LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9121, 22 June 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tn a circular which he is addressing to School Committees in the Wairarapa district, Mr A. H. Vile states that "steps should be taken to secure the secrecy of the [ballot at Board elections." It may not be generally known, under existing conditions, each committeeman must attach 1113 name to his voting paper, and the latter is viewed by the Returning Officer and scrutineers. To mike the ballot secret, it would be necessary only for the Returning Officer co pjsfc a mmberel voting paper to euUi Committeeman.

Mr E. Eagle, junr., occupied the chair at a meeting of the Committee of the Wairarpa Poullry Aseociution, held at Carterton on Friday. Mr D. Raid was appointed delegate to tl.e North Island Association, and Mr W. B. Allen marshal steward. The following stewards were appointed: --Messrs C. Keid, H. Deller, J. M. Nkhollf, and H. Catt. The following new members were elected:—-A. E. Edwards, J. S evens, P. Petersen, M. Jcned, E. Gwdon, H. K. McPhee, W, A, Hart and H, Mcrawood.

Mr W. P. Jame?, S.M., had before him at Masterton, on Saturday, a man named John Harvey, who was charged with vagrancy, an offence for which on the previous day he was also charged with, but given an opportunity to leave the town. Tha good advice tendered by the Magistrate was unheeded and the penalty was three months' hard labour. On a charge of drunkenness, accused was convicted only. A second offending inebriate, named James Gibson, was fined 10s, in default 48 hours' hard labour.

"It is really wonderful 'the improvement effected in an r J around Nireaha as a result of the summer bush and grass fires,'' stated a Masterton rrsident, who visits the Bush occasionally, to a Wairarapa Age reporter on Saturday. "A large number of very fine country residences have sprung up on cleared areas, while a large amount of work has be3ti provided in the continuation 01 the clearing so thoroughly commenced by the fuvs. .The way the grass seed has come a./ay, ton, is really surprising."

The following is the order in which competitors at the Moi'rn Tuba Association competitor!, to-night, must lie prepared to' bhoot fo- the first "ieg-in" of the President's Trophy: King, Lett, k'. Perry, Sutherland; 7.30 n m., Messrs Spackman, Barker, Brighting, Lyttle, ; Holges, Hornblow; 8 p.m., Messrs McGaughran, Waytt, Byatt, Gardinar, Mcintosh, Galyer; 8.30 p.m , Messrj Smith, McNabb, Redmond, Lewin, Tomlin, C. Perry; 9 p.m., Messrs Allan, Bannister, Morris (2), H, Perry, Culloty; 9.30 p.m., Messrs McHa!tie, Burrows, Cook, Spring, Williams, Bui ridge (2), Wellington.

One of the most interesting debates of J>he season is expected to take place this evening'at the weekly meeting of the Y.M.C.A. Debating Club,in the Association Rooms, when a Parliament, presided over by Mr P. L. Hollings ("Governor General") and Mr 0. Pragnell ("Premier") will commence a brief but important session, a number of "Bills" of great moment having been set down for their first reading. Quite a large list oO portfolios has been distributed. and a crowded attendance is anticpated. A ladie3' gallery has been reserved, and members of auxiliary are cordially invited; also other laJies who desire to be present.

The strangers' tea at the Y.M.C.A. Rooms, last evening, wss by far the most successful yet held, which is saying a great deal, as the teas all along hav,j been splendidly patronised. The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Association were present, by special invitation, at both the short service which precedes the tea and at the tea itself. Mr J. Hunter occupied the choir at the meeting and tea. Mr J. Bridge?, organiser of iha No-License League, gave an can est address entitled, "Take heed U'lto yo:ir way ," impressing upon his hearers-the need fo watchfulncs in ovaty walk o" life, and preaching a high ideal in all Ihingsi Ac the tea, cer forty s:it down, the tearoom beim? crowded to its fullest capacity. The chairman briefly welcomed 'Mr Bridges t) the ten, and also tha other strangers present. Some very interesting speeches were made in lvply.

Mr C. P. E. Livesay, Architect of Wt& lington, lias moved to more eonvoiiioiirooins in the- National Mutual Chambers, Customhouse Quay, (adjoining the Head llice of the BaiikofN.Z.) Address— P.O. Box 771. Toioyhono 2«32, FEED FOR. OLD HOESES. Horse owners, be merciful to your old horses. Feed them on SUCEOSCINE. It makes old horses young again. Gives them lif'o and vigom. Obtainable from W.F.C.A., Ltd. Pjjr Bronchial Coughs take Woods' Vreat Peppermint Cure, ],'(iund2/6.

