LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8532, 10 September 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Children attending schools in the Wanganui district arc given instruction in bee-keeping. It is twenty-nine years since Christchurch and Dunedin were connected by rail. It is expected that the Tawaha Dairy Factory will be completed and in working ordar by October Ist. At an auction sale at Carterton, on Saturday last, cauliflowers brought from (kl to Is Gd ench. The lambing season in the Carterton district is almo3t over, and high percentages are reported. It is stated that one "sh'jep breeder at Clareville had a lambing percentage of 125. At the quarterly meeting of the Pahiatua Licensing Committee, held yesterday, a resolution was passed requesintg that all hotels in the district should be inspected by the Wellington Health Officer. A Press Association telegram from Auckland states that on ' Sunday while Mr Bensimann, of Morrinsvilie, in removing some bottles from a shelf, his only son, aged about 18 months, who was playing around at the time, removed the cork from a bottle of benzine, and drank some of the contents. Death resulted an hour later.

At the annual meeting of the Pahiatm Horseholders and Owners Association the following officers were elected for the ensuing year.— President, Mr T. Quirk; Vice-Presi-dents, Captain Whyte, Messrs C. Avery and R. Smith; Committee, Messrs ■ McFarlane, T. Hodgins, H. Cor-ielius, Debreceny, McLennan, VV. H. Bayliss, J. Falloon, J. Anderson, E." Sullivan, J. McCarthy, J. T. Marriott and A. Ross. Crs A. Haughey, J. H. Pauling, W. Pragnell and W. Morris, on Saturday, visited the s-jction in Dixon Street, on which it is proposed to build the public swimming baths, and decided to erect them twelve feet from the south boundary of the section and forty feet from Dixon Street, at such a level as to enable them to be drained into Renall's Creek. It was decided to erect a galvanised iron fence, seven feet high, around the baths, and the Engineer was directed to call tenders for the whole work immediately. The quarterly meeting of the Pahiatua Licensing Committee was held yesterday. Mr John Harris occupied the chair, and the other members present were Messrs Munro, J. Hughes, D. Hughes and W. H. Hawkins. Permanent transfers were granted aT follows: — Dudley Arms, Mingatainoka, Robert Crarer to Charles Fisher; Post Office Hotel, Pahiatua, Thomas Henley to Thomas W. Watts; Masonic Hotel, Woodville, K. F. Haybittlo to Andrew Lang; Konini Hotel, George White to Duncan Campbel'. All arrangements are now complete for the social which is to be held in the Town and Drill Halls to-morrow evening. The concert should be r.n enjoyable one, for, besides some of the best local talent, the Kev. Father Hills, of Wellington, and Miss Simpson, the lady fkiutistc. also of Wellington, will contribute items which are sure to be appreciated by a Masterton audience. For the dance which is to follow everything has been done to ensure its success —a good floor, specially prepared and left in excellent order after the bachelors' ball on Friday night, good music, and a good supper.

Mr Jickell, engineer of the Palmerston North Borough Council, and Dr. Tatton, of Nelson, inspected the copper mines at Woodville, on Sunday, says the Examiner. Dr. Tatton has a considerable interest in the copper-mines in the Nelson district, and knows a good deal about the business. Both gentlemen minutely inspected all there was to be seen, Mr Jickell even climbing right to the top of the mountain, and they unhesitatingly say there is a great future for the copper industry in the Maharahara district. Their only wonder is the fieH has not been developed long ago. Dr. Tatton has taken away several samples of the ore, which he will have assayed.

