LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8502, 3 August 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Our weekly column, "In the Masterton Library," is unavoidably held over until next issue.

The wholesale price of milk in Auckland is to be increased to 8d per gallon. Young lambs are now becoming numerous in North Canterbury, and on the plains. So far this season has been very favourable for them. The raising of the duty on castiron pipes will cost the Petone Borough Council £750 as the difference in the price of pipes for its sewerage scheme. Three Chinese gardeners at Otaki were fined Is each and costs for working on Sundays, state a Press Association telegram, and were warned that they would be severely dealt with if they offended again. A passenger fell off a train on the Greymouth railway the other day, and bad to walk back to Greymouth. He was prosecuted for "getting off a train whilst in motion." The case was dismissed. The Government do not intend to renew the bonus on the Estimates for an improved method of flax dressing, but any improved method brought forward will be investigated, and if found worthy of a bonus, recommendations will be made to Parliament. The Dunedin correspondent of the Christchurch Press states that a medical man has been served with a writ claiming £3,000 damages for breach of promise. The claimant belongs to the Old Country, where the promise is alleged to have been made. A Wellington Press Association telegram, last evening, stated that the following were the tenders received for the Arthur's Pass tunnel: —Kirkwood, Kerr an.« Company, London, £688,215; J. Drummey, Arrowtown, Otago, £628,732; John McLean and Sons, Wellington, £599,794 (accepted). Quite a new industry* has been started in Australia in connection with rabbits, states a contemporary. Nearly half a gallon of oil possessing valuable lubricating qualities has been obtained by a rabbiter at Gilgandra, New South Wales, from 731b of skins, without lessening the commercial value of the latter. Replying to Mr Hogan, who suggested the construction of a branch line of railway from Wanganui inland to connect with the Main Trunk line, the Minister for Public Works says the country that would be traversed is of a very hilly character, and is unlikely to produce sufficient traffic to justify the construction of a railway. - Subscribers to the Mastertou Seddon Memorial Technical School are reminded that all donations should be in the hands of the treasurer, Mr J. M. Coradine, or the secretaries, Messrs N. D. Bunting and S. E. Wright, by Monday next. A meeting will be held early next week, and the treasurer desires to be able to report that all the money promised is in hand. Several suggestions for the amendment of the Bankruptcy Act, says the Minister for Justice, have been received from the Chambers of Commerce, and they are now under consideration. So far, he goes on to say, the amendments proposed do not appear to be of a very urgent nature, nor are the Chambers of Commerce altogether agreed as to the lines upon which fresh legislation should proceed. In view of the above considerations and of the important measures which will require the attention of Parliament this session, he does not think that time will permit of any amendments of the Bankruptcy Act this year. The question of permitting the Public Trust Office in the large centres of population to be consulted on minor legal questions at a moderate charge, or gratuitously, by persons who cannot well afford to pay ordinary lawyers' charges, was suggested to the Government by Mr Barclay. The Premier has replied that this innovation would mean a large increase in the expense of the department, involving the salary of an experienced lawyer at each of the large centres. The present staff gives its clients and others every assistance when enquiring about matters relating to administration. It would be inadvisable to undertake to give advice on contentious matters. There is one immigrant that this country is by no means desirous of welcoming to its shores, says the Post. This is the Australian cattle tick, whose disreputable career was exposed by Mr C J. Keakes at the Agricultural Conference on Wednesday. The parasite, which preys on cattle with deadly effect, swarms in Queensland, and has travelled down as far as New South Wales. It is practically impossible to suppress once it gets a hold. A single tick will lay from 1,500 to 3,000 eggs, and it is said that eggs placed at a temperature of 17 degrees below freezing point for twenty-four hours, and afterwards incubated at 95 degrees Fahr., have hatched out. In describing what he saw in North Queensland, Mr J. A. Gilruth said that a hundred ticks could be found on the tip of a single blade of grass. So great was the fear of the disease spreading that in New South Wales not only horses, but motor-cars from infected areas were disinfected. AN INEXPENSIVE BBPARVTOB. The cost of U(,koep is a serioos cou-sidei-dlion when purchasing a . cream S piratov. I) Ss?in of ucers of the Baltic casuify tluit hfi.e: t - .\o or t'ire>» ye'■!•■,' u;e mi totiil c'.'.t hii* teen only a i'<j\v Miiliings for oil. If you want a reliable Hopa-rabr «hat \v : .l! tike its full oaoaci'y, skiai perfectly, inn ea ily and enunthly year in and ou f , wi lnut any expense for spare pa; c * or r yon saould call arvl inspect tha Baltic, or viit-i ta us for price lisrs and full particulars of the free trial wo ofier t > a y lr>;ia fide dairyman. MiicEwa.'i I'lul Co, Lnf., Solo Agent 3, U. 5.3. Co '3 Buildings, Wellington. Help t'.oweak if you ar: strong, itespect the old if you ara young, Own jour faults when you are wrong, And when y .u'r: angry hold your tongue. Pay your d-bt-= before y.u bet, Back not a bill for rich o>' poor. And when a cough or chill yai git. Take soma Woods' Great Peppami.it Cure, Rheunntim cm be cured then why w : ll you continue to suffev. Rbeumo has effee'ed wonderful cures for other?, after all else had failed. It will cure you. Try it.

