LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3023, 21 October 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Ballance Co-operative Dairy Company paid 10£ d per lb for butter fat for the month of September. Messrs Langtey Bros., of Fox ton will undertake the catering for the Masterton and Taratahi-Carterton Racing Clubs. A number of Masterton farmers and residents left yesterday for Has-" tings to be present at the Hawke's Bay Show. Among the number was Mr G. R. Sykes, Secretary of the Masterton A. and P. Association. Through an error on the part of our correspondent at Carterton, it was made to appear in yesterday's issue that the death had occurred of Mrs W.' Ticehurst, of Matarawa, whereas he should have written Mrs Knowles whose decease was mentioned on Saturday last. We regret any annoyance which the paragraph may have occasioned Mrs Ticehurst. The debate on "Is the human race degenerating?" was concluded by the Masterton Y.M.C.A. Debating Society last evening. Mr W. Kemp occupied the v chair. The leaders in the debate made lengthy speeches in reply, dealing exhaustively with the matter touched upon during the three nights on which the debate was discussed. Messrs W. .G. Taylor, E. Flanagan, J. Cole and D. Hebenton contributed some interesting speeches, the chairman moving for them a hearty vote of thanks, which was carried by acclamation. A meeting of the Druids Lodge was held in the Dominion Hall last evening. Jtiro. R Smith, A.D., presided over a good attendance of members. One new member was initiated into the Order,, and one proposed. Bro. J. Elder was elected to fill the vacancy on the Friendly Societies Council. _ After some discussion the following motion was carried : "That this Lodge request.the Wellington Friendly Societies' Council to convene a conference of delegates from all Societies in the Wellington Province at as early a date as possible, to discuss the medical agreement as proposed by the British Medical Association, and in the event of such conference being called this Lodge agrees to 'send a delegate."

A sitting of the lkaroa Maori Land Board was held in Masterton yesterday, before His Honor Judge Fisher and Messrs P. SHeridan and I. Hutana. Mr W. G. Beard appeared in support of an application for the transfer of the lease of 916 acres in Malapihi Block from over a hundred Maori'owners to A. A. Cameron. The lease was dated March, 1907, and was for a term of twenty-one years. The annual rental was £274 17s 6d, and the capital value of 975 acres was £5,876. • Certain grazing rights were to be allowed- to the Native owners. Mr Heard also applied for a transfer of a lease of Flock 3, subdivision A, Okurupatu, frcm thirty seven Native owners to E. McKay, at a rental of £1 per acre, for a term of 14 years. A further application for consent to the sale of seven acres at Akura for £167 to J. Cummins was made by Mr Beard. To the last two requests Kuku Karatiana entered objections, to the first on the ground that the children of some of the owners had no other lands, and to the latter because one of the owners wished to build a cottage on the land, having no other. The Board will sit again to-day. A civil sitting of the Magistrate's Court was held at Masterton yesterday, before Mr W. P. James, S.M., Judgment for plaintiffs > by default was given in the following cases: — W. L. Carrick v. S. Cross, claim £4 10s, costs £1; Mauriceville Cooperative Store v. L. Walker, claim 9s 2d, costs 2s-; J. Arthur v. P. Dixon, claim £3, costs 7s*, VV. Chisholm and Son v. J. Kay, claim £7 17s, costs £1 8s 6d; E. Heggie v. A. Styles, claim £3 19s, costs ss. John Fuller (Mr Pownall) claimed from S. Cleaver £6 fort the detention of a saddle of that value and £3 damages. Judgment was given for £2 damages, and the saddle (a racing one) was ordered to be returned. Costs amounted to £2 16s. J. Kavanagh sued F. Rzoska (Mr Pownall) for £2 5s for the hire of a horse for which plaintiff alleged defendant agreed to pay 7s 6d per week for. Defendant in evidence said he took charge of the horse at first on the understanding that he fed it, later signing an agreement to pay 7s 6d per week for its use. Immediately after the latter transaction the horse was taken away and plaintiff sought to charge for the use of the horse from the start. Plaintiff was nonsuited with £1 Is costs. In a claim made by F. Depn (Mr Pownall) for £4 10s for wages against H. Cole (Mr Hollings) judgment was given for £4 6s, with £'■ 12s costs, and for 4s on a counter-claim of £1 6s.

