LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8451, 30 May 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

[ Mr George Wakelin, an old settler of Greytown, died on Tuesday. The deceased was 83 years of age. Mr A. G. Prentice, who is leaving Greytown, has purchased a farm of 520 acres at Waipawa, Hawke's Bay. A man name,d John Creighton, over 80 years of age, was killed, yesterday, at Kyeburn, near Naseby, by falling over a high cliff. The Wairarapa South County Council has decided to allow men working in water, cleaning drains, etc., a shilling per day extra during the winter months. The bakers of South Canterbury have now decided to increase the price of bread, as from June Ist, toj6Jd per 41b.loaf Gash or 7d booked. '■ — Association. The meeting of the Masterton Workers' Homes and Land League, to have been held last night, was postponed on account of the inclement weather until next Wednesday night.

At the Farmers' Union Conference, at Levin, it was decided that the provincial levy,- exclusive of the national levy, should be four shillings.—Association. Cuthbert Morse, a Gisborne hairdresser, was fined £lO and costs for betting with an infant, a post office official, who had been suspended for betting. William Powers, a prisoner who was undergoing a sentence of five years' imprisonment at Hanmer, and who escaped from the prison camp on Monday week last, was committed for trial, yesterday, at Christchurch. —Association. A Christchurch Press Association telegram states that Hans Busch, the owner of the traction engine with which Mr H. A. C. Pergusson, of Halswell, collided, with fatal results, on the night of May Bth, was fined £5 for leaving the engine standing on the road at night. At the Mastertdn Police Court, yesterday morning, before Mr J. H. Pauling, J.P., two first offenders were fined five shillings, in default 24 hours' imprisonment, for having been .drunk. Another first offender, who, appeared in Court under the influence of liquor, was fined ten shillings in default 48 hours' imprisonment. Mr Barton (Whakataki) moved, at the Farmers' Union Conference, at Levin, "That fighting rating on unimproved values be made one of the main planks of the union platform." The whole system, he said, was based on a fallacy and should be done away with. Mr Nevins (Tinui) seconded the motion, which was lost on the voices.' A Press Association telegram from Nelson states that a man, named Llewellyn James, was drowned through the side of a tail race collapsing, owing, it is supposed, to frost. The deceased was pinned tcf the other side of the race by debris, and two, nozzles being in full play, the water banked up to a height of several feet, running over the man's head and drowning him.r The ordinary meeting of the Masterton Fire Police was held, last evening, Captain Dixon presiding. The resignations of Lieutenant Wilton as lieutenant, and Mr L. H. Lewis as secretary, were accepted with, regret. The following officers were elected:—First Lieutenant, Constable Budd; Secretary, Constable A. E. Wilton; Treasurer, Constable Fiejding; Auditor, Lieutenant Budd. Offier routine business was transacted. At the Farmers' Union Conference, at Levin, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year:— President, Mr J. G. Wilson; Vice-Presi-dent, Mr J. C. Cooper; Provincial Executive, Messrs J. Peat, W. J. Birch, J. Morrison, J. R. M'Lennan, H. J. Richards, Captain Hewitt, E. H. Crabbe, J. C. M'Killop, H. A. Nevins. J. O. Bidwiil, J.. H. Escott, E. Whitcombe, T. Moss and W. B. Matheson; Delegates to the / Provincial Conference, Messrs J. Peat,. J. C, Cooper, and J. R. M'Lennan. ' . The election for seven Trustees for the Masterton Trust Lands Trust will take place to-day. Fifteen candidates will contest the election. The polling places will Be situated at — Tho Drill' Hall, Hall Street, (principal) ; the Fire -Brigade Station, Queen Street, Kuripuni; the building on Section 39, Mr G., E. Chamberlain's property, Upper Plain road. The polling hours are from 9 o'clock in the forenoon till 6 o'clock in the afternoon. According to the British Weekly, a tourist at Rome cut his name and the words "New Zealand, April, 1907," on Shelley's marble tombstone in the Protestant Cemetery, writes our London correspondent. He then soaked the inscription with ink "leaving the disgraceful fruits of his vandalism for all who visit this interesting place to see." A well known New Zealander in London is taking steps to have the obnoxious lettering obliterated, and to get.the- name of the perpetrator of this piece of vandalism.

