LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3026, 24 October 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Worksop Dredge shareholders will be interested to learn that the dredge re-commenced operations on Thursday night, a new tumbler having been adjusted. There will be no wash-up this week. Mr W. Howard Booth, of Carterton, was successful in securing first prize at the Havvke's Bay Show with his Shorthorn bull, Silver King, and was also runner-up for the championship. The crops in Morison's Bush district are looking splendid just now. The outlook for farmers is very favourable, some very beneficial rain having fallen during the past few days. The tender of Messrs Coradine and Whittaker (£66 7s 6d) has (been accepted by the Managers of the Masterton Technical School for the supply of desks for the Sedd'on Memorial Technical School. Mr A. N. Burns, headmaster of the Carterton School, is arranging for an exhibition of pupils' work, such as cookery, needlework, brushwork, drawing, etc., in the school on November sth. The prizes presented by Mrs T. H. Hughes and Mr A. N. Burns for the three best pupils in Standard V., at the Carterton School, have been awarded as follows: —Donald Wilson 1, Evelyn Stavely 2, Edgar Pepper 3. The telegraphic chess match between St. Matthew's and Martinborough Clubs, which was to take place this evening (Saturday), has been postponed owing to the inability of the Martinborough Club to raise a team.

A dairy farmer at the Dairy Regulations Conference at Carterton last evening, who affirmed thdt he had about the best-equipped dairy farm in the district, said he had installed such complete sanitary provisions that anyone could "eat his dinner in the stalls and not know but what he was in a Hotel Arcadia." He had concreted the floor of the cowshed, and said that if any farmer with a slab floor tu his shed took up one of the slabs in midsummer he would find reposing thereunder "ail the microbes under the canopy of heaven." The second of the series of socials given with a view of fostering a better understanding between Maori and European was held in St. Matthew's Schoolroom last evening. The Schoolroom was crowded to the doors, and every item Was loudly applauded. Addresses were given by ssveral Natives, and abo by the Rev. A. 0. Williams, of Wanganui. A number of students from the Clareville College were present in charge of the Principal (Rev. Mr Stealey), afti they contributed a haka, which proved very enjoyable. Songs were given by Mrs Tai Te Tau and Mrs Heremaia, Messrs Nixon, Cook and Tamihana, as well as several well selected duets,, and a Waiata poi by the native g'rls of the Kauri Club. Supper was provided by Mesdames, Hill, Sutton, Ashton, Waddington and a large committee of ladies. The accompaniments were played by Miss Waddington. Games for the' use of those present were kindly lent by Messrs McLeod and Young. The Re". Watson, the organiser of the socials, presided, and he is to be congratulated upon tne success of the which was brought to a close with the singing of the National Anthem. A meeting of the Managers of the Masterton Technical School was' held last evening. There were presentMessrs E. Feist (chairman), E. H. Waddington, W. H. Jackson, and J. B. Keith. The Treasurer reported as follows: Receipts since last meeting, £1,193 19s 3d £1,149 18s 8d; leaving a credit balance at date of £44 Os 7d. The credit balance in connection with the Seddon Memorial Technical School at date was £l4B 17s 6d. Accounts amounting to £l7 8s were passed for payment. It was resolved to ask the Hon. G. Fowlds to arrange a date as early as possiblejin December for the opening of the new Seddon Memorial Technical School. The chairman stated that the tender of Messrs G. Hyde and Co. had been accepted for the supply of linoleum forfthe neW Technical School. Mr Jackson stated that he'had arranged with the Borough Engineer for material for filling in the hollow in front of the new Technical School. A tender received from Messrs G. Hyde and Co. for I the supply of green blinds was ac- j cepfced. The secretary was instructed to procure a supply of towels for the use of pupils in the new Technical School. WHi IS SANDER A, SONS PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT superior to any other Eucalypti Product ? IJecuuse it is the result of 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 concoctions 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. Remombor that in medicine a drop that cures is better than a tablespoon that kills, and insist upon the preparation which was proved by exports 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 rURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.

