LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9174, 25 August 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Ikaroa Maori Land Board will sit at Masfcerton on Thursday next at the Courthouse. The totnl number of names received so far in connection with the supplementary general election roll for the Masterton district is 675. The adjourned meeting of the Masterton Dairy Company will bj held in the A. and P. Association's rooms, Perry street, at 2 o'clock on Saturday next. A sale of work in connection with the Maori Mission will be held in St. Matthew's Schoolroom, at 7 o'clock, on Friday next. The usual amusements and a concert will be held in conjunction therewith. Messrs Hugh Morrison and Erl T. Williams have generously donated a ladies' bracelet to the value of six guineas to the Wairarapa Hunt Club, to be run for at the steeplechase meeting on Thursday next. The total length of formed dray roads in the Mauriceville County is 72 miles. The length of metalling on thees roads is 48 miles, and the total length of formed bridle track is five miles. The total number of bridges ] is 51, having a total'length of 2,058 feet.

The Immigration Department has been advised that the Tongariro, which is due in Wellington fnm London un Wednesday, is bringing 73 assisted passengers, of whom 58 are adults. Amongst the number are six domestic servants (two for Wellington, two for Auckland, one for Lyttelton.and 1 one for Westport), fifteen farmers, and six farm labourers. One of th" assisted passengers ha 3 £4?>o, another is bringing £3OO, one has £l5O, ami two others each have a capital of £IOO.

Mr Harrison, a Whangarei storekeeper, is to be the Government candidate for Marsden in opposition to Mr Mander at the next election. He is an advocate of the single-tax and the bare majority in local'option polling. Mr Sheat will oppose Mr Witty for the Riccarton seat. Mr Sheat is a farmer, and he took great interest in the recent farm labourers' arbitration case. Dr. Chappie is practically certain to contest the Tuapeka seat against Mr Macpherson. Mr Scott will be the Opposition candidate.

The weekly session of the Endeav<ur Lodge, 1.0. G.T., was held last night in the Dominion Hall. Bro. Hevhoe , C.T., presided over a good a'tendance of members. Sister Brassel, Sister Mrs Miller, Sister Miss McLean, Bros. Gilbert, Leste and Leighton were appointed to arrange for a social to be held shortly. Bros. King, P.C.T., Bro. McLean and Bro. Heyhoe, C.T., were appointed trustees in connection with the Temperance section. After the business of the Lodge had been dealt with, a very enjoyable evening was spent at parlour games. The monthly meeting of the directors of the Workers Mutual Benefit Building Society was held last evenitig at the Society's office. Mr R. Krahagen presided, and Messrs J. prentice, A. Gardner. W.-H. Cole, H. O. Fowler, J. Candy, and T. S. Cresswell were also present. The treasurer reported that subscriptions were coming in very freely in connection with the forthcoming ballot on Thursday next, the bank-book showing a credit balance of £735 5s 9d. Three new shares were applied for and allotted. An application for an advance of £IOO on a loan appropriation was referred to the Suciety's valuers. It was decided that if a satisfactory report vas received the monev be :iaid. SOMETHING TO CIIOW ABOUT la the 1008 sample of "A. & P." CHICK KAISEIi for dry feeding. No dust, no waste. Nothing % but the most nutritious food properly blended ami correctly balanced for building up ami rapidly developing the young birds. It satisfies t.ho most critical, and will rear Champions for next Beaton. Obtainable from \Y. F. O. A. Ltd. All branches. 3

Mrs. T. Barton, Albert-road, Kpsom N.Z., writes:—We all use Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and think a lot of it. My husband who is a conductor on the Auckland trams, takes it when he'has the least symptom of i> colrl, and it always lessens the attack. Have given it to our children many times for coughs Or croup, and it has never failed to cure" For sale by all chemists and storekeepers. For Uronchial Coughs take Woods 'J'sat Peppermint Cure, J t> and 2/6.

A movement is on foot to procure a pipe organ for St. Mark's Church, Carterton.

A donation of one guinea to the District Nurse's Fund has been made by Mrs A. Caselberg.

