LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8454, 3 June 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

State coal is being sold at 32s per ton in Wanganui.

The Vestry of S. Matthew's Church will hold a meeting on June sth. Mangaone Road, in the Eketahuna County, has been Gazetted a county road.

There are 46 boroughs in the colony, having a population of 2,000 or more.

The Eltham Borough Council has voted £4O to the funds of the Eltham technical school.

The annual meeting of the Wairarapa School Committees' Association will be held in MastertonJ^on^June

The total number offish distributed by the Otago Acclimatisation Society during the past year was

A notice appears~in the Gazette declaring Mikimiki Road and McGrath's Road, in the Masterton County, county roads. The vital statistics for the Eketahur.a Recistration district for the month ending May 31st were:— Births 5, marriages 0, deaths 1.

Mr J. Coulter, a miner employed in the Drury Coal Company's mine at Drury (Auckland), was killed on Saturday by a fall of shale in the mine.

A notice appears in last week's Gazette validating the voting-papers used ;in connection with a loan of £B,OOO applied for by the Akitio County Council. The Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages, at Dunedin, states that the death record for one month of May is the largest in any on month since the office was first opened.

There are over 50 traction engines in Ashburton County (some estimates of their numbers run up to nearly 100), and so far only eight have been registered under the county by-law. For the month of May the number of births registered in Dunedin district was 157, as against 133 in May, 1906, while marriages were 39, as against 31, and deaths 97, as against 60.

During the past five days 23 cyclists have been fined varying amounts in Palmerston North for riding on the footpaths and riding at night without lights. Summonses are now out for ten more.

The dates fixed by the Masterton Racing Club foi" their meetings during the coming year are as follow: Spring Meeting, October 24th and 25th; Autumn fleeting, March 25th and 26th.

I The Masterton Hospital Trustees I have given the Masterton Ambulance Corps the necessary authority to pur- | chase a litter to be used in cases where it is not necessary to employ the ambulance waggon. The following team will represent the Eketahuna Mounted. Rifles in the match for the Regimental Cup, to be fired at Eketahuna, to-day:—Captain Herbert, Sergt. Marenzi, Corporal Robinson, Troopers Syversen, Preece, Hill, Cave, and T. Page. Mrß. C. Aston, Chief Chemist of the Agricultural Department, was on a visit to Masterton, on Saturday, making an inspection of the turnip crops in the district on which experiments are being carried out by the Department. Reports have reached the police of cases in Cole Street, recently, where residents have been aroused late at night by individuals knocking at their doors and otherwise prowling around their premises. The police are keeping a sharp look-out for offenders in this respect. There were no cases of bankruptcy recorded in the Wairarapa during the month of May, as compared! with one case for the corresponding month of 1906. For the period of the year ended May 31st, 1907, there were six cases of bankruptcy, as against seven cases for the corresponding period last year. Messrs R. J. Dagg and J. Morris, the judges appointed j,by the- Masterton A. and P. Association, will commence, to-day, the judging of the plots of turnips, swedes and man--golds, which have been entered for the competition that is, being held under the auspices of the Masterton A.and P. Association. The results of | the competition will be reported to the meeting of the General Committee of the Association on Saturday next.

An Auckland Press Association telegram states that on Friday afternoon § girl, carrying a baby, entered a large shop in Auckland where a number of men were employed. Placing the infant on. a bench alongside a youth —who,, it is stated, repudiated his alleged responsibility—and remarking that she had kept the child a certain time and it [was "up to him" to take a turn, she then left the shop. The youth, amid the chaffing of his fellow employees, took the baby to the police station. . The girl was sent for, and was induced to again take charge of the infant, and to have resort to legal remedy. MILKING MACHINE EVIDENCE. MifcsrsW. B iley utitl So", ol Waiuku, write as fo'lows is the ''LawrenceKt-n----nedy-Gillies" Milking Machine:- "We are uaing three machines t.r the third season, ami we find them patisfactory. We imikßGcous in H ami 1$ hours. One man can look after the machines and cirrv tho milk away, and c.ie boy attends to the bailing up, et3., wh>in 01,0 or two boys do the stripping, which, as a rule there is a very little to do The bu't r fnt test and qunntity oii millt are full/ main tained, and wo find no ill-effects on the cow«. There is no tmuble with keeping quality of the milk." MaoEwan's, Ltd. Agents, U.S.d. Co.'s Buildings, Welling ton.

During May 136 births, 80 : marriages, and 55 deaths were recorded in Wellington.

During May the rainfall in Wellington was 6.39 inches, which descended on twenty days.

