LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8514, 20 August 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There promises to be a record crop of fruit this season in the Kopuaranga district, writes our correspondent.

Fifteen officers have been arrested in Montenegro for being concerned in a plot against Prince Nicolas. Out of about 8,000 members of the second division of the New Zealand railway service, 6,500 are members of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants. Before Mr Eli Smith, J.P., at the Masterton Police Court, yesterday, John Whelan, a second offender, was fined 10s, in default 48 hours' imprisonment, for having been drunk. A dairy farmer in the Havvera district, Mr Exley, who has a highgrade Jersey herd, is said to. .have received for butter-fat during -he past season £l4 18s per cow.

Two cavalry officers will leave Java for Australia next month with the intention of purchasing horses for the Dutch cavalry stationed in Java. The officers will be accompanied by a veterinary surgeon.

In connection with the recent Parliamentary banquet at Raetihi, it is said that the Commissioner of Police has issued instructions that the committee be prosecuted for selling liquor without a license.

A meeting of the Gas and Finance Committee of the Masterton Borough Council was held, last evening, there being present —Crs F. W. Temple (chairman), J. Elliott, J. C. Ewington, and J. Yarr. The report of the Gas Manager was adopted. It was decided to recommend that «a public meeting be held to consider the proposed loan of £12,000 for the gasworks, either on September sth or 9th. Accounts amounting to £1,467 12s lOd were passed for payment. Replying to Mr W. T. Jennings, M.H.R., the Minister of Lands said that he was aware that animals trespassing on the North Island Main Trunk railway have occasionally been killed or injured by passing trains;. This, however, has resulted from the fact that the owners of the stock have not kept them under proper control, and prevented trespass on the railway line. The matter of fencing the line is under consideration, but very large expenditure, amounting to nearly £IO,OOO, is involved. The Masterton Borough Council will, this evening, consider the Works Committee's recommendations in connection with the estimates for the current year. The estimates, as recommended by the Works Committee, total over £7,000 for general works in the borough alone, but an the revenue of the borough, with the existing rates, falls short of that amount, there is a fueling among members of the Borough Council that the Committee's estimates will have to be cut down. This year's revenue cannot be arrived at until the rates are struck, and this cannot be done until the rate book is made up after the sitting of the Assessment Court. It is not yet known by the Borough authorities when the Assessment Court will sit in Masterton.

The amount of gas made at the Masterton Gasworks during the month of July was 2,124,100 cubic feet, being an increase of 453,800 cubic feet over the amount made during the corresponding month last year. The amount of gas sold per meter during last month was 1,701,900 cubic feet, being an increass of 1,544,100 cubic feet over the amount sold in July, 1906. The amount of gas made during the month shows an increase of 27.10 per cent., and the amount of gas sold an increase of 10.22 per cent. The average rate of increase of gas made during the present year is 27.29, and of gas sold 25.10. The revenue from the Gasworks during last month was £1,016 Is Id, as compared with £O3l 8s Id for the month of July, 1906, being an increase of £384 13s.

A Wellington Press Association telegram states that at a civil sitting of the Supreme Court, yesterday, Michael Bee Demuth, clerk, of Wellington, claimed £4OO damages from St. George A. Dowsing, clerk in the Land and Income Tax Department, Wellington, for libel and slander. It was asserted that last December the defendant told one William Lingard that his (defendant's) daughter, aged 16, had been taken from the custody of her parents and induced by plaintiff to enter into a clandestine correspondence and otherwise rebel against the authority of her parents. Defendant had asked that plaintiff be dismissed from the employ of Lingard and Co. Defendant also wrote to Lingard and Co. sayirfg that he intended taking criminal proceedings against plaintiff. The Court awarded £4O damages, with costs on the lowest scale. THE COMING MACHINE. There is no necessity to wait for the coming mlkirg ui: c'ane. Tin "L K.G." . came five years kk.o and is still here. ! Theie is no difficulty about securing a I comb g machi e, as th-ire always has been, and al'.vayy wM hti-.dicds of machines wh'ch are just at the stage of either coining or going. The trouble is to get, them to remain. In this respect the '•L.K G." stands alone,—as the first and only milking machine which his yet. demonstratt d beyond doubt that it is n permanent success Why experiment when you can get the proved and firmly established "L.K/i." machine? MacEwan and Cj., Ltd., Sole Agents, U.S.S. Co.'s Buildings, Wellington,

The Pahiatua Jockey Club has declined to allow a firm to run a double event totalisator at the forthcoming meeting.

Ten new gas services were laid in Masterton during the month of July, and sixteen new meters were fixed during the same period.

