LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3035, 4 November 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The shearing of the dry flock of sheep at Bow lands has been completed. The clip is said to be in excellent condition, and the yield a very satisfactory one. Mr J. Hessey, J.P., occupied the bench at the Masterton Police Court yesterday, when two first offenders charged with insobriety were fined ss, with an alternative of 24 hours' imprisonmeni. It is stated that Mr A. Redpath will not seek re-election as a member of the Eketahuna County Council, as it is probable that he will be leaving the district before the term of office expires.

Should the weather prove fine, shearing will be in full swing this week at Brancepeth, Te Pare, lea, Annedale, and Te Otahaua. The early sheds which started work daring last month on the East Coast have had the work much delayed in consequence of broken weather. The Executive of the Presbyterian Summer School held its monthly meeting in Kn.ix Hall last night. The draft programme was submitted, the subjects being taken by leaders of the Bible Class and the modern Sunday School movement in the Presbyterian Church throughout the Dominion. Arrangements were also diacussed for the entertainments and recreations to take place on the afternoons of the Summer School week. Already members are commencing to enroll with the Registrar of the Summer School (Mr W. Chamberlain). The monthly meeting of teachers of the Carterton Methodist Sunday School was held in the Church on Monday evening, the Rev. W. J. Elliott presiding. The secretary stated that the number on the roll was 105. The average attendance for the month had heen 85. A vote of sympathy was passed to the Misses Robinson, of Greytown, in connection with the death of Mrs Robinson, who was at one time a devoted worker in the Sunday School. It was reported that the Rev. T. T. Thomas, 8.A., of Dannevirke, had kindly consented to conduct the Sunday School anniversary services. The date of the annual picnic was fixed for Boxing Day. The Masterton Bowling Club has received an invitation ■ from the Carterton Bowling Club to be present at the opening of the season at the latter club's green on Thursday afternoon. Intending visitors to Carterton from the Masterton Club are requested to notify the secretary (Mr C. D. King) as early as possible. Four rinks from the Hutt Bowling Club will visit Masterton on King's Birthday (Monday next) to play a match with the local club. The Pahiatua Bowling Club has invited members of the Masterton Club to be present at the former's green on King's Birthday. The Hutt visitors will arrive by the 10 a.m. train.

The following hours of attendance will be observed by Post and Telegraph office on Monday, November 9th:—Post Office: A close holiday will be observed. All mails usually despatched on this day will be closed to connect with early trains and coaches departing up to 8 a.m. Mails for Hawke's Bay will he closed at 7 a.m. and forwarded by express train at noon. A counter delivery of all correspondence (including registered) will be made between 7 and 8 p.m. on Saturday the 7th, and a further delivery over the Post Office counter between 9.30 and 10 p.m. on the same evening. Telegraph Office: Open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p,m. to midnight. Telephone Exchange: Open as usual, i.e., continuously.

The annual meeting of the Women's Christian Temperance Union was held in Knox Church Hall, yesterday afternoon, and was largely attended by members and friends. The President, Mrs Green, occupied the chair. Annual reports were presented by both the secretary and treasurer, which showed that the society had had a successful year and had done good work. A musical programme was contributed, the following taking part:.—Mrs Te Tau,. Misses Church, Green,. Bennington. Miss Daniell gave a recitation. The following clergymen gave brief addresses on the work of the Association:—Revs. E. Watson, J. N,. Buttle, Hodge and A. T. Thompson. Refreshments were supplied by the ladies, and new members were enrolled.

Ladies train the Wairarapa when visiting Wellington would he wise to inspect the grand. range of New Summer Hits on view at Mrs Mfithewson's. The 3tyles are exclusive, the designs perfect, and the prices right. Please remember that the address is Melbourne House, Lambton Quay (opposite Ba"V of New Zealand"). A GOOD START IN LIFE Is what the " Gilrtith " Calf Pood gives your calves. It is celebrated throughout the Dominion, and solves the problem, " How to raise calves successfully without whole milk." It replaces exactly the fats taken out by the separator. Obtainable from W.F.C.A., all branches.

Rain fell on twenty days in Eketahuna during October, the total fall being 5.58 inches. There were 19 births, 3 deaths, and 2 marriages in the Carterton district during the month of October. During the month of October there were eight births, two deaths, and one marriage in Eketahuna. At the Ballance Dairy Company's Creamery, at Hamua, 2,100 gallons of milk are being received daily. Mr J. McGregor yesterday forwarded two fine yearling Hereford bulls to Palmerston North Show, to compete in the Hereford section. Mr Hickman, of Newman, will contests the West Riding seat in connection with the Eketahuna County Council elections.

