LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9120, 20 June 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The latest dredging returns to hand are:- Hessey Dredge, 16oz ldwt; for 110 hours' work. Masterton Dredge, 450z ldwt; for one week's work.' The plans tor the additions and alterations to the Grey town Hospital, which are biiing prepaied by Messrs Varnham' and Kos-e, of Masteiton, are well on towards comi letion. Tenders for the work will probably be called in the course of a week or two A fancy dress footbaii match, under the auspices of the Masteiton South Brass Band, is to be played on the Showgrounds on Thursday next. The members will inarch from the Fire Police Station, in v Chapel street, .to the Showgrounds, via Queen street. In the evening the Band will bold a social and dance in the Drill Hall. If yon arj suffering from Biliousness Constipation, Indigestion, Chronic Headache, invest one penny in a post card, send to Chamberlain Medicine Co., 608 Harris street, Sydney, with your name and address plainly on and they will forward you a free sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Ta- i lets. For sale by all Chemists and Storekeepers.

Mr J. P. Perry, of Sulphur Wells, has donated ten guineas towards Solway Showgrounds Improvement Fund.

Mr Bridges will give an address at the men's meeting in the X.M.C.A. rooms to-morrow. The strangers' tea will be held afterwards.

A meeting of the local No-license League was held in the Y.M.C.A. Rooms, last evening, the chair being occupied by Mr D. McGregor, jnr. Various matters were discussed, and a cordial welcome tendered to Mr J. Bridge, who is to act as organiser for the Lsague in the coming campaign.

The Mayor (Mr P. L. Hallings) has received a telegram from the Premier, asking whether the Borough is prepared to send a flag to Auckland to form part of the decorations in connection with the wtJco:ne of the American Fleet. The matter will be laid before the next ordinary meeting of the Council,, on Tuesday evening.

According to a Mastertonian who has just been over the Main Trunk Line co-operative labourers are abandoning their work as they find that they cannot earn more than about 5s 9d per day. Over forty co-operative workers left on Monday week, and he said it looks as though the Government will have to substitute the system of day labour. At a sitting* of the Masterton Police Court, yesterday, George Donahue was fined £2, in default seven days' imprisonment, for a third offence N of drunkenness within six months. Two accused, named John Harvey and John Kussell, charged with vagrancy, were ordered to come up for sentence when called upun. Mr W. P. James, S.M., presided.

The Ladies' Committee of the Hospital Ball are meeting with encouraging success in their canvass for subscriptions and refreshments, and the function should uphold the traditions of its predecessors. It has be3ii unanimously decided to hold a children's ball on the night following the main function, the change for the formsr to be one'shiliing for children and tvo shillings fur adults. A. meeting of the cc:r..y.ittee is to be held on Thurr3:.;-r.2st.

A Masterton resident who 'ias just returned from Auckland, via the Main Trunk Line, states that the prospects for Ohakune are very bright, indeed. The Government apparently intends to make this point of the line the end v of the day's trip from both ends of the line, and ■n v.ry la:--; su-n ;t money is tcir? cxpenJ.d in railway woi-ke. The railway station will be, wtfen complete, probably larger thai? the Palmerston North one, While an. engineshed capable of accommodating fourteen engines is being erected. In addition the coal bunkers will hold 400 tons of coal, and a turn-table is also being constructed. The magnitude of the railway works generally is, he sajs, really astonishing. Delegates from the Wairarapa and Rush districts cheese companies met in Carterton yesterday to consider the steps to ba taken in connection with the recent recommendations made by the Conciliation Board regit'ding the demands of the Wellington Butter and Cheese Workers' Union. The chair was occupied by Mr W. Fisher (Taratahi), and other factories represented were: —T. B. Mataon, Natalia; VV. Elliott and E. Wise, JRongokokako; J. Hodge, Greytown; W. Fuge, Featherston; C. Lorenzen and J. Moncrieff, Parkvale; A. Knutson, Dalefield; G. Stevens, Belvedere, and J. Brown, Taratahi. It was resolved, on the motion of Mr Wise, seconded by Mr Stevens, that the National Dairy Association be asked to try and arrange a meeting of the cheese factory representatives at Palmerston North on Tuesday next, for the purpose of taking steps to prepare a case for the employers. There was a large attendance of members at the fortnightly meeting of the Knox Church Young People's Association, held in the Knox Hall lapt evening. The meeting took the form of a "newspaper evening." Messrs H. H. Cork and H. H. Sutton, assisted by the Rev. A. T. Thompson, acted as editors. A large amount of correspondence, numerous articles, and numorous topics were contributed by the members, most of which referred to the guod work being accomplished by the Association. The Limerick competition, for which there about thirty entries, was won by Mr Peter Gordon. During the evening Miss F. McGregor contributed a pianoforte solo, and were sung by Mrs Lewis and Mr J. Gray. A duet in Highland costume was contributed by Messrs U. McGregor and C. Ibbetsou. Altogether the gathering proved highly successful. (

