LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9046, 4 February 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

During the month of January there were 29 births, 9 deaths, and 10 marriages in Masterton. S. Mark's Church, Carterton, intend holding a bazaar on 7th and Bth August. The Pahiatua Amusement Club made a profit of £23 over their recent sports meeting'. There were 10 births, 5 deaths and 2 marriages inCarterton during January. Work was resumed after the Christmas vacation at the Masterton District High • School, yesterday morning. All the classes were well attended for the opening day. A meeting of the General Committee of the Masterton A. and P. Association will be held on Saturday next. Among the business to be considered will be the question of purchasing land from the Solway Estate syndicate for new Showgrounds. The Gas and Finance Committee of the Borough Council met last evening, there being present:—Crs J. C. Ewington,(chairman), J. Elliott and J. Yarr. The manager of the gasworks reported that the exhauster at the works had broken down that morning at 4 o'clock. This meant that no gas could be manufactured until the breakage was repaired, and the town would have to rely for its gas supply upon the gas already in a [ state of manufacture at the time of the accident. However, a staff of men were immediately put on to effect repairs. In tf\e meantime, pending * the new plant being put in, and to obviate any possibility of a recurrence of the breakage, the manager was instructed to make enquiries in the dominion as to whether another exhauster could be procured to act as a stand-by, and if not to cable Home for a new one. Accounts amounting to £676 14s Id were passed for pay i ment. ' i

The next sitting of the University Senate will be held at Auckland in Jariuary, 1909.' < < Mr W. Halley, of Carterton, has donated the sum of £1 Is to the funds of the Carterton Braes Band. There are only 23 houses in the Napier Borough unconnected with the sewer, and an effort is to be made to have them connected at once. Out of 125 marriages for which certificates were issued in New Plymouth last year, 28 of the marriages were performed by the registrar. A Wellington milkman states that though there is a shortage of milk in that city it is not so bad as some people would like to make out. It is stated that there are now I more houses empty in Christchurch I than there have been for a long time, and in consequence rents have a tendency to go down. During the past week some unusually large-sized fish have been caught in the Rangitata River. Mr' R. Morrison, of Geraldine, landed one weighing 141b. Sergeant Miller, of Masterton, is at present absent in Wellington, attending the sessions of thi Supreme Court. Constable Gordon, of Wellington, is in charge of the iocal station during, the sergeant's absence. The Wanganui School Committee intend testing t the question as to whether or not t'hey have the right to arrange for religious instruction in school hours, and, to that end, have intimated an intention of serving a writ on the Education Board. At the Masterton Police Court, yesterday morning, before Mr G. Heron, J;P., Rutene Ukiuki was fined 10s, in default 48 hours' imprisonment for being drunk while in chargeof a horse on Saturday. VMopey'is no object with Weatp'ort ratepayers ' (says the "Grey River Argus"). Eighty-five votes out of 1,500 were recorded on the Borough Council's proposal to borrow £5,000 for the extension of the gasworks, the loan being % The Pahiatua Mounted Rifles will go into camp on the Island, Pahiatua, for a week, on Wednesday next, Captain Wills will'-be in command, and Lieuts. Bolton and Sturton will also be in attendance. Staff-Ser-geant Dovay will visit the camp during the week. The view is expressed by the Taranaki Herald that if the New Plymouth Harbour were enlarged ar.d /made,suitable for the larger intercol-, onial steamers, ilj. would be made the first and last port of call for Australian traders. A man named George Allen was arrested in Masterton. yesterday, on a charge of forging the name of Thos., Dean to a cheque for £5 10s, and uttering the same to Messrs Hendry and Buxton. He was brought before Mr E. G. Eton, J. P., at the Police Court and remanded to appear on Friday next. A policy of rat extermination has been decided upon by the city authorities at Auckland, and all propertyowners in the vicinity of the wharves have been requested x .o make their premises* rat-proof. This 3tep is being taken as the result of some suggestions recently made by the district health officer. Different methods are adopted by various people in judging of the : character of applicants for employment, but there was something fresh in the test described by an employer who gave evidence at the Conciliation Board at Christchurch on Friday. Hd stated that he would riot employ a man whose boots were dirty. "If a man is too lazy to clean his boots," he remarked, "he is ' too lazy to work." Two teams of members of the Y.M.C.A. have been appointed to canvass for new members. The canvass will close at 8 p.m. on Friday, 14th inst. The association has decided to hold services and strangers'' teas on Sunday evenings, at fire' o'clock. The first will be held on Sunday next, Mr N. C. Marshall has been: elected secretary and treasurer for the movement, and a strong committee has been appointed to carry out the necessary arrangements. The following list contains filenames of the Masterton candidates, arranged in order of merit, that havepassed the Civil Service Junior exam» ination, held in December, 1907. Forty-one pupils sat and thirty-six: passed, which is very creditable. The supervisors were Miss Gillespie and Rev. A. M. Johnson, Mi.A.:—Arthur von Keisenberg, Albert Rigg, Constance Elliott, John Harvey, Eleanor Herdman, Hector Milne, Thomas, Beard, Dorothy Jackson, Edith Miller, Ronald Miller, Henry. Huston, Janet Russell, Albert Selby, Koss Burridge, Aiieen Murray, Arthur Wheeler, Herbert Bray, Eunice Oliver, Mary Burke, Mary Stevens. The following are among those who passed the examination: —H. M. Harvey, S. R. Edwards, Olive Dagg,. Minnie Hare, V. A. Sutton, W. F. Dudson, F. B. • Knutson, L. McMaster, T. Harvey. The following is an additional list of candidates who, in the Civil Service junior and senior free - place examinations, satisfied the requirements for senior free places:—Kathleen Bright, M. N C. Hodge, A. Mary McKenzie, Mary Murray, A. P. Roydhouse, Rubina Wilton. Seventeen of the successful candidates belonged to the Masterton District High School,, fourteen of whom passed with credit..

