LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8391, 3 April 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The vital statistics for Eketahuna for the month of March are as follow: —Births 0, marriages 2, deaths 1. By a fire at the Exhioitkm on Saturday the flax in the Manawatu Provincial Court was destroyed. The annual general meeting; of members of the Y.M.C.A. will be held in the Y.M.C.A. Ruoou on Monday evening next, at 7.33 o'clock. Traffic on the Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth section of the railway has been somawhat heavier darin? the Easter holidays than for the corresponding perioJ of last yair. Word was received in Eicetahana on Monday of the at Trencham of Mrj Gaange, mother of Mrs C. Grey, of Ekecahuna, at tha aga of 76 years. Regarding the Main Trunk line, Mr Hall-Jones, Acting-Premier, is emphatic in the opinion that the connection from Auckland to Wellington will be completed by the end of 1908. The Hon. Mr McNab haa stated that the Land Bill wiU come on immediately after the Address-in-Reply in the House, probably the last week in June. " J ,' ;

The meeting of the Eketahuna | branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Union, which was to have oeen held on Saturday, last was adjourned till April 28th, Arthur Draper, of Wellington, a seaman on the small steamer Wairoa, was drowned at Takaka on Monday night. It is supposed that he fell out, of a dinghy. The rainfall registered in Eketahuna for the month of March was 10.74 inches, rain falling on 11 days. The highest fall was on the 18th inst., when 4.27 inches were registered. A telegram from Wellington states that at the inquest held yesterday concerning the death of Mrs Leonidas Smith, who was burned at Island Bay, on March 17th, a verdict of accidental death was returned. * \ > The tramway traffic in Wellington during the holidays was fairly heavy. The receipts were as follows: ' Thursday, £363; Friday, £-244; Saturday, £.458; Sunday, £205; Mon- ! day, £476. The Masterton Rifle Volunteers will provide a guard of honour for the Japanese seamen who will visit Masterton today. The members of I the corps will fall in at the Drill Hall, at 11.30 o'clock, this morning. The Hon. W. P. Reeves and Mr G. Hogben, Inspector General *of Schools, will represent New Zealand at the Imperial Conference on Education, to be held in London in May, writes our London correspondent.

An Auckland telegram that a meeting of delegates of the University Football Clubs in New Zealand passed a resolution affirming the desirability of establishing an annual football match with the Sydney University. ■ , ','"" A telegram from Gisborne states' that at ten o'clock on Monday night, at a dance at Whatatutu, Mrs Mark Mooney, of Waimarie, fainted. She was at once carried outside, and was found to be dead. She had apparently been in good health. Mr W. C. Gascoigne, who has been manager of the Wellington State Coal Depot for some months, has been appointed manager of the State Coal Depots throughout the colony, assuming the duties that have been carried out by Mr Alexander McDougall.—Association.

The Department of Industries and Commerce has received the following cable from London, dated April Ist: —"Owing to the Easter holidays, the market is very quiet, s and nothing is doing. There is a slight fall in prices all round, except for wool, which is very firm." Farmers in various parts of the Auckland district are complaining bitterly of the ravages of caterpillars. The Auckland Star states that in some districts the pest has. made such a. clean • «weep of till vegetation that farmers / have been-forced to either sell their stock or find grazing accommodation in some more favoured locality. Sir John Gorst, who represented the British Government at the New Zealand Exhibition, has returned to England, writes our London correspondent. Sir John declares himself charmed with New Zealpnd and its people. Tbe scenery is grand, the climate delightful, the people most hospitable. He would not be sorry if he had to spend the remainder of his days there.. An old man, named Eli Barton, an inmate of the Renall-Solway Home, appeared before Mr Eli Smith, J.P., at the Masterton Police Court, yesterday morning, to answer a charge of drunkenness. He was convicted and ordered to return to the Home. The Benevolent Trustees refused him re-admission ! to the Home, and it is probable that application will be made to have him admitted to the Ohiro Home, Wellington.

Mr John Baker Thornton, an old Wairarapa resident, died on Monday night, at Morison's Bush. The deceased, who was 71 years of age, was at one time a Carterton resident, and worked at Chew's and Wakelin's sawmills. He has left a widow and a married daughter. Mr Thornton was a member of the Loyal Heart of Oak Lodge, Carterton. The .funeral will leave Morison's Bush for the Greytown cemetery at 1.30 p.m. on Thursday. I ''NEW" MILKING MACHINES. j When you see a milking machine advertised as being "new" or "improved," avoid it as you would an ox with a whlsp of straw on its horns. The only safe machine is fchfl "old" one that has been in practical, 1 use for at least two years, > New.machines I have all their troubles before them in the shape of risky, and often costly, experimenting The "LAWRENCE-KENNEDY-GILLIES" is the first, and tho only practical milker, having been in daily use for five years, The. valuable and unique princ-plo of its success if fully protected by patent rights, and any "improved" machines are cither infringements or else do not embody tho indispensable principle covered by the Gillies patents. Agents, J. B„ McEwan and Coi, Ltd., U.S.S. Co'sBuildings, Wellington.

