LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9138, 10 July 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The latest return from the Masterton Dredge is 330z 7dwt, ft r 128 hoars' work.

At a meeting of the Fire Pol'ce, last evening, at which Captain Dixon presided, a letter was received from the Masterton Fire Board stating that the Board had taken control of the corps as from July Ist.

Mr H. D. Bedford, who will lecture at the Town Hall, Masterton, this evening, on the liquor question, will give an address at the Post Office corner from 7.50 to 7.45 p.m., prior to the meeting in the Town Hall.

The Masterton Ambulance Brigale met last evening in t!m Domini n Hall, and a good practice was he!!, covering the instruction that has been simparted by Dr Cook. Mr A. Donald, superintendent, was in charge of the corps.

Memorial tablets to the late Messrs Henry Robinson and Anders Andersen, placed in the Methodise Church, Grey town, by the trustees, will be unveiled on Sunday morning next during a service to be conducted by the Rev. W. J. Elliott, superintendent of the South Wairarapa circuit. The Mayor of Greyto wo (Mr D. P. Loasby) and the Chairman of the Hospital Trustees, beside the Unurch officers, will take part in the ceremony.

The Natives nf To Ore Ore are preparing for a great celebration at their pa on the 25th itist, when the anniversary of the bantismof Hamaiwaho, the son of Simeon, a wellknown old athlete, and two other children, including the daughter cf Hikapuhi, the Hawke's Bay Chieftair.eps, will be celebrated. A great convocation of visiting Natives is expected, and dances will be held in the long house on the evening of the celebration, and on the following Monday night.

The annual meeting of the Pahiatua Municipal Fire Brigade was held on Tuesday evening. Captain McAlister presided, and there was a full attendance of members. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year:—Captain, T. T. McAlister; Lieutenant, S. G. Wallis; Foreman, J. Gibbons; Hydrantman, J. Kadford; Assistant Hydrantman, J. Stokes; Senior Branchman, S. Parkes; Junior Branchmna, J. Wild; •aretaker, J. Radford; stationkeeper, A. Munn; secretary, J. Gibbons.

The Pahiatua Gun Club held their final shoot of the season in Mr G. Oxley's paddock on Wednesday afternoor, and in snite of the wet weather seventeen competitors took part in the competition. The President's trophy (a handsome barometer) was Avon by M. Quirke, who killed fifteen out of twenty birds off the 15y.1s mark. The second prize (a handsome carved tray), presentpd by Mr G. Gleeson, was won by T. C. Irvine, who killed fourteen out of twenty birds from the 17yds mark. Messrs Cooper (14yds), Oxley (12yds), and Robottom (lSydsl secured the third, fourth, and fifth cash prizes respectively. Mr Oxley also secured a "leg-in" for the Mitchell trophy, killing the most out of the first twelve birds. The competitors and their friends were entertained by Mrs Oxley during the afternoon. WRY?

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In the Eketahuna County there are 74 bridges over 12ft in length. Fairly heavy rain from the south commenced to fall early last evening and continued throughout -the night. The Eketahuna County possesses about 140 miles of formed roads, of which 120 miles are metalled.

The Otaraia Co-operative Dairy Company's factory closed down on Tuesday for the season.

Mrs J. M. Harrison has been appointed sole teacher at the Mangamahoe school, and Miss R. B. Weisner;teachi.r at the Tane school.

Hawke's Bay is having a phenomenally early lambing season this year. At Havelock North there are numerous lambs to be seen, and the first one made its appearance on the 26th June.

Mr A. B. Charters, headmaster of the Greytown District High School, will not be able to act a3 referee in the Britain-Taranaki football match, his request for leave of absence not having been granted by the Board.

The authorities at Washington (U.S.) have unearthed a case of bondage in which a 15-year-old Australian girl was sold by her uncle for £l6. All the parties are to be prosecuted.

A young man named S. Collins was drowned in the Ruamahanga river, at Martinborough, on Monday night. Attempts were made by a number 01 residents to rescue the man, but owing to the river being in high flood were unsuccessful.

The Minister for Railways, in answer to a question asked by Mr A. W. Hogg, states that he cannot see his way to establish a service that wouli,! enable the residents of Mauriceville, Ekelahuna, and the district north of Masterton to go to Wellington and back in one day. The first annual meeting of the Pahiatua Gun Club was held on Wednesday evening, when-the following officers were, elected for the ensuing term:—Patron,' Major S. Bolton; President, «F. Breads; Vice-presi-dents, Rev. T. ■McKer.na, F. Grace, A. Reece, G. H. Smith,. E. Hughes, J. Spillane, W. H. Kelson; Secretary, Geo. Oxli?y; Management Committee, W. W. McCardle, T. Tanner, M. Quirke, L. Fri?k, W. Cooper: Handicappers, M. Quirke, Tanner, Gleeson. The past season has proved a very successful one, ant! the present membership and substantial credit balance augurs well for the forthcoming season.

