LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8387, 26 March 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There are four cases of scarlet fever in the Hope Street fever hospital. No new cases have been admitted during the last three weeks. The trouble at the Pareora Freezing Works has ended A few of those who struck did not resume work, but their places have been filled from other centres. Arrangements are being made for the Masterton Rifle Volunteers to fire a match against the Post and Telegraph Rifles, on the Opaki range, on Easter Monday. The Conciliation Board sat at Wanganui, yesterday morning, in the plasterers' dispute, but, as none of the employers cited put in an appearance, the Board adjourned to Wellington. A Jfress Association message from Auckland states that the steamer Ventura did not leave for San Francisco until 3 o'clock yesterday morning, owing to her steering gear being out of order. At the Masterton Magistrate's Court, yesterday morning, Mr W. P. James, S.M., committed a man, who j was suffering from mental aberration, to the Mount View Asylum. A prohibition order was issued against a local resident on the application of his daughter. A Gisborne telegram states that the shortage of casual labour is causing some difficulty in loading steamers. The Shaw Savi 11 steamer lonic was delayed in consequence on Saturday, and- a quantity of cargo which came to hand by las,t week's boats has not yet been discharged.

Considerable interest was taken ' injthejmeetings at Alfredtqn, Langji dale; and Tinui at which Mr J. Ij*eat, ' of Wanganui.>*.delivered.,:;addresses on [the question of Freehold ■ v.'Leasehold. At each of the meetings the following resolution was carried—/"That no Land Bill that does not give the tenants the option of the freehold would be acceptable to settlers." Elderly people Buffer much from rheumatism, gone, sciatica, and lumbago. Khkumo quickly cuie3 by> driving out the excess uric aaul (Tom the blood. All stores and chemist?, 2/(5 and 4/6. You ju.-t try it

A start was made, yesterday morning, with the work of pulling down the Empire Hotel. A cricket match will be played at Masterton, on Friday, between the Carlton and Coast teams.

A wrestling match for £2O, at Napier, on Saturday, . between H. Pearce, of Australia, and F. W. Czar, of Napier, resulted in an easy win for Pearce. The Carterton cheese companies railed 650 cases of cheese from Carterton on Friday and Saturday for WeHngton, to be shipped Home by the lonic on Thursday next. At the annual meeting of the Paka Koura Hockey Club (Featherston), Miss Ivy Benton was unanimously re-elected captain, and Miss A. Cundy hon. secretary and treasurer. A Wellington telegram states that the Hon. R. McNab left for the South last night. The Hon. G. Fowlds will leave for Christchurch to-night. The Hon. W. Hall-Jones is to leave Wellington for Dunedin on Friday night. At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Seddon National Memorial Fund it was reported that subscriptions to date total 272. A meeting is to be called with the object of setting up a ladies' committee to further the schemeAssociation.

Captain T. Jenkins and Foreman Braggins, two of the members of the Masterton Fire Brigade team who were present at the recent Fire Brigades' Demonstration at Christchurch, returned to Masterton last evening. The other members of the team will arrive home this evening. In the cricket match between Featherston and S. Matthew's (Masterton), played at Carterton on Saturday, S. Matthew's made 25 runs in their first innings, and 41 in the second. Featherston made 23 in their first innings, and 49 for three wickets in their second—thus winning by seven wickets. Some days ago the returning officer, Mr W. Gillespie, forwarded to the Treasury the vouchers, for. the payment of the deputy returning officers for services rendered at the last Licensing Committee elections. The vouchers have now been certified to, and the Treasury has been authorised to pay direct to the deputy returning officers.

At the Trentham rifle range, on Saturday ~ the Wellington Volunteer Rifle Association held a meeting to decide the winner of the Championship Belt. The Belt was won by Corporal Feasey, of the City Rifles, with a score of 191. Lieutenant Brighting, of the Masteriton Rifle Volunteers, finished fourth with a score of 183. , Henry Bernard Tomlinson, 51 years of age, pleaded guilty, in the Wellington Magistrate's Court yesterday, to charges of fraudulently converting to his own use several sums belonging to the Australian Temperance and General Mutual Life Assurance Society. The defalcations it was stated, amounted to about £BO. Accused was remanded for senr tence until April Bth.

