LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3119, 20 February 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The latest dredging return is 230z 6dwt from the Masterton Dredge, for a period of 130 hours. This ■ dredge is working on the shallow j-ide. The Masterton Ladies' Swimming . Club have made arrangements with Messrs Olds and Anderson, to exhibit the tropnies to be competed for at the annual Carnival to be held on Thursday next, in their shop window. They make a splendid exhibition, some of the trophies being very valuable. Judging from the enthusiasm displayed the Carnival promises to be an even greater success this year than last. An objection lodged by John Blatrhord. settler, of Kopuaranga, against an order of the Masterton County Council requiring him to clear obstructions from the Kopuaranga stream passing through his property, came before Mr W. P. James at the S.M. Court at Masterton yesterday. The Magistrate dec'ded that it would be better for him to inspect the locality before hearing the evidence, and adjourned the case until next Friday, His Worship to inspect the property meanwhile. Two young men, named Thos. Armstrong and Penata Akuhata, the latter a Maori, were charged at the Masterton Police Court yesterday morning with having used obscene language in Queen Street yesterday I morning about 12.30 a.m. Mr A. R. i Bunny defended Akuhata. Constable McGregor gave evidence in support of the charge, saying that both accused were slightly under the influence of liquor. Witness stated that he warned the accused not long before ' the occurrence. Akuhata in evidence swore that he had not used the language attributed to him. and that the Constabld had not warned him. Witness also said mat the Constable kicked him before arresting him. Armstrong also swore Jiat he did not make use of the language contained in the charge sheet. The Magistrate said that in face of the two accuseds' denial he could hardly convict, and both informations were dismissed. Fair Faces Faikeh.—Ladies troubled with growth of hair on face, neck or arms can permanently remove it by using "Violet Snow Cream." It acts directly on the hair roots, and destroys their life. "Violet Snow Cream" is splendid for Blackheads, Wrinkles, Sun- ! burn, etc., and is a guaranteed cure for suoernuous hair. Obtainable from H. j

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It is reported that there are about 200 carpenters idle in Wellington.

It is estimated that at present 380,000 workers out of a total of about 14,000,000 wage-earners, are unemployed in Germany.

A harriers' run in connection with St. Matthew's Club will be held on Wednesday evening next, 'i he distance is to be two and a-half miles.

Morning and evening services in the Congregational Church will be taken to morrow by Messrs C. J. J'ocker and R. Burgess, respectively.

The Masierton South Band will play a programme of music in front of the Exchange Buildings this evening.

The deer shDotinij sea -on in the Martinborough district will open on the 24th inst., and close on April 23rd.

The Young Men's Meeting will take place as usual at the Y.M.C.A. Rooms on Sunday at 5 p.m. A proficient orchestra will assist at the singing. The strangers' tea will follow tne usual meeting.

Numerical returns just completed show that there was an increase of 186 during January in the cotal strength of the New Zealand Defence Forces, which now number 20,409 of all ranks.

The Secretary of the Masterton Sub-Branch of the Navy Leigue has received intimation from His Excellency the Governor that the latter has accepted with pleasure the position of Patron to the Sub-Branch.

The Rev. J. N. Buttle will preach at the Methodist Church to-morrow morning and eve..ing. Services at Kuripuni will be in connection with the opening of the new infant schoolroom.

The Bible Class at the Y.M.C.A. Rooms will meet at 7.30 o'clock this evening. All men are invited to the discussion. Mr C. J. Tocker will be in the chair, and Mr S. Boagey will be discussion leader.

At tho Knox Church, to-morrow, the Rev. A. T. Thompson will conduct both the morning and evening services, the young men's class in the morning and the services at Kaituna :n the afternoon. Mr C. J. Tocker will conduct the services at Mild Miki at 3 p.m., and at Dreyerton at 7.30 p.m.

The following officers have been nominated for , various positions in connection with the Greytown Fire Brigade:—Captaid, Capt. Webster; first lieutenant, Lieut. Workman; second lieutenant, Lieut. W. Gates; treasurer, Fireman Olifent, and Lieut. Gates; secretary, Fireman H. Haigh; branchmen. Branchmen Coe, A. Haigh, Morris, Firemen H. F. Webster, Bilby, Fisher. H. Skeet, H. Trotman, and Moffatt.

The Eketahuna school picnic was held on Thursday afternoon in ideal weather, writes our Eketahuna correspondent, and was the most successful picnic ever held in Eketahuna. There was a large attendance of townspeople, and everyone thoroughly enjoyed himself. Through the kindness of local people, and the energy of the headmaster and committee, a large number of toys were provided, and iaces, skipping, jumping and swimming races kept the children busy. The picnic was held on the Newman Domain, which is recognised as possibly the best picnic ground in the Wairarapa. j

The Y.M.C. A. Tennis Club has decided to hold a handicap tournament. The following drawings have been arranged:— Men's Handicap, 60 points—First round: Alpass 25 plays Hebenton 12, Wilson scr plays Kemp 17, Hollirgs 8 plays Mooshed 15, Burgess 10 plays Daniell scr, Frear 8 plays Nivens 14, Wise 25 phys Rue 12; Truscott a bye. Ladies Handicap, 40 points:.—Miss Wilson scr plays Miss E. Miller 10, Miss Hodge scr plays Miss A. Miller 15, Miss E. Richa'ds 13 plays Miss A. Mitchell 15, Miss.Rive 15 plays Misa Hourigan 15, Miss Fisher 10 plays Miss Church 15, Miss Jones 15 plays Miss E. Carpenter 13. Miss M. Jackson 15 plays Miss 0. Richards 10. Competitors are requested to make arrangements with their partners to get their games off as soon as possible.

