LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8386, 21 March 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At Greytown, on Tuesday, Miss Roberts, daughter of the Postmaster at Greytown, was married to Mr H. Hawke. The statutory meeting of the Wairarapa District Hospital Board will be Held on Wednesday next, at 12 noon. The plans for the accommodation hut on Mount Holdsworth have been forwarded to the Tourist Department for their' approval. The residents of Essex Street are petitioning the Masterton Borough Council to extend the gas mains along that street. - , The mail steamer Sonoma!} left Honolulu for Pago Pago and Auckland at 10 p.m. on March 13th, and is expected to reach Auckland on March 25th.

There is money in flax. ' A Manawatu farmer has forty acres of it, from which he expects to make £BOO every three years in royalties, besides grazing the land with sheep. At the Masterton Police Court, yesterday morning, before Mr Eli Smith, J.P., a first offender was convicted and discharged for having been drunk. Owing to the slips on the line the express train from Napier, which was due in Wellington at 7.20 o'clock on Tuesday night, did not arrive till 3.20 on Wednesday morning. A Nelson telegram states that considerable damage was done by a fire to the Port Hall, which is used for mission services and other purposes. The origin of the fire is a mystery. The amount of subsidy received by the Masterton Public Library for the year 1906 was jEI/.la 2d. This was the maximum amount paid in subsidy to anty library in the colony. At the Nelson Supreme Court, yesterday, William Bettany, junr., was found guilty of appropriating to his own use the sum of £270 belonging to the estate of W. Wilkie (deceased), and was sentenced 1 to two years' imprisonment. The annual sports meeting of the Forty-Mile Bush Athletic Club will be held at Hamua to-day, when a very successful gathering ; should result. Satisfactory entries have been received for all events, and some interesting contests should be witnessed. The regular tramway service is to be run in Wellington on Good Friday. Cars will be run by a volunteer force of motormen and conductors. Members of the staff were asked individually whether they would work on Good Friday, and, only thirty replied that they wouid prefer not to, work on that day.

The Fairview Rifle Club will hold a trophy competition at their range to-day. The'following are the handicaps (ranges 200 yards and 500 yards) :■--R. McGregor scr, D. McGregor, T. Meredith and J. T. Dagg 6 points, H. Vaughan, A. Vaughan, E. Harford, R. Graham and H. Evans 8 points, G. R. Sykes, J. Stempa, W. Galyer and S. Evans 12.points,. R.J. Dagg 15 points. ! The New Zealand Athletic Union and the League of New Zealand Wheelmen have written to the secretary of the Masterton St. Patrick's Day Sports Association granting permission to re-open the nominations for the postponed sports meeting to be held'on May 24th. A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Association will be held on Saturday evening next to consider the "matter. The committee appointed by the Wairarapa District Hospital Board to open the tenders for the erection of infectious diseases hospitals at Masterton and Pahiatua met yesterday. It is**nnderstood that a tender was accepted for the Masterton Hospital. The tenders received for the Pahiatua Hospital were considered too high and fresh tenders' are to be invited. A report on the matter will be submitted to the next meeting of the Board. Mr F. Jackson, who is employed at Messrs E. Reynolds and Co.'s bicycle establishment, met with an accident yesterday morning. He was walking into the workshop, when a bicycle, which was hung from the roof of the building, fell and struck him on the head, rendering him unconscious. He was attended by Dr. Cowie, and taken home in a cab, but he regained consciousness two hours later, and was able to attend to his duties in the afternoon. WINTER DAIBYING. If you are wanting a reliable Separator to help you miifete your butter during the winter months when the roads are too bad to cart the milk to the Factor/, don't forget that the "BALTIC" represent the latest, most convenient, and easiest reparator to handle They are built in all sizes from 16 to 100 gallons per bony, and for skim ming and easy turning bave no equal. The !'BALTIC" Separator'ie compact arid heat'in general 1 design, and is not only ,ft money maker, but an ornament in any dairy. Far prices, term*, and ■ full particulars write to J. B. MacEwan and Co., Ltd., U.S.S. Co.'s Biutding3, Wellington.

