LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9123, 24 June 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The local Fire Brigade are to come under the jurisdiction of the Masterton Fire Board on Wednesday next. Superintendent Jenkins has been appointed chief officer by the Board. A number of farm properties in the Carterton district are at present changing hands, writes our correspondent. High prices are being asked for middle-class land, but owing to the tightness of the money market, sales are not being very readily effected. The Borough' Works Committee will meet in the evening in future, instead of the afternoon, as it has done since the present Mayor was elected. Cr Ewington moved, last night, dt the Borough Council meeting, that the afternoon sittings be substituted by evening ones, as previously, and as the majority of the Council considered the afternoon sitting an experiment that had failed, the motion was carried unanimously.

At a meeting of the Eorough Gas and Library Committee, on Monday evening, the following motion was carried"The Committee recommend that the resolution for the taking of the proposed site of the Gasworks, under 'he Public Works Act, beat once carried into effect, and in the meantime the Acting Town Cleric be authorised to communicate with the Trustees with a view to ascertaining whether or no they would be prepared to arrive at a sum as purchase price by friendly arbitration, so as to obviate the expense incident to an award of court."

The fortnightly meeting of the Masterton Fire Brigade was held in the Central Station last evening. Captain J jnkins occupied the chair, there being a large number of members present. Leave of absence was granted to Foreman Thompson and Fireman u'Leary. The Pahiatua Fire Brigade forwarded a complimentary ticket for their annual ball. The secretary of the Carswells' Football Club wrote challenging the Brigade to a football match. The challenge was accepted. Fireman Gardner tendered his resignation as a member of the Brigade, which was accepted with regret. Ex-captain Prentice and Firemen Gardner ar.a Johnston were elected auditors for the enpuing term, i A large amount of other routine business was also transacted.

The quarterly summoned meeting of the Masterton Rechabite Lodge was held in the Dominion Hall last evening. There was a large attendance of members, and Bro. Marshall, C.K., occupied the chair. The election of officers for the ensuing term resulted as follows: —C.R., Bro. D. Threadwell* D.K., Bro. L. Jones; Treasurer, Bra. J. Heyhoe; Secretary, Bro. W. JVL. Easthope; C.S., Brj. J. Andrews; 8.5., Bro. L. Thouinine; L., Bro. E,, Wipe; G., Bro. A. Miller. Bros. C. Fielding, D. Threadwell and C. Marshall were appointed delegate? to the Friendly Societies' Council for th 3 ensuing year. The Chief Ruler of the Hastings Tent was present at the meeting', and was extended a hearty welcome. A vote of thanks was accorded to Bro. R. Sutherland for the donation of syllabuses for the coming year. Five friends were proposed for membership. The receipts for the evening amounted to £3O 12s 9d. i

There was a good attendance at the Town Hall, laet evening, when the Taylor-Carrington Company stagtd the drama "Is She Guiltless?" The piece was staged and the acting was all that could be desired. Miss Ella Carrington, in the role of Gabrielle de Moray, gave an excellent representation of the character, while Mr Charlie Taylor, as Sir Gideon Goosey, was capital. Miss Minnie Lancaster filled the role of Countess de San Lucca in a creditable manner. Miss Dulcie Deamer, a daughter or Dr. Deamer, of Featherston, made her first appearance, in Mastertun, and met with a warm reception. Her acting in the character of Paulettc was good all through, and there is evidently a successful stage career in front of this young actress. The other characters were as follow: — Madame de la Marche (Gabrielle's Mother}, Miss Nellie Dalton; Roland de Moray (a deceived husband), Mr C. Archer; Robert Burel (an outcast son), Mr H. Nightingale; Signer Palmeri (an Italian adventurer), Mr T. E. Tilton; Admiral de la Marche (h retire 1 Naval officer), Mr ,C. M. Keegan; Monsieur Sohidmt (a jeweller), Mr G. R. Tarr; Maltar, (a Hindoo retainer), Mr W. li. Knight; Gaston (De Moray's servant), Mr J. Evison; Monsieur Fargo (a French detective), Mr G. Paget). I

