LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 9004, 14 December 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Advices have been received in Masterton of a further drop in the pricy of flour. We learn, on good" authority, that in consequence of this the local bakers purpose reducing the price of the 41b loaf from 8d to 7d from Monday, 23rd instant. A meeting of the Master Bakers' Union will be held on Thursday next to consider the matter. The Postal Department notifies that in order to accord facilities for the transmission by telegraph of Christmas and New Year's greetings, between December 18th and 24th, and between December 27th and 31st, special printed forms may be obtained at all telegraph offices. Such messages will be delivered at the office of destination on cards'bearing views of New Zealand scenery, etc. A uniform charge of sixpence for each such message will be made, provided the address and signature do not contain more than eleven words. If, however, the text, as printed, 'is varied in any way, or other words added thereto, the message will be treated as an ordinary one and charged for inglyEleven applications for the renewal of the old age pension for the ensuing year were fgranted by Mr W. P. James, S.M., yesterday morning.

Two hairdressers—D. Mcintosh and E. Williams—ware charged, on the informaiton of the Inspector of Factories, at the Masterton Magistrate's Court, yesterday morning, with having employed shop assistants after the statutory closing hours. The charge against Mcintosh was in repect of having employed an assistant after 8 p.m. on November 20tb and 23rd, and that against Williams was for having employed two assistants after 8 p.m. on November 20th and 21st. Both defendants pleaded guilty. The former was fined 20s with 7s costs, and the latter 20s on the first charge, and 10s on the second, with 7s costs in each instance.

Knox Church Young Men's Class will meet at 10 o'clock to-morrow morning, when several short papers will be given by members. Divine service will be held at' 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., and will be conducted by the Kev. A. T. Thompson. The. morning subject will be th? 23rd Psalm, and the evening subject, "The Tide at its Flood." Service will be held at Kaituna, at 2.30 p.m., and at Miki Mild at 3 p.m., and Dreyerton at 7.30 p.m., conducted by Mr A. G. Crawford.

A charge of having procured liquor for a prohibited person named John Hansen, was preferred against Peter Neilson at the Magistrate's Court, yesterday, before Mr W. P. James, S.M. Pefendant pleaded guilty, and after being severely admonished was lined £5 and 7s costs. On the application of his wife, a prohibition order was issued against the accused. Hansen, for whom Mr B. J. Dolan appeared, admitted a charge of entering n hotel during the currency of a prohibition order against him. Sergeant Miller stated that the accused had been lined 5s last month on a similar charge. The .Magistrate said he coula not extend 'any leniency to the accused on this [ occasion and fined him 20s and 7s | costs. A week was allowed in which to pay the fine. A charge against Percy Beauchamp for assisting Hansen tc obtain drink was dismissed. For drunkenness one first offender was fined ss, and another, who was drunk whilst in charge of a horse,, was fined 20s.

An unusually good programme has been arranged for the sacred concert to be given in the Town Hall tomorrow evening, in aid of the family of the late Mr A) E. von K'eisenberg. The combined choirs of Masterton, assisted by tne Orchestral Society, will render the well-knoWn Hallelujah chorus. The orchestra will also give two other items. A number of'songs will be contributed by local^amateurs. A meeting of the Ladies" Committee, in connection with the opening ceremony of the new Hospital on Thursday, will be held at the Ranfurly Club this afternoon,, at o\3o o'clock. TWO SOVEREIGN REMEDIES. THE FAMOm SANDKR AND SONSPURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT was proved by experts at the Sup reme Court of Victoria to possess curative properties peculiarly its own, and to be absolutely safe, defective and reliable. . Therefore do not aggravate your complaint hy the use of one of the runny cnuie eucalyptus oils which are now palmed oil as "Extracts," and from the use of which a death was reported recently, but insist upon tho GENUINE SANDKK * SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, add reject all others. For wrinkles, sunburn, tfiniples, blackheads, freckles, . cracked hinds, drv and inflamed skin, use BANDER & SONS' SUPERBA SKIN FOOD. No lady should oe without it. AlUys irritation, produces a clear and spotless complexion, and a smooth «nd supple skin. REMEMBER that SANDER & SONS' SUPERBA SKIN FOOD is not an ordinary face cream, and unlik9 anj of them,produces a permanent be&aUfyin§ effect. All chemists and stores.

Messrs W. Watson and J. Andrews, the only candidates who presented themselves for the theoretical and practical examination in plumbing held in Masterton about a fortnight ago, under the auspices of the Wellington Technical Education Board, were successful in passing. Both candidates were instructed by Mr S. Smallwood, at the Technical School. The adjourned meeting of the Masterton School Committee wili be held on Monday at 5 p.m. It was 265 years ago yesterday, that Captain Abel Jans Tasman, a Dutch navigator, with an expedition of two ships fitter] out by the Governor and Council of Batavia, > discovered the Islands of New Zealand, to which he gave the name of Staten Land, in honour of the StatesGeneral of Holland. A few days later he had a collision-with the natives in Massacre Bay, in which he had several men killed, The Masterton Municipal Brass Band will give their fortnightly programme of music in the Park tomorrow afternoon, commencing at 3 I o'clock.

