LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9185, 7 September 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The last Worksop Dredge return is reported at HOoz Bdwt. The return is for a "short" week. j The annual meeting of members of the Carlton Cricket Club will be held in the Occidental Hotel, at 8 o'clock, on Wednesday next. A social in aid of the funds of the local Lodge of Good Templars will be held in the Dominion Hall this evening at 8* o'clock. Mr J. 'Hunter will deliver an address to the electors of Dreyerton on Wednesday evening next, and he will speak at Mauriceville Wtst on Friday.

When nearing the Waipoua cutting a mishap occurred to the second engine of the South bound express on Saturday. The train was delayed for about a quarter of an hour. The weather on the East Coast of the Wairarapa hap, so we are informed, been fairly dry for some time past, and much warmer in comparison with the weather experienced in Masterton. The grass is well forward, and stosk are doing well. The new telephone service for the Masterton Exchange, by which the Bureau will be open continuously day and night, Sundays included, comes into operation to-day. The sunscribers are thus getting the benefit of the service auout a month earlier than was intended, and for this month no extra charge will be made. Our Pahiatua correspondent, writing on Saturday afternoon . last, remarks:— The weather took a change becoming verymuch colder with a slight westerly wind blowing. This morning the sky was overcast, and at twelve rain began to fall, and there are indications of a good fall. The directors of the Wairarapa Caledonian Society * met on Saturday atternoon, Mr D MvLachlan occupying the chair. The programme for the next sports gathering was revised, and similar business dealt witL It was decided to hold another Ir.gleside before the end of the present month, for admittance to which a charge will be made. A vehicular mishap in Queen street in Saturday afternoon was fortunately unattended by serious consequences. A gig being driven out of the Prince of Wales' stables was given insufficient room to turn by a passing express, and the wheel of the gig catching in a verandah post caused the vehicle to capsize, three occupants being thrown out on to the road. Beyond a severe shaking no injuries were sustained. The Rev. A. Hortge gave an address to the young men's meeting of the Masterton Y.M.C.A. last evening, at which there was ;an attendance of over forty. The address dealt with the possibilities of evangelistic work by the Y.M.C.A., and was of ,an interesting and elevating character. Mr J. Heyhoe occupied the chair. Mr Tai Heketa (of Dannevirke) sang "He Wipes the Tear" very pleasingly. About a dozen young Maori men were present. A Maori Young-age Pension Scheme and a "Relief to Married Workers' Bill" are subjects likely to be productive of an interesting discussion at the fortnightly as3e nbly of the Y.M C.A. Parliament tomorrow evening. Mr E. Flanagan has the handing of the latter "Bill," and it is understood that he will introduce some original ideas which should meet with general public approval. The ladies' gallery will be reserved as usual. At a meeting of H. W. Clay's creditors at Masterton, on Saturday, before Mr W. B. Chennells, D.0.A., only the Assignee attended. Bankrupt, who was represented by Mr C. A. Pownall, was examined by Mr Chennells. <He stated that he purchased the lease of the Hamua Junction Hotel, paying £1,150 for the lease and furniture. He put £4OO cash into the business, and the balance of the purchase money was secured by the mortgage to Barraud and Abraham on mortgage of lease and furntiure of hotel. In addition to this he gave promissory notes to Mr Eaton, the former licensee, for stock, license, etc., to the extent of £9O. He did a good business for a start, but after four or five months the business fell off considerably. He, however, managed to meet all his engagements up to Christmas last, but being heavily burdened with mortgages, and business being bad, he got behind financially, and was compelled to file on account of pressure of his creditors. The Assignee stated that the lease of the premises had been sold, but before effecting the transfpr of the license he intended looking into the matter in the hope of obtaining some of the assets for the unsecured creditors. Pimples, eruptions, blotches, scales, ulcers and eczema are all caused by bad blood. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are wonder woikers in the cure of all disorders caused by bad or impure blood. They eliminiate all poisonous matter by enriching the blood and enabling it to make new and healthy tissues. Pure blood means perfect health, and if you will use Chamber*lain's Tablets they will give you good health, and a pure clean skin free from pimples and blotches. For sale by all chemists and storekeepers. For Bronchial Coughs take Woods *fi eat Peppermint Cure, ] l '6and2/6.

