LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9041, 17 March 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

All other dietary products having been exhausted, some Kuripuni dairy farmers are treating their cows to a menu of willow leaves.

Amongst the New Zealand exhibits of honey for the Franco-British Exposition in London are samples from Messrs J. Lenz, Groves Bros., and Thos. Warner, bee-keepers, of Masterton.

The following additional donations have been received by the Masterton Ladies' Swimming Club:—Mrs Coradine £1 Is; Mrs Sutton 10s 6d. Trophies for next carnival have been promised by Mesdames R. F. Maunsell, W. H Hosking and J. Elliott. A fire broke out on Saturday evening, at about y o'clock, in the Mauriceville Hotel. The outbreak occurred in a servant's bedroom, and was suppressed before it had obtained a good hold, about £lO worth of damage only being done.

The committee of St. Patrick's Pay Sports Association have added to their programme three cycle races of a half-mile, one mile and one and a-half miles, respectively, for which post entries will be received. The annual social and dance will be held in the Town Hall on Thursday evening.

The ftoker of the "Flying Scotchman," which plies between Greytown and Wcodside, in the Wairarapa, had his cap blown off -by the. wind the other c'ay. The "Wairarkpa Standard" is told that he jumped off, picked it up, and sprinted for 50yds, catchina up the "Express," and resumed his duties quite unconcernedly. The illuminated address presented by the Hibernian Society to the Very Rev. Dean McKenna was designed and executed by Mr O. Byatt, who is in the employ of Mr R. J. Lyttle, decorator, Masterton. The originality and exscution reflects great credit on the artist., The design is ths emblem of the Society, the scroll being composed oil shamrocks.

The following rinks will represent the Masterton Bowling Club against Greytown on Thursday, at Greytown : —Thompson, M. Mcintosh, E. Rose, O. Pragnall (skip); W. B. Hunter, J. Prentice, W. Pragnall, F. J. Dupre (skip); J. Carpenter, E. Yatej, E. Richards, Jas. Scott (skip); C. King, Chamberlain, F. Cresswell, Jas. Whittaker (skip). A sample of a model beehive made out of two kerosene cases and concerning which an agricultural leaflet has been issued by the Department, may now he seen at the local stock office. It is certainly a cheap hive, costing, probably, two ahillngs, and therpfore commends itself to intending apiarists who may find the orthodox hive too expensive.

Excavation at the Park Lake, in connection with it 3 extension, is now busily about half a dozen drays being ewployed at the work. Tenders are to be called in a few days for the work recently authorised by the Borough Council, namely, the excavating of a new section of the lake and the raising of the stop-bank round the extension with the spoil taken out.

There are now being prepared in the ottjee of Messrs Varnham and Rose plans for the proposed additions to Knox Church, including a very handsome steeple. The steeple will be nearly 80ft high (about 20ft higher than the post office tower), and its design will be in keeping with the present architectural scheme —eleventh century Gothic. When the proposed additions are made the church will be a very handsome and imposing edifice. The following tenders in connection with the street improvement work have been accepted by the Carterton Borough Council:— Main thoroughfare, Mr A. W. Jones, Wellington, £3,500; section B.,'Burling and Goodin, 2s lOd per yard; section C, W- A. Hait, 2s 3d per yard; section D., T. Aplin, Is 9d per yard; section E., T. Aiilin, formation £8 15s and 2s 5d per yard; section P., T. Aplin, Is lOd per yard; section G., T. Aplin, clearing £2 15s, filling Is 2d per yard section 1., C. Hartley, £l3l Ba. Already prophets are arising in connection with the forthcoming general elections —in respect of the licensing poll. A former Egmont resident, now living in Masterton, says that he considers it morally certain that the newly defined Egmont electorate will carry prohibition, and says it must do if the people vote as they did last election. He is less certain about the result in the neighbouring electorates, as the changes in the boundaries are too complicated to base an estimate upon. ! The architectural drawing and building construction class of the Technical School will commence tomorrow (Wednesday evening) at the i School's workshop in Dixon street. .Mr F. Edward Lamb, architect, the instructor, in three subjects, will be in attendance between 7 and 9 o'clock, and particularly requests to meet all intending pupils at the first lesson. Mr Lamb, who has had varied experience in large technical schools in England, and holds certificates of same, is prepared to give all possible attention to every pupil, and is most desirous of making these classes a credit to the School as well as to the pupils. Special tuition will be given in architectural drawing, and it is hoped that this class will be well patronised by young carpenters, joiners and others, who are desirous of learning plain drawing and designing in all its various branches. Mr C. F. B. Livesay, Architect of Wei pngton, has moved to more convenient rooms in the National Mutual Chambers, Customhouse Quay, (adjoining the Head Office of the Bank of N.Z.) Address— P.O. Box 771. Telephone 2692.

A commencement has been made with the street improvement work at Carterton.