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The annual meeting of the Masterton Fire Brigade will be held on Tuesday, July 7th. Owing to the bad state of th« roads, the Pongaroa mail coach has btopped running. A large number of swaggers have lately passed through the Pongaroa district. Plenty uf labour is available, and prices for contract work are on the decline. The Dannevirke State school cadets, who won the North Island Government cad u t shield, will be asked to compete in the '"Lord Roberts Boj s'" Imperial Match, to be fired with rifles on July Ist. Teams for this event will consist of eight bojs each. At the quarterly meeting of Court Pongaroa, A.0.P., the following officers were elected for the ensuing term:— C.R., Bro. J. Petersen; S.K., Bro. J. McKiy; S.W., Bro. W. H. Gould; J.W , Bro. J. Allen; 5.8., Bro. R. Morris; J. 8., Bro. G. T. Norman; secretary, Br:>. P. R. Kent; tiejsurer and tnii.uiie secretary, Bro. J. Ashworth. A copy of the first Kilmarnock edition of Robert Burns's poems was recently sold for £I,OOO. In 1858 a stray copy was bought for £3 10s, "but there has been a rapid rise in the value of these books since then," said Mr R. Sandilands at a recent meeting of the Dunedin Burns' Club. "And yet out of the whole edition (612 copiea) Burns's share was only £20!"

At the last meeting of the Borough Council's Works and Finance Committee telegrams were submitted from the ■ Premier inviting the Borough Council to co-operate with the Government in entertaining the American Fleet by sending a "Welcome" flag to Auckland. Cr Ewington moved, and Cr Hunter seconded, "that the Town send a, flag as suggested by the On the motion being put tn the meeting it was defeated. At last night's meeting the Council declined tj have the matter again discussed. Cr Ewington wished such to be done. ■ The following is the financial position of the Masterton Borough Council: General account, dr £7,466 4s lid; Gasworks, cr £690 10s 9d; Library, cr £145 17s 10d; Deposit, cr £6B 10s: Waterworks, dr £llß 7s 3d; Abattoir, cr £72 12s 9d; Special Drainage, cr £3l 3s 6d; bannister Street, cr 14s fid; Loan £25,000, dr £lO3 6s 9d; Overdraft, £6,678 9s 7d Loans Drainage improvements £25,000, Schedule A dr £24 4s 8d; Schedule B, fir £552 7d; Schedule C, cr £834 17s 2d; Schedule D, dr £795 14s lid; Schedule E, cr £341.

Scarlet fever is unusually prevalent in Otago and Southland this winter. Forty-five cases have been reported during the present month. For the whole of June in 1906 there were only nineteen, and in 1907 twelve. Lust month there were fifty-nine cases. The increase is made more noticeable when the quarter April to June, 1907, is compared'with that of 1908. The figures are: —1907, 48; 1908 (to 20tbJune), 132; increase.; 84. The increase for the whole year 1907-08 over tint of 1906 07 was only SS, ihe figures being 238 and 180.