There is at present a lot of sickness in the Morison's Bush district, some cases being very serious. A first offender was fined ss, in default 24 hours" imprisonment, by Mr G. Heron, J.P., at the Masterton Police Court yesterday morning,

Rev. A. 0. Williams will address thejmen's meeting at the Y.M.C.A. on Sunday afternoon. The strangers' tea will be held as usual after the meeting. The Masterton South Brass Band will render a programme ot music in the Hospital Grounds to-morrow afternoon, commencing at 2.30 o'clock. The M-Asterton Mounted Rifles will hold their ordinary dismounted parade on Wednesday night at the Drill Hall. The company will be exercised by Captain McKillop, who will afterwards give an address on the theory of various important manoeuvres in campaign work.

According to a letter received in Wellington from an officer of one of the ships of the Australasian squadron, it is stated that it is generally understood from late Home advices that a powerful British fleet of 25 to 30 vessels will undertake a cruise to these waters before June of next vear.

"I should like to know how far the Government is going with this Dairy Regulation business?" was the pertinent query addressed by a Carterton farmer to the Hon. R. McNab at the. Carterton Conference last night. "We've gone from one thing to another year by year until we shall soon have to feed our cows in closedin'tennis lawns!" These sentiments met with considerable approval. "I used to have a horror of the sheep tax," said a dairy farmer at the Carterton Conference last night, "and so I sold my sheep." "Now," he said, "they have taken ths tax off sheep and shoved it on to cows!" The allusion was made in reference to the registration fee of 5s to be imposed on dairy farmers under the regulations.

At Konini on Wednesday evening, the Bush Rugby Union held their annual ball, and there was a good attendance. During the evening the President of the Union congratulated the Konini team on having won the banner-for the past season, and presented the trophy to the captain, Mr F. Britland. The dance music was supplied by Mr L. Ogden, extras being also contributed by Miss Bissel and Mr Hunt Songs were sung by Mr? P. Quirk and Miss Hannan. Mr R. J. Smith was M.C.

The County elections in the South Wairarapa are likely to provide a little mild excitement, says the "Standard." The sitting Councillors, with the exception perhaps of Messrs Considino and T. Benton, are all expected to seek re-election. Mr J. Terry, it is said, will oppose Mr T. Evans for the Otaraia seat, and Mr John Martin will be a candidate for the Martinborough seat. Mr Alex. Hannay is a probable candidate for Kahautara.

The date of the Masterton Horticultural Society's Spring Show, to be held in the Drill Hall next month, has not yet been definitely decided upon, except that the Committee of the Society have resolved to hold the Show early in the month. The Schedule Committee met on Thursday evening and did some useful work in an important direction. They meet again shortly to complete the details of the programme. There ia every indication of the Show being 1 successful. The following Masterton farmers were among the Wairarapa visitors to the Hawke's Bay Show:«— Messrs :W. H. Buick, Bland Rayner, Wm. Perry, G. R. Syke?, G. E. Allen, W., Howard Booth, D. Guild, W. Rayner, J. Dagg, G. Sievers, W. Piatt and J. Strang. The Masterton visitois were very pleased with the .result of their visit, and consider that the Show compared more than favour ably with last year's Show of the Hawke's Bay Association. A striking example of what can be grown in a limited area of ground, if properly cultivated, can be seen sit Mr Peter Hider's residence in Masonic Street. In a plot forty-five feet wide by fifty-two feet deep, he has growing sufficient vegetables to sup ply quite a small community ot people, whilst space is found for plum, currant and gooseberry trees, grapes and strawberries. Everything in the garden is well grown and healthy, giving amplft evidence of the care bestowed upon them by Mr Hider. The country around Manaia is looking as wall just now as possibly a v.y pastoral area in the Dominion. vVhat a few years ago was practically a useless marsh, is now a magnificent stretch of grazing country,., with grass paddocks which are reminiscent of the most famous Hawke's Bay pastures, where the land carries a phenomenal number of sheep to the acre. The efforts of the settlers whn are responsible for this resultMessrs Bland Rayner, G. R. Sykes, W. McKenzie and others—have been well rewarded, and they are still j further improving the land to bring it to the highest pitch of cultivation. Draining and ploughing on an extensive scale are working a commendable metamorphose.

