LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9113, 12 June 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The return from the Mystery Plat dredge for the past week is 50oz 14dwt. A dividend of two shillings has been declared, and will be payable on Saturday.

An addition of 160 names has been made to the Commission of the Peace. The following are among those appointed:—Mr A. H. Bale, Featherston; Mr Richard Brown, Masterton; Mr John Cross, Masterton; Mr F. W. H. Kummer, Mauriceville; Mr Adam M'Pherson, Mangatainoka; Mr W. F. Roydhouse, Carterton; Mr B. F. Scannell, Carterton. Mr George Wright, Seddon.

A social and dance was held in the Drill Hall. Pahiatua, on Wednesday night, in aid of the Catholic Church. There were about 40 persons present. The hall was tastefully decorated, and dancing was kept up till three o'clock next morning. During the evening songs were sung by Misses Dunning, Richardson, Miller, Mrs Quiike and Messrs HawkitiF, Irvine, Walker and Hal': Messrs Kelly and G. Smith, of Konini, carried out the duties of M's.C. The net takings amounted to about £SO.

There wa3 a large attendance at Knox Hall, last evening, when tne oratorio, "Christ and His Soldiers," was rendered by Ivnox Choir, assisted by several local singers and an orchestra. Every item was heartily applauded, th 3 singing being exceptionally good. The solos were rendered by Misses M. Cameron and J. McGregor, Messrs F. J. Hunn, W. S. Jago and J. Gray, and Mesdames Torrence and Lewis. A quartette by Mrs Lewis, Miss J. McGregor, and Messrs J. Gray and F. J. Hunn was exceptionally well rendered, and is deserving of special manti >n. A lull orchestra, under- the conductorship of Mr R. J. Young, played the accompaniments in a very capable manner.

A largely attended meeting of the Masterton branch of the No-License League was held in the Y.M.G.A. rooms yesterday evening. The chair was occupied by Mr D. McGregt r, junr., A large amount of routine business was transacted. The election cf office-bearers resulted as follows: -Piesident, Mr I). McGregor; vice-president, Mr J C. Ewington; secretary, Mr D. B. Thomson; treasurer Mr j Devonport; executive committee, Messrs Hevhoo, Treadwell, Dixon, Marshall, fif v. Buttle, Bragging, Murray-Jacks hi, and Mesdatnes Green and Ingram. The Rev. Buttle and Mr J. McGregor were appointed delegates t_ o the Colonial Convention, which will meet in Wellington next week. It was stated that in all probability Mr Bedford, of Dunedin, woald address a meeting in Maaterton on No-Liccnse in the first week in July.

The monthly meeting of the Masterton School Committee was held last evening. There were present Messrs W. A. Feudall (in the chair), A. W. Chapman, G. Townsend, E. 11. Wadiington, J. C. Perry and 11. H. Cork. Apologies for absence were received from Messrs R. Brown and J. Carpenter. A letter was received from the headmaster of the Napier High School in reply to one sent fro:n the committee itself bearing on the loan of a collection of the Navy Lantern Pictures for the purpose of an exhibition. The letter stated that the slides were in the possession of the Secretary of the Wellington Navy League (Mr C. W. Palmer). The Committee decided to ref-r the letter to the local branch of the Na'ional Defence League, 'ihe following communication was received from the Seeieta-y of the Wellington Education Board: —"The Boaid lias arranged with Mr Royd Garlick for a course of lesson:* in deep breathing to be given lo Wairarapa teachers, beginning Saturday, June 13th. The Board will be obliged if your committer will allow the course lo be given at the Masterton District High School. The Board is also arranging with Mr li. Paiker for a course of lessons in singing. These will be given a little later in the year, beginning probably in St plumber." The Committee unanimously approved of the proposals. Mr C. T'. 15. Livesay, Architect of Wto lingfcon, lias moved to more convenienrooins in the National Mutual Chambers, Customhonso Quay, (adjoining the Head yiico of the Bank of N.'Z.) Address— P.O. Box 7.71. Telephone For Bronchial Coiigiis take Woods' tJi'cat Peppermint Curu J,O and ~'/0.

During the past season twenty tons of honey has been produced in the Cambridge district. Mr A. Walker has resigned his position as auctioneer and agent for Dalgety and Co., Ltd., in Eketahuna.

