LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8384, 19 March 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There are now 104 fire brigades affiliated to the New Zealand Fire Brigades' Association. The Opaki Rifle Club have accepted .the. inyitatjon of the Fairview Rifle Club, Club's range on Easter Monday, 1 ' '.

The Masterton Bowling Club will j send four rinks to Greytown on Thursday next to play a match against the local Club. At the Masterton Police Court, yesterday morning, Mr Eli Smith, J.P., convicted and discharged a, first offender for drunkenness. Messrs W. Udy and C. J. Kent- j Johnston have been nominated for the vacant seat on the Greytown Town Lands, Trust. j The monthly meeting of the Mastarton Hospital Trustees will he he!;! in the Borough Council Chambers, ac 10.30 o'clock, to-morrow morning. The P.ongokako Maori Council (Greyiow?)) 'h.-us been reconstructed, and Mr flare Parata is now chairman. Console Arnvjjr is the official representative on the council. Cr E. IV'cEv.'Ct! h :?.:■! been asked by ■ a i:;.r.':'ii)'.-:r oi" to e./nle:it the Mayoralty i-t tbe forthco'i-ing eb.:cio'i:;. C: - fdci-Aven h:u:, not yet given a delicto reply to too l-i-qu^t. The contractors are linking excellent progress with die new gaswhich is being installed at the Masterton Gasworks. The work will take about three months to complete. Owing to the lack of interest in rowing circles it has been decided to abandon the proposed regatta at Napier at Easter, although promises of support were received from many i outside clubs.

The Japanese ships, Hashidats, ltaukushinia and Matsushima, of . the training squadron, under ViceAdmiral Tomioka, have arrived at Suva, and will leave Fiji for Wellington on Saturday. v There is said to be a number of labourers out of work in Masterton owing to harvesting operations having been completed. During the past fortnight eleven men have been sent from Masterton to work on the North Island Main Trunk Railway. Messrs Fox, Page, Branston, Har rison, May, Douglas, Curwen, Tufnell, and Simpson-Haywarrl, members of the Marylebone Cricket Club (London) team which finished its tour of the colony last week, left Wellington for Home by the Sydney boat on Saturday afternoon. The plans for the accommodation hut on ,Mt. Holdsworth have been completed by Mr D. Dobson. They will now be sent down to the Tourist Department for approval. When the plans' are approved of the erection of the building will be proceeded with. A case of alleged manslaughter is to be heard at Greytown on Wednesday, states a telegram, when Charles and Emily Higgison will be charged before Mr W. P. James, S.M., "that they did unlawfully cause the death of Susan Higgison by neglecting to provide the said child with adequate food."

A very large and influential meeting of natives is to be held at Papawai. It is estimated that over one thousand are arriving daily by train and vehicles. The Government will, it is expected, be represented at the meeting, at which matters appertaining to the welfare- of the Maoris will be fully discussed. A man, named Henry Bernard Tomlinson, who mysteriously disappeared from Petone in January last, was arrested in Wanganui on Saturday and charged at the Court yesterday morning with the theft of monies belonging to the Temperance and General Life Assurance Society. Accused had been living in Wanganui under the name of Lindsay. He was remanded to Wellington. The Wairarapa School Committees' Association will hold a meeting tomorrow morning, when among the business to. be considered will be the question of installing septic tanks at country schools. The Wellington Education Board have reported adversely on the proposals for septic tanks, as outlined by Mr W. Jesson at the last meeting of the Association, but the Health Department have not considered the matter yet. For some time past (says a Press Association telegram from Christchurch) disputes have arisen between the Exhibition authorities aiid the proprietress of the Cherry Tea Rooms, concerning the right of the latter to hang an advertising placard on a statue of Apollo placed in the main corridor, just outside the door of one of the rooms. One of the Exhibition officials went to remove the placard on Friday night, and the proprietress interfered. A struggle ensued, in the course of which Apollo was thrown from his pedestal and was dashed to pieces on the floor. The statue formed part of the collection secured by Sir Joseph Ward in Italy.

