LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8872, 5 November 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Mayor, Mr J. M. Coradine, and members of the Borough Council visited the headworks of the water supply yesterday afternoon, and made an extensive inspection of the locality and the works. The Mayor stated subsequently that the visit was purely for the purpose of giving the Councillors an opportunity of becoming acquainted with the water system, so that they will be better able to discuss the waterworks question when it comes before the Council. It is probable that some reference will be made to the .subject at the next meeting of the Council. Mr Coradine also stated that the position at the works seemed to be satisfactory at the present time, though he quite realised the danger of floods in the Waingawa. His opinion was that the supply would be much more satisfactory if the river was directly tapped at a point near the present intake, or if the intake was removed further up the river near a gorge, where there is a splendid supply of water, and no danger of the river deviating. The Council also inspected the 48 acres of the waterworks reserve, which it is proposed to lease. This matter may also be dealt with at the next meeting of the Council. | The specifications for tha new public swimming baths to be erected in Dixon Street provide that the work shall be completed within six weeks of the acceptance of a tender. This being so, there is no reason why the baths should not be opened to the public early in January. In the meantime bathers are making free use of the Park Lake every morning. This is a matter that will probably engage the attention of the Park Committee at its next meeting, and it is more than likely that regulations will be framed to control hathing in the Lake.

At a meeting of the executive of the Masterton District Land Settlement League, held last evening, Mr Rjgg, president, in the chair, it was decided to write to the Hons. the Minister of Lands and the Minister of Labour with the object of ascertaining the result of the investigation of the land purchase officer in respect to the properties submitted to that officer in and around Masterton. The treasurer submitted a report and balance-sheet showing receipts totalling £lO ss, expenditure £9 4s, leaving a credit baiance of £1 is, after paying all liabilities. The report showed fifty-one financial members on the books. It was decided to recommend that a deputation be appointed to wait on the Hons. the Minister of Lands and the Native Minister ii respect to the 10,000 acre* of native leasehold at Te Ore Ore. • There is still no trace of the whereabouts of the young man, Ernest Ryall, who has been missing from Masterton since Saturday week last. The secretary of the Y.M.C. A. has received a'donation of £lO 10s from an anonymous donor. At a meeting of the Borough Council, held yesterday, the report of the committee recommending the construction of a 20,000 gallon storage tank at ths abattoir to guard against any shortage in the water supply at the works was adopted. The "new work will be proceeded with at once.

A start will be made on Friday next to clear the track up Mt. Holdsworth, and transport the timber and other material to the upper camp for the erection of the accommodation house. It is expected that the mountain will prove a popular week-end resort duriug the coming summer. Already a party is being arranged to makfl the ascent under the guidance of Mr Bannister, at the end of the week.

Rabbits are now being sold in some towns in England at 3d each.

The grass in the Bush district is now coming on well, and there is every indication that there will be a plentiful supply of grass for stock this summer.

At a well-attended meeting of the members of the Y.M.C.A. held last evening, Mr Alex. Donald presiding, it was resolved to recommend the Board of Management to put into effect the following suggestions i—l. That the Association be re-organised. 2. That the present billiard table be abolished. 3. That the Chess and Draughts Club be moved into the present billiard room, and the reading room be converted into a cosy room. 4. That a financial secretary be appointed to attend to the matter of collecting members' subscriptions. 5. That a members' committee be appointed yearly to recommend to the Board of Management any innovation that it is thought will prove beneficial to the Association. 6. That a suggestion book be prcvidec 1 in which any member may enter suggestions. »At the Police Court, yesterday morning, before Mr J. H. Pauling, J.P., a first offender was convicted and discharged on a charge of having been drunk. There are now seven fever patients in the South Wairarapa Hospital. TWO SOVEREIGN REMEDIED THE FAMOUS SANDER AND SONS" PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRAS OT was proved by experts at the. Sup reme Court of Victoria to possess curative properties peculiarly its own, and to lie absolutely safe, effective and reliable. Therefore do not aggravate your oomplaint by the use of one of the many crude eucalyptus oils which are now palmed off as •'Extracts," and from tbo use of which a death was reported recently, but insist upon (he GENUINE SANDKK A SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, add reject all others. For wrinkles, sunburn, pimples, blockheads, freckles, cracked hinds, dry and inflamed skin, use BANDER .t SONS' SUPERBA SKIN FOOD. No lady should be without it. AlUys irritation, produces a clear and spotless complexion, and a smooth nnd supple skin. REMEMBER that SANDER * SONS' SUPERBA SKIN FOOD is not an ordinary faoo cream, and unlike . any of thpm,produces a permanent beautifying effect. All chemists and etores.

