LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9020, 6 January 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A well-known stock-dealer, who has done a considerable amount of travelling through the Wairarapa district during the past week or two, informed a Wairarapa Age reporter, on Saturday last, that the Eketahuna district had been more fortunate as regards rain this summer than any other district in the Wairarapa. Consequently the early sown crops had turned out very well, but the late crops were not so good. In the South Wairarapa some of the crops would not pay for the labour expended upon them. The bulk of this season's wool from the sheep-stations in the Masterton, Carterton and Featlierston districts has now been forwarded to Wellington. The consignments of wool during the past few days have shown a gradual decrease. About 8.30 o'clock, on Saturday evening, a fire broke out in a 'can-to at the rear of the Foresters' Hail. The fire spread to the outside lodgeroom adjoining, but the brigade soon got the mastery of the flames. Damage to the extent of a few pounds only was done. At the Police Court, on Saturday morning, before Mr M. Caselberg, J.P., Michael Rock, a prohibited person, was fined .£1 for having been drunk. Two first offenders and Hugh Kerr, a third offender, were convi:ted and discharged. Harry Dunn, who pleaded not guilty to a charge of vagrancy, was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. A tiBKAT I. AW SUIT OKC'IDED. The Supreme Court, the People, have decided that Dr. Sheldon's New Discovery wins against Coughs, Colds, and Consumption. Price, Is fid .and 3s. Obtainable at H. E. Eton's, Chemist.

The Masterton Mounted Rifles who have been in camp at Messrs A. and J. Welch's property, Willow Park, Opalci, for a week, struck camp on Saturday last. A boy named Harold Moore, who had been swimming in the Park Lake on Saturday afternoon, was standing on the bank when he was pushed into the water by another boy. The water at this particular spot was very shallow, and Moore struck his head on some stones on the bottom, inflicting several severe cuts. Light rain from the south-east, commenced to fall in Masterton yesterday afternoon, and continued at intervals throughout the night. On Saturday afternoon last, a girl was wheeling a perambuator, containing a child, along Lincoln Road when a whirlwind caught it, lifted it into the air, and capsized it on to the girl and infant. The child fell out, but was uninjured, and the girl, who was thrown somewhat heavily on to the roadway, escaped with a severe shaking. Mr R." Robertson MacCallum, representing the MacCallum Entertainers, is in Masterton to-day to make arrangements for an entertainment on Friday next. "The early-sown crops in our district turned out very well," remarked an Alfredton settler to a "Wairarapa. Age reporter on Saturday. "Theiape crops, in a number of instances, are reaily good ones. Messrs Anders Anderson and A. Bayliss have particularly good crops. Our early oat crops, too, should return a good yield. We have certainly had more rain than has been the case in the Masterton district, and our crops have benefited considerably thereby." The hay crops throughout the Wairarapa and Forty-Mile Bush districts have turned out wtll. Some particularly good crops have been obtained in the Masterton and Lower Valley districts. Generally speaking, the quality of ihe hay is above the average of recent years. The price of bread in Carterton has, says the local paper, been reduced to 4d the 2lb loaf. Last week the sum of £6Ol was paid out to suppliers of milk to the Parkvale factory during the month of December. A number of bush fires have started in the Tararua ranges, and the country round about Carterton is enveloped in smoke. The Hammond American system of awarding marks to Sunday school scholars is now being used in the Carterton Methodist Sunday School. On Saturday last, the Dalefield Dairy Company paid out to suppliers the sum of £1,208 18s 7d for milk for the month of December. The date for holding the tests in connection with the dairy competition of the Eketahuna Farmers' Union has been altered to January 14th, owing to the diflkutly that is being experienced of obtaining persons to supervise the milking tests during the busy season. The butter manufactured at the New Zealand Farmers' Union's Eketahuna factory is highly commented upon by Home buyers, states the "Eketahuna Express," and special orders have been received for the "Eketahuna brand." This is very coir.plimsntary to Mr Stuart, the manager of the factory. Large bu°h fires have been raging in thts Mangamahoe district during the past few days,' and considerable damage has been done. Practically all of the shearing sheds in the Ihuraua district "cut out" before Christmas. The clip has been, generally speaking, a satisfactory one. What is claimed to be a record sheaf of oats was cut recently at Mr W. Bayliss' farm at Parkvale. The sheaf measured seven feet, and the ears were well filled. Fourteen births, three deaths and four marriages were registered in Greytown during the twelve months ended December 31st. During the holiday season 694 passengers travelled from Greytown by rail. This produced revenue amounting to nearly £llO, an increase of £5 14s compared the. corresponding period in 1906-07. No nominations have been received for the vacant seat on the Greytown Borough Council caused by the resignation of Mr H. Rees. Nominations closed on Friday last. A meeting of sheep fanners will be hi Id at Tinui on Wednesday to consider the action to be taken in connection with the Shearers' Union. A few days ago, several men engaged in excavation work at the Mauriceville lime quarries, discovered a number of moa bones, which are in a very good state of preservation.

