LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9127, 29 June 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Parliament will open this afteimon.

Mr A. 11. Vile has already been nominated for re-election to the Wellington Education Board by committees extending from Cross' Creek, at one end of the district to Pahiatua at the other.

A m?eting was heid by tho Opaks Rifle Club last week to discuss th» question of the holding of the annual soiree. A committee was set up to arrange the date and various othtir details in connection with the function.

A meeting of the Committee of the Wairarapa Automobile Assoeiitiin will be held on Thursday when Mr W. A. Kendall, secretary and treasurer of the Association will hand in his resignation (he having been transferred to the Bank of New Zealand at Whangarei), and a successor will be elected.

The bachelors of the Fernridge held a very enjoyable dance in the Fernridge School on Friday evening. There were about thirty couples present. Miss Iggulden supplied the music, and Misses F. Hood and R. Evans played extra?. The dirties of M.C. were ably carried out by Mr F. Clancy. During the evening Mr W. Iggulden sang two songs. 'An excellent supper was provided.

The time for receiving entries for the annual Show of the Masterton Poultry, Pigeon and Canary Association closed on Saturday night, but the fail list will no tbe available until the posted entries are received. It is anticipated that the total will be quite up to last year's figures, as so tar a satisfactory number is to hand, including entries from all parts of the district.

The parties cited by the Drovers and Shepherds' Union include the Wellington Meat Export Company, Gear Meat Company, New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Ageancy Company, Dalgety and Company, Barraud and Wiiliains, and the Banks Meat Company. The Conciliation Board will sit 10 hear the claims as follows: —-Wellington, Friday, July 3rd; Masterton, on Monday, July 13th; Hastings, on Wednesday, July 15th. The following is l:he ( order in which competitors must be prepared to shoor in the Second match for the Morris Tube Association's Brighting Cup to-night:—7 p.m., Messrs Pearse, Spackman, Barker (2), Brighting, Lyttle; 7.3U p.m., Messrs Hornblow, Hodges, McGaughran, Larsen, Wyatt, Byatt; $ p.m., Messrs Gardiner, S nit.h, Mcintosh, Gayer, Redmond, McNabb; 8.30 p.m., Messrs Tomlin, Allan, C. Perry, Morris (2), Unnnister; 9 p.m., Messrs H. Perry, McHattie, Culloty, Cook, Burrows, Wiliiams; 9.30 p.m., Messrs Spring, BurriJge (2), McCalmont, Wellington, , Hood (2), Lett, E. Perry, King, Sutherland. A meeting of the members of the Red Star Football Club was held in the Occidental Hotel on Saturday evening, Mr E. Welch presiding over a good attendance. It was decided to hold a social and dance in thu Foresters' Hall on Tuesday, July 14th. The following committees were appointed to carry out the arrangements in connection with the functiun: —Ladies' Committee, Mesdames J. Coradine, W. Piatt, E. Collier, Chunn, Misses I. Welch, A. Hofjg, R. McLaehlan, Duggan, P. McLach'an, Reynolds, Clarke, Williams; Men's Committee, Messrs C. CorDett, C. Clarke, K- Welch, F. Bt»ll, P. McLfichlai 1 , E. Welch, J. Corbett, D. Beere, J. Duegan. J. Adam.*, K. Welch, T. A. Wrigley, S. Hogg, R. McKensie, T. Moore, B. Ive«on. Mr T. G. Hoar was appointed secretary. CALF RE A KING. At a Inrgo meeting of shareholders of a loading 00-oporativo Dairy Company, last month, ono of the subjects discussed was the merits of the " QILRUTH " Calf Food. Opinions were freely expressed as to the excellent results obtained by the use (f this Food, and it was unanimously considered that this could not bo made tooiwell known. Tho " GILRUTH " CALF FOOD is obtainable from tho W.F.C.A. Ltd.

Mr W. J. O'Donnell, of Palmerston North, has been appointed borough engineer of Dannevirke.

Mr A. S. Bentley has been appointed secretary of the Pahiatua Amusement Club vice Mr E. Baucke resigned.

At the Y.M.C.A. Debating Club, to-night, Mr J. Cole will deliver an address on "The aims and objects of modern Socialism," in reply to Mr J. Huunter's recent address.

The Masterton Dairy Factory has closed for the winter season, after working far beyond the usual winter closing date. The factory will commence operations again in September.