The fine weather that has been experienced during the past few days has had the effect of drying up the Makuri Road, and settlers in the Makuri district are now able to convey their wool to Pahiatua. A boy, named Hector Davidson, aged 15 years, a son of Mr Davidson, of the firm of Hare and Davidson, Pahiatua, met with a fatal accident, at Wanganui, on Sunday last. He was riding along the street on a , bicycle when the machine struck a stone, the lad being thrown on his head on the road. He was taken the Wanganui College, of which aa was a pupil, and died shortly after from hemorrhage of the brain. A settler informed the Taihape Post that in travelling along a Taihape back-block road recently his horse became so deeply embedded in mud that he had to dismount and go to a wayside house for a loan of a shovel to dig it out. At Wellington, yesterday, the Arbitration Court dealt with a breach of privilege in publishing a newspaper article upon a dispute which was before the Conciliation Board. The article in question appeared in the Taihape Post, and related to a dispute between the Wellington Timber Yards and Sawmill Industrial Union and James Adamson and other employers. A fine of 20s, with cosrs £2 2s, was imposed. The Christchurch friends and sympathisers of Mr J. A. McCullough have established a "free speech fund," out of which it is proposed to pay him £6 a week to deliver lectures on behalf of the labour movement.^ Speaking to a representative of the Manawatu Daily Times upon-the foul seed question, Mr J. G. Wilsoj, president of the Fanners Union, f*ia that he had long asked that protection be given to Mr Kirk, the Government expert, in the publication of his conclusions,regarding^seeds sent to him. The. farmer could tl en send down seed to be tested aißl could confront the person from whom he obtained the seed with the result. Mr Wilson gave examples of injury done ■ by bad seed and fully agreed that the matter required immediate attei.- n£ lion. The Christchurch Press, writing on the land question, says:—Not content levying, a Land Tax based on the fair market valuG of the land .'as fixed by,an Assessment Court, the Government now seek to levy blackmail by preying on the, farmer's fears lest his home should be-taken away,-from him. If this does not "stiffen up" the Farmers* s Unionin view of the next election, that organisation -will have failed to justify is existence.

Perhaps influenza is not spread by ' filthy bank notes. But the reverse may" be the case, says the Napier Telegraph. In any event bank notes are as a rule filthy, and therefore urpleasant to handle, even if not disseminators of disease germs. Why should not a bank note be withdrawn after one issue? This is not found difficult in regard to cheques. And no large question of cost is here involved between cheques and bank notes, for the stamp on a cheque is a tax imposed by the Government on users. It is only too plain that bank notes now are customarily filthy and probably dangerous, and ought not to be either. Perhaps the Government may see fit to take some steps in this matter.

"Some of the medals awarded by the executive of the late New Zealand International Exhibition have been recently received in Auckland," says the New Zealand Herald. "and 0 speak well for the economy exercised * in the matter by the executive or Government, whichever is responsible. The medals, which can hardly be regarded as 'things of beauty,' are exactly the size of a two-shilling piece. However, they are 'official awards,' and ugly or not", will, we suppose, be appreciated by the recipients."

A Christchurch fruit and vegetable; dealer and grower of thirty-eight: years' experience told a "Lyttelton? Times"reporterthat the present high, price of onions and potatoes was not by any means unprecedented. The; present rates had been reached before in Christchurch, but the fact had> not brought any protest from thepublic. The local growers were in noway responsible for the increased prices. They submitted their producer to auction,3*and the laws of supply and demand alone regulated the pricfr obtained.

The milk yield in southern Taranaki was considerably less in September this year,than that of August last year.

The building trade is very active in. Invercargill just now, and there is a scarcity of carpenters.

