LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9073, 25 April 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There have been 1,G19 interments in the Manerton Cemetery since it was opened. 1,500 taking place since the pruitnL sextcn (Mr J. C. Ingram) was appointed, in 1881.

Messrs: A. Matthews and W. C. Buchanan have each donated £IOO to the Grey town Hospital funds, and Mr W. McLaren and Mrs Niniwa Ilcremai A.'s ) eac.'i.

The fterviiVH at the Methodist Church to-iisorrow will be conducted by the :i"Y. J. N. Buttle. Subjects: Mowing, "Prayer"; evening, "Saul, ihe rejected of Goc 1 ." Kuripuni, 7 p.m., Mr 0. Pragnell; Rangiturvau, •' p.m., Rev. J. N. Buttle.

Mrs At'.enborrow has decided to discontinue, during the winter months, thv spiritualistic meetings held on Sunday evenings in the Domirion Hall. These meetings have bey largely attended, and the congr£\,r-.i,;o;> will regret that Mrs Attenboj ! v's health compels her to relinquish them for a few months.

Sunday burials , was a matter which came before the Masterton Cemetery Trustees yesterday afternoon. lh.' sexton recommended that Sunday burials should be discouraged, and that when they did take place double sexton's fees should be levied. The Trustees considered this a reasonable suggestion, and it was unanimously adopted. The Stock Department are vigilant regarding the exposing for sale of lice-ini'ected sheep. Yesterday four defendants named W. T. Wilton, W. Reside, 0. H. Smith, and H. Long were charged at the Magistrate's Court, Masterton, with breaches of the law in this respect, on the information of Inspector ]). Elliott. They were each fined £2, with 7s costs.

Mr G. A. Oliiver writes to state that his boy was fined half-a-crown at the Magistrate's Court for playing a "youthful prank" upon an old iran, but that the policeman who took proceedings against the lad, while admitting that there was a second boy concerned, had taken no steps against the latter. What he wishes to know is why this was so. Our correspondent should enquire of the officer in charge of th-j local police.

The Northern approach was mentioned once again at yesterday's meeting of the Chamber of Commerce. Someone suggested it was an opportune time tu gain some ground on the question by inviting one of the two Mayoralty candidates to nring to a head the matter of improving the approach. "But say they don't agree to pk'dge themselves?" asked one member. "Well, we shall have to split our votes then and vote for both," was the reply of the proposer of the idea.

Knox Church Young Men's Class will meet at 10 a.m. to-morrow, when a paper will be given by Mr M. Gordon. The Rev. A. T. Thompson will continue his course at the morning service, "The Faith of the Christian—his conception of Goc!." The evening service will be a memorial one, having special reference to the late Sir Henry Campbell-Ban-nerman. Services in the outfields will be conducted as follow: — IVlki Miki, 3 p.m., Rev A. T. Thompson; Dreyerton, 3 p.m., Mr M. Gordon; Wangaehu Valley, 3 p.m., and Wangaehu, 7.30 p.m., Mr A. G. Crawford.

A member of the Chamber of Commerce, Mr F. W. Carey, mentioned at yesterday's meeting that a matter which needed looking to by the responsible authorities was the danger to persons using the northern approach roadway at night, corning tovvrnvards, by reason of the blinding glare of the Queen Street lamps. Mr Carey said that it was impossible to discern from the road beyond the farther bridge, and even on the bridge itself, whether any vehicle or horsemen were on the road between the bridges, on account of the dip in the highway, which was rendered still worce by the height of the rise beyond the bridge. The matter certainly needs attention, as at present the utmost caution has to be exercised owing to the circumstances alluded to by Mr Carey.

A number of civil cases were taken by Mr W. P. James, S.M., at Masterton yesterday. Judgment for nlaintiff by default was entered in the following cases: —li. Owen v. Walter Cook. £3 9s lid, costs ss; A. J. Giddings v. A. A. Narby, £9 Is lOd, costs 8s; same v. A. E. Smith, £4 ISs 9d, costs ss. In a judgment summons case, Bunny a..d Dolan v. Jas. Kennedy, debtor was ordered to pay the amount, £3 13s, in default seven days' imprisonment in Wellington gaol, order to be suspended for 14 days. In a defended case of Hannah and Co. v. S. Connell, claim for £4 10s for goo-Is said to have been supplied, Mr Hand-Ntnvion appeared for plaintiff and Mr i\ L. Rollings for defendant, A nonsuit was entered with £1 (is costs.

