LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9058, 18 February 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Orchard-robbing is prevalent in the Kopuaranga district, no less than five orchards having been practically stripped within the past week.

I An auctioneer's license has been ; issued to Mr M. 0. Aronsten, of Mas- ' terton.

Mr H. R. Bunny has donated £1 towards the funds of the Carterton Cricket Club.

The Carterton shopkeepers will close their premises at nocn tomorrow, People's Day of the Masterton A. and P. Show.

Crops in the Kopuaranga district are light this season. Chaff-r.utting is now in full swing, and the chaff generally is of fine quality. The funeral of the late Mr Samuf I Foss will take place to-day. leaving Hukanui at noon fur the Mangatainoka Cemetery. On Thursday last two men were caught red-handed stealing potatoes from a settler's garden, at Kopuaranga, and more will piobably be heard uf the matter.

Three capes of drunkenness comprised the Police Court list at Masterton yesterday morning. Charles Green was fined 10s for a second offence, and James McKee the sa-ne amount for being intoxicated on a Sunday. A first offender was fined ss.

The Christchurch Rifle Meetirg will open on Friday week, and will occupy three days. The Wairarapa Association's meeting follows on the succeeding Monday, and un'ess the championship matches are concluded at Christchurch on Saturday, -those Opaki Club competitors who intend visiting the southern meeting will be too late for the local meeting. Trentham comes right on top of these two meetings, opening on the Thursday following the Greytown meeting.

At a meeting of the executive of the Pahiatua Central Branch of the Famerrs' Union on Saturday, it was resolved that the provincial executive be urged to do its utmost to get an amendment in any new Labour Bill, to the effect that a reasonable percentage of employees must be members of a union before a union has power to cite employers to appear before an Industrial Court. The secretary was instructed to communicate with neighbouring branches of the union to move in the same direction.

A lady writes from Umutaoroa, Dannevirke, to a friend in Misterton, with regard,, to the bush fires, as follows: —"We have had a terrible time with the fires. The log, stump and grass 'fires started to be bad here on January 20th, and for a fortnight we were hardly out of danger. We were surrounded by lire till the whole valley for days and nigh s was like a furnace. On January 20th we were up ail night and saved the house (which has a shingle roof) by keeping it wet all the time. At 2 a.m. on January 21st the house of our neighbour was burned down. He saved his cowshed by throwing milk on it, as water was not available. We had most of our belongings buried in a pit for a fortnight."

A meeting of the General Committee of the Fire Brigade and Fire Police, in conrection with the approaching U.F.B.A. Conference, was held last evening, Captain Jenkins presiding. Messrs J. Berry, G. Bragging, and P. Reynolds were added to the General Committee. The following sub-committees were appointed:— Driving committee, Messrs A. K. Johnston, L. H. Lewis, J. W. H. Martin, C. A. Ewington and A. H. Pickering; reception, Messrs E. Jenkins, H. E. Gardner, B. A. Pickering, J. Prentice, D. 'Campbell, L. H. Lewis, H. Selby; accommodation, Captain Jenkins and secretaries Pragnell and banquet, Messrs J. O'Leary, E. Jenkins, L. 0. Maymond, G. Braggins, L. H. Lewis, E. Braggins, sF. Haughey, C. Braggins, J. Campbell, P. Elolmes, P. Reynolds, D. Beere, E. Warner, F. Fear, L. Attwood, C. Fielding; church parage, J. Prentice, A. K. Johnston, T. Fielding. The matter of engaging the hall for the conference was left

in the hands of the joint secretaries and the chairman.

In <he monthly report of the Manager of th° Masterton Gasworks, submitted to tjhe meeting of the Borough Gas Committee last evening, the Manager staged that the gas mace for the month of January, 1908, shows an increase of 32 per cent, and the gas sold per meter an increase of 26.45 per cent as compared with the cni-respondinjr period of last year. He stated that the figures for January, 1908, are practically the same as for July, 1906; that is the present mid-summer consumption equals the greatest mid-winter consumption eighteen months ago. The average rate of increase for the ten months of the present year was 31 per cent gas made, and 27 per cent gas sold per meter. Ten new services have been laid and ten new meters fixed during the past month. If the present, rate of increase of business holds good during the coming winter, it will be necessary to again increase the number of retorts, as the average daily output, excluding Sundays, will reach from 90,000 to 100,000 feet He would recommend that the remaining arch in the old retort house be re-set with four 21 by 15 feet retorts to arrive ex "Nerehana." This would give twenty retorts with, say, an average output of 5,000 cubic feet per mouth-piece per diem, equal to 100,000 cubic feet.

