LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3139, 16 March 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The following re-handicaps have been declared by Mr Ulic Shannon in connection with the St. Patrick's Day Sports to be held to-morrow : 100 yds: J. Berry, from 4yds to 3yds; W. J. White, from 6yds to syds. 220 yds: W. J. White, from 12yds to 10yds. Half-mile: G. Hall, back 10yds, making tne limit 50yds. The remains of the late Mr Fred Hill were interred in the Masterton Cemetery yesterday afternoon, the funeral being one of the lengthiest seen in Masterton for some time. Conspicuous in the cortege were representatives of the Racing Club, late Trotting Club, the A. and P. Association, and Wairarapa Caledonian Society. The pallbearers were Messrs J. Morris, J. Catt, W. McPhee, and C. H. Smith. The funeral service was conducted by the Rev. Raine, curate of St. Matthew's.

Mr E. McEwen, who represented the Masterton Fire Brigade as delegate to the Fire Brigades' Conference at Auckland, returned home last evening. In conversation with an Age representative he stated that a mistake had been made in connection with the awarding ot the High-pres-sure Shield, which Masterton was credited with having won. It appears that the method of awarding the Shield had been altered, and the committee had overlooked this fact, crediting Masterton with 24 points, and Tiaw.ru with 22 points. The Shield was presented to Masterton at the banquet in connection with the presentation of prizes. The alteration of the rules was subsequently discovered, and the positions of Masterton and Timaru were reversed, the latter obtaining 30 points and Masterton 27 points. The Masterton Brigade won in all £4O, and hav» had a most enjoyable time.

The funeral of the late Mrs G. E. Chamberlain took place yesterday afternoon, the cortege being a long and representative one, old settlers being prominent in the procession. The pall bearers were Messrs A,, and J. Welch, B. Chamberlain, and D. McLacblan, the Rev. A. T. Thompson officiating at the grave. The stesmer Paparoa, which has arrived at Wellington, from London, brought 182 immigrants, among them being 63 for Wellington, 39 for Auckland, 22 for Port Chalmers, and 23 for Lyttelton. They are mostly women and children coming to husbands and fathers already settled in New Zealand. Four yachtsmen had a narrow es cape from drowning in the Wanganui river, near the entrance, on Sunday last, when their boat capsized during a heavy southerly blow. A heavy sea was running. A pilot boat put out and rescued the men, who were clinging to the upturned boat, which was drifting towards the surf. At the meeting of the Y.M.C.A. Board of Management, last night, it was decided to communicate with the National Committee in Melbourne with a view to securing a general secretary. In connection with the boys' department, it was decided to organise various classes. Other important matters were discussed, and there is every probability' of an attractive winter's programme being drawn up.

The ordinary meeting of the 1.0. G.T. was held last evening, Bro. Gilbert presiding. Routine business was transacted. A visit was paid by the Juvenile Temple. A number of recitations and songs were given by the Juniors, and a pleasant evening was spent. Refreshments were provided and much appreciated. Short addresses were given by Sis. Richards, from Wellington, and Bros. Anderson and Morris. The Junior movement has made steady progress. Although only started a few weeks ago, the membership of the branch now numbers thirty, and much of the success is due to the energy of the Superintendent, Bm. Murris. A meeting of the Committee of the Masterton Thursday Cricket Association was held last evening in the secretary's room. There were present:—Messrs A. Caselberg (chairman). A. E. Rothenberg, S. R. Ayrnes, F. P. Welch, A. Thompson, A. Feast and Fairbrother. It was decided that the final for the Henderson Cup between Carlton and Carterton be played off in the Park Oval commencing on Thursday next, the game to start at 2.30 p.m. It was resolved that Messrs Caselberg and Collinge be the umpires, and that the Association pay the cost of hiring a drag to bring the Carterton players to Masterton. Messrs Rothenberg and F. Welch were deputed to have the wicket prepared and screens erected.

