LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8412, 30 April 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Paradise ducks, pukeko, and native p ; geons are protected this year. Hailstones measuring over an inch in length fell at Cheltenham (North Island) last week. Mrs Crees, aged 31, proprietress of the Wairau Valley Hotel, died suddenly on Sunday morning. Mr Alf. Daysh, of Taratahi East, has disposed of his sheep farm to Mr J. Thompson. Mr Daysh intends residing in the Waikato District. A Press Association telegram from Christchurch states that at the Magistrate's Court, yesterday, a woman named Mary Hyland .was fined 80s for practising palmistry. A charge of attempted murder against Hans Wilson, states a Christchurch Press Association telegram, was dismissed without prejudice, as he had been committed to the Sunnyside Mental Hospital.

The population of the colony is about 960,000, and the number of people who attended the International Exhibition at Christchurch was 1,970,000, or an average of over two visits for every person in the colony.

At a meeting on Saturday the delegates of the Southland Trades and Labour Council expressed themselves as favourable to the recent action taken by the Minister of Labour to enforce the provision of the Factories Act regarding Saturday half-holiday. —Association.

The Native Land Court continued its sitting in Mastertpn, yesterday.'' An application was made 1 for the inclusion of the name of one Maori to another in the title of certain lands. A report will be sent to the Chief Judge on the matter. Partitions of Matapihi Block and Akura Block 14 were made. Various other applications for partition orders were heard, but only partial progress was made.

Replying to a deputation from the Auckland Trades and Labour Council the Hon. J. A. Millar said, with reference to the remarks* made'on the subject of unseaworthy vessels, he would give instructions that fresh surveys be made, and if necessary an expert shipwright be employed to assist Mr Duncan, Chief Inspector of Machinery, ■in dealing with wooden vessels. He was determined to restore the confidence of Auckland people, and every effort would be made to put things in order without interfering to any great extent with the running of those vessels.

Among the rare occurrences which mark connubial bliss is the celebration of a diamond wedding, but such has been the experience of the Rev. T. Fulljames and his wife, who on April 17th, says the Auckland Herald, completed 60 years of marital felicity. They were married at Chichester, England, in 1847, and came to New Zealand in 1863, after living in Auckland and at the Thames for many years. They are now residing with their daughter at Tuakau. Mr Fulljames is a cheerful old gentleman, 92 years of .age, who has lived under five reigning sovereigns, and his intellectual faculties are still unimpaired. His wife is still active and bright, although 83 years old. Their family (living) consists of one son and three daughters, and numerous grand-children and great grandchildren. THE PREMIER SEPARATOR. The new principle covered by tho " Baltic " patents is rapidly establishing this machine as the Premier Cream Peparator. The Split wing syscem has been discarded, and. a special and very simple arrangement feeds the whole milk to the separating planes without disturbing tho cream layer. Results achieved in actual practice with the ''Baltic" have astonished practical factorymen, and the really marvellous capacity and clean skimming have exceeded anything hitherto known. Practical proof will be given on application to J. B. McEwan and Co., Ltd., U.S.S. Go's Buildings, Wellington.

Mrs M. A. Jones, an old resident of Greytown, is seriously ill. There are eight patients at present in the Greytown Hospital. The Tararuas had a good coating of snow on the tops yesterday morning. A movement is on foot to form a Farmers' and Commercial Club at Martinborough. Mr A. Prentice has sold his farm at Papawai to Mr John Hodge, who will take possession on July Ist. A Press Association telegram from Invercargill states 1 that tne total insurance on Municipal properties in Invercargill is £20,195, tne premiums amounting to £2.38 per annum. The theatre rale is 50s per i cent.

Mr Richard Bell, the Labour member, has introduced a Bill in the British House of Commons making it obligatory on employers to give a reference to their servants under a penalty of .£25. Speaking to a deputation a Auckland on the subject of the shortage of trucks, Mr J. A. Millar said it was impossible to run enough trucks to suit every emergency, but he thought goods trains might be run at night to relieve any congestion that might arise. Among the several novelties to be introduced into the programme of the coming Winter Show of the Southland A. and P. Association is a competition for farmers' boys, open without restriction, for the best collection of dairy, agricultural and pastoral produce.—Association.

