LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8468, 19 June 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr G. S. J. Blackmore has been gazetted registrar of births, marriages, and deaths at Mauriceville. So far there are fifty cases set down for hearing at the civil sittings of the Masterton Magistrate's Court;,to-rnorrow. The Masterton Rifle Volunteers have decided to hold a series of socials during the winter. The first will be held on Thursday, June 27th. The Kaikoura Star is informed that Mr James Tate, of Conway Flat, got a crop of magnificent turnips this year. Some of them, pulled at random from the field the other day, were 48 inches in girth and weighed 33ibs apiece. The Y.M.C.A. Dramatic Society intend giving an entertainment in the Dreyerton Town Hall on Monday evening next. After this concert the Society will commence rehearsing "The Balloon," which will be produced in the Masterton Town Hall at an early date. A large furnace is being erected at the Masterton railway station and will be used in connection with the placing of foot-warmers in the trains leaving Ptfasferton during the winter months. The funeral of the late Mr D. Sheen took place, yesterday afternoon, at the Masterton cemetery. The cortege was a large and representative one. The Rev. A. M. Johnson conducted the services at the graveside. At the meeting of the South Canterbury Chamber of Commerce, on Friday evening, it was stated (says the Lyttelton Times) that Germany has a State-aided system of commercial espionage, and that quite lately German agents had visited Timaru, and calling on the principal merchants for information, took copious notes regarding imports, exports, industries, wages and so on. It was asserted by Mr E. H. Buchanan, the president of the New South Wales Master Builders' Asso • ciation, at the annual dinner, recently, that there was more money to be made out of timber in New South Wales than out of agricultural or grazing industries, and for that reason, among others, he suggested that the Government should check the exports of hardwood. Complaints have been heard in Dunedin, says .a local paper, that owing to the increased export of kauri timber to England the local supply is unequal to the demand. For that reason an export duty is suggested. No doubt the question will come up, for consideration in the coming session when the Tariff is under review. Mr Homsby, M.H.R., addressed his constituents, at Carterton, on Monday night. Speaking of Ministers he said they were much overworked, and advocated the appointment of four Parliamentary Under-Secretaries to relieve Ministers. He felt sure the people would not begrudge the money. In regard to the Land Bill he was strong on the limitation of area, but he preferred the original proposal to increase the graduated tax. He strongly supported the leasehold and endowment proposal. The following vote was passed: — "That this meeting thanks, Mr Hornsby for his address, and desires to express its satisfaction with his efforts on behalf of his constituents, and the colony, and further expresses confidence in the present Government and its policy." MILKING MACHINE FEVKE. Never in tho history of tho milking mnchino han there been Mich a crop of putative machines ?s now follow the unique success of the "Lawrence KennedyGillies." . Numbers of hurriedly designed and imperfectly te=ttd machine;-', many of which aro based on systems long discauk'd are being iushed on to tho market to share iu tho present harvest which the "LK.G." sowed 5 years ago. When considering other makes, don't forgot that until they have been worked for at least two years by practical farmers, you aro only buying untried machines on the reputation which the "L.K.G." established.

It is stated that a considerable number of men are out of employment in Masterton at present. A Press Association telegram from Napier states that a bankrupt, named I C. H. Kemp, who had been in busi- j ness as a hotelkeeper, mail contractor, carrier and sawmill owner, was, on Monday, committed for trial for failing to keep proper books. The sum of £153 5s lid was received in subscriptions and donations by the Masterton Hospital, Trustees during the year ended March 31st, l f Jo7.' During the same period £287 8s 3d was received on account of the Building Fund. Mr and Mrs Mcintosh and family, ! late of Ihuraua Valley, were passengers on the ill-fated Kia Ora when she was wrecked last week. Mr Mcintosh is very well known in this district. He was for a long time in the blacksmithing business in Mauriceville. He intends to reside in Kawhia. "Sixty-seven years ago—namely, on June 17th, 1840, British sovereignty over the Middle Island, now i known as South Island, of New Zealand, was formally proclaimed at Cloudy Bay by Major Bunbury, of the 80th Regiment, a"d Captain Nias. R.N." states the Otago Daily Times. "Official proclamations of British sovereignty over both islands of New Zealand had previously been made on May 21st of the same year by Governor Hobson at Bay of Islands." Before