LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8498, 30 July 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Messrs Judd Bros., of Manaia, had a large number of sheep killed by dogs during last week. The sheep had just come off turnips. Mr Hickling, of Mangahao, secured the championship with a Buff Leghorn pullet at the New Plymouth Poultry Show. The small bird nuisance is becoming so serious in Napier that the suggestion has been made that a united poisoning campaign should be organised. ! Mr F. G. Wayne, local Stock In- I spectoi', who underwent an operation in the Master ton Hospital, for an injury to his leg, is not yet able to resume his duties though he has left the hospital. Mr C. A. Pownall has been retained by the Masterton Borough Council to defend the action brought against that body by Mr Geo. Heron for damage to his property caused by the raising of the foutpa:h in Church Street. The case will b'j heard on August 9th. The Committee of the Wellington Education Board have made the following recommendations: — That the following be leased: Section 40, Newman, for ten years; section 11, block 4, Mangahao Survey District, 1G acres 3 roods 8 poles, for seven years, with right of resuming one acie. The barges which are being used at Picton to carry out to sea the tons upon tons of dead herrings which are piled on the beach will, to all appearances, be kept going for some time to come, says the Marlborough Herald. A visitor to Picton a few days ago watched a shoal of porpoises follow the steamer Penguin to the wharf, and their appearance was the cause of shoals of herrings being run on shore, where they continue to be piled up like so much sand. Mr W. P. James, S.M., heard a case at the Masterton Magistrate's Court, yesterday, in which Sarah Jane Bishop charged her husband, Charles Bishop, with failing to make adequate provision for her maintenance. After hearing evidence, in which it was stated that the parties had been living apart for two years, the Magistrate refused to make an order. Mr C. A. Pownall appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr M. Lavery for the defendant. Auckland people are continuing the agitation for a canal through the isthmus joining Auckland and Manukau harbours, so as to allow coasting traders to pass from the east coast to the west and vice versa at Auckland, and thus do away with railing from Onehunga. A deputation waited on the Harbour Board last week and submitted estimates for a canal 82 miles long, excavated to allow vessels drawing 20 to 21 feet to pass at any time. They put the cost at £BOO,OOO, and the revenue on the present scale of business, at £20,000 to £25,000 a year. The Taumarunui Press is informed j that the rock on which the steamer j Kia Ora was wrecked is known to the natives as Piritoko. When Te Rauparaha lived on Tirau Point one of | his wives swam out to it and back. Her namp was Taha Moana. Many 1 of his fighting men tried to accomplish it, but never could. It is also an old fighting-ground of the natives. That was Te Rauparaha's , last stand in the latter part of the ; 20's, perhaps 1828. The distance to . Piritoko from the point is about one | mile and three quarters. For many years past the cost of restoring gold coins which by fair wear and tear have been reduced below the prescribed limit of weight has been borne in Australia by the Minting States -Victoria, New South Wales, and Wc-t Australia. As a consequence, t-e coinage of gold in . Australia has never been a source of profit to the States. Seeing, howi ever, that the Imperial Goi vernment, which supplies the i token coins circulating in Aus- | tralia, makes a large profit on them, it has been regarded as only fair that the Imperial Treasury should bear the cost of the. restoration of the gold currency. A stronglyworded despatch on this subject was addressed to the British Treasurer by the Commonwealth Government some time ago, and the Tieasurv has agreed to accede to its request. The cost is in future to-be borne by the Imperial Exchequer. A WIiOXG IDEA, people crro i.-iusly believe that over u.ill is the danger with milkiru' nmchinfp. 'I ha facts are that the injivy was d nc t > tl'c cow by all previous mact-iaas while the niiik was being drawn, ami until Uiliirs hit on the princip'o of inVtti.'.i,' a>r alo 'g-iitle Mm nil thro Jfili h < milking, it was tli 'light iaiposs ble to ovi-ri'"ino this ilrawba. :k. Wi;h the "L K O." tin re u no po-s:b!e clni'see o f i jury to the cow (hiring milking or at any time, even if the cups nre left on indefinitely. MacEwan and Co., Ltd., Sole Agont3, U.S.S. Co.'s Buildings, Welling'on '

