LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 9001, 11 December 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

51 If The Hen. G, Fowkls, Minister of Education, and Minister in Charge of Hospitals, will arrive in Mastertcn this evening. On Thursday morning he will pay a visit of inspection to the Masterton District High School, and in aftern.ion he will open the :iew Masterton hospital inuWuig\

The acting-engineer reported to the meeting of the Borough Council, last evening, that he and Cr Pauling, chairman of the works committee, had, as instructed by the considered the question of raising the rate of pay of the outside staff of the borough from 8s to 9s per day. They recommended that the increased rate of pay should be granted, but with a proviso that the engineer should have power to dispense with tlie services of any man whom he considered not worth 9s per day. Some councillors objected to the report for the reason that it practically "numbered the days" of the older men on the staff, who perhaps would not be able to do as much work as the younger men, and would, for that reason, be dismissed. The Mayor explained that such was not the case. If a man was found not to be worth &s per day he would be offered work at 8s per day. If he refused to take the latter wage, there would be no option left but to dismiss him. The report was adopted. The following tenders were accepted at the meeting of the County Council, yesterdayOpaki loop-line, 16 chains of metalling, Mr E. J. Kimber, £39 10s Gd; Wangaehu road, 50 chains of metalling, Mr B. Culloty, £375; Wangaehu road, 91 chains of metalling, Mr M. Kerins, £1,032 10s; Robieson's road, 104 chains of metalling, McCleland and Co., £179 Bs. The engineer was instructed to invite fresh tenders for metal repairs on the Masterton-Waimata and Mount Baker roads.

A letter was received at the meeting of the County Council, yesterday, from the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce asking the Council to appoint a committee to meet the committees already appointed by the Chamber and Borough Council to discuss the question of improving the northern approach. Consideration of the letter waa held over until the next meeting owing to the small number of councillors present.

The concert to be given by the Masterton Orchestral Society at the hospital, on Thursday evening, promises to be a great success. The society are placing a popular programme before the public. The orchastral items have been selected from the society's most popular numbers, including the overture, "The Siege of Rochelle," etc. Ths vocal items will be rendered by a number of well-known Masterton singers, and will include coon sungs by a quartette party, "The Deathless Army," and "By the Fountain," with orchestral accompaniment. The monthly meeting of the Fire Brigade was held in the Central Station, last evening, Captain Jenkins presiding. Hydrantman Church was presented with a two years' extra service bar completing 27 years' service. The brigade approved of the Borough Council's selection of Branchman E. J. Braggins as brigade engineer. Two candidates were elected as active members. One honorary member was also elected. A young man, named Frederick Joyce, met with a serious accident white haymaking at Mr W. Fuge's farm, at Kaiwaiwai, on Friday. lastT. He was helping at the hay lift, and luoked up so as to prepare for the spear as it decended, but the sun dazzled his eyes, and he did not notice the spear, which struck him on the upper part of the right eye, inflicting a severe' wound. Dr. Palmer dressed the wound, and the young j man was sent to the Wellington Hos-1 pital for further treatment. j The poundkeeper, Mr C. H. Savage, wrote to the meeting of tne County Council, yesterday, condemning "the shameful and cruel practice of turning out useless horses on the j bed of the Waingawa river. The,I derelicts," continued the letter, "'roam on to adjacent properties, and | are then impounled." He considered that owners of such properties should be barred from impounding such horses as their lands abutting on the river are generally unfeticed. The Council took no action in the matter.

At the meeting of the Borough Council, last evening, Mr M. 0. Aronstein was granted ah auctioneer's license.

Mr T. 11. Gill. M.A. r L.L.8., Assistant Inspector of Secondary Schools, is at present visiting the various district high schools in the Wairarapa. Mr Gill was in Mastertoil on Thursday and Friday last.

The financial position, of the Masterton Borough Council is as follows: —General Account, dr., £6*860 17s 9d; Gas Account, cr., £69 8s 6d; Library Account, cr., £24 9s sd; Waterworks Account, cr., £633 Is 4d: Deposit Account, cr., £133 10s; Abattoir Account, cr., £2lO Is sd; Interest Account, drainage, cr., £lO9 34s 6d; Interest Account, Bannister dr., £2O 10s sd; Interest Account, on £25,000 loan, cr., £65 12s f>d; Loan Account, drainage, cr , £ll4 4s 4d; £25,000 Loan Account, cr Schedule A £387 17s 9c), schedule B £11,30 lis lid, schedule C £355 4s 9d; schedule D, £458 12s 4d, schedule E £562 lis Bd, schedule F £7O 12s lOd.

A meeting of the Masterton Friendly Societies' Council was held at the Foresters' Hall on Monday last, there being a full attendance of members. The secretary reported having: waited on the vwrious lodges with the proposed agreement with the doctors. This had been adopted by ill. It was resolved to place the agreement before the doctors at once for their approval. A sub-committee was appointed to meet the'doctors in the matter. An agreement with the chemists of the town was then put before the council and adopted. It was resolved to submit the agreement to the various rhemists for approval. It was resolved to hold a combined Friendly Societies' Picnic and Sports on Anniversary Day, January 22nd, 1908, at Pigeon Bush.

