LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3115, 15 February 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

E. J. Searle, who was convicted at Wellington of forgery, has been admitted to probation for two years.

In the Masterton churches last evening, special hymns were sung appropriate to t\e sad maritime disaster at Terawhiti on Saturday the loss of the steamer Penguin. Special prayers were also offered for those at sea. A special meeting of Managers of the Masterton Technical School will be h»ld this evening for the' purpose of considering the annual report and balance-sheet, which are to be submitted to the annual meeting of subscribers on Monday, 22nd inst.

The Masterton and Pahiatua Bowling Clubs will play a match for the Dixon Cup, which Masterton at present holds, at Masterton on Wednesday naxt. The handsome trophy is now on view in Mr F. Dupre's shop window in Queen Street.

On Thursday evening a 66 Yards Handicap race is to be swum in the Park Lake under the auspices of the Wairarapa Amateur Swimming Club, for which race a trophy will be awarded. Entries will close with the secretary, Mr A. McEwen, tomorrow night.

The sewing bee in connection with the Dominion Bazaar (Masterton South Band's) are working hard making various articles for the different stalls, eight sewing machines being tully employed. Various competitions will be held nightly, and some very good trick novelties which were used at the last big bazaar held at Wellington have arrived, and should cause endless amusement to young and old.

The Rev. W. Raine, curate of St. Matthew's, addressed the young men's meeting at the Masterton Y.M.C.A. Rooms yesterday afternoon, his remarks being of a most interesting character. Mr R. Burgess, the General Secretary, occupied the chair. At the strangers' tea Mr Greenwood presided. There was a good attendance, a number of strangers being included. A social to inaugurate the newly-formed Boys' Department was announced for an early date.

The rain of Saturday arid yesterday will do good service in freshening up the Showgroundj in preparation for the fair of to-morrow and Wednesday. The arrangements in all respects are well forward, and everything points to a most successful gathering, especially if the weather conditions are favourable. On Saturday last stock from outside districts commenced to arrive, while to-day and to-morrow will also see -the receiving Stewards busy.

Sentences of ten years' imprisonment with hard labour were passed by Mr Justice Cooper at J Wellington on Saturday morning on each of the three convicted garrotters —Edward Richard Black, John M'Cormick, and William Neil. In passing sentence His Honor said: "It may be necessary, if these outrages continue, to inllicr, in addition to a long term of imprisonment, trie grave punishment of flogging. However ineffective the punishment may be to the person suffering, it may prove h deterrent to lawless men haunting the cities of this Dominion." Black is already serving a term, of seven years for burglary. The new sentence will be concurrent, and at the end of it Black will be treated as an habitual criminal.

Eketahuna proposes to have an innovation at the annual -sports meeting to be held on the 17th March next (St. Patrick's Day). This is to take the form of a Band Contest, and the bands, trom Hastwell, Kaiparoro and Eketahuna are to be asked to take part, and as a sphit of friendly rivalry subsists between these bands, the competition is sure to command a considerable amount of interest. It is felt that a contest of this kind cannot but be productive of good so far as the bands are concerned, while it will lend additional interest to the sports, fhe bands will each be required -to play a waltz and quick marci (own choice), and Mr F, W, G McLtod, of Ma terton, has been asked to act as musical judge.

His Honor Mr Justice Cooper expresseil a great deal of surprise when a respectable fanner and butcher residing at Mastert-on swore positively an the Wellington Supreme Court on Tnursday last that fifty out of every one hundred butchers made it a practice to remove the ears from sheepskins, "Why!" exclaimed his Honor, "that is distinctly a breach of the Slaughtering Act, which applies equally to sheep that have been butchered or sheep that have been found dead. In neither case must ths ears or earmarks be interfered with, and it is an offence even to be found in possession of a sheepskin : from which the ears have been removed. Evidently many honest farmers, under a misapprehension as to provisions of the law, have brought themselves within its operation, and the penalty is heavy—no Jess tnan £SO !"

A purse containing a small sum of money awaits the owner at the Age Office,

The New Zealand Bailways Department advertise holiday excursion fares in connection with the Woodville races.

The Woorlville District Jockey Club insert a notice with reference to fees and the dates of application for bookmakers licenses in connection with the forthcoming race meeting. The Wellington Education Board invite applications, up to Saturday next, for positions of assistants in various schools in the Wellington Educational District. vvHl" IS SAN EUCALYPTI EXTRAC'I superior to any other Eucalypti Product ? Because it is the result of full experience, and of a special and careful process of manufacture. It is always safe, reliable and , effective, and the dangers of irresponsible ' preparations which are now palmed off |as Extract are avoided. A death was recently imported from the use of one of these concoctions and in an action at law a witness testified that he suffered the most cruel irritation from the application to an ulcer of another, which was sold as "Just as good as- SANDER'S EXTRACT." Therefore, beware of such deception. Remember that in medicine a drop that cures is better than a tablespoon that kills, and insist upon the preparation which was proved by experts at the Supreme Court of Victoria, and by numerous authorities daring the ast 35 years, to be a preparation of enuine merit, viz: THE GENUTNE SANDER AND SONS PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.

Mr C. Y. Dally invites the public to visit stand No. 6 on the Show Orounds, where the Dominion Washer and Standard Sewing Machines will be on view.

Mi* P. Hamill's summer sale still continues to be a great success. During show week special reductions will be made in every department, and town and country patrons are invited to trail and see for themselves the bargain offers.

No line of business calls for more careful attention in the selection of goods, as well as the most thorough workmanship, as does the harness and saddlery business. A firm in Masterton that has succeeded in building up a fii.e trade by capable management, firm integrity, and handling only the very best grades of stock, is thst of Messrs Haiombe and Donald, in Perry Street. This firm makes a speciality of good harness, fine saddles, and excellence of repair work. Tht manufacture is right, and the stock used the best that can be obtained, thus putting all the value into their goads that it is possible to do. A very fhe ran re of English harness and sadilery has just come to hand, ar.d Messrs Hareombe and Donaid extend an invitation to farmers and others to inspect it. The prices will be found to be very moderate when the high quality of the goods is taken into consideration.