LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8383, 18 March 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It will be a drop of the niai^^4^od|?^|lr!K' —-Four pears grfrfe^at<^e*gae School, Rotorua, wh(^*|M^w^ghedi 31b Boz. ' The attendance -at during .last week wa,s 72,91»7,„ which' brings*tiie t&tal'to date to" 1*532^189.,"^ damage caused by the latfc cyclone in the Wellington district// N<s'Skifflf Walei, is estimated • n'i •„: v .-./«• ftp • *y- ■ ' f f !«-It is probable 'tfiat a new lodgeM" : the Independent ; Ocdps —will Jxi established, in Masterton' '^sKortly. 1 '" M^^. f, 'Er(3new is organising the movement, which is meeting* with some success. , ' 1J ■ • ! '■ ~ . ■■ ■■ ■ ■■" J-'DjJ • %In fvipw of "of r tl;6 Sunday Scho ; ol f . ~€6 be held on April 14th, the children;,attending the ~j£sphool ar£ f ej?gaged' irj; . special 'songs'" tinder " 'leadership of Mr R. J. Young. '> the talc-en la&b there w&re 1,872 churches atf#' ■ehafielgfiin Ne£ty Zeal?nd, with sejatiri# . for 375,908'art#'*the 1 aggregate "usual*' . 4 ■ y. 1 ? %Wetidrowit'ilaritk asgistecL -bX'M*' Josepjn;DftWSoc-^j-.has?, made,. valuation o£,«the Reserves ill Ihl? HtfireaKa'land-'" mikaftM districts? - Tare' 1 Shortly* toxbd'throwii open ? , dogiej settlement. The values atfriyq'fjj ' next meeting of the Board, j'jrjj vh'i Uli 'ZOdiJii ? v > -v-f Ttee» [ mission, is I .' » at}: Ghristchtirbh; 'into,ftfe r recent fire kt' v _ ?'wjtrieisses ori |Satur-" i day bUt' ribne ? wefc able' , to account'for Ibs ifref' ' Incfendia'r-' ism' iswstotflt anfe the" ' (sp&Atsfnebite < - i, &sVnbUMtkm v * theory I'sJ > .not favoured.* t ti'S'l. "tHsV^J ,[ . r :,f £Qn>,the {RbiJiati-Cafcholkarof Brazil?'' * as- "a I BP the a pi- I '' ' jaointndent of a Bralzil'i&V ££-tse first' . ond of the' fejlsteijee. It' ■ -isJitaj ajbum with a cover of piir'e gold l ' anjcru Stjed' 1 IfritK' <& itiiis 51 kftinfes. It j nortrait ' 'ofctbe- Popa}- isijfrounded"* by [ninety ' diamonds^of^ 1 the'-' purest/water, and' rbears J,!the Plip 1 4i' f ' iin did-'' Toori'ds' and «, f ' named James Rfchn|dy ap;, the Masterton •CjouVt,' s-on" Saturday morning, charged* with having no vtitble means of sup- t ■po^ti' ar»d with -the-theft of 4& opal; ring£v&lued?iat^^2, i -; the- property of. Peteif.Hanser^.. ; that- i he; with hotel ring-, and offered 'iiH'v,)Tif§ accuseds denied thati Hansen gave Accused to tbejothers who were more of it. Idered that 'therCwjß&nioJs to '• e^yiet^^ chatrge; 'and' d Xw them., 1 j end ,of a season oq guide, aa to tjie r*»liability' of any milking mtiohine. Two fall" sea'X" sobs In the. shp?te&t' period" ih, whlqih to determine it the machines'have nny i/>jurioua effect; on the cows or their yield. Many' previous inacliines apneared ta milk fialis- ■ factorily for (he first season, but., until .the I '•LfcWHEJSCE.KENNEDr.'GIIiLI'W was proved, evfiry machine, >esulißd in disaster^. during tbe ,seooml, bus*most during <the fiist &<>ast)u. 'JPbe jfftft'*! practical ueft," t before any-othfeV can stand Jevel,- >. even on.paper, jt .Kjust give a five ' the cows. For full particulars. apply,to J, s , B. M*bEwan/rnl>4j'Gb., iIJ.S.S.\OcJa Buildings, Wellington.

A* young school teacher has died near Wrexham, England (says the London Daily Mail), through taking"the blue half" of a seidlitz powder without "the white half.'' A doctor at the i-vquest said the blue half taken alone would produce a depressing effect on the heart.

Tenders for the following works have been accepted by the Wellington Education Beam: —Repairs to the school ; residence nfc Kaiwaiwai, Mr H. ,C , . Skipagc; for a residence at Clareville,. . Mr A. R. Wallis; for painting, Kahautuv., Messrs W. Benton and. Son. % - .'

