LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 9009, 19 December 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The proposal to secure a large organ for Knox Church has brought up the question of enlarging the church by ex ten.ling it some 20ft or 30ft. It is considered that the church should be so extended before the organ is put in, and there is every probability that the matter will be decided upon at a future meeting. A fire broke out shortly before one p.fri. yesterday, in some grass in Mrs Mackersie's property in Uenall Street. The outbreak was practically under control before the lire brigade arrived. rNTKItTAIN'IXd AN EnKMY. Don't, entsr'ain a chronic running sore or wounds. Cure it with Dr Sheldon'* Magnetic Liniment Price Is Od, and 3s. Obtainable at H, E. Etor, chemist.

] Said Mr Massey, at Pubekohe, on Tuesday:—"Do not let anyone imagine that the last has been heard of 'the land question. It will come up again at the next election, .when the j Socialists will be asking for more. Ths freeholders, he said, would endeavour to have the existing conditions modified so as to make the terms of obtaining the freehold easier than they were under the present law. They would not rest until they obtained for future Crown tenants the option of the freehold in regard to lands for settlement as well as ordinary Crown lands. If the principle was right in the one case, it was also right in the other. By the recent legislation, a great blow had been struck at successful land settlement, from which a recovery would be impossible until some amendments had been made in the existing law. He regretted that the proposal to reintroduce the old homestead system, which had been so succtssful in the north of Auckland, had been defeated, iiid, in concluding hb remarks on the and question, Mr Massey said that :he aim of his party would always je to secure the option of tho freeicld wherever possible."

The Telegraph Department intimates that Christmas greeting telegrams will be in operation again this year, the concession extending from 18th to 24th and 27th to 31st December. Printed forms are obtainable at the telegraph office. No variation of the text contained therein will be permitted, except on payment of ordinary telegraph rates. Eleven words are allowed for . address and signature, and the messages are transmitted at a cost of sixpence each. At the office of delivery pictorial cards descriptive of New Zealand scenery and native life will take the place of the ordinary telegraph form. Those of the public desiring to convey the season's greetings per medium of the telegraph are requested to lodge their messages a day or two before Christmas Eve to ensure their reaching addresteis in good time, the traffic on the wires at this time of the year being exceptionally heavy.

There are at present 13 patie its in the Masterton Hospital. During the past month twenty patients have been admitted to the institution, thirteen have been discharged, and two have died.

Bif ore Messrs B. McEwen and J. R. Nicol, J's.P., at the Masterton Police Court, yesterday morning, two first offenders were convicted and discharged for having been drunk. John O'Connor was fined £2, in default seven days' imprisonment, for having used obscene language in Queen street, on Tuesday afternoon last. A charge of obstructing Sergeant Miller in the execution of his duty, preferred against Patrick Murphy, was dismissed. The Masterton Hospital Trustees, yesterday, authorised the purchase of three sterilisers, for the operating theatre in the new building, at a cost of £27 6s 6d.

Mrs Robinaon, wife of Mr A. Robinson, gardener, of Villa Street, Masterton, and well-known in the town and district, die:J at her residence, yesterday morning, after an illness extending over about three months. The deceased was a native of Cork (Ireland), and came to New Zealand about 30 years ago. After residing in Dunedin fov same years she removed to Masterton, where she had since lived. A widower and a family of six sons and two daughters are left to mourn their lose. The funeral will leave St. Patrick s Church, at 2.30 p.m., to-morrow.

The question of sanctioning the placing of a water chute, and a motor launch on the Park lake was discussed at the special meeting of the Masterton Borough Council last evpning, when the Park Committee recommended the application of a local syndicate to provide the amuseir ents mentioned should receive favourable consideration. The report was opposed by Crs Yarr and Haughey, on the ground that it was "bartering the people's rights to a syndicate." They contended that the lake was the property of the people, and any amusements thereon should be the property of the people. The Mayor termed the application as "ou'ragecus" and lie would oppose the report until such times as the legal aspect of the question was locked into at least. Cr Ewingtnn, chairman of the Park Committee, heartily supported the application, as he considered it would be a uplendid thing for the park and town geneally, as it would induce visitors 1 to come to the town from other parts of the district. The Council would receive a percentage of the takings from the amusements, and it was evident that the syndicate meant Lusiness since they desired that the Council should approve of the application so that the schute could be erected before next Anniversary Day. Eventually the report was amended in the direction of giving the Park Committee permission to further confer with the syndicate and submit further details of the scheme to a spccialjmeeting of the. Council to be called for the purpose. The rest of the report was adopted.

The consignments of wool from the Featherston railway station last week totalled 918 bales.

The new public hall at Greytown will be officially opened to-day.