To go to bed at night with your Lack yard intact, and to get up in the morning and find a deep well in it is not an everyday experience, but it happened to a resident of Newton Road the other day, says the Auckland Herald. On going into Ihe yard at the back of the house, she saw a large holt which, upon investigation, proved to be an old well. A clothes prop, about J2i't in length, was put down, but it failed to reach the bottom. It appears that the well had been covered over with earth, and that the recent heavy rains caused this to cave in. A number of small children, it is stated were in the habit of playing about the yard, and it is fortunate that the well was discovered in time to prevent an accident. STSAM ON THE FARM. Do .you ii c u ni-<> what an mlranUgo it is to have a sapply of \\vc. seam on (ho fiiim? It moans a liberal supply of lioilii:ff water f r washing C!ui3 or clothe?, fur scalding piss or cooking stock i'ocd, at:d you civi secure these advantages at a \eiy small cosi by puvch.-iting a "New Century" Me.nvr. One good fire provides steam for about t.vo boun, and can be 1-ft with peift?ct safttr. The "New Century" combines tho it-:ctig p:int«of (lis ordinary portable copper ftr d the hiyh presiuia steam boiler without their disadvantages. MacEwan ana Co., Ltd., Sole Agents, U.S.S. Co.'s Buildings, Wellington.

Large quantities of Australian flour are being stored in Dunedin in the hope of another rise in flour. It is stated that many of the New Zealand sheep now arriving in London are exceedingly fat. A special meeting of the Masterton Borough Council will be held, this evening, when the question of the re-organisation of the Borough staff will come up for discussion. The present intention of the Bollard Juvenile Opera Company is to bring their New Zealand tour to a close at Wellington on February sth. Thereafter South Africa will probably be exploited. The death occurred at the Pahiatua Hospital, on Saturday morning, of a well-known Maori, named Apirana te Uruorangi, familiarly known as "Happy." The deceased had latterly resided at Mangatainoka. Flower stealing has become very prevalent in the Hutt Valley. The Horticultural Society there has offered a reward of £2 for informa tion that will lead to the conviction of flower-thieves. Yesterday was the first day of the Jewish year 5668. The ish New Year Day is not fixed, but is movable like the other feasts of the race. The year just passed was commenced on September 20th, 1906. Mr F. Barratt, lata of the Manawatu Farmer, is at last making a good recovery from his serious acciednt of ten weeks ago. Contrary to first fears, his eyesight is not completely destroyed, and he can now see to read a little.

Crs Welch and Toogood, of the Masterton County Council, met, yesterday, and drew up a set of by-laws for the control of motor traffic in the County. The by laws were framed on tho same lines as those in force in the, Waimate County. There being no diminution in the daily list of burglaries in Long Island, U.S.A., the leading millionaires have decided to organise a private force of eighty-five men to patrol the district. All the men will be armed with Winchester rifles, and mounted either on horses or on i motor-cycles. The estimated cost of i the force is £25,000. The makers of bags for the milling trade object to the removal of the duty on flour The following telegram, signed by four of the principal manufacturing firms in New Zealand, has been forwarded to the Commissioner of Customs: —"We, the undersigned bagmakers, view with grave concern the removal of duty on flour, as it will most serious'y affect our trade. Even under present conditions flour is being imported in small bags from Australia. Over 100 hands will be affected if it is removed." Two appeals from the judgment of the Magistrate at Masterton, both referring to the same transaction, were heard before Mr Justice Cooper, at Wellington, yesterday morning, states the Post. The facts, as recited counsel, were Briefly as flolowa:—Two firms of land agents at Masterton, Howe 1 and Co. and Ross and Greenfield, had been instructed to sell the sa-ne property, which belonged to Banton, one of the parties to the appeal. Howell and Co. found a purchaser named Deal. Before the completion of the sale Ross and Greenfield had got the property placed in their hands for disposal. They carried out the sale to Deal, and claimed commission from Banton. Howell and Co. claimed also. In a subsequent case at Masterton the Magistrate decided in favour of Howell and Co., on the ground that they had introduced the purchaser. Ross and Greenfield and Banton appealed separately. His Honor held that the judgment must be affirmed, and the anpeals \ve r e dismissed, with costs £7 7s in each case. A working tanner exposes in an English paper some of the tricks of the boot trade. Imitation leather, he says, is commonly used in the manufacture of purses and dancing jshoes. The uppers of the latter are made up of thin cloth, japanned on" one side to give them the appearance of patent leather. This product of American ingenuity is extensively used in the fancy goods trade. Not only uppers, but soles of boots, are manufactured from various compounds and sold as leather. The shavings taken off the hide in reducing it to the required thickness are collected by leather manufacturers, unrolled to make them lie flat, and ten or twelve of them laid on top of each other, with layers of gum between.; then pressed and dried under strong heat. When ready for use, soles and lieels are stamped out for the making up of cheap boots.