Messrs E. G. Eton and G. Heron, J's.P., at the Masterton Police Court, yesterday morning, a man named John David Anderson was charged with having committed a grossly indecent act in Hall Street on Monday last. Accused, who was defended by Mr B. J. Dolan, stated that he was under the influence of drink at the time. He was convicted, and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. A first offender was convicted and discharged for having been drunk. Which steamer holds the record for the Lyttelton to Wellington trip? The question is raised by a correspodent, says the Dunedin Star. Twelve or thirteen years ago LI.M.S. j Orlando cut out the distance from anchorage to anchorage in 9 hours 30 j minutes, and this is generally conI sidered the rceord. Notwithstanding this, the honours really belong to the Maheno, whose time from wharf to wharf (a longer distance) was 9 hours 50 minutes. Both these records will soon be wiped cut by the new turbine steamer Maori, which will be capable of a passage of 8£ hours from Heads to Heads. There is a deal of youthful enthusiasm about Hastings. The people are talking about making the town the "Christchurch of the North." The land boom is probably responsible for such ambitious ideas. One resident of I the district is reported to have refused an offer of £5,0*00 for a six- ' acre property. One of the earliest residents, according to the local I papar, volunteered the /information ' that Hastings was only commencing ■ to advance. He said the principal , sheep stations in the district, extends ing from the Cape, through Te Aute [ and around the ranges to Taradale, were held by about six owners, and it would not be long before these holdings would be given up volun- | tarily or acquired by the Government for closer settlement. ' British Columbia has a woman's ■ franchise trouble all of its own. It t is of rather a different type from the English variety, for the suffragists . have triumphed by a ruse, and the I masculine community is diligently , plotting to rob them of the fruits of \ victory. By one of the clauses in . the Municipalities Act of the province a person who pays a two dollar dogtax is entitled to a vote for the mayor and aldermen, and at Victoria, 8.C.. there has been a tremendous run on dogs, so that there have not been enough to go round. Women with no other qualification for a vote ■ have hastened to the Revenue authorities to take out dog licenses, , and where there were not enough dogs in a family half a dozen women ; have voted on the same dog. One lady who W9S without a canine com- . panion, and could not get one in time, took out a two-dollar license for a china dog, which stood on the mantelpiece, and s voted on that i qualification. All this feminine voting has created a feeling of rebellion in the other sex in Victoria, and the British Columbia Legislature is being petitioned for aid. The demand, is that the municipal fran- ' chise x shall be taken away from women altogether. There was a little comedy at the corner of Willis Street and Lambton ; Quay, yesterday morning,,., says the 1 Post. A constable was stationed : there with the object of catching cyclists who had no bells on their . machines —an omission which is contrary to the by-laws—and,he did it i very cleverly. When he saw a boy . or man passing without a bell he i whistled until he attracted the ; cyclist's attention, and then'pointed • to the ground as if to insinuate that i the rider had dropped something. The rider naturally turned round and I came back, to see what had happened, and then the joke was ex- , plained —the constable merely wanted his name and address, with a view to . the issue of a summons. Some of ] those dealt with did not appreciate \ the joke, and complained that no- ' tice ought to have been given before such a trap was set. Others, \ however—these were not cyclists—- ', looked on for while and enjoyed the i fun. MERIT REWARDED BY COURT OF JUSTICE. The acknowledged pood qunliiicn find ' svecess of SANDER & SONS' EUCA- • LYPTI EXTHACT have brought out many ■ imitations, and one ease was just tried in i the Supreme Court of Victoria, before bi3 , Honour Chief Justico Sir J. Madden [ K.C.M.G., etc. His Honour, when giving judoment said with regard to the ' GENUINE SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, that whenever an article is commended to tha public by reason of its good quality, etc., it s not ; permissable to imitate any of its features. Ho restrained the imitator.'' perpetually 1 from doing go, and ordered them to pay all costs. Wo publish this to niTord the publio I an opportunity of protecting themselves and of eecuvipj? what is proved boyond all doubt by skilled witnesses at the Supremo [ Court of Victoria and by many authorities 1 dui ing the last 30 years to be a preparation of genuine merit, viz., THE GENUINE ' SANDER * SONS' PURE VOLATILE ; EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. i Wood's Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Colds never fails. Is Gd and 23 6d.