A public meeting will be held in Featherston to-morrow night to consider the question of establishing swimming baths. An "At Home" was held at the Clareville Maori College, yesterday afternoon, to celebrate the closing of the College for the Christmas vacation, writes our Carterton correspondent. Over 100 persons responded to an invitation from the Rev. S. G. Compton, M.A. (Principal), and Mrs Compton, to be present. The prizes won by successful scholars during the year were presented by the Mayor of Carterton (Mr Wm. Moore). TH E PREMIER SETA I,'ATOR. The new principle covered by the " 1 initio" patents is rapidly establishing this machine as Ihc Premier Cream Separator. The split win# system Jias been discarded, and a. special and very simple arrangement. lVods the whole milk to t lie .separating plains without disturbing the cream layer. Results achieved in actual practice with the "Baltic" have astonished practical factory-men, and the really marvellous capacity aiul clean slnniniing have exceeded anything hitherto known. Practical proof will lie given on application to ,1. B. M!vcßw»n and Co., Ltd., U.S.S. Co.'a Buildings, Wellington.

The Eketahuna County Council has accepted the tender of Mr R. Dawson, at £528 for the erection of Larsen's swing bridge at Nireaha.

The Eketahuna County Hack Racing Club has now a membership of 100.

Messrs Gardner Bros', sawmill at Putara had a narrow escape from complete destruction on Saturday morning, [says the "Eketahuna Express." An incipient fire in the shavings heap was fanned by the wind on Friday to such an extent aa to necessitate a careful watch being kept on the mill during the night. At an early hour on Saturday morning it was discovered that the planing shed was ablaze, and the greatest difficulty was experienced in confining the fire to that portion of the'ijjjn. The fire was ultimately got urfder control, but not before the planing shed was destroyed. The loss is estimated at about <£3o.

The potato crops throughout the Forty Mile Bush district are, so far, free from blight, though it is predicted that those plots which have m t been carefully sprayed will contiact the disease if the present dry weather continues-

Residents in Queen, Dixon, Bruce and Cross Streets, from the Post Office to the Waipoua River, are notified that their Borough water supply will be cut off this afternoon, from 2 o'clock.

The Wellington Dramatic Society will stage "Dr Bill" in the Town Hall, on the evening of December 26th. "Dr Bill" is a remarkably funny comedy, and the company are said to do full justice to the piece. The box plan is open at Miss A. E. Rive's.

Mr Marnier, M.P., speaking, on theland question at the social to Mr Massey, at Pulcekohe, on Tuesday,, said that it was enough to give a man appendicitis to listen to some of the extremists in the Hou«e—(laugh- - ter) —and there was not a single typical representative of the countiy interests on the Treasury benches, and the North Island, although it 1 ad j four Ministers!, was not represented in influence to the extent that the South Island was represented. He eulogised Mr Massey's past work in. Parliament, and said that the services ; of hair representative were only • partly shuwn by the records of .Mi sperches. (Applause.)

"At the present time I am working under nine awards," said an employer at the Arbitration Court at Christehurch, "and I don't know sometimes where I stand. I try to • be a loyal citizen, but I never know whether I am committing a breach . of an award or not."

The approach of the festive Christmas season is having its effect already, says a contemporary. When witnesses were being ordered out of the Magistrate's Court, Wellington, on Tuesday, during the hearing of a case the old stereotyped injunction was varied as follows by a well-known official of the Court: — "All witnesses in this case are requested to leave the Court and remain beyond hearing while they give their evidence."

From seven applications for the position of dredgemaster the' Napier Haroour Board has appointed Captain McAlister, now in command of the trawler Nora Niven.

The administration of the Infants Life Protection Act, which has been in the hands of the police up till the present, is to be taken over by the Education Department from January Ist.

At the Invercargill Supreme Court, yesterday, states a Press Association telegram, Henry Beckett, of Waimumu, farmer, claimed from Charles ar.d Edward Marshall £2OO damages ; on the ground that by reason dredging operations defendants' for-*£-

