LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9164, 12 August 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr W. Fisher has tyeen re-elected Chairman of the Taratahi Dairy Company. ( The new Fire Brigade Station at Martinborough is now nearing completion and will be ready for occupation in the course of a few days. Commencing Monday next, the Eketahuna telegraph office will remain open in the evenings from 5 to 5.30 o'clock, and on statutory holidayslfrom 7 to 8 o'clock. Twenty five cases of cheese (about two tons) will be forwarded to London by the Otaraia Co-operative Dairy Company this week, leaving one ton still on hand. A match was played at Carterton on Monday evening, at Carterton, between the Grey town and Carterton Chess Clubs. Each side won five games. The following are the detail*. :—Maunsell (Carterton) 2 beat Bluett (Greytown) 0; Roydhouse (Carterton) ;i, Walden (Greytown) 1; Wilf. Moore (Carterton) 1 Avery (Greytown) 1; R. house (Carterton) 1, Bladen (Greytown) 1;< Mabsen (Carterton) 0 lest to Kidd (Greytown) 2.

The work in connection with the Martinborough high-pressure water supply is proceeding satisfactorily. The 15inch cement pipes are now being laid from the intake to the regulating chamber. At the site of the reservoir the workmen have struck the solid rock, and explosives are being used in the excavating. Up to the present there have been 41,300 feet of steel main pipes delivered on the ground, which is about one-third of the required amount.

A case of wanton damage is reported in connection with a footbridge on the Mangaraupi Road, near Mr S. Smith's property. This bridge was erected by the Eketahuna County Council as a convenience to school children. Eleven planks have been wilfullv broken out, leaving a space of about eight or nine feet, says the '"Exoress." A plank on another bridge In the same district was torn out and was discovered in some scrub near by. Such actions as these, whereby children's lives may be endangered, deserve the severest penalty if it is possible to apprehend the offenders.. !

On Monday last the sixteen paymasters of the Fleet visited the Bank of New South Wales, Auckland, each accompanied by a sturdy sailor carrying a suggestive looking stout leather bag. Last week the pay day of the Fleet fell due, and, as Uncle Sam's sailorman draws about the most liberal pay of any tar in the world, the pocket-money of over twelve thousand men is not a little item. For the j.urpos<\ a store of specie had been collected at the bank —some from Wellington, and some arriving yesterday from Sydney —'for probably t le biggest cash payment ever made in Australasia. At a quarter pant nine the ConsulGeneral ot the United Slates (Mr Prickett) walked intu the bank, in. troduced, the chief paymaster to the manager, and the process of counting out over 80,000 English sovereigns began. As it was told out it was promptly bagped and locked, and the whole glittering process was over quicker than it will take even the American Jack tars to spend it. The money is changed into American coin on board, and probably a large part of it will filter back to shore and the coffers of the bank 1 in the course of the week.

For rheumatism, backache, faccachc, earache, neuralgia, ami other muscular pains nothing can equal WITCH'S OIL (registered). 0

A meeting of the Stewards of the Masterton Trotting Club will be held in the Secretary's office on Saturday, August loth, at 8 p.m.

A valuable draught horse, belonging to Messrs Gardiner and Sons, of Mastert.''), was found dead in their stable on Sunday morning. The loss will be a heavy one to the firm.

The li,ouster candle in connection with St. Mark's Church bazaar, Carterton, burnt itself out at 19 minutes to two o'clock yesterday afternoon. The time it took to burn was 59 hours 10 minutes.

A sitting of the Carterton Magistrate's: '.!ourt was held yesterday, before Mr W. P. James, S.M. The civil li :t was an unusually heavy one. liiight renewals of old age pension", were granted, two adjournl, and three claims established.

