LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8517, 23 August 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The latest return from the MysteryFlat Dredge is 41 ounces lldwts for the week. Analyses of the water used for drinking purposes in various parts of Hawke's Bay are being made by the Health Department. The Minister for Public Health has given instructions to the Chief Health Officer to report upon the soothing syrups and infants' foods sold in the coiony. The Minister for Justice stated in the House of Representatives that he | is not aware that any of the Racing Clubs in the colony infringe the Gaming and Lotteries Act by usinof more than three totalisators, but enquiry i? being made. The present area of the City of Wellington is 7,569 acres, upon which are erected 10,500 buildings. The capital value of property is £16,192,743, and the unimproved value £9,878,374. The value of improvements is set down at £6,314,369. Mr Douglas M'Lean, chief of the Hawke's Bay Highland Society, who has just returned from Europe, was entertained by the society at a very successful social gathering in Napier on Tuesday, and presented with an illuminated address. With a view to encouraging swimming in schools the Wellington branch of the New Zealand Swimming Association has issued certificates to be awarded to those able to swim a certain distance. This_ practice has been followed in Nelson for some years, and had good results. The death is announced at Hastings of Mr R. H. Ferguson «a retired schoolmaster. The deceased came to the colony about thirty years ago from Belfast, where he was a teacher. He has had charge of different schools in Otago and Canterbury, but for the last five years he has been living a retired life. He was 69 yeats of age. There is still a large quantity of Australian flour being brought into Dunedin, and from present appearances this is likely to continue for some time. The Star says the present agreement under which the New Zealand Flourmillers' Association has been formed is not likely to be renewed when it expires in a few months' time. A Press Association telegram from Wellington states that the Gazette notifies that the Government has forbidden the registering, forwarding or delivery of correspondence for the Botanic Institute, Sydney; Cooper Drug Company, Sydney; Arthur Hale, Castlereagh Street, Sydney; Harvard Remedy Agency, Sydney; and Dr. Martin, Hyde Park, Sydney. A Press Association telegram states that last night's Gazette notifies the following appointments: —Mr H. W. Brabant, S.M., to be Chairman of the Napier and Hawke's Bay Licensing Committees, vice Mr E. C. Cutten, S.M.; Rev. Nicholas M. Maloney to be manager of St. Joseph's Industrial School, Wellington; Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Headland, Otago Rifles, transferred to active list unattached. Mr W. P. James, S.M., held a sitting of the Juvenile Court, yesterday morning, at which two lads were charged with the theft of 381 bs of lead, valued at 9s 6d, the pioperty of Robert E. Jones, and also with the theft of 901bs of lead, valued at £1 2s Gd, the property of John Tait. The accused pleaded guiity to both charges, and the Magistrate ordered them to receive six strokes of the birch each.

The fame of Wanganui is not so world-wide as some of its proud inhabitants would have us believe, states the Post. A witness, in the course of cross-examination in the Wellington Court, yesterday, as to his connection with a registry office, stated that he had been sent'up to do bushfelling in Wanganui. "But, my good man, you must mean up-country from Wanganui," objected counsel. "No we were directed to get bushfelling in Wanganui at 30s a week." "But you must have known there could be no bushfelling in Wanganui," repeated counsel. The witness persisted in his statement. "Didn't you know Wanganui was a town of eight or nine thousand inhabitants?" asked counsel in desperation. "No, I was a stranger to the country, and I didn't know whether Wanganui was a town or what on enrth it was," was the reply, which caused a titter in the Court. But, of course, this ignorance must have been before Webb's win. A BANDY SEPARATOR. The Baltic Household CreaT Separator has caught on. Sines its i< t-oduction a few mouths ng l , the sales luve exceeded all expectations. As an (•sample, Oi.e user states that rormerlv ha nndo lour pounds of butter pr wa k from his single cow, and now, with the separator, he makes seven pound- of bu'ter from the same quantity i i ihi k The Ilousihjld Separator doe's away with a'l the labour and inemveniene; of setting mi k in pans, and roakes nearly uvi e an m>jch butter into the Oirsjai'i. Trice, £H 5s each, fom all ltsadi g iroiii)) >ng*T3, or Mnc'rSw m's, Ltd., U.S.S. Co.'ri Diiildi !gs, Wellington. For Children's Hacking at night Woods' Great l'eppennint Cure. Is tkl and ?s (id.

