LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3098, 22 January 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The latest dredging returns to hand are as follow:—Masterton Dredge, 30oz ldwt, for the week: and Mystery Flat Dredge, 41oz 14dwt for 96 hours' working.

The torchlight procession in connection '/nth the aquatic display at the Pajrk to-night leaves the Borough Council Chambers at 8 o'clock. The parade of the Masterton Rifle I Volunteers, which was to have been held this evening, has been postponed. The cheques paid ont on Wednesday last by the Otaraia Co-operative Dairy Company to suppliers of milk for December ranged from £2O to £75. A swimming race over a distance I of 50 yards between members of the I Masterton Fust and Telegraph DeI partment, was held yesterday afternoon, and resulted as follows:--E. J • Fisher, 4sec, 1; V. M. Richards, i 2sec. and A. Eddy, scr, dead heat, | 12; N. Williams, 2siC, 4. There' ' were eight starters, | i -■. - , j The- committee of the MartinborJ ongh Roman Catholic Church have decided on the purchasa of two beautiful stained glass memorial windows to the memory of the following deceased persons:—Messrs J. Mack, Patrick Kane and Timothy Sullivan, The windows* which will be of beautiful design, will cost £2l each, and the work will be executed by a Christchurch firm. The funeral of the late Mrs G. C. Bennington, yesterday, was attended by a great many old residents and friends of the deceased lady. Among many beautiful floral tributes of sympathy received was a wreath from the Borough staff, of whicn Mr Bennington is a member. The pallbearers were Messrs Saker, R. McKenzie, A. E. Green and G. Cullen. j Tne Rev. A. T. Thompson officiated at the graveside.

At a meeting of the Te Ore Ore School Committee, held on Tuesday last, attention was drawn to the fact that the harvesting operations would greatly interfere with the attendance at the school picnic, which it was pronosed to hold on January 28th. In consequence it was unanimously decided to postpone the picnic until Saturday, February 27th, the Saturday being selected so as to enable the children who may then be attending other schools to attend the picnic of their former school.

An additional regulation regarding the Government training ship Amokura is gazetted. When a boy is admitted to the ship his parent or guardian will have to sign an agreement setting out that if on the discharge of the boy, the Marine Department can procure employment for him at sea, and he does not take that employment and remain in it for at least six months, or if the boy leaves the ship before the end of his term, the parent or guardian will pay the cost incurred by the department in maintaining and training the boy on the ship. The amount will be fixed by the Minister of Marine, but is not to exceed £SO.

The Wairarapa Championships Tennis Tounrament will open on the Masterton Courts this morning, and will extend over two days. All the local champions and many prominent visitors are taking part, so that some very fine play should be witnessed. Wilding, the hero of the Davis Cup contest, and Fisher, the Wellington crack, are entered for the Singles, and will play together in the Doubles. The following will start play at 9 o'clock sharp this morning:—Men's Handieap Singles, Ist grade, A. B. J. Howe v. V. L. Cachemaille, S. R. Gawith v. J. .M. Collins, H. V. Howe v. 0. Prouse, P. W. Jackson v. J. B. Moodie, K. A. Sclanders v. C. A. Lawrence, F. H. Elcoate v. J. F. O'Leary. Owing to the large number of entries, competitors are requested to be on the ground sharp to time to-day and to-morrow, and' thus enable the Tournament to proceed withojijifc ffpjay. There will be no tidjoummgfli lop Junch.

Lieut. Knox. R.N./ keen appreciation at his lecture in the Tqwu Hail last evening of the gtricrwu support being accorded him by the Press of the Dominion in the furthering of the vitally important work undertaken by the Navy League. The lecturer stated that everywhere he had been cordially assisted by the newspapers, and he desired to thank particularly the Wairarapa Age, for tne amount of space it had devoted to his mission at Masterton. Lieut. Knox said that the co-operation of the Age in such a wiy had shown how sympathetically the people were inclined the. wotl of British nat/ionbulding, This« remarks wei-Q grev: ed with applause. To Messrs J. D, Cruickshank and R , V. Hoskin;* the lecturer also ■ expra ssed sincere thanks for manifesting great interest in assisting the speaker at liftlecture. Mr Cruickshank intubated that he would enrol teernbers for the local branch ii'f 'the Navy League formed iftst night, many names having already been receiveJ.

