LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9137, 13 July 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The return from the Worksop Dredge for the past week is 19oz. Tne prospects in connection with this dreclge arj reported to te improving-

The following additional donations h;i"e been made towards Solway Showgrounds Fund:—Mr Hugh Morrison, £SO; Messrs Percy Bros, £lO. The Association has decided to call in all lists before the date of the 1 annual Meeting, the 30th inat. At the meeting of the General! Committee of the Masterton- Agricultural , and ; Pastoral Association on iraturrlny it was resolved that the annual meeting of the Association be held on Thursday, July 30th. The annual meeting has previously been held on Saturday afternoon, but the Chairman (Mr J. D explained that the meeting must be held this month, and if held on the last Saturday it would not permit of a lot of necessary secretarial work; I etc , being done. j

A Juvenile Court was held before Mr W P. James, S.M., at Masterton on Saturday. Three! bovs admitted the theft of nine pigeons from C. Jones, of Colombo road, and were sentenced to twelve strokes of the birch rod, one being also ordered to come up for sentence when called upon, as it was his second offence. It was stated in evidence that one of the stolen birds was entered at the Poultry Show by one of the lads, and received first prize in the Working Homer class.

At the Sunday evening Young Men's serviccKof the Y.M.C.A., last evening, the chair was .taken by Mr .T. Hunter An earnest a ldress was given by the Rev. W. Evans (Congregational Church), the title being "Manliness." Mr K. J. Young sang .'The Lost Chor.i." At the strangers' ten there ass a good attendance, the laige meeting room being again used tor the purpose. Mr Hunter presided at the lea, ' at which half a d.izen .strangers acknowledged in suitable terms the hospitality shown thvm. Mr. M. A. MoFarlatie, Tobacconist Maryborough, Vic., writes: My boy had been tumbled with bronchitis for some, and though J had expert, opinion and their proscriptions lie still seemed to be getting wor.se. I wits really afraid that he was developing consumption. At lengt h f concluded to givo Chamberlain's Cough Kemedy a trial, and can truthfull 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 1 now give him a lew doses, and it always cheeks the complaint at once. llavo also given Chamberlain's Cough Kemedy to , my other children when attacked with | with Croup, with the same good results.' ' For sale by all chemists and storekeepers

The Greytown Borough Council has decided to forward a "welcome flag" to Auckland in connection with the visit of the American fleet to that city.

Two memorial tablets, one to the memory of the late Mr Henry Robinson, of Greytown, and the other to the memory of the late Mr Anders Andersen, of Featherston, were unveiled at the Greytown Methodist Church during the service yesterday morning by the Rev. W. J. Elliott, of Carterton, who preached a very appropriate sermon.

At a conference of delegates from South Wairarapa Dairy Companies, held at Carterton on Friday, it was resolved "that in the opinion of this meeting it is desirable to co-operate for the better marketing of our produce, and for this purpose to consign all produce to London through the National Dairy Association." The motion wiil take effect from th# beof next season, when all cheese from South Wairarapa factories and others in the movement will be forwarded through the National Dairy Association to London.

The announcements for Y.M.C.A. meetings during the week made last evening, are as follow:, —To-night, the Debating Society; subject, "Should the Totalisator, be abolished?" Mr L. Daniell will lead in the affirmative and Mr J. Alpass in the negative. A "caucus" of the "Opposition" party of the Union Parliament follows. On Friday evening the Chairman and Secretary of each brancn will meet to form a Building Committee, the object being to extend the size of the present rooms. Next Monday a concert, in aid of the furnishing fund, will be held in the rooms, a feature of which will be an elocutionary contest.