Effervescent Saline, purifying, refreshing, invigorating to all who suffer from sickness, headache, sluggish liver, etc. Price, 2/6. H. T. Wood, Chemist and Pharmacist (by exam.), Masterton.* Mr, W. Cox, Minntlray-street, JLiallarat Vic, writes : " I have been a great sufferer from rheumatism,-and having obtained the greatest relief by the use of Chamberlain's Paiu Balm I cannot speak too highly of it. Whenever I feci the rheumatic pains com ing on, I give the affected parts a few applications and it always arreßts the attack. I know several people who have used Chamberlain's Pain Balm and they all speak in the highest praises of it." For sale by ali chemist* aud jtwekeepers.

With the view to forming a ladies' committee, Mr J. Hunter invites his lady supporters to meet him at the Dominion Hall at 3 o'clock to-morrow (Thursday) afternoon. »Dr Frengley, District Health Officer, in his annual [report to the Minister of Public Health, states that a high pressure water supply is much desired in Eketahuna.

The tender of Mr T. «. Olliver, of Porirua, has been accepted for the erection of the Porirua Hotel. Fifteen tenders were received by Mr A. H. Jones, architect, of Masterton, for the work.

A Foxton fisherman states that with his staff last year, up to the same date in October, he had caught £SOO worth of whitebait: this year he had only caught £SO worth.

The biennial election of members of the Masterton County Council will be held on Wednesday, the 11th day of- November next. Nominations will close on Wednesday, November 4th, with the Returning Officer (Mr F. G. Moore}, at the County offices, Chapel Street.

On Saturday last the Tararua Rifle Club held "the first competition for the Albertbsen Cup and Club medal. The principal scores were aa follow: —Rifleman F. Rifleman C. Huckstep,, 58; Rifleman 0. A. Olseu, 52; Rifleman A. Petersen, 51; Rifleman A. Daysh, 50; Rifleman E. Olsen, 49; Rifleman, W. Mason, 48.

At a special meeting of the Pahiatua Borough Council, held on Monday afternoon, telegraphs our correspondent, a resolution was adopted by way of special order providing for a special rate of Jd to provide the interest and sinking fund in connection with the recently authorised special loan of £IO,OOO. Mr F. McKenzie, ofMakuri,,, met with a somewhat serious accident on Monday last, being thrown from his horse while riding through the Makuri Gorge, states our Pahiatua correspondent. He was picked up unconscious, and conveyed to the Pahiatua Hospital, where he is progressing as favourably as can be expected.

Blasting and deepening operations on the reef at the Bluff wharf have revealed a mineralised seam. A piece of the quartz, says a Southern paper, has been submitted for analysis, and the result given is 12s per ton in gold. The hewers say that . this was virtually a bit of casing, and that they are now taking out much richer specimens.

The values of the exporls from Wellington for the quarter ended September 30th were:—Mutton, £70,288; lamb, £33,711; tallow, £31,464; greasy wool, £25,308; flax, £29,902; frozen beef, £20,182; hides, £16,183; butter, £14,403; mutton joints, £11,071; slipe wool, £9,739; skins without wool, £9,647; sins with wool, £4,771; washed wool, £3,851; scoured wool, £2,273; preserved meats. £3,341; coal, £2,622; cheese, £2,439; tow, £1,685; pieces of hides, £286. There was a good attendance at the special meeting of the No-License League, held in the Y.M.C.A. Rooms last evening. The President of the League (Mr D. McGregor, junr.) occupied the chair. He moved that a special letter be sent* Mr T. E.. Taylor thanking him for his effective address at the Town Hall on Monday night. The motion wa3 carried unanimously. The greater part of the evening was taken up in discussing matters in connection with polling day. A large nutnaer of young people volunteered to assist the League on that occasion.

We are in receipt of a publication, from Messrs Cooper and Nephews, on the building uf bheep-dipping baths. The subject ia one of considerable interest to sheept'anners. The booklet contains a vast amount of useful information to all owners of sheeppractical information which is the result jf many years' special exnerience. Diagrams are given of the latest designs of baths, and especially of the new "walk-in" entrance to dipping baths, which is a proved practical success and saves nearly half the labour of dipping. Messrs Cooper and Nephews will be happy, to supply gratuitously a copy of the booklet to any sheep-farmer, who will apply to the resident manager in New Zealand, Mr Henry Harrowell, Swanson street, Auckland.