At a meeting of the members ot St. Pajl's Presbyterian Church, Pahiatua, it was unanimously resolved to send a "call" to the Rev. Chalmers Mill, of Northcote. Auckland. It is understood that Mr Mill will accept the position. The Masterton Municipal Band has secureJ a temporary conductor, Mr M. R. Varnham, a leading member of the Masterton Orchestral Society, having consented to take up meanwhile the position resigned by Mr F. W. G. McLeod. It is not unlikely that Mr Varnham will retain the position permanently. The Skating Rink in Chapei street, on Saturday- evening, was again crowded. "Musical chairs" was the programme set down by the management, but as the Masterton South Band could not attenJ the pastime was not indulged in. However, a pleasant time was spent in the usual skatorial way. A. Baede,' ploughman, single, aged 36, who arrived at Hastings from Taueru, Masterton, on Tuesday, attempted suicide by cutting his throat on Friday night, or early on Saturday morning at Batchelor's boardinghouse. He was unaole to obtain work, and apparently grew despondent. Nothing unusual was notice ! in his demeanour. He is weak from loss of blood, but there is every hope of his recovery. He was removed to Napier Hospital. A Maori conference will be held in Wellington* in July. The official opening ceremony by His Excellency the Governor will be held in the Town Hall on the 14th* At the evening meeting the objects and general scope of the Young Maori Party will be discussed. The remainder of the week will be devpted to discussion of subjects relating to agriculture, education, sanitation, local option, Maori representation in Parliament, and other things.

A, sub-branch of the Masterton No License League hsa been formed at Eketahuna, and the following officers have been elected:— President; Mr G. H., Ralph ; VicePresidents, Rev. J. J. Pendray and Rev. V. H. Kitcat; Secretary, Mr A. C. Rowe; treasurer, Mr J. Carter; executive committee, Messrs J. F. Baillie and L). J. Reardun, with power to add to their number. The Secretary has been instructed to write the Mastcrton League ond the New Zealand Alliance elicitine the plan of operations for conducting the campaign.- An offer from Mr W. H. Hawkips, of Pahiatua, to deliver an address at Eketahuna on the movement next month was accented.

Any foil can be killed by tumbling downward, but it takes a rare specimen to do the trick by tumbling upward., Only fish that live in the great depths of the sea are capable of accomplishing this unusual feat. Mr Charles Hedley, F.L.S., in a lecture at Sydney last week, explained the matter. Fish that lived at the bottom of the sea, he Raid, were provided with a swimming blaJder, which, if their owners rose by lack of caution above their ordinary depth, would expand. As they went higher the expansion would increase, until they lost control of themselves, and fell to the top in a dying or dead condition.

Therfl is in Dunedin .at least one bey who has the commercial instinct, and some knowledge, too, remarks the "Star." Looking at the pigeons in a dealer's window a, week or two ago, he saw amongst the miscellaneous lot set apart for gun practice a hird that took his fancy, whereupon he ran home, picked out one of his own undosirables, took it to the shop, traded off his reject for the new pigeon for the consideration of threepence, and promptly entered the purchased birda at the show as a show homer. Th-s was a mistake, for the hird proved to be a working homer, but in its right class, as a boy's working homer, it gained fir?t and special prizes and was awarded another prize as the best of the boys' pigeons. Nut bad for a threepenny bird.

Commenting upon the fact that the British Army in South Africi suffered eleven times more severely from disease than did the Japanese in Manchuria, Major Clark, R.A.M.C., said in the course of a lecture at Sydney last week:—"At this rate a Japanese army would defeat a British army of equal strength merely by sitting down in front of it, and waiting for disease to do the rest." ' He was one of those, he went on, whu believed that a day would come when a Japanese army would be seen in Australia and imagining for a moment an Australian force numerous enough to face the enemy with a fair chance of success, it was fo be hoped the local troops would not melt away in this fashion. It was not sufficient answer to sav they were in their own country, and had, therefore, a better chance of health. A recent statement made by an eminent authority was to tne effect that if England were invaded and the territorial army were callod out to. meet the invaders it would have two thousand sick at the end of the first twenty-four hours. ,

Mr 0. F. iB. Livesay, Architect of Wto lington, has niovod to more convenienrooms in the National Mutual Chambers, Custom house Quay, (adjoining the Head itice of the Bank of Address— P.O. Box 771. Telephone 2G92,

Mr*}. Cromer, Percy-street, Geelong, writes: "Acting on the advice of a friend of mine, I bought a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to give my little girl, who was suffering with a very bad attack .of Croup. I am pleased to say that after a few doses relief was obtained and before the bottle was finished my my little girl was able to go to school again. I will always recommend Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to my friuidsas being the best I have ever used." For sale by all Chemists and Storekeepers.

