LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9181, 2 September 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr J. Hunter, a candidate for the Masterton seat, will deliver a political address in the Eketahuna Public Hall this evening. Mr A. H. Herbert will occupy the chair. Considerable interest is being taken in the meeting, and a large attendance is anticipated.

To the south of Mount Holdsworth, on the Tararua Range, is Mount Hector, to which at present there is no defined track. By the aid of a compass, and keeping Ui the ridges, it is possible to reach the summit without encountering serious difficulty. A party ot tourists from Carterton made the ascent last Sunday, and report the view to be well worth the jourr.ey.

The business of the District Court will conclude to-day, when the application for a new trial in the case of Hewitt v. Rossiter will be hard, and also a matter in connection with the bankruptcy of F. B. McCay. The former matter was to have been argued yesterday, but the business for the day occupied the Court until after 6 p.m. as it was.

A man named George Markham was charged with vagrancy at the Masterton Police Court yesterday morning before Messrs J. H. Pauling and J. Cross, J.'sP. An effort to get him into the Ohiro Home, for which he was remanded a few days a°o, proved unsuccessful, and tie: Bench decidei to convict and discharge accuse,]. The Minister of Public Works (the Hon. VV. Hall-Jones) is evidently, a strong believer in the wisdom of having exhaustive surveys made before the construction of railway lines ia entered upon. He stated to a deputaton at Wellington that the Rimutaka incline (which is frequently referred as one of the great railway engineering feats, but is in reality the greatest consumer of railway expenditure in New Zealand) should never have been built. Surveys since made, had proved that an equally serviceable line without grades of any kind, and shorter than the existing route by six and a half miles, could have been built.

The fortnightly, meeting of the 1.0. R. was held in the Dominion Hall last night, I3ro. D. Threadwell, C.R., presiding over a good attendance of members. liro. Heyhoe was appointed delegate to the Friendly Societies' Council in place of Br6. Marshall, who has left the district. It was decided to supply thejtrsutees with a copy of the doctors' agreement. It was resolved to hold a social on September 29th. Bros. Sutherland, IJillington. Andrews, Fielding, Thoumine and Threadwell were appointed a committee to carry out arrangements in connection therewith. One friend was proposed lor membership and five new members were initiated. The receipts for the evening amounted to £4 Is Bd. Blood poison resulting from small wounds is becoming more prevalent. Even so slight an injuiy as the scratch of a pin will sometimes cause blood poisoning. The safe way is to apply Chamberlain's Pain Balm as soon as the injury has been received. That liniment prevents all clangor of blood poisoning and causes the injury to heal in about one-third the time required by the usual treatment. For sale by all chcmUts and storekeepers. For Bronchial Coughs take Woods '•■ rest Peppermint Cure, l,'(i and 2/6.

A somewhat severe epidemic of influenza is prevalent in the flaunui district.

The Tararua Rifle C'ub will open the shooting season on September 19th.

Owing to the scarcity of feed a number of horsed and cattle in the Mangamahoe district are reported to have died.

The lambing in the Haunui district this year has turned out exceptionally well, and recorded leturns are expected from a number of farmp.

The Bum of £1,238 Us lOd was paid out in bonuses at the annual meeting of the Nireaha Co-operative Cheese Company last Saturday.

A meeting of membern and intending members of the Masterton United Cricket Club will be held this evening in the Fire Brigade Station.

During the month of August the rainfall registered in Eketatiuna was 2.94 inches. Rain full on ten days, the maximum fall being on August 17th, when 69 points were recorded.

Mr W. Baktr, of Makino, the successful breeder of Southdown sheep, has had a set-back this season through the loss of two of his champion Southdown ewes, they having died through lambing. One of them had taken first and champion at Palmerston North, and the other first and champion at Masterton.

It is expected that the Liberal social and "rally," to be held in the Victoria Hall, Carterton, on the occasion of the visit of the Parliamentary Party, on Monday next,- will be a great success. It is anticipated that visitors will be present from all parts of the electorate, and strong committees of ladies and men have been appointed to carry out arrangements in connection with the function.

Speaking at the Carterton Methodist Church, on a recent Sunday evening, the Rev. J. N. Buttle, of Masterton, congratulated the Cartertarn Church on having a Baud of Hope Society connected with it. "People do not realise the great amount of good that Bandd of Mop*; are doing in the interest of young; people," said Mr Buttle, "and I would like to see every town in New Zealand possess a fcioci-. ty such as the Carterton Methodist Church possesses.."

It is stated that owing to the slackness of orders, the saw-millers, in the Carterton district are contemplating closing down their mills. The closing of the mills will affect between forty and fifty families of sawmill-workers. The sawmillworkers are deputationising Mr Hornsby, the member for the disrtrict, to use his influence with the Government with the object of having native timber used in preference to imported.