The annual general meeting of the Ma.-.tertun Lawn Tennis Club, which for war.t of a quorum on Friday aftTtrniio:) last, will be held in the Technical School, Hall street, at 5 o'clock, this afternoon, and in this connection members are requested to make a special effort to be present. The business to be dealt with will be of an important nature. A meeting of the Stonehenge Lodge of Druids was held in the Drill Hall last evening, JBro. R. Smith, A.D., presiding. The Room Committee's report was held over until the quarterly meeting. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to the retiring delegates on the Friendly Societies' Council. Two friends were nroposed for membership. ■ A considerable amount of routine business was also transacted.

The annual meeting of the Taratahi Dairy Company was held at Carterton yesterday, Mr W. Fisher being in the chair. The annual report and ha lance-sheet was adopted. It was resolved that Gd per. ton on the 1906 7 output be donated to the Employers' Federation Fund. It was decided to draft a new set of by-laws. Messrs W. Fisher and G. Sievers were re-elected directors, and Mr C. H. Cormack was re-elected auditor.

A child had 'a marvellous escape from death in Cuba Street, Wellington. The youngster was playing on the top of a building when she slipped through the skylight and fell right through the well in the building to the ground floor. It so happened that a sofa had been placed by the furniture dealer who occupies the basement, directly in line of the child's descent, and this undoubtedly wa3 the means of saving the life of the girl, for upon being picked up she was found to have escaped the slightest injury,

Dr Helen Covvie will deliver a lecture to the ladies' division of the St. John Ambulance Association in the Dominion Hall, at 7.30 o'clock, this evening, the subject chosen being practical instruction or. bed making and changing sheets (fracture and rheumatic beds in particular); also the administration of medicines, reading the pulse, the use of ordinary clinical and bath thermometers, and the use of nursing and temperature charts. The members will hold a practice in connection with the forthcoming dermnstration at 7 o'clock.

South Wairarapa appears to be rather difficult to please in the macter of Presbyterian ministers. Five candidates have been heard, but the congregation has been unable to agree on any one of them. Rev. J. M'Caw (Martinborough) informed the Wellington Presbytery, yesterday morning, that he had received an offer from Rev. J. Paterson to supply, and also to help the congregation to find a suitable minister. This offer Mr M'Caw thought should be accepted. Mr Paterson, he said, would be quite willing to stand aside whenever a candidate was preaching. The Presbytery agreed to the proposal made bv Mr M'Caw. The Taylor-Carrington picture entertainment in the Town Hall, last evening, was largely attended. An excellent programme was submitted. A wide range of pictures was shown, and the audience were warm in their praise of them. Better pictures as regards merit and clearness have not been seen in Maslerton. The comic films were above the average that is generally seen in this class of picture, while the pathetic pictures were splendid. A noticeable feature, too, was the fine coloured films shown, all of which were particularly clear. The incidental vocal and instrumental effects, and also the stage effects, put the finishing touch on an excellent entertainment.

A special meeting of the Carterton Borough Council was held in the Council Chambers on evening to levy general and water rates for the financial year. The Mayor (Mr W. Moure) was in the chair. On the motion of the Mayor, seconded by Cr Phiilpotts, it was decided to strike a general rate of three-quarters of a penny in the pound. The Mayor moved that the water rate be as follows: —Where the rateable value does exceed £l2 10s, a fixed sum of 10s; where the rateable value does not exceed £l2 10s, 7 per cent, on the first £IOO, 6 per cent, on ihe second £IOO, 5 per cent, on the thirl £IOO, and 4 per cent, on further sums. The motion was carried. The rate will come up for confirmation on the 27th inst. WHY? LS SANDER & SONS PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT superior to aay other Eucalypti Product? Because it is tho 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 oil" as Extract are avoided. A death was recently reported from the use of one of these concoctions and in an action at law a witnors testified that he suffered the most cruel irritation from lite appll- . cation to an ulcer of another, which was sold as «' Just as good as SANDER'S EXTRACT." Therefore, beware of such deception. Remember that in medicine a drop that cures is better than a tablespoon that kills, and insist upon t|ie preparation which was proved by eje- I perks at the Supreme Court of Victoria, and by numerous authorities during the last 35 years, to be a preparation of genuine merit, viz: THE GENUINE SANDER AND SONS ' PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EX- I TRACT. j _ Mr C. F. E. Livesay, Architect of Wei lington, has moved to more convenient rooms in the National Mutual Cnambers, Customhouse Quay, (adjoining tho Head Office of the Bank of N.Z.) Addrecs— P.O. Box 771. Telephone 2692.