The Masterton South Band played a number of selections} which were much appreciated, in Worksop Road, on Saturday evening.

Renall-Solway Home has now seven inmates, another having been admitted on Friday. This inmate was discharged from the Hospital, where he was a patient.

The Woodlands Hunt Club had another successful run on Saturday over the Bloomfields estate, Woodville. Despite the weather, which was cold and raw, a large number followed the hounds.

In connection with th.3 establishment of a Congregational Church in Masterton, a Cnngregationalist clergyman, the Rev. A. Hodge, of St Clair Church, Dunedin, will probably take up his residence in Mastprton and be appointed to the charge of the local Church.

"When I came to New Zealand four years ago," said Mr Jaques, the canning expert, "there were only fourteen canneries; there are now twcnty-sfven, and the increase in value of their output last year was £40,000. The. market is not yet by any means supplied, but could take ten times the quantity, without the need to export a single tin."

"Soccer" football is being enthusiastically taken up by members of the Masterton Y.M.C.A. So far nearly enough members have signified their intention of playing Association football to form two teams, and active training is to bo engaged in almost immediately A meeting of the newly-formed" Soccer" Club is (o bo held to-morrow evening, in the Art'ociation's rooms.

Information has been received from the observatory at Mt. Etna that thick columns of smoke are I issuing from the central crater. Mt. Etna (10,758 ft) has about~Bo catastrophes to its account in tho records of history, the greatest of all occurring in 3 693, when an eruption < was accompanied by a fearful er.rthauuke which destroyed 4o towns and killed from 60,000 to 100,000 persons. There have been five eruptions since 1868, the last occurring in 1899, when murh damage was done i and red rain fell.

At an adjourned inquest, at Napier, concerning the death of Duncan Kennedy, who died as the result of injuries sustained through falling c'own the hold of the collier Kin;, tho jury returned a verdict that death, resulted from a fall, bit that "had the hatchway fittings been in good order and condition the accident would not have happened." Tin jury also further say that--"ac-cjrding to the evidence the hatches W.jrc not put on in ths recognised way, and so further contributed to ili; accident."

A weaker tone characterised the potato and onion market at Wellington during last week. Onions have not notarially receded in value?, but potatoes hive fallen appreciably, the quitatio?:s for tiest qualities being £5 f o £o 15s n?r ton, and for inferior £3 to £4. Imported onions brought £8 10s to £9 per ton; local forts £6 to £7. In tkr fruit market there is a scarcity of pe;irs, and of the better sorts "f applet. Choicest depsort pears hive brought 15s t> 17s G. J . p?r case, an:! ih. bvst dessert apples 12s to 13s per CIS" 1 .

The bust industrial news which has been received from South Airica for a long time is the announcement' ih.it the Gor.b:i H'.ll Company has Sf cured several mining contracts, in thii execution of which the blacks employed in hand-stopping will be re placed by unskilled whites at an a\crage wage of 10s a day. Tni3 is bringing into practice thenolicy which finds convincing expression in the report of the Transvaal Mining Commission. It is calculated that if this policy were universally carried out, it would lead to a total increase of 100,000 men in the popu lation of the Rand, and stop entirely the indenturing of natives outside British South Africa.

A letter received from a New Zealander, resident in San Fiancisco, gives a lively picture of that ci'7'3 reception of the American fleet "Things are very lively here at present" the; writer states. "The fleet arrive I yester h\y. I saw them go through the Golden Gats, 21 shits an 1 five torpedoes. The streets are nothing but stars and stripes; can't anything for stars and stripes; streets and fleet were all illuminated at night. , .There was a great procession to-day, and thousands of visitors in the city. The newspapers eKaggerate even more than usual. The 'Examiner' fail:—'Tie guns thundered in tremendous root:, as the migh'y mass of'moving' mecnanism moved majestically up the'grandest harbour in the world.' That sounds pretty good, but it made i"e laugh, because I saw the mass, and the fellow I was with ramarked, 'Listen to those guns, they sound like crackers.' But you want to read an account of anything in this country, not see it."

An ingenious device called the Electric Vote Recorder has been invented by Mr A. E. Moss, of Dunedin. It consists of a square box containing the mechanism, which is placed before the official, and this is connected by means of electric wires | with battens, which are placed behind a screen. On these oaltans are the names of the candidates, with a pus' -button attached to each. The voter touches the button against the name he wishes to vote tor, and this puts the machine ready for action., and starts a Lw l ', which continues to ring while the votvr leaves the booch. The ofiiieal moves a handle, which, inside the box and out of sight, recurds the vote, mark's a card for that candidate, and deposits it in a drawer within the machine, anl this card is not seen again unless a recount is ordered. At the close of the polling the result is made appartetit by unlocking a part of the box, which discloses a watch-face disc with poii ters recording the total votes gained by each candidate.. Some of the advantages claimed for the electric voting machine are absolute secrecy, perfect reliability, simplicity and portability.