The monthly .meeting of the Council of the Masterton Chambei' of Commerce was held yesterday afternoon. There were present Messrs T. G. Mason (in the chair), J. D. Cruickshank, J. C. Ewington, W. B. Chennells, G. C. Summcrell, W. E. Chamberlain, M. Caselberg, E. H. Waddington, J, tf. Mocdie, H. C. Robinson and T. Wagg. The treasurer reported a credit balance of 6s 2d. A letter was read from Mr J. McIntyre, Chairman of the Masterton-Pongoroa-Waipukuiau Railway League, asking that the Chamber appoint a representative on the executive of the League. The Chairman was unanimously appointed to the position. Regarding the proposed extension of the telephone hours to a continuous service, the Chairman reported that it was satisfactory to find that sufficient names would most likely be attached to the petition praying fur fke same and offering to nay an extra £1 per year in consideration of the extension

It ha* Income u tritj saving that you cau foo/.'suiiio of the public me.<t of tho time, ami most or the public some of tho time, but you can't tool all the public all tho time. The remarkable and remarkably maintained success of the Dresden Piano Company, Limited, in New Zealand is primarily di\e to the fact that the Company has never stooped to fool the public at all. It can't transform you straightway into a Paderewski; but it can fix it to an absolute certainty that you shall have good music, once you're ready to be helped. Whatever instrumis selected, the Dresden Piano Company, Limited, make it their business to sell you the best piano to be had at the price. Terms as easy as you like. Why not settle tho thing now ? Call upon Mr. M. J. Brookes, the Dresden's manager in Wellington, the very first time you are in town. NOTE.—Annual Sale now on at all Agencips and Branches.

The Masterton South Band will render a number of selections, in Worksop road this e-%ening. The Band will meet at the Fire Police Station at 7.15 p.m. and march to Worksop road. The Kev. J. N. Buttle will conduct both services at the Methodist Church to-morrow, and will also preach at Wangaehu in the afternoon. The Kuripuni service will be taken by Mr Heyhoe, and Taueru by Mr D. B. Thomson. A sitting of the Assessment Court was held in Masterton before, Mr W. P. James, S.M., , jesterday morning,, when objections to the Masterton County Electoral Roll were to be heard, but none were forthcoming. A slight alteration was made through, a property changing hands. At a meeting of the local members * of the Masterton Fire Board, on Thursday, the question of the Board taking over concrol of the Fire Police Corps was discussed, and the Chairman was deputed to obtain further information on the subject. It was resolved to call tenders for the supply l of horses for the Jubilee fire engine. ,

A Press Association telegram from Dunedin statea that in referencl?ttSthe rumoured establishment by the Union Company of a training sibAv about one hundred applications hale already been received from boys in. the Dominion. The ship Dartford,, which was suggested, has been chartered to proceed to Kaipara to load timber for Sjdney. The Law Drafting Department of the Government has been working early and late for some time psst preparing the policy Bilk, which are. to be submitted to Parliament curing the coming session. Most of the important Bills that will be brought, before the Legislature a»-e in a forward stale—many of them are complete for presentation—and there appears to be no reason to doubt but that pienty of work will be ready for Parliament as soon as Parliament is ready to tackle it.

The statement is made by the secretary of the Havvke's Bay Em—' ployers' Association that the drop in . the price of wool is responsible for a. general depression in the Labour mark t throughout Hawke's Bay,,and! that the demand for labour is not by any means equal to the supply. The majority of men offering are farm and station hands. The Government, labour agent at Napier states that, there is undoubtedly more labour oiii ,the market now than a few ago, but he does not think there isi -ry "ause for ahrm.

