LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8392, 8 April 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Th:i hues!; return from the Antonio's Flat Dredge is 15 ounces for 116 hours' work. Thle next Trades and Labour Conference is to be held at Wellington in An inquest on the body of Miss Howell, who died at Castlepoint in January Inst, will be held in the Masterton Courthouse on Friday next. A Press Association telegram state;; that the attendance at the Exhibition for the past week was 120,050, making the aggregate to date 1,805,165. The number of bankruptcies in the Invercargill district during the quarter just endo'ci, states a Press Association telegram, was four, two less than in Vm March quarter of 1906. The Trades and Labour Conference at Dunedin closed on Saturday, after unanimously adopting the report on the Arbitration Act and appointing the Christchurch the executive committee for the year. The work of roading the backblocks in the Carterton district is being pushed on by the Government. Two contracts in the vicinity of Land's End, To. Wharau, have just bjen completed by co-operative labour. Mr J. C. Cooper has received an urgent request from Canterbury to visit that district and deliver addresses on the Land Bill in the large centres. ft is probable that Mr Cooper will accede to the request and visit Canterbury early next month. At Auckland two youths named Purcell and Johnston were sentenced to three years' imprisonment for seventeen thetts in less than a week. The value of the stolen articles was £147. They were mostly recovered by the police. Mr E. Hecksher, Inspector for New Zealand f>r the Australian Widows' Fund Life Assurance Society,'is at present on a brief visit to Masterton. He reports that the Society is making splendid progress throughout the colony. At the meeting of the Stewards of the Masterton Racing Club, on Saturday, reference was made to the excellent manner in which the last race meeting had been managed. The work of the secretary, Mr A. Hathaway, was referred to in flattering terms. A special meeting of the shareholders of the Masterton Co-operative Dairy Company was held, on Saturday, Mr J. C.Ewington presiding. It was decided to alter the Articles of Association to allow the directors to issue shares on the butter-fat principle in the future, instead of on the number of cows milked. The funeral of the late Mr G. W. Mace, of "Brammerton," who died on Thursday last, took place at the Masterton cemetery yesterday afternoon. The cortege was a very large one settlers from all parts of the district being present. The cortege halted at S. Matthew's Church, where a short service was held. The Rev. A. M. Johnson officiated at the Church and at the graveside. A meeting of the Executive Committee of the St. Patrick's Day Sports Association was held on Saturday evening, Mr H. O'Leary presiding. A letter from the newly-formed Pipe Band, asking for a donation, was held over until a future meeting. Mr H. Hull was elected a member of the Association. A vote of thanks was accorded to the ladies who assisted at the dance on March 14th. A pleasing function took place, on Saturday night, at the W.F.C.A. Mr G. L. Steward, who has been in the employ of the Association for a number of -years past, and who has resigned to take up a position in Christchurch, was presented by the employees with a handsome gentleman's companion. Mr D. Caselberg made the presentation on behalf of the employees in a neat speech, and Mr Steward suitably replied. The Harvest Thanksgiving services were held at S. Matthew's Church, yesterday, and were well attended. The Vicar officiated at the early celebration of Holy Communion, at Matins, and at Evensong, and addressed the children of the Sunday School at a service in the afternoon. In the evening the choir rendered "Fear Not, 0 Land," by G. A. Coske, as the anthem, and during the offertory Miss Edwards sang "Consider the Lilies." The church bad been beautifully decorated, grapes and vine leaves filling a prominent part in the scheme of adorning the font and pulpit, while fruit and vegetables were effectively used at the church steps and screen. MILKING MACHINE QUESTIONS. Wlnit is did seuret of ihu wonderful success achieve.i by llie " LA.WKI3NCE-KfINN-DY-GILLIES" Milking Mtichino when (.-very yiovious machine without, exetHUio.') proved such a complete failure ? 'I he answer in that the Gillii.M patents polvnd conclusively the gvtuit proble n of Miccessful milking by suction. These (j:»f,mr„s nr«ei!ibodi«l only in the "L.lvG." «nd LMnuot ba used by o heis wilhoii'. infmtwment. What chance thermore have other " new " and "unproved" maeliinm of i ven being equall / iiincessful V How n tn«J iiud wn-t risks do you take in toj.i' '/, it nnw machine to secure evidence tqaal to '.he latent fiv> years'record of lhe "L.K.U."? A-ienti, J, B. McEw.an and Co., Ltd., U. 3.5. Co's Buildings, Wellington.

It is now stated that Mr A. Bicknell will not contest thv Grey town , Mayoralty. | Mr a4§; Mrs H. Wiley, of Belve- I dere, accompanied by their six chil- ! dren, will leave, to-day, for Utah j U.S.A. i A match will be fired, on Thursday J next, at Fernridge, between the \ Fairview and Mauriceville Ride Clubs. | Slater and Co. 's sawmill at Waitakere'i (Auckland) was burned to the ground on Saturday. The loss is estimated at £3,000. A memorial to the late pastor of S. Mark's Anglican Cnurch, Wellington, (the Rev. Ricnard Goifey) is C> oj erected by the parishioners of tout parish. • ' Recently the I'apawai native:.' held a native ce;e;;r and succeeded in raising a -.v.i.ii ot .jj.inj to maintain the native [j.Ui i ■: :i l\: .state, 'i'ui.-i su.ii was cniie ;.: I ni a days. AL Auckland, a man name:] Win, Doadn, was ii.ied £J2 i\'>i tid ami costs for a breach iA' the Stamp Act. The Magistrate commented on the laxity of business men in dealing with stamped documents. At the meeting of the Stewards of the Masterton Racing Club, on Saturday, Messrs W. E. Bidwiil and U. C. j. Cooper were appointed to represent the Ciub at the i\ew Zealand Racing Conference. Mr F. M. B. Fisher, M.H.R., is organising a party of local and district members to pay a visit to the Main Trunk railway works about the end of the present month. It is 1 hoped that a. Minister will be able to accompany the party. —Post. I The Nora Niven, the first steam trawler built for New Zealand, and the first vessel of its kind to be fitted with refrigerating plant, has had a successful trip, writes our London correspondent. She was built at Grimsby; and Captain McAliser and a crew of eleven Grimsby fishermen are to take her out to New Zealand via Suez. She measures 105 fee '. in 1 length, with a 20 feet beam and 11 feet draught. Tho engine is triplecompound expansion, the cylinders measuring in diameter ten and a quarter inches, fifteen ;;;;d a quarter inches, and twenty-;.i\ inches, respectively, with a working pressure of ISOlbs. The distinctive feature, is, of course, the refrigerating plant. The owners, the Napier Fish Supply Company, intend to experiment on the Chatham Island grounds, where enormous qemtities of schnapper and flounder arc known to exist. The balance-sheet in connection with the last meeting of the Masterton Racirg Club' was submitted to the meeting of the Stewards on Saturday. It showed that the receipts had been £2,082 6s 3d (nominations £193,-acceptances £192 10s, privileges £6B 13s, racebooks £6l 2s 3d, totalisator £1,274 18s, ' grandstand and saddling paddock £7B ss, outside ga'-os £B7 lis, tea kiosk £33 14s 6d); expenditure £1,741 2s 2d (stakes £1,250, Government tax on totalisator £l9l 9s 2d, printing and advertising £6B; gatekeepers £27 13s, judge £ls'lss, handicapper £ls 15s, starter £lO 10s, clerical assistance £l2 12s), leaving a credit balance-of £341 4s Id. The balance-sheet was adopted. The Stewards considered the balance-sheet a very satisfactory one, considering that the stakes had been raised and tho nomination fees lowered considerably for the last meeting. At a recent meeting of the Masterton Borough Council, it was decided to take a poll of the ratepayers, on the question of bringing the Borough under the Fire Brigades Act, at the same time that the ordinary municipal elections take place. The question was raised at the recent Fire Brigades Conference at Christchurch as to whether the* two polls could legally be taken simultaneously. Mr E. Pragnell, secretary of the Masterton Municipal Fire Brigade, brought the matter under the notice of Mr R. Brown, Town Clerk, who, in order to ascertain the true legal position, telegraphed to Mr T. F . Martin, solicitor to the Municipal Association. Mr Martin telegraphed to Mr Brown, on Saturday morning, stating that the two polls could be held simultaneously, but it would be advisable to use different coloured ballot-papers. The question will be further discussed this evening, when the Town Clerk will meet representatives of the Fire Brigade : in. conference. MrF. W. G. McLeod, of the'firm of McLeod and Young, who has just returned from an extended business visit to the outlying districts, states that the country about Tinui, Manawa, Annedale, Whakataki. Castlepoint and up to To Mai, is looking splendid just now, and there is every promise of an abundance of grass. The floods experienced during the last few weeks were particularly high, in fact at Annedale it was the heaviest for eight years, while the Whakataki Valley was a sheet of water. Six very large gum trees skirting the road in front of Mr W.' Harvey's residence had the. soil scoured from beneath them, and the trees toppled over into the river. During the height of the flood the water was over the toi-toi bushes on the banks of the river, and a field of potatoes in the vicinity now has from two to three feet of silt distributed over its surface. The flood had also the effect of rendering the ford at the mouth of the river somewhat troublesome owing to I quicksands and other difficulties. The Whakataki River now has to be crossed 37 times on the journey from Tinui, a distance of ten miles. MERIT RGWARDKI) BY COCRTOF JUSTICE. Tho acknowledged {jood qualities and s"oopss of SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT havo brought out many imitations, and one ease was just tried in tho Supremo Court of Victoria, bolore bis [ Honour Chief Justice Sir J. Madden j K.C.M.G., etc. His Honour, when giving I judt'incnt, said «ith regard to the I "GENUINE SANDER <v, SONS' .EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, that whenever an article is commended to the public by ien son of its good quality, it a not pmniEsa-ble to imitate any of it& features. He restrained tho imitators perpetually from doinrj and ordered thorn to pay all cosim. Wo publish tliisto afford the public an opportunity of protecting themselves and of securing what; is proved beyond all doubt by skilled witnesses at tho Snprmno Court of Victoria and by many authorities during the last 30 years to be a preparation of genuine merit, via., THE GENUINE BANDER & SONS' PURE VOLATILF EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. *

At Carterton, on Wednesday last, Miss A. Lepinski, was married to Mr G. Ryan. His Excellency the Governor is at present deer shooting on To Awaite Station. It is understood that there will be sixteen candidates for the six seats available on the new Execahuna Borough Council. At-11 o'clu :'<., oi S tir.ir lay miming, the three J.iJituse training ships loft Welliae;tc<.) en rente for Brisbane. Lt\ cornea; lence of the uneasy feeling a.ne-.ig in ;ura:ic-e eonoriies as to the ciA of ii', 1 at tho Exhibition the. Gjvemme u, are moving in tne matter of provi ling more liwrni i, states a Pre-ss As-iori.uion ,<■ telegra.n from Welling.un. In speaking on the land .piestion at Ma.ig.i-a.tt.i, on Wedoesd ly last, Mr Rj.-;.;., M.U.R.,for Pahiau.i:;, said he wiiJ in favour of granti.;: lease-in--perpetuity holders the r g.it o* acquiring tn;; freehold of the ; ind at the original valuation. Tna police at Hokitiki nave received advice that two a: : i nam id CiauJ \V;?ir.) and Alfred A\y w re drowrcel, on Friday afternoon, when ciu-sing til': Kavangarua bar, 3outh Westland, in an oil launch used in connection wit!) tho flax, nil I big industry, o.ving to tho boat e:i,)3i/Jng. Recently two Chinese storekeepers at Feildiug were fined inr keeping their shooa open after nine o'clock on Saturday night, and now informations have been laid against Lum Kee for keeping his shop open atier nine on "Saturday night and for ' keeping a Chinese ajshitant at work auj' mat hour. A Presj Association telegram ram Wellington states that the Messrs Fuller are negotiating for tho lease of the Theatre Royal i\nd a number of adjoining properties fronting Lam'olon Qa.;y, V7..;il. ; ne;tjri, with a view to creeping a n;>,7 theatre. It i.-! imd.rrvitoo.! that the transaction is practically comnleted. The Victorian Go/orarriMt has uu-disr-consideration a scheme of railway construction to tap some of the great | forests, .sappiiec from which cannot | be o'j'iainod under existing eon- | editions. The necessity for the scheme has been emphasised by tha increasinc didiralty experienced by mine managers in obtaining suitable supplies of timber. W. H. Walker and R. Kelly, two shunters on the Auckland railway, were jammed between trucks on. Saturday. Kelly was caught between two lots of nuving waggons, and Walker rushed to his assistance. He threw Kelly on the ground, but was himself caught, and hiA his ribs sevorsly bruised. Kslly suffered only a slight injury. The following team will represent the Eketahuna Mounted Rifles in a ' rifle match against the Tararua Rifle Club, at Nireaha, on Thursday:—A. H. Herbert. E. Page! J. Prendeville, F. Wise, S. Marenzi, A. Boyes, J, Ca/e, T. Page, 11. Walker and F. : Che-shire. Eaiergencics: T. Bedding, G. Littlawood, W. Wallace and T. Perry. An Adelaide contemporary relates a remarkable experience which befel a carpenter in that city. The man was employed in laying a floor on the third storey of a building in course of erection and fell through the joists. Marvellous to relate, he passed through the joists of the second floor without touching them, and fell to the basement, where a heap of sand broke his fall, and saved him from serious injury. On the understanding that George Towns intends to forfeit the world's championship to his brother Charles, Mr W. R. Tuck, on behalf of Webb, has deposited £IOO with the editor of the Wanganui Herald to bind the match for the sculling championship. The challenge has been cabled to Towns and the Sydney Referee.. Webb suggests that the race be rowed on June 29th. Several matters of importance will be dealt with by Cabinet at a meeting to-day. These will include appointments to fill the vacancies 1 caused by the deaths of Mr W. Gray (Secretary to the Post and Telegraph Department) and Mr P. S. Hay (Chief Engineer of the Public Works Department). The question of making; a leper settlement on Kapifci Island and the matter of the mail service will also be considered. The adjourned case against James j McKee, for having procured liquor during the currency of a prohibition order against him, was concluded before Mr W. P. James, S.M., at the Masterton Magistrate's Court, on 'Saturday morning. After hearing the evidence of John Reardon, who stated that the accused was under the influence of drink when Constable Kyle visited his house, on March 27th, the Magistrate imposed a fine of £3 with 17s costs. The Dunedin Evening Star states that the Labour Department is quite unable to cope with the demand for men existing throughout the colony. This has special reference to bushmen and roadmakers, of whom they cannot secure enough', although wages are 9s per day of eight hours. The demand for these comes chiefly from the North Island, the demands of the Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Taranaki and Wanganui districts being the most urgent. Even offers of "£2 a week and found" for bushmen remain unapplied for. Those who have seen the groat Shaw-Savill liners, .Athenic, lonic, and Corinthic, would naturally wonder if ever the motion of the sea could affect them much. Yet it seems that even they have their "bad moments" sometimes. On her trip out from England the Athenic had to be hove-to for 22 hours. Captain Kempson, who has been trading out to the colony for a quarter of a century, told a representative of the Hobart Mercury that he had never seen a bigger sea. Spray even broke over the captain's bridge, which is 55ft above the waterline. Why not jpotir f!U4nns work done with the proaipMi > B i and dojp'it.ib? the papera to J. J, Curtis and Co. Ltd., Shipping, Forwarding and Customhouse Agents, CustomhoMu Quay, Wellington, who will carry oj!, every dotail and deliver the pooda to you, at toe most rea sennbl') eharqes. Write for farther pariouliir.i. Advt. Sonn symptoms of acute rheumatism are, a feeling of coldness, want of appetite, thirst, and sharp pain* in the joints. Riieumo removes the cause of the trouble, excess uric acid in the blood. '2/0 & 4/(k

Shooting at Hororata ({Canterbury) . • recently Mr Boon and .party lagged 560 hares and rabbits for three days' shooting. The Masterton Municipal Brass Band rendered an enjoyable ,pro-. gramme of music in the 'Park yesterday afternoon before a .large, attendance of the public. It is proposed by the Anglican authorities to establish a Maori College at Otaki, provided the consent of Parliament can be( 'obtained to the amalgamation of the Otaki and Porirua trusts. The Hastings abattoirs show ja surplus of £l7O after the year's working, and the manager .recommends a reduction in the -fees, which . are at present the Jiigheat-in the ■... colony. I The country between Dannevirke I and Waipawa is looking very green, ' ' there appearing to be an e.bundance of ■ grass. Old settlers state that this is the best season theyihave ever known on the plains. Miss Nellie O'Brien, .one of the pupils of the Woodvi-Ue School, has been very successful at the Mew Zealand Exhibition with her brushwork, f having secured a gold medal and two silver ones. Mr E. ?7ood, of Omata, six miles from New Plymouth, has a flock of 120 Angora goats, and is well satisfied with them. They are daing good work in breaking down blackberry, eating the bramble in preference to grass. The Wellington Education Board has made the following appointments: —Miss I. Merlet, Kohinui, to he sole , teacher at Pon'atahi; Miss E. Wood- ". ward, Matahiwi, to be first assistant at Micchelltown; Miss B. Chapman, to be sole teacher at Wiaare- ;; .ama. The tallest building in New Zealand is the New Zealand Express Company's new warehouse in Christchurch, which is 123 feet from the footpath to the top of the parapet. A lookout on the roof is 135 feet from the street, and commands a fine view of the city, and its surroundings. It has seven floors. During the month of February last, 3610 persons arrived in New Zealand, as compared with 3,227 in the corresponding month last year. The departures in February last totalled 3,176, as against 2,275 in February, 1906. The excess of arrivals over ;, .departures in February of this year ~ 'was 434. A man who called at the Tourist . Office, Wellington, stated that he had „come with a wife and seven children from Washington, British Columbia. He had money which he desired to , invest in a farm. Hd mentioned that hthero were other men in his native l land who were willing to N follow his u.examplegif they heard that matters ~ had progressed favourably with him. The' Federal Government of Australia was recently asked (says the Sydney Daily Telegraph) to allow a ;:number of diseased rabbits to be imported' from New Zealand for experi- " mental purposes in connection with rabbit destruction. Sir John Forrest 4 ,has-given authority with stringent . conditions as to the precautions to „be, observed to prevent the spread of (.disease beyond Broughton Island, vwhere the experiments are carried . out. ' has just been issued by the ■DeparfcWAnt of Agriculture a pamphlet on "Our Feathered Immigrants," •.written by Mr-Jamas Drummond. to the sparrow Mr Dru.n;sariond,works out a table showing that (one.pahvof sparrows i.i five years will ibe the progenitors of 322,102 I - ibirds,,while in ten years the product vavM be 51,874,849,202. An Americanvwriter gives the total for tenyyaars-at about five time 3 the fifty-one r. thousand millions mentioned above. Mr Drummond, how«ver,saays. these figures could never be reached .other, than in the table, for all tthe sparrows do not live, and there are. other circumstances that keep their increase in check. The West Coast, papers are publish- ] ang the following:-At the Broken ' River, a.Lady,travelling from East to j West was considerably hampered with her : luggage, hat boxes, etc. Having a child , in.her arms, and seeing a feindlytlooking gentleman standing by., .She approached him and said, "Mister, wouMvypu kindly put my ! luggage on the coach for me?" The gentleman smiled i; and readily complied. The gentleman„was then asked to "hold fcfae 'baby," while the lady ascended the coach .and seated herself, which !he did, •'"chucking" the baby and seeming to enjoy the situation immensely. : Presently the gentleman was addressed as "Your Excellency,** for itwastthe Governor who had been approached by the lady. The latter's embarrassment on discovering who the kind gentleman was was plainly told by blushes and profuse apologies. The llittle; incident, .'however provided amusement for (their fellow-travellers. The owner is wanted for a roughhaired collie found straying.on the property of Mr Thos. WyeJtt, Upper Clijmki. Notice is given elsewhere •that the supplementary roll for the Borough of Masterton will close at 5 p.m., on Weifcesday, April 10th. A bearding-house, bringing iin from £B9 to' £IOO monthly, is advertised for sale iby Mr J. R. Nicol, Bannister Street. TheConomissioner of Taxes notifies that all returns under the "Land and Income Tax Assessment Act, 1300/'' must be made on or before the first day 6f May next. Mr C. Y, Dally has a change advertisement in the Wanted ! Columns of this issue drawing attention to the merits of the "Standard" rotary shuttle sewing machines, for which hj« is the Masterton agent. In a local last Friday, drawing attention to Miss M. Green's teaching of singing and voice production, it was stated that she had studied under Sister Luigori for "several" years. Miss Green wishes this statement to be corrected, as she has not studied continuously under Sister Luigori. Man wants but little here below When wintry wiuds commence to blow, sleet and sain and hail and snow, Man wanta bat lfrttla here you know. But that same litUa that I <j wants Mqgt rriak'i him always f 1 secure, Th« wise man knows, so "'I he rogs ' To ojjrchftse Woods' v (j ; , it Peppermint (Jure.