LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 2993, 17 September 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr M. Foley, Clerk of the Court at Masterton, has bten gazetted a paten; agent., , The Town Hall has bean booked for October 12th oy Miss Irene Ainsley, the talented New Zealand contralto, and her concert party, which includes Mr Ha nilton Hodgee. The charge against John°McKenzie of having uaeu ooscene knguage in the W.P.C.A. yard a few days back, within the hearing of passers-by in Chapel Street, was brought on again;; at the Masterton S.M. Court yesterday, before Mr W. P. James,S:M. A female witness was called, who testified th«»t.she was passing by at the time of the occurrence, and th6ugh she heard a row she heard no bad language. The Magistrate dismissed the case, though he remarked that accused was fortunate in not being convicted for the offence. Next Sunday is the anniversary of the martyrdom of Bishop Patteßon at Nukapu in the Melanesian Islands. By rather a strange coincidence, Mr R. G. Coates, the organising secretly of tha Melanesian Mission, is visiting Masterton at the. present time. He will give a Lantern Lecture in St. Matthew's Schoolroom tonight at 7.30 o'clock. Mr Coates has lately returned from another visit to the Islands, and his lecture to-night will be illustrated by an entirely new and beautiful set of slides prepared from photographs taken recently by Mr Beatte, Photographer to the Tasmanian Government. A young man named Ernest Cohen was brought up on remand before Mr W. P. Jame3, S.M., at Masterton S.M. Court, yesterdaj, charged with having fraudulently converted to his own. use various small sums of money belonging to his employer, C. E. Daniell, aggregating £13 v 5s 6d. Mr C. A. Pownall entered a plea of guilty on behalf of the accused, but invoked the clemency of the Court on the ground that Cohen was a young man who had yielded to temptation under stress of other trouble, Mr Daniell did not press the charge, and full restitution would be made of the amount converted, which totalled, with 3ums not included in the charges, £3O 9s lOd. The Magistrate adjourned the case until the afternoon, and when it was again brought on he said he had decided, perhaps not altogether rightly, to give Cohen a chance to reform. The news of his laDse had caused his mother a serious illness, and if accused were sent to gaol his mother's death might ensue, and thus the worst punishment would not fall upon accused, although the latter deserved it fully. It was apparent that accused had gone studiously to work in his dishonest acts, as shown by the way the books were "faked." However, in the interests of all concerned he thought it best to order 1 accused to come up for sentence when called upon, on condition that the money stolen was refunded. His Wor-ship severely admonished accused, advisj in* him to embrace the opportunity I given him to reform. ONCK A MXn'bUYR A suit from ub he is moat unwilling to wear any oth?r make. That's why we're milking suits for gentlemen all over the Dbniinion —gentlemen who have tested the fit, comfort, style, and quality of our clothes, and have found them the best: Why not leave your order with us when next in Wellington. Our cash prices mean money saved to you. Morrison and Penney, Tailors, 73 Willis Street, Wellington.

