LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3088, 9 January 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Featherston Co-operative Dairy Company yesterday forwarded for shipment to London 255 cases of cheese

The Rev. J. N. Buttle will preach at the Methodist Church to-morrow, morning and evening, and at Rangitumau in the afternoon.

Madame Crossley and party will reach Masterton by the mail train on Wednesday morning. The famous singer will be met at the railway station and formally received by the Mayor and other leading residents.

The Y.M.C.A. Bible Class will reopen to-night. Mr C. J. Tocker will conduct a new line of co-operative study of the "Life of Christ." The Association invites young men to take an interest in this study. It is stated that Mr Davey, member for Cbristchurch East, will bp strongly supported for the Chairmanship of Committees against Messrs Wilford and Baume, who a"e understood to be the other candidates. The Rev. A. Hodge will deliver an address to men at the Y.M.C.A. rooms at 5 p.m. to-morrow. The sub, ject chosen is an attractive one, "The Need of the Times, a Man of Decision." The "Strangers'-Tea" will take place subsequantly, and all men are welcome. Mr George Cathro, representing Mr J. C. Williamson's Star Dramatic Co., which will stage "The Thiet," and "Zira," at the Town Hall, on Saturday, January 16th, and Monday, January 18th, respectively, was in town yesterday making arrangements for the Company's appearance here.

New Zealand dressed flax is now worth £1 10s more a ton than dressed Manila hemp. The explanation of this great change is the fact that machine dressed Manila is not nearly sn good as the hand-dressed variety; and since the United States have tiken possession of the country machinery has been substituted, in nearly every case, for the old-time processes of manual preparation.

An application made for a prohibition order by a brother against his sister at the Masterton Police Court yesterday was the subject of one of the most painful incidents seen in the Court for some time. The woman appeared to oppose the application, and was accompanied by her young daughter, a winsome and apparently well-cared fur little girl of about eight years. The mother was apparently the worse for liquor in the Court, and the Magistrate (Mr W. P. James) at the outset advised her to consent to the order to obviate the calling of evidence, which might be distressing to her. and which from the woman's very condition at the time appeared to be auite unnecessary to support the order. The Magistrate's advice was not accepted, and the brother was called to give evidence in support of the application. During the course of this part of the proceedings the respondent k>ept up such a running fire of tearful reproaches, accusing the witness of telling falsehoods, and of being unkind and cruel, that His Worship had to threaten to take severe measures to repress her remarks. .Nothing would restrain her interruptions, however, and the Magistrate's indulgence was submitted to a test it doubtless would not have stood so long but for the presence of the little girl, who clung affectionately to her mother, viewing the proceedings with dismayed eyes. The order was granted, and the Magistrate's announcement of the fact was met with a- paroxysm of broken-hearted protestations, the woman, who was evidently of a superior class, having to be escorted from the Court-room by a relative.

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The annual meeting of contributors to the Masterton Hospital will be held on Thursday, 14th inst. The Rev. A." Hodge will preach in the Congregational Church tomorrow, taking for his morning subject, "The World we must not Love," and in the evening, "Earthquakes, and their Moral Spiritual Lessons."

A telegram received by the Wellington police yesterday morning from Akaroa states that Edward John Seari, of Wellington, has been arrested there on a charge of forgery at Wellington. Searl will be remanded from Christchurch to appear at Wellington on Friday next, the 15th inst.

The Christchurch Cycling Club, of which the champion sculler Arnst has been a prominent member for many years, will give him a presentation. In reply to a cable from England inviting him to row Barry on the Thames, a reply has been sent by Arnst thdt he is willing to row Barry in New Zealand, and allow Barry JS2QO expenses.

Nominations for the South Wairarapa River Board, and the Kahautara River Board closed on Thursday last. Iu both instances all those on the old Boards were again nominated, with no additions, viz.,—South Wairarapa River Board, Messrs G. Hume, A. Matthews, C. Matthews and H. C. Wilkinson-, Kahautara River Board. Messrs C. Matthews, B. Willis, A. Hannay, E. G. K.'iight and A. Robinson.

The Lands Department will take possession of the Carrington Estate, Wairarapa, comprising about 3,000 acres, on March 31st next, but it is hoped to hold the ballot for the sections about March 20th. The surveyors have just finished the subdivision of the property and the formation of the roads is being proceeded with. There are some twenty-two sections to be offered for selection, ranging in area from 78 acres to 634 acres.

Great interest is being taken in the Tennis Tournament to be held in Masterton on January 22nd, and everything points to a most successful meeting. Mr Anthony Wilding, one of the world's champion tennis players, has entered for the tournament, and will play with Mr F. M. B. Fisher in the championship and handicap doubles. It is probable that both Mr H. A. Parker and Mr J. C. Peacock will also be present.

JA circular letter from the Oamaru Borough Council to the Masterton Trust Lands Trustees was read at the meeting of the latter body last evening, suggesting that the Trustees cooperate in the matter of the Jetting to theatrical companies of municipal theatres on a uniform agreement as to the matter of charges, with a view of preventing companies from exploiting the public by departing from the advertised chsrges for admission. After a brief discussion, it was resolved to reftr the matter back to the Oamaru Council, with the suggestion that the Municipal Con r ference be asked to take the matter up, the Trustees being unable to do anything.

