LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9163, 11 August 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The weather in Carterton all day yesterday was exceptionally cold, and rain fell in the evening. A meeting of the Masterton Trust Lands Trust will be held on Friday evening next, at 7.30 o'clock, in the Trust office. Mr J. G. Wilson, Colonial President of the New Zealand Farmers' Union, will deliver an address in Pahiatua on Friday nevt to the members of the Farmers' Union. For Brouchial Coughs take Woodr 'fjeat Pappornrint Cure, I,'G and 2/6.

The Masterton Co-operative Dairy Company have just completed additions to the Manager's cottage at the Masterton Factory.

A meeting of Directors of the Masterton Co-operative Dairy Company will be held on Saturday next, when the date for opening the Masterton Factory, and the Mangamaire, Nikau and Rangitumau Creameries, will be decided upon.

Although the ice plant at the Masterton Dairy Factory was installed rather late last season, it proved a successful venture. That branch of business in connection with the Company is to receive special attention during the coming season.

The reports received from various farmers in the district by the Masterton Stock Department disclose very satisfactory lambing results, there being practically no mortality. The reports also show that the spring growth is also noticeable in the grass. The Board of Management of the Y.M.C.A. have decided to offer the position of general secretary to Mr Dickinson, a member of the Wellington Y.M.C.A., who is at present undergoing a course in Association work in the Y.M.C.A. Training College, Springfield, America.

The Masterton division of St. John Ambulance Association held a practice in the Dominion Hall last evening, in connection with the forthcoming demonstration to be held in the Town Hall on the 19th inst., when the certificates won during the season will be presented by His Excellency the Governor.

Two men, named Bernald and Carter had a narrow escape from drowning while fishing off the reef at Castlepoiiit on Sunday last. A big wave roiled in and swept them off the rock into the sea. A man named D. Dick went to the assistance, of the men, both of whom got safely ashore. Carter was considerably bruised, but Bernald was uninjured.

The monthly meeting of the Board of Management of the Y.M.C.A. was held last evening. Owing to the unavoidable absence of the President, Mr A. Hendry occupied the chair. Se«en new members were elected. A Building Committee, consisting of the general secretary, Messrs A. G. Crawford, VV. Kemp, D. E. Parton (chairman), N. C. Marshall and W. King (secretary) was appointed to consider alterations and report at the next Board meeting. It was reported that another branch had been added to the Association in the form of "The Brotherhood of St. Andrew.''

According to a local authority, sheep values will not rule very high in the district this spring. "Buyers will be more cautious than they were last year," he remarked to a WairarapajAge representative. "I know of an instance where a farmer bought sheep last spring at 18s, and sold them after the drought in the summer foils 6d a head. In another case a farmer bought in the spring a large mob of sheep at 25s a head—and he considered he was getting them cheap—and after, the drought and bush fires he was ' glad to dispose of them for 5s 9d each. There are many other farmers who have been 'bitten' in the same way, and consequently they will be cautious in buying sheep this season and this will, in my opinion, tend to keep values below 'boom' point." •

In connection with the Sunday School Unions' Scripture examination held last month, the following scholars obtained 45 marks or over: Carterton Methodist Sunday School: M. Lumley 88, Levina Fensham 80, Gertrude Elliott 80, Fred Lumlev 77, lu-nton Butler 56, Pearl Mansfield 51, W. L. T. Elliott 45. Dakfield Methodist: Charles Gordon 94. Masterton Methodist: Ethel Madeley 92, Lavina Tait 45, Doris Madeley 45. Eketahuna Methodist: Raymond Baillie 80, JRubina Roy 48, Beatrice Baillie 45. Pahiatua Krosbyterian: Agnes Godfrey 55. Kuripuni Methodist: Daisy Terry 84, Pearl Pond 78, Lena Terry 64, Mabel Budd 57, Alfred Ralph 50, Evelyn Jon«s 47. First-class certificates were awarded to those gaining 75 marks or over, secondcla?s certificates to those gaining 60 marks and under 75, and third-class certificates to those gaining 45 marks and under 60.

