LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3135, 11 March 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

■ * „-t A short sharp shock of earthquake was experienced in Wellington at 4.40 oVbck yesterday morning. The annual meeting of the Paka Koura Hockey Club was held at Featherston on Tuesday afternoon last. The following officers were elected:—-Patroness, Mrs Barton; President, Mrs A. Matthews; VicePresidents, Mesdames W. Benton, Deamer, Palmer, W. Toogood, J. W. Card and M. B. Tail; Captain, Miss I. tfenton; Vke-Captain. Mis? Skip asre; Secretary, Miss I. Tait. It was resolved that the colours be full brown dress with gold tie and bro-vn cap. The opening of the season will not be till after Easter, the exact date to be fixed later on. A start was mala yesterday by the Public Works Department with the foundations of the new Welliost\>n post office. The work is a big one, entailing the expenditure of something like'£B,ooo, and will occupy a considerable time. Included in the work is the construction of a basement, covering alaiost the whole of the area, which is to ba devoted to the purposes of the parcels p t branch of the department. The main portion .of the building will be constructed by private co 'tract, for which tenders are shortly to be called.

| A very profitable and instructive evening was held last evening by the Y M.C.A. elocutionary class, Mr j. T. M. Hornsby being the instructor. Speeches selected by Mr Hornsby were delivered; by the various members of the class. Mr Hornsby congratulated the members on the excellent matter' and the manner in which it was handled. It was decided to postpone the class next Wednesday, as it was St. Patrick's Day, and to hold the class on the following Wednesday, (March 24th), when the following will be the subject of debte: —" Will the awakening of the Eastern nations ba detrimental to the Western nations." The affirmative will be taken by Messrs E. Flanagan (leader), A. Donald, D. Hebenton, W. Kemp, E. R. Wilson and D. B. Thompson, and the negative by Messrs 0. Pragncll (leader), W. Chamberlain, G. R. Sykes, J. Tait, W. Gillespie and H. H. Sutton. WHY [S SANDER & SONS PURE VOLATILE 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 fs always safe, reliable and effective, and the daligers of irresponsible preparations which are now palmed off [ afe Extract are avoided. A death was recently reported from the use of one of j these concoctions and in an action aj; law ' a witneas 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 sucb 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 GENUINE SANDER AND SONS PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. I

The monthly service of the Presbyterian Church at Bideford will be conducted by Mr C. J. Tocker on Sunday afternoon next, at 3 p.m. An elderly female was charged at the Masterton Police Court before Mr Eli Smith, J. P., yesterday morning with having been .drunk. She was convicted and irdered to come up for sentence when called upon. The good that has been accomplished by the homes founded by the late Dr Barnardo was told by Mrs Barnardo recently at the twelfth annual meeting of the Gordon Habitation of the Young Helpers' League, London. She mentioned that one boy, formerly a Stepney shojblack, was now a Government official in China, earning £1,200 a year. More then 68,000 children had passed through the home, and many had risen to good positions. A meeting of ladies, convened by the Mayoress, was held a* Wellington yesterday, states a Press Association telegram, to promote a fund with the object of establishing a memorial to the brave stewardesses who were lost in the Penguin wreck. It was decided to collect funds to found and endow a bed i,i Wellington Hospital for the use of any stewardess incaoacitated by illness. If funds warrant it, beds will be provided in other New Zealand centres.

The monthly meeting of the Masterton Benevolent Trustees was held yesterday afternoon. There were present —Messrs R. T. Holmes (chairman), J. C. Ewington, J. Miller and Mrs Keen. The pay-sheets for the month were—Solway Home, £24 17s 8d; ordinary maintenance, £3l 0s 3d, and were duly passed. Admission to Solway Home was refused an applicant, who was a previous inmate. The secretary reported that the Home now contained seven inmates. Several cases of relief were attended to.

The Featherstou Co-operative Dairy Company, Ltd., yesterday paid out to suppliers the sum of £3,529 lis 3d, advances for butter-fat as follows: — Ordinary advance at 9d per lb of batter-fat for February, £1,580 17s 8d; further advance on season's supply of 2d per lb of butter-fat, £1,948 13s 7d. This factory has now advanced lid per lb on all butter-fat supplied to date, and expects to make a further payment at the end of the season. The daily supply at the present time is 2,850 gallons, being 1,800 gallons more than for the same period last year. The cheese graded at the Caitertor. Show, and later on graded in London, was cold *-here in separate lots, and realised the following prices :—Featherston, 60s; vale, 60s; Grey town, Dalefield, Belvedere, Ahiar,uhe, Longbush and Taratahi 595.