Mrs Osborne, of Waihakeke, has isposed of her 40-acre farm to Mr c . "MfrOflbome and t imily intend taking up their resience in Auckland. o Richard John Cowles, alias James j mith, was sentenced at the Napier [agistrate's Court yesterday to six lonths' imprisonment on three n barges of larceny. . * The Carterton streets are again in c deplorable state on account of the 3W hours heav> rain yesterday. A t tart has oeen made with the work of j akine: up tho old coating of asphalt < n the footpaths. The first consignment of rhubarb j old in Wellington on Tuesday on be- j ialf of a Louver Hutt grower, realised j he record'priced of 2.0:3 iu 25a per loz3n bundles, earh bundle being ibout 51b. i O.i Tuesday next a number of Car- ] ertun residents w;JI be charged at the ' "artec ton • Magistrate's Coert with javing ridden tooir bicycles on the : "ootpaths, and at night without i ights, contrary to the Boiough By,a ,vs. The." All-Black Minstrel Troupe" will give a performance in the Mas:erton Town Hall on Wednesday, • 23rd inst., the funds to go towards the uniform fund of the Masterton Municipal Brass Band.' Full particulars will be published later. The death occurred at Stratford on Saturday of Mr George Croot> an old resident of the Lower Valley, and father'of Mrs H. Cook, of Ward's line. He leaves a family of six daughters and three sonb to mourn their loss, his wife having pre-de-ceased him by about five years. < A meeting of dairy farmers was held at Mangatainoka no Tuesday night for the purpose of protesting against the proposed new dairy regulations which have been referred by Government to the Stock Committee for consideration. It was decided to enter a'" vigorous protest against! the regulations. At a riieetin* of stewards of the Pahiatua.'Racing Club the following were appoi nted: —. Works .•(JsjOftimittee, Messrs Preiser, Hare and W. McCardle; Finance Committer, Messrs Hare, W. McCardle and McSherry; "Programme Committee, Messrs J. tvicCardle, W. Yule, Debreceny/: Sullivan and Prosper. ' A three-year-old son of Mr C. Stevens, of Woodville, according to the Examiner," the other day ate several sticks of gelignite—a quantity sufficient to lift a large house. An emetic Was given the child by its mother, and a doctor's services were requisitioned. The boy is now out of danger, but his eyes are very sore and the sight is affected. i Some New Zealand kauri logs which have been lying in the Admiralty pond at Portsmouth since 1851 were fished out tha other day, and were found to be in a splendid state of preservation after their 57 years of saturation. Some of,.this limber has been worked into the new yacht being built for the King (writes j a London correspondent). . The ammunition used in fighting ths dust nuisance in Christchurch assumes, when expressed in figures, a more massive appearance than might be expected, says a localpaper. The Christchurch Tramway Board's two electric sprinklers and the smaller ones used on the steam lines have been spreading 1,500,000 gallons of water, nearly 6,7oostons, a week. A class of instruction is being held in Carterton in connection with the New Zealand Defence Forces, commencing on thel4th inst. and finish* ing on the 19th inst. The class is under the supervision of Captain H. H. Browne, of the General Instructional Staff, as isted by Staff-Sergt.-Major McNair. The syllabus is similar to that of the class 'held in Mas*' terton last year. A , Dannevirke school of instruction will be held from the 21st, to 26th, and one following later in Masterton. Classes for all branches of the service, including school cadets, are included. The Dominion secretary of the New Zealand Farmers' Union has received a letter from the Minister for Immigration regardnig the resolutions of the Farmers' Union Conference relative to farm and domestic labour. The Ministerial reply to these matters is that in the case of domestic workers, the Government were prepared, and have granted passages at reduced rates of £lO an adult, if the young woman were possessed of the sum of £2, because there was an unsatisfied demand, and the officers of the department were aware they could always find situations for them on arrival in the Dominion. NotWithstanding extensive notification throughout the public press of the United Kingdom, of the demand for domestic workers in the Dominion, and the concession, only a small.num> ber of applicants for passages have 1 been received by the High Commissioner. Persons who are engaged in agricultural pursuits are granted passages at reduced rates by the High Commissioner, if the head of the family will be possesed of capital of £25 upon arrival in the Dominion. Get your piano where you can rely oil quality and value. Huudreds of people are taking, advantage of the Dresden Piano Company's time payment