A speaker at the Carterton Dairy ! Regulations Conference asserted that the Chief Government Veterinarian (Mr J. A. Gilruth) on once being asked what good whitewash did to a cowshed, replied, "Well, it looks as though something has been done to the shed, and that's about all." The speaker said he had little time for whitewash, and believed, so far as cowsheds went, it was better off than on. Another speaker, taking an. opposite view, caused a hearty laugh when he said that he, too, at first thought the regulation requiring whitewashed 1 sheds was absurd, but alter he had given the building its first coat he felt so proud of it that he used to get up very early every morning for some time after "just to go out and admire it, the place looked so well!" Send the docnments of your importations to MESSRS J. J. CURTIS & CO., LTD, Customhouse Shipping and Forwarding Agents, Customhouse Quay, Wellington who will quickly clear, pass and forward the goods to yon. Moderate charges. 2 Mr C. F. B. Livesay, Architect of Wei lington, has moved to more convenient rooms in the National Mutual Chambers, Customhouse Quay, (adjoining the Head Office of the Bank of N.Z.) Address— P.O. Box 771. Telephone 2692.

Docking is now over in the Ihurauat Valley, writes our correspondent. Some of the returns have been good, but some very low percentages are recorded.

Several trucks of Northern stock exhibited at the Hawke's Bay Show arrived at Carterton yesterday for exhibition at the Wairarapa P. and A. Society's Show next week.

The new law providing a reading test in English for Chinese arrivingin the Dominion came into force yesterdy. It is expected this will considerably reduce the number of emigrants from China.

There was a remarkably heavy hailstorm at Carterton at 10.45 o'clock yesterday morning, some of the stones which fell being a quarter of an inch in diameter. The hail was followed by a downpour of rain.

The services in the Congregational Church to-morrow will be conducted by the Rev. A. Hodge. The subject in the morning will be,"Preparing; for To-morrow," and in the evening, "The Believers' Doxology."

There are some very healthy areasof oats to be seen between Mastertorv and Carterton, the crops on some places being as high as two feetabovethe ground. Some Manaia farmers have already completed the sowing of their rape and turnip areas.

The Wairarapa Rifle Association has received as a donation from the Kaiapoi Woollen Company a travelling rug valued at two guineas, also one from Messrs Trenwith Bros., of Auckland, value twenty-five shillings, to be competed for at their annual meeting which takes place ia March next.

"I feel sura that the Minister has already solved most of your objections before you make them," said Mr Homsby at the Dairy Regulations Conference at Carterton, last evening. "The Hon. Minister for Agriculture, Mr McNab, is not only a Cabinet Minister, but he is alsoone of the most practical farmers in. the Dominion. "

A director of the Featherston Cool Milk Company, Mr A. MWilkinson, stated at the Dairy Regulations Cor)ference_at Carterton,, last evening, that he "could not understand what possessed the Government to upset the minds of the dairy farmers, just before the General Election by proposing to introduce the Dairy Regulations as first drafted."

"A dairy farmer has to write off 15 per cent, of the value of his dairy herd every year for some reason or other," said a farmer at the Carterton Dairy Regulations Conference last evening. "That is a low estimate," rejoined another farmer. "Yes," was the reply, "I think it is low; and a good many have to write off over 20 per cent. I should say the average was 20 per cent. One year I had to write off 8u percent."

The success of Messrs Wm. Perry and G. E. Allen, Wairarapa sheep breeders, at the Hawke's Bay Show, was very gratifying to the contingent of Wairarapa farmers and residents who visited the Show. "It shows, conclusively that Wairarapa stock, bred on the right iines„ can compete with the best of breeds elsewhere," said one farmer to a Wairaraoa Age reporter yesterday. There was a big efttry of Wairarapa stock at the Show, about twenty truck loads of animals being despatched. The bultc of them arrived in Masterton by the 5.00 u'cfock gob'h train last evening.

From Wir/dsor (New South Wales) comes a stury of practical sympathy that is refreshing. A tew weeks agb> Mr Alfred White, ~pf' Vineyard, lost' his wife. Then lie fell sick himself, and also had a son laid up. Mr White was ordered away for a change, and on his return ten days later, he learnt that eight or teij .teams had , been at work on his farm. Farmers from Pitt Town had ploughed more than half of the land. In addition to this, the members of the Mulgrave and Vineyard Progress Association, of which Mr White ispresident,' were at work harvesting his crop of lucerne.

