LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9017, 2 January 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There were no cases of bankruptcy recorded in the Wairarapa during last month. There were four in the corresponding month last year. During the past year eleven bankruptcies were recorded, as compared with thirteen for 1906. Queen Street presented a very lively appearance on New Year's Eve, the streets being thronged with peopie, among whom were great many visitors to the town! As the hour of midnight approached, the crowd congregated near the Post Office, and when the town clock chimed out the departure of 1907, the Municipal Band, which had turned out f.)rthe occasion, struck up "Auld Lang Syne," the chorus of which was taken up by the crowd with enthusiasm. The great majority of the people then turned homeward, but a few remained until the small hours of the morning to indulge in the explosion of fireworks and disturb the peace by creating weird noises on divers instruments. During the month of December there were 26 births, 11 marriages and 6 deaths recorded in Masterton. For the year just ended the statistics are as followßirths 290, marriages 86, deaths 80.

The Masterton Postmaster notifies the following reductions in the charges for having telegraphic messages transmitted, by telephone:— At all chief offices and at all .first and sebond-grade s-.b-offices and for all telephone press messages £1 per annum, or for each separate transmission 3d for each three minutes or fraction thereof. At all other offices telegrams will be telephoned in accordance with the regulations free of charge. Note: £5 5s per annum has previously been charged for the foregoing service or sixpence for each separate telegram telephoned. Forms ,of applications fur those telephone subscribers desiring to avail themselves of the foregoing facilities, may be obtained from the Postmaster. The reductions came into force yesterday. The Masterton Mounted Rifles have decided to establish an ambulance corps, and during the winter months Surgeon-Capt. Cook viH give a series of lectures tn memb- sof the corps.

At the Police C irt, on Tuesday last, before Mr E. McEwan. J.P., two young men, named Thomas Meikle and Alfred Keeble, were charged with having behaved in such a' manner in Queen Street on Monday afternoon that a breach of the peace was occasioned. Both defendants pleaded guilty. Sergeant Miller stated that accused persisted infighting, and it was only by arresting them that peace was restored. After administering a caution, the Bench discharged both offenders. The Sisters of St'. Bride's Convent will niter upon a week's retreat tomorrow. The Very Rev. Father Keogb, Rector of St. Patrick's College, Wellington, will be present to" open the retreat. It is reported that as the result of bush in the vicinity of the Makakahi river at Kaiparoro, on Monday last, hundreds of dead trout are to be seen floating in the stream. The Parkvale Dairy Company, on Tuesday last, paid out to suppliers the sum of £6Ol for inilk supplied j during December. If, x as averred, the caterpillar destroys succulent vegetation, then from indications in the Eketahuna district, says the "Eketahuna' Express," the life of ragwort must be neaving its end,, for the plants of this noxious weed are at present literally covered with caterpillars. Haymaking is now general throughout the Fcrty-Mile Bush district. During the month of December there were three births, two marriages, and one death in Eketahuna. During the past day or two large bush fires have been raging in the Kaiparoro district and other parts of the Forcy-mile Bush. The monthly meeting of the stewards of the Masterton Racing Club will be held on Saturday afternoon next, at 2.30 o'clock. 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 o<igarettes.*

TWO SOVE HEIGN REMEDIED. THE FAMOUS SANDER AND SONS PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EX'l'liA CT was proved by experts at the Sup * remo Court of Victoria to possess curatne properties peculiarly its'own, and to be absolutely safe, -ffeclivo and reliable. Therefore r'o not aggravate your complaint by the use of one of the many ciutie eucalyptus oils which are now palmed off as "Extracts," and from tbe use of which a death was reported lecpntly, but insist upon tbnGKNUtNE S-vNDtoH a? SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, add reject all others l , For wrinkles, sunburn, pimples, hlackheads, freckles, cracked hinds, dry and inflamed skin, use KANDEIi <fc SONS' SUPERBA SKIN FOOD. No lady should oe without it. Allnye irritation, produces a clear and spotless complexion, and a smooth and suppln skin. REMEMBER that SANDER '&■ SONS' SUPERB A SKIN FOOD is not an ordinary face cream, and unlike anj of tbem,produces a permanent beautifying effect. All chemists and etores.

The estimated expense of the proposed Anglican Mission to New Zealand in 1909 is £13,500, of which at least £2,000 must be raised by February next, to enable arrangements to be made. The Rev. J. D. Russell (Petone) has been appointed to organise the financial preparations for the Mission in Wellington and the suburbs; the Rev. A. W. H. Compton (Mangatainoka) in Wairarapa and the Pahiatua county; the Rev. A. S. Innes Jones (Feilding) in the district between Otaki and the Wanganui Parochial District; and the Rev. H. Watson (Aramoho) in the districtnorth of Mar ton. General Orders by the Council of Defence notify an addition to Regulation 67 (regarding militia) providing that in regiments of mounted rifles where squadrons are so scattered that they are seldom mobilised, a captain on appointment as major on the regimental staff may be permitted, by the Council of Defence to retain' the command of his squadron in addition to the staff appointment for such period as the Council determines. A record for New Zealand in longdistance pigeon-flying was created on Monday in the Wellington Homing Society's race from Parenga. The birds were liberated at Parenga at 5 o'clock on Monday morning, and the first bird home, owned by Mr W.Bailey, reached " Wellington at halfpast 3on the same day. A distance of nearly five hundred miles had thus been covered in ten hours and a half.* This works out at an average rats of forty-seven and a-half miles an hour. The second bird, the property of Mr C. Haynes, was on the wing for ten 'hours and fifty minutes. General Orders tor December contain certain information ( M o. 422) regarding discharges from Volunteer companies. It states that "cases have occurred in some parts of the dominion where officers commanding corps, have (with the best intentions) discharged volunteers from their 6orps without such discharge being applied for on the part of the volunteer. This, is tantamount to a dismissal, ana is contrary to 'th« provisions of sections 46 and 50 of the Defence Act, 18S6, and Regulations T94--196. The practice must therefore be discontinued."

The following reduced rates of i postage came into operation yesterday Postage: Inland, Id for- thefirst 4oz or fraction thereof, and Ad: . for each succeeding 2oz or fraction: thereof. Postcards: Inland, single £d, reply Id; all other places (Postal Union rates), single Id, reply 2d.. Magazines (registered): Inland; each copy not exceeding 16oz, Id; every additional 16oz or fraction thereof Id ;; Australia (except Queensland and. West Australia) each copy not exceeding 2oz, £d; if over 2oz to Boz. Id, every additional 4oz or fraction thereof, |d; Queensland, West Australia, and all other places not otherwise specified, £d for 2oz or fraction thereof. The registration fee on! letters has also been reduced from Sdi to 2d for all places. A young lady to assist in te& rooms, at Wanganui is elsewhere advertised for. Jn a change advertisement, appearing elsewhere, tl?e W.F.C.A., Ltd., have a special word to say on tan boots. A large and varied stock of ', highgradfc tan boots has just been received, and may be inspected at their . Boot Department. * THE RUSH FOR MILKING MACHINES. Now that the "Lawrence-Kennedy Gillies" Milker has, after 5 use. on numbers of dairy farms, proved an unqualified success, there is heavy and. in<steasing demand for this popular machine. Throughout Australasia a ( ■tremendous number' of machines are being booked for the coining season, and in New Zealand alone some thousands will be required. On all sides one hears of people going in v for the "L.IC.G." machine. If you wish to get a plant installed in anything like time for the coming season book up your order without delay. Plants will only be supplied in priority of application. J. B. MacEwan, Ltd., Agents, TJ.S.S. Co.'s Buildings, Wellington.