LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9089, 14 May 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The valuation of the borough for the triennial period just commencing has been completed by Mr J. Fraser, Government Valuer. We understand the extra valuation for improvements in the borough amount to something over £60,000.

The directors of the Masterton Co-operative Dairy Company met yesterday, Mr J. C. Ewington in the chair. It was reported that the creameries at Mangamaire and Nikau are still forwarding supplies, and the factory will probably be running until the end of June.

The Greytown Bowling Club have notified the Masterton Bowling Club that they are unable to send rinks to Masterton to-day to compete for the Booth Cup. The local club has decided to close their green for the season on Saturday. The green will be open for play to-day and on Saturday.

A meeting of the general committee of the Masterton Horticultural Society was held last night, when it was decided to wait upon a number of ladies, a list of whose names was drawn up, and obtain their consent to nomination on the committee. It was decided to employ a paid canvasser to obtain subscriptions for the Society. The annual meeting of the Yorkshire Society was held last evening in the Club Hotel, Mr E. H. Waddington presiding over a good attend ance of members. After routine business had been transacted, it was decided to hold a special meeting in a fortnight to consider the best means of forwarding the interests of the Society. Two members of the Govflrnment Land Purchase Board, Messrs A. A. Barron (chairman) and A. Reese, were in Masterton yesterday on departmental business. They proceed to the East Coast to-morrow to inspect lea station, with a view of ascertaining whether it is advisable for the Government to resume the station for closer settlement. Mr J. Eraser, Government Valuer, accompanies them. At the Carterton Magistrate's Court yesterday afternoon, before Mr W. P. James, S.M., Thomas Merson was charged with having procured liquor during the currency of a prohibition order against him. Accused was lined 20s, with 7s costs. For a similar offence a young man named George Ashton Herritk, was fined 40i, with 7s costs. H. W. Goodin was charged with having procured liquor for C. A. Herrick, knowing him to ba a prohibited person. The accused, who entered a plea of guilty, was fined £5, with 7s costs.

The monthly meeting of the Masterton School Committee was held last evening in the secretary's office. The secretary reported that the credit balance was £69 19s lid. The headmaster reported that the number on the roll for the month was 903, and the average attendance 275. It was decided to present Mr o'L.eavy with a framed photograph of- the committee as a mark of esteem and in recognition o>f the g-ood service he had rendered during his connection with the committee. Accounts amounting to £26 8s 7d were passed for payment. The following members were appointed a visiting committee for the ensuing month: — Messrs Perry, Townsend and Waddington. An inquest concerning the death of Percy Clifford Kaccliffe, who was killed at Mauriceviile on Tuesday through being struck by a piece of wood from a stump, during blasting operation?, was held yesterday afternoon before Mr W. P. James, district coroner. Evidence was given to the eiieit chat James Bray, the boy's grandfather, was engaged in blowing up a log with gelignite. Two unsuccessful attempts had previously been made to remove the stump by means of explosives, but without success. The charge was eventually increased to two pounds of gelignite, and the fuse lighted. Mr Bray and his assistant took shelter in a shed 100 yards from t l ie log, and close to the home of the deceased's parents. The hoy RadclifFe, who had been playing with some other children close by, went to view the explosion. He had not gone far when the charge went oIF, and one of the pieces of wood, scattered by the explosion, struck him on the face, death being instantaneous. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death.

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Messrs W. Booth and Co.'3 mill at Papawai has "cut out."

The Conciliation Board will sit at Masterton to investigate the tailors' dispute on May 21st at 10.30 a.m. Gas consumers are notified that tomorrow, (Friday,) is the last day on which discount will be allowed on current accounts.

Masterton District High School and the other schools of the district close to-morrow week for the term vacation of one week.

The Masterton Trust Lands Trustees decided at tiieir meeting last evening to meet in f.jture on the evening of the second Friday in each month.

A meet of the hounds under the auspices of the Wairarapa Hunt Club will be held on Saturday at Featherston. A meet takes place at Masterton this day week.