The steamer Runic, which recently , arrived in Sydney from London, - brought from Melbourne a strange i pair of youthful lovers. An imrni- > grant lad of about 17 years of age, - I who had completed the voyage from London, made the acquaintance in .j Melnourne of the attractive daughter of a Melbourne resident; and the ' two became so enamoured of each „ other that the eirl, who was only 13 | years of age, decided to throw in her lot with her new found suitor and ' journey to', 1 Sydney with him, where he intended seeking fame and forj tune. The youth obtained a ticket for ; her, and when the Runic left Melbourne the child's distracted parents '. were unable to find any traces of [ their daughter. As she had last been seen on the Runic a wire was sent to the Inspector-General of Police in ■ Sydney, who instructed Senior Constable Duncan, of No. 4 Police Sta--1 tion, to search the vessel. He found ' th<> two sweethearts on the vessel, where they had passed a blissful couple of days during the voyage from Melbourne. On the advice of the girl's father she was sent back to Melbourne. Owing to the youth of the mile participant in the episode the police have decided to take no serious action against him. Lovers of home music have a specia j opportunity in Masterton just now Prom the Bth to the 27th inst, the Dresden Piano Company, Ltd., which has become as assu.ed a national institution as the bubbling places of Whakarewarewa, holds its annua} sale at the Dresden Piano Depot in Queen Street. A splendid lot of specially imported instruments liavo been brought up. These are not pianos and organs left over in the metropolitan showrooms. Every one of them was imported from famous factor- . ies for sale in Masterton, Lipps, Broadwoods, Ronisches, Steinways, others—all J latest models, all perfect examples of ' i quality and dependable construction £ The terms of payment ire exceptionally 1 easy during the sale. If you want an in- t strument for the home, for the church, g for the assembly room, for any purpose, r there will be no such exceptional oppor- . tunity as this for another year. For detailed information apply 'o Mr T. 13. Hunter, the local representative, or to Mr M. J. Brookes, the Dresden Manager in the North Island. Don't fear to give trouble. The Dresden Company long v ago found out that taking trouble is the s . quintessence of good business. 3 (

An exceedingly fine collection of wild goat heads has just been received by the Tourist Department. The horns on the heads are magnificent.. The animals were sh'it in the Martinborough country, towards thecoast. Some of them are intended* for the New Zealand court at the Fi-aneo-British Exhibition, where they should attract <onsiderable attention from sportsmen.

Two tourists from Scotland made a remarkable catch of trout in the western bay of Lake Taupo a fewday ago. The "Napier Daily Telegraph' 1 says that the visitors secured between them 102Jlb in the afternoon on the fly and minnow. The largest was a splendid brown trout, weighing 221b, caught on a salmon fly. This fish gave play for almost an hour. Several fine rainbow trout between 111b and 151b were also landed_on the fly.

Boy and man met on the Temuka. River, says a South Canterburypaper, the former getting all the luck, while the latter could not "get a touch." The man worked up too close to the boy, thereby overstepping river etiquette; and the youngster asserted his rights by remarking: "I say, old man, you clear out of that; this is my ripple." The "old -nan," who was none other thaa a well-known and most highly-re-spected Judge of the Supreme Court, on a visit to Temuka, smiled, and gracefully retired.

Speaking at his reception, Mr Thomson, M.P. for Dunedin North, said he believed a very tight rein should be kept on the finances of the country, and he would do what he could to work with Messrs Fraaer and Allen and, others to check wasteful expenditure. He also believed in a Civil Service Board. Merit should be rewarded, and those people should be allowed to rise in the service who were worihy to rise. He believed Sir Joseph Ward was the best man that New Zealand had ever had at the head of its Post and Telegraph Department, but he did not believe in his finances.

