LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9112, 11 June 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

» Messrs J. mid G. Judd have donated £lO 10s towards the Solway Snowgrounds purchase fund, and have promised in addition to do an area of free plojghing on the grounds. A case, in which Mr F. W. Jones claimed from A. Geange, drover, the sum of .£lB, proceeds of the sale of a horse and cover, was heard before Mr W. P. James, S.M., at the Masterton f.M. Court yesterday. Plaintiff alleged that he gave defendant a horse to sell for him, and he took a horse of defendant's to Te Parae to look after, but not to purchase. Defendant sold the horse and a cover in addition, and now plain riff, who offered to return defendant's horse, claimed the amount defendant received for the horse. The defence was that the two horses were exchanged, and the Magistrate, in the absence of a written contract to guide him, nonsuited plaintiff, *,vith £1 Is coats. Mr P. L. Hollinga ap- j peared for plaintiff, and Mr C. A. Pownall for defendant. j

Mails for the United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, per "Maori," will close at Masterton on Friday, at 6.15 a.m., alao Mails for the Commonwealth of Australia, Ceylon, India, China, Japan, Straits Settlements also South Africa, Con-

tinent of Europe and Unit- d Kingdom, per "Moeraki," will close at Masteitan on Friday at 6.15 a.m.

The date for the annual ball in connection with the Masterton Mounted Rifles has been definitely fixed for Friday, August 7th. it has been decided to engage both the Town and Drill Halls, and a strong ladies' and men's committee has been formed *o carry out the arrangements in connection witli the function. rr>!_ - :-..-.] „ ...I— „.,,•>-,,->

The assisted passengers who came out to New Zealand from England in the Papanui have already begun to distribute themselves throughout the Dominion. So far no difficulty has been found in finning occupation for those who have applied to the Labour Department. The capital brought out by the passengers ranges from £lB to £275.

There were eighteen members preset at the ordinary meeting of the Fire Police held last night and presided over by Captatin Dixon. Lieut. Attwood, Constable F. Fear, and Constable J. Campbell were presented with three years certifinater, and Captain Dixon, Lieut. Lewis ami Constable J. Butcher were presented with two years' service bars. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to the Palmerston North and Featherston Fire Brigades for complimentary tickets for their respective annual dinner and social.

The sittings of the local Licensing Bench are without bright periods. The much-maligned publican is a fruitful ground for counsel for witty observations. Yesterday the Banitary reports on two hotels gave the cuisine appointments anything but a satisfactory testimonial. Mr Pownall observed: "These Health Officers must want a wonderfully good meal for their money. My learned friend, Mr Dolan, and I stayed at one of these hvtels for nearly a week, and Mr Dolan can bear me out in stating that we dined royally on pork every day." The Committee smiled, Mr Dolan chiming in that there were frequent intervals during the period referred to by brother counsel when "pork and beans" were supplemented by different but equally tasty edibles.

The supplying of methylated spirits to prohibited persons was a matter upon which the Chairman of the Masterton Licensing Bench (Mr W. P. James) made some pertinent remarks before the close of the sitting yesterday. He said there were two persons, subject to prohibition orders, both persons of good social standing, who made a practice of satisfying their cravings with methylated spirits. He thought that chemists and storekeepers should,-when they noticed customers frequently purchasing quantities of spirits, know that such person were using the spirits for drinking purposes. The Committee felt the matter had only I) be drawn attention to and in future methylated spirits would not fie so readily available to prohibited persons. The Endeavour Lodge 1.0. G.T. held its weekly session in the Y.M.C.A. Hall last evening. Bro. 11. King presided over a fair attendance of members. Correspondence was received from the secretary of the No-License League. Bros. Bra;,gins, J. Leighton and P. Gilbert were elected delegates to represent the Lodge on the League Council. After the ordinary session a social evening was spent. Refreshments were provided. Advantage was taken of the occasion to present Bro. Brasell and Sister Hopwood with a handsome silver butter cooler and knife. The presentation was ,made by Bro.' Anderson, L.D., who in a eulogistic speech referred to the many good qualities of the recipients, and wished them long life and prosperity. After other officers had tendered their congratulations, Sister Hopwood and Bro. Brasell suitably acknowledged the gifts. Sonera, recitations, etc., were rendered by various members during the evening.

