LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9045, 3 February 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The price of butter at Pannevirke has been increased by Ad per lb retail. There were seven births and two marriages in Eketahuna last month. The ahniversary of the Dalefielcl Methodist Sunday School will he celebrated on Sunday afternoon ntxt Rain fell on three dslys during January in Eketahuna. Altogether 43 points of rain were registered. The price of milk in Wellington has been raised from 4d co 5d per quart retail. About 4,000 sheep were railed from Featheraton to the freezing works at Ngahauranga last week. Direct telephonic communication is shortly to be established between Eketahuna and Wellington. For the month of January the Customs revenue collected at Wellington totalled £64,409 16s 2d. The classes at the Masterton District High School will re-open this morning after the Christmas vacation. The Mavtinborough Town jioard are moving in the direction of obtaining telephone communication between Martinborough and Wellington. Up to the present it is stated that at least, tei members of the Farmers' Union will be Parliamentary candidates at the next general election. Dr. Thacker informed a reporter of the Chi'istchurch "Press" that he intended to contest the Lyttelton seat at the general election. The prize for th? best kept tent at the recent encampment of the Eketahuna Mounted Rifles has been won by Sergeant Hill and Corporal Boyes. No cases of bankruptcy were recorded in the Wairarapa during the month of January. Neither were there any during the corresponding month of last year. A prize of one guinea given for the most - improved non - commissioned officer in the Eketahuna Mounted Rifles has been won by Sergeant Doyle. It will be remembered that during .the recent bush (ires- the Nireaha School was burnt down. Arrangements have now been made to conduct I the classes in the public hall at NireI aha.

Owing to' the dry weather the rivers are very low, and reports to hand from various parts of the distiict go to show that numbers of liout are being illegally taken by n en and boys from the. 1 rivers.

' it is stated that the Education Reserve at Alfredton, comprising 7,000 acres, and occupied by Mr T. P. Girdwood, will shortly be cut up into 1,000-acre blocks, and opened for selection. The privileges in connection with the forthcoming Masterton A. and P. Show and Ram Fair were sold by auction by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., on Saturday. The publican's booth was purchased by Mr F. S. Cooper for £ll2, and the fruit stall by Mr E. Groombridge for £2O. Twelve fine dairy cows belonging to an Ihuraua settler were sold at a stock sale at Eketahuna on Friday last for £2 2s each. Every blade of grass cn the settler's farm had been destroyed by the recent fires, and he had no option but to sell the cows for whatever he could get for them. The funeral of the late Mr T. F. Smith, who died in the Masterton Hospital on Thursday morning, took place on Saturday afternoon. The cortege was a large one. The deceased was well known, among the settlers in this district. Rev. A. T. Thompson officiated at the graveside. Mr W. P. James, S.M., had before him, at the Magistrate's Court on Saturday morning, a man named John Burke, who pleaded guilty to a charge of vagrancy, and asked to be ! dealt with leniently. The Magistrate, after remarking that he would give accused another opportunity, convicted him and ordered him to come j up for sentence when called upon. i THE "L.K.G."—THE ONLY SUCCESS- | FUL MILKING MACHINE. It is easy enough to call a milking machine "new" and "iinjn-oved"; but n machine is worthy of -yotfr consideration until it has been tried and worked day in and day out for at least two years. Tho hard facts of daily experience are what count, and tho "L.K.G ." is the only milking machine that has stood this test of practical working' for nearly six years —with the result that it has establishsd i a world-wide reputation. Write for , further information and list of over 450 ; New Zealand Farmers who have proved ■ the value of the '-L.K.G.," to J. B.' ] MacEwan and Co., Ltd., Sole Agents, ] U.S.S. Co.'s Buildings, Wellington. ,

The Wairarapa Racing Club made a profit of ab.out £7OO over the recent Summer Meeting. The Featherston County Council are widening the bridge over the Whakawhcra river at Martinborough. An effort is being made to have the stock sales at present held at Martinborough on Thursdays arranged for some other clay in the week.

Messrs W. Moore, T. H. Hughes,. W. Hal ley, Shaw and Cole and Captain Skey have donated trophies to the Carterton Volunteers for competition.

The meeting of the General Committee of the recent Aquauc Carnival, which was to have been held this evening, has been postponed on account of the meeting of the Borough Council Finance Committee being held to-night.

The following will represent the. Carterton Gun Club aeainst the Featherston Gun Club in a match to be fired next Saturday:—Messrs Douglas, Beechey, J. Eeid, A. Teal, Svenson, Oats (3), Laurenson (2), Hodge, Jensen (3), Warrington (2). A cabdriver, named Jas. Hall, was thrown from a cab in Queen Street, near the Empire Hotel, on Saturday afternoon, as ths result of the horse? taking fright at a passing waggon and bolting. Hall was rather badly cut about the knees. The horses were stopped before they had gone very far.