The Secretary of the Masterton A. and P. Association submitted to the meeting of the General Committee on Saturday last an un-audited balancesheet on the year's working. It showed that the receipts for the year totalled £2,849 lis lOd, and expendi : ture £2,657 13s sd. The profits were shown to be £216 183 6d. The overdraft is £4Bl 73 9(1. The statement of aaset3 and liabilites showed assets to be £6,550 15s 3d, and liabilities £3,380 l 8s lid, the balance in favour of assets being £3,170 65.4 d. Mr moved the adoption of the balance-sheet, and in dnng no said he thought the Association could congratulate itself on the satisfactory result of the year's work. The balance sheet was formally adopted. A plain and fancy-dress dance, to be held in the Meetjmg House at Te Ore Ore on Tnursday night, has for ita object the raising of funds to the work of forming a Maori Women's Home Nursing Guild, and the Maoris' are sparing no effort to make the : dance a thorough success. ■ A drag will leave the Post Office at Masterton for the Pa at 8 o'clock. The following subscriptions have been received towards the fund:—Rev. Father D. Lacli (Otaki), £2 2s 6d; A. Himiona, £l-, W. Cameron, 10s; Sid Cross, 6s; J. H. Pauling, ,F. Hail, Mere Mimiona, 5s each; W. Denby, 4s; Heta, J. Alpass, 3s 6d each; J. Groom bridge, J. D. Cameron, H. Nee, Another, R. Pinhey, Lewis, W. lorns, Molly, C. Ball, A. Norman, 2s 6d each; J. Lee, F. Pe/c.v, B. Collety, S. Connell, J. Percy, j. Hall, J. Morris, J. Perry, Alex. Donald, 2s each; Harry Perry, L. Nidc, VV. Foster, Harcourt, Sykes, G. Shaw Is each.

The sacted concert in aid of the funds of the Master ton South Brass Band, held in the Town Hall, last evening, was a great success, the attendance being very erood. The folo.ving programme was submitted: Selection, "Glory," Band; phonograph re:;,rJ, "Abide With Mei," Mr J. Bentley; song, "Better Land," Miss Ivy Graham; song, "Only Tired," Mr N. H McEwen; song, "Nearer My God to Thae," Mrs Ashton; recitation, "The Creole," Mr H. Hall; s.ing, Miss E. Joyce; song, "Gates of the West," Miss Miller; band selection, "Asleep in the Deep"; song, "Calvary," Mr H. Kemp; sang, "In the End," Mrs Edwards; recitation, "Christmas Eve," Miss Pearson; quartette, "No Tears," Mrs and Miss Harding, Messrs Kemp and Bentley; "Doxology," Band. Misses Hogg, Pearson, Graham, Edwards and Mr Harding played tha accompaniments, Mr P. Harding acting as stage manager.

On Saturday evening the telegraphic disss umch, Wanganui versus Mast;rton Y.M.C«A , wjs concluded. The finish prove.! very exciting, the last game having to bj won by the locul players in ordar to sava defeat. With play completed at nine boards the scores stood—Wanjrsnui, 4 wine, )i drawn and 1 game reserved for adjudication, whilj Maste>'(on had only three wins, in consequence the game in progress at No , 1 board became highly interesting, and eventually, amid considerable excitement, it resulted in a win for Mr W. Kummer, of che local team. Unless the game to be adjudicated upon is awarded to one side or the other as a win the match will enc 1 in a draw. The local players are again greatly indebted to Mr Inder and the Post Office staff for services rendered in connection with the matcn. The names of the Masterton team are as follow:—Messrs W. Kummer, Jones, .H. Lett, D. Lett, W. Lett, Winchester, Hood, Lo g an, H. Kummer, F. Kummer. A good piano is a cjnstanfc joy. A bad piano is a chronic irritation. From the good instrument you got delicious music, from the bad, distracting jangle. If yon want a bad piano— net that you ever would—you can't trade wilh the Dresden i Piano Company, Limited. If you want a g<jed piano—an 1 that surely is your rei i|uiroinont —these are the people to go to. There is nobody whp can > better put you in the way ot getting the cheapest instrument consistent with good workmanship or the most expensive instrument your, luxurious fancy prompts. The Dresden Piano Company Limited has perfected its system of business. Perfection ; lie.sin an inlinite capacity for taking puns to please the public in the matter of Pianos. Terms, spot cash, it preferred or extended payment,, arranged to suit yourself. See .the company's Local Agent, T. 13. Hunter or wiite to Mr M. J. Brookes the North Island Manager, in Wellington. Beware of the dealer, salesman, or traveller who casts reflections upon his competitors. Ho does so from interested motives—perhaps to back up his own weak position. Our Agents are instructed not to discredit opposition firms. They are to rely sololy on the merits of the Company's instruments. NOTE.—Annual Salo now on at all Agonciosand Branches. For rheumatism, backache, faceaehe, earache, neuralgia, and other muscular pains nothing can equal WITCH'S OIL (registered). \

