LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8558, 17 October 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Wairarapa Caledonian Society has a membership ol 189. A volunteer corps has been formed in Carterton.

The prospects for an abundant stone fruit crop in most parts of the South Island are exceptionally good. Though 102 years old, Mr J. Carne still acts as parish clerk at St. Columb Minor, Cornwall, England.

The annual meeting of the Wairarapa Caledonian Society will be held on Saturday next

The Greytown Bowline Club will open the season on Thursday, October 31st.

Stock are dying through the effects of the prolonged drought in the Manning Kivcr district, New South Wales.

About 4,500 small birds' eggs so far have been brought to the secretary of the Fruitgrowers' Association, Greytown.

A Taranaki man \\\A returned from the Waikato in forms the News that the prices ruling for sheep are the highest yet given there. The New Zealand Christian Endeavour Union now consists of eleven provincial unions comprising a membership of 7,493.

On account of tho wet weather, and unplayable state of the greens, the Masterton Bowling Club has postponed the opening of tho season till Thursday, October 31st. A child live years of age, a daughter of R. McFarlane, was killed at Takaka, yesterday, by falling from a dray, states a Nelson Press Association telegram. It will bo about the middle of January next before the new Empire Hotel is completed. Two floors will be finished to permit of the building bdng partially opened by Christmas.

Before Mr W. P. James, S.M., at the Masterton Magistrate's Court, yesterday morning, George Simpson, a second offender was fined 10s in default 48 hours' imprisonment, for having been drunk.

The Dannevirke Chamber of Commerce has decided to urge that periodical sittings of the Supreme Court should be held at Dannevirke, in lieu of the present sittings of the District Court.

• A Lower Valley settler informed a Wairarapa Age reporter, yesterday, that the weather in the Valley during the past two months has been the worst he has known during a residence of forty years.

The settlers of Foxton have decided to form a drainage board to deal with flood waters in the Moutoua district. Some of the richest land in that district is rendered useless for three parts of the yoar by reason of the flood water.

The first animal social and dance of the Masterton Football Club will be held in the Foresters' Hall this evening. Messrs W. G. Lamb and J. P. Lyall, the secretaries, have the arrangements well in hand, and the function promises to be a decided success.

No less than forty applications have been received by the secretary o e . the Masterton Racing Club for looseboxes at the Qpaki Racecourse during the coming meeting. There are only 27 boxes available, and how to accommodate all horses whose owners have applied for boxes is the problem which the secretary is faced with.

The Napier syndicate which brought the trawler Nora Niven from Home will shortly take delivery .of a new trawler from Messrs Lane and Sons, of Whangaroa. Her equipment will be similar to the Nora Niven, but she will not be so large as that vessel, and will be adapted to such ports as Napier. Permission was given, at the meeting of the Masterton Hospital Trustees, yesterday morning, to .the Chairman (Mr A. W. Hogg, M.H.R.) to fix a date for the opening of the new hospital as soon as everything is in readiness. Mr Hogg intends to extend an invitation to His Excellency the Governor, the Premier, and the Minister in Charge of Hospitals to be present at the openingceremony.

A horse attached to a sulky in which the owner, Mr O. O'Sullivan, wiis seated, bolted from the W.F.C.A. yard yesterday morning. As the animal careered out of the yard it collided . with a boy riding down Chapel Street on a bicycle. The horse put its foot through one of the wheels of the bicycle, and continued along Cole Street with the bicycle" attached to its feet. After going about 400 yards Mr O'Sullivan brought the animal to a standstill. Thei bicycle was badly, damaged, and the horse's hind leg was severely cut.