The Y.M.C.A. Parliament met last night, when Mr R. Rigr as "Minister for Labour," sought to repeal the Arbitration Act. This was hotly opposed by the members of the "Opposition," and some "fighting speeches" found their way into "Hansard." Mr O. N. C. Pragnell (Premier), Mr L. Daniell (Minister for Lands), and Mr J. Cole (Native Minister), spoke \for the "Government," and Messrs D. Hebenton, D. Parton, E. Flanagan, A. Boilings and E. R. Wilson for the '"Opposition." On a division it was found that the "Bill" had been defeated by the strong "Opposition" party. The "Premier" announced his intention of sending in his resignation to the "Governor" The ladies' and strangers' galleries were crowded and several young Maoris were present, and expressed their desire to take an active part in tha subsequent meetings. A social will be held next Monday evening, when recitations, songs, etc., will be rendered. Witt?, IS SANDER & SONS PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT superior to any other Eucalypti Product? Because it is the result of full experience, and of a special and careful process of manufacture. It is always sate, reliable and effective, and the dangers of irresponsible preparations which are now palmed off ab Extract are avoided. A death was recently reported from tho use of one of tin se concoctions and in an action at law a witno-s testified that' ho suffered tho most cruel irritation from tho application to an ulcer of another, which was sold us ".!ii.it as good a* SANDER'S EXTRACT." Therefore, beware of such deception. Remember that in medicine a drop that cures is better than a tablespoon that kills, <viul insist, upon tho preparation which was proved by experts nt the Supreme Court of Victoria, and bv numerous authorities during the last 35 years, to be a preparation of genuine merit, viz: THE GENUINE SANDER AND SONS TURK VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Mr C. P. E. Livesay, Architect of Wei lington, has moved to more convenient rooms in the National Mutual Cnambers, Customhouse Quay, (adjoining the Head Offico of the Bank of N.Z.) Address— P.O. Box 771. Telephone 2692,

An effort is being made to form a gun club in Martinborough.

The present lambing season is expected to be an exceptionallygoodone. "The ewes are in good condition," remarked a Masterton farmer to a Wairarapa Age representative, "and if the weather is favourable we shall have one of the best lambing seasons yet recorded in the Wairarapal"

The Featherston Gun Club fired three clay bird matches on Saturday last. The first was won by A. G. Rhodes with J. S. Laurenson second. The next was '-von by M. Hyland with Laurenson second. A third was won by Laurenson and Hyland, who divided the prize money. A. G. Rhodes won a double rise.

Wellington appears to be a long way ah-jad of other centres in the matter of free kindergarten education. The Methodist community there has just decided to add a third school to the two already working under its control, and has appointed Miss Gertrude Schmidt, of Christchurch, •to superintend the operations of the new institution.

The fortnightly meeting of the Masterton Oddfellows' Lodge was held last evening. Bro. J. Bell, N.G., occupied the chair. Bro. Deugarde stated that all matters in connection with the Friendly Societies' social and dance, to be held on the 20th, were well in hand, and everything pointed to a successful gath ering. Two members were duly initiated into the Order, Bro. P. Smith, G.M., acting as Initiating Master. Three candidates were proposed for admittance. Bro. R. Krahagen gave a most instructive and interesting lecture on the symbols of the Order, and was accorded a hearty vote of thanks.

Steadily \the projected esplanade in Oriental Bay "(Wellington) is approaching completion. Day by day cartloads of spoil are filling in the gap between the training wall and the road, and the clay is cloaking over much unsightliness. In this part of Wellington a few fishermen continue to rake the sea, after the style of their ancestors. Their nets bring in a few flounders, terakihi, herrings, small mackerel, and a few cod. The fish usually do not have lo wait long for buyers. Housewives troop down to the beach, and men going home fnvn the city are not too proud to carry a bundle of terakihi. Persons in very immaculate raiment may sometimes be seen in company with two or three terakihi. but holding them out well to prevent contamination of the clothing.