The fact came out in evidence in a case at the Magistrate's Court at Napier recently that eighteen persons were living in a four-roomed house in that town. ! The Timaru Borough Council has decided to call upon all plumbers and drain-constructors working in Timaru to produce a certificate of competency by September next. j A Press Association telegram from | Wellington states that the Minister for Lands has given instructions to the Land and Survey Department that i-the name Middle Island is not ; to be u«ed in future. The name j South Island will be adhered to in all : cases. I l Four men, named Cyril Cosgrove, j John Hamilton, George Ferris, and William Robert Sinclair, were before the Wellington Court, yesterday, on various charges of burglariously entering premises and stealing goods and money. Accused pleaded not guilty, and were remanded till August 7t'n. A meeting of the Executive Committee in connection with the Y.M.C.A. Village Fair was held last evening. It was reported that the arrargements for the Fair were well in hand, and that good progress is being made with the dancing. The various side-shows are in capable hands and should prove a great attraction. A meeting will be held tonight to make final* arrangements. On the subject of technical education in New Zealand some very scathing comment was passed in the course of a lecture at Wellington by Professor Easterfield, who is a believer in German thoroughness in all things. "Don't think," said the lecturer, "that if you send your sons to a technical school to learn chemistry eight hours a week they are going to be able to solve scientific problems or make fortunes in the field of invention. 'J he man who wishes to succeed in science must work all the day and part of the night. I consider the educational ideas we have in this colony are very flimsy." The Maoris 'n this country, says the Taranaki News, have steadfastly declined to cake delivery of ra'ecards posted to them. When one of these demands arrived there was never a man known by the name of the addressee, and the ratecards never reached their destination. ; But an envelope with a big blue cross denoting registration, is always eagerly looked for, and seized with the greatest avidity. The other day a batch of these landed at a post office down the coast, and there was no difficulty in disposing of them. When opened they were found to contain demands for payment of rates! Mr Ells,the county clerk, had scored. The obligations of a hawker in regard to the half-holiday question appear to be the same as those imposed on a shopkeeper by the Shops and Offices Act. Yesterday morning, at Wellington, an information laid by Mr Donald, Inspector of Factories, was preferred against a hawker for having failed to obser/e a recent Wednesday half holiday. Evidence showed that accused was found selling fountain pens, linen, and other goods. Defendant produced a document issued by a corporation official, and said it gave him permission to 1 and 7 o'clock on the date in question. Mr Riddell, S.M., stated that this inspector was an irresponsible person, who had no right to overrule the law. Defendant had said he was a stranger there and acted in ignorance. Public officers should not issue such permits. Defendant would be convicted, but neither a fine nor costs would be entered against him. According to the latest reports from Preservation Inlet it would appear that a substantial revival in the goldmining industry is about to take place in that interesting and picturesque locality. A quartz reef is to be exploited at Cuttle Cove, for which purpose the steamer Rimu landed a large quantity of machinery at Cromarty last week, and also took some machinery, etc., for the sluicing claim at Gulch's Head, where some very fine samples of gold are said to have been obtained. A recent visitor to the locality states that he is of opinion that mining will probably boom down there shortly. It is understood, says the Otago Daily Times, that a good deal of Australian capital has been put into the new venture, which it is hoped will turn out more successful than its predecessors. That the Kaiser has lost his lawsuit aimed at dispossessing his innkeeper ienant on his estate at Rominten, his Imperial Majesty's favourite shooting box in East Prussia, recalls to a Berlin correspondent the fact that he has been defeated in all the tour cases he has taken into court during recent years. The first one resulted in his being compelled to permit the State railway to cut a way through his majolica factory estate at Cadinen, and to establish a public station there. In the second the court x-ejected his claim to compensation for £I,OOO for repairs made upon his tenant's premises at Rehberg, and awarded him only £IOO in addition to compelling him to bear the entire costs of the hearing. The Emperor's third defeat in the law courts was on his attempt to convict the Eominten innkeeper of breach of contract, and i the latest suit was aimed at withdrawing the liquor license from the innkeeper in question. If you should contract a cold, {jot rid of it as quickly as possib'e, for ev.n'y cold weikeDS the lowers the vitality, and paves the way for more Beriouj diseases. Chamberlain's Cough Penie.ly is a preparation that can always be liepnidcd upon, and not only cure, the cold, but counteracts any tvad--ncy toward pneu monia. For sale by an ue.ile s. Rhkejio cures rheum -{Out, sciatic.x Bnd lumbago quickly nndnnmanently. It is a thoroughly safe and :;!jio!u(ely tvliablo remedy. All chemists and stores. 2/0 & 4/6 You often sing of England, And of Ireland, too, and Wales, And the "Braes of Bonnie Scotland," With her stirring Border fairs: Butibn'fc forget New Zealand, ( <o otIKT skiare blaer), An its famous h ju-ulioid remedyWoods' Great Peppermint Cure.