A case of scarlet fever has occurred at Carterton. The patient has been removed to the South Wairarapa Hospital. The dairy factories in the Carterton district will re-oipen shortly,and farmers are hopeful of having a successful season.

A first offender was fined 5s for drunkenness by Mr J. Cross, J.P., at the Masterton Police Court, yesterday morning.

The Carterton Methodist Church Choir intend holding' a social this week in the Methodist Church schoolroom at Carterton.

Mr W. Howard Booth, of Carrington Station, Carterton, has purchased fome forty head of purebred Shorthorn cattle from the trustees in the Matawhiro Estate.

A meeting of the Committee of the Masterton St. Patrick's Day Sports Association will be held on Saturday next, at 8 p.m., in the Exchange Buildings, Masterton.

A euchre tournament between the Masterton Fire Police and Oddfellows Lodge was played in the Foresters' Hall last evening, and resulted in a win for the latter by 29 games to 20 games.

A social in connection with the Carterton Presbyterian Church is to be held shortly, to farewell a family who are leaving the district, and who have been ardent workers in the Church.

A protracted sitting of the District Court may be confidently anticipated at the next Masterton session, which will open on Friday. Fiftyfour witnesses have been subpoenaed in one case alone/ and nearly as many are likely to be in another.

There is to be a service of a special character at Pt. Mattftew's Church, Masterton next month. An invilation has been extended to St. Mark's (Jhoii-, Carterton, to assist at the singing portion of the service, and the invitation has been accepted by the members.

is to be a Ministerial visit to Carterton on Septembpr sth. Ministers will pay Greytown a visit on the same day. The Mayor of Greytown has been asked to show them the proposed site for the Parliamentary buildings. The Carterton street improvement contract is being pushed on with all possible speed now while the fine weather lasts, The contractor has been rather unfortunate since the contract was let, owing to the wet weather and the bad state of the roads when he commenced the work.

A man named George Johnson, in the employ of Mr J. Pike, o/? Hurunuiorangi. Gladstone, was admitted to thi j South Wairarapa Hospital on Wednesday in a very serious condition, and died on Friday afternoon. The deceased, whb was suffering from a general breakdown, was 67 years of age, and had been in the Dominion over fifty years.

The pastures in the Kopuaranga and Mauticeville districts are lookfrg very uatchv ju -1 now. A few Mats are well grassed, but taken right through feed is vtry scarce. > A very considerable area of ploughing has beei) and is still being done, and crops are coming away well. A flock of some 300 \oung lambs fattening on turnips was a healthy sight visible to railway passengers yesterday.

Tljere has been an abundant growth of grass in the Carterton district lately, and there are now no signs.of the drought ofjast summpr, nor of the grass fires that swept large tracts of country. The cattle everywhere are in good condition, and stock generally are improving. Judging by the present conditions, as far as the pastures are concerned, the coming season will be a very successful on 3.

Time was when the fascinating game of marbles appealed to the recreative and competitive faculties of the supposed inimitable small boy only, but (according to the Kawera "Star"), the girl pupils attending the Hawera District High School possess more than one-third (nearly 6,000) of the to l al number of marbles in the possession of pupils , and keen and enthusiastic competitors they prove in endeavouring to win each other's sight in the streets to see a number of girls toeing the mark and projecting their marbles at the given target, while the mere boy looks on.

The Y.M.C.A. parliamentary evening, held in the Association rooms last night, was a decidedly pleasant function.The "Speaker," Mr R. Brown, had his hands fairly full at times' in keeping the various "members" strictly to Parliament work, in a constitutional way. The "Premier" of the "Young New Zealand Cabinet," (Mr D. He-ben top), and the "Leader of the Opposition" (Mr O. Pragnell), led off for their respective parties, and some excellent speeches were given,, notably those by the "Native Minister" (Mr Tai Te Tau), and "member for Kuripuni" (Mr R. Rigg). The debate on the Addreaf-in-reply was completed, about twenty members speaking, out of over forty present.

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Mr C. P. E. Livesay, Architect of Wei lington, has moved to more convenient rooina in tlie National Mutual Cnainbers, Customhouse Quay, (adjoining the Head Office of the Bank of N.Z.) Address— P.O. Box 771. Telephone 2692.