The monthly meeting of the Trustees of the North Wairarap-j Benevolent Society was held in the Secretary's office, yesterday afternoon. There were present:—Messrs R. T. Holmes (chairman), W. Morris, J. Morris and M°sflair.es Cairns aivl Kent). The.pay-sheet for '.he month amounting to £3B ounts £23 8s 2d. and for Renall-Sol-way Home £l4 14s 6d) was passed for payment, and the action of the Chairman and Secretary since last meeting was confirmed. On the motion of Mr V. Morris it was decided to engage the services of a strong youth to do a few days' digging at the Renall-SolA-ay Home. The matter was left in the hands of Messro W. and J. Morris. A report was received from the Wellington and Wairarapa Charitable Aid Board, which had been submitted to that body by the Board's Inspector, Mi«s A. Kirk, on the "distribution of charitable aid by the various local bodies in the Wellington and Wairarapa district." Several temporary cases of relief were granted by the Trustees.

An interesting point in connection with the pleading of the statute of limitation in a civil action was raised by Mr B. J. Dolau yesterday, when Mr W. P. James, S.M., had a case before him at the Masterton S.M. Court, in which C. E. Daniell claimed from I. Alien and Son t\\* sum of £23 lUs 7d. Ml- Dolan, for defendant, asked leave to plead the statute for as much of the claim as preceded 19J2 (a 1 out £ll 12?). counsel stating that he had ueen instructed too late to plead the statute in time for the date set down for hearing, May 29th, though he had given notice jn time for the actual hearing. He confessed that the authorities on the matter seemed against his application, but he submitted that none of them were exactly in point. His Worship said it had always been the practice in the Dominion that notice should be given in time for the date set down for hearing, and he would not vary the custom. The claim was then gone into and judgment entered for £l6 15s lid, with £2 6s cost". Mr P. L. Rollings apneared for plaintiff. For Bronchial Coughs take Woods' Ureat Peppermint Cure, l ( '6and2/6. |

The ordinary parade of the Masterton Mounted Rifles was held last evening, under the command of Captain McKillop. There was a good muster of members, and the corps were exercised in extension movements.

A meeting was held at the Masterton A. and l\ Association's rooms, yesterday, when delegates from the Carterton )\ arid A. Society and Masterton A. audi'. Association conferred on the question of taking steps to ease the l>urdo.:i of the guarantors who liquidated the liabilities of the dsfunet Waiir.rr.pa Veterinary Association. It \v;» , unanimously decided to take up subscriptions from members of i>o';h societies represented.

Everyone-has a right to offer his service;; to his country as a legislator, whether the .'c:>i)Q a year is an object or not. It sometimes happens, however, says the Taranaki "Herald," that candidates seek election who have not a chance in a thousand of being elected, hut they may succeed in the object of bringing about some other candidate's defeat. That, we agree, iy, not, right, and an absolute majority law would defeat such an object. Yet we are not convinced thsfesufficient reason has yet been shown for a departure from the familiar system of selection. *

When the libel case C. W. Earle, editor of tie "Dominion," versus "New Zealand Times" Company was called in the Wellington Supreme C ourt, yesterday, Dr. Findlay, for the defendants, said that his clients admitted that certain documents said to have been improperly obtained were quite properly obtained, and the words published by the defendants were not intended to cause any reflection upon the conduct of the plaintiff either in his editorial capacity or otherwise or upon any member of his staff. Dr. Skerrett, for plaintiff, said in view of this statement his client would not proceed, with the action, which was accordingly struck out.

