LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8443, 16 May 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A movement is 011 foot to form a Rifle Club at Tablelands. The Club Hotel ' stabies] and outhouses at Greytown were burnt down yesterday morning. The Masterton Band will < play a select programme of music in the Park on Sunday next. • Thirteen Chinese, including three women, arrived at Wellington from Sydney, yesterday, by the Moeraki.

The Government surveyor visited Nireaha, last week, and completed the surveying on the Forest Reserve.

The nett overdraft of the Masterton Borough Council is £2,642 16s 3d The rates outstanding amount to £1,128 14s 2d. During the time the English "Sweated 'Goods Exhibit" was on view in Dunedin it was visited by 14,000 people It has now been taken to Invercargill. Professor Benham, of Ota go University, has been elected: a Fellow of the Royal Society—the highest honour a scientific man can receive in England next to the Order of Merit. The annual meeting of the voters of-the Master ton Trust Lands Trust will be held in tile Town Hall, at 8 o'clock, to-night. The report to be presented to the meeting is circulated with this issue. j A Press, Association, telegram from Auckland states that two billiardroom proprietors at Utiku, charged with keeping their rooms open on (Sundays and permitting billiards tp be played," were each fined 30s and .costs. .. , , •, ♦ In anticipation of the ballot and sale of £6OO, free of interest, which will take place on the 23rd iristant, the shareholders of the Workers' Mutual Benefit Building Society contributed over £129 at the fortnightly paynight of the Society last evening.

The examinations in connection with the City and Guilds of London Institute, will probably be held between May 29th and 31st. The theoretical part of the examination will be conducted in the Technical School, Hall Street, under the supervision of J\fr N. D. Bunting,'whilst the examinations .in the practical portion of the work will be held in the Technical Workshop, Dixon Street.

Porangahau, Hawke's Bay, is suffering from an epideniic of scarletina and measles. There is one case of tonsilitis, and sore throat is also prevalent. Dr. de Lisle, District Health Officer, visited the .towhship, last week, and-made an examination and gave several directions to prevent the spread of the disease. The public school is closed. The Maoris so far have escaped, with the exception of one halfcaste child, who is living in the township. The great difficulty is to get parent* to isolate those who are infected.

LOSSES IN PKIMMISG. The Secretary of one of the largest dairy companies calculates after one reason's experience of the Baltic Separator, that if all the separators used by the Company, usually averaging .04, were able to skim down to .02 like the Baltic, the saving for one month would amount to l,Boolt>s of commercial butter, valued at £75. This remarkable skimming by the Baltic is the reault of its entirely novel principle, whioh bids fair to revolutionise all previous skimming standards for both hand and power separators. McEwan and Go., Ltd., Sole Agents, U.S.S. Co.'s Buildings, Wellington.

Mr W. Cailw:>lladcr has leased his farm at Nircubn to Mr H. Fulton. ( A Debating Soc-cty has been formed at Martinboi'i-Jgh. There are at pre** : u six patients in the Pah iat.ua -Hosr. iLal. During the yiaKt year ; 1,710 licenses were issued by the V* ylington Acclimatization Society, Sir Eussol) bas been elected to the vn'Hii'.'.y 0)1 ti'O Hawke s Bay Education Ik';ird. A match is to be played at Featherston, on Saturday next, between the Feathei'rit'O'-' and JHutt.Golf Clubs.

The seals' exhibited at the Exhibition wore liberates at New Brighton, Christdiurefc,. :> t-,-terday. All went out to sea. '

The Grey lowa Cylf Club are arranging matches w«th the Master-, ton, Featiio/jit'on. ajid ' Wairarapa Golf Club?. , ■ The jury, at tho invest at Greytown o)) the old man Ullace Smith, returned, a verdict oi accidental-death by drowning at P«[>a\v;ii. Mr J. D. Wiiso: ' has been appointed cierk of works in connection with the erection of proposed Infectious Dij'easffcs Hospital to bts erected in Pr'iiatna. ••• At the l.ia.'-terto).'. Police Gqurt, yesterday inoming, before Mr Thos. Wagg ; J J'., a first oftVnder was fined five shilling;?, in default 24 hours imprisonment, i'cr having been drunk.,;.

