LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3031, 30 October 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The latest dredging returns to hand are as follow:—Master ton Dredge, 320z 9dwt, for the week; Mystery Flat, 50oz 2dwt, for the week. Mr J. Hunter will address the electors at Kakariki this evening, at Newman to-morrow night, and at Rongomai on Monday night. Mr Arthur Duncan has won the Wellington Golf Club's championship, Mr J. B. MacEwan being runnerup. Miss Muriel Cooper, of Gladstone, who is a pupil of Mr A. B. Wallace, of Masterton, secured 136 marks (honours) in the advance grade of pianoforte playing in connection with the examinations of the Associate Board of the Royal Academy and Royal College of Music, London, held in Wellington. Miss Cooper obtained the highest number of marks in the pianoforte section. The first day of the Masterton Racing Club'b spring meeting was a distint success, Fine weather prevailed, the course was in good order, and the racing was excellent, while the general arrangements were most complete. Visitors had every reason to speak well of the thorough manner in which the officials had carried out their duties, and a word of praise is due to the popular secretary (Mr A. Hathaway). The supply of milk at the Tawaha co operative dairy factory has now reached 600 gallons daily, being in excess of the supply for this time last year. Mr A. Wright, the factory manager, expects to have the second vatjjin operation next week. Several improvements have been effected at the factory since last season, including better drainage. The farmers at Tawaha are enjoying a good spring, which' will recompense them for the bad season last year. An important meeting of the members of the Masterton Congregational Church was held last evening in the Church. The Rev. J. Reed-Glasson presided, and after opening the meeting called upon the Rev. A. McDonald Aspland to give an address on the mission and message of the Church. The chairman then, as representative of the Congregational Church, received by the right hand of and delivered to him the charge. The chairman then vacated the chair, which was taken by the Rev. Hodge who, constituting the Church, enrolled members. The Rev. W. A. Evans, M.A., gave an address afterwards on the meaning and mission of ?>. Christian Church. Write to-day, if you are not contem plating a visit to Wellington, for a selection of tho Daintiest Spring Creations, from 30s, each one a stylo of its own. Ready-to-woar in tho Morry Widow and Miss Hook of Holland shapes from 15s.—AYLMER'S, Millinery Specialists, 9 Willis Street, Opposite Grand Hotel. ; The cough that is contracted m the winter, and which continues through the spring and summer, nearly always indicates some throat or lung trouble, and should not be neglected. Tho ordinary cough medicine may soothe the throat, but it has not the power to heal. Recovery is not complete, and a f eeond attack is more liable to follow. You cannot get a better medicine for coughs of this description than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is an excellent medicine for all throat and lung trouble, for it not only soothes the irritation, but it heals tho affected parts, and leaves them in such a healthy condition, that the danger of a second attack is removed. For sale by all 6hcmists and storekeepers. ,

Mr A. W. Hogg will apeak at Hastwells to-night, at Kopuaranga to-morrow night, and at the Kuripuni Hall on Monday evening. A first offending inebriate was convicted and discharged at the Masterton Police Court yesterday morning by Mr M. 0. O'Connell, J.P. The anniversary services in connection with i.!-.ie Masterton Method- Ijj ist Sunday School will be held on < Sunday. A public meeting will be held on Monday, at 7.30 p.m. Messrs T. Parsons, J. Hare and B. Morris (Rongokokako), and Mr T. B. Mnsoi-. (Nireaha) are mentioned as pro! able candidates for the West Riding <u connection with the Eketahuna County Council elections. A jockey named George Pine was thrown off a horse during training operations a': Kiccarton yesterday morning. Ho was picked up in an unconscious wtate and taken in an ambulance to the Racecourse Hotel. Dr Westenra was telephoned for, and pronounced Pine to be suffering from slight concussion of the brain. No serious consequences are anticipated. tfV.4 the annual meeting of the Featherston Volunteer Fire Brigade on Monday night, the election of officers for the ensuing twelve months resulted as follows:—Captain, H. Retter; Lieutenant, T. Sheen; Foreman, T. Tidswell; First Branchman, A. Tait; Second jblranchman, C. Skipage; First Hydrantman, O. Crawley; Second Hydrantman, H. Walker; Secretary, C. Lust. Mr W. Tucker, the retiring secretary, was presented with a set of gold sleeve links and studs, as a mark of esteem. The fate of a horse, which, it is alleged, was recently turned adrift by its owner "for anybody to pick up," was reported to the Grey Lynn Borough Council by its poundkeeper on Monday evening. The horse had been impounded, and, being unclaimed, it was sold in the usual way. The animal was "knocked-down" for eighteenpence, but in the meantime the incidental expenses had amounted to 29s 6d. 'lt was decided to make further inquiries with a view to compelling the owner to pay the expenses that had been incurred with the horse. ,;^ "We are suffering, from too much liberty," remarked the Rev. W. Cuneliffe Jones, in the course of an address in Sydney last week. 'lf," said he, "somebody should be burnt it wuold do us good; if we could but be opposed; if the police would cme in—it would do us good. We have everything here that our fathers fought for. We want somebody to tread on the tails of our coats 'to bring out what fellowship can accomplish. We have exhausted the congregation idea. Our cnurches are Christian churches, there is no nonsense about that. But," he continued, 'we are satisfied almost if people merely come to church." In Christchurch alone 270 cms and 354 motor bicycles are registered with the City Council. With the Selwyn County Council, as representing the rural areas surrounding Christchurch, 155 cars and motor bicycles are registered. In the country, cars have greater vogue than motor bicycles, so that of the total of 155 it would be safe to appraise the number of cars at fully 90. Thus it will be seen that in and around the city there are some 360 car 3 and 4t9 motor bicycles. A conservative estimate places the value of the cars at £550 each and the motor cycles at £3O a-piece. The question of upkeep is .difficult to elucidate, but it is generally agreed that this charge may easily range from £lO to* £2OO per annum in individual cases.