An Invercargiil telegram states that Mr McCarthy, S.M., when dealing, yesterday morning, with two cases of drunkenness at Waikiwi, where the depots are, said: "I will take this public opportunity of stating that the existence of the depots, carrying on the class of trade they now do, .without practically any regulation whatever, is a standing menace to the peace and order of this community." The sacred cantata, "The Crucifixion," which describes the suffering of Christ, will be rendered in S. Mat-J thew's Church to-night. The principal solo-parts will be sung by Mr W. S. Jago and Mr F. J. Hunn. They will be assisted by Mesdames Rawson and Jago, Messrs Iggulden and G. A. Jones, and the choir. The cantata, which has become a great favourite, is interspersed with hymns ;of a congregational character.

The prizes in connection with the Conundrum Competition instituted by I the proprietors of Pepto-Chlor, and which include a free trip to the INew Zealand International Exhibition and £5 pocket money, have been awarded to Miss C. Cowling, Burlington Club, New Plymouth, in the ladies' class, and to Mr C. G. Downes,, solicitor, Dannevirke, in the men's class. Particulars of the conundrums and the answers appear on page 4 of this issue. It is expected that the passenger traffic between. Wellington and Lyttelton this week will be exceptionally large. On Thursday evening six steamers will leave Wellington for Lyttelton, i.e., the Takapuna, Mararoa, Rotomahana, Tarawera, Monowai, and Victoria. The holds of some of the steamers have been fitted up for the accommodation of passengers, and a modest estimate of ,the number of people who will go South by these steamers on Thursday evening for the Easter celebrations in Christchurch would, it is stated, be well over two thousand. .. Various are the duties that fall to the lot of a Prevention of Cruelty Society's inspector. A Wellington poulterer, at whose shop arrived six- fine "spring chickens," crowded in a box 24iri by 16in, was speedily pounced upon by the local inspector, who made the poulterer transfer half of them to another box; and exacted a promise that the poultry farmer should be told to pack them in larger cases or smaller numbers in future. On these: terms legal proceedings were withheld.' On another occasion a horse, which had been tied up in a stable for three weeks without an outing was given his freedom at the intervention of the inspector. , . MILKING MACSINE EXPERIENCE: Before purchasing, or even trying a Milking Machine, ask the' agent to give you the names and addresses of a dozen farmera who have used his machine for a period of not less than two years, any opinion based oo shorter period is not woith at'enti on. With this information in hand) you'can easilyi,make direct ,enquir es from practical mot}'who use.iihe machines to assist in earning their living. Don't forget that the value of your herd, as well as the cost of the plant (| depends on your getting conect and. disinterested information. , The ajzenta for the "LAWtiENCE-KENNEDY-GILLIEfe" Milker will be happy to supply the names of hundreds of thoroughly satisfied farmers who have used these successful machines for two, three, four, and even live For full particulars apply to J. B. MoEwan and C0.,-Ltd., U.a.S. Co's Buildings, Wellington. ■ ' *

There are at present ten patients in the Grey town Hospital. Mr Parkinson, of the Grey town School, will take up his duties at Newtown School on May Ist. < There are about 600 natives at the Papawai Pah at present. The visitorswill return to their homes next week. A new Caledonian Society ha 3 been formed at New Plymouth under the auspices of the New Zealand Ahletic Union. , The Agricultural Department estimates that owing to the drought the colony's oat yield will be only half that of last year. Prices should therefore advance.

In a club-swinging contest in London recently both T. Burrows and Harry Burton beat the previous record, and shared a £6O prize. Burrows' former record was 61 hours, but both he and Burton went on on this occasion for another 15 minutes, and then stopped together. There was a large attendance of the public on the Carterton Reserve, on Sunday afternoon, when the Masterton Municipal Brass Band gave an excellent" rendering of the two contest pieces, besides severtl sacred selections. The sum of £3 5s was taken up at the collection, ai.d was handed over to the Carterton Band.

The Feilding Cadets, on their arrival home .from Christchurch, "on Saturday, were, received like heroes returned victorious from the war. There was a brass band and all the mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, cousins, uncles, and aunts were, in the centrej>f the square to hail them on dismissal. -■'.•■•■ Mr Earle, a member of the Alpine Club, London, has made three ascents of Mount Earnshaw during the last three weeks, the last time by the eastern spur, which is the first successful ascent by that route. Nearly 2,000 steps had to be cut in thi ice to enable the feat to be Green, the. famous" Alpine climber, tried this course some years ago, but was prevented from doing so by bad .weather., ; . . ,:

> It is a far cry from cabbages and oats to a library, but the distance has been bridged by the Wellington Benevolent Trustees. At a recent meeting it was reported that a few loads of cabbages and oats had been. sold from the Ohiro Home, # at the price of £7 10s, and it was proposed that the proceeds should be used in establishing a library for the inmates. The question was then deferred, but came up again, at a meeting last week, when the proposal was adopted. The inspector-General of Hospitals is of opinion that the Charitabe Aid Boards of the colony are dealing out relief with a\ liberal hand. The New Plymouth Board is giving ten shillings a month to those who are in receipt of the pension (and free tobacco to smokers), which is said to, be more liberal than any other board in the colony. The InspectorGeneral , is conferring with other boards with a view to having a uniform rebate made to pensioners. A fatal accident happened to a young man named William Aspin at ■ the Mungarpa,' Bridge, Upper Hutt, on Saturday evening. It is said that the deceased was cycling along the road,, and, losing control of his machine, crashed into the side of the bridge. Death . followed* soon afterwards, the cause being fracture of the skull. At the inquest the jury returned a verdict, that deceased was accidentally killed through a -fall from a bicycle.

A meeting of the General Committee ( of the . Wairarapa Poultry, Pigeon and Canary Association 'was held in the office of the secretary (Mr J. Cairns) last v . evening. Mr A,. Hendry occupied,the. chair, and there was a good attendance of members. Mr Dpig, of Wellington, was elected i judge of the poultry classes, at the forthcoming 'show, and Mr Fitzger?. aid, of Wellington, judge of the pigeons and canaries. Other routine,, business was transacted. Five new members were elecled.

; "When shall their glory fade?" , Thomas White, 70, years of age, one of the veryjfew remaining survivorW of the Six Hundred, applied, on January 2nd, to the Medway Board of Guardians at for relief!/' He had been, for months oh the verge of starvation. He was severely wounded in the Balaclava charge, and was invalided on sixpence a' day for eighteen months—in ali, the magnificent' sum of thirteen guineas. He was temporarily relieved with 3s 6d and one loaf per week.

South Australia ;is considerably alarmed at ,the incursions of the dreaded fruit fly. Its spread in Victoria has caused the South Australian Fruitgrowers'! "Association to' adopt resolutions endorsing the action of the intep-State Conference in urg- ' ing on the association and the Minister for Agriculture the necessity for asking the other States to co-operate in sending a competent entomologist to California and elsewhere, and urging upon the Government the neces- •''■ sity for the strictest inspection of imported fruits to prevent the introduction of the fruit fly. , The quarterly summoned meeting of the Masterton Oddfellows was. held, last evening, there being a large number of members present. Bro. J. Lyall, N.Gf, occupied the chair. Lodge honours were'accorded; to a visiting brother from the Loyal Wanganui Lodge. Six new members were proposed for admittance. It was unanimously decided to hold an Oddfellows Ball during the month of May, and a strong committee were appointed to carry out the necessary duties. The receipts for the. evening amounted to £49 lis 6d.

The Celebri "y of Sandkr and Sons Porb Volatile E doalypti Extract is universally acknowledged, Boyalty . honours it, and the entire medical profes- ■> sion has adopted its use. Imitations sprung , up without number. The latest of them— , as styled "Extracts ?'— was oil foisted upon the traßting and unwaryiUhder the grossest . '■, misuse of Bander ahd Sous' 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 re- - , quired to obtain an article that is scientifically tasted and approved of. As such is surely endorsed and recommended the GENUINE SANDER AND SONS'PUBE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTB4CT.

Instructions have been given for 'the erection of twenty additional • workmen's cottages by the Government at Chrjstchurch. Victoria, from 1851 to 1906, has produced gold worth £276,516,978, -and there are almost 30,000 miners •working at the industry. Dr. Findlay's practice as an advocate in the Courts has given him facility in the art of "making the worse appear the better cause," says the Christchurch Press, and he -exercised all the tricks of the special pleader on behalf of the Land Bill in his speech at New Plymouth. Messrs Robertson and J. K. Logan (Inspector of Telegraphs) are mentioned as probable successors to the late Mr W. Gray as Secretary to the Postal Department, but it is most "likely that the former, who holds the position of Acting-Secretary, will receive the appointment. An important museum in America is now buying up all possible New Zealand relics. A few years ago it was the Dresden Museum that was omniverous that was connected with New Zealand, and it claims to be the second richest museum in the world in this respect. The Commissioner of Crown Lands, the Under-Secretary for Lands, and Mr J. R. Strachan, Surveyor, will pay a visit, together with Messrs J. A. Jury, of Te Whatahero, Iriai Te Whiti and Henare Parata to the Wairarapa Lake on 4th prox., for the purpose of determining what portion of th? low level lands adjacent shall be reserved for the use of the Natives. A meeting of Carterton cricket enthusiasts was held on Carrington Park, on Saturday, to discuss a proposal to furnish a grass wicket for future seasons. It was decided that steps should be taken at once towards preparing a cricket pitch and outfield, and that application be made to the Carterton Borough Council for permission to plough and make the necessary improvements to the section of the Park between the hockey ground and High Street. v MrC D. Land, C.8., late Controller of British Post Offices and Savings Banks, interviewed in Auckland last week by a Star reporter, said he considered the New Zealand post, telephone, telegraph, money •order and savings, bank system is effective and very progressive. Owing to the want of better communication 'batween the various centres in New Zealand the telephone service in the •Old Country was ahead of the colonies.