During the past month thrill patients have been admitted to the „ Greytown Hospital, one patient had died, and nine had been discharged, leaving four in the institution. Several farmers in the Tinui district received by the last English mail their wool returns from London, writes our Tinui correspondent. In most cases the prices obtained for clips are satisfactory. The Thorplands half-bred Shropshire cross brought 8d per lb. Wholesale rates for pumpkins, cauliflowers, carrots, and marrows, have been high in' Wellington during the past week, consequent upon a paucity of supplies. Onions and potatoes have maintained the advance made a week ago, but eggs have declined a little in values, fresh beingsold at Is 7d to Is Bd, while preserved ruled from Is 3d to Is 4d. The Taratahi Dairy Factory shareholders held their annual social and dance in the Clareville Public Hall on Friday evening. Songs and recitations were rendered during the evening, and dancing was indulged in until an early hour in the morninjj.; Mr W. Heap supplied the music, and the duties of M's.C. were carried out by Messrs W. B. Allen and C. Reid. "I think tuberculosis is not on the increase here," says a New Zealafld doctor in a letter to the "Dunedm Star." "The Government is doing a very great deal in the interests of public health generally, and is wing as much as can reasonably be expected of it for the prevention of tuberculosis. It is by carefully selecting cases that good percentages of 'cures' are obtained A great many cases can. be* treated just as well at home if common sense ia used, and, in addition,, the patients can have the benefit of home comforts - and the constant association of their friends to cheer them up„ which is a very big matter —the influence of mind over matter" being still very important. The risk of infection to friends is practically nil with anything- like proper precautions. I also protest against consumptives being; looked upon as pariahs or lepers." Enthusiasm is still a predominating; feature of the work of the General Committee of the Masterton A., and P. Association. The question of the.formation of a working-bee of members to improve* the new Showgrounds by ploughing,/ clearing; stones, etc., was ■ discussed'by th<r Committee on spontan - eous otters of assistance were mades immediately the matter was mentioned. The following offers of assistance were received: —Messrs.A- I J. Percy and W. Perry, four-horse- * team; and ploughman; G. Shaw andt R. J. Dagg, one horse and; cart and man; H. Morrison, horse end cart and two tner-; T. P. Lett, threemen. Sdveral members of the Coiiw. 1 mittee expressed their intenfcioniof assisting personally in the work to be.done on the grouhas, and it was* decided to invite other members of the: 1 Association /to assist at, the working bee. Ttie bee will commence; work on Thursday, when it is anticipated that a iargs number of members will assist.

There drifted into the strangers' .evof tha Mastarton Y.M.C.A., last evening, a woe-begone stranger,* with hair almost snow-white, whose appearand exc tad the pity ari'i quick- . • ened tin hospitility of the leathering of buoyant spirited young nisn willassemble weekly at the function*. The pity was increased whin the stranger, in a tremulous voice,, tolfll hi i hearsrs, in returning thanks, for tjipir kindness, thit lie was an army* veteran who had served under Lordi Roberts in India, and that for a week: past he had travelsed a long, cold roirf, the only decent meals he had > enjoyed during that period being: breakfast given him by a benevolent person yesterday morning, and the tea he was thbn partakings of. A speaker at the taa, another ''stranger" to ATSOciacbn work, was so touched wifcii fchs fact that the Association had by its Sunday night function assisted a deserving case, that he announced his mention o£ throwing in his lot with the branch. This announcement induced fouc others to follow the example i

