LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The latest return from the Worksop Dredge is 31uzs for 128 hours' work. There was a heavy frost in Masterton yesterday morning. Mr J. Gibson, of Pahiatua, has purchased Mr H. Hansen's farm at Atea. The monthly meeting of the Masterton Chamber of Commerce will be held on Friday next, at 3.30 p.m. While chopping wood on Saturday last Mr Harry Keene, of Putara, cut one of bis feet making a deep wound. At the monthly meeting of the Eketahuna County Council it was resolved "to convey to the Premier the Council's appreciation of his offer of a Dreadnought to the Impel ial Government. The country around Nireaha is looking exceptionally well, and everything has an air of prosperity, says the Eketahuna "Express." During the season a much larger-area than usual has been under cultivation and from indications settlers intend to provide more winter feed than hitherto.
It is probable that Mr J. D. Ritchie, Secretary of Agriculture, who has been appointed to the position of inspector and chairman of the Land Purchase Board, will leave soon on a six months' visit to England. The new Minister for Agriculture (Hon. T. Mackenzie) informed a Christchurch reporter that the Government intended to appoint a Secretary for Agriculture to fill the position vacated by Mr Ritchie, but it had not yet decided who would be appointed.
The fortnightly meeting of the Masterton 1.0. R. Tent was held in the Dominion Hall last evening. Chief Ruler Bro. Temple occupied the chair, and there wa3 a fair attendance of members. Copies of the minutes of the recent conference were circulated amongst the mem- - tice board made, §nd placed outside the Dominion Hall door announcing the date and time of Lodge meetings. Accounts amounting to £4 16s were passed for payment. The receipts for the evening amounted to £2 10s 9d.
Mr Henry Preston, Lanadowne, writes that probably the largest fivehorse load of oats yet delivered to any bulk store in the Wairarapa, or New Zealand township, was brought in from Mr A. H. Wrightson's farm, Opaki, on Thursday lest, to the W.F.C.A. bulk store at the Railway Station. The load was brought in by Mr Preston, who states that it consisted of no less than 186 sacks of oats, 4 bushels to the sack. Mr Preston is desirous of ascertaining whether the load w?s a record one—perhaps some of our readers can furnish some information on the question.
Trouble has occurred in the Napier fishing industry owing to the men engaged on trawlers notifying their employers that they desired to be paid wages instead of working on the share system. The recent award of the Arbitration Court adopted a wages system, but stated that the men may continue to work on shares if they desired. At a meeting of the men it was decided not to continue shares, and as the owners of the trawleri consider it impossible in the present state of the industry to pay wages, seven of the trawlers are now idle. Three others worked on the wages system are not affected.
A Press Association telegram from Auckland states that Samoa paper?, referring to the visits of the German warships, «tate that on 20th March, Vice-Admiral Coerper and his chief of staff attended a.reception held by the Governor for the Samoans. The Vice-Admiral took the opportunity to inform the natives of the object of his visit. He explained that he was sent by the Kaiser with powerful ships to protect loyal and friendly Samoans, but that he would not hesitate to use arms against those who opposed the orders of the Government with rebellious intent.
The restrictions under which coasting schjoners trade were the subject of a complaint by a witness before the Timber Commission at Lytfelton. He said a schooner of about 1100 tons register had to .carry a similar number of officers to the steamer Mararoa, which carried about 500 passengers. If the schooner sailed under 300 miles a first officer was quite sufficient, but if it went one mile a second officer was necessary. "If the vessel is fit to sail 300 miles," he concluded, "it is fit to go all over the world."
A deputation, of about twenty unemployed, mostly young men who had recently been discharged from the finished Ross railway, waited on the Minister of Fubilc Works, and asked for the extension of the line to O'Donoghue's. Mr McKenzie replied in the negative as to the extension of the line, but said he would endeavour to find work elsewhere. Mr Seddon said many of the men were married and had their homes in Ross, but the Minister said work could not be made merely to find employment—the men would have to go where the work was.
The bare, gloomy bills and reserves of the capital city came in for a severe indictment, at a meeting of the Wellington I dustrial Association the other day. One of the members declared that hardly any effort had been made for the past 25 years to improve these eyesores, and that even when trees and shrubs were planted there seemed to be a fiendish delight taken in cutting them down and worrying the life out of them. The same speaker urged the Association to take a more energetic attitude on the question uf afforestation generally. He believed that in 50 years New Zealand would be a treeless country, the kauri would probably be all cut out in something like 15 years. This elegant remark is also accredited to this member:—"There were some people who had no more eye for beauty than a dead fish!"