The Hon. G. Fowlds said at Auck- ■ land that, with careful realisation cf . the property at the close oftheEx-r.. hibition, the deficiency would probably be as low as £25,000, and against this there was the additional telegraphic, postal, and railway revenue to be taken into.consideration.

Mr McNab, Minister• for Lands, says that the Agricultural Department, in the endeavour to raise the standard of the stock on the! Levitt,, State Farm, is paying for the best; cows obtainable practically anything 1 .\- the owner likes to ask, and" he ..is prepared to pay for any to the best of the Levin herd from £2O to £3O. ~.>.* . . . j, r ,^ A milk substitute made from beana is shortly to.be put on the English market. The discovery hails from Japan. Acceding to this invention, beans ' are first boiled and then" pressed in order to extract the juice. TJiis. latter has an appearance and taste closely resembling cow's milk, . and to it aMittle sugar"and phosphate of potash is added,.the latter to prevent the formation of albumen. It is said-that this new substance can be . produced at a price much fce'ow that of cows' milk. Tre Arbitration. Court at Reef ton adjourned the shearing of a case re-garding'-ary increase in miners' wages ■ in order to hear, a breach of 'award . case against .the Consolidated Gold .. . Fields Company by the Inspector of ! Factories for an alleged lock-out of miners in January, 1906. The com- - pany claims that the stoppage..of< ■;. woric ..in, .the mine due to nee'es-v sary work in order to .comply-with, ■'■*-■''♦ the bank to bank clause in. the •'"r"" Mining Act Amendment Act, 1905.; ;''j'' In a letter just received in Sydney, from Valparaiso the writer sayst, "*;■ "Since the, disaster, of August. 16tK; V ' last year, there have been-shocks ,- w daily, more'or-less severe; No at- .'* tempt has been made at re-building, -" the city, and no. effort in that direction will be made for a long time. People prefer to live, out of doors in. tin huts or tents, the parks and public places being completely occupied. . in this way. The experience gained on August 16th' shows that no building is . safe unless -built well into' solid rock. Those on .raised sand must come to grief." ' o'. "An., .advertiser, requires a lady jtypiste. , r , • x- ■.

\ . advertiser wants to lease a six:1 fboSied' house ,with paddocks pre--"??i<ii.nria'dVertiser, wishes to purchase' N , of.land within, three..miles '*.>■ j b'fpM'astertoftv . . .'. :M"TvS-i ji), <.;<'■ n't . , ■ . r 3 Mr,^Hugh ii; Esa notifies that all ac-'' , if not paid at , (Opce,/ w4]j; b«£ sued, for without furr , - ', '/ ' t fMr^C? ; -V. l ' i Daffjr ? > 'Manager of the " J, Com--1 '.pahW bflers sej/eraf ;£ J in. new .' s3wini''ma!chines. i ii::.'i AC' ', f .Jd:;\-' 'aThei'NeW'Zealahdßailwaya Depart- ■ irhenlh special trains;,-and irfflretf-to*tonflebfcioh WitH [ the Master- , o»V-Thu*s'day<iafid'a-iFjfciday i iii">'i)?.LV>,<:u . e i'l'-jhj}^ ii F j;M^^^ us ka).ij3i gr.pstjjand a&ents, ; ;PahifttuaHfads^rt^o < a h^ye.jhsen^.laced;- t !in(f^ejr for ..tSafejfij.jift Oil 01 passing in' pu ; ?su^ ; ,p| ( . aeer^^.pther at ' »~8 '''o-^lock^f&nigW l ' v '^e' ; Kev<.' A. : 1 ;,f sec*et«afy ,J of the 'A'asbc'iatltfhJPwill deh'Ver r; cA) nii'skiiJnary vt'olrk'J' i'tjJ-fjui.y LiwxlK vvsri sn ? '-ii'! .ofvvj-oh'iv., y t t hdndieaps >^fg)!)jtbe< ehopp> : ing ghd hurdlepj?a,ce hari* j ndicapiv;»t the ...EcsrtyrMiiile! ißusbtAthiteiicLC Socie.tyi's£J;apprtSi;imeeting, on !; Thucsday nare ,®ubjishe.djfpr the ;ibenefitiPf'/corn ( p.e.titp3Cs,i; J .«;j;,j l L>nioc ' ,Messr^,\V hishaw^.anq.-Co., p^,-Mas-..mpst-, yalua.ble , .freehold,. blocks m ,ftja.town. §e, : blqck by„Mfi,s,srs J. If and.. H.- Fanning,, and sf^t^:; t a fl, to- v l ge,ther.-with',bujildings thereon. t[ ltis' ■' , t 'at pccfipiedj, by';,M'^lj)'Arcy' ; roakgr,,' "'Messr , g ; fe:-R ! eynolds''a'iid Gb'./'Ltd., ' "Victtffia [ &t(& r Willis:Streets,VWel'iHn,gibn,,l'are^a^gi!r f atihg their-win» . s te¥ ; 'spjortS fefeaspn" by" ' Heavy - shipments ,, ' J df \ f atf'"'classes' of 'liigh■gfade 1 "-sporting"' gbbds.""- r Erith'u'sfastic follbwers of- football; 1 and ■gblf Will find'all'their wants-catered ,: mdst 'reasonable .\vhile' t sp§cial i '''concessions -'are,''made Readers', are'-advised to 'write to the-' firm for 'prices' and further particulars"; --'■'■'■:■■ "■•'- MERIT jfißWAjitt«n ~BJ ""COlifeTOF '■■' '-'-' •'■ jubtijdb.; 1 . 1 ; ' ' ,"The'acknowledged poocf'Qualities and <B*coesq-of PANDRB;*' SONS'v'tfiUCA.'. LYPTP BXTMCT have brbught'out many .imitations, and ; one"caso was,just tried in A thjß Supreme .Court of, yietnria,, before bis .Honour 'Chief' ".Justice ;-J9ji J.,, Madden XC.iI.G,:, etc!., IlJs;Hon'o;ur, wheji jgjnlng : m'&QtNmi "' sam" with. the .- ■ "GB*(tJIMB N B, ;EtTC- • LYPTI v^heneVer^'an article'' is commended '.to the - pcbtio by ' reason #.its good ..quality, oto>, it .-a noi to • imitafeaapry r -,9?. its features. He rp'ptrained ' JhV, Imitators ( perpetually dbjng'io; apd ornen?^"them to pay all ■ cofcts. We publish tbis'to afford the public an them?eivea ; and of seouripg what is proved beyond. aH ! doabt,by skilled, at the" Supreme. . Court-'of ajod'py„mft'ny authorities ' duiing, waj;s;to'b6 a' preparation - ■ V Ta-.cure rheuma'tisin..'gout 1 scijiioaj.and v ,/lumbagoy;thoj;..escebfiC l po''iß9rtbu9.'- l lirlo«ftoid \;- ■ iinust'be-.xemo.vedfr,t'lwSD»p « and p)Wm»!ie4tly,.dp;Hhi3„C; All - and stores, ?/fl and 4/6. Just trj t it.>?