Victoria is stated to be making' a strong effort to secure a place in the cheese market, although usually considered to be a country more adapted for butter-making. A London correspondent of a Melbourne paper states that the agents for the Victorian output appear to be much troubled about colour. "Peopb seldom realise how difficult it is to describe cheese colours," he says. "In fact, a really accurate description is impossible. We know what we want, the consumer knows what he wants, and the maker finds it out by experiment. About three or four years ago we tried to send out colours from here to New Zealand. It looked an easy enough proposition at first. We engaged a capable artist, and gave him samples of cheese to paint from. Tha best that he did was only a partial success, and therefore un- t trustworthy as a guide. It seems that ordinary paints cannot reproduce the exact tints of cheese. The New Zealand exporters took about I ! ten years in learning how to produce cheese of the right colour." The Cerebriry op Sandek and Sons I\ri: Volatile Eucalypti Extract is univc sally acknowledged. Royalty honours it, and the e--.<ire medical profession has adopted itsusr. Imitations sprang up without number. The latest of them—n3 atjled •' Extracts " was oil foisted upon the trusting and unwary under the grossest misuse of Sander nhd Kop.j' reputation, fancier and Sons insii ukd an action at the Supreme Court of Vic'ori t, before His Honour Caief Justice Sir J. Madden, KiC.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, Thia shoivs what care is required to obtain an article that is scientifically tssted and approved of. As such is surely endorsed and recommended the ORNUINE SANDER AND SONS* PURE i VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. ,

A South Canterbury farmer has given £SOO to the Presbyterian Residential College in Dunedin. Messrs S. M. George and J. E. Perry have been nominated for the vacant seat on the East Riding of the Mauriceville County Council. The poll will take place on Monday next.

The Hawkes' Bay Employers' Association is of opinion that the halfholiday now appointed for shops and factories should be made applicable to all places except the four chief centres Auckland, Wellington, Chris! church, and Dunedin. At a meeting of farm labourers in Ashburton, last week, the following resolution wa« carried unanimously : "That no legislation that does not provide for separate sleeping accommodation for each employee, also a fireplace, at which the men's clothes " can be dried, will be acceptable to the farm workers of Canterbury."

A Press Association telegram from Christchurch states that PoliceInspector Gillies received advice from Rakaia, yesterday afternoon, to the effect that the body of a prematurelyborn infant had been found in a hotel outhouse there. Apparently the child had been born about ten days. Thepolice are making investigations. At a school committee meeting in Timaru, last week, states the Christchurch Press, when the question of supplying clocks for schools was under discussion, it was stated by a member of the committee that a good many school teachers required to have clocks in the schoolroom because they did not possess a watch, and the salaries they were paid v, ould not permit of their purchasing one. A six-roomed house at Hastings, owned by W. H. Ebbett, and occupied by W. Ward, was totally destroyed by tire yesterday morning at 4 a.m. Mr Ward escaped through a bedroom window, and found the flames issuing from other windows. Mrs Ward ar.d family were absent in Palmerston. The insurances were:—On building, £225 in the Atlas office; on „the fuiniture, £l6O in the Guardian. Saturday's collections on behalf of theY.M.C.A. building fund in Dunedin brought the total up to £10,230 17s lOd. This marks an important staga in the campaign, as it was a condition that promises of donations should not become binding until £IO,OOO had been promised. Moreover, the young meir's team have secured the amount (£2.500) which they set themselves to gather, their collections now amounting to £2,566 6s lOd. At a meeting of the members of the Methodist Young Women's Bible Class, last evening, it was decided i to form a cricket club. The following i officers were elected: —Patron, Rev. J. N. Buttle; President, Mr J. A. Donald; Vice-Presidents, Messrs C. E. Daniell and O. Pragnell; Captsin,. Miss B. Joy; Vice-Captain, Miss M. Easthope; Secretary and Treasurer, Miss L. Dean; General Committee, t Misses B. Joy, M. Easthope, L.. | Dean. F. Berriman, Hunter and; Kittelty.

