LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9180, 1 September 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Thirty-four births were registered in Masterton last month, while five marriages licenses were issued and five deaths recorded.

The Greytown Cheese Factory opened for" the season yesterday morning, 560 gallons being the supply of milk received.

The contractor for the 3treet improvement work at Carterton has commenced the laying down of the tarred stones along the main business portion of the town.

Messrs J. and R. Scott, the contractors for the water supply for Martinborough, are making good progress with their work. Nearly all the streets and roads have now had the pipes laid along in readiness.

It is considered practically certain that if selected by the Dunerlin Political Labour League, Mr W. J. Munro will contest the Dunedin West seat against the Hon. J. A. Millar in Labour interests.

The building trade in Martinborough is at present very brisk,three houses are now in the course of erection, and several residences have been completed during the past month.

Two applications for new trials are to be neard before His Honor Judge Haselden at the conclusion of the civil business of the District Court. Should, they be successful the cases cannot come on again until the next session of the District Court.

Twenty building allotments in Rexford Street, Carterton, were submitted for auction at Carterton on Saturday. There was, however, no demand for any of the allotments. A bection of ohe rood eight perches, containing a five-roomed dwelling, with all conveniences, did not reach the owner's reserve, and was passed in at £320.

His Honor Judge Haselden, who has only recently recovered from an indisposition which set back the District Court sitting a week, intimated to counsel engaged at the Court yesterday that they should "use him while they had the chance," as he fearad he might suffer a relapse. His Honor said he passed rather a bad night on Sunday, a bronchial attack causing him suffering.

At a meeting of the Ladies' Committee of the") Masterton Football Club, held last evening, final arrangements were made for the Club's popular socia! and dance in the Foresters' Hall on Thursday evening next. The floor is to be specially prepared, and first-class music will Di provided. Messrs B. Chapman and W. Redmond (the joint secretaries) are working hard to ensure the success of the function.

There is to be a sequel to the late "burglar" scare of a week ago, when a resident of the Main Street, Greytown, A. 11. Hayes, discharged a gun after a man whom he took for a burglar retreating from his back yard, says the Greytown "Standard." He is to be charged on Wednesday with firing a loaded gun at the man—who subsequently turned out to be mentally afflicted —with intent to do bodily harm. The weekly session of Endeavour Lodge 1.0. G.T. was held in the Dominion Hall last evening. Sister McLean, V.T., in the absence of C.T. Bro. Hevhoe, presided over a fair attendance of members. It was reported that a first-class programme had been drawn up in connection with the social to be held next Monday night. It was decided not to hold a se°sion next Monday night on account'of the social. The Social Committee are to meet at Mrs McLean's to-morrow evening. The Middle Run Golf Club defeated Grevtown on Saturday last by 12 games to nil. The following are the scores, the Middle Run players being mentioned first in each instance: — Ladies—Miss K. Booth 1 beat Miss A. Jackson 0, Mrs Booth 1 beat Miss S. Jackson 0, Miss G. Booth 1 beat Mi*s H. Diddams 0, Miss D. Booth 1 beat Miss W. Diddams 0. Men— W. H. Booth 1 beat W. Feast 0, A. E. Booth 1 beat H. Tocker 0, J. Steel 1 baat H. Feast 0, A. Booth 1 beat J. .Cotter 0, B. Booth 1 beat K. Calders 0, J. Gray 1 beat A. Feast 0, R. Roydhouse 1 beat Williams 0, A. Gray 1 beat Wilfred Feast 0.

Beeves in plenty are getting ready for the block all through the Manawatu and Wairarapa districts. Even in the hardest parts of the present winter the fat bullocks have not been as scarce as they were during some other winters, and now that the spring is imminent there is likely to be a speedy coming-on of grassfed stock. All these matters have appositfiness for Wellington citizens, in view of the telegram from Christchurch which announced that the Canterbury Master Butchers' Association had resolved to increase the price of beef by one penny per pound from September Ist. A prominent Wellington butcher assured a "Post" \ reporter, who questioned him yesterday morning, that there would be no rise of beef prices in that city, chiefly because of the xea ons set out above. Just at present beef is "a bit tight," and of the expensive turnip-fed quality, but there, is already a gool shoot in the grass and the end of September should see gra«s-fatted sheep and bullocks in good supply. Mrs. T. Barton, Albert-rw.l, .JSpswi N.Z., writes:—We all use Cough Remedy nnd tliiuk alot of it. My husband who is a conductor on the Auckland trams, takes it when he has the least symptom of ? cold, 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. Send the documents of your importations to MESSRS J. J. CURTIS & CO., LTD., Customhouse Shipping andjForwardmg Agents, Customhouse Quay, Wellington who|will quickly clear, pass and forward the goods to you. ModerateVmarges-. 2

Mr P. L. Hollings is to move for Su. new trial in the case of Kennedy v. Miller at the conclusion of the other business of the Wairarapa District; Court.