Mesars E\\ Smith and W. Matthews, 3's.P., presided at a civil sitting of the Court at Masterton yesterday. Judgment was given for plaintiffs by default for the amounts claimed in the following cases:—Masterton Cement Pipe Co. v. M. C. Symons, claim £2 4s, costs ISs; Levin and Co. v. William Roigard, claim £8 14s sd, costs £1 3s 6d; W. H. Cole v. H. George, claim £1 3s 7d, costs 6s. Koeti Wati Tamatea claimed from Harry Cole the sum of £2 13s — £2 2s as one week's wages in lieu of notice, and lis for eleven hours' overtime at the rate of a shilling an hour. Mr Povvnall appeared for plaintiff, defendant conducting his own case. After hearing the evidence of plaintiff and defendant, and two of the latter's employees, the Bench gave judgment for plaintiff for £2 2s, the week's wages claim, with costs £1 12s. The claim for overtime was disallowed. Win. Wilkes was defendant in a claim of 7s C'd made by T. Wagg for rep lirs to the former's cart. The defence was that the work was done ! without defendant's authorisation. Judgment went for plaintiff, with 6s costs. Faib Faces Faikeji.—Ladies troubled with growth of hair on face, neck or anus can permanently remove it by nsiiiff "Violet Snow Cream." It acts directly on the hair roots, and destroys their life. "Violet Snow Cream" is splendid for Blackheads, Wrinkles, Sunburn, etc., and is a guaranteed cure for superfluous hair. 4/6, send postal note direct to Hem«ley Burnet, Hair Specialist, 46 George Street, Dnnedin (All parcels sent in plain wrappers), Hemsley Burnet's Hair llextrror for Grey Hair, 4/9.

Since the rigid inspection entailed by the new regulations has come into force, the Veterinary Department has been condemning pigs at the bacon factory at WoodviJle at the rate of nearly 100 a week. Forty-one were condemned on Wednesday last, 57 on the previous Friday, and 38 up to 2 o'clock yesterday. This is a very serious state of affairs indeed, says the "Examiner," and is likely to entail great hardship on both the factory and the raisers of pigs in the disirict. A blacksmith and wheelwright, who had carried on business at Rollesby, Norfolk, said, in his public examination in bankruptcy, that though he had empioyed men he kept no account books, and instead of banking his- money kept it in the houae in a box. how he kept a record of customers' accounts, he stated that t);e amounts due were pencilled on a board hung up in the smithy, and when they were paid the entry was planed off the board. He had several boards in use in this way.

A dozen persons, chiefly minor employees of the Savings Bank Department of the Ministry of Marine, St. Petersburg, were recently tried by a jury on charges connected with a great swindle perpetrated after the battle of Tsushima, when sums lying in the savings banks in the names of dead officers and seamen were embezzled through false documents. The jury found all the charges j proved, but acquitted the prisoners ] on the ground that they had been the ; helpless tools of a nigh official, who has not been brought to account, having fled abroad with the money. It has been stated in Melbourne that some of the residents of New Caledonia are anxious that the island should become incorporated with Australia. A suggestion has been made in Melbourne that the wishes of the New Caledonians should be ascertained, and that, if they are favourable, representations should be made by the Federal Government to the Imperial authorities with a view to negotiating with the French Government for an exchange of the island for some British possession. The French Government, however, some time ago gave an intimation that it had nolntefctiiiwff p?rtingjpfch AJgjsk Caledonia. The large majority of the residents ot the island are also said to be averse to any change of j sovereignty. Mr Fisher, when spoken to as to the suggestion, said that the I matter might be considered. j The obsequies of the Conciliation Board so far as Masterton is concerned were solemnised yesterday in the i anr,e-room at the back of. the Courthouse, where the Board has sat occasionally at previous sittings when the Court room has been otherwise occuI pied. The proceedings yesterday were j appropriately funereal. The brickI layers' demands were the subject at issue, and the only party representaj tive present was the Secretary of the I Union, Mr Bodell, whose sole duties were to hand in some written evidence as to labour conditions in the trade in this district, and to ask that the following local firms be added as parties:—S. Bartlett, Taylor and Hodge, F. Bacon and J. McKenzie I (Mai'riceville). The whole business occupied about five minutes, and as the tribunal signalised its local dissolution, a jocular labour member turned to the Press representatives at the conclusion and suggested that a black border should be printed round the report of the v proceedings. j The Board, which comprised Messrs A. H. Cooper (chairman), A. Collins, i H. Inness and F. Bedford, will sit J at Palmerston North on Monday. I Mr J. M'Farlane, late secretary of the Dunedin Y.M.C.A., arrived at New York in November, and immediately joined the staff of the BrookI lyn Central Y.M.C.A. Tn notifying this Mr M'Farlane encloses a leaflet I which gives some idea of the magnij tude of the society's operations, says the "Otago Daily Times":— Two : thousand seven, hundred and thirtyI one men «nd boys are enrolled as f members, having paid fees ranging from 2301. to 15dol.; 637 different students were enrolled in the night school, pursuing one or more of the 40 differet.t subjects; 1,303 men and boys were placed in positions through the employment department; 2,485 applied for position?; 9,512 books were drawn from the library ; 100,000 use of tlie physical department privileges; 1,000 men and boys pass in and out of the building daily; 53 9 men and boys Were enrolled i.i the Bible classes; (590 was i une average v*eekiy attendance at j L'eiigVcus inWcings held in thi build- ;' ing; iili '.Vieetings were held in 16 j different shops and factories at the j nocrs hour; 35,798 was the total j fc&'endance at factory meetings for ;*. 'the year; 325 men and boys are renj dering important service as volunteer committeemen.