An Auckland telegram states that the St. Patrick's Day picnic at Motutapu, on Saturday, was marred by an unfortunate incident. Three ferry steamers landed three thousand children and an equal;number of adults during the day. Ori'fiie homeward journey the children were sent away about live o'clock crowding three steamers. A crowd of three thousand people mostly adults, gathered on the narrow pathway waiting for the steamers' return, and it was 10.30 before the list of the excursionists reached town. In the crush at the island women and children suffered much discomfort, and many had to be assisted out of the crowd. Various articles of jewellery were lost. THE SUCCESSFUL MILKER. A short trial of a fe» months at the end of a season is no guide as to the reliability of any milking machine. Two full sea sons is the shortest period in which to deteimine it the machines have any- injurious efiYet on. the cows or their yield. Many previous machineg apDeared ts milk Satisfactorily for the lirst season, but, until the '•L*,WBENCE-KENNEDYGILLI I SS"was proved, every machine resulted in disaster during the second, but most frequently during the first sefcsori. The "L.K.G." can show rive years' practical use, and before any other machine can stand level, even on paper, it must give a five years' guarantee against loss of yield or iojnry to the cows. For full naviculars apply to J. B. Macßwan and Co., Ltd., U. 5.3, Co.'b Buildings, Wellington. Elderly people suffer much from rheumatism, gout, sciatica, and lumbago. l quickly cures by driving out tie excessiir»c ao ; il frorn-tbe blood., AllstQies. and chemists.'fyGand i/uv You just try it

An epidemic of measles has been rife about Lyttelton lately. The rolls of German trades unionists were increased by 355,718 ad - ditional members last year. During the past two years the various Oddfellows' Lodges in Taranaki have paid out £I,OOO sick benefits to the members of the Order. At a meeting of Burnside (Otago) slaughtermen, last evening, it was decided to form a union, and forty members have already joined. The first woman clerk was appointed to the Queensland Education Office recently. There were women typistes in the Departmet of Public Instruction, but no woman cierk. j At a poll, yesterday, the ratepayers i of the suburban borough of Mii-amar I (Wellington) carried a proposal to I borrow £12,000 for electric tramway J uurpeses. I It is computed by seme ofthe men j thai the fines inflicted 'on the strikers at the various Canterbury work;; must aggregate about £1,400, of which the Belfast and Islingtcn men have paid about £7OO. ' The iron and timber for the bridge at Waterfalls between Alfrc-dton and Rakaunui are now being procured. The work of erecting the bridge will te commenced at once. The district between Alfredton and Mauriceville is receiving a great deal of attention in the matter of load making at present. The principal works are beingcarried out by the Government.

A painful accident occurred at Napier, on Friday, to a little girl named Clegs, of Whetukura. It appears that she was passing between the carriages of tho excursion train, when the buffers clos-ad on her foot, crushing two of her toes. The road from Mangaone Valley to. Newman is now being metalled. The whole length of the road, however, will not be metalled as there is not sufficient money available for the work this year. The road is a useful one for sheep-farmers, and dairymen in the district. The Bendigo (Victoria) branch of the Amalgamated Miners' Association, with 2,000 members, last year lost ?,Q by miners' complaint (con- n sumption). This is at the appalling rate of 18 per 1,000. which, as far as can be ascertained, is unequalled anywhere in the world. It is becoming the talk of the i West, says the Queensland Worker, I that since the contracting system of' shearing has been introduced shearing of wet sheep is a common occurrence. May not that account for some of the fires we read of occasionally on homeward-bound vessels from Australia?