The Masterton Cemetery Trustees met yesterday afternoon. Present — Messrs C. E. Daniell, E. Feist, and W. Sellar. Mr Feist was re-eiected chairman for the ensuing year, and was cordially welcomed back from his recent trip to the Old Country. The Treasurer's statement showed receipts to be £4O Is, and disbursements £32 Is. The credit balance at date was £IOO 15s 2d. Accounts amounting to £37 12s were passed Messrs Daniell and K. J. O'Leary were deputed to attend to the matter of replacing the fence destroyed by fire recently. Messrs Daniell and Ssllar were appointed to arrange for the planting of shelter trees along the southern boundary of the cemetery. It was decided to pay accounts monthly in future. A works committee consisting of Messrs Daniell and Sellar was set up for the ensuing quarter.

A sitting of the Magistrate's Court was held at Masterton yesterday before Mr W. P. James, S.M. J. Dawson was fined 5s and 7s costs for riding a cycle along the Borough footpath. A lad named E. Olliver was fined 2s 6d and 7s costs for disturbing Thos. Donelly's dwelling by knocking at the door. Denis McMullen denied a charge of being on licensed premises in contravention of a prohibition order, but the Magistrate held the charge proved and fined him iil, with 7s costs. M. McGrath and J. J. Donovan were charged, on the information of Truant Inspector, J. Dineen, with failing to send their children to school the required number of times. A fine of ss, with 7s costs, was imposed in each case. John Brown and Michael Rock, for of prohibition orders, ware each fined £l, with 7s costs. !

Clergymen, lawyers, public speakers teachers, and singers can wonderfully tone and strengthen the vocal chords by taking teaspooni'ul closes of TUSSICURA whenever needed. 15G

The Rev. Macdonald Aspland, of Wellington, will speak at the Y.M.C.A. meeting to-morrow afternoon, at five o'clock. A solo will be contributed by one of the members. The usual strangers' tea will be held at 5.30 p.m.

. The annual meeting of the members of the Wairarapa and East Coast P. and A. Society will be held in tne Agricultural Hall, Carterton, at 11.30 a.m. on Thursday next, April 30th. The business includes the adoption of the annual report and balance sheet, election of officers, and the ballot in connection with the amalgamation proposals.

At the annual meeting of the Wairarapa Terminating Building Society, held on Thursday evening, at Carterton, the following directors were elected for the ensuing term: —Chairman, MrJas. Baillie; Messrs W.J. Lindop, W. T. Masson, W. Benton (Peatherston), and Mr J. W. Kershaw (Martinborough; shareholders' auditor, Mr L. H. Smart (reelected).

The contract price for the King's Wharf, at Wellington, now in course of construction, amounts to £BO,OOO, and the structure is to be 860 ft in length and 164 ft wide. The time allowed for construction is two years, and there are six months of this time yet to run. Some 350 tons of iron and steel, over £73,000 worth of muntz metal, and 3,000,000 ft of timber, will be used, ar.dit is evident that the wharf and sheds when completed will be a great acquisition.

Mr Alex. Donald addressed a good attendance of members of the lonal branch of St. John Ambulance Association in the Dominion Hall on Thursday evening, 0:1 "The restoration of the apparently drowned." The subject was exhaustively dealt with, and - its various phases were treated systematically by the speaker. Numerous diagrams were called into requisition, and interest in the address was sustained throughout.

