LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9060, 8 April 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

An offort is being made to form a branch of the New Zealand Political Reform League at Martinborough. Fifty acres of the Frimley Estate, Hawke's Bay, have been purchased by Mr T. Horton, of Pahiatua, at £l2O per acre. Mr W H. Buick, of Akura, har had a number of valuable sheep worried by dogs during the past day or two. Some of the sheep were badly bitten about the ears and sides. The strong winds which have prevailed in the Martinborough district during the past week have had a deterring influence on the growth of grass. The first annual balance sheet of the Featherston Fire Brigade shows that the receipts for the year ending March 31st totalled £47 8s Bd, and the disbursements £42 6s 2d, leaving a credit balance of £1 6s 6d. The Martinborough Lawn Tennis Club's tournament has been brought to a conclusion. In the final of the second class ladies handicap, Miss Sharp beat Miss Lee. Mr A. B. Balfour won the men's singles and Miss Mackay and Mr Rudd the combined doubles. The Featherston Rifle Club fired the first competition on Saturday, for a trophy presented by Mr A. Matthews. The ranges were the 200 yards and 500 yards. Rifleman A. Nitz with a handicap of 12 was top scorer with 85, and Rifleman J. Reid, (handicap 8), second, with a score of 84. The following rinks will represent the Masterton Bowling Club against Carterton, at Carterton, to-morrow— Whittaker (skip), Rigg, King, Townsend; Cochrane (skip), Richards, Thompson, Henderson; Ewington (skip), Blinkhorne, Prentice,!'. B. Hunter; Scott (skip), Dupre, Long, Pragnell. The Featherston Golf Club opened the season on Saturday last, when there was a large attendance of golfers from various parts of the district. The three best cards in the open handicap weie as follow: —Mr Bickneil, handicap 3, gross score 88, nett score 85; Mr J. McCarthy, handicap 11, gross score 9a, net score, 87; Mr Speedy, scratch gfo33 score 92, nett score 92.

Our Te Nui correspondent telephones that a man, named George Donaldson, 23 years of agt\ attempted to commit suicide ytst.'rday morning in the Te Nui Hotel, by cmting his throat with a razor. Donaldson came to the hotel the previous night, and had intended journeying by the coach in the morning, but as he did not put in an appearance for breakfast at coach time,his room door was opened, and he was found on the floor bleeding profusely. Dv Davvsjn was hastily summoned and stitched up the wound. No serious consequences are anticipated. At a nteeting of the Masterton branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, the following resolution was passed:—"That in connection with the Railway Review, this meeting of the Masterton branch of the Amalgamated Socecy of Railway Servants expresses its entire confidence in the Executive .Council, as at present constituted, and. considers that Mr Hornsby was fairly treated by being able u> tender for our puper, and it would have been an injustice to other publishers had the Conference allowed Mr Hornsby to take over same without tender-; ing for it."

The following recommendations of a sub-committee were adopted by the General Committee of tne Wairarapa P. and A. Society yesterday—l. That two turnstiles be' erected at front gates, and that, no passes be issued. 2. That the boxes for sale of tickets be erected for Show twenty feet from turnstiles. 3. That at grandstand all tickets, except members and complimentary, be taken by gatekeepers and punched on admittance, and a pass issued on going out. 4. That a special access be provided to the stewards' luncheon room, so that those who go there,, not having a stand tickat, shall not be able to get on to the lawn or stand. The ordinary meeting of the M'astnrton Borough Works Committe was held last evening, Cr J. 11. Pauling* prrsiding. With regard to Mr P. Auld's claim for £o for dsmatres sustained to a mare of hi.-? through cominfr :-,f " i'in , ' i ' ,f with an unfinhl ed drain-box ait the intersection of Jean and Church Streets* the committee decided to grant Mr An Id the fum o£ £L Resolutions were passed, recommending the Council to proceed with the metalling of the newlywidened portion of Makora Road; also to commence the work of widening Kuripuni Street. The committee will meet again on Tuesday next.