The Migi3trit2 h a man of many titles. Properly the b'encli is addressed ai "Your Worship." In the hurry of argument a solicitor will often clip the wings of dignity and make "your Worship," plain "Sir." The prisoner he ping to mollify the severity of a sentence will sometimes 'rust for leniency to tha subtle flattery, of "Your Honour ':' The apostronhe "Your' Grace" has occasionally been heard, but never before the august designation applied to Mr Riddell, S.M., at Wellington yesterday, says the "Post." *A witness in the recital of evidence referred to the Magistrate as "His Majesty." Mr J. C. N. Grigg, of Longbeach, one of the best-known farmers in the Dominion, recently expressed the opinion that New Zealand farmers as a whole are farming well, with the help of science, which was assisting them to advance every day. Any farmer who did not farm on scientific lints was not farming as he should do. They were constantly adding to their knowledge of the soil, and almost alive as it was it formed a. splendid subject for sfcudy. But while good farming was very important, Mr Grigg said that good government was f- till more important, and he hoped that New Zealanders as a whole would take a keener interest than ever in the election of their repreentdtiveg, and not allow small sida issues to interfere with the return of the best men. "The Polynesians, who had no alphabet, or even hieroglyphics, cultivated memory to such an extent that it forms one of the racial characterises of the people," said Dr. Buck, lecturing upon the Maori, at Auckland, lns|: week. "Elsdon Best secured some 400 songs from one man, without counting genealogies and tribal history. Percy Smith took down from one old man the genealogical descent of all the members of hts tribe, involving the recollection of over 700 names and going, back for some 34 generations.' These genealogies were considered tapu by those who had been entrusted with them; consequently it has been difficult to get them from the very old tohungas, 3nd such of the Maori geneal- i ogies as we have are not reliable ; after 40 generations, though the Rarotongan records go bick 95 generations or so, to 450 B.C. These," i continued Dr. Buck, "are very reli- i able, having been given by the last j old Rarotongan tohunga, Te Ariki ] Tara-arc."

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During his visit to the South Island last week, Mr Ritchie, Secretary of the Agricultural Department, had interviews with a large number farmers, and found all of them m good heart. The weather in Southland has retarded outdoor work, but in the Oamaru and South Canterbury districts more rain would be welcome, as the ground is rather hard for tilling. Stock is looking well, and seed is now abundant. The Acting Town Clerk reported at the last meeting of the Works, and Finance, Committee of the Masterton Borough Council that he had signed a petition in circulat'on by which it was proposed to ask the Government to establish a continuous telephone system in the borough of Masterton. On the motion of the Mayor, seconded by Cr Prentice, it was resolved that the action of the Acting Town Clerk he confirmed. The introduction of little owls as a means of destroying small birds which are a pes; to farmers and ffuit growers W4s the subject of remark by the chairman in hid address at the annual meeting of the Otago Acclimatisation Society. It was again pointed out that in Alexandra the most satisfactory results had accrued from the introduction of the little owls, and as a result a great many applications had been received by the society for supplies of little owls from the next shipment. The chairman stated that consequent on the numerous applications madtr"* they had cabled Home for 100 of, these birds. He did i'ot expect ttafc they would receive that number, bttf. anticipated that the next shipment, which was due about November, would provide the society with about thirty owls. Probably few people realise how far. the Single Taxer already has New Zealand in his clutches, says the Cliristchurch "Press." It is, we believe, quite correct to say that no other country in the world has gone so far towards realising Henry. George's idea. For general goveri - i ment purposes the Land Tax is levied in accordance with Henry George's principles on the unimproved value of the land, and in the , case of tl ft Graduated Tax, which in some cases represents 50 per cent, of the rental value, we have gone a long way towards realising the."ne plus ultra'" both of the Socialists anl the Single Taxers—the condition when the entirn economic rent of the land shall be- \ confiscated for the community. It is - true that at present there is a limit: below which land escapes taxation, but neither Henry George nor the? Socialists believe in the exemption of even the smallest plot of land. The question of the erection of a; new gas lamp at Lansdowne, though . on the face of it a very small mattafr, caused quite an animated discussiCTr for a few minutes at the Borough. Council meeting last night. The Gas Committee had taken upon itself to* sanction the erection of a If mp without first consulting the Council, i e County Council having applied f. v the new light. Several Councillors, contended that the Committee lnul exceeded its power?, Cr Paulii g;; pointing out that even in th i Borough itself such applications had; to come before the Council, ami strongly protesting against theCounty being treated o-i a mcie; favourable footing. Cr EwirgtOn u - fended the Committee, contending t.iat the matter was oil a differei , f.joting to the erection of an ordinar r Borough lamp, as the County Council wers to pay £6 a year for tho light and the lamp was really an ordinal ' connection, which did not need t:a Council's'sanction. Eventually 1'• i 'Committee's action was approved. An advertiser hss'fcr rale a per of puretrcoi siher wjav.t'o 1 e3. -An adv.reiser requires a g J. kitchen man.