At Ashhurst, last week, Miss Ada D. Bauckham, of Ashhurst, was married to Mr Thomas E. Rose, second son of Mr Joseph B. Rose, of Mangatainoka.

Lambing is general in the Kopuaranga district, writes our correspondent, and should the weather be favourable, good returns should be recorded.

Miss Katherine Kinnane, of Pambula, New South Wales, recently died, as the result of swallowing a fishbone. The bone had perforated the outer covering of the heart.

The trial of Harry Thaw for the murder of Stanford White will come up again for hearing at New York in October, but the exact date has not yet been fixed.

The gas mains in Pownall, Essex, Cole and Cornwall Streets have been completed, and practically every house in those streets is connected with the gas service, or will be within a week.

Sir Joseph Ward, yesterday, told a civil service deputation that both the Classification and Superannuation Bills would be passed this session, states a Wellington Press Association telegram.

The Gas and Finance Committee of the Masterton Borough Council, last evening, decided to fix the price of coke for persons residing outside of the Masterton district at 22s 6d per ton at the Gasworks and 25s per ton if delivered at the Masterton Railway Station.

There is phenomenal activity in Christchurch building trade, which has been remarkably busy for the last few years. Since greater Christchurch was constituted four years ago, £1,500,000 has been spent in buildings in the city and 2,448 buildings have been erected.

A shag was shot at Lake Hayes (Otago), last week. For the sake of curiosity, states a contemporary, the marksman opened the bird and found no less than 57 young perch in it. Shags are very plentiful on the various streams in the lakes district, and play havoc with both young trout and perch.

A Woodville Press Association telegram states that the action of the County Council in raising a £3,000 loan for buildirg a bridge over the Manawatu River at Kumeroa was approved of at meetings held in different parts of the County on Saturday. The Maharahara riding was the only one to oppose the raising of the loan.

At its meeting, to-day, the Napier Harbour Board will discuss a motion that in view of the proposed altera tion by the Government of the constitution of the Napier Harbour Board the time is opportune to make the board entirely elective by the ratenayers of the district, with a maximum number of, say, twelve members.

An Auckland fishmonger complains that the firing of tiie big guns at Fort Cautley has tho effect of frightening away ..he fish. He asserts that the catches made by the fishermen during the time shooting is going on, and for some time after it ceases, are exceedingly small, in marked contrast to the hauls made before the guns begin to play.

Mr Thomas Jackson, an old resident of Kumeroa, died on Sunday night, at the age of eighty. The deceased had been in good health up to a day or two ago. He retired as usual on Sunday night, but shortly afterwards was discovered to be dead. The late Mr Jackson was formerly a resident of Wairarapa, and forty years ago was a resident of Invercargill.

A post mortem examination in connection with the death of a child four years old, at Moonbi, New South Wales, revealed the fact that the child had died from appendicitis, caused through a single pellet of shot lodging in the appendix. The father shot some plovers, which were cooked and eaten. The deceased partook of some, and in this way swallowed a shot.

Does a haka performed in a public street, at midnight constitute threatening behaviour within the meaning of the Police Offences Act? That was a question propounded at the Kaiapoi Magistrate's Court recently. A constable considered it to be an offence, but the magistrate thought that it could only be threatening behaviour when performed by Maoris under warlike conditions.

The Gas Manager (Mr J. W. Blackman) reported to the meeting of the Masterton Borough Gas and Finance Committee, last evening, that the services of the lady demonstrator in the use of gas stoves and conkers at the gas showroom are being increasingly availed of, and the appointment will tend to greatly popularise the use of gas cookers. As evidence of the truth of this statement, the Manager added that twenty-six gas cookers had been sold since July Ist. This must be considered satisfactory, as this is practically "the "off" season for gas cookers.

After all there is nothing like the best obtainable. , Everyone is, consequently, pleased with Myrtle Grove Cigarettes—they are the best!*

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is unive-sally acknowledged. Koyalty honours it, and the cut ire 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 grosseat misuse of Sander ahd Sonci' reputation. Sander and Sons insti'uted 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 required to obtain an article ttmt is scientifically tssted and approved of. As Euch is surely endorsed and recommended the GENUINE SANDF.II AND SONS' PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.

The Grey town Dairy Factory open for the season on Monday next.

A shock of earthquake was felt at Grey town at 8 o'clock on Sunday morning last.

Mr E. J. Beresford, a well-known business man in Napier, died rather suddenly on Saturday evening.

The Rev. C. L. Tuke. vicar of St. Augustine's parish, Napier, has been appointed a canon of the Cathedral Chapter.

The Agricultural Department hopes to be able to announce the appointment of dairy inspectors before the end of the present month.

