LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8471, 24 June 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Twelve cases of scarlet fever were reported to the authorities in Wellington last week. The Peninsula settlers (Dunedip) intend to hold a public meeting as a protest against the lodging of a criminal lunatic at "Larnach's Castle."

The Masterton Bowling Club's financial year will close on June 30th, and the annual meeting of members will be held on July 18th. A new motor fire engine to the order of the Wellington City Council is expected to arrive in about a week. The cost is £1,090.

A resident of Wellington, Mrs Bridget Egan, aged 57, died suddenly on Friday afternoon. Her daughter found her dead in the scullery, where she had been washing clothes.

An old-age pensioner, 75 years of age, was admitted to the Renall-Sol-way Home on Thursday last. \There are now six inmates at the institution.

It is stated that Messrs B. Dive, C. A. Wilkinson, J. T, Quin, G. P. Wake, G. W. Tayler, Astbury, F. McGuire and Bobbins will be candidates for the Egmont seat at the next election.

Up to the present 70 entries have been received for the annual trials of the Masterton Collie Club. Three hundred crossbred wethers will be used in the trials, and these will be supplied by. Messrs Morrison Bros. Miss Marie Narelle, who gave a number of recitals of Irish £ org in New Zealand a few months'ago, is seriously ill in a private hospital in Sydney. She has already undergone two operations, and it is likely that third will have to be performed. Miss Narelle's company has been disbanded, and it will be several months before she will be well again. A Press Association telegram from Timaru states that a fire was discovered at 6.30 a.m., yesterday, in the dressmakers' work-room, pack-ing-room and spare store of W. Penrose's drapery. These were gutted before the fire was got under. Some damage was done by the water getting in the shop and running over the floor.

One or two football players sustained injuries while playing in the match Ahuriri against Pakipaki, at Napier, on Saturday, states a Press Association telegram. H. Smith, one of the Ahuriri players, had his collarbone broken, and D. McCarthy, another member of the Ahuriri team, sustained internal injuries, but whether of a serious character or not cannot at present be_ascertained.

The Masterton Mounted Rifle 3 held a Church Parade yesterday morning. The Corps fell in at the Drill Hall and under the command of Captain McKillop, marched to St. Patrick's Church, via Queen Street. The circular ride movement was gone through at the corner of Queen and Kirton Streets, and opposite the Post Office, after which the men proceeded to the Drill Hall. They were then dismissed, and each member of the Company was free to attend his own Church. There was a good muster at the parade. A Press Association telegram from Napier states that Mr J. Close, for many years a member of the wellknown firm of Neal and Clcse, and more recently the principal shareholder of Neal and Close, Ltd., died at his residence on Saturday. Mr Close, who, through ill-health, has not taken an active part in business for several years was one of the most progressive business men Napier has had, and although never taking.a personal part in public affairs, he has always been one of the leading spirits in any step having for its object the advancement of Napier. He had been in business there for upwards of forty years. . MILKING MACHINE FEVJBE. Never in the history of the milking machine has there been Euch a crop of putative machines ps now follow the unique success of the "Lawrence-Kennedy-Gillies." Numbers of hurriedly designed and imperfectly letted machines, many of which are based en systems long ago discauled are being rushed on to the market to share in the present harvest which the "L K.G." Eowed 5 years ago. When considering other makes, don't forget that until they have been worked for at least two years by practical farmers, you are only buying untried machines on the reputation which the "L.K.G." established.

The Wanganui Amateur Athletic Club have decided to apply to the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association to hold the next championship meeting at Wanganui.

At Sydney, on Friday, Clarence Weber, the well-known wrestler, beat Sandow's two-handed weightlifting record of 250 poundsJjy lifting 251 pounds above his head. He also beat several one-handed records.

Coakley's Hotel, at Otautau, an old wooden building, was totally destroyed by fire with its contents at three o'clock on Saturday morning. The body of W. Carnahan, a corn dealer, of Invcrcargill, who attended a horse sale there, was found in the debris.