The question of fixing a date for Carterton Show was rather a trouble some point at the meeting of the General Committee of the Wairarapa P. and A. Society yesterday. There was a perfect maze of dates of various Shows and race meetings surrounding the most suitable dates in October, leaving only the 28th and 29th (Thursday and Friday), available. Then there was the question of the usually unsettled weather prevailing in Wairarapa in October, while the setting forward of the Show, by about a month, as was done hits year, was considered by some to be a fatal policy, as the Show came too late, in that it followed all the big northern Shows, and outside exhibitors would not come down. Mr W. C. Bjchanan thought it advisable to cater for the latter, even though weather considerations might present an objection. Mr Wm. Perry was against attaching too much weight to the support of outside breeders, as he was given to understand that Hawke's Bay Shorthorn breeders had emphatically stated they no longer intended to bring exhibits down, not favouring the two Shows. This statement was endorsed by Mr J. Strang, Mr Buchanan expressing surprise at the news. The fixing of , the date was finally left to the an- ■ nun I meeting. Mr C. F. 13. Livesay, Architect of Wellington, has moved to more convenient rooms in the National Mutual Cham bora, Customhouse Quay, (adjoining the Head Office of the Bank of N.Z.) Address— P.O. Box 771. Telephone 2092. Woods' Groat Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Colds never fails. 1/(j and U/G.

It is probable that a meeting will be held shortly in Carterton by the master bakers for the purpose of considering the question of adopting the cash coupon system. A special meeting of the Masterton Borough Council will be held on Friday, at twelve o'clock midday, to receive the resignation of Councillor P, »V. Temple, and to appoint the Returning Officer under the provisions of ■ the Local Elections Act r 1904. A sitting of the Magistrate's Court was held at Martinborpugh yesterday, Mr W. P. James, S.M., presiding. A defendant named Jameson was fined 5s with costs 7s, for being found on licensed premises on a Sunday without reasonable excuse. Several breaches of the county by-laws were dealt with, but merely nominal fines were imposed. In a case Lewis v. Shear;!, claim £4 6s 9d for wages alleged to be due, judgment was given for £3 10s >.9d. Mr Gawith appeared for plaintiff and Mr Card for defendant. At a meeting of Palmerston North master butchers it was proved that considerably over £5,000 had been lost during the last five years through the credit system. The butchers have therefore decided to lower the price of meat after May Ist, when they intend to run their respective businesses on a cash basis only, thus eliminating bad debts. p The Presbyterian Bible Classes throughout the Dominion intend to hold big re-union 3 about Easter time. To this end an encampment will take place at Victoria Park, Wanganui, when at least 700 members of tl e young men's Bible classes are expected to be under canvas for a week, the Aucklanders coming dovn by the West Coast boats. The youi g ladbs' bible classes will foregather at Auckland, when over 200 members are expected from the South. To - morrow afternoon, Capta n Jonassen will, in the Showground , give a balloon ascent. When the balloon is at a considerable height, Captain Jonassen will descend by means of a parachute. In vaiious p;irts of the South Island he has f. iven exhibitions that have never failed to draw large crowds. In describing a recent ascent in Dunedin by Capiain Jonasse'i, a contemporary states. — "A large number of people witnessed the exhibition, and were deeply ii terested in the proceedings. Cap ain Jonassen ascended to a height of stveral thousand feet in his balloon, be then left the latter by means of a parachute and safely reached ten a lirma. His wasindcid a plucky one, and thoroughly desen - ed the favourable comments thi t were made in connection therewith."

A few weeks ago Melbourne, sa. s an Australian exchange, was agog over the Ballarat murder mysterj. The murderer had not been fount, and a man wanted I.y the police lo give evidence was missing. At last a clairvoyant informed the police that while conducting investigation" on her own account the "spirits" had shown her th» missing man in Canada, and there she declared he was. Anyone elsa would have been laughed at; but this woman,, who hj; s a "fashionable practice" in Melbourne, is credited with having on a former occasion correctly informi d the police exactly where the body of a missing boy would be found, lo on the strength of her former success people watched the outcome of the police investigations with an added interest—until the man was found a few days afterwards working on a farm in Victoria. The writer does noc state whether the Victoria mentioned is the capital of British Col 7 umbra or the State of that name. Probably it is the former.