At the last meeting of the Masterton County Council, it was agreed) that a committee of the whole Council should meet to formulate a scheme for improving the Northern approach, and making a recommendation with regard to the amounts the local bodies interested in the improvement should contribute. The meeting was held, yesterday, and therewere present—Crs Murray, Welch,. Harris, Morris, Toogood and Colcuhoun. The matter was discussed, but it was considered that there should be a larger attendance befoie anything definite v/as done. The committee will meet again after the ordinary meeting of the Council today. A lady thus describes her nightly precautions in case of a possible fire, says the N.Z. Times. "For years I have never slept without seeing that a couple of si*k handkerchiefs hung near my toilet stand, and that the bowl was half full of water. When I was a young woman, not out of my teens, I was in a hotel which took fire. I should have been suffocated, if my uncle, with whom I was travelling, had not thrown a silk handkerchief over my face. Thus protected, I followed him. through the hall filled with choking' smoke, and down the stairs in safety. I have taught the practice to my children, and it has become a habit to us all. You want good big ones, and they must be wetted thoroughly if required; then you may endure the: thickest smoke for some time." During the busy hours atßellingharn, a suburban railroad station in England. William McCutcheon, knovvn to the police as "Wily Willie," stole [ a train, and disorganised the traffic i for over three hours, says the Lon- ' don Daily Mail. When the enginedriver and fireman had gone into the oil store for a supply of grease, McCutcheon jumped into the cab of the engine, throw open the throttle, and started the train north at a terrific speed. He kept the bell ringing and the whistle blowing continually. A train crew followed in a * "speeder," until it was discovered that "Wily Willie" had reversed the train and was returning south. Then the pursuing crew tumbled off the track just in time to save themselves from death. Eventually McCutcheon stopped the train and was arrested.

A terrible balloon disnster occurred at Hajdu Boszormeny, near Debreczen, in Hungary, recently. A dairy farmsr, named Feketi, was awakened by a strange noise on the roof of his house. Pie awakened the farm servants and took them with him ti> discover the cause, and they found that a large balloon to which no car was attached had descended on the roof. While they'were examining the balloon with their lanterns the gas exploded with terrific violence. Feketi and four of the farm hands were killed on the spot, and six others were seriously injured. The house was gutted. The mystery of the missingcar was explained later. It was seen . to become detached from the balloon and to fall to the ground, fifteen miles from where the balloon descended. A number of peasants rushed to the spot, and found the three occupants of the car dead on the ground. They had been killed instantaneously by their fall. To cure rheumatism, gout, sciaiiea and lumbago, the exces3 poisonous uric rcid must be removed. Bheumo will quickly and permanently do this. All chemist, and stores, 2d 6d and 4s CJ per bottle Just try it.

