LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3033, 2 November 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

During October, 25 births, 6 deaths, and 4'marriages were registered at Masterton. Several frosts were experienced in Eketahuna las* - week, and considerable damage was done to vegetable gardens. I There were no bankruptcies recorded in Masterton last month, as against one in October, 1907. Since January Ist seventeen bankruptcies have been recorded, as against nine for the same period of last year. Mr A. Kummer, Kummerstein, wrote to the meeting of the Wairarapa South County Council, on Saturday last, asking the Council to make necessary repairs on the KaiwhataKaraka Bay Road, lfc was decided to open the road for traffic. , The Masterton Fire Police held a church parade yesterday morning, when there was a full muster of members under Captain Dixon. The corps marched from the Fire Police Station to St. Matthew's Church. The new uniforms worn by the members looked very well. The Masterton Choral Society intends to make an effort to produce the cantata "The Messiah" in a very much more comprehensive manner than has been attempted here previously. Professional vocalists will probably be secured for various parts, and the orchestral arrangements will be on the best possible scale. The Society will meet to* morrow evening. A largely signed petition was presented to the meeting of the Wairarapa South County Council, on Saturday last, urging that bridges be put over the creek at Clareville, and the one near Wyett's, writes our corI respondent. The streams in question were found to be of great incon-' 1 venience to motorists. The sum of £25 was offered towards the cost uf the work. It was decided that the Engineer prepare an estimate of the work and report on the same at the next meeting of the Council. A further meetjng of creditors in the estate of W. Tunnicliffe, contractor, of Kaipororo, was held in the Masterton Courthouse on Saturday morning, before the D.O.A. (Mr W. B. Chennells). Mr P. L. Hoi lings, acting for one of the creditors, the firm of Keeling and WynnWilliams, stated that his clients were proceeding against bankrupt's late partner, R. Leech, and until the case was decided action against the estate was suspended. The claim of another creditor, Mr Udy, was legalised, and the meeting adjourned sine die.

The Y.M.C.A. Debating Society held its final debate of the season on Saturday night. The subject of the debate was "Should New Zealand adopt compulsory military training?" Messrs J. Cole, R. Rigg, L. Daniell and R. Burgess took the affirmative, and Messrs D. Hebenton, E. Flanagan, A. Hollings and W. Kemp took the negative. Mr J. Granville Hunt, of Wellington, was judge. Mr P. L. Hollings occupied the chair, and the social room was well filled with visitors. Mr Hunt awarded the debate to the side taking the affirmative. He adjudged Mr Hebenton the best debater of the evening. The judge gave the. competitors his advice on various points which he considered desirable to avoid in debate, and criticised the different speeches of the evening. The meeting terminated with votes of thanks to Mr Hunt and the chairman. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are purely vegetable, and contain no ingredient that can in any way be injurious to the most delicate person. Their action is mild and gentle without any of the painful sensations experienced by the use of pills. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets act as a tonic strengthen the system, and assist the natural movement of the bowels. For sal by all chemists and storekeepers.

During last month there were 217 births, 77 marriages, and 64 deaths in Wellington. (LThe Dorcas Society desires to acknowledge with thanks parcels received from Mesdames 0. Cooper, A. Hosking, Mackersey and Scott. The secretary of the Carterton Library (Mr W. Downard) applied to the Wairarapa South County Council, on [Saturday last, for the annual grant. The Council decided that the grant be made, and that the amount be increased to £2O. Al etter was received at the meet- ] ing of the Wairarapa South Council on baturday last, from the Roads Department, to the effect that the sum of £I,OOO had been placed on the Estimates for the erection of a bridge at Taratalii, and asked the Council to erect a suitable bridge,' and to provide all moneys over the amount allotted. The Roads Department also stated that a sum of £126 5s 6dwas avaliable for expenditure on the Gladstone-Te Wharau Road. A young man named Frank Carr was arrested in Masterton on Saturday, and will appear . before the Court to-day, on a charge of having received thirty-eight head of cattle, knowing them to have been dishonestly obtained, the said cattle being the property of J. Garrett, J. M'Crae and R. F. Beetham, respectively- A warrant has been issued for the apprehension of Gilbert Langdon, charging him with the theft of the said cattle. Langdon is to appear at Dannevirke to-day on a charge'of horse stealing. The following are the results of the weight-guessing competitions held in connection with the Wairarapa P. an i A. Society's Show: Bullock (correct weight 8621b5), K. G. McKenzie, Featherston, 8621b5, Ist; John Cross, Greytown, 8631b5, 2nd; H. McPhee, A. Johnson (Waihakeke), A. Rollo (Otaki), and •Irving (Greytown), 8601bs. Five sheep (correct weight 3741b5), George Moffatt, Greytown, 3741b5, Ist; W. Mitchell, Featherston, 374 \ lbs, 2nd; R. Kemble 3751b5, J. Hodgson 3571b5. Three pigs (correct weight 2301b5), W. F. Olsen, Egmont Village, Inglewood, 2271b5. R. Kemble guessed 2331b5, and on a ballot being taken, first prize was allotted to Olsen.

