LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9122, 23 June 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr W. B. Bidwill," of Featherstor, has donated £25 tnvards the Sol way Showgrounds fund..

Yesterday morning Mr T. J. Rathbnne's truction engine broke through a bridge on Fraser's Road, at East Taratahi.

A slip, consisting of about 600 tons of earth, camti down on to the Waio-hine-Bluff Road on Sunday. A number of the Wairarapa South Couiity Council's workmen are now busily engaged clearing the slip away. The Chess Club of the Masterlon Y.M.C.A. met last evening, when there was a good attendance ofmembers. Competition and frienr ly gafn»s were indulged in, some inteiesting play taking place.

The Committee of the Masterton No-License League met last evening, Mr J. Elliott in the chair. Matters in comection with the coming campaign were further discjsssd, ani measures arranged in connection with the work to be done by the League. The management of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church,. Carterton, have decided to hold an entertainment in aid of the chupch funds next month, A comedy/entitled "Boots of the Marquis," will be staged by members of the congregation. i

The capping ceremonies in con-iev tion with Victoria College take place to-morrow, when Mr H. J. O'Leary, of Masterton, will receive his degree of "L.L. B. ~ SeveraliVlasterton residsrti intend Leipg present at the function.

A charge o' steal in? three sheep was ma-ie.against Frank Leslie Ful "h>r at tha toasttrcon Police Court, bafore/Rlr Eli Smiti, J.P., on Saturlav aftemxm la<t, thp,Animals being alleged to be owno.l by a Pougaroa settler name! HolJen. Accuse! was remanded to Pah iam a.

The following settlers on the Uoper Opiki ami Miki Miki have decided to have th"ir properties linkedwith the private telephone system: —Messrs A. McLeod, T. Wyeth, W. Taylor, Hunt Bros., Foreman, Douglas. Colquhoun, H. Campbell, E. W. Payton, and Trustees of Welch estate.

The Skating Rink was filled with a happy tl rong of skaters'last evening. T -flight "Musical Ohairs" will provide amusement and excitement for rinkers, the Ma'sterton South Brass Bind being eng*ag(d to provide the music. It has bepn decided to hold the competition for' the lady skater to-night wse'e, to enable several intending late entrantes to compete. About, one hundred natives from Napier and Hastings, under the leadership of Alohi To Atihikoia arrived yesterday afternoon at Papawai, where they are the guests of Niniwai Te Rangi. They have" coma, partly on tribal business.and partly for the purpose of welcoming ffanare Iraia, son of Mr Iraia te Whaiti, of Whatanmgi, and his bride, who have recen'lv been married, down the Lower Valley. Along with them is the prophet Rua, and twenty or so of his followers, who have been creating some sensation in the Hawke's Bay and Gisborne districts. A very interesting debate took place at the weekly meeting of the Y.M.C.A. Debating Society Inst evening. A most impressive Parliament was opened by the "GovernorGeneral" (Mr P. L. Rollings), and a Ministry composed of Messrs 0. N. C. Pragnell ("Premier"), J. Cole ("Native Minister','). L. Daniell ("Lands and Agriculture"), J. Hunter (" Railways and Public Works"), A. Donald ("Labour and Marine"), and G. Cullen ("AttorneyGeneral"). The "Speaker" was Mr R. Brown, and the "Leader of the Opposition," Mr D. Hebenton. Members of the Opposition were Messrs E. Flanagan, H. H. Cork, ! D. E. Par ton, and of the Government Messrs P. L. Hollings, P.' Bennett, A. P. Fielding r.nd R. Hatch. Numerous bills were given notice of, and a lengthy debate held over, the Address-in-Reply. Ther-i was a good attendance in the Indies' gallery. Some good speeches were listened to, and an excellent evening spent. Theie were about forty persons present.

In past time tho first thing done to a burn'or scald was to exclude the air. To do this the victim had to either apply a paste of oil and flour or else bandage the scalded part, thus adding to his sufferings. All that is now necessary is to apply Chamberlain's Pain Balm. This liniment gives immediate relief, also heals the part in one-third the time taken by any other application; but what is more wonderful still is that there is never any scar left after Chamberlain's Pain Balm is used. For sale by all Chemists and Storekeepers.

The annual meeting of the Opaki Quoits Club has been postponed for a week, and will be held on July 4tb. The Woodlands Hunt Club (Pahiatua) has just added fifty new members to its roll from Palmerston North alone. The following horses have qualified for the Club's annual meeting: Hind,Waitoa,Claribel, Otis,Lord Ullin, Miss Roy, Atami, Pon Carlos, Black Jack, Netherby, JPytchley, Corroborree, Njmrod, Commadore, Master King, Maringa, Molly Fisher and Tyrant.

A trap accident occurred at Pabiatua on Saturday night. While Mr White Scott, schoolmaster, of Mangamaire, was driving into Pahiatua, he was met by a milk cart, owned by Mr Whitton, a collision occurring just oii the outskirts of the Borough, v on Konini Road. The vehicle driven by Mr Scott, was overturned, and the driver thrown out on to his head. A nasty wound was inflicted, which necessitated several stitches being put in.

