LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8486, 13 July 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A match will be played at Palmerston North, to-day, between the Pahiatua and Manawatu Golf Clubs. Entries for the Wairarapa Poultry, Pigeon and Canary Society's Show will close with the secretary, Mr Jas. Cairns, at the Exchange Buildings, at 10 o'clock, to-night. The Masterton Rifle Volunteer Corps, in conjunction with the cabmen and carriers, will give a social in the Drill Hall on Thursday evening next, the proceeds to be in aid of the Blinkhorne Fund. Residents of Levin are indignant at the price of bread in that township, and a suggestion has been made that if the price is maintained bread be brought from Wellington, where it is much cheaper. While Wellington has been having a full share of sickness dun .* the winter, the other centres ha\ .: not been escaping. Auckland, Christchurch, and Dunedin have all had visitations of various ailments. "Dampness has been a predisposing, cause to an increase of illness in the cities." states Dr. Mason. The Mayor (Mr J. M. Coradine) has arranged for the sub-committee of the Masterton School Committee to meet him, this afternoon, and discuss the question of public baths for Masterton. The committee hope to arrive at some arrangement whereby the site for the municipal baths will be fixed in the vicinity of the District High School. « It is not generally kno-vn that although the Salvation Army has no Prison Gate Brigade Home established in Wellington, there is, nevertheless, a great deal of assistance afforded to ex-prisoners by that body in the city. With the object of further extending the work there is a movement on foot in Salvation Army circles to secure a suitable site near Wellington for the establishment of a Prison Gate Brigade Home. The Masterton Rifle Volunteers held a parade, last evening, in the Drill Hall. Captain Morton was in command, and there were 33 men in attendance. After exercising the company in the new drill, Captain Morton delivered a short lecture on the use of trenching tools. The successful members were then pi*esented with three-year service bars, and the marksmen received their badges and gratuities. Mr W. P. James, S.M., held a sitting of the Juvenile Court, yesterday morning, at which two lads were charged with having stolen various articles from the residence of Mr Jas. McKenzie, at Hornebush, on June 30th. The fathers of the lads attended and stated that the latter had been severely punished for their offence. The Magistrate administered a caution to the accused, and convicted and discharged tl:e.n. A Wellington Press Association telegram states that the Counties Conference, yesterday, passed the following resolution: —"That, in lieu of the subsidies granted in Clause 96 of the Local Government Bill, the following take its place: For any sum received for a rate levied of a halfpenny in the pound the sum payable shall be at the rate of 50s in the pound, for every additional one-eight of a penny in the pound an additional Is be paid by way of subsidy up to the total rate allowed to be raised." A meeting of the committee of the Land Settlement League was held last night when the following resolutions were carried:— "That the Minister of Lands be respectfully requested to send a Departmental officer to Masterton at an eaiiy date to confer with the League in regard to lands suitable for closer settlement"; "that the Minister of Labour be respectfully requested to send a Departmental officer to Masterton at an early date to confer with the League in regard to lands suitable for workers' homes;" "that the following resolution b* forwarded to Mr A. W. Hogg, M.H.R., 'that in the interests of the community no freight should be charged on the transport of coal after a radius of twenty miles from a port or pit's mouth." The secretary wai instructed to write to Mr A. W. Hogg, M.H.R., asking for information respecting the report cf the Royal Commission on Bishop's Reserve. The secretary and treasurer were deputed to make arrangements for a suitable hall in which to hold meetings of the League. It was resolved to write to the Hon. J. Rigg, M.L.C., inviting him to address a public meeting at an early date in reference to woikers' homes. Nine,new members were elected. STEAM ON THE FARM. Ihe up to-date dairy farmer finds many uses for a suf ply of live steam There are milk cans and utensils that want thorough washir g and scalding, p ; g fcoi to be cooked, skim milk to be sterilised, and lots cf ether work that cui be lapidly and easily ccne if a cheap, quick and effective stemrfng apparatus is employed. The "Mew Century Steamer" has been designed to till this want, and the unsolicited testiu oninl-5 Irian dozms of farmers prove that iti many hdvanUses and comforts rip appreciated on \\\ a - faun. From all leading ironmongers, er J B. MacEwan and Co , Ltd., U S.S. Co.'s Buildings, ■ 'iVellinptcn. For Bronchial Coughs tike W.) ids Great Peppermint Cine. Js od and 2s 0d Footballer.;. After the match is won or lost, try Dr. Sbeldan's Magnetic Liniment for all tiuises ur.d Ftrains. It will make you fit for jour next struggle. Obtainable at H, E, Eton, CbomUt, Masterton.