TWO SOVEREIGN REMEDIES*. THE FAMOUS -BANDER AND SONS PURE VOLATILE Er'CALYPTI EX TRACT was proved by experts at the Supreme Court of Victoria to possess curative properties peculiarly its own, and to 'be absolutely saffi, 'ffective and reliable. Therefore do not aggravate your complaint by the use of one of the many crude eucalyptus oils which are now palmed off as "'Extracts," and fromtbe use of which a death was reported recently, but insist upon the GENUINE SANDIS It cfr SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, add reject all others.

For wrinkles, sunburn, pimples, blackheads, freckles, cracked hinds, dry and inflamed skin, us« SANDER & SONS' SUPKRBA SKIN FOOD. No lady should be without it. Allays irritation, produces a clear and spotless complexion, and a smooth And supple skin. REMEMBER that SANDER & SONS' SUPERBA SKIN FOOD is not an ordinary faoe cream, and unlike anj of them,produces a permanent beautifying effect. All chemists and stores.

Mr C. F. B. Livosay, Architect 01 Wellington, has removed to more convenient rooms in the National Mutual Chambers, Customhouse Quay, (adjoining the Head Office of the Bank of N.Z.) LUMBAGO Thatstabbing pain in the small of the back, which accompanies every wiovemen of the ibody, has its cure in Dr Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment. Obtainable at H. E. Eton, Chemist.

Mrs A. A. Mitchell, of Redcliffs, Sumner, Canterbury, recently dug a root of Eldorado potatoes which yielded ninety potatoes, fifty-one of them of good size. Mrs Mitchell obtained a very large return from a small plot of potatoes. Messrs Hendry and Buxton require a saleswoman for fancy department. An advertiser seeks particulars of a building section in the vicinity of Queen street. A smart junior for the ironmongery department is 'required by Mr C. E. Daniell. Waitresses are required by Mr F. Staples, of the Star Dining Rooms, , Masterton. An advertiser with practical experience seeks position as farm manager. A reward is offered for the return of a gold cable bangle, lost on the Carterton Road. Visitors to the Show can have paddocking for horses at. Messrs Collie and Co.'s yards, opposite the entrance to the Show Grounds. Candy floss will be obtainable until Wednesday evening at the shop of MrR. E. Jones, Queen Street, Masterton. A first-class dairy farm of 185 acres*in the famous Hawera district is advertised for sale by Messrs- \ Baker and Crabb, Hawera. Mr R. Brown, land and commission agent, Masterton, advertises particulars of a number of good properties which have been placed in his hands for sale. Mr E. Halp. of tbn Wairar-na Nursery, has a large and choice selection ot oulos reauy for planting uu .. Particulars are advertised in oi r Wanted Column. Those in search of good dairying and sheep country are notified by.Jfcr J. R. Nicol, of Bannister street, that he has several first-clas& properties that have recently been placed in his hands for sale. Messrs C. Smith, Ltd., drapers, of Quetm Street, are offering "special lines of summer goods at bargain prices. . Remnants in house furnishings will also be sold at greatly reduced prices. The proprietor of the Dominion Ca'e, Mr A. Rebay, is making special provision to meet the demand for meals during Show week. Lunch will be prepared early, besides which meals can be had at all hours. A 6,000 acre property, situated in the Waikato district, is for sale by Me-srs Ross and McGregor, land agents, Masterton. The property is all ploughable, is guaranteed to winter 12,000 sheep and 1,000 cattle, and is quoted at the reasonable price of £5 5s per acre. A gold-mounted whip, handsomely finished and nicely engraved, manufactured by Messrs D. Walsh and Co., of Masterton, is now on view in their Queen Street premises. The whip has been presented by Mrs C. F. Vallance.to the Masterton Racing Club. A very fine assortment of new season's goods has received by .Mr C. S. Ball, tailor, Masterton. Many pretty patterns are included that are bound to find quick selection. Those in search of a well-fitting and stylish ] suit should place an order with Mr BaH at once.