Mr J. Cotter has donated £5 5s to the Greytown Fire Brigade Bazaar Committee.

Two first offenders were each fined 5s for insobriety by Mr E. G. ftton, J.P., at the Masterton Police Court yesterday morning.

A meeting of Justices of the Peace will be held at the Courthouse, Masterton, at 10.30 a.m. on April 3rd, for the purpose of reVising the jury list. Mr D.Jackson, custodian of the Park, wishes to thank Mr H. Wooding for £2, and Mr T. J. Dean for £l, donations towards extending the Park Lake.

The Master Bakers of Dunedin have decided that, with flour selling at £l] 53 per ton, it is impossible to reduce the price of the 41b loaf below 7d if the bakers are .to pay their way, and also the Union rates of wages.

A fire occurred on Saturday on the property in the occupation of Mr C. Wagland, near the confluence of the Waingawa and Ruamahanga rivers, Manaia. Two stacks of oaten sheaf and one of straw weri destroyed, while a chaff-cutter was also badly damaged.

ATe Nui settler observed to an Age reporter, yesterday, that settlers up his way are better off for feed | than local famers are, although less fortunate in the matter of water. He considers that Te Nui was visited by a worse drought than the present one ten years ago.

Another municipal work is to be commenced in Masterton shortly, namely, the erection of new municipal stables. The plana are now being prepared by Messrs Varnham and Rose, and the projected buildin? will cost- between £3OO and £4OO. The stables, which wilt have a commodious loft, will comprise nine stalls, a loose box, and a harness room, and will be constructed of iron, with concrete foundations. "Dipping" is the current topic with farmers, as the end of the month closes the statutory season unless dispensations are obtained. "We shall have to do. a lot of,water carting to do our dipping." said an Opaki settler yesterday. Mr W. H. Buick, of Upper Opaki, finishes with his flock to-day. Adjoining settlers have not yet commenced. In other parts of the district where water Ib plentiful enough dipping is in full swing. A house of eight rooms, at Te Nui, belonging-to Mr P. O'Connor,, was destroyed by fire at 4 o'clock on Sunday morning. The cause of the outbreak is unknown. The furniture was totally destroyed, and the loss is estimated at nearly £3OO above the insurances, which were £2OO on the house and £145 on the furniture. Mr and Mrs O'Connor were in Masterton when the fire occurred, Mr O'Connor being under medical treatment. Two dairy farmers, one from the Fernridge and the other from the Taratahi, were discussing the situation in Masterton yesterday. "Well," said the first, with a heavy sigh, "I am £l5O behind last year's returns on the same number of cows, and I reckun I started off wi:h better cows this season." Number two replied', with, if possible, 1 a sadder countenance, "I settled the grass, of course, long ago; then the herd started off on the winter hay, and thatallwent; I next purchased £l2 worth of straw, and when that went I shot'em and skinned'em." A Fernridge farmer has lost a crop jof turnips through the cabbage-leaf blight attacking the leaves and destroying them. The same farmer says that a field of his turnips got well under way and attained the size of a small apple when the growth was checked by want of. rain. Later on the droughty broke and the turnips recommenced growing, the second growth consisting of a sort of lower addition to the .young turnip, making the whole appear somewhat like a small loaf. However, it was all solid vegetable, none being found "woolly" at all. Other settlers have noticed the same peculiarity. It is proposed to hold a conference of the Natonal Defence League delegates in Wellington next month. It will be remembered that Captain McNaughf visited Masterton some months ago and formed a branch cf the League with a large executive committee. Mr H. M. Boddington, the hon. secretary, has received a notification of the conference, and intends calling a meeting in a few days for the purpose of appointing delegates to it. Mr G. Hyde, the New Zealand rifle champion, is on the executive committee. The suggested date of the conference is April 21st, but definite information on this point will be received later. The Labour Department is anxious that no one who may commit breaches of the Factories Act in future ahall have the excuse of ignorance. Extracts from the Act and its amendments down to the measure passed last session have been sent to all inand will be supplied free to every factory in the dominion. The extracts cover the principal provisions of the law which employers ought to know, dealing with sanitation, overtime, and other matters. In accordance with last year's Act, also, statements of the procedure to be followed in claiming compensation in respect of accidents to employees are being supplied to factories, and must be posted on the wall in every case. TUSSICURA. THE MASTER EEMEDY FOR AILMENTS OF THE THROAT ANB LUNGS. AWARDED GOLD MEDAL N. Z. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. Lung sufferers, catarrh victims, and all who suffer from coughs, colds, and other ailments of the throat and lungs will find a master remedy in Tussicura. The phenomenal success of Tussicura as a cough and cold remedy is duo to the fact that it is a lung tonic, in addition to being a good cough and cold medicine. Numbers of physicians and druggists are now prescribing and recommending TUSSICURA because of the valuable lung tonic and expectorant : ■• qualities being combined. Tussicura is a distinct advance in medical science and is the most masterful remedy known for all ailments of the throat and lungs. Is 6d and 2s 6d per bottle at all good chemists and stoies; or direct from the proprietors, 75

Dairy cattle are selling readily at ,£ls a head in the Coraki, New South Wales, district.