The Nireaha Cheese Factory is to commence operations on September 14th. A donation of one guinea has twin made to the funds of the newlyformed United Cricket Club by Mr J. Yarr, a Vice-President. The present has been the best lambing season ever experienced in the Forty-mile Bush, though in many flocks the mortality amongst ewes has been high. The tender of Briscoe and Co., of £9,017 17s 4d, has been accepted for the construction of an electric tram line from O'Neill's point to Takapuha (Auckland). The MastertonlMounted Rifles will hold their usual Government inspection dismounted parade oh Thursday evening this week instead of Wednesday, as the Drill Hall will be engaged for the County Ball on the latter evening. About £IOO will be cleared by the Wairarapa Hunt Club as a result\ of its recent steeplechase meeting at Taratahi. This is a highly satisfactory result, esjsecial'y compared with last year's meeting, when, but, for a donation of £2O given by Mr J. Kennedy, a loss would have been sustained. A special meeting of the General Committee of the Masterton A. and j. P. Association will be held on Saturday next, at 10 a.m., to draw up the programme for the next Show. The ordinary monthly meeting will be held in the afternoon, when Mr J. MJohnstone's suggestions on the laying out of the Solway grounds will be discussed.

The executive of the Masterton Horticultural and Industrial Society are making preparations for their inaugural Spring Show, which will be hold in the Drill Hall at a date to be ' announced shortly. Messrs J. (Jaselberg, E. Hale and N. H. James (secretary) have been appointed a committee to draw up rules and regulations to govern the Show and to arrange other matters of a like nature. The gold fillings b\ two of a dead man's teeth provided a means of identifying the body which was found in the garden of a Mount Eden house, on Monday last, l'he Coroner at the inquest, stated that this method of identification had been applied before. In one case, in New York, where murder had been committed, the body had been practically destroyed by burning, but a dentist established the identity of the victim by recognising his nwn dental work, and this point being cleared up, an arrest was made, a conviction obtained, and the executed. A sheep-breeder giving his experiences in the disease known as "bearing down in ewes'' wrote to the Hawke's Bay A. and P. Society to the effect that his method of "curing" the disease was to cut the throats of sheep thus affected. If his experience and "treatment" was of any value to members they were welcome to it, but be, personally, approved of the "cut throat" treatment. The members present when; the letter was read 1 were of the opin- >. ion that the writer would not have many repetitions of the disease atrongst his flock* Just as farmers were beginning to murmur gentle prayers for rain, through the sun and the frost conspiring to make pasture and cropping land alike as hard as the proverbial brick, the wonderful spell of late winter sunshine gave place to a day of light and pleasant rain on Satur- i day. The visitation was as brief as it wag welcome, as early yesterday the clouds beean to roll away, dnd mellow sunshine again exerted an , invigorating away.' It i 3 truly record weather for the lambing season, and even if the equinoctial period is more trying than present conditions, lambs will be well advanced to withstand it. ' A Press Association telegram from Auckland states that the Waihora, from Fiji, brings details of the murder of Ben Hall at the 'Stsivo plantation, Lautoko. Hall, a single man, thirty years of age, was in his house, when an Indian informed him that he was wanted at the stables. Hall was proceeding tb the stables, when he was seized and thrown down, and deliberately chopped to pieces. The body had over sixty cuts, the skull wa« splintered, and the head almost severed from the bodv. The police arrested sixteen Indians, some of whom are reported as having confessed to the crime. With co-operative marketing schemes in the air the directors of some dairy companies are trying a modified form of co-operation. Instead of each company separately meeting buyers, the directors of a number of companies are meeting together in one hall and invitingbuyers to meet them there. The, idea tlM\prompted "this movement is that if one firm handled the produce of a number of companies in one district it could afford to give a higher price to each company. So far the idea does not seem to have justified itself. Representatives of three companies, the Eltham, Mangatoki, and