LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8379, 13 March 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Chief Engineer of Roads wrote to the meeting of the Masterton County Council, yesterday, cancelling authority for the expending of £l5O in metalling the Kakaamu Road. During the four weeks ended February 19th, the Wellington tramcars carried 1,267,785 passengers, an increase of 317,185 over the number carried j during the corresponding period last year. The total revenue was £8,417, an increase of £1,683., Mr G. Moore has contributed £25 towards the cost of metalling the road at-the Eparaima deviation. At the meeting of the Masterton County Council, yesterday, Cr Toogood's action in accepting Mr Moore's offer was approved of, and it was decided to thank Mr Moore for his donation. At a special meeting of the Masr terton County Council, yesterday, special orders were made striking a special rate for the Opaki District Road Metalling Loan of £600; also authorising the raising of a loan of £BOO for. the Weraiti-Brancepeth Road, and striking a special rate for the same loan. /

The Department of Industries and Commerce has received the following cable message from the New Zealand Government / agent at [ Sydney : "Tenders are invited for supplying the American forces at the Philippines with the following • meat: 6,600,0001bs of beef and 1,500,0001bs of mutton." The agent also cables that particulars have been forwarded by mail.

A Whareama resident writes to the Editor as follows:—"In a local in the Age on Tuesday you state that at a Wellington bowling green, recently, ✓ Messrs Currie, Ginger and Pepper were o'n the same side. I may state that, a few years ago, we had a good team in the field, which included three Elders, a Bishop, and Pope. Mr Parsons was absent at the time of the match. These players were all members of the Whareama Cricket Club."

The Chief Electoral Officer (Mr P. W. Mansfield) wrote to the meeting of the Masterton County Council, yesterday, stating that the Colonial Treasurer had decided that the balance of the last Licensing Committee election expenses, amounting, to £59 16s, must be paid in full. The Council decided to protest against the payment of the balance claimed and in the event of such balance being paid out of the Treasury, and deducted from the subsidy due io the Council, that the Council should petition Parliament for relief.

Why suffer the torments of Hell with Eheumatism or Lumbago when Dr Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment will ease the pain at once, and continued application effects i permanent cure. Price 1/6; large bottle 3/-. lor sale by H. E. Eton, Chemist, Masterton, 3. .Baillie, Carterton, and the Maurioeville Co-operative, Store, MfturiceviJle West

The timber and coal trade is re- f ported to be very brisk in Greymouth.

. MrfJ. Townsend wrote to the Finance Committee of the Masterton County Council, yesterday, asking for a lease of the property at Taueru, formerly occupied by his father. The application was granted.

At the meeting of the Castlepoint County Council, on Saturday, tenders were, accepted for the following works:—Contract No. 20, 10 chains metalling on. Uriti Road, George Lett, £4O; contract No. 21, 9 chains metalling on. Mangapakeha Road, George Lett/£36; contract No. 22, 84 chains metalling on Tinui Road, B. Letlnvick, £276.

At the meeting of the Masterton County Council, yesterday, the Chairman (Cr W. H. Beefcham) made sympathetic reference to the death of Mr E. Meredith. lis referred to the deceased gentltsivau's sterling qualities and.his vaiu:»bie services to the district. Several other Councillors .spoke in a similar strain, and it was decided to forward a letter of condolence to the relatives of the late Mr Meredith.

At the meeting of the Masterton Borough Council, last evening, a communication was received from the Seddon Memorial Committee, in Wellington, with reference to subscriptions being .received by the Council for the erection of a monument in Wellington in memory of the late Mr Seddon. The Town Clerk suggested that if anything was done locally it should be in the direction of building a new Technical School. The matter was allowed to stand over until the next meeting.'

Mr J. R. Nicol, land agent, reports the sale of four building sections in Martinborough on account of Mr M. McLennan; farm of 260 acres at Taratahi, on account of Mr T. P. Firman; house property at Lansdowne for Mr James Jones; dwelling in Elizabeth Street on account of Mr G. S> Hodgkinson;' house property, Lincoln Road, on account of Messrs Langridge and Lawrence; residence Church Street, on account of Mr W. Newton; and, in conjunction With Messrs Ross and Greenfield, a farm property of 100 acres at Ihuraua Valley on account of Mr R. Brown.