The appointment of chief Government Dairy Expert in West Australia has been conferred upon Mr J. A. Kinsella, formerly Dairy Commissioner of New Zealand. Holman Hunt's famous picture, "The Light of the World," has been presented by the owner, the Hon. Charles Booth, to St. Paul's ' Cathedra], London.J The Bishop of Waiapu has appointed the Rev. Herbert W. Williams to be Archdeacon of Waiapu, and the Rev. David Ruddock, Archdeacon of Hawke's Bay. The funeral of the late Mrs A. T. Thompson will take place to-morrow, leaving the Manse, Worksop Road, at 2 p.m. for Knox Church, where a special service will be held, and leaving there for the cemetery at 2.30 p.m. In 1899 the amount spent on charitable aid in New Zealand was £93,070. The following year it fell to £77,602. It has now gone up to £103.272. The amounts spent by the principal Boards last year were: — Auckland, £17,001; Wellington, £] 4,228 ;Ashburton and North Canterbury, £16,302; Otago United, £15,393. In the Kaponga district there is a good number of Swiss milkers working on wages. The labour of the new blood has been highly appreci- . ated, and these employees seem to have quickly realised the fact that they are considered valuable milkers, for it is reported that they are combining to strike for 30s a week for the coming season. The monthly meeting of the Board of Management of the Masterton Y.M.C.A. was held last evening, Mr A. J. Parton occupying the chair. On the motion of Mr Anderson it .vas decided to suspend all syllabus meetings of the Association during thia week on account of the death of Mrs Thompson; the Rev. A. T. Thompson being a member of the Board of Management. It. was also decided to forward a letter of condolence to the Rev. Mr Thompson. That there are at least two sides to every question is evidenced by the' fact that while the Acclimatisation and other societies are urging the destruction of stoats and weasels, many practical farmers regard them us a good thing, which they cannot: have too much of. At a meeting of the Otago Farmers' Union last week, a resolution was received from the Palmerston South Branch, strongly objecting to the wholesale destruction of stoats and weasels. The resolution also included hawks, so it seems the farmers are extending their protection to the "pirates of the air." The fortnightly meeting of Masterton Oddfellows' Lodge was held last evening. Bro. E. McCord, N.G., occupied the chair. It was announced that the Friendly Societies Council would meet on Monday evening next, August sth. The Secretary of the Social Committee stated that all arrangements in connection with the social and dance to be held on Thursday, August Bth, had been attended to, and he also reported that, everything pointed to i large gathering. Three friends were proposed as members of the Lodge, and rhrce new members were duly initiated! into the Order, Bro. J. Lyall, G.M.„ acting as initiating master. It was; decided to hold a social in the form', of a "yound night," after the close of' business at the next Lodge night,, August 12th. Particular attention has been paid' by the Christchurch Agricultural Labourers' Union to the lot of the married couple, and a copy of the schedule placed before the Otago Farmers' Union meeting last Friday contained the following clause concerning them: —"Married couples, if both are required to work shall be paid as follows:—Men, £1 7s 6d perweek; wife, if cook, 15s per week for four men and 2s per week extra for each person over four, and if required to bake, £1 a weeß. Married couples shall receive, free of rent or other charges a house, coal or firewood, and shall be allowed to keep a horse and trap on terms to be arranged, which shall not exceed Is. per week. Scale of rations to be arranged between employer and employee. If husband is inquired to harvest then his wages shall be those of a harvester." An advertiser requires two gentle- „ ' men boarders. | Messrs Donald and Sons, require a smart