The Alhambra Club, Dunedin, recently sent a letter of sympathy to Mrs Baskiville on the loss of her son, who died in Australia on his way back to Wellington after touring the North of England with the New Zealand professional football team. The letter stated:—"Besides being a footballer and a gentleman, the deceased showed himself to be a man of no mean business ability, and it is now to be regretted that in the hour of his success he should have been so urvfortunate as to be cut off by mmr fatal chill, which he would no doubt have avoided had he not been attending to the wants and comforts of others "

The theoretical advantages claimed* for either t-he Absolute Majority Bill or the Second Ballot Bill would be very imperfectly realised in practice, says the Christchurch "Press," and certainly would not compensate for the additional expense, general unrest, and the possible exercise of undue influence which would be brought about by the change. We venture to. think that the great body of electors, are sick and tired of this country being made a laboratory for crude experiments on legislation, the majority of which are doomed, to be failures, and merely serve as object lessons, to enable other countries to. profit by our errors. The mode of. election which is good enough for the rest, of the British Empire ought to be good enough for New Zealand. There is to be a great incursion of public school teachers into England this summer from America. The National Civic Federation of New York have the project in hand, and under their auspices close on 600 teachers of both sexes from the United States and Canada will visit Great Britain and the Continent for

the purpose of inspecting the schools* of both countries and studying their teaching methods.* The visitors vs(l be drawn principally from the primary, secondary, and manual training schools of both countries. The scheme, which owes its inception to. the generosity of Mr I. B. Ismay, of Liverpool, will be entrusted (so far as the English visit is concerned) to the practical oversight of Mr A. Moseley, C.M.G., who is supported by an influential Reception Committee. There are to be a series; of free conferences for the exchange: of views between the visitors and leading educationalists in Great Britain.

Tho day may come when the worldfamous fleet may have its colours; lowered, or, at any rate, that its ships mav be kept too busv defending the Homeland itself to spare any for our assistance, and on that day it will be a sorry affair for New Zealanders if they have no better , means of repelling an invader than they possess at the present. time, says the "Gisborne Times." To our minds there is only one answer to the question that so obviously presents, itstlf. It is necessary in a country aa sparsely populated as ours that able-bodied person shall be compelled to undergo sufficient training to enable him to become, in ihe event of a call to arms, an effective fighting unit. This does not necessarily mean that we must spend many weoks in each year attired in special uniform* and practising certain military ments. It does mean, however, that ha must give sufficient of his time to> the country in order that he may learn to handle a rifle and also to master the main principles of drill. There was some little excitement, in the vicinity of Queen Street last evening, about i 1.30 o'clock. It is stated that three men went into at local establishment, ordered three meals, and afterwards refused to pay for them. The proprietor remonstrated with the men, and it is alleged that one of them assaulted him. Tha men then made down Queen Street. Constable Johnson was, coming up Church Street at the time, and two of the men seeing him made off. Thinking that something was wrong. Constable Johnson gave chase after one of the men, who ran down the lane at the vear of Messis Hallenstein Bros', premises and climbed over the fence in Mr T. Smith's yard. Mr Smith heard the man and came out to see what. was the matter. The latter then turned to run out of the yard, but was captured by the congtable. On the constable arriving police station he found the proprietor of the restaurant there waiting to lay an information for assault. The captured man was recognised by the proprietor, and will appear beforethe Court this morning on a chargeof assault. I

Mr W. Bassett, of the Greytown Hospital, has been appointed custodian of the Hospital ande at Otaki.

The Masterton Mounted Rifles have challenged the Eketahuna Mounted Rifled to a football match, which is to be played shortly. There was no formal celebration yesterday in Wellington in connection with the anniversary of the late Mr R. J. Seddou'f- death. During the day the Premier, Lady Ward and members of the Ministry, and many personal friends ti the deceased visited the grave and placed wreaths there. The football match at Invercargill between Britain and Southland was not without its element of pathos. A poor dying lad wa's wheeled on to the ground in a chair just before the gamo began. Inquiry elicited that the committee of the Southland Rugby Union had unanimously decided to have him conveyed to the ground from the hospital at their pxoe.ise. The lad had always been a keen follower of football, and expressed a wish to see the British team play Southland before he died.