In view of the Prime Minister's; announcement that the Government, thought £5,000 was the sum whichi should be paid to John James Meikle, a3 compensation for his wrongful ' i npriaonment, it is interesting to. recall the claim made by the Meikte Executive Committee to the Government some time ago. Ths,items of' compensation were enumerated in de-. t n'l, and made a total of £17,000. " The committee stated that a care-fully-prep jred balance-sheet, sub-. , mitted to the late Mr Seddon?\showed; that at the time of Mr Meikle's con--viction the net equity of his estatewas £3,442, based on the Govern--rnent's loan value of his was £4 10s per acre. If this sum, \ had been invested at 6 per cent, to/ accumulate with interest, it would have row riached -£IO,OOO. The late Arthur Meikle, whose death was said to have been caused by the- <' shocit received by his father's impris- : onment, vvaa the mainstay of a broken-hearted mother and a young; j family, and the compensation due for his (oss was placed at £2,000. "For l • false imprisonment," continued the ' report, "we feel we cannot in justice name a less sum than that p'aid> ; to Adolph Beck, namely, £5,000;. ij although Meikle's case by far out- • weighs Beck's case in merit, inasmuch as the latter did not suffer and ' j fight for .twenty years to secure com- i' penaation, as Meikle has and is yet 1 • doing, but was promptly paid the ■i, £s,Gotland granted a free'pardon." S'

WHY? LS SANDER & SONS PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT superior to. an / other Eucalypti Product ? Because ih is the result of full experience, and of a special and careful procoss lof manu-* f;icimti. It is always safe, reliable and offectivo, and the dangers of irresponsible ' preparations which are now palmed off as Extract are avoided. A death was recently reported from the use of one of those concoctions and in an action at law' a witness testified that he suffered the J most cruel irritation from the ' appli- ■.t cation to an ulcer of another, which was \ sold as "Just as good as SANDER'S i EXTRACT." Therefore, beware of such deception. Remember that in medicine a drop that cures is better than a table- i spoon that kills, and insist upon the -j preparation which was proved by ex- i 1 perts at the Supreme Courtiof Victoria,-'' J and by numerous authorities during the " , last 35 years, to be a preparation of genuine merit, viz: " ; THE GENUINE SANDER AND SONS , 1 PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EX- ' TRACT., 1 :

The Besses o' the Barn Band expects to ro vidit the Dominion in 1910.

The Auckland and Suburban Carters' Association has decided to cooperate with other centres in petitioning Parliament for a uniform wheel tax.

Wild horses are very numerous on the Kaingaroa Plains. Within the boundaries of Strathmore Estate, it is estimated that there are over 500, although muny hundreds have been killed during recent years.

The Leader of the Opposition wa somewhat severely criticiped at the last meeting of the Auckland Trade and Labour Council, one member declaring that he was neither ablo nor willing to help the workers. The discussion then broadened to the otht r side of the House, and the Go • vernment was likewise the subject of adverse comment. "This so-called Liberal-Labour Government," commented one member; while another followed with: "We get the best results out of them when we oppose them," and the Remark was endorsed by a gruff "Hear, hear."

The prospects before flaxmillers are now assuming a more hopeful outlook, consequent upon the better prices at Home, and there is a probability of a number of Auckland millers. who have closed down their mills, recommencing operations next month. Prices during] last season did not remunerate the millers for turnning out the best grade of fibre, the margin of price being too small for profit on the better grade. The "good lair" prices now seem to be firming steadily, and should the market remain as good there is everv hope of attentic n being turned to the manufacture of the higher class of material.

The steamer Yeddo, which arrived at Auckland from San Francisco, brings a striking instance of how acute is the trade depression in America just now —a depression which Mr Lloyd-George stated in the

House of Commons the other day is' almost world-wide. "At San Fran- ' cisco," said one of the officers to a 4 'Herald" representative on Thursday, "hundreds of mei: came aboard asking if they might work their passage to either New Zealand or Australia. We could have filled our holds with people desh-ous of getting out of America. It seemed strange to us coming into Auckland to find men here coming aboard and asking a similar favour. To-day we have had about twenty men on board asking for a passage to Sydney."