Captain Dixon presided over a good attendance of members at the ordinary meetinc of the Masterton Fire Police last evening. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to the Carterton Fire Brigade for etnertaining five ot the members of thc'Corps at the opening of the new brigade station at Carterton last week. It was decided to confer with the Masterton Firo Brigade, on Tuesday evening next, regarding the arrangements for the Fire Brigades' Conlcrence to bo held in Ma.-iterton in February next. Secretary Wilton was presented with a two years' service bar. It was resolved to write to Mr A. W. Hogg, M.H.R., with reference to u clause in the Firo Brigmleu' Act Amendment Bill relating to Kirn Police Corps. TWO KOVMKKMN REMEDIED THUS FAMOUS SANDER AND SONS' PUKE VOJiATIIiM KITALYPri E.XTHK'T wan provt'tl l>y experts at tho Sup rnno Court of Victoria to possess curati'o propertied peculiarly Us own, and to lie absolutely stiff, i ffnetivo iiml reliable. Therefore, do not a yravato your complaint liy tho WM) of ono of tho many crude eucalyptus c iln which arc now ralnied oil as "KxlraolfV' ami fromtbo use of which n (lentil wan reported iwnlly, hut insist upon theGKNUINE HANDSU & SONS' EIJOALYI'TI EXTRACT, add reject all Oth(l':<. Fiir wrinkle?, sunburn, pimples, blackheads, freckles, cracked hinds, dry and ii llanird skin, n?« SANDER <fc SONS' SUTKRiJA SKIN FOOD. No lady should be without it. Allays irritation, produces a clear and spotless complexion, and a smooth t'nd supplo skin. REMEMBER that SANDER & SONS' SUI'EURA eKIN FOOD is not an ordinary face cream, and unlike any of them,produces a permanent beautifying effect. All chemists and stores. I

A movement is on foot to establish freezing works in Nelson, states a Press Association telegram.

On Monday last the Greytown Fruitgrowers' Association purchased 1,030 eggs and heads.

Shearing will commence at Brancepeth Station on October 23rd. The number of sheep to be shorn will be about 4,000 per man.

Exhibited in the Boston (Lincolnshire, England), market recently were two cabbages weighing, respectively, 2st 21b and Ist 11 lb.

On a recent school-day, there were 320 children absent from the Stratford primary school out of a roll of 480, owing to the rough weather. ■■ jg

Lancashire exports annually about .£700,000 worth of cotton goods to Morocco, but the disturbances in that country have completely stopped business.

The "telephone neck" is the latest malady, says the London Daily Mai!. The constant stretching of the neck to reach the mouthpiece causes a strain of the muscles.

A meeting of the Native Land Board will be held in Masterton on Thursday next, and a sitting of the Land Court will be held tho following day.

Mr E. G. Eton has received a postcard from Mr E. Feist, of Masterton, who is on a trip to the Old Country. Mr Feist was at Killarney when the mail closed, and had completed a fortnight's torn of Ireland. He statr s that he is enjoying excellent health.

A horse and cart belonging to Mr M. Kerins bolted from Mr J. C. Ewington's shop, yesterday afternoon, and careered along Queen Street. Near the Convent the animal caught one of its feet in tl e ieins and fell, inflicting several culs about its body. It was then stopped.

Notice is given in the Gazette of the Government's intention to take, compulsorily, under the Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, I'JOU, and its amendments, the Culverden estate (Canterbury) of 25,155 acres, classified as follows: —First-clans 8,910 acres; second-class, 9.8E3 acres; third-class, 6,362 acres.

The roads in several parts of the Pahiatua district are blocked «4y slips. A big slip occurred on tno Makuri Road, and communication between Pahiatua and Pongaroa is interrupted. Mails are being conveyed by pack-horse over hills in the vicinity of the slip, which is expected to be cleared in a couple of days.

At the Wellington Police Court, yesterday, a middle-aged man, named James McAllion, was remanded to the 23rd instant on a charge of attempted murder. When accused was before the Cou"t a day ur two ago he was charged with having fired a loaded revolver at Thomas Smith, with intent to do grievous bodily harm. This charge is now. superseded by the more serious one.

An Auckland Press Association telegram states that a little girl, aged four years, daughter of a resident of Mangere, while playing with other children fell over a verandah with the cord of the verandah blind around her neck. Attention was promptly directed to the accident by the cries of the other children. Tho cord was cut and a doctor sent for, but life was extinct.

The death occurred at Riversdale Station, yesterday morning, of Mr Duncan Fraser, father of Mr Donald Eraser, owner of the station. The deceased was 94 years of age, and had not resided m the district very loi.g. He leaves five sons, two of whom are in Victoria. The funeral will leave Riversdale Station to-mor-row, arriving at the Masterton cemetery at 2 p.m. °*

An exchange states that an axeman up North recently resorted 1 to an unsportsmanlike action in order to win a chopping match. It is alleged that he had the heart of the log bored out prior to the contest. He won the stake (£10) and his supporters, who had backed him heavily, won their bets. More will probably be heard of the matter, as the New Zealand Axemen's Association has been asked to tike it up.