It may not be generally known, says an exchange, that the carved posts in the Maori meeting house at Putiki (Wanganui) are believed to be about 300 years old. They were brought there from Rotorua, the cradle of the Maori carver's art, when the hcuse was built some thirty years ago, and are looked on as exceedingly valuable specimens, the late Sir Walter Buller having, so it is said, once offered £SOO for them. The Samoanische Zeitung states: — The Supercargo of Upolu reports that the Island of Nukulailai (in the Ellice Group), about 300 miles northeast of Fotuna, was visited on April 16th by a hurricane, which wrecked every house in the island and completely destroyed four thousand cocoanut trees. No lives were lost. The day after, the island of Fortuna experienced the same cyclone, but Funafuti, only about fifty miles north-west of Nukulailai, did not feel the gale.

There was a sensational accident on the Kaiwaiwai Road, on Friday. Mrs Lepenski and Miss A. Vitckoski, were driving home in a gig to Rototawai, and when opposite Mr R. Waller's p-operty, the horse in the shafts shied at a piebald horse ridden by a young man, followed by a- number of dogs. The frightened horse swerved into the ditch, capsizing the vehicle, and pinned Mrs Lepenski under it in several inches of water, and her left collarbone was broken. The other occupant of the vehicle escaped injury.

For some years past arrears have been accumulating in respect to fees owing by natives to the Government for the surveys of their land. All efforts to recover arrears havehitherto been futile. A few days ago an officer of the Land and Survey Department arrived in Wanganui. to collect the overdue money,. the alternative held out to the natives being the forfeiture of a portion of their land. As a result over £3,000 has already been collected, and a similar amount is expected to come in during the next few davs.

That section of the public whose duties necessitate frequent use of th? train service will be glad to know that arrangements for supplying footwarmers for the passenger services have been completed by the Traffh Department. To-day footwarmers will be placed in the carriages on the Wellington-Napier mail train, the Wellington-Woodville mixed train, the Masterton to Wellington and Wellington to Masterton passenger train; the Napier-Wood-ville mail train and the WoodvjlleNapier afternoon train.

At the .Christcburch Exhibition the natives of Raratonga and the Maoris became firm friends, and on the return home the former decided to send a present of island produce to their New Zealand cousins. A consignment of 129 cases of oranges 23 cases of bananas, 37 :ases of taras and yams were duly shipped from Raratonga and consigned to the Waitotara natives. They arrived at Wanganui about a. week ago-and were forwarded to their destination. On arrival the consignees were asked to pay freight wharfage and other charges, some £3O. Being unable, or unwilling to do so, the consignment was railed back to Wanganui, where they were sold at auction, the sum realised being barely sufficient to pay the charges owing. The Native Minister (Hon. J. Carroll), replying to - a Gisborne deputation, is reported by a local paper to have said: "The present and future Parliaments will have to make due and adequate provision for the education of our young, it is an increasing liability on the shoulders of the State. I suppose the cost of education last year was in excess of £870,000 and the expenditure is increasing each year. It is ,a good investment, and the time is coming when we will have to face the question of devising some settled means to meet this increasing liability. We cannot go on depending solely on the Consolidated Revenue and Parliament must make some special provisions for education funds."

Some interesting information was given in the Auckland Supreme Court, on Saturday, as to the earnings of a direct liner trading between New and London, says a Press Association telegram. Giving evidence in the claim of Shaw, Savill and Co. against the Auckland Harbour Board for £15,000 damages in consequence of the accident to the steamer Mamari in the Calliope Dock, Mr\ A. E. Pearce. managing director of Levin and Co., of Wellington, agents for the Mamari.. said the steamer's gross freight on the Home trip after the accident totalled £21,391. The total cost of running the vessel on the New Zealand coast was £5,500. If the vessel had been detained for the whole Homeward voyage the net loss would have been £12,350, but the detention was 41 days, making the loss £7,200. MERIT REWARDED BY COURT OF JUSTICE. The acknowledged good qualities and success of SANDER A SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTBACT have brought out many imitations, and one case was just tried in the Supreme Court of Victoria, before bis Honour Chief Justice Sir J. Madden K.C.M.G., etc. His Honour, when giving judement said with regard to the GENUINE SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, that whenever an article is commended to the pubiio by reason of its good quality, etc, it. s not permissablo to imitate any of its features. He restrained the imitators perpetually from doing go, and ordered them to pay all costs. We publish this to afford the public an opportunity of protecting themselves and of securing what is proved beyond all doubt by skilled witnesses at the Supreme Court of Victoria and by many authorities duiing the last 30 years to be a preparation of genuine merit, viz., THE GENUINE SANDER * SONS' PURE .VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.