At the annual meeting of the Tararua Rifle Club the following-officers were elected for the ensing year:.— President, W. Bell; vice-presidents, J.. Drysdale, A, Quiiilan, A. Repdath, C. Alberthsen,. F. H. Dowden; captain, J. Petersen; vice captain, O. A. Olsen;; secretary and treasurer,, R. Thomasen; auditors, F. H. Dowden and C. Alberthsen; haiuricappers, Messrs J. Petersen, T. McKinlay,. and O. Av 01.-tn; rnKnagenie t committee, Messrs W. Bell, J. Petersen, O. A.. Olstn T. McKinlay, and R. Thomasen.

Mr George Sheafc, in speaking of the farm laLojrers' dispute to a representative of the "Ashbur to Mail," stated that there was at most only 5 per cant, of farmers who could be classed as objectionable employers, and the case had induced* these to too the line and treat. *;heir emoloyeea on the same lines.as the majority. Those who were chiefly interested in the case from, an, employers'point of view tiad all along asserted a desire to make their delinquent colleagues figuratively "sit up.*' The experience he had gained; during the hearing of the case was that 95 per cent of the farmers were anxious to do the "righc thing" with their employees. ■ The North-Eastern Railway Company (England) has introducdat. Hull Airedale terriers to assist the policemen patrolling the docks in tracking down thieves. The. dogs are taught to obey the calls-of small trumpets, which the policemen carry. They are held on leash,, and slipped' when occasion demands. Then they make' stiaigh* for their quarry and seize him. They are even trained to upset bicycles. In a case that came before the Hull Bench it was stated that, when the alleged shop breakers refused to stop,, a policemean let loose an Airedale terrier. The animal; pounced upon one runaway, threw nim down and kept him prisoner until, his human colleague arrived and avrested him.

The monthly meeting of the Mas>terton Fire Brigade was held last evening. Superintendent Jenkins presided over a fair attendance of members. The Secretary reported the average attendance of members for the previous month as follows:.— Meetings, 22 2-3;, alarms, 14.. A letter was received from the Acting Town Clerk granting permission to the brigade to use a portion of the Park Oval for practice purposes.. The following resolution was carried unanimously, "That in the opinion of this meeting it is considered necessary that a brigade secretary should be appointed, and with a view to oveicome the difficulty, until such times as the rules and by-laws for the government of the brigade are adopted by the Fire Board,, that the brigade appoint a secretary and guarantee his salary." Wlll ? i

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The price of milk in Carterton has been reduced to threepence per quart.

A Press Association telegram from Invercargill states that during August only four persons were arrested for drunkenness in Invercargill, all of whom obtained liquor outside the electorate.

Owing perhapsJtt; the scarcity of feed, occasioned Blithe late spring, writes the Winchester correspondent of the "Lyttelton Tunes," sheep are down in price from 2s to 2s 6d a head compared with the price of a month ago. A line of 400 wether hoggets was sold a month ago at 12s fid, and on Wednesday, at Geraidine, they were again sold at 10s a head. Pigs have been selling at high rates for all sorts, 14s a head being paid on Wednesday for pigs three weeks old.

The Grey mouth correspondent of the "Lyttelton Times" states that there was a miraculous escape from a fatal accident at Maori Creek last week. A lad named Gordon liton, aged about thirteen years, was walking in the bush when he suddenly fell down a shaft about 60 feet or 70 feet deep. He remained there until six o'clock in the evening, when he wa3 discovered by a party who had been searching for him, and who were attracted by his cries. He was hauled up to the surface, when it was found that he had escaped without a scratch, though he was naturally shaken a good deal. After all that has been said regarding the low salaries of our school teachers it is not surprising to hear that at least one of the unfortunates, a teacher in the Levin district, has sought to earn an extra shilling or so by teaching music after tchoci hourF. Tliis would have been all very well had not a member of ihe musical profession who was (-stablished in regular practice there brought the question before the Education Board, which considered the matter at its meeting recently, and almost unanimously decided that the teacher had a perfect right to employ his spare hours as he chose, so long as anything he might undertake in these hours did not effect his school work. A remarkable illustration of the destructive powers of the rabbits may fsays the "Tuapeka Times") be seen in the upper parf of one of the numerous ravines radiating from the Tuapeka River. A cabbage tree 2Jft in circumference has been gnawed right through by the voracious little animals, and laid prostrate as effectively as if felled by a colony of beavers. In : the same locality the native shrubs show that bunny is learning to climb trees, marks of his teeth being observable on branches 6ft or Tfrt from the ground. Such examples of their rapacity show that the native flora is doomed in any district where 'rabbits are not kept in check. A Press Association telegram from Auckland states that a young girl, whose parents reside at Waihi, was in town during fleet week and took her young brother out to see the sights in the crowd. She lost sight of him, and subsequently heard that he had been injured and taken to the Hospital. The shock and sense of her failure to carry out the trust of her young relative preyed so much on her mind that when: she got home she swallowed some match-heads, and had, as a result,, to be taken herself to the Hospital. When the case was called in the Auckland; Court,, it was. explained that she' had l but recently recovered from a severe attack of en-

teric fever f and as she appeared' to have regained her mental l balance, the girl was allowed! to return to> the care of her relatives.

