LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9158, 4 August 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The result of the recent election of a candidate to represent Wairarapa on the Wellington Education Board will be known on either Monday or Tuesday next.

No farther steps have been taken so far by the Board of Management of the Masterton Y.M.C.A. towards appointing a general secretary. A meeting of the Board is to be held next Monday evening, when the matter will be again discussed.

Lambing is now becoming general in the district, the weather being extremely favourable. It is sincerely to be hoped that the season will continue good, as farmers have had quite sufficient reverses in the shape of droughts and drops in wool-values during the past few months.

Mr Eli Smith, J.P., sentenced a woman named Mary Schmidt to a week's imprisonment for vagrancy, on which charge she apoeared at Masterton Police Court yesterday. For a charge of drunkenness the same accused was convicted only. A first offender was fined 5s for a similar offence.

' The first Show of; the Mastertnn Horticultural Society will probably be held in November next. The following ladies' committee has besn appointed in connection with the Society:—Mesdames J. Caselberg, J. B. Keith, H. T. Wood, H. G. Williams, 'J. Elliqtt, D. M. Graham, and Misses Wmgate and St. George. , The caretaker of Solway Showgrounds (Mr P. Ford) commenced 1 is duties yesterday. Mr Ford will c< n« tinue the work of clearing, etc., commence.) by the members workingbee a week or two ago. Ploughing has not yet been commenced in earnest, aid this important work will must likely be taken in hand by the nexc voluntary members contingent, in the space of a week or two. Quite the must interesting photograph which will be included in Mr R. Brown's history of the Masterton Trust Lands Trust will be a photograph of Queen Street in 1865 forty-three years aeo. The photograph, which was taken by Mr H. Richards, gives a view of the thoroughfare looking north from near where "Feist's store" was situated. The road is a real bush ejtrt track, and on either side stand groups of forest trees. The street is lined at intervals with the old-fashioned and homely weather-boarded cottage.

A fourth civil action has been set down for trial at the next sitting of the Wairarapa District Court. Richards Bros, (mail coach contractors for the Masterton-To Wharau service) are suing Levin and Co. for £lO6 4s lid, or their manager, G. C. riummerell, for £123 16s, th« basis of the claim beina; stated that defendants agreed to subsidise the To Wharau service at the rate of £SO per annum, the amount claimed Deing balance alleged to be oue on six quarterly instalments of £l2 10s, and damages in respef.t of a breach to tarry out the alleged agreement. Mr I-I. C. Robinson is acting for plaintiffs.

IniluMizn is always motv or less prevalent nt this stasoii of tlw year. This discuss, is very similar to a serious cold and if allowed to lake its eoiuvso is liable to cause soripus results. The bc*t treatment for influenza is to avoid exposure and take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. This medicine gives immediate relief and if used an directed, will ward off all dangeious consequences. It leaves the system in a natural and healthy condition. It always cures and cures quickly. For sale by all chemists and storekeepers. For Bronchial Coughs take Woodr '*reat Peppermint Cure ],"6and2/6.

Mr E. W. Morgan, of Belvedere, has sold his farm to Mr P. Prebersen, The Oporua bridge is now completed, the Lower Valley coach crossing it for the first time on Saturday. The building of a Municipal Opera House at Dannevirke is being advocated. The Opaki Quoits Club will hold their annual ball on Tuesday, August 11th. It is probable that the Y.M.C.A. Hockey Club will hold a social gathering with which to wind up the season. The vital statistics for Greytown for the month of July are as follow : —Births, 3; deaths, nil; marriages, nil. The Masterton Fire Board is still awaiting a report from tho Minister regarding its estimates before it can proceed with the various works proposed by the Board. The "Dannevirke Advocate" complains that while nassengers leaving Dannevirke by the 7.10 a.m. train, for the north are provided with f6otwarmers, those who leave by the 8 train for Woodville and Palmerston I North are denied this. The passengers by the express arriving at 3.10 p.m. are also permitted the luxury, but no faotwarmers are placed in the j train leaving Palmerston North at 5.10 p.m., and due at Dannevirke at 8 tJ.m.

At a meeting of creditors of C. H. Gayfer, held at the Courthouse, Carterton, yesterday morfiihg, [before Mr W. B. Che-mells, D.0.A., it was decided "that the resolution passed at the last meeting of creditors be not confirmed, but that the bankrupts stock should be sold at the next Taratahi sale, and that the suctions of land in which the bankrupt has interest should be left as they are, and that the furniture be retained by him."