lad for their office. Mr C. Bishop, Carterton, notifies, that he will not be responsible for debts contracted by his wife. Special lines of winter footwear best suited for the present season are to hand in full supply at the W.F.C.A. Members of the Knox Church Choir are requested to be in attendance at the Church on Wednesday at 2 p.m. sharp. Mr A. Norman, draper, Queen Street, announces further reductions in special lines during the last week of his sale. The W.F.C.A. are solo agtuW'Tii' the Wairarapa for Sutton's celebrated flower and vegetable seeds. Catalogues will be supplied on application. Dr. Van Slyke, of Wellington, specialist in diseases of the eye, ear and throat, is on a professional visit to Masterton, and may be consulted at the Club Hotel to-day and to-mor-row. The Cei.ev.ui "y ok Samjek axd*Soxs Pcee Voiijmi/: Eucaiath Extract is universally ncknowledged. 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 oilfois'.ed upon the trusting and unwary under the grossest misuse of Sander ahd Sous' reputation. Sander and Sons instituted an acriou 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 required to obtain an article that is scientifically tasted and approved of. As such is surely endorsed and recommended the GENUINE SANDER AND SONS' PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.

There very few callers atJ ;the Christchurch Labour Bureau lately, and the officers of the department find that things have not been ;so satisfactory in the labour world for a long time. At a meeting of delegates from the vjßgjfcus Automobile Associations :in isfew Zealand, at Wellington, yesterday, it was resolved to form a , New Zealand Automobile Association -with headquarters at Wellington. The death occurred, on Sunday last, , of Mrs Catherine Thompson, wife of :Mr W. W. Thompson, of Morison's :Bush. The deceased was 42 years of :age, and had resided at Morison's .Bush for aboutl twenty years. In conversation with a representative of the Carterton News*, a settler • stated that last year he made £6BO ,off 6S acres of land at Matarawa. The income was derived from the product of 34 cows, together with calves .and pigs, the latter accounting for .some £2OO. An account appeared in a recent ■British Australasian of the first •introduction of rabbits into Australia by a son of a Mr Manning Thatcher. Some time in 1566, after several failures, live rabbits eame safely to Victoria, the first attempt .having been made in 1863. It has, Jiowe.yer, been authoritatively-stated that .before that date the late Mr George Peppin, of Wanganellar, introduced rabbits on his station. The first drought killed every one of there. It may be added that rabbits: were kept.as pets in the North Island: at (east ten years earlier than 1866.: They were first acclimatised, however, in (Xtago in the early sixties, when the Cromwell paper congratulated the district on the successful experiment, and cautioned the public against destroying the rabbits. Mr Way, of Auckland, would have the present Parliament wiped off the map of affairs, and replaced by noble and virtuous socialists. His remarks at the open-air meeting at Wellington, on Saturday night, says the Post, were certainly calculated to cause a breach of the peace if sorre stal"wart and pugnacious politician had .chanced along. "These lazy, lackadaisical, political squibs up in the jHouse of Fossils yonder," was almost a term of endearment compared »' : .ith some of his references to the honourable members. "We must cosine and form a Socialist-Labour parity to take charge of the legislation of our country," he urged, and then went on to picture the millennium when "the man from the heiJ in the ship, the carpenter from his bench, the navvy from his drain, and the clerk from his desk" shall sit in the cushioned seats of the mighty, and smoke the fat cigar of affluence, while the egregious ■omitalist sw i"gs a shovel or an axe. It was a grateful and comforting picture.