The monthly meeting of the Directors of the Workers' Mutual Benefit Building Society, of which Mr A. Hathaway is secretary, was held at the secretary's office last night. Mr R. Krahagen presided, and Messrs J. Prentice, W. H. Cole, J. C. Ewiagton, J. Candly, A. Gardner, J. V. Gordon, F. S. Cresswsll, and H. 0. Fowler were also present. The treasurer reported a credit balance in the bank of £2BO 18s 3d. The Directors decided to call the shareholders together for a sale of £3OO, free of interest, on Thursday, April Bth. Two new shares were allotted, and a transfer was agreed to. The chairman said he was. pleased to inform the Directors that there was a substantial margin in favour of the Society in a property that was falling into the Society's hands. Charles Gurote appeared before Mr W. P. James, S.M., at Masterton, again yesterday morning, wnen the hearing of. the informations against him of having plied for hire with a cab without a license, and of having left his cab unattended in Queen Street, were completed. Mr R. K Jackson, for defendant, raised various points as to the validity of the by-laws in the making of them by the Council, but the Bench held that the Court would not tatce upon itself to decide such a gravely important matter, though the Magistrate said he believed the by-laws were quite validly made. His Worship said he felt that defendant had 1 contumaciously evaded the by-laws, and imposed a. fine of £5 with 9s costs on the charge of plying for hire while unlicensed, though dismissing the charge against defendant of leaving: his horses unattended. Mr C. A. i'ovvnall appeared for the Borough Council on the former charge, the police prosecuting on the~latter. The classes at the Technical School commenced last evening when 40 pupils attended the school for instruction in English and arithmetic under Mr C. N. Haslam. The pupils in attendance were duly enrolled, and a programme of the course of instruction for the year was drafted after which the classes was dismissed. The following class will meet for instruction during the course of this afternoon and evening:—Dressmaking (Miss M. Johnston), 2.30 to 4.30 p.m. and 7to 9 p.m. Commercial work, bookkeeping, Mr C. N. , Haslam, 7 to 9 p.m. Sign writing and ticket-writing, Mr E. J. Chilton, 7to 9 p.m., and wood-carving, Mr W. Gardiner, 7to 9. The plumoing classes will not meet till next week owing to the unavoidable absence of the instructor, Mr A. J. Parton. They will, however, meet naxt week on the same evenings as those of last year, viz., Tuesday, for theoretical instruction, and Thursday for practical work in the workshops. WHY IS SANDER & SONS PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT 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 reported from the use of one of theso 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 Qures 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 AN© SONS BURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXmACT.

A meeting of the members of the Glengarry and Garry Owen Ladies' HocKey Teams will be held at 7.30 o'clock to-night, in the Y.M.C.A. Rooms, the purpose of fprming a new club. All ladies interested in the matter are invited to attei d. The recent heavy rains in the Wanganui district have not only had a very beneficial effect upon the grass lands, but have proved advantageous to the tourist traffic. The water in the river has risen several i'eet, and the difficulties experienced by some of the upriver steamers during the dry Rummer months is now all over for this season.

The uses of radium in medicine and its future as a healing agent were the subject of ari interesting lecture by Sir Frederick Treves on a recent occasion at the London Hospital. After referring to the dangij? of over-estimating the worth of any new cure, Sir Frederick described certain cases which he had seen cured by radium in Paris. Starting witfe simple conditions, the lecturer stated that these included vascular tumours of the skin, birthmarks, black moles, hairy moles, and port wine marks. In one case described the patient, who had a blood tumour of the eyelid the size of a plum, after four unsuccessful operations was* cpTinletely cured without pain or digcomfort by radium. Eczema (particularly where itching was present), keloids (scars which have taken on growth), rodent ulcers, snd epi + heliomata (a variety of cancer) often clear up almost miraculously, Sir Frederick stated, after a few applications of radium.

No complete list of humble heroes, should omit the name of the Burtcn-on-Trent policeman who has had a tooth drawn in the course of duty, says the "Pall Mall Gazette." The?e are V.C. heroes who would shrkk from that, without gas; and this policeman was debarred from gas by the fact that it was essential for bins to keep wide awake. Somebody had to provide direct evidence against &n unqualified dentist; and in such a ;:ase the law admits of some sort c.f agent provocateur. It was decided,, that is to say; that some policemfcn should be sent round to ask the "dentist" to perform the act, for him illegal, of extracting a tooth. If this sort of thing becomes a recognised part'of the policeman's duties, watch committees will ha»e to increase the pay of the force considerably. In this instance, happily, a policeman was found who had a tooth which ne would really be better without, and the story, has a happy ending in the assurance that he is glad it has gone. But we do not gather that his gratitude takes the form of any suggestions that he should pay any portion of the two guineas which that illegal extraction has cost the operator.