The following nominations have been received in connection with the Wairarapa Pastoral and Agricultural Society:—President, Mr H. R. Bunny; vice-presidents, Messrs W. Howard booth and E. Eagle, junr.; treasurer, Mr G. W. Deller; auditor Mr J. Moncrieff, junr.; general committee, Messrs W. H. JBeetharr, W. Corbett, W. C. Buchanan, W. H. Booth, A. Daysh, W. Fisher, Q. Donald, T. P. Firman, J. Grant, C. H. Gayfer, J. Hart, J. Hodder, W. A. Hart, R. G. Kemble, J. M. Lightfoot, W. Wiggins, H. H. Wolters, S. C. Skelley, B. Scannell, ,C. Reid, W. Perry, J. G. Oates, H. Mo Phee, H. Morison, T. V. Moore.

All preparations for the opening of the Masterton Skating Rink at 8 o'clock this evening, in the upstairs hall of the Wellington and Wairarapa Motor Company's Garage, Chapel Street, are now complete, and a large attendance is expected. A representative of this journal paid a visit to the rooms last evening, ard everything was found to be attractive and thoroughly up-to-date, and a successful career shouid be in st( re for the rink during the winter months. The opening ceremony will be performed by the Mayor, Mr J. M. Coradine, and during the evenirg a ni'mber of selections will be rendered by the Masterfcon South Bard. Light refreshments will be obtainable during the evening.

The annual meeting of the teachers of St. Mark's Sunday School, Carterton, was held in the vicarage on Thui'sday evening, the Rev. R. Young presiding. The superintendent's report showed that there was 126 pupils on the roll of the main school and -37 on the Parkvale school roll. The credit balance was reported to be £7 los 3d, including £2 14s 5d carried forward from last year. The average attendance at the Parkvale branch was 24. The report was adopted. Mr W. Tucker was re-elected secretary, and Mrs H. Wakelin was re-appointed treasurer. The Misses Edwards were appointed secretary and treasurer respectively of the Parkvale branch. It was resolved to hold a teachers' Bible class on Tuesday evenings.

A meeting of the Taratahi Waterrace Committee was held in the County Offices, Carterton, yesterday afternoon. There were present Messrs W. Perry (chairman), T. Ray, W. Fisher, and G. E. Reynolds. On the motion of the chairman, seconded by Mr Fisher, /it was decided that Mr T. Comptun's 232 acres should be included in the rating area, and that Mr Compton be notified that the Committee would be willing to keep the races clean. Mr Fisher moved and Mr Reynolds seconded that the water in the races should be cut ofi* from June Ist co the 14th, for the annual cleaning. The motion was carried. It \vns resolved to notify Mr Ogilvie to remove his buildings ten feet back from the race, to the satisfaction of the ranger. It was also decided to notify Mr J. C. Ewington to cat the gorse on his property ten feet back from the race.

Fate would appear to have played its part in the shocking affair which ended in the loss of four lives in,the Lower Harbour on Saturday night, says the "Otago Daily Times." It appears that on Saturday afternoon Lieutenant-Colonel Allen, who was in charge of the military manoeuvres at the Heads, in the course of his peregrinations, came in contact with four members of the Port Chalmers Navals witn swags. On being questioned, they stated that they were on their way to Port Chalmers.. When asked if they had obtained, i permits to leave, they repl'ed in the negative, whereupon Colonel Allen firmly insisted that they should not leave their posts without authority. It so happened that while they were being questioned their officer hove in sight, and Colonel Allen told, the men that they could apply to theirofficer for leave. This they did, with, the result that Gunner Methers was granted leave and the other tnree men ordered to return. As Fate would have it, Gunner Methers was, drowned while returning to the Heads in the oil launch, and it is quite possible that but for the enforcement of military discipline and the compulsory detention of the three men they also might have come to the same end.

Mr C. F. B. Livesay, Architect of Wellington, 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,

Many 'of ftlhe maize crop in the JKyogle (New.South Wales) district, are yielding 80 busheite an acre.

Qtiaiil ace reported tobe very plentiful in the Danne,virke district. At Makotukuthe farmers find them a tpest, as they have a propensity for scratching up the grass Heed on new-Hy-sown burnt land, and pulling up the young grass as it comes through.

What was christened the "Honeymoon Train" (says the'"Timaru Herald"'.) passed through from Dunedin •one day last week. There were no fewer than sixteen newly-married couples on board. The down express (had a blushing couple or two among the holiday makers.