The Taratahi Dairy Factory will reopen on August 31st. The pay sheet of the Mastertor* County Council for the past month totalled £1,295 12s.

The milk vendors at Palmerston North have decided to reduce the price of milk, and after the first of next month the charge will be 3d per quart and ljd per pint. ,

It is reported that Mr J. B. Reid (one of the directors of the Bank of New Zealand) has purchased the late Mr Geo. G. Stead's Grasslea stud farm, and that ha will probably be a buyer of brood mares.

The Department of Industries and Commerce is advised by the New Zealat.d Government Agent at Melbourne thatfthere is good demand for prime oaten sheaf chaff in Victoria. South African and Tasmanian chaff is quoted up to £6 17s 6d and £7 per ton.

The casualness of the Maorilander is a byword, remarks the "Taranaki News." On Saturday last a motor cyclist left his automobile against, a verandah post outside a barber's saloon whilst he had his facial appendages removed. He called again for that machine about 11 o'clock on Monday morning! Also, it was there. That is characteristic of New Zealand, and probably no other country could put up such a record.

A serious and at (he same time V rather curious accident happened in Timaru a day or two aeo. Two children under five years of age, sons of a local doctor, were playing "80-Peep" in their home. One child put his eye to the keyhole of a door and looked through, when the other one innocently shoved a hat pin through the keyhole. The pin ran right into the ball of the eye that was peeping through, and completely destroyed the sight.

Mr G. L. Stewart, secretary to the Wellington Education Board, made the official count yesterday morning of the voting of school committees, to fill the two vacancies on the Board occurring through the statutory retirements of Messrs T. W. M'Donald and A. H Vile. Both were re-elected. The voting was as follows:—Manawatu and Hutt: T. W. M'Donald, 170; A. J. M'Curdy, 54; informal, 6. Wairarapa: A. H. Vile, 214; A. Barrel], 91; R. Brown, 117; informal, 15. >

Some civil servants are decidedly particular. According to the "Petone Chronicle" a Wellington lady inspected a few desirable residences in Petone the other day and ultimately selected one that would answer all her requirements. "But," she said to the landlord, "you must make the rent low as an inducement for me to takethe house, because my son who is a Government clerk says, that Lower Hutt and [Khaudallah ares the only possible places for a gentleman of his position to live in!"

After a struggle, lasting nearly seven years, Mr Jacob Popp, the High* Wycombe tobacconist and newsagent, has gained a notable victory, says the London "Daily Express." He has been fined 339 tinges for contravening the Lord's Day Observance Act of Charles 11. by trading on. Sundays, and recently he made his three hundred and fortieth appearance at the local police court. This, time the four magistrates on the bench were divided in opinion, andi the summons was dismissed without, a fine or costs being inflicted.

Indications are that cropping wilF be much heavier in North Otago this; year than is usually the case (says the "Oamaui Mail"). Farmers are taking advantage of the cplendid. condition of the ground for working,, and everywhere, with the exception* of flats on which the water has been lying, operations are being pushed' ahead. In some cases even turnip land has been prepared. The possibility of stock being dear during thecoming season, coupled with favourable prospects, is evidently acting as an incentive to farmers to crop moreextensively. There has been much; ploughing on the lea. Mr Wilford, M.P., does not manifest any desire to recede from the attitude he has taken up in regard toy the position of natives at Rotorua, some of who, he stated recently, are in a starving condition because they are not allowed to catch trout without a license. On the contrary, he has telegraphed as follows to the Rotorua Rod and Gun Club, which denied the , truth of the statement:—"My informant is the Rev. Mr Bennett, who is an honest man and quite disinterested. I prefer to believe him rather than be carried away by the attempt of the Rod and Gun Club to corntr the fishing."'