The Parkvale Dairy Company yesterday > paid out the sum of £534 9s 5d for the supply of milk for the month of October.

There are now 118 names on the roll of the Eketahuna School, and the average attendance last month was 9<B

The Rev. E. Wliitehouse, of Ashburton, will deliver an address under the auspices of the No-License League in the Town Hall to-morrow evening.

An improvement that is much appreciated by settlers has been effected by the Eketahuna County Council in the erection of hand-rails on the bridges on the Nireaha Road. According to the statistics of New Zealand for 1907, which have just been issued by the Government, there were 290 births and 80 deaths in Masterton last year.

The Tararua Rifle Club held its second competition for the Alberthsen Cup on Saturday last. The leading scores were E. Pedersen, 57; 0. A. Olsen, 56; W. Mason, 54; A. Daysh, 53. The flower and vegetable section of the schedule for the inaugural Show of the Masterton Horticultural Society has been completed by the Committee. The industrial section has yet to be drawn up by the ladies' committee.

Our Carterton correspondent writes:—lt is rumoured in Carterton that the sawmills are about to close down, owing to there being no demand for timber, but, as far as can be ascertained, there is no foundation for the statement.

Good progress is being made by the contractors, Messrs King and Son, with the additions to Knox Church. The brickwork is rapidly approaching completion, and the joists for the roof are all adjusted. The work will be completed by about the second week in December.

Within the last few days there has been quite an exodus of shearers and shed hands from Masterton en route to the up-country stations. Drovers are also conspicuous by their absence from the town, many having found employment as extra musterers.

The fortnightly meeting of the Carterton Tent, 1.0. R., was held in the Foresters' Hall, Carterton, on Monday evening, when routine business was transacted. Pallbearers were appointed for Mrs Robinson's funeral, which will' take place at Grsytown this afternoon.

At a meeting of the Society for the promotion of the health of women and children, yesterday, states a Press Association telegram from New Plymouth, an offer was received from the hotelkeepers of the Taranaki electorate to supply accommodation for twelve months to the Plunket nurse to be appointed by the Society. The offer was accepted with gratitude, and efforts are to be made to 1 secure a nurse immediately.

"The North Island is to have a wonderful dairy season," said the Hon. R. M'Nab to a Southern interviewer. "There are several 1 factors contributing to the tremendous prospects. The most important, of course, is the price. Apart from. that,, last year's bush fires have had a splendid effect. The land over which the fires passed was covered with logs and stumps. These were cleared away to the last vestige, and a'fresh ash seed-bed for the grass made available. The action of the Government in practically forcing on the early sowipg of seed by providing it for the settlers on easy terms has,, to a large extent, renewed the whole face of the country, and there is now a magnificent flush of grass. The dairy farmers are, therefore, facing the season under the most favourable conditions."

An episode in a back yard in South Dunedin a few days ago produced another forcible example of the danger that lurks in the careless use of firearms. A young man who was possessed of a revolver and a boy of tender years were the participants in the act,, and it was by the merest chance that a tragedy was averted. The young man, with a loaded revolver in bis hand, for the edification of the child, suggested that he himself should adopt the role of bushranger,, and assuming for the moment that he was placed on the defensive, pointed thejweapon at the child, and immediately he did' so it was discharged, the bullet striking the boy in the breast. Fortunately it struck a Lutton on the boy's jacket,, and was therebv diverted across his breast, leaving a black and bruised mark to show its trail. The boy, was knocked down, but miraculously escaped serious injury. It may be safely assumed that the young man has learned a lesson that he willremember a3! his life.

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One hundred and seventy-eight estates of deceased persons were certified for stamp duty last month. The largest was that of Mr L. D. Nathan, of Auckland, £235,021. Paul Mauser, the German inventor of the rifle bearing his name, has invented a new military rifle, the principal feature of which is a 25shot automatic cartridge feeder. The new arm weighs but a few ounces more than the rifle now used in theGerman service.

M. and Mme. Eugene Gouard, who started on their wedding day in 1895 to walk round the world, crossed from Do«er to Calais a few weeks ago. During the past twelve years they have walked 60,000 miles through Europe, Siberia, Japan, North and South America and North Africa.