Dairy farming is not a strong feature of Canterbury. According to last year's 'figures, ithere were in the whole of Canterbury seven butter factories, eight cheese factories, nineteen mills, and thirty-nine pri--vate cheese .dairies. In ;private cheese dairies, the .province excels, for there are only three others of these in theiraat of New Zealand.

Successful trials have been made by the Christchurch Tramway Beard's road sprinkler (used for laying the dusts) as tlire prevention appliances. The nozzile added enables a jet of water .to be thrown 25ft high. The'cost of fitting the sprinklers with 6in valves for fire prevention purposes is about £3O each. The Fire Board is tobe allowed the ruse of the spririklers, the larger.ones iof which carry's,ooo gallons.

"This demand far increased wages •came as a surprise ,-to me, said an i©m|iloyer at the (.Conciliation Board at Wanganui. *'l had rot received a complaint about wages, and it seems that we are to be ever saddled with mew awards. We no sooner receive •one award, than we are into another. I am now working under seven awards, and beliwe iit would puzzle ?a solicitor to prevent us committing breaches." "Oh," interjected Mr Andrew Collins, "'I know of a man -who employs under 11 award o , and ,doea not commit breaches." The employer continuing said he was looking forward to the time -when he should have '''one man and a dog to lock after.'"

"Just look at this," said the New South Wale 3 Minister for Customs' last week as he cut a strip .off a celluloid eye-gJaas and applied a match to it. "1 am considering whether I shall not prohibit the importation of such articles. Combs, collars, cuffs, and toys for children are made of this -inflammable stuff, and some of them go off-like a detonator when they come in contact with fira. They consequently come within the category of things which the_ Minister has power to prohibit from importation, and as he concluded his experiment and explanation he prncthally made up his mind that the order should.be issued.

An texperiment in the shipping of export apples, the result of which will be interestirg to orchardiats and fruit exporters, took place at Melbourne last week, when the steamer Somerset left with a consignment of 200 cases of apples for London, stored under the "humid air" process of preservation. The process is a Victorian invention. Its main object is to do away with the necessity for freezing, and to supply instead a free current of cool, moist air, whicn is allowed to come in coptact with the fruit. This is obtained by corrugated iron fans, which mpke 800 revolutions a minute. An outfit has been installed on board the Somerset, at a cost oij £BO.

As regards domestic servants, says the "Christchurch Press," we are convinced that, if suitable selected immigrants were brought out to the colony free, the result would benefit ths whole community. At the present time there are simply not enough domestic servants in Now Zealand to "go round." It is not a question of the rate of wages, because, owing to the general reluctance of New Zeaand girls to "go into service," aa it is called, the number available is insufficient to supply the wants of those who can afford to pay them the fairly high rate of wages prevailing. The consequence is, as we have before pointed out, that numbers of New Zealand wives and mothers are overworked in a way that no trades union would tolerate with any of its members, and many of them become nervous wrecks in consequence.

A Dunedin resident brought forward a device to do away with the need for nightly putting out a jug or billy for the morning's milk. The idea is to have a small Hole cut in the back door. Just below this, on the inside, is suspended a tin cylinder, flattened or» one side to hug the door panel, and' covered with a lid hinged to the door. The milkman comes round in the morning armed with a small funnel. He lifts a small slide covering the hole,-inserts the antl pours through it the desired quantity of milk. He withdraws the funnel, down falls the lid slide and' the slide outside, and the milk in the tin cylinder is reasonably Safe from the dust-born germ or ths thirst-im-pelled cat. The inventor waited on the Minister for Public Health in Dunedin with a model showing his invention, which he has just patented throughout New Zealand. Mr Fowlds could not give him much encourage-, inant in regard to a modest request that the use of the apparatus should be made compulsory on milk consumers, but advised him to forward his model to the Chief Health Officer at Wellington. 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 aiul reliable. Therefore do not aggrevatu your complaint by the use of one of the many crude eucalyptus ' oila which art) now palmed oft" as "Extracts," aiul from the use of which a death- was reported recently, but insist upon the GENUINE SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI. EXTRACT and reject all others. For wrinkles, sunburn, pimples, blackheads, freckles, cracked hands, dry and inflamed skin, use SANDER & SONS SUPERB A 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 SUPERB A SKIN FOOD is not an ordinary face cream, and unlike any of them, produces a permanent beautifying effect. All chemists and stores.