It is not intended, says the Minister of Agriculture, Jo prohibit the export of plants or seeds of the New Zealand flax. The next concert of the Masterton Orchestral Society will be given in the Town Hall on Friday, August 16th. Mr J. Bulpitt's offer to lease part of Town Acre 72 for a term of 21 years has been accepted by the Masterton Trust Lands Trustees. The funeral of John F. Woodward, son of Mr and Mrs F. Woodward, will take place to-morrow, leaving their residence, Kuripuni Lane, at 2 o'clock. . Mr H. Cowin, of Langdale, has sold his property to Mr George Taylor, of Beaumaris. Mr Cowin, it is understood, has decided to settle in Nelson, his old home. Administration of the estate of the late Mrs A. J. Minifie has been granted by District Judge Haselden on the application of Mr P. L. Hollings, solicitor, of Masterton. The Minister of Education fears, he says, that the principle involved in the abolition of the franking system would be nullified if grants were made to education boards for their outlay on official stamps. At the meeting of the Masterton Trust Lands Trustees, last evening, Mr J. Hessey said the Trustees could rest assured that the Government would neither build a police station nor a Courthouse on the site in Queen Street. "A correspondent writes: —Young lambs are . plentiful on the East Coast at the present time, and have had rather a hard time with the wet and cold of late. —The new buildings erected at Oroua by Messrs Widgely and Cunningham are just about completed, and give the surrounding country a more graceful appearance." A Dunedin Press Association telegram states that Ambrose Phillips, who carried on business as a baker at Caversham for thirty years, threw himself in front of a train, last evening, being killed instantaneously. The deceased and his wife had just retur-ed by the train. Phillips had been melancholy lately. It ia supposed that he had been worrying over the sale of his business at a loss. A fatal accident occurred, at Wellington, yesterday morning, in connection with the work of placing an additional story (the fourth) on Messrs Sargood, Son and Ewen's warehouse at the corner of Jervois quay and Hunter Street. A man, named Samuel Stevenson, aged about 35 years, fell down the well of the lift used by the contractors, and re ceived injuries which resulted in his death. The latest dredging returns to hand are as follow: —Masterton, 31oz lOdwts for 130 hours from the western side; Hessey, 13oz 3dwt for the week; Mystery Flat, 470z Bdwt for the week. The master of the Masterton dredge (Mr E. Lawson) xeports that the deep wash-out is now narrow and about run out. A fair wash is now coming in, so that good returns may be expected from the eastern side in future. Our Parliamentary correspondent telegraphed last night:—Mr R. B. Ross, M.H.R. forPahiatua, has given notice to move for a return showing the sections, blocks, areas and localities of education endowments and other reserves within the Pahiatua electorate exceeding twenty acres, together with the names of lessees, rents, and dates of expiry of lease; also the areas of land otherwise held by lessees. Mr W. Kyle, one of the Manawatu footballers, was taken ill at Masterton on Thursday night, but left with the rest of the team for Palmerston North yesterday morning. He was very bad at Pahiatua, and a doctor was telegraphed for from that town to meet the train at Woodville. Owing to the short stay of the train at the latter station, the doctor could not examine Dim. It is thought that Mr Kyle contracted a cold in the kidnevs. :*..._ The seriousness of the presem dry j weather to the farmer is becomingJ more apparent every day, remarks W Dunedin paper. A gentleman in the line stated that from as far | north as Christchurch to further j south than Clinton, the winter wheat i nad done very poorly, and that the : ground was so dry that there was I little chance of ploughing it for the sowing of spring wheat or rye grass. On the other hand, they had had too much rain in the North Island, while Southland had little to complain of. The bankruptcies in Wellington during the quarter ended June 30th were 57, as compared with 27 for ; the corresponding period of last year, i The Wellington bankruptcy district | is an extensive one, including as it | does' Wanganui, Palmerston, Pahia- | tua, Dannevirke, Napier, Masterton, Blenheim, Nelson, Westport,. Greymouth, Reefton, and Hokitika. Of the 57 bankruptcies, 17 were filed in | Wellington city; during the same j period in 1906 there were five in the ; city. The increase is attributed to ; the wholesale houses '.'tightening up" small tradesmen, who constitute most of the bankrupts. Many of them, it is said, start without capital, and instead of going into business, they should be journeymen. People whose credit is stopped at established businesses rush new shopkeepers. The first intimation that the latter have of being in a bad way is when their customers stop paying. No matter how long you have suffered from rheumatism, gout, sciafca or lumbago, Kheumo will cure you All cnercists and storesst-e'i it. Pries 2/6 .and 4/(5. It Dizz'ss ih3 W rid. Nodiscovsry of medicine h»s everc.eated one quaiter of the interest tint has been caused by Dr. Sheldon's New DUcovcry for Coughs, Co'ds and Consumption. It has brought relief in the m >st hope'ess cases, when all elso has failed. Obtainable at H. E; Eton, Chemist, Masterton. When you feel the first twingi of rheumatism, gout, sciatica, or lumbago, send for a,bottle of Rheumo. It* will quickly cure you. All stores a~d c'lemisti sell it at 2/0 and 4/6. A po-itivd anl lasting cure. For Bronchial Coughs tike Woods Great Peppermint Cure. Is 61 and 2s 6d

