LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9102, 30 May 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The latest return from the Work sop Dredge is 14 ounces for the week. The dredge is still engaged in opening-out work. No fresh trophy competitions are to 1>" commenced by Opaki Rifle Club thii season. A number of "lost competitions" are, however, to be made up bv members of the club. "Thor.-f seems to have been an epidemic of marriage among our lady tHdcher.;," declared the chairman (Mr Robert Leo) of the Wellington Education Board on Thursday. No lejy t'n»n six resignations from lady tjachurs were received. The position attained by the Opaki Rifle Club in the "Daily Mail" Empire Match has not yet been definitely ajcertuined, but from the figures cabled the club so far lies about ; ixth. The club is easily top so far as New Zealand is concerned. Mr C. P. 11. Livesay, Architocfc of Wto lington, lias moved to more convenienrooms in tho National Mutual Chambers, Customhouse Quay, (adjoining tho Head Office of tho Hank of N.Z.) Address— P.O. Box 771. Telephone 2(392,

It has been decided by the Wellington Education Board to establish an aided school at Admiral Run.

"The past autumn was the best we have experienced in the Wairarapa for over twenty years," remarked a Masterton farmer to a Wsirarapa Age reporter yesterday. Permission has been granted to the Wellington Education Board by the Education Department for the sale of that portion of the land at present occupied by the Eketahuna School.

The Treasurer of the Masterton Hospital acknowledges, with thanks, the receipt of £B2 18s 86, beiug the nett proceeds of the Saturday and Sunday function organised by the Masterton Friendly Societies' Council, which amount, with the Government subsidy added, will augment the funds of the hospital oy £lB2 9s Id.

The Rev. J. N. Buttle will conduct both services at the Methodist Church to-morrow. In the evening the subject will be: "Saul of Tarsus at Damascus," and the anthem will be "The Evening Shadows Slowly Fall" (Buruham). At Kuripuni, at 7 p.m., Mr Chilton will conduct the services, and at Rangitumau, at 3 p.m., Rev. J. N. Buttle will officiate.

The tender of Messrs Taylor and Hodges, of Masterton, for the erection of the new brick school at Lansdowne; near Masterton, and that of Mr H. H. Godfrey, of Pahiatua, for ths removal and reerection of the Mangatiti School have been accepted by the Wellington Education Board. Tenders for painting and repairs to the Gladstone School will be re-advertised in the summer.

There was a crowded attendance at the skating rink in Chapel Street last evening, when a novice race was held, causing much interest and merriment. Mv Andrews was first, winning the gold sleeve-links, and Mr O'Brien second. The "rfnk" is becoming increasingly popular. Tonight an open race is to take place, which will not interfere with the skating in any way.

At 30.15 last evening, a fire occurred at the tar boiling depot of the Masterton Corporation yards, in Hope Street. The night watchman, Mr J. Pond, was on his tour of inspection as usual when the fumes of the boiling tar, which is kept simmering for thirty-3ix hour 3 on end fur macpdamising purposes, were ignited by the lamp, with the result that a fire occurred, doin? a fsw pounds worth of damage to the corporntion shed. The loss is covered by insurance.

At the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr VV. P. James. S.M., Pickering Bros. (Mr P. L. Hollinga) sued A. Waterhouse (Mr B„ J. Dolan) for the sum of £176, alleged to be due on various plumbing contracts. A counter-claim for £lO4 was set up on the ground that the work done was defective, and a nonsuit point was also raised that plaintiff had no rieht to sue until the work was completed, and approved by the employer or his agent. Evidence was given by the plaintiff.?, G. Pye and J. Andrew, while part of defendant's evidence was also taken. The case will be continued to-day.

At the civil sitting of the Wellington Supreme Court, oil Thursday, afternoon says the "Evening Post," commission amounting to £275 15s on; the sale of 780 acres of land at Te Ore Ore, sold for £21.06 C, was awarded to Herbert James Baker, land and estate agent, against Mary Elizabeth Henry, wife of J. B. Henry, manager of the Bank of New Zealand at Masterton. The defence was that plaintiff was not employed as agent, and therefore not entitled to any remuneration. A common jury of four, of which Mr H. J. Sutherland was foreman, took half an hour to return a verdict for plaintiff for the full amount claimed. His Honor allowed cost 3as per scale, witnesses' expanses and disbursements (to be fixed by the Registrar) and a fee; for second counsel.

