LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9071, 23 April 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Messrs J. D. Heagarty and D. P. Loasby have been nominated for the Greytown Mayoralty. The annual meeting of the parishioners of St. Matthews' Church will be held in the schoolroom at 8 o'clock on Wednesday next.

Messrs F. Johnson and A. E. Clarke, divide lirst and second prizes in connection with the sheep guessing competition at the Kopuaranga sports, each guessing 77|lbs. The correct weight was 77ibs.

On Saturday evening next tho skating rink will be opened in.premises over the Wellington and Wairarapa Motor Company's age in Chape) Street. The rink will be formally opened by His Worship the Mayor (Mr J. M. Coradine).

This evening, in the Dominion Hall, a lecture will be given by Mr Alex Donald on "Respiration," under the. auspices of the Ambulance Corps. Tin- knowledge of what to do in caao of., drowning accidents' is worth acquiring, and any one interested will be made welcome. The meeting commences at 8 p.m.

Nominations for the office of Mayor, and for the vacant seat in the Borough Council, closed yesterday. For the former position Messrs J. M. Coradine (the present Mayor) and P. L. Rollings have been nominated, and for the latter position Messrs J. Hunter and E. McEwen.

A labourer was being examined as to his family circumstances at the Conciliation Board sitting yesterday. "How many children have you?" queried Mr Reardon, the Union secretary. "None" was the reoly. "Lucky man!" commented his interrogate!'. "Unlucky man!" echoed the Chairman of the Board whose olive brunches number six. " ' The weather still continues in an unsettled state. Yesterday broke fine, but the_ afternoon saw rain again falling, though the temperature was warm. Pastures continue to progiess, and the early winter frosts will now have little detrimental effect on them. Stock are rapidly picking up condition, and winter dairy htids should have a good season.

The Managers of the Masterton Techni"al School have decided that ai memorial stone shall be laid in connection with the Seddon Memorial Technical School. Provision is to be made by the builder for the stone, which will be laid at the ceremony of the official opening of the school. The chairman (Mr E. Feist) ;*nd Mr J. M. Coradine have been deputed by the committee to arrange for tire procuring of a stone. The chairman of the Conciliation Board (Mr P. J. O'Regan) mentioned at the sitting of the Board at Masterton yesterday, that the conference of Local bodies, employers held in.regard to the claims of the General Labourers' Union had passed a resolution, the publication of which was a breach of section 113 of the Arbitration Act. The resolution had commented on a matter which was sub judice. and the newspapers publishing the same rendered themselves liable to a fine of £l5O A young man named Charles Hood, alias Yeitch, appeared on remand before Mr W. P. James at the Magistrate's Court yesterday, charged on three informations with the theft of a saddle and bridle, a spade, and a pair of winkers, the property of different owners. Accused admitted all! three charges, and as he had only recently been liberated from prison, and had several previous convictions against him, he was sentenced to three months' imnrisonment on each chairge, the sentences to be concurrent.

Denis McMullen was, charged befoare Mr W. P. James, S.M., at Masterton yesterday with assaulting Sergeant Miller while in the i execution of his duty. The Sergeant said the accused had caught h'm roughly by the arm in Queen Street, i and made an incoherent statement. Mr James said that from the evidence it appeared that accused was ! given to annoying Sergeant Milier 1 when in a semi-intoxicated state, and perhaps meant 110 harm. Accused was cautioned not to repeat the offence, and was convicted and : ordered to come up for sentence when 1 called urjon. 1

March made a record in the matter of wind in Wellington, that is so far as a single blow is concerned. The greatest velocity recorded during the month was 1,042 miles, registered during the 24 hours that ended with the morning of the 20th. Tne following 24 hours showed 1,018 miles, so that in the forty-eight hours that particular blow rushed past Wellington to -the tune of 2,060 miles. This is the highest record that has ever been made in Wellington, but it has to be borne in mind that the anemometer is now in a more exposed position than when the observing was carried out on Observatory Hill.

The other evening a local resident (says the Oamaru "Mail") whose poultry prefer the shelter afforded by his maerocarpa trees for roosting puposes to that contained in their properly constucted habitation, was startled at a late hour by the distressed cries of one of the birds; and on looking into the treen with a lantern to ascertain the cause, discovered on one of the topmost branches a weasel on the back of a fowl leisurely sucking the blood from a wound inflicted at the back of the head. The attempt at capture was a failure, but a trap was set, and later a weasel was caught. Whether it Was the one in question or another it is impossible to state. The incident will serve to settle the question as to whether these rodents will or will not climb trees. Mr C. P. B. Livosny, Architect of Wellington, has moved to more convenient rooms in the National Mutual Chambers, Customhouse Quay, (adjoining the Head Office of tlio Bank of N.Z.) AddressP.O. Box 771. Telephone 2692,

For the sixth year in succession the Foxton Town Clerk has collected every penny of the rates. The rising hemp market has enabled the Foxton liaxmills to , keep open. At the Napier court yesterday, Alfred William Lester, an employee of the Harbour Boafd, was fined £lO, or three months' imprisonment, for stealing three bottles of schnapps from the nargo shed. John Owen Crowther was similarly charged, and was fined £5 or one month's imprisonment. A boar attacked its owner, Mr Espin, of Mangamingi, at Eltham saleyards, last Saturday. Mr Espin tried to stop the infuriated beast by kicking it on the snout, but the boar, dodging the blow, thrust its tusk through Mr Espin's boot and into his foot. It was found that a wound two and a half inches deep had been made on the right foot, completely severing some arteries.

