LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8446, 23 May 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There are 1,872 churches and chapels in the colony. School gardens in the Wanganui district earned a capitation of £lO2 9s last year, says a Wanganui paper.

Foot-warmers are to be installed upon the Hawke's Bay section of the railways.

There is a total of 1,162 pupils attending the classes at the Wanganui Technical School.

Two carrots, weighing BJib and 91b respectively, have been produced by a Tipapakuku (Dannevirke) settler.

One thousand and twenty-five hands are employed in meat-freezing works in Canterbury, 827 in Wellington, and 386 in Otago.

Tnere are 69 butter and cheese factories in Taranaki, 57 in Auckland, 51 in Wellington, and 35 in Otago.

The annual social and dance of the Hibernian Society will be held in the Foresters' Hall, this evening. All the arrangements are complete for , the function, which promises to be a decided succftss. PRACTICAL " L.K.G." EVIDENCE. Mr J. Burt-Veale, the well-know i piao tieal dain man, of Woodvillfl, wiites with regald to the " Lawrenco Kennedy* Gilli<?s" Miking Machine as follows : "The butter-fat test and quantity mo fully maintained. For the past six weeks the variations have not exceeded Glbscf butter fat per week on tbo who'o hord of fifty cows, There are no ill effects on tho cows whatever, and there is no difficulty in keeping the m tchines clean. Tho milk is far cleaner, and its keeping qualities excellent. Tha maohine solves tho laboir problem for those havirig to employ for large herds." MeEwan and Co., Ltd., Hole Agents, U.S.S. Co.'s Buildings, Wellington.

On January Ist, 1907, there were 241,708 volunteers in Britain.

According to the last census returns 220,263 people in the colony attend church.

Mr A B. Charters, the newly-ap-pointed Headmaster of the Greytown High School, will take'up his duties after the mid-winter holidays. Of the twelve biscuit factories in the colony five are situated in Auckland.

An excellent response was made at Auckland to the call of the squadron for recruits. There is now no pressing demand for men. Of 460 bicycles reported to the police as lost in the Christchurch district last year only six cannot be accounted for.

The £ls bonus given annually in connection with the self-denial effort has again been won by the band of the local Salvation Army (says tne Wanganui Herald). The Hon. G. Fowlds is presenting swimming baths to the Port Chevalier (Auckland) School as a memorial to his late daughter, who had attended that school.

The steamer Corihthic, which is to sail from Wellingtun for London to-day, is carrying 221 passengers, including 33 first saloon, 86 second saloon, and 102 third class. The Arbitration Court will sit in the following places after it finishes its Wellington sittings:—Palmerston North, June 4th; Wanganui, June 12th; Napier, June 18th. Sittings at Masterton and Dannevirke have yet to be fixed.—Association. Owing to the rapid increase in the number of hares in the county the Ashburton County Council decided at its meeting in March to purchase tails at 3d" each. Since theresolution was carried 'over 7,500 hares' tails have been bodght. The Dalefield Dairy Company is paying out to suppliers a total of £667 13s 2d for the four weeks ended May 13th. During the period mentioned 58,497 gallons of milk were handled, the return of butter fat being 26,714.331b. At Napier, yesterday, states a Press Association telegram, Thomas Perry Peddle, sheepfarmer, was committed for trial on a charge of assaulting E. C. Cutten, Stipendiary Magistrate, while in the execution of his duty as sheriff. Bail was refused.