During the past three months the New Zealand Farmers' Dairy Union has exported from their Eketahuna and Palmertson North factories 5,832 boxes of butter, representing 14G tons. A correspondent states that at Mr J. While's slaughter-house at Featherston, a few days ago, Mr* A. Everitt killed and dressed two bullocks in twenty-nine minutes. This is claimed to be a record. Rain is badly needed in the Ihuraua district, as the continued dry weather is withering the grass. Since the Council of Defence reduced the price of service ammunition from ten shillings to five shillings per one hundred rounds there has been an unprecedented demand for supplies. Ammunition at the reduced price is supplied only to bona fide rne-nbers of the defence forces' (including defence force rifle clubmen) who are efficient for the year. if you want" to keep your family together, to swueton daily intercourse, to smooth away life's little rubs and ironies, to koop the children devoted to their home, you must have music in the house. In short, you need a piano. There are pianos and —pianos. If you try to "pick up a good second-hand piano cheap," you will find buying a piano a riskier business than buyiug a horse. 'Hotter lie sensible. The Dresden Piano Company arc experts, tt. is their business to see that you get exactly what you want. You will ensure a better bargain than you can hope to make the other way. If you are not disposed to pay cash, the Company will arrange terms to suit you. The Dresden Company's Local A gency at Masterton is in Queen Street.

Says the "Farmers' Union Advo-. cate": —Mr McCullough is a member of the Arbitration Court, and, as ; such, occupies a position not far removed from that of a Judge of the Supreme Court. Mr McCullough has sent a telegram to a certain labour organisation in Christchurch, in which he expresses himself rather forcibly. If Mr McCullough is to assume the position of judge, how can he be juror as well? What with the McCulloughs and Collinses, things are becoming peculiarly mixed in this country.