The unemployed problem is becoming very piuiiounced in both England aqd America. Tne total number of workers 'iut of employment in the Statea at the prope.it time is estimate J to be over 4,000,000. The average numler of unemployed in England for the lust twenty years has been' 830,003. In March 1 ist, according to figures prepared by the L'tbuur party, there were 550,000 workers out of employment. During the mouth of February this ye?.r, the ■ English Society of Carpenters and Joiners, with a membership of 69,083, pail out-of-work benefits to 5,911 of its members. Durinor the year a sum of £71,229 was paid to member.? in out-of work rplief. Other English Unions show in their returns equally large payments towards the riiif of their unemployed members.

The fir:it annual report of the Advances to Workers' Office states that the net advances authorised up to March 31st, 1908. numbered 1.134, the total sum advanced being £285,760. The average freehold advance is £265, and the average leasehold advance £l7l. The great majority the advances are on freehold ia:urlty. Xbf total number of advances !s 757, invglying £203,155, divided aa follows ;-*»Frae hold, 729( £198,285); leasehold, 28 (£4,870.) The profit and loss account shows a dfbit balance of £228. This is due to the fact that over 67 per cent, of the money advanced has been paid out during the last si* months, and ail the preliminary expenses of the new venture have had to be met. At the end of the current financial year the office expects to show a profit.

In Queensland there 13 a tendency on tha'part of employers (says the "Queensland Worker"), to displace whita workers in the mills and along the tram lines by Japanese and Hindoos. And there are these morals to ba deduced from the coloured circum - stance: —(1) A concession ..in the shap<3 of a bonus to one particular industry (provided that bonus stipulates the employment of well-paid htnar) simply drives the displaced cheap labour into some other sphere where the bonus does wot exist. (2) i Any assistance given to one industry should not be at the expense or imply tie sacrifice of another. (3) It is time Australia attended thoroughly to >ts businest of keeping Whitefar it seems that some of the State mis-Governments are willing to make their own portions of Australia any colour-so long as it is cheap, and will not wash off. In other words, nit is time the Commonwealth placed the paint-pots out of the State Frighters' reach.

Petitions, contaimrg many hundreds of Maori signatures, are to be presented t6 Parliament setting fortii the following:—"We, the native tribes of New Zealand, who enjoy* thj protection of our father, King Edward VII., are oppressed by the severe laws that have been enacted by your hnnoui'able House in respect to our lands and our property, and we are being imnoverished thereby. From the lime of the Treaty < f Wnitangi to the present day we, the Maori people and Euiopeans, have dwelt together as one people. The \ Maoris have acquired all the customs and industrial life of their palcena brethren, and we hive all been in touch with them ever since then: also, we have had th2 advantage of .education in the school? and college* of ,the Dominion. We have now reached that stagi whfn we rve capable of! managing our own affairs. Therefore, we pray that the same rights and privileges with regard to our surplus lands as given to the Eur paans shall be extended to us."

Mr C. F. E. Livesay, Architect of Wts lington, has moved to more convenienro ms in the National Mutual Chambers, Customhouse Quay, (adjoining the Head O lice of the Bank of N.Z.) Address— P.O. Box 771. Telephone 2692,

The Auckland Labour Bureau has received authority to employ 50 men on the northern railways. It is anticipated this will meet the demands of the unemployed. Mr* Balfour, wife of a Lindsay (Hawke's Bay) settler, was killed on Friday. She was alighting from a trap at Waipukurau when a bolting horse knocked her down.

As an evidence of the care which has to be exercised in compiling electoral rolls it may be mentioned that the changes of the postal addresses of electors in Wellington alone is at the rate of 2,000 a month.

The annual report of the Department of Labour spates that the number of men assisted bv the department since it was instituted is 58,782, with 93,226 dependent on them. Of these, 21,484 ware sent to private work and 37,298 to Government work. A petition is being signed Ly the Native women around Hokianga, for presentation to the Maori Conference to be held in Wellington this week, praying that the sale of intoxicating liquors to Maoris or halfcastes be forbidden.