The fortnightly meeting of the Loyal Heart of Oak Lodge, 1.0.0. F., M.U., was held in the Foresters' Hall, Carterton, on Wednesday even • ing. There was a large attendance of members, and Bro. A. Cave, N.G., presided. Bro. E. Eagle was duly installed as N.G., and Bro. De Lacey as V.G. for the ensuing term, by Bro. Smith of the Masterton Odd fellows' Lodge. Bro Lamb, the retiring Grand Master was presented with a framed P.G.'s emblem. About a dozen members of the Masterton Lodge paid a fraternal visit. The half-yearly balance- sheet was read, showing a credit balance in the Sick and Funeral Fund of £2,024 10s 3d; credit balance ifi the Management Fund of £1 "'.s 9d; and a credit balance in the Benevolent Fund of £lO 2s 6d. During the half-year a sum of £B4 ocid was paid away for sick benefits, and notwithstanding this, the Sick and Funeral Fund had increased by £2O. The receipts for the evening amounted to £l3 8s lOd, and disbursements£2B 10s.

About a»dozen members of the Mastertoii Oddfellows Lodge paid a visit to the Loyal Heart of OakLodge (Carterton;, on Wednesday evening, and were entertained at a social. The following toast list was honoured:—"The King." proposed by the Chairman (Bro. Cavel; "Man Chester Unity," proposed by Bro T. Sparks, P.G., responded to by P.G. Bro.. Smith "Loyal Maaterton Lodge," proposed by P.G. Bro. Lindop, responded to by Bro. Bowe; "Heart of Oak Lodge," proposed by Bro. Bowe, responded to by Bro. Sparks; "Kindred Societies," proposed by P.G. Bro. Butler, responded to by Bros. Preddy (Rechabites) and Molioy (Foresters); "Sick and Distressed of the Order," proposed by Bro. Molioy, P.G. "Friendly Societies' Council," proposed by Bro. Fensham, P.G., respot.dfd to by Bro. Bowles, P.G During the evening songs were contributed by tfros. Judi Bowles, Cave, Clarke, Molioy, Sparks, Butler, De Lacey and Mc • Donald. Bro. C. G. Lamb gave a number of graphaphone selections. A new record in continuous cluhswingiug has been established by V. Utirke. at Melbourne (says a Melbourne paper). The previous record, held by "Tom" Burrows, was 65 hours 10 minutes Burke commenced his task at 6 o'clock on Thursday morning, and swung his clubs without intermission until 14 minutes past 11 on Saturday night. This was not accomplished wichout difficulty and discress. On Friday Burke's wrists were swollen and inflamed, and during all Friday night his trainers fomented them with hot water. On Saturday Burke complained several times of faintness and exhaustion, but stuck gamely to his task. During the last hour or so be showed unmistakable signs of distress,' and at times was near to breaking down. Encouraged byliis trainers, however, he persevered, and was successful in j maintaining his performance for the time allotted lo him. At twenty minutes past eleven he received the signal to stop, and, fairly exhausted, he fell back into the arms of two attendants . standing beside him. Burrows, who will probably attack the new record, expresses himself as confident that lie can better it.

Mr. M. A. Me.Fn.vl.aiws, Tobacconist Maryborough, Vie., writes: IVIy boy hud been t.oubled with bvonchitis lor some, and though ■ I had expert opinion and their prescriptions he still seemed to be getting worse. I was really afraid that ho wok developing consumption. At length 1 concluded to give Chamberlain's Cough Eemedy a trial, and can truthfull 0 say the result was wonderful. From the very first he commenced to pick up, and is to-day quite healthy. At the least symptom of an attack I now givo him a few doses, and it always checks tho complaint at once. Have also given Chamberlain's Cough Eemedy to my other children when attacked with with Croup, with tho same good results.' For sale by all chemists and storekeepers For Children's Hacking Cough at night Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. I/6 *nd 2/6.

Mr Sydney Henry Ussher has been Gazetted Inspector of Stock for the Masterton District, and Mr Jas. Halligan for the Johnsonville District.

The mails which left Wellington on the 29th May, per the Warrimoo, and connected at Sydney with the Naples mails, per the R.M.S. Orotava, arrived in London on the morning of the 7th instant, due date.