A man was arrested at Eketahuna, yesterday, on a charge of false pretences, and will appear before the Masterton Court this morning.

At a public meeting held last night, states 8, Press Association telegram, it was decided to form a branch of the Young Men's Christian Association in Napier.

The Stratford Mounted Rifles evidently feel that they have served long enough "with the colours," and thfere is a proposal on foot to form the corps into a reserve corps.

The Dalefield Dairy Factory will be opened for the season on Monday, August 31st. The Parkvale,°Taratahi and Belvedere Dairy Factories will also commence the season's work on that date.

The Flaxlands Estate, near Greytown, which was, recently subdivided and sold, appears to have already advanced in value. Two of the purchasers have been offered and have refused substantial increases on their bargains.

Milking cows are gradually rising in value in the Lower Valley, and prices are likely to go up during the next month or so. After last summer's drought many farmers had to reduce their stock owing to shortage of feed, and now have to replace them.

There seems to be a good enquiry for steers in Taranaki. A good line of two to 2J year steers were sold at £3 17s 6d recently, and there is no duobt that the prices of that class of cattle will considerably advance as the grass grows. Pigs are in good demand, and realising high prices. ~ .

The Minis.ter of Defence has agreed to the issue of free railway passes over the Government and the Manawatu Company's lines to "fenna fide competitors in the drill, signalling, mounted competitions at the militarj tournament in Palmerston North. Free passes will not be issued to entrants for the tugs-of* war and foot races.

\ The Blenheim "Express" states that a ease of suspected ii cendiarism occurred at the Hillersden estate! in the Wairau Valley a few mornings ago. About 3 o'clock five stacKs of oaten sheaf were discovered to be on fire, all blazing simultaneously. There was no wind, and the fire could not have carried along the line of stacks. All hands available were at work from the time the fire was discovered until a stack was completely destroyed, and the other four more or less damaged.

At the annual meeting of the members of the Wairarapa Racing Club, the election of officers resulted as follows: — President, Mr H. S. Wardel] ; Vice-°residents, Messrs W. IS* Bidwiil, Q. Donald, and J. S. Cundy; Judge, Mr W. H. Hartgill; Clerk of Scales, Mr W. Dalrymple; Timekeeper, Mr T. Benton; Treasurer, Mr A. J. Toogood; Hon. Veterinary Surgeon, VV. G. Taylor; Auditor's, Messrs G. W. Cobb and C. J. Kent-Johnston; Hon. Surgeons, Drs. Bey, Deamer and Palmer; Stewards, Messrs H. Mrrrison, T, Jngley, A. D. McLeod, A. M'Kenzie, W.J. Isix and A. M. Wilkinson.

Sir Joseph Ward has earned honours in fields other than political. In his younger days he was regarded as a very promising oarsman, and about the year 1875 he was one of the crewrepresenting Bluff, which won the principal four-oared race in the first Bluff regatta, defeating a crack crew from Invercargill. The Bluff crew on that occasion consisted of J. G. Ward (bow;, J. L. Cook (No 2.), Tipping (No. 3), and Hunter (stroke). - The event is also noteworthy by reason of the further fact that that race marked the introduction of sliding' seats in racing boats in that part of New Zealand.

From an old settler the "Wanganui Chronicle" learns that 'possums are proving a great nuisance in the Furdell district. These little pests, he says, are literally swarming afl over the place. If his recollection served him, he added, it was about twentyfive years since the first pair of 'possums were introduced into the district. As proof of the extent to which th£y have multiplied, he mentioned that a couple of young men "bagged" seventeen on one tree a few nights ago. The 'possums are playing havoc in the orchards, rendering successful fruit-growing well nigh impossible.

The Masterton Orchestral Society will give their second concert of the season in the Town Hall this evening. A fine programme has been arranged, and specially i-ehearsed. The popular lolanthe music will be one of the principal! items. A charming pizzicato movement will he also rendered. This class of music is very popular with Masterton audiences. ' Mr Irins will play Chppin's beautiful Nocturne op 9 No.! 2, arranged as a "cello solo. A quartette of wood wind instruments, first, second and third clarionets and bassoon will be also given. This is probably the first time such a combination has been heard in Masterton.