Mr Marryate, president of the Otago Centre of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association, who returned from Sydney last week, states 'iiat there is a prospect of a team of ten or twelve amateur athletes from South Africa visiting Australia and New Zealand next summer.

At Christchurch, yesterday, Robert Ferguson was committed for sentence on a charge of uttering a forged school certificate, which made it appear that he had passed the Fifth Standard. , The accused had made use of the certificate when applying for a position on the railway—Association.

On Saturday next the Masterton Ambulance Corps intend to hold an "Ambulance Saturday," to raise funds to purchase an up-to-date ambulance waggon. In the Y.M.C.A. Rooms, on Wednesday evening, a meeting of the Corps will be held, to which all ladies interested in ambulance work are invited to attend to make arrangements for "Ambulance Saturday."

Nominations of officers and members of the general committee of the Wairarapa Agricultural and Pastoral Society, received by the secretary, Mr H. S. Moss, are:— One for president; three vice-presidents (two required); and 24 general committee (18 wanted); one treas-' urer and one auditor. A ballot will be taken at the meeting of the society.

A Press Association telegram from Dunedin states that Mr G. M. Barr, ono of the most prominent consulting engineers in the colony, died on Saturday, aged 70 years. He came to Dunedin from Scotland in 1862 as surveyor to the provincial Government of Otago, was chief engineer in the Public Works Department from 18£9 till 1872, and ten years later was appointed engineer to the Dunedin Harbour Board, occupying that position till 1888, since when he has been engaged in private practice in Dunedin.

Judge Sim, of the Native Land Court, which is ncv sitting in Masterton, drew the attention of a Wairarapa Age reporter, yesterday, to a paragraph which appeared in the New Zealand Times, yesterday morning, stating that the Ikaroa Land Board was holding a sitting in Masterton/ The Judge stated that the Land Court and Land Board were separate bodies. Judge Sim is president of the Ikaroa Land Board, and he smilingly assured the reporter that no sitting of the Board was being held in Masterton at present. Mr M. M. Maloney,' a member of the mechanical staff at the Christchurch Telegraph Office, is about to patent an improved telephone transmitter. The transmitter is fitted with an extra diaphragm with carbon pencils radiating from the centre and making contact at the sides. This increases the ■ volume of sound, and does not allow the granules to pack. The patent is attached by means of a screw, and the transmitter can be so adjusted that a person's breathing may be heard quite distinctly. It is said to bo specially suited for long distance telephoning, and it is claimed that a person can be heard as audibly at one hundred miles as at a mile. Mr Maloney has been in communication with the Commonwealth on the matter, and has received a request from the Postmas-ter-General to submit samples of his patent.

A meeting of those interested in a presentation to Mr J. A. Renall, the retiring Mayor, prior to his leaving Masterton, was held in the Borough Council Chambers yesterday afternoon. Mr E. McEwen'presided, and there was a representative attendance of members of the various local organisations. The Secretary reported that a substantial amount was in hand towards a presentation, and various amounts had been promised. It was also reported that an illuminated address was being prepared for presentation to Mr Renall. It was resolved to make the presentation at j a public meeting in the Town Hall on Thursday evening. After a dis- ; cussion, a committee, consisting of Messrs A. VV. Hogg, M.H.R., J. C. Ewington, E. G. Eton, J. B. Keith and E. McEwen was appointed to 'select another present for Mr Renall. The same committee, with the addition of Messrs R. Brown and D. Caselberg, were appointed to draw up a programme of musical items for Thursday evening. "Some httletiine ago," r ß&ys Mr J. G. 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 satisfaction was completely cured by lhe time I had finished the first bottle." l'or sale by T. G. Mason, Masterton. Bheumo has permanently cured thousands of sufferers from rheumatism, gout, sciatica, and lumbago. It will cure you. All stores. 2/0 and 4/6. Give it a trial.