At a meeting of the Masterton Ambulance Corps, held last evening, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year:—Medical officer, Dr J. A. Cowie; superintendent, Mr Alex. Donald-- hon. secretary, Mr A. J. Parton; inspector of stores, Mr H. Brassell. Messrs R. W. Cook, L. W, Thoumine, A. E. Rees, J. Joy, G. Joy, Willoughby and J. Pinhey were elected members of the corps. It was . intimated that Messrs Donald, Parton and Brassell had secured second year certificates during the past y<3ar. The secretary reported that the ambulance brougham, purchased by public sub- . scription, would arrive before the end of the year. This would greatly ass-fet the corps m its future work. The classes- at the'Masterton District High School will "break up" for the six weeks Christmas vacation on Thursday nex^t. In order to> show the number of . calves- destroyed- in the Forty-Mile Bush during the past three months, says the Eketahnna> Express, it nr'ght be mentioned that in one quarter of : , the Eketahuna district a dealer was *' purchasing over one hundred skins (-*L per week: for a number of weeks. At •f J one farm alone he secured over fifty skins, Dairymen are rearing pips i" preference to calves,, as they contend the former pay best.

At the half-yearly meeting of the : Myrtle Lodge, U.AvO:Di, Eketabuna, the following officers w*; re elected for the ensuing term:—A.D., 80. J. H. Hudson; V.A., Bro: A. Sparksman; Bros. J. Hi.Foley and J. Ackerman; V.A.B.'s, Bros. E. Hargard , and A. 8.. Farmer; 1.G., Bro. W. A. Gardaer; T., Bros. S.. E. Jackson, and W. N. Tregonning; 0.G., Bo* A. Jackson. The Wellington Education Board has made grants of £l2 for a shtd ac the Mauriceville school, £l7 for repairs to the roof of the Mangatainoka school and fencing, £8 for flooring at the Hastwells school,, and £2 for fencing repairs at the Rakaunui school.. There are at present 45 uncertificated teachers in the employ cf the Wellington Education Board. The following factories will forward cheese from Carterton to-day, for consignment to London :r—Dalefield, 400 cases; Belvedere, 200 eases; Parkvale, 200 cases; TaratahL 150 cases.' Oats are already being cut en some of the farms around Carterton. "Does the Government assist farmers by subsidising steamers?" was a question asked at the Conciliation Board in Timaru during the j*. hearing of the farm workers' dis-™-pute. The employers' representative remarked that money so spent would be put to a much better use if spent on road formation in the back blocks of the North Island. The Otago branch of the Independent Political Labour League has passed the following resoltuion:— "That the Otago delegates to the annual conference at Christchurch at Christmas be instructed to move that . a committee be appointed to. draw up a fighting platform for the next general election, such platform to consist of reforms which the League Lias reasonable hopes oL' carrying into effect during next Parliament; the first plank of such platform to be the remit-from the Auckland branch dealing with foodstuffs." The Auckland remit is to the effect that the Government be asked to establish farms for wheat growing.

As evidence that, the work of boot repairing is not unhealthy. Mr €hisnall, of Messrs Stewart and Chisnall, of Christchurcli,. stated at the Arbitration Court on Wednesday that two of the men employed by his firm were 60 years of age, one was 55 years of age; a former employee had left them when (59 years of age, and another when 80 years of ago.

Interesting incidents in connection with prison pets have often been narrated. A touching; example of the friendships formed by those who are temporarily cut off from the world and its associations is to be found in one of the cells of the Mount Eden ;>, Gaol, Auckland. A prisoner has made friends of several members of a diminutive variety of mice, which, enter the cell, and leave it on returning to their natural habitat, by means of the holes in the ventilating grating. Food for the little visitors is placed by the occupant of the cell on the ledge of the grating, and they are further encouraged by their protector to descend to the floor of the-cell by a thin strip of wood, with notches cut in it so as to form a ladder. The mice are quite tame, and as they are too small to be mischievous no objection is taken to the continuan.ce of the strange friendship which has thus been formed. ■• THE BUSH FOR SULKING MACHINES. Now that tin.' "Lawrence-Kennedy Gillies''" Milker lias, after T> seasons'uso on numbers of dairy farms, proved an unqualified success, there is„ heavy and increasing - demand for this popular machine. ' Throughout Australasia a tremendous number of machines art) being booked for the coining season, and in New Zealand alone some thousands will be required. On all sides one hears of people sjfoinyf in for the "L.Kja." . machine. If you wish to get a plant installed in anything like time for the, coming season book up your order withotit delay. Plants will only be supplied, in priority of application. J, K. MaeEwiin, Ltd, Agents,. U.S.B. Co,'s tfuikV, wigs, Wellington.