Mr G. R. Sykes, Secretary of the Masterton Co-operative Dairy Company, has received the following letter from the Secretary of the National Dairy Association of New Zealand: —"Dear Sir, —As you are no doubt aware, the rate of freights ruling for dairy produce during last season was Is Sd per box of butter and 3s 8d nett weight on cheese, coastal freight paid. This arrangement will expire on the 30th June, 1907. The shipping, companies have now decided, on' and after the above date, to revert to the old rate of freight, which will be 2s 6d per box of /butter and a halfpenny per lb on cheese, nett weight. you desire to take advantage of the present rates it*will be necessary\for you to ship per steamers sailing before June 30th, carrying produce at the old rates." - A social gathering of S. Matthew's Church Choir was held in the Sunday Schoolroom, last evening, when pro-1 gressive euchre and' other games were played, and musical and vocal items were contributed. In the euchre tournament Misses Ingram and Gardner carried off the first prizes, and consolation prizes were won by Mrs Ashton and Miss Digby. During the evening songs were contributed by Mesdames Fendall and Ashton, and Misses Sweetmari (2), Elkins and Puller, and Messrs Iggulden, Fendall, Nixon, La Roche and Russell. The accompaniments were played by Miss Green. Some Choir business was also transacted during the evening. Mr N. F. Eagar was appointed secretary and treasurer, and the following committee was appointed:— Mesdames Hill and Sutton, Miss Rockell, Mr Fendall and the Vicar (Rev. A. M. Johnson), choirmaster Mr F. J. Hunn), and secretary, ex officio. It was decided that as the Choir had a substantial credit balance £lO should be voted _to the Vestry fnnds. • MILKING MACHINE EVIDENCE. Messrs W. B*iley and Son. of Waiuku, write a 8 follows re the " Lawrence-Ken-nedy-Gillies " Milking Mac bine:—" We are using three machines fir the third season, and we find them satisfactory. We milk 86 cows in 1 \ and 1J hours. One man can look after the machines and carry the.milk away, and one boy attends to the bailing up, eta., while one or two boys do the stripping, which, as a rule there is a very little to do. The butler fat test and quantity of milk are fully maintained, and we find do ill-effects on the' cows.' There is no trouble with keeping quality of the milk." MauEwan's, Ltd., Agents, U.S.B. Co.'s Buildings, Wellington.

Colonial mails which left Wellington per Miowera, on April i9tb, to connect at Sydney with the Naples mails, per E.M.S. Oroya, arrived in London on the afternoon of 27th instant, one day early. Speaking at a large gathering of school children .at Ashburton, recently, Mr T, 11. Race, the Canadian Commissioner at the late Exhibition, said: "During my stay in New Zea land I have seen less drunkenness than in any other country I have ever visited." In opening the new poultry grading depot at Auckland, Mr Pounsford, poultry grader, stated that the number of .poultry handled at Auckland had increased from 5,0'.'3 in 1906 to .14,081 last year. The i g£s handled had increased in the ;.ame period from 119 1f 723 to 128,768. The Dunedin centre )f the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association has approved of holding the next championships at Wellington, and also decided that ii vas not in the interests of amateur athletics that professionals she uid be permitted to compete wyUi amateurs, • notwithstanding that no prizes are offered. From 31st May to sth June no less than £IBO,OOO will be ii■sirifcuted in dividends by three mining companies operating on'the Hauraki Peninsula, states an Auckland Press Association telegram. The Talisman pays .£30,000, of which £20,000 comes to shareholders in " the 'colony} the Waibi pays a dividend, and a bonu3 o! amounting to £150,000; and the Waiotahi pays £15,000, A young married woman named Alice Caroline Simpson'died' suddenly at Napier, on Monday evening, ! under circumstances that suggested i heart trouble! A post mortem exam- | ination, however, disclosed the heart to be in a healthy state, and on the I suggestion of the doctors the inquest was adjourned to' permit of the coni tents of the stcmach fceing sent io ; Wellington for analysis. The reading problem in Taranaki is growing still more acute as winter approaches, says a New Plymouth paper.- Lately efforts have been made to devise some Jbetter, system of communication than metalled roads. ,_At first the mono-rail by horse-power was, considered but a meeting of local bodies interested has decided to procure estimates for an electric tramway, linking Kauppkonui and Hawera, 13 miles along the Main South Road. The rough estimate for such an installation is £30,000.,,, . Mr A. W. Rutherford, M»H.R., in a speech at Amberleyj' on Saturday last, took a glance into the future. "The time will come when, let the limitation be £15,000 or £20,000, it . , will be reduced. Indeed, 1 anticipate j —of course, I shan't live to see it— I that the time will- come, when no | s adult will'be permitted to hold-more land value will graze a cow; I and as by that time. State, Socialism i will be rampant* people will clamour I for the State to provide the man to I milk the cow." ...