A plain and fancy dress ball, in aid of the Carterton Fire Brigade Bazaar, was held in the Agricultural Hall, Carterton, on VVp.dnesday evening, and proved very successful. The music was supplied by Mr W. Heap.

While working at the stonecrusher on the Carterton Borough reserve, yesterday, a man named Nicholson had his foot badly crushed owing to a cart loaded with metal passing over it.

A man named William John Mc~ Adam, employed at the Railway Hotel, Eketahuna, died somewhat suddenly on Wednesday morning as the result of breaking a bloodvessel.

The name of a resident in the Eketahuna district h:u been mentioned in connection with the contest for the Masterton seat at the next general election, states the "Express." Mr Robinson, of Dannevirke, has purchased the timber catting rights over Messrs Parson's, Morris's and Hughan's sections at Ilongokokako. Mr Robinson will erect a mill on Mr Parson's property.

The executive of the Masterton Y.M.C.A. are in communication with Mr C. P. Webster, an Australian, with the object of securing his services as general secretary of the Masterton Association. It is very probable that Mr Webster will accept the position. A fire amongst some shavings at the premises of Mr C. J. Ashion, cabinetmaker, Carterton, was the cause of an alarm being sounded on the Carterton fire bell yesterday morning. The Brigade turned out smartly and prevented the total destruction of the building.

The Myrtle Lodge, U.A.0.D., Eketahuna, lias elected the following officers for the ensuing term:—A.D., Bro. A. Sparksman; V.A., Bro. J. Ackerman; 1.G., Bro. J. H. Foley. A.B.'s, Bros. E. Ilansgaard and H. Byrns; V.A.B.'s, Bros. A. Glance and R. Parker; Treasurer, Bro. W. N. Tregonning; Secretary, Bro. E. Jackson; 0.G., Bro. W. Kershaw; Auditors, Bros. J S. Tripe and W. A. Gardner.

The Masterton Lodge of Oddfellows held their annual social and dance in the Drill Hall, Masterton, last evening. There was a very fair attendance, and the function passed off successfully. The committee had taken special pains to insure as good a cbi.cing fioc-r as was possible. An excellent supper was provided. Messrs E. McCord, W. Darviil, J. Campbell and W. Havvke were M's.C. Mr J. Lyall, as secretary for the committee, carried out his duties in a capable manner.

A novel little "xhibitioi was opened at the London Day Training College in Southampton Row a few wjeka ago. It comprise:! a collection of toys of all nations, from tl.e earliest times down to the present day. Tti<sre wjs a toy cart which is known to have been the plaything of a child of Egypt 2.000 years ago, a curious little iron doll from the Congo, and native dolls from Africa, Chin j, Buv.na, and Jap in. in the Japanese iecliun there were some beautiful little specimens of doli*. There were also two footballs used by nobles of the Mikado's Court about 200 years ago, and a girl's tjy representing a miniature toilet mirror and stand. This probably bolonged to a princess uf the Tokagawa family, whose arms were carved on the toy. In the quaint collection of African toys there were several wooden animals which were made by Kaffirs during the Eiege of Kimberley in 1900. There were large numbers of to**s made by children at various London schools, both rich and poor.

A case affecting the liability of life assurance companies was mentioned by Mr Dolan at the Magistrate's Court at Masterton yesterday morning, before Mr W. P. Jarr.es, S.M.. in which Wm. Boyd, of Masterlon, labourer, waa the plaintiff, and the defendant the Colonial Mutual Ufa Society. Mr Djlan said the case will be heard in Ul2 Supreme Court, whiter it lias bepn removed 00 the appli :a( i-i:i of the dcfe-idaiit Company (Messrs Findlay, Dalziell r.n:l Co. b.ung th ir c:u i.cl). It is alleged ia the statement of claim that the plaintiff incurcd with the defendant Company t»vc.';ty years ago on the representations of an agent of the Company, an.l his policy, secured his personal representatives £3OO in case of his death within the said period, whilst if he survived ho would be entitled to draw out £165, the cash value of the policy, and that he had been handed a memorandum by the agent to that effect. He states that in January he offered to exercise his option and draw out the cash value as stated, but was informed by the defendant Company that the said value amounted to £64 only, and that if such representations had been in fact made by their agent they were uitrue and unauthorised. The plaintiff now claims £165, or in the alternative the right to rescind the contract and recover back the premiums amounting to £109,. with compound interest thereon, amounting to £B6. The application for removal to the Supreme Court comes on for hearing before Judge Chapman, at Wellington, on Tuesday next. His Worship formally adjourned the claim pending the result of tie application.