The death occurred on Suturday at Opunake of the Rev. Wesley Worboys, formerly associated With the Free Methodists till their amalgamation with the Wesleyans. The deceased who was 65 years of age, ministered in' the Canterbury, Auckland, Westland and Hawke's Bay districts. Mr Arthu- Robert Crane, managing director of the Auckland Farmers' Union, has been asked by members of the Liberal and Labour League to stand for the Marsden seat at next election in the Liberal interest. Mr Crane is considering the master, and will reply definitely in a few days.

A Raelihi storekeeper, who has filed his schedule, attributed his fai'.ure to the fact that travellers came round and "pushei goods on him;" also to hawkers visiting the place, which was in a bad state through the bush fires. An Ohakune butcher, who had also filed, accounted for his bankruptcy in part by the loss of £4OO worth of stock in February, owing to bush fires. The Christnhurch City Council has adopted a new by-law designed to prevent overcrowding in theatres, etc. The by-iuw makes it compulsory on managers and lessees when issuing tickets to number each ticket and to provide a numbered seat to correspond with the ticket, and prohibits the issuing of tickets when there are no seats.

A number of Hawke's Bay ladies recently combined and ergaged seventeen domestic servants in the Old Country. The young women are on board the Arawa, which is due in Wellington early next week. The steamer is also bringing thirteen other domestics for various parts of New Zealand. She has also on board several farmers, whose capital ranges from £3OO to £SO, and four or five farm labourers The total number of r.o nmateJ passengers on the vessel is 104.

A mooting of unemployed "'as convened in Auckland on Saturday morning, when only thirteen persons were present. Half an hour later about two or three hundred had collected. The speakers took exception to the statements by tin Labour Department officials in that there was no unusual depression in the labour market. The meeting passed a resolution re-assert-ing that there was a serious dearth of employment, and deploring the attitude of the Labour Department. Replying to a deputation, Mr Shanaghan, officer in charge of the ,Labour Bureau, said the proper course was for unemployed men to in their names as applicants for v/ork, but none of the deputation to the invitation.

The ularrinng ruitujiis that prevail in other lands regarding life and conditions in New Zealand, are almost innumerable, though the old idea, that the D.ominion was populated by a race of cannibals has happily given way to a. more favouiable impression of what "God's own country" really is. As an instance of the ignorance there is, a well-known commercial traveller, whose wife is at present in London, has received a letter from her, in which she states that while dining at a restaurant, she mentioned casually that she «*as a visitor from New Zaalan 1. "How cold it must be over the'e," came the rejoinder: "that's where all the frozen mutton comes from isn't it?" It took no little persuasion to induce the Londoner to believe that an artificial process was responsible for frozen meat, and that the Dominion in reality was a warmer country than England.

Three setting hens are advertised for sale.

An advertiser wants to purchase six young dairy cows in profit.

An advertiser wants to sell a new and up-to-date house.

C. Smith, Ltd., announce that their winter clearing sale will commence on July 17th, for which great preparations are being made.

The Masterton A. and P. Association notify that nominations for officers and committee will be accepted up till 10 p.m. on Wednesday, 15th inst.

The Masterton A. and P. Association invite applications, to close on Friday next, 17th inst., for the position of caretaker of the Showgrounds.

At Mr F. McCay's premises, Queen street, everything is now in readiness for the five days' sale of drapery by auction, which commences this afternoon at 1 o'clock. As the stock is a large one selling will continue to the end uf the week.

Mr E. R. Wilson, dental surgeon, who comes to Mascerton with the highest credentials, has taken the apacinus suite of rooms over Mr J. L. Murray's new buildings, next to the Club Hotel, Queen Street. The very latest and most appro.ed appliances for dental work have been secured, and are to be installed by Mr Wilson, who expects to open for the reception of patients in the course of a few daye.

Whothor resulting from a sprain or from rheumatic pains, there is nothing so good for a lame shoulder as Chamberlain's Pair. Halm. Apply it freely and rub the parts vigorously at each application and a quick cure is certain. For sale l»y all che nists and storekeepers.