The Masterton Band will play a programme of music at Carterton, on -Sunday. -. ■ *• Mr Louis J. Plank, second /assistant in the Napier main school, has been appointed headmaster of the Kumeroa school. There is a great possibility of two of the • country corps- of the Taranaki Battalion disbanding owing to internal causes, says the Taranaki Herald.

It is understood that the deaths in Taranaki from blackleg reported to the stock inspectors this season have irffmbered about forty, not many more than occurred on a single farm last year. Business is reported to be extremely quiet* in Palmerston North at present. The Exhibition is blamed a good deal for the existing tightness of the money market in the northern town.

The next mail for the United Kingdom and Europe, via San Francisco, due at London on April 20th, wil' close at the Masterton Post Office, on Friday, March 22nd, at 5.50 a.m. Correspondence must be addressed "per Ventura." The rabbit industry in Central Otago is likely to be a big one this season. Owing to the dry period experienced there has been practically no death-rate amongst the rodents, and the place is literally alive with them, so that rabbit trappers should have a good harvest this year. Domestics are so hard to obtain in Auckland that steps are about to be taken by employers to importj a nufnber from Australia. Women cooks are getting from £1 to 30s weekly; housemaids, 15s in hotels, and 12s to 14s in private houses; and waitresses 15s.

The slip between the Summit and Kaitoke, which dislocated railway traffic on Tuesday, contained about 200 feet of clay, which was removed by 120 men mobilised on ihe spot on short notice by the Railway Department. There were also several minor slips on the incline. ' . 'TTjere afe'nbW 927 A, the Manchester ■ Unity, of Oddfellows in. the Taranaki district, an increase of 52 for the year. New members made last year were 129, and 74 left, three dying. It is expected that with a little energy infused into .the work the membership will reach 1,000 by April next, the jubilee of Odd fellowship in Taranaki.

News from Alfredton states that the floods there we/e the heavies;; known in the district. The Ihuraua Valley and Flat Bush roads were under water and people had to move about on horseback from Herbert's store to • the hotel. Several slips occurred on the Masterton road, and one bad one on the Alfredton road, which stopped vehicular traffic. The Manawatu River was running 14ft higher than was previously known. Miss I. Russell, who is leaving Masterton for New Plymouth, was tendered a farewell social in the Drill Hall, last evening, by about thirty of her friends. A very enjoyable time was spent. Dancing was indulged in until an early hour this morning. Mr A. Thompson was M.C., and the music was supplied by Messrs McKenzie and Ballard. An excellent supper was provided by the ladies. During the evening a number of musical items were rendered.

A meeting of the Wairarapa School Committees' Association was held, yesterday morning, there being present —Messrs R. Brown (chairman), R. Kibblewhite (Kaituna), H. Evans (Fernridge), C. C. Jackson (Kopuaranga), and W. Jesson (Mauriceville West). As no reply had been received' from the Health Department with reference to the installation of septic tanks and highpressure water supply in , country schools, it was decided not to meet again until June. The executive committee will attend to any important business in the meantime. '