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Owing to the scarcity of timber the building trade in Hastings is being considerably impeded. A sheep farmer near Eltham estimates that owing to the drop in the price of wool and the value of sheep, he will make £2,000 less out of his farm this year than last, reducing his profit to nil. A Press Association telegram states that the casts in which H. B. Lusk, barrister, of Napier, sued Ewen McDonald, Inspector of Police, for £I,OOO and £SOO damages for alleged slander an.l libel, have been settled, defendant publicly apologising. Those travelling by road from New Plymouth to Eltham can hardly fail to be struck by the number of conrete bridges crossed. It seem to be the policy of the Tavanaki County Council to replace wooden bridges by concrete, and tliose recently built of this material look substantia! enough to make the Council's policy one of economy in the lomr run.

The fact that potatoes have fallen to £3 15s on the southern market, and that there is very little business done though large quantities are offering, has occasioned comment and conjecture as to whj the price in Palmerston North should remain at-te-~ tvveen £G and £7, says the "Standard." It is reported a local syndicate intends sending to the Sot|vi dirsct for a few tons for their own use.

The Wellington correspondent of the Christchurch "Prees" writes:— I learn on excellent authority that there is no chance of the passing of legislation next session with a view to retaining the present number of electorates in the South Island* Apart from the disorganisation that an alteration so late in the year would cause, there is amongst a considerable section of the Houte a very strong feeling that there [should beno attempt m:ide at the present juncture to increase the number of representatives; indeed, the feeling Feems to go rather in the other direction.

It will be sixty years on December 2nd since the present Emperor of Austria, Francis Joseph, I. ascended, the throne of the Hapsburgs. Great perparations are being made all oveir the Empire by all his subjects tocelebrate this occasion. Vieinu, the residential capital, will, of course,, be the iocu3 of all festivities and celebrations. A very strong com- v mittee, composed of the most prominent and influential citizens of the Austrian capital, has been formed with the purpose of arrang-teg a. servies of festivities on the occasion, and in honour of the Diamond; Jubilee of Ilis Majesty. The Central Committee for the Emperor'a Homage Festivities, 1908, whose offices are in Vienna, are making extensive preparations to cope with: t lie expected influx of visitors fromi all parts of the world and Austrian* subjects living abroad.

There is some difference of opinion amongst the headmasters of Wei 4 - lington public schools on the question whether pupils of one school should be induced to compete against those of other schools in such matters as essay writing. One headmaster objected to the offer of prizes for Shakespearian essays written by any primary school pupil, and more lately another headmaster expressed similar visws respecting the. prizes offered by the Wellington Provincial _ Industrla i a tio!i~~for'eesay s, by ~ school children, on Local Industries Week. But this objector further thinks the objection is reasonable, that in this instance there are advantages which outweigh the objections. He lias noticed an increasing tendency amongst his pupils to crowd into clerkships and other ill-paid and over-manned vocations, and he believes that 'he visits his pupils have lately paid to the factories of the city, to acquire knowledge for use in essay-writing, will give the bu/hof | them an enduring interest in manufactures and be the cause of them following for a livelihood the special trades in which they took most pleasure. For sheer grit and determination to "slick at it," in spite cf any sort of physical or mental disability, coinmen i us (says the "Manawatu Times") to the actor man, or Woman. How often we have seen the merriest quip 3 being cracked on the stage by someone whose heart we have known to have been bursting with the sorrow of recent bereavement—e.g. a famous comedian of the Gai.ity Company, playing in Syc'ney, wonderm;? at the apparently ex'eptional gaiety of his wife in tie ;ane cast, while she, plucky little woman, was feeling that a telegram telling of the death of their favourite child was tearing into her heart bei e.ith the stage costume; and bearing all the burthen herself lest her husband should break down at the news on this fi-st night in Australasia, when so much depended on him. Then the examples of physical suffering bravely borne! The GsacK" * Company, playing here on Friday and Saturday, came through from Masterton, where one member, under urgent medical advice, had a bad abscess removed from his face. He could not well be replaced, and so appeared each evening after taking the dressings from the wound, fillint it with cotton wool in order that his "make up" might be practicable, and replacing them after the performance. To make endurance possible at all, cocaine had to bo "injected on each occasion.