The Masterton St. Patrick's Debating Society will probably chal* lenge Mr J. C. Cooper and another member of the Farmers' Union to a debate on the Land Bill. The Manawatu Daily Times learns, on reliabe authority, that gold has been discovered on the Tararua ranges. Tests are now being made and further developments are expected within the next few weeks. Henry Fletcher, horse-trainer, of Clareville, yesterday filed his petition in bankruptcy. The first meeting of creditors will be held in the Carterton Courthouse on May 13th at 11.30 a.m. Somewhat extensve additions to the Greytown Cheese Factory are at present under consideration. Nothing definite as yet, has, however, been decided on. There are hundreds of applicants for the telephone girl's position (says the Lyttelton Times). Between 600 and 700 applications are on the books of the Christchurch Exchange at the present time. An Invercargill Press Association telegram states that the Southland Trades and Labour Council, acting on a suggestion from Taranaki, decided to take steps at the beginning of next season to form a union of workers in the milk, cheese and butter factories in Southland. Mr P. L. Hollings, acting on behalf of Miss F. I. Hall, of Masterton, has issued writs against the proprietors of the Otago Daily Times and Taranaki Daily News claiming dairiges for libel in connection with statements made concerning the death of the late Miss Victoria Howell. As the outcome of the recent fata! accident in a Uunedin foundry, through the breaking of an emeiy wheel, reports a Press Association message, steps are being taken by the Inspector of the Machinery De- , partment by which these wheels and also circular saws will be safely guarded. • A Press Association telegram from Hamilton states that Alan Coe, aged about 32, a well-known settler, and formerly of Ellesmere, Canterbury, was found on the road near his homestead, yesterday morning, shot dead. He«was to have been married shortly. It is believed to have been a case of suicjde. , The Minister for Labour says the proposed amendment of the Arbitration Act will make the Act self-con-tained, so there would be no recourse to the Supreme Court as in the slaughtermen's dispute, and it will enable a settlement of any dispute within two or three days of its arising.

A man named John Haun, a labourer, belonging to Helensville, arrived in Eketahuna from Dannevirke, on foot, on Friday. He went out to Alfredton in search of work, but complained of feeling ill, and was brought back to Eketahuna on Saturday night. He expired ju&t as he reached town.—Association.

At Carterton, on Saturday night, John Allen, a young man of nineteen years, while under the influence of liquor, threw a stone at a Chinese fruiterer named Chong Fong, with whom he had had an argument, with the result that I;he Chinaman was wounded on the forehead. Allen was, yesterday morning, fined 40s, in default fourteen days' imprisonment, and was bound over to keep the peace for six months.

During the last few weeks, says the Southland Daily Times, quite a number of Australian buyers of horses have been in the district. Two Victorian buyers have purchased six young Clydesdale stallions. The animals include two which were bred by Mr D. Macdon aid, of Edendale, and which were obtained,' through Messrs J. A. Mitchell and Co., at big prices. Another party of buyers, four in number, have inspected several horses of the same class arid had them placed under offer.

Mr W. P. James, S.M., occupied the Bench at the Masterton Magistrate's Court yesterday morning. William Costello, who did not appear, was fined 10s, in default 48 hours' imprisonment, for having been drunk. George Graham was charged with having stolen two bags of potatoes, the property of J. Arthur, on April 24th. Accused pleaded guilty, out was remanded until Wednesday to enable enquiries to be made concerning him. The same course was adopted in respect to a charge against Richard Burke, for the theft of a piece of greenstone, valued at £2, the property of Wira Peti Himona, on April 26th.-

Messrs Joseph Nathan and Co.'a new building in Wellington, now nearly completed, cost is unique in being a perfect cube with 100 ft frontage to Grey Street, 100 ft to Featherston Street, and there is a drop of 100 ft from parapet to pavement. It is a six-storeyed building of reinforced concrete and brick, and is as nearly fire and earthquake proof as it is possible to make. a building. There is not a wooden wall or partition in the building, the walls being of coke breeze concrete, and the floors are laid down in the same material, interlaced with railway iron.