Mr D. E. Toohill, an old resident of Eketahuna, died at Wellington on Wednesday morning. The Waipawa Mail states that the recent cold rains have caused great mortality amongst the young lambs which are making their appearance in the district. Many labourers and tradesmen in Timaru are out of work. The other day a successful tenderer for a big job was besieged by men wanting employment. At Ruahine four men put np a record by felling 185 acres of bush in fifteen weeks and four days. They received a cheque of £316 for their work. The "boy" of the industrial world of New Zealand to-day, says a writer in a Southern paper, is one of the miracles of the age. He receives a wage that his grandfather or great grandfather would have been proud to get and to rear a large family upon. Mr H. G. Der.ham, M.A., M.Sc., a Canterbury College graduate and an Exhibition science scholar, at present studying at Liverpool .University, has been appointed to represent Canterbury College at the Centenary celebrations of the Geological Society, in London, at the end of September, writes our London correspondent. The district within a radius of four miles of the Mauriceville Hotel has been min-itely inspected by a mining expert from Dunedin with the object of locating the best coal bearing locality.on which to sink a shaft. Although the expert has not yet presented a report, says the Eketahuna Express, he has spoken encouragingly of the prospects of procuring coal in payable quantities. An incident occurred in the Magistrate's Court in Napier, recently, which showed how careful a lawyer should be in offering documents for the consideration of the Court. A well-known solicitor tendered what purported to be a written agreement in evidence. The Clerk of the Courtpromptly impounded it because the paper was not stamped, and before the case could be gone on with, the solicitor's client had to dub up one shilling for a stamp and £5 as the minimum fine. A teacher wrote to the South Canterbury Institute in the following strain: —"The schools are become more difficult to teach every year. Honesty, obedience, and truth are sadly on the wane, and parental control more lax. The teacher is expected to cope with it all. How can it be expected that young men will undertake the work under the conditions? How many teachers would 1 allow their sons to become teachers? I don't know of many. I am quite ■ hopeless of the profession." A considerable .quantity of the J timber sold in Wellington is being obtained from the Taihape district, states a contemporary. The railage • alone is 4s per 100 ft superficial. One 1 timber merchant has been drawing ■ some of his supplies from a miller in ' Hawke's Bay, who has to cart the > timber sixteen miles to a railway ■ station. The price of Jjest heart of > kauri (dressed) in Wellington has • gone up to 27s per 100 ft, and it ' not always in good supply. Red pine is now selling at 13s 6d in Wel- , lington. ; The immense sum of £50.000 has 3 just been realised for a collection of ■ postage stamps, writes our London " correspondent. Some idea of the en- ; ormous rise in the price of rare ; stamps during the last forty years , may be gathered by comparing the i prices paid by Mr Breitfus for cer- , tain colonial stamps with the present market value. A New Zealand shill- , ing green or blue, unused, bought in 1873 for 10s is row worth £9O; a New Zealand penny brown, watermark N.Z., bought for one [ penny, now fetches £4O, and a Victoria 5s blue or yellow bought in 1881 for 25s is worth £l6. The principal items appearing on the order paper for the forthcoming annual conference of the New Zealand Employers' Federation at Wellington are as follow Accident insurance; subdivision of industrial district; proposed amendment of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act; prevention o f strikes; filing of references to board or court; provision for recovery of fines and for proper enforcement of penalties under the Act; weekly half-holiday under the Factories Act; minimum rates for wages; bank wages and exchange on cheques; and bank holidays. To give some idea of the condition of the Main South Road between Hawora and Manaia during the winter, a traveller who saw it at its worst says that a team of sixteen bullocks drawing a medium dray-load of gravel got stuck in one of the many bog-holes. The carriers plying on the road have had a very rough time of it. In negotiating the bad patches they worked together, each waggon necessitating the aid of the other's leading horses to get through. Even with this extra help and only small loads, it was often necessary to unload, and the spectacle of the drivers carrying cases of cheese, etc., on their shoulders was a common one. After all there is nothing like the best obtainable. Everyone is, consequently, pleased with Myrtle Grove Cigarettes—they are the best!* MEKIT KB WARDED BY COURT OF JUSTICE. The acknowledged good qualities and success of SANDtSR & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT have brought out many imitations, and one case was just tried in the Supreme Court of Victoria, be f ore bis Honour Chief Justice Sir J. Madden K.C.M.G., etc. His Honeur, when giving judement said with regard to the GENUINE SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXIRACT, that whenever an article is commended to the pub.ic by reason of its good quality, etc., it s not permissable to imitate any of its features. He restrained the imitators perpetually from doing so, and ordered them to pay all costs. We publish thisto afford the public an opportunity of protecting themselves and of securing what is proved beyond all dcubt by skilled witnesses at the Supreme Court of Victoria and by many authorities iiuiing the last 30 years to be a preparation of genuine merit, viz., THE GENUINE HANDEIJ A SONS' PURE VOLATILE EUCAIYPTI EXTRACT

