LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8493, 23 July 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The State pays £2,500 per annum for the eradication of noxious weeds on Crown lands. About £l6O was collected in Ashburton by fines under prosecutions for sly-grog selling between April Ist and June tSOth last. Mr Newcombe, who recently disposed of his farm.at Nireaba, intends to make a trip to the Old Country in September next. The total rainfall for June was considerably below the average in all parts of New Zealand, except in the province of Wellington. The output of the Eltham Dairy Factory for the past season constituted a record in its history. Altogether 807& tons of bufctei- were manufactured, and £67,019 paid out to suppliers. Taking advantage of the great demand for houses of a good class in the suburbs a Wanganui syndicate is contemplating building for thrifty persons on nominal deposits and on terms equivalent to rent. The Herald understands that they will probably go into the venture on a considerable scale. Before Messrs Eli Smith and T. Wagg, J's.P. at the Masterton Police Court, yesterday morning, a first offender was fined ss, in default 24 hours' imprisonment, for having been drunk. Another first offender, a native, was convicted and discharged on a charge of drunkenness, on condition that he consented to a prohibition order being issued against him. Out of 78 men enrolled in the police force during last year 52 were na-tive-born New Zealanders, eight Australians, seven Irish, six English, and five Scotch. In point of religion 22 were Church ot England. 32 Roman Catholics, and 19 Presbyterians. In occupation 26 were labourers, 12 farm labourers, five miners, five artillerymen, five butchers, and four farmers.

A Press Association telegram from Te Aroha states that a gate l'aged on Saturday night and Sunday. Fences and sheds were blown down everywhere. A young man named George Hickey'had a miraculous escape. He was sleeping in a cottage on a rise when the building was blown away and smashed to pieces. Hickey was badly bruised but no bones were broken. The river is high and railway communication is interrupted at Paeroa, where a washout occurred, doing damage to the extent of about £SOO.

The growth of the telephone system in the colony is clearly shown by a table attached to the annual report of the Post and Telegraph Deoartment. At March 31st, 1882, there were 116 connections; the average cost of each connection was £2l 16s 6d, and the total cost for all connections was £2,531 14s. The revenue was £613 5s 2d, and the balance of revenue over working expenses was £207 16s. At March 31st last the number of connections was 17,403; the average cost of each connection was £24 2s 2d, and the total for all connections was £420,08S 12s Id. The revenue amounted to £100,814 Is 3d, and the balance of revenue over working expenses was £14,587 14s 7d. The total cost of the Wellington Exchange was £15,578 15s Id; of Auckland, £5,808 14s 9d; Christchurch, £5,619 5s 7d; and Dunedin. £5,643 Is 2d. The Otago Trades and Labour Council has passed the following reso-lution-.—"That this Council enters its emphatic protest against the action of the Government in receding from the position taken up last session in reference to the land question, more especially in connection with the further sale of Crown lands and granting to Crown tenants the right to acquire the freehold, as the council is of opinion that all unsold Crown lands should be reserved for endowment purposes. The council considers the position taken up by the Government on this question is such that it has forfeited all claim to support from the workers, and, in the event of the Bill passing into law with the provision referred to, urges the Labour party of New Zealand to seriously consider the advisability of withdrawing its support from the present Administration." TUTfi Ei : :ST MILKING Mmv tmoy'o an anxious to know whicn is tliy b'jsr. milking machine. There is onU- one Kife and inexpensive way to find cut'-'v.-hi", an 1 re;.'.'' It takes two full seaß o,is t > prove if ain chine U a reliable mi k<?r o: nt. \Vlrni 11se ft«t that it does not a!Tee'. ihe hin ! e?n rstablisrud, it will be Time u>ou};h to isro the question of which >.!f'C-5 th» nr iking. Yon do noi require to wait and see if the ''L K.G." is reliable; th : s was proved three years a;. ,f \ and ]vi\:C redd of [iraelical m-n endorse ihj verdict t"> day. liU 1 ., Solo Agenti, U.S.S. Co.'s Buildmgs, \V« lhi;j ton.