It i 8 reportetlcthatr,the takings during Clara Butt's :tojir of Australasia totalled £50.00.0.

At the Hawera-horse fair recently, two mares;(in foal) realised 2s 6d and Is respectively. When entry ,fees, commission and halter charges are deducted, the vendors' accounts should not be largely! in credit.

.The number *of men employed on the Broken Hill mines at the end of March was 7,901, against 8,937 at the end of December, and 9,698 at the end of March, 1907; but the totalis greatly above:the average for many years.

Referring to the employment of boys on stations, .'Mr E. B. Millton stated iu the course of his evidence before the Conciliation Board at Christchumh, on Wednesday, that he only employed them to do fleece work. Boys knew nothing; at school they picked up a great deal of theoretical knowledge, but very little practical; very few boys from the town or the country could use carpenters' tools; they could not mend horse-covers; they could not distinguish between and plants, and the whole of theirknowlecige had to be instilled into them.

The new regulations under which the Marine' Department takes over the control of the oyster beds of the North Island come into force on May Ist. "The new system wil.work very well," said a leading Auckland fish merchant, in the course of an interview, "but the Government, by charging 12=! 6d ; per sack, is going to make fully half of >tnat amount clear profit. In such a good season as this it should be an easy matter to get oysters picked at 6s uer sack at Waiheke, and sold tn Auckland at.7&. Any man can easily :piok thrae sacks at a tide, and some seasons .when the oysters were plentiful, .we used to get them picked at 2s 6d .per sack. Last saason the pickers combined and ro3e the price up to .Itls and ilSa, with the result that th~ pubfic had to pay unfair prices. While the action of tha Government .in taking up the wholesale oyster business (cuts against us, it wiil at least prevent .a recurrence of such a eonab'inattion as waa responsible for tne Mgh prices . last year."

A striking commentary on tibe question of teachers' salaries cama before the Greymouth School -Committee meeting recently. ■ For years past complaint has been made that it is a difficult matter to persuade youths to enter the teaching profession. !This has beer, noticeable on the West Coast, and in Greymouth in particular. At the latter school, there ace now 260 boys, and yet (here is only one male assistant on the staff. No Similar school in the dominion is so numerically weak in male teachers. The position was intensified tiae other evening when the only male pupil-teacher tendered his resignation. It appeared that this gentleman had been in the Board's employ for over six years, but his salary had on?y reached £6O per annum—an amount that an office boy can generally command within two years. Such being the case, ' the teacher reluctantly resigned, and is about to enter a trade, where he will earn 8s per day from the commencement.

* Mrs J. Cairns has a house parlour maid awaiting engagement. An advertiser wishes to purchase a collie dog. A very fine gaslight display of meat and poultry was made in the Post Office Meat Mart last evening. Mr John Yarr announces that he will reply to Mr Hollings at the Town Hail on Tuesday evening.

Mr W. ' Wardell inserts a notice against treapas3ing on his property at Te Whiti.

Elsewhere in this issue Mr Albert Webb, tailor and habit-maker, has a special notice with reference to tailor-made garments. The New Zealand Railways Department advertise special train arrangements in connection with .the Wellington race meeting. Advice to sufferers _ from eye troubles is given in Mr H. T. Wood's advertisement in another column.

At the Post Office Auction Mart, to-day, Mr M. 0. Aronsten will submit at auction a assortment of furniture, household sundries and poultry.

A meeting of those interested in the formation of an Association Football Club will be held in the Dominion Hall on Monday evening, at 7.30.

There is at present on exhibition at the W.F.C.A. a very fine collection of Japanese chrysanthemum blooms, grown by Mr E. Hale, of the Wairarapa Nurseries. Those interested in the cultivation of this popular flower should order plants now.