A movement is on foot to form a brass band at Nireaha. At the Masterton Police Court, yesterday morning, a first offending inebriate was mulcted in the sum of ss, in default 24 hours' imprisonment. At the meeting of the Masterton County Council, yesterday, a letter was read from Mr G. F. Robinson expressing his sincere thanks to the Council for their kind j ci'erences to his retirement from tiie position of District Roads Engineer. The following tenders were accepted at the meeting of the Masterton County Council yesterday afternoon:—J. Andrew, £95. contract 196, metal repairs Waingawa to Camp road; Gadsby and Bartlett, £179" 10s, contract 197, metal repairs, Masterton-Waimata road; F. Donevan, £7l 10s, contract 198, metal repairs Te Ore Oreßideford road; Cavanagh and O'Connor, £6B, contract 199, metal repairs Opaki district and branch road; Cavanagh and O'Connor, £lB, contract 200, metal repairs Matahiwi road. No less than ten tenders were received fir.contract 196.
Victorian State Ministers (s3ys the Melbourne "Argus") expressed surprise at the statement of the Minister of Lands ,of that State, Mr McKenzie (who is now on a visit to New Zealand), regarding the introduction of a graduated land rax next session, which was published in a telegram from the correspondent of "The Argus" at Wellington, New Zealand. Mr M'Kenzie was reported'to have said that the Ministry would meet Parliament in July with a proposal for levying a graduated land tax in Victoria. The Premier (Mr Murray> said that Mr M'Kenzie had apparently decided to do as New Zealar.d did while in New Zealand, ard, as New Zealand was a country of graduated land tax, he had determined to be a graduated land taxer. With other Ministers, Mr Murray said that the Ministry was waiting to decide about the graduated land tax until Mr M'Kenzie returned and submitted his report upon New Zealand land laws.
Having apparently made a fortune at street begging a one-legged man is thinking of disposing of his business, carried on in a wealthy part of Paris, with a view to retiring from professional life, says the Paris correspondent of the London "Daily Mail," Such at appears the position of an advertiser in the official "Petite Affich'es," whose announcement reads as fallows:— "For sale, present holder retiring to the country, good situation for onelegged man; neighbourhood of the Etiola; hours of work, 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Receipt", 10s to 13s (regular passers by, children and strangers. Or any infirmity would suit. Urgent. —Write Box 3,227. It now transpires that the reported sale of the Oceanic Steamship Company's vessels, Sonoma, Ventura, and Sierra, was not completed, and the ships reverted to the possession of the Spreckels Company. In speaking to an Auckalnd "Herald" representative, Mr Bart. Kent, president of the Auckland Chamber, of Commerce, stated that the ships were now lying in the bay at S>n Fran-_ cisco ready for use after thorough overhaul, specifications for which had been drawn up. There was, moreovre, e\?ery reason to believe that a reasonable subidy from the New Zealands Government would restore the 'Frisco service, the best New Zea-. land ever had, or was ever likely to have. '
The rate war that ha 3 been in progress in the aerated watjr trade in Auckland for some months past continues unabated. The original wholesale price of soda water, lemonade, and other "soft" drinks was Is 4d per dozen ~ (exclusive of bottles). Two firms then brought the prices down tu Is per dozen, and the majority of the others followed suit. Then a firm more venturesome than the rest cut prices to 7d par dozen to the shops- and 6d per dozen to the hotels. The other manufactures have not shown any inclination- to bring down their prices to this low rate, but are still charging Is to the shops and Is, less 30 per cent, discount, to the hotels. It is stated that the cutting tactics of the firm that has made tne lowest reductions are to be sustained. In the meantime the public seem to be getting only a partial benefit from the rate war, most of the shops still charging 3d per bottle for soft drinks, whilst the publicans still get 6d in the majority of cases. The retail trade in cordials, therefore, is very protfiable just now. .
