LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8451, 31 May 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The latest return from the Mystery Flat dredge is 540z 6dwt for the week;

The balance sheet submitted at the Farmers' Union Conference, at Levin, showed a credit of £l9l. The next Wellington Provincial Farmers' Union Conference will be held at Feilding. The Municipal Opera House at Marton was last year run at a loss of £2l 3s 4d.

Australia is said to be capable of supporting about 100,000,000 inhabitants.

The honorarium of the Mayor of Auckland (Mr A. M. Myers) has been fixed at £4OO. A parade of the Masterton Volunteer Corps will be held at 7.30 o'clock to-night, when all members , must attend. The Wellington City Corporation, during the past twelve months, sold 152 stray dogs, and they realised £45 Bs. In view of trouble in the near future, all the British Consulates' guards in Persia are being strengthened. Troops are drifting in from India for this purpose. Mr R. T. Burfoot, of the Eketahuna Post Office, has received notice of his transfer to Palmerston North. He will be succeeded by Mr J, B. Beckman, of Christchurch. Thirty thousand trips across the English Channel had been taken by Captain Bennett, who has just died at Dover, during his connection with the Calais-Dover steamship service. ! A cheque of £SOO was given in the offertory at St. Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, on a recent Sunday night. The donor was a young man in the country, who has received a legacy of £2.700. For more than twelve months there has not been a death in the Somerset village of Clayhidon (England), where there are 500 inhabitants. 'Mr James Gillet, formerly Bret Harte's mining partner, and the original of Harte's Truthful James in his poem entitled "Plain Language from Truthful James," but commonly called "The Heathen Chinee," has died at Sonora, California. Speaking at the Farmers' Union smoke concert, at Levin, on Tuesday last, the Hon. R. McNab forshadowed legislation in regard to tuberculosis in the direction not only of stopping diseased flesh from being consumed, but of preventing the malady from getting' into herds in the first nlace.

The Western Star states that Master Richard Church, who has been an inmate of the Riverton Hospital for the past four years, has been cured of terrible injuries received through his clothes catching fire at Nightcaps. The cure has been a remarkable or.e.and reflects the highest credit on the stafE of the institution. So severe were the injuries of the child, who was five years old at the time of his entry to the hospital, that very little hope was held out of saving his life. With the exception of a small part of the face the whole of the head and shoulders were badly burned, the top of and ears being literally charred. MILKING MACHINE EVIDENCE. Messrs WB • iley iu<il Son. ot Wainku, write an follows ib the " Lawrence Ken-nedy-Gillies" Milldrig Machine : We are using throe marhmna f"i' the third season, and we find them satisfactory. We uiilk 80 cows in anil houis. One man can look after the machines and carry the milk away, and one boy attends to the bailing up, etc., while oue or two boys do tho stripyinj.;, which, as a rule thcro is a very little to do. The bulter fat test and quantity of milk are fully maintained, and we find no ill-effects on the cows. There is no trouble with keeping quality of the milk." MauEwan's, Ltd., Agents, U.S.S. Co.'s Buildings, Wellington.

Sixty-two dairies were registered in Wellington last year. There is a public billiard-room for ladies at Southport, England. t On Sunday, June 30th, there are to be special prayers offered in the Wellington churches for the suppression of the opium traffic in China. Mounted Constable C. Lilly, of Wellington, and late of Masterton, succeeds Detective Cooney, at Dunedin, states a Wellington Press Association telegram. Detective Cooney has been transferred to Gisborne.

At a meeting of the Y.M.C.A. Chess Club, held last evening, it was decided to postpone the match against Wellington, on account of so many of the players being unable to attend.

The townspeople of Hastings, recognising the good work done by the Fire Brigade at the recent fire there, have donated over £IOO to be divided among the members of the brigade. Mr Friederich, the health officer of Cleveland, Ohio (U.S.A.), has. appointed 1,000 citizens a j a special sanitary police force to put down the habit of spitting in the streets. They have full power to arrest anyone infringing the regulations. The annual meeting of the Wairarapa Employers' Association will be held in the Y.M.C.A. Rooms, at j 4 o'clock, to-day. The business will include the adoption of the annual report and balance sheet, election of officers and general.

For the first time, a Minister of Agriculture in this country will address a conference of farmers on a technical subject, the Hon. Mr M'Nab having consented to speak at the Palmerston North Dairy Conference on the subject of "The Testing of Dairy Herds."