All the arrangements are complete for the social and dan<"e of thi Witirarapa Amateur Athletic Club, to be held in the L>iil Hall this evening, and the function promises to be a decided success. A class for ladies in advanced cookery has been started at Masterton District High School. A large number of ladies are attending the class, at which excellent work is being done. A full rehearsal of the "Japanese Girl" will be held in St. Matthew's sichoolroom at 7.30 this evening. The operetta will be produced again in Masterton at an early date, and also at Carterton.

The annual meeting: of the members of the Masterton Branch of the New Zealand Farmre's Union will be held in the A. and P. Association's rooms, Perry street, at 2 o'clock, on Saturday. Mails for the Commonwealth of Australia, Ceylon, India, China, Japan, Straits Settlements; also South Africa, Continent of Europe and United Kingdom, per s.s. Monowai, will nlose at Masterton on Friday at 6.15 a.m.

The Feat! erston Dairy Factory is now only working every other day and will probably close at the end of the month. The Fresh Milk Association's factory is receiving 600 gallons daily from ten suppliers which goes to Wellington.

The trustees of the North Wairarapa Benevolent Society met yesterday afternoon. Present—Messrs R. T. Holmes (chairman), Jno. Morris and Mesdames Cairns and Kean. The pay-sheet amounting to about £SO (Renall-Solwny Home £2b, general £22) was passed for payment. A fresh application for rtlief was granted.

School appointments made by the Wellington Education Board have been approved by school committees as follows:—Head teacher, Ballance, Mr F. Thompson; sole teacher, Nikau, Miss M. Lock; sole teacher, Mangapakeha, Miss C. E. Orr; assistant mistress, Nireaha, Miss M. Armstrong. The weekly session of Endeavour Lodge No. 203 was held last evening in the Y.M.C.A. Hall, 13ro. King presiding over a large number of After general business had been dealt with the officers for the ensuing term were duly installed in their respective offices by the lodge deputy. "Everything in connection with the railways has gone up," said the Minister fo~ Railways, (Hon. HallJones) to a deputation at Wellington yesterday morning; "wages, oil, timber, steel—everything. They cost mora to build and more to maintain. There has been an increase in the wages bill of £65,000, and only two or three years ago a similar sum for a like purpose had to be provided."

The various institutions in and around Christehurch are unusually full for some reason. Old men and women have been drifting into the homes during the past few weeks, and the authorities are rather puzzled to account for the fact. Old age pensioners form a considerable proportion of the new inmates. The fact is interesting in view of the suggestion that hard times are at hand.

The Wangantii branch of the Employers' Federation reports that aft-;r Diaking careful enquiries it is satisfied that iwo strikes occurred at the freezing works there —one among the feilmongers on 22nd Ferbuary, and the other among the .chambermen on 26th February. Consequently the Advisory Boaid was requested to make strong representations to the Labour Department. The matter was discussed by the board on Tuesday. and it was decided to bring the subject under the notice of the department, with an emphatic reminder that all care must be taken to ensure the loyal observance of the terms of awards.

Australian papers report the arrest at Melbourne, last Tuesday week, of James Atholvvood,. an actor wellknown in New Zealand, on a charge of bigamy. Accused was appearing' in "John Glayde's Honour" at Her Majesty's Theatre. A warrant for his arrest was issued at the instance of Ethel Ruby Yelverton Atholwood, and alleges that the accused was married to informant at North Melbourne by the Rev. W. Crackett on 28th June, 1897, and that on 26th May, 1902, he went through the ceremony of marriage with Lilias May Townsend, the informant being then alive. Accused was admitted to bail, and was to appear before the City Court on the following day.

Happier days are in store for the dumb animals of the Wairarapa. An enthusiastic meeting of citizens was recently held in Masterton for the purpose of forming a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in this district. A large number of prominent persons have handed in their names for enrolment. The animals' Wellington guardian angel, Inspector Seed, has paid a visit to Masterton, giving information and other necessary assistance. As an instance of the need for such an institution, immediately on his arrival Mr Seed arrested a suffering horse which he eventually had killed. At the meeting of the Wellington Society on Tuesday night a resolution was passed expressing the hope that other towns would follow the good example set by Masterton.

