LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8392, 5 April 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The latest return from the Mystery Flat dredge is 440z Bdwt for the week. * . , The Arbitration Court will hold a sitting in Masterton at an early date, to take evidence in connection with various 'trade disputes. The Department of Roads has notified the Mauriceville County Council that the vote of £IOO for Baker Road has been cancelled. A Napier telegram states that the Colonial Consignment and Distribution Company, of London, cabled yesterday as follows: —"Prices are unchanged at the London frozen meat market." ' Mr John Mackay informs us that the meeting in connection with workmen's homes in Masterton, to have been held this evening, has been postponed until a future date, when further progress has been made with the movement. The bowling season, so far as Masterton is concerned, is now drawing to a close. A number of enthusiasts are to be seen on the Masterton greens every afternoon, practising for the match against Greytown, which is to be played oft Thursday next. This match will bring the season to a close. A Dunedin telegram states that in ; view of the scarcity of "skilled" and "unskilled" labour, there is every possibility of an officer of the Labour Department being despatched to England to ' select, during the next twelve months, labouring men of .the class required who are willing to emigrate. Before Mr L. J. Hooper, J.P., at the Masterton Police Court, yesterday morning, Harry Wooding was charged, on the information of Inspector Cairns, with having obstructed the thoroughfare in Cricket Street by depositing bricks thereon, contrary to the borough by-laws, Defendant pleaded guilty, and was fined Is, with 8s costs. A first offender was convicted and discharged for having been drunk. The hon. local representative (Mr Andrew B. Wallace) of the Associated Board of the R.A.M. and R.C.M., reports that Miss Phyllis Pell, of Nelson, has been awarded one of the exhibitions offered annually by the Board to candidates throughout Australasia. These exhibitions are tenable for two years, with a possible extension to three years, at either of the above Colleges in London, and consist of a full course of miisical tuition free of charge.

The Good Templars Grand Lodge, at Christchurch have carried resolutions urging the introduction of legislation making it possible that in all polls on the licensing question the majority should determine the question at issue; that a colonial option vote be taken simultaneously with the local option poll; that the reduction vote be taken on the same day as the election for Licensing Committees; that brewers' depots in the vicinity of No-license districts be removed, and their future establishment prevented; that employment of barmaids be unlawful; that conditional oottle licenses be abolished. A SUCCESSFUL SEPARATOR. A the Agricultural Show of fro* Deutt-cbe held ht Merlin ln-t Jane, the members of the .Jiir.v, Messis Dr Martiny, Br Niiehtweh, unci Prof. Dr Vhtb, recognised ibat owi%' to iheir ingenious cor)s|mction, the 8.l ic Han ".I und Power Cream Separators c.lo served iiim should be le-ted ui tht, (-iovei -r - mei'.t Dauy InPiiluta ;it Haineln undo" tiiu supervision of P<of. JJr Vieih. These teste have now bcci c mpletcd, having lasted three months!, and on account of the excellent result? obtained, all iimcm'ties Lave been awarded ta« Hontty'd Diploma of Honour und Great Bronza McdtU. I hi.« award has. only been made on three previo'ia occasions since 1887. Agent?, J. 13. McEwan and Co., Ltd., U. 3.5. Co's Buildingp, Wellington.

The Auckland Rugby Union's bal-ance-sheet shows a profit for the past year of £9OB. Hemp weighing 7,994 tons, valued at £265,000, was graded at Auckland during the year ended March 31st, as against 7,610 tons graded during the previous year. A case of scarlet fever in Queen Street was reported to the Borough authorities yesterday. The patient was removed to the Hope Street fever hospital. At a meeting of the board of directors of the Bank of Iscw Zealand, held at Wellington, yesterday morning,. Mr Harold Beauchamp was elected chairman of the bank for the ensuing financial year. At the inquest, at Wellington, yesterday, concerning the death of Daniel McKay, late cook on the scow Kangi, body was found in the harbour, a verdict of found drowned was returned.—Association. A large number of the potato crops in the district have been destroyed by the blight. Messrs C. Bannister, M. Kerins, and Maine, of Akura, and several other settlers, are heavy losers. Mr Maine had nearly three tons of potatoes destroyed. During the nine months (ended March 31st) of no-license in Invercargill, states a telegram, 78 persons were convicted of drunkenness. With one exception, all the cases were traceable to places other than Invercargill. During the same period fines amounting to £250 have been imposed for sly grog-selling. An Invercargill telegram states that at the inquest on Samuel Warnock, at which the jury decided that death was due to alcoholic poisoning, a witness stated that the deceased had taken some medicine. The medicine bottle has now been found, and an analysis of the contents will probably be made.

A defiant parent residing in Mangaweka, who in spite of teacher, truant inspector, Committee and Education Board, refuses to send his boy to school, has been fined 20s, with 7s costs, says a contemporary, and informed that a penalty of £4O per week will be exacted tor the future unless he complies with the law. The Masterton Bowling Club will send four rinks to Greytown, on Thursday next, to play a match against the local Club" for the Booth Cup. The match has already been postponed on two occasions on account of wet weather. Two rinks of "colts" from the Masterton Club will also visit Greytown on Use same day to engage in a match with the "colts" of the local Club. Further returns of the Featherston cheese factory show an increased price for the last shipments. The prices obtained are: —"Athenic" shipments, 320 crates, 64s 6d per cwt.; "Kaikoura" shipment, 300 crates, 65s 6d per cwt.; "Corinthic" shipment, 320 crates, 66s 6d per cwt. The whole report states that the cheese is of splendid quality, and is arriving in perfect condition. At the Auckland Police Court, on Wednesday, two youths, Arthur Robert Purcell and James Johnston, pleaded guilty to seventeen charges of theft, and were committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. The evidence showed that between March 19th and 26th they purloined a large collection of goods from various places in the city and suburbs, including several bicycles, suits of clothes and numerous other articles of the total value of £125. All the articles, with the exception of a watch, which accused said they gave away, were recovered with their assistance.

i Delegates to the Mew Zealand Association of Medical Herbalists from all parts of the colony are sitting in congress in Christchurch. The Association has been considerably strengthened during the past year by new members, and the report of the Association very creditable balance-sheet. It has been decided that Parliament be approached this coming session to provide a Bill giving legal status to the herbalist. Mr J. Neil, of Dunedin, was re-elected president, Mr Wellington, hon. secretary, and Mr Hardie, Wellington, treasurer. A burglary is reported from Halcombe at the house of Mr A. D. Scott, who, with his family, had been away attending his father's funeral at Lower Rangitikei. When they returned they found the house in a state of confusion, every drawer, J box and package having been ran- i sacked, and the contents strewn about. The only article missed so far is a lady's gold watch and chain, valued at £2O. From the traces found it appears that a lamp had been lit and supper indulged in. The marks show that an attempt was first made to get in by a sitting-room window, and then the back window pane was broken and the door unlocked.

A special meeting of the AntiChinese League was held in the Drill Hall last evening. Mr W. Whittaker occupied the chair, and there was a large attendance. A code of rules, which were drafted by a sub-committee for the government of the League, were submitted and adopted. It was decided to make arrangements for a meeting to be held in Eketahuna, as soon as possible, for the purpose of forming a bi-anch of the League in that town. Messrs C. Tootell, A. G. Leavey, and P. Cobb were elected members of' the Executive Committee. At a meeting of the Executive Committee, held subsequently, Mr J. Cameron was appointed organising secretary, pro tern, and Mr A. G. Leavey canvasser for the Masterton district. MERIT REWARDED BY COCJRTOF JUSTICE. The acknowledged pood qualities and success of SANDBK & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT have brought out many imitations, nnd 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 EXTKACT, that whenever an article is commended to the public by reason of its good quality, etc., it s not permissable to imitate any of its features. Lie restrained the imitators perpetually from doinrj so, and oraered 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 during the last 30 years to be a preparation of genuine merit, viz., THE' GENUINE SANDER & SONS' PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACr.

The total expenditure of the Go* vernment Veterinary Department for the year 1906 was £16,400. A number of deer have be en liberated on the hills at Putara d uring the last week. There have been twenty-two wedc dings in Wasganui during the pas week. It is understood that the contest for the Greytown Mayoralty will be between Mr D. P. Loasby and Mr A. C. Bicknell. The Governmsnt Apiarist estimates that from a well-conducted apiary the nett profit per colony of bees should be 17s to £1 per year. In his veterinary report for 1906 Mr Gilruth states that improvement in the condition of slaughter-houses throughout the colony has been general; Another old colonist, Inspector James, died at Wanganui on Wednesday. For a number of years he was Inspector of Police at Wanganui. The borough of Hawera has been gazetted a fire district under the Fire Brigades Act, 1906. Hawera was the first borough in the colony to adopt the provisions of the Act. A new Plymouth'telegram states that the football season opened yesterday, and that a young man named E. Griffiths had a leg broken while taking part in a practice match. The chief estates lodged for probate last month were:—James Paul, New Plymouth, £38,692; Jane M. Thompson, Auckland, £28,142; James Wilkinson, Wellington, £26,344; Benjamin Dyson, Auckland, £10,951; Edward Peslar,, Canterbury, £8,281; John Hollick, Otago, £8,016. It is stated by a contemporary that the tablet system is not in use on the Christrhurch-Dunedin line further south than Rolleston or further north than Palmerston South. At the scene of the recent accident at Rakaia the tablet system was therefore not in use. The comet concerning which a somewhat startling prediction was made by Professor Matteuci, of the Mount Vesuvius Observatory, on February 24th, has not yet appeared among the stars visible from Australian observatories. Mr Baracchi, of Melbourne, when questioned on the subject last week, _stated that he had no tidings whatever of the comet. If it had been coming he and the newspapers would have heard more about it. "It is all nonsense," added Mrßaracchi; "utter nonsense."

Speaking to a Dunedin Star reporter, the Minister for Labour, Mr Millar, said that he was having amendments drafted to the Arbitration Bill which experience had shown was necessary. The delays in getting disputes dealt with would be avoided under the proposed scheme. Parliament would be summoned at the end of Jure, just about the date Sir Joseph Ward returned to the colony. As the sessional business includes the Land Bill, tariff reform, and Native land legislation, Mr Millar did not disguise his belief that a long session was inevitable.

The members of the Te Rau Bowling Club's team, which :,won the championship of the North Island Bowling Association at Masterton in January, have received from the Secretary of the Association an illuminated certificate recording their victory and four gold medals of handsome design. The medals, which are very prettily engraved, show a bowler stooping to play, and at their base have the fernleaf, which is the badge of the Te Rau Club. The winners are Messrs W. Petie, F. Harris, W. J. Hennessey, and A. J. Massey. A business man, who supplied goods to the Melbourne Hospital, has been committed for trial for giving a commission to„one of the employees of the institution. The information was the first laid under the Secret Commission Act, passed by the Victorian Parliament last session. The Act makes it a misdemeanour for the seller of goods to give any present or cash consideration to the employee or agent of the buyer. A similar Act was passed by the Federal Parliament, but its operation is confined to transactions between persons residing in different -States. The Acts are on the lines of on? passed in England about three or four years ago. At a meeting of the Mauriceville County Council on April 27th a special order making a rate for interest on loan will be brought up for confirmation. At the Masterton auction mart, tomorrow, Mr J. R. Nicol will hold an unreserved sale of ladies' and gents' bicycles, which will be on view today. A quantity of furniture will also be sold on account of a gentleman who is leaving the district.

Mr J. Richardson, certificated piano and organ expert, ijotifies that he will visit Masterton at regular intervals, and that orders for tuning and ( repairs can be left at the British and Continental Piano Company's branch, Bannister Street. Mr Richardson will be in Mastei-ton from April Bth till, the 15th.. Students of music in Masterton will be interested to learn that Miss M. Green, who has studied for several years under Sister Luigori, f the Wellington Convent, has decided to give lessons in singing and voice production to a few pupils. Elsewhere Miss Green announces that appointments may be made at her address, "Nairung," Worksop Road.. Elsewhere it is announced by the Associated Board of the R.A.M. and R.C.M., London, that entries, for theory of music will close with the local representative, Mr Andrew B. Wallace, on May Ist, 1907. Entries for examination in practical , subjects will close on July Ist, 1907. Mr Wallace will be pleased to forward full particulars on application. Wben you ft el the first twinge of rheumatism, gout, sciatica or lumbigo, send for a bottle of Khkumj. It wilt quickly cn-e you. All stores and chemists sell it a 2/G aad <J/G. A positive and lasting cure. John Fishlock, Inglcwood, Vic, wrties: —"Last winter I contracted a very severe cold, for which I tried nearly every medicine under the sun without obtaining the slightest relief. A friend recommended me to try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, which, I did with most gratifying results, and was soon well." For sale by Air T. G. Mason ■ Chemist, Masterton.