LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8436, 7 May 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

An effort will be made to conclude the sitting of the Native Land Court at Masterton on Thursday next. In response to a request from the Cheviot settlers Mr W. F. Massey will deliver an address at McKenzie to-night on the Land Bill. Two men, named John McLeod and Kenneth Matherson,' were charged at the Masteron Police Court, yesterday morning, with having been found on Sunday night, without lawful excuse, in an outhouse on the premises of Angus Fraser. McLeod was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. Matherson, who' had several previous convitions against him, was sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment. Mr T. Wagg, J.P., occcupied the Bench. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Colds never fails. Is 6d and 2s 6d.

j The Besses o' th' Barn Band left* j Gisborne for Australia on Saturday ! last.

The supplementary roll of the Kuinara Borough contained only one name. This is considered to be a. record roll.

Mr Edmund Newmaii, of Turakina, is mentioned as a candidate for the Manawatu seat in the House of Representatives.

"The one dominant idea in a Liberal Cabinet seem 3 to be to snub, thwart, and insult any private individual who undertakes public work without pay." Such is the moral that. Mr Lewis, M.H.R., draws from the history of the Exhibition, says the Christchurch Press.

A young man, named A. L. Eiby, committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver at Barrett's Hole], Wellington, yesterday morning. He was cashier in the' Wellington office of the New Zealand Shipping Company, and was transferred to Wellington live or six months ago from Timaru.

An interesting list has been published showing the number of the Lawrence - Kennedy-Gillies milking machines in use, and the localities where the machines are used. No less than 544 machines have been sold up to the present. A nuiftoer of Wairarapa dairy farmers are using the machine.

A meeting of those interested in the Workmen's Homes movement will be held in the Foresters' Hall at 8 o'clock on Friday evening next. It is anticipated that the importance of tbe-subject will attract a large attendance. The Mayor (Mr J. M, Coradine) has consented to preside at the meeting! 1

The value of the branch of the New Zealand Tourist Bureau in Sydney may be estimated from the fact that Mr E. H. Montgomery, who is in charge, has, within a few months, had over 14,000 callers. Many of these have since come on to New Zealand, and settled in the colony.

At the sitting of the Native Land Court, at Masterton, yesterday, the partition of blocks Okurupatt?, No. 4 B, and Ngapuketurua, No. 6, were completed. The paritioning of Blocks Te Ore Ore, No. 1 E, and Hinana, No. 1-jV, were partly settled, will be finally dealt with on Wednesday. The exchange of Hi-?ana A 1 with Pabaoua No. 6 wys confirmed subject to a declaration being lodged. The wooden building in Perry Street, which has been occupied by Messrs Krahagen and Chapman, tailors, and Mr W. Donaldson, commission agent, was sold, on Saturday, by Messrs R. E. Howell and Co., to Mr Harding, of Kuripuni, for £lO 10s. The old building is to be removed and a two-storey brick building erected on the site. A house in Argyle Street, Pon30iiby, Auckland, owned by Miss W. H. Leys, was partly destroyed by fire, on Saturday night. The building was tenanted by. Martin Coulson, confectioner, and Henry McDonald, boot importer. Mrs Bailey, Coulsori's housekeeper, and three young children, escaped in night-dresses, through an upstairs window. A large meeting of teachers at Invercargill passed a resolution exDressing profound dissatisfaction with the present scale of salaries in which average attendance is the sole determining factor. The leading principles'for an improved scheme were affirmed, the chief being the small number of grades of schools, periodic increments for length of efficient .service, and such adjustment as will raise the pay of the rank and file of the profession. Mr Lewis, M.H.R., explained to tyis Darfield constituents, last week, that he was speaking to them of the Land Bill as it was introduced, not as it had been or might be amended. "I do not know whether Ministers will accept the amendments made by the Lands Committee in the Land Bill," he said. "But, if they do, that will be a sufficiently severe condemnation of their original Bill. I judge them by the Bill they seriously asked Parliament to pass, nailed their colours to, and all the rest of it." ,