At the Auckland Supreme Court, J. Herbert North, charged with breaking and entering, was admitted to probation for two years. Judge Edwards recommended him to take regular work instead of going among Maoris extracting teeth and preaching the gospel.

The rainfall for Wellington from October Ist to 31st, 1908, gives the following figures:—Total fall for the month of October, 5.08 inches; maximum fall, 1.28 inches, on OctoDer 6th; number of wet days, 16. October, 1904, 12.94 (heaviest for any month ever recorded in Wellington) ; October, 1905, 6.17 inches; October, 1906, .71 inches; October, 1907, 2.79 inches. Average for previous 46 years, 4.23 inches.

According to a report in the "Semi-Weekly Star," Honolulu, of September 15th, there is a likelihood of the 'Frisco service being resumed in January next. The report says:—The Oceanic steamships Sierra, Sonoma and Ventura will again take in Honolulu, and resume the Australian run in January of next year. This information is given by one interested who arrived from the mainland in the Alameda, and who is here for business in conneciion with the resumption of the service.

The "Hawke's Bay Herald" makes the following comment on Sir William Russell's speech at Hastings on Thursday evening:— "Sir William Russell delivered what was easily the best speech we have heard in this part of the country for a long time. It was the speech of a man who has convictions and whose grasp of the political situation is masterly. When we compare it with the speeches of some of the candidates who have previously spoken, who have made themselves mouthpieces for the usual Ministerial platitudes, it is difficult to conceive that there should be any hesitation on the part of the electors of Hawke's Bay in returning him to Parliament.

The article in the current number of the "Pastoralists' Review" on an emu drive is particularly interesting as an illustration that this bird, now extinct in many parts of Australia, is still regarded as a serious pest in parts of Queensland. Callandoon Station, on which the drive took place, is situated on the border between Queensland and New South Wales. When the present owners took possession last June the emus were destructive enough in the ordinary way. They broke fences and rushed amongst lambing ewes and other flocks, causing mortality and loss. It has now been found impossible to deal with prickly pear while emus are about. The birds are very fond of the fruit of the psar, and eat it in large quantities. Then tiiev parade about, spreading the plant o-i clean country, as their excrement ia one mass of pear seeds. In a very short time large areas of good country could be spoiled. Pre-vious-attempts at emu destruction on Callandoon took the form of: employing: men to shoot the birds at so much per head, but it was found quite impossible to cope with the pest that way. More vigorous methods' have now been adopted, and iu two drives on Callandoon 661 emus have bsen yarded and killed, and, in addition, 2,000 eggs have been destroyed. A young lady as nursery governess is- advertised for. An advertiser has for sale a new Cyphess incubator and brooder. A line of Gillette safety razors is to hand at the Fancy Department of the W.F.C.A. Mr Eli Smith advertises particulars of two Native properties which' are offered on lease for 42 years. A list of the polling places within the Masterton Electorate is published elsewhere by the Returning Officer (Mr W. Gillespie). The Castlepoint. County Cbuncil invite tenders, to close at noon on Saturday, 14th instant, for metalling contracts. A conference of workers in con* nection with the-No-License- League will be held in the Y.M-.C.A. rooms to-day at 10 a.m. and again at 2 p.m» and 7 p.m. Messrs Dalgety and Co lt Ltd., advertise opening entries, for their Eketahuna stock sale on Friday, November 13th, to which date the sale has been postponed on account of the Palmerston Show. The date of Messrs Abraham andi Williams' Ltd., next Eketahuna stork sale has been altered from 6th to 13th inst.,, owing to the People's. Day of the Manawatu Show falling on Friday, 6th inst. Mr W. 8.. Chennells. agent for the Public Trustee,, invites tenders,.to close at. 5. p.m. on Saturday November 21st, for the lease, for ten years, of the property known as "Burnside," Opaki,. consisting of 405 acres, in theestate of the late Mr Frank Buick.. In the Wanted Column, Mr W„ Rooderkerk announces t.hat he has taken possession of the Railway which will bo reopened on the 9th instant, under the title of the Sonoma Private Hotel, The proprietor will conduct the house on up-to-date lines, with the view ta offering every comfort to patrons.

Mr C. E. Daniell has secured the agency for an easy running windmill. The firm claim the "Titan" has many valuable improvements the main feature being the absence of cog wheels ensuing silent running. One of these mills is erected and, pumping in Mr Daniell's Queen street yard, so that its efficiency may be inspected by prospective buyers.