Many people are under the impression that the only cause of Ihe pipl not being so popular in New Zealand as the clam is in America is that nu one has been enterprising enough to place it on the market. The "Dunedin Star" states that a lady was successful recently in producing from pipis an "oyster" soup which delighted the diners at her hotel, but she had to give up further experiments for the lack of a supply. Apart from their edible value, pipis are said to be worth £6> ai ton delivered at chemical works.

Two notable records' hava been achieved by the Petone Borough Council's staff in the management of the borough's affairs during, the financial year just ended. In the municipal gasworks of a turnover of close on £6,000, the amount of outstanding accounts was only £2s 12s. The whole of the rates for tl e same period, tetallin? over £S,,SO(V have been collected, with the exception ot one rate on some native land, and iii this instance the Gbuncil lis secured dv an amount due to the natives for land purchased.

The rainfall figures in Victoria during the first three months of the present y a ar. an contrasted in average for the first quarter of last year,, show a general deficiency. This is specially marked in the central districts, north of the Dividing Range, in the central north, the north-east, central highlands and ranges, the south central districts, eastern ranges, and soutl! Gippsland, the south-eastern districts by the extreme east coast. At all these centres, not a single station reports an increase in fall, but a decrease is noted in each case, and in many instances the deficiency is most marked. The importance of the figures is accentuated ny the reports from nearly all pastoral districts that gras3 is extremely scarce, and stocfc are in starving condition.

Too much care cannot be exercised by farmers taking over property in the case of wool brands (remarks the "Farmers' Advocate"). Attention was drawn the other day to the case of a farmer who, after a period cf* years, had brought his clip to such a, standard that his brand realised lid per lb in the English market. He sold his property, and with it the wool brand, taking over subsequently tha brand of a less careful owner, whose farm he purchased. Although the clip from the latter farm was equal to that of the former, it realised 3d per lb less in the Home market. The moral to tie drawn frotn tjie transaction is that it not onlv pays to be careful in the classingand handling of wool, but that tho3u who deal in land should give full consideration to the relative value of the brands. Mr F. P. Welch has vacancies for station hands and general servants. A reward is offered for the recovery of a roan pony lost from, Renall Street. Mr G. Bedford inserts a special 1 notice to those who wish to entrust him with orders for umbrellas or repairs. The mpmbers of the local Lodge of Oldfellows are invited to attend the funeral of their late brother, Abel Kerr, vvhicn will take place to-day, leaving Lunsdowne at 4 o'clock. Notices afracting the poll to be taken for the election of Mayor and one Councillor, for the Borough of Misterton, appear in another column.

Messrs Hendry and Buxton are now busily engaged taking orders for made to msasure garments from samples of hest tweeds and suitings. A list of prices will be found 1 elsewhere.

Nominations for Synodsmen to represent St. Mattnews parish for tiie ensuing three years'' are required to be rfiade at St. Matthew's school room at 3 o'clock on Wednesday next, 29th inst.

At their robms, Perry Street, at 2.15 p.m. on Saturday, Messrs R. E. Howell and Co., Ltd., will aubmit sit auction on account of a-client leaving the district, a large assortment of furniture and general efffects.

The advertisement lately appearing in this paper calling for returns under "The Land and Income' Assessment Act, 1900,"' refers toretarns of Land and Mortgages only. Returns of Income will be called for later. .

The H.M.S. Pioneer, which will arrive in New Zealand on Ist May next, has vacancies for seamen and stokers. Men and> boys desirous of joining are requested l to communicate with the commanding officer, when particulars of service and appointment will be supplied to them.

On Friday and Saturday Mr SJakemore, representing several noted British publishing firms, will be in; Masterton, and is desirous of meeting teachers and others interested in literary and educational matters. Particulars can be obtained from Messrs McLeod and Young. Mr Colin Nor'ris, land agent* Ttauranga, advertises of several handy-sized farms which ho has been authorised to sell. Those desirous of obtaining information, with respect to properties in the Bay of Plenty and other Northern districts can obtain copies of Mr Norm' land guide at the Age office. For Children's Hocking Cough at night Woods' Great Peppewmut Cure. 1/6 wdß/«,

At the second-class band contest at Temuka, the Lyttelton Marine Band ■was first with ,145 points, Timaru ;Marine second with 135 points, •Christchurch Elite third with 130 ipointa, and Waimate fourth with .120 points. The street fruit vendors who take nip stands allotted by, the Wellington 'City Council have been so successful that there is a probability that meat will during the coming winter be vended in the'same way, except that the carts used will, unlike the carts -oE the street fruiterers, bo covered in.