Questioned by an Auckland Star reporter regarding the Mclntyre case, the Minister for Justice (the Hon. J. McGowan) said:—"We will takesteps to secure Mclntyre's, extradition, enquiries having shown that this will be justified. There is not a great deal of money in the matter, so far as the Government are concerned, but Mclntyre had no authority to receive payments, and the only money he got was from exhibitors for additional space, which he took without the authority of the Minister. A number of private people have suffered, however, and it>is only right that full investigation should be made, so that the blame may not be attached to those whodo not deserve it." .'nil. SIIKI.DON'B NEW DISCOVERY For Coughs, Colds, and Consumption is a preparation that can be relied upon to cure all lung troubles. It has proved a blessing in thousands of homes, and has been energetically endorsed by many of the most prominent citizens and professional men in Australia. Dr. Sheldon's New Discovery is not a patent medicine,, or an ordinary Couch mixture but a scientific discovery that will make sore lungs well. Priep Is 6(1 and 3s. Obtainable at H. E. Eton, Chemiet, Masterton. J. Baillie, Carterton, and the Maurlceville Co-operative Store, Mauriceville Weat.

shooting native and uraported.. game in the Wellington ..district.will,open on May Ist and .dose on July Slat. A.London. Press Association cable .states that Sir Joseph Ward and suite will leave. Loudon on May 24th, on , his return,to New Zealand. He sails by.the.steamer Mooltan. * A JSawera resident was surprised the. other evening to find that his ..domestic cat, had captured a goodsized iiai-e. The prey wa3 quite overpowered, and it only required,a slight .finishing touch to end its existence. At Kaikoura, a few days ago, a boy named Sweeney, aged three years, met with a nasty mishap, very simply. He had tied himself by the arm to a post, playing horse, and in jumping about the string j snapped, and the child fell. This m. resulted in his leg being broken just uabovQ'the. knee.

Mr John Townley, who was again elected Mayor of Gisborne on Wednesday last, holds what must be almost a colonial record for municipal services. He has held a seat continuously on the Borough Council >since its. establishment in 1877, and has been Mayor continuously since 1890, the present being his eighteenth election to that office. Mr 'Whinray, another .councillor has had an uninterrupted tenure of office i*iiMje ; 187.8. Complaint is jmade in South Canterbury concerning the action of the Government in .again declaring a close season for paradise ducks. Theise birds aro now very plentiful i in.the back.country, where by reason .of the .damage they do to grass. many property owners would be ■glad to see them thinned out a ,little. This aspect of the case was 1 brought.under the 'notice of the .ActingrPremier on hi.s recent visit to Timaru, .when be promised to see what could bs done i« the matter. "What .has been. the effect of the Bush ..and Swamp. Lands Act/in this district?" a prominent Taranaki settler was asked the other day. "It of land to ;be taken .up .under easy conditions," was the reply; "but in my opinion the Act is too liberal. The greatest flaw is that no rate can be levied for roading for several years, and as a result the holders of the land who use the main roads ,psy.(nothing towards them.. In ,my opinion, many (Of the .men v-who ■ have little or no iflccess to their sections jwouid prefer to contribute something.towards the cost of reading."—Taranaki 'Herald. It iis bvhjb r than , fortyrfour yeara taince .H.M.s. .Orpheus .was,wrecked on the Manukau' bar, .and , it'seems N impossible that any i-relics,i«tf that awful tragedy should still be lying ■Along the coast. :Such Js .the fact, however. At Easter, a party of campers, while walking .along the Ibeach some two ..and ~a half miles from the Heads, saw .the, end of an old spar .sticking .out ~of .the sand abouc 300 yards from the edge of the tide. It excited.their curiosity, so they dug it up, and;found it was ithe mizzen topmast of the ill-fated vessel; and the sjaar to which the unfortunate officers clung durinfc that awful afternoon and night, till they were washed off and. drowned. An. interesting aod important .fltatemeßt.was.made by .thoipresident,' Mr James' Allan,; of i&e Bee-keepers' Association, at the .annual meeting of that botfy, held at Wyndham recently. Mr Allan is a practical dairy farmer, with a-very £no herd Of dairy cows, aucl ,he goes in for buttar making on wholesale lines. * Yet, despite excellent .prices that have been ruling this reason for dairy produce, Mr Allan taffirms that he made more out of his .bees than his cows. His dairying returns were £2OO, and his honey j£l6o; but after deducting cost of maintainirag the cowb he finds that the bees give the raost net profit, as their cost is practically nil.