According to the judges at the Uunedin Show, "many potato-growers labour under the delusion that the larger a potato is the better chance it has of winning the prize. The judges, however, hold quite a different view, and maintain that a potato too big for table use is exactly what a prize potato ought not to be. The most important colonial convention of the Temperance Party yet held in New Zealand is to take place, in Wellington about the middle of next month. The delegates appointed in connection with the Sduth Wairarapa electorate are Mr R. Ward Tate (Greytown), and the Rev. W. J. Elliott, of Carterton.

The Tonga correspondent of the New Zealand Herald says:—"The residents of Nukualofa were startled frojij their slumber about 1.15 a.m., on June Ist, by the most severe shock of earthquake experienced since April, 1897. There was a great jar. as if the whole island had dropped a foot or two and settled on a hard foundation."

Two parades were held on Saturday by the Masterton Mounted Rifles. In the afternoon a mounted parade was held at Lansdowne, when twenty-five men were present, under the command of Captain McKillop. The men were exercised in outpost duty. In the evening the troop held a dismounted parade in the Drill Hall. Captain McKillop was in charge, and the drill comprised squadron movements and firing exercises. Lieutenant Quartermaster French and Adjutant Cameron, of the No. 2 Wellington Regiment, were present at the evening parade. The Hon. A. R. Guinness, Speaker of the House of Representatives, addressing his constituents at Greymouth last week, declared that he would support the Government's Land Bill, but he considered the limitation provision too high. He favoured the redaction of the unimproved value of land that any one person could hold to £30,000 or £25,000 instead of the £50,000 originally proposed. He had been returned to support the Seddon Government, and was not pledged to support the present Ministry. He would, however, give them a fair trial before casting any vote thai, would oust them from office.

At the annual meeting, of the Hawke's Bay Farmers' Co-operative Association, at Napier, on Saturday, states a Press Association telegram, the balance-sheet showed that aftei?allowing for depreciation, etc., the net profit for the year had been £6,984 on a paid-up capital of £23,000. It was pay a dividend of 8 per cent., and put £I,OOO to the reserve fund, which leaves a considerable balance to carry forward. The Association opened a branch at Dannevirke during the year, and have made arrangements for further extending their business by opening a branch at Wairoa. ,

The Dunedin correspondent of the ' Wellington Post writes:—-"The discovery, some months ago, of the ex* istence in Dunedin of a picture which in the opinion of Mr'A. A, Longden (British Fine Arts repre- ! sentative), is the work of Antonio Watteau, has attracted attention in' England.' A copy of Lloyd's Weeklyjust to hand has a short article, headed 'Picture Romance,' detailing : the unearthing. of. Mrs S."G. Smith'sa *,•■•*: now celebrated picture and its his-> tory. The picture has been traced to T have belonged to Le Due D'Urlain. "~ It was painted in Paris in 1711. The ;, " ; owner now has a cablegram from Mr Pierpont Morgan, of New York, asking her to send full particulars and state the bedrock price of the Watteau. The answer is to the effect that it will not be sold for less than £5,000."