The Wellington Evening Post recently published a statement by Miss Kirk, lady visitor on the staff of the Benevolent Institution Trustees, showing how in her opinion a married man with a small family could live on £2 a week. She apportioned the amount as follows: — Rent .Us, coal. and coke Is, milk 2s 4d. butter Is, candles and matches 4d, .newspaper 6d, bread 2s 3d, rice 2d, tea 9d, vegetables 2s, meat ss, soap sd, fruit (bananas) 4d, cornflour 3£d, sugar 7ci, jam 6d, washing soda Id, bacon sd, salt ljd, pepper Id, haricot beans 3d, Quaker oats 4Jd," oatina 6d, flour 3d, apples 2£d. Total £1 10s 9d, leaving a balance of 9s 3d for' the purchase of clothing or other necessary articles. Miss Kirk's views are adversely criticised by several writers in the correspondence columns of the Post. In an interview on his arrival in London, Sir Joseph Ward touched ijpon the system of old-age pensions in New Zealand. ' Every person over 65 years of age, who had lived 20 years in New Zealand, is entitled to £26 per annum. Previously the figure was £lB, but this was found to be inadequate; Asked if he thought va similar system might be successfully introduced in England, the Premier replied that he thought not; too many questions were bound up in the matter. With regard to women's suffrage, he said he found that women having the vote took a more intelligent interest in the questions of the day. They had had it in New Zealand for about 13 years, and his experience was that the women all went solid for progressive measures and Liberalism. In his opinion, women undoubtedly did much towards improving the social conditions of the country. MILKING MACHINE TESTIMONIALS. What a few users rashly testify to, after working machines in some cases only a week or two, and in others only a month or two, is of no value whatever. Only after a machine has worked successfully on a dairy farm for two or three years, can any value be attached to a testimonial. Mr H. W. Potts, F.C.S., Principal of the Hawkesbury College, N.S.W., where " Lawrence-Kennedy Gillies " Machines have been in use for four years, receii'ly stated that lie spoilt a whole herd of a.ws with an old machine after one season's use. He further states that the sucoess of the "L,K.G," is now beyond all question. MoEwan and Co., Ltd., Agents, U.S.S. Co's Buildings, Wellington.

Tiie heavy rains have played havoc with sawmill tramlines and bridges in the Danneyirke district. There were three bankruptcies in Wellington hst month, as compared with one in April of last year. The latest return from Antonio's Plat Dredge is 17oz 4dwt. The dredge master reports that the ground is improving. The monthly meeting of the Masteron School Committee will be held ,oa Thursday next, at 7.30 p.m, in the Exchange Buildings. 'the death occurred, on Sunday night, of Mrs Young, wife of the Rev. R. Young, Vicar of St. Mark's, Carterton. ' The members of the Mastarton Morris-tube Association held a practice in the Drill Hall, last evening, when some good scores were registered. The death occurred, yesterday, says a Press Association telegram from Greymouth, of William Kilgour, one of the pioneers of the district. He had the largest drapery establishment on the coast, and was widely known and esteemed. A Press Association telegram from Peilding states that the Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, Primitive Methodist, and Baptist ministers of Feilding have forwarded a united protest to the Minister for Defence against the new system of Government parades on Suhdays, which they characterise as a violation of the statute law and secularising the sabbath, day. The two fitters at the Addington workshops, who recently refused to work overtime, and . into whose conduct, an enquiry has been held, have been dismissed from the service. The case has excited a good, deal of interest in labour circles, and' was referred to at a Socialist meeting held in the Cathedral Square, Christchurch,. on Sunday night. At the Masterton Police Court, yesterday morning, before Mr T. Wagg, J.P., two first offenders were fined 10s or 48 hours' imprisonment, and 5s in default 24 hours' imprisonment, respectively, for having been drunk. In the case of the prisoner who was fined 10s, Mr Wagg said the fact that he was in an intoxicated condition on the railway platform aggravated the offence, hence the heavier penalty. Reports continue to reach Pahiatua as to the damage done by the recent floods. The Waihi road is blocked from end to end,,, and the bridges Oft Range Road and at the Pong.roai saleyards have been washed av ay* Miles of fencing are down all along thfe roads in the Makuri and Pongaroa districts. Two brakes are "stuck between two slips on one road between Pahiatua and Makuri. The road between Makuri and Ponagroa is still blocked by big slips.—Association.