It appears, that some of the committee of Wellington schools,are not familiar with the limitations of their powers in expending school funds. ' According to matters mentioned at the last meeting of the Wellington Education Board,' the auditor had objected to sums of £1 «s 9d, £5 ss, and £5 5s respectively, which aopeared on the balance sheets of three city schools. One of the committees ' had given its secretary, who was a member of the committee, a grant of ,■ five guineas" for his services during the. year. "That payment," said Mr Lee, "is illegal. No member of a committee ■'■' can receive payment for his services." Other sums had been expended upon a footba'l and football jerseys. The Board also decided to draw the Te Aro Committee's attention to the fact that the school fund, is hot to be expended upon school sports. Mr Charles Leopold Diamanti, one of the original settlers in the Wakamarina, i« just verging on 90 years of age. Up till about three months ago, says the Havelock Guardian, he was as vigorous as many men of 50, but on Saturday week he went through to Picton in order to try the effect of a change of scene and climate. The old gentleman has had an adventurous career, not the least exciting incident in which was a journey (in 1835) of nineteen days, in a whaleboat, from New Caledonia to the Bay of Islands. He had four companions and their sole diet for the nineteen days consisted of six cocoanuts each. Mr Diamanti explains that he and hisfhates belonged to the American whaler New Bedford, and after getting fast to a whale they were towed so far from the ship that they never met again. The boat's crew sighted New Caledonia and landed at a native village, eventually escaping to New Zealand. MERIT REWARDEDiBY COURT OF The acknowledged Rood qualities and BUcoess of BANDBB & SONS' EUOALYPTI EXTRACT have brought out many imitations, and one case was just tried in the Supreme Court of Victoria, before bia Honour Chief Justice Sir J. Madden K.C.M.G., etc. His Honour, when giving judoment said with regardl to the GENUINE SANDER & SONS' EUCA. LYPTI that whenever an article .is ! oomnsM to the 'pnbuc by reason of its gm quality, etc., it s not Asmissable to imitate any of its features. He restrained the imitators perpetually from doing 00, and ordered them to pay all coats. Wo publish this to afford the public an opportunity of protecting themselves 1 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 Vol genuine merit, vi*. .THE GENUINE BANDER & SONS' PURE* VOLATILE BUCAIYPTI EXTRACT.

An official ithat :has .been issued shows .that .the .tataLcosfcof the British Navy has been £133,556,6,79.

An extraordinary case which, has been puzaling some .of the .Taranaki medical fraternity, ihas occurred at Waitara. A young .woman went into a trance.and remained .imthatcondition for 65 hours She was seen, by three doctors from .New Plymouth, but the pricking .of needles and shocks from electric batteries had no effect on .her. At latest-advices she had been removed to.the .New Plymouth Hospital, still in a trance. The Masterton Town Hall.has.been booked as follows.:—May 3rd and 4th, Perry's Riorama,; May 16th Y.M.C.A.; May .2.7 th and 28th, Willoughby - Geach Company; June Ist and 3rd, "Kelly Gang" Pictures; Julv 25th and 26th,-J. G. Williamson; July 29th, and 30th, Harry, ftickard3 Company; August sth, J. C. Williamson,; September 9th, Miss Jessie McLachlan; October 10th and 11th. J. C. Williamson (pencilled); October 16th, Willoughby - Geach Company (pencilled); November Bth and 9th, Allan Hamilton (pencilled). The proximity of the Opaki Rifle Club's butts to the Lansdowne links is a source of danger to golfers when the. members of the rifle club are practising. On Saturday afternoon last a number of players were somewhat startled to hear the "whizz" of ricochetting bullets, while one .bullet struck the ground a few feet in front of one of the players. The occasion referred to is certainly not the first by many when bullets have ricochette'd over the links, and it is certainly advisable in the public safety that steps should be taken to prevent any repetition of the danger complained of. MrT. Mackenzie, M.H.R., speaking at Wyndham on Thursday evening, sent his audience into roars of laughter in descanting on ancient law-givers, such as Lycut'gus and Solon, and the manner in which these laws were revived or found to be in existence in modern times. "•In Rarotonga." said Mr Mackenzie, "no young man and young woman are allowed to walk out together of an evening without each carrying a lighted torch. If they do they get six months on road-making, and the roads I walked on at Rarotonga were the finest I ever walked upon."