An application was made, yesterday, to the Crown Lands Department at Napier, for rights for a water race and site on which to erect smelting works, in connection with the Maharahara Copper Mining Company, states a Woodville Press Association telegram. There are upwards of 2,000 men employed along the Main Trunk line between Taihape and Taumaramii, re_ ports the Taihape Post. The same paper says that with the exception of the line over the Rimutaka, the steepest grade in New Zealand is along the line beyond Taihape, and before the Wangaehu River is reached. At the Ashburton Magistrate's Court, a-few days ago, in a case under the School Attendance Act, the defendant, an old man, stated that.he was unable to pay the 2s fine at the moment, but this difficulty was overcome by the presiding justice paying the fine which he had himself imposed. Imports of Australian and New Zealand butter into the United Kingdom during the nine months ended March 31st totalled 746,032 cwt., as compared with 651,969cwt. for the corresponding period of the previous year. The increase is equal to 4,703 tons, to which total Victoria's contribution is 2,793 tons, or 59 per cent. The increase from New Zealand was just about 52 tons. The jubilee of the signing of the constitution of the Church of the Province of New Zealancj, (Church, of England) at Taurarua, Auckland,- on June 13th, 1857, is to be observed throughout the colony on Thursday, June 13th, and Sunday, June 16th next. 1 he actual work of the Church began in New Zealand in the year 1804, with the landing of the Rev. S. Marsden on Christmas Day, and the getting up 'of the constitution was mainly the work of Bishop Selwyn. The case at the Christchurch Su- 1 - preme Court in which Harry Rosa'nowski sued the Christchurch Tramway Board for £2,000 damages for injuries (, loss of a leg) resulting from a steam tram running into a cart driven by the plaintiff on the Ferry Road, in May last year, was concluded on Tuesday, the jury returning a verdict for plaintiff for £750. The jury stated; that in their opinion, considering the weather on the'night.'and state of the road, the speed of the tram was excessive, not giving plaintiff reasonable time to get into safety. • Freak insurances are being continually recorded at Lloyd's, states a London paper. The life of Harry Thaw the millionaire, now before the New York Courts on trial for murder, has been insured at Lloyd's at 30 guineas per cent, against f he risk o'f death at the hinds of the electrocutionist. Anothei freak insurance has been effected by a gentleman who has paid a premium of 5 per' cent, on a considerable sum, which is to become payable if a scientific machine be constructed during the next twelve months which will accurately record his thoughts as they are formed in the brain. MERIT REWARDED BY COOET OF JUSTICE. The acknowledged good qualities and Bi'coesq of SANDKR & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT have brought out many imitations, and one case was just tried in the Supremo Court of Victoria, before bis Honour Chief Justice Sir J. Madden K.C.M.G., etc. His Honour, when giving judgment said with regard to the GENUINE SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, that whenever an artiolo is commended to the public by reason of its good quality, etc, it s not pennissable to imitate any of its features, i He restrained the imitators perpetually from doing do, and ordered them to pay all costs. Wo publish this to afford the public ; an opportunity of protecting themselves ' and of securirif! what is proved beyond all doubt by .skilled witnesses at the Supreme l Court of Viotoria and by many authorities ] during the last 80 years to be a preparation ] of genuine merit, viz., THE GENUINE ; SANDER & SONS' PURE.VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. '

In New Zealand there are 240 flaxmills, of which 76 are in Otago and 75 in Auckland.

In New Zealand there are 77 grain mills, employing 540 hands. In 1895 the number of grain mills was 90, employing 419 hands. The Christchurch City Council intend to appoint a committee to consider the question of establishing a market for Christchurch.

It i.y the intention of the Government to appoint their representatives on the. Master ton Fire Board before the end of the present month.

At, the . Maaterton Police Court, yesterday morning, before Mr L. J. Hooper, J.P., two first offenders were convicted and discharged for having been drunk.

A local l advertiser, says the Feilding Star, wanted an office-boy, but he did not get one application. So he advertised for a girl, and' made the appointment out of forty-eight applications.

The number ox meat freezing works in New Zealand is given in the latest return as .37. There are also 19 boiling-down works in the colony. There are nine freezing works in Otago, eight in Auckland, six in Canterbury and live in Wellington.

The Fijian Government steamer Ranadi has arrived at Auckland from Fiji. The vessel experienced seyeie weather or. the trip, and considerable damage was done to the deck fittings by the heavy seas which broke aboard.

It is expected that 30,000 acres near Opottki, and the famous Waimana Block of 5,000 acres ne;r Whakatane, also the Chm*ch Mission Block near Te Awamutu, will shortly be opened up for settlement, states a Press Association telegram from Auckland,

The fact that Empire Day is not a general holiday prevents the volunteers from taking part in ceremony, says the Dunedin Star. There is a projected movement to abolish the Prince of Wales' Birthday as a holiday and make Empire Day a universal holiday —something like tl.cr 4th of July in America. Mr W. F. Massey, who called the attention of the Minister for Custon s to Australian chaff being imported as fodder, and paying less duty than was payable on chaff, nas received arei.ly that the last shipments at Greymoutn and Kaipara ■ were found not to be fodder but chaff, and have been held pending the payment of extra duty. —Association.