A meeting of the Managers find Session of Knox Church was held last evening. Considerable discussion took place with regard to the,new organ and Church extension funds, and matters in connection therewith were reported, to be satisfactory. Eulogi&tic reference was made to the manner in which the Kev. A. T. Thompson had carried out his duties in the past, and in view of the present satisfactory financial position of the Church, it was unanimously decided to increase the his salary.

The Elite Skating Rink will, from to-day, be cpnducted in the Gymnasiurnin Dixon Street. An excellent floor is provided, and patrons will be supplied with the latest make of skates. The Rinking Club have de 7 cided to allow the public to have the use of the rink on Wednesday evening. During- the past week there have been large attendances at the rink, testifying to its popularity The Master,ton South Band has been engaged to render programmes of music at the new rink.

The New Zealand Jersey Breeders' Association met at Palmerston North on Saturday, representatives being present from all parts of the Manawatu and Wairarapa districts. It was resolved "that a register be' kept in the herd book of all pure registered Jersey/cows capable of showing not less than 121b of butter-fat or making not less than 141b of butter per week and under the following conditions: —Public tests to be undertaken by A. and P. Associations and supervised by the dairy division of the Department of Agriculture, such to be not less than four days, and on the 1 system adopted by the Marawatu A. and P. Association. The results shall be averaged for fully seven days on a basis of such test." It was futher resolved to offer prizes of .£5 and a gold medal'for ( a registered cow, or £5 for a cow by a registeied dai r y bull securing the best results under the Council's conditions for butter fat tests conducted by the A. and P. Association.

I The fire at the Parliamentary Buildings has left its mark upon the work of th§ Commissioners charged with the Consi lidation of Statutes. They state in their present report that a large part of the material for the index had been prepare.l, but was los; in that great disaster. Tl.ey propose that each' volume s-hail as soon as possible he supplied with an index and at a later date a fuller and more comnreben.«ive index can be J ' supplied if circumstances justify. In another way they; have studied to avoid inconvenience to the public pend i g circulation and distribution of th ■ new Acts r»v inserting in an j Enact'ng Bill (which was passed by both Houses last Friday) a clause m* vviuing for the temporary use of the forms, etc., prescribed for under previous AcU But for this piece of forethought there would be to-day a great deal of waste paper in legal offices, Government Departments and other placeß. The quarterly session of the Endeavour Lodge, 1.0. G.T., was held in the Dominion Hail last evening. The Chief Templar (Bro. H. King) presided over a fair attendance of the members. The reports of the officers and committees for the past quarter showed the Lodge to be in a most satisfactory position, both financially and numerically. The Lodge had made excellent progress during the quarter. The officers-elect were, duly installed into their various positions as follows, the Deputy Grand Chief Templar (Bro. C H. Anderson), assisted by Bro. G. L. Braggins, D.D.G.C.T., and Sister Mrs McLean, acting as Installing Marshals: —Chief Templar, Bro. John Heyhoe; ViceTemplar, Sifter C. McLean; Secretary, Bro. ' Thos Leete; Financial Secretary, Bro. H. P. Brasell; Treasurer, Bro. J. McLean; Marshal, I Bro. W.J. Morris; Deputy Marshal, 1 Sister F. Miller; Guard, Sister N. ! Miller; Past Chief Templar. Bro. H. iKing; Chaplain,' Sister, L. Devo"iport; Sentim.l, Bro. T. Miller; Registrar, Bro. J..Leighton. The newly installed Chief Templar addressed the members, and impressed upon them the necessity for doing their best in the interests of the Lodge. The session closed with votes of thanks to the retiring officers. • Mrs. T. Burton, Albert-road, Epsom, N.Z., writes:—We all use Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and thiiik a lot of it. My husband who is a conductor on the Auckland trams, lakes it when he lias the least symptom of a cold, and it always lessens the attack. Have given it 16 our children many times for coughs or croup, and it has never failed to cure." For sale by all chemists and storekeepers. ,