The annual meeting of the Masterton Municipal Band was held on Monday • evening. ■ Bandmaster Hutcheson occupied the chair, there being twenty bandsmen present. The annual report and balancesheet were reau and adopted. The b'alancs-sheet showed the receipts for the year to have been £163, 2s sd, and expenditure £l6l 4s 4d. The assets were set down at ,£285 19s lOd and liabilities at £23 2s 3d. The election of officers resulted as follows:—Patrons, Messrs T. Wagg and Dr Cook*: President, Mr P. L. Hollines; Bandmaster, Mr G. W. Hutchison; Sergeant, Mr E. J. Maher; Corporal, Mr R. Harding; Treasurer, Mr A. Mason; Secretary, Mr E. Maher; Drum-Major, Mr F. J. Hunn; Custodians, Messrs A. Briden and H. Coliins; Committee, Messrs R. Gray, H. Collins, J. Wiseman, H. Dixon, C. Stewart, and the officers ex-officio; Auditors, Messrs J. Prentice and A. Gardner. A hearty vote ot thanks was passed to all those who had assisted the Band financially, or otherwise, during the year, and also to Messrs J. Prentice and A. Gardner for auditing the books of the Band. WHi? IS SANDER & SONS PUKE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT superior to any other Eucalypti Product ? Because it is the result or full experience, and of a special and careful process of manufacture. It is always safe, reliable and effective, and the dangers of irresponsible preparations which are now palmed off as Extract are avoided. A death was recently reported from the use of one of these poncoctious and in an action at law a witness testified that he suffered the most cruel irritation from, the application to an ulcer of another, which was sold as "Just as good as SANDER'S EXTRACT." Therefore, beware of such deception. Remember that in medicine a drop that cures is better than a tablespoon that kills, and insist upon the preparation which was proved by experts at the Supreme Court of Victoria, and by numerous authorities during the last 35 years, to be a preparation of genuine merit, viz: THE GENUINE SANDER AND SONS PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EX. TRACT.

Much of the country between Te Kuiti and Ohura, in the King Country, is be coal-bearing.

Henry Francis Duck, aged 65 years, died at Hastings, yesterdaymorning, whilst chopping wood in his son's yard. The cause of death is supposed to have been heart disease.

Thefts of bicycles and parts of bicycles, lamps, pumps, etc., are still common in Christchurch. The latest prank of the small boy is to smear the saddles of temporarily unemployed bicycles with bird lime. The country in Hawke's Bay is looking its best just now. The fields, hedges and trees provide a wealth of various shades of green that present a charming picture to the eye, and the early flowers in the gardens and hedges are worth going a long way to see.

Much interest is being aroused in Christchurch, particularly among auctioneering firms by the prosecution of a firm for displaying a flag in front of its building ■. bearing the words "Sale now on." The information was laid under a cit# bylaw which provides that no person shall upon or over any footpath of any public street display any board, flag, screen or frame by way of advertisement unless permission in writing is first obtained from the city council.

"One pound out of every five pounds of butter used in Christchurch during the winter comes from the North Island," said the secretary of the Canterbury. Central Dairy Company to-day. "The quantity of butter brought to Christchurch from the North Island is increasing every year, and, if it were not for the North Island butter coming here, prices here would be at a famine level during the winter, probably 2s or 2s 6d a pound."

In the course of his address at Palmerston North, Sir Joseph Ward, in dealing with the Post and Telegraph Offices, stated that in 1891 75,000,000 articles passed through the post offices, whilst last year the number amounted to 142,000,000. In 1891 a total of 2,000,000 telegrams v/ere handled, and last year the total ran up to over 7,000,000. The proportion of telegrams sent to the populated of New Zealand was believed to be by far the highest in the world.

Since his return from England the Rev. J. Hobbs, of Hastings, has arranged periodical services at St. Matthew's Church for the infirm and aged, says a contemporary. One of these services took place on Sunday, and it was a touching sight to witness the old people receiving together the Holy Communion in the; church they were so seldom able to attend. After the service the organist (Mr Percy Tombs) played some'ofthe favourite old hymns and 'selections, and never had sacred music a more appreciative audience.

According tothe"Otago Witness," Fred Jackson, the fbig Cornish forward of the British Rugby team, wjho has been much in the public eye of late, is still in Dunediri, and more unlikely things may happen than that he will settle here for some time. It is Jackson's intention to get an insight into the dredging industry in this country, and with that object he purposes visiting the principal dredges in Otago. Jackson has a deal of experience as a practical and theoretic miner in Cornwall, but is anxious to gain some knowledge of gold-dredging. *

"The majority of grocers* assistants,are married, but the majority or the married men'.have ro families," said a witness in the grocers* dispute, heird by the Conciliation Board at Wellington oh Monday last. "They cannot afford to Keep a family on £2 10s a wepk. Tl.ey have to keep a boarder to keep the pot boiling " ar.d pay the rant. VT->j iid/er.'see an old grocers' assistant As *oon as a man can he drifts out of the trade, and never comes back to it, The single man is the best paid, as he can get a*ay if he wants to and rind brother billet. The married man is afraid to lose his job.

