LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8472, 25 June 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The building trade in Carterton is said to be very brisk. The Christchurch Meat Company had declared an interim dividend of 8 per cent. There are at present eleven residences in course of erection in Carterton. ' ' The death is announced of Mr A. McCoskie, who had been in business in Waipawa for forty years. Last year New Zealand exported four and a-half times as much meat as Victoria; but that State shipped nearly one-third more butter. At the InvercargiJl Police Court, yesterday morning, Martin Campbell pleaded guilty to sly grog selling at Gladstone, in, the no-license district. Mr McCarthy, S.M., imposed a fine of £4O, with costs, to be paid by instalments of £5 per month". —Association. The demand for carpenters in Wellington is reported to be better this winter than during the wet period of last year. Competent men are commanding the highest wages, and it is said that there is every likelihood of trade being even brisker in the near future. It is stated that the Greenhills Estate, on the Kaikoura-Waiau Road, of 36,000 acres, has been bought by a Banks Peninsula syndicate for subdivision. The price is not known, but covers stock, including 30,000 sheep. The station adjoins Crown lands in the Clarence Valley. MILKING MACHINE FEVKB. Never in the history of tho milking machine has there been such a crop of putative machines ps now follow the unique success of the "Lawrence-Kennedy-Gillies." Numbers of hurriedly designed nnd imperfectly tested machines, many of which are based on systems long ago cliseni ded ore being rushed on to tho market to share in the present harvest which the "LK.G." sowed 5 years hro. When considering othor makes, don't forget that until they havo 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.

The Hawke's Bay A. and P. Society has a membership of 995. and a credit balance of £2,000. with no liabilities.

At a meeting of the Wellington City Council, yesterday, it was decided to advance £BOO to the district Fire Boai'd, which owing to defects in the Act has no money to carry on with. —Association.

An association has been formed at Otahuhu, to ascertain the best means of providing funds for the purpose of proving the superiority, feasibility and economical advantage of a canal to connect the Manukau and Waitemata harbours through the Otahuhu Isthmus and via the Tamaki River. A Press Association telegram states thai the Government has decided to appeal against the decision of Mr Justice Williams, delivered at Dunedin, last Monday, refusing to grant a writ of attachment against Mr H. Millar, who had failed to pay a fine of £3 imposed by the Arbitration Court for taking part in the slaughtermen's strike. At a meeting at Greytown, on Friday last, it was decided to form a Gun Club. The following officers were elected:—President, Mr J. V. Bockett; Vice-Presidents, Dr. Bey and Messrs Loasby, Tate ' and KentJohnston; Management Committee, Messrs Humphries, Bicknell, Coe, Webster, and Rhodes; Hon. Secretary, Mr J. Laurenson. An unfortunate hawker in Christchurch, whose little business is much handicapped by failing eyesight, was pleasantly surprised, on reaching his home one day last week to find a new handcart standing at his door, with a note attached to it, stating that it was left as a present to him. The grateful recipient has made every effort to find his benefactor, but so far without success.

A fire occurred at Mangaweka, about 2 o'clock yesterday morning, states a Press Association telegram, when the premises of Johnston (merchant), Bennett' (saddler), and Zimmerman (blacksmith and wheelwright) were totally destroyed. Nothing was saved. The fire started at the rear of Bennett's shop. Monro's new buildings, on the opposite side of the road, wire much^damaged.

The news that Taihape is to become a stop-over station on the Main Trunk line is already bearing fruit, as on Tuesday last a couple of gentlemen from a southern town were (says the Taihape Post) on a visit inspecting land. The fact of the town being picked upon as a halting-place on the journey Auckland to Wellington and vice versa is expected to create a stream of settlers and others to the vicinity. The Hon. J. A; Millar is convinced that there are excellent prospects before the Auckland province. His northern trip opened his eyes to the possibilities of that part of the colony. A large area of land is available for settlement, he says, and seems to be attracting attention from the whole of New Zealand. The land is good, the climate mild—all the conditions in fact are favourable to a noted advancement.