At the annual meeting of the Canterbury Central Dairy Company, Mr John Rennie, called attention to the spread of tuberculosis among cattle and pigs in New Zealand, and expressed the opinion that an important factor was the infection of skim milk returned from the creameries. One or two cows, he said, could infect the whole supply, and he himself had noticed the spread of disease. amongst pigs fed on the skim milk. "Men are cheap and pigs are dear," he remarked in reply to a question about the position of the ordinary consumer in the matter. Mr Rennie moved that the directors should consider the advisibleness of patseurising the dcim milk, and his motion was carried.

The "Orepuki Advocate" reports that an improved process of flaxdressing has been discovered by Mr H. A. Nicholson, of Otautau (Otago). j The fibre is treated with a chemical, the constituents of which are not disclosed. It is claimed after extende d trials that by its use fibre was produced giving in one instance 15 points and in another 17 points over fibre treated by the ordinary process. The inventor claims that by his process there is no need for paddocking the flax, there is less tow, an increased strength of fibre, and greater weight of the dressed material. These savings he estimated to run to £3 to £5 per ton,while the cost of treatment is set down at not exceeding 13s per ton. The cost of the installing process is nominal, not exceeding £5. An English paper says:—"The best English honey is miles ahead of any other in flavour, and brings here. Is per lb. Next comes New Zealand honey, about 45s per cwt., retail 9d >to 10d per lb, frequently sold as English. New Zealand honey is similar in colour to English, but not quite so good in flavour. The largest supply of honey comes from the West Indies, ranging up to 30s per cwt. for the best white, retailed at 7d.to 8d per lb. Australian honey is very superior to this honey. The reason Australian honey does not sell is because it [is dumped into the auction mart and sold by the ton. When the beekeepers combine and send their honey to England to some retailer as an agent, properly grading the honey out there and getting it put into suitable jars here, then, and not till then, will decent prices be ob-

"Two gentlemen boarders are re'quired by an advertiser. A young man, strong and willing; requires work of any description. Messrs Gillespie aud Co. have vacancies for lady helps and cooks. Sunday services in connection with Knox Church are announced elsewhere. A list of places at which Mr A. will address the electors is ■-■ advertised in another column. Dr Van Slyke'a next professional visit to Masterton will he on the 24th and 25th November. Those who have not yet got their names on the electoral roll aro advised to do so at once, as the rolls -may close at any moment. Styles that show off to the best ndvantage the characteristics of the wearer arc claimed for tli° suits made by Mr Albert Webb, Masterton. Opening entries are advertised for Messrs Abraham and Williams' Pahiatua and Mcrtinborough etock sile.-f. The dates on which Mr W. C. Buchanan will address the electors at Ka'autara, Pirinoa and Kaiwaiwai are advertised in another column. A splendid property of 3,727 acres, comprising some of the best land in Hawke's Ray, is advertised for sale by Messrs P. B. Lomax and Co., estate agents, of Wanganui. A preparation that is recognised as an excellent nerve and muscle strengthener is Gordon's Quinine and Iron Tonic. It is palatable and composed of the purest ingredients, end can be highly recommended to those suffering from debility in any form. Every variety of men's white canvas and white buckskin boots (but onlv one quality—the best) is at present stocked at Mr J. Carpenter's Masterton Boot Warehouse. In an advertisement on our leader page, prices are quoted which should greatly interest those in search of big value for money. Messrs McLeod and Young have on exhibition in their windows a firstclass display of ladies' handbags and ball-marked silver purses. The goods are marked in plain figures, and the collection serves to acquaint the public with the huge ranee of leathpr goods kept by the firm, and also the price. The Garden Partv held by Knox Choir at Mrs H. T. Wood's on Thursday last will be continued this afterBoon at 2 o'clock. A number of persons who wished to be present en Thursday last were kept away en account of the unsettled state of the weather, and it is expected that these and many others will be present to-day. A really good afternoon's amusement has been arranged, and a small orchestra will enliven the proceedings. In order to close accounts in the estate of the date John O'Connor, Tinui, Messrs 'W. B. Chennells ard Co., have been tfavoured with instructions to sell by public auction, at their rooms, (Perry Street, Master- ■' ton, 339 acres of ; land, situated ahrxit three miles from Tinui. The property comprises first-class sheep country, and is nearly all ploughable. A prcperty of 62?* acres on the MastertonTaueru Road comprising rich dairy fiate, will also be offered. Fuller particulars will be advertised in a r later ifsue.