The contract for raising the sunken ' hulk Blackwall at Lyttelton has been dropped by the contractor.—Association. At Timaru, on Thursday, Annie Jackson, better known as Madame St. Vincent, was charged with practising as a palmist. The defence was that accused merely conducted experiments in spiritualism and thought transference. The case was dismissed. The Library Committee, last evening, decided to recommend the Council to fix the subscriptions to the lending library as follows: —Ratepayers, 5s for year and 2s 6d for halfyear or any less period; non-rate-payers, 10s for year, 7s 6d for six months, and 5s for three months. The Gazette announces that letters of naturalization have been granted to eighteen aliens, including three Chinese. There are four gumdiggers amongst the list, three labourers, two shopkeepers, two cooks, a fruiterer, a farmer, a seaman, a mill-hand, a hat maker, a fisherman, and a doctor of medicine. At the inquest at Pukekohe East on the body of William Gillan Begbie, who was found dead in Mr Easton's Bush, and who had been missing since Sunday afternoon, a verdict of suicide was returned. The deceased had a bullet wound through the heart. — Association. At the Invercargill Magistrate's Court, yesterday, Donald Nelson, aged about 17. sued W. T. Murray and Co. for £2OO by way of compensation for injuries received while in their employ, states a Press Association telegram. Plaintiff lost his thumbs in a tin press. He was awarded £l5O. ' A Press Association telegram from Christchurch states that Sergeant Alfred Cox, the oldest volunteer in Christchurch, died on Thursday. He was sixteen years in the 14th Hussars at Home. He was decorated recently by his Excellency the Governor for 25 years' volunteer service. He will be given a military funeral. A Press Association cable message from London states that Arnold Trowell, son of Mr T. Trowell, the well-known Wellington musician, had a successful recital at the Bechstein Hall, which had been favourably noticed by the London press. Garnet Trowell, Arnold's brother, it will be remembered, scored high honours with his violincello at the Brussels Conservatoire. Of the sixty-six men who nightly find shelter in the. Salvation Army Home in Wellington only about five have to earn their accommodation by working for the army authorities. The majority of the men who utilise the Home are between 25 and 40 years of age. The accommodation at the Home is at present taxed to the utmost, and the officer in charge informed a Post representative, yesterday, that it could well be enlarged to provide for one hundred. Arrangements have now been completed for the sacred concert which is to be given in the Town Hall, tomorrow evening, in aid of Mr J. K. Blinkhorne. An attractive programme has been prepared and several well-known vocalists will contribute items. The Masterton Municipal Brass Band and Masterton Orchestral Society will also assist. The concert will commence at; 8.15 o'clock, and considering the object for which the entertainment is being held, the committee confidently expect a large attendance. New Zealanders* love of legislation in bulk, whatever may be the quality, is reflected-in the huge volumes of by-laws issued by even moderatelysized boroughs. Invercargill, with a population of 6,500, boasts a book of two hundred pages, embodying about 700 rules for the guidance of the community—afiout half a by-law, on an average, for every adult, or, say, one for every man and his wife. The new by-laws for Wellington total about 1,050, sufficient to cover 400 pages of a book in octavo size. Sydney, with a population of over half a million, is much behind Wellington in the output of by-laws. The capital of New South Wales gets along fairly comfortably with less than half the quantity of civic legislation that is framed for Wellington. At a meeting of the Auckland A. and P. Association, yesterday afternoon, states a Press Association telegram, a discussion took place on the subject of the report that it was proposed to admit flour and wheat free of duty into the colony. Mr Hall failed to see that the necessaries of life were so heavily taxed as some people stated. Mr Garland said that he believed that under the proposed abolition of duty, if a shortage took place we should have our flour at a starvation price. There would be no difference in the price of bread sufficient to relieve the working man. The