A common blunder made by visitors to Dunedin is to step into the police station under the impression that it is a well-known temperance boarding establishment, situated a few yards further on. On Friday evening (says the "Otago DailyTimes"), a very respectable looking old gentleman confidently stepped into the station building, and proceeding along one of the passages, knocked at the police inspector's office door; and received, the customary polite invitation to "come' in." The look of surprise, not to say consternation, that came over the face of the visitor when it dawned ou him that he was in the police station was highly amusing, and he abruptly stammered: "I beg your pardon; I thought this was a boarding house!' "So it is," dryly remarked the inspector;, "but I think it is not quite the kind of lodgings you are looking for. You will find them further on," and the abashed visitor thereupon hurriedly retired, thinking thoughts which failed to find an utterance. 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 und effective, and tho v dangers of irresponsible preparations which are now palmed off as Esfcract are avoided. A death was recently reported from the usa of one of these concoctions and in an action at l a »v a witness tesfcifjejrthat he suffered themost cruel irritation from the application to an alcer of another, which was sold as "Just as good as SANDER'S EXTRACT." Therefore, beware of such deoeption. Remember that in medicinea drop that cures is better than a tablespoon that kills, and insist upon th& preparation which was proved* by experts at the Supreme Court of Viotorfa.--and by numerous authorities daring theasi> 35 years, to be a preparation of enuine merit, viz: THE GENUINE SANDER AtfD SON'S PUKiS VOLATTLR ETICALfPTI F.S« J.KI.JT. '
The Opaki Rifle Club was most successful at the North Rungitikei .Rifle Association meeting during the Easter holidays. The championship *elt, which was won Dy Mr R. King Jast year, fell to Mr G. Loveday, a -well-known Auckland shot, but the Tan&ey Shield was again carried off <by the Opaki Club, it being won by 14 points. The team consisted of Messrs R. King, G. Hyde, W. Winslade, W. J. Welch, and D. McCalmont. As this was the third time Tunning the Club had won the shield, it became their property, but the members generously handed the trophy back to the Association for further competition. The conditions sir.3 that tha shield cannot be won outright, and in the event of the Association becoming defunct the shield reverts back to the Opaki -Club.
There was a good attendance at "the Congregational Church last evening, to hear the lecture entitled "'The Story of Some Medical Discoveries," by Dr Prior. The chair was occupied by Rev. A. Hodge, and the lecturer treated the audience to an hour and a half's lucid address. "which bristled with the most interesting facts. After describing the discovery of the circulation of the blood, the speaker passed on to the first use of chloroform, and showed what a revolution the discovery of the gas had worked in the medical world, as before the use of the gas, numbers of operations were necessarily of a rapid and imperfect character. Other matters of a deeply inter ■esting character were dealt with, including the discovery of vaccination, the cause of sleeping sickness, Jradium, and various anaesthetics, the remarks in connection with which, were listened to with the keenest appreciation by those present. At the conclusion of the address, Dr Prior was accorded a hearty vote of thanks, -on the motion of Mr J. Hunter, seconded by Mr A. Hendry. A boy for parcels is wanted by the W.F.C.A. Mr F. P. Welch has a vacancy for • a bullock driver for a station. Mr A. J. Cameron, Lansdowne, Advertises for sale 2,500 sheep of. -mixed ages and sexes. A reward is offered for the recovery of a smalll silver locket, lost on the Opaki rancours?. A list of houses to let is advertised on page 8 by M.ssrs W. B. Chennells and Co. j An advertiser wants to lease a farm capable of carrying 400 breed ang ewes. A smart lad for the drapery department is advertised for by Mr J. .Tj. Murray. Gas consumers are notified that to--morrow (Thursday) is the alst day on '•which discount will be allowed on accounts. Nominations for seats on the Board of management of the Y.M.C.A. will close with the secretary, Mr N. C. •Marshall, to-day.
Two Building Society's shares, carrying an appropriation of £3OO free of interest, are advertised for -sale. Ladies willing to act as collectors 'on Hospjtal Saturday are requested to meet the Friendly Societies' Council in the Dominion Hall at 8 o'clock to-night. The annual meeting of the members of the Masterton Horticultural and Industrial Society will be held in the Exchange Buildings at 8 o'clock to-nighn Intending new members -are invited to be preseut. Mrs Milne announces that she has commenced business as a ladies' outfitter in Bradford's buildings, Queen Street. A complete stock of uiderclothing will be kept in stock, and special outfit orders will be arranged for.
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