Tht,l'6 is a possibility that the* refuse from flaxmills, amounting to thousands of tons in the course of a season, may be turned to profitable account in paper-making. A Vancouver paper-making firm recently made enquiries for a sample of green* flax, and the Department of Commerce and Industries, through whorns the enquiry carne, communicated) with the executors of the Toogood Estate, with the result that a bundle, of green flax has been forwarded ta> Vancouver under Epecial The result of the treatment will beawaited with some interest by flax—millirs.

.An amusing inciduit is reported; from Goulbourn in connection with, a parachute descent there the other' day. The balloon ascent was~"fronu the Acricultural Society's grounds,, the weather being stormy. Some tvvo< miles out a man was engaged in cutting wood in'"the bush, and as he Happened to look up he saw the parachutist descending in close proximity ta him. Evidently he had heard nothing; of the proposed ascent, and ' being thoroughly scared, he dropped his axe and fled for bis life half a mile to the nearest dwelling, where he astonished the residents with the news that the end of the come. The aeronaut landed in ▼tree* after a very stormy passage, from a. height of some 6,000 or 7,000 feet,. but without sustaining more injury than a few bruise?.

A striking evidence of the credulous nature of some people was; shown to a reporter at Timaru in, the form of a room littered with a. couple of hundred photographs of all kinds, which had been collected with deposits, ranging from 2s 6d, by the members of a syndicate, styling themselves the Princees Art Studio. Five or six weeks were spent in a profitable canvass of the district,, people qf all classes and professions handing over photographs, in many | cases valuable from their associations, and deposits, in return for a. flimsy agreement in which the Prin--' cesi Art s tudio promised to return a, crayon enlargement. Complaint was made recently that no enlargements had been delivered, and ' inquiries, made ny the police show that the-, canvassers have lsft the country. The police have now undertaken thetask of restoring the .photographs tothe owners. -»y Notwithstanding than there are a. number of men out of employment, and'vvvho profess to be anxious to dosomething, the curious fact is often realised (remarks the "Sydney Daily Telegraph") that a big proportion? when offered work refuse to aeatpt. it. The Director of Labour has ocHsion to frequently refer to this peculiarity, and in his report for May he i furnishes some additional instances of the phenomenon. It seems that., during the month two special calls, were made for small gangs of menone for 15 men for Barren Jack, where wages of 7s, 7s r 6d, and 8s a day, according to the class of work, were offered; and the other day for--10 pick and shovel men for the Gunnedah Shir'i Council, who offered 7s a day, with £1 a month bonus and a free cook. The result were as follows:—For Barren Jack, 44 men were- H sent for, but only 20 presented them- ■ selves, of whom eight were selected;. « five rofused work, and no reply was A received from 14. Others were work- H ing or sick, or were too late. For the H Gunnedah Shire Council 28 were'sent, flj for and 10 presented themselves, of ' jm whom five were selected. No reply flj was received from 13, while three H definitely refused. From these figures H it may be deduced that the unemploy- H ed difficulty is not at present very H acute in the citv. H Mr C. "F. E. Livesay, jfcrchitect of Wto H lington, has moved to more convenien- - JM rooms in the National Mutual Chambers* H Customhouse Quay, (adjoining the Head H ffico of the Bank of N.Z.) Address— 9 P.O. Box 771. Telephone 2692. S Do not forgot that the only perfectly H sate romedy for throat and lung coin- 1 plaint is TUSSICURA.' Is Cd and. 2s 6d. i

Bananaland narrowly missed a Homeric railway smash the other day (says a Sydney paper), and a shunter crowded the feelings of an adventurous lite into eight minutes. He felt in that time as if he had led forlorn hopes, stormed fortresses, and built and pulled down empires. They were loading up a train with limestone at the foot of Razorback, Mount Morgan, when five trucks got 1 away on their own. The shunter valiantly sprang aboard as the runaway sailed out of the yard. The road at this place falls nearly 500 ft. between the starting point and Boongarry, and as the train began to leap down hill, the shunter shoved on the brakes and hurriedly reviewed his past life. Buongarry was parsed at the rate of a mile or more per minute, with hand-brakes hard set and the vehicles in the air most of the time. Just after Kahra was reached the charge in the grade helped things to a standstill. Then the shunter leaped off, raced to the nearest station, reported on the telephone that the truck's were safe, asked for an ergine to take charge of them—and collapsed. A few minutes later a stock train puffed along, no one on hoard having the lenst idea that a brisk gamble with death had just happened thereabouts.