The convertable traction engine purchased by the Masterton Borough Council for driving the stone-crusln r and for general road work, has been brought down from the Masterton railway station, and lodged on tie vacant section opposite tne Council Chambers. The stone-crusher will be given a trial, to-day, in the Church Street gravel pit.

At the annual social of the Fairview Rifle Club, on Tuesday evening, Captain McGregor presented Mr W. Winslade (handicapper), on behalf ofthe Club, with a handsome travellers companion. In making the presentation, Captain McGregor referred in terms of praise to the services that had been rendered to the Club by Mr Winslade. - Mr Winslade suitably acknowledged the gift.

The following remit from the ~ Kopuaranga School Committee has » been received by Mr W. M. Easthope, Secretary of the Wairarapa School Committees Association, for 7 discussion at the meeting of the Aaso--1 ciaion to be held on Wednesday, June J 12th:-"That the Education Board, 2 when advertising if or applications . to fill vacancies in country^schoola, 3 include in the advertisement the i location of the schools." The Mayor, Mr J. M. Coradine, ' stated at the meeting that was held , in the Borough Council Chambers, last evening, to make arrangements for collecting subscriptions for a > new Technical School for Masterton, . that he would donate £25 to the' ■ fund. His firm, Messrs Coradine and i Whittaker, would donate twelve 1 guineas, and Mrs Coradine would also donate twelve guineas. The i meeting accorded a hearty vote of i thanks to the donors. At the public meeting held in the : Borough Council Chambers, last ' evening, in connection with the pro--1 posed new Technical School for Mas- " terton, Mr J. C. Ewington, a memthe Hospital Trustees, stated that the Hospital Trustees had just . successfully carried out a larger pro- . ject than the one before the meeting , —the new Hospital. If the public of Masterton would again respond as they had done on that occasion, the School would certainly soon be erected. v One of the Otago . Acclimatisation Society's inspectors was beguiled by a Dunedin fishmonger on Saturday. Seeing a number of black swans hanging outside a fish shop, he entered and spake words of warning to the shopkeeper. He must beware lest he break the law by selling suchgame as the black swan. The proprietor, unabashed, offered to sell the inspector one of the birds, "just to make a test case of it." After a deal of bargaining, the finest swan in the row changed hands at half a crown. In about ah hour's time the inspector returned with the black beauty, and demanded his money back, but his request was refused. He had discovered that the fine, plump "swan" was stuffed with straw! The current number of the New Zealand Trade Review states that the drink bill of New Zealand increased all round last year. The heaviest increase (£77,000) is shown at Lyttelton, and is no doubt the outcome of the International Exhibition. In spirits there is for the year the heavy increase of £37,282, or a little over 7 per cent. In the two years from 1903-4 to 1905-6 the increase /was equal to a shade over 2J per cent., while the increase in population was at the rate of about 3 per cent, per annum, or 6 per cent, for the two years. Wine and beer also show an unusual rate of increase. In tobacco there is an increase of about 4 per cent., in cigars and snuff about 8 per cent., and cigarettes over 14 per cent. The heavy increase exhibited in many lines is attributed partly to the general prosperity and high spending power of the community and partly to the special influence of the Exhibition.