A pathetic story, quite true, is told in Sydney in connection witb the visit of Admiral Sperry, and tto American fleet to that port. A little mite, who waved a tiny flag from> the cliffs at South Head aa the fleet proudly entered Port Jackson, taking for excuse the fact that hisbirthday fell upon the same date as her own, wrote to the Admiral, asking him in quant baby talk if he had noticed her little flag, as he came through the Heads. In a 1 charming letter the Admiral replied that he had of course noticed her flag—that it stood right out amongall the other flags, and he said howsorry he would have been if by any chance that one flag of all others had not waved him a welcome.. Later on the Admiral wrote to the little girl, telling her how the fleet had arrived at Manila, and how he bad missed her little flag among the many flown. Since the receipt of the last letter the little flagbearer has died, and her parents have written to Admiral Sperry, informing him of the fading away of his "little Australian flower." - Two experienced men 3eek positions milking on shares. Mr J. L. Murray requires a young girl as 'apprentice for the show room. Mr F. P. Welch has vacancies for wood cutters on contract, and general station hands. A notice of thanks for sympathy in* their bereavement is inserted by Mr G. E. Chamberlain and family. A choice assortment of Dresden China'is now on view at the W.F. C.A. Fancy Department. Miss Pickering notifies that lunch is now obtainable d«ily at the Kia Ora Tea Rooms from noon till 2 o'clock. Mr R. Brown, land agent, Masterton, advertises particulars of a number of town and country properties placed in his hands for sale. Particulars of two fh'3t-class wellimproved farms are advertised by Messrs Samuel Vaile and Sons, land and estate agents, Auckland. The finder of samples of silk, lists,, etc., which have been lost is requested to return them to Messrs : Boyd and Cook's store, Queen street,Masterton. Messrs Hare and Evans, land agents, Pahiatua, advertise particulars of several dairy and sheer) farms placed in their hands for sale. Messrs Sinclair and Brown, cycle engineers, make a specialty of repairs to all classes of bicycles. Their announcement appears elsewhere iit this issue. Mr W. B. Chennells, agent for the Public Trustee, invites tenders to close at 5 p.m., on Saturday next, for the construction of river protection works near the Masterton Railway Station.

At his Rooms, Bannister Street, on Saturday next, Mr J. R. Nicol .will offer at auction the privileges (publican's booths and horse .vards) in connection with the MastertonJrg.ee meeting. Mr W. H. Cole, painter and paperShanger, of Masterton, will have the work of painting the Porirua Hotel finished this week. Mr Cole's staff made a start yesterday with the painting of St. Patrick's Churchy outbuildings, fence, etc. Mr J. R. Nicol advertiser particulars of the clearing sale of furniture to be held on Thursday, on account of Mrs Timms, of the Temperance Boarding House, Queen Street. The eight-roomed house in which the goods|are ; contained is to be shifted elsewhere next week, so ev ry 1...e must be cleared.

Fish is very plentiful in Kawhia Barbour, north of New Plymouth, just now. A resident of the district, in a letter to a friend in Wellington, states that great catches »f flounders are being made. The other night two Maoris in one haul of the net brought over 700 ashore, and had some difficulty in selling them at one penny each. The writer considers that a very profitable fish industry could be established at Kawhia if a small freezing plant was installed near the wharf, and arrangements made for a more regular steam boat service between ths township and New Plymouth. A Press Association telegram irom Napier states that last week Tudor Baker, a sheepfarmer and commission agent, filed a petition in bankruptcy, the statement showing liabilities totalling £11,191. and assets £3,357. Arising out of the examination of bankrupt at the meeting of creditors the Official Assignee issued a warrant for the arrest of Eaker on a charge of failing to keep proper boaks of account. Accused was arrested at Takapau, on Saturday, and brought before the Magistrate at lSJapier yesterday, being remanded ijr seven days. At a meeting of creditors Baker admitted that he had not kept any books, and did not know how to keep them.