There were two bankruptcies recorded in Wairarapa last month, as against none for August of lastyear. For the period of the year to August 31st there were ' twelverecorded, as against eight for the corresponding period last year.

' Three cf the dairy factoriss in the • Carterton district—viz., Dalefield,. Parkvale and Belvedere, commenced operations for the season yesterday morning. The quantity of milk received was 550 gallons, 420 gallons, and 420 gallons respectively, which* is in excess of that received on last. year's opening day.

The bankruptcy business of District Court will probably be completed to-day, when a matter in connection with the estate of F. JB. McCay will be taken. Two civil' actions—one for alleged slander and the other in connection with the Wharau mail coach service—will be\ heard to-day before His Honor alone. ■ The jury were discharged yesterday. Land values are daily increasing in. Featherston; the latest instance tocome under observation is a sale--which has just taken place. The purchaser is Mr M. N. Hardie, and area of ground an eighth of near Toogood's store, the principal business part of the town. The price-/ paid was JEIOO, thus representing. £BOO an acre. Dr Johnston, of Carterton, intends' to recommence Ambulance, Instruction Classes in that town shortly. Some two years ago Dr Johnston held< very successful chases in connection 1 * with the St. John Ambulance Association, and all the nupils that entered! for the examination under the au-J f pices of the Association, gained 4m good percentage of marks and passed! well. '

At the District Court, yesterday, counsel for plaintiff in a case which ia to cometon to-day, made reference to it in connection with the time for hearing. "Your esse is going to* give me a headache," remarked His* Honor frankly. "I've read the pleadings about four times, and rcan't: make it out yet." Counsel on the< other side laughingly commented "I don't think my learned friend understands it himself yet."

An address on "Logic" was the principal business at the meetirg of theY.M.C.A. Debating Society last; evening. The lecturer (Mr R. RiggV spoke for an hour on this subject, of."■' such essential interest to debaters, and he was rewarded with a wellmerited vote of thanks at the conelu-' sion. An impromptu tpeech competition attracted eight' entrants,, the subjects being chosen by thai; chairman. Mr E. Flanagan, won. the competition, which was in aIH respects very interesting and in~ structive.

The final "leg-in" for the Morris Tube Association's President's trophy last night was won by Mr R. J. King. As Mr King has three "legain" to his credit against other coir*-' petitory twoy he wins the trophy, a" valuable silver inkstand, outrightThere are several competitors tieing: for the B" Class trophy. Jhe ties, will be shot off on Thursd£§| night,, together with the finals for the Cup. Mr W. Gardner, of Masterton, has presented a handsome hand-carved picture frame and picture to the Morris Tube Association for competition, i "Sometimes," remarked Dr Ma.--donald, in a lecture in Dunedin on Friday night, to the English of spectators at a football match —"sometimes the comments you hearare pointed and pungent, but it iss usually the small boy who' makes, them. On one occasion, when a. man ran instead pf passing, a small boy remarked, 'Gar'nJ if he'd 'adj any common he'd a' known he 'adn'fc a Buckley's!" "That boy," commented the doctor, "certainly conveyed his meaning in a terse and vigorous way. He hadn't quite the elegance of Queen Elizabeth, but he had all her power." , \