' The armiia': bpJi of the Mastert'on Lodge of Oddfellows be held in the Drill, Hal) ibis evening. All the arrangements are complete, and the function promises: to be a decided succes:;.

At Nev/muii, or. Tuesday, Mr E. E. P. youngest son of Mr F. Dowsett, Newman,; was marritil to' Miss J - E. Angove, • eldest daughter of Mr William Angove, of Ne?;inan. - . , The members'-of thte Mastertoii ; Mounted Rifles are requested to be at the range at 1,30 p.m.' on Saturday next for shooting practice, in order that a team may be selected to shoot for the' Bolton Cup. The Cup will be fired for at Eketahuna on the following Saturday, The Hibernian Society will hold a social and c'ance in the Foresters' Hall on the 23rd instant. The social committee find ladies' committee have all arrangements well in hand, and the gathering promises to be a decided- success, Excellent mipc wiil.be provided, and the caterjgi is in the hands of a capable of ladies. '

The Hastings Standard says:- "A local resident of authority predicts that the electric tramway, system in Hastings will bfe an established fact within the next twelve months. It is expected that there will' be lib difficulty in forming a syndicate, as there are wealthy men in the district who are greatly in favour of the schsme.

The ordinary, meeting of the Masterton Fire Police was held, last evening, Captain Dixon presiding' over an attendance of seventeen members. Several accounts were passejJ for payment. The Secretary re : ported that. the Sdcial Committee had everything we'l in hand for the social to be held on the ■ 30th instant. Constable Budd presented the corps with a framed photograph of the delegates who attended, the last Fire Brigades Conference. 1 Mr and Mrs j. F. Studholme, Ruanui, have presented to Taihape a fully-equipped maternity home; and are paying the salaries t of,the matron , and staff/ a» well as all expenses incurred in running the institution over and. above the fees received.* The Wanganui Chronicle ; states that the founders haye no deßire to make the hospital a charitable .iristitjition, and therefore a fixed charge has'been made for each patient, sothatitis hoped the home will be to a great extent self-supportingl

The main road through the bush between Ninia and its intersection with the road leading to .the Rangitawa station is reported to be in a deplorable condition, says the Taihape tyews. On 'Tuesday several teams were \stuck, and carting over that tjuagmire is a work attended with considerable risk to the safety of property' and life. It five horses to draw half a ton through this road. With' the extension of the rails to Rangitawa, freight can bd conveyed to thfs point iof the line,' and the bad portion of the road will no longer present a menace to the safety of the travelling public and teamsters.

The country on .which stalking can be obtained in the district being private property, says the annual report- of the 'Wellington Acclimatization - Society, the council for many years has been trying to get the rough country between Palrrterston "North, Masterton and Wellington stocked. This year twenty defer have been obtained and turned out. at Levin, Eketahuna, Mount Holdsworth, Parap&raumu, and the Upper Tauherenikau. Most of the herds already s established in those districts are reported to be thriving. Owing to the HaUrangi Reserve not being open, most of the stalkers who desired to come to the Wairarapa were informed that no stalking could be obtained ,in the Wellington district, except on private property, so that this year if; is anticipated that.a falling-off in revenue from deer licenses will occur. The council hope by the next season to have arranged with the Governiflent to open part of the Haurangi Reserve, and' that the balance shall be kept as a sanctuary. MERIT REWARDED BY COURT OP . ' JUSTICE. The acknowledged good qualities and! success of SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT have brought out many imitations, and one case was just tried in the Supreme Court of Victoria, before bis Honour Chief Justice Sir J. Madden, K.C.M.G., etc. His Honour, when giving judcment said with regard to the genuine Sander & sonb' eucalypti EXTRACT, that whenever an artiole is commended to the pubjio by reason of its good quality, etc., it s not permissable to imitate any o( its features. Ho restrained the imitators perpetually from doing so, and ordered them to pay all costs. . We publish this to afford thepUblio an opportunity of protecting themselves and of securing what is proved beyond all doubt by skilled witnesses at the Supreme Court of Viotoria and by many authorities during the last 30 years to be a preparation of genuine merit, viz., THE GENUINE SANDER <fc SONS' PURE4VOLATIL® EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. J

