LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3114, 12 February 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The latest return for the Masterton Dredge is 28ozs for 137 hours' work. The latest return from the Mystery Flat Dredge is 50 ounces 2dwt for the week. This evening the semi-finals and finals in the W.F.C.A. boat race, the heats for which were got off on Monday night, will be decided. Eight crews will participate. The annual meeting of the St. John Ambulance Brigade was held last evening, the Superintendent, Mr Alex. Donai I, presiding. The annual report was read and adopted. Messrs Cook Lewis and Jones were elected on the Management Com-nUtee witn the officers of the Division. Other loutine business was transacted. A charge of being found on licensed prcniyes during prohibited hours was prefered against Augustus Weyland, at the Masterton Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr W. P. James, S.M. The charge was admitted, and the Bench, after learning that defendant was a hardworking man, imposed a fine of ss, with 7s costs. In the competition for the Dixon Bowling Cup, at Dannevirke on Wednesday last. Masterton defeated Dam evirke by 25 points to 14 points. Messrs J. C Ewington, W. Pragnell, J. K. Blinkhorne and J. Cochrane represented Mf.st;ertori, and Messrs Spencer, Farrell, Potts and Bartlett Dannevirke. An interesting race resulted in the Park L'lkeilast evening ; under the W.A.S.C. auspices, when a *ls yards handicap for a trophy presented byMr G. H. Perry was competed for,. Thera were six starters, the winner tiding J. Winchester, who with ..one second handicap; .won by a yard from E. fcf. Waddington and F. Phillips, who tied for second place. The hvs'Jer competition was postponed. „__, The farmers in and around Martin borough are endeavouring to initiate a movement to establish co-oper-ative freezing works in the district, their object.being to obtain better prices for their fat stock. Ihe Farmers' Union branch there has decided upon holding a meeting in the rear future, at Masterton, of delegates from the several branches, and thoroughly go into the question. Messrs F. Perry and R. Clephane have been appointed to rep-esent Maryborough. When Edward John Searl was called upon for sentence for forgery at the Wellington Supreme Cturyesterday, before his Honor, Mr Justice Cooper, prisoner's ccunsel, Mr T. M. Wilford. asked that his client siouldbe allowed to see the papers in the case. ' His Honor: If yb" desire it I will postpone the matter till Saturday morning. Mr Wilford said he would enquire from the prisoner. After a few moments delay his Honor decided that sentence should be deferred till Saturday morning. This would give prisoner time to read the papers if he wished. A case was heard at the Magistrate's Court at Masterton yesterday in which Ross and McGregor, lately partners in a land agency business at Masterton, sued Jesse J. Hills, of Stratford, for £34, commission alleged to be due on an exchange of property at Te Ore Ore belonging to che latter, and a property belonging to one John Lett. The defence was that Ross and McGregor had warranted the stability of Lett, who since had proved unable to complete an agreement he proposed to carry j out in regard to erecting buildings on one of the properties. After hearing the evidence of both parties and of I Lett, the Magistrate awarded plaintiffs .£2O, with £4 15s 6d costs. Dr. Trimble appeared for plaintiffs and Mr D. K. Logan for defendants. Fair Faces Fairer. —Ladies troubled ' with growth of hair on face, neck or arms can permanently remove it by usin<j "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. Obtainable from H. T. Wood, Chemist, Masterton, for 4/6, or send postal note direct to Hem«ley Burnet, Hair Specialist, 46 George Street, Dunedin (All parcels sent in plain wrappers), Hemsley Burnet's Hair Bentrrpv for Grey Hair, 4/9. The name of AYLMER'S, Willis-st. Wellington, is synonymous with perfection in the art of Millinery. Ladies write for a selection on approval. Designs fey everv mail from the leading* London and Paris houses, I