Mra Arnott haa presented a green lizard to the Masterton Museum. To-morrow will be Empire Day. The usual ceremony of saluting the flag will be observed at Masterton *nd various other schools in the district this afternoon, aa it is the halfholiday, and parents will thus be enabled to witness the ceremony. Mr and Mra Geo. A. Fairbrother will leave Carterton shortly on a ■visit to Australia. While there Mr Fairbrother will represent the New "Zealand Methodist Conference at the Methodist General Conference of Aus- . tralia, which will open in Juno. jflf There are now only eight life raemof the Legislative Council living. •They are: The Hona. W. D. H. Baillie (appointed 1861), C. C. Bowen (1891), C. J. Johnston (1891), G. McLean (1881), Sir H. J. Miller (1865), J. D. Grmond (1891), H. Scotland (1868), and K C. J. Stevens (1832). A Press Association telegram from Auckland states that, replying to a * »deputation, the Hon. R. McNab said the proposal for a Government ■\bsidy for miniature rifle ranges for . school cadets met with his approval, and he favoured a grant being made from the Defence Vote to supplement whatever the Education Department < could spare from its vote. Penny postage proposals will be brought before the Commonwealth Farliamen twhen the state of business . allows it. The Postmaster-General (Mr Chapman) is convinced that the reduction will pay, and he states that the estimate he made last session as regards the effect upon the revenue of / the department haa been fully I borne out during the lasjt ten months. It may not be generally known that according to the new Defence regulations which came into force at the ' beginning of last year, no man can . join a Rifle Defence Club if he lives within a five miles radius of a Volunteer Corps. He must also be over thirty years of age, and have served i three years in a Volunteer Corps before he is eligible as a member of a Rifle Club. The attendance at the Manga- < oronga School, near Eketahuna, haa dwindled down to some four pupils, and there is a probability that the school will be closed shortly. The '•'Mtecline in the attendance ia said to Jme owing to settlers selling out their homeateada, and taking up their residence in Eketahuna. Mrs Milne, the teacher, has given great satisfaction in that position, and the few families that remain are anxious -to retain her services. The Wellington correspondent of the Christchurch Press writes:— Every effort is being made to mininiiae the seriousness of the illness from which the Acting-Premier is suffering. As a matter of fact, the < condition of Mr Hall-Jones ia extremely serious. He ia suffering from angina pectoris (an aggravated form of heart disease), and he has

been warned by his doctors that any attempt to discharge his official for some time might lead to W" very serious results. The Victorian Minister of Lands, . says the Melbourne Age, is strongly favour of removing the fences \jltom public parks, and allowing free ** access to these recreation resorts. The Minister has no authority over the Parks and Gardens Committee, which control most of the parks in ' Melbourne, but he has ascertained that tho Treasury Gardens, fronting • Spring and Flinders Streets, are absolutely under his control, and he has given instructions for the removal of all fences. There will thus be unimpeded access to these gardens from Spring and Flinders Streets. An advertiser requires an experienced general servant. Nominations will close at noon, to-day, for the vacancies in the Mas- '■ terton Trust Lands Trust. Messrs Gillespie and Co. require rabbiters for station and machine shearers for New South Wales.

In another column Mr Henry Leslie inserts a notice of thanks for kind- • nesa received at the Masterton Hospital. The Rudge-Whitworth Road Race has beon postponed till July next. The ■ date of the race and nominations will be duly advertised. Mr W. H. Cruickshank advertises particulars of a number of town and country properties* which have been placed in hi» hands for sale. Notice of their intention to issue a special'policy on the life of Mr Cameron Richard Storey is inserted by the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. At his mart, Bannister Street, at 2 o'clock on Saturday, Mr J. R. Nicol will sell a quantity of new and second-hand furniture and general sundries. The second term of the Wellington Girls' College will begin on Tuesday, May 28th. The principal will meet parents and guardians and new pupils between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Monday, 27 th instant. On page 1 of this issue, Mr G. Hyde, undertaker and certificated embalmer, announces that he is prepared to conduct and will personally supervise funerals on the most approved methods.

a In another column the Wellington If Piano Company make special referS<*tt\.to the easy method by which theiff piano 3 can be purchased. The fiWa high-grade instruments can be seen at "The Academy," Masterton, and alt particulars obtained from Messrs McLeod and Young, the local agents. The drapery department of the W.F.C.A. announce the arrival of their final season's shipment of ladies' coats and jackets, and invite inspection. The firm's winter order was divided into four shipments, thereby ensuring that their clients should be able to secure the latest in style and fashion. The whole of the fine goods are now on view, and make a most creditable display. Mr Brookes, manager of the Dresden Piano Company, has just received following cablegram from Herr TSenno Scherek. in regard to Carreno, the famous lady pianist who is about to Visit New Ze'aland:—"Carrono's iflrst appearance in Melbourne overwhelming magnetic success. Hundreds refused admission. Greatest scene of enthusiasm since memorable welcome accorded Melba."