Forty-two dogs have accepted for the Maiden Stakes at the Palmer3ton North Coursing- Club's meeting, to. b3 held to-day and Saturday, states a Press Association telegram. . The country in Taranaki shows signs of picking up now, and in a short time there should be a marked improvement in the growth of grass. On all sides there are signs of spring. It is expected that in a few months, there will be quite half a dozen flaxmills working in the Taranaki district. Efforts are being made to have Waitara gazetted a flax-grading port. The annual social of the Greytown Ladies' Hockey Club was held at Greytown last evening A large number of the members of the hockey clubs in Masterton were present at the function. The following New Zealanders' names appear as Fellows of the Royal Colonial Institute, writes our London correspondent Messrs James B. Fisher, Leopold M. Myers, Watson Shennan and Arthur H. Wallis. The Wairarapa Hunt Club held a 1 "meet" at Mr F. Buick's Farm, Akura, yesterday afternoon. There were about twenty members present, and the run through Matahiwi and back to Mr Buick's proved very enjoyable. A Wellington correspondent writes: —It is now stated that Mr McLachtan will not stand for the Ashburton seat at the general election. Mr Flatman will, it is understood, tie opposed by Mr T. E. Taylorand Mr StudhoJme. A Palmerston North Press Association telegram states that at the inquest on the body of the boy Sidney Carson, who met his death through the infliction of a wound caused Ly firing a pistol, the jury returnee 1 a verdict of accidental death. During the hearing of a civil action at the Masterton Magistrate'sCourt, yesterday morning, the defendant, in endeavouring to impress; upon the Court that he had already offered to pay part of the amount in dispute, described how he visited the plaintiff's house with the object of paying the money. "But," he addfdi "the old man, the two daughters, and the old woman chased me out of the houss." "Ybu seem to have struck a hornet's nest," Magistrate. Sv The herring nuisance is still prevalent at Picton, and it is stated that from Mabel Island to the wharf, a distance of about a mile, the wattr is thick with dead herrings that have been stranded and washed back into the water. About thirty years ago the herrings were so plentiful that, when driven ashore by porpoises, they remained piled up, in heaps 2ft high. Some years later the trouble was again experienced, but it is now many years since the nuisance was so noticeable as it is at present. In consequence of the shortage c-f food in the central zone of Otago a great quantity of turnips are going northwards from Southland. They are bringing £1 a ton' to the grower, . and cost the purchaser only about 28s. a ton, the railage being "free. An , Otago dairy farmer, who was recently in Wellington, states that for some time past he has been feeding his cows on hay and molasses, but now he is taking advantage of the > concession on the railways, and is • adding turnips to the diet. One of the disastrous results of the drought is that the ground is not in a fit condition to work up for the reception of i the next crops. Referring to the farm v labourers' agitation a local farmer clear'.y indi- ■ cated the employers' intentions to an Ashburton Guardian reporter. If the demand for the extra wages was granted, he said, the farm hands would simply be told to pack their traps and go. Farmers could dispense with a number of those' they employed, and could even do work themselves which at present they deputed, to the men. He blamed a few agitators for stirring up the trouble. The farmers had no objection to paying a good wage to a good man, but preference to unionists would mean that the same high amount would have to be paid quite irrespective of merit. A Wellington Press Associatkn telegram states that a deputation from Dunedin, headed by Dr. Truby King, asked the Hon. J. McGowan, Minister for Justice, to close certain homes for infants in Dunedin on the ground that the babies there are not properly or adequately fed. A baby had been taken from one of these homes and kept some time by the Society for Promoting the Health of Women and Children, and the deputation alleged that the infant improved considerably under the Society's care. The Society, however, had not the necessary legal status to retain ifcs* baby, which was now back in the Home from which the Society had temporarily rescued it. The Minister undertook to consider the matter carefully. Says the Farmers' Union Advocate: —The wisdom and benefit of the union's work in securing a representative on the Assessment Court has been proved in the Eketahuna and Pahiatua district, where Mr J. C. Cooper occupied a seat on the bench. He was able to establish that the cost of improvements had been largely under-estimated before. The value placed by the court in the cases which came before it were as follow: Bushfelling £2 per acre, fencing £1 per chain, gras&ing 15s per acre, stumping £6 per acre. This is very satisfactory, and it proves our contention that the improvements on land which had been originally bush land had been altogether undervalued. Even at these prices, the cost of improvements are not covered by the values sustained. They are, however, well in advance of what has hitherto been allowed. Smokers consider that jt is worth while knowing that Myrtle Grove Cigarettes can be obtained from all tobacconists.* Elderly people suffer much from rheumatism, gout, sciatica, and lumbago. Rheumo quickly cures by driving out the excess aric acid from the blcod. All sioea and chemists, 2s 6d and 43 62. ion just try it.