The unfavourable state of the weather caused the postponement nf the garden party, to have been tendered in the Masterton Park to the Hon. A. W. Hogp, Minister for Labour, yesterday afternoon. The rain was fairly hsavy just before noon, and the executive decided, inuch to their regret, to postpone the function indefinitely. The boycoct of Dunedin fruit merchants by growers in Fiji is now almost a thing of the past, and it was never, in the-opinion of one who has visited the seat of the trouble, a boycott in reality. The cause of the trouble was the heavy demand for Island fruit in Australia, where high prices were biing obtained, and shippers found it convenient to establisn a bocyott. vvhicn lasted for a short time only. Things are going I smoothly now. Reserved judgment was given by Mr W. P. James at Masterton yesterday, in the case heard a fortnight ago in wnich VV. Rossiter sued J. Creelman ior £l4 3s 4d, amours of rates and interest due under an agreement signed by defendant to purchase a nouse from plaintiff. The Magistrate said that on looking into the facts he had come to the conclusion that plaintiff had not adopfed the correct course in suing for non-payment; of an amount agreed to be paid to a person not a party to the contract. Plaintiff should have paid the amount himself, and sued defendant in damages for breach of the agreement. Plaintiff would be nonsuited wirh £1 4s costs. Dr. Trimble acted for plaintiff, and Mr C. A. Pownall for defendant. Mr Allan Hamilton has just formed a new dramatic company to tour Australasia. Mr Geor.e Cross will be leading man, and Miss Ada Guilford leading lady. Other prominent engagements will include Mr George P. Carey (stage manager), Mr John Hesford, Miss Maud Chetwynd, Miss May Hesford, and ' Miss Rosemary Rees (a new actress from Englar.d). The first production, on April 3rd at the Palace, Sydney, will be "Queen of the Night"—a melodrama which has been running successfully in the English provinces for the past three years. The Sydney season will last six weeks, after which New Zealand will be visited, opening at Wellington on Saturday, May 29th. Mr Frank Eugarde will have charge of the musical arrangement.?. In reference to a paragraph appearing in a northern journal recently to the effect that consumers <>f fruit had suffered from prsenate of lead poisoning owing to the presence on the fruit of the spraying mixtures Used almost universally by orchardists to destroy blight and noxious grubs, a representative of the Christchurch "Press" was told by a local fruitgrower that it was highly improbable I that any injurious materials would remain upon fruit for so long after spraying. The fruit was treated as soon as it was first "set" and by the time it ripened it would grow to three times the size it assumed at the time of spraying, so that even if it were drenchedi with the solution in the fir3t place the quantity of solid matter remaining upon the fruit sub frequently would be very small indeed. Exposure to the weather would diminish the effects of the arsenate, and much of it would be washed off by rams. Tne quantity used was about 21b to 100 gal of water. Another expert stated that .late,.. sprayi )g or spraying two or three times might conceivably result in slightly disagreeable effect? to I anyone eating such fruit. The digestion would be upset for a little while, but the quantity of poison ; was'so infinitesimal that no very dangerous results could possibly accrue. It was the practice in most good shops to wipe the fruit before exposing it for sale, and purchasers were advised to follow this practice . as an additior.d precaution. ' At a jivii sitting of the Magistrates' Court, held at Masterton yesterday morning, before Mr W. P. James. S.M.. judgment was given for plaintiffs by default in the following cases:—W. Charman v. S. Rusk thought, claim £lO 15s, costs £1 10s 6d; H. L. Meredith v. E. V. S.veet, claim £7 7s, costs £1 3* 6d; W. S. Koss v. F. Marryatt, claim £6 15s, costs £1 5s 6d; Mrs H. Infield v. Harold Wyatt, claim £3, costs 8s; Hoar and Permain v. J. Heremaia, claim £1 15s, costs 9s 6J; Same v. M. Tufei, claim £2 10s, costs 9s 6.i; Keeling and Wynn-Wil-liams v. W. R. Anderson, claim £l4 14s Sd. costs £1 14s. Orders on judgment summons were:made as follows: —J. L. Murray v. Robert A. Mclntyre, debt £?, Bs, debtor ordered to pay £1 forthwith and 10s per month until paidr J. Reed v. H. Taylor; -debt £6 6s ordered to pay forthwith in default saven days' im prisonment, order suspended for 14 days; J. L. Murray v. Remini, de