The grocers in Chritschurch hftV£ decided not to observe ' .v It has been de<tfde<iJ».J»ld West Coast BancK4i)atOTrtJn November Bth and 9th. Mr*'W. C.' Suchanta, 1 of Tupurupuru, who has been on avMt to Australia, returned to Wellington, yesterday, by the stea^r/Mderaki, A young man, named Wesley, was assaulted, at Blenheim on Mon« day night, and his watch taken. The .: perpetrators are unknown. <. The Auckland Harbour Board Jiave decided to ask the Government to ' provide more adequate police control „ of the AucKland Harbour, which was described . as being, overrun with thieves., • Alexander Brickley, who was injured while shipping mail hanrjsers aboard the Mararoa on Monday evening, died yesterday afternoon, states 'a Wellington 1 Press Assotiation 'tele* gram. t ; A new water service was turned en at Auckland, on Friday,- the supply coming from the Waitakerei Failed It is estimated that the increase will bring Auckland's supply u£ t? five and a-half million gallons per day. So : ; rolled for the veterinary sfess at the Otago University, nmnber ; of enquiries havei 1 been m&de by far- ; mors' sons and others concerning the course. ! ; ( A wan named William Preston; who resides in. Blenheim, has- been ; missing since Thursday last, Wlten te went out with a bicycle and gun, inteqding to go duck-shooting* > Seatth parties have been out since . . day.. . v *

A committee appointed by the big Maori meeting aWaahl haadeciaetf ih' favour of selling the . Mberangi Block, of ten thousand, acres, to the .Government,", and devotifcig the proceeds, after defraying the coat of survey, etc., to a fund for a Native ~ Farmers' UKiion. The ,decision will be forwarded: to, the Native Latid JBoard for confirmation. - ' . At an enquiry, yesterdays atW!el*< lington,' states J a. Frees Associate $ telegram, concerning jthe death of the man vfho expired suddenly in timber yard on Tuesday, the jury > found that death was due to heaft failure. They expressed the opiniiifc > that the deceased's name was* rightist' Albert Hillier, and that he had beem imperfectly identified as a man who* was at times - known sb William Keenan. At the practice of the Orchestral Society on TuesdajggyenV ing, the secretary yras '' forward to Mr & McHattje a hariaj* some dressing-case on behalf of the ; , members of thd Society. Mr M<*Hattie was a former member of the „ Society, and was a moat enthusiajstic and energetic worker. He jtecentfy left Masjerton to take up rpsf? dence at Petone. , r , , ' y ,7 , A meeting of ladies, ;at (Dunes!t decided to form a Society for tfe Promotion of Health of ;. Children. Dr. Truby King? '«K v dressed >the meeting ontbe*Ubjtfcjb of infanWeeding, >fod gave' health - bints to mother? to observe during critical periods of their lives s?>d , afterwards, so that tHeir children- | might be strong, A committee was, 1 formed, with 'Dr. King as 'Convenor# ' Ito further the objects of-the society. '

