LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3028, 27 October 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In consequence of a remit from the Martinborough branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Union, a special meeting of the local branch is to be called to discuss the question of establishing freezing works in Wai.rarapa. The branches which have so far discussed the proposition have expressed approval of it. A correspondent writes drawing attention to the state of the watertables in Bannister Street, fronting Mason's Buildings and the Club Hotel. A good deal of refuse and stagnant water is, he asserts, congregated there, from which objectionable odours arise. The Directors cf the Masterton Co-operative Dairy Company disposed of their present season's output last week. * The purchasers were Messrs Bray Bros., of Wellington, agents for Messrs Kearsley and Touge, England. A satisfactory price was paid, being higher than that received for last season's output, when IOJd per lb was paid. The Featheiston Rifle Club fired the second competition for Mr Williams' trophy on Saturday last, the ranges being 500 and and 600 yards. C. Nix proved the winner. The following are the scores: —C. Nix 86, J. Reed 82, J. Parker 78, T. Sinclair 77, E. Bockett 76. L. Benton 74, F. C. Everton 73, A. Cundy 68. The sum of £63 per acre was paid by a purchaser for a portion of a well-known Manaia farm last week. A few weeks ago another purchaser paid £66 per acre for a piece eleven acres in extent, adjoining the more recently purchased section. This indicates that either some Wairarapa land is of exceptional quality, or that and values have not declined to the extent generally believed to be the case. A meeting of the Endeavour Lodge was held last evening in the Dominion Hall. C.T. Bro. Heyhoe presided over a fair attendance of members. The following officers were elected for the ensuing term: —C.T., Bro. Morris; V.T., Bro. Gilbert; Sec, Bro. Leete (re-elected); Chap., Sister McLean; F.S., Bro. Leighton; Treas., Sister McLean; M., Bro. Tarr; G., Sister Miller (re-elected). It was decided to open the Lodge at 8 p.m. next Monday evening. Other routine business was transacted. The large increase in the number of entries received from breeders and exhibitors outside the Wairarapa in the principal sections of the Wairarapa Society's show, will probably attract a large number of people. The 4 Shorthorn and dairy cattle are especially well represented by both Wairarapa and other breeders, and the stock exhibited, including Holsteins from New Plymouth and Palmerston North, will probably be the finest exhibition ever seen on the Carterton Showgrounds. In the sheep classes large entries have been received, and there should be a splendid display. The Southdowns in quality are the finest ever seen in South Wairarapa. The Produce Hall will be filled to its utmost capacity, with exhibits of factory cheese and produce of all kinds. Mr, W. Cox, I-iiimttray-streot, Ballarat Vic, writes : " I have been a great sufferer from rheumatism, and having obtained the greatest relief by the use of Chamberlain's Pain Balm I cannot speak too highly of it. Whenever I feel the rheumatic pains com ing on, I give the affected parts a few applications and it always arrests the attack. I know several people who have used Chamberlain's Pain Balm and they all speak iu the highest praises of it." For i sale by ali chemists and storekeepers.

Influenza is prevalent in the Carterton District at the present time, writes our Carterton correspondent.j The triennial election for nine Councillors of the Wairarapa South County will take place on November 11th. The infant son of Mr T. Vose, of Carterton, aged 4£ years, died on Sunday last, writes our correspondent. About five miles of the road between Mskuri and Pahiatua is reported to be in a very bad state of repair. A "two-up" school was raided by the police near Hornby on Sunday and several iv.en were caught in the act of playing "two-up." It is expected that the work of asphalting the Carterton footpaths will be completed in the course of a day or two, writes our Carterton correspondent. A horse belonigng to Mr Fisher, baker, was killed by a train at Mauriceville a few nights ago, through attempting to cross the railway line as the train approached. Sunday next being "All Saints Day," special services will be held at St. Mark's Church, Carterton. The anthem "What are these," will be rendered by the choir at the evening service. It is stated that a bazaar ia to be held next year in aid of St. Matthew's Church rebuilding fund, and that the function will, if held, be on a scale of magnitude not hitherto attempted in Masterton. The following entries have been received for the Carterton Show:— Sheep 320, cattle 215, horses 251, competitions 120, pigs 37, dogs 65, poultry 173, produce 16i. The gross entries exceed last year's total by about 350. An infant son of Mr J. F. C. Irmer, of Nelson, aged 18 months, was found yesterday lying unconscious in a paddock. He was suffering from a contused wound on the head, and it is supposed that he had received a kick from a horse. He died within a few hours. The Y.M.C.A. Debating Society last evening held a "Speeches and Toasts" competition, and some very good speeches were made. There were ten contestants. Rev. A. T. Thompson acted as judge. Mr E. Fanagan and J. Cole tied for first place. The annual report of the Featherston Volunteer Fire Brigade shows that the brigade has had a successful year. During the period tunics were purchased at a cost of over £3O, raised by public subscription. The year was commenced with a creditbalance of £l,6s 6d, and closed with one of £ll 5s lid. jgjgijgjl