The cost to the State of the agricultural labourers' dispute recently heard in Canterbury is at present over £BSO. In all probability that will be increased by £7OO before a settlement is arrived at.

A contemporary states chat Mr D. Kirkwood, who is credited with having recently discovered the Young New Zealand Reef by means of a divining rod on the Maoriland Co.'s property at Waitekauri, has been awarded 6,000 shares in the mine.

A Press Association telegram from Woodville states that a large boulder rolled down the hill yesterday between the two large tunnels in the Manawatu Gorge, and struck the engine of a train with sufficient force to be felt through the train. The engine was slightly damaged. An alteration is being: sought by the Nelson Farmers' Union in respect of the Dairying Act, so that the statute will distinctly state the nature of improvements to be made in milking sheds or yards, instead of leaving the matter to the discretion of inspectors, as the case now is. A deputation of eighty men waited on the Mayor at Auckland, yesterday, stating that they wire unable, to obtain employment. The Mayor promised to communicate with the Premier on the subject. The local office of the Labour Department states that there is a slight congestion of the labour market, but nothing; unusual for this time of the year. Since Monday the Department has sent 24 men to employment out of town and 45 men have since applied.

A proposal made by the Auckland Farmers' Union, and sent for consideration to the annual Colonial Conference of the New Zealand Farmers' Union, to be held in Wellington this month, affirms, "That the NewZealand Farmers' Union should take a more active part in politics, and that the same be strongly urged upon the Colonial Conference." The OtafO Union also affirms, "That the time has arrived when the Farmers' Union should take up a defined political attitude." '

Settlers in Poverty Bay are much concerned at the statement made in Gisborne recently by Mr Ronayne, General Manager of Railways, that red birch was quite unsuitable for use as railway Eleepers, as they are not durable. T,he "Poverty Bay Herald" says that red birch posts placed in the ground between twenty and thirty years, ago are still quite sound. The timber, it is claimed by Poverty Bay, v resisents who have used it for many- years, is infinitely superior to ..black birch, and it is thought Mr Ronayne must have confounded the two woods.

The prolonged dry weather in the Commonwealth has resulted in large shipments ofj.foddur being sent .front* Dominion ports, Sydney beirg the' 1 destination for the bulk of it. For several months past (says the "Otago Daily, Times") each outward bound steamer has taken from 8,000 to 4,000 bags of chaff for Sydney. It is estimated that close upon 80,000 bags of that commodity have been shipped to that port within the past three months from Dominion norts, and there 13 apparently no diminution in the demand. The prospects for this branch of our export trade appear to be good for some little time to come.

A cheap potato is the desire of every father of a family, but the grower is content whenever he gets a new one and a good one. Tasmania, which gave lis a good blight resister, is again in prominence amongst those who take a special interest in tubers. A letter received by Mr A. H. Vile, of Wellington, states that Mr H. A. Nichols,* M.L.C., of Tasmania, who was recently through New Zealand on a holiday trip, has been experimenting in tuber culture as a hobby, and has secured a new and valuable potato as a reward of his cultivation. It is said to possess phenomenal merits, and a limited number of the tubers are to be sent over to New Zealand farmers by Mr Nichol. A "pig-kiUers" ring" is the latest (says the "Wintou Record.") A farmer in the far-famed Western District recently called in a man to assist him to turn a fat pig into pork, and upon the conclusion of the operation tendered two shillings, the price he had previouly paid for a similar service. The pig-killer ( didn't look satisfied, and the a canny Scot, thinking he had, perhaps, over-paid him, asked if that was not the right fee. To his surprise he received the following answer:— "Well, you see, it's like this 'ere. Me and had a meeting, and we decided that the price in future was to be half a crown, and I cannot do it for no less." The other man mentioned was his only rival in the pigkilling business for miles around, and so far there have been no reports of the decisions of the ring having been, disregarded in that district. So tempting have been the inducements held out to them that almost 50 per cent, of the original settlers on Waikakahi have now' parted with their holdings (says the Oarnaru "Mail."). Of late there has been a considerable demand for grazing runs on the estate, and some of these, of no extensive area, have realised £2,000, and in some cases £3,000, for the goodwill alone, after leaving a liberal margin for improvements. It is generally estimated by experts in land matters, that if Waikakahi were placed on the market to-day, it would realise a price averaging over £ll per acre, an increase of 60 per cent, on the price paid by the Government. Unfortunately the increment in very many instances does not profit the pre-sent-day settler, who is paying away for good-will a sum almost sufficient to purchase a freehold outright. Mr C. F. E. Livesay, Architect of Wt?£ lington, has moved to more convenienrooms in the : National Mutual Chambers, Customhouse Quay, (adjoining the Head Lffico of the Bank of N.Z.) Address— O. Box 771. Telephone 2692.