Wild ducks were very plentiful in the Whareama district before the shooting season, but on the opening day they had mostly departed for a protected district and have not yet returned. On the application of Mr P. L. Hollings, solicitor, of Masterton, letters of administration in the estate of the late Mrs A. S. Grant, of Gladstone, have been granted to the administrator by his Honour Judge Haselden. The Castlepoint County Council are seriously considering whether they will purchase a stone-crusher for the coming metalling season. Ratepayers will certainly have very much better roads if the Council make the proposed expenditure. A man named Nicholas, alias Joseph Fitzgerald, was charged at the Masterton Police Court, yesterday morning, before Mr J. Fraser, J.P., with being an idle and disorderly person, and having insufficient lawful means of support. Accused was convicted and discharged and ordered to leave the town. An extra waitress is wanted for the Cafe de Paris to-day. Mr A. Stempa, jnr., notifies that he is a cash buyer of pork in any quantity. Prior to removing the stock from the Book Arcade Messrs McLeod and Young are offering the goods in all lines at big reductions. The Hon. J. Rigg, M.L.C., will deliver an address on the subject of workers' dwellings and other matters in the Town Hall on Friday evening next. The annual meeting of the members of the Masterton Collie Club will be held in the A. and P. Association's rooms, Perry Street, £t 7.30 p.m., on Wednesday next. Mr P. L. Hollings, solicitor fcr the executors in the estate of the tete Mr E. L. Wakelin of Carterton, notifies that all claims against the estate are to be forwarded to him. Tenders are invited to close at noon on Monday, August 19th, for the erection of a Police Station &t Carterton. Plans and specifications can be seen at the Post Offices at Masterton and Carterton. At their rooms, Perry Street, at 2 o'clock, to-day, Messrs R. E. Howell and Co. Ltd., will sell at auction furniture, a dogcart and horse, two gigs and harness and a quantity of show poultry. A big consignment of the finest Coalbrookdale and Newcastle coal has just been received by Messrs A. Collie and Co. at the depot in Dixon Street. All orders for coal will ceive the firm's prompt attention. \^? Special memorial services will be held in Knox Church on Sunday. The Rev. J. Gibson Smith, of Wellington, will conduct the servicer. There will, in consequence, be no services in any of tfte. outfields. The collection of flowering pot plants to be sold by Mr J. R. Nicol at, the Masterton Auction Mart, this afternoon, is one of the finest yet seen in the district. Furniture, general merchandise, and a large line of poultry will also be sold during the afternoon. "Pianos that are famous," is the text of a new advertisement inserted by The British and Continental Piano Company on page 6 of this morning's issue. The firm announce that Madame Carreno is using a "Bechstein" piano at her concerts throughout New Zealand. Mr ' Alex. Murray, of Glasgow House, having decided to close his Masterton business, has instructed Mr J. R. Nicol to sell the whole of the stock of drapery, millinery, and fancy goods by public auction on Wednesday, Friday and Saturdaynext. Further particulars will be published on Monday. Some really artistic specimens of workmanship, that reflect great credit on Mr A. Henderson's manufacturing jewellery department, are on view at his shop in Queen Street. The samples, which are all to order, include valuable ladies' gem rings of unique design, set with rubies and diamonds and sapphires and diamonds. The standard of work is highly creditable, and goes to show what can be manufactured by the proprietor in the way of high-class jewellery. In another column Mr A. A. Stempa announcess that he has taken over the well-known butchery business of Messrs A. Stempa and Sons. The new proprietor has had many years experience at the business, and it is his intention to have it carried on according to the most modern methods. Strict attention will be paid to the wants of patrons, who can rely on receiving the best quality of beef and mutton. A trial is solicited. The rebuilding sale of first-class drapery and clothing now being held by Mr J. L. Murray is progressing satisfactorily, and will be continued till Wednesday next. Sweeping reductions are being made in all lines in order to effect a speedy and so .save a removal of the goods to prepare for the rebuilding of the premises. In an inset circulated with this issue Mr Murray gives a list of comparative prices which will satisfactorily show the extent of the reductions which have effect only during the sale. The inset will repay perusal. Tub Cemibhi i of and Sons P?re Volatile EuciLwn Extract is universally acknowledged. Eoyalty honours it, and the eatire medical profession has adopted its use. Imitations sprung up without number. The latest of them—as styled •' Extracts "—was oil foisted upon the treating and unwary under the grossest misuse of Sander ahd Sons' reputation. Sander aDd Sons insti'utal an action at the Supremo Court of Victoria, before Hia 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 tssted and approved of. As such is surely endorsed and recommended the GENUINE SANDER AND SONS' PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRd-CT. Wood's Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Colds never fails, la Gd and 23 6d.