According to a< letter received by the Management Committee of. the New 'Zealand Rugby Union, from Mr C. Wray Palliser, the union's repre- . sentative on the English . Rugby Union, New Zealand footballers and public will have" ..something to, .look forward to next season. ~ Mr Palliser states that there is,every prospect of ' another English Rugby team coming out to; the colony'next'season.' The-' matter was well under 'way* whenthe' letter was written,' and it was anticipated that an announcement would be made about the end of May. 1

The Wanganui Herald states that W. Webb, who is. matched to row Charlie Towns for the championship of the world, continues to do good work on the river, rowing about every other night, and covering between five and six miles, mostly at a nice swinging stroke,' with occasional sprints. His weight is now about list 3ib, and it is not expected that it will vary much between this and the date of the race. Webb proposes to leave about June Bth for Sydney-in company with, his trainer, J, D. Barnett. ... ■ • " The following paragraph appears in the Auckland Herald:—"Shows are necessary in places like Auckland, Palmerston North, and Dunedin, arid even other places /in' New Zealand," said Mr J. R. Scott, secretary of 'the National Dairy Association, for the South Island, at a gathering recently. He advocated Auckland, sending ex-' hibits to Dunedins, No question of superseding any other show should' enter the minds of people in charge of shows. In Dunedin there was a £25 grade prize, open to thewhole colony. There, was a good " market in the South for Auckland's butter. Mr McGowan, president of the Dairymen's * Association, said they had no wish to supersede any other show. "We only wished to retaliate against the action of Palmerston •North," said Mr McGowah. Mr Edward Nichblls, the Victorian Government representative at the late New Zealand International Exhibition, arrived at Dunedin from the North on Friday evening. Mr Nicholls has just completed a tour of the greater part of both islands (says the Otago Daily Times), and consequently had a splendid opportunity of forming an opinion of the agricultural and pastoral prospects. He ex- , presses himself as most favourably impressed, particularly as far as the North Island is concerned. -With regard to the recent rise in the price of flour, he is very emphatically of the opinion that the duty of £1 per ton should be removed. Such a rebate, he ; says, would allow Victoria, for instance, to send her large surpluses over here, and give a plentiful market. The very latest device for the education and delectation of children in Taranaki is a set of stereoscopic views of New Zealand [scenery. ! The Education Board decided, last week, decided to buy three of these seta, one. to 'be circulated among the schoolsfof each riding. The cost will be lis 6d per set, including the stereoscope. A few minutes before (says a Taranaki paper) the same Board had had before it the following description of the school residence at Pukearuhe: —"Every room leaks except one. Several of the windows have glass broken out, the outside of the dwellingjis sadly in need of a coat of paint, and four of the r rooms want .. papering badly. . . .".It is no fit place to live in in its present state." For the improvement of this dwelling, the Board agreed, to provide material only—estimated cost £4 Is 6d. ,

Miss G. Gates, youngest daughter •of Mr S. Gates, of Greytown, was married to Mr D. A. Burch, at Greytown, yesterday. Welch, of Masterton, %as arrived in London, writes our London correspondent, under date April 12th, and has commenced 'duties at the National Dental Hospital.

At Carterton, on Tuesday afternoon, Miss M. A. Hart, only daughter of Mr and Mrs John Hart, of West Kyo, Durham, England, was married to Mr William Thomas Herdman, eldest son of Mr and Mrs John Herdman, of Carterton.

Decrees nisi were granted by Mr Justice Button, at Wellington, yestercWin the following cases:—Mary MabentampbeU v. Samuel Campbell; Charlotte Matilda O'Kelly v. John Henry O'Kelly; Kate Ruby Lash v. Frederick William Lash.

News has been received at Carterton that the Rev. Clifford J. Arm-

strong, nephew of Mr W. Armstrong, of Greytown, has passed his .texawination for Holy Orders, aftd lW been ordained. He has been in •charge of a pastorate at Walsgate, New South Wales, for some time. The Dannevirke Jockey Club have made a donation of £9l 13s to the Dannevirke Hospital, being the fractions on the amounts put through the totalisator at the last race meeting. With the Government subsidy of 24s in the £, this will nett the hospital the sum of £2Ol 10s.