A record compiled by Mr Ell,' M.H.R., shows that since the introduction of the system of rating on unimproved values, polls- have been demanded in 82 districts, with a view of adopting the system. Following are the results:—Counties, twenty won, none lost; road districts, ten won, two lostj total twelve; town districts, two lost; cities, and boroughs, thirty-eight won, ten lo3t\ Mr J. C. Scott, Inspector of theRoads Department, is having a road formed to connect the Tawataia Valley with the Mangaone road. When constructed, the road will shorten the distance to Eketahuna by four miles. The road will also enable supplies of metal to be taken to Tawataia. Excellent progress is being made with the work, which, it is expected, will be completed in about six weeks. At the Fire Brigades' Conferenceat Christchurch, yesterday afternoon, a delegate from a Southern brigade, who had been locked up for drunkenness, yesterday morning, while in uniform, was ordered by the President to retire from the Conference •and remove his uniform. The man expressed regret for what bad happened, and obeyed the order of the President. Lieut.-Engineer Wheater approached the Taranaki Petroleum Company, on behalf of the Admiralty,, yesterday, with regard to a supply of crude petroleum for naval purposes. The Company made an offer to supply 200 barrels daily right away, or if the Admiralty laid the pipes to the wharf to supply any quantities required. Lieut.-Engineer i Wheater will communicate with the ! Admiralty at once on the matter.

In the course of an address at Raetahi, last week, Mr Fowler, organiser of the Farmers' Union in the Wellington provincial district, urged that the spiling price of New Zealand wool should be fixed by the pastoralists—and not by the brokers. A firstclass expert should be appointed at a, good salary —say £2,000 a year, which would mean a rate of 4Jd per bale —and he would be able to go tothe auction room and see that the clip was not sold below a certain price. Mr Fowler was convinced that if such a system was adopted the fanners would receive moremoney for wool than they did under \he present arrangement. ( Two five-roomed houses at Island Bay, Wellington, were destroyed byfire about 2 o'clock on Sunday morning. One was occupied by Mrs Leonidas Smith, and the other by Mr Patrick Lundon, land agent. The outbreak is stated to have originated in Mrs Smith's bedroom. Mr Thos. Yourelle, a neighbour, was awakened by a woman screaming. He ran out, arid found Mrs Smith lying in a creek which ran past the front of her house. He pulled her out of the water which was only a few inches deep,, and found that she had been burnt about the head, hands and feet. He summoned a doctor, and the latter had her removed to the hospital in an ambulance. Mrs Smith is in a. very serious condition. Tub Ceiyebwy op Samper »nd Soxs Poke VoLAIILB EtICAIA'PTI EXTIUCT is universally acknowledged. Royalty honours it, and- the eoUrfe medical, profession has adopted its usp. Imitations sprung up without number. The,latest of theni—as styled •' Extracts "—was oil foisted,upon the trjsttng and nnw«v under the grossest" misuse of Sander ahd Sons' reputation. Sander and Sods instituted an action at the Supreme Court of Victoria, before His Honour Chief Justice Sir J. Madden, K.C.M.G., etc., and at the trial a sworn witness testified that ho had to stop the use of counterfeits on account of the irritation produced. This shows what cave is required to obtftin an article that is scientifically tested and approved; 0f.,. As such is Burely; endorge'd' and recommended the GENUINE SANDfltt ;ANp-SONS! PUBES VOLATILE. EUCALYPTI EXTJU CT;

There are 172 furniture factories in' New Zealand employing 1,528 hands. Steady rain has fallen in the Masterton district during the past two daya, and in consequence the rivers are in flood. Heavy rain has also fallen at Palmerston North, Hastings, Napier, and other towns in Hawke's Bay. Single men to the number of 652 t and 112 married men were assisted by the Labour Department in obtaining work during last month. Slackness of trade was the reason given by all the men as the cause of \ their failure to get work. .-i Five of the prisoners who worked so hard a few weeks ago in putting out the grass fire on the Sumner ftoad (Canterbury) have been granted a remission of their respective sentences, varying from six months to seven days.

Tradespeople declare that money -was harder to get in last month than. in any like period for years past, is the comment, of the Labour Journal's Greymouth correspondent, wno adds that the Exhibition is accountable for this unsatisfactory turn in business. Information was received in Masterton, yesterday, that the Antonios Flat Dredge washed-up Ooz 15dwt for a short week owing to the coal running short. A letter was received ". from Mr G. L. Tacon, the Greymouth \director, who staies that, from all he has learnt so far, quite enough lias been done to demonstrate that j they had a first-class property. When | the dredge is properly opened out Mr McGregor, the dredgemaster, expects big returns.