The craze is apparently declining in France, says a London paper. Several firms engaged in the industry have gone bankrupt. Postcard publishers, hoping to save themselves from rum have petitioned the French Secretary of Posts and Telegraphs to reduce the postage on picture cards to a half-penny. A rather extraordinary and somewhat regrettable feature of an assemblage of public school children, in Wellington, under the auspices of the Navy League, was the sustained and demonstrative hooting—when prize-winners were receiving their books—of Clvde Quay pupils by Mount Cook, Willis Street by Clyde Quay or Mount Cook, and the*several other schools by theparticularschools that apparently hold them in dislike. The ratepayeis of the Awhea Riding of the Featherston Country, with one. exception have signed ' a petition, asking Mr John McLeod, of Whakaponi, to again represent them on the Council. Eulogistic reference is made in the petition to the satisfactory manner in which Cr McLeod has represented them in the past, it was Mr McLeod's intention not to again seek'election. It is possible now that the desires of the petitioners will be acceded to. Mr James Mackenzie, Commissioner of Crown Lands, returned to Wellington on Saturday from the Wairarapa, where he had been inspecting the Dry River, Tawhaha, and other lands for settlement estates in South Wairarapa. Mr Mackenzie found the country looking well, and all the Crown tenants he visited were thoroughly satisfied with their holdings. The season has started well with a good percentage of Jambs —a hundred per cent, and over being very common. Good work was done last year by the Wellington branch of the Society for the Protection of Women and Children. During the year 64 cases were dealt with, making 662 during the eleven years the Society has been in existence. Fifteen cases were due to neglect and ill-usage, two cases were the maintenance of mothers, six the maintenance of wife and j family,four children were committed, I homes were found for two persons, advice and help on various matters was given in twenty-three instances. In addition to these twenty-four cases already on the books of the Society had received further attention. In forty cases the Society asked advice j from the honorary solicitors: Seven persons were brought before the Court, and orders made against them. "In defence matters I believe that we have come very near the parting of the ways," said Mr D. Buddo speaking at Kaiapoi the other night. "I want to ask you, as reasoning men and women, if you think this country could be defended by 20,000 Volunteers and 15,000 boys. The thing is unreasonable. Europe is armed to the teeth, and it is safe to say that in the future Great Britain will have to try conclusions for the control of the sea. We in New Zealand should be prepared to do our share in the matter of Empire defence, and we cannot get proper defence without paying for it. The Volunteer who goes into training should be paid the full amount of the wages he loses. 1 would like to see a system under which we would be able to concentrate 25,000 armed men in each of the four centres. The people of Great Britain pay £1 9s 3d per bead for defence, and we pay 6a 6d per head. The contribution is not a reasonable one, and we should proceed to build up our defence system with a due sense of economy, but also of responsibility. We should be a source of strength to the Empire, instead of, as I believe we are at present, a source of weakness."

In connection with the loeal option* vote in Dunedin, a "corner" ia cabs has been created by "the trade" securing all the public conveyances for polling day. The Government has informed the Canterbury. Acclimatisation Society that the only alteration that is contemplated in the Fisheries Conservation Act is to issue licenses to Maoris for trout and perch at a rate not toexceed 5s for the whole season, as the Governor may decide. The Collector of Customs at Auckland has been advised that a life-bucy marked "Loch Lomond"' has drifted ashore five miles south of the South Head, Hokianga. It is in a gocd state of preservation, but the lifelines have been broken short off. The Arbitration Court at Auckland held that the Painter's Union had failed to establish its case for an increase of wage from Is 3d to Is 4§d per hour. A decision was given on the minor points agreed upon by the parties. The award extends to December, 1910. Says the Hawera Star:—As theresuit of eating some tinned fruit on Monday, Mr and Mrs J. H. Petersen, of Aawera, have been suffering from the effects of some form of poisoning. Mrs Petersen, who was very ill, was removd to a private hospital. Mr Petersen is now recovering from his illness, but i 3 still weak and unable to attend to his work. According to Bishop Julius, much of the romance is fading from the mission field, and the colonial diocese. Speaking at the opening of the Anglican Syriod at Christchurch, hia Lordship said "As for ourselves, in the diocese of Christchurch we are almost as sober and dull as they are at Home. It is impossible to be eaten and almost as difficult to be drowned."

The Wellington price for top brands of butter is Is 2d per lb, or Is flid per lb wholesale. This price, it is stated, may be advanced in view of the high prices ruling for butter on the London market, where best Danish is bringing 130s. The first New Zealand shipment, now within a fortnight of London, would, were it at Home to-day, bring 128s, with Danish at the above quotation. If the London price keeps up the local price, it is stated, will rise, and the position will be more acute by the decrease in Australian production. At this time of the year, when houses are being repainted, farmers should see that no paint is placed in the way of their stock. Usually when a paint pot and the scrim are done with the remnants are carelessly thrown down instead of beingplaced at a safe distance from stock. Mr J. Elworthy, of Puha, Poverty Bay, has had the misfortune to lose three cows, and there are seven others affected, but these it is hoped to cure. Mr Burton, the Government veterinary surgeon, after investigating the cause of death,, found: that the symptoms were lead poisoning.