In their stand ac the Show Grounds, the British and Continental Piano Company will make a display of a number of first-class pianos and organs by leading makers in Britain and Germany. The pianola piano will be exhibited for the first time in ( Masterton, and an expert will be in attendance to explain this new instrument, for which it is claimed that attachments can be disconnected with ease. Recitals will be given at intervals during the day on the Company's high-class instruments.

At the A. and P. Show, to-day, Messrs C. Dahl and Co., Ltd ) are exhibiting fori the first time in New Zealand the very latest improvement in separators in the form of the "New Perfect Self-balancing Separator." Those interested in dairying should take the opportunity of inspecting this machine. The firm also exhibit the well-known Hartuell milking macbuie, 350 of which have been sold in the North Island' during the past twelve months. Full particulars will be supplied by the representatives on the grounds.

J j Messrs McLeod and Young 1 have a , I special Show announcement in our \ issue of to-day. The firm have now ! the most extensive business of its | kind in Masterton, and Shis has been , done by careful attention to the rej quirements of their patrols, together with the well-assorted stocks car- , ried. A display ofjjpianos and organs ' is being made at the Show this week, when special inducements will be given to purchasers. The Wellington Piano Company's manager, Mr A. P. Robertshaw, will have charge of.the Show exhibit. Messrs Boyes and Walsh, who recently commenced business in Eketahuna as land and estate agents, have an announcement in another column. Since starting business the firm has acquired a good connection and a large number of properties have passed through their hands. Mr Boyes has a thorough knowledge of land values in the Forty Mile Bush ' district, having been a resident there for the past eighteen years. Mr Walsh, who is also intimately acquainted with the district, has just returned from an extended business trip throughout the Bay of Plenty,, and the knowledge gained by him, should be of value to prospective buyers. The firm is in touch with leading agencies of the dominion, and consequently properties. placed in their hands for sale are widely advertised. Particulars of the numerous bargains on their lists will forwarded tu anyone on application. THE "L.K.G."—THE ONLY SUCCESSFUL MILKING- MACHINE. It is easy enough to call a milking machine "new" and "improved"; but n machine is worthy of your consideration uutil it has been tried and worked day in and day out for at least two years. The hard facts of daily experience arc what count, and the "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 establishscl a world-wide reputation. Write for further information and list of over 450 New Zealand Fanners 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."

An American lady journalist, who is visiting the dominion, says that while here in this land she intends just to be asponge, and absorb everything she can about our .ways and llawß. Wheat '(writes the North Canterbur;* correspondent of the Christchurch "Tress";) is ripening in a most isatisfactory manner, and instead of becoming thin and attenuated in the ears, it is likely to be a.plump crop. New Zealand has done well during 1907 (writes the London correspondent of the Auckland '"Herald") through having a man so experienced in city ways as tha Hon. W. iPember Reevea to represent the dominion. In the neighbourhood o? the bank it is known that during the past year he has saved for the taxpayer of New Zealand £IO,OOO by taking judicious advantage of the money market. And by being on the spot at the right moment, and with his ability to seize the opportunity at the precise moment, he was able, by a to save the dominion £%OOO a year for the next thirty years, It is in the square mile of the "city" that experience is of value, if "it is of value anywhere. "I have much pleasure," says Mr NM'Curdy, Dipton, N.Z., "in recommending Chamberlain's Tablets,for all disorders of -the digestive .organs. I can /.truthfully " that I have never derived so much satisfaction from any medicine as I have from Chamberlain's Tablets. They arc mild and gentle in their action and leave no bad after effect, such as constipation, and in this respect are superior to pills. I make a point of recommending them to my frionds, and all who have used them are loud in their praise." For sale by ail dealers.