LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8553, 11 October 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The latest return from the Mystery Flat Dredge is 70oz 2dwt for the week. An eight-storied building, ac a cost of £15,000 is to he erected in Auckland. During the past twelve months the prisoners at Waiotapu prison camp, j near Rotorua, have planted two and three-quarter millions of trees. There are ten suppliers to the Tawaha Dairy Factory, Martinborough, which was opened last Monday. The Martinborough Caledonian Society have decided to hold their annual sports meeting on January 22nd, 1908 (Anniversary Day). The death occurred at Eketahuna, on Tuesday evening last, of Mrs Kelland, wife of Mr C. C. Kelland, of Newman. The new Presbyterian Minister at Carterton, the Rev. L. Thompson, will be inducted on October 17th. The body of Charles Pulford, who was drowned on Wednesday last, at the mouth of the Whareama River, I has not yet been recovered. I The directors of the Rongokokako Co-operative Cheese Company have decided to advance 9d per lb on butter fat supplied during the month of September. j A walking match between Messrs iE. A. Wakeman, of Taihape, and IC. Wilson, of Utiku, from Marton ,to Taihape, will take place on Thursday, 24th inst. Du'-ing the month of September, 65,0991b of milk were received at the Rongokokako Co-operative Cheese Company's Factory, as against 40,5591b received in September last year. Constable Egan, who has been transferred to Wellington, will leave Masterton to-morrow morning. He will be succeeded by Constable Doyle, of Lambton Quay Station, Wellington. , The Eketahuna Chamber of Commerce has decided to ask the Post-master-General if Eketahuna could be granted the same privileges as Masterton and other towns in having direct telephonic communication with Wellington. The East Taieri School, situated near Mosgiel, was total'y destroyed by fire at midday on Tuesday. The fire was caused by a small boy lighting a match and dropping il under the weather boards amongst some old birds' nests. The Eketahuna Chamber of Commerce have decided to discuss the adl visabiiity of forming a railway I league at the next meeting. Settlers in the district are to be invited to attend the meeting and discuss the matter. . A local farmer informed a Wairarapa Age representative, yesterday, that most of the crops round about Masterton were just beginning to show abovo the ground. Tl is was due to the unseasonable weather which has been experienced during the past few months. The authorities at the Momohaki State Farm have had to destroy the celebrated shire stallion Danger Signal, be having sustained some injury to his hips and loins. Danger Signal was a present front Baron Rothschild to the New Zealand Government. Judging by present indications the coming season promises to be a prosperous one for Eketahuna settlers. 1 The lambing has been phenomenal with normal mortality. The death rate on some farms in the district has been very high. This is said to be mainly due to overstocking or want of proper care. An entertainment in connection with the Wairarapa Yorkshire Society will be given in St. Matthew's Schoolroom at 8 o'clock on Tuesday evening next, at which a series of lantern slide views will be shown by the Rev. J. H. Sykes. Tickets are obtainable from members of the Society or from the secretary, Mr H. H. Collins. A man well-known in dairy circles told n Hawera Star reporter the other day that Maori suppliers would make very good dairymen. Tbsy are, he said, as clean as the cleanest pakeha. "Of course," he said, "we have to impress upon them that tl.ey must be clean or their milk will be refused." He had always found the . Maoris willing and eager to learn. The female telegraphists in Denmark have now the duly of poleclimbing added to their labours. A number of them recently struck work demanding higher salaries and treatment equal to the men. The Government made the curious reply that these demands would be granted on condition that their work should be equal to that of the male operators, who, in case of emergency, were called out to work on the line. The young women agreed, and several have since been employed climbing telegraph poles to repair broken wires.