Kaponga, met buyers in the Oddfellows' Hall at Eltham on Wednesday (the local paper reports). Eight- ' een dealers were interviewed, and the conference lastej all day. No definite arrangements were made. The Dresden Piano Company, Limited, is proud of the confidence placed in it by the pi\blic—a trust built up by years of houest dealing. Frankness is " the Dresden's " motto in all its relations with a purchaser. The more the latter knows about the piano he is buying, the more li kely he is to be satisfied. What the Dresden Piano Company Limited has to offer its patrons is quality—never anything else. Had not good value been a characteristic feature with the Dresden, theirs would not b« the business it is to day. That Company has many advantages. It possesses extensive capital and an enormous output. Thus, it ■, commands stock en a bed-rock basis from the world's, foremost manufacturers.. Then it possesses ofiicers of great experience, of unrivalled judgment, and of unquestioned integrity, in whom, not only has "The Dresden" the utmost confidence, but on whom the public, tob, can rely—to the last word. Local Representative is T. B. Hunter. Beware of the dealer, salesman, or traveller who casts reflections upon his competitors. He does so from interested motives —perhaps to back up his own weak position. Our Agents are instructed not to discredit rival firms. They are t« rely solely on the merits of the Company's instruments. . For Children's Hacking Cough at night Woods' Great Peppermint Ourev i/6 *nd2/6.

A farmer in Ashburton County .claims to have killed recently 108 .■sparrows with one discharge of his .gun, the cartridge being charged -with sparrow- hot. The gun was d«s•charged while the birds were in the act of rising from an oatsheaf ■stack. A peculiar and sad shooting accident occurred at Bulli, New South Wales, a few days ago. A lad named Xindsay, in company with another boy, was shooting on the Bulli ,'Mountain, when the latter, mistaking Lindsay rising from behird a bush }for a wallaby fired, and the charge entered Lindsay's head, arms and body. Fortunately, Mr E. Hewitt, •of Bulli, happened along in a sulky : shortly after, and conveyed the sufferer to Bulli, where he was ; attended. The victim was weak from loss of blood. Over fifty shotholes were counted in Lindsay's shat. The old fetish of "Prime Canter•birry" still crops up in reports of .'London sales of New Zealand mutton j(remarks the "Auckand Herald), de- " spite the fact that the Auckland meat'has long ago reached the same standard of quality. Advices just received by the. secretary of the .Auckland Farmers' Freezing Company show that a line of frozen lamb sent from Auckland brought from 5Jd 'to s|d per lb, and a quantity/>f Auckland beef sold at 4d and 3|d respectivffiy for hind and forequarters. The Hisjh Commissioner's report for the same sales quotes Canterbury lamb a- SJd, and other brands s£d, and beafjac 3fd and 3£d resoectively for hind J and forequarters, which goes to show that even the High Commissioner's reports are not as infallible iaa was indicated by Sir Joseph Ward the other day. Perhaps it is a matter of taste mist people prefer the outside of the g.nl to the inside of it. Not so with Ah Sing, however. Ah Sing, an 'tilierly Victorian Chinaman, has been frequently betore the courts on minor charges, and says there is no place like gaol. He was brought before the Ballarat East magistrates last week on a formal charge of having insufficient means of support. It •was explained that the accused, who had been abandoned by his countrymen, in consequence of their belief that he possessed an evil spirit, would not remain in the Benevolent /Asylum. He preferred gaol, and he Was continually knocking at the gaol .'gates for admission. The Bench sentenced Ah Sing to twelve months' imprisonment, ani as he was leaving 'the court under police escort he Baid, '"Gaol velly good." An amusing story or Mr John Burns is told by the Rev. Sadler Phillips, vicar of St. Etheldreda's London. -Mr B'irns was recently a guest at the Diocesan Chapter dinner, when, in a conversation the Bishop of London expressed the hooe that he would ihava mercy on St. Paul's Cathedral and do his utmost to prevent a tube railway I eing constructed under, it. The President of the Local Governm?nt Board reassured the Bishop by saying:-"The fact is, Bishop, I have a personal interset in St. Paul's. If you look aimng the figures in . mosaic on the roof over the choir stalls you will find me there with outstretched arms. I am one of the archangels." Mr Burns explained that