LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3063, 7 December 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We have received the sum of £1 from "ES.,". &nd_ 2? 6d from "Sympathiser" toward's the fund for the widow and child uf IhlLlter Leefiaitl Knight* killed at Masterton railway yards last 'week. The total amount received is now £6 2s 6d.

The Masterton Y.xM.C.A. proposes to establish a Boys' Department in connection with its ordinary membership constitution. The general secretary, Mr R. Burgess, is busy enrolling prospective members for the new department.

Slot machine typewriters are to be placed in the rooms of the leading hotels in America, so that guests can attend to their correspondence. The machines are the result of a new invention by which a 10-cerit. piece (fivepence) dropped into a slot allows the machine to be used for half-an-hour.

In consequence of the continued run of suicides at the Niagara Falls the guards have had to be reinforced. The series began after the financial disasters of last winter, but the tragedies continue, many of the victims having travelied long distances. Most of the victims have been women.

A shipment of one million feet of Baltic pine is at present on the way to New Zealand. Private advices received in Dunedin state that the barque Ophelia is en route from a Baltic port. She is bringing about 650.000 feet tor Dunedin, and 350,000 feet for Lytteltun. She is due at the first-mentioned port about the end of December.

The men's meeting of the Masterton Y.M.C.A. last evening was addressed by Mr McLean, of the Presbyterian Church Youth of the Church Association, the speaker giving a very fine address on ethical Christian matters. Mr W. Kemp presided at the Stranger's Tea, at which about thirty young men attended. Tlu customary .welcomes to strangers were extended, anil speeches made in reply.

One large farmer, who has a run on Maungakawa, Auckland, dares not put any Jerseys on it, for if he does they are sure to be shot, some of the shoutists not being able to distinguish the difference between a fawn-culoured Jersey and a deer. Last Thursday Mr George Reed, of Karapiro, was driving along the road when he noticed a Jersey cow suddenly fall down, give a kick or two, and then lie still. He examined the animal, and found it had, been shot close by the heart, and as there was no explosion heard he presumes the shQt'was fired from a hill at some distance.

Another humorous example of the obstinacy of the donksy was mentioned at a meeting of the Remuera Road Board. The poundkeeper reported that one of these animals was in the habit of wandering at ihe lower end of Orakei Road and frightened almost every horse that came along by rushing at it with open mouth. Why, not impound she animal?" suggested a member. The brute won't go; it lays down as soon as the poundkeeper goes up to it," explained the chairman, amidst laughter. It was decided to inform the owner that unless he took steps to remove the animal from the highway, a prosecution would follow. "A very valuable variety of rape," says an agricultural authority, "largely U3ed at Home is the 1 giant rough leaf rape. Mr W. Lowrie, principal of the Lincoln College, who has had experience of it in Scotland, considers that its introduction into this country'would fill a long-felt wane. Its strong point is*that, sown in the autumn, it provides splendid feed in the early spring. The best way to sow it is in a mixture, with, say, oats. Where turnips fail it is an excellent substitute. Several New Zealand farmers have arranged withji New Zealand seed agency for a supply of seeds of this valuable rape for experimental purposes."

The newer green at the Masterton Bowling Club's ground, which was taken up entirely and re-laid last summer on a new principle of subdrainage, piomises to be a very fine playing area. The caretaker of the green, Mr W. H. Denby, devoted a very great deal of time to the work of re-laying the green, and it will be gratifying to him and to the members to find that the result of the work has been a complete success. The green was cut last week for the first time since sowing, and members were able to see how the grass had progressed. It was tound that an even and healthy growtn covered the green, and it is probable that by the end of next month the green will be ready for use.

Mr C. F. B. Livesay, Architect of Wellington, 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 2(392.

Mr. William Francis, r mimceston, Tas., writes: ('During the recent hot spell in Melbourne, I had a very severe attack of Gastritis. I tried many remedies, but nothing .did me any good. A friend from Queensland, seeing how ill I was, recommended me to take Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. I did so, and had only taken about four doses when I obtained relief. "I ana a commercial traveller, and visit many of the mining centres of Tasmania and New Zealand, and will certainly never go on my travels again without a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with me. For sale by a chemists nnd storekeepers.

Ambulance Saturday collections at Christchurch on Saturday, says a Press Association telegram, totalled £2lB, with some smaller amounts to come.

it is expected that the returns of the ksuri gum output for 1908 will show that the production as well as the export for the past year has been the smallest for many years past. At a meeting of the newly constituted Hawke's Bay South African Volunteers Association, held Jin Napier on Saturday night, says a Press Association message, rules were adopted and officers elected.

* The proprietors of "Lixail" wish farmers to note that the present is the best time for the use of their specific as a weed destroyer.

The widow of the late Mr Leonard Knight inserts a notice of thanks for the sympathy extended to her in her recent bereavement.

Messrs Chamberlain and Son notify farmers that their threshing plant is now ready and at their disposal for the coming threshing season,

The Castiepoint County Geuncll give notice of their intention to take certain lands under the provisions of the Public Works Act for County purposes. Messrs J. Smith and Sons, painters and decorators, Masterton, announce that they will undertake ail classes of work and solicit a share of public support. In view of the demand for Christmas hams that will take place this month arrangement! have been made atAronsten's Post Office Auction Mart for a consignment of no less than 300 hams. They are of the best quality, and it is announced on page lof this issue that the line will be disposed of at wholesale prices. The firm are also prepared I to cook the haras free of charge.

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