The cleansing of Sydney costs the . Sydney City Council about j£35 r GOO.a year. According to the Danedin Star, ihe net working profit of the o;fcago>dock for the past year was only .£l.Bs sd. A movement tw secure 4 continuous telephonic service for JP-almerston North is being well supported .in that town. r The exports of gold from .fee-Com-monwealth in the first seven months, of the current year were aiot much more than half of those of ithe .previous year. One of the heaviest bullocks, killed in Tauranga for some time was slaughtered last w-eek, .says .the Bay of Plenty Times. The animal was of the shorthorn breed, and weighed 1,3001b. It was fattened byJU\T. Lemon, of Te Puke. At the Auckland quotation of 23s per 1001b, theijjlllock would be worth .£l4 19s. The pea rifle nuisance is becoming a menace in Hastings, says ,the ;■ Napier Telegraph. A few days age a business man, working in his offi<ae, \was startled by a toilet breakiijg through a window in the irear, and>ha ; subsequently found it in the room. &. •youth engaged in a corrugated iron, store also narrowly escaped injury | «svhen a pea bullet penetrated the iron-: .and just missed him- The police! .bave the matter in hand. ; Under date July 12th, «szr London j -correspondent writes: —At a council ■ arreting of the British Empire! League a resolution was unanimously, sSkpted, expressing the gratification of the council that the reduction of postal rates charged on newspapers magazines from the United Kingdom to Canada,. had been effected. On the motion of the Earl of Jersey, geconfied by Admiral Sir E. R. Fremantle, it was agreed that the support of the League be given to the proppsal to establish the best steamship service available, within reasonable cost,- connecting the United j Kingdom with Canada, and through Canada with Australia and New . .Zealand. It »is tine opinion of the Dunedin 'Star that only t one word of advice can be given to any young man who is thinking of qualifying for the posi- j tion of engine-driver. It is Mr j Punch's celebrated "Don't!" This, of industry is now enor-over-supplied, the number of engine-driyers in the colony being over 12,000. For the last _three years the average number seeking to qualify in Otago and Southland has been something like 200 per annum. It is the old awkward case of supply and demand.. When the dredging boom started all sorts of unqualified -drivers were sought after. Fully qualified men for this class of work jjVe now walking about. Before the House of Representatives adjourned on Wednesday night, . the Minister for Public Health, Hon. G. Fowlds, stated that enquiries had been made into the report made by Mr Field that a serious epidemic had broken out amongst the Maoris at the Porirua pa. He (the Minister) had caused Dr Pomare to have a visit of inspection made, and his report was read to the House. The general trend of the 'report was to the effect that the trouble was not so serious ss at first believed j and that nothing more serious than measles and pneumonia had been discovered. One boy had died from acute pneumonia, following on an attack of measels, and another from Bright's disease of the kidneys. It was also ' mentioned in the report that pneumcnia was fairly general amongst the Maoris on the West Coast at present. The Bachelor of Commerce degree and accountancy were discussed at a meeting of the Victoria College Council, at Wellington, on Wednesday night, when a communication was read from Canterbury College regarding a Bill re accountancy which was before the House. The letter pointed" out that there was no recognition in the Bill of the .examination of the university for the degree'of Bachelor of Commerce, and it indicated that the college authorities seemed to think that that examination should be taken into account in respect of admitting members to the institute* which would be constituted under the Bill. Sir Robert Stout said he had been informed by accountants , that the examination for Bachelor " of Commerce did not go so deeply into accountancy as the examinations of the existing institutes, and that the difficulty might be removed by the university giving a higher paper in accountancy. Mr Hogg, M.H.R., expressed theopinion that the Bill was practically a dead letter, and that there were little prospects of its being considered this session at any rate. The communication was re; ferred to the Legislative Committee «*r of the College Council for further consideration. * V A silver watch, lost- between Lansdowne and Masterton, is elsewhere advertised for. At the Masterton Auction Mart, to-morrow, Mr J. R. Nicol wi'l sell new and second hand furniture, a large assortment of new crockery, and"purebred poultry. Under instructions from Mr J. O'Malley, who is leaving Masterton, MrJ.R. Nicol will sell at the residence, South Road, on Wednesday next, the whole of his household furniture and effects. Particulars will 1 .be advertised on Monday. Messrs Lomax, Lucena and Co., land and estate agents, of Wanganui, have a replace advertisement on page 8 of this issue. Those on the look-out for good strong land on easy terms would do well to peruse the advertisement. Mr J. K. Blinkhorne elsewhere inserts a notice in which he thanks the staff of the Masterton Hospital for the kindness and attention shown to him while he was an inmate of the Hospital. A cbpy of the Masterton and District Telephone Directory is to hand from the printing works of Mr E. H. Waddington. The Directory is a useful publication, especially to those residents who have private telephones.