A telegram from Dunedin states that Mr Ernest Cargill Cutten has been appointed a stipendiary magistrate, and will be located at Napier. Mr Cutten was born in 1867, in Dunedin, and was educated in England and also at the Boys' High School, Dunedin, and the Otago : ; University. He was Judge's Associ- - Ate to Judge Williams|for some time, and has been in practise at Naseby for about ten years. Ho has been Mayor of Naseby for the last five years. New Zealand grown grapes were being sold in the streets of Wellington last week for sixpence per nound, ■which was the best South Australia •was to do under the proposed scheme 'allowing grapes to be imported from that State. One thing local growers have yet to !eur,n is the proper manner to pack grapes that have to , travel. Those exposed in the street ' barrows in Wellington were very fair '-specimens, but although they were a little, if anything, on the immature aide, they! were as crushed and broken as if they were over-ripe. Reporting to the Labour Department upon the condition of the building trade in the various centres during last month, the New Zealand district secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners supplied the following notes: —Auckland, fair; Christchurch, dull; Dannevirke, no return; Dunedin, good; Gisborne, slack; Gore, quiet, « several out of work; Master ton, good; Napier, good; Nelson, fair; kOamaru, fair; Petone-Hutt, 3lack; Pahiatua, quiet; Paimerston North, . moderate; Rotorua, good; Wellington, fair; Timaru, fair.

There was only a fair attendance atthe Town Hall, last evening, when ! the Taylor-Carrington Company staged the sensatonial drama, "Disowned." Those present, however, thoroughly enjoyed the piece. Mr Ward Lyons, as Allen Desmond, carried out his part in a capable manner. In the role of Paul Norman, Mr H. Nightingale was good. Mr Charlie Taylor, as Darby Dwyer, was excellent. Miss Ella Carrington gave a faithful" pourtrayal of the part of kate Desmond, wife of Allon Desmond, and her acting was warmly applauded. The other characters were in capable hands. The scenic effects were good. A young dairy cow in full milk is advertised for sale. • A lost chestnut horse is advertised for. A A laundress is wanted for the Masterton Hospital. ■ Boys and youths unable to swim are cautioned "against bathing in the artificial lake in the Masterton Park.

Goloshes and gum boots, all sizes, from children's upwards, can be obtained from Mr J. Carpenter's boot store, at very moderate prices. Mr Imlay Saunders, land agent, Wanganui, advertises particulars of "a first-class highly-improved farm of 479 acres. This property is close to a railway and large town, and easy terms are offered., In another column, Mr A. A. Narby, a well-known stock dealer, announces that he has purchased the butchery business in Masterton hitherto conducted by Mr J. Montgomery. The proprietor is in a position to buy the very best meat, and customers can rely on receiving every attention. Messrs A. White and Co. have just received a big consignment of smokers' requisites of every description, including all the popular brands of tobaccos and cigarettes. The firm have also a big assortment of presentation pipes, cigar and cigarette holders, all in cases, which are quoted at reasonable prices and are well worth inspection. Pew hotels in Wellington are better known than the New Zealander, Manners Street. This old-estab-lished and popularjhostelry has lately been re-built on the most up-to-date lines. The present proprietor is Mr M. J. Donnelly, formerly of the Railway Hotel, Eketahuna, and rt;ore recently of the Masonic Hotel, Wellington. In Mr Donnelly country visitors will find a genial and courteous host, and as the New. Zealander Hotel is centrally situated,, it will be found a convenient residence during a visit to Mr Donnelly has a business notice in another column., It DiZZI'BS the Wobld. No discovery in medicine ban ever created one quarter of the interest that has been caused by Dr. Bbelden's New Discovery for Coughs, Colds, and Consumption. It has brought .relief in the most hopeless cases when all else has failed. For sale hv H. E. Eton, Chemiet, Mas-'\':'terlbn"j^Bwili.eV'Qarteftort,'an,«!-the' Man- ,' ■ rioeville Co-operative, .Store, M.,ufieeville .-'■' West.": *:■*■?:•■•■'■ " ■ ;.'",.. ' -