! Mr J. A. McCullough informed a j reporter, yesterday, states a Christi church Press Association telegram, that he had received no notification himself that the Government had decided to dismiss him, and he was 1 much surprised that the fact of his I dismissal shoujd have been telegraphed from Wellington and published before he ■ had been advised ! of the intentions of the Government. Pending the receipt of the official communication, however, he declined to make any statement on the subject of his suspension and dismissal.' A six roomed house in Wrigley Street is advertised to be let. A music case, containing music books, lost on Sunday last between Masterton and Somerset Road, Carterton, is advertised for. The amended scale of fees to bo. 1 charged by Registry Office keepers v ' r ~' will be found on page 6* of this issue. These will take effect from November Ist. Mr C. C. Aitken, bookseller, just received from America a supply of copies of "The Harry Thaw Case" in book form, which contain all tho incidents connected with that famouscase. The Masterton County Council give notice of a special order to be made at a special meeting of the Council, on November 12th next, in connection with a special loan for metalling Robieson's Road. The Wairarapa South County invito tenders for several metalling contracts on County"\oads. Specifications can be seen at the County Office, Carterton, where tenders will be received up till -5 p.m. on Friday, October 25th. STEAM ON THE FARM. Do you recognise what an advantage it is lo have a supply of live steam on tho farm? It means a liberal supp'y o£ boiliiij? water for washing cans or clothes, for scalding pigs or cooking stock food, and you cau secure these advantages at u very small cost by purchas-ing a "New Century" Kter.iner. One good lire provides steam tor about two hours, and can he left with perfect safity. Tho "New Century" combines tlio ttrong points of tho ordinary portable washing copper and tho high prcsEuro steam boiler without their disadvantages, MacEwan and ():>., Ltd., Sole Agents, U.S.S. Co.'s Buildings, Wellington.

Fifty-six acres hav3 been set aside at Dannevirke as a sewerage irrigation area. There is some talk of a syndicate being formed lor the purpose of conRenwick with Blenheim by a light-line railway. The Palmerston North Hospital Board have decided to prohibit infants, and children under five years of age, from being taken into the Hospital on visiting clays. William Heffy was sentenced to a month's imprisonment, yesterday, for sly grog-selling at Utiku. A large quantity of liquor was found on his premises, states a Taihape Press Association telegram. on the railway line on the Pahiatua side of Mangatainoka occurred on Monday night, but was cleared sufficiently to enable the 9 o'clock train from Masterton to pass through. Debris is still coming down at the spot where the previous slip occurred, and a gang of men are engaged in removing it. The big burn which took place at Mangatu last summer, when 4,700 acres of bush went up in .smoke, is to be superseded by an even larger one th's year, says the Gisborne Herald. Mr Buchanan, who last year cleared some 3,000 acres, is felling 2,U00 acres, whilst Mr Doris, adjoining, is bringing down 1,200 acres, and Messrs Barron Bros, are also clearing an extensive area. Unitedly in this block there will be over 5,000 acres alone which will be fired at the same time. At a meeting of the Auckland Liberal and Labour Federation, last night, states a Press Association telegram, a long discussion took place in reference to the McCullough case, and a motion was carried approving of the position taken up by the Government. The opinion was exoressed that while regulations ex _ isted governing the conduct of officials employed in the civil service the Government had no alternative but to insist that such regulations shall be rigorously carried out. At the ann:.al smoke concert of the Morris Tube Association last evening the Chairman (Mr C. Perry) presented .the secretary (Mr D. M. Mcintosh) with four haiuLouie bound volumes,,j>by popular authors. In doing Perry referred to the efficient manner in which Mr Mcintosh had carried out his duties. Mr Mcintosh was in a great measure • responsible for the success that had attended, the Association's competitions during the past year. The recipient suitably acknowledged the presentation. Myrtle Grove Cigarettes are obtainable from all Masterton Tobacconists.* If yon are an importer, send j our doau merits to J. J. CUBTIS & CO., LTD., Custoixh uee, Shipping, nni Frrwardirg Agents, Wellington. They wi;l quickly past the goods through the Custi nu and deliver them to ynrj