h t £5 2s, debtor ordered to pay 10s per month; J. P. Thompson v. Roera Henare, debt £6 lis 6d, debtor ordered to pay 10s per month in default seven days' imprisonment; C. H. Owen v John debt £7 19s 2d, debtor ordered to pay 10s per mo;th; W. Cragg v. W. Heggie, debt £3 8s Gd, debtor orderpd to pay forthwith in default 7 days' imprisonment, ordered suspended for 14 days; H. and J. Binstead v. J. Rhodes, debt £3 3s 4d, debtor ordered to pay 10s per month, in detail! t seven days' imprisonment. In a judgment sammons case Mrs A. H. Ewington v. E. A. Jones and Co. no order was made. | Prom the Bth to the 27th iiist, poople in Masterton will have an exceptional opportunity of securing pianos and organs of the highest quality on exceptional t<H'ins. A feature of the Dresden Piano Company, Ltd., is its calculated trustworthiness. It stocks the be?t pianos and sells them in the best way—the way, that is, that best suits individual clients. The instruments ottered at this annual sale are instruments specially imported for Masterton, instruments that have not previously been offered for sale in the Dominion. The Company will make exceptional terms of payment, earnestly desiring to meet the convenience of all responsible buyers. Mr T. B. Hunter, the local representative, and Mr M. J. Brookes, the North Island Manager, are both at hand. Their experience and knowledge may be commanded by any person interested. To buy a piano is a , task of delicacy. Eequirements differ: '. for some a Lipp, for some a Steinway, for ', some a Eonisch, and for some a Broadwood. The company will help you to find out just what you want, and will see that you get all the satisfaction you can possibly expect. 2 ,

The British Empire is the greatest gold producer in the world. The Transvaal comes first of its various States with a product of £27,410,000 in 1907, Australia is second with £13,511,000, Southern Rhodesia , third with £2,178,000, and India and New Zealand nearly equal in the fourth place, with each slightly over two millions worth of output. The total product uf the Empire was almost exactly £50,000,000 worth of gold in 1907. An angling record .'or Rotorua has been established by Mr C. Fitton, says an Auckland paper. Fly-fishing in Lake Rotorua, mostly by night, he landed in six days last week 150 hah, getting the limit of 25 each day. But for the limit Mr Fitton could have landed many more. Eighty per cent, of the fish were in good condition, and they ranged from 41bto 81b in weight. It seems that big fish come to shallow water at night. This record should discount Mr T. vYilfo.d's criticism of Rotorua fishing. A correspondent reports that a rattier unusual occurrence took place en ,-Mr Belcher's farm at Coutts' Island, Canterbury, . recently. A threshing mill was engaged threshing oats, and the farmer and three otheri men were carting the sheaves to the machine, when a swarm of bees came on the scene. The horses, became restless, as well as the drivers, and threshing operations had to be discontinued. Ine bees tnun left and scattered the forkers in the paddock. A second time the pest returned to the machine, and in spite of water, tin cans, etc., they would not leave. The shrill whistle of the engine eventually brought the bees down. After settling on a stook they were secured by one of the men and placed in a box, after about ten minutes' fun. "Put all your eggs in one basket, and look after the basket," ran a piece of advice given long ago by Mark Twain. In a minor way, the new Minister for Tourist and Health Resorts (the Hdn. T. Mackenzie) is showing that he las some regard for the maxim. He is giving evidence of that persistency which was quoted as an explanation for the presence cf half a dozen Scotchmen in the Cabinet. Several days ago he announced himself in favour of cheap excurions to the West Coast Sounds. This declaration was, apparently, well received at the outset, and is in process of being much repeated by Mr Mackenzie, and then along come 3 the inevitable telegram about his aunouncemei.t. While visiting the State Nursery (an agricultural affair) at Tapanui on Tuesday, out came those excursions again. The late Mr Seddon, prior the general election of 1905,-swept the country with "Not undertood"; Mr Macker zie is rakingit with "Understood—excursions." The residents in