A young lady, Miss Emily Barrett, of Maryborough, Victoria, recently suffered from a complaint,, which prevented her from walkingwithout the aid of crutches. Sh«* had been under treatment by a local* doctor for sometime, and had made; good progress. A few weeks agu it was deemed advisable to put her leg in plaster of Paris, and instructions were given to procure an iron boot to support the limb, which was. contracted to a considerable extent. One evening Miss Barrett was sitting on a chair in the dining room when a very peculiar over her. She said that she she was going to faint. This sensation soon worked off, and£yhen it did the girl, who had been crippled for over eight months, got up from. the chair and subsequently walked to. Dr Deane's residence to inform him that there was no need for the,, inn boot. Horses that eat gates and rail fences are something of a rara avis, but there are quite a number in the snow country in Central Otago. When at Hawkduti Station, an "OtagoDaily Times" reporter was shown the remains of wooden fences where> only the ends of the rails were left; the remainder had been gradually gnawed away by the station horses., A Gimmerburn man owns half a dozen horses which were in a distantpaddock when the snow fell. When, a fortnight later, he visited them he found that about all that was left of' the large gate leading into their paddock was the ironwork; the horses, had eaten the rest. It seems that the animals develop this peculiar' habit when in a'country where snow hus. lain long on the ground, and they are more or less hungry. The manager of Hawkdun stated that the horses on his station, which ate his bluegum rails had as much food as they could eat, yet they turned away from their mangers and gnawed the fences and gates. Write to-day, if you are not contemplating a i visit to Wellington, for a . selection 'of the Daintiest Spring Creations, from 30s, each one a style of' its own. Ready-to-wear Merry Widow and Miss Hook m Holland: shapes from 15s.—AYLMER'S, Millinery - Specialists, 9 AVillis Street, Opposite Grand Hotel. ' For Bronchial Coughs take Woods. '*r eat Peppermint Cure 1,6 and 2/6.

Co stableS. A. Brown, of Wtllington, has been transferred to Mastertun to fill the vacancy in the Masterton Police Force caused through the reaignat on of Constable Kyle. , About thirty of the impecunious Maoris at Rotorua will be pat on road works in the Rotoiti district this week. Some will remain in the pahs to enrry out planting of food crops.

Mr J. P. Luke, a candidate for the new Suburbs seat in the House of Representatives, opened his campaign at Wellington last night, states a Preas Association telegram. He is a supporter of the Government. He was given a vote of thanks and confidence.

During last month 163 estates of deceased persons were finally certified for stamp duty. The largest were those of Thomas Armstrong, Wellington, £32,948; Win. R. Browne. Canterbury, £26,749; Arthur Shield, Hawke's Bay, £21,774; James C. Wilkin, Canterbury, £21,128; Jacob Matthews, Wellington, £20,717. While playing in a washhouse at home at Eiffeton (South Canterbury), on Saturday, the three-year-old son of Mr George Hubsand clambered on to the top of a copper, and fell in, being immersed in boiling water up to his thighs. He was pulled out by a ten-year-old brother, and taken to the Ashburton Hospital, where he died on Sunday.

The Greymouth Wharf Labourers' Union met on Sunday. It was claimed that as the Arbitration Court had failed to bring an award in the farm labo.irors' case, the Government be nsKed to introduce legislation fixing minimum wages for farm labouier'. The union also passed a motion of sympathy with Mr Thorn, and expressed approval of Mr M'Cullougb's attitude.

A Melbourne firm of lithographers lias rearranged the working hours in its factory with the object of giving employees as much off time in daylight as possible. From September Ist to April Ist work will commence on ordinary days at 7.30 a.m. and conclude at 5 p.m., with half an hour off for lunch. On Saturday the diy •will conclude at 10.30 a.m. The manager was in favour of work commencing at 7 a.m., thus allowing an off day on Saturday, and the firm has signified its intention toarrange the hours on this principle next year if the employees are agreeable. In the fortnightly period from 11th August to 25th August, the building operations of Wellington city, as disclosed by the report of Mr W. Murdoch, building inspector to the City Council, were not brisk. In that period there were thirty applications received by the corporation for permission to erect, extend, or alter buildings, the aggregate value being set down at £15,U96, but only £4.372 of this totd was for the city pioper. There are, however, some large buildings likely to be authorised by the city authorities in the next Sew weeks, which will make big in«rea'",s "' £ he total of the city re-

"r-'-vioua to adopting the rugging svaiem in the wintermonths I tried various plans, as giving the cows hot feedrrght and morsing and pu.tng up win2 breaks, but the coat of production was not reduced, nor was the yield increased. Then I covered my first cow, I was so surprised at the result that I had to go over the tests again and again to -nake sure of the result" (says a writer in the Melbourne "Leader"). In the further

test*, in which a considerable exp nditure whs ma ie in foods for Uie cows, the books of the farmer showed that whereiu the co3t of his butter in win.er. without ru?a amouitedto lid per lb, with ruga he had reduced it to 6d per lb. Doorkeepers at concerts and other entertainments could, and sometimes do/tel queer tales of how people Id ir'g - the facts in the various forms of "try on" (says Thursday's Dunetin "Star"). In which connection it is said that an examination of the tickets presented at the Garrison Hall last night di- closes two schemes that succe.-ded. The Orchestral Society's custom is to pin across ths face of each set of tickets a big figure indicating the n imber of the concert in its season. The concert last night was No. 3. In checking the tickets to day a No. 2 was discovered, but that Wiisa mere kitten by comparison with the big torn cat that came out of the box a momefht later in the shape of a No 3 belonging to the 1906 season!