King Alfonso, of Spain, has re--covered from the attack of influenza tfrom which he has been suffering.

It is reported that the shortage of trucks for sheep is becoming more ■ acute. It is costing this district, says the Feilding Star, hundreds of .pounds every week, owing to the delay in getting away stock.

Owing to the large amount of building now going on in New Plymouth and Northern Taranaki, master builders are experiencing trouble in obtaining carpenters. The building trade in New Plymouth has never been brisker than at present.

People in Germany are getting anxious about the relative decrease in the number of cattle in the Ten years ago there were 35 head of cattle and 20 sheep for every 100 people. These numbers have now fallen to 32 cattle and 13 sheep per 100 inhabitants, and, in consequence, the price of meat has risen about 38 per cent.

The body of the late Mr Nicholas Stenhouse, who died suddenly at Kaitoke on Wednesday evening, was brought to Masterton by train on Saturday morning. The funeral left the railway station for the cemetery. The cortege included a large number *©f Greytown settlers, among whom the deceased was well-known. The "Rev, A. T. Thompson conducted the services at the graveside, and the pall-bearers were Messrs F. and I. O'Connor and S. and N. Fuller.

Replying to an Auckland deputation, which urged the Government to inaugurate a scheme of agricultural education in the Auckland district, Mr Fowlds said he was in sympathy with any reasonable proposal to extend the benefit of agricultural -education.' Mr McNab. had also "'taken a keen interest in the subject. 'Whatever was done should be done "by the co-operation of the two departments 1 ' to prevent overlapping. He would confer with Mr McNab to see what could be done. The Government, he added, was already spending a lot of money on education. Can/sou Blame Hub? 'JI at last she tires of the fault finding or a •dyspeptic husband ft"d leives Tho -worst of the dyspeptic 13 that he do«s not his own meanness. His word is •entirely out of perspostive. A man is only as strong as his stomach. When tho stomach is diseased all tho other organs -suffer. Dr. Sheldon's Digestiva Tftbules are the sufferers' tiea of life. They will • cure him and bring him health and happi- ; ness'just as certain as he takes them. They are eure because they are a natural :remedy, and contain exactly the ( ?arho •chemical properties as tha digestive fluid 3 iin the stomaca Fjr sa'e by H. E. Eton, 'Chemist, Masterton, J Bailiie, Car terton, and the Mauriceviile C>operati:3 Store, Mauriceviile West.