Settlers on the Pareora Downs, Timaru.'are stated to be very short of water, and those on the higher levels who have not wells have to cart water for all purposes. A young man named McEwen, who had his leg broken in a football match at Foxton early in the present season, has had to have the limb amputated above the knee. Herrings have been stranded on the beach at Picton in such quantities recently that if allowed to remain they are likely to become a nuisance. It has been decided to engage a motor launch and clear the beach. A big opening for the export of Queensland Jbeef has been found at Vladivostock. The local trade is being seriously affected by drought and disease, and it is anticipated that Queensland will be able to retain the trade. A man who purchased a small tin at a Feilding store found inside a coupon entitling him to the sum of £ls. The Tobacco Company distribute these coupons at rare intervals, and this is the first which ever came to Feilding. The death of Mrs Fraser, wife of the Hon. F. H. Fraser, M.L.C., occurred at the residence of her husband, Abe! Smith Street, Wellington, on Sunday, at the age of seventysix. The late Mrs Fraser, with her husband, came to New Zealand in the ship Wild Duck in the year 1865, and they have been in Wellington ever since.

A meeting of the Cabmen and Carriers Committee in connection with the recent costume football match and concert in aid of Mr J. K. Blinkhome was held, last evening, when it was reported that the net proceeds to date, after defraying all expenses, amounted to £97 9s lOd. It was decided to hand the money over to the general fund that is being raised in Masterton for Mr Blinkhorne. A special vote ofj thanks was passed to tho Press for their assistance in the matter.

The Postmaster-General does not think it advisable that boys of tender age should be engaged for night duty as telegraph messenger boys if it can be prevented, as he does not consider it in the interests of the boys to be .on the streets till all hours of the night. As a practical way of effecting a change, a number of young men of about twenty years of age were advertised for in Wellington last week, one qualification being that they must possess at least a Fifth Standard certificate, wages 30s a week. Quite a number of likely young men applied for the positions, and the department had no difficulty in selecting the number of night messengers required. After several years' study and experiment a young Australian, says the Melbourne Argus, has invented an engine which will, in his opinion, draw the Sydney express at the rate of from 70 to 80 miles an hour. He believes that his patent will revolutionise the present system of steam and electric traction, because he claims that it will enable the speed of trains to be greatly increased, that it will double the haulage power of goods engines, that it is applicable to tramways, and, perhaps, most important of all, that it may be adapted to steamships, and so make it possible to increase the speed of the largest steamers afloat to 27, and even 30 knots an hour, at much less expense than is now incurred in running them 20 knots an hour. All these things, and more, he claims for his invention, and he is so satisfied of its practical value that he is patenting it throughout the world.

The quantity of gas manufactured at the Masterton gasworks during the month of June wa3 2,058,300 cubic feet, being an increase of 430,400 cubic feet on the amount made for the corresponding month last year. The gas sold per meter amounted to 1,577,400 cubic feet as compared with 1,341,500 cubic feet for June 1906. The gas made per meter during the month showed an increase of 26.43 per cent and the gas t,old per meter an increase of 17.51 per cent, as compared with the amounts made and sold in June last year. The average rate of increase for the present year is 30.69 per cent, for gas made and 26.936 per cent, for gas sold. During the past month -twelve new meters were fixed and two new services were laid. The receipts for the month amounted to £833 5s lOd as compared with £621 14s 7d, being an increase of £2ll lis 3d. At the meeting of the Masterton thorough Gas Committee, last evening, the Gas Manager (Mr J. W. Blackman) drew the Committee's attention to the fact that the new Customs tariff would increase the duty on all pipes over five inches in diameter by 15 per cent, the original duty being 5 per cent. The new duty ot 20 per cent, was now being collected. There was also an increase of 10 per cent, in the duty on gas meters and other machinery used in connection with the manufacture of gas. Much of this class of machinery is practically specialised and cannot be manufactured in the colony. The demand was not sufficient to warrant any firm putting down the necessary plant for the manufacture of gas meters and other machinery. The Manager added that in the near future he would be requiring a quantity of six-inch mains. The Committee took no action in the matter, which will probably come before the Borough Council at the meeting this evening. The Celebrity op Sander and Sons P. t.e Volatile Eucalypti Extract is vmi vevsally acknowledged. Royalty 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 raid unwary under the grossest misuse of Bander ahd For.j' reputation. Sander and Sons instituted an action at the Supremo Court oE 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 the use of counterfeits on account cf the irritation produced. This Bhows what care is required to obtain an article that is scientifically tested and approved of. As euch is surely endorsed and recommended the GENUINE SANDER AND SONS' PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. j For Bronchial Coughs take Woods Great Peppermint Cute, la 6d and 2s Gd