Every Sunday. a*fter dinner, large t numbers of young men assemble at ( Ngahauranga for the rurpt 5.% it is alleged, of spending the afternoon ( in two-up exercise?. On Sunday afternoon a strong body of pr lice, in , plain clothe?, were ou: at Ngahau- ; ranga, and wh'.n tha alleged "school" was in thorougu woik:n» order the , police appeirdd. The scouts, having ' 'suspicion;, immediately s-giallad to their companions, who, it is stated, made off as fast a > they could over tv-e hills; tut no arrests were effected,for here a little d fficulty has arisen. It is a point of law. The men are now meeting on prvate property, and, moreover, do not toss thi coins witfiin thj gaze of passers-by < n the public roads. This, it is claimed, tecures them for the moment against interference by the police. Unfairly and unjustly treated the small ehopkeepers of Melbourne consider themselves to be. A demonstration under the auspices of the Metropolitan Shopkeepers' Association was recently held, when a number of addressee were given on the questions of earlv closing and the Saturday half-holiday. One speaker slid that the small shopkeepers were placed in the fame position as men with larger capital and better opportunities, and if they could not live, they might die. Most of them, however, felt little respect for a law that was unjust. They had to shut their shop doors, and do what business they could in their private houses or elsewhere. The breaches of the law were winked at. As to the Saturday half-holiday, if it were really universal the majority of the association would support it, but it was unfair that one should have to close while otherß paying the same rent in tne same street could keep open. It was decided that the Government be asked to take a vote on the proposed half-holiday before passing a law compelling shopkeepers to close their shops on that day, unless a majority of shopkeepers shall by ballot ao decide. Further, it was decided to ask the Government to amend the Early Closing Act for small shops by extending the hours of trading to 8 o'clock.

Owing to several reasons, it is estimated that there are at present about 100 men out of work at Waihi, and, the matter having been referred to at a meeting of the Borough Council, it was decided that temporary work be found by the engineer on cooperative lines for about twenty of the most deserving cases. A considerable number of the men idle are said to have come from Kairangahake, but a number of the applicants for work have come from South Africa, where labour matters are reported to be in a very low state.

An advertiser has a fowl run for sale.

A first-class farm in a good locality is advertised for sale by Mr Newton King, New Plymouth. A lady with one child seeks engagement as lady's companion or housekeeper. Mr Herbert A. Jones, architect and civil engineer, has a professional notice on our leader page.

Several desirable town properties are advertised for sale by Mr F. P. Welch, estate agent. The monthly instalment plan of piano buying in connection with the Wellington Piano Company, Ltd., is remarkably easy. An exceptional bargain in a bakery business, situated in a first-class town, is offered by Messrs Wratten and Spence, of Dannevirke. A very fine display of new season's millinery, clothing, drapery, mercery, etc., is made in the W.F.C.A. premises to day. Mr Harold Sinclair, motor and cycle importer and engineer, gives notice that he has admitted Mr D. G. Brown into partnership. Mr Leonard Isitt will lecturi in the Town Hall, Ma.-iteiton, nn September 13th and 15th, and at Alfredton on the 4th, on the "No-License" question. A chill neglected develops into a bad cold. An excellent remedy is Creasoted Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil prepared by Mr H. T. Wood, chemist, Masterlon. Particulars of the houseohld furniture and effects to be sold by Mr J. R. Nicol, at Lansdowne, to-morrow, on account of Mr J. A. Young, are advertised to-day. The whole of the goods are to be sold without reserve.

The "Elite" Skating Rink has been very largely attended during the past week. Owing to the performance of "Humpty-Dumpty" the promotors have been asked to postpone the Hockey Tournament until Thursday. All the seats intended for sale have now been disposed of. The band will play during the week. The weekly competition was held at the Miniature Rifle Range in Queen street on Saturday night. The shuoting was again very good. Mr W. Bannister, who scored the possible, being the winner. For the best target made Mr Whitt and Mr Corbett tied, dividing the prize between them. A boys' competition wiH be held on Sat •;rr|ay n»xt at 2 P, Tn»