THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1907. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8480, 6 July 1907, Page 4

THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1907. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Professor Sale is retiring from the staff of the O tago University after thirty-six years' service. Mr E[. Hs. Wardell has purchased the property known as Stronvar, containing 1,240 acres, and formerly owned by J. W. Mcßae. "The demand for sheep properties in this district still continues," said a Masterton land agent to a Wairarapa Age reporter yesterday. "The demand for land is principally, in the direction of sheep properties and several sales of this class of land have taken place lately." The Minister of Lands has written to the Otago University Council saying that if the Veterinary College was turning out a supply of veterinarians the Department would find aijple employment for them, probably for more than could be produced for many years, but he could not see his way to, call upon Inspectors of Stock to qualify as veterinary surgeons at the present juncture. A somewhat unusual claim was made in the Magistrate's Court, Auckland, when a mother sought to 1 recover from her stepdaughter three war medals, which were won by her late husband, who fought at Inkerman, Sebastopol, and in Turkey. The evidence of the plaintiff was to the effect that she wished to give a medal to her son, who is in London, another medal to her stepdaughter (the defendant), and to keep one for herself, but her stepdaughter retained them all. Mr Kettle, S.M., described the suggestion as a fair one, but the defendant disagreed with him, and refused the offer, saying that her stepfather gave her the medals. The case was adjourned for a month, the medals to be held by the Court. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. As time' goes on, users of the Baltic Cream Separators experience the joy of 'handling a machine that gives no trouble, does itu work thoroughly, and costs practically nothicg for repairs. If you are in want of a reliable machine of this kind, try the Baltic, and you will be delighted with the easy running, increased output of butter, and general all round satisfaction which you will get. We can furnish you with testimonials from hundreds of satisfied users, but prefer you to try the machine and satisfy yourself that the Baltic is not built simply to sell, but to work and give continued and increasirg satisfaction. MacEwan and Co., Ltd., b!ole Agents. U.S.S. Co.'a Buildings, Wellington.

The services in Knox Church and , at Dreyerton, to-morrow, will be i c conducted by the Rev. A. T. Thomp- \ son. Mr P. W. G. McLeod will con- i duct the services at Mikimiki. "Rivalry between cities should not r be carried out to such an extent that S members should start a cat-fight as c soon as they get into Parliament," s said Mr Poole in the House of Repre- I sentatives yesterday. < Two cases under "The Destitute , Persons' Act," were called at the Masterton Magistrates' Court, yesterday morning, but were adjourned until this morning owing to the absence of the Magistrate (Mr W. P. { James). c Mr A. W. Hogg, M.H.R., has < arranged with the Premier and the s Minister of Justice to receive a * deputation, at Wellington, on Mon- ] day next, from the Masterton Trust Lands Trust with reference to the ! exchange of sites for a Courthouse in Masterton. The Hon. W. Hall - Jones arrived in Christchurch yesterday morning. The Minister's health is still not satisfactory, and he will rest privately at Christchurch _ for some" days, leaving by the Kaipara for England on July 9th. His medical his going to Timaru to say good-bye to his constituents. The gross Customs revenue collected at all ports in the colony during the year ended March 31st last, amounted to £3,213,622. Of this amount] no less a sum than £107,573 came from beer duty, and £13,000 from the operation of the Chinese Immigration Act. "The coming of the new 'prophet' (Rua) amongst the Urewera Maoris has led to the withdrawal of many children whose parents have adopted the new faith, and the effect is likely to become more serious in time until the new idol is shattered," states the Inspector of Native Schools, in his annual report. The annual report on the school for deaf mutes, presented to Parliament on Thursday, shows that the number of pupils in the institution is steadily increasing. At the re-open-ing of the school at the beginning of the year there were 57 pupils—29 boys and 28 girls. Nine boys and six girls were admitted during the . year. ■ [ It is stated by the Mangaweka Settler that the severity of the weatherjon the Main Trunk line is being keenly felt by the co-operative men. A correspondent states that no sooner is an opening made through the ice than it is frozen up again. . The ice being several inches in thickness, hammers and axes are brought into requisition to break through it. The various railway cuttings present a most unusual sight where the sun's rays never penetrate. Icicles four and seven feet in length are of common occurrence during frosty weather. The ordinary 'meeting of Court Loyal Enterprise A-O.F. was held in the Foresters' Hall, last evening. ; Bro. A. W. Chapman, C.R.. presided, , and all the other officers were present, i The officers for the ensuing six months were installed by P.C.R. Bro. W. Candy. The half-yearly balancesheet of the Court was presented, and passed. The balance-sheet was considered very satisfactory. Two new members were initiated, and '., three proposed for membership. Bro. A. W. Chapman was appointed Trustee in place of Bro. D. Pickering, • whe had resigned. It was decided to hold a social on the next Court night, when ail members are requested to be present. The receipts for the evening amounted to £3O 5s 6d. Speaking at Pleasant Point, Tim- • aru, on the Land Bill, Mr G. W. Leadley said that one feature of the ; Land Bill had apparently been overlooked by all who had spoken upon the measure. The point was that under the endowment proposals of the Bill the revenue derived from the endowments, was to be annually voted by Parliament.for the services for which it was intended, and as old age pensions