On Saturday last a conference was held, at Eketahuna, between representatives of the Eketahuna and MauriceviHe County Councils to consider the question of erecting a bridge over the Makakahi River at Falkner's Mill, for which the Government had offered a subsidy of £250. It was pointed out that the cost of a suitable . bridge, together with incidental expenses, would amount to about £6OO. An arrangement was come to that meetings of settlers in the vicinity should be held to consider the question offraising a loan to carry out the work. The bridge in question is on the direct road between Masterton and Eketahuna. The Gas Manager(Mr J. W. Blackman) reported to the meeting of the Masterton Borough Council, on Tuesday evening, that the contractors for the erection of the new gasholder at the Masterton gasworks had offered to complete their work within three weeks of the stipulated contract time provided the Council paid £2 per day for every day that they were ahead of the contract time. The Gas Manager recommended the Council to accept the offer, as it would be to the Council's advantage to have the holder in use as early as possible. Cr Pauling moved that the contractors be offered £1 per day instead of £2. The motion was lost. Another motion, by Cr Temple, that £25 be offered to the contractors if the contract is completed within three weeks of the contract time, was also lost. "How do we stand now?" asked Cr Temple. "As you were," said the Deputy-Mayor (Cr Feist). THB CELUBRIf? OF AND SONS P )BB Volatile Eocalypti Extract is universally acknowledged. Eoyalty honours it, and theeniire medical profession has adopted its use. Imitations sprung up without number. The latest of them—' aß.styled,"'Extracts ".—was oil fojsted upon the trusting and unwary under the grossest misuse of Sander ahd Sons' reputation. Sander and Sons 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 he had to stop the use of counterfeits on account of the-irritation produced. This shows what care is required to obtain an article that i 9 scientifically tested and approved of. As such is 6urely endorsed and recommended the GENUINE SANDER AND SONS* PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTfMCr. Dr. ctflßijops'^i Magnetic Liniment. 9 Will relievaat brice RbeuTnatißm,Lumbago Lama Back, Cuts; BruieesV Burns, and con tinued applications will effect a cure in a remarkably,short t;me. For sale byl3. E. Eton, Chemist, Masterton, J. Baillie, Carterton, and the Mauricaville Co-operative Store, Mauriceville Weßt. t

j The Taranaki News states that Mr E. M. Smith, laid up a serio.us illness..,;. : The Nelson City Council has an overdraft of £19,609 12s, and steps are being taken to raise a loan to liquidate it. Mr A. D. Kearney, for many years champtOntennis player of Victoria, and a well-known footballer and rifle shot, died at Alfred Hospital, MelI bourne, on the 10th inst.

Preliminary steps are being taken by the Native Land Purchase Department for the purchase of twenty thousand acres of Native land in the Thames district. Other large purchases are probable.

The appointment of E. C. Cutten, of Dunedin, to ' the Magistracy, is consequent on the granting of extended leave of absence to Mr H. W. Brabant, Stipendiary Magistrate at Napier. A Woodville telegram states that the rain has ceased, and the flood waters are subsiding. Judging from the large number of stock which came down the river some settlers are heavy losers. A lad, twelve years of age, a son of Mr Preston, licensee of the Aramoho Hotel, was drowned, yesterday morning, in the Wanganui River, near the railway bridge. He fell into the stream while attempting to catch driftwood coming down in the flood. The latest Government statistics show that the Agricultural Department estimates the yield of oat- this year, owing to losses by drought, at 8,000,000 bushels—4,ooo,ooo less than last year. "We should, there r fore," says the Farmers' Union Advocate, "advise growers to hold, to see how prices will develop."

Mr David Aitken Wright, aged sixty-five years, a retired railway official, was found dead, on Sunday, on his farm at Rau'po, says a Dargtville telegram, with a gunshtt wound in his head. At the inouest a verdict was returned' that death was due to a gunshot accidentally self-inflicted. v-An'-Auckland'-telegram sfcates'that a syndicate has been formed-for the purpose of taking up land in the King Country to prospect for gold, and in a short time to go in for thorough development works. Prospecting has been carried out and a reef located on Maori land. Although some fair specimens of ore have been obtained, quartz has not been opened up to test the value of the stone.