a Dunedin seaside suburb are rejoicing just now over the resovrcefulness and pluck of a neighbouring family, says, a Dunedin paper. The latter lived in a rented cottage, for which they paid 8s per week, tut, being imbued witn a praisevvorthy . desire to become his own landlord, paterfamilias" purchased an adjoining section, and all went well until the timber appeared on the ground, whereupon the landlord (a builder by the way) gave his tenant the option of quitting or paying £l' per week rent. Both were promptly declined. The tenant procured a large tent, which he erected ,on his own section, and aknoot>h admiring neighbours tendered lavish hospitality, the family is residing in the tent until the house is built. The enterprising head of this family is employed at Port Chalmers, and says the only reason assign for the-abnormal rise in" his rent was the fact that his landload was not asked to submi: a pri:e for building the new housf. Ques:ior.ed by an "Otago Daily Times" reporter as to the actual condition of things in Wellington in regard to the state of trade and unemployment, Mr J. Lomss, Chief Inspector of Factories, who is at present on a visit to Dune.in, stated that matters were pretty bad there, but net quite so bad as h2d been made to appear. There were certainly a large number of carpenters and a good many painter.-s out of employment, the principal causes beiig thevery limited amount of cottage building going on for some time and. the fact that there were really no big works in hand. It had bsen stated that there were 700 or 800 men. going to fhe Labour Bureau each week, but the fact was that it was. the same 100 or more men calling each day of the week. Now, however, men were being sent away every week to the Stratford and Seddon railway construction works, andijthe number if unskilled workers out of employment was thereby being reduced. In regard to tradesmen there was really no immediate ■ prospect of improvement. A Sydney restaurant-keeper gave a rather remarkable opinion before, the Hotel, afid Restaurant Employees 1 Board, says the "Sydney Telegraph," .- concerning -. the old* question of a li«ing wage. Asked by the representative of the union what he considered to be a living wage forworking men, he replied: "£2 or£2 10s." The la ter sum was sufficient to enable a working manto bring up a family and live in comfort. "But," complained the union's representative, "men in your employ are receiving less than that.. * How are they to live?" The answer of the employer was that his employees were not competent to get more anywhere else. It was following upon that answer that the restaurant-keeper expressed the remarkable statement that "unskilled, workers were not entitled to a living wage." Pressed as to whether a kitchenman or female employeesshould be paid a living wage, he declined to answer. Later, under the questioning of the employer's representative on the Board, the witness said that he did not know what he meant; be was talking about his cook. He had got "boxed up."

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Messrs Dimock and Co., Ltd., annuonce next trucking dates for Eketahuna and Mauriceville. Tenders for the erection of a truss bridge over the Taueru river are invited by the Masterton County Council. A notice re confirmation of resolutions authorising the raising of loans for the Opaki and Lansdowne water supply schemes appears in another column. Messrs Forman and Trowers notify the public of Masterton and distric" that they have taken over the Club Hotel Stables, Bannister Street, Masterton. The whole of the plant has been renovated, and under the personal management of the new proprietors the business is bound to expand. To-mormw afternoon, at half-past tvo, Miss dickering will open to the public the "Kia Ora" Tea and Luncheon Rooms, which are situated in premises re<t Messrs C. Smith, Ltd., in Queen Street. For some time past ttie premises have been undergoing extensive alterations, and the result is a most attractive aid pleasing inter or. The walls are covered with engrained p*per of a French bine tint, bavins a deep white frieze to match, and being hung wim sums very modern and beautiful pictures; tus detail of the arrangement <i t ■•} rooms has a very charmi. g effect. This new establishment snjuld prove very popilar.