LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8380, 14 March 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is notified in the New Zealand Gazette that the albatross is now protected, and the. taking or destroying of eggs is prohibited.

Lewis Lambkin, aged 16 years, died in the Narrandera Hospital (Victoria) recently from blood poisoning caused, it is thought, by the kick of a gun. ••

A unique record for regular school attendances has been established by a family named Redhead at Northampton (England), five of the children having earned 29 medals. It is stated that about 80 slaughtermen intend to leave the colony by an early steamer for the Argentine, where, it is understood, they have been promised work at their calling.

At the Masterton Police Court, yesterday morning, before Mr W. H. Beetham, J.P., a first offender was convicted and discharged for having been drunk.

The jurors' list for Masterton has been compiled, and objections to the same will be heard at a meeting of Justices of the Peace to be held at the Masterton r Courthouse on April sth. >

A special meeting of the directors of the Masterton Co-operative Dairy Company will be held on Saturday next, to consider matters in connection with the issue of shares on the butter-fat system. Thomas Mitchell, a well-known settler at Puru, near Thames, shot himself dead with a gun yesterday morning. No details are available as to Whether it was a case of suicide or an accident. The deceased was a single man about 50 years of age. The Governor arrived at Whangarei, yesterday afternoon, after a rough trip from Russell. He was presented with an illuminated address, and banqueted in the evening at the Kamo Sanatorium. He .will proceed to Auckland to-day. The Church Army, England, has issued a scheme for the emigration to Canada of 20,000 poor and unemployed persons, the proposals being set out in a letter signed by the Duke of Argyll, a former Governor-General of Canada, by the Earl of Meath, president, and by Lord Cheylesmore, treasurer of a fund of £20,000 which is required to carry out. the scheme.

| Some of the the recent election for the Federal Senate, says a Melbourne paper, have sent a letter to the electoral department, in which they ask that the support given to any candidate by a newspaper shall be chargeable at'election advertisement rates against the candidate's expenses as allowed under the Act. i> The letter is signed by Mr Chas. Atkins, Mr Stephen Barker, Mr T. Tunnecliffe (who was unsuccessful), and by Senator Russell. No action has yet ( been taken with regard to the letter.

An extraordinary story of the voyage of a small sailing craft bound from Auckland to Samoa, was taken to Sydney by the Hauroto. It appears that the vessel, concerned, the cutter Lily, 15 tons, after several narrow escapes from striking reefs, put into' Suva \vith the" master, - Captain Sopwith, ill. The vessel's chronometer had run down, and , there was, no barometer, flags, night signals, or boatswain's stores—not evens a marlinspike—and provisions were low. The sole ' cooking appliance was a nail-can. For several days the Lily, which was loaded with timber arid sundries, drifted in strange waters dangerously close to reefs. Captain Callaghan, of the cutter Tui Navua, spoke to the Lily, and at the'request of the' latter's crew navigated the craft to Suva. 1

Mr W. Fox, a member of the Maori Council, has applied for a Gazette notice to be issued ordering the disposal of the late Tohu's money to be considered by ihe Native Land Court, which is' to sit in Hawera this month. So far as is known the money accumulated by Tohu amounts to £26,000. It is mostly in gold; and is contained in kerosene tins. Some woman at Parihaka is said to be keeping it at present. Mr Fox says that the money really belongs to the Native followers of the deceased, the latter having been'holding it in trust. Mr Fox's idea is that the money should be devoted to some purpose J that would benefit a large number of j I Maoris, and thinks educational pur-! poses the most advisable. . | THE (MILKING MACHINE. | Wo oiler a word o£ warning to prospeo- i tive purchasers of milking maohines; who I are inclined to hold off in anticipation of j so-called unproved machines being placed on the market. The experience in the past has always been that these anticipations are never realised. There ate dozens dairy farmers to-day who will tell you ttiat last season they lost, in labour alone, tbe price of a " LAWRENCE-KENNEDY-GILLIES " Milking Plant,, through waiting for other improved (?) machines. Don't be misled by flasbly worded advertisemeits, and, like the dog in the falbe, lose' the substance while trjing to grasp the shadow that looks bigger. The "L.K.G." is the only tried and proven machine, haviingbepn in practical use now for over live j years'and don't forget it. For lull par- I ticulars apply to Jl' 3. MitcEwan and Co , : Ltd., U,,S,S. Co.'s Buildings, Wellington.

During Easter week two extra mail rains will be run to and from Wellington and Napier.