The Royal Commission to enquire into the Nightcaps disaster will consist of District Judge Haselden, ana Messrs H. A. Gordon, H. J. H. Eliott and Forbes;

The Midland Railway tunnel through Arthur's Pass, for the construction of which a contract has been let to Messrs John M'Lean, st nearly £600,000, will be the longest tunnel outside of Europe.

The total amount spent in buildings in Dunedin during the last financial year reached £300,000. This, says a Press Association telegram, includes £50,000 spent on the new railway station, and is the largest expenditure for the past nine years.

The price of gold in the Auckland district varies from £2 12s 6d per ounce to £4 4s 7d per ounce. The* price at the Thames is £2 12s 6d, at Coromandel £3 15s to £4, at Te Aroha and Paeroa £4 4s, and at Waihi £4 4s 7d.

A Wellington Press Association telegram states that in reference to the protest of the Otago Coal-mine Owners' Association against labour being represented on the Nightcaps Commission unless the employers are also represented, the Minister of Mines states that the complaint has no justification, as a director of the largest coal-mining interest in the North Island is on the Commission.

The largest orchard in the colonyis that at Frimley. For the past two years there have been sixty miles of peach trees in the orchard, and the company has just planted sixty miles of peach and pear trees. The Hastings Standard states that it takes twomen four days to spray the trees in the new orchard, each spraying on an average eight miles a day.

In conversation with a tive of the Farmers' cate, a well-known Canterbury farmer stated that the past season had been the worst he had experienced for the past thirty years. .On no previous occasion had his turnip crop failed him; but this year, owing to the drought, the seed did not germinate, and the time expended in ploughing and sowing was absolutely wasted.

"It's exactly the same with us," was the comment of the Wellington Woollen Company's mill manager at Petone, when shown a paragraph from Christchurch about the shortage of labour in the South, says the Post. Mr J. H. Blackwell, managing director of the Kaiapoi Woollen Company, stated that last year the output from the local factories failed in many instances to overtake the demand. The cause of this was the shortage of skilled female labour, and at the present time the place was understaffed to the extent of over 100. "There is a continual exodus of girls who are leaving to get married," the speaker said, "and the worst of it is, from our point of view, that the best girls are the * soonest to go. That is to be expected, of course, and it shows the excellent taste of the young men who are primarily responsible for bringing about the vacancies."

In the House of Representative?, on Friday last, the Leader of the Opposition became curious about the details of two items in the Estimates. "Travelling allowances to Ministers, £1,500; travelling expenses of Ministers, £1,250." Formerly, said Mr Massey, it had been; the custom to furnish the House with a returns showing the amount spent by each Minister. The House wanted to know how much time, for instance, the Minister for Lands had taken, ard the amount of money he had spent, in explaining the land proposals of the Government. They would also be glcd; to know how much the Hon. Mr Fowlds had spent in the sarr.e way.. In reply to these questions the Premier said Ministers had to travel, and their secretaries had to travel.' There was not the slightest objection to giving the return referred to if any one wanted it.

A request was recently made to the Postmaster-General from the Farmers' Union Conference for the abob'tion of regulations imposing a late fee on correspondence posted on railway trains at places Mhev than flag stations, and requir'jjjUetters posted at flag stations to bHnarked with an indication of the fact. Sir Joseph Ward has replied regretting that he was unable to see his way clear to comply with either of the Union's requests. He added that if the late fee were abolished, there would, of course, be no need for the regulation requiring the superscription of letters posted at flag stations. In the course of his reply the Postmaster-General also wrote: *

—"Letter on trains are not intended for general use, but only for the convenience of persons who, through inadvertence and pressure of business, miss the ordinary mail. The extra charge is not made for the purpose of revenue, but in order to direct correspondence into its proper channel, namely, the Post Office; and if it were waived, it is probable that eventually a large quantity of correspondence would be posted en trains, thus defeating the object of providing for the boxes, and leading to considerable inconvenience."

Miss N. Challis, High Street, Carterton, N.Z., writes:—"l was a sufferer from chronic indigestion, and gave Chamberlain's Tablets a trial, with most satisfactory results. I can sincerely say that they are the best medicine I have ever used, and have pleasure in recommending them to all who suu% r from indigestion in any form." For sale by all dealers.

For Bronchial Coughs take Woods Great Peppermint Cuie. ]s Gd and 2s 6d

The tender of the W.F.C.A. Furnishing Department has been accepted for furnishing the new Masterton Hospital.

A slight shock of earthquake was felt at Palmerston North at 7.50 on Sunday morning. The shake was also felt at Feilding and Dannevirke.