were among these , services, it meant that the pension scheme (the money for which now came out of the consolidated revenue) would have its sound and solid basis s undermined, as they could not tell '> what might happen to it if it had to come up for review every year when the annual appropriations were being ' made.; r "It is only a matter of time when the natives will be living on the country," was remarked to a Wan--1 ganui Herald reporter in reference to ' the native habit of hanging round town till the cash received for their 1 land, is gone. "It is all very well ! for the town," continued the gen- " tleman who made the above remark, ! "we are reaping a. benefit now but we may feel it anything but that i f i we should have to do with thorn as - has been done with some native i races, that is, collect them all to- - gether on one bit of land and keep 1 them. It is no use .expecting the Maori to be sensible with money," 1 he went on to say, "it burns a hole . in his pocket, and while our present E system of dealing with their lands - may be good for the pakeha's trade, it must come to an end some day, and so far as the Maoris are concerned it 3 is a shame that it' should be allowed ' to continue." Small birds exercise considerable p discrimination in the selection of their diet, and what is greedily dei voured one day will be rejected on I the day following. This affects par- [ ticularly the laying of poisoned grain, and seme county councillors of ' c Bruce have had peculiar experiences . in this connection. One councillor 3 stated at a recent meeting that he j placed some poisoned grain, two 3 years old, under some trees some I time ago, and picked up afterwards L . 160 dead birds under one tree. Think--3 ing that old poisoned grain was pre--1 ferable to new, he immediately procured an additional supply, only to find that the alert sparrow had no regard for the abundance placed before a him, and absolutely refused to nof tice it. A settler in another part of '; i the district has recently had a simi'a lar experience, and wrote to the ~ council stating that he had, as a re--1 suit of one day's poisoning,secured 140 t dead birds under one tree from one- ' year-old poison. \ Gout ia really a spfichl form of rheumatism caused by excess uric acid in the 3 blood. Whether your goui is acuta or chronic, Kheumo will cme you. All starss. r» Rheemo cures rheumatism, gout, sciatica ° and lumbaso quickly andpermanently. It 1 is a thoroughly safe and absolutely reliable remjdy. 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The Rev. Father O'Shea will succeed the late Rev. Father Lewis as Vicar - General of the Wellington Arch-diocese. —Association. i The Scripture examinations in connection with the Wellington Sunday School Union were held in the Methodist Schoolroom last evening. Eight scholars from the Methodist Sunday School, and ten from the Knox Church Sunday School, sat for the examination. Messrs F. T. Redman and W. Willoughby acted as supervisors. The results will not be known for some weeks. A Masterton labour agent informed a Wairarapa Age reporter, yesterday, that there were not many unemployed in Masterton at the present time. Owing to the unsettled state of the weather there were a number of contracts in the district "hanging fire," and this was responsible for a few men being out of work. The loss of employment, however, said the agent, would only be temporary. Two cases of more than ordinary interest were brought befors the i Wanganui Stipendiary Magistrate last Wednesday. A local baker was fined £5 and costs on a charge of having on his premises for sale for human consumption four pounds of butter, the same being unwholesome and unfit for human consumption. The defence was that the butter was only used for greasing tins in the bakehouse. Another local tradesman was fined 5s and costs for carrying through the streets a parcel of meat not protected from dust. A black and white collie dog, lost from the railway station, is advertised for. An advertiser requires experienced bushmen. Applications are to be made at the Club Hotel on Tuesday next. A notice is inserted by the T. and G. Mutual Life Assurance Society that Mr D. F. Scott is not now in their employ. At their rooms, Perry Street, at 2.15 o'clock, to-day, Messrs R. E. | Howell and Co. Ltd., will hold their ] usual weekly sale of furniture, sundrias, poultry and produce. In view of the approach of spring the W.F.C.A. have to hand a very large stock of garden tools and appli- ) ances, and their stuck of garden seeds I has also arrived. The firm has a spe- ; cial arrangement whereby seeds are secured from the best growers. These can be seen in the firm's'ironmongery department. The importance of education and the methods of improving the,same through the medium of the International Correspondence Schools is evidenced by the large number who yearly take advantage of the system. The magnitude of the schools may best be gathered from the fact that the capital invested is 6,000,000 dollars, the cost of the buildings over half a million, and the number of employees 2,700, while since their inception hundreds of thousands of students have made real and satisfactory progress in home study. Particulars of this exceptional method of "turning time into cash" will be found to be fully explained in the circular and book- ■ let circulated with this issue. Attached to the booklet is a postcard which the reader is requested to forward to Mr J. G. Smith, of 1 Wellington, the New Zealand representative, when details of the course ■ marked will be supplied. Particulars can also be obtained from Mr J. B. Rue, of Glasgow House, Masterton, who is the local agent. ! There are wcod3 of mercantile value ! Rare woods of *reat beauty and price, And woods of such c.osd and hard ness As resist all white ants, rats, and mice. But the Woods of all woods to be lauded, 1 (Yoi all vvii Hgree. I am sure), • is the Wood) to whom mankind's indebted i For the only Orient Peppermint Care. ; Lumonijfo. That stabbing paiu in the smUl of the i back, which accompanies every raove- ■ mentofthe body, has its cure in Dr. ■ Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment. Obtainable at H. E. Eton Chemist, Masterton.