The following team will represent the Masterton Mounted Rifles in the match for the Bolton Cup, at Eketahuna, on June 3rd:—Captain McKillop, Sergeant-Major Collier, Sergeant Schofield, Corporal Schofield, Troopers Hood, Schofield. L. D. McLachlan, P. Southey, and C. Bellis. At the Masterton Magistrate's Court, ' yesterday morning, before Mr W. P. James S.M., Harry Taylor, alias Stephenson, was charged with "wandering abroad in a public place, viz., Pine Street on Wednesday, and with soliciting alms." Accused was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. At Wellington, yesterday, states a Press Association telegram, Mr Justice Button granted a decree nisi on the application of Elizabeth Vine for dissolution of her marriage with George Vine, now of Gisborne, on the ground of respondent's drunkenness and failure to provide for her support. The parties were married at Christchurch on March 25th, 1880. The London Daily Mail states that Professor Korn has just concluded a series of highly successful experiments with telephotography between Munich and Berlin, a distance of 240 miles. Eight photographs were telegraphed to Berlin, and thence back to Munich, the reproductions being uniformly excellent. - ■

The Wellington lacrosse team will proceed to Auckland, to-day, to play a representative team there on Saturday afternoon. This is the first time that a team from Wellington has visited the North, and as the A,ucklanders are older at the game.ihe visit should help the game also locally. Auckland intends sending a team to Wellington in August. An accident involving the loss of a three-horse team and the narrow escape of the driver a man named Arthur James —occurred at Gore on Monday. In attempting to ford the Waikaka River, which was in flood, the team got into difficulties, and the driver, in an attempt to cut. the shafter free, nearly lost his life, but managed to struggle to the bank. The team was valued at over £IOO. An old land mark on the New Zealand Government railway line has now entirely disappeared—viz., the old wooden bridge between Ormondville and Papatu. For the last three months a bridge gang under the chief carpenter, Mr A. Chapman, have been demolishing it, and the work was finished on Tuesday, rand what was the highest wooden railway bridge in the North Island has disappeared. A Press Association telegram from Auckland states that at a meeting of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, yesterday, it was resolved to communicate with other Chambers in the colony in regard to the proposed visit to Australia in 1909 of 100 members of British Chambers of Commerce, and 100 members of the Canadian and South Africa Chambers in order that they might be received should they come to New Zealand. At the Masterton Magistrate's Court, yesterday morning, before Mr W. P. James, S.M., judgment for plaintiffs by default was given in the following cases: —C. Y. Dally v. J. Benge, claim £6 lis 3d, costs £1 lis 6d; W.F.C.A. v. R. O. Dunlop, claim £l2 0s 7d, costs £ll6s6d; Boyd and Cook v. James Jones, claim £2 Is 7d, costs ss; Lyttle and Sons v. A. C. Stewart, claim £ll Os 6d, costs 15s; Pinhey Bros. v. B. F. Davey, claim £2 17s fid, costs 10s; J. C. Ewington v. R. W. Harvey, claim £l4 10s 9d, costs £2 8s 6d; W. Cragg v. W. Havaland, claim £1 8s 3d, costs ss; W. H. Hosking v. C. H. Williams, claim £6B ss, judgment for £l4 14s. costs £2 15s 6d; Masterton Borough Council v. Wm. Dixon, claim £5 8s lOd, costs Bs. MERIT KEWAIIDEI) BY COOKT OF JUSTICE.

The acknowledged «ocd qualities and svcces*? of SANDttlt & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTBACT hHVO bi ought out many imitations, and one case was just tried in the Supreme Court of Viotoria, before bid Honour Chief Justice Sir J. Madden K.C.M.G., etc. Hid Honour, when giving judement said with regai d to the GENUINE SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTBACT, that whenever an article is commended to tho public by reason of its good qualitj, etc., it s not pennissable to imitate any of its features. He restrained the imitators perpetually from doing 30, and ordered them to pay all costs. We publish thisto afford the public all opportunity nf protecting themselves and of etcur'?»K whtu is proved beyond all doubt by skilled 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 BANDER & SONS' PURE .VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRAOI.

Parliament will meet "for' the despatch of business" on Thursday,' June 27th.

The price of flour has been raised another ten shillings per ton in Christchurch. Bread is to rise a halfpenny per 41b loaf. The price of oatmeal is now £l6 per ton. The arrivals in the colony during the month of April numbered 2,156 against 2,599 in April 1906, while the departures totalled 3,788 against 2,878 in April last year. The Woodslee Downs Estate, in the f Wyndham district, has been sold to two Canterbury buyers, who intend cutting it up. Inclusive of stock, the price runs into between fifty and sixty thousand pounds. 0 The Hon. W. D. H. Baillie holds the record for length of service as a Legislative Councillor. He was called to the Upper House 46 years ago (1861). The Hon. H. Scotland became a member of the Council in ,1868. At the Carterton Magistrate's Court, yesterday, George William Hulley, charged with procuring an instrument for an unlawful purpose, was remanded till June 4th. Bail was allowed—himself in £25 and one surety of £25. ""The" delegates to the JFarmers* Union Conference at Levin parsed the following remit, submitted by the Marton branch: —"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.''

Recently the Dunedin police took some 24 samples of milk from as many vendors, says the Otago Daily Times, and submitted them to Piofessor Black for analysis. With three exceptions the milk submitted turned out to be of superior quality. The three exceptions were only slightly below the standard, each showing a small lacking in butterfat. The deficiency is of so trivial a character that the police are very doubtful whether it is worth while to take proceedings against the tftree vendors. . ! , A little girl named Dolly Ryder, aged three years, a daughter of the caretaker of Hobbs' Buildings, Christchurch, had a miraculous escape on Wednesday afternoon. The child's parents occupy rooms at the top of the building, and the child was playing on the roof, which is walled in. She was chasing a cat over the roof and stepped on an unprotected skylight, and fell through the glass a distance of thirty feet in- > to an empty room below. She was picked up unconscious and taken to the hospital, very' little cut about or injured externally, but it is feared her spine is hurt badly. The annual social and dance of the Masterton Fire Police and Salvage ' Corps, in aid of the uniform fund of the corps, took place in the Foresters' Hall, last evening, and was a decided success, both financially and socially. There were upwards of fifty couples present. The floorwas in good order, and the dancing, which proved very enjoyable, was kept up until an early hour this morning. Mr F. McKenzie supplied the music, and extras were played by Misses Hogg, Hounslow and Braggins. An excellent supper wa£ provided by the ladies' committee, which consisted of Mesdames Hogg J. Butcher, J. Day, Braggins, Fielding, Martin, and Misses Hogg and Wadftam. The M's.C. were Lieutenant Attwood and Constables Campbell and Fear. The success of the function is due in a great measure to the efforts of the corps' energetic secretary, Mr A. E. Wilton.

Mr H. C. Robinson inserts a notice of thankb for the votes recorded in his favour at yesterday's poll. 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. Messrs Hare and Davidson, land agents, Pahiatua, advertise particulars of three good paying sheep farms., Easy term of purchase can be arranged. ; At the Bannister Street mart, on Saturday, at 2 o'clock, Mr J. R. Nicol will hold a sale of furniture and general suitdries, poultry and produce. In the wanted column Mr Jas. Wickens notifies the public that he will still continue to make and deliver plain and fancy bread as heretofore. , In a new advertisement Messrs M«ckay and Son. bakers and confectioners, invite the public to try their Bermaline bread, which is particularly recommended by the medical' faculty. A meeting of the members of the Carlton Cricket Club will be held in the Occidental Hotel, this evening, for the purpose of arranging matters in connection with the annual social to be held on Friday, June 14th. The public and wood-workers in particular are invited to inspect the stock of genoiiil furnishing, ironmongery and tools that are to hand in the ironmongery department of the W.F.C.A.

Mr J. P. Rankin, who has purchased the confectionery and luncheon rooms business, known as the "Central Dining Rooms," from Mr Jas. Wickens, solicits a fair share of public patronage. , Mr Wickens also thanks the public for past support!, Messrs East and East, of Wellington, to-day advertise four especially good small farm properties, to which, the attention of farmers is directed. The firm invite farmers who are open to sell their properties, and who wish to sell expeditiously and well, to write at once placing their farm in their hands. Wfiy spend money at Rotcruaand other thermal springs when Rheumo will quickly euro you of rhtumatistn, gout, sciatica or lumbago. Obennsts and stores, 2a 6d and 4a Cd. If you are troubled with dyspepsia, which gives its victims no rest day and night, and causes pains in the stomach and bowels headaobe, 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.

A Dunedin miller states that every menny rise in wheat is equal to 4s advance in flour. Wheat at the first of the season was 3s 3d, and now it is ,3a lOd. That rise of 7d is equal to a g> rise of 28s in flour. But flour has ■only advanced 20s. He did not anticipate another rise, but if the Home market was affected further by the American market, it may go further.

Frequently the Official Assignee is faced with knotty problems in investigating the books of bankrupts. At a meeting of creditors at Wellington, yesterday morning, says the Post, the Hon. C. M. Luke commented on the unsatisfactory results obtained in a couple of recent cases where investifanW was required. The Official Assignee: "I hope you make no imputation against me." "None whatever," said Mr Luke. "I know the difficulties that have to be •contended with." The Official Assignee, in reply, said that often he was of opinion that a detective was

required to be attached to the office. .He was perpetually meeting with « atone walls. Counsel acting for one bf the parties concerned in the case kaid a solicitor should be attached to the office.

A Dunedin boniface with a deeprouted respect for the letter of the law, was the victim of circumstance on Sunday night. He had opened his carefully-locked front door to what he took for the knock of a permanent boarder, but finding no one there stepped out to investigate. As he did so the door was blown to with a bang. Of course the key was on the inside, and aa no one except himself was allowed to manipulate the lock out of trading hours, the publican found himself hatless and homeless in the howling tempest. Repeated and disregarded knocking only brought him under suspicion of being an undesirable with an illegal thirst. A belated wayfarer said he ought to be ashamed of himself, and told him (the irony of it) to go home like a respectable man. In desperation he tackled the fire escape, but did so hurriedly lest he should be arrested for breaking into his own hotel, and , a passing policeman marvelled to see a portly gentleman scuttling up the wall and disappear headlong into an Upper window. This happened to be the hotel drawing-room, and the feelings of the occupants at the sudden / and precipitate entrance of the master of the house from mid-air may be left to the imagination. BROUGHT tO BAY Are those enemies of civilisation, Indigestion and Dyspepsia, when Dr. Sheldon' Diges'ive Tabules are employed. 2s (id per tin. Obtainable at H. E. Eton, "Chemist, Masterton, J. Baillie, Carterton, and the Mauriceville Co-operative Store Ouaarioev lie West.