The directors of the Opera House Company have approved of a permanent orchestra which has just been organised. Mr W. E. Welch, of Opaki,has purchased the Sawyers' Arms Hotel at Hampden (Hawke's Bay), and will enter into possession shortly. Mr V. J. Brogan,. principal clerk, staff division, General Post Office, Wellington, has retired from the service on the ground of ill-health. Mr Brogan joined the service over thirtytwo years ago. The Associated Board, K.A.M. and R.C.M. held its annual theoretical examinations in music in all centres throughout the colony on Saturday. Sixty-seven candidates entered in Wellington. The results will be announced during July. The number of Chinese arriving at and leaving Wellington, during the past month has been greatly in excess of the number for May last year. The arrivals totalled thirty-two, including three females, and the departures totalled twenty-eight.* In May last year there were twelve arrivals and seven departures.

An old resident of Wellington, in the person of Mrs Sarah France, widow of the late George France, died on Saturday. The deceased was sixtyseven years of age, and came to Wellington by the ship Hurunui thirtythree years ago. She had resided in Wellington ever since.

A press cablegram from Melbourne last month reported that a man in that city had contracted anthrax after handling hides imported from New Zealand. Exhaustive enquiries have been made by the New Zealand Agricultural Department into, the truth of the statement. The department has satisfied itself that skins of cattle which suffered from anthrax were not sent out of thejcolony, and it has informed the , Victorian authorities to that effect.

An accident occurred to the special coach from Napier to Wairoa on Frir day. The horses shied coming down the Waikari hill and went over the embankment, the vehicle overturning on the road. There were six passengers on board. Mr ,Charles Stewart (traveller for Ross and Glendining) had his left arm broken; Mr G. Webb (traveller for Ellison and Duncan) had his face cut; and Miss M. Cooper (Morere) was also cut about the head. The coach was replaced on the road and arrived at Wairoa at 6 p.m. It is the first accident on the road for years. The plucky conduct of A. Harvey, the driver, averted a more serious accident.

The first centenary of Primitive Methodism is to be celebrated on Friday next in New Zealand. The three great objects being aimed at by the whole Church are: (1) A revival; (2) Church extension; (3) better ministerial education. A revival is to be conducted for six months under the leadership of the Rev. James Flanagan, one of England's foremost evangelists, who will a~rive in Wellington and begin his work there in ©ctpber. For the! carrying out of the second object an endeavour is being made to raise £5,000, to be used for the purchase of new sites for churches, for the reduction of church debts, or for the education of ministers, contributors to the fund stipulating in what direction their money might be applied.

Memories of Christmas celebrations in 1901 were renewed by several men in the Magistrate's Cou*t, Wellington, on Friday (says the Post), when Thomas Teoce, alias James. O'Connor, was charged before Dr McArthur, S.M., with having assaulted and robbed Edward Doughty, of the Wairarapa, of £l'o 19s. Evidence showed that informant and a friend by the name of Alexander Raymond were in the Nag's Hotel, Wellington, on De- | cembftr 24th, 1901. They went outi side and were set upon by accused and a man named Thomas Reardon. Teece, , it was said, held the informant while Reardon robbed him. Detective Broberg arrested the latter the same night and subsequently Reardon was sentenced at the Supreme Court to a term of imprisonment. Teece managed to get away from Wellington and for some years was in Sydney. Returning to New Zealand, he went to the King Country. Recently he visited Auckland, was arrested on another charge, and identified as the man wanted in Wellington. Accused pleaded guilty, after hearing the evidence, and was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. Speaking of the slight decrease in the price of store lambs which was noticeable at the Ashburton stock yards last week, a farmer informed a representative of the Ashburton Guardian that the lack of competition for this class of stock was, in his opinion attributable to the fact,'that a portion of the yarding of lambs had exceptionally poor teeth. "For some unaccountable reason," said the observer, "lambs this year are losing their teeth rapidly, and I have noticed that even those of my own flock, that have been depastured on grass alone are in a bad state as regards the condition of their teeth." Some of the mouths of lambs yarded at Tuesday's sale were quite as bad as those of "gummie" or "cull" ewes. Of course, it is generally recognised among graziers that the teeth of lambs will not stand the test of turnip-feeding in the way that older sheep will. MERIT REWARDED BY COURT OP JUSTICE. The acknowledged qualities and srcoess of SANDriR & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT have brought out many imitations, and one case was just tried in tho Supreme Court of Victoria, bolore bis Honour Chief Justice Sir J. Madden K.C.M.G., etc. His Honour, when giving jud'merit said with regard to the GENUINE bANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, that whenever an article is commended to the pubiic by reason of its good quality, etc., it s not permissable to imitate any of its features. He restrained the imitators perpetually from doing so, and ordered them to pay all costs. We publish this to afford the public an opportunity of protecting themselves and of bucuring what is proved beyond all doubt by skiliod witnesses at the Supreme Court of Victoria and by many authorities du< ing the last BO years to be a preparation of genuine flier.'t, viz., THE GENUINE SAmDKU A SONS' PURE .VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT Fo Children's Hacking Cough at night Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Is t>d and ?.*, Gd.