The Wairarapa Maoris do everything on a scale of magnitude which neighbouring districts must surely envy. The next big celeoration will provide the Natives with koreros sufficient to last some time, and is to take the form of a seven-couple wedding, Which will be solemnised at Papawai ,in a week or two. There will be a perfect army of bridesmaids and the customary matrimonial officials, while Hiapuhi, the Arawa chieftainess, will grace the proceedings with her presence. The gathering will be the biggest Native convocation, hela in the Wairarapa for a long time.

A meeting of the Yorkohire Society was held in the Dominion Hall last evening. There was a laige attendance of member?, and Mr E. HWaddington occupied the chair. The Rev. J. H. Sykes" (Tinui) wrote acC'pting the position of patron of the Society and forwarded a donation of £1 to the funds. It was decided to challenge the Druids Lodge to a card tournanxnt on July 20th, at the Dominion Hall. Mr H. Hartley (Carterton) thanked the members for electing him a vice-president of-the Society, and pointedout various ways of advancing the interests of the Society. Other routine business wap transacted, and a vote of thanks to the chair concluded thu meeting.

It has been stated that the drop in the price of wool is responsible for a general depression in the labcur market throughout Hawlce's Bay, and that the demand for labour is. not .by .any means equal to the available supply. Mr S. E. Wright, senre4 tary, of the Hawke's Bay Employers' Association, corroborates this statement, and says .that no doubt the low price of wool is the particular cause, since a check has been put to the carrying on o' improvements. The -jnajority of the mtn offering, he says, are. farm and station hands. Mr Gobhs, Government, labour agent, says there is undoubtedly more labour on the market now than a few weeks ago, but, as it is just between he does not think there is any cause for alarm.

The following catches of fish by one man :.duriiig last season undoubtedly established the reputation of me Upper WaiKato as one of the most wonderful angling streams in the world. The angltr in question wa'a a Maori, and his oaskets were carefully weighed and recorded by a reliaole person (says art Auckland paper). The fish were nearly all taken from the Waikato, near TaOpo. The following are the weights:--October, 91 fish weighing 4831b, largest fish weighed 17U>; November, 57 rish weighing 2711b, largtst fish weighed i71o; December 37, iish weighing li)4lb, lcvu'ul weighed 131o; January, 23 rish weighing 17510, one weighed 101b and one 111b; February, 18 fish weighing 11 lib, largest two 141b; March, 26 fish weigh;rjg 1811b, largest one weighed 181b; April, .63 fiah weighing* 3651b, largest two weighed 161b; May, 74 iish weighing 0321u, largest one weighed 171b.

According to the Minister for Lands, there will be s .no attempt made this session to deal by with the question of child labour on dairy farms. "We hope," Mr McNab informed a Press representative, "to be able to control the regulation of child labour through our inspectDrs. 1 have not heard anything about the subject for a long time, but in '.he midst of the divergent view 3 expressed, the. department alone can get at the truth through the dairy inspectors. Our inspectors go into the byres, and any steps we take hereafter will be the result of any information they may obtain. They will be constantly visiting the farms and dairies,; and will riot bj a small body of reformers making ui expected visits, and not knowing the conditions of the industry. The enquiries will be made by men who have a maximum amount of knowledge of the whole question."

Mr W. Wilson left Cathedral Square, Christchurch, shortly ufter 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon on a walking tour round the world He was farewelled by a large crowd of friends and others who had assembled to witness the departure. Mr Wilson expects to be away for at least three years. His itinerary will be from Christchurch to the Bluff, then over to Melbourne, across the Australian Continent to Fremantle, on to Colombo, through India, and across Asia Minor to Naples. Prom Naples he sails for England, and make 3, extensive tours through the British Isles, afterwards leaving Queenstown for New York. He then crosses the American Continent to Vancouver, and from Vancouver sails for Auckland, and thence back to Christchurch. Mr Wilson called on the Mayor in the morning, and was given a certificate under the city seal that lie left Christchurch with no money in his pockets. One of the conditions of the tour is that Mr Wilson must start penniless.

Cnlds leave weak places. Weak, coughinjured spots invito consumption. Take TUSSiCUKA, the marvellous throat and. lung healer. Will stop you cough at once. Mr C. F. B. Livesay, Architect of Wts lington, has moved to more convenienrooms in the National Mutual Chambers, Customhouse Quay, (adjoining the Head ffico of the Bank of N.Z.) Address— P.O. Box 771. Telephone 2692. For Bronchial Coughs, take Woods* Peppermint Cure. 1 ,'6 and 2/6.

