LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9062, 10 April 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Wairarapa and East Coast P. and A. Society has a membership of 502. Seventy cases of cheese are being forwarded to the London market by the Featherston Co-opeiative Dairy Company. From fifteen acres Mr F. Court of Waihakeke, recently threshed 735 bushels of wheat and baled 30 tons of straw. Mr W. Winslade, secretary to the •Opaki Rifle Club has been appointed handicapper to the North Rangitikei Rifle Association. A first offending inebriate was fined ss, in default 24 hours hard labour by Mr W. P. James, S.M., at Masterton yesterday morning. !Vr R. R. Martin, organising secretary for the Nev Zealand Political Reform League, will deliver an address on matters political in the Taueru Hall at 8 o'clock to-nigh 4 -. It is expected that Mr Martin will deliver an address in Masterton at an early date. The following are the dredging returns for the past week:—-Masterton, 940z 4dwts; Mystery Flat, 47ozs Bdwts; Hessey, 28ozs sdwts. The Mystery Flat dredge has declared a dividend of 2s per share, payable on Saturday. The following are the points scored by the teams in the competition for the Booth Bowling Cup:—Carterton 8 points, Masterton 7 points, Greytown 5 points. Masterton and Greytown have yet to play each other. The match will be nlayed at Masterton. The balance-sheet presented at the monthly meeting of the Carterton Library Committee,, held on Tuesday evening, showed a credit balance of £24 9s 9d. The annual meeting of the Committee is to be held on April 22nd. The Masterton Bowling Club intend to send three or four rinks to Pahiatua on Good Friday to play a match against the local club. Those members desirous of journeying to Pahiatua are requested to put their names on.the board in the po.vilion. The Wellington Education Board wrote to the meeting of the Masterton School Committee, last evening, stating that it had been decided to make application for an amount sufficient to erect an additional room to the main school building at Masterton for the accommodation of the third secondary class.

The annual election of school committees in th-i Wellington educational district will be held on Monday, April 27th. The number of members to be elected, determined by the average of 1907, will be:—For an average of not over 25, five members; average 26 to 200, seven members; average o\er 200, nine members.

On Wednesday night, at Carterton, a man, named George Groves, alias Williams, was arrested by Constable Ingram on a charge of having forged the name of W. Morrison to a cheque for the sum of £6 3s, and uttered the same to Mrs Clara Jackson. The accused was brought before Mr James Brown, J.P., yesterday morning, and charged with the offence. He was remanded to appear at Masterton this morning. A meeting of the Pahiatua Municipal Fire Brigade was held on Tuesday evening in the Fire Station, Captain McCalister presiding. It was decided to donate an additional 10s of the capitation to the amusement fund. Firemen Lawry, Gibbons, Wren and Ward were appointed an amusement committee. Fireman Robertson forwarded his resignation, as he was leaving the district. Mr Vincent was proposed as a new member. An interesting question will shortly come before the Supreme Court by way of appeal from the Magistrate at Dannevirke in the case of Small v. Tryce. a claim for £2OO for damages for the spreading of a fire lit by defendants manager. The defendant claims among other defences that his manager lit the fire to meec fires raging all round and so to protect Tryce's property and also Small's which lay behind. The case therefore evolves an entirely new principle. The magistrate gave judgment for the plaintiff for £IOO and cost?. The defendant has appealed on the fact". Mr Skerrett, K.C., and Mr C. A. Pownall are retained for the appellant and Mr Pitzherbert for the respondent. The whole Court smiled during the hearing of the evidence in the bakeis' dispute, at Masterton yesterday, before the Arbitration Court, when a witness said he had mistaken the unaccepted recommendations of the Conciliation Board published in the papers as an award by the Arbitra- j tion Court, and thereupon demanded an increase of 5s per week in accordance with the same. For seven weeks he drew this technically "unearned increment," when «the employer learnt the true position, and the wages straightway drupped to their normal level. "Were you asked for the extra money back?" queried Mr S. Brown, with a smile. "Not much!" replied the witness, "There was no dispute in the first place about whether I was worth it." A party of members of the Wairarapa Amateur Swimming Club foregathered in Radomski's Dining Rooms, last evening, when the ladies, who have so generously assisted the Club at various functions during the year, were entertained at a banquet. Captain Daniel occupied the chair, being supported by Dr R. V. Hosking (secretary), and Mr E. Richards (handicapper). The evening was spent in a very pleasant manner with music, song and story, the Chairman also making a speech thanking the ladies for their assistance to the Club, both at its carnival and in connection with the annual social. The gathering terminated at eleven o'clock with the singing of "Auld Lang Syne." The host came in for a special vote of thanks for the recherche repast provided.