Speaking to a Marlborough "Herald" representative, Mr S. Kirkpatrick, of Nelson, gave the information that a favourable fruit season is being experienced in Nelson province, and therefore the conditions for the jam-making industry are much better than those of last year, when raspberries had to be imported from Tasmania. A great hindrance to the industry in which Mr Kirkpatrick is engaged, espbcially with regard to pickles, is the difficulty met with in the matter of securing the requisite labour. Evidently the Nelson community is well enough off to be largely independent of opportunities for the employment of hoys and girls. '

The traffic on the Waikaka railway is of such extent as to warrant the belief that the line will turn out to be one of the best-paying branches in the Dominion, says the Mataura "Ensign.'' The total amount of goods carried to and from the stations is most satisfactory, but so far the returns from the terminus at Waiicaka township and from Maitland are the best. The number of passengers travelling by the railway is also considerably above what was anticipated. This, adds the "Ensign," .supplies a complete refutation of the statements of some newspapers that the line would not pay for axle grease.

On Saturday evening the cliffs at Coogee were thick with people, gathered to watch a shark and a porpoise fight quite close to land, says the Sydney "Morning Herald," of December 28th. There must have been at least a dozen porpoises, and they surrounded the shark, worrying him, and gradually edging, him in towards the beach, so that there was a clear view of the struggle. By the end of about ten minutes there was an audience of 4,000 or 5,000 —picnic parties, surfbathers, casual strollers, all running up from everywhere about to see the fight. But the porpoises were too many. Towards the last round the sharK leapt clean out of the water, and a moment or two afterwards the fi.;ht was over.

Although the number of denizens of the deep knpwn to man may be said to be legion, yet occasionally there comes to his ken one which is to him unique, and such a une disclosed Itself to a party of three visitors to Stewart Island who, while enjoying a jaunt near Ringa Ringa, observed a commotion near the beach, reports the Southland "Times." Thinking that a baby whale had gone ashore they ran down and attacked the creature, and after a struggle dragged it to the beach. It proved to be about eight feer long with a sharp nose, without teeth, and with a peculiarly shaped tail with a small fin on the back in advance of the tail. An old salt was interrogated and to him the fish was a mystery; it was not a whale nor a black fish, although it had a blow hole in the top of the head as a whale has. On account of the interest attaching to it the marine novelty was brought over to the mainland and it was the intention of the captors to exhibit it at the Invercargill sports and at the Bluff Regatta. Mr C. P. E. 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 2692.

An Oxford don, at an anti-woman's suffrage meeting in London, put forward as an argument against votes for women the extraordinary statement that the "bad manners of the New Zealand students at Oxford were evidently the result of their mothers devoting too 'much time to politics and too little to the training of their children!"

One of the most remarkable musical prodigies that have appeared in London of recent years is Georg Szell, a Hungarian boy of eleven with an astonishing list of compositions to his credit. Last February hes made a great impression in Vienna, both as composer and pianist, and last month he was enthusiastically received in London. He could sing over forty songs at eighteen months, and his repertory to-day includes many of the greatest anJ most difficult works by the great composers. But other prodigies have been equally wonderful in this direction. It is as composer that he is unique in his generation. In the intervals of enjoying himself as a healthy child should, he has written some 300 compositions, including overtures, string quartets, instrumental pieces* songs, and a comic opera. "What is even more wonderful, this little modern Mozart scores with the greatest ease for the fullest and most up-to-date modern orchestra, and improvises with extraordinary versatility upon any theme given him," says the London "Daily Mail." The musical critic of this journal gave the boy a simple original theme of two bars, and with this 1 young Szell improvised a polonaise, a concert overture, and a minuet; and he could have gone on manutacturing music in every description of form with those same •few notes, never losing sight of the theme for an instant. An advertiser wants to buy damaged corrugated iron. A horse, cart and harness, suitable for conveying milk to a factory, is required by an advertiser. A silver and gold brooch, lost between Clareville and Masterton. Railway station is advertised for. The services of a washerwoman, (two days a week) are required by an advertiser. The Borough water supply will be shut off from Queen and Dixon streets between 10 a.m. and noon today, Mr J. D. C. Crewe, land and estate agent, of Pahiatua, advertises an excellent freehold property of 225 acres for sale, particulars of which are advertised elsewhere. Messrs J. A. J. Maclean and Co., auctioneers and estate agents, announce that they h"jve secured the services of Mr T. H. Meadows, of Wellington, to take charge of their land department. Mr Meadows has had very considerable experience in the land and estate business, and is a capable valuer, and a keen salesman. Under his management sales should speedily result. Mr Jas. Scott, watchmaker and jeweller, draws attention in another column to his stock of goods suitable for wedding presents, The new lines comprise really useful articles suitable for presentation, and they are both varied and extensive. Town and country residents are invited tj i inspect the stock.

Messrs Veitch and Allan, of Cuba street, Wellington, are offering to country customers a special parcel of top quality goods valued at twenty-five shillings for the .sum of one pouud. On page 3 of this issue a list is published of the goods from which selection may be made. It is worthy of cereful perusal.

It id confidently anticipated that every lady inspecting the display of seasonable dress goods in the window of Messrs Hen'lry an.] Buxton's premises, Queen strset, will step inside the shup and make a purchase. Real'y high class dress pieces are being sold at absolutely sacrifice prices.

The summer sale of seasonable goods now proceeding at Messrs Cole and Westerman's Masterton premises has been liberally patronised during 1 the past five days. Those who have shopped there have been struck with the exceptional bargains obtainable, and as a result liberal purchases have been made. In our Wanted column this morning particulars are given of the special bargains ruling for to-day, which must interest all economical shoppers.