LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3184, 8 May 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A party of six Eketahuna sportsmen secured 80 ducks on the Wairarapa Lake in two days. Mr J. Henry, a recent arr.val from i South Africa, has purchased..Mr'W. :G. Foster's farm at Newman. There are now 138 pupils on the Toll of the Eketahuna School, the average attendance being 114. There are about 200 unemployed in Auckland city\just now, according to the estimate of the Labour' Department. } Over one hundred men, the ma-, jprity with wives and familksi, have! recently received their dismissal tickets from the Addington railway workshops. It i 3 understood that the Patakanui Estate, close to the Dyer Settlement. is under offer to the Government for closer settlement purposes. The property consists of about 2,200 acres.

The Eketahuna School Committee have the question of establishing a district high school at Eketahuna under consideration, and have appointed Messrs Vile. Rouse, Kershaw and Pike a committee to go-fully into the subject. Rev. W. Raine will address the men's meeting at the Y.M.C.A. tomorrow afternoon, at 5 o'clock. The strangers' tea will follow at 5.30. The Bible Class will meet at 9.45 a.m to-morrow. To all these gatherings men are invied. On April 29th, 1881, the Tararuß was wrecked on Waipapa Point, aud over 100 lives were lost. In one lonS grave 60 of the victims of this tragedy of the ssa sleep their long last sleep. The grave is surrounded by a picket/ence, and a tombstone erected by the school children of Fortrcse school and district marks the spot. The cost of the funerals and the erection of the fence was paid for bjV the Government of the day, it being understood that the local authorities were to see to the spot being kept in order. The place is in a disgraceful state, says a correspondent of the Cbristchurch 'Tress," and is overgrown with a dense growth of coarse 'grass and weeds. The fence has evidently not been painted for years, and a spot which ' should arouse the deepest sympathy in the breast of the visitor mi its present condition can only rouse a sense of indignation at the indifference of those who are responsible for the preservation of a sacred spot. f

At the Police Court, yesterday morning, before Mr J. H. Pauling, J.P., a first offending inebriate was convicted and discharged. The Ground, Finance and General Committee of the Masterton A. and P. Association will meet to-day, when important. matters in connection with Solway will be discussed, At the Police Court, this morning, a charge of common assault will be preferred against Geor/e Parsons, of Masterton. Accused will be represented by Mr C. A. Pownall. Salvation Army cadets to the number of 21 are spnt over from the North Island to Melbourne to be trained, and the remainder of the contingent go by the various routes next wsek. Since the institution of the Auckland city abattoirs the amount of condemned stock has been so large that the master are seeking to evolve a scheme of insurance against loss in this direction. Operations at the Golden Arch Mine are reported to be in full swing. The final crushing at the battery will (commence at an early date, and prospects for a satisfactory return are very good. In many parts of the district potato crops of the Derwent variety have been b*dly effected by the blight, and are rotting in the ground. In some instances they are being ploughed in as it would not pay to dig them.

Influenza colds are very prevalent amongst horses in Cbristchurch and Canterbury just now. Mr J. R. Charlton, veterinary surgeon, states that the water-trough, where all horses drink in common,- is a means of spreading the disease\ Quite a number of - who were not satisfied with the price ruling for oats last season, says the Gore "Standard," have had to dispose of them this season at from Is 2d to Is 3Jd, or a drop of one shilling a bushel on the price they could have obtained last year. \ ■■ : The Managers of the Masterton Technical School acknowledge with thanks the receipt of ,a parcel of wool from Messrs J. and H. Holmes, of Matahiwi, per Mr E. Harper. The wool is to be used for instructional purposes in connection with the wool classes that are now being started, and will be returned to the owners when finished with. It has been decided to hold the St. John Ambulance and Plunket Nursing Bazaar during the next Masterton Show week (February, 1910). It was originally intended to hold the bazaar this month, but it was postponed on the suggestion of Lady Plunket, who takes a keen interest in this work, and who has consented to open the Bazaar. Energetic committees are already- at work, and it is anticipated that this Bazaar will be among the largest yet held in the Wairarapa.

| A? further case to be heard at the 1 next sitting of the District Court in I Masterton, is that of Herbert Pithie 'v. the Eketahuna "Express" News- ! paper Company, and A. H. Herbert, ex-Mayor of Eketahuna. The claim against defendants is for £IOO damages jointly, severally, or in the ! alternative, for alleged defamatory words concerning the plaintiff as a drainage contractor, alleged to have been spoken by defendant Herbert and published in the defendant newspaper. Mr C. A. Pow.iall will appear for plaintiff. \ The amalgamation of the.Publie Health and Hospitals Departrc.ent-i, presumably upder Dr. Valintine, will not improbably msan the retirement of Dr. Mason, who has, it is rumoured, been offered the administration of the Cook Islands. The general Estimates for last year Showed a contemplated expenditure ■by the Health Denartment of £38,910, of which salaries were expected to absorb £17,762. The travelling expenses and allowances were set down at £2,500, while the cost of the Native Medical Health Department was £5,700. A somewhat serious accident occurred yesterday to a man named P. Doherty, who was engaged in blasting operations in CuHnGCtiOii with &?.. supplying of metal at the Weraili Road. The unfortunate .man was struck on one leg by a piece of rock with such force that his leg was badly fractured above the ankle. Doherty was conveyed to the Master-, ton Hospital in the ambulance waggon. He ii b- j irig attended by Dr Cowie, and is progressing as satisfactorily as can be expected.

It appears that the rumour as to the early opening of Parliament arose through a hint dropped by a member of the Cabinet with a view to getting tha workmen to hurry on the additions and alterations that are being made in connection with Parliament. House. As this as a new Parliament, it must be opened by commission, a process that takