LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8401, 17 April 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr J. A. Renal] stated at the, meeting, of the Masterton Borough Council, last evening, that he did not intend to contest the Mayoralty. It is understood that the revenue returns for the colony for the year ended March 31st will show a record surplus. There are now 438 employees in the Wellington tramway service. Of these 95 are motormen and 110 are conductors. Mr John Thomasen has donated a sheep to the Eketahuna Poultry Association for a weight-guessing competition. The season for taking or killing native and imported game will commence on May Ist, and extend to July 31st. Telegrams from the extreme north of Auckland and from Matamata report that floods have occurred in those districts. The, nett overdraft of the Master ton Borough Council' is £2,197 15s j 9d. The rates outstanding amount to £1,250 18s 2d. In the final for the Men's Singles Championshi}} in connection with the Eketahuna Tennis Club's tournament, Toohill beat Rutherfurd. Mr Felix Tanner, of "ark" fame, is undergoing a fast of twenty-one days and nights, existing on water alone, at Burns' Waxworks in Christchurch. At the Palmerston North Winter Show, Mr A. Reside, of Masterton, will judge the fat sheep, and Mr A. Booth, of Carterton, the fruit and vegetables. A match will be fired, on Saturday, next, between the Opaki and Te Wharau Rifle Clubs, on the Opaki range. The teams will be composed of ten men aside. An Edendale (Otago) farmer has just sold a parcel of oats from a 4Jacre paddock. The yield was 494 bushels, slightly over 95 to | the acre. The contractors, Messrs C. J. Taylor and W. Hodges, have commenced the work of reinstating the house in Lincoln Road, owned by Mr S. J. S. Alpass, which was destroyed by fire some time ago.

There will be no parade of the Masterton Rifle Volunteers on Friday evening next, chiefly on account of the Besses o' th' Barn Band's concert in the Town Hall on that evening. The Eketahuna sub-branch of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society have decided to approach thejWellington Society with the object of having the Haurangi reserve opened for deer-stalking next season. MILKING MACHINE HINTS. Befora deciding to buy an unproved or "improved" mauhioe, wait till the heavy flow of milk is on. Previous machines appeared to milk all right in the slack sensoa, but failed hopelessly on heavy milking cows. A trial even of 011 c season is not long enough to see if any injury results to the cows, and it is only after a second season that the safety of nny milking machine can bo determined. Why experiment when you can secure the "L K. 6." machine, which has been five years in practical use, and has been proved by 250 level-headed New Zealand fanrers to be a complete commercial sucoess. Book now to avoid the rusb. Agents, J. B. McEwan and Co., Ltd., U.S.S. Co's Building?, Wellington.

It is expected that the Arbitration Court will not sit again in Wellington till the middle of May. Mr J. M. Coradine was, yesterday, nominated for the Mayoralty by Messrs L. J. Hooper, J. Hessey and G. McHattie. Cr E. McEwen was also nominated last evening for the Mayoralty, It has been resolved by the Eketahuna sub-branch of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society to ask the Wellington Society to arrange for a ranger exclusively for the Wairarapa and Bush districts.

The colonial mails which left Wellington by the Riverina on March Bth, to connect at Sydney with the Naples mail per the Oratava, arrived at London on the afternoon of April 14th, due date. Walter Henry Denby, farmer, of Upper Plain, was yesterday adjudged a bankrupt on his own petition. The first meeting of creditors will be held at the Courthouse, Masterton, at 11 a.m., on Wedncuday, April 24th.

An accident happened to Mr A. Baylis, guard of the Foxton train, on Saturday evening at Bainesse station. It appears that he was trying to put some intoxicated parsons off the train, when they pushed him off the platform, and in the fall he broke his leg.

A meeting of the Board of Management of the Y.M.C.A. will be held, on Friday evening, when variousjjmatters connected with the forthcoming bazaar will be dealt with. The canvassers in connection with the bazaar are success, several promises of donations and prizes having been received.

The Matron of the Masterton Hospital- desires to acknowledge with thanks donations of old linen from Mrs M. Caselberg, Mrs Cameron, Fernside, and Mrs E. Johnston, Lansdowne, linen and books from Mrs James Stuckej', quinces from Mr H. G. Williams, and rabbits from Master Blinkhorne. The Mauriceville Rifle Club fired a trophy competition- on Saturday last,, the conditions being ten j( shots at 500 yds and 700vds. The following were the scores registered:—C. Blevvett 90. E. H. Dagg 90, W. Payne 90, R. F. Wilton (captain) 88, A. M. Rose S6, C. Brooks 84, R. C. F. Dagg 80, F. M. Ross 75.

The strike of the Submarine Miners at Wellington shows no signs of terminating. A parade called for one night last week only drew five members and two officers out of a total strength of eighty. Further steps will probably be taken to secure a muster, and if they are unsuccessful the most likely outcome of the trouble is the disbandment of the corps.

At a meeting of the Eketahuna sub-branch of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society, on Saturday evening, a letter was read from the Masterton sub-branch , with reference to seceding from the Wellington Society and forming a fresh one to embi'ace the Wairarapa, Bush Districts, and Akitio County. It was resolved not to support the movement.

A Press Association telegram from Christchurch states that a meeting of the creditors of D. C. Mclntvre, exInspector of Awards at the Exhibition, was held yesterday morning. A resolution was proposed congratulating the Government on its decision to bring Mclntyreback to the colony. This was strongly opposed by a section of the creditors, who said the Government should be censured for letting him go. The general administration of the Exhibition was warmly criticised, and ultimately the meeting adjourned without carrying any resolution.

At Te Awamutu, last week, Kiri Kiha, a chief of the , Ngatimaniapoto tribe, came as a Maori deputation of one to the Hon. R. McNab, on the rabbit question. He was invited to sit down, but declined. "I am a chief, and I stand up to speak," he explained. "Salutations to you all," he continued. "No good the rabbit poison; pay threepenny again ,* that's all; kia ora." The speaker emphasised his brief utterance by prefacing the phrase "rabbit poison" with a sanguinary adjective. This deputation was unique in Mr McNab's experience.

The financial position of the Masterton Borough Council is as fol-lows:—-General Account, dr., £4,735 Cs; Gas Account, cr., £682 9s 6d; Library Account, cr., . 18s lOd; Waterworks Account, cr., £2ll 15s 3d; Deposit Account, cr., £4BO 10a; Abattoir Account, cr., £135 0s lOd; Interest account, drainage, cr., £2OB lls8d; Interest Account, Bannister Street, nr £l3 4s 2d; Temporary Deposit Account, cr., £805; Loan Account, drainage, cr., £ll4 9s 4d. Special Loan Account—schedule A, £230 6s 6d; schedule B, £334 10s 8d; schedule C, £3BB 0s Id; schedule D, £1,094 14s 9d; schedule E, £604 0s 7d; schedule P., £42 8s sd.

The Masterton Borough Council, last evening, decided to call tenders for the work of laying down the gas mains along the TVs Ore' Ore Road to the new Hospital. Cr Temple suggested that while the main was being extended that far, the Gas Manager should report on the advisability of extending the mains a few chains past the Hospital to serve a couple of residents, who were anxious to have the gas. He contended that it was good business to exend the gas mains wherever the Council was assured of sufficient revenue. Cr Morris moved that the Gas Manager be instructed to report on the matter. Crs Eton and Hoar opposed the motion, on the ground that the gas mains should not be extended to Lansdowne while there were residents in the Borough asking for gas. The motion was carried, after a division. » Tub Celebrity of Savbeii and Sons Pure Volatile Eucalypti Extract is universally acknowledged. Royalty honours it, and the entire medical profusion has adopted it9Uso, Imitatious sprung up without number. The latest of them—as styled ■' Extracts "—was oil foisted upon the trusting and unwary under tbo grossest misuse of Bander uhd 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. Thia shows what care is required to obtain an artiole that is scientifically tested and approved of. As such is surely-endorsed and recommended the GENUINE SANDER AND SONS' PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. I

Messrs W. Pragnell, J. Yarr, and Cr W. Morris were nominated, yesterday, for seats on the Masterton Borough Council,

The (Mr J. A. Renall) and Councillors will meet the Besses o' th' Barn Band on their arrival in Masterton to-morrow.

During the trip of the Paparoa from London to Wellington, the officers' steward, named J. Goldworthy, died at sea.

Mr J. S. Kent-Johnston has been elected captain of the Grey town Rifle Volunteers vice Mr Parkinson, resigned.

Good progress is being madti with the ei'ection of the new gas holder at the Masterton gasworks. It is expected that the work will be out of the contractors' hands in the early part of next month.

A woman named Lucy Bevan,. married, aged 31, died, yesterday, under chloroform, administered for the purpose of an operation, states an Auckland Press Association telegram. Her husband resides at Raglan.

The Masterton Rifle Volunteershave decided to partition off the stage in the Drill Hall and eonvprt the interior into an orderly room. The work has been commenced "working bee" composed of members of the Volunteers.

The editor of the Sydney Referee has cabled to the editor- of the Wanganui Herald, states a Press Association telegram, that Charles Towns has accepted Webb's challenge to row- for the championship of the world and has deoosited £IOO.

There are some matter-of-fact people in the world. Affairs of the greatest moment to many are of little concern to them. Last week a Dunedin lady "posted this notice on the door of her shop:—"Gone to be married; back in half an hour."

At the present there are over 12,000 sheep on the new Mangatahi (Olrig) Settlement, and the successful applicants are commencing to cultivate their suctions. In another year a small village will be established, as all the settlers are arranging to build immediately.

Messrs J. Fraser and Eli Smith, having been unable to agree as to the choice of an umpire in connection with the valuation of property required by the Borough Council for the widening of Pine Street, the Borough Council, last evening, decided to recommend Mr Fraser to accept Mr J. B. Keith as umpirs.

Mr D. P. Loasby has been elected, unopposed, Mayor of Greytown. The Councillors who have been nominated and declared elected are:— Messrs G. R. Stevens, E. Dunn, A. L. Webster, J. S. Kent-Johnston and H. Wall. There are still four seats to fill, and an extraordinary election will be held.

Two stowaways by the Paparoa were handed over to the police on the arrival of the vessel at Wellington. The information against a! young woman was withdrawn, as it was explained that she had been taken on board the steamer at Hobart. The other offender, a young man, was fined £4 10s, in default one month's imprisonment.—Association.

The Masterton Borough Council, at the meeting last evening, resolved to affix ths seal of the Borough to the deeds of execution in connection with the widening of Cross Street. The property involved in the widening of the street belongs to Mr A. C. Hoar, Mrs A. R. Cameron, and the Public Trustee as agent for the late Mr W. Jones.

At the meeting of the Masterton Borough Council, last evening, it was decided, on the recommendation of the Gas Manager, to extend an inch and a quarter gas main along Wrigley Street to the corner of Villa Street, the estimated cost of the work being £22. It was also decided to put a lamp at the corner of Wrigley and Villa Streets. A meeting of the creditors in the estate of H. S. Izard was held at Grey town, yesterday, to consider offers for the debtor's reversionary interest under the will of the late Mr Chas. Pharazyn. The creditors present considered that it would be in the best interests of the estate to retain the reversionary interest, and requested the Assignee to decline the tenders. The price (17£ d per pound) realised the other day for forty-two bales of first hait'bred greasy wool, the property of Mr William Saunders, Hawke's Bay, is said to be the record price for New Zealand, greasy wool, and was the top price at the sale in question. At the same time, forty-three bales of the clip realised 17d, and the fleece portion averaged 16£ d per pound. The ordinary meeting of the Masterton Municipal Fire Brigade was held in the Central Station, Ist evening, Captain Jenkins presiding over a good attendance of members. The Masterton Municipal Band forwarded a cheque for £2, the proceeds of the open air concert given in aid of the team that was sent to Christchurch. A hearty vote of thanks was passed to the Band. Mr B. Church was elected an active member. Mr A. C. Scrimgeour and Miss Scrimgeour forwarded honorary members' fees. Other routine business concluded the meeting.

The Municipal Fire Brigade wrote to the meeting of the Masterton Borough Council, last evening, forwarding a statement of receipts and expenditure for the year ended March 31st. The receipts amounted to £95, and the expenditure to £lO 4s 9d, leaving a dr. balance of £lO5 4s 9d. The Brigade, stated the letter, had to borrow £lO from the private members' fund to meet their liabilities, and the Council was asked to increase the grant this year to £95. After an examination of the statement the Council decided to pay the brigade the deficiency of £lO 4s 9d incurred in last year's working. Cr McEwen suggested that the Council should recommend the incoming Council to raise the Fire Brigade's grant for the next, year to £IOO. The Mayor replied that he thought the majority of the present Council would be returned, and they would be able to deal with the matter. Liniments cannot remove the real trouble in rheumatism, gout, sciatica and lumbago. Kbeunio does, by removing the excess urio acid i'rom the blood. Rheumo effeots a. thorough cure. 2/6 and 4/6.

The Dunedin Star expresses the •opinion that the next session of the New Zealand Parliament will last until close on Christmas. The first nomination for the Carterton municipal election is that of Mr W. J. Lindop, who is a candidate for the office of Councillor. Mr Lindop's nominators were Messrs S. C. Skelley and J. S. Pepper. The long spell of mild weather experienced in Pahiatua is said to be only equalled by the climatic conditions existing there 22 years ago, when two seasons like the present one were experienced in succession. At the Masterton Police Court, yesterday morning, a first offender, charged with having been drunk, •was discharged, on condition that his ♦employer, who was present in Court, took the accused away to work immediately. In the Town Hall, at 8 o'clock, to-night, Mr B. C. Robbins, Mayor of Hawera, will deliver an address on the Fire Brigades' Act, and its advantages. Mr Robbins has taken an active interest in fire brigade matters for many years, and is a prominent member of the United Fire Brigades* Association. He is thoroughly con • versant with all matters connected with the enactment of last session of Parliament on which a poll of the, ratepayers is to bo taken on Wednesday next. At the Wellington Chamber of Commerce meeting, yesterday afternoon, prizes to the value of £25, donated by the Chatober, were pre•santed to 24 pupils from the eight city schools for proficiency in writing, arithmetic and English composition. Speeches on the value of encouraging commercial education in State schools were made by Messrs J. G. Harkness (president), G. Shirtcliffe and R. Lee (chairman of the, Wellington Education Board). —Association.

The Gaa Manager recommended the Maaterton Borough Council, last •evening, to continue the gas main now being laid in Renill Street, as a three-inch main, along Pownall Street and down Essex Street a distance of 21 chains. The approximate •cost of the work was £llO and the estimated revenue to be derived therefrom was £45 or £SO. The recommendation was approved of. It was also decided, on the recommendation of the Gas Manager, to extend the three-inch main in Cole Street for 26 chains to the top end of the at an estimated cost of £125. A Christchurch Press Association states that a man, named Hans Wilson, who was arrested on .Monday night on a charge of shooting With a revolver at hia wife with intent to do her bodily harm, appeared at the Magistrate's Court, yesterday morning. The Station Sergeant stated that the reports of the •police were that accused, went home -with his wife from the Exhibition. No sooner had they reached home than he pulled out a revolver and fired at her. He missed, and then turned the weapon on himself, but again his bad markmanship prevented a tragedy. The accused was remanded for a week, and the Magistrate made an order that he was to be examined as to his mental condition. The other day (says the North Otago Times) a swarm of bees took j possession of a chemist's shop in j Oamaru, and although the proprietor did his best to "shoo" them out they' wouldn't go, and the consequence was that his customers had to make their wants known from the footpath, and the chemist had to brace his nerves to the sticking point, and run the gauntlet of the busy bees, who were prepared with their implements of warfare to defend the position they had taken up. An offshoot of the same hive obtained ingress to a bank, and buzzed about ■as if they intended to make a fixed deposit with every official in the place. Another hive settled on the stock of a confectioner, and there they were at peace with all the world but those who molested them in their vigorous onslaught on the sugar.