Some days ago a report was issued that a woman who was a passenger from Auckland to Lyttelton by the Mokoia, and should have reached Lytte'.ton on Saturday, January 9th, had disappeared by thy time the vessel got into Lyttelton. She had been seen at Napier and Wellington by the police, who had orders to keep an eye on her; and a steward reported that he had seen her on deck at midnight on Friday. TheLyttelton police were unable, however, to find mora than some articles of lier clothing. The woman, whose name is Donovan, was baing sent from Auckland to go into the Mount Magdala Home in Christchurch. Lively inquiries were made, but she had completely disappeared, and the police concluded, not unnaturally, that she had committed suicide. It was reported on Monday, however, says the "Lyttekon Times," that she had been seen in Dunedin, having presumably landed there from the Mokoia when the vessel went on to that port. The method whereby she was smuggled through Lytteltan without detection was as simple as it was obvious, according to the account received. It seems that somebody unlaced the canvas cover of one of the steamer's lifeboats, and, having stowed the woman in the boat, laced the cover on again. The boat escaped the search, and the fugitive got away safely. White Muslin Frocks with dainty trimmed blouses and tucked skirts at 15s 6d, 18s Gd and 2 Is. White Lawn Dress Skirts, smartly made, at 6s lid, 9s <Jd and 12s 6d. White Underskirts, 5s lid to lis GA. These prices are not an indication of the value of the goods. I am clearing these lines—whilst summer lasts—at prices much below usual. You should come and inspect them for yourself.—Mrs Mathewson, Melbourne House, Lambton Quay, Wellington (opposite Bank of New Zealand),

The new regulation dealing with' the rights of Federal officials to participate in public political movements has been passed by the» Federal Cabinet. It is provided now that no officer shall make public comments on the administration of any Federal department, or use for any other than official purposes information gaine or conveyed to him through his connection with the public service. The rest of the area cf political controversy is left open to him without restriction,'

The ''Westport Times" states that a number of cases of apparent double voting were reported at the polls in the Buller election. Full inquiry has been made, and all cases but one, have been cleared up. A lady is-, the offender in the dual vote, traced, and she has made a straightforward explanation. She voted, twice in Westport. At her- first essay she struck out only one. name on the parliamentary ballot paper. Subsequently, ascertaining that her vote was informal, she visited a second polling booth, and there cast a valid vote. As the offence was apparently committed in ignorance of the seriousness, it is unlikely there will be any prosecution. j An advertiser desires to purchase dogs (any breed). Sale prices are quoted in Messrs: Graham and Co.'s advertisement in, anoher column. I An advertiser desires to lease a- ' small property of from ten to twentyacres suitable for a dairy farm. A rotice re sheep impounded from Te Parae Station appears in another column. Particulars of the household ture to be sold by Mr J. R. Nivol; on account of Mr J. Stalker, are advertised to-day. Totara spilt fencing posts, battensand strainers are advertised for sale by Messrs Deal and Schroeder, of Nireaha. Mr W. Inglis Husband, land and estate agent, of Pahiatua, advertises particulars of a first-class property which he has for sale. Messrs J. D. Cruickshank and C 0.,. Ltd., can supply special top-dressing vw maaijr.e3 for pastures, and grains manures for autumn sowing suitable i for all soils. A few shillings spent at the Mas--terton Branch of the New Zealand Ciothing Factory during the sale period will secure a big parcel of highclass serviceable goods. Prices have been cut down to the very lowest. H.M. Ship "Pioneer,." now in Wei--j lingtuii Harbour, has a few vacancies j for seamen, stokers, and artisan I ratings. Additional information is: Ito be found in our advertising i columns, and full particulars can be j obtained from any Post Office, or I direct from the ship. ! The sale of drapery and clothing at I the Exchange Buildings, Masterton, ! has neen thoroughly well patronised l during the past five days, and exceptional bargains have been obtained. Residents who have not already done so are invited to inspect the goods and note the sale prices, Mr Murray being confident that those who do so will make a purchase.