LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9040, 16 March 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The business people of Eketahuna have decided to observe a holiday during Easter from Thursday night, April 16cb, till Tuesday morning, April 21st. Rain is badly needed in the Alfredton district, as practically none has fallen there since the end of September. The pastures are parched and feed generally is very scarce. The plans and specifications of the Seddon Memorial Technical School for Masterton have now been approved by the Education Department, and an early start with the eraction of the building will be made. The creamery at Ihuraua has been closed down. The creamery does not usually close, down till some weeks later in the season, but the smallness of the milk supply brought about by the scarcity of grass and water has been the cause of the early closing this season.

At the sale of privileges in connection with the Masterton Racing Club's meeting, held by Mr J. R. Micol, on Saturday, the inside publican's booth realised £45, and the outside booth .£l2. The purchasers wpre Mr T. P. Firman, of the Club Hotel, Carterton, and Mr F. S. Cooper, Central Hotel, Masterton, respectively. [ The Queenstown County has a I unique by-law which prohibits the running of motor cars, absolutely, under a penalty of £5. Recently a party of tourists desirous of going through Queenstown to the goldfields, determined to use the King's highway and risk the fine. Accordingly they went and it is now stated a summons has been issued. The case should be an interesting one. The Culverden estate, on the Christchurch - Culverden railway line, has been taken compulsorily by the Government for purposes of closer settlement. A compensation court to determine the amount to be paid by the Government to the owners, the trustees of the late Sir J. Cracroft Wilson, will sit at Christchurch, today. The area of the estate is 25>155 acres, and the value is something over £IOO,OOO. Mr Justice Denniston will be the presiding judge. TWO SOVEREIGN REMEDIES, THE FAMOUS SANDER AND SONS PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT was proved by experts of the Supreme Court of Victoria to posses curative properties peculiarly its own, and to be absolutely safe, effective and reliable. Therefore do not aggravate your complaint by the use of one of the many crudo oxcalyptus oils which are now palmed off as "Extracts," and from the use of which a death was reported recently, but insist upon the GENUINE SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, and reject all others.

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Mr Geange, of Tutaekara, has purchased Mr E. Robinson's farm at Nireaha. A movement is on foot in Eketahuna to form an auctioneer's association, says the "Eketahuna Express." The Hibernian Lodge will hold a smoke concert in the Foresters' Hall to-morrow evening (St* Patrick's Night). The retail price of factory butter in Eketahuna is Is 5d per lb. A further increase in price before the end of the season is predicted. The Featherston County Council has decided to secure a ranger fur the whole district at a salary of £6O per annum and driving fees.

Mr R. Kibblewhite, of Fernridge, informed an Age reporter on Saturday that he had 400 acres of green bu»h swept off by the fire on his property a few days ago. Two hundred acres of grass were also destroyed and nineteen head of cattle. Mr Kibblewhite is, therefore, a very heavy loser.

A fire broke out in the Trocadero, Pahiatua, at eleven o'clock on Saturday morning. The fire had a good hold before the alarm was sounded. The Brigade were promptly on the scene, and, notwithstanding that they had only one lead of hose, they worked so energetically that they had the fire out in half an hour.

The metalling of the WeraitiFernyhurst road, a county work of considerable magnitude, and involving a large expenditure of money, has been commenced. This work will be a great boun to settlers on the road. The Government grant of £2OO for metalling the farther end of the road, beyond Fernyhurst, has been expended.

The General Committee of the Masterton A. and P. Association, on Saturday afternoon, appointed Mr E. E. Chamberlainj who will be in England at the time, delegate for the Association to the annual conference of the National Sheepbreeders' Association, which is to be held at Newcastle-on-Tyne, on June 29th. The conference is open to any member.of an affiliated Society.

Another big cuttine-up schenre within Masterton Borough has commenced—namely, the sub-division of the Wrigley Estate. Already some ot the trenching for the drainage of the locality has been carried out. The completion g« this sub-division will make a vast improvement to a section of the Masterton Borough. An important thoroughfare will be a road to be cut from the Pine Street-Perry Street junction to Cole Street—a vey much needed link between these highways.