A strange occurrence is reported from Brighton, twelve miles from Dunedin. A little girl, three years of* age, was wading in the sea, when she suddenly called out, spun round three times, and fell. When she was brought on shore her colour rapidly changed to a livid hue, and she has been semi-unconscious and in a critical condition ever since. It is surmised that she was stung by a stingaree.' The Waikato Agricultural and Pastoral Association has decided to join in the appeal to the Government in connection with the shortage of sheep\ trucks. The graziers in the Waikato are said to be experiencing a difficulty in securing sufficient trucks to take their fat sheep to the freezing works. Complaints are, also, made regarding the lack of railway facilities in other respects, including the' shortage of trucks for the carriage ,of general merchandise.. Proportionately for its size Tara-. naki holds more cattle than any other of the provinces, and of the counties in the "land of cows" the Haw'era: county contains the greatest number of cattle. From a recently compiled return the following, figures of the; cattle in Taranaki are taken: —Stud bulls—Shorthorn 970, Hereford 47, Polled Angus 39, Ayrshire '142, Jersey 224, other pure breads 198, crosses' 3,524. Cows and heifers for dairy purposes—Shorthorn 437, Here-' •ford 1, Polled Angus 15, Ayrshires 168, Jersey 188, other pure breeds 209, crosses 124,101. '. In the returns gathered of the last census one wife in the colony was entered as being between the ages of 14 and 15 years, and one became a widow between the ages of 15 and 16 years, whilst one wife was divorced between 18 and 19 years of age. There were two husbands in the coluny at the census between the ages of 16 and ,17 years, four between 17 and 18 years, arid 44 between 19 and 20 years. There were 10 wives returned as between 17 and 18 years, 249 between 18 and* 20, years, and 1,101 between 20 and 21 years. N

What is believed to be, a valuable deposit of kaolin clay has been qpened up within three miles of New Plymouth, at Smart Road. The clay is described by Dr Maclaurin as being; of excellent quality. With the single exception that the percentage of iron is slightly high, the composition of the clay is equal to that of the best kaolins, and Dr. Maclaurin considers that if found in sufficient quantities, the clay should prove of great value for > pottery purposes. The deposit appears to be a very extensive one, and there is a good' supply of brick clay above it. In the London Daily Telegraph recently the following appeared:— "A new use has, according to the Musical Journal, been discovered for the phonograph. A young lady in Australia, believing that she had a good i voice, was anxious to come to London !to compete for a scholarship. The inspiration seized her to sing into a j phonograph and send the record to a well-known teacher of singing over here, asking his advice. She did so, and as a result of a favourable verdict the lady came to this country, and was one of the two successful candidates out of 190 competitors. to the lady, the professor and the phonograph." The | lady is Miss Peach, of Sydney, the .anecdote is almost exactly accurate, and the scholarship is now running at the Royal College, London, says the Sydney Daily Telegraph. Why not get jour customs work done with the greatest promptness and despatch? Send the papers to J.J. Curtis and Co. .Ltd., Shipping, Forwarding and Customhouse Agents.Customhouse Quay, WellingI ton, who will carry, out every detail and deliver the' j?oods. to you, at the'most rea} I'senableHcharges. - Write for further -pax- "" iculara,—Advt, ! Imagine someone ripping your back open with a r«d-hot pitchfork—that's lumbago No reason to endure the agony. Just try Bheumo. Has cured thousands—will cure you. '■'>•■■'""

Seventeen members of the colony's police force passed the recent examnations in questions of law, procedure and police duty. An old woman, charged at the Auckland Police Court, on Saturday, with vagrancy, had 155 previous convictions against her, and was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. A fine return of oats is to hand from a 20-acre farm in the Edendale settlement (says the New Zealand Farmer). The holder, Mr George Dempster, threshed his crop this week, and the record was, 100 bushels to the acre. Mr John Muir, also of Edendale, has threshed out 90 bushels to the acre. An interesting experiment that is fceing watched with great interest in the Rai and Pelorus, is at present being conducted by the local Stock Inspector under the supervision of Mr John Moore, Stock Inspector. An area of about thirty acres of bush land, abutting on the Pelorus River, in the vicinity of the Pelorus Bridge, has been securely fenced, and forty goats have been placed in the enclosure. The blackberry pest has a particularly strong hold inside the fenced area and on the adjacent roadside, but already the ravages of the goats are visible in all directions. They are very partial to the young shoots and leaves of the blackberry, and it seems certain that they will solve the problem of keeping the pest in check.