At. the Masterton Auction Mart this afternoon, Mr J. R. Nicol will sell, on account of the British Woollen Company, recently imported drapery and clothing. A good range of leading lines of furniture will also be sold without reserve.

The exhibit of educational books and appliances of. Messrs MacMillan and Co., which was opened yesterday in the sample rooms at the Exchange Buildings, proved a great attraction. School teachers and others interested should not fail to visit the display, which will be open all day to-day. Full particulars can be obtained from Messrs McLeod and Young, booksellers.

Mr J. U. Nicol has been favoured with instructions from Mr H. H. Cork to sell the whole of his furniture and effects. The sale will be held on Wednesday next, at the residence, No. 59, Worksop Road, and the furniture, which is well selected and in first-class order, will be sold without reserve. Further particulars will be advertised, and the goods will bo on view at a time to be notified.

A cup of fine flavoured cocoa is a refreshing drink at all times, and Bahia Cocoa is regarded as one of the moat universally satisfactory on the market. The W.F.C.A. has been appointed Wairarapa agents for "Bahia," and in another column extend an invitation to drinkers of cocoa to call at their Masterton premises and taste a cup of this cocoa. Mies Poyrder, an expert demonstrator from London, will be in attendance daily to attend to the callers.

j A iFress Association message ' from 'Napier states that the Col- ' onial '-Consigning and Distributing Company, iLondon, cables that frozen ( meat prices are unchanged.

Over JO Victorian farmers have settled iin the.Gilgandra (New South Wales) idistrict during the last few months. 'Thetarea.under wheat this year iis expected to reach 50,000 acres, compared .with 34,000 last year.

It is alleged that Queensland sugar planters are evading in a wholesale way thewvages (provisions of the Excise Act. Some men are said to earn only 10s or 12s 6d a week and their board, whereas the minimum rate prescribed is.22s 6d.

Deer-stalking in the Rakaia Gorge recently, Mr K. ;Heaton Rhodes secured one of the.finest heads that has been shot in the distx*ict, says a Christchurch paper. Of the heavy type of head it is undoubtedly the best ever shot in Ne'.v Zealand. It has 16 points, .and the brow and tray tines, and tops of the antlers, are splendidly .developed, while the hay tines are much better fian those of any Rakaia .head shot last year. The tops are also very uniform, and altogether the head -is symmetrical, and has a fine bold appearance. The length of horns is 41in, spread over all 41ins, beam between hay and tray tinen 6in, brow tines .L7Jin and 16in, and tray tines 15in and 14& in in length respectively.

Writing ta ,a friend,in .Auckland, a resident of Hebrides says: —"Since the new Conventoin is being put into working order, .property is becoming of more value and importance. Land values .are .going up fast, and business is .booming. The question is, Wil] it last? I think it will, for some time to .come, .at anyrate. Another company as being formed in London and P&nis .to work the New Hebrides, to he known as 'The New Hebrides (Limited;)..' Thev have one steamer on the way out from Europe, and claim to be two more. A bark is also to be started by the same company at Vila, with a capital of £50,000; and they will do general commercial busiaess, as well as devote attention to planting. Competition all round promises ito be keen."

A correspondent of "The Titaes" •(London) writes from Peshawar: "During the operations against the .Zakka varioug devices were ernpbyed to beep the enemy in ignorance of the British movements. The last manoeuvre was the cleverest of all, for it succeeded in deceiving everybody, even the troops and camp followers. While the date of the evacuation was already settled in the General's mind, the troops were set to work building stone huts and making drains, as if the occupation of the valley were to be pevmanent. These works were watched by the jirgake coming into camp. The Zakka draw their own, though wrong, conclusions, for the very morning after the works indicating a lengthened stay were concluded we were up and off. The pickets left their fires burning, and the last picket withdrawn in the morning reported that before they left the crest of the hill a party of men were seen in the distance coming towards camp bearing a white flag. Great must have been the surprise of these men to find us gono. The Zakka, therefore, could not have followed us up, evein had they so wished. For once it cannot be said of an expedition in the Afridi hills that it made peace tempered by a rearguard action.",