SUCCESSFUL MILKING MACHINE. Writing in reference to the "Lawrence-Kennedy-Gillies " Milking Machine, Mr .lolui Mathieson,' of Tomahawk., says, " I hsivo coli 10 to tlie conclusion that tin; money was well invested installing the "L.K.G." I have boon using four machines, ;«h1 can honestly say have found no ill effects after the second year's milking on the same cows. I have tried the cows at intervals, and always found the quantity fully more with tho machine than by hand. Since obtaining the new inflations and mouthpieces nine months ago, have 3iad practically no expense with. the upkeep." MacEwans, Ltd., sole agents, U.B.S. Co.'s Buildings, Wellington.

The Fire Brigade held a successful wet practice with the Jubilee engine in Miriam street last evening.

A concert will be given in the Town Hall on Sunday evening next in aid of the family of the late A. E. von Keisenberg. A feature of the entertainment will be the rendering of Handell's grand Hallelujah Chorus by the combined Masterton choirs. This is the first time that this work has been performed in the Town Hall, and it is expected that nearly 150 voices will take part. A successful rehearsal took place in the Methodist Church last evening. The Masterton Orchestral Society will assist in the production of the work. The Borough Council, at last night : s meeting granted necessary permission for the holding of the concert. .

The next meeting of the' Masterton Borough Council will not be held until a month hence owing to the Christmas holidays intervening. In the meantime Crs Temple and Yarr have b.een deputed to sign cheques for the payment of the staff's wage.

The water in a number of streets supplied from the Queen Street main was cut off for a short period, yesterday forenoon, owing to the fact that the half-inch pipe which feeds the flushing boxes in the streets was broken by a plough used in the grading of the street near Mr H. O'Leary's shop. The nett overdraft of the Masterton Borough Council amounts to £6,901 13s 3d. The amount of rates outstanding is £6,378 2s 3d. A meeting of the executive committee of the Wairarapa Athletic Association will be held in the Exchange Buildings, Masterton, on Saturday next at 8 p.m. A sitting of the Wairarapa Licensing Committee was he/d in the Courthouse, Carterton, at noon, yesterday. There-were present:—Messrs W. P. James, S.M., in the chair, J. Brown and W. Udy. The transfer of the Martinborough Club Hotel from Mr A. Adams to Mr McGuire, and a temporary transfer of the Club Hotel, Carterton, from Mr Scanlon to Mr Firman were granted. The police reports on the various hotels in the Wairarapa were satisfactory. The dry weather i'a seriously affecting the crops in the Martinborough district. On many crops, though only twelve to eighwn inches in height, are in ear. The weather is also playing havoc with the potato crops. Mr W. Broad, of Clareville, has sold his farm to Mr ID. Lovelock, of Palmerston North. On Friday last the Dalefield DairyCompany paid out the sum of £1,139 for millk supplied during the month of November. A handsome silver cup has been presented to the Greytowns BowlingClub by an anonymous donor for competition amongst members. A young man named Owen Arthur Cadwallader was charged at the Magistrate's Court, Carterton, yesterday, with having assaulted a man named Jas Udy on People's Day of the Wairarapa show. Mr Laverv appeared for the accused, and Constable McKelvie conducted the prosecution. After hearing evidence the Magistrate fined the accused 40s without costs. He was also bound over to keep the peace in his own recognisance of £2O.

A meeting, of the Parliamentary Labour Representative Committee was held in the Trades Hall, Wellington, on Monday evening when a temporary executive was appointed to draft a programme of the next election campaign. The following resolution was carried unanimously: —"That this meeting, composed of delegates from the trades unions and the Independent Political Labour League, take steps to the Wellington and suburban seats at the next general elections on a strictly labour basis, and to issue a general invitation for support to all bodies and persons in "Wellington favourable to independent labour representatives, the candidates to be pledged to the Labour party."

For some' considerable tim» a man named W T illiam Lawrence Lyne, living by himself in a whare near Apiti, had been causing anxiety to the neighbours in that vicinity. He refused to leave the whare, although it was not fit for human habitation. The old man—he was in his eightysecond year—died on Saturday, says the Feildirig Star. Amongst his relatives are Sir William Lyne, Minister of Customs, in the Australian Commonwealth, who is a cousin, and Mr G. A. Lyne, of; Denbigh Street, Feilding, a nephew