When a witness at the Stratford Police Court was told to take the book in his right hand he said," "I can't; I'm left-handed."

The Inspector-General of the New Zealand Forces, Colonel Dav*s, will inspect the Masterton Mounted Rifles on parade on Thursday afternoon next.

The anticipated slump ha 3 followed the Exhibition at Christchurch, in the matter of property at least. "For sale" notices are spread round the city everywhere.

The Carnegie free public library in Dunedin will be completed in five months, and will be a splendid addition to the architectural beauties of the city.

There is an epidemic of measles in Christchurch, and some of the schools have been shut up on account of it. One of the hotels has had part of its premises isolated on account of a case occurring there.

Many settlers who are already paying high rates (says a correspondent of the Hawera Star) view with disgust to the tollgate system which the Hawera County proposes to establish on the main roads.

Times change, remarks,a Melbourne paper. Mr Andrew Dawson, who was once Premier of Queensland and later (in the Watson Ministry) Federal Minister of Defence, is to be found selling iollies behind the counter of a Melbourne surburban shop.

The demand for white pine timber from Australia is very great at the present time, and Greymouth millers are clearing stock at satisfactoryprices. Seven vessels have been chart3red to carry the timber to Australia, and will take close on 2,000,000 superficial feet.

In a letter received A at Wanganui a few days ago, from an ex-Wanganui-ite, who is now in 'Frisco, the writer states that there are at least 150,000 mechanics engaged in the work of rebuilding the city. Everything, he says, is union, even down to the bootblacks.

At the residence of Mr Albert Cullen, Villa Street, on Saturday, Mr Charles J. . Leggatt, of Masterton,was married to Miss Emily Alice Hills, of Gisborne. Mr A.. Cullen was best man, and Miss Martha Peters was bridesmaid. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dean McKenna.

At the Master ton Police (Court, on Saturday morning, Harry Taylor pleaded guilty to a ; charge of beinc an idle and disorderly person, with no lawful visible means of support. There were 25 previous convictions against the accused, who was sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment by Mr E. G. Eton, J. P. •

The Wellington Education Board has received six applications for the position of first assistant teacher at the Masterton District High School! Four of ; the applications have been referred to the Masterton School Committee. The Committee will recommend two names to the Board,, who will finally* make the appointment.

The annual examinations" in harmony and theory of music, under.direction of the Associated Board of the Royal Academy !of Music- and Royal College of Music, were held on Saturday morning, in the Masterton District High School, the room being lent for the occasion by Mr W. H. Jackson, headmaster. The results will be announced as early as possible. .'•''"'

The first of a series of socials to be held monthly during the winter by the Wairarapa Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants took place in the Foresters' Hall, on Saturday evening, and was a decided success. There were about 50 couples' present, including visitors from-all parts of the Wairarapa and Eketahuna. The music was supplied by Mr Reihana Boyes' Orchestra, and the catering was in the hands of a ladies' committee. Mr B. Gough was M.C. During the evening songs were sung by Mr and Mrs B. Gough. The' function was a very enjoyable one, and augurs well for the success of the future gatherings of the Society. The sub-collector of Customs at Port Darwin, Northern Territory (Australia), reports that since the i prohibition of the 'importation of opium, the Chinese-of the Northern Territory ports, far from making a virtue of necessity, are practising another vice, which hitherto has not been common among Chinese. The report states that, notwithstanding the diminution of population, there has been an increase in the revenue from spirits and rice. The acting Comptroller - General, commenting upon the report, states that it bpara out the allegations of a large number of Chinese merchants, wjho, in advocating the prohibition of the importation of opium, declared that, deprived of their principal vice, the Chinese would take more spirits. The introduction of opium has not been altogether stopped, though the Customs officials are on the alert, however, with instructions to enforce the. law rigorously.