The classes im connection with the Technical School commence work for the current year this evening, when instruction in English and arithmetic will be given by Mr C. N. Haslam,. of the staff of the District High School, Students are again reminded that these subjects are the compulsory ones for holders of free places and they are therefore requested to attend at 7 o'clock this evening, and bring their certificates of proficiency or other qualification with them.

The Fire Brigade at Pahiatua are recognised as a smart body of men, and th?y have rendered valuable service at fires*. It appears, however, that they are badly in need of material to work with, and one of the firemen remarked to a Wairarapa Age reporter on Saturday, during the fire at the Trocadero, that they were considerably handicapped in this direction. He considered that the Brigade were far from being properly equipped,, and the seriousness of this would be plainly seen if a big fire broke out in the town..

A protest was received by the General Committee of the Masterton A. and P. Association on Saturday from the Blenheim. Association against the Government railway regulations limiting the maximum weight of grain sacks td 2()01bs. The latter body asked the Masterton Association to indorse the protest, but the General Committee thought the regulation a very wise one,, especially as the maximum weight suggested by the Blenheim Association was four bushels (2401b5). The Committee were unanimous that it was a humanitarian move to reduce ths weight .of a sack of grain to a reasonable limit.

At the invitation of the New Zealand* Retailers' Protection Assoeiai tion,. a meeting of local traders was i held at the Exchange Hall on Friday I night.. Owing to the absence of Mr A. C. Elliott, general manager, through illness,, the meeting was ad- > dressed by the manager of the ManaI; watu. branchy who fully explained I the objects of the Association and the method of working, etc., A general discussion followed, and it was, finally decided to adjourn the meeting to- enable business people to draw up rules etc., for a local Association. At the adjourned meeti ing„ which is to be held next week, Mr Elliott and a member of his staff, also Mr James, the Wairarapa agent, will attend and go into the matter 1 with those present.

Deerstalkers who propose to visit Waiirarapa during the coming season i will be interested to know that, at the instance of the Wellington Ac- : climatisation Society, the northern I portion of the Haurangi reserve has been thrown open to the public. Hitherto deer-stalkers have been i compelled to depend upon private i land-owners for permission to hunt deer in Wairarapa, but now that there is to be an extensive public ground thrown open things will be much better for all comers. The Haurangi reserve has been closed for five or six years. The boundary lines are being surveyed off, and a track six feet wide is being cut on the line. It will be marked with no-, tice boardb all the way so that no one will be in any quandary as to where the boundaries begin and end. The Haurangi reserve is in the Featherston County some distance south-t-ast of Wairarapa Lake. A map of the whole district, outlining the reserve in red, has been issued from the Government Printing Office, and anyone taking out a deer license may secure a map at the same time by paying one shilling extra. Mr G. F. B. Livesay, Architect of Wei nngton, has moved to more convenient rooms in the National Mutual Chambers, Customhouse Quay, (adjoining the Head Office of the Bank of KZ.) Address— P.O. Box 771. Telephone 2G92.

The weather in Carterton yesterday was very wintry. Another rise in the price of local timber has to be reported. The executive of the local Sawmillers* Association met on Saturday arid decided to make an advance in the price of rimu, totara and matai of Is per 100 ft.

In consequence of the destruction by fire of Messrs Roff and Thompson's flaxmill, at Opaki, on Thursday night last, about twenty-five men will be thrown out of work. Almost all are single men, and the number mentioned includes the cutters and carters employed in the fields. JJ On Saturday the Mastarton Mounted Rifles despatched to the Napier Carnival two teams for the LloydLindsay competition, one for the tent-pitching competition, and one for the squads competition. Several members also intend competing in the athletic events.

The members of the Masterton Mounted Rifles are displaying considerable enthusiasm in the work of the corps. Two new members joined the company's ranks last week. The khaki leggings now forming part of the uniform of the corps are to be discarded, and black cylindrical leggings substituted.

The country around Werait' has recovered a measure of its verdancy, while some of the turnip> fields are looking very well considering the adverse weather conditions. Mi J. C. McKillop has a very healthy crop of about 100 acres on his Puketiri property. At Ferny hurst a field of some 50 acres also looks particularly well.