The Auckland YM.Clk"\j?ive : sold thair present building ancl' are:c6mmancing a campaign to raise £15,000 for the erection" of,.a new building. Owing to a number of the members of the Masterton Borough' Council being ab3ent from Masterton, yesterday, tha ordinary maeting of the Council was not held last .evening. ■ Arrangemants are being made for a shooting match tj b* fired on Saturday naxt, at th'i . rifle raige batwee.i taareu from the Mastarton Moa.ital Rides and the Fairview Rifle Club. A public meating. held last night at New Plymouth, decided to applyto the Bands' Association to hold tha next Band Contact at New Plymouth, and a strong committee was sec u.j to arrange a guarantee.— Association. •*• ■■■ ' , The Church of Christ Conference Wis to a close,'at Puhiatua, o.i Monday night. Regarding Nolicense the following motion was passed without dissent: "That the. Conference use its bast endeavours to banish from this coiony the traffic in strong drink." ■..■■ The death occurred, at Carterton, on Monday, night, of Mrs Harry Tailored, from pneumonia and heart failure. The late Mrs Tancred, Who was 45 years of age, was the' eldest daughter of the late Major Sdngsby Bell, of Napier, and,' Was born *in India. She arrived'.""' in'" New Zealand at the age of 14 years. For some years after theii 4 :marriage' Mr and Mrs Tancred resided at Napier, but for the past fifteen years the : family have resided in 'the W.airarapa* Mr Harry Tancred and ii fjihi'iiy' of [four girls and one boy are* left to■ . mourn their loss. ■•• .ii,, ~•

The Deputy-Mayor ''(C£ : ;E, McEwen) recsived a tefegcam the Hon. J. McGowan/last jeyening, stating that 250 JapaVieW officers and men from the Japanese crulseJs Itsukushima, Hashidate,' and 'Ma£su~shima, now in Wellington harbour, would arrive in'Mastertbh, by 'special train at 12.20 p.m. to-day^ 1 ; They will lunch in Mastertoh,'and after inspecting the town thpy will return to Wellington in the a^te.rnooh."_" The' visitors are the ' guests of/ ; the Govei'nment. Arrangements: ar'S being made by , -\the i \''lricai'\'mtini ! cipar; ' authorities to*make 'the stay of the visitors in. Masteir^on ;i as' pleasafit as possible. ; v ■ .'.','"' '""'' J -. ' • " ' •: •.;).•'•(';'?.;: : : ■ y<". A man was seeing on-Monday evening, to fall in the street .near,-the Carlton Hotel, states a Napier telegram, and a by-stander, assuming that the man was intoxicated, picked him up and laid him • against the wall. Later a constable, , seeing tne man lying :on. the footpath and also fancying him to be drunk, took him in charge. He was watched by the police until *I 1 'a.m., when, seeing no change in his condition, a doctor was sent for, and; on his recommendation the man was;'sent to the Napier Hospital; 'where he died at midday. From a slip'of paper found in the pockets 'of 'the -deceased, it is supposed the man's name is G. Read .■ : - "'•>"■ " ;i; '.'. i- -'■' While di'iving from the, races, . at Tauherenikau, on' Monday, $r S„ ~ Forman and'a' riumfjer,, .cjf .otjher Mas* ■,,.,. tertbri residents' wer^'tHr6wn' , from a buggy r'oni to the , road near . the Waingawaßiver. The horses.bolted and caused the vehicle to Mi*.'. Forman sustained three'broken ribs,'.'■.' : and Mrs Forman ami Mr. W. Teaie were considerably bruised. The other occupants escaped without injury. Earlier in the day, wheh,leaving the ~' racecourse, thesame party met with another mishap; The horses in the buggy began to rear up When passing! another drag. The animals got put' of the traces and the "pole,.of the, buggy was' broken thrptigh.striking the ground. , ' '. : ' About three o'clock, yesterday afternoon, a fire broke out in a shed , belonging to Mr C. E. .Daniell at; the rear of the premises, of; Messrs C* ; .Y,. Dally and L, F. Haljam,' in Queen Street. The. shed was used by Messrs Dally and Hallam for storing fjruit, , chemicals and other sundries.' '] Tne., brigade were, on ihe scene; but on arrival if was found tnat t'he water in Queen Street was'cut off, and supplies had to be obtained.from the Chapel Street main, The flames were, however, confined, to,,*he building, which is do.nstr,ucted. principally.,-, of galvanised Jiroti,; a,ncl wereqWckly suppressed. Mr Hallam . had seven cases of bananas destroyed, and Mr-. Dally sustained the loss of a small quantity of chemicals.. ' A policy in, the Alliance office for $l5O covered the shed, and the buildings fronting it. ■ ■ "' .:'':',;.':';', Mr Alfred Tinsley, another of the early settlers, died at his residence at Kuripuni, on Sunday morning, after a long illness. The late Mr Tinsley came to the colony in 1859, landing in Dunedin. Immediately upon his arrival he entered the employ of the late—and once renowned —Johnnie Jones, with whom he remained until the discovery of gold at Tuapeka, or Gabriell's ,: Gully as it' : was then called. He followed gold mining for two years, and came to the North Island in 1863/ Here he filled various positions in life. 1 For the last 27 years he followed the combined occupation of farming' and brickmaking. Mr Tinsley could .well be classed as a sterling pioneer, and those who knew him best always admired him for his sterling integrity and overflowing hospitality. Heleaves a widow, two sons, and a. daughter to mourn their, Joss. MEttIT KGWAIIDRD BY COOKTOF JUSTICE. ,