Mr C. F. B. Livcsay, Architect of Wellington, has moved to more convenient rooms in the National Mutual Chambers, Customhouse Quay, (adjoining the Head Office of the Hank of N.Z.) Address— P.O. Box 771. Telephone 2G92,

The Carterton Volunteers will hold a church parade on Sunday next. A case of scarlet fever from Featherston was admitted to the Greytown Hospital on Tuesday. The Greytown Volunteers will go into camp at Johnsonville at the Easter manoeuvres. Thirty-three deer-stalking licenses have been issued at Martinborough so far this season. The supply of milk at the present time to the Featherston Dairy Factory is about nine hundred gallons less than at this time last yaar. Despite the recent drought, Mr W. G. Lamb, proprietor of the Tararua Vineyard, has had a thoroughly successful season, the output of 2,000' gallons of wine being a record yield. The Masterton Bowling Club will hold a "bowling day" at Mastertonon Easter Monday. Invitations have been sent to tha Carterton, Greytown, Pahiatua, Featherston, and Dannevirke Clubs to send two rinks each to Masterton oii that day to play a tournament. The Wellington Education Department has filled the following positions as under: —Secondary assistant,. Pahiatua, Mrs Baker-Gabb; sole teacher, Horoeka, Miss V. Gayne; sole teacher, Mangahao, Miss Chapman; assistant, Hamua, Miss A. Dougherty; sole teacher, Dreyers' Rock, Miss Matthews. At the meeting of the Masterton School Committee, last evening, a letter was received from the Wellington Education Board notifying that it had been decided to erect, a new entrance to the High School building at Masterton in accordance with the recommendation of the Committee.. The question of the alteration, or removal, of the inside partition at the school may be raised at some tuture time if deemed desirable by the Board.

A Booth Cup match was played at Carterton, yesterday, between the Masterton and Carterton Bowline: Clubs. Each Club won two games. The following: are the details: —King - , Smith, Rigg, Whittaker (rfHp), Mastsrco.i, 14, McPhee, Lightfoot, Lindop, Fisher (skip), Carterton, 12: Pragnell, Long;, Rose, Scott (?kip;, Masterton, 29, Huphan, Canton, Philpott, Ramsey (skip). Carrerton, 22; Roydhouse, Leech, Bish, Baillie (skip), Carterton, 26, Rolling?, Golding, Richards, Cochrane (skip), Masterton, 12; Leech, Moriarcy, Masson, White (skip), Carterton, 28, Prentice, Hunter, Blinkhome, Ewington (skip), Masterton, 13.

Regarding the Otago Central railway, the Premier informed a Dunedin deputation that since he had been in Parliament twenty-one years, there had been an average of over £60,000 a year spent on the line, bringing the total to date to £1,270,918, and there was a small amount put on the Estimates last year. The Government had to consider 1 , next session, whether it was to< go beyond the amount it had set aside for railways, to the etxent of £1,140,000. The sum of £230,000 was on the Estimates for the North Island Main Trunk this year, and it. would probably require £l7<',ooo to finish it.

Mr H. D. Bedford, in his bock "Political Finger-posts," gives some interesting figures anent pauperism' in the United Kingdom. - Quoting from Godard, he states that thirty millions dependent on the wage earner obtain only £500,000,000, while the remaining eight million receive £850,000,000—a ration of £l7 to £lO6 per head respectively—a striking inequailty in the distribution of wealth. Later on Mr Bedford remarks that pauperism cost Great Britain, directly through actual expenditure and indirectly through lobs of productive power, considerably over £40,000,000 per year. He concludes with these words of wisdom: It behoves those countries and colonies that stand at the beginning of their history, to look searchingly upon older nations and to follow carefully social phenomena back to their causes."

