LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8444, 17 May 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The latest return from the Hessey Dredge is ISozs 16dwts.

At the Wee Waa Police Court (New South Wales) recently John Goodyer was fined £2O per head for selling nine diseased cattle by public auction to the local butcher.

On his farm at Peel Forest (South Canterbury) Mr R. Thew has some mustard, which has grown to a height of 7ft. The mustard is grown with turnips and rape as feed for sheep.

An enormous yield of potatoes has just been taken from three-quarters of an acre on Mr John Taylor's property, Mataura (says the Ensign). From that area 230 well-filled sacks of Up-to-Dates have been dug. This averages at the rate of 26 tons 19cwt. per acre. "That the attention of the conference be drawn to the number of swaggers securing free meals and accommodation from country settlers." —Remit from the Whakataki branch of the Farmers' Union for consideration this month, at the Wellington provincial conference of the Union.

A Tauranga Press Association telegram states that John Maxwell, a young man belonging to Opotiki, died suddenly aboard the steamer Waiotahi, while entering the harbour on Wednesday night. It is supposed an infusion of blood on the brain caused death.

Says the % Wauganui Chronicle:— The muddy conditiou of the roads was the reason given for her resignation by the teacher of a back-block halt-time school. And the Wanganui Education Board, at its meeting *on Wednesday evening, recognised that it had no option but'to close the school for the winter. 'a

In responding to the toast of "Parliament," at the Farmers' Union Conference,' at Auckland/Mr F. W. Lang, M.H.R., said he believed that there were sufficient freeholders in the House to prevent the Land Bill being forced upon the country. They would use all the forms of the House, and resort, if necessary, to stonewalling, to prevent the Bill becoming law.

A Press Association telegram from Wellington states that at tbe Supreme Court, yesterday, Thomas Wallace, alias Williams, alias McGowan, was found guilty of defrauding James Chapman and Arthur Chapman of £9O. The Chapmans are recent arrivals from England, and were duped by a "confidence trick." Wallace was sent to gaol for three years. A Press Association telegram from Auckland states that the Farmers' Union Conference unanimously resolved that the time has arrived for the New Zealand Farmers' Union to form a separate political party, and run its own candidates for such seats as it is thought desirable, and recommending the colonial executive to abandon the rule preventing discussion of political questions.

At the annual meeting of the Carterton Methodist Church Band of Hope the following officers were elected for the ensuing year:—President, Rev. W. J. Elliott; Vice-Pre-sident, Mr Butler; Secretary, Miss Andrews; Assistant-Secretary, Mr W. Stevens; Treasurer, Mr B. Tucker; Organist, Miss M. Andrews; General Committee, Misses I. King, R. Fensham, P. Butler, G. Fensham, T. Hansen, Mrs Elliott and Mr Foster. LOSSES IN FKIMMISG. The Secretary ol 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,Boolbs of commercial butter, valued at £75. This remarkable skimming by the Baltic is the result of its entirely novel principle, which bids fair to revolutionise all previous skimming standards for both hand and power separators. McEwan and Co., Ltd., Sole Agents, U.S.S. Co.'s Building 3, Wellington.

A motor service is shortly to be started in the Borough of Lower Hutt.

The demand for timber in Dunedin is heavy. A company with a capital of £2,000 has been floated to work the large timber areas at Waikawa.

The Chief Health Officer, Dr. Mason, states that a new Bill which is to be brought up next session will define the standards for various liquors.

Mr Okey, the newly-elected member for Taranaki, has been deluged with congratulations from all parts of the colony, and his victory is generally regarded as a serious blow to the Land Bill.

During the recent floods at Shannon passengers by the train were amused at the number of frogs and mice that had taken refuge on the tops of posts, the mice being prisoners until the waters subsided. The Hon. G. Fowlds, at a meeting of the Free Kindergarten Association in Dunedin, said there was not much likelihood of the Government taking up the work. In any case, he was of opinion it was much better done by the Association. It would be a bad say for the colony if the Government took over functions of a philanthropic kind.

The following remit on the alien immigration question from the Marton branch of the Farmers' Union is to be considered at the Levin conference at the end of this month : "That the opinion expressed by the Premier in regard to the necessity for keeping up such restrictions as will prevent any increase to the number of Chinese people coming to New Zealand be endorsed, and that the conference considers that such restrictions are necessary in order to preserve the purity of our race in this country."