Over two thousand workmen employed at Krupp's Germania Shipbuilding Yard, at Kiel, have been dismissed, owing to a labour dispute. Sergeant Mills, of Dunedin City Guards, has been selected as one of the team of New Zealand marksmen to visit Australia in October.

A man named Walter Henry committed suicide at Templeton, yesterday, by shooting himself the head, states a Christchurch Press Association telegram. "An inquest will be held to-day.

In connection with the agitation to have the yard at the Masterton Railway Station re-arranged the Minister of Raihvavs has written to Mr A. >W. Hogg, M.H.R., stating that the work, which will involve considerable expenditure, has had to stand over until funds are available, but arrangements have now been made, Jiovvever, to carry out very considerable improvements to the stationyard during the current finanieal year.

The Hon. R. McNab has been asked to act as leader of the scientific expedition to the Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, and Bounty Islands, which is being arranged by the Canterbury Philosophical Institute. The expedition will leave New Zealand about the middle of November. Mr McNab has also been asked to write an historical introduction to the account which it is proposed to publish, and he has undertaken to do so if sufficient time can be spared from his Ministerial duties. The Hinemoa will probably be placed at the disposal of the.expedition.

The results of the recent examination held by the Wellington Stfnday School Union have been received. There were 751 candidates from fiftysix schools, and of these 134 succeeded in gaining the seventy-five marks necessary to win a prize and first-class certificate. Those gaining sixty and under seventy-five marks will receive a seeend-class certificate, while those who gained fortv-five and under sixty marks

will recsive a third-class certificate,

The prize-winners in the Master ton iffljk- Methodist and the Masterton Presby- ■ *terian Sunday Schools are as follow: —Masterton Methodist —Donald McColl, 66; Nora Cook, 61; Flora Mc■Colls7; Wilhelmina Marsh. 55; Ina Williams, 48; Elsie King, 45. Masterton Presbyterian—Dorothy Cork, 78; Reginald Wilton, 72; Eileen Wilton, and Helen McGregor, 60; Alex, McKenzie 59; Richard Chappell, Lander Thompson, and Doris Lett, 55; Gladys Cork, 54.

A young girl is wanted to assist with light housework at the Masterton Hospital.

To-night's meeting of the Rechabite Tent will be held in theY.M.C.A. Rooms, Church Street.

Particulars of a first-class farm property of 240 acres is advertised by Mr W. Rose, auctioneer, Dannevirke.

A large assortment of nick-nacks of all kinds and stationery has been opened up in the W.F.C.A. Fancy Department.

Mr W. H. Cruickshank advertises particulars of a number of new farm proprerties which have been placed in his hand« for sale.

At their rooms, Perry Street, at 2 p.m., on Saturday next, Messrs Wl B. Chennells and Co. will sell by auction, on account of the Masterton Borough Council, several sections in River Road, and a cottage in Hope Street.

Tenders are invited, to close at noon on Friday next, for the purchase and removal of old buildings in Qreen Street. Conditions of tender can be seen at the office of Messrs Varnham and Rose, architects, Masterton.

Messrs J. Graham and Co., Masterton, announce the arrival of a large consignment of seed potatoes direct from Australia. The seed has been carefully selected from first-class stock free from blight and the varieties are true to name.

In another column notice is given that the livery stable business of Messrs Crtsswell and Wright (late Pinhey Bros.) and the coaching and East Coast mail service, formerly carried on by Mr S. Forman, have been merged into the firm of Pinhey Bros., Ltd., as from July Ist, 1907.

Mr H. Peterson has just received a large consignment of the latest jn footwear, which is now on view at his shop in Q'leen Street. In ladies' shoes the "Qaee.i Quality" is a neat and dainty make, well worth inspection, while there is a splendid variety of one and two-bar shoes of English manufacture. Children's sandalettes can be obtained in. either white, red or tan leathers, at a very moderate cost.. The stock of gentlemen's boots includes everything of the best manufacture.

The manager of the Masterton gasworks (Mr J. W. Blackmail), has received from an English firm a sample of a rather novel kind of gas mantle, known as the "soft" mantle. Unlike other ma-itles, this particular one can be carried about in one's pocket, rolled up, or tied in a knot, without doing it the least injury. It is much bigger than the ordinary mantle, and differs again in that it is lighted at the top and not the bottom when being burnt off. When burnt off, it assumes the ordinary size of a mantle, and gives an effective light. One of its great advantages is that it does not require to be carefully packed for transit. This will be better understood when it is stated that the sample Mr Blackman received from Home came in an ordinary envelope. Help the weak if you are strong, Eespeet the old if you are young, Own your faults when you are wrong, And when you're angry hold your tongue. Pay your debts before you bet, Back not a bill for rich or pooA And when a cough or chill you get. Take some Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.