A meeting was held in Masterfcon last evening in connection with the proposal to iorm a Society for ( the Prevention of cruelty to animalsJThe Mayor (Mr P. L. Hollings) occupied the chair. Mr Seed, Wellington Inspector, was present, and explained toe objects of the Society. It was unanimously decided to* form a local branch of the Wellington. Society, an 1 the'following officers were elected:— Patron, Mr A. W. Hoijg, M.P.; President, Mr P. L. Hioll Vio-Presidents, Messrs C. E. Daniell,' J. O. Cruickshnk, G. C. Summeroll and W. H. Cruickshank; II m. Secretary, Mr De Castro;. Hon. Solictors, Messrs W. G.Beard and P:. L. Hollings; Hon. Veterinary Surgeon, Mr H. G. Taylor; Inspector, Mr W. Davidson; Committee, MessisR. Brown, C. Graham, A. Donald, H„ T. Wood, W. H. Cole, VV. M. Eiathoy.e, J. H. Pauling, J. Caselberg, JThreadwell,, Mesdames Russell, Davids in, Flanagan and! Arnott. It was decided, to fix the annual subscription at 2s 6d, and to call a meeting of the committee once a month. Mr J. L. Murray kindly offered' a meeting room free at the Exchange HaliL

A strange tale was told to the Acting-Registrar in Bankruptcy at Sydney of how a small debt, like a rolling snowball, attained bi? proportions in the course of nine or ten years. Bankrupt, a clerk in the public service, said he borrowed some nine or ten years ago a sum of £6O, giving a bill of sale ©ver his household furniture as security. After a couple of years the furniture was re-valued, and a further loan obtained, making the totnl £7O. Since then two promissory notes, aggregating some £54, had been given and negotiated, part of the proceeds going towards reduction of the initial indebtedness. All the time he had been paying at the rate of £24 per annum off the principal, and an additional amount, varying from £lO to £l7 per annum, according as the amount of the principal debt fluctuated. Some months ago his furniture was seized and sold, realising £SO, yet he found himself still in debt to the company from which he had borrowed the money to the extent of £Bl. And this in spite of the fact that, according to his own calculation, he had, since borrowing the first amount, paid the company no less a sum than £l4O. Do nob forgot that the only perfectly safe remedy for throat and lung complaint is TUSSICUEA. Is Od and 2s 6d

It was stated at a meeting of the Wellington College Governors yesterday morning that 151 out of the 309 boys attending Wellington College were free pupils. A practice of the Masterton Morris Tube Association will take place in the Drill Hall on Monday evening. It has not been definitely decided on what night the trophy competitions will commence. The Auckland Lawn Tennis Association has unanimously decided to adopt the Sykes ball and to support the New Zealand Association in selecting it as the official ball for next season. Two men, Alick Young anJ Tom Ryan, were arrested on Thursday night for alleged burglary at Storey's Hotel, Wairoa. They were brought before the Court yesterday and remanded for a week. The sale of Marton extension sections, held at Taihape on Thursday, resulted in a brisk demand. Fiftysix sections were knocked down, realising in purchase money £2,615. A farmer in the Oamaru district planted a dry lagoon of large size with potatoes this season, from which he dug 17 tons to the acre. These he sold at £4 per ton, or at the rate of £6B per acre. A man named Horn was fined, at Woodville, £lO with the option of two months in Napier gaol for supplying a prohibited person with liquor. He chose the gaol alternative, "lie prohibited man was fined £1 and was cautioned. An adult school is now conducted in Wellington for the instruction of people who desire to improve their education. The school is free to all who desire to avail themselves of the facilities provided. It is intended tomeete\ery boat from England to extend to immigrants a hearty welcome to the school. A Prass Association telegram states that two of the inmates of the Inebriates' Home at Pakatca having refused to-work and becomii g; troublesome, the Salvation Army appealed to the police. Two con-* were sent to the island, and the offenders—one man from Wellit gton and one from Auckland—will be brought before the court.