The fortnightly meeting of the Masterton Oddfellows' Lodge was, held, last evening, Bro. J.' P. Lyall, N.G., occupying the chair. Four friends were proposed for admittance and four members were duly initiated into the Order, Bro. D. McKenzie, G.M., acting as Initiating Master. After the business of the Lodge .was concluded, the committee appointed to carry, out the arrangements in connection, with the annual ball, which is to be held on Thursday week, the 16th instant, met, and the secretary reported that tickets were selling freely, and everything pointed to a most satisfactory ing.

"Ten years ago it was purely a sheep-run; now it is one of the most progressive boroughs in New Zealand." This was said of Miramar (Wellington), last week, by the new Mayor, Mr C. J. Crawford, who at the beginning of the epoch referred to first did duty for the district on a local body. "In those days," he continued, "it was almost o pocket borough of the Crawford family. We paid seven-eighths of the rates, l and the first Road Board was rather a "farce, because it contained two Crawfords, and our surveyor. Out of the five members we had always a majority present. However, I don't think that very much harm was done."

At the Club Hotel, on Saturday evening last, Mr J. B. Hull, who will leave to-day on a visit to the Old Country, was presented by the members of the Yorkshire Society with a silver-mounted walking stick suitably inscribed. Mr Waddington, vicepresident, in making the presenta? tion, wished Mr Hull, on behalf of the Society, a pleasant journey, and hoped he would settle in the Wairarapa on his return. Mr Hull suitably replied, and thanked the Society for the memento which would remind him of many pleasant gatherings. After the presentation, a social evening was spent by the members of the Society present.

A |careful study of the German newspaper Press reveals, day by day, the strong undercurrent of antiBritish feeling which exists in this country, notwithstanding all professions of a genuine desire for better relations between Great Britain and Germany, writes the Berlin correspondent of the London Times. There are very few days in the year on which it would not be possible to write a long message on the expressions of feeling hostile to Great Britain published in German newspapers during the preceding 24 hours. These attacks, moreover, are not confined to Pan-German and other extreme journals, but are generally distributed among the organs of all political, parties, from the. Conservative "Kreuzzeitung" to the Radical 4 ' Frankfurter Zeiturg.'' MERIT REWARDED BY COURT OFJUSTICE. Tbo acknowledged good qualities and success or SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT have brought out many imitations, and one casa was juu tried in the Supreme Court of Victoria, before bis Honour Chief Justice Sir J. Madden K.C.M.G., etc. Hie Honour, when giving iudement said with repaid to the GENUINE SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, that whenever an article is corrimended to the public by reason of its good quality, etc., i',. s not permissable to imitate any of its features. Ho restrained tbo imitators perpetually from doing so, and ordered them to pay all costs. We publish this to afford the publio an opportunity of protecting themselves and of securing what is proved beyond all doubt by Rtriliod 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 j VOLATILE EUCALYFTI EXTRACT,

The Gfeytown Golf Club will open J the season on May 18th.

The death is announced of Mr R. S. Barry, a well-known resident of Palmerston North. 1

Mr Robertson, of Kahautara, lost about 150 sheep during the recent flood.

Mr R. P. MacGoun, of Carterton, died on Sunday flast. The deceased was 73 years of age.

The recent floods caused damage in the Ahiaruho district, amongst the losers being Mr H. R. Bunny, who had 150 sheep drowned. The Rev. F. Stubbs, of St. John's Presbyterian Church, Rotorua, has retired from the ministry alter 25 years' service. He will continue to at Rotorua. The News complains that a sitting • of the Taihape Police Court was held, last week, in the feed box at police station, instead of the Court House.

A man is missing in the bush near Kaitoke, at the foot of the Tararua Ranges. He was employed cutting a •■ survey track through some bush for (the Government.

As showing the height of the flood :at Pukio (Martinborough), last week, •the settlers were touring about their properties in boats, the water being several feet above the fences. It is generally understood that the Government will ask for authority from Parliament during the coming session to appoint two additional Judges to the Native Land Court.

The railway employees of the colony, who voluntarily started a subscription in aid of the memorial to the late Mr Seddon, have collected £3OO from the employees in the service.