Tho acknowledged pood qualifies and s"cees<? of SANDKR <te SONS'. EUCALYPTI KXTHACT Inve brought out many, imitations, and one case was just tried in. thc S.upreme Court of Victoria, before biaHonour Chef Justice Sir J. Madden K.C.M.G., ere. Mia Honour,*, when giving. | judgment said with regard to the GENUINE fAKDBII <fe SONS' KUOAIATTI EXTRACT, that whenever an article is commended to tho public by reason of its goodquality, 0t0.,,it, s notpcrnnssaola to imitate tiny of its lie restrained the iniUiifors perpetually from ■doinc *>, ftn d oraared them to pay all costs. We publish thistd afford thopublio ,an opportunity of protecting themselves and of pecurir><z what is proved beyond all doubt b.v skilled witnesses at the Supreme Court of Victoria and by many authorities duiitiß tho last 30 years to be a preparation of genuine merit, viz., THE GENUINE, SANDER # SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACIV. ~. > , The jißonising rain, stiffness, »pd soreness of the joints and muscles, felt by sufferers from rb.eum-itiprn, 13 quickly removed by Kheqmo. All chemists and Stows, 2/6 and 4/6 per bottle. Try it.

An indication of the dimensions of tie dairy industry arid its impending expansion is afforded by the fact that one firm alone has placed orders for 180 installations of milking machines in South Taranaki alone this season. Messrs Meynell and Gtinn's famous "Fatal Wedding" company, ■which made a favourable impression ■when they played in Masterton some time ago, commenced a tour of New Zealand on March 25tb, with the new military drama, "The Midnight Wedding." The company began its tour in the South, and will work its way North. Masterton will be visited in due course.

Dr. Chappie, who has recently returned to Wellington from a visit to the Old Country, says he believes that within the next few years a strong tide of immigration will come to this country from the Old World. He considers that the Scandinavians are the best of all. If he had the responsibility of securing suitable settlers, he would choose a Scandinavian from those resident here, and send him to get others. They are a thrifty 'industrious, healthy race. The Blenheim correspondent to the Lyttelton Times states that as a result of the fruit fly scare the tomato of Blenheim district, covering an area of many miles, is being extirpated root and branch. The two "'representatives of the Agricultural Department, who have been scouring the district for some days past, found the grub of the unwelcome visitor in several tomato plots, and, acting on instructions from headquarters at Wellington, they are paying house to house visits, compelling growers to root up all tomato plants and completely destroy them by fire. A visitor to Chrlstchurch, last week, had a rather unpleasant ex- * perience. He had met a man on the ferry steamer from Wellington who offered his services as guide to the -city. The guide Btated that he had over £6O in one Of the banks, and wair.ted to draw some of it. The two journeyed together to the bank, and the guide went inside to arrange about his withdrawal. He came out after a few minutes, and told his companion that,the money would not be obtainable until 2 p.m. He asked the visitor to lend him a sovereign in the meantime. The visitor consented, and the pair; wended their way to Hagley Park, where the guide said tblere were good sights to be seen. The two men sat I down behind a tree and immediately the guide attempted to throttle the visitor, who, got away> The ''guide" ran off, and his victim called upon two passers+by to assist to catch him. The guide was captured later in the day by detectives Ward and Gibson, who are now seeking the passers-by, as their evidence will prove valuable.