A' new > danger appears to hate arisen in connection With the rei t moval of the refuse to the Auckland' destructor,two instances having occui>- ; red recently in which live cartridges found th6ir way ihto the refuse re-,< ceptacles, and not being' detected v reached the furnace, causing exp&hr ~>■ sionsatthe destructor, whjifeh damaged one of the iron 1 doors of thg tie* structor. and' one of the ing at the time narrowly escaped being shot, ~ „ ,f " K That th 6 potato" blight ib confined V„ j to wet seasonfe is ] fi. dommriri bj&liefjL' 1 ' but a wrong one, k Southland has of the driest seasons in itfl history/ ' < yet there have been' considerable? , losses from this cause. A Waianiwau." J settler, put >2O tons intfr pitfi, have all collapsed, the losr bteibgriM total one., A blight specific was used#' '• on the growing crops. As seed staled* at a very high price in the (springy the grower has beein Jaut £bcMV J as Well as getting no return-forhiev'; ' labour,, On last year's Market crop would have Worth^fufi#, £200. % i . J ''- 4j v - The is the,financial poai* ' tion of the Masterton sorough Coun-' , cil general Account,.dr. J36,077.M lid; (Jaa Account, ci, £7?9 8s 4dfc Library Account/ d*.-, £4 6s ld;r" Waterworks Account, ,dr., ,£6B 7s •3d; Deposit Account, cr„ £436 10s; Abattoir Account, or., £169 >Bs lid; Interest Account, drainage, cr., £2l& 2s 6d; Bannister Street, cr,, £lB 4a ' 7d; Temporary Loan Account* cr.„ /£805; Loan Account, drainage; £ll4 4s 4d; Special Loan • Accdtjnk . schedule A £2oo'l6s 3d, acHedulfc B £75 13s 6d, schedule C £252 Osld, ; schedule D £1,129 14s 9d,.schedule B £BSB 12s Id, schedule F 17s iOd. ' The inquest was continued, yesterday afternoon, -at Wellington, touching the death of the lad, Trevor * Smalt the victim of the explosion at the Wellington Gas Company's works on Saturday last. Professor Easterfield, of Victoria College, -gave l evidence that in his opinion the explosion whith' took place in the well; was dub to benzine, some of which was in an open tin. The bottom o£ this tin had been blown off. pThejury, late last night, found that the; ! boy's death was accidental, i They ; considered that the lamp used waa ' not a safe one, and thafcgreater card should have'■■'been used to prevent access to inflammable oils.—Association. ■ . ' "Some little time ago," says Mr J* G.. Boyle, Kelmscott, W. A.j "1 was suffering from a severe cough, which threatened to take a, serious form. Hearing so much about Chamberlain's Congh Remedy I decided to give it a trial and to my great satisfaotiott was completely cured by the time I bad finished the first bottle." For sale by T. G-. Mason, Masterton. Rh?umo has cared thousands of sufferersfrom rheumatism; gout, sqiaticaV lumbago, It will cure ypu. Try it. All stores and chemists, 2s 6d and 4$ 6d, A J positive cure, s

BROUGHT, TO BAY ■ Are tbose enemies of <civilißation, Indigesr tion and Dyspepsia, wljen Dr. Sheldon's. Digestive Tabules are employed. 2s6d ner tin. Obtainable at H. B. BtOn, Chemist, Maaterton, J. BaiiUe, Oar* terton, and the Mauriceville - r Store, Maorioeville West. - . '

MrT. R. Fleming Chief District School Inape<tf or, j ( vhae been elected 'Chairman of the Victoria Colloge Council, states a Press Association telegram. At the Wellington Supreme Court, yesterday* states a Press Association > telegram, a woman named 3Kliznbeth Buckmaster, alias Sylvester, charged with theft,', was found guilty of receiving: 'Stolen property. She whs committed to the Savlation Army Home, and ordered to appear for senterioe when called upon. A Press Association telegram from •Auckland states that, following on the death, on Sunday, from acute septicaemia, of tyHss Kitchen, a young woman of about 25, who had been employed at the same place iia the typist developed symptoms, yes- " terday, and diied oh the way to the hospital. . Two tramcars collided in Symonds Street,, Auckland, . one night last week, when they were crowded with paßsengera returning from the Cap- - tain Cook proprietary sports. The caw Were passing the Jewish cemetery \ when one overtook the other, with the result that a num- ■ ber of windows in ,one of the cars were smashed. Some of the passen--1 gers were considerably shaken. It was discovered by the Palmcr- ] ston North High School Board of Governors at their last meeting that_ they could not even employ their own .caretaker in putting a coat of paint on the uehool gate without, running' ; , the risk of getting into trouble'with , , the Painters' (Union.. Theire is nothing, fibw'ever, to present the chairman of the Board doing the work . .himself if he'likes. The absurdity of the position was freely commented upon hy members of the Board, remarks the' Manawatu Standard. *'The necessity for devising some meand of,, improving ,/ttye system of, transporting .cattle in , railway trucks was pointed oi.it by a lady member at the meeting of the Society for>the Prevention of Cruelty, to Animals at Wellington on Tues- , day. The considered the Railway Department'should'be encouragedI', 1 ', to move in the matter of arranging that each' beast should,bo penned off so .that it could not turn round* this' might be done by running iron bars through the trucks as the cattle were put-in, or some more workable suggestion might be forth- . 'i coming to prevent the beasts'! horn-, ing each other. A-i stationholder*had / 1 Informed her that it was no uncommon thing to have two or three beasts Beverey hurt, in one truck, and many \ - owners now sent their cattle by roads instead of in trucks. Mr ' Watson . considered, there was a good deal of in trucking animals, but the suggestion that had been advanced 1 would be 'a very difficult thing to carry put. expense would be so great that it would all come back on , the farmer. He believed the experience of the man quo,ted, ,who lost two and three beasts per truck, was unusual. A bay pdny, lost from Opaki, is advertised for. An advertiser requires permanent private board and residence at 25s per week. ' ' Notice to make returns under the , Land and Incorrie Tax Assessment Act is advertised the (Commissioner'of Taxes. I], i ' ' t At '12.30 p.m. to-day, on the premises of Mr A. P. Daysh, East Taratahi, 1 Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., will sell the whole'of the stock, implements, 'and furniture. A full lift of the stock appears elsewhere. 1 'At the residence, Perry Street, Maaterton, on Saturday next, Mr J. . R.\Nic&l toill Mil, on accbunt of Mr James Stuckey, his household furniture and effects. Particulars are con- , tained in an advertisement elsewhere. Mr W. 11. Lambert, land agent, Palmerston North, announces elsewhere that he ''is ,going to,advertise' some .'.'ripping" dairy farms in the course of a few days. He asks farmers to him in regard to their reauirements.