Tho Featherston Dairy Cothpany railed 170 cases of cheese to Wellingon, on Saturday, to be shipped for ■the Home market by the Paparoa, which will leave Wellington on Thursday next.

The dim light shed by Greytown's street lamps had to be supplemented on Sunday night by church-goers carrying lanterns, says the Greytuwn Standard. Link boys or up-to-date lit street lamps are evidently badly wanted.

The Christchurch City Surveyor states that with the adoption of the Waimakariri water power scheme Christchurch would reap ( a profit of £69,000 annually by the use of only half the power available. Th it sum would more than cover the present rates.

"The land is the source _of all wealth. But, like all other streams, the stream of wealth gets wider and deeper the further it is from its source." Thus does Mr C. Lewis adumbrate the contrast between the hardships of the settler and the luxuries of the city man.

The Appeal Court at Wellington has granted leave to appeal to the Privy Council in the case of the Public Trustee versus the Commissioner

of Stamps. In this case the Court had decided that a bequest the ( purpose "of building an Anglican 1 Cathedral was not exempt from duty. The' Christchurch Press says:— information has been received to the effect that Captain Scott, the leader of the Discovery Antarctic expedition, is organising i another expedition to the South Pole. ' It,isjexpected to leave England next year."

During the recent flood a slip came, down at Waione, and partly buried a house occupied by Mr W. Bishop and family. The occupants had a nartoft escape. The slip struck the verandah first, and then swept the house away, partially covering it. It isjestimated that the slip contained thousands of tons of earth.

On Saturday, April 27th, the Wairarapa Golf Club members played the first monthly Challenge Shield match 6n the Rototawai Links. . Twenty players competed. J. C. Bidwill *(87) and W. E. Bidwill (87) were the best cards, iftiss Bidwill won the ladies' match. On Saturday next the first round of the Victoria Cup will be competed for.

A quantity of Exhibition property was sold by auction at Christchurch on Saturday. Inside furniture, etc., realised very satisfactory prices, but the contents of the fernery and the flqwer beds outside met with a very poor sale. A bid of £l5O was refused for the contents of the fernery as a whole! but only £6B was realised when the ferns were sold in lots as they stood. Lord Plunket, during his visit to Marlborough, last s|Week, went quail shooting ion Leefield station, near Blenheim. Itts reported that game is fairly plentiful in Marlborough this year. The Marlborough Herald says:—"The duck season opened at midnight last night, 'and attracted many devotees of the gun. It is said that a perfect fusilade. of musketry was heard at the Wairau lagoons long before midnight. The i premature shootists may, however, have been merely practising. What , is certain is that a largp number of sportsmen stayed up till midnight to get the first fruits of the season, and that bags of considerable size are talked about." "Pillage! These collars taken from our cases ex Paparoa and returned soiled!" is an announcement which catches the eye from the window of a leading soft-goods retail premises in Princes (saya the Otago Daily Times). At first sight it sets one wondering, but, ' briefly, it means that the articles in i question were extracted fromfa case |£ goods either on board the Paparoa or during the interval between their discharge and their being received by the consignee, and, being apparently not considered of any material value by the pillager, were replaced. When approached by a Times reporter the retailer in whose premises such an announcement was displayed, said: "These extractions of goods are of a most ingenious nature, and it is 'only on opening the case" that we find that anything is missing. The goods are removed by the displacing of a board of the case, after which everything is closed up again. On one occasion I opened a case and found that a whole box of umbrellas had been pillaged. There 19 not a, firm in town that does not from this kind of pillaging." Bhhomo has permanently cured thou- ' flmfis of sufferers from rheumatism, gout,. SChtioa, and lumbago. It will core you. AJI stores. 2/6 and'4/G. Givo lt a trial,

j On Wednesday, Mr H. Hunter shot, on the Wyndham River, a shag which had swallowed a 21b trout, says the Wyndham Herald. A creamery manager at liiverlea, Taranaki, was recently dismissed on account of the part he had taken in the formation of a union of factory j employees. I The Government briciueUe-making plant at Westport is now in operation, and a large quantity of briquettes have already been turned out.,

The other day an advertisement appeared in a Melbourne paper calling for navvies. Twenty--;^'von were required, and no fewer tinui 520 applied for the job.

