lea and McBeatney (Pahiatua), 18, beat Smith and Pragnell (Masterton), 9; Hunter and Rigg (Masterton), 21, beat Levin and Ransome (Pahiatua), 7; Prentice and Rose (Masterton), 12, beat Wilson and Howard (Pahiatua), 10; Crewe and Boagey(Pahiatua), 17, beat Smith and Rigg (Masterton) 11; Mcßobie and Hughes (Pahiatua) 20, beat Hunter and Pragnell (Masterton), 9. At the end of his sermon, on Sunday morning, the Rev. A. M. Johnson made feeling reference to two of the congregation of S. Matthew's who had died during the past week—Mr E. Meredith and Miss 1 Kate Campbell. Mr Meredith was a man honoured not for his hard and successful work as a pioneer only, but for his strong and unfailing Christianity. Years ago, when Mr Meredith first took up land in Whareama, he had, with another settler, offered a large area of land to the first Bishop Selwyn as an endowment for the Church. The Bishop refused the land, which would now have been a valuable asset. Referring to. Miss Campbell's sudden death, Mr Johnson dwelt on her work as a teacher in S. Matthew's Sunday School till her removal from Masterton, and to the quiet life of willing self-sacrifice that had characterised her. Her death, in the endeavour to save another's life, was in keeping with what they knew of her. Mrs Hunn played as a solo "0 Rest'in the Lord," and an appropriate hymn was sung *t both services.

MEBIT REWARDED BY COURT OF

JUSTICE. The acknowledged good qualities and success of 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 K.C.M.G., eto. His Honour, when giving udoment said with regard to the GENUINE SANDER A SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, that whenever an article is commended to the pubiic by reason of its good quality, etc., it s not permissable to imitate any of its features. He restrained the imitators perpetually from doing go, 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 Bkilied-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 EUCAIYPTI EXTRACT

A canvass of Hobart for subscriptions towards the # Young Men's Christian Association new building, conducted by Mr Lyman L. Pierce, resulted in a total of £230 for three days' work. Two thousand pounds is asked for.

The Masterton Municipal Brass Band will render a programme of music in the Park, this evening, when a collection will be taken up in aid of the Fire Brigade team, which will leave next week to take part in the Exhibition Demonstration at Christcbiirch.

A Feilding telegram states that Mr Mathieson addressed the first of a series of meetings in the district at Cheltenham, on Friday night, in opposition to the Land Bill. The attendance was'only small, and a motion adverse to the Bid was carried unanimously.

Breweries in the colony have decreased in number from 102 in 1891, to 72 in 1906, and the number of malthouses has fluctuated from 27 to -22. During the same period, colonial wine-making establishments have fluctuated from 14 to 22, and aerated-water factories from 112 to 123. As against this, the approximate value of the product of the breweries has increased during the fifteen years to 1905, from £300,508 to £572,579, and that of the malthouses has fluctuated from £80,341 to £73,058.

Messrs I. Sykes and D. Guild wrote to the meeting of the Masterton A. and P. Association, on Saturday, suggesting that the Association should form a committee to arrange for the presentation of a testimonial, in the form of an illuminated address, to Mr J. Stuckey, who intends to shortly leave Masterton for England. The letter stated that Mr Stuckey, during his long residence in the Masterton district, had considerably improved the quality of live stock, particularly Herefords and Southdowns, and had thereby raised the standard of these branches of Show stock throughout the colonjf to an appreciable degree. The President, Vice-Presidents, and Messrs O. C. Cooper, J. B. Moodie, and W. Perry, were appointed a committee to deal with the matter. v

The Dunedin correspondent of the Evening Post states that the somewhat unusual spectacle of the shareholders' in a public company carrying a vote of censure on the directorate at the instance of one of the directors was witnessed at a meeting of the Kura Gold-mining Company on Friday night. Complaint was made as to the manner in which the dredge was being run, and that repairs were constantly being effected without consulting the engineer. Finally Mr Graham, one of the, directors, moved that a vote of censure be passed on the directors, and that they be asked to resign in a body, and new directors be appointed. The present board, he explained, was unworkable, and was not a happy family. It was a task to go to the board meeting because it practically meant a free fight. The resolution was carried.

A black and tan sheep dog,lost from Lansdowne, is advertised for.

The Deputy-Mayor (Mr E. Feist) invites the burgesses of Masterton to observe a holiday on Thursday next from noon, on the occasion of the S. Patrick's Day sports.

Messrs Varnham and Rose invite tenders, to close at noon on Tuesday, March 19th, for the erection of infectious diseases hospitals at Masterton and Pahiatua.

Notice is given that the district electors' list for the Borough of Masterton is now open for inspection at 'the Town Clerk's Office. Objections must be made on or before the 17th day of March, 1907.

Mr Alex. Murray, of Glasgow House, Masterton, makes an excellent display of all wool clan tartans and tartan silks and ribbons. Special 1 ines in new season's goods are also to hand, including fashionable millinery, woul tarns, and flannel blousings.

From Messrs Whitcombe and Tombs, Ltd., the publishers, we are in receipt of a copy of "Emerald Hours in New Zealand," written by Alys Lowth. The book, which is chiefly a description of a large number of tourist resorts, is brightly written, profusely illustrated, and a good advertisement for the colony. It will, no doubt, interest many people both within and without New Zealand. The prologue is pretty and clever. The publishers are to be congratulated upon the way in which they have performed their part in connection with the publication.

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