The Hadfield Memorial Fund in Wellington now amounts to £865. i j Tourists are already travelling over the Main Trunk line, by way of the Wanganui River, thence overland to Auckland. It is said that a new company com- . posed of Maoris, has been registered, *. the object being the establishment of a new line of steamers on the Wanganui River. £* -The sale of town sections at Te Awamutu, at the northern end of the Main Trunk Line, is described as a ''complete frost," says the Taihape Post. Some of the railway buildings there are being shifted to Te KuitiThe latter township has taken the place of Te Awamutu as a terminus for the slow afternoon train. Probably it is not generally kn-uvn, says the Hawera Star, that when land outside a borough is cut up for sale and the subdivision includes areas of less than an acre, the law now makes it necessary to give the locality a distinctive nam", which must be approved by the Governor. Advice has been received in Auckland that the ratepayers of Adelaide, voting on Thursday on counter proposals for wood-blocking and asphalt paving for their streets, threw out the wood-blocking proposal by over 2,000 votes. A controversy on the subject has bsen raging in that city for some time past. There was some very remarkable shooting at Bisley (England) recently. Sergeant - Major Wallingford scored three centuries in succession, and one of them was a highest possible of 105. As this last score was made without sighting shots, this remarkable shooting is a world's record. In tha whole competition he made the record of 498 points. A well attended meeting of the Masterton Branch of the National Defence League was held in the Drill Hall, last evening, Mr H. G. Robinson presiding. The question of holding a patriotic entertainment was discussed, and eventually a committee consisting of Messrs F. J. Hunn, J. Candy, R. V. Hosking, H. C. Robinson and H. M. Boddington was appointed to consider the proposal, and report to a future meeting of the general committee. During the twelve months ended June 30th, the Moturoa and Patea freezing wru-ks between them received 322,275 boxes of butter, and 68,356 crates of cheese. To manufacture these quantities 519,812,3001b of milk had to be handled at the various factories, states a contemporary. To hold all the milk at once would require a reservoir a mile long by 525 yds wide and 10ft deep, or it would fill a race 10ft wide and 3ft deep, reaching from New Plymouth beyond Hawera. Two men. named James McGurk and Joseph Hill, were charged at the Masterton Police Court, yesterday Joniing, before Messrs E. G. Eton and Eli Smith, J's.P., with having used obscene language, the former on the Showgrounds and the latter in Queen Street. Each of the accused was fined £3, in default one month's imprisonment. A first offender was fined 10s for having been drunk on the railway station. George Blanlord was fined £1 for having been drunk, and a prohibition order was issued against him. j A fire occurred iij the warehouse of \ the Manufacturers' Direct Importing Co., at Pahiatua, shortly after 8.30 o'clock, on Sunday morning, states a Press Association telegram. The Fire Brigade w&s promptly on the scene and extinguished the flames, but not before the building was gutted. The building is owned by Mr T. C. YViliiams, and was insured for £325 in the Liverpool, London and Globe office, and the stock for £2,000 in the New Zealand office. The loss on the stock is estimated at considerably above the insurance, the stock not destroyed by fire being much damaged by water. The following is taken from a private tetter written by a civil servant in the Transvaal :-"Everything went well until the present Het Vlok Government came into power, but now, within the last six weeks, twelve of our magistrates and assistant magistrates, who have come from over the sea, have been summarily retrenched, and at present there is a reign of terror in the land, and the Civil Service is utterly demoralised. There is no guarantee that these retrenchments will not continue over the next twelve months at the shortest, as the Government declines to pass the Civil Service Pension Act this session, presumably for its own purposes. At present I have not received notice, but in any case I do not feel inclined to work with a sword hanging over my head." A well-known sheep-owner in Clutha district, who has 10,000 sheep on turnips in Southland, had, says the Leader, rather an unfortunate experience with them lately, but as it happened it turned out not so badly for him. A dog got off the train near the place where the sheep were, and, instead of going to its own home near by, went to a neighbour's place. Here it met with another dog, during the night the two of them set off for the sheep. Then they played havoc with the mob, killing thirty of them outright and mauling and maiming a lot more, besides destining the turnips, as 10,000 sheep would do when being raced backwards and forwards over them for half a night. The dogs were caught and identified in the morning. The own2r then looked for satisfaction. There was no blame attached to the railway people, but the owners of the dogs were clearly liable. Assessors were appointed en both sides, and the damage agreed upon at £240, and this amount was paid in full satisfaction of the damage done. A young man wants board and residence in a private family. A married man, used to horses, cattle and sheep, seeks a position on farm or station. Rheumatism cm be cured (hen why w'U you continue to suffer. 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