The Post Office authorities are occasionally blamed for delay in the delivery of letters, but it appears that they are sometimes not responsible for the delay, a letter addressed to a dentac practitioner in Christchurch by a lady, who claimed to have posted it herselt a few weeks ago, diqVnot arrive at its destination until the other day. It was then delivered by an employee of the Christchurch Gas Company, the lady having deposited it in an opening she had discovered at the base of a lamp-post. The work of sealing up the Nightcaps Mine was concluded on Sunday night. Meantime the company will work the unaffected portion of the mine, but the output will be restricted, owing to the plant being cut off. Duncan leaves a widow and five children from eight to seventeen years of age; Carson a widow and four children frgm two t6 six years old. Welsh was a widower with five children grown-up. It is believe'd that the damage to the mine is comparatively slight. Mr W. F. Massey responding to the toast "Our Guests," attheannual dinner to members of Parliament, at Auckland, on Saturday, said they were given to understand that Parliament would be given an opportunity of doing away with many of the tariff anomalies that existed, which were harassing business men and were a source of loss to the public generally. He trusted that no attempt would.be made to increase taxation by means of Customs duties, but that there should be reductions on articles of daily use. Mr Massey also mentioned the Land Bill and the importance of dealing with native lands in the North, and said that if justice were, done these three great questions' there would be very little time for anything else. The Hon. J. A. Miller, interviewed at Christchurch, regarding the proposed Wages Boards, said:— "These will not.be quite on the same principle as the Victorian Boards, the only similarity being that experts on both sides will be appointed right offf* Appeal in certain cases to the High .Court of Arbitration will be permitted. Whereas Conciliation Boards are elected for three years, the Wages Boards will only be appointed to deal with particular disputes, and when they make their awards they will cease to exist. Their awards will have all the force of those at present framed by the Arbitration Court. I believe the new system will have the effect of relieving the Arbitration Court of a tremendous amount of work. Provision will also be made that where a voluntary agreement is entered into between masters and men the filing of this shall have all the force of an award."

The Celehrity of Sander and Sons Pore Volatile Eucalypti Extract is universally acknowledged, Royalty honours it, and the entire medical profession hna adopted its use. Imitations sprung up without number. Tho latest of them—as styled " Extracts "—was oil foisted upon the trusting and unwary under the grossest misuse of Sander ahd Fons' reputation. Sander and Sons instituted nn action at the Supreme Court of Victoria, before His Honour Chief Justice Sir J. Madden, K.C.M.G., etc., and at the trial a sworn witness testified that ho had to stop tho 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 GENUINE SANDER AND SONS' PUKE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.

There will be no practice of the Masterton Orchestral Society this evening.

Auckland domestic servants* are being circularised with a view to the forming of a union. Mr W. J. Roche, of Wellington, has been appointed Borough Engineer at Feilding at a salary of £4OO a year. A man, named William Martin, 84 years of age, committed suicide at Goldsborough, on Saturday night, by shooting himself in the head. The Waikite geyser, Whakarewarewa, still continues to be very active, playing some fine shots at intervals to a height of between 70ft and 80ft. At the Masterton Police Court, yesterday morning, before Mr G. Heron, J.P., a first offender was fined five shillings, in default 24 hours' imprisonment, for having been drunk. A prominent Labour leader, who has just returned from a trip up country, told a Post reporter yesterday, that the movement for the organising of general farm labourers into a union was progressing in the Wellington and Hawke's 'Bay districts, but it had not yet come to a definite head.

As an instance of long service on a station it would be hard to beat the record of William Rogers, who. it is said, has worked on Mr Adams' Langley Dale (Marlborough) station for the past 47 years. His employer has shown his good feeling towards him for his long and faithful service by allowing him for the remainder of his life a pension of £1 per week.

At the Auckland Police Court en Saturday, a young woman pleaded guilty to attempting to commit suicide by taking match heads. It was explained that trouble had aristn through defendant's parents objecting to a contemplated marriage, and in her passion the girl swallowed some match heads. She promised not to do it again, and was convicted and / discharged.

The Masterton Municipal Brass Band will render a select programme of music in the Park on Sunday afternoon next. Among the items on the programme will be the following : "Burgomaster" (horn. solo), "My Lady Gracious" (intermezzo), "Sing Me to Sleep" (cornst solo), "Uncle Sammy" (march), "Wash-/ irgton Grays" (march). A collection will be taken up in aid of the Band funds.