Natives of the Thames district express the keenest satisfaction at the efforts that are being made to individualise and dispose of certain lands now being purchased for the Government by the Native lands purchaser. For years past large and valuable areas have been unoccupied and • uncultivated. It is believed that some 20,000 acres will soon be available, and that the acquirement of this land will be followed by othar purchases. It has been reported in Italy that the British Government contemplates •abandoning the Brifldisi route for the Indian and Australian mails. The conveying the mails across Italy from Modana and Brindisi have been affected by the general'disorganisation of T the jltalian railway lines, 'which for a long time past has been a cause of general complaint, and the British Post JOffice is said to have protested without avail against the extraordinary delays on the journey. ,

The New Zealand inter University College championship tournament will be held; this year in Auckland, commencing next Saturday. Indications point to the gathering being one of the most successful yet held. There are large entries- from the Otago, Canterbury, Wellington and Auckland .Colleges. On Satur-, day the tennis championship matches commence, and on 'Monday the •athletic championships, while in the evening the debating contest will be held. , ■ , . Some ingenious Christchurch youths manufactured nickel discs of the same size as a penny, and retailed •them at 5d a dozen for the purpose of v cheating the machines at the Exhibition containing all. kinds of intellectual amusements, an,d bodily refreshment, says a Southern contemporary. 'The unsuspecting machines responded faithfully to these counterfeits,. ! But the proprietor has had some satisfaction in another way, for he -has collected £l2 in halfpennies put •in by children in their artless endeavours to wring some slight concession -from the witless foe. The übiquitous rabbit in certain country districts this year, says the Otago Daily Times, bids fair to spread himself Jto an alarming extent, •no doubt as the result of the exceedingly favourable breeding season. Young bunnies literally abound in millions, and the trapping season should prove an especially lucrative one. With a view of thinning the -pest of their properties sufficient to satisfy the demands of the peripatetic stock inspectors, settlers are laying poison at frequent intervals, while trapping at a fixed price per 1,000 has also been tried. These however, have apparently had but slight effect so far.

In 1905 224 Chinese men and 15 Chinese women arrived in New Zealand, and at the end of April, 1906, the total number of Chinese in the colony was 2,570, including 55 women. Of these 1,054 men and 41 women were in the North Island, • and 1,461 men and 14 women in the South Island. In the Welling•ton Provincial District there were 663 Chinese men- and ,30 Chinese women. In Wellington city 324 men and 18 women;, <Hutt, 40 men and 1 woman; Featherston county, 10 men; Grey town, 2 men; Carterton, 4 men and 1 woman; Masterton, 27 men and 5 women; Palmerston North, 74 men and 3 women., Otago had 815 men and 5 Women, ■- fDunedin- being >the,'home of 191 Chinese'men 'Chinese' women. Canterbury had 125 men. Auckland had 254 men and 7 women.

Da. fiflK/.DOH'B Magnetic Lisiment . Will relievo at once Rheumatism, Lumbago Lame Back, Cuts, Bruises, Burns.'and cod tinued applications will effect ft cure iu a remarkably Bhort t : me. For sn e by H. E. Eton, Chemist, Masterton, J. J villie. Car terton, and the Mauriceville Cj operative Store, Mauriceville West,