While driving alone;-the Opaki Road, yesterday morning, Mr J. Cress was thrown from his gig owing to the horse shying and the vehicle capsizing. Beyond receiving a few bruises, Mr Cress was not injured. By some means the gig righted itself, and the horse immediately bolted along the road and into Queen Street. The animal turned into Bannister Street, where the vehicle again overturned and the horse was stopped. Neither the gig nor the horse sustained any damage, and Mr Cress shortly afterwards resumed his drive. fr.TEAM ON THE FARM. Do you recognise what an advontage it is to have a supply of live stenm on the farm? It means a liberal supply o£ boiling water for washing cans or clothes, for scalding pigs or cooking stock food, and you can secure these ndvantages at a very sina.l cost Oy rureli>ui-g a "New Century'' SteMiifT. One good fire provides steam f r ulnut t.vo hours, and can be luft with peifsct saf tr. The "New Cantury" combines the i trong prints of the ordinary poitibie wash nj cc»pp r and the h'gh pies uia tteun boiler with ut their disadvantages MacEw.m atu Cs., Ltd., Sole Agents, U S.S. Co.'s Buildings, Wellington.

The Wanganui Freezing Company pays over £20,000 in wages annually. Heavy rain from the north-west, accompanied by gusts of wind, set in about 12.30 o'clocK, this morning, and continued for over an hour.

The Hawke's Bay Presbytery have nominated Rev. Isaac Jolly, M.A., of Palmerston North, to be Moderator of the Presbyterian Assembly for 1938, states a Press Association telegram. The reported death of Mr R. Charles, of Nireaha, who sailed for England a few months ago on a health-recouping trip, has been confirmed. Mr Charles died at sea six days before the vessel reached England.

A meeting of the committee in connection with the Master ton Football Club's social was held last evening. A ladies' committee was appointed, and arrangements made which should ensure the success of the function.

A Press Association telegram from Auckland states that the City Council, last night, decided to seek authority to borrow £50,000 as a first instalment towards the cost of a drainage scheme for the city and suburbs.

A Chinese laundry at Carterton has closed down. The proprietor states that he had lost £3O, and there was no prospect of retrieving it. In place of four Chinese establishments in Carterton, there are now only two.

The wind blew with terrific, force from the north-west across the Taratahi Plain last night. Two residents of Masterton, who were returning from Carterton, experienced considerabledifficulty in getting the horse they were driving to face the wind. Heavy rain also fell. Mr John Townley, who has been again elected Mayor of Gisborne, holds what must be almost a colonial record for municipal services. He has held a seat continuously in the Borough Council since its establishment in 1877, and has been Mayor continuously since 1890, the present being his eighteenth election to that office.

Mr R. A. Baillie, who iias held a position in the Masterton branch of the Bank of New Zealand for about twelve months, has been promoted to the position of manager of the Foxton branch of the bank, and will leave to-day for Foxton. Mr Baillie came from Palmerston North to Masterton, and was formerly on the staff of the bank at Carterton.

At the Dannevirke S.M. Court, yesterday, a Maori boy, named Johnny Samuels, was charged under the Railways Act with turning off the Westinghouse brake on a train between Dannevirke and Maharahara. The Magistrate (Mr E. C. Cutten), after severely cautioning the boy, dismissed the case without recording a conviction.

A dance arranged by Messrs C. T. Ellers and C. T. Ellers, junr., was held in the Foresters' Hall, last evening, and was attended by between twenty ar.d thirty couples. Mr C. T. Ellers, junr., was M.C., and the music was supplied by Mr A. Birley, extras being ulayed by Miss Collins and Mr C. T. Ellers, junr. An excellent supper was prepared by Mr W. Wilkes.

The most serious damage in the Te Kapua district by the rcentjrains is a large landslide that occurred on the Mangamahoe Road. Here sixteen chains of road has slipped right into the river, and will atop all traffic for a month or six weeks. A large gang of men have already started to make a new road, and the work will be pushed on with all promptness possible. The settlers in the Pohunui Block are in an awkward position, as it blc-.ks their only outlet.