The greatest reticence towards the Invercargill reporters was observed when the State subsidised , trawler Nora Niven arrived at the Bluff last week. The Dunedin Star, however, states: "We are in a position to state that the first part of her experimental cruise has turned out a failure. All the marketable fish she got was 20 cases, mostly kingfish. The trawling was done in 60 fathoms of water, to the north-east of Cape Pegasus."

At a meeting of the Morris Tube Association, last night, it was resolved to offer Mi" Henry Holmes' trophy\ for competition, to be won twice in succession or three times at intervals. In the event of the trophy not being won outright all those having "legs in" at the end of the season will fire off for the trophy.' It was also decided to give ammunition, prizes to the highest scorers in the A and B classes, respectively, each night. Shooting will be continued on Wednesday night.

An important statement was made at Christchurch, on Saturday, by the Hon. G. Fowlds regarding the validity and value of the awards made at the recent Exhibition. He said he wanted to assure the public that there had been no ground for suspecting the value of any of the awards, except in the case of wines and spirts. In one other class where an appeal had been lodged, and it was found impossible to rejudge the exhibits, the awards were cancelled. In no other case was there any suspicion that any of the, awards hadbeen obtained improperly; consequently, all the awards finally sanctioned were perfectly valid.

A few, days ago the chairman of the Newton Schools Committee (Auckland) communicated with the Minister for Education upon the question of staff reduction consequent on diminished attendance following on an outbreak of juvenile complaints. (The Minister replied on Friday by telegraph as follows:—"I think the regulations have been misread. No reduction of staff takes place on account of decreased attendance for one quarter. The attendance must fall below the minimum for the grade for three / , quarters; therefore the staff is not reduced." A Press Association telegram from Christchurch states that Edward Dullar was charged in the Police Court, yesterday, with keeping a sly grog shop, and was remanded till Saturday. The police for some time had the shop under observation. It is near a hotel, and the licensee was the object of suspicion owing to a number of drunken men being about after hours. A raid was made on Saturday night, and Dullar was arrested. He was also charged with being a rogue and vagabond, and keeping the company of reputed thieves. Michael Foggerty, who was found in the house when it was raided, was also remanded. Prospecting rights over an area of the King Country have been secured to an Auckland syndicate, which has sent Mr W. James, an experienced Thames miner, to inspect the district.. The Thames Star reports that the results obtained by Mr James have been such as to encourage the syndicate to proceed further. Reef formations have been found, and some promising propositions located, but nothing has yet been done to give the reef system a proper testing. That will probably follow later. One thing has been definitely settled, and that is that there are auriferous lodes in the King Country, and only prospecting and development work will prove i their value. The latest and the Best Bemedy for Chest Complaints is Dr. Sheldon's New Ditcovery for Coughs, Colds and Consumption. It cures when all else fails 3s Cd and 3s. Obtainablo at H. B. Eton Chemist, Mastjrton. To euro rheumatism, gout' sciatica, or lumbago you must treat the blood. The bsst remedy is liheumo, which has oured thousands of sufferers. From all stores and chemists at 2s Cd and 4s 6d. Give.it a fair trial.

The Southland Trades and Labour Council have resolved, as a means of securing cheaper bread, to urge tho Government to enter into immediate competition with the Flour Trust. On Saturday night the Taihape - police found a drunken man,. lying ,J across the rails a quarter of ah hour before the arrival of the last train. / But for it being moonlight, he would ' probably have been cut to pieces.— Association. , The death occurred yesterday morning, of the infant son of Mr and Mrs L. H. Lewis, of Victoria Street, Masterton. The sympathy of a large circle of friends will be extended to Mr and Mrs Lewis in their bereavement. A sitting of the Ikaroa Land Board •will be commenced in Masterton this morning. Judge Sim is President of the Board, and with him are associated Judge Johnson and Mr Ihaia Hutana. The sitting will probably occupy two days. Dr. Frendly, District Health Officer, was on a visit to Masterton , , yesterday, and mado arrangements '"Sfof a meeting of representatives of the various local bodies in the district to be held in tho County Council Chambers on July 17th, for the purpose of considering the apportionment of the levy for infectious diseases hospitals. A young man named George Gavyn Phillips, from Marton, who was bushfalling for Parker and White at Mangapoiki, was falling a tawa at noon on Friday, when the tree split, upward and hit him in the small of the back. A wound six inches long and three inches deep was inflicted. It took sixteen men twenty-two hours to carry him twelve miles ow- j ing to the rough country. They i arrived at the Wairoa Hospital, on I Sunday morning, but Phillips died yesterday morning. The Southland Trades and Labour Council have passed a resolution emphatically protesting against Sir J. G. Ward's proposal that the colony should subsidise a fast line of steamers to the extent of £IOO,OOO a year, realising that this was unnecessarily extravagant, and expressing an opinion that the proposal concerned entirely the interests of the commerical classes and was opposed (.to the beat interests of the farming and industrial sections.