At a meeting of the Canterbury Dairymen's Employees' Union, motions were carried strongly urging the Government to establish State ' ilour mills, and urging the establishment of a State bank. A well-attended meeting of Amberley farmers was held, on Monday, when a branch of the Farmers' Union was formed, and it was decided to oppose the demands of the Labourers' Union relative to the condition of the men and rates of pay. Mr W. E. Chennells wrote to the meeting of the Masterton Borough Works Committee, last evening, stating that he had already consented to act for Mr G. Heron in the compensation claim against the Council, and therefore could not act for the Council. It was decided to recommend the appointment of Mr C. A Tabateau to act for the Council. The Arbitration Court, which is at present sitting in Napier, will ■% probably hold a sitting in Welling- - **• ton next, and then at Masterton. It is understood that evidence will be taken in Masterton in connection with the typographical, saddlers', and plumbers' awards, and that a few alleged breaches of awards will . come up for hearing. An organised attempt is to be made to exploit the Canterbury Plains tor petroleum. A syndicate is being formed to acquire boring rights from the landholdeTs in the county of Ashburton, between the Rakaia and Rangitata Rivers, and between the I main line of railway and the sea beach. The presence of petroleum has been noticed at sea between the Amuri Bluff and Cheviot, along the 100 fathom line, and also in the Waihao River, near Waimate. ' The Waihemo County Council has decided to take over the local distribution of charitable aid. The country district for this purpose includes all townshins, town boards, etc., in the county. When discussing the matter, councillors generally agreed that there was no caust for complaint against the old order of things beyond the fact that orders for goods, instead of cash, were forwarde.l in some instances, with the result that those in receipt of them had to pay as much as 20 per cent, more for their goods to seme storekeepers than I they would pay if they had the cash to buy for themselves. I '' Ihc Chemist and Druggist of Aus|tralasia,"a highly reputable trade journal, states in its issue of June Ist that a letter written from Christchurch on April 22nd, received by a eucalyptus manufacturing company in Australia, reads as follows, verbatim et literatim (the signature is not that of an Englishman)—"l. was awarded a gold medal of the N.Z.I.E. 1906-1907 : for a collective of Medecenes the exhibit include Eucalyptus Oil. I am not prepared to state here whose eucalyptus was I exhibited, but I shall be pleased to hear from you as to how much you would be prepere to allow me if I certified it was your oil that I exhibited. Hopingto here from you by returne, I am, yours truly—" "It will be interesting to know," says the paper, "if other distillers of eucalyptus oil have received similar letters. A good mny people have begun to doubt the value of exhibition awards. Letters, like tue one we now copy will increase that doubt." A variation of/the idea of a bull in the china shop was enacted shortly before 9 o'clock on Monday morning, says the Christchurch Press, the hero of the present incident being a particularly frolicsome horse of huge proportions. The animal appears tohave broken loose from tha Rotherfield stables and wandered out on to the roadway. One of the lady employees of a drapery firm in the vicinity was passing that way, and Dobbin evinced a desire to cultivate the damsel's acquaintance. The maiden, however, proved coy, and subsequently became alarmed and fled for protection into J. Bates and Co.'s glass and china emporium. Nothing daunted, the quadruped followed in her wake, and steered a tortuous and uncertain course through avenues of costly breakables. He continued his pursuit of beauty in'distress with much determination, as a result of which he contrived to shatter several choice specimens of ceramic art. The horse eventually took observations through the plate glass windows. At this stage his rightful owner appeared on the scene, and led him back to his stall. An advertiser has a vacancy for a married couple or two young men as boarders. An advertiser has ,a vacancy for a young tradesman as a boarder in a private family. 1 The poundkeeper (Mr C. H. Savage) advertises particulars of three head of cattle, impounded from Akura on the 18th instant. Messrs Ross and Greenfield, land agents, of Masterton, advertise particulars of a number of sheep farms, which have been placed in their hands for sale. A general meeting of the members and others interested in the Masterton and District Workers' Land Settlement League will be held in the Y.M.C.A. rooms, at 8 o'clock, tonight. At his rooms, Bannister Street, on Saturday next, Mr J. R. Nicol will sell at auction a consignment of fruit trees and ornamental shrubs from Messrs Benefield' and Sons' Nurseries, Aramoho, Wanganui. The Public Trustee notifies that all accounts against the estate of the late Frederick E. .Allen, of Upper Plain, must be sent to his agent in Masterton (Mr W. B. Chennells) not later than August 24th. All moneys owing to the estate must be paid before thai date. In another column Messrs Whishaw and Co., land and estate agents, invito all those who are in search of Masterton town property to call and inspect their lists. They have numerous town sections of every description on their books, and they will be pleased to give full particulars of the same to anyone on application. At their rooms, Perry Street, on Saturday next, immediately after the sale of the property in the late Edward Dixon's Estate, Messrs W. B. Chennells and Co. will submit, on account of Mr Jas. Hourigan, a freehold property on Junction Road, Manaia, containing 2(5 acres 1 rood 17 perches. Terms and conditions can be ascertained on application to the auctioneers.