The annual meeting of the W.F.C.A. Hockey Club was held last evening, Mr A. Pragnell presiding over a fair attendance of members. Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows:-Patron, Mr M. Caselberg; President, Mr D. Caselberg; Vice-Presidents, Messrs J. Caselberg, A. Caselberg, W, Pragnell, H. Williams, J. Pryor, W. Uren and E. Richards; Captain, Mr A. C. Pragnell: Viee-Captai.i., Mr H. Richards; Secretary, Mr G. H. IScrimgdour; Management Committee, Messrs Minetr, Thymic, La Roche and R. Dixon; Selection Committee, Messrs Miiiet, Hall and Pragnell; committee to arrange training, Messrs D.miells, Thynne. Hall, and Pragnel!: delegates to Wairarapa Hockey Association, Messrs Pragneli, Daniells, Minett and Potter. The following new members were elected: —Messrs T. Byrn, J. F. Williams, A. Style-, J. Buunister, S. Pragnell and C. Moreshesd. It was decided to enter two teams for the Wairarapa Hockey Association's competition. The delegates Co the Association were instructed lo support a motion lo form a Junior Thursday Competition if enough teams were furthcoming.

A correspondent writes as follows to the Christchurch "Press":—The Union Steam Ship Company having adopted Ma«,ri names for their s!earuer.% they should at least see that they are properly spelt. The spelling of "Kurow," the name of the latent addition to their fleet, is entirely wrong, and anyone with the least smattering of knowledge of the phonetic spelling of fct;e Maori language knows that no word ends with a onson:int. The proper spelling of "Kurow" should be "Kohu-rau." "Kohu" means "mist," and one of the meanings of "rau" is "to gather." Behind the little township of Kurovv, on the Dunttoon-Haka-taraicea railway line, is a high hill, from whence the township take 3 its name. In cloudy or misty weather the clouds hang heavily on the hill, and thus it was known to the Maoris as "the place where the mist gathers." It might be more poetically described is "thd hill of the mist." "Kurow" is one of those mis spellings that should be corrected by the Postal and Railway Departments, and it is a pity that trie Union Steam Ship Company should perpetuate the error.

The Masterton Fire Board yesterday. There were presentMessrs O. Pragnell (chairman), W. Morris, J. C. Ewington, J. J. Mallard, 0. A. Ewen and R. M. Simpson. Inspector Hugo made a satisfactory report :>n the resulc of hjs recent surprise visit, ihe Inspector recommended the procuring of a map of the water reticulation of the town with the size of the mains shown upon it, this to enable the brigade to know how much pressure was available at a given point, and how many jets could be used. It was decided to apply to the Borough Council for a copy of the reticulation. It was decided to terminate the arrangement with the Borough Council regarding the supply of horses for the Jubilee engine, and to request a reduction until then on the present charge. The local members were authorised to make other arrangements in the matter. Regarding fires at a distance, it was decided to instruct the Superintendent not to attend fires more than a mile distant from the fire district without permission from the chairman or other member of the Board. It was decided to charge the Masterton A. and P. Association and Mrs Hourigan the actual cost of fire extinguishing operations cai'ried out by the brigade at the properties of those mentioned.

A sawmill at Maharahara/ Hawke's Bay, owned by Mr T. Wysocki, Dannevirke, was destroyed by fire on Friday nignt. The engine and planing machine were saved, but the rest of the plant, together with a quantity of sawn timber, was totally destroyed.' The insurance on building and plant was £4OO. The methods of the Valuation Department were a subject of comment at the Wanganui County Council's meeting on Friday. One councillor considered that the Department was worse than any leech, and said that if the total amount paid each year by thy lucai bodies was published it would open the eyes of ratepayers,. Another councillor, while commenting on the charges made by the Department, said that valuers were not paidsufficiently to allow thsm to do their work properly. A gentleman who does a largeamount of railway travelling says that the railway lines are at present infested with gangs of spielers whose business jt is to swindle people at cards, states the "Manawatu Standard." They join the train at different stations, and to all appearances are strangers to eachother, but in reality they are accomplices. In a casual sort of way they induce a likely looking passenger to take a, hand at cards, and thun they "take him down" by barefaced swindling. The men make their living on the ! trains, "mixing" their occupation a little with racecourse swindling and | burglarising. An advertiser desires to purchase a roomy perambulator. An advertiser has nine bags of good cocksfoot grass-seed for sale. Dimock and Co. announce trucking date 3 as follows:—Eketahuna, Monday, March 22nd; Mauriceville, Tuesday, 23rd. At the Post Office Auction Mart, on Saturday next, Mr Al. 0. Aronsten will hold a general sale, particulars of which are advertised. Tenders for leasing the refreshment rooms at various railway stations set out in an advertisement in another column, are invited by the General Manager of Railway?. Mr P. Hamill has a very fine displlay of London and Paris models of millinery in the showroom of his Queen street premises. Many decidedly pretty and fashionalle bats are included in the display which is well worthy of inspection. Messrs McLeod and Young, the well-known stationers, of Masterton, advertise many choice lines in stationery which they have just imported. In these days when correct stationery is very important this announcement will be a welcome one. The firm make a point of quality and variety in all lines. Mr H. Spear, M.P.0.C., Doctor of Optics, the well-known Eyesight Specialist from Wellington, will, in response to numerous 'requests from patients who are unable to spare the 1 time to visit Wellington, visit Masterton on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th March. Ihe visit will extend for only three days, at the Club Hotel, wbera Dr Spear may be consulted free.