' The No-license ( League have , a special notice of 1 interest to theirsupporters on page 1 of this issue. Mr P. Hamill announces a number' of special bargains during his pre-, sent sale. Smokers' requisites are in full supply at Mr F. B. Rosson's, who;£ has a stock of the best brands of™ tobacco, cigars and cigarettes. Messrs R. E. Howell and C 0.,. Ltd. have for sale several town sections, with or without improvements. A first-class farm of 480 acres,, near Eltham, is advertised for saleby Messrs Hardy an:l Stanners, landi agents, Eltham. . A meeting of the Masterton; for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will be held in the Exchange Hall on Friday evening at 8o'clock. I Mr 11. Peterson invites inspection of his superior stock of boots and shoes for the present season. A speciality is made of the rain-proof boot, an article indespensible where health and comlort are considered. Messrs . Abraham and Williams* Ltd., have received instructions from, Mr P. J. Quirke, who has sold his property to offer for sale by auction at the larm, Mnngamaire, on Wednesday, July Ist, 80 first-class dairy cows and heifers, and 20 pedigree Ayrshire cows. Full particulars, will appear in a later issue. The auction sale of-furniture and? effects, at Walton's Avenue, this, afternoon, on account of Mr A. W. Birss, will commence at 1.30 p.m. promptly. This is necessitated on account of the number of lines to* be solH, and of the shortness of the days this time of the year. Every linbwill be sold without the slightest reserve, and as the numerous lines are nearly new, the sale should attract; a good attendance of the purchasingpublic.

Messrs Ogilvy and Sons, proprietors of the Record ,Reign Butchery, Queen Street, Masterton, advertise the official Abattoir returns, of cattle slaughtered during the past ' two years, and these show that the above firm has sent 720 head of eattle to the Abattoir, and not one of them haa been condemned. Considering' the number of cattle purchased, and tin,e over which the purchases extended, these results denote remarkably good judgment by Mr Ogilvy, senr., in buying stock. The firm attribute their success in a large measure to their settled plan of making quality at all times their first consideration. Following out this scheme, they make a point of always purchasing stock, if possible, from farmers and station-owners who are ' known to rear well bred healthy cattle, and the Abattoir figures bear testimony to the wisdom of Jthia,. policy. %

The Gas Committee of the Masterton Borough Council met on Friday evening and accepted a tender of Messrs Johnston, Spackman and Stalker, at 9s 6d per chain, for gas trenching in Johnston street and Makora rpad. Six tenders were received. The geysers at Whakarewarewa continue in a state of marked activity, and on several occasions recently Pohutu has given some magnificent displays. One day last week this geyser played twice, on each occasion for, a considerable time, the water being sent to heights varying from 40ft to 90fc. While this eruption was in progress five other geysars were also in a state of eruption, Whakarewarewa being the centre of attraction. Dr Moorhouse, when on the question of "big game" at & recent meeting of the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society, stated that hj« recently received a letter from Captain Mallet, of India. When Captain Mallet was in New Zealand some time ago he had a talk with him about importing ga-ne frbm India, and from the tenor of his letter it is.quite possible that the negotiations which were entered into with another gentleman in regard to game for New Zealand, and subsequently fell through, may be reopened. The letter, the speaker said, was most encouraging, and probably they would be able to obtain some ibex, etc., before long. The £2OO which had been set aside for the importation of such game he advised the council to keep for that purpose, as he and Mr Sloman would guarantee thi mane/ for the purchase and tiansport of the deer from Sussex.