A defendant in.a case beard at the Magistrate's Court, at Wellington, was bo anxious to have a light bail ifixed that he offered to report himiself to the police four times a day, vthe first call to be at 8 a.m. and the last late at night. Defendant alleged that he had been working •on the wharf, and had made £2O in five weeks; He was anxious to get >back to work. , ' For several weeks past (reports -the "Waikato Argus") there has been a milk famine in Hamilton, -and many residents have been reduced to condensed milk, the result being considerable inconvenience, imore especially to those with young children. It is hardly credible that • such a state of things should exist in s a dairying district; but this is • one of the penalties that follow in • the train of creameries.

When the Roman Catholic Cathed' ral in Christclmrch was opened some four years ago, there was a debt of .£20,000 remaining. At the service •on Sunday Bishop Grimes announced 'that the debt had since been reduced A further £I,OOO had 'been provided by a parishioner, the .-•amount being payable in September, so that by the end of the month the debt would be £13,000. Included in tthe £6,000 received towards the liquidation of the debt on the Cathedral, £4OO was received from the late Stipe Leo, and £SOO from the present FBJ>e.

The recent heavy rain 3 have caused considerable damage to the roads all -through the Wairarapa, through .scouring out of water channels. The result has been numerous accidents (to horses and vehicles, the roads in places being almost impassable. Near the Maori pah, on the Waiohine River, a horse and buggy came to grief through the riadway being undermined at the approach to a culvert. The occupants, Messrs T. M. Drummond and Anderson, were thrown out, but fortunately escaped •with a severe shaking and bruising. A great deal of low-lying land is rapidly subsiding. The centre of the 'business' portion of High Street, •Carterton, is a sea of mud.

Utterances regarding the alleged paganism of New Zealanders formed "the basis tif a sermon preached at the St. Alban's Methodist Church, Christchurch, on Sunday,: by the Rev. W.A. Sinclair, who quoted statistics to show that, professedly, ••■at any rate, the majority of the people of New Zealand were relig ious, though, he said, measured by the standard of church-going, it "would seem that many people were ,not much concerned about Christianity in Christchurch. Still, the -church-goer3, allowing for children, and those who were unable to attend, .and occasional attendants, .numbered 85 high as one in every three of the population, as against London's one in five. From the standpoint of humane and just legislation and gen•eral public sentiment, there was a strong Christian spirit in New Zealand. New Zealand was going to be a graat nation in the fut'ire, and it was fs-ential that the ri&tfori. shouldbe built up on secure" foutid^fions. '.There was undoubtedly a degree of spiritual apathy in this lairJ which would have to be combated.

A writer in the "Otago Daily Timlin" who- has been investigating the. subject ot sobriety amongst volunteers,,. and contrasting the present with ' the past, says that thare has been great improvement during recent years. The •■Officer Commanding Otago District points out, for instance, that, although thare were over 1,000 men in camp at Easter, with fairly easy access to hotels, not a single case of intoxication was reported to him. But there is no doubt that thera are still parents who, as the • outcome of the bad old days, consider that in placing their boys in the volunteers they are exposing them to the temptation to become intemperate. Enquiries made by the wirter as to what was the state ot affairs in the Wellington distncc ■whan there were some 2,500 taking part in the Easter manoeuvres, failed to elicit any one case of drunkenness in either camp, and he adds that he doubts if as much can be said for any •smilar number who stayed at home • during the same four days.

"It seems to be an extraordinary state of things that a man's destitute N wife should be debarred of her old age pension because her husband ;hippens to possess a few shillings a . ' week by way of income," remarked Mr Kettle at the Auckland b.M. Court, on Tuesday, in the course of a maintenance case, in which the husband stated that ha had an income ■of 18s 6d a week, and the wife who had not lived with him for twenty years, explained that be- - cause of 'this they had taken away •"--'"her old aire pension. "There is noth/*'2u<rodd about that," said Mr LunAun- who then went on to pay he of a caau where a man in receipt of an old agd pension sold tho insurance policy on his wife s life most of which he used to nurse her' and the last of it, excepting £2 odd to bury her; yet his pension was stopped for twelvemonths, and he was left to starve because he had been in '.receipt of so much "income " The twelve months was not vet up, and meanwhile the pensioner was being maintained through charity.