The Collector of Customs at Auckland has been notified by the master of the s.s. Kawau that the beacon on Maori Rock, North Channel, Kawau, has been dislodged.—Association. The debate on the question of land tenure between Messrs J. C. Cooper and J. Yarr has been fixed to take place next week. The exact date has not yet been definitely decided upon. In view of the recent police prosecutions against competitors in cycle road races, the Dunlop Tyre Company has decided, says a Christchurch Press Association telegram, to abandon its annual Timaru to Christchurch race. At the meeting of the Masterton Borough Gas and Finance Committee, last evening, it was decided to recommend the Council to increase the salary of the gas collector (Mr D. Morton) from £125 per annum to £156 per annum. At the Oamaru Magistrate's Court, yesterday, in a charge against a man named White of selling liquor, the Magistrate said that he believed that the locker system was merely a blind to enable the law to be broken with impunity. He inflicted a fine of £SO and costs £6 19s, Notice of appeal was given. "This man is a regular nuisance; he is continually hanging around the streets with his wife and getting beer," said Sergeant Miller at the Masterton Police Court, 'yesterday morning, when referring to a native who was charged with drunkenness. The accused consented to a prohibition order being issued against him. During the past month eleven summonses were issued by the Borough Inspector against ratepayers for the recovery of rates outstanding. Nine of these cases are set down for hearing in the Magistrate's Court on Thursday next. During the month outstanding rates to the amount of £251 lis lid were collected. Another batch of summonses is being prepared. While coming alongside western berth of the Hobson Street wharf, Auckland, yesterday morning, the steamer Mokoia, from Sydney, got aground, says a. Press Association telegram. The water was deeper at the outer end and part of the steamer was brought in sufficiently close to the whart to enable the passengers to go ashore by means of a gangway. The bow of the steamer was then several yards out from the wharf. After about an hour the steamer was brought within about six feet of the wharf and was made fast. The tide was low when the Mokoia, drawing about 21 feet, took ground. The gale on Sunday caused extensive damage to portions of the new ferro concrete railway wharf at Auckland, states a Press Association telegram. The parts affected most are the training wall and the sheathed piles, which extend the whole length of the wharf for the purpose of turning the tide and making still water inside. About a dozen bays in the middle of the wall have been torn out almost completely, a few isolated piles being visible here and there. Coming to the place where the work is now progressing, the ravages of the storm are once more apparent. At the north-eastern corner a clump of piles have been driven and these have been forced in. Various other damage is reported. i A Press Association telegram from Auckland states that one of the crew of the sunken cutter Flora was heard [ crying out in the water off North • Head for assistance shortly after the cutter foundered, on Saturday. The ■ fishing boat Kestrel was sailing up [ from Mercury Bay, and When off I North Head at 3.30 a.m. one of the : crew, named Morrison, heard someone calling out in the water. He roused his mate, and the boat was put up into the wind. Just before [ that Morrison had observed a figure ' floating by, evidently hanging on to ' some floating object. The man called out seven or eight times, but was evidently nearly exhausted. The Kestrel searched for over an hour, ' but no sign of the man was seen 1 again. The spot where he was passed " by the Kestrel was only sixty yards [ from the shore. Board and residence is offered to ' a young tradesman in a private ■ family. Two front rooms, with use of , kitchen, are elsewhere advertised to ' let by Mrs V. Almao, Dixon Street. During his present sale Mr J. L. Murray is offering ladies' jackets at specially reduced prices. Particulars [ will be found elsewhere. The W.F.C.A.'s new automatic l lift sewing machine is pronounced " one of the best in the market, and is ■ being offered at special prices with ) terms. In a new advertisement appearing elsewhere the Wellington Piano Com- ' pany direct attention to tneir easy 1 payment system. Full particulars 1 can be obtained from Messrs McLeod " and Young, the local agents. j Mr J. 