Mr R. C. Bruce, of Ngaruru, i Hunterville, writing to a resident of i Christchurch in regard to the suppos- ■ ition that the Maori dog of New Zea- ■ land is extinct, states that there is ; one of pure breed in the possession of a settler in his district. "When I settled here nearly thirty years ago," Mr Bruce adds, "several packs of wild dogs inhabited the locality. Some of the packs had then been crossed with collies, and even with blood hounds, but some were evidently quite pure. One day I had a splendid opportunity of observing two of the purebred animals. I was on a cliff and they, quite, unaware of my presence, were immediately below me. I was then strongly of opinion that they both were of as perfect types as might be the foxe's, dingoes or wolves. Both were of a rather light cream colour, with pricked ears, and their tails were carried quite curled up. Although much smaller, they reminded me of the Sskimo dogs, another feature of resemblance being their sharp noses." An advertiser seeks young woman to assist with house work. An advertiser wants to purchase a good sound piano. Messrs Gillespie and Co. have vacancies for rabbiters, fencers and ploughmen. To-night will be the regular paynight of the Workers' Friend Building Society. A ballot for a loan (free of interest) will be taken to-morrow night. Messrs G. Hyde and Co. announce in another column that they have been appointed sole Masterton agents for the 'New Home' drop-head sewing machine. The leading features of this fine machine are strength, simplicity and durability, and they are guaranteed to give every satisfaction. They are entirely dust-proof, fitted with ball-bearings throughout and finished in polished quartered oak. The price tif the machine is only £lO, and special arrangements can be made for purchasing for cash or on terms. Bheumatism. Dr. Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment cures ■ more cases of rheumatism every year than all the so-called rheumatism medicines combined. It will penetrate to your very bone 3; soothe and subdue the pain. The first application will relievo, and continued use affect a permanent cure. Guaranteed to cure, or money back. Accept no substitute. Price Is 6d and 3s. Obtainable at H. E. Eton, Chemist, Masterton. If you want your furniture or goodß removed anywhere in the Colony with the greatest care and expedition, send to J. J. CURTIS <fe CO., LTD., Shipping, Custom house and Forwarding Agents. Customhouse Quay, Wellington. Only experienced packers employed. Reasonable charges. Gout is really a special form of rheumatism caused by excess uric acid in the blood. Whether your gou) is acute oxchronic, Bheumo will cure you. All stores.

The homing instincts of birds received further illustration by a statement made at a meeting of the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society, of the fact that one bird of a batch of Canadian wild geese despatched recently to the Waipara district promptly returned to its temporary abode at the society's gardens. • Apropos of the extent to which the iiVnjetting of trout is practised by New '" Zealand fishermen, Mr G. F. Whiteside mentioned at a meeting of the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society that tons of trout were surreptitiously exported to Melbourne and Sydney, and afterwards returned to- New Zealand and sold as smoked fish of no particular designation. The manner in which this was generally contrived was to pack the trout in cases with a few blue cod on top, which was usually sufficient to pass the Customs' examination. Reporting on the money*marked, the New Zealand Trade Review "Money continues abundant, , TOWemand« are also fairly active, especially for municipal and other local governing bodies. The terms still given by the Post Office Savings Bank—3J per cent, at call, within certain limits—is a hindrance to any cheapening of money. It is quite ■ possible that the Savings Bank " \authorities may have a difficulty in 'finding profitable and satisfactory employment for the large sums that are flowing into their coffers, and thus be driven to lower their deposit rates, and make way for lower terms in the open market. Business men ought to stop the practice of rewarding the bold youngster who appears next morning after a fire and announces that it was he who broke the fire alarm. This' widelyknown custom was mentioned in the Dunedin Police Court, on Tuesday morning, in connection with a case resulting from a recent fire in George Street, Dunedin. The chief detective (Mr Herbert), mentioned that there ■was a lad now in prison serving a sentence of five years for having yielded to the temptation to secure a couple of shillings by first lighting the fire and then raising an alarm. The magistrate, Mr Widdowson, agreed that it was a practice which should be put down. No rewards should be given until after proper investigation by the Fire Board or the City Council—whoever were in charge. Many people did not seem to realise that this custom was a strong inducement to other boys to light fires. RhSemo cures rheumati&m, gout, sciatic*, *~-<and lumbago quickly and permanently. It ' ta a thoroughly safe and absolutely reliable All chemists and stores. 2/6 & 4/6