The Native Land Court at present sitting in Grey town will adjourn on Wednesday till after the Easter holidays. The Court has about three weeks' work in front of it. Archdeacon Devoy, the Very Rev. Father Lewis, and the Rev. Father Hicksoti, have been appointed to represent the Province of New Zealand at the General Chapter of the Marist Order, to be held in Belgium in two or three months' time. After two petitions had been forwarded to the Postal Department, Hastings has been granted a continuous telephone service, each of 320 subscribers paying an additional one pound per year. This is the only provincial town outside a head office where the service has been initiated. The inland Patea coach met with an accident, on Saturday, which resulted in the death of a passenger named George Morton. In rounding the bend of a rather steep hill the king bolt broke, and in the collapse of the vehicle Morton was thrown from the box seat under the coach, receiving such internal injuries that he succumbed a few hours later. At the inquest a verdict of accidental death was returned, no blame being attachable to anyone. At the annual meeting of the New Zealand Polo Association, held at Hastings, yesterday, it was decided to hold the next tournament in Wellington. The balance-sheet showed a credit balance of £43 10s lOd. Lord Plunket was re-elected President, Mr J. Coates (Wellington) Vice-Presi-dent, and Mr C. J. Crawford (Wellirgton) Secretary and Treasurer. / "News was received by the Eketahuna police, yesterday morning, that a man had been found dead in a whare on an old sawmill site five miles from Eketahuna, towards Hamua. Constable Grey went out and discovered a man, about 60 years of age, apparently a swagger. He appeared to have been dead two or three days. There are no means of idehtifi cation. The body was brought into Eketahuna.

At the last meeting of the executive of the New Zealand Utility Poultry Club the secretary reported that he had already received entries from Wellington, Dunedin, Hanmer Springs, Cust,, Hutt, Rangiora, Greytown North, Pahiatua, Matahiwi, Masterton and Napier, besides a riumber'from Christchurch breeders, for the third egg-laying competition at Lincoln College. Lieutenant Alexander, of the Rifle Brigade, who, with his brother and another British, officer, left the coast of Nigeria on a ! surveying expedition across, Africa, arrived a Port Sudan, on January 14th; He is the sole survivor of the party, his two companions having died on the way, one of blackwater fever and the other of enteric fever,' near Lake Tehad. After striking the French Congo and skirting Darfur, Lieutenant Alexander reached the Nile in the Lado Enclave. ■ A blacksmith's business at Hamua is advertised for sale. Messrs Gillespie and Co, require an experienced gardener and boys to milk. The dental chambers in Masterton will be closed from■-5 p.m. to-morrow till 9 a.m. on Thursday, April 4th, for the Easter holidays. On account of the numerous engagements made for to-day the lady complexion specialist has decided to remain over Wednesday. Further engagements can be made at Mr St. George's (chemist), Queen Street. Mr W. B. Chennells, Deputy Official Assignee, invites tenders, to close at noon on Thursday next, for remaining book-debts in the estate of Mr H. 0. Ramsden, storekeeper, Martinborough. Mr L. F. Hallam, fruiterer, notifies in the Wanted column, in this issue, that his cart calls on customers with fruit and vegetables twice weekly. A full supply of the best fresh fruit is to hand daily.

Mrs J. Pringle announces elsewhere that she has just received a big consignment of silks in the very latest shades; also the most up-to-date books and stationery, which are now on view at her shop in Queen Street. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., will hold their weekly sale at Pahiatua, 10-day, when', they will offer considerably over 6,000 sheep and a fair entry of cattle. Besides. these there will be "offered a line of 300 breeding ewes on account of Mr W. E. C. Tylee, of Malcuri, and also a line of 200 from the same district on account of Mr L; J. Moore. The enormous number of RudgeWhitworth bicycles in use throughout this colony is strong evidence as to their popularity. AH those who have ridden the machines speak of them in the highest terms; and many are the unsolicited testimonials the firm have received 'from satisfied clients. Strength, / durability and easy running are the features of the machine, and the" firm guarantee satisfaction. At the Masterton branch there is on view a splendid selection of beautifully-finished ladies' and gentlemen's bicycles, and the public are invited to call and inspect the range. The firm, also, make a specialty of every description of repair work, which they execute promptly and efficiently. Attention is drawn to advertising matter in the Wanted columns of this issue.

Why suffer the torments of Hell with Rheumatism or Lumbago when Dr Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment will ease the pain at once, and continued application effects h permanent cure. I'or pale by H. E. Eton, Chemist,, Master ton. J. Baillie, Carterton, and the Maurice ville Co-operative Store, Mauriceville WestMERIT REWARDED BY COOETOF JUSTICE. The acknowledged good qualities and sncoeßS of BANDER & 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 •judgment 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 a not peraaissable to imitate any of its features. Ho 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 durinc the last 30 years to be a preparation of genuine merit, viz., THE GENUINE SANDER & SONS' PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.