At the opening of the Masterton Technical School classes on Monday evening 42 pupils presented themselves for admission to the class in English and arithemetic—*the compulsory subjects for junior technical scholarship holders. Last evening 16 pupils were enrolled for commercial work, Ave for theoretical plumbing, and nine for dressmaking. The following classes will meet at 7 o'clock this evening for enrolment : Wood-working (instructors, Messrs Ashton and P. Gooding), and woodcarving (instructor, Mr S. E. Wright), in, the Technical Workshop, Dixon Street, and building construction (instructor, Mr Irvine), and Pitman's Shorthand (instructor, Miss Butement), in the Technical School Hall Street.

At the Methodist - at Christchurch, yesterday, the final list of stations was read as follows:, Wellington District—Wellington: Taranaki Street, Pj W. Fairclough, S. C. Porter, H. B. Redstone, F. W. Isitt, I. Fi Jones; Organising Secretary Bible Class Movement, H. L. Blamires; Wellington South, W. J. Williams; Wellington (suburban), E. P. Blamires; South Wairarapa, W. J. Elliott and C. Blair; Masterton, J. N. Buttle; Napier, A. C. Lawry; Hastings, W. Tinsley; Eketahuna, G. T. Marshall; Dannevirke, T. T. Thomas; Waipawa, G. Frost; Woodville, B. H. Ginger, supply, W. G. Maslin,- Pahiatua, a Home Missionary.

The adjourned meeting of the Castlepoint County Council was held on Saturday last. There were present —Crs Speedy (chairman), Langdon, Bennett, Richardson, Ryder- and Irines. A letter was received from Mr Pownall explaining the delay in respect of completing the closing of the old surveyed road to Castlepoint and taking land for a new road from Whak'ataki. Authorities were received . for the expenditure of amounts voted by Parliament for roads in the County. The Chief Engineer of Roads • advised that all authorities issued for expenditure would be cancellc-d on March 21st if no expenditure had taken place or no liabilities incurred, but the authorities could be renewed after March 31st The Treasurer reported a credit balance of £264 17s lid. Accounts amounting to £298 6s lOd were passed for payment. The Manager of the Masterton I Gasworks reported to the meeting iof ' the Masterton Borough Works i Committee, last evening, that the quantity of gas manufactured during the month of February was 1,212,900 cubic feet; as compared with 900,600 cubic feet for the corresponding month of last year, being an increase of 312,300 cubic feet. The amount of gas sold per meter was 1,043,500 cubic feet, as against 807,500 cubic feet for the month of February, 1906, being an increase of 236,000 cubic feet. The revenue for the month amounted to £496 2s 4d. The gas made for the month showed an increase of 34.67 per cent, and the gas sold per meter an increase of 29.266 per cent., as compared with the quantity made and sold for the corresponding month last year. The steel tank for the new gas holder had been delivered and all the material came to hand in* good • order. The i contractors for the erection of the new gas holder started jvork on March sth, and good progress was being made with the work. MERIT REWARDED BY COURT OP JUSTICE. The acknowledged good qualities and srcces* of SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT have brought oat 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., etc. : His Honour, when giving udoment 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 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 .'A SOUS' PURE VOLATILE EUCAIYPTI EXTRACT.

Colonial mails which left Melbourne on February 6th by R.M.S. via Brindisi, arrived in London on the night of the Bth instant, one day early.

The Masterton County Council have accepted the resignation of the assistant clerk, Mr A. Johansen, ?nd the Couny Clerk has been instructed to arrange to fill the vacancy on the staff.

The Treasury notified the Masterton County Council, yesterday, that the sum of £9OO would be paid to the Council in a few days for the construction of a bridge over the Taueru River on" the Te Ore Ore - Bideford Road. '

Mr John Whittaker, an old resident of Timara, died on Monday. The deceased was 71 years of age, and had been in the colony about 44 years. Six sons and three daughters, among 1 whom are Messrs W., James a;id Joseph Whittaker and Mrs J. M. Coradine, of Masterton, are left to mourn their loss.

0;i the of Cr Murray, seconded by Cr " Kebbell, it was decided, at the meeting of the Finance Committee of the Masterton County Council, yesterday, to make application to the Akitio County Council for payment of the promised contribution of £ls for expenditure on the Waihoki Valley Road.