An extensive deposit of whetstone is reported to have been discovered on Crown land near a deep-water harbour in the Waikato, while magnetic iron ore, said to be somewhat similar to. the ore from which the Swedish iron and steel is made, is reported to have been found on Crown lands in the South Island.

The New York correspondent of the London "Standard" telegraphs that the secret service agents, whose duty it is to watch over the personal safety of Mr Roosevelt, are beginning to be fatigued by his strenuous exercises, with which they find it difficult to keep up. Since his return from the .bear hunt in Louisiana, the President has taken walks on two afternoon of thirty miles each. Two detectives usually attend the President on foot in Washington, whilst police on bicycles and in a motor van are also utilised, but all confess themselves outdone since Sunday, when Mr Roosevelt celebrated the 49th anniversary of his birthday by walking 20 miles in the rain ir four hours, the detectives meanwhile ploddng sulkily in his rear.

There are practically no unemployed in Dunedin. A local registry office has vacancies for seventy-three farm hands, and sees no prospects of filling them. The high price of fourteen to fifteen shillings a day is offering for turnip thinners, without response. Dairymen, ploughmen, and -shearers are also in request. An advertiser seeks position as 'housekeeper or general. An advertiser wishes to purchase a second-hand tent. Mr C. E. Daniel! announces that ■he has some special lines in plateware, suitable for' Christmas presents. Messrs R. E. Howell and Co. received ,• their first consignment of Hawke's Bay peaches yesterday. The lot will be sold at auction prices. - Miss' Pearson asks that the finder of three lists in connection with the Keisenberg Fund will return them to her residence, Lincoln road. Gas consumers are notified that Monday is the last day on which discount, will be allowed on current account^. At the Bannister .Street Mart, today, Mr J. R. Nicol will sell a quantity of furniture and general goods, crockery and toiletware, fancy goods and produce. Entries for the handicap events at the Carterton Friendly Societies' Sports, on Boxine Day, close with the secretary, Mr Gavin Stove, Carterton, to-day. Entries for the handicap events at the Mauriceviile Boxing Day Spoiti will close with the secretary, Mr Chas. Brooks, Mauricevill«, on Wednesday next. , At their rooms, Perry street, today, Messrs R. E. Howell and Co., Ltd., will sell a number of bicycles on account of Mr T. C. Fowler; also a consignment of-furniture, poultry and produce. The latest fashion in hats and general millinery will be found at the Misses Wrigley's establishment, Exchange Buildings. An inspection of their goods is particularly requested. Massrs Mackay and Sons, bakers and confectioners, invite their customers to order Christmas goods early. The firm have just made to the order of local' residents two very handsome wedding cakes, which are now on view at their premises.

Mr J. R. Nicol, under instructions from Mrs A. Aronsten, who is giving ud housekeeping, will sell at the residence, 13 Archer Street, on Wednasday next, the whole of the highclass and nearly new furniture, particulars of which are advertised. The whcle of it has been well selected, and the sale will present an exceptional opportunity to those wishing to furnish. A catalogue will be issued nn Monday, and the goods will be on view the following day. \

In an announcement on page 1 of this issue, Miss Pearson notifies that on February Ist next she will open a school of music in the Dominion Hall, Academy buildings, for instruction on the piano and organ, theory, harmony, and voice production. Miss Pearson has. for many years, successfully conducted musical classes in Mastertou, and the central position in which she now proposes to establish her school Should prove a convenience, both to teacher and pupils. Instruction in the violin will be given under the tuition of Mr Reihana Boyes. '

In view of the Christmas season, Professor Williams, tobacconist and hairdresser, has just received a very fine assortment of the very latest lines. The window is tastefully set out with goods, while the various show cases in the interior of the shop present an attractive appearance. A specialty is being made of presentation articles, and the person would be very hard indeed to please who •failed to make a satisfactory selection. The goods are too numerous to particularise, but the proprietor cjßtends an invitation to clients to call and inspect the extensive selection, the prices for which are very reasonable.

It is just about throe years since Mr J. Kitchener commenced business in this town as boot and shoe maker. During that time he has by energy, enterprise, and attention to the wants ■ of <he public established a business connection that is highly creditable. In view of the present busy season, the proprietor has received special consignments of the latest and most fashionable of ladies, gentlemen and • children's iootwear. The lines are particularly suitable for the holiday season,having been specially selected. Prices, too, are remackably cheap, and the public are cordially invited to call and see for themselves the range of goods on view, the durability and excellence of which is guaranteed. "< Mr Frank W. Frazer, of Scone, N.S.W., writes: —"l- whs touring' New Zealand some time ago, and owing to tho continued wet weather, contracted a very severe cold. While staying at the 'Eoyal ' Oak,', in Wellington, a friend advised me ;jito try Chamberlain.'s Cough Keniedy Jr This advice was followed, and after I had . taken a few doses was completely cured. I can confidently recommend Chamberlain's Cough Bemedy to anyone suffering from throat or-lung troubles. For sale <by all dealer*.