Mr T. Hodge has been appointed) manager of the Longbush Cheese.,,/ Factory, in place of Mr F. E. Groutle, who has taken over tho Kaituna Cooperative Dairy Company. A man, Alfred Bates, was fined £2O and costs, or a month in gaol, for hawking whisky about the street? of Christchurch on Sunday and selling it at a shilling a glass. Mr David Buick, the well-known Manawatu farmer and racehorseowner and breeder, is mentionedas a probable candidate for Palmerston seat in the Opposition interest. Mr Buchanan, of Palmerston North, has announced his intention of contesting the Palmerston North seat at the forthcoming election, Mr Buchanan's platform wi 1 be an independent one. A sum of £1,200 is in the hands, of the Wellington City Council for a crematorium; and the Town Clerk. Bays the present year may confidently be expected to see the realisation of the proposal. According to the "Herald," the. j officers of the Wanganui Gaol are a. lofty lot. Four of the wardecs stand. 6ft 3in high, while the .average; , heiaht of the six warders and the gaoler is 6ft lfin, their average weight being 14.3. Trouble between two Chinamen at Feilding on Saturday morning over the preparation of breakfast %-' suited in one of therni chopping his. mate's arm. The wound was about an inch deep. The man was arrested, and on a charge of causing actual bodily harm was remanded, bail . being allowed in £IOO. A Press Association telegram from •Gore states that Charles McMillan, of East Gore, while shooting on Sunday, lent his gun to a companion, who returned it loaded without informing McMillan. McMillan rested the muzzle on the toe of his boot and accidentally pulled the trigger. His., toes were injuied so badly that.two had to be amputated. The Waimata mud geysers (Poverty Bay).are still active, playing ~ to a height of sixty feet. The mud that has been thrown up must total liearlfe 150,000 tons, for it has covered someijsix or seven acres of the bush,, tilled up a creek, and is lying 40ft deep in places., One of the residents, lighted gas coming from the geyser due day last week, and it burnt with a volume of flames for hours. At a meeting of the Northern District Wanganui Educational Institute- ~ hejd at Hawera on Saturday, resolutions were passed (1) expressing entire approval of the whole scheme of the new Education Amendment Act,.

considering it in the best interests of , education, and a decided benefit to. teachers and pupils; (2) that second- . ary assistants should have a little more consideration in the matter of salaries; and (3) that < a clause; should be inserted arranging for mu-i tual exchanges by teachers with the. approval of the Education Board. Enquiries made among local timber ' m2rchi<nts and sawmillers, says the: .' Dunedin correspondent of the Ciurch "Press," disclose • the fact ■• that the importation, of Ortgon pine,, over which northern people are tow much concerned at the present time, is not in any sense the cause of alaßn* at the southern end of the Dominion. In the first place, very little Oregon pine comes to Dunedin, and ithen there are such unlimited quantities of marketable timber in the pro<vinee, that there 'is no fear of the American article obtaining a hold on the market. A report of they Public Accounts ~ Committse of the House of Commons, . published recently, contains a curious item of news. Dealing with payments for the'gaol, etc., at Ich'ang, the committee state that an excess of £l2O was exolained as due to the cost of superintendence, being greater than had been anticipated. In order ' to prevent bad workmanship, European clerks of works have to be em- ' ployed to supervise the Chinese workmen; There, is some difficulty in '. s finding; these superintendents, as"the Chinese persist in poisoning them." The committee consider that this contingency was not unnaturally overlooked in,framing the estimate, and do not think the remuntration extravagant. , ' Some of the shopkeepers in New Plymouth are complaining that the , approach of Fleet Week is injuring ~ r their trade. . Those who rely on . Auckland for supplies are buffering considerable loss through'having,to pay "famine prices." A similar .. complaint comes from the Auckland ■'> country districts. A gentleman who has just returned to Auckland from a visit to the country districts states that storekeepers are complaining of dullness of trade, which they ascribe to the coming of the . American fleet. They argue_Jflat„.„ the settlers,are saving up to go to town during Fleet week, and will at , the same time make purchases of goods which would otherwise have been obtained in their respective districts. It may be thought that, like the sheep, the hares and rabbits on the snow-covered country are suffering 1 . ( a lingering death by starvation, and : that while the loss occasioned by the former is to be deplored, the. ; j annihilation of such, vast numbers j of the destructive rodent can be r ! viewed as one of the redeeming features of the snowfall. The hares and rabbits, however, are very much to the fore (says the Oamaru "Mail"); at anyiate, they are not having such a bad time as people are wont to im- . agine. Certainly the change of diet, to which they have been forced +a accommodate themselves may not be so appetising as the succulent herbage which now is lost to sight, but it will £>t least'serve to keep them alive until the snow has melted and they are enabled to again secure their nnturnl food. They have now established themstlves on the frozen snow, and may be seen co mingling in large , numbers around any shrub or tree trunks that may be showing above the surface, the leaves and bark of which they strip until nothing but the hard wood remains. Send the documents of your nnj,orJ tations to MESSRS J. J. CURTIS & CO. LTD., Customhouse shipping and Forwarding Agents, Customhouse Quay Wellington, who will quickly clear, pass, and forward the goods to vou. Mjderate, . * Mr C. F. E. Livesay, Architect of Wellington, has moved to more convenient rooms in the National Mutual Cnainbers,. Customhouse Quay, (adjoining the-Head Olfice of the' Bank of N.Z.) Address— P.O. E0x771. Telephone 2092.