Christchurch papers record that the nautical fireworks display at Lyttelton on New Year's Night was brought to an abrupt and somewhat sensational finish. The fireworks accidentally took fire in a mass, and the four members of the fire brigade who were on the lighter from which the pyrotechnic display was made, had to jump overboard. The lighter itself caught fire, but the blaze was extinguished before any serious damage was done. Two of the firemen were burnt by the exploding fireworks. A correspondent, who has been on a holiday visit to Rotorna, writes: — "As one who has travelled much, and consequently met with all kinds of people and seen all kinds of wonderful sights, I would like tu offer a few remarks about Rotorua and its people as I have found them. . The hissing, boiling waters are quite marvels of wonders, the lakes are beautiful, the varigated vegetation is fine, the sanatorium grounds exquisite, and the people are courteous and kind in the extreme, travellers feeling quite at home. There is a variety of scenery all round, and I believe that almost every nation on earth is represented there, some for health's sake in those beautiful and invigorating mineral baths, others for pleasure. I can only add that I am sorry to leave." Within the last three months upwards of twenty indigent consumptives have been sent by the Dunedin Hospital Board to the Rock and Pillar Sanatorium, accordinc to arrangement with that institution. The North Otago Farmers' Union are taking a plebiscite of every farmer in North Otago on two matters of considerable interest to that district. The questions asked are: —(1) Whether the rate of harvest wages this season is to be lOd or la per hour and found, and (2) what system of employment threshers shpll be adopted. In regard to the latter question it appears Otago and Canterlury have two distinct systems, the crops in Canterbury being threshed by contract. A patent has been applied for by Mr Francis Henry, a sawmiller, of Wailciwi, Invercargill, for an improved method of dressing flax. The method consists of first soaking the green flax in a .hot solution of water and chloride of ilime, passing it between weighted rollers, and then submitting the flax to the action of steam pressure, and afterwards passing it through an ordinary stripper. The San Francisco correspondent of the Auckland "Herald" writes under date December 6th:—The order of President Roosevelt to leave r the national motto, "In God We Trust," off the coins moulded in the mints of tfhe country, aroused a storm of protest. .. , The ■ President defended himself with his usual vigour, pointing out that the many cheap specimens of w'ould-be wit, and the blasphemous expressions used by the ungodly, were reasons enough for this action. The clergy replied that it was a menace to a Christian nation to thus deny God, that the motto had become . recognised as part and parcel of Jthe national life, and that' plasphemy was, unfortunately, a common vice, but that its existence did not warrant a return to pre-Christian times. To the observer it seems that the President might have consulted Congress, or ascertained the public pulse, but the impulsive Roosevelt is not addicted to such a course of action at all times. Quite a number of people are under the impression that the training ship Amokura is,a kind of reformatory, where ne'er do-wells ann refractory youngsters generally, are sent out of harm's way This is a mistake Each lad is required to be the holder of a Sixth; Standard certificate or its equivalent, and his general character must be vouched for by some resident of social standing in the community, whence the applicant hails. Commander Hooper and all his officers speak in terms of high praise of the lads under their charge, the boys' conduct and character generally being first rate.

At present there lies at Tupuaekura an immense canoe, 60ft long (says the Rotorua Times). It is not yet finished, but an attempt will be made to get it completed, and fit for work by carnival time. A huge canoe like that, paddled by a stalwart Maori crew, should form a great attraction, and would be a good business investment. A smart boy is wanted by an advertiser. Mr J. Kitchener, bootmaker, Queen Street, invites inspection of his new stock of high-class footwear. Messrs W. B. Chennells and Co. invite tenders to close on Wednesday, January 15th, for the lease for five years of 73 acres on the Gladstone road. Messrs Chamberlain and Son have their threshing plant at the disposal of fanners, and guarantee satisfaction. The firm are buyers of grain of all kinds at market prices. TWO SOVE'IWGU R'3U2D[E*. THE FAMOUS HAXDI'TR AND SONS PUKE VOLATILE ALYPTI EXTRACT was proved by experts at the Sup' reme Court of Victoria to possess curative properties peculiarly its own, and to be absolutely safe, • ffec'tive and reliable. Therefore do not a gravate your complaint by the use rf one of the many crude eudalyptus oils which art) now palmed off as "Kxtrftote," and from the use of which a death was reported recently, but insist upon the GENUINE SANDKK & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, add reject all other?, For wrinkles, sunburn, pimples, blackheads, freckles, cracked hmds, dry and inllanied skin, usp SANDER & SONS' BUPBRBA. SKIN FOOD. No lady should De without it. Allitys irrits.tion, produces a clear and spotless complexion, .and a smooth fnd supple skin. REMEMBER that SANDER & SONS' SUPEBB& SKIN FOOD is not an endinary faoo cream, and unlike anj of thtm,produces a permanent beautifying effect. All chemists and stores.