LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9052, 11 February 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At a meeting 'held in Maaterton yesterday of representatives of various local bodies in the Wairarapa, Mr C. E. Daniell was returned Unopposed to represent the Wairarapa on the Wellington Harbour Board.

An effort is being made to form a Mandoline Band in Carterton, writes our correspondent. The works in connection with the drainage of the State-owned swamp at the Piako are giving employment to about 130 men. Laat week wages amounting to £l,lOO were paid. The water in the reservoir at West .Taratahi,which supplies the Borough of Carterton, is now very low, and this will prove a serious mattar if a big fire breaks out, writes our Carterton corresnondent.

About 4 o'clock yesterday morning a grass fire was discovered to be burning on property situated between Mr McDonnell's and Mr C. Lumley's residences at Carterton. The Brigade was called out and soon suppressed the'outbreak.

A member of the New Zealand professional football team, in a letter to a friend at Dunedin, stated that he expected to return to the dominion with £4OO to the good. The tour, he added, was proving a great succes3 financially.

The Masterton Municipal Brass Band will leave for New Plymouth totake part in the Band Contest on Saturday, 22nd inst. Prior to their departure, it is probable that two concerts will be given—one in the Town Hall and one in the Park. Mr J. Beatty, of Masterton, has patented a rather clever device which he calls a dust-draught and rain-pro-tector. The patent, which is meant to be fitted to the bottom of doors, is highly spoken of by those- who have seen it in use.

Riflemen generally in the district may not be aware that entries for the New Zealand Championship Rifle Meeting, which commences at Trentham, on March sth, close on Thursday next. Entries may be made with Messrs King* and Henry, Masterton. The Opaki Rifle Club will send three teams, probably four, in all about twenty men, to compete at the meeting-

According to some farmers in the Nelson district, gorse is a valuable fodder for sheep. At a recent meeting of the Waimea County Council (says the "Evening Mail"), a courts cilfor stated that! gorse was one of the finest fodder plants in New Zealand. He knew an instance of where 60 sheep were taken off eix acres of gorse and 40 cf them were fat.

The grass fire which started at Upper Opaki on Saturday has been subdued, but not before a good deal of damage was done. A large tract of grass country has been burnt, and Messrs Roffe and Thompson, flaxmill proprietors, had tne misfortune to lose about £3OO worth of flax fibre, which was stacked in a paddock adjoining the mill. The fire burnt all round the mill, and it waa only by dint of hard labour that the structure was paved.

An accident befel Mr W. Whittaker, carrier, yesterday afternoon. | He was seated on the top of a crate in an express that he was driving along Hall Street, when the crater; moved and dropped from the cart, bringing Mr Whittaker to the r ground also. One of the wheels of the cart passed over his hand, bruising it severely. He was taken into a house in the neighbourhood, where theiinjury was attended to by Dr Cook. It was only a short time ago that Mr Whittaker had his foot badly crushed by a heavy fall of iron.

On Sunday afternoon a fire was noticed to have broken out in the bush among the hills through which the Miki Miki River courses. The bush lies close to an area of milling bush, owned by Mr J. C. Ewington, snd is close to the forest reserve. Should the fire make any headway there is a danger of a splendid belt of Jbeautiful forest being devastated. The bush in this part is one of the few remaining areas of native bush in this district in which native game are to be found, and it ,is to be hoped that rain will come early enough to prevent any serious damage being done to it.

The ordinary meeting of the Mastert'jn Oddfellows was held last evening, there being a larpe attendance of members. Bro. R. Buxton, N.G., occupied the chair. Two candidates were proposed for admittance, and one candidate was duly initiated into the Order, Bro. J. R. Campbell, G.M.. acting as Initiating Master. The Secretary of the Friendly Societies Council reported that satisfactory arrangements had been drawn up between the various Societies and the doctors and chemists. After the business of the meeting was concluded, a social evening was spent. A long toast list was gone through, interspersed with songs, recitations, piano recitals.

It has been remarked by a contemporary that the bush fires have been greatly overwritten and thatthey were not what the reporters made them. This may be true m some instances, but not all the truth has yet been told about several incidents connected with the fires which recently raged around this district. One settler's wife at Miki Miki . was hemmed in the house at the end of a gully while the encircling fires raged so furiously that it seemed impossible that her husband, who was away shearing, could make his way through the smoke and flames to succour his family. In the cottage were twin babies a few weeks old only, while the mother was- subject to fits.. The settler ran the gauntlet, and reached his house safely,, but ore of the infants- died", a fact which is not surprising, as the poisonous, smoky atmosphere had to be breaithed | for several days. I

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The first event, the 25yds handicap, in the competition among the members of the Wairarapa; Amateur Swimming Club, for Mr E. Daniel's trophy, will be decided in the public baths on Thursday evening at 6.30 o'clock. Entries will be received up to Wednesday evening.