The Alexandra "Herald" learns from old residents of the district that the snowfall on the Dunstan range is the heaviest that has taken place during the past forty years. On the tops the snow is very deep, averaging over 6ft In most of the gullies the drifts are from 20ft to 30ft in depth. When the show first came on sheep rushed into these gullies for shelter, with the result that they were buried beneath the drifting snow. One runholder says the loss of stock will be severe throughout Central Otago, and that the majority of stations will lose from 50 per cent, to 70 per cent, of their sheep. Hard frosts still prevail, and the snow on the hills is not likely to come away for some time unless a big thaw sets in. .This is not at all probable at present, but should it cnma runholders will be delighted, for it will allow them to secure feed for their stock, as well as rescuing the remainder of their flocks from the snowdrifts.

As the question of the introduction of owls for the destructioifof small birds and vermin has been under consideration of late, the following letter which recently appeared in the English "Agricultural Gazette" will be of interest, remarks theOtago "Daily Times." There should be no hesitation from a farmer's point of view in introducing these birds; they could never become a pest from an agricultural point of .view. The writer goes on to say:—-" With regard to the destruction of vermin, may I put in a plea for the common barn owl, backed by my own experience? A pair nested in our barn last season,, and when the young ones were quite small I found three or four kinds ofimice,. a rat, a lark, and a sparrowf that had evidently been brought to them in one night. When they were fledged the old birds would bring them food at intervals of a few minutes all through the night, this for quite a 1-mg period, as the young ones did not fly fur weeks after they appeared to be fully fledged. 1 am sure no one could doubt their usefu'iiess if they could see them huutinar round our ricks or analyse one of the numbers of 'quids.' I think this farm has never been so free of rats and mice."

It is perhaps somewhat of a coincidence that the question of the signification of the term "blackleg" should have been briefly ventilated in a case before the Full Court (says the "Sydney Morning Herald"). The plaintiff had obtained a verdict, with ■£3oo damages, from defendant, for having been stigmatised by the latter as a "blackleg during the strike of 1890," and defendant was]taking the first step to obtain a new trial, one of the grounds of appeal being that the words complained of were not defamatory. Mr Shand said that no doubt the epithet "blackleg" was offensive, and would probably provoke a breach of the peace, but there was no evidence to enable the Court to come to the conclusion that it was defamatory. Mr Justice Cohen, however, considered that it was opprobrious and insulting, and if applied to a unionist would be charging him with a course of conduct inconsistent with his professed principles. Mr Justice Pring said that to some persons the term "blackleg" might convey nothing at all. but lo men engaged in ordinary woric it might convey «n opprobrious meaning. Counsel failed to impress the Court with his argument on that point, but a rule nisi was granted on the question of excessive damages. Mr. C. L. Tomlinson. Secret-ivy Mechanics Institvtti', Northampton, W. A.. snys: "I would not bo without a bottle of your OUAND Cou«h llemedy at any time. I use the word "Grand" learlessly and with coniidencu that, if any ono will take Chamberlain's Cough Eemedy according to directions the result will greatly surprise the most sceptical. I myself found it wondermi in its speedy action and curative properties, and never lose an opportunity of recommending it to anyone who is troubled with a cough or cold." For sale by al chemists and storekeepers TU'SSICUUA (Wild Cherry Balm) never fails to give relief in cases of stubborn coughs and cold, catarrh, etc 5

The price of butter has been inin Christchurch by a penny per lb all round.

It is rumoured in Dunedin that the State will buy and work a local mine in Otago.

Old age pensions cost each person in the Dominion three halfpence per annum, states Mr Arnold, M.P.

According to the "North Otago Times," past experience has shown on many occasions that sheep may live as long as three weeks under snow.