At the Y.M.C.A. rooms, yesterday afternoon, the Kev. A. T. Thomp-; son, 8.A., 8.D., delivered an inspiring address on the "Duty of a Young Man to Spread his Religion." A sacred solo was rendered by Mr P.. J. Hunn. Over 30 sat down to tea, including several strangers from various parts of the dominion. The President of the Association (Mr P. L. Holhngs), presided over the meeting.

Yesterday a chill southerly brought all the discomforts of a cneerless winter day, except rain. In the morning the sky was heavily overcast, as it also was on Saturday, but all was, as usual, illusory, and; the farmer still craves for the rain which will save, his pastures from complete spoliation. The rain of a few days ago germinated the seed, and if the young grass is not soon thoroughly moistened the result will be disastrous to pastures.

While residents at Kuripum are suffering extreme inconvenience through even the wells running dry, the drainage trenches work on the Wrigley estate, which is now being subdivided,.are working in" water-a foot or two beneath the surface of the ground. The abundant underground water available along a route is Masterton which takes ill the Wriglev estate and follows along through the fish-ponds, suggests that an old and submerged river course is followed by the springs.

At the meeting of the General Committee of the Masterton A. and P. Association, on Saturday, the chairman (Mr J. D. Cruickshank) stated that the officials at the Masterton railway station had, by the attention they had given to the loading and unloading of exhibits for the Show rendered.valuable service to the Association, and he. thought they, should be complimented on the careful and systematic way they had performed their duties. A resolution was passed unanimously in the direction mentioned by the chairman, and also thanking the station staff for the courtesy shown to the Association officials.

A fire at Wangaehu has swept through Messrs Pyke and Taplin's properties, doing considerable damage. A number of sheep were destroyed. The fire at Weraiti was smouldering all day yesterday; ■■> ' Before it .had been in any substantial measure checked it had, extended over many thousands of acres of country. A lot of country ready for a "burn" was swept, but damage of a serious nature has also occurred. Eight properties have been affected. Fortunately lithe wind has been experienced since the fire started, othewise the various homesteads might have been endangered.

The following telegram was received by the Mayor (Mr J. M. Covadine) on Saturday, from the Hon. J. Carroll, to whom the Mayor spoke during the Minister's visit on the subject of the message:—"Technical School plans, so far as dimensions and arrangements of rooms are concerned, approved. Official notification being sent through to-day." This news is very gratifying to the managers, as the Department at first wished modifications to be made on the original ideas. Mr Coradine stated, on Saturday, that tenders will be called in a day or two, and the building probably commenced by next month.

One of the greatest difficulties the New South Wales authorities encounter in dealing with the fruit pest is the number of small "orchards," often consisting of a solitary tree, in the backyards of; suburban residences. These places are notoriously the most dangerous breedinggrounds of pests such as codlin moth and fruit-fly, and about Sydney, they 1 are a standing menace to the fruit industry, in spite of the most strenuous efforts that may be made to keep the regulation orchards free. Mr Swinburne, Victorian Minister of Agriculture, recently stated that he found a similar trouble around Melbourne. Suburban "orchards" were, often the most badly diseased, and he was taking action to compel owners, of diseased fruit trees to cut them* down. "There is no other way oi overcoming the difficulty," he said* "and we are therefore going to insist upon the destruction of the trees if the owners will not take the trouble to keep them clean.," :'..•. BOILS AND CAEBUNCIiKS Boils begin as little pimples. If Di\ Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment is well rubbed, in at this time, thoy will disappear, and give you, no further trouble. It' a boil is developed blood and matter must bo squeezed out, and the wound dressed with Dr. Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment. Persons suffering from boils should rub the parts affected thoroughly twice a day with Dr. Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment, This will prevent the growth of a whole, crop of boils. Obtainable at. H. E. Eton Chemist,