Farmers in Auckland express surprise at the imposition of a duty of 20 per cent, on millet and sorghum, as the Agricultural Department is said to be issuing circulars advisingthe farmer to plant these seeds to make ensilage. Ensilage is invaluable for maintaining a supply of milk. Representations are beingmade to the Government on the subject.

On Sunday afternoon a young man named George King was killed at Ormondville while riding a bicycle down a steep incline. No details as to how the accident occurred are available.

The Highmore City Council, South Dakato, U.S.A., has passed an ordinance prohibiting flirting in public places under pain of fine or imprisonment. Couples are forbidden to eat candy or peanuts in the street, or to j loiter in doorways of stores or on the steps of any church or public building. Parents will be punished if their children break the ordinance. ICE FOR EVERYBODY. The demand for a handy, compact httld refrigerating plant has now been met by Messrs Humble and Sons, the well known refrigerating enginseiv, who have placed on the maiket a practical little machine at a cost within ensy reach of hundreds of dairy farmers and dealers in puishable goods, whoso requirements do not warrant expensive plants. This machine has been specially designed for private buttermakers, butchers, milk vendors, fish dealers, hotels, or poultry and egg dealers. Full particulars on application to J. B, MaoEwan and Co., L,d., U. 5.3. Co.'g Buildings, Wellington. A Tenant Dispossessed. A tenant which i 3 quickly dispossessed by Dr. Sheldon's NewDiecovery is a cough or cold. Cures when all eke fails. Price Is *>d and 3a, Obtainable from H. E t Eton's, Chemist,

An advertiser has for sale a gent's / bicycle'and a double-barrelled gun. f Mr F. P. Welch has vacancies for shearers, farm hands, and bushmen. The time for receiving tenders for the construction of swimming baths has been extended to Tuesday next, November 12th. Messrs Chamberlain and Son have for sale locally grown clover seeds, guaranteed clean and free from noxious weeds. The time of closing tenders for the erectkuj of a residence at Mauriceville ms'been extended till Thursday next, November 7th. The Masterton County Council invite tenders for the supply of me*;al for repairs on the Alfredton-Weber Road. A fashionable line of summer footwear is to hand at the W.F.C.A. Clients are invited to inspect the new goods which have been specially purchased for their requirements. Messrs E. Coyle and Co., general contractors, announce that they are prepared to execute all descriptions " of work to the satisfaction of patrons. Estimates will be prepared. The Masterton Trotting Club notify that the annual trotting meeting which was to have been held on November 14th has been postponed until December 19th. Fresh nominations will be invited. Messrs Rose, Ltd., auctioneers and ' land agents, Dannevirke, advertise particulars of a number of first-class farms, also a butchering business and a boarding-house that have been placed in their hands for sale. Messrs Hendry and Buxton are booking orders for ready-to-wear summer costumes. Their Kaiapoi costumes are exceptional value, and give every satisfaction. A range of prices will be found in another column. The new additions to the Commercial Hotel, Pahiatua, are nearmg completion. Mr C. Blewett has carried out his work in a creditable manner. The additions consist' of eighteen bedroom?, two sitfcingrooms, twojgathrooms, two shops in the fronfof the building, and two offices. The hotel is now "one of the finest in the district. , The Scoullar Co., Ltd., Wellington, are at present showing a large assortment of choice furniture in oak and walnut, and include hall stands, sideboards, cabinets, dining-room and bed-room suite?. The designs are new and attractive, and the upholstering is in the firm's best style. New shipments of linoleums, floor- , cloths and general furnishings are also being displayed. The firm invite inspection. Messrs W. B. Chennells and Co. advertise particulars of the subdivision of Mr A. Caselberg's property in Worksop Road. The firm are sole agents for the sale of these sections, and report that in addition to those already sold they have offers forward for a number of others. The central situation of the pr6perty and the favourable terms offered will, no doubt, induce ready sale of the whole of the sections. Mr Percy Crampton, Biflgleton, N.S.W. feajs: ">'o f . so loi gago I wns seized wi h a very heavy cold. Having hard of the wonderful qualities of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy I decided to Rive it a trial .and am glad 1 did. for after taking two bottli s 1 was compl tely cured I have - innch pleasure in testifying to the curative qualities of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and c*n say from experience that it does all vhat the makers claim it will do. For sale by all driers. \ .1 * ■■■! ■■