In some places, says the Otago Daily Times, the dryness of last season is now looked upon as a blessing in disguise, and this is notably the case on the Strath-Taieri Plains. Drring the protracted dry weather the farmers were loud in lamentation, but at present they regard their broad acres with considerable satisfaction. Everything looks prosperous. The famous black cattle are thriving,, grass is plentiful,; and agriculturists declare that their land is in better condition than it has been for the lant nine or ten years.

Port Awanui is still on the move, says the Poverty Bay Herald. The hill upon which the post office and police station stand is gradually slipping away, and pressing upon the Ross Hotel and buildings immediately below. Various contrivances have been adopted to stay the progress of the moving hillside, but it still keeps pressing steadily onward, slowly but surely making its way seawards. What with slips at the back, and the ocean steadily eating into th 6 land at the front, the whole face of Aw anui is gradually changing. The Wellington correspondent of the Eketahuna Express states that the Minister for Education has notified the Education Board that half the cost of procuring a new schoo 1 site at Eketahuna will be provided. This is the result of a resolution passed on the motion of Mr Vile at the last meeting of the Board that the Board would provide half the cost it the Department would find the other half. The site selected is that of Mr Anders Anderson near the railway station, and approximately three acres. The price paid will bo £520. It is probable that as soon as arrangements can be made for the disposal of the present site a new sclnol will be erected on the new site. TWO SOVEREIGN REMEDIED THE FAMOUS SANDER AND SONS" PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTINCT was proved by experts at the Supreme Court of Victoria to possess curative properties peculiarly its own, and to be absolutely safe, effective and reliable. Therefore do not aggravate your complaint by the use of one of the many crude eucalyptus oils which are now palmed oil as -'Extracts," and fromtbo use of which a death was reported reentry, but insist upon the GENUINE SANDfcK & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, add reject all others, For wrinkle?, sunburn, pimples, blackheads, freckles, cracked hinds, dry and inflamed skin, use SANDER A SONS' SUPERBA SKIN FOOD. Nohviy should be without it. Allays irritation, produces a clear and spotless complexion, and a smooth 11 nd supple skin. I REMEMBER that SANDER * SONS' SUPERBA SKIN FOOD is not an ordinary face cream, and unlike any of them,produces a permanent beautifying effect. All chemists and stores..

A new church at Eketahuna is under contemplation by the Wellington Presbytery, which" is arranging for an overdraft to provide funds.

Trouble has pressed heavily on Mr T. Downs, of Hikurangi, North Auckland. Measles carried off his twin sons—one on September 17th, the other on September 28th—and his wife died on October 6th.

Mr F. Thomson, Government Dairy Expert, states that the condition of the dairy cattle along the Manawatu Railway Company's line is very backward; in fact, he has never seen cattle so poor in any of the provinces he has visited. Mr Thomson thinks this largely due to the lack of artificial foods, such as hay, etc., as f.he result of which the -% cattle have the appearance of having been starved during the whole of the winter.

Messrs A. Pragnell and C. Carley, representing the hockey players of Masterton, waited on Mr H. E. Goenell, last evening, and presented him with a handsome smoker's companion as a mark of appreciation for allowing the hockey clubs to use his land; at Lansdowne for a hockey - ground during the winter. Messrs PragneU and Carley, in making the presentation, heartily thanked Mr Gosnell for his kindness, which the hockey players greatly appreciated, Mr Gosnell suitably acknowledged tlib gift.

The Dannevirke Advocate says:— A meeting was held at which it was decided to form an association of the auctioneers of this district, under the name of "The Southern Hawke's Bay Stock Auctioneers' Association." The terms and conditions of sale as used by the Hawke's Bay and Manawatu Associations were adopted. The firms comprising the association are:—Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd.,, H.B. Farmers' Co-operative Assn., Ltd., New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., Hose Ltd, and Williams and Kettle, Ltd. Sales will be held for the present fortnightly at the associated yards, but during the season it is intended to have weekly sales.