Awhare at Carterton, belonging to Mr J. Tanofski, was destroyed by * '-'Mpe at about 7 o'clock on Saturday The bakers of Blenheim have unanimously decided to adopt a strict '■cash syßtem on the lines followed at Palmerston North. The work of re-painting St. Mark's Church, Carterton, will be com--menced this week. The amount of money required- for the work has been collected by a lady member of •the church. Harvest thanksgiving services were held at the Carterton, Greytown, and Belvedere Methodist •Churches yesterday. The Rev. C. Blair preached at the morning service in the Carterton Methodist Church, and the service in the evening was conducted by the Rev. W. Elliott. Those residents whose houses narrowly escaped destruction by the grass fire at Clifton Avenue, Carterton, on Friday last, have made the donations to the funds of m. the Carterton Volunteer Fire Brigade:—E. Eagle, senr., £1; B. Braithwaite, £1 Is; T. Zillwood, £1; 'W. W. Mansfield. £2; A. Ramsay, 30s; J. S. Pepper, 10s; W. J. Bannin, ss. It was assumed by many persons that the strict enforcement this year .by the Masterton A. and P. Association of the rule which demands tha*, members shall pay the current year's subscription before they received "Show privileges would diminish the subscriptions, but that has been proved not to be the case. No fewer tfan 544 members paid up as re--quired by the rule. Last year, when the rule was not strictly adhered to, the number of suscriptions paid prior to the Show was 255, and on June 30th of that year only 518 had been paid. The Finance Committtee expressed pleasure at Saturday's meeting, that their action in respect of a ' sounder financial method in reference to subscriptions had been almost unanimously endorsed by the members of the Association, very few •resignations being received inconsequence of the Committee's action. The funeral of the late A. McLellan will take place a-. 10 o'clock this morning. , Mess-s R. Boddley and Co., land .Agents, Wanganui, advertise par- , ticulars of several well-improved { -and revenue producing properties '*■■ which have been placed in their hands for .sale. At tha residence, 36 Lincoln road, at 2 o'clock, to-morrow, on account of Mrs Barker, Mr J. R. Nicjl will \ submit at auction the whole of her furniture and household effects. The list is an extensive one, and the whole of the lines are in good order. Particulars will be found elsewhere. A novel and useful "cake holder," which can be fastened to any saucer. .has been imported by Mr Frank Dupre, of Masterton. This ingenious contrivance does away with the necessity of using an ordinary plate when serving cake with afternoon tea. It fits securely on to the saucer, and is depressed in the centre so as to hold the, cake securely. The price is very reasonable. Examinations in connection with

tgtf the City Guilds of London Institute % and Board'6T Education, South Kensington, will be conducted by the New Zealand Education Department in May uf June next. Candidates must lodge their applications for the City Guilds examinations on or before April 22nd. and for South Kensington examinations on or before May 13th. Messrs Johnson Bros., who have had considerable experience in the brewing of non-alcoholic drinks, .announce in another column that they have started business in Master.ton, and from to-day they will be prepared to deliver to any address in Masterton or district ginger beer, hop • ale, stout and other drinks in season. The members of the the firm intend making a canvass of the whole of the residents, and will promptly fulfil all orders received. The drinks will be delivered in one gallon jam 3. Messrs Hare and Evans, land and

estate agents, Pahiatua, advertise \ particulars of a first-class sheep •r iarm of 1,450 acres. This property is all good limestone country, well sub-divided, gco'd roads and capable ot wintering two sheep to the acre. At the present time, notwithstanding the exceptionally dry season, there is an abundance of green feed on the property, which is only five and ahalf miles from Pahiatua railway station. Terms whiHti will be arranged to suit buyers can be ascertained from the agents.

A unique and interesting exhibition is now being made in the old Empire Hotel buildings of working models, including the world's prize model, Bellamy's great ideal city, the Klondyke goldfields, Santiago harbour, and a large liner at sea. The models show the minutest details and the numerous industries and daily incidents of a great city and'mining districts are remarkably well executed. The models have attracted much attention wherever they have been shown, and were largely patronised at the late Christchurch Exhibition. The management state that as their -stay m MastertOn is limited the •exhibition will be open daily from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. BARKED TOUR SHINS Well, try Dr. Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment ; it will take away all the pain and stiffness, and yon will forgot all abou it. Obtainable at H. U. Eton Cbemist. THAT INCESSANT TICKLING In the throat, and all throat and chest " troubles promptly relieved by Dr. Shel don's New Discovery. Price Is. 6d. and • 3s. per bottle. Obtainable at H. E. Eton, Chemist.