eign water had been diverted on to plaintiff's land. Defendants counter claimed for £25 damages, alleging that plaintiff had cut a ditch on defendants' and tapped the water required for dredging. Judgment was given for defendants on the claim and counter-claim with Is damages on the latter. Cost on the lowest scale against plaintiff on the claim, and no costs in the counterclaim. Mr T. Hutchinson, S.M., who has just returned to New Plymouth, from England, has received notice of transfer to Oamaru. Mr Fitzherbert, S. M., who has relieved Mr Hutchinson at New Plymouth, remains permanently. | The mails which left Wellington on November. Bth by the Wimmera, to connect at Sydney with the R.M.S. China, arrived in London on the night of December 13th, one day early. An advertiser requires a house parlour maid. Mr G. H. Brickell inserts a notice in respect of his agency for pictures and payment of same. The Wellington Education Board invite tenders, to close at noon on Monday next, for works at the Carterton School. The funeral of the late Mrs Robinson will take place to-morrow, leaving St. Patrick's Church, at 2.30 p.m. i At their rooms, Perry Street, on Saturday, Messrs R. E. Howell and Co., Ltd*., will offer at auction a quantity of Christmas poultry, furniture and general goods. Mr J. R. Nicnl, auctioneer, has for private sale a very large consignment of potatoes, particulars of which appear in the wanted cclumns cf this morning's issue.

Messrs East and East, land "and estate agents, Wellington, advertise paiticulars of two first-classs farm properties in the Taranaki district, which have been placed in their hands for sale. Mr W. Cragg, tobacconist, has always to the fronc with special displays of Christmas goods, .but the preparations made for this season should easily eclipse all previous efforts. Special shipments of goods "have been constantly arriving, and the "Corner Shop" with its show of new goods presents a most attractive appearance. Presentation articles of every description, such as case pipes in all designs, tobacco pouches, pipes, cigar, and cigarette-holders are to be seen in profusion. A visit to the shop will reveal numerous attractive linse that may be secured at a very moderate cost.

Sir Joseph Ward has been informed that the vote >©f railway workshops hands as to whether they desired to come under the Conrilisfion and Arbitration Act resulted For, 2.25; against, 2,154. There were 891 men who refrained from voting.

After consideration the Minister of Customs (the Hon. J. A. Millar) decided to remove Weldon's Ladies Journal and similar publications from the imposition of a duty of 3d per lb, on the ground that they are not "advertising matter" within the meaning of the Tariff Act.

The Labour Department intends sending an exhibit to the annual exhibition of the Australian Natives' Association, to be held at Melbourne and Launceston in January and Feb ruary next. exhibit will consist of photographs of co-operative labourers at work, views of various factories in the dominion, workers' dwellings, and other things. Considerable interest is being taken by the Crown tenants in the impending election of their representatives on the various land boards throughout the dominion. The elections, which will take place under the regulations already gazetted, are now being held at Auckland, Hawke's Bay and Marlborough. 'There are also vacancies in the Nelson and Southland districts, and other vacancies will occur as follows: — Taranaki, February sth, 1908; Wellington, Mav 26t'n, 190.9; Canterbury, August" sth, 1908; W-eatland, March 29th, 1908; Otago, October 13th, 1908. The tenants are to be allowed one reDresentative on each land board. * Six candidates have been nominated for the position of Crown tenants' representative on the Marlborough Board. Apropos of the financial assistance which the Government has decided to give to the protection of infant life in the four centres, the Minister of Public Health (the Hon. Geo. Fowlds) explains that the Government's contribution wilt be on the basis of a£l for £1 subsidy, up to £IOO, on voluntary subscriptions in the case of each centre. In this way it is hoped to spread a better knowledge of how to feed infants under the age of one year," and thereby greatly reduce the mortality. The societies for the protection of infant life at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunrdin are arranging for the supply cflffcumanised milk. The Minister has'no doubt that each of the societies named will be able to raise more than £IOO by voluntary effort.

A most attractive display of perfumery in caskets is at present being made by Mr J. V. Gordon, chemist, at his shop in Queen Street. The rangs is a most extensive one, and the taste displayed in the arrangement of the goods is most creditable. In shocks a specialty is being made of Remmel's finely milled toilet soaps, in all perfumes. Silvermounted cut glass scent bottles and spravs of exquisite design and workmanship, beautiful hairbrushes and numerous other lines, that should make ideal Christmas presents have all been specially imported for this season. The proprietor extends a cordial invitation to the public to call and see for themselves the wonderful range of goods at the establishment The Customs statistics show that the average value of tea imported into New Zealand is 29 per cant, higher than in Australia and 21 per cent, higher than in England. This proves that the residents of the dominion are getting better quality tea than are the people in Australia and England. Messrs Nelson Moate and Co., Ltd., attained their position as the largest importers of tea in New Zealand, by always giving good quality, and they maintain that it is due to their having done so that the average value of tea imported is so ahead of Australia and Englai#

Mr T. K. Davis Truro, S.A. writes:— "Some months ago I liad a severe attack of diarrhoea. Knowing; that Chamberlain s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Kemedy had effected a cure in many similar cases, I decided to see what it would do for me, and am pleased to say it checked the attack. I can confidently recommend Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea .Remedy to anyone suffering from the same complaint." 'For sale.by all dealera.