It is stated that £lO per acre- has been paid for royalty on timber on land up the Main Trunk Line, and as much as £ 25 per acre has been demanded lately. Speaking in Sydney, Professor Anderson Stuart stated that the demand for competent locally-trained, medical men was greater than tha supply.

Rabbits and hares in Otago, which were deprived of their ordinary food by the snow storms, were seen in large numbers stripping the leaves and bark from tree trunks.

A £IUO,OOO subsidy to the British Navy is good so far as it goes, but, says the "Waikato Times," a grander and more noble subsidy would be a body of trained and efficient soldiers ready and able to defend their country from any foreign aggression. A resident of Christchurch is reported to have come" in for a remarkable change of fortune. For the past forty years he has been the 1 faithful servant in the comparatively humble service of carter, of a well-known firm of warehousemen and importers doing business throughout the Dominion. Now it appears he has just successfully proved his claim to an estate in the Old Country, the value of which is said to run nearly into six figures.

Chinamen are no good as colonists, and their only desire is to accumulate a few hundred pounds so that they can live in China—or, at any rate, be buried there, remarks the "Tapanui Courier." While on our shores the.'yellow man is simply doing the whites out of work, and undercuttingthem every *.ime by accepting low wages, to the detriment of British men and women. Independent of the habits of the Chinese, we contend that they are undesirable, and should be kept out of Maoriland at any cost.

We hear, upon what we believe tone reliable authority (says the Wanganui "Chronicle") that a pair of financial "experts" are reaping a rich harvest at the eicpense of a. considerable number of youthful clients. The modus operandi of these enterprising operators is, we believe, to make advances to impecunious young men, who have, sA to speak "run out" pending their next pay day, and to receive from them in return interest equivalent to anything up to 300 per cent. This, if it is true, beats the average usurer out of sight.

From a return laid on the table of the House at the instance of Mr Ell, M.P. for Christchurch South, the number of prosecutions for selling liquor without a license to do so, and the number of convictions obtained, during the years 1900-1906 are available. They are given in consecutive order for the years indicated, tl:e number of convictions following the prosecutions being shown in parentheses:—l9oo, prosecutions 201 (99); 1901, 144 (79); 1902, 156 (76); 1903, 270 (158); 1904, 2.12 (136); 1905, 159 (84); 1906, 184 (137).

It seems to us, says the "Hawke's Bay Herald," that there is room for a man who could convince the worker that he was their friend, but would attempt the task of explaining to the the first principles of economic theory on modern lines. The agitator is certainly not the friend of the worker, but at present he is the only teacher the worker knows, nnd he trusts him with a pathetic faith, until he finds out, as the Sydney tramway men have done, that he has been led by a blind guide of the blind into a fatal error and encouraged to nurse a fatal delusion.

The opinion entertained by Mr George Hunter ,that his extensive blue gum plantation at Porangahau (Hawke's Bay) will be permanently injured through the invasion of millions of Ptarlings is not shared by the Government Biologist (Mr T. W. Kirk). The starling, says Mr Kirk, is a bird which earns ihia wages, inasmuch as he destroys scrubs which do an immense amount of harm, particularly to grass. He may certainly do some harm to trees, but as he never stays long in one place, the injury is not likely to be of a permanent character.

An interesting test was made at His Majesty's Theatre, Auckland, on Saturday night, in order to ascertain what time it takes for the building to be cleared under ordinary circumstances. A number of ge.vtlemen, with watch in hand, were stationed at the various doors at the conclusion of the performance. The dres3 circle, starting from the time the curtain fell, was cleared in lmin 30sec, the stalls in 2min lOsec, and the gallery in 2min 30sec. These time serves to show that should an audience keep calm when an alarm of fire is raised all the people would have ample time in which to reach safety.