A correspondent, Mr A. Redpatb, lias written a letter to the Wellington Post complaining of the action of the inspectors of the Machinery Department in regard to dairy factories and creameries. His complaint is that the Inspectors of the Department carry out the inspection of boilers at these establishments during the busy part of the year, thus causing consi- ' derable inconvenience and actual loss i to those concerned, as the boiler has to be blown dowri for, :the purpose/, and the result is a cessation of the operations of the factory for a considerable period. The complaint was referred to the Department,which replied that it makes an effort to meet the special circumstances of all usefs of steam, but there is only a limited staff, and it would be a very difficult matter to inspect every boiler at a time suitable to the owner. Each district has to be mapped out so as to get the work of inspectiojrdone jn a certain time, and there are, the Deportment states, practically ho complaints from people concerned who appeal: to fully reccßfsise the necessity for inspection.

A Bunedin Star reporter, accompanied by witnesses, .managed to effect a surprise visit to Chinese dens in Walker and Stafford streets, Dunedin, and found a disgusting state of i things not previously' suspected. ' Houses influentially owned and rented - by Chinamen proved noisome warrens, consisting .of jabrynths of rooms, only six by six,,no ventilation, no light. These were occupied by hawkers, who sleep among their vegetables overnight, j In one room a tuberculous Chinaman was foUrjd, spitting among his wares sans ceremony. In some places the kitchen, eating-room, latrine, poultry run, scullery, coal yard, and vegetable depot were practically one compartment. One gambling den was so constructed that a raid by the police was a physical impossibility. Beevils oprum sttioking.was a mere detail. European women ■were found consorting with Celestials. In one room a stylishlydressed woman, lady-like, in company with a sinister-looking Chinaman, said she was 24, and had come from Waihi, and was visiting the Chinese dens in the principal centres. Dn. anaiiDOH's. Magnetic Liniment Will relievo at once Rheumatism, Lumbago Lame Back, Cuts, Bruises, Burns, and cod tinued applications will effect ft cure in a wmarkHbly short t'me. For sale by H. B. Eton, Chemist, Masterton, J. Baillie, Carterton, and the Maurioeville Co-opera ( tive Store, Mauriceville West. Why not get jour customs work done with ihe greatest promptness and despatch? Bend the papers to J. J. Curtis and Co. Ltd., Shipping, Forwarding 'and Customhouse Agents, Customhouse Quay, Wellington, who. will carry out every detail and deliver the poods to you, at the most rea eonable charges. Write for farther parioolaiffl.—Advt.

Why suffer the torments of Hell with llheamatism or Lumbago when Dr Sheldon'il Mflgnetio Liniment will ease the pain at once, and continued application effects i twrmanont cure. Price 1/6; large bottle 3/.. lor Hale by H. E. Eton, Chemist, Master-. ton, J. Baillie, Carterton, and the Maurioe. ville Co-operative Store, Maurioeville West Th« CufcEßßie* of Sandier and' Sons Pcbr Volatile Eucalypti ErrnACT is universally acknowledged. Royalty honoam it, and the entire medical profession has adopted its use. Imitations sprung up without number. The latest of them—as styled ■• Extracts "—was bit foisted upon > • the trusting and unwary nader tbe gfossoit misuse of Sander and Sons' reputation. Handler and Bons instituted an action at the Supremo Court of Victoria, before His Honour Chief Justice Sir J. MaddeD, K.0.M.G., etc., and at the trial a Bworn dL witnasß testified that he bad to stop the use of counterfeits on account of the irritation produced. This shows what care is reqoirod to obtain an article tliat is soieni tifioally tasted nnd approved <f. As such is surely endorsed and recommended the GENUINE BANDER AND {v-»NS' PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI

The Blanche Arral Concert Company •will give a concert in the-Mas-terton Town Hall on April 16th. Constable Townsend left Masterton yesterday morning, on a month's leave of absence. The Church of Christ Conference, which was held at Pahiatua, resolved that the next annual conference should be held at Nelson on Good Friday, 1908. Three scarlet fever patients will be discharged from the Hope Street fever hospital to-day. There will then be three patients remaining in the institution.