system; and shipment upon shipment of pianos and orgaus is coming in month after month. "The Dresden'' with years of experience, and a remarkable turnover, is ever able to sell the best goods at the Jowest market rate; But it is not satisfied with merely gaining a new customer; it aims at making anottier business friend— and usually does so. Now, with the Dresden Piano Company Limited, absolute quality is guaranteed. Every piano issued is perfect material and workmanship. This reputation is guarded most jealously. Where, for example, will you tind better instruments than the Broadwood, tho Lipp, the Konisch, and the Stein way—they are indeed four great pianos. You should certainly either call on or write to the Dresden Piano Company Limited.Wellington.or you could see their Local Jtiepre'sentative i 3 T. B. Hunter. Beware ot the dealer, salesman, or traveller who casts renectious 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 fiiuid. They are to rely solely on the merits of the Company's instruments. •When Autumn comes with golden ripening sheaf, With glow'ring skies, and clays becoming brief, IE from asthmatic pains you'd find relief Take Woods' Great .Peppermint Cure. • When Winter's chills are at every door, And daily falls of rain give mud gulore, If consequential ailments jou'd ignore, .. .- Take Woods' Great Peppermint Cute.'; =

The first of the season's whitebait an now be obtained at !afe, Masterton."""' •' A reward is offered for the return £ a gold bur brooch, lost on the Jpper Plain. Messrs J. A. J. Maclean and Co. will hold a general unreserved auc- . ion sale at their Perry street mart m Saturday next. A notice relative to an overcoat, aken from the Bannister Street tuction sale, yesterday, appears in »ur advertising columns. Tenders are invited by the Mas;erton Borough Council for setting jack and re-erecting certain houses n Kuripuni street. v, : Mr W. H. Cruick#hank, land igent, v 'advertises a new list of proaerties which are in his hands for sale. Some excellent investments in FreiholJ property are advertised for 3ale or lease by Mr J. B. Keith, land agent. From the. 23rd to 26th inst* Messrs Warnock and Adkin will make a display of new spring millinery in their Mastertm premise.*. The auction sale at the BaJhister" Street Boardinghouse will ue continued on Saturday aftsrnoon, when: - the balance of goods will be sold without reserve. The Masterton Borough Council invite'applications, to close at" nojn on October Ist, for the combined posi;v tion of Town Clerk and Borough En-V gineer. ' A notice re a petition for the winding up of the Mutual Trading Company, Carterton, is published in another column by Messrs Skerrett and Wylie, solicitors, of Wellington. Messrs C. Adams and Co., millinery specialists, of Cuba street, Wellington, will make a special display of millinery in the sample rooms at the Exchange Buildings, Masterton, from September. 22nd to 2i>th. At the Post Office 1 Auction Mart, on Saturday next, Mr M. 0. Aronsten will sell by public auction, -without reserve, ten pairs of purebred White Wyandottes and Leghorns, and fiftsen pairs young table fowls.. ' Another big catch of fish has been •made by the trawler Nora Nivep, and in consequence the , Masterton Fish Supply Company announce that there will be cheap fish to-night at their shop. . . \MessrH.K:ng and Henry, of Mas*te'rton, have imported a large consignment of fishing tackle, embracing every article that a fisherman requires; f'jThe goods are exhibited in their Queen Street premises, arid inspection of same is invited. The quality of the new season's; goods exhibited in Messrs Krahageni and Chapman's tailoring establishment, Queen Street, Masterton, is. qf an exceptionally high order. The patterns, too, are quite new to the district. The colourings and effects ' of some of the materials are very fine' and attractive, such as will lend distinction and character to the wearers. The firm is noted for stylish work, and general all-round satisfaction goes, oat to nil thoss who patroni"3 them. One of the best known and most popular millinery houses in Wellington is that conducted by Mrs Mathewson, in Lamblbn jQuay.. This lady N is particularly expert is the milliners' art, and keeps a staff of trained . assistants. Many of the most fashionable creations in head dress seen finthe E npire City are produce i in this establishment, whilst orders are fulfilled from all parts of'the Island. Ladies of Masterton and district will' he pleased to hear that Mrs Mathewson intends making an elaborate display of high-cless millinery in Masterton, and has taken a shop in the ,-Exchange Buildings for the purpose., Mrs Mathewson's visit will extend, f om the 21st to the 2fith Sppteuiber, and an invitation is extended to ladie3 to inspect the goods during that period.