A Carterton Association telegram states that a sivroomed house, the property • .Mr Charles Bowles, of Waihakeke. wps destroyed by fire on Saturday. Nothing was saved. The building insured.

As a result of a hot ice ' • uder the Factories Act, several' Eketahuna businesses closed for halt a day on Saturday la3t. A petition is being circulated in Eketahuna for all premises to observe Saturday in place of Thursday.

The following have donated Lrophies to the Masfcercon Golf Club: —Mesdames H. G. Williams, D. Donald and W. S. Ross; Miss Robieson; Dr. A. Hoskitig and Messes W. P. James, A. B. Lawrence, W. C. Buchanan, H. Holmes and the W.F.C.A.

Two tramway employees, named Farrilly and Fletcher, were before the Auckland Arbitration Court, yesterday, states a Press Association telegram, charged with taking part in a movement intended to produce a strike. The men pleaded guilty. Counsel for the accused said the men hi>d a grievance and the trouble might have been averted if the company had exercised tact. Judgment was reserved.

With regard to the project of sending a team of New Zealand footballers to England to play the Northern Union's teams, it is stated at Wellington that such a movement has been on the tapis ever since the "All Blacks" returned from their victorious career. A Wellington syndicate, aided by two moneyed men in other parts of the colony, has, it is stated, amiounced its willingness to put up £IO,OOO to bring about the trip, provided a first-class combination can be got together:

A meeting of creditors in the estate of W. L. Shanley was held at Greytown, yesterday, says the Standard, the Deputy Official Assignee presiding. The statement of bankrupt's affairs was read. At first bankrupt said he had no offer to make, but eventually, upon a resolution being passed to the effect that he should retain possession of his tools, furniture, etc., in the name of the Deputy Official Assignee, and carry on the business on the creditors' behalf for twelve months, reporting quarterly, he agreed to do so. The creditors will again be called together in a year's time.

A lad is wanted for the grocery trade. • '

Messrs Gillespie and Co. have vacancies for a pit-sawyer and crutchers.

An advertiser wishes to buy a good pony, s'econd-hand gig, and also a set of harness. Mr W. H. Cruickshank advertises particulars of a number of desirable properties which have been placed in his hands for sale.

Mr Alex Murray, draper of Glasgow House, has a special notice in another column with reference to his drapery sale. A meeting/ in connection with the forthcoming Y.M.C.A. Bazaar will be held in the Y.M.C.A. Rooms, at 7.3'J p.rft., to-night.

In a new advertisement appesring on page 4 of this issue, Mr. J. L. Murray notifies that he has a large stock of blankets to h?nd from the best makers. The of prices will be found in the advertisement.

At Villa Street, on Saturday next, Mr J. R. Nicol will sell, on account of Mr W. Judd, the whole of his furniture and effects, also the freehold house property. Particulars will be advertised later.

The W.F.C.A. in a new advertisement elsewhere point out the necessity of icareful attention to the quality of footwear for the winter season. The firm have a large stock of reliable lines and invite inspection. At their rooms, Perry Street, at 2 o'clock, to-morrow, Messrs R. E. Howell and Co., Ltd., will offer lit auction a large assortment of troutfishing material on account of Messrs G. 11. Price and Co., Napier.

An election to fill the vacancies on the Masterton Trust Lands Trust, caused by the resignations of Messrs E. Feist and J. A. Renall, will be hekLon Thursday, May 30th. Nominations must be in lodged with the Returning Officer, Mr A. Hathaway, before noon, on Thursday, May 23rd.

Mr T. B. Hunter, of Dixon Street South, who has had very considerable practical experience in the sewfag machine trade, announces elsewhere that he will undertake the cleaning and repair of all classes of sewing machines. Mr Hunter thus offers an opportunity much wanted,' and as his motto is "no cure, no pay," he should be'well supported.