It is said that municipal life is but a nursery for a Parliamentary career, and if this, is true the dominion has something in store for her from the North East Valley,, says the "Otago Daily Times,". The Mayor of that delightful and salubrious suburb informed the ratepayers recently that the town clerk refused to shake hands with him, that councillors denounced him as a liar, and left him without a quorum, that the attitude adopted by these same councillors was that of a snarling, barking dog, and that a dog show and a bull fight (both of which, by the way, he had witnessed in England) were as nothing to a meeting of the North East Valley Borough Council. By this it would appear that when these politicians in. embryo arrive certain gentlemen during the season will have to look out for squalls. Mr Pethwick Laurence, the husband of the lady who figures so bravely at the head of the English suffragist movement, is rich, clever, and a bit erratic. He had a brilliant career at Cambridge—fourth wrangler, some of the big prizes, president of the union, and a Fellowship. After the' Varsity he travelled round the world to expand his mind. Later he was to have been Liberal - Unionist candidate for North Lambeth in 1900, but the South African War attracted him to the wrong side. Since then his politics have moved rapidly, and we may now describe him as a socialist, seeing that he is a member of the Independent Labour Party. He did a handsome thing when the London "Echo" broke. He had held a proprietary share in the paper, and edited it from 1892 to 1895, and when it stopped he paid the staff and other creditors in full out of his own pocket. TWO SOVEREIGN REMEDIES. THE FAMOUS SANDEK AND SONS PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT was proved by oxperts of tho Supremo 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 crude eucalyptus oils which are now palmed off .-is "Extracts," and from tho use of which a death was reported reconty, but insist upon tho GENUINE SANDEK & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT and 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 an ordinary face cream, and unlike any of them, produces a permanent beautifying effectAll chemists and stores. For Children's Hocking Cough afciu>ht Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. 1/6 and 2/6.

The Bush Districts Rugby Union haw a credit balance ot £27 7b lid. A proposal is on foot to establish a mounted infantry corps at Lower Uutt. A lirtr has started a laundry in Wellington under the appropriate wiina of Wah Shing and Co. A bowling club is to ha started by the residents of Kilbirnie, Wellington, and a proposal is on foot to acquire part of the Kilbirnie recreation ground for a green. Sir Joseph Ward informed an interviewer at Dunedin that there was no truth in the rumour that Mr Dinnie, Commissioner of l'olice, was to be relieved of his duties. A Napier paper says "L is said to be possible, even probable, that the Rev. Leonard M. Isitt will be a candidate for the representation of Napier at the next general election." "This Mr Isitt denies. The trustees of the Hol-itika Savings Bank presented £3"O to the Westland Hospital to assist it in the erection of a second brick wing, room, and executive quarters. A lawsuit which has been in progress since 1430 between the local authority of Friemnr and certain millov/hera was amicably settled last month, after 478 yearn of constant litigation. The raining of a ■ dam was the point of issue. At a meeting of the Feilding Chamber of Commerce on Monday night, it was decided to send a deputation to wait on thd Hon. Hall-Jones, on Tuesday next, to put 'before him the claims of FeUdlng to be made a stopping place for the through express from Wellington to Auckland. ■ An extraordinary accident happened recently at Waihi. A young man wno was drivipg a cart left the horse and vehicle standing on the main road while he entered a house on the oj posite side of the road. In his absenct) it is surmised that the horse must have backed the cart across the road, over the embankment and into the river, which was much swollen by the recent heavy rains, and both must have been carried down stream, as neither horse nor cart has «ince been seen. \lTbe Mayor of Napier telegraphed to the American Consul at Auckland inviting Admiral Evans' fleet to call at Napier in the event of a visit being paid to Wellington. The ConsulGeneral (Mr W. A. Prickett) replied, "I will be pleased to convey your cordial invitation to Admiral Evans should his fleet visit Auckland, and meanwhile I will advise the State Department at Washington by letter of your request." A fatal case of snakebite occurred at Walcha (New South Wales) a few days age. Victor McMillan, a little boy, 3h vears of age, living with his parents on the Port Stephens Road, went into M bedroom to get a brush, when a tiger snake, which was supposed to have got on the table, fastened itself on to his hand. The wound was scarified and ligatures applied, and a doctor injected strychnine, but the little fellow •died.