Inexperienced people sometimes use sheep-dip as a lotion for bathing open wounds on animals, blissfully ignorant of the fact that these dips are often caustic and poisonous. A case in point was mentioned by Inspector Williams, at the meeting, of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, at Wellington, on Tuesday. A dairyman had allowed a raw wound on his horse's hoof to be bathed for a long period with dip, till the hoof began to come off. The inspector's advice was then obtained, and the practice was discontinued. That the horse was in pain was shown by its action in frequently lifting its hoof from the ground. The horse, which was a valuable animal, will lose its hoof, and be useless for six months. As the cruelty to the horse was the result of ignorance it was decided not to prosecute.

Mr Henry lies, manager of the Besses o' th' Barn Band, has suggested to the Premier that the colonial band or bands considered worthy of such encouragement should be sent Home to compete at the National Festival at the Crystal Palace, against the best bands at Home. The Premier said that he thought the idea was an excellent one, and he would support it. Mr lies also suggested that the one way in. which the New Zealand Government could do more good for the bands here than any other would be- if it were possible—to retain the services of Mr Alex. Owen as Government Director of Bands. His duties might consist of \isiting the various bands throughout the colony to give instruction which should include the instruction of bandsmen in the nlaying of their instruments, the conducting of bands, and the arrangement and composition of music suitable for bands.,

The annual general meeting of the Masterton Football Club will be held in the Y.M.C.A. Rooms at 8 o'clock on Wednesday next. The advantages of Pepto-Chlor as a tonic forms the subject of a new advertisement, that is worth perusal, on page 4 of this issue. Tenders are invited by the Masterton Borough Council, to close at 4 p.m. on Tuesday next, for opening trenches for gas mains. The New Zealand Railways Department insert a notice in connection with excursion flares for the Easter Holidays. A meeting of the Justices of the Peace' will be held at.the Magistrate's €ourt at J0.30 a.m. on Friday, April sth, to revise the jury list. Owners and drivers of vehicles are notified that they are required to make application for new licenses on or before March 27th. - Messrs Varnham and Rose invite fresh tenders, to close at noon on Tuesday next, for tha erection of an infectious diseases hospital at Pahiatua. In connection with the race meeting on the Opaki course to-day Mr P. Kirkby, announces elsewhere that the public can rely on getting an excellent one and sixpenny lunch at the outside luncheon booth opposite the totalisator. There will also be an abundance of fruit obtainable on the ground. Yesterday afternoon the Arcadia Tea Rooms in the Exchange. Buildings, under the management of the Misses Whitcombe, were opened to the public. From the time the rooms ■were opened till late in the afternoon the establishment was taxed to •its utmost. During the ( aftemoon a select programme of music was played by an orchestra. The rooms, which are fitted up elaborately, and on the*, most up-to-date lines, were greatly admired by all present, and contain 18 tables, each capable of accommodating four at a sitting. On entering the rooms one is struck with their pleasing appearance, every detail being arranged with the most artistic taste. Large cloak stands of unique pattern, fitted with plate glass backs and' panels have been secured for the convenience of patrons, while the appearance of the interior is enhanced by pictures and bevelled mirrors. All the fittings are of the best, no expense having been spared to make the rooms attractive. With the steady growth of the town, combined with first-class management, a successful career should be in store for the Arcadia Tea Rooms.

John Fishloek, Inglewood, Vic, writes: —•'Last Winter!contracted a very sever «old, for which I tried nearly eyery medicine under the sun without obtaining the slightest relief. A friend recommended me to try Chamberlain's Cough Hemedy, which I did with most gratifying' results, and was soon well." For sale by Mr T. G. Mason, Chemist, Masterton. • Did.you ever stop to think that Chamberlain's Pain Balm has in many instances cored.a'sprained ankle in less than a week bysimplj*being 'applied before the parts become swollen or inflamed ? For sale by Mr Ti G. Mason, Chemist, Masterton. Ro matter how long you . hav i suffered ffom'riieumatism, gout,sciatica c> lumbal. BmroaowiUcureyoa. ,All .<3h< .usts and atows stock it. Price 2/6 and 4, i;.