Timaru fishermen continue to obtain good hauls, chiefly of groper, ion the groper grounds, which are : situated about fourteen miles southeast of Timaru, and the total takings oij two partners for one month are said to have been £IOO (states the "Ltytelton Times"). A large number of the fish are sent to Ghristcfaixrch for sale. At Auckland a few days ago three young men were convicted of perpetrating an offence called! "knickknocking," consisting of rousing tired citizens from bed at late hours iof the night by means of a mech- ; anical contrivance, including mostly , a long pie"e of string and a door knocker. The trio were ordered topay the costs of the prosecution. The dairy regulations which are to obtain in future in the Dominion hive not yet been compiled. The various Inspectors have been requested t to make recommendations in fconnection with the, management of the industry, and these recommendations are now in. When the regulations are published they will embody the concrete result of these recommendations. In the meantime the old regulations are in force. A vish to the teachers' class in elementary agriculture and nature study, now being held at Ureytown, was paid by Messrs T. R. Flemming (Inspector of Schools) and T. W. Kirk (Government Biologist) last Tuesday. Mr Kirk, in an address to the teachers, laid emphasis on the good they might do by instilling into the minds of country children the utility of improved agriculture. He also dealt with the necessity of securing purer pasturage for stock. A vote of thanks was passed to Mr Kirk for his address. J. B. Atholwood, the well-known actor, was sentei ced to six months' imprisonmant for going through the form of marriage wilh Lilian Mary Townsend on May 26th, 1902. his wife Ethel Ruby TeLverton Atholwood being then alive.. Atholwcod. was a prominent member of Mr J. C, Williamson's dramatic companies. He has toured Mew Zealand many times, notably with Mr Cuyler Hastings and Miss Titell iirune. , His last appearance in New Zealand was as "Col. Drew" in "Brewster's Missions," at the beginning of the present year. The railway workshops throughout the Dominion'are at present having an extremely busy time in the construction of rolling stock. The proj»cted completion of the North Island Main line at an early date has been responsible for an extra demandvbut the expansion of trade on a wholesale scale throughout the North I-stond is also calling for large additions to the available stock. The Newmarket shops are working at full pressure, and when the stock now in hand is completed there will be % 3,000 waggons, available for service on the Auckland section of railway's*, these waggons having a capacity of from eight to twenty-five tons. The construction of passenger carriages ia also proceeding rapidly. Already built and building at Auckland and Wellington, there are four dining.'-cars for the Main Trunk line and fortyfour 50ft carriages and eight bogie brake-vans. Messrs Price Bros., of Thamet,, have under construction ten locomotives for work on the Auckland .and Main Trunk railways* If you want to keep your family together, to sweeten daily intercourse, to smooth away life's little- rubs and ironies to keep the .children devoted to their home, yon must liaue music in th» hqnse. In short, you need a piano. There are pianos and-—pianos. If you try to "pick up a good second hand piano cheap" you will find buying a piano a riskier business than buying a horse. Better be sensible The Dresden Piano Company, Limited, are exports. It is their business to see that you get exactly what you want. You will ensure a better bargain than any you can hope to make the other way. If you are not C disposed to pay cash, the Company * will arrange terms to suit you. Beware of the dealer, salesman, or traveller who oasts reflections upon his competitors. He does so from interested motives—perhaps to back up his own weak position. Oiir Agents are instructed not to discredit oppos ( tioa firms. They are to rely solely on the merits of the Company's instruments.

|The codlin moth pest has obtained *a strong hold in Canterbury and is * spreading to many orchard*. The Wellington Education Board "has decided that the Wairarapa members visit ths Matarawa and Waioj hine Schools, and report on the question of sites. " What cb you do for a living"? a -iuclpment debtor was asked before Dr. McArthur S.M., at' Wellington. "'I shovel coal, handle frosen meac canvass for advertisements, post Vbills take tickets at the theatre • doors, do anything I can get," re.ip'>d the witness with the air of a man of experience. "And what do xyou earn by all that?" was the next .question. "From £1 10s to £2 10s a week," glibly responded the man of manv occupations. "Are you marjried''" asked the solicitor despairingly. "Yes." "Any children?" "Four." Counsel sat down resignedly. No order was made. Mr A. Rebay, of the Dominion '€afe, requires a smart waitress. A notice ro stock impounded appears in another column. A washerwoman is required by Mrs "Watson, Carlton House. lA hospital ball is to be held in the Brill and Town Halls on Tnursday, -Jme 2nd. l A kitcbenman and a pantryman are required at the Central Dining Koom3. A reward i 3 offered for the return -of a collie dog; lost from the Club stablen. Special train arrangements for iPrinc-i of Wales' Birthday are advertised in another column. Tei d )rs for formation and metalling aio invited by the Masterton County Council. Notice re proposalrto raise a loan is also given. Great blanket bargains are obtain•able at McCay's great closing down s u le, which is now proceeding at his premises, Queen street. The sale of building sections in the •■estate of Mr R. C. McKenzie will 'bo htlJ by Messrs Abraham and Wil:mama Ltd., at 2 o'cioclc, this afternoon. A grazing run of 2,983 acres close to Wanganui is offered for sale by Messrg Lomax and Co. Particulars •appear in their advertisement in an- . other column. jMr R. W. Armit, the well-known wholesale and retail tobacconist, of , 51 Lambton Quay, Wellington, has an interesting advertisement in an- * other column. Messrs Goldbloom Bros., who are : recognised as amongst the leading ;Jladijs' costumiers in Wellington, have an announcement on page 6 of this issue. A large shipment of headstones and monuments has reached the dominion to the order of Mr T. G. Hoar, •••of Ma3terton, and should reach Masterton curing next week. Gum boot? and goloshes in all sizes are now obtainable at Messrs D. Finalyson and Sons, Masterton, at reasonable rates. A special importation has been made for the winter season. v One of the finest displays of ladies' footwear ever exhibited by" Mr J; Carpenter, is now displayed at his Masterton premises. In baa advertiseinrnnt on toe leader pagis prices aro quoted which should at fact the .attention of ladiesgemerally. At the Masterton Auction Mart, tthis afternoon, Mr J. R'. Nicol will aell a finp range of furniture on account of Mr G. E. Manning, late of Te Rangitumau, and Mr J. Adams, of Masterton The list includes a number of leading lines, which are in i&rst-class order, and will be sold without reserve.