LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9055, 14 February 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mails for Cromarty, Puysegur Point and Te Oneroa,.also West Coast Sounds and Bays,, per EFinemoa, will close at Bluff, on Saturday,, at 5 p,m. The funeral of the late Mr Stephen Burgess will take place to-day, leaving the Masterton Hospital at 2 o'clock.

The Kopuaranga. stream; is very low at present, and in some places appears to be stagnant. A little below Mauriceville the creek is almost the colour of milk.

The following are the latest dredging returns to hand:—Mystery Flat 61bz 18dwt for 118 hours work, Hessey Dredge 85oz Idwt for 127 hours work, Masterton 40oz 2dvvt for 119 hours work.

A large and representative meeting of the shareholders of the Workers' Mutual Benefit Building Society was held last evening for the purpose of disposing of £3OO. free of interest,. Mr J. W. Gordon occupied the chair. The tender of Mr C. Hayes was accepted. The Burton Brewery Company,, of Palmertson North,, has donated a quantity of beer for the forthcoming Fire Brigade's Conference to be held at Masrerton, and the North Island Brewery Company, of Mangatainoka, have voted a sura of two guineas towards the expenses in connection with the Conference.

A party of four Mastertonians intend, seeing the Webb-Tressider boat race under nleasant circumstances. They have hired a motor-car for the during which the race will be rowed, and will spend a week on the journey from JVJasterton to Wanganui and back.

"In five years,"" said Mr A,. W. Hogg, M.P., at the annual meeting of subscribers to the Technical School, last evening, "the number of classes at the school; has increased from half a dozen to over a. dozen, the attendance of pupils from GO to 156, the annual receipts from £364 to £578,' and the annual expenditure from £2BO to £s46.'''

An entertainment was given in the Town Hall last evening by the Photomaton Company, but was only moderately attended. Mr Churchill gave some lightning black and white sketches, and an exhibition of conjuring,, and the remainder of the bill comprised some selecdions on a phonograph.. At Pahiatua, this week, the BalJance Dairy Company will pay out about£6,ooo foi milk supplied during January. Considering the dry season and the bush and grass fires, the supply has been well maintained. It is now, however, decreasing. There is a shortage in the daily output of butter of about 17 boxes as compared with this, time last year.

At a special meeting of the Carterton Borough Council, held on Wednesday evening, Mr G. A. Fairbrother was appointed assessor in connection with the re-valuation of the Borough, and the Public Trustee was elected sinking fund commissioner in connection with the street loan. A special order was made striking a rate of 6-13ths of a penny in the £ on all rateable property in the Borough. TWO SOVEREIGN IWISDIE s. THE FAMOUS SANDER AND SONS PUItK VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EX TRA CT was proved by experts at the Supremo Court of Victoria to possess curative properties peculiarly its own, and to be absolutely safe, rffective and reliable. Therefore do not aggravate your oomplaint by the use of one of the many crude eucalyptus oils which are now palmed oil as •'Extracts," and from the use of which a death was reported recently, but insist upon the GENUINE SANDSK <ft SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, add reject all others. For wrinkles, sunburn, Dimples, blockheads, freckles, cracked hands, dry and inflamed skin, u?* SANDER. & SONS' SUPERBA SKIN FOOD. No lady should be without it. Allays irritation, produces a clear and spotless complexion, and a smooth nnd supple skin. REMEMBER that SANDER & SONS' SUPERBA SKIN FOOD ip not an ordinary faoe cream, and unlike anj of them.produces a permanent beautifying effect. All chemists and stores.

Owing to the scarcity of labcur the Government is paying navvies at Makotuku, Hawke's Bay, 9s a day.

A first offending inebriate appeared before Mr G. Heron, J.P., at the Masterton Police Court, yesterday. He was fined 5s with the usual alternative of 24 hours' hard 'abour.

A fire broke out in a swamp at Parkvale yesterday, and at a late hour last evening was still burning fiercely. The fire spread rpnidly, and it is reported that a building on Mr Rayner's property was burned.

In connection with the Butter Workers' dispute the Conciliation Board will sit at Masterton on the 17th inst, Dannevirke on the 19th, Napier on the 21st, Palmerston North on the 24 ch, and Wanganui on the 26th.

The Masterton Municipal ~ Brass Band will give a sacred concert in the Town Hall on Sunday evening next in aid of the iJand Contest funds. An excellent programme has been prepared, included in which will be the following items:—"Come Beloved," Mr S. J.fJohnston;"Abide with me," Miss Sweetman; "Holy City," Mrs Torrence; "Ora Pro Nobis," Messrs W. Norman and R. Henry. The Band will also contribute the Contest selections.

Yesterday a gang of men were keeping watch over the Government cottaees near the Hukanui station; and settlers in the vicinity have stacked their furniture outside ihpjr dwellings in readiness to remove if the fire shows any signs of becoming worse. At Mauriceville Mr Frhz . Kummer is having a trying tirre, and has been compelled to keep watui ';jf on his property during the Dast two v or three nights, as the fire is burning all round his farm.