At the inquest on the man Graham, who was found dead at Ohakune, a verdict was returned of death from apoplexy, brought on by the effects of drink.

At the annual meeting of the Jersey Breeders' Association held at Palmerston North, a resolution was carried urging the Government to start a Jersey herd at the Wereroa State Farm.

John Bewley, aged 62, was found dead early on Saturday morning on a footpath in Leith Street, Dunedin. Deceased was a baker, and lived by himself. It is conjectured that he was taken by a seizure while on his way to work.

A South Taranaki farmer states that last year he took in milk cheques alone over £I,OOO off his farm of 123 acres. The previous season his milk cheques totalled over £1,300. With pigs and calves added, his turnover will, it is thought, stand as a record for New Zealand.

There are eighty-three nominated immigrants (men, women, and children) on the Ruapehu, due in Wellington on Thursday next. The number includes ten farmers, with capital ranging from £6OO to £25 apiece. Twelve domestic servants are on board. Mosts of them are bound for Auckland, only two being booked for Wellington. Edward Boniface, a young man, was charged at the Gisborne Police Court on Friday, with breaking and entering Colebrook's store at Waerengaohika on April 22nd, and stealing case 3 and a box containing: £4O in cheques and money, also a deed box and its contents. He was remanded for a week.

At the Ashnurton Police Court, on Saturday, Charlotte Eliza Moraghan was charged with having contracted marriage with George Wornacott, at Ashburton, on April 18th, 19>08. while her husband, James Stephen Moraghan, was alive, and the marriage of the accused to him had not been annulled. Accused, who pleaded not guilty, was, atter evidence had been heard, committed for trial, bail being allowed.

At the theatre Royal, Nelson on Friday evening, an upusual spectacle was furnished by the jury in the Westport murder case being marched in, under charge of Sergeant Dougan, to witness Macmahou 8103.' picture display. The jury are locked up nightly, and kept together at the Masonic Hotel, and as they had been in confinement for three days they expressed a desire to attend the theatre as a relief. The judge saw no harm in their doing so.

The. Wellington butter market, which has been steady for some time past, moved 011 Friday night in the direction of an advance, the price rising from Is 2d per lb to Is 3d per lb for best brands, This brings Wellington into line with Auckland, Christchurch, and Dunedin, in which the rate of Is 3d per lb has ruled for the prist six we?ks. The rise is said to be consequent on the continued demands from South Africa and the shortage of stored stocks, which are rapidly diminishing. A striking proof of the wonderful development of the couiitry along the central section of the North Island Main Trunk Railway line is furbished by the valuation of the Waimarino County, which has just been completed by the Government Valuation Department. This county includes ail the lan J in th.3 neighboruhood tf" Ohakune, Kaitihi, and Kariori—particularly the bulk of the newly-opened up bush land through which way runs. In 1904 the valuation of tiie Waimarino County was £720 r 00!V To-day it stands at £1,369,000. or an increase of £649,000 in four years. The new Factories and Shops Act of Queensland, which comes into operation on the Ist September next, will affect a number of workers not hitherto recognised as shop assistants. The average weekly number of hours for the majority of. assistants is not to exceed fifty-three. Carters and drivers connected with shcps and factories are go"erned by this provision. Exclusive of stable time, their hours are not to exceed fifty-three per week. Assistants in butchers' shops and in chemist' shops are permitted to work sixty hours per week, as also are assistants in hotel bar--. 1 All other hotel and restaurant workers are to work the ordinary week of fifty-three hours.

At the meeting of the Wellington Education Board on Thursday last, considerable discussion took place upon a request by a teacher of a small school for increased pay. Several members of the Board expressed the opinion that the settlers- in the districts should subscribe a auffiieient sum to retain the services of the teacher. Mr A. Hv Vita strongly protested agaii;st country settlers being taxed in this fashion. The salaries allowed under the Teachara* Salaries Act were shockingly poor, and it was no wonder that suitable teachers could not be secured for the back-blocks. He gave notice to move at the next meeting, that the attention of the Minister for Education be drawn to the inadequate pay provided for the teachers of the smaller schools of the Dominion.