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A large]! dairy produce dealer in Wellington reports that South Africa ia drawing stendily upon New Zealand's supply of butter. Deer are reported to be numerou3 on the ranges near Cambridge. Last week sixteen were killed by a party of bushmen. Quite a number of petty thefts are reported as having occurred in Otaki during the past week or so. One or two have been sheeted home to the culprits, but in others the offenders have got off. Shopkeepers who have had goods displayed in front of (heir premises have been the principal losers. Moat of the flaxmills in the Manawatu ami surrounding districts have closed down for the winter months, and also partly on account of the low price of hemp. It is stated that the mills at Foxton are also about to close down. At the Miranui mills three strippers are still working, and, although it is not definitely decided, these may possibly continue working throughout the winter. Tho Inspector of Fisheries, Mr Aynon, went to tho Mackenzie Country last week to determine whether the streams there contain genuine quinnat salmon. I:i the Haldol) Creek he secured a fish which he considers to be a true quinnat and which he is takhg with him to submit to Dr Mon'house and Mr Waite, curator of tho Christehurch Museum, and then to the Marino Department in Wellington. He broke his journey at Temuka, where stripping operations arc going on in the Opihi, and a number of local anglers saw the spjc'men. Mr Aspinall thought it a quinnat, and Mr D. J. Caldwell states that it is certainly not a trout. The fiah was in poor condition, and weighed only 161b, but Mr Caldwell saya that if it were in good trim, it should scalo between 301b and 401b. Mr Ayson heard that similar fish were numerous in the different creeks at the heads of the lakes in the Mackenzie Country, an that nnm bers had died; apparently after spawning. There seems to be some misapprehension in regard to the new regulations under the Land for Settlements Act, says the "Lyttelton Times". It is provided that when land is take.) up under the renewable lease for thirty-three year*, a sum equal to 10 per cent, of the capital value must be sj.e:it on improvements in the first year, another 10 per cent in the second ye'ir, and another 10 per cent in six years from the date of t! e lease. A point has arisen as to the position of a lej:ee who £e;:u:c; a humc-deaJ block or other pr.rt of an estate which is highly improved at the time the land is taken up, and which will not require much expenditure on improvements. The explanatim lies in the fact that the improvements in existence at the time of the lease aro regarded as improvements under tho regulations, and ai-2 dealt with in that way vvhsii the question whether the lessee has placed sufficient improvements on the land i 3 being considered. In the new regulations the percentage uf improvements has been largely increased by the Department in Wellington, and thero are complaints in thn respect, as the present provisions, it is felt, will be hard cn lessees. A smart office boy is required by Messrs W. B. Chennells and Co. Two important sales are announced for to-morrow by Mr J. R. Nicol, at his Bannister street rooms. Tenders are invited by tiie Superintendent of Elecrric Lines for the supply of telegraph arms. Tho annual sale of boots, crockery and fa icy gi.ods opens at the W.F.C.A. to-n.orrovv. bargains in linoleums are announced by Mr C. E. Daniell. Inspection of the assortment is invited. A meeting of carriers is to bo held In Pinhey Bros', stables, at 8 o'clock, to-night. Messrs 01 h and Andarjon, tailors and costumiers, have an announcement of interest to ladies on page G of this issue. In future ladies will be given skates and tuition free of charge at the Masterton Skating Rink during the day sessions, admission only being charged. Two choice dairy farms are advertised tor sale by Messrs Lewis and Co., land agents, of Wanganui. Particulars appear on page 3of this issue. In connection with their entertainment in the Town Hall, last evening, Messrs MacMahon Bros, had a Flambrian arc lamp erscted outside the hall, and thj street for a considerable distance was lit up by its. ravs. Me33i'3 J. Graham and Co.'s halfyeirly sale of drapery, clothing, crockery, ironmongery, etc., which opened on-Saturday last, has proved very satisfactory. The stock in each department has been ticketed at Sale pricey which show a big drop on ordinary charges.