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A waitress is required for Mr ' Maltby's Cafe, Masterton. An advertiser offers highest-price for poultry and eggs. A bay pony, lost from Langdale, is advertised for. Ajfreward is offered for th« recovery bf a gray hack lost from Hastwells. z MrW. H. Cruickshank advertises particulars of a number of highly improved farms Which have been placed in his hands for sale. Messrs C. Smith, Ltd., announce that during the last week of their sale special bargains will bs offered in dress goods, blouses and ribbons. The firm also offer a large assortment of remants at bargain prices. In a new advertisement the Scoullar Company offer special lines in carpets, linoleums, lace and muslin curtains, bedsteads and general furnishings. These lines are offered at special prices, which will be found on pj|ge 2 of this issue. Mr G. Tate, fruiterer, has opened in business in Masterton, in premises next to those of Messrs Keeling and Wynn-Williams. Only the best of, fruits will be retailed, reason-! able charges made. Messrs Wallace and Smallwood have been appointedjsole agents in the Wairarapa for the Empire mantles; also for Messrs Blockley and Lissington's double-draught ventilators and chimney cowls. A number of tailor-made suits which were left on the hands of Messrs Webb and Millar during the Christmas trade, are being sold at 50s per suit. The material is of the ( best quality and the workmanship first-class. *~Mr H. T. Wood, chemist and optician, inserts an advertisement in anther column, which should interesifall sufferers from eye troubles. Mr Wood has all the necessary apparatus for sight-testing, and where glasses are required is enabled to supply the correct ones. A reminder is given of the sale of oil paintings to be held at Messrs R. E." Howell's 5 Auction Mart, this afternoon, on behalf of Mr J.' D. Perrett and others. This offers a rare opportunity of securing really good works of art. A meeting of the residents of Lansdowne and Opaki is convened by Messrs A. H. Wrightson and N. Beetham, to be held in Messrs Abraham and Williams rooms at, 3 o'clock on Saturday next, to consider the question of a high-pressure water supply for Lansdowne and an irriga-. tiAti scheme for Opaki. On account . "of the importance of this question , '. the convenors expect a large attend- ' " " ance, when the combined schemes will be fully discussed. What can be more delightful than fine music outdoors on summer evenj ing's? One of the many good points of the Edison Phonograph is its portability. Unlike many other automatical musical entertainers,it can be moved to the porch, or taken with you on' your summer vocation. Its music sounds even better outdoors than in the house. You can have your band concert or summer comic opera, or vaudeville in the coolness of the summer night, without leaving your home. When it is too warm to play the piano cr other indoor instruments the Phonograph is always available, and a child can operate it. To appreciate the superiority of the Edison Phonograph of to-day over the . Aid.phonographs, and over other talking machines, hear it at T. Dvvyer's, the Central Garage and Talkeries, Masterton. The uniform excellence of the land throughout the Feilding. district is well known, and offers'' splendid inducements to the dairy farmer. Successful settlement in this district has led to a constant demand for land, and enquiries from all parts of the dominion are continually being made 7 . The district has a reputation for solid prosperity; which is scarcely to be wondered at considering the rich = and fertile nature of the land. In the wanted columns of this morning's issue Messrs H. A. Wunsch and Co., land agents, of Feilding, have an announcement, in which is enumerated three choice dairy farms which are all lease properties. These three' bargains have been specially selected, the terms are remarkably cheap, and farmers on the bok out for a solid investment, should not fail to communicate with the firm. Messrs A Wunsch and Co. have numerous other on their lists, particulars ' of which they will be pleased to forward to anyone on application.