A gentleman who is engaged in farming pursuits in the Eltham district called on Mr George Toogood, the honorary secretary of the Seddon National Memorial Fund, recently, and handed him a cheque for £IOO as his donation to the fund. The donor, who says he wus- not personally acquainted with the deceased statesman, does not wish his name to be: d bulged. ' The routine of passing five Chinese who arrived at Wellington from Sydney last week through the formalities, demanded by the Customs regulations, was broken when the aliens were asked to produce their papers at the Customs Office. After fuir.Mng. in their clothes for some time, each of the Chinamen produced the following recommendation and handed it over to the officials with the characteristic Mongolian smile Health Office, Hong Kasng. This is to certify that has been washed and thorousrhy disinfected by steam. His. effects-have also been disinfectad."'' TWO SOYRHEIGN RKMEDtE". THE FAMOUS SANDKIi AMD SONS* PUltrt VOL AT ILK KIT. MATT] EXTRA CT was proved by experts at i-he rerae Court ot' Victoiia to possess earati<.e properties peculiarly its own, and trt be absolutely sate, « i't'ective and reliable. Therefore do not aggravate jcue complaint by the use cf one of the many crude eucalyptus oils which are naw pn'tnied off as •'Extracts," and fromtbo use of which a,, death wan reportrd lecentlv, but insist upon the GENUINE SANJp.iU; a- f- ONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, add reject all others. For wrinkles, sunburn, pimpies, blockheads, freckles, craaked hands, dry and inflamed skin, use SANIiEK A SONS' SUPKKBA. SKIN FOOD. No lady should oe without it. AlUjs irritation, produces a clear and spotless complexion, and a smooth nnd suvjole skin. HEMEMliiik that SANDER A. SONS' SUPEKBA SKIN FOOD is not jai ordinary face cream, and unlike anjAt them,produces a permanent bea.uUfj'wß effect. All cbc-mists and Morss*

In his last report the Sydney agent •of the Torurist Department writes to Mr T. E. Donne that enquiries concerning travel in New Zealand have been most frequent of late. There is one party of fifteen contemplating a tour of the dominion early in January, in addition to a number of smaller parties. Passengers are freely Booking for the Sounds excursion by the Waikare next month. The oldest man in New Zealand is said to be a Taranaki native named Tiki Topomua, who is related to the late prophet Te Whiti. He claims to have seen Captain Cook the navigator was last in New Zealand—namely, in 1774. This would make him over 133 years—an almost incredible age. The chivalrous character of the Maori is strikingly illustrated by He was granted •an interest m the lands confiscated after the wars in Taranaki, but he positively declined it. He exclaimed that, having fought the pakeha.and lost, it was dishonourable for the Maoris who had taken part in the fighting to take back what they had fairly lost. A case of scarlet fever was reported in Feathcrston on Saturday last. The town clerk of Featherston (Mr C. J. Kent-Johnston) reports that of the rates struck this year, amounting to over <£734, every penny has been collected. A bush fire has been burning in the vicinity of Morison's Bush during the past few days and is causing settlers considerable anxiety. Two cases of scarlet fever—one at Lansdowne and the other at Kopuaranga —were reported to the meeting of the County Council, yesterday, by Dr. A. Hosking. Steps are bying taken by the Department of Labour to recover the ( remainder of the fines imposed by the Arbitration" Court on the slaughtermen who went on strike last season. Information is being obtained as to the whereabouts of those who are still in arrears. The peal of eight bells for the Seddon Memorial betlfry at St. Mary'?, Addington, has just come to hand. The consecration ceremony is to be conducted by Bishop JuliuT on Sunday, the 22nd inst. The Prime Min- j ister, the Right Hoi. Sir Joseph Ward, to be present. The belfry isJjfcy for the receDtion of the bells, tne largest of which weighs scwt. and is inscribed "R. J. Seddon." On and after Monday next the Palmerston North telephone exchange ,will be open continuously—all night and Sundays. The additional fee of £1 per annum will not begin until April Ist, 1908. Similar privileges are to be simultaneously extended to Wanganui. An advertiser wantr. to rent two furnished rooms. Fifty Mystery Flat dredging shares, are advertised for sale in the wanted column of this morning's issue. The New Zealand Railways Department announce holiday excursion

The New Zealand Railways Department announce holiday excursion fares in connection with the Christmas holidays.

Mr A. Henderson, watchmaker and jeweller, announces special lines in gold, silver and'plated ware, suitable for Christmas presents. The goods are of exceptional quality, and the range of prices will be found in another column. In view of the Christmas season, Miss A. E. Rive, bookseller and stationer. is to the fore; with a most attractive display of very choice lines. The interior of the shop is full of seasonable lines, and the most fastidious could not fail to.make a satisfactory selection. The .window is set out in a most pleasing style, and the display" made is highly creditable. The range of boys' and girls' actuals, and reward books, is considerable, a specialty having been made of this class of goods. Toys, dolls, and fancy goods are shown in abundance as well as other goods too numerous to mention. The public are cordially invited to call and inspect the Christinas stock. Mr T. R. Davis Truro, S.A. writes "Some months ago I had a severe attack of diarrhoea. Knowing that C hamberlain's Colic, Cholera aiitl Diarrlicea, Remedy had effected a cure in many similar cases, I decided Jco see what it wonkl do for me, and am pleased to say it checked the attack. I can confidently recommend Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy tu anyone suffering from the same complaint." For sale by all dealers.