At the ordinary monthly ra eeting of thejWairarapa South County Council, held at the County offices, Carterton, on Saturday, and at which there were present Crs Wm. Perry (chairman), R. Barrer, F. Court, G. Stevens, D. Douglas, J. Strang and H. S. Mason, the annual balancesheet was placed before the Councillors,and showed that at the commencement of the financial year there was a credit balance of £153 18s 9d. At the close of the year (March 31st, 1908) there was a debit balance of £1,877 18s Id. The Treasurer reported as follows for the month:—Dr balance at Bank of New Zealand, £l,oßßlßs 8d; recefpts since last meeting, £306 13s Bd. Mr W. P. James, S.M., had before him again on Saturday the old man Edward Johnson, who attempted to -end his life a fortnight ago by swallowing some dissolved matchheads. The Magistrate had previously remanded the case to see if accused could not be admitted into a home for the aged. However, the Secretary of the Wairarapa Benevolent Trustees had been instructed to refuse accused admission to the Renall-Solway Home unless the amount of his maintenance (17s Gd per week) was paid. Hiq Worship said accused's pension, of 10s per week would partly cover this, and if accused's brother would make up the balance the matter could be arranged. Mr James said that he. understood the latter was in a position to assist his brother. In discharging accused His Worship expressed sympathy with accused in his position, and intimated that the law could compel his relatives to assist in his support. Ultimately accused's brother, who was present during the proceedings, said hj« would take accused back to live with him.

The Masterton Methodist Churcl was prettily festooned with greener, and the walls and choir decoratei with flowers yesterday, on th< occasion of the Sunday School Anniversary. A feature of the decoration: was a dainty cradle suspended above j the pulpit, symbolising the "cradle roll" of the Sunday School—the rol on which the names of ' children re ceived into the school are inscribed The Rev. A. B. Chappell, M.A. organising secretary of the Bible Class movement, preached at al services, in the morning addressing himself to parents, and in the after noon and evening to the young people of the Church and Sundny School. There were large attendances at al! the services, at which special music was rendered under the choirmaster, Mr S. Ralph, orchestral accompany ments being a feature. The Sunday School teachers, under Mr Mclvor, were responsible for the decorations, at the church. The annual meeting of the Sunday School will be held tonight in the Schoolroom.

The Auckland merchants, while feeling that Mr F. E. Baume only intended to convey a kindly warning when referring to Auckland and Wei-, lington trade competition along the Main Trunk line in his speech at v St. Benedict's Hall, express themselves as quite confident that Auckland will more than hold its own in the trade war. One prominent Auckland merchant, speaking to a "Herald" representative, remarked that Auckland was able to compete with Wellington in commerce, and even to beat it along the Main Trunk, and he instanced the fact that at Gisborne, Auckland merchants were underselling Wellington merchants and securing the trade. When the time came for a reckoning up, it would be found that Auckland had more than held its own, and, in spite of the reputed "smartness" of Wellington commercial travellers, the Auckland houses were going to secure the business. They did not fear all the competition or all the agents that Wellington could put into the field. Ladies troin 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, Lainbton Quay (opposite of New Zealand).

