LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9032, 20 January 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There has been no alteration in the price of wheat and h\,ur in Masterton for some time past, but old oats have dropped nearly Gd per bushel during the past fortnight. Butter is keeping about the fame, hut owing to the continued dry weather supplies are frilling short. The rainfall during Thursday night came too late to be of any benefit to the grain crops in the district, but it will help the root crops along to a great extent.

The joint committees of the Masterton Fire Brigade and Fire Police have commenced their canvass of the town for funds with which to entertain the delegates to the United Fire Brigades' Conference, which is to be held in Masterton in March. Their eifor!sup to the present have been very successful.

The friends of Mr and Mrs A. E. Franks will regret to hear of the death of their son Geoffrey, aged 12 month.", which took place on Saturday. The funeral will t.-.ke place today, leaving their residence, corner of Renall and Chapel Streets, at 2 o'clock.

The Carterton Brass Band, assisted by some of the members of the Masterton Band, rendered a number of selections at Carterton en Saturday evening.

SUCCESSFUL MILKINC M ACHIN K Writing in reference to the "Lawrcncc-lveiinndy-Gillw-'s" Milking Machine, Mr John Mathieson, of Tomahawk, says, " 1 haw come to the' conclusion that the money was well invented installing the "\j.KA}," L have hceii using i'oni.' machines, (Uhl can honettly, .say have found no ill effects after the .second year's milking on the faame cows. I have tried the cows at intervals, and always found the quantity fully more with the machine than by hand. Since obtaining the now filiations and mouthpieces nine months ago, have had practically no expense with the upkeep." MaeEwans, Ltd., sole agents, U.B.S. Co.'s Buildings, Wellington.

The members of the Masterton Tent are notified to meet at the Lodge. Room at 3.30 p.m., today, to attend the funeral of the late Mrs P. W. Temple. Reports from Maungatarere Valley indicate that the bush and grass fires 'there were the worst-ever experienced. Jt is stated that on Thursday afternoon the fire spread so rapidly that a number of sheep had the wool on their backs singed off. Five whares in the vicinity of the mill there were burned on Thursday night. The mill tramline was slightly damaged, and a bridge partly destroyed. At a meeting of the Loyal Martinborough Lodge ot Oddfellows, the following officers were elected for the ensuing term:—N.G., Bro. M. McLennan: R.S., Bro. Watkin; L.S., Bro. Houliston.

Last week the Ballance Co-opera-tive Dairy Company paid out ;£G,OOO to suppliers for milk. The supply of milk to the factory has decreased considerably during the past week or two owing to the dry weather. At the conclusion of the .cricket match, Carterton ver3us Matarawa, played at Carterton, on Saturday afternoon, the Rev. W. J. Elliott hospitably entertained the players of both teams at a dinner. A lengthy toast list was honoured, and an enjoyable time was spent. Before dispersing the members of both teams expressed their appreciation of MiElliott's kindness, ami he was accorded three hearty cheers.

On Sunday next, the anniversary servi:es in connection with the Carterton Methodist Sunday School will be held. Mr F. Rands (Divinity Student) will preach in the morning and afternonn, and the Rev. W. J. Elliott in the evening. The Carterton Rechabite Lodge' has elected the following officers for. the ensuing half-year:—C.R., Bro. R.Tucker; D.R., Bro. F. Morgan; secretary, Bro. J. Preddy; treasurer, Bro. F. Tyler.

All signalling in the Dunedin railway yards from to-day will be by the electro-pneumatic system. Dunedin is the first railway centre in New Zealand where the system has been introduced..

The Hon. Dr. Findlay, interviewed at Timaru, on Saturday, by a "Post" reporter on his return from a holiday at Mount Coulc,'said he had selected a site at Governor's Bush, one and three-quarter miles from the present Hermitage, for a new accommodation house. The site commands a splendid view of the Sefton and Hooker Valleys, and one of the finest of the Cook and the higher peaks. The new Hermitage is expected to bo completed by the latter end of next season, and provision has been made for comfortable accommodation, with an improvement in the road, so that Fairlie and Cook can be done in one day by motor. A cablegram from "New York, dated 17th inst, states that Madame Tetrazzini, a new prima donna, had a brilliant triumph at New York in "Violetta." She secured twelve recalls.

People who believe the State School cadets are merely ornamental and do nothing that really matters will be glad to hear that more "marksmen's badges" have been won by schoolboy shots during the past year than ever before. To earn a marksman's badge the cadet must get 64 points out of a possible 84. Remarkable shooting was done by +he Dannevirke North school cadets. There are seventy-nine boys in this corps, and twenty-seven of them are now entitled to wear the distinguishing mark on their sleeves notifying that they are competent rifle shots.

The warm weather that has been experienced in Auckland during the past week or two lias been very trying to a large number of people, and numbers of cases of sunstroke' have been reported, but fortunately none of them are serious. Some of the visiting bowlers, used to the cooler climate of the South, especially felt the heat, and many were slightly affected by the sun. The play was a great strain on some of the o'der participants, ifltogether twenty cases of sunstroke of a mild form are reported to have occurred.