Some men who were sowing grass seed on the back portion of the Raumati block last week, says the "Dannevirke Advocate," came across a :pair of Bpurs and the two iron heel plates of a pair of boots lying amongst the ashes. There were no other indications of human presence, anS the question naturally arises as to whether a tragedy has happened, and some traveller has perished in the recent fires, and all other traces of him have been destroyed, or •wheth t the spurs and heel plates are but the relics of an old pair of boots which had been left in the bush.

On Saturday afternoon Mr S. Hill introduced two old Crimean War -veterans to the miniature rifle range, says the "Tarunaki News," and they were soon engaged in a match. They were Messrs John O'Driscoll, formerly of the 55th Kegiment, and now 77 years of age, and F. Watson, who is also considerably over the allotted span of three score years and ten. Mr O'Driscoll is the holder of a gold awarded to him as the best shot in the British army in the Crimea. And he's a deal better even now than many men young enough to Obe his grandsons. Out of six shots he registered five bulls eyes and an inner, making 29. His old comrade-in-arms was less skilful, notching 16. A week previously Mr O'Driscoll made exnctly the same score. His targets are now exhibited at the -range, and are worth looking at.

An interesting story is told in connection with the boyhood of R. Jackson, of Auckland, stroke of the "Blenheim Rowing Club's crew, which won the champion fours at the Napier carnival. When Jackson was living in the North Auckland district a settler who became ill, and felt that he was about to die, ordered a coffin to be made. Herecovered, however, and was left With a brand new coffin on his hands. Nothing daunted, the convalescent ■set about getting some of his money back by the simple method of raffling the gruesome box, and young Jackt son's father won the prize. Having won the coffin, Mr Ja?kson did not know what to do with it, but young Jackson solved the problem by cutting a pair of s.ulls out of the lid. ■and using the box as a "wager" boat. In this strange box he rowed •some of the greatest races of his life against the boys of the settlement, and showed such promise that his father bought him a real boat, and condemned the old coffin to the lowly but serviceable use of a pig trough.

Every country has products in which it excels; every maker nin particular specialities. Every house, too, has exclusive goods chosen because they are absolutely the best of their kind. Thus, most people know that the Jlroadwood, the Koniseh, the Lipp and the Steinway an four great pianos, and that tho solo agcn'H for these magnifice.it ir,s "innents in this Dominion are'the Dresden Piano ompany, Limited. 5* It is remarkable how many friends *' The >•■ Dresden" possesses —a support built up by - consistent conduct of business on the best principles. The " Company's " exceedingly simple time-payment system is wonderfully popular. Many a wageenrner has this to thank for " the music in his homo." The Company invites every visitor to inspect its warehouse No need to buy—just come to look. "Tho Dresden" is proud of its splendid stock of piano? and organs. The Company's North Island Manager is Mr. M. J. Brookos. Lo-Jiil 'Agent. Mr T. B. Hunter

ElEatenwilljjournalisml flourishes in ' the nortn. * The "Waikato Independent" fills up its editorial colurrn with large blank son either side with this singular utterance:—"On Tuesday evening his Worship the Mayor made a number of puerile insinuations against this, paper. Taken from the expressive vocabularly of the 'man in the street,' our reply is summed up in one word, i.e.— RATS!" It is interesting to note that some five years ago Germany was about the third largest exporter of butter to Great Britain. Now, however, home consumption has overtaken her production, and she is a buyer of Australasian butter. Last year her purchases were confined to London, but the steamers of the German-Aus-tralian line, having been fitted with refrigerating space for the purpose of carrying food products, those concerned consider .that the trade can be more advantageously carried out direct from Australia. One drawback to this business is the veto placed by the German Government on the use of boric acid, and no butter showing traces of it is allowed to en*;er the country. A farmer living about four miles up from the Hind" railway station, Timaru, recently threshed out a 25acre paddock of Tuscan wheat which avcrag3d 61 bushels per acre. An adjoining paddock of 15 acres in extent gave the satisfactory yield of 55 bushels per acre. The sample in both instances was very plump, bright, and in good, hard milling condition. The Hinds farmers below the railway line towards the sea have also had some particularly good yields of both wheat and oats. Most of the threshing has now been finished, and the numerous grainladen drays, lorries and waggon? which have been seen daily at the railway station have given to the Hinds township a v«ry busy appearancq. A little over a fortnight ago there was scarcely a green blade of grasd to be seen anywhere, bur, there has been a growth during the past fortnight, and the whole district is just now presenting a particularly encouraging appearance.