The Rev. Gibson Smith's book on the Atonement was referred to yesterday at the regular meeting of the Wellington Presbytery, of which the author is moderator. Rev. Kennedy Elliott gave notice to move an overture of considerable length to the effect that "For upholding the testimony of the church, for the stabiltiy of the saints in their faith and for the maintenance of the church's position before the world, it is highly expedient to reaffirm and anew declare this church's adherence to the doctrine of her standards in such terms as to the wisdom of the General Assembly may seem meet."

Recently in the counting-house of the Bank of England, a remarkable machine was installed for experimental purposes. invention of the a Swedish engineer, the apparatus counts and sorts money: into paper tubes or bags at the rate of 72,000 coins an hour. Fourteen expert cashiers;in the Bank of England, working all .day long, are only able to count .€I,OOO worth of silver coins. The new machine is expected to do so in a fifth of the time. A representative of the London "Daily Mail" witnessed a contest between this wonderful machine and an expert cashier. In the magazine of the machine were poured nearly 1,000 pennies, while before the cashier., who sat at a table, was a large bag of similar coins. At a given signal the machine and the man began to count out 400 pennies. In twenty seconds from the start an electric bell atjthe side of the apparatus rang softly. The 400 coins had been, counted out into twenty neat tubes, each containing twenty coins, while the cashier, labouring heroically, had sorted out exactly eighty-one pennies. For Bronchial Coughs take Woodr 'h eat Peppermint Cure. 1/6 and 2/6.

Mr Havelock Green, travelling representative of the National Cash Register Co., Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A., has opened up a fine range of sample machines at No. 1 Exchange Buildings, and will be glad to call on those interested m Cash Registers. Yerex, Barker and Finlay, Ltd., 56 Cuba Street, Wellington, are the sole agents in New Zealand. There are 530 ratepayers in the County of Eketahuna. The No-License League have a special announcement on page 6of this issue. The Wellington Education Board invite tenders to close at noon on Monday next for additions to the Masterton Main School. In their advertisement which will be found on page 7 of this issue, the D.1.C., Wellington, deals with the question of furnishings, a subject to which they give special attention. The Castlepoint County Council give notice that the rate for the current year will be struck at a meetii g of the Council, to be held on August 29th., An extensive list of properties is advertised for sale by Mr W. H. Cruickshank, land agent, Masterton. They range from the mode atesu ed dairy farm to extensive sheej.runs Owing to ill-health, Mr James Adams, draper and clothier, has been compelled to relinquish business in Masterton. and during the next few days the whole of the stock at his Queen Street premises is to be quitted at exceptknally low prices, in orcer to efft ct a speeJy clearance. At the residence, Main Road, Larsdowne, this afternoon, Mr J. R. Nicol will submit for sale by auction, on account of Mr P. N. Keel iner, the whole of his well-selected and nearly new furniture; also horse 3, dog-cart and harness. The sale will commence punctually at two o'clock. This evening, at the Central Hots] billiard saloon, Mr Harry Gray and his George will give an entertainment. The visitors come with excellent credentials, and have just concluded a successful season at Wellington. The boy, George Gray, is claimed to be the champion losing hazard of the world, and combines with his father (Harry Gray), one of Australia's leading professionals, in a fancy Masse and trick shot, display of exceptional merit. Play will commence at 7.30 sharp, and cards of admission can be obtained on application to Mr F. S. Cooper, Central Hotel. The Book Arc\de Co. (McLvod and Young)'are now selling genuine Edison gold moulded records at Is 9d each, thus bringing those records into line with the city i.rices. They t:u.t that this reduction in prices duly appreciated by all users of phonographs in the district, and them to pay a visit to their premises to hear the latest records to hand. They have also a large assortment of Columbia, Sterling, and Clarion records nt Is 6d each, as well as a full range of machines to select from.