Captain Brown, of the barque Kassa, to?d a Timaru Herald reporter that Tasmania had just completed the season for the export of apples. The season had been a very good one — 220,000 cases were shipped in one vessel—and Tasmania was flourishing on timber and apples. "They are finding out," said Captain Brown, "that wherever a gum tree will g>*ow an apple tree will grow. It does not signify whether the top is rocky or not, so long as there is clay enough below for the roots to dig. their way into. The orchardist follows the sawmiller now."

The Acting-Premier, Hon. W. Hall-Jones, has been ordered by his medical adviser to take a complete rest for a few days. In order to enable this to be done, his colleagues have arranged to undertake as jrnuch as possible of - his departmental work. This will necessitate them remaining almost continuously in Wellington until Parliament meets next month, and will compel them to cancel all but their most imperative engagements. It is understood that the Hon. Hall-Jones is suffering from the effects of worry and over-work at the time of Mr Seddon's death, and the continued heavy strain since.

The Management Committee of the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association, after holding a searching enquiry into the charges made against the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association of'receiving secret commissions, and of giving trophies of less than the advertised value, decided that the charges had been completely refuted. The cbmmittee considered that the charges were made owing to a misapprehension on the part of the man who supplied the information. The enquiry included the personal examination of the hon. secretary of the Canterbury Association, who together with Mr Wright, the vice-president of the Association, v came to Wellington for the purpose, and of the gentleman referred to, the latter having expressed himself satisfied with the statement of the Canterbury Association.

An unusual amount of interest was exhibited in a ballot which took place at the Crown Lands Office in Wellingtonjyesterday morning. Some little time ago the Land Board threw open for selection a section of 201 acres 2 roods situated on the Mangahao River about three and a half miles from the Hukanui railway station, Eketahuna County. It was believed that there would be a large number of applications for the section, but the Board did not anticipate the rush which was made for it. There were no fewer than 520 applicants, and as most of them attended the ballot the accommodation provided by the board was taxed to the utmost. The successful applicant was Mrs Elizabeth Frederick, senior, who elected to take up the land under the occupation with right-of-purchase system. The rental will be 3s per acre per annum. The cash price of the section was fixed at £3 per acre. Is the domestic servant problem acute in New Zealand? asks a Sydney correspondent. It is certainly giving a great deal of trouble here, where a good servant is a gem of priceless value. Now there is an unexpected phase of the difficulty, to bring terror to the hearts of the housewives, already sick to death of the drudgery of preparing meals and cleaning furniture, fn view of the scarcity of Australian girls for domestic service, high hopes were centred upon the prospect of obtaining a supply from the other side of the world; but here comes the new trouble: A young woman who landed with other immigrants from England .on Saturday, intent upon gaining employment as a domestic servant, brings the refreshing information that on the voyage out she received seven offers of marriage. She is puzzled to know how to reply, and has appealed to Mr H. C. L. Anderson, of the Intelligence Department, for advice in her dilemma. Thus is quite a new and unlooked-for duty cast upon this useful State Department: The Celebrity of Sander and Sons Poke Volatile Eucalypti Extract is universally acknowledged. Eoyalty honours it, and the entire medical profession has adopted ita use. Imitations sprung up without number. The latest of them—as Btjled •' Extracts "—was oil foisted upon the trusting and unwary under tne grossest misuse of Sander ahd Sons' reputation. Sander and Bona 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. This 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 EXTB4CT. ,

A poll of ratepayers taken at Dannevirke on Wednesday was favorable to the borough being declared a Fire District under the new Act.

The Dunedin Trades and Labour Council have decided to set up a tariff committee in connection with tho proposed revision of the tariff next session. The Council desires more protection to colonial industries.

There are some very bad slips on the Mount Baker Road. In one place, in front of Mr Donald McDonald's residence, the whole road has slipped away. An entirely new road is being made. In the meantime wheel traffic is suspended.

"Liberalism has spoiled trade unionism," said Mr J. Thorn at a socialist open-air meeting at Christchurch. has reduced the unions from strong, useful bodies to little coteries of officers who now and again conduct cases in the Arbitration Courts."