Waitara can claim the distinction of exporting more beef than any other port in the Dominion. For the six months ending June 30th, 1908, it shipped 6,556,8871b, or more than Napier, its nearest rival in the matter of quantity.

Very complete arrangements have been 1 made by the Commissioner of Police (Mr W. Dinnie), for the preservation of law and order in Auckland during the "American Fleet Week." The local fcrje of police will be double by drafting sergeants and constables from other centres in lha Dominion, ar.d in addition the Permanent stationed in Auckland, will be pressed into the police force. Members of the detective force from the Southern cities will also be sent to Auckland for'the occasion. The Commissioner will be in Auckland himself." Detective Broberg and Acting-Detective Quartermain, (of Wellington, have been selected for special duty in the Northern city

In dealing with a domestic servant who had been convicted of theft at Christchurch, Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M., made a few remarks in regard to thefts by servants generally. He said tha't these girls, a great number of whom had perfectly satisfactory antecedents, seemed to give way and steal from their employers. It would seem as if they did not realise the gravity of their position or the enormity oE their offence. The bulk of such cases did not come before the court, but there were very few emplnyers'of domesf c servants that did not suffer. Servants frequenty were aware that if they,were detected in their thefts and brought before a cou-t they would be dealt with as fiisfc o.Tenders. "I sometimes think," con luded Mr Bishop, "that I am too lenient in cases of this kind, and am unfair to those people who are honest, but I will not deal differently with this girl, lam making these remarks advisedly, to endeavour to make her ' realise, her position, and the view that I, with others on the Bench, take of £uch matters." All good housewives who have a reputation for first-class cookery are partial to Hudson's Balloon Bakim? Powder, Experience has taught them that it has no compeer—ite cost is reasonable, and it goes further than most other baking powder whilst giving superior results. In all households where Hudson's Baking Powder is used, delicious wholesome bread, light, flaky, crusty pies, and crisp, palatable cakes and scones are coincident. It is pnrfect in its ingredients, and simple in its use. The proprietors are anxious to induce every lady in the Dominion to try it, and as a special inducement will send a generous sample tin, post free, lo everyone who fills in the coupon 'appearing in an advertisement in another column, and forwards it to the address indicated therein. Every particular and economical housewife should secure the sample tin. An advertiser has for sale a g6od staunch hack. A first-class dairy farm of 80 acres, convenient to rail and factory, is advertised for sale by Mr J. B. Keith. Mr H. T. Wood inserts a special notice to those who are in heed of well-fitttd spectacles. The New Zealand Railway Department advertise holiday excursion fares in connection with the visit of the American Fleet to Auckland. A reward is offered for the recovery of a gold curb bracelet lost between MaunselFs Hill and Queen street. Mr J. L. Dew. proprietor of the Masterton railway bookstall, has a notice in the Wanted Column in this issue.

A notice in connection with the poll to be taken in connection with the drainage extension and the purchase of the Masterton Showgrounds will be found on page 6 of this issue. The first of a series of competitions (was held at the Miniature Rifle Kange, QiHeen street, on, Saturday night. Thirty competitors took part, and some excellent shooting was done. Another competition will take place tn-morrow evening. During the continuance of his sale, Mr J.' L. Murray is bringing forward new and popular lines. The latest is a Bpecial line of ladies' jacket?, the prices at which they are to he fold will be found on page 4 of this issue. The British-bu It Challen piano is celebrated for tone, touch and timbre, factors that are indiepensible in a good instrument. These oianos can be seen at the Academy* Masterton, and Messrs McLeod and Younqr will give particulars as to price and , terms. In another column Mrs Cameron announces that she has taken the hoise known as "The Pines." in Victoria street, Masterton, and will o >en same a« a superior home where first-class accommodation will be obtainable. The premises, which have been furnished entirely new thoughout, by .Messrs G. Hyde and Co., will in future be known as "Derby Houss," and ds the proprietress intends to conduct it on thoroughly good lines, patrons can rely on finding all the comforts of a home.