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The severest gale ever remembered swept over Greymouth on Saturday night and Sunday morning, doing enormous damage. Nearly every place in the business portion of the town buffered some damage. On the Mawhero Quay plate-glass windows Pwere smashed, and several verandahs bodily away, roofs of sheds Tithe railway yard were torn off, and Detective Campbell's residence almost totally destroyed. Victoria Park suffered severely, the-grand-stand being blown down and fences laid low. Two houses in the course of erection near the park collapsed. The gale is still raging, and it is unsafe to be in the streets, sheets of iron, etc., flying everywhere. The damage is estimated to run into thousands of pounds.—-Association. A writer in the Christchurch Press says:—"l should like to know why hawks, stoats, weasels, opossums, and such like vermin are protected. Is it that game of all sorts shall be quite eradicated from the country, or that in thoir spare moments, 'when they cannot find a more tasty morsel, they may kill a few rabbits? As far as stoats and weasels are concerned, I have just seen a hen roost which has been subject to one of their visitations. Thirty-seven dead fowls seems a pretty good night's work for "these depredators, and this is not by any means an isolated occurrence. "Stoats are rapidly increasing in numbers, and in districts no*, overrun with rabbits the only way to avoid serious loss will be to offer head-money in a sufficient sum to make it worth a man's time to trap A Palmerston North Press Association telegram states that at a representative meeting of bowlers it was resolved "that the time has now arrived when there should be one Bowling Association for the colony, and that a conference should be held at an early date between representatives of the North Island Bowling Association and the New Zealand Bowling Association to consider the following proposals:—The forming of one Association, the establishment -of rules governing play, the question of reducing prize moneys, methods of conducting annual tournaments, appointing of joint secretaries and executive for the North and South, holding annual tournaments alternately in the North and South Islands." "Attacks upon the totalisator are *-s~tilr occupying the prejudiced and the misinformed," remarked Sjr George Clifford, president of the conference of New Zealand Racing Clubs, in his annual address to the delegates -assembled yesterday morning. To the former, he said, argument was inapplicable, but the open-minded en- • quirer would find little in the condfrTlof our race meetings, or in the ejects of the totalisator, to warrant the abolition of an amusement affording much innocent pleasure. The majority of those who spent health-giving afternoons at our openair gatherings were very mild patrons of the machine, as was evidenced by the slight difference which wet weather and a sparse attendance caused in its receipts. The spendthrift and the gambler might force upon u<3 his unwelcome presence, but he would live his brief hour of stupidity somewhere in his own fashion, and the totalisator was not responsible for his constitution, nor was the management's absolute fairness and stern requirement of repayment adapted to his methods. The substitution of the totalisator for the bookmaker on our courses had lessened his temptations, and diminished his opportunities, and its removal would produce an effect diametrically opposed to that sought for by its misguided opponents. If y m should contract a cold, get rid of it as" quickly as vossible, for evary cold •weakens the lung', lov-ers the vitality, and paves the way for more serious diseases. Chambariam's Cough Remedy is a preparation that oan always be rlepfnded npon, and not only cures the cold, but counteracts any tendency toward pneumonia. For sale by all dealers. Did you ever stop to think that Chamberlain's Pain Balm is a general fain ly liniment, especially good for Rheumatism? The quick relief afforded by app'yin» it is worth many times its co3t. Makes let and sleep possible. For sale by a I dealers. Footballers. After the match is won or lost, try Dr. Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment for all bruise 3 and strains. It will make you fit ior >our Ufrxi struggle. Obtainable it H. h. ISna, Giemist, Mastert.n.