The trouble with the bakers in th« Empire City has caused the nuestiwn to be raised as to whether it would be 'possible to educate the pu'ilic into eating cold bread, and thus prevent the men from havin? to work at such early hours merely to enable people to have new bread. One of the leading master bakers in Auckland said, in the course of. an inter /iew: -"It is all a question as to wh'Chertne public will consent lo cat cold bread. It would be much becter for everybody if they would. The men could then work in daylight, instead of at night Master? who are starting busir.eaa in a smal way could bake their own bread, and s Uo deliver it, which would be a rfr'pat saving, while fiom the public Toint of view there 1 is no doubt that the bread would be better, as it would n t be put into a cart while still hot, which means further steaming, and /also that some of the loaves get together so that they become •indigestible. In one [town a baktr started business on the cold bread principle and did well, because the people soon got used to it, and found ctlwt their bread was much better."

What appears to be - a somnambulistic escapade took place in the vicinity of St. Helire's Bay (Auckland), on Thursday night last. The facta of the case are that a lady, who had been in indifferent health for sometime past, suddenly left her bed, and, attired only in a night dress, left the house and made lor the be'aeh. When the lady's absence was discovered a search was at once instituted, and the services of the police were requisitioned. Footprints, which led right to the water s edge, were traced, anc* it wa3 surmised tnat a tragedy had taken place. The mystery, however, was happily solved by the finding of the lady the next day comfortably seated by a cheerful fire in the house of a friend a mile and a half from her home. Later in the day she returned to her home apparently little the worse for her adventure.

Mr W. S. Gardner, of Palmerston North, has arrived in England after an extended tour, embracing India and France among other countries. He states that his chief mission in EnglaiH is to make New Zealand better knowri, to recall it to those who once have been there, and to endeavour to introduce some products which hitherto have not been used in England, while he also intends to Aspect the stud stock. "New Zealand must live for some time upon her primary productions," he writes, "and her loans, agriculture, and manufacturing must languish under the present legislative interference with the natural economic laws of demand and supply." The natives Mr Gardner met in India complained, he says, that "you Australians will not allow us to dwell »'ith you in life. How then can we go to the same God after death?" To which he replied: "The gods of the Australasians are those of.the Golden Fleece, the racehorse, corner sections, and the god of the front seats in the opera house." The whites in India regarded the New Zealand "advanced legislation" as simple socialism." Mr H. O'Donnell, Chapel Street, undertakes chimney sweeping and guarantees satisfaction. A meeting of the members of the Wairarapa Navvies and General Laboureis' Union will be held at 7 o'clock to-night.

At his rooms, Bannister street, tomorrow, Mr J. R. Nicol will submit at auction without reserve a quantity of furniture and general effects. Mr W. H. Cruickshank notifies that during his absence in Queensland Mr W. Mcpherson Cole will have charge of his land agency department.

Mr H. D. Bedford, M.A., LL.D , will address a public meeting on the Licensing question, in the Masterton Town Hall, this evening. The Mayor (Mr P. L. Hollings) will preside. The Castlepoint County Council give.notice of a special rate to meet interest on a loan of £2,000 for road works and metalling in the Whnkataki Valley.

At 2.30 p.m. to-morrow, on account of the importer, Meears R. E. Howell and Co., Ltd., will offer at auction, at their rooms, a consignment of Waltham, Elgin and New York standard watches.

At their room 3, Perry street, at 2 o'clock, to-morrow, Messrs R. E Howeli and Co., Ltd, will submit at auction a quantity of household furniture and general 1 nes, including produce and poultry. Messrs Warnock and Adkin, drapers, are at present holding their winter sale, and being determined to reduce their stock, have marked down the sale prices to a minimum. An inset giving a detailed list of the reduced prices is circulated with this issue.

Monsieur E. Spitz, of the firm of Eugene Spitz and Co., ladies' tailors, Christchurch, is now in Mastertun with a stock of pattens for spring and summer costumes. Monsieur Spitz mav be consulted and orders booked at the Club Hotel to-day and to-morrow.

An announcement of interest to all those who are interested in the French language—one of the most interesting of studies—appears in today's issue. Mr M. St. John, who may be communicated with by letter, addressed care of the "Age," intimates that he is prepared to teach privately during the winter evenings elocution and the correct pronunciation ofi;he French language. The Dominion of New Zealand is far away from La Belle France, but New Zea landers are constantly visiting England and the Continent, and those who are acquainted with life at Home and abroad know how usaful an accomplishment is a knowledge of French. Students, who are desirous of studying the language, would, also, do weil to communicate with Mr St. John.