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A Press Association telegram states that burglars entered two hotels at Stratford on Tuesday night, getting away with money and jewellery from sleepers' rooms. Dr Talbot, and another motor-car owner, were each fined £5 and costs at Christchurch, yesterday, for driving their cars beyond a speed of eight miles an hour.

A Dunedin Press Association telegram stages that Cornish, a hotelkeeper at Stirling, has been remanded to Balclutha on a charee of the manslaughter of his wife. At the Hastings police court, yesterday morning, an elderly man named Frederick Thomas Farr was brought up charged with attempting to commit suicide by taking po'.son. He was remanded till Saturday.

A girl named Logan, aged 16, was thrown from a trap yesterday at Waipavva through the horse shying. She was dragged along the road through her dress catching in the -wheel, and was killed. The general health of the natives in Taranaki is, according to Dr. Pomare, very gojd—much better, in fact, than at any time since last winter. Ihe doctor found that the reported outbreak of typhoid was a matter of small importance. The Minister of Labour has decided to establish female Labour Bureaux in each of the four centres. It is probable that Miss Bremner will be placed in charge at Wellington, Mrs Hawthorn at Auckland. Mis* Morrison at Christchurch and Miss Hays at Dunedin. —Association. During his recent visit to the South Island, Mr Clifton, Chief Inspector of Stock, was struck by the fact that farmers both in Otago and Canterbury are going in more extensively for wheat growing than was the case last year. He cannot say that the area which will be devoted to the cultivation of that cereal will be a record, but there is no doubt that increased attention is now paid by many Southern farmers to wheatgrowing. Mr Clifton was not slow to ob c erve that in the northern part of Otago and the southern portion of Canterbury the turnip crops have not turned out well, growth having doubtless been checked by the extrernel} dry weather since the beginning of the year. "Have boarding house-keepers a. lien on goods belonging to boarders in security for payment of board and residence?" This was the question submitted to Dr M'Arthur, S.M., at Wellington yesterday morning for decision. Mr Wedde, who appeared for the keeper of a boarding house, submitted that it had been the custom iii houses that took casual guests as well as permanent boarders tn detain property when payment was not forthcoming. His Worship: "It has never been done. Ail those cases you refer to deal with licensed houses, a fact which alters the question completely. Everybody knows that an. hotelkeeper has a lien 011 the property of guests. It is not so at all with boarding houses." Mr Wedde named several large private hotels where it was done. "They have 110 right to retain luggage," said his Worship,. Counsel considered the question important enough to justify appeal to a higher court.

An advertiser has to let three unfurnished rooms in central position.

A good general servant is required at the Masterton Fish Market.

Fresh and smoked fish will arrive at the Masterton Fish Market at 10.30 to-day. A reward of 25s is offered for the return of a gold: bangle lost in the Foresters' Hall last week. The Misses Whitcombi announce that soup can be obtained datly from 10 a.m. at the Arcadia Tea Rooms. Mrs T. Cox returns thanks to sympathisers with her during her recent bereavement. Mr Hugh Hughson, fishmonger, of Eltham, requires a supply of rabbits twice or three times a week. Mr R. Brown has for sale or exchange a number of valuable sections in the Borough of Masterton. Mr McCay, draper, Queen Street, advertises prices of a numbecr of leading lines observed during the sale. The Masterton County Council give uotice of its intention to confirm certain resolutions passed at a spec- 1 ial meeting on May 12th. Tenders are invited by the DeputyOfficial Assignee (Mr W. Bv Cheapens) for the goodwill of the lease of the premises known as the 1 X L butchery.

At the Masterton Auction Mart, on Saturday, Mr J. R. Nicol will sell a fine range of furniture and general lines.

An exceptionally good assortment of winter turn materials (direct from English woollen mills) has been received by Mr C. S. Ball, tailor, Masterton. Patrons are asked to call early and get the best selection. Messrs K. E. Howell and Co., Ltd., will hold their usual sale on Saturday afternoon, when, in addition to household furniture and sundries, a large assortment of watches and jewellery will be offered.