Cabinet has decided to appoint Mr W. G. Riddell. S.M. at New Plymouth, to act as second Magistrate at Wellington. Mr H. S. Fitzherbert, of Palmerston North, has been appointed to the Bench, and will take Mr Riddell's place in Taranaki.— Association.

A large meeting, of business people, at Eketahuna on Wednesday night, discussed the half-holiday question. A resolution was carried: present holiday (Thursday) for" shops and offices; (2) that the Government be asked to amend the Factorie;- Act so that the holiday may be fixed by the local bodies.

It is understood that the proceedings instituted on behalf of Miss Hall, of Masterton, by Mr P. L. Boilings, solicitor, lor libel, in consequence of articles published in several newspapers in the colony in connection with the death of the late Miss Howell, have been settled by payment of a substantial sum to Miss Hall as damages and t a complete apology.

A Press Association telegram from Stratford states that in the District Court, Dr. Paget applied for a new trial in his action against Baskin, a settler, for damages for a broken arm, in which the jury found for defendant. The application was made on the grounds that defendant approached some of the jurymen summoned to try the case, prior to tne trial. Judge Haselden granted Dr. Paget's application on the facts, and granted Baskin leave to appeal' against a new trial on legal points.

Speaking at the Trades Hall,. Wellington, last night, states a Presa Association telegram, after a lecture on Socialism, Mr, E. Tregear, Secretary for Labour, said that the Arbitration Act must not be abandoned, but improved. Why not begin the amending by giving the Court power to introduce the profit sharing element, he asked.. The Act was a good one, though tLe administration »was bad, and they must stand by it till it became unworkable, and then get something better.

The following telegram has been received by Mr R. Brown, Town Clerk, from the Hon. Dr. Pindlay, Colonial Secretary and Attorney* General, with reference to the election of a Fire Board for the Masterton Fire District:—"The Secretary of the Council of the Fire Underwriters' Association considers it impossible to hold as meeting to amend rules and to arrange for the election, of insurance companies' representatives on the Masterton Fire Board before the 31st May, and I posed to believe that such is the case.. The said elections must therefore stand over until next session, the necessary amending Bill can be introduced."

Talking to an Auckland deputation, Mr Ronayne, General Manager of the New Zealand railways, said that for some reason or other stock which * was formerly carried in six months had now to be handled in three months. As to railway trucks being withdrawn at race times he might say that it was not a profitable thing for the department to/do it, b.:t I people must be carried, and as the department had not enough passengercarriages, trucks had to be untilised. Oif course, there would be an increased number, of passenger carriages before long. For the Main Trunk line forty carriages were under] order, and twenty were at present being made at the Newmarket Workshops. The Masterton Lodge of Oddfellows, M.U., held their annual ball in the Drill Hail last evening. 'There were over sixty couples present., and the floor was in excellent order, consequently the dance was a decided, success. Representatives of all theother Friendly Societies in Masterton. were present. Excellent music wassupplied by Mr Reihana Boyes' Orchestra, and extras were played byMrs N. H. McEwen, Mrs Wheeley, Miss Monk and Messrs JN. H. McEwen and F. McKenzie. Messrs J. R. Campbell, E. McCord and D. Walsh carried out the duties of M's.C. Much of the success of the-, function was due to the efforts of' the joint secretaries, Messrs Chas.. Perry and S. Deugarde, At the annual meeting of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society officers were elected for the year as follows:—President, His Excellencythe Governor; Vice - Presidents, Messrs W. H. Beetham, Geo. Denton, and A. J. Rutherford; Council, Messrs D. M'Gregor (North Wairarapa), W. Barton (South Wairarapa), R. C. Bruce (North Rangitikei), W. J. Birch (South Rangitikei), E. Larcombe (Palmerston North), J. Thomas (Pahiatua), P. C. Tumor (Eketahuna), W.

Andrew (Levin), Drs. Cahill and Faulke, Messrs A. F. Lowe, L. 0. H. Tripp, W. Whetley, R. Reid, I. J. Esson, R. A. Holmes, Major Hume; Hon. Treasurei\ Mr L. G. Reid; Hon. Secretary, Mr A. F. Lowe; Assistant Secretary, Mr N. Von Stunner.