Mrs Martin, wife of Mr John Martin, tailor, a very old resident of Napier, died suddenly on Tuesday • evening. The deceased lady was 76 years of ago, and with her husband had been living in Napier for 44, years. In 1905, Mr and Mrs Martin . celebrated their golden wedding. In connection with the incident in the Wellington Supreme Court at the of the Paget murder trial, in which Mr Wilford, counsel for the was alleged to have used i strong terms towards the members of the jury, it is understood that the jurymen have received letters from Mr Wilford expressing sincere regret for what occurred and pleading his • overwrought state in extenuation. A Press Association telegram from flHew Plymouth states that a sequel to tangi on'the Maori Tohu was 'heard in the Police Court, yesterday, 'when a carrier named Roebuck was ■charged with supplying liquor to natives for consumption bl licensed premises. The case was dismissed, but a son and a brother of Roebuck were fined £5 and £3 respectively. • The former had been the driver of the vehicle which carried the beer, and the latter assisted. The Crdwn recently purchased large blocks of native lands between the Wangariui and Waitotara Rivers, -states a Wanganui Press Association telegram, and the Native Land Court, -sitting under Judge Sim, has, during the past few days, partitioned off the -Crown interest?] in the blocks to the extent of over 56,000 acres. It ia -understood that the land is to be surveyed at once, and put upon the market. A large number of native in Wanganui are willing to other large areas, provided that t!([ Minister sanctions their purchase. Claude Paget, who on Thursday night last was sentenced to death by Mr Justice Cooper, for the murder of Eleanor Pearl Axup, in Abel Smith Street, Wellington, in February, is not to suffer the extreme penalty of the, law. The Cabinet, after giving full • .consideration/to the recommendation oi the jury that the prisoner was' an epileptic, and was in one of the stages of epilepsy when he committed the deed, advised tho Governor to commute the sentence. This lias been done, and Paget is to beim prisoned for the term of his natural life. Writes our London correspondent under date April 13th:—Mr J. Seager, of Christchurch, is the first of the New Zealand team of bowlers to ' - reach England. Mr T. Ballinger. who is co-manager with Mr Prince, of the New Zealand team, has got as far as r —-"ttome, and expects to reach England Win May. The New Zealanders will ▼ confine themselves to two rink contests, but a suggestion has been made that the Australians and New Zealanders should combine and play a series of matches against representatives teams of British Nnvlers. Messrs Gillespie and Co. have vacancies for shed-hands and cooks.

A young woman seeks a situation as housemaid or waitress.

A four cylinder 16-22 horse power Decauville motor car, in good order, is elsewhere advertised for sale. The annual social and dance of the Masterton Fire Police will be held in The Foresters' Hall this evening. An advertiser has for sale an eight horse-power semi-portable engine by Marshall. In another column Mr A. Norman announces bargains in fur goods - equal to 20 per cent, or 4s in the £. Discount is offered to purchasers in order to effect a clearance. The Castlepoint County Council give notice in connection with taking certain lands for roading purposes. Particulars of the land to be taken appear in the advertisement in another column. & Mr J. R. Nicol has been instructed %- to sell privately seven well-situated building sites with frontages to South Road and Donald Street. The sections range from three-eighths to over half-an-acre, and at the prices noted should meet with ready sale. The allotments are hisjh and dry, and Fiji splendid situation for dwelling houses. On section 6 there is a commodious ten-roomed house, also large stable with outbuildings. Further particulars will be given on application. Thh Celebkit* of Sander and Sons Pons VoIATIM EUCALYPTI EXTRACT is universally acknowledged. Boyalty honours it, and the entire medical profaseion has adopted its use. Imitations sprung up without number. The latest of them—as styled •' Extracts "—was oil foisted upon the trusting and unwary under the grossest misuse of Bander ahd Sons' reputation. \ Sander and Sons instituted an action at the Supremo Court of Victoria, before His -s-Honour Chief Justice Sir J. Madden, K.C-M.G,, eto., and at the trial a sworn i- .■ • ■ 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 article that is scientifically tested and approved of. As such is surely endorsed and recommended the "GENUIKE BANDER AND SONS* PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.