The through railway connection between Auckland and; Vellington will have an important bearing upon the Auckland agricultural; show?,, as stud stock from-, Taranaki and Wellington provinces may be expected to compete with the Auckland stock. ; Probably, also*. Hawke's Baty may enter the field. In the past (says, the "Herald"), the Auckland show has been practically a provincial! affair,, ow-ng to the; difficulty of bringing valuableaiiimals by seay but in another year or so the Auckland show may be expected to become very much larger, and,, in fact, by a long way the greatest show in the Northi Island-. Already preparations are being made. The Waikato. Agricultural and Pastoral Association has postponed its show dates from, Noember 4th and sth to November 11th and 12th, in, order to allow stock breeders to bring on their animals from Maniawatu,, and as the Auckland show will follow later there will be big inducement for Wellington and Taranaki breeders.

The "Free Press" (Bakliutha) re ; ports that a deadlock has arisen in , the ivaitangata School Committee. Matters reached a climax: on Thursday night* It seema that some members of the committee had taken a 1 stand on the question of corporal ; punishment of girls 12 years of age and over. Some five months ago it ■ resolved to draw the headmas- ; tar's attention to the fact that "information had. been received that it was a common practice to strap girls 12 years of age and over,"and asked him to see that the Education ,' Board's regulations in this respect were carried out, To this the committee received no reply, and a resolution was sent to the Board asking that a regulation be passed enjoining teachers to keep a record of corporal punishment inflieted on girls of 12 years and over. In the meantime certain letters from the headmaster were received by a member of the committee, and a strong' exception was taken to these by the other members. The board's communication, there seemed no necessity for an inquiry, was received on Thursday, and the committeemen who were present, after two hours' deliberation, decided to resign in a body. Mrs L. I'eiers, Minimal*, Wellington, N. Z.. s-iys: " I onn safely recommend Chamberl lin's Colie, Cholera and Diarrhoea, llemcdy to anyone suffering from pains in the stomach. A few days ago my little boy. age 15 years, was suffering agony with this complaint. I only gave him a few doses of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and he was soon well and has not been troubled since. I think this remedy sliould be kept in every home." For sale by all chemists and sorekeepers. Mrs. It, Gadd, 307 Madras-st., North Christahuroh, N. Z. writes: " Chamberlain's Conghltemedy is a most valuable medicine. I sell a lot of it in my shop, and it is used *, in my home. I have recommended it ' n ™' to several people and have never known it to fail. There is no question but what it is the foremost cough medicine sold in this listriot." For sale by all chemists and storekeepers.

I . : Im^a& : iJ = ' tB A match was played atPalmerston North last Saturday between teams from the Manawatu and Pahiatua Golf* Cluba. The match resulted in a •win "for the Manawatu Club by six games to one. The balance-sheet of the County of Masterton is circulated with to-day's issue. Mr J. Waters is prepared to undertake chimney sweeping in any part of the town. A notice re straying stock is inserted in this issue by Mr C. L. Ireland, Te Nui. A good grazing run in the Masterton district is advertised for sale by Mr W. H. Cruickshank. Mr R. T. Holmes, bookseller, Masterton, notifies that all accounts owin? to him must be paid at an early ■ date. W. Dimock and Co , Ltd., have advanced the price of bacon pigs to : 5d per lb. Their advertisement appears in the advertising column. Messrs J. A. Maclean and Co., auctioneers and property salesmen, imwHltqM Street, Masterton, have a notice of interest to farmers on page 8. Mr J. K. Blinkhorne, tobacconist, has received a consignment of the well-known "Masta" pipes, and makes a fine display of them in his ■Queen Street premises to-day. j Messrs Cole and Westermar, the well-known drapers and clothiers of IWa-'ners Street. Wellington, who purchased the stock in the bankrupt estate of F. McCay, draper, M.isterto.i. at a substantial discount, will open with a great sweep-out sale on Friday next. An inset giving an idea of the bargains to be offered will be ci-culated through the Wairarapa Age on Friday morning.