In the course of an address to the shareholders ot the Christchurch Building and Land Society, on Tuesday, Mr Henry Allison referred to the state of the money market in New Zealand. He said that the society had experienced a number of withdrawals of deposits, which showed that the depositors had opportunities of making better U(=e of their money. The recent financial distress had not greatly affected New Zealand, and at any rate the stringency of the market was over, or at least the country has "turned the corner." He did not expect wool to go up again with a leap, but it was sure to recover by degrees, and then the other staple products were maintaining their position. "The country is prospering," he concluded, "and it will continue to do so." With reference to the Education Amendment Act, which is to come into operation on January Ist, 1909, it is stated that in the case of some appointments it will be to the advantage of the teacher if his appointment is dated from January 2nd, 1909, instead of any date during the present year. The matter arose out of the appointment of a first assistant master by the North Canterbury Education Board, and doubts existed as to whether a teacher appointed before the new Act came into force would receive the salary provided in the scale at present in force, or as provided by the scale in the new Act. The matter was referred to the Education Department, and a reply was received stating that in the case of the appointment referred to, if the date of it had been any day during the present month, the teacher would have received the salary provided under the present scale, which would be £240, whilst under the procedure that has been adopted, he will, as soon as the Act comes into operation, receive £270. In other words, if he had been appointed this year it would have been five or six years before he received the minimum salary provided for in the new Act. Ladies tvom the Wairarapa when visiting Wellington would be wise to inspect the grand range of New Summer Hats on view at Mrs Mathewson's. The styles are exclusive, the designs perfect, and the prices right. Please remember that the address is Melbourne House, Lambton Quay (opposite of New Zealand 1 ). Mrs. S. 11. Walker, 230 , iumlh , ay-st., Ballaiat, Vic., writes: " Have used Chamberlain's Cough Eemetly for four years,and known it is excellent. Have found it most beneficial. Can recommend it to anyone. In fact have done so many times and it has accomplished good results in eevry case." For sale by all chemists and storekeepers. Prompt Delivery. Importers requiring immediate delivery of their goods cannot do better than entrust their Customhouse and Forwarding work 'to J: J. CURTIS and Co. Ltd., Customhouse Quay, Wellington. Efficient service and moderate charges assured. 1

At a meeting of the Christchurch Domain Board, Mr B. P. Manhire said he thought it would be better if parents would teach their children to mend stockings and work in the garden for recreation rather than throw cricket balls about and knock hockey balls over Hagley Park. The Gore-Waikaka railway is practically completed. There is a general consensus of opinion that the line has cost more than was necessary, and that if it had been constructed by contract it would have been finished sooner, have cost less, and been quite as substantially built. For Canterbury's fourteen seats at the General Election there are forty- , seven candidates. Of these 21 are out-and-out Ministerialists, 13 are declared Oppositionists, 6 are Independent Liberals, and 7 are either uncompromising Socialists or Labourites with Socialistic leanings. In only one electorate is there more than one Oppositionist in the field (Ashburton). In five there are more than one Ministerialist. All the city seats are contested by Socialists. Sir William Lyne, replying to questions in the Federal House of Representatives, said the profit on the minting of £1,000,000 worth of Australian silver, after providing for the rehabilitation of coins, would be about £440,000. With silver at 2s 7d per ounce, as it v»as in July, 1907, the profit would be only about £310,000. In consequeiice of the fluctuating price of silver it was not considered advisable to anticipate a greater net profit than 35 per cent, on the face value of coins issued. The net profit on the mainting of £I,OOO worth of Australian copper, with the selling price at £59 10s 3d per ton, would be about £SOO. A reward is offered for the recovery of a gold chain and locket, lost on the I Opaki Racecourse. A meeting of the No-License League will be held in the Y.M.G.A. Rooms, at 7.30 o'clock, to-night. An extensive sale of furniture, poultry and produce will be held by Mr M. O. Aronsten, in the Post Office Auction Mart, to-morrow. In their space on page 8 of this issue Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., give particulars of the cost of shipping wool through their agency to the London sales. In the Wanted Column Mr W. Dustin invites visitors to the Palmerston Show to visit his luncheon booth in the main grandstand. Messrs Mason and Rose, builders and contractors, of.'Masterton, have been successful with their tender for the erection of*a building for the Bank or New Zealand at Martinborough.