"Let us consider the extent of the reductions made in respect to some of the principal classes of traffic that affect the farming community, and compare the rates ruling in 1890 with the reductions made during the financial year af 1900,. or since that time," said Sir Joseph Ward in his speech ( at Palmerston North on Monday evening. "For 100 miles the rate for wool in 1890 was 7s 5d per bale, today it is 5s 7d. A ton of grain cost to-day it is 9s 8d; -a ton of coal cost 10s 2d, to-day it is 7s 4d. Butter in lOcwt lots cost 26s 6d r to-day it is 14s 6d;. cheese' in 1 ton lots cost 26s 6d:, to-day <it is 14s 6d. Artificial manures which in 1890 cost 13a per ton in 4 ton lots, and 26s 6d per ton in small lots, is to-day carried in scwt. Jots at 9s 8d per ton,, and the farmers are allowed to combine to make up truck loads- in, all cases where they may desire to do" so." }

In this issue is inserted a card by Mr J. Milne, who is commencing the practice ot his profession in thistown. -Mr Milne has lately comefrom Auckland, where he underwent a thorough course of training in the finer points of accountancy with a leading firm of accountants in that city. He has had considerable experience in the accounts oi distributing and manufacturing concerns,, as well as Company work, Trustee, and Executorship. Mr Milne is prepared, to undertake work in any part of the district, and being well acquainted with modern office systems, is qualified to draft and install a set of hooks for any class of business, Mr F. P. Welch has vacancies for oooks, station hands and domestics. An advertiser has for sale eight quarter-acre sections at Lansdowne. The Masterton Fish Supply Company are purchasers of poultry in any quantity. Messrs C. Smith, Ltd.,,announce the arrival of new summer goods in boxed robes, sunshades, and ladies* belts in large variety. An exceptionally large stock of Windsor curtains have also come to hand. Special lines in spring fashions, particularly in ladies' white waist and dainty under garments, are held in full stocks Dy Messrs Lee and Church, Goodwin's Buildings, Cuba Street, Wellington. Prices of certain lines are quoted elsewhere.

In the wanted column to-day, Mr •J. Lowndes, Exchange Buildings, -advertises new goods in stationery -and fancy goods. Avery large assortment of particularly stylish ladies' tan shoes are on view in Messrs D. Finlayson and Sons, Masterton premises. The shoes are of exceptional quality, •well finished and are guaranteed to give good service. The goods are to be sold at particularly reasonable prices, only a small profit having Jbeen added to wholesale cost. On the premises of Mr Carrick, Holloway's Buildings, at 1.30 p.m. to-day, Messrs J. A. J. Maclean -and Co. will submit at auction £I,OOO ■worth of new and up-to-date drapery, including dress goods, laces, millinery, costumes, hosiery, and general lines.' The goods have been, well selected, and are all fashionable lines which should command a ready sale, particularly as they are being •offered absolutely without reserve. A special feature of the Drapery of the W.F.C.A. is . the wkie range of exceptionally high.class materials. At the present time Hhe Association has to hand a large stock of ready t) wear costumes, in ;all grades, particularly in the popular " tweed materials, and in the most fashionable styles. Blouses are,to hand in all j the latest' fashions and raaterias, while the stock of fancy goods and haberdashery has been ■selected specially by their own buyers ■for the new season's trade. An inspection of the new goods is cordially invited. It will be a matter for congratulation, especially to those who have assisted and nromoted the success |of the Wairarapa.and East Coast P. and \A. Society for the thirtyone years, or the greater part of its existence, to know what excels lent support has been given to tl e Society in the matter of entries for the Show next week, and that their labours of the past have borne such good results. Those in charge of the business of this well-known Society at the present time are as enthusiastic over its welfare as those members who devoted their time ai d energy to its progress, during the early period of its existence, and that the management is proving excellent in every way, is clearly demonstrated by the attention paid to it from breeders' in the North Island, both as exhibitors and visitors. Given fine weather, the thirty-first Wairarapa Show should be an easy, record, for the attendance is always large, and the fourteen acres a sight to gladden the heart of everyone who wishes the Society success.