LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3089, 11 January 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Sisters of St. Bride's Convent go into a week's retreat this week. The Very Rev. Father Clune, of the Redemntorist Monastery, Wellington, is conducting the retreat. The promoters of the farewell garden party to be tendered to Mr and Mrs Coradine, on the Masterton Bowling Green next Thursday, wish it to be known that those who have not received invitations, but who are desirous of attending, will be made welcome. A neat little volume on the game of bowls, by "The Treasurer," of Hawera, is to hand. "The Bowlers' Pocket Book," as it is styled, is about the size of the ordinary score card, and contains over 100 pages, chiefly on the subjects of "How to niay the game," the duties of members of teams, the things that make a club succeed, the duties of officers and committees, a valuable article on "The Perfect Green," specimen score cards, and so on. It is smartly written, and should be a welcome contribuion to the literature of the game. Mr William Wallace, Tarrawavra, Roto, viiiHillston, N.S.W,, writes: "I make it a point to ilw.aya keep Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in the house, having never known it to fail wheu given for coughs or colds." or sale by all chemists and storekeeiiers. ( THE GREAT PIG FOOD " Sucrosine" fed pigs secured 55 awards (7 specials, 27 firsts and 21 seconds) at the Manawatu and Christchurch Shows this month. If you want quality use " Sucrosine"—it has no equal. Obtainable from all produce merchants. Effervescent Saline, purifying, refresn. ing, invigorating to all who suffer from sickness, headache, sluggish liver, etc Price, 2/6. H. T. Wood, Chemist and Pharmacist (b/ exam.), Masterton.*

The potato blight has appeared at Kaite, Gisbnrne. The publicans at Rotorua have reduced the price of a medium glass of beer to 3d. Mr G. Heron, J.P., convicted and discharged a first offender for drunkenness at the Masterton Police Court on Saturday morning. A fungoid disease of some kind Is killing the asters in Christchurch gardens, and no cure has yet been found for it. ..' There were 22 bankruptcies inDunedin during 1908. The total liabilities were £16,818, and the amount of assets realised by the Official Assignee was £lo,o] J. \ Twenty-six applications were received for three sections of Crown lan.l at Motu, in Tolaga Bay district. it was decided U> hold a ballot on Monday. The prosecution of William Connelly for the muirler of Ernest Burke, at Westport, year, will be proceeded with at a near date. Chief Detective M'llveney, of the Police Commissioner's staff, will for Westport in a day oc two in connection with the mur/ler. It will be reniember.'d that Connelly recently confessed that he alone was guilty. The iiner Cornwall, which arrived at Wellington on Saturday morning from West of E.igland ports, brought '!39 immigrants, cf whom 45 disembark at Wellington, and tne same 'number at Auckland. Tne rest are bound for other parts of the Dominion. The majority joined the vessei at Giasg.nv. There is a fair sprinkling of farmers and domestic servants. It is said that there are many more still desirous of embarking for this part of the globs. , A lad named M'Kenzie, aged about ten years, son of an Upper Plain resident, met with a painful accident at Matahiwi gii Friday. Some days ago he picked up a rifle cartridge from which the ball had been extracted, and which he thought had been discharged. On Friday he i rubbed the cap end of the cartridge ! on a hot stove, with the result that the cartridge exploded, completely 1 severing a finger of the right hand, and badly damaging one of the others. The lad was removed to the hospital, where the damaged finder was amputated by Drs Cowie, Ross and Hosking. The lad was reported as improving last evening. The "Lyttlton Times" says that consternation reigned for a few moments at the performance of "The Girl of the Golden West" at His Majesty's Theatre, Christchurch, a few nights ago. At the conclusion of Act 111., when the heroine W3S making an for the life of the hero, who had just left the stage to meet his doom, a man in tht stalls apparently overcome with the pathos of Miss Tittell Brune's emotional words, made a sudden rush and endeavoured to' clamber on the stage, while forcefully impeaching the villain who dared to "do for" the hero, and begging the heroine to "stoush the brute." It was not until the venturesome interrupter had overturned a member of the orchestra and extinguished several lights that he was hurriedly led out by unsympathetic attendants.

Mr C. Grosvenor, secretary of the Auckland Employers' Association,, said in an interview the feeling was that Mr Hogg's Socialistic tendencies were such that his appointment to Cabinet could not be regarded as acceptable. As a member of the House, his private opinions in the direction of Socialism would not matter so much, but as Minister in charge of the Labour Department it made a considerable difference. It was realised that the Prima Minister had a difficulty in finding a substitute for Mr Millar, for that gentleman had enjoyed the confidence of the employers throughout the Dominion, and their experience had been such as to warrant the utmost confidence being placed in his fair dealing to both sides. There was a feeling, however, that Mr Hogg's appointment to the vacancy would not give the same satisfaction or arouse the same confidence.

An advertiser requires two furnished roo.us with board.

An experienced waitress is advertised for in the Wanted Column by Mrs J. M. Mereditn, "Brooklyn," Renall Street, Masterton. Messrs Mitchell and Gritffih. auctioneers, Pahiatua, hold a sale of fruit on Tuesday, and on Saturday next the firm will sell pigs, poultry, ;'ruit, and produce. Brief particulars of the household furniture and effects to be sold on Wednesday next by Mr J. R. Nicol, on account of Mrs G. Long, are now advertised. The goods throughout have been wall selected, and the sale will be an unreserved one. The W.F.U.A. announce that their annual clearing sale of summer drapery will commence on Saturday next. The popularity of these sales is undoubted, and in the present instance the firm state that they will offur the whole of their first-class stock a 5; greatly reduced prices. Particulars of the bargains will be given in an inset to be circulated witn a later issue.