Mr J. R. Nicol reports the sale of Mr William Udy's Flaxland farm,.of 876 acres, near Greytown; also, in. * conjunction with Mr J. E. Blade, the sale of MrE. W.Udy's Platform farm, of 279 acres, Greytown, and Mr W. Hole's Rflnana station, of "4;655; , acres, Southland. r'On Saturday last Messrs Abraham] and Williams, Ltd., offered fd* sale,, % public aution in the bankrupt estate of J. W. Meßae, the lessee's interest in 1,240 acres at Stronvar. The property failed to find'a purchaser at auction, but it is understood that an, offer of £2 15s an acre has since been made by a native. Particulars of a small dairy farm for, immediate sale are specially advertised in this issue by Messrs East and East, of Wellington and Christchurcb. They announce it to be an exceptional opportunity, as the owner is sacrificing owing to circumstances necessitating prompt disposal. Two good cheap Wairarapa farms are also advertised. In another column Mr T. C. Fowler (late of T. C. Fowler and Co., Palmeraton North) announces that he bas commenced business in Masterton as a general cycle importer, in premises next the Prince of Wales Hotel. Jtyr Fowler has' had many 1 years of, valuable experience in the cycle business, ,and has been for the last seven years in Palmerston North, Where he has just sold out his interest to another firm. The now pro- j prieto? is a direct importer of bicycles, and shipments which are to arrive shortly will be quoted at very low figures for cash. The importation of motor cars and motor bicycles wilt also be a specialty. B.S.A. machines, "Premier," "Popular," and other notable makes are now on view at the shop, and public inspection is invited. For Bronchial Coughs tnke Wo n ds Qreat Peppermint Gate. 1b Cd and 2s 6d. ! ' , don't' WAIT Titili TO-MOBBOW. It's little colds that prow into biac cold# the big colds that end in consumption and death. Don't wait till to-morrow to .cure the little colds, for one dose of Dr Sheldon's New Discovery for Coughs, Colds and '• ' r Consumption will break up a cold SI taken - at the beginning. Dr. Sheldon's New Dis•£f- , eovery is a (safe and never-'ailing remedy. Price, la 83, and Bs. Obtainable at H. E. Eton,, Chemist,' Maaterton, J. Baillie, Carterton, and the Mauriceville Co-operative Store, Maurioevillo West. I Rheumo cures rheumatism and kindred complaints. It eliminate the excess ,uric purifies the blood. All chemists nad stores, 2/0 and 4/6, Try It. •