Various branches of the Farmers' Jnion are meeting with the troubles hat sooner or later afflict all bodies nat stand chiefly for principle and . sxist wholly by annual subscription. Che latest indication of this comesTorn Palmerston North, in the form.,: )f a report that at a meeting of the ocal branch of the Farmers' Union jne delegate spoke bitterly of the 1 poor attendances, and suggested, sarcastically, that a prize fight. should be run as a side show, to induce attendances at the meetings.'. Another delegate humorously suggested a set-to between sides composed of paid-up and non-paid-up members, respectively. A Bill for the suppression of stagedoor callers has been introduced into the New York State Legislature, says the New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mail." Whether it is a joke or not is not stated. Thv~ measure provides for the registration/ of all male patrons of a theatre who» desire to send notes to any actress appearing in 'the play. Under its provisions all theatrical managers must keep registration lists of visitors and all persons sending notes to> actresses must sign their names 2nd state whether they are married or • single. If it is found that the sender - is married the note will be preserved and sent lo his wife. If a false nameor address is given the signer will be u punishable by imprisonment or fineIt has ki.own for some timethat the Persian exchequer has baerw in serious difficulties, but quite a" novel way out of them—in one direction at l:ast-has j"st been reported .from Teheran (oays Lhe Louden "Daily Telegraph.") The clamours of numerous malcontents fcr pay at Bagh-i-Shr.h had becoma somewhat mora serious than rsual, ~o or&d&i were given to serve out sone.# weapons of the "Bro- n Bess"" type ••■• which an enterpr si.ig official! hadv unearthed, and comp 1 their aeaept-. ance at a uniform representativevalue of about £3. Some of the* complainants, glad enough to get even this, took their antiquated weapons to the br.zar.r, and gold, them for somefchi.i* U-s than 305:.. But then the full beauty of the arrangement slowly carre to light..Fur, since the coup d'eta 1 ", no one is-' allowed to have arms, fo all these bright ornaments of th? Imperial arsenal were confiscated by the Cossacks, restored to the authority and redistributed by t!:::n i:. precisely/ the "same mav.ner t!;e following: week, whereupon the sirac processwas repeated. It is rarely that so convincing an ingenious example of Oriental finance has come out of the. ancient East in modern times. The unions have been hoist withi their own petard with a vengeance (?ays tne "Sydnev Morning Herald" of the 4th inst). The campaign of boycott against the Barrier "Miner," which culminated in the strike of the newsboys recently reported, wa.& never looked t') by the unionists dowork against themselves, but boys, having secured better tepms:; from the "Miner," forthwith de-. manded similar terms from "Truth,''* the offiical orga-i of the and a aUis was reached when the bojs refused to sell the paper because their demands had not been complied with. Nearly sill the boys, are sons of unionists, and it was thought the difficulty could be easily smoothed over, but the lads remained obdurate. They picketed the office in the style approved by their fathers and, as in the case of the "Miner," promised an uncomfortable time for anyone bringing a copy out of the office. The point that is sending Broken Hill into convulsions of laughter is this, that "Truth," for some weeks past hr.s,. been daily heaping the most violetinsult and abuse upon the lary, this morning, when the became violent in their tions, it telephoned in hot hasjie to the station with an urgent that the police should be sent round to protect the office. Three con-* stables were promptly despatched to the scene of action, and the youthful demonstrators were kept within bounds, but no papers were sold in the streets to-dav, and the strike is still on, the boys declaring that it. must continue till "Truth" falls in line with the other paper in the matter of terms. The name of AYLMEE'S, Willis-st. Wellington, is synonymous with perfection in the art of Millinery. Ladies write for a selection on approval. Designs by every mail from 'the leading . !,on 3on and Paris houses.'

Taranaki sheepbrac ders have every reason to feel dissatisfied with this year's prices for stud raras, reports the "News." Two-tooth rams that three or four years ago would readily average up to six guineas are hard to quit at anything over a guinea this year. Several well-known breeders in Southern Taranaki, who have on hand more rams than there is demand for, have expressed their intention of bailing the animals down for tallow. It is expected that by this method the animals will average about 16s. Mr Justice Denniston had something to say about alibis in the course of his summing up in a case before the Christchurch Supreme Court on Wednesday last. An effective alibi, his Honour said, should be brought out in the earliest possible stage. What had the accused person to gain by making an alibi stale or doubtful. Mr Donnelly, in his remarks on bringing forward alibis in a "rash, risky, and foolish way," was referring to a class of alibi that could not be too carefully preserved; the alibis that he (his Honour) was referring to were good, honest alibis. There were alibis and alibis, his Honour added, and in some instinces an alibi was the last refuge of the destitute, and his Honour indicated that such alibis were of such a character that When the day of trial came they could mt stand examination. What had a good alibi to ; ear from the police? ins Honuur in conclusion. An experienced man for threshing Dlsnt is required by Messrs Chamberlain and Son. A reward is offered for the return of a Cninese pug dog lost in Dixon street on Wednesday last. Mr M. 0. Aronsten will sell at the Post Office Auction Mart to-day 100 cases of assorted fruits without the slightest reserve. Messrs C. Adams and Co., definitely close their millinery exhibit in the Exchange Buildings, Mastarton, to-night. Messrs Hendry and Buxton are offering special price inducements to purchasers of millinery at their shop to-day. The window display is made attractive wth many really pretty and uncommon designs in millinery. Tenders are invited by the Deputy Official Assignee for the stock-in-trade, fittings, etc., in the estate of A. E. Williams, tobacconist, Masterton. Special bargains for the last week of Messrs Veitch and Allan's great stock clearing sale at the premises in Cuba street, Wellington, are announced. They are worth looKing into.