In connection with bankruptcy proceedings at Feilding, a bankrupt put in a closely-typed statement of" thirteen foolscap' folios, says the "Manawatu Times." It covered the transactions of less than two years in connection with the exchanges of land which the bankrupt had been concerned with. He had kept neither "books nor bank account, but he put in "this detailed statement of a maze of the most complicated transactions, In which farms and town sections and mortgages and P.N.s, and motor cars, all figured in a sort of witches' dance, ■whicti had led to a man who started with nothing becoming possessed inside two years of three motor cars and land valued at £29,ooo—and ending in the Ba-ikruptcy Court with a statement showing a surplus (on piper) of £7,000 odd. If numbers mean anything Federal politics in Victoria are absolutely in the bands of the softer sex, for women voters are in the majority in no fewer than 13 cut of 22 Federal constituencies in the State. The total enrolment in Victoria is 646,201. This is made up of 318,265 men and 327.536 women, an excess of women «ver men of 9,641. An analysis of the figures shows that in large cities women preponderate, whilst in the country there are more men. In the metropolitan constituencies for instance, there are 129,655 men enrolled, and 154,889 women—an excess of 25,234 women over men. In urban electorates the same result is found, there being 40,743 men in Ballart, Bendigo, and Corio (Geelong)' constituencies, and 44,355 -women, a difference of 3,882. In country constituencies the eniolment of men totals 148,137, and that of women 128,692, or 19,445 more men than women.

Some of the researches of surgical science are distinctly of a retrospective character (says a London paper). It is not so long since that the curious surgeons who unwound the mummy of an Egyptian Princess were enabled to diagnose with tolerable certainty that the lady had died from appendicitis. Now the mummy of the great Pharaoh himself has come in for the attention of the Roval College of Physicians. Menephtah is the reputed Pharaoh, and his aorta was so far calcified that a few thousand years had not impaired its structure, and the microscope has revealed that senile degeneracy of the organ undoubtedly caused the Egyptian King's death. It would not be surprising if, in due time, it •were established that Adam's appl Q v/as formed by an imperfect operation for tracheotomy preformed by Tubal Cain.

Among the mail matter that went i down with the Penguin was a letter enclosing £62 in bank notes, ad- I dressed by Mr Hylton secretary of the Marlborough Education Board, to Mr Tetley, contractor, Peloius Sound, in payment for the erection of a building* for the board. The letter was placed in the Penguin mail by the Post Office to be taken across to Wellington and there transferred to the mail for the Felorus Sound. The secretary of the board brought the matter up at Tuesday's meeting, and asked for instructions. It was explained (says the "Herald") that the payment was forwarded in notes and not by cheque (the "sual course), in accordance with Mr Tetley's expressed wish. Legal opinions had been taken by both the board and Mr Tetley, and both solicitors advised that, as the secretary had adopted the method of payment asked for by the contractor, the board was not now liable for the amount, and the loss must be borne by Mr Tetley. The letter was registered, but the Post Office's liability dots not extend beyond £2. However, the board did not wish to take advantage of the legal position, and paid Mr Tetley. There is an obvious moral attached to the incident—always deal by cheques.

An unsuccessful business man detailed in the Bankruptcy Court at Sydney last week a hazardous attempt be bad made to retrieve his positidh by speculation on the ra«ecourse. Sidney Jack, a half-caste Chinese, trading as Jack Lem, cabinetmaker, employing seven to eighteen hands, mostly Chinese, said he did not know that he was in deep water until a writ arrived from a firm which demanded prompt payment. He told his financiers about it, and they thereupon got out a writ, with which he was served on Boxing Day. He thought the races would offer a chance of getting some money with which to pay his creditors, and he went to Randwick. He had never been to races before, he said, though he had saen them over the fence from outside the course. He toc-k £9O with him which he had collected from his debtors a week previously. Having paid 10s to go in, he started operations. He heard of a few horses that were likely to win, and accordingly backed them. He bet on every race but one, but did not win on a single venture. The most he put on one horse was £2O. After putting £ls on Welcome Tryst for the last race he had £5 left out of the £9O with ■which he commenced the day. A few days later he got married, and jbad not been on the racecourse since.