For CliiMrjn's Hacking Cough at night Woods' Great Popporunnt Cure, i/6 and 2/6.

A serious outbreak of typhoid afr Tauranga is reported.

An eight-year-old boy named'. Leonard Good fell into a boiler of hot water at Hawera on Friday, and died some hour 3 later of shock.

Robert Smith, aged sixty-four, an Okaiawa farmer, who had a rib' broken and suffered other injuries in a vehicle accident a few days ago, is dead.

A Christchurch syndicate has secured a lease of 30,000 acres of Crown bush in the Westand district, for the purpose of manufacturing paper from wood pulp.

During last month th.3 West Australian State Bank advanced £40,000 to settlers, over half of which is to be spent in clearing, and most of the balance in fencing.

It is expected that the annual Colonial Conference of the Farmers' Union will be held in Wellington towards the end of July. The agenda paper is very long. The Church of England at Waimangaroa, near We*s<:port r was struck by lightning on Saturday, and the belfry and a number of windows were broken. Private advice received at Dunedin states that Mr Wood, president of the: Victorian Association, hopea to bring thirty-six bowlers to the Dominion next January—twenty from Victoria and sixteen from New South Wales.

Two thousand four hundred tins of British Columbian salmon were condemned by the Hoalth Department at Dunedin last week, and destroyed within a few hours of seizure. The bulk of the consignment was blown.

Two elderly men—Jolm M'Kenvin and Thos. Anderson—were caught by a constable at Auckland early on Saturday morning in the act of leaving a butcher's shop carrying meat in kits. They were charged with breaking and entering and theft at the. Police Court, and remanded on sub - stantial bail.

William Matthews, describinghimself as a chemist, aged thirtyfour, pleaded guilty at Hastings on Saturday to making a false declaration to the Registrar of Marriages, to the effect that his first wife was not alive, was remanded to the Supreme Court for sentence. Prisoner,, who admitted committing bigamy*, said he was drunk at the time. The consolidation of the New ZeUM land statutes has been completed by the Commission, consisting of Chief Justice, Dr. Pitchett and Mr W. S. Keid, and the Government Printin? Office is busily engaged in printing them for issue to the House early during tho coming session. The work has occupied five years, and involved .the condensation of 50 volumes of Statutes in five, containing about 900 pages,

We are informed, says the WoocTville "Examiner," that Mr GeorgeHunter will soon offer for sale 10,000* acres at Porangahau; i' 4,.000 ofMotuntaraia have just been cut up; - the Hon. Mr Ormund is putting 10,000 acre 3 of Wallineford on the market; Mr Spencer Gollan is subdividing 10.000 acres of Mangalarata; Mr S. Johnson is anxious to settle7,oCo acres ■•of-.hisTakapua pro- j perty, and the 3,000 or fo acres of" Mokoin neu- tho town; while 10,000,. acres of Mount Herbert have not becrh taken up yet. Altogether between, 60,000 and 70,000 acres are for salein Hawke's Bay, and, if taken up by ; the right class of settler, the closetsettlement will be a benefit to the, . province from north to south,. An a companion help. An interesting card, giving the results of the matches played by tk£g Anglo-Welsh football team to date, is to hand from the New Zealand Clothing Factory. Those who intend to take part in* the fancy dress football match in connection with the Mascerton South Brass Band are requested to meet, at the Fire Police Station, at 7 o'clock, this evening. At the residence of Mr Birss, 29< Walton Avenue, on Wednesday next,. Mr J. R. Nicol will sell at auctionthe whole of his furniture and household effect?. Full particulars will befound elsewhere. Messrs T. Dvvyer and Co. have ■ ju?t received another 4, 000 records, together with 20 Edison phonographs, (1908 model). The machines and recorris are now on view and can be heard and inspected by purchasers: or intending purchasers. The articles can be purchased for cash or on terms. The firm sold the last of a recent shipment of phonographs on Saturday, and the new one?, eight of which have alivaiiy been sold, will on view to-day.

lid tried Port Hacking nffcer fish, But only caught a cold, lie slid, "Atchoo! By jovo I wish I'd done as I was told. This is indeod a Hacking cough. Good name it's got, I'm sum! " But next dav ho was r'ght enough Through Woods' Great Peppermint . Cure. 11 fa|