Pakatoa Island has nearly reached the limit of its capacity, or, rather, the habitual inebriates have got within the small margin of two beds towards that consummation, says an Auckland paper. Until, therefore, there is some further accommodation for those who drink, the appointment to vacancies at the Army Home will require considerable discrimination on the part of magistrates; in fact, it has now resolved itself into a variety of competitive candidature, with a place for those only who graduate with honours. The Salvation Army authorities are, however, negotiating for the acquirement of Ruth's Island, the increased female hostelry of which will probably be devoted to males, when Pakatoa, it is understood, will be promoted to (he ladies' side of the institution.

The quick results of Chamberlain s Tabids in the'cure of Biliousness, aud prompt lelief of all its had symptoms is something unequalled by any other medicine. They cleanse the stomach, clear out and gently stimulate the liver,, drive away every symptom of pain, distress and discomfort. For sale by all ehemists and storekeepers. Write to-day, if you are not contemplating a visit to Wellington, for a selection of the Daintiest Spring Creations, from 30s, each one a style of its own. Ready-to-wear in the Merry Widow and Miss Hook of Holland shapes from 15s.—AYLMER'S, Millinery Specialists, l> Willis Street, Opposite Grand Hotel.

The, excellence of the millinery turntd out bj Madame Carle of (Queen Street, Masterton, is well Jknowif to a large number of women in this district. The great variety ■of hats usually stocked by her makes the matter of selecting a suitable Hhetul piece easy, for no two hats are -alike, and all the most popular ■ styles and shapes are included. During the past week her business premises have been in the hands of the carpenters, with the result that -every convenience has been secured for exhibiting the spring goods to the very best advantage. On Friday next Madame Carle will make an - elaborate display of millinery—em- • bracing all the most exclusive styles • approved by close followers of . fashion. An invitation is extended to the ladies of Mastertun to inspect the display on Friday next. Mr F. P. Welch has vacancies for :.farm hands and ploughmen. The W.F.C.A. require a boy for 'the crockery department. Me-srs J. Graham and Co. are now opening up their new spring goods, and invite inspection Mr J. Leahy, cab proprietor and carrier, has removed to suitable premises in Villa and Albert streets. New lines in leather goods and ornaments are to hand at the fancy department of the W.F.C.A. House furnishings are in full supply at Messrs C. Smith's, Ltd. All are new and worthy of inspection. Mr F. P. Welch has to let a farm -of 359 acres situated in the Waikato. *A purchasing clause is attached to f ' the lease. , The New Zealand Railways Department advertise excursion fares to ■ Clareville ip connection with the Wairarapa Hunt Club's steeplechase meeting on Thursday next. Messrs W. B. Chennells and Co. ad vertise for sale a centrally situated -•six-roomed house with 11 acres of laud. Particulars of a splandid sheep "■-farm of 1,150 acres in the Wairoa district will also be found in the firm's • advertising space cn page 8. Catalogues of the household furniture to be sold by Mr J. R. Nicol, * to morrow, on account of Mr F. A. Hosking, will be available at the Masterton Auction Mart, this afternoon, and at the residence, Hogg Crescent, 'where the numerous lines will bf on view. Another highly successful week is recordei at the "Elite" Skating Rink. Musical chairs will be on the programme for Thursday evening. The skates used are only new Wins arrl seem to be vtry much ' appreciated.- A large number of Wins-low's ball-bearing skates have been acquired, and a limited number are for sale as per advertisement. On Saturday morning mu ical chairs and a boy's race will be held for the children. New South Wales is the greatest ' wool -producing State in Australia. At tne end of 1906 I lie sheep flacks ■ numbered 44,100,000. The wool clip in 1906 in New South Wales totalled ' -325,442,000 pounds "in the grease," worth nearly .£14,000,000 to the grower.". Mr J. R. Nicol,oof. f Master"ton, advertises on page 8 i articulars :. iuuf several pastoral and agricultural properties in this State that have been placed in his hands for sale on •easy terms.