At the annual meeting of the Mar--tinborough Caledonian Society, on Tuesday last, the followirg officers were elected for the ensuing year:— Pacron, Mr A. D. McLeod; president, Mr John Martin; vice-presidents, Messrs H. Mackay W. E. Bidwill.. John McLeod, D. Cameron, JR. Sniitl, P. Perry, J. Saunders. R. McLeod, A. Martin, and F. Wall; hon. surgeon, Dr H. Webb; treasurer, Mr A. 0. Considine; secretary, Mr John Jolly; committee, Messrs J. G. Taylor, J. Boyd, G. Dryden, Hardie, Cobb, MacGregor, -W. McLeod, M.. McLeod, J. McAllum, C. McAllum. Jolly, W. Aitchison, W. Shirkey R nvden, and Dr. Webb. The agricultural class was well-.' represented among the third-class passengers by the Arawa, which arrived at Wellington- from London, yesterday morning, states a Press Association telegram. There were-.-thirty-seven general farmers, about half a dozen farm labourers, and several dairy farmers. The occupations of the other passengers weie varied. There were a few plumberr, cubinet-makeis, crane driver?, tailors, carters, clerks, some youngdomestics, two cabmen, a linotype operator, a gasfittei-, a blacksmith. a miller, a painter, a warp dresser, a teacher, a joiner, and a mechanic. A surprisingly large number of.' female immigrants arrived to fulfil lengthy contracts. A score or so of" the young women passengers by the Arawa crossed the ocean to join their - promised life partners who had come out first. '•

An advertiser requires a housemaid for Pahiatua.

The W.F.C.A. announce the arrival of new goods for tennis, cricket and croquet players.

Applications arc invited for the positions of Road Overseer and Clerk to the Akitio County Council.

Mr T. J. Nott, of the Cafe de Paris, announces that he has arranged for a daily supply of frash whitebait.

At Walton Avenue, on Tuesday next, Mr J. R. Nicol will sell on account of Mr Simmonds th<; whole of his household furniture and effectsAll the lines are new and in good order, and will be sold without, reserve.

At their rooms, Perry Street, at 2. o'clock, to-morrow, Messrs R. E. Howell and Co., Ltd., will submit at auction a auantity of new and secondhand furniture and general lines, including produce and poultry. At the same time a quantity of shop-fittings will be offered.

At the Master ton auction mart, on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, of next week, Mr J. R.JMicol will sell on account of Mr Darcy Ford, the well known importer, a large range of drapery and clothing. As at previous sales held in Masterton on behalf of Mr Ford, every line submitted will be sold absolutely without reserve. Further particulars will be advertised on Monday next.

At 1.30 p.m M to-day, in the Drill Hall, Messrs Toomath and Browne will hold an extensive auction sale of drapery and clothing, on account of Mr J. W. McCarthy, of Martinborough. The goods are all new and in good order. In connection with the stopping of the sale, yesterday, the auctioneers wish to state that, having duly observed Labour Day as a statutory holiday, they were unaware that any exception could be taken to them holding the sale as announced, and were astonished when the Inspector of Factories objected. In deference to his wishes, the sale was, for the time, abandoned, but the whole of the stock will be absolutely disposed of, to-day, under the hammer. The attendance of . the public, yesterday, was gratifying-to the auctioneers, who offer the explanation in the hope that it will meet with approval. The sale-to-day will startjpromptly at 1.30 p.m.

A sluggish liver gives rise to biliousness, headaches, irritability and other disorders The liver wants stimulating gently to do its work, and the medicine for this is Cham berlain's Tablets. They are mild and gentle in ther action, and their use is not followed by constipation. For sale byall dealers.

If yon ave an importer, send your docu mentr to J. J. CURTIS & CO., LTD., Customhouse, Shipping, and Fonvardirg Agents, Wellington. They will quickly the goods through the Customs and del'ver them to jqu