As the St. Patrick's Day Sports Association did not hold their sports meeting on March 14th, Mr Ulic Shannon has refunded to the Association his handicapping fee. The Rev. H. S. Leach, Anglican minister at Pahiatua, has been appointed to the Hpkitika parish, and left, with his family, for that place on Monday. He was presented with several handsome presents by Pahiatua and Ballance residents. The friends of Mr J. Halligan, of the Masterton Stock Department, will regret to learn that he is at present lying ill in the Masterton Hospital. It is expected that it will be about ten days at least before he is able to get about again. There were no cases of bankruptcy in the Wairarapa during the month of March, as compared with two cases for the corresponding month last year. For the quarter ended March 31st, 1906, there was one case of bankruptcy, as against five for the first quarter of last year. At the Manawatu Caledonian Society's sports meeting, which was held at Palmerston North on Easter Monday, G. Mackay, of Masterton, secured second place in bagpipe, music in marches ...and also in reels and strathspeys.' W. H. Hall, of Carterton, ran second in the One Mile Handicap. At the No-license Convention, at Auckland yesterday, a comprehensive scheme for the whole of the province was adopted. Financial promises to the extent of £1,500 were received. I A motion was carried, affirming that a bare majority should carry any I issue on the ballot papers, and i favouring temperance legislation in State Schools. ,

Manchester has had to go to the McGill University, Montreal, for a scholar to fill one of the moat important' chairs at the University, writqs our London correspondent. The- new Professor of Physics is a Neww ZeaJander, born 35 years ago. After taking all the prizes and all the honours which New Zealand could young student of science, Mr Ernest Rutherford went up to Cambridge for research work. Here he attracted the notice of Professor Thomson, of Trinity, and to-day he is the head of the Physics Department in Dr. Thomson's old College. At Napier 1 , on Monday, the marriage took place of Mr Charles William Dallaston (son oi the Rev. C. Dallaston), master of Rangitumau School, and Miss Elizabeth (Lizzie) Jones, eldest daughter of Mr J. M. Phillips', ■of Napier. The bride's dregs was of cream crepe de chine, trimmed with narrow satiri ribbon and chiffon, applique vest with satin revers, veil and orange blossoms. She carried a handsome shower bouquet. The bridesmaids were Misses Ivy Phillips (sister of the bride) and Naomi Dallaston (sister of the bridegroom) . Their dresses were of pale pink nun's veiling trimmed with biscuit overall lace and narrow satin ribbons, cream lace hats with clusters of pink roses. Their bouquets were of pink roses, and they wore gold brooches, the gift of the bridegroom. The be3t man was Mr A. H.. Dallaston, and the groomsman Mr W. Jones. The bride and bridegroom left by the 5 o'clock train for the South. The bride's travelling dress was a pastille cloth trimmed with green velvet and hat tp match. The presents included a silver inkstand, sugar and cream set and silver breadboard, which were the gift of the members of the Musical Club and Bible Class at Rangitumau.

Mr F. P. Welch has vacancies for station cooks and woodcutters. An advertiser requires an experi- ; enced general. The owner of a sable collie 1 dog is advertised for. Owners of factories are again reminded that applications for regis tration, accompanied by the fees, must be made to the Inspector of Factories, Masterton, at once. Special new lines in tweed hats and caps are to hand at the Masterton branch of the New Zealand Clothing Factory. The\price list will be seen in another column. Examinations in connection with the London City Guilds and Board of Education, South Kensington, will be held in May or June next. Pafticu - lars with reference to forms of application and fees are published elsewhere by the New Zealand.Education Department. On Friday next the New Zealand Railways Department will run a special excursion at reduced fares by rail and steamer to the Christchurch Exhibition. The train will pass" Masterton at 2.10 p.m. Full particulars and fares from all stations from Woodville to Featherston are published elsewhere in this issue.

' The furniture department of the W.F.C.a. is at present fully stocked with a varied assortment of new lines, chiefly of the firm's own manufacture. A visit to the showroom will prove interesting to those about to furnish, or who may wish to add some ornamental and useful article to their household goods. A price list is published in another column, and will repay perusal. If a kildio gots a wetting Coming thro* the rye, if he has a cold upon him Need the laddie die; He can laugh at all chest troubles If he can procure The proper stuff, and plain enough, It's Woods' Great Peppermint (Jure. Ask any mother in this community who has u<ied Chamberlain's Cough Eemedy what she thinks of it. She will tell you that she depends upon it for coughs, cold?, croup, hoarsenes3, and that by giving it to the ohildren at the very first symptom of these complaints, they are never allowed to get a foothold in the house. For sale by T. G. Mason, Chemist, Master ton.