John Baxter, a middle-aged man, who, in company with others, defrauded two "new chums" out of £IOO by means of a form of the "Confidence Trick," was sentenced by Judge Cooper, at Wellington, yesterday morning, to three years' hard labour. His Honour .said he was determined to put down this sort of thing. *.■ '

At the meeting of the Masterton County Council, yesterday, the following tenders were accepted: —Opaki District Road,- 350 cubic yards metal repairs, Messrs O'Connor and Jones, £44; Upper Plain, Fernridge and branch roads, 580 cubic yards metal repairs, Mr H. Evans, £95; Matahiwi Road, 810 cubic yards I metal repairs, Mr A. McLauchlan, '£100; Masterton - Waimata Road, 1,300 cubic yards metal repairs, Mr B. Culloty, £260; Waingaw'a-Camp and branch roads, 965 cubic yards metal repairs, Mr J. Andrew, £l6O "16s 8d; ' Brancepeth Road, 800 cubic yards metal repairs, .Mr B. Culloty, £l2O. : ' ■;■

According to a Press Association telegram from Christchurch a discovery of rare interest to art lovers has recently been made in Dunedin. A picture which had hung for many years in aprivate residence is stated to he a genuine Watteau. Mr A. Longden, British art commissioner at the Exhibition, who was in Dunedin recently, saw the picture and he says that it is a genuine Watteau, and worth a considerable sum of money. The picture was brought to the colony about forty years ago by a remittance man„ who left, it with a hotelkeeper .in payment for a debt. The hotelkeeper left it in the custody of the Bank of New Zealand for several years, and years ago gave it to his daughter as a wedding" present, and the picture has remained in her house ever since. ,

A .good general or plain cook is wanted by an advertiser.

The Matron of the Masterton Hospital requires a laundress.

An advertiser wishes to lease a six or seven roomed house with every convenience.

The regular monthly meeting of the Masterton Masonic Lodge will be held this evening.

Messrs Ross and Greenfield report the sale of Mr W. Willis' Opaki farm, of , 440 acres, to Mr Hugh Douglas, of Te Wharau.

.The proprietors of the Arcadia Tea* Rooms, Exchange Buildings, notify that the date of opening has been postponed till Wednesday next.

A farm of 211 acres at Te Ore Ore is advertised for lease by Messrs Whishaw and Co., land agents, Perry Street. The annual meeting of the Kia Kaha Hockey Club will be held in Mr L. Hughes' rooms, to-morrow afternoon, at 5.30 o'clock. All members and intending members are requested to be present. Messrs J. T. Barry and Co., land and estate agents, Feilding, advertise particulars of a general store--1 keeping business in a good West Coast town. The firm has also for sale a profitable brickmaking business. In the Wanted column in this issue Mr H. A. Whelch announces that the first shipment of his autumn and winter goods is to hand. The goods have been specially purchased to his order, and make a fine display. Inspection is invited. , The American Ladies' Tailoring Establishment, Wellington, announce the arrival of a big shipment of all kinds of the latest material for ladies' tailoring. The firm guarantee style, fit and workmanship with al orders, combined with promptitude. Ladies visiting Wellington are invited to call at their shop, 51 Manners' Street, and see for themselves the fine range of new materials. Particulars in connection with the clearing sale to be held to-morrow at Te Rangitumau, by Mr J. R. NicoV on account of Mr James Stuckey and Messrs Stuckey Bros., are now advertised. Owing to the large range of lines to be offered, the sale will commence at 1 o'clock sharp. It will be seen by the advertisement that the sale is well worthy of the attention'of those requiring furniture and effects, farm and station requisites, and poultry. A splendid line of eight dairy cows in full milk will also be offered for sale.

In another column Mr R. Pook, who is well-known in this town in connection with the cycle trade, announces that he has commenced business on his own account in Mason's Buildings, Queen Street. A specialty will be made of the Red Bird machine and B.S.A. bicycles and all accessories. The Red Bird is a very popular machine in the Wairarapa, strength, durability and easy running being its chief features. All kinds of repair work will also be undertaken, and clients can rely on their wants being, attended to promptly and efficiently.