A Press Association telegram states that in consequence of the destruction by the fire at Parliament Buildings of the papers of •candidates engaged in the matriculation and scholarship examinations it has been decided to hold another examination on January 20th and 21st next. The Wellington candidates who sat for matriculation are the only ones who will receive fresh papers, but the scholarship candidates all over the dominion will have to fait on the dates mentioned, and go over their work again.

The connection between Wall street and the New Zealand woolgrower seems at first sight to be very slight, but several Dunedin men well versed in the wool trade are of opinion that the recent gamble among New Yorkfinanciers, with its disastrous consequences, is prejudicially affecting the New Zealand wool market. Those buyers, says a Dunedin correspondent, who stock well ahead, are very disinclined to stock very much just now, for the demand is already less than formerly, owing to money being tight at present. The retail seller, finding business quiet, merely purchases from the warehouses enough to satisfy immediate requirements. This hand-to-mouth style of business is in turn resorted to by the wholesale warehouse and the manufacturer, both of whom will be carrying fairly heavy stocks. In consequence of this weakened demand the price of wool has undergone a fall on last year's rates, which in some cases are quoted at 25 per cent.

There is a storm in the telephone teacup in Paris, owing to a circular which has been sent out to the girl telephone clerks. The circular states that telephone employees in future will have to get the authorisation of the Postmaster-General before they may marry. Until this permission is granted no date for the ceremony may- be fixed. The employees are not allowed to marry foreigners, mem bers of the police force, detectives, Mayors, mayors' clerks or cashiers. The reason given for this peculiar rule is "the safeguarding of the secrets of the public." From all accounts the potato business is one that is likely to be well brought before the public eye at no distant date. Forward sales having been made, great trouble is being experienced by all shippers in getting purchasers to accept delivery. In some cases the most trivial excuses are offered. One firm shipped some ten tons to Auckland, sold for forward delivery at £8 10s per ton, and the client, not being able to get out of the deal, telegraphed : "Please stop sending any more potatoes; destructor unable to cope with the demand." Other lots sent to Auckland have been rejected, which originally cost £4 to £5 a ton f.0.b., and have been sold as low as 6d a sack in the northern markets. It i« estimated that in Auckland alone some thousands of poundn have been put through speculation in potatoes.

The utterances of the Anglican Bishop of Auckland (Dr Neligan) are frequently very outspoken. For instance, fpeaking at St. Sepulchre's Church Hall on the occasion of a gathering to welcome the Rev. H. Reeve, the new vicar, the Bishop referred to the unanimity with which the nomination had been made. Tf all parochial nominations! were conducted on similar lines, he said, it would be a good thing. "There is not a decent priest in the diocese," he continued, "who will remain in tne Church if he is going to be exposed to the tittle tattle gossip of the market place, so to speak. What has come to my ears in connection with other parishes is of such a character that no man worth calling a priest, worth calling a man at. all, would expose himself to —this gossip and open discuissons of himself and everything about him in the street."

The Tourist Department is not the only Government office that receives incomprehensible letters from abroad. The following letter addressed to "Messrs Office of Arms, Wellington, New Zealand," establishes a new record for incomprehensibility. The letter, which reached Captain.James O'Sullivan, Defence Storekeeper, reads as follows:- "S. Jones, 23, Belle Vue, Treeynon, Aberdare, Wales, England. Arms' Pursuivants. Messrs.—Please allow me to ask you secretly if there is at yours established electric machineries cable can speak a person. Some gentlemanhas got me to this cable very strange when I was not been told. Explanation not given to me where to appiy. Welsh speakers in charge of are doing wrong duty purposely on me every minute day and night for a long while past, and other people. lam doing applications in search with hope to find for to look over cable lock and stop persons." The letter bore the Aberdare postmark.

Jn the class at the Auckland show for a Lincoln ram to be shown in the wool and shorn in the presence of the judge, Mr J. R. McElwain's ram, which took the first prize, sheared 33.11b of wool. This is believed to constitute a record in the matter of fleeces for Now Zealand.

Mr J. Carpenter invites inspection of new lines in holiday footwear. These are new goods to hand from the beat makers, and have been bought so as to give best value to the customers of the Central Boot Store. A few quotations of the leading lines will be found in the advertisement.

When a man has smoked them once—cigarette buying is no longer a question of choice, for he naturally asks for Taddy's Myrtle Grove Cigarettes.*