Mr R. Gr. Coates, Secretary of the Melanesian Mission, will give a lecture on the Islands of Melanesia, at St. Matthew's Schoolroom, to-night. The lecture will be illustrated by a series of beautiful new views of the Islands, and their inhabitants, by Mr Beattie, Government photographer in 1 Tasmania. There will be no charge for admission,but a collection will be made to defray expenses. nil. shkv.pon'h nkw riscoveuy For Coughs, Colds, and Consumption is a prop 1 -ration that can be relied upon to our« all lung troubles. It has proved' a bleating in thousands of homes, and has been energetically endorsed by many of tbi inost prominent citizens and professional men in Australia. Dr. Sheldon's I New Discovery is not a patent medicine, or an ordinary Coiu'h mixture but » scier'ific discovery that wi 1 make sore lungs' veil. Price Is 6d and 3s. Obtainable at H. E. Eton, Chemist, Masterton, J. BaiUio, Carterton, and the Mauriceville Co-ooerative Store, Mauriceville West.

;Fo Children's Hacking Cough at night Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Is 6d and ?s fid.

A Press Association telegram from Wellington states that the G. Fowlds, Minister for Education, left for the South last night.

The death is announced in Auckland of Mrs Hall i well, widow of Mr Luther Halliwell, who was for juany years on the staff of the General Post Office. The deceased lady was a daughter of the late Mr ujdward Toomath, Of Wellington, . Mr J. B. MerVdlfe, edltOi' of the New Zealand Poultry ddtifnal, Who is leaving Greymouth for Chr'iflfitfhurchy at which city the journal Will in future be published, was ' (says a Press Association message) presented by the congregation of Holy Trinity Church, Greymouth, with a memento of esteem and in recognition of the services he rendered the Church.

The popular remedy for influenza is known as ammoniated tincture of quinine, but judging by a report received by the Melbourne Board of Public Health, last week, the sufferer in Victoria cannot always be sure that he is getting what he pays for. An inspector, feigniiig influenza, visited a suburban druggist, and asked for a bottle of ammoniated tincture of quinine. He had the contents analysed, and found that it contained "kerosene, acetine, and methyl alcohol, all of which are constituents of methylated spirits, and none of which are in the rectified spirit." He had a "relapse" of his simulated illness, and obtained sufficient of the deleterious mixture to enable him to secure an analysis under the Act. The Board regarded the adulteration as particularly gross, and ordered a prosecution. FSW parts of railway rolling stock suffer more from wear and tear than truck doors, A door of an "L a" iron truck weighs about 1601b, and comes down with a pretty fair crash when opened at a siding, and when it has to be put up again two men are generally needed. This matter is, the Dunedin Star understands, under consideration by the department, which is trying a patent door devised by a Dunedin firm. It has now been on trial about three months, and has another three months' trial to run. It has an ingenious spring arrangement which makes its fall quite a gentle one, and also renders it easy for a man to lock up the truck again. There are other "points" about the patent, but the above are | the main ones.

A former resident of Napier, who has settled in Briti-h Columbia, writes as follows to a friend in New Zealand:— "We have Just passed through the most severe winter known in Canada for 20 years. I sincerely hope I may never experience another like it. The cold here is not to be compared with what they have in Manitoba and the prairie country. In addition to the intense cold, they had a fuel famine to add to their misery. In several cases whole families were frozen to death in their houses after burning every stiek of furniture, and in one case even taking up some of the flooring to burn. Here in British Columbia, which is sometimes called the California of Canada, we had the glass below zero all through the month of January, frequently 20 degrees below, and one night it was 35 degrees below zero. For six weeks we had to get up three or four times in the night to add firing to the stoves, or everything would have been frozen. We have had five long months of deep snow, and it will be two or three weeks before it can possibly all go and before we can resume our gardening.'' "Some little time ago," says Mr J. G. Boyle, Kelmscott, W. A., "1 was suffering fiom a severe cough, which threatened tj take a serious fjrm. Hearing so much aoout Chamberlain's Cough Remedy I de - cid d to give it a trial and to my great satisfaction was completely cared bj the time I had finished the (arst bottle." For saUby T. G. M son, Mastartoa. BROUGHT TO BAY Are tbose enemies of civilisation, Indigestion and Dyspepsia, when Dr. Sheldon's Digestive Tabuies aro employed. 2s 6d peri in. Obtiinable at H. E. Eton, Chemist, Masterton, J. Baillie, Cartenon, and the Mauriceville Co-opsrati si j Store, Mauriceville West.