The Rev. J. Sharp, speaking to a station mission report at the Primitive Mefhodist Conference at Dunedin last week, referred rather bitj terly to the conditions under which a number of the oaf-back ministers and preachers lived. Some of the stations, he said, were absolutely unfit for use. They were financially and numerically weak, and were not in a position to adequately maintain a single man, let alone one with a family. The people were ready encugh to be ministered to, but, urged the speaker, imagine the feelings of a congregation obliged, Sunday, after Sunday, to sit and listen to a man to whom they owed money. The position of a single man thus situated was not enviable, yet the Church appointed married men to these stations, and, while they laboured under such disabilities expected them to do good work.

It is reported that Mr T. E. Taylor intends to contest a constituency outside Christchurch, but has nor decided which.

At the opening of the meetinghouse at Turanganui (Main Trunk Line) recently, reference was made by the chiefs to the necessity of absolutely abolishing tohunga work among the Maoris. One speaker declared that tohungaism had been introduced by the late King Tawhiao, andt ht it should,be returned to Tawhiao's descendants, as the tohunga faith had been proved to be valueless. TWO SOVEREIGN REMEDIED THE FAMOUS SANDKU AND SONS PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI KX TRACT was proved by experts at the. Supreme Court of Victoria to poswss curathe properties peculiarly its own, and to he absolutely safe, MTcctivo and reliable. Therefore do not a gravate your complaint hy the nso of one, of the many oniric eucalyptus oil* which are now ra ! mrr] on* as "'Extracts," and liom tbc uso nf which a death was reportfd lecpntly, but insist, upon thoGRNUINK SANDMK m t-ONfi' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, add reject all others.

For wrinkles, sunburn, pimplos, blackheads, freqklcs, eracked h >nds, dry and inlhimed ekin, us? SANDER & HONS' SUPERRA SKIM FOOD. No lady should bo without it. AlUjs irritation, produces a clear and spotless complexion, and a smooth nnd supple skin. REMEMBER that SANDER A SONS' SUPEBBA SKIN FOOD is not an ordinary face cream, and unlike anj of them.produces a permanent beautifying effect, All chemists and Btore3.

There is a good deal of opposition in the Awatere district, Marlborough,, to the suggestion that the- Dumgree prison camp should be removed from Seddon to Hanmer. A petition, with four hundred signatures, is said to have been despatched to Wellington in opposition to'the proposal.

Some idea of the *value of a professional footballer in England these diys may be gathered from the fact that the offer of £I,OOO made by the Blackburn Rovers and of £1,500 by Chelsea for the transfer o* John Simpson, of Falkiik, was refused.

Large numbers of stock are being trucked daily at Waipukurau for southern pastures, owing to the scarcity of feed. Factory managers report that the dry spell' has decreased the milk supply 25 per cent.

It is stated that there is a strong feeling'in Anglican Church circles in Victoria that the Federal Parliament should be urged to take over marriage, and divorce legislation at an early date with the objnet of passing a law restricting the facilities for divo-ce in some of the States. It is probable that some time; this year action will be taken by the Church with a view to educating public opinion on the matter.

The sale of drapery and clothing is' to be continued at the Masterton Auction Mart to-day at two o'clock, when the balance of goods will be cleared.

Mr-W. B. Chennells, agent for the Public Trustee,, inserts a notice of thanks to those who assisted in removing stock from the property of the late J. H. Welch during the recent fire.

At the sale of furniture and effects,, to be held to-morrow by Mr J. R.. Nicol, on account of' Mrs Butler, at the residence, No. 5 Wrigley Street, everything is advertised l;o be sold without reserve. The goods will be on view to-morrow morning.

Messrs Husband Bros., land agents, of Pahintua, advertise particulars of several handy-sized and well-im-proved farm properties which have been placed in their hands for sale. Particular attention is directed to a farm of 864 acres, which is pronounced a very fine property.

Suits and costumes made by Mr Alex. Donald, of Queen Street, Mas> terton, give satisfaction from (he time they are'bought until they are threadbare. His personal guarantee for fit, style and satisfaction stands behind every suit, and not a'detail is neglec'ed. His stock of suiting 3 comprises every thing that the man who likes to dress correctly desires. ■

If you have nopiauo, yon need one,. If you have one, you need a better one. Of instruments from the great makers—the Broad wood, the Lipp, the Eonisch, and the Steimvay—one may be better suited ..to your purpose than another. The thing is, first, to get a good piano; second,'of the good pianos, to select the one best for YOU. If you are bent on wise selection, you will state your needs to experts. You should certainly write to; or. call upon, the Dresden Piano Company, Wellington—or, better still, see their Agent in your own town. That step will unquestionably result in a completely satisfactory purchase, and there can bo arranged just whatever terms of payment suit you best. You will, moreover, get all the information possible from the most authoritative source, You are much more likely then to secure an instrument ou which you. can positively rely.