A Hluff correspondent writes to the "Otago Daily Timeso" :—Pecuniarily speaking the oyster trade makes a neat little addition to the circulating medium of the place. Settling up day comes once a month. The second settling day of the season came round the end of last week. In rough numbers the month's "take" is set down at 3,500 sacks. Allowing 80 dozen to the sack, the market value of these is, say £1,500. Roughly put, its distribution is as follows: One-third to the dredgers, onethird to the boat, and the remaining third to the company. Ten or twelve boats, the majority of which are cutters, have been engaged in the work, and they are manned by thirtyeight dredgers, assisted by twelve wharfingers. It is stated that 20s per working day was not far off the average pay."

C*ptain Jonasssn made his second successful balloon ascent at the Mastcrton Showgrounds yesterday afternoon. The proceedings were delayed considerably owing to the existence of a strong south-easterly wind, which, however, subsided about five o'clock, when the ascent was made. The balloon traversed towards the township, reaching an altitude of* about 1,000 feet, when the aeronaut descended with the parachute, alighting in Chapel Street, on the footpath opposite the Wellington and Wairarapa Motor Company's Garage. The descent was a rather rapid one, and Captain Jonassen sustained a few bruises, which, however, were not serious. The balloon, relieved of its burden, drifted towards Bentley Street, where it was recovered without in anyway being damaged. STRONG LAMBS. Healthy Hoggets, Increased Clip. Secured by. using vermocine, the famous internal parasite destroyer and tonic. Its tonic properties are especially valuable," a.s besides killing and expelling piirsites, ; t operates immediately in building up the system, and so prevents fresh attack. Prepared by the A. and P. Food Co., Ltd. Obtainable from W.F.C.AI? Ltd. Don't neglect your cough. Stop it at one:i, aud drive away all risk of consumption, TUSSTCUTiA, the great throat aud lung healer, w t il do this. All chemists and stores. 128

What is a gift? The proposition may not be difficult to answer when the layman has to define it, but when questions of law are introduced into the discussion it becomes more than perplexing, it waxes positively bewildering. In a case before Mr W. P. James, S.M., at Masterton, yesterday, Mr Doian found it necessary to cite a perfect library of authorities to uphold his contention that a transaction which a lay mind would at once have characterised as a gift was also in law a gift. A father had, according to several witnesses, expressed himself to the effect that a certain horse he possessed was given to his son. Collateral facts were adduced to suppot'his alleged intention to give the horse out and out. The father, however, denied on oath that he gave the horse to the son, and although His Worship said he felt satisfied that the horse was intended to bo a gift at some time or other, the fact that possession was retained by the father and the benefit of ownership was technically and otherwise reaped by him, a gift had not been sufficiently established. A junior grocer is required by the W.F.C.A.

An advertiser seeks position as lady help. Mr A. E. Harvey, of Masterton, has been engaged as instructor at Miss Cunningham's gymnasium. Mr W. H. Cruickshank advertises particulars of a number of town and country properties which have been placed itj his hands for sale. At the Post Office Auction Mart, to-morrow, Mr M. 0. Aronsten will sell without reserve a large range of household furniture, drapery, fancy goods and rugs. Mr R. Brown, land and commission agent, advertises particulars of a well-equipped butchering business; also a valuable town property , with improvements. The New Zealand Clothing Factory rmve to hand at their Masterton branch, a full range of rainproof coats, mackintoshes, motor coats. Prices will be found in the firm's advertisement appearing elsewhere. At the Masterton Auction Mart on Saturday, Mr J. R. Nicol will sell on account of the British Woollen Company, a fine range of high-ciass drapery and clothing. Every line is to be cleared without reserve. Further particulars of the boardinghouse advertised for quick sale in the wanted column, can be obtained on application to'.Mr J. R. Nicol, Masterton Auction Mart, Bannister Street. Tenders for farms <in the property owned by Mr Wm. E. Dive, of Hawera, close with the agents, Messrs Tristram and Co., Eltharn, on Tuesday, April 14th. The land is unsurpassed for dairying or agricultural pursuits, and is within half a mile of the prosperous township of Hawera.

Messrs J. B. Harcourt and Co., auctioneers and sharebrokers, of Wellington, insert an advertisement on page Bof this issue giving particulars of some safe and sound investments in freehold property which thuy have for sale. All those on the look out for land should carefully peruse "the details given . Messrs Harcourt and Co. publish a comprehensive land guide monthly, a copy of which .will .be posted to any address on application.