The Ballance Co-operative Dairy Company will pay oat lid per lb for butter fat supplied during October. The total amount to be paid out will be £4,500, being a record for the same month in any year. A section, with thirty-five feet frontage to Queen Street, Auckland, and a depth of 100 feet, with the building four stories high, known as the Mutual Life Buildings, has been sold to Mr for'£2o,ooo. " We are suffering from an overdose of Unionism," remarked Mr D. McGregor, of Upper Plain, in the course of an the other evening at Martinborough under the auspices of the Martinborough branch of the New Zealand Political Reform League. The time has now arrived for farmers to combine to protect their own interests." The usual men's meeting and* strangers' tea of the Masterton "' Y.M.C.A. attracted large attendances last evening. Mr J. Granville Hunt, of Wellington, addressed the young men's meeting, at which the Rev. ___ Hodge presided. Mr A. G. Crawford occupied the chair at the strangers' tea, at which several new friends were welcomed. When Madame Ada Crossley was holding a reception in Sydney -a few days ago she shook hands with 4,000 people in an afternoon, and the continuous hand-grasping drove herrings into the skin of her middle finger, and tore it for quite half an inch. Only a tenderness of the skin remains, but at Melbourne the hand-shaking was conducted with the rings off and the battered finger swathed in a bandage. It was a wise precaution. Distributions of charitable aid in the Wellington district have not increased appreciably m the last ten years. For the year ending March, 1900, the moneys paid amounte to £10,138 14s 2d; in 1904, the figures were £IO,OOO 7s 7d; up to March, 1908, £10,299 12s sd; and for the pre-, sent year (worked out by averagings the seven months already past), therelief given is likely to come to something near*£lo,392. : |A person named John Whelan was charged with vagrancy before Mr W„ P. James, S.M., at Masterton on Saturday. Accused pleaded guilty. The police stated that accused was recovering from an attack of delirium: tremens, and had, during the course of medical treatment at the Masterton Hospital, been a source of considerable trouble to the staff of the institution. Since leaving the Hospital he had renewed drinking habits; His Worship remanded accused for a week's medical treatment. A second offending inebriate named John Walsh wes fined 10s, hi default 4& hours* imprisonment, at the same sitting. In a recent case before the Glasgow Circuit Court, a girl of nineteen was charged with embezzling £1,282 belonging to her employers,, Jk an engineering firm. It came out in" court that the girl entered their serice as clerk typiste, cashier and bookkeeper when she was about fifteenyears of age. Her salary at first was' 5s a week, and it had been gradually, increased to the munificent, sum of 8s 6d. Her duties were to keep the cash book and the cash; to keep the day book and paste the entries into the ledger, and to do the general correspondence. It was also part of her duty to lodge money in the bank, and to draw money out. The jury could not agree, and the prosecution was abandoned. \

j ' Revere punishment has been meted j out to the nine Chinese stowaways , who were discovered on board the f German steamer Prinz Waldemar on her visit to Svdney in August. The men were found concealed on top i, of the boiler, and were in a de- [. plorablo condition. They were detainI Jed while the Prirz Waldemar re- , maincd in port, and were then sent* back to their own country. A I kong correspondent writes:—"Om the arrival of the Prinz Waldemarfrom Sydney the stowaways who« attempted to-enter Australia by . secreting themselves on the sfeamervvere charged at. the Magistracy and found fuilty. During thecourse of the evidene it was alleged' ' that they had promised a man 600 dollars apiece if. he successfully landed them in Australia. It will be a long time before they will be in -. a position to again undertake the risk, for a fine of 1,000 dollars each • was imposed, or in default six months' imprisonment." An advertiser has a vacancy for agentleman boarder or married ', couple. Part of an unfurnished house is • advertised to let. An Alfa-Lava hand cream separator (as good as new) is advertised for sale. • ~^g Holiday excursion fares in nection with the Palmerston Show are advertised in another column. A notice re an overcoat taken by mistake from the Wellington to Masterton express train on Wednesdaylast appears in another column. Sheep-breeders who use Murton sheep dips in connection with their flocks always secure a good, clean fleece, well-grown and strong and: sound to tip. Each year shows a substantial increase in the quantity sold, which is positive evidence of the popularity and efficacy of this splendid preparation. Murton's dip • is easy to mix and can be used with perfect safety. From all parts of*" the Dominion letters of appreciation have been received by the proprietor,, eulogising the excellent results the dip gives. The New Zealand Loan, and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd.,.. are local agents for its sale. There is no trading house in this Dominion with a better reputation * for variety of stocks, dependable * quality of goods, and prompt and careful attention to clients than Te Aro House, Cuba street, Wellington. A department of the business which has a particularly high reputation for stylish work is that from which the tailor-made costumes are sent out. This season the styles are more extensive and the novelties more elegant. There is on view at Te Aro House at present a superb range of materials specially selected for ladies' costumes, and country customers are invited to place their orders immediately, so avoiding the Christmas rush. Patterns and full particulars, together with selfmeasurement forms, may be obtained i un application.