A man named John Colquhoun was admitted to the Masterton Hospital on Saturday morning suffering from a compound fracture of the ankle, caused by a fall from a window at Carterton during Friday night. It appears that Colauhoun was staying at the Club Hotel, Carterton, and during the night he got up in his sleep and fell out of a window, sustaining a broken ankle.

Four rinks from the Masterton Bowling Club visited Cartel ton 1 on Saturday, and were defeated by the local Club by 75 points to 68 points. The scores of the individual rinks are as follow, the Masterton skips being mentioned first: —C. ferry's 16 drew with Downard's 16; 0. Pragnell's 20 lost to Fisher's 22; J. C. Ewington's 2H beatWhvte'a 16; Cameron's 7 lost to Leach's 21. Out of the sum of £25 donated by Messrs.J. Staples and Co.. of Wellington. to the Masterton A. and P. Association, £7 has Deen added to the prize list for the champion jumping competition at the next Show. The prizes for this competition will now be: —Ist, £25; 2nd, £10; 3rd, £5; instead of £2- r ., £6 and £2 respectively as formerly decided upon. Entries for all classes at the Show will be received up to Saturday next. The death occurred in the Ma.«tfrton Hospital yesterday morning of Mr George F. Broom, youngest son of Mr Henry Broom, of Auckland,'formerly of Masterton. The deceased, who was 27 years of age, had lived in Masterton practically all his life, and was well and favourably known. Death yas due to typhoid fever, from which the deceased had been suffering only a short time. The funeral jvill leave the residence of Mr Z. M. Hoar, 'Chapel street, at 4 p.m. today.

A fire broke out aboutll.3o o'clock on Saturday morning in, some stubble hind leased by' Mr K. Johnston, in Johnston Street. The Fire Brigade were called out, and the Jubilee Engine was ' taken to the scene, but could not be used owing to the absence of water. However, ths "fire was beaten out with wet bags by the members of the Brigade and a pumber of volunteers. About twenty acres of stubble and grass were burnt, as well as some fencing belonging to Mr Donald.

Mr J. T. M. Hornsby announces that he will speak at Taueru public hall on Friday evening next, 7th inst. at 8 o'clock; at Te Nui on Saturday, and Whareama Hall on Monday, 10th inst. Mr Hornsby is "taking time by the forelock" in speaking at Te Nui. At present that centre is outside his boundaries, but the new boundaries of the electorate in which the contest will take place in December include Te Nui and all other places up the coast as far as Mataikona. Mr Hornsby asks us to stain that his addresses vviii not only deal with the work of last session, but with,some other large questions which will be coming up for settlement in the early future. Mr F. P. Welch has vacancies* for two good quarrymen and a driver for metalling contract.

i The Te Ore Ore School Committee insert a notice of thanks for contribu- ! tior.s to their picnic fund, and to JMr Hcllowav for the use of his paddock. Messrs Abraham and Williams, i Ltd., advertise opening entries for i their Pongaroa stock sale on Februi ary 14th. Additional entries for their . sale at Pahiatua are also advertised. At 3.30 p.m. on Wednesday, Messrs R. E. Howell and Co., Ltd., will sell at their rooms, Perry . Street, under instructions from, the bailiff, a horse and dog cart, harness, piano dries. . Mr Eli Smith advertises for sale a quarter share in a Native lease of 10,000 acres in the Kiwi tea County. Full particulars will be supplied on application. The School of Music is now open at Donaghcloney, Lincoln Road, for instruction on the piano and organ, theory, harmony, singing and elocution. Full particulars and prospectus, can be obtained from Miss Pearson,, principal. The Wolseley - Peders'en cream; separator is British-made throughout; —is easy to turn, compact, simple, saves money, labour, time and \temper, and gives perfect satisfaction. Messrs Levin and Co., Ltd., are the sole agents for the separator in Masterton, fi-om whom all particulars as: to price and terms can be obtained. LUMBAGO That stabbing pain in the small of the back, which accompanies every movement of the body, has its euro in Dr Sheldon's. Magnetic Liniment. Obtainable at 11. E. Eton, Chemist. A MODERN REMEDY Science lias achieved a triumph in Dr. Sheldon's New Discovery for Couglis, Colds, and Consumption. Absolutely guaranteed. Obtainable at H. E. Eton,. Chemist. JOIN THE ARMY I Of those who have tested the wonderful curative virtues of Dr. Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment. It gives quick relief and speedy cure whenever applied to a burn,, blister, bruise, or a pain or sore of any nature. Accept no substitute. Price Is. 6d, and 3s. Obtainable at H. E. Eton, Chemist^,