Railway excursion fares to the Palmerston Show are advertised. 'Bargains in Queensland property are advertised by Mr W. H. Cruick shank, land agent, Masterton. A notice re confirming resolution amending traffic by-laws is inserted by the Maaterton County Council. Messrs Lyttle Bros., motor engineers, publish information of interest to motorists generally on page 1 of this issue. Mr F. Ford, gardener, has an announcement on page 1 of this issue. He is prepared to undertake work in any part of the town. Nominations of candidates for the Wairarapa Ward at the forthcoming Education Board election will close on Monday, July 6th. "A reliable drug store" is the subject discoursed upon in Mr 11. T. Wood's advertising space in another column. It is worthy of perusal Advertisements that will interest cyclists and motorists generally are published on page 1 of this issue by Messrs Lyttle Bros., of Masterton. Another of those sweep out sales, for which Mr A. Norman is noted, is now proceeding at his Queen Street premises. The price reductions all round arc unusually substantial. Mr Albeit Webb, tailor, Masterton, has a large 1 assortment of heavy- , weig'.it fabrics, specially imported., , for making overcoats. Orders are wsnLd. and patrons can rely on yeasonahln charges. On Wednesday naxt Messrs J. H. Bo'.hune and Co., of Wellington, will'sell by public auction th2 lc"~o for 21 years of the College Reserve a-. Paclwkarlki, cunsistins of 550 acres of good grazing land. Messrs R. E. Howell and Co., Ltd., notify that the tree sale on account of the "Norshead Nursery Company, of New Plymouth, which was to have been held on the 24th inst., has been postponed until July Ist. A list of properties that have recently been placed in his frr sale is advertised by Mr J. R. Nicol, ' of Bannister street. The attention of those seeking suitable land for dairying is directed to the easy terms that offered. Mr C. C. Aitken is holding n brief sale of popular games, postcards books, cheap account books, leather good* Dostcard alburns, and other ]in*s at his" Msst?rton premises. Hts special window display gives an excellent idea of the bargains he is offering. Under instructions from Mr A. W. •Birss. who is leaving Masterton, Mr * J. R. Nicol will sell at the residence, Walton's Avenue, on Wednesday next, the whole of the nearly new , and well selected furniture and effect?. Particulars \yill be advertised on Tuesday. ' Mr Harold Sinclair, sola agent in this district for the La Motosacocl e, exhibi's in his shop window, to-day, one of the very latest machines, fitted with Simms-Bosh magnets, spring forks and other improvements. The machine has been imported to the order of a local resident. Mr Sinclair has orders for two double cylinder machines to arrive within ( the next month. Mr P. Hamill's sale is proving a great success, and patrons are unanimous in their praise of the genuine reductions that have been made in all departments. Special 'reductions are being made in ladies' underclothing. The clothing and mercery departments have not been overlooked, and customers may be certnin that they can get tho article they require at a price to suit their pocket.

This afternoon the Skating Rink will be open for children from 2 to 4, owing to the Hall beirg engaged after that hour. On Tuesday evening there will be musicial chairs, and a competition for the most graceful lady skater. Arrangements are being made to accommodate the South Band so that it will be able to attend regularly. Arrangements are being made to hold a Poster Carnival in about a fortnight, when competitors will be admitted free in order to have a good numbor in fancy costumes. This will afford business people an opportunity of advertising in a novel " form. Messrs J. Smith and Son, painters, signwricers and general house decorators, announce in another column that they have commenced business in Masterton. The members of the firm come to this town well recommended for thorough workmanship. .Mr Smith, aei<r., having had oveforty years of English and colonial I experience at the trade. A specialty is made of graining and marbling, and from photographs of work done by the firm it can be seen they are particularly expert in that branch. Estimates will be free of cost, and work undertaken in any part of town or distsict. Messrs Smith and Sons' address is 6J Church Street.