The monthly returns from the Masterton Abattoir show that during~the month of January, 89 cows, 53 hullocks, 2\ calves, 77 pigs, 660 sheep and 1'43 lambs were slaughtered. Two cows, one pig and one bullock were condemned on account of tuberculosis. The receipts for the month amounted to £lO4 Ins, which is £44 Os 6d below the amount received during January last year. During Sunday night a strong wind sprang up from the north-west and freshened the fires in the Pahiatua district. Yesterday afternoon the Scarborough hill was enveloped in flames and several houses in the vicinity were in Ganger. The wind fanned the smouldering logs on the Hukanui flat -into flames again, and the fire was raging there fiercely yesterday afternoon. burning i all alone the line between Hukanui and Newman, and the situation, is becoming very serious.-

A thrashing machine belonging to Mr A. Mutrie was destroyed \\ fire in a rather si-nple manner yesternsy morning. The machine 'wasbeiig drawn by an engine from Tt Ore Ore to Messrs Donald Bros.' property at Homebush, where it was ! to have commenced work. As it crossed the Waipoua river at the northern end of River road, a spark from the engine alighted on the woodwork, of the thresher. Before it was noticed the machine was a mass of flamesV and nothing could be done to save it from destruction. The Fire Brigace were sent for, but arrived too flate to do anything beyond preventing 11 e flames from spreading over the acjoining grass. The machine elevators and beitinjr were insured in the Northern dffice for £250. -

Mr J. B. Nicol and Misses Wellington and Berriman, while driving into' Masterton, on Saturday night,, from Mount Holdsworth met with a rather painful accidenc. As thfey were crossing the railway line in Lincoln - Road their horse shied at a passing cyclist's lamp, and the occupantsof the buggy were thrown out over an adjoining fence and into a vacant section. All three were badly bruised, but Miss Wellington received, in addition, a severe cut under the chin, which necessitated three stitches being put in. The ladies, who were uncenscious for a brief period, were taken to Mrs Berriman's house on a stretcher, and Mr Nicol was able to walk to the same place, where they were attended to ' by Dr Cook. ..The horse bolted for a short distance s when it collided with a concrete kerb. Thj buggy was overturned and badly damaged. The sufferers by the accident are now re* ported to be doing well.

An advertiser requires a trouter and vest hand in the tailoring trade.

Mr P. P. Welch requires a practical gardner for station.

An advertiser requires a youth to learn the carpentering trade. A smart lad, to learn the hairdressing, is required by Mr A. E. Williams, tobacconist, Masterton. An advertiser, with experience in the stationery trade, seeks position in a shop. All claims against the estate of the late T. F. Smith are requested to be rendered, and accounts clue are to be paid to MraC. A. Pownall on or before 28th Mr H. H. Reynolds announces on our leader page that he will commence the practice of his profession in the Exchange Buildings, Queen Street, Masterton, on I February 17th. Mr T. Renata, of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, announces in another column that he will make an exhibit of motor-cars at the Masterton A. and; P. Show on the 18th and 19th inst., the whole of which will be for sale at" reasonable prices. Intending buyefs are asked to wait until they have seen the exhibit, as trial runs will be given and full particulars supplied.

Mr W. H. Cole, painter and paperhanger, announces the arrival by the Rippingham Grange of seven bales of the newest designs in wall papers. By the Tokomaru, arriving next week, he will also land a shipment of friezes,-the special feature of which will be that the pattern is only repeated once in every eight or ten feet of frieze, thus obviating the monotony of the oft-recurring pattern. ,

Realising the demand for an up-to-date private hotel on a large scale in Wanganui, Mr J. Hodson, of that town, has just had erected a very fine establishment, which is certainly in keeping with the progress of the town. The Park'ville Private Hotel is situated in Ridgway street, near the main entrance to"* Cook's Gardens, and is only one minute's walk from f the railway station and post office, the locality being specially adapted for the convenience of the travelling public. It is the proprietor's inten- ■ tion to conduct the hotei on the best ipossible lines, and the comfort of patrons will be studied in every detail. The building is a two-storey one, with 43 commodious bedrooms, and the dining-room is capable of accommodating no less than sixty guests. The commercial, sitting and writing-rooms are beautifully fitted up, and hot and cold water is installed throughout. Wairarapa visitors can. rely on receiving every possible attention at the hotel.

"L.K.G." MILKING MACHINES ARE; GREAT LABOUR-SAVERS. [ • Messrs Peacock and Andrews, of : Dannevirko, write with reference to their experience with the "L.K.G." Milking Machine.—"We milk double the number of cows with the same labour, and the milking is done .in an hour less time, consequently the cows have two hours a day longer in the paddock. The milking process is more uniform, as the machines never grow tired like the hand-milker generally does after a heavy day. The cows are more contented, especially nervous ones." Write for fuller information about the "L.K.G." to J. B. MacEwan and Co., Ltd., Sole Agents, U.S.S. Co/s Buildings, Wellington. IT IS A REAL ASSET To every business man to look; well,, and to be well dressed does not mean such a big expenditure if you get your suits at Morrison and Penney's. Doing a strictly cash business we are in a position to give you a good suit —a suit that is well cut, perfect fitting, and shape retaining—at the lowest possible figure. Morrison and Penney, Cash -Tailors, 73. Willis St. Wellington