At a meeting of the backers of Whelch, the sculler, at Akaroa, Mr Daly, Wheich's manager, said that Durnan had issued a challenge tD row for a stake of £3OO at Toronto, the Thames, or Akaroa, allowing £l5O for expenses. Mr Daly said that he thought that a match with Durnan at Akaroa could be arranged. There would be no difficulty in getting £SOO. As Webb was bound down to a match with Arnst at present, Whflch should be matched against some other sculler in the meantime. A motion was proposed that Mr Daly should be asked to canvass amongst Wheich's supporters to see whether or not the pum of £750 could be raised for a match against the present champion sculler, but it was decided that Wheich's supporters should be sounded to ascertain if they would like to see a match with Durnan:

On Monday next, in the Exchange Buildings, Queen Street, Masterton, Messrs Goldbloom Bros., the wellknown ladies' costumiers, of Wellington, will make an elaborate display of costumes, coats and skirts, in the very latest range of materials. This firm are costumiers to probably the majority of the best dressers in the Empire city, and have numerous Wairartip-i clients. Mr A. Uoldbloom gained his practical experience in famous London and New York houses, and guarantees throug h satisfaction in every costume msde. Ladies of this district should make a point of seeing the display. An advertiser requires grazing for 15D cows in one or more lots. A meeting of the friends and supporters of" the No-Liceuse League will be held in the Y.M.C.A. rooms this evening at half-past seven. Mr F. P. Welch, land and estate agent, Perry Street, Ma&terton, gives, particulars of house property barfciins that have teen placed in h's hands for disposal. The local branch of the New Zealand Clothing Factory elsewhere announce that they are giving special valut) in winter footwear. All lines are stylish and durable, and are quoted at reasonable prices. At the Post Office Auction Mart, on Saturday next, Mr M. 0. Aronsten will sell on account of a lady who is leaving Masterton, a good ian *e of general furniture and sundries. On Saturday next, Messrs R. E. Howell arid Co., Ltd., will sell at their Perry Street auction room, on account of a gentleman from Lunsdowne, who \'* leaving Masterton, a comprehensive assortment of furniture, household goods and sundries.

An exceptionally good display »f ladies' bamboo, band and Nellie Stewart bangles is exhibited in Mr Frank Dupre's jewellery establishment, Masterton. Pretty curb bangles, set with fancy stones, in both light and heavy weights, are also shown. The attention of seeking first-class land for sheep or dairy farming is directed to the advertisement inserted on page 8 by Mr J. R. Nicol, of Bannister Street, at which address further particulars will be supplied to those who are desirous of exchanging or purchasing a profitable farm. Another big consignment of pianos ras ju"t been received by the British and Continental Piano Co., which are now on view at the premises of the local branch, rixenange Buildings, Queen . Street. The latest makes of the well known Collard and Collard, Hopkinson, Werner, Eavestiff, Bedcstein and Hajke pianos a e shown to advantage. Messrs Lyttle Bros., proprietors of the Masterton Motor and Cycle Garage, elsewhere invite those contemplating the purchase of a motor cycle, or bicycle, to call and inspect, the varied lines they have on view at their establishment in Queen Street. The firm, also, make a specialty of repair work, and guarantee every satisfaction in this department. The end of the great closing down silo at Mr P. McCay's Mfsterton premises is drawing near, and prices for high-quality goods are still showing a downward tendency. In an inset circulated with this issue, particulars are given of the eoods to be disposed of, and every resident anxious to save a few shillings on purchases should carefully road it. During the sale period there will be positively no booking, and prompt attention is promised to all country orders. The enlargements just completed ,to the Club Hotel, in Dannevirke, makea it one of the largest in any inland town in the Dominion. It is now under the management of Mr Henry Baker, who has had years of experience in conducting first-class hotels. Every bedroom in the house «%ifl.well furnished and ventilated, the .' r 4Kre escape system is complete, and the attention shown'to pitrons is all that could be desired. Wairarapa residents visiting Dannevirke will .find all the comforts of a home at "the Club Hotel, which is situated directly opposite the railway station.