A number of enjoyable games were played on the Masterton Bowling Green yesterday afternoop. The following are the results: Teams matches: Hunter-, Boagey, Ewington, Scott (skip) 14 lost to Whelch, Wilkes, Richards, Ewington (skip) 19; Harris, Ogiivy, Smith Daniell (skip) 16 beat Finlayson, W. Perry, Mutrie, and Townsend (skip) 9: Blinkhorne, Robieson, Hunter and Williams (skip) 24 • teat ■ Gildi'H?.. Carpenter, W. Pragnell, Chamberlain (skip) 20; Hunter, iviuirk-, Hessey, Richards (skip) Williams, Hunter, Rose, 0. Pragnell (skip) IS; Major, Thompson, Ewioeton, Townsend (skip) 22 beat Mcintosh, Gilding, W. Pragnell, C. Perry (skip) 16; Whelch, Hoonpr, Norman, King (skip) 21 beat Mitcheson, Arnold, Blackmail, Cameron (skip) 13. Championshjn doubles: Daniel and Cresswell (23) beat Blinkhorne arm Carpenter (16); Ogiivy and Wilkes (18) beat Harris and Finlayson (17); Scott and Smith (27) beat Gordon and Chamberlain (14). Afternoon tea was provided by Mesdames Beale and 0. Gilding. An advertiser requires a bullockdr;ver and a bushman for sawmill work. a A reward is offered for the recovery of a silver keyless watch, lost between Wrigley Street and Lansdowne. On the occasion of the People's Day at the Show, Wednesday next, from noon will be observed a holiday in lieu of Thursday.

Mr J. L. Murray is offering the balance of the stock of summer drapery at bargain pi-ices. A few of the leading lines are quoted in the advertisement on the leader page.

The Masrerton Borough Council gives notice that it is proposed to acquire certain lands in the vicinity of the railway station for the pur-* pose of erecting gasworks. On page 1 of this issue an advertiser invites those about to build to communicate with him with respect to the preparation of plans and specifications.

Mr J. R. Nicol, auctioneer, land and estate agent, of Bannister Street, has for sale several excellent town and suburban properites. Intending buyers are promised a varied list to select from at fair prices, on easy terms.

The Wellington and Wairarapa Motor Company will make a display of motor-cars on the Master ton Show ( Grounds nexc week. The firm have a number of very fine "Alldays" cars of-the latest type, which should prove an attraction to prospective buyers.

At their rooms, Perry Street, at 2.30 p.m. on Thursday, Messrs R. E. Howell and Co., Ltd., will submit for sale 500 fully paid-up shares in the Wellington Wairarapa Motor Company. At the same ti.ne the firm will offer at auction four firstclass oil paintings. A first-class sheep farm is offered for sale by Messrs Cochrane and Johnson, land agents, Masterton. The property has an area of 1,050 acres, and is pronounced to be. one of the opportunities of the season. Full particulars are advertised elsewhere. At the • Masterton Auction Mart, to-morrow, Mr J. R. Nicol will sell on account of Mr J. N. Anderson, florist, of Napier, a splendid collection of pot plants, including coleus, beconias, fuchsias, achimenes, cy~ perius, palms, maiden hair ferns and various others. They will be on view at the mart to-day. Furniture will be offered without reserve on account, of other vendors. Pot plants will be on view at the mart to-day. Messrs Hendry and Buxton, drapers, Queen Street, claim that the event of the month is their clearing sale of summer drapery. The firm's stock is new and in first-class order, hut to make room for the autumn and winter goods they are selling the *■ whole of their summer drapery at bargains prices. Particulars of the bargains offered will be best understood by reference to quotations appearing elsewhere, or by a visit to their shop opposite Knox Church. There is a continuous demand for sheep and dairy country on the Main Trunk line, and enquiries for land are being made almost every day. 4 Mr Alfred Perry, land and estate * agent, of Hunterville. elsewhere advertises in this morning's issue three special bargains that have been placed in his hands'for sale. They range in area from 150 to 1,700 acres, and are all quoted as bargains, the prices being particularly reasonable. Mr Perry has numerous other properties on his lists, particulars of which he will be pleased to forward to prospective buyers on application.

Payment of the Government subsidies to the various public libraries in the dominion will be made before the end of the financial year. A medal "truck for distribution to the natives of the islands visited by Captain Cook on his second voyage has been added to the museum collection at Wellington.

A Kaituna farmer has, according to the Christchurch "Press," sold 8,000 bushels of barley at 5s lOd on the trucks, and his crop averaged 60.45 bushels per acre. The return was thus £l7 12s per acre.

A dry practice of the Pahiatua Municipal Fire Brigade was held on Tuesday evening. Great interest was taken by the members in the hose and ladder competitions. The following were the results:— Single man competition (run 10yds, fix hydrant, connect 100 ft hose; run out, connect two lead unions, connect and run out two 50ft leads, adjust branches, run back to hydrant), Lieut. Parkes, lmin 14sef, 1; Branchrnan Parkes, lmin 23sec, 2. Ladder competition (run 25yds and climb 25ft ladder), Lieut. Parkes, 83pc 1. The next meeting of the brigade will be held on the 25th inst.