The death is announced of Mrs W. L. Handcock, one of the earliest settlers of Golden Bay.—Association. A sharp shock of earthquake was felt in Wellington, at 10.14 o'clock on Tuesday night.

The Wellington Education Board has appointed Miss F. Pritchard sole teacher at West Taratahi.

Colonial mails, which left Auckland via San Francisco, per the R.M.S. Sonoma, on February 7th, arrived in 'London on March 12th.

Mr von Reden has been appointed by the Eketahuna County Council as their assessor at the next sitting of the Valuation Court.

It is stated that Messrs A. Haughey and E. G. Williams will be candidates for seats on the Masterton Borough Council at the forthcoming elections.

Mr 11. A. Parkinson, the headmaster of the Greytown District High School, has been appointed to a similar position in the Newtown School.

A Nelson telegram states that the weather is very bad in Golden Bay, and owing to continuous rain floodS j are feared. Hop-picking has been greatly retarded. vv;i

The Rev. R. Richards, of the Church, who has been labouring in Greytown for the past twelve months, has received word ofjiis appointment to Ashburton. ' rcrtntitggSSSS

The Clerk reported to the meeting of the Eketahuna County Council, on Saturday, that the rates were now coming in very freely. ' Over !£I,BOO had been received during the last four weeks.

At the meeting of the Kia Toa Hockey Club (Greytown), on Monday evening, Miss E. Humphries was re-elected captain and Miss 0. Beard secretary. Miss I. Dunn was elected treasurer. It was decided to commence practice to-day. The following will represent the Masterton Lawn Tennis Club against Eketahuna Lawn Tennis Club, at Masterton. to-dayA. R. Sclanders, D. Caselte.'g, J. B. Moodie, E. J. Mirams, H. H. Donald, N. H. JameS, E. Eagar, J. Caselberg, H. M. Boddington and P. Gordon. Play will commence at 1.30 p.m. sharp.

Cabinet has considered the tenders received' for the steam service between New Zealand, Norfolk Island and Noumea (New Caledonia), and has declined to accept any of the offers ma,de, on the ground that the subsidy asked in ea<ih case is too heavy. This practically means that' the effort of the Government open up trade with the: places mentioned will be abandoned.; Replying to a question as to whether freehold or leasehold property grew more weeds, Mr Matheson replied, at his meeting at Cheltenham the other night; that whenever the members of the Land Commission passed,a property overrun with weeds, the freeholders exclaimed it was leasehold, and leaseholders insisted it was freehold. As they were equally divided, it was difficult to get at the state of affairs. It was stated by a restaurant keeper at a deputation to the Minister for Labour, at Wellington, on Tuesday, that trade .had considerably diminished since the advent of the electric trams. Many, people who formerly were obliged to get their meals in ,town were now able to get to their homes and back to work inside an hour. At present the restaurantkeepers depended most for their livelihood on people arriving by late trains and steamers.The Minister was also informed that the .operation of the half-holiday .from 1 p.m. was found to be very irksome, and several restaurant-keepers were contemplating giving up business.. A married couple without encumbrance seek position on stiation. ' A .smart youth is wanted for the fancy department, at the W.F.CjA. Mr W. Wilkes, baker, has for sale a horse, harness'and baker's cart. Gas consumers are notified, that to-morrow is the, last day on which discount will be allowed on current accounts. . Messrs J. Graham and Co.. invite inspection of their new season's drapery, which includes the latest novfelties in all departments.' ■'/ Mr W. H. Cruickshank advertises particulars of a number of town and country properties which have been placed in his'hands for sale. At the Masterton Auction Mart, on Saturday,- Mr J. R. Nicol e will sell a wide range of furniture, particulars of which are given in an advertisement. On page 8 of this issue Messrs Whishaw and Co; advertise particulars of a large number of properties which have been placed in their hands for sale. The Wellington Acclimatisation Society notify elsewhere! in this issue that the deer shooting season will commence on March 29th, and close on May 15th. Full particulars may be found upon reference to the announcement.

The public are reminded of the great sale of Mr D'Arcy Ford's drapery at Mr J. R. Nicol's auction mart, in Bannister Street. A private sale of goods will be held to-day and tor morrow, and the balance will be sold by auction on . Saturday. ,A special display will, be made all this (week, , and the public are. invited to call and make an inspection. * MERIT 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 his 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 publio 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 VOLATILE • EUCAIYPTI EXTRACT.