According to a Sydney exchange, Mr R. Coombes, has received a letter from the hon. secretary to the British Olympic Association to the effect that the entry of H. E. Kerr, New Z ialand's representative in the wall, in f contests at the coming Olympic games, had jus l ; been handed in by the High Commissioner for the Dominion, Mr Coombea's authority for accepting the entry arriving at the same time from Sydnay. The British secretary has asked the High Commissioner to send Kerr along directly he arrived in England, "in order that we may take all possible precautions to get his entry in order." Another New Zealand representative, U. St. Aubyn Murray, hurdler, has reported from Colombo a good trip so far, that he is feeling fit and well, and, as far as possible, training operations are »ut neglected. At the "Oruba Amateur Sports Meeting," Murray, with his his travelling companion, J. M. Lynch (N.S.W.)* had won a race on board.

If you are suffering from Biliousness Constipation, Indigestion, Chronic Headache, invest one penny in a post card, send to Chamberlain Medicine Co., 60S Harris street, Sydney, with your name and address plainly on the back, and they will forward you a freq sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. For sale by all Chemists and Store* keepers.

A German who ownes a large drapery establishment in the Trans<vaal writes fo a business friend in Bunedin, stating that owing* to degression of trade he has been forced *to ' ctose several long-established (branches. His action, he says, is -common in the Western Transvaal. "There is no prospect, he says, of an "early improvement of the present • disagreeable condition of business. A leading shipping manager has 'expressed the opinion (says a Melbourne paper) that within the next . few years Marconi signal stations •will have to be established along the .Australian coasts. This statement seems to he borne out to a certain -extant for the five new steamers now being constructed for the Orient S. • Co. tor the fulfilment of the Australian mall contract are being prepared 1 for tha fitting of the Marconi appar- „ satus, ss is the new 12,000 ton Aberdeen White Star liner Pericles. They put much enthusiasm into football in Victoria. A match ; 4BToorak Park on the 17th in»t., ipßween the unbeaten team«, St. c jfllda and Prahran, of the Wfldnes- < "ay Half-holiday Association, was particularly interesting. At a very «arly stage Turnbull, the Prahran captain, received a severe blow over the eyes, and players on both sides were cautioned by the umpire. During the third quarter two cases of actual striking occurred, Hanbury, of St. Kilda, hitting Pralyran's rover, Ince; and Rowan, of Prahran, striking one of the opposing *tea*n. Both these players were reported by the field umpire. At the three-quarter interval a disgraceful scand occurred, many of the spectators invading the playing arena. Amongst them was a league player, • who w s soon engaged in a fight with oils, of the Prahran players. Very quicKly the fighting became general, ' both players and spectators joining to. , Generally speaking (writes the London correspondent of the, Auckland "Herald," under date May 15th), the New Zealand court at the Franco-British Exhibition is bsing laid out on the lines of the Dominion exhibit at the Ctystal Palace, so far as industries are Concerned. But in addition a feature is to be of the attractions which New offers to sportsmen. Some fine stag heads, trout, thd heads o£ wild sheep and wild boars, and other things are to be shown, which will 'be of interest to sportsmen. Among those who have contributed specimens ;are:—'The Hon. G. .T. Smith, Mr H. C. Marlesfield, Mr Donne, Captain Ferguson and Mr Maddix. The court should be an attractive one. At'the • opening of tha Exhibition, New Zealand was represented by Mr C. Wray Palliser, Mr J. Augustine Mason, and Mr A. ?. Row, all of the High Commissioner's Department. Mr H. C. Cameron and Mr R. H. .'Hoap'ijr were also there as in charge of the New Zealand court The court • occupies G,OOO feet of space. A small quantity of household : furniture is advertised for sale by Mr W. A. Fendal , 128 Dixon Street. Vr-Tha MauncefTfreNLime Co. notify that"a cow and calf, sfrayirg on their property at 'Mauriceville, will, if not s claimed within one month, be soTcHo ■ defray expenses. Messrs. Ross and McGregor, lard • agents, Masterton, advertise for sale the well-known "Raukawa" farm, near Palmerston North, consisting W 260 acres of rich alluvial flati In another column Messrs Lee and Boxhall, of Masterton, announce that -■fcay have taken over the well-known >»utchery business of Mr A. A. "T&tempa, Queen street. Further particulars will be advertised later. A special general meeting of the ■ Ifasterton A. and P. Association will be held at the Association's rooms, Perry Street, on Saturday, July 11th, ;at 2.30 p.m., to cbnfirm alterations i and amendments to the rules. An Allday's light motor-car, 8'/horse power, single cylinder, in good '•order, is advertised for sale by Mr W. A. Fendall, 128 Dixon Street. A coach or motor-house, >ready for immediate removal, is also ; for &ale. A large stock of ' second-class ' totara, white pine and rimu timber, suitable for building sheds, stables, • and sheep-yards is advertised for sale by Mr Alexander McLeod, sawmiller, Opaki. Prices can be obtained on application. Mr J. R. Nicol has received instructions to sell, on behalf of Mrs • Crich'on, who is leaving Masterton. the whole of the furniture and effects. 'The sale is an unreserved .on %and is announced for WednesJuly Ist, at 2 p.m., at the rer aidence in Jean Street. ¥oung ladies interested in the formation of a Young Ladies' Auxiliary League, in connection with the No-License movement, are invited to 1 meet in the Y.M.C.A. Board Room a f . half-past seven this evening. A meeting will also be held on Tuesday evening at .7.45 o'clock in the Dominion Hall to form a Young Men's . Auxiliary League in connection with the same movement). An important auction sale of leasehold premises, adjoining , the Drill Hall, Hall Street, and at present occupied by Mr P. M. Pettr oi, boaiv 1 - ing-house keeper, will be held by Messrs W. B. Chennejls and Co., at ■ their rooms, Perrv Street, on Satur- • day, July 4th, at 2 p.m. The lease is for 21 years, and the property has a frontage to Hall Street of 75 links, by a depth of 156 links. Condi- • tions of sale and full particulars may be seen at the offices of the auctioneers and Mr C. A. Pownall, soli- < citor, Masterton. In another column Mr Geo. Coker, of Masterton, announces thrit he has taken the Boxing Hall in Dixon Street, and on Wednesday next will •open it as the "Winslow Skating Rink." Mr Coker was associated - with the first skating rink in Masterton some years ago, is an expert on . /the rollers, and a capable tutor. He J ha 3 purchased a large number of the •famous "Winslow skates," and ini tends to run the new rink on the ■ most up-to-date lines. Carnivals will be held from time to time, and a competent instructor will be available for beginners. Mr Coker notifies that he is running the "Winslow Rink" absolutely under his personal ' proprietorship and control, and that ■ the rink can be engaged for private uparties when desired.