Jong ago he posed for Sir Willilfn Richmond, R.A., who executed the work. Although woman has not yet won her fight for equal suffrage (says the San Francisco "Argonaut") her influence in the politics of a club exclusively for men has lately been demonstrated. A contest for the office of president in a New York club was ■ decided by a letter written by a woman There were two candidates for the place; one a clerk, in a New York financial institution, whose young wife had been a working girl, the other a wealthy manufacturer, with a reputation among his neighbours for "closeness." The day before the election each member of the ■ little' club received a typewritten letter, signed by a woman whom all knew, which began with these words: "If what I write you is not true, it is a libel." Then she said the club should not honour its "meanest man," and related some amusing incidents to demonstrate that she was not mistaken in her estimate of the man. In closing she wrote, "What do you think of a man who has his barn painted and sa"s to his wife: "That's your birthday present.' If you can afford to elect that kind of .a man for your president, go ahead!' The alleged "meanest man" was defeated. , An incident in connection with the American Fleet celebrations which probably escaped the eye and ear of the übiquitous pressman is disclosed latter to a New Plymouth resi"""dent from a friend in Auckland. It is related thus: "At the invitation of the of the Southern Cross (Melanesian Mission ship) I went on board to see the Fleet's arrival and the first evening's illuminations and fireworks. The boat was anchored in the stream close to the Channel along the harbour, so we were close to each ship as she passed. In the evening it was announced that the lighting o* the ships and the pyrotechnics would commence at 8 o'clock. We grew rather tired of waiting, so as tc -hurry things up I suggested that the Captain should discharge one oi signal rockets. He is always ready for a lark and though! this a splendid idea. So a' 'two minutes to eight we sent up one This description of a rocket makes a discharge like a cannon at first, thei ahoots up t) a great height invisibly, breaking with another awfu bang into a number of blue stars Numbers of onlookers took it for ; pre-arranged signal, for the momen it exploded the ships of the flee 'lighted up and the fireworks started I consider our rocket was tie bes thing of the evening and the Captai was delighted with the way it acted Several persons told me how well i looked from the land and what •capital signal it made for proceeding to commence." Mr C. F. B. Livesay, Architect of Wa lington, has moved to more convenieii rooms in the National Mutual Chamben Customhouse Quay, (adjoining the Hea Office of the Bank of N.Z.) AddressP.O. Box 771. Telephone 2692. Prompt Delivery. Importers reqnn ;ing immediate delivery of their gooc cannot do better than entrust the: , » Customhouse and Forwarding work t J. J. CURTIS and Co. Ltd., Customhom Quay, Wellington. Efficient 3ervice an ■moderate charges assured

A cable message received on Saturday stated that the International Baptist Congress at Berlin passed a resolution thanking the Kaiser for his recent speech at Strasburg, announcing that the peace of Europe was not in danger. Visitors to Taieri are struck with the sight of a number of windmills pumping in the vicinity of Henley. There are seven of these pumps lifting into the river the water fro:? the areas still flooded. Each pump shifts 2,000 gallons a minute, but in spite of this the water is receding slowly. A few days ago while Mr A. Thompson, builder, was making an excavation in his factory in Taupo Quay. Wanganui, he came across an old solid cannon ball some six feet below the surface. The ball vi about sfin in diameter and weighs 23ilbs. It is evidently a relic of the early days of Wanganui. The specimen has been presented to the Museum. Auckland is rejoicing in plentiful supplies of cheap fish. On Wednesday, the "Herald" says, a noticeable feature of Queen street was the large quantity of fish hawked in the barrows. They consisted principally of splendid large schnapper, which were retailed at four for a shilling, and the barrow vendors did a maring trade all day long. The boycott of American poods.in China is producing sorre remarkable effects upon the statistics of Chinese imports. In 1905 China imported 12,566,093 pieces of American plain cotton goods; in 1906 she imported 8,544,165 pieces; and in 1907 only 578,647 pieces from the States; and that was reduced almost to nil by the re-export of 