Mr C. E. Davis has for the thirteenth time been installed Grand Master of the Masonic Order in Tasmania.

It ia estimated that during the ■coming winter the rabbit industry in New South Wales will find employment for 7,000 or 8,000 men.

At a meeting held at Christchurch Tecentlv, it was decided to form an Old Colonists' Association, comprising those born in Canterbury, or arriving before and up to 1870. The president of the Nelson -Chamber of Commerce says that the area of Crown lands which will be opened in the Nelson district at an -early date will represent a total of .106,000. acres.

Not the least attractive feature in the opening up of a new Wanganui suburb is the fact that the names of "WebD and Tresidder will be perpetuated by" Webb Terrace" and "Tresid<der Road." It is proposed to register 'the suburb itself as "Durie Vale."

' The estimated population of Victoria on December 31st last . was 1,258,140. For the year the natural increase was 16,827; the gain by sea 2,739, and the gain by land 576. The tital increase ?or the year was 20,142. The population of Greater Melbourne on December last was 538,000.

Frederick Tucker, the young man who'attemnted to commit suicide by jumping into the Wellington harbour, when charged in the court at Wellington, yesterday, said he had been in trouble for eight months, and had been driven to despair by a new disappointment. He was convicted and discharged and ordered to pay the costs.

A fire occurred at the residence •of Mr Leo. Myers, at Auckland, yesterday, The house was occupied hy Mr J. Mills, Collector of Customs, and this fire was confined to the front portion in which a quantity of goods had been stored by Mr and Mm Myers prior to their departure for England. The damage is estimated at £2,000. The house was insured for £2,000, and ths furniture was also insured.

One reason why grocers sometimes do not sue for long-standing debts is, says the "Hawke's Bay Herald," that the New Zealand law requires (failing an acknowledgment of indebtedness) that a fully detailed account shall a:company the summons. This rule, applies even to a case in which a customer may always have been behind in his payments. In such a case, if the tradesman wishes to recover the balance due by the process of the court, he must furnish particulars of all the goods supplied, inluding those which may be taken to have been p«ud for. At a meeting of the Napier Grocers and Produce Dealers' Association, it was stated that the law on the point was different in Victoria. There, it was asserted, a bill, if not disputed by the customer within a certain period, was accepted by the court without details. There is some talk of petitioning the New Zealand Parliament for an alteration of the law to bring it into line with the Victorian practice. Mr F. P. Welch has vacancies for •drainers and drivers for metal cart The Master Butchers of Masterton insert a notice with regard to the payment of accounts. The funeral of the infant son of Mr J. Kite, of Hope street, will take place at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Should sufficient inducement offer, Messrs* Pinhey Bros., Ltd., will run =a special coach to the Tinui and Castlepoint races on Friday, March 20th. Mr F. E. Lamb invites tenders, to close at noon on Wednesday, 25th instant, for the erection of a residence in Pownall street. Messrs R. Baddeley and Co., land agents/Wanganui, advertise particulars of several handy-sized dairy and sheep farms and a sheep station of 5,000 acres, which they have been instructed to sell. Notice is published elsewhere that the partnership existing between Messrs Wallace and Smallwood, plumbers, has been dissolved. Mr Smallwood will carry on the business and receive and pay all monies in •connection with the late firm. A full list of the goods to be sold •at auction to-morrow by Messrs R. E. Howell and Co., Ltd., on account of Mr G. C. Summerell, will be found in an inset circulated w'th this issue. The sale will be held at the residence of Mr E. Feist, High street, commencing at one o'clock. A clearing sale of furniture will be held this afternoon at the residence, No. 36 Hall Street, when Mr J. R. Nicol will sell, on account of Mrs Barker, the whole of her household furniture and effects. 'The various lines will be on view this morning, and at the sale everything will be sold without reserve. A grand display of fireworks will be made on the Masterton Park Oval ;at 7.35 p.m. on Thursday. The display will include a reproduction of the night attack on Port Arthur, and a number of set pieces of an attractive character. The whole will be managed by an expert in the art of fireworks, and should prove an attractive finale to the day's sports. A full list of the display will be found in outadvertising columns. 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 tlie use of one of the many crude excalyptus 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, jand reject all others. For wrinkles, sunburn, pimples, blackheads, freckles, cracked hands, dry and inflamed skin, use SANDER & SONS' SUPERBA 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 anotdin--ary face cream, and unlike any of them, produces a permanent beautifying effect. All chemists and stores. ' a 20th century preparation. Dr. Sheldon's New Discovery for Coughs Colds, and Consumption. Small dose. Pleasant to take. Price Is 6d., large size :3s Obtainable* at H. E. Eton Chemist.