The "horse fiend" is abroad again in the Waihou (Auckland) district. One day last week a fine young colt, the property of JVlrs J. A. Cochrane, of "Orongomairoa, was found lyiag dead in a paddock, and a careful examination of the carcase showed that the animal had either been shot with a pea rifle or stabbed With a thin-pointed instrument, as a wound was found in the breast, running under the shoulder-blade.

Business people in Waihi say the unsettled condition of affairs in connection with the mining dispute has affected-trade very seriously. One Auckland commercial traveller, who usually lifted a large such each month, has, it is- stated, gone back with next to nothing. Meat has been advanced in price, and the majority of storekeepers are limiting their credit, so that quite a large number of people are obliged to pay cash for their provisions. Matters, therefore, are not too bright, but it is confidently anticipated that the difficulty will be overcome without extreme measures being resorted to. Mr A. W. Lighttand, president of t'.e Nelson District Fruitgrowers' Association, in a letter to the Nelson "Evening Mail," regarding the presence of the San Jose fruit scale, suggests that immediate action be taken to stamp out the evil or prevent its further spread. The blight, which has, the appearance somewhat of that of fly specks, is extremely hard to detect. In many hundreds of small orchards in Nelson- city and district and Motueka, he believes, little or no precautions are being taken either to make the necessary search for them or to eliminate the evil. The writer considers that the Government could well undertake a thorough spraying process, which, to his idea, is the only possibility of successful reasonable treatment.

A flourishing "academy" equipped on the most modern lines, for the training of tlveves has just been discovered at Toulouse. The Fagin of the establishment appears to have been an ex-upholsterer, named Ulovis Roridc, aged twenty-two. The "academy" carried on business in premises that onca had been occupied by a religious association. Theoretical and practical instruction was given in every known form of thieving, from shoplifting and pocketpicking to housebreaking, each class being in charge of a "professor" who had'graduated at the "school." A course of physical exercise formed part of the curriculum, and a vtry fine gymnasium was fitted up on the premises. Here the pupils, who number about fifty, hardened their muscles, and at the same time were taught the most efficacious methods of escalading garden wall 3 and like obstacles. The band, by their alidad'y, had terrorised Toulouse and the surrounding c.tuntrv for a long time. Until May 31st, last, the police sought in vain for the headquarters of the ciiminal "association." Then a piece of paper, on which was scrawled portion of an address in Toulouse, picked up at the scene of a burglary, pave them the clue they wanted. Thj school was promptly raided, and "professors" and "pupils" captured en masse.