Owing to the moving on of the cooperative labourers in the vicinity of Turangarere, states the Auckland Herald, the police station there has been closed. , A woman was convicted for the one hundred arid ninth time for drunkenness, at Dunedin, yesterday, and sentenced to seven days' imprisonment. It was stated that it was intended to .have her committed to the receiving home for drunkards at Christchurch.

* A Thames telegram states that a prospector had a fearful experience in the bush district at the back of the Thames. He became ill, and was- - attacked by blindness, lying helpless jk and without food for days. He was kV found by an Austrian, who succoured y him.

F- At a conference of delegates of the various tailoring unions in the colony, at Christchurch, it was decided to form a federation under the title of the Federated Order of Shop Tailors, Tailoresses, and Machinists and Pressers' Industrial Union of Workers Federation. Th,e main object is to procure a universal set of conditions for the tailoring trade in the colony. , The Wairarapa battalion of public school cadets will hold the annual shooting competitions at the Papawai range next Saturday. The matches . are as follow: —No. 1: Prizes to the -amount of £5 presented by the Wairarapa Rifle Association. No. 2: Teams match for battalion shield. « No. 3: Championship prizes presented W.F.C. A. The battalion shield is •at present held by the Greytown corps, and Lieutenant Drummond, of the same corps, was champion at last year's meeting.

. The luxurious growth of noxious weeds on Maori lands has been no- £ ticed by members of the Egmont (Taranaki) Road Board, and at the , , last meeting it was decided that the Minister for Agriculture be written ( to pointing out the great necessity ( fpr having a Short Act passed to com- . _ pel the Maoris to clear their lands of i Ci noxious weeds, as it was of very little use for European farmers to ( clear their lands if those owned by , Maoris were left as now, with seed . from weeds there being carried on to adjoining lands. Mr 11. MeNait addressed a crowded i meeting at Taihape, on Tuesday night, on the Land Bill. The Mayor > was ,in the chair. A motion was i moved thanking the Minister for his lucid address by Mr H. Carton, i settler, and Mr Ivess moved an ; amendment, that no Land Bill which did not contain a provision to con-* cede the option of the freekold to [3 k settlers holding land under the 1892 Act would be acceptable to the country. The Mayor declared the motion carried, the announcement of his decision being disputed. A Press Association telegram states that Mr William H. Baker, ' B.Sc., a son of Mr W. Baker, the well-known mine rrianagerjat Thames, has been selected from thirteen applicants as director of the Thames School of Mines. The recommendation will be forwarded to the Mines Department. Mr Baker was a graduate of the Otago University, and the holder of the Thames School of I Mines Scholarship. : He was formerly assistant director of the Thames L# School of Mines, director of the Technical School at the Tasmanian University, and is at present assistant lecturer at the Kalgoorlie School of Mines. The annual: meeting of the representatives of the ' New Zealand District of the Australasian Catholic Benefit Society was held at Auckland . yesterday. The annual report stated that there was a general increase in "funds and in memberships, particularly at Dunedin and Wellington, while Christchurch, Auckland, and elsewhere had abnormal influx. The general fund had a credit balance of £4O, and the guarantee fund a credit - of £3O 9s 2d. : The amount of; sick fund in the branches was £9,069, : and the incidental fund in the branches was £1,378 16s lOd. The 1 ' benevolent fund contained £240 12s • Bd. Mr David Galloway, whose death in his 89th year, occurred on Monday last, was one of Wellington's " earliest settlers, having landed at Petone in 1840. He resided in the Hutt Valley for some twelve years, and then went to the Pahautanui district, where he spent the rest of ' his life. For a period of ten years Mr Galloway, who. went in for, farming, represented the Porirua district in the Wellington Provincial Council. Mr Galloway leaves nine children, seventy grandchildren, and twenty great-grandchildren. Of his . * five sons, four are farmers at Pahautanui, and another has a farm at Woodville. Can sou Blame H«k? Jf at last she tires of the fault- finding ot a dyspeptic husband and leives him? The . worst of the dyspeptic 13 that ha doea not realise his own meanness. His ,world is entirely out of perspective. A man is only . as strong as his stomach. When the stomach is diseased all the other organs suffer. Dr. Sheldon's Digestive Tabules are the sufferers' tree of life. They will cure him and bring him health and happiness just as certain as he, takes them. 5 They are sure because they are a natural remedy, and contain exactly the same chemical properties as the digestive fluids in the Btomach< For sale by H. E. Eton, Chemist, Masterton, J. Baillie, Car' Wf terton, and the Mauricevilla Co-operati .-j Store, Manrieeville West.