following resolution was carried —"That the delegates be asked to take this matter into consideration at the Wellington Conference, which is to be held shortly." The CeiiEbhiit of Sander and Sons Po e Voiatile Eucalypti Extract . is universally acknowledged. Boyalty honours it, and the entire medical profession has adopted its use. Imitations sprung up without number. The latest of them—as styled •' Extracts " —was oil foisted upon the trusting and unwary under the grossest misuse of Sander ahd Sons' reputation. Sander and Sons instituted an 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 he had to stop the use of counterfeits on account of the irritation produced. This shows what care is icquiral to obtain an article that is saientiticiilly t?stcd and approved of. As such is surely endorsed and recommended the GENUINE SANDEIt AND SONS'PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTIMCT. To cure rhsurnatism, gout, sciatica or lumbago you niuft treat the b'.ood. The bsst remedy is Bheumo, which has cured thousands of sufferers. From all dealers and chemists at 2s Gd and 4s Gd. Give it ■ a fair trial. Wet Feet Often result in a heavy cold, neglect of which means pneumonia or consumption. A positive preventive of these ills is Dr. Sheldon's New Discovery for Cough, Colds, and Consumption. Small dose. Pleasant to take. Every bottle guaranteed; Pricj ls6d 3s. Obtainable at H. E. Eton, Chemist, Masterton. j

' The teachers of music in Wellington have formed themselves into a professional musicians' society. Mr Haberfield, the surviving victim of the disastrous fire at. Port Chalmers, is progressing very favourably. Captain James McNaught, of the Highland Rifles, Wanganui, has been appointed organiser for the National League of New Zealand. The Taranaki and West Coast Produce Exchange has been wound up. Not one factory Has subscribed during the last two years. The net income of the State Fire Insurance Department for the year 1906 was £20,962; fox the previous year it was £13,127. It is stated that several butter buyers operating on ths New Zealand market intend to purchase on points instead of on grades. Largely owing to the continued dry weather which has blighted the young plants, there is a great scarcity of vegetables in Dunedin. Cabbages and cauliflowers are being brought over from Melbourne. It is stated that the new evening paper which it is proposed to establish in Wellington shortly will be edited by Mr J. D. Sievwright. It is understood that the Hon. C. H. Mills is chairman of directors of tie new company. A sensation was caused at theAuckland Police Court the other day at the adjournment of a case in, which a man was charged with fail-' 1 ing to maintain his wife. There was a difficulty about the custody of the child, pending the drawing up of the 1 agreements. The man left the court, and soon after the mother's shrieks i announced that he bad lifted the ; child out of the perambulator and , made off. ! A correspondent of the Wellington ' Post, who is in business, writes stat- ' ing that he loses about twenty pounds " a year through petty thieving. Jn " Sydney, he says, at sale times private detectives are engaged by the business firms, and he suggests that i employers should combine and adopt I the same course in New Zealand 3 cities, and also employ a female ( detective. He thinks a lady detective . should be added to the police staff in . the chief cities. Nearly everybody has heard thefc story that Abel Tasman named Cape--1 Maria Van Dieman after his sweeti heart, the daughter of the Governor of Batavia. On Wednesday evening, / says a Dunedin paper, Mr A. Bath--r gate proved to the Otago Institute 2 that Van Dieman died childless,. p and the popular myth fell with a . crash which almost shook the com--3 posure of the stuffed owls in the--0 museum adjoining the meeting t room. 2 We understand, says the OtsgoDaily Times, that some charitable ' people are organising a fund to secure -* the return to England of a man who has apparently fallen into the error- - of supposing that New Zealand offers s a lucrative field for skilled mechanics. - The man is an engine-driver, and for . 