An advertiser requires a smart young lady canvasser. The Masterton A. and P. Association invite tenders to close at noon ■on Saturday next, for the right to graze on the Masterton Showgrounds. A new advertisement, inserted by Mr D. A. Morton, of the Exchange Hardware Stores, will amply repay perusal. Elsewhere in this issue, Mr T. '<j. Hoar announces that, op account ■ of pressure of private business, he will not be a candidate at the forthcoming municipal election. Messrs Varnham and Rose invite tenders, to close at noon on Friday, April 26th, for the erection of business premises, bulk store and stables at Martinborough for the W.F.C.A. The Commissioner of Crown Lands notifies that, on and after Wednesday, May 15th, Section 1, Block IV., Tararua, containing 201J acres, will be open for selection on the optional system. On account of the address by Mr Eobbins, on the Fire Brigades Bill, m the Town Hall, this evening, at 8 o'clock, the meeting of tho Masterton Fire Police will be held at 7.30. "The Lighthouse" seems an appropriate name for Mr Chas. E. j..Darnell's establishment at the present time. Lamps of every size and kind are shown to advantage in their windows. Anyone requiring a lamp to give, a "bright white light" would - do well to enquire regarding prices, •etc., at the counter. "Seme little titoe ago," soys Mr J. 0. Boyle, Kelmscott, W. A., "I was suffering from a severe cough, which threatened to take a serious form. Hearing so much aoout Chamberlain's Cough Remedy I decided to give it a trial and to my great satisfaction was completely cured by tho time I bad finished the first bottle." For said by T. G. Mason, Masterton. It Daz/xeh the Woeld. No discovery in medicine has ever created one quarter of the interest that has been caused by Dr. tibeldon's New Discovery for Coughs, Colds, and Consumption. It has brought relief in the most hopeless cases, when all else bas foiled. For sale by H. E. Eton, Ch-roist, Masterton, J, Ba,illie, Carterti n, and the Mau--1 rlcevllle Co operative Store, Mauricovillo ' West. * Gout is really a special farm of rheuma- , tlsm caused by excess i n acid in the ' blood. Whether your ; it is acute or ' chronic, Rheumo will cui you. All stores For Children's Hacltit y Cough at night ""Woods' Great I'opponmnt Is (id • and.SflOd. i

Mr E. G. Eton informed a Wairarapa Age representtative yesterday that he did not intend to seek reelection on .the Masterton Borough Council.

A Press Association telegram from Wellington states that the Ruapehu which left London on March 3rd for Wellington, resumed her voyage from Capetown last Sunday.

Trooper McMurray, of theplawke's Bay Mounted Rifles, has (says the Hastings Standard) -established |a record forj two successive practices. On Saturday, March 29th,. he made the sensational score of 101 out of 105, his range totals being—2ooyds, 34; 500 yds, 35;'600yds, 32. On Saturday last he registered a similar score, with the ranee totals as follow: 200 yds, 35; 500 yds, 33; 600 yds, 33. He has thus made 202 out of a possible 210, a record which should stand unbeaten for some time. If the Exhibition authorities, says Christchurch Truth, had to supply the medals they would scarcely have been so lavish in the bestowal of them. According to the registrar of awards, 4,112 , gold medals and special awards, had been granted up to the 4th instant, in addition to 806 additional gold medals and 385 silver medals. The certificates are very few in number by comparison, and only 211 have been issued altogether. It has been decided that the chamois recently imported shall be regarded as "game," and shall consequently come within the operation of the Animal Protection Act, 1880. Mr Albert Ernest Louis Bertling,who was in charge of the chamois on their way to the colony, and who previously was an officer in connection with the London Zoological Gardens, has been appointed by Gazette notice as a ranger under the Act referred to for the Rotorua district.

The Bishop of Melanesia (Dr. Wilson), when speaking at the prizegiving of the Diocesan Girls' High School at Auckland on Saturday, spoke about tramways. While in New Zealand, he said, he had taken particular notice of this means of locomotion. In Dunedin the tram lines were said to bo the best laid in the colony, and Christchurch was said to possess the best cars, although they were somewhat difficult for conductors to manage. The Wellington tramears were better for the drivers, whilst the Auckland service had the reputation of being the fastest in the colony. Referring to men not surrendering their seats to ladies in crowded cars, the Bishop said it was r.ot always the fault of the men. flheumo cures rheumatism and kindred complaints It elinrnates tha excess urio acid and purifies ihe blood. Ail dv. mists and st?ro3, 2/6 at:d 4/0. Try it. W'bjr suffer ihe tormor.ts of Hfill with Bheuii fttism or Lumbago when Dr Sheldon's Miigf.et'C Liniment will oase tho pain at orite, iu>d continued application effects pernuinco: cnio Prire 1/iS; large bottle 3/I'or fii)e by U. E. Eton, Chemist, Miistprton, J. Biullii*, CartHi'ton, and the Mauriceville Co-operative feioro. Manriceville West