• Fourteen suppliers arp delivering dailly 600 gallons of milk to the Featherston Fresh Milk Supply Association's factory. The strength of the defence forces in the Wellington district at the end of last month was 6,484, which ia a decrease of 25, as compared ■with the numoer at the end of .April. ■•'.■- A darins burglary was committed :in Wellington early on Sunday morning, at the shop of Grouch, a jeweller, in Cuba Street. A -.on- ' Istable on duty heard the sound of glass, and on investigation found that the plate-glass window in 'Crouch's shop had been broken with .a brick, and jewellery valued at between £4OO and £SOO stolen. "There is even a ring amongst 'banks; there is a banking union," ■said Mr A. J. Entrican at the meeting of the Drainage Committee at Auckland on Friday evening. Local bodies .dealing with banks were, ha said, formerly allowed to set the vcredit on one account against the debit on another. "Now," ho added, "if you have several accounts, and one - "is "overdrawn and the, others are in 'CvJMt, you have to pay interest on thfiverdraft without receiving any allowance for the credit balance on ithe other accounts." Asked as to the work being done ;by the recently appointed Dairy J--Inspectors, the Minister for Lands y (the Hon. R. M'Nab) told a "Post" representative yesterday that he had met numbers of dairy farmers in the different districts, and - they were very favourably impressed with the men. In Manawatu and Hawke's Bay he heard the same complimentary references. The point, 'he added, seeniPd to be that the amount of knuv!l:dge and information that the inspectors had at thair disposal showed vthe dai-y farmers that the ■ department was going on sound lines in regard to these appointments. The female labour bureau, which was recently opened by the Department of Labour in Auckland, is being .availed of to a considerable extent by both mistresses and by girls and young women seeking employment (says the "Herald"). Miss H.R. Morrison, who is in charge of the bureau, fltatqs that already a large number of sjtuiations have been filled throigh the agency, of the offie. '"There is" she said to a "Herald" rep#sentative,> "a good demand for competent general servants in private houees, and good wages are offered, the range being 1 from about 10s to 20s. Good genera's have no difficulty in obtaining 15s a week. 'A large number of young girls, say from 15 to 16, could be placed at houses where they would iba trained in domestic dulijs by mistresses, and paid from 8s to 103 a week, but thore i 3 a dearth of applicants in this as in other classes of female labour."

An opinion of interest to tradesmen •was exprebsed by Mr McCarthy, S.M., at Napier,(says the "Hawke's Bay Herald"). The point at issue was the value of tradesmen's books ;as evidence in a ca«e of disputed accounts. A baker sued a butcher for bread and the butcher put ina counter-claim for meat. Each party relied mainly on the entries in hi 3 ''book's as evidence, believing, as many business people do, that such entries are conclusive proof that the goods specified had been delivered. Mr McCarthy ruled that tradesmen's books •could only be admitted as evidence when the person who, in the course of .his ordinary duties, had kept them, was dead. When the person who ha'J kept the books was still alive, and could be called as a witness, the book could not be,admitted •as proof of delivery. , The other evide%e of delivery was so vague, in hisi Worship's opinion, that he nonsuited the plaintiff and the defendant on the counter-claim, without costs to either party.

' Mr E. Welch inserts a notice of thanks to the Ladies' Committee of the Carlton Cricket Club. A reward is offered for the re- 1 - ■ covery of a chestnut mare, lost from Awatoetoe about June Bth. f A general meeting of the Drovers' "Union will be held in the Central •Hotel at 8 o'clock to-morrow evening. Messrs Graham and Co. advertise special'quotations for certain lines which will be observed during the continuance of their sale. f The Hospital Ball will be held in -the Town and Drill Halls on Thursday, July 2nd, and a children's dance will be held on the following evening. Mr Newton King, estate agent, •New Plymouth, advertises particulars of a number of handy-sized and money-making properties which have been placed in bis hands for sale. Members of the Y.M.C.A., who •"*•» ■flgg interested in the formation of an Association Footballl Club, are requested to at the Association's .rooms at 7.30 o'clock to-night. Mr J. L. Murray announces a special purchase of woollen goods from famous Roslyn mills. The goods jpare now offered at considerably reduced prices. Dr. Van Slyke, the well-known ear, eye and throat specialist, may be consulted at the Club Hotel, Masterton, to-day and to-morrow, and at •Cartertjn on Thursday and Friday next. At the residence, No. 29 Walton's Avenue, on Wednesday afternoon, Mr J. R. Nicol will sell, on account of Mr A. W. Birss, the whole of his neirly new and well-selected furniture and effects. Every lino will be clsared atsolutely without r serve. In the depths of winter, when the long evenings are sometimes apt to become wearisome, much profit and pleasure may be gained by the happy possession of a high grade piano or organ. A good opportunity rf securing an instrument is now offered by the Wellington Piano Company, whose manager (Mr A. F. Robertshaw) will be in town for a few days, and is prepared to offer special concessions to intending purchasers. , A capital display, of instruments is now on view at Messrs McLeod ?#d Young's, where full informatio* will be given. For rheumatism, backache, faceacho, • earache, neuralgia, and other muscular pains nothing can equal WITCH'S OIL ■ (registered). Cough! Cough! Cough! Don't tf£ cough. Take TUSSICURA. Soothes flr the inflamed membrane. Soothing and -healing. Is Cd, 2a fid.