18 years drove on English express . trains. Upon his arrival he sought. i railway employment, but found that 1 he was debarred by the age limit, his i age being 41 years. He is in the • i prime of life, yet has been reduced . to hawking fish for a livelihood. Speaking at the distribution of fc prizes to the Dunedin Highland * Rifles, Captain Dempster said a great: deal was heard about preference to unionists. "Why," he asked, "could. n we not have such a thing as prefer- , ence to volunteers." There were f many directions in which this could - be done by the Government. The a railways and public works swallowed f up a great amount of labour, both t skilled and unskilled, and he could 3 not see any reason why the Governi ment should not extend some t privilege to volunteers when filling 5 these positions. * A protest against any increase in } the duty on imported boots and shoes was made at a meeting of boot--1 makers and sellers of colonial and j imported boots, held at Auckland. 1 The Press Association agent tele- ' graphs that during the discussion Mr [ Gabriel Lewis said: "I understand ' there is a limited liability companyestablished in Christchurch, with a capital of £350,000, who have an . idea of purchasing out all the small . factories and making prices go up as; ! soon as they get opposition out of . their way." It was decided toi -petition Parliament against any increase in the duty. A surprising account of what can. be, or could be, acccomplished byrunners was given by Professor David, in the course of a lecture on "Mexico," at Sydney last week. He told how, when Cortes landed at. Vera Cruz, in 1519, the war chief of the Mexicans or Aztecs, Moctezuma, sent down his artist-writers to picture the Spaniards and their armour and horses for him. This they did with considerable skill and swiftness, and the pictures were transmitted by relays of the war chief's couriers, running on foot, with such speed that they were carried from the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, Vera Cruz, to the City of Mexico, a distance of over 200 miles, in a little over a day. Death Rate Decreased. The "Chicago Tirbune," in a recent article on what medical scisnee has been able to accomplish for the benfit of human ity, drew particular attention to the "one* great fact that stands preeminent in the light of reliable statistics, viz, that the deathrate of the world has, through its agency, beort positively decreased. One of the chief factors ia this decrease 13 the marvellous success which is nowadays attained in the treatment of that fata type of disease cla-.sified under thl heading of "Lung Troubles." a ho. is accomplished by the use is Dr. Sheldon's New Discovery fof Coughs Colds and Consumption. Modeor medicine can point to no more marvellorn achievement than the perfecting of thu grand, unfailing, specific cure, which caa 'be relied on to save the lives of ais who take it in time. Guaranteed to cut II or money back. Price Is 6d and 3s. Obo tainable at H. E. Eton, Chemist, Masterton Did you ever stop to think that Chamberlain's Pain Balm is a general family liniment, especially gocd for Hheumatism? The quick relief afforded by applying it is worth many times its cost. Makes rest and sleep possible. For sale by all dealers.

Rural land sold by auction recently at Waipukurau in small sections ofi four to six acres brought up to £sl; 10s an acre. The Westport Times fleams that the. Government has decided to acquire, the Braeburn estate, Mangles River, Central Buller. The acquisition of; this estate will enable some thirty? thousand acres of land to be thrown; open for settlement f The Waikato caaoe'STaheretikitiki, ; -which was a feature of the oa at the Exhibition, will be taken back to its owners at Ngaruawahia. Every effort to induce the Hon. Mahuta _te Wherowhero to consent to .its remaining in the Canterbury Museum failed. As an outcome of the Dunedin Town Clerk's recommendations with regard to the safety of theatres, the proprietors of one or more halls of amusement nave been served with notices requiring certain repairs and works in connection with buildings leased or owned by them. It is understood that the owners are in accord with the objects >of the ; notices, and are proceeding to give effect to the suggested improvements as far as practicable. After many years ftriiile experiments to solve the problem of extracting quickly the gum and colouring matter from New Zealand hemp whilst in process of milling, the difficulty, it is claimed, has now been overcome by a new discovery patented by a South Island firm, .consisting .of a simple and comparatively inexpensive process of maehisery, without the aid of chemicals. This process, it is said, hot only exteaets in a ffew minutes the gum and colouring imatter,. producing a far superior hemp, but does away with the tedi,ous and unprofitable method stpre•sent in vogue of paddocking. Each year the stud sheep sales ■at.