A southern farmer who passed through Timaru by rail to Christchurch on Wednesday was heard to observe (says the Timaru "Herald"), as- he admired the splendid appearance of the country from the carriage window, that South Canterbury farmers were going to enjoy another grand season if one thing, which he feared, did not happen—namely, a strike of hands in the middle,of harvest. In subsequent conversation with a "Herald" reporter the firmer 1 said that such a strike would be disastrous to the farmers, and he feared it might happen, because the farm hands, or a certain section of them, had lost their case before the Arbitration Court, and the Government had taken no notice of their deimnd for legislation to cive effect to their desires. October is proving a disastrous month for the ranks of old colonists in Auckland, and within the last three weeks there have been more deaths of people over three score years of age than a»y other month this year. In all probability,, there ■ have beer, numbers of deaths of old people in otner parts of the province, but in Auckland' and imi mediate surroundings the list is as j follows:—Mrs Elizabeth Benton, Te Arai,73; Mrs Catherine Langham, Auckland, 72; Mrs Mary Burnett, Onehunga, 79; George Handley, Grey Lynn, 68; Mrs Francis- Marshall, Parneil, 78; Mrs Anne Nicholas, Howick, 94; Olos Frederick Petterson, Murningside, 62; Mrs Elizabeth, Knox, Auckland, 99; Joseph Dunne, Panmure,. 73; Mrs Sarah Bowman, Auckland,. 72; Archibald Wallace, Mangere, 78; James Browne, Ponsonby, 72;. James Weal, Waikatn, 84; John Moffatt, Orewa, 75; Joseph Green, Ponsonby, 75; James Miller, Mangere,. 78: Mrs T. Mclnnes, Howick, 70; Mrs A. Robertson, Grey Lynn, 86; Thomas Rosborough, Remuera, 71; Francis Creighton, Auckland, 100; Samuel Woods, Epsom, 72. The origin of the word "Australia" has been accounted for so satisfactorily in Australian history books as the suggestion of the explorer Flinders that it comes rather as a surprise to learn that the Spaniards claim to have originated it two centuries earlier. The ancient Grecian and Phoenician navigators surmised the existence of a continent closing in the Indian Ocean in much the same way as the Mediterranean Sea was bounded by Africa, and this dream-country was given the Latin name "Terra Australis," "the Southern Land." From this Latin adjective Flinders manufactured a name for the fifth continent at the beginning of last century. According to Mr Popelaire, a journalist on board the Chilian training ship General Baquedano, now in port at Sydney, the name of "Australia" was bestowed by the Spanish navigator Torres in 1606 on the land he sighted to the south when passing through the straits that now bear hi 3 name. In this case, however, the Latin.word counted for nothing, the name being given in honour of the House of Austria, then ruling,in Spain. A descendant of the famousSpaniard is an officer on board the General Bequedano. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are purely vegetahle, and contain no ingredient that can in any way be in- • jurious to the most delicate person. Their action is mild and gentle without any of the painful experienced by the use of pills. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets act as a tonio strengthen the system, and assist tha naturaljmovement of the bowels. For sal by all chemists aad storekeepers.

Jas. Weir, aged 25, residing at Hinwood, cut his throat with a razor yesterday and died immediately. He "was suffering from consumption. "A fire occurred at Midhurst at two "o'clock yesterday morning, three •shops being completely destroyed. The origin of the fire is unknown. -Incendiarism is suspected. A lady's bicycle, nearly new and in "good order, is advertised for sale. A juvenile entertainment is being ' organised by Miss Ettie Joyce for production early in November. Messrs W. B. Chennells and Co., Ltd., require a furnished house for a lady client. The New Zealand Railways Department advertise special train I arrangements in connection with the Masterton race meeting. Mr Thomas Shields, merchant tailor; announces the arrival of his second shipment of summer goods, invaded in which are many stylish "and popular patterns. Messrs J. A. J. Maclean and Co., auctioneers and land agents, advertise particulars of a number of town and •country properties which have been placed in their hands for sale. Members of the local Rechabite 'Tent are requested to attend the meeting to be held this evening, when the District Chief Ruler (Bro. J. M. Cader) will be present. Messrs C. C. Ross and Co. adver- . tise particulars of several farm properties which they have for exchange. The unexpired lease of a market . garden, close to good .town, is also advertised for sale by the firm. Mr Newton King advertises par-, ticulars of a country store business which he has on- hand for sale. Mr King has also a well-appointed dairy farm of 111 acres for sale. Particulars will be foand elsewhere. , Particulars of a farm property of 15,00 acres situated in the Waikato is advertised by Messrs Harcourt Co., land agents, Wellington. The firm also insert particulars of a compact dairy farm of 150 acres, tor gale on-easy terms. Cattle owners should be interested In the announcement with reference to cattle spey ing, which appears on page Bof this morning's issue. . An -entirely new method has been adopted by the operator, Mr Lawrence Cowan, which is proved to be highly :successful. About 100 beasts can be treated in a day. Full particulars can be obtained on application to the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., at either Masterton,. Eketahuna, or Pahiatua.