The effect that the closing down of the flax industry would have upon trade in Milton was well put (says the "Milton Mirror,") by Mr J. A. Dnthie at the valedictory to Mr Oxley, when responding to the toast of "Local Industries." the other evening. The amount distributed in wages by the mills working in the district meant something like £5,000 a year. But the tremendous slump causing fibre to fall from £3O to less than £2O had left the industry in an extremely critical 'stage, and there was no denying the fact that only those mills particularly favourably situated would be able to carry on. Such a state of affairs, it could be imagined, would be in the nature of a misfortune. Hopes were more sanguine a day or two ago when Manila rose £4 a ton, but in a couple of days it dropped £2. That was a slight advance but if it did not continue most of the mills would have to close down.

The owner of a collie dog, straying at Tt Nui, is advertised for.

An advertiser has for sale a windmill adn two iron tanl« of 1,600 gallons capacity. A notice in reference to the price of mpat from Mr M. 0. Aronsten appears on pago 8 of this issue. A large assortment of new winter goods in every department is nov** on view at Mr' P. Hamill's, Queen Street. Tenders are invited, to close at noon on sth May next, for the erection of a brick Post Office at Featherston. Plans and specifications can be seen at the Post Offices, Masterton and Featherston. Messrs Noble-Campbell, H. C. Swan, H. W. Rishworth, 11. Clarkson, A. H. Rohenborg and H. H. Reynolds, dentists, notify that their rooms will be closed for the Easter holiday from the 15th to the 25th April. At the Post Office Auction Mart, this afternoon, Mr .V. O. Aronsten will sell, on behalf of Mrs Hcaley. who is leaving for Wellington, the whol« of her household furniture without reserve. Exceptional value is now being offered in house property by Mr J. R. Nicol, land and estate agent, of Bannister Street. The cash deposit required to enable thost in search of a home to obtain one of their own is small, and the terms for the payment of the balance of the purchase money is arranged to suit the'convenience of buyers. Mr Frank Dupre has opened up, at his Masterton premises, a splendid assortment of gold curb bangles. They are made in a number of sizes, andjrange from nine to fifteen carats. The prices quoted in his idvertisement on page 7, of this issue, are very reasonable for such first-class goods. A collection of silver cup 3 has also come to hand, and are now on exhibition.

Messrs Young and Co., estate and commission agents, df Te Kuiti, have an advertisement on page 3of this issue, dealing with Maori leases which they have for sale, and of which immediate occupation can be given. The land in the Te Kuiti district is of limestone formation, suited for dairying and pastoral pursuits and the price per acre is remarkably reasonable. A number of Wairnrapa residents have settled in the locality within the last f welve month?, and in almost every instance they ha\e been offered substantial increases on the purchase price to re-sell. "VEKMOCINE." The peifeet internal parasite destroyer and tonic Unequalled for all internal parasitic diseases of Stock. Destroys stciiiach-womis. intestinal worms, unci lung worms. It's tonic, properties are especially valuable, as lesi les killing and expelling parasites, it immediately operates in building up the weakened system. Prepared by the A. and V. Food Co., Ltd. Obtainable from W.F.C.A., Ltd, fN THK eOXSTUUCTION. of your jlofches our first consideration is qualitj. Every inch of material used whether seen or unseen it* of thorough roliab'o quality. Thou tho cut and workmanship is as good as can be, for years of experience in tho designing and mak_ng ot apparal for men qualifies us to pro.luco absolutely the host result. These iactors combine to make your suit a pourco of satisfaction to you and a credit 1 i us. Selling strictly for cash means a saving ol money to you. Morrison and Pennoy, Cash Tailors, 73 Willis Street, W«liiin*ton.