-e ibeldsin Sydney a substantial contribution is made towards the Sydney hospitals, which derive the benefit &i Ihe charge of half a crown made by the auctioneers conducting the sales for admission to their auction rooms. The tax lis is not severe on buyers and such of the public as attend the isailes as sightseers, because the purchaser of a half-crown ticket be-; •comes entitled to admission to the whole series.of sales, lasting a clear week With a free lunch thrown in at each. This yearns receipts promise to be eminently satisfactory, says the Sydney Daily Telegraph of 2nd inst., if the takings at the two sales already field are to £>e accepted as a ,' criterion. That helS last Friday produced £63 10s, while that of yester<Hy seLted an additional £63 ss, making* total of two days. An advertiser has to let two unfurnised rooms with use of kitcken. Board and residence in a private family is wanted by two young men. The Masterton Borough Council invite tenders tc close at 4 p.m., en Tuesday next, for road work. Mr J. L. Murray will commence, to-day, a sale of drapery end clothing at which big bargains are promised. Gas consumers are reminded that Monday next is the last day on which discount will be allowed on current .accounts. At their rooms, Perry Street, at 2 to-day, Messrs R. E. Howell and Co., Ltd., will submit at auction a large assortment of furniture and sundries, poultry and produce. To-day, at Mr P. Hamill's drapery establishment, the half-yearly reduction sale will be commenced. The stock is new and in good order, and bargains will be the order of the day. Nominations for the offices of president, vice-presidents, clerk of course, treasurer, stewards and auditors of the Masterton Racing Club will close with the secretary, Mr A. Hathaway, at 5 p<m. on Wednesday |' next, July 17th. " ' With commpndable enterprise Mr Fred. Staples, of Masterton, has de- i cided to open dining, luncheon, and : supper i*~ms in premises lately occupied by Messrs Dwyer and Co.'s : "Talker? s." in Bannister Street, opposite the Club Hotel. It is Mr : Stapies' intention to conduct the < business on the most up-to-date lines and the services of a first-class chef of considerable ' English experience has been engaged. On Wednesdays _. and Saturdays dinner will be served at : 11.30 a.m., which arrangement should be appreciated by country patrons. Fresh milk, cream and dairy produce will be kept on hand for the convenience of customers. The rooms will be opened on Saturday next, July 20th. An announcement "appears on page 6 of this issue. Further particulars will be advertised later. ' Makes Sore Lungs Well, Dr. Sheldon's New Discovery for Cough?, Colds, and ConsumDtion is the most wonderful discovery in medicai science of the 20th century. It is the re-uH of over 20 years' chemical resairch of one of America's most prominent physicians, Er. E. M. Sheldon, a graduate of the New York City and Bellevue University. No sufferer from luns; troubles car afford not to try this remedy. Price Is lid, and 3s. Obtainable at H. E. Eton, Chemist, Masterlon. * Why spend money at Rotorua and other thermal tprings when Rheurno will quickiy cure you of rheumatism, gout, sciatica o.i lumbago. Chemists and stores, 2s Gi anp ; 4s 6d. Lumbago. That stabbing pain in the smil! of the back, which accompanies every movement of the body, has its cure in Dr. Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment. Obtainable at H. E. Eton Chemist, M.isterton. Are vou going away for a holid iy. Then le J. J. CURTIS & CO., LTD.. Forwarding, Shipping, and Customhouse Agents, Customhouse Quay, Wellington, taka charge of your luggage. The charges will be moderate and everything will be checked and forwarded quickly. The Latest and the Best Remedy for Chest Compbints is Dr. Shel- **' don's New Discovery for Cougb.3, Colds, and Cons nnstion It cures when all fls3 fails. Pri« Is 63 and 3s. Obtainable at H. E. Eton, Chemist, Masterton. ' Those who are well posted as to the best means of relieving pain and curing sires, wor.nds or burns, always use Chun- i berlain's Pain Balm. They insist there i 3 1 nothing like it. For sale bj all dealers. ■ <