A Mauricoville correspondent writes complaining of the larrikin conduct of some lads in that community. On Saturday night last, he states, larrikins placed house blocks across the main road opposite the new hall, and then put timber on the blocks, which created an obstruction right across the road. Had it not been moonlight at the time a serious accident would probably have occurred, as a horseman who came along shortly afterwards saw the obstruction, and threwit off the road. The correspondent adds: "Such tricks as. these should be stopped at once, as some serious accident will happen if they are allowed to continue." i

Another phase of the child labour .question is mentioned in the report of the Wellington Education Board's Truant Inspector, who wrote—"ln the outlying districts of Wairarapa I came across parents who were quite indifferent about their children's education, and, when spoken to, the> informed me that they had got on fairly well without education, and they tii-aught their children would do the same. In one case the mother told me that her three children, aged respectively seven, nine and eleven years, had to milk ten cows daily, 'and she herself milked seven, as her husband was not fitted to do the work. lam powerless to compel thens to send their children to school regularly, as the school is situated two miles away on the other ,side of the river. A similar case was ,met with in the Manawatu district, where the father, in reply to a notice .sent, stated that his 'children had to help to milk thirty-six cows, whilst he and his wife, even with the aid of the children, had to work from daylight till dark. This man is wording the farm ,6n the share eysfcew. The compulsory clause cannot be enforced in this ease, as the home is three miles and ahalf from the nearest school."

A four-roomed cottage in George Street is advertised for sale. A good general for the country is wanted by an^advertiser. The Masterton poundkeeper advertises particulars of three head of cattle impounded from lower Manaia. A young man, used to horses [and general farm work, seeks employ-, ment. Messrs Gillespie and Co. have vacancies for scrub-cutters and others.

Messrs Vtxrnham and Rose invite fresh tenders, to close at noon on Friday, May 10th, for the erection of> business premises in Martinborough for the W.F.C.A. v

Mr A. S. Awdvy has to hand a supply of specially blended tea of excellent quality. Mr Awdry also notifies that he has to hand a wellselected stock of picture frame mouldings, and will execute orders at a moderate charge. Notice of the dissolution of the partnership between Messrs R. Evernden and Joseph Prentice, trading as Evernden and Prentice, builders, is published elsewhere. Accounts owing to the late firm are payable to Mr W. M. Easthope. The annual general meeting of the members of the Wairarapa and East Coast P. and A. Society will be .held in the Agricultural Hall on the Showgrounds, Carterton, at 11.30 a.m., on Saturday next. It is expected that Mr Hoben' will be present to explain' the New Zealand Times Company's scheme of farm competitions, for which the Company is offering prizes. Mr T. Porter, late manager of the Royal Oak Hotel, Wellington, announces elsewhere that he has taken over the management of the Club Hotel, Masterton. Mr Porter is well-known, throughout the Wairarapa district, and he Was at one time a resident of Masterton. He assures the public i that the hotel will be run on the most up-to-date lines, and no efforts will be spared to keep the conduct of the house up to first-class standard. Arrangements have also been made for the use of Macara's sample rooms, which are adjacent to the Club, and where the best accommodation can be relied on.