519,598 pieces of American goods. The usual monotony of the Auckland Magistrate's Court was broken on Thursday morning by a lady who was defending a civil action. Mr . Kettle, S.M., who was on tha Bench. ; expressed reluctance ti go on with the case unless defendant obtained . the services of a solicitor to represent rnr. Whereupon the lady raised i an eyeglass to her eye and surveyed : the opposing counsel and the magis- i trate. To the latter she protested > that she could riot afford to pay a lawyer, "So," she continued, "I call ' upon you for justice—that is, if you : are capable of giving it to me without having pome other judge up there beside you. We have got the franchise, and we want the law . free." Mr Kettle said he thought he could manage, single-handed, to give the lady the justice she claimed, and the case proceeded. A few months ago a mild sensation was created in Auckland by the , publication of figures,; emanating J from the sub-inspector ' of police, ' showing the number of women who . were given to the drink habit (says the "Auckland Herald"). A striking commentary on the subject'was a scene witnessed in a local street one night last week. From a certain publichouse there issued two young girls, whose joint ages probably did not exceed 30, dressed in short skirt 3, and with their hair hanging down their backs. Both girls, as they stepped on to the footpath, raised, and proceeded to place to their mouths and imbibe therefrom, sodawater bottles containing neat spirits —whisky or brandy, judging by the colour. "The Lord have mercy on our souls," exclaimed one of them, as she finshed her fiery draught, displaying a recklessness and abandon that were pitiable. Her companion laughed, and the girls passed on down the hill. "I have never heard a business man say anything against a Chinaman, and I have never heard one say a good word lor the Jap." So says Mr G. W. S. Patterson, of New York and Auckland, who has recently ieturned from his annual trip to the East. "The reason for this is not far to seek," he says. "The Chinese merchants have for centuries been drawn from the better class, and honesty is a part of their religion, while in the case of the Japanese it has been the other way about, the better class becoming soldiers or priests. The Japanese Government was trying to raise the standard of the national commercial morality, , but with very little effect. When I was there early in the year there as a case before the courts in Tokio, where the Japanese had imitated the label of a British brand of whisky and sold a vile spirit in place of the genuine stuff throughout the East, ■ but the courts threw but the charge on the ground that there was no registration of trade-marks in Japan. The case was referred to the recently- ! instituted Chamber of Commerce—--1 really a Government institution to ■ correct commercial immorality—--1 but I see that body has throwi? out * the case Now I loarn that the t Powers are about to insist on Japan 1 recognising registered trade-marks. 5 This is only one of hundreds of cases 1 where the Western trader is defeated 1 by the cheat of the East." Messrs Lyttle Brus. require a smart , boy for their shop, i The Castlepoint County Council I give notice to strike a rate for the * current year. ■ f An advertiser has unfurnished 0 rooms to let in a house in a good 3 locality. * The stock, lease and goodwill of a 3 bicycle business is advertised for x sale. lt Messrs Cole and Westerman, who ! are disposing of McCav's banKrupt a stock, report big bu.s-ness on Saturn dsy last. In our Wanted column they ', publish a series of advertisements, setting out the bargain lines for J " this week. They have a big line * of men's box suits to char at very [. bw prices. i. Messrs J. A. J. Maclean and Co. it report having held a genera 1 sale at in their rooms, Perry street, when a 1 large lot of furniture and sundries it were offered, and found new homes, a good prices being realised. There js was a fair attendance of buyer- in spit.; of the inclement weather which prevailed. Messrs Maclean and Co. ,1 still have inquiries for poultry which nt they hope to be abie to supply next ■B. Saturday. Mrs. It, Gadd, 307 Madras-st., North Christshurch, N. Z. writes : " Chamberlain's Cou<*h Remedy is a moist valuable medicine r- I sella lot of it in my shop, and it is usee ds in my home. I have recommended l lir to several people and have never known ; to to fail. There ia no question but what i se is the foremost cough medicine sold in tin ad : district." For sale by all chemists am SL\ storekeepers.