If you aro troubled with dyspepsia, which gives its victims no vest day and night, and cautes pains in the ptomach and bowels heaclaoho, dizziness, loss of appetite, constipation, etc., take a course of Chamberlain's Tablets. They will stimulate the liver and bowls to perform their work naurately and gently, and strengthen the digestive organs. For sale by T. G. Mason, Masterton.

Gout is really a special form of rheumatism caused by excess uric acid in be blood. Whether your goui ia acute ox' chronic, Eheumo will cure you. All stores}

Whit Monday, May 20th, is a Bank Holiday. Exporta of butter and cheese from New Plymouth for the last eight months exceed half a million pounds ) in value. Mr C. J. Reakea, Acting Chief Government Veterinarian, will visit Masterton, to-day, in connection with the water supply to the abattoir. At the end of March there were 236 artisans and 3,420 labourers employed on the various railway works of the colony. The Roads Department had 2,722 men employed at the same date. The District Engineer of Railways n has notified Mr R. Brown, Town Clerk, that the Masterton Borough Council's request to day the proposed water-main for the abattoir supply along the railway line has been . granted, subject to certain conditions. At the Masterton Police Court, yesterday, before Messrs M. C. | O'Connell and E. McEwen J,'s.P., a f first offender was fined ,i£l, in default ' 48 hours' imprisonment, for having been drunk. He was further charged with refusing to quit 3icensed premises when requested to do so, but the charge was withdrawn. The death is announced of Dr. Bauehop, who iiacl been a week from a severe attack of inflammation of the lungs. The deceased was a native of Port Chalmers. He had practised at Ophir for eighteen months. Twelve months ago he married. Mrs Baut&op died four months after marriage. It is seldom one hears of mushrooms being grown by culture, says the Marlborough Herald, but such is the experience of Mr J. T. Ball. He has followed the practice of throwing the skins and stems of this usefui planj; into ajjrubbish fceap, and the result, after this heap was spread over a certain portion of the garden, is a fine bed of mushrooms, which have been continually cut throughout the present season. Mr David Earl Lindsay, who was for many years chief postal agent for New Zealand on the mail steamers running between this colony and San Francisco, died at a private hospital in Wellington, on Wednesday night. The deceased, who was a native of Napier, and 48 years of age, underwent an operation on Friday, and was apparently making -goodjprogress until last night, when he collapsed from heart failure. The llate Mr Lindsay entered the Post (Office nearly 32 years ago, and was at Wellington for a considerable time before he was appointed San Francisco mail agent. ,A rather pitiable case came before the'Gisborne Police Court the other day. An orphan waif, from Sydney, a ;smart, intelligent little lad, wa* (Charged in the Juvenile Court with having neither home nor lawful meaacs of support. Constable Irwin deposed that the child, Stanley Jones by name,, was brought to the police station by a resident of Ormond, who informed witness that the boy had been pooping about in paddocks for several days. He had told witness that be had no home and nowhere to go. His parents were dead, and he was brought over from Sydney by some man about three weeks ,ago. The boy asked the police to find a home for him. He could neither read nor write. His Worship ordered him to be sent to the Burnham Industrial Sctaool. Five hundred and ten employers of Wellington and suburbs have been cited by the Wellington Building Tracks Labourers' Union in submitting fc> the Board of Conciliation its proposals for an industrial agreement. These suggest that a full week's work shall consist of 45 hours; that labourers shall receive not lessthan Is 4Jd per hour for '* working on, im, or about any building or construction in course of erection; and that all men employed as scaffolders shall be paid not less than Is 6d per hour. It is also asked that employers be required to provide a sanitary and sufficiently large room wherein labourers may change their L clothes and eat their meals; that all ■ tools be found by the employer; that ■ boys be only employed in the proporI tion of one to each four' labourers; I . and that preference to Unionists be [ conceded* L Mr 0. Smith, draper and clothier, M. Queen Street, announces that he has ■ a full supply of blankets, rugs, and Aeider quilts, all from the best manuThe stock of winter miljackets and dress goods conall the latest novelties. feature at the Orchestral Soconcert on Tuesday next will "Vorspiel" from Reinecke's j ■grand opera "King Manfred." 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