Some very remarkable tests have been applied to some of the public telephone call-boxes, to ascertain whether tuberculosis germs exist in the mouthpieces of the telephonea (says the London correspondent of the Melbourne "Argus"). The result is disturbing. Mr Alan, the medical officer for Westminster attended one of the public telephone offices and wiped a mouthpiece with a "swab." The contents of the "swab" were then used to inoculate two guinea pigs. In twenty days both those animals had pronounced signs of tuberculosis." For some time past the officers of the London Stock Exchange have been in the habit of spraying, daily, their fifty or sixty telephones with disinfectants. The "Lancet" points out that the callboxes are very suitable places for spreading diphtheria, influenza, and, consumption.

Write to-day, if you are not contemplating a visit to Wellington, for a selection of the Daintiest bprmg Creations, from 30s, each ono a style of its own. Ready-to-wear in the Merry Widow and Miss Hook of Holland shapes from 15s.—AYLMEE'S, Millinery Specialists, 9 Willis Street, Opposite Grand Hotel.

The number of offences reported in the various polbe districts durincc 1907 is given in the annual report of -the Police Deparcment r-s follows: Auckland, 4,995; Thames, 783; Napier, 2,161; Wanganui, 2,626; Wellington, 5,739; Greymouth, 561; ■Christchurch, 3,651; Dunedin, 2,029; Invercargill, 6,596. Mrs Finch, of Hampden, can claim .a unique record in sea travelling between the Dominion and Great Britain (says the Hampden correspondent of the "Palmerston Times"). Mrs Finch, who is now 78 years of age, has made the trip ten times :since 3he passed the age of 70. She ■always travels by the same boat and occupies and same cabin. The Hon. Dr Findlay, in his advocacy of a "needs wage," finds no .supporter in the Hon. J. Anstey, who told a "Timaru Herald" representative that he had asked for, but ■did not get, a definition of that term. .A "needs wage" as a standard, said Mr Anstey, was an impossibility, because it must vary with every Eamily, 'l-oaTto be impossible of standardisation. For a man with a family, his needs increase with every new cradleful, and with every rise in the price of bread or boots. The Labour men in both Houses, again, were opposed to the "exertion wage," saying that it would be used as a "driving" or "pace-making" device. Mr Anstey, however, looking over jjhe world at large and throughout history, could see no instance of a people making progress without the incentive provided by reward for individual effort. It was too plainly an element of human nature to be denied. There must be room provided for the play of a reasonable amount of human selfishness, and it was this principle, applied with justice.that ensured progress for the individual and for the community. Mr F. P. Welch has vacancies for generals, cooks, and a hou&keeeper for station. A reward is ofiered for the recovery of a leather wrist bag lost between the railway station and Bentley Street. Tenders are invited by the Masterton Co-operative Dairy Company for the supply of firewood and butterboxes; also for cartage. Mr W. I. Husband, land agent, inserts a fresh list of choica properties that have been placed in his hands for disposal. Messrs Drought and Payne, land and estate agents, Auckland, insert a new list of bargain properties that have been placed in their hands for disposal.

Messrs Lyttle Bro3. have a full supply of cycles and motors of the latest types. The firm has an efficient staff of mechanics, and are able to execute repairs to all classes of machines and motors to the satisfaction of their clients.. The firm of Husband Bros., ot Pahiatua, land agents, has been dissolved, and the business will again be carried on by Mr W. I. Husband on his own behaif. A first-class dairy farm is offered for sale by him on easy terms. Particulars will be found elsewhere in this issue.

Rinking is in full swing at the Elite Skating Rink, and there have been large attendances since the opening during the day, and also in thjfevening. The floor is delightful to skate on, and patrons ajp;ar to thoroughly enjoy themselves. Tonight the Band will play, and should add materially to the enjoyment of skaters.

The weekly competition was held at the Miniature Rifle Range in Queen street on Saturday night. There was a very large- number of competitors, and some very good shooting was done, eleven competitors scoring possibles. In the final shoot-off Mr Billingron with a score of 29, proved the winner. The next competition will be held on Wednesday next at the moving figures.