Gisborne lads appear to be possessed of some sense of humor. Last Sunday was observed as "Brick Sunday," in connection with Holy Trinity services, and at the afternoon gathering the children were asked to bring the price of a brick (threepence) for the new church. The vicar was not surprised on opening tho service to find that many of the children had come laden with the genuine article, a brick apiece, and a small stack of bricks were received. One lad the previous Sunday brought his brick in a sugar bag to the vicarage, and it will probably receive an honoured place near to the foundation stone. A Press Association telegram states that in the course of an interview last night with the Hon. J. A. Millar, in reference to his proposal to establish a Board of Commerce, the Minister was asked whether such a scheme would not cause perpetual tariff disturbances. The Board 'of Commerce, he replied, would have no power to deal with the tariff. It is only a question of regulating the price of commodities. Regulation s would be made on the evidence adduced as to what is a fair return on capital Invested. It is done now with regard to wages, so why not in respect to commodities of life? At a recent meeting of the Petone Borough Council it was decided td delegate to the Wellington 'Rugby Union power to warn A. H. Baskiville off the Petone Recreation Ground on such days as the Union has the use of the ground for matches. Baskiville is the person recently disqualified by the New Zealand Union in connection with the formation of the professional football team to visit England. At last night's meeting of the Petone Council a letter was received from Baskiville stating that he was going to have the matter threshed out, and aaking for particulars of the by-law under which he was to be excluded from municipal reserves.—Association. , An advertiser has for sale a phaeton in good order, with pole and other accessories, also a double set of pony harness. > A sub-diVisinnal.plan of the Mount Herbert Hawke's Bay, which will be sold by auction by Messrs Horace Baker and Son, at Wajpukurau, on Wednesday, July 3rd, may be seen at the Age office. Mr Jas. Candy has just received, ex Star of Japan, a large shipment of seasonable goods, comprising pianos, fancy goods and games. A new game, table hockey, is sold at the reasonable price of 6d. Old friends, happy families and snip snap snorum, so popular with children of all ages, are also on sale. , Mr D. Threadwell, bootmaker, Queen Street South, has to hand a supply of "the Repeilant sock," an article of footwear admirably adapted for winter wear. The sock is worn as an in-sole, and should prove acceptable in the cold weather. Tho first week of the drapery sale at the W.F.C.A. has proved a decided success, giving satisfaction to the firm, and their customers alike. Bargains havo been the order of the day, and will continue till the end of the sale. The firm announce still further reductions in certain lines, and readers will find particulars of these in a new advertisement which appears on page 4 of this issue. The attention of lady readers is directed to an advertisement inserted by ! Madame Carle, who has commenced business as a milliner in Wellington House, Queen Street, opposite Pinhey's Stables. Madame Carle has a supply of all the latest models from Paris and London, and | will make up millinery of all descrip- ' tions at moderate prices. The ladies of Masterton are invited to inspect the models. Mr Horace J. Moon, Secretary, Empire Hotel, Wellington, N.Z,. is a great believer in Chamberlain's Couph Bemedy. He says:—"l am pleased to be able to speak in high praise of Chamberlain's Cough Bemedy, it having cured me of a very severe cough. Other cough mixtures I had taken failed to even relieve me," For Bale by T. G. Mason, Masterton '