The practical part of the examinations in plumbing under ithe auspices of the City and Guilds Institute,, of' London, which were to have taken place in the local Technical School's workshop, on Saturday afternoon, have had to be postponed for a week owing to the non-arrival at certain other ,centres of the examination, material. This unexpected announcement at the last moment has caused great dissatisfaction amongst the candidates, many of whom have had to travel long distances to be present, and all of whom have lost considerable time. The telegram from the Education Department postponing the examination only came to hand at 12.45 p.m., on Saturday, and' the work was to have commenced at 2 p. m. Mr Pukeake Taunhana inserts a notice againbt shooting on his pro- ) perty at Akura. A reward is offered fqr the recovery of a fountain pen lost on Saturday. Exposure to cold and damp causes iheumatism. The skin cannot give off the excess uric acid and it becomes deposited in the blood. Rhedmo will quickly cure tho trouble. All chemists and stores. 2/6 and 4/G. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure £for Coughs and Colds never fails. Is Gd and 8 6d.

Cancer accounted for 23 deaths in the four centres of New Zealand last , month.

The wool clip in Victoria for .1906-7 was ten millions and a-half pounds heavier than in the previous

Representations were made to the 'Council of the New South Wales Prohibition Party, at its meeting last week, that a considerable trade was •growing up in certain parts in Sydney »on Sunday in methylated spirits. Chemists, it was stated on reliable were selling large quantifies of these spirits, and they were having a very bad effect upon consumers. It was urgent that legislation should be sought for in the matter.

Something like a mild sensation "Was created at Bondi Beach (Sydney) recently. While a young man named Horace Dale was swimming in the breakers, he saw what he thought to be a large fish passing him, and making a grab he succeeded in catching it ■^n ltfi hands by the tail. He brought it to the shore, where he found to his .astonishment that it was a shark of ihlijcrey nurse species, 3ft long. 'Thisr unique performance (which surely equals that of a well-known ••cricketer, who caught a swallow in mistake for a ball) can be authenticated (says a Sydney paper) by a large number of the visitors to the beach.

The secretary of the Southland Acclimatisation Society (Mr E. Russell) is firmly convinced that the law prohibiting the export of trout from the colony is being evaded. Fishermen, he informed the Council last week, actually boasted to him about it. Cases of trout;, with a few

blue cod spread ostentatiously over

the top, were being shipped away. i He considered that if a stiff export f duty were imposed, the evil would ' be more effectively dealt with, as the Customs officers would then take

steps to protect their Department. 'The Council decided to support the imposition of an export duty.

American sociologists are ponder- \ ing over a discovery that has been made in New York City, that 36,000 pupils in the public schools -<or about 6 per cent', of the total school population) are afflicted with defective sight. A committee has reeom•mended to the Board of Education

thpt all these children be furnished **rtth eye-glasses, at an expense that has not yet been estimated, although it is known that it will cost 30,000 dol. alone to fit up offices for the examination of the children by oculists. Many States in the Union already provide free text books for the chil-

dren in public schools, without regard to the worldly position of their parents; but it is a novel suggestion that public school pupils suffering from defective eye-sight should be provided with spectacles at the ratepayers' expense.

i The New York correspondent of the Dunedin Star writes:—The Government are uncovering land swindles and land stealing. Four Nebraska cattle men, who were convicted recently for conspiring to steal 200,000 acres of Government land, were condemned to pay a fine of £3OO each and to serve one year in gaol. Had men been convicted of stealing in cash, or had'they held' up a citizen and taken' J3lO from his pocket, they would, upon conviction, have got a sentence of at least ten years in a State prison. There is a serious defect in the law when thieves escape with mild penalties compared with those, imposed upon lesser thieves. It is here our jury system tails to do justice. The Government are doing good work in prosecuting land thieves, but the convicted criminals should be given the extreme penalty, so as to render the practice unpopular. The Farmers' Union Advocate, 'dealing with a resolution regarding the limitation of areas passed at the Levin 'Conference, says:—"Let us • briefly state the position. One of the planks in the platform of the Union favours the limitation of ,the areas to be held by tenants of the Crown. - Whenjasked if it favoured the general limitation of estates, the Executive replied that the matter had not come .before the Colonial Conference for and consequently an ex pression of opinion upon the subject j- could not officially be given. It may be that the large majority of members of the Union, and even of the Executive, favour the general limitation under certain conditions. This has yet to' be ascertained. Meantime, the subject will require to be discussed by the Colonial Conference bb representing the colony as a whole. Whilst the resolution passed by the Wellington Provincial Conference favours the limitation, it by no means supports the limitation proposed in the Land Bill of the Hon. Mr McNab. It merely suggests the • extending of a principle already •adopted by the Union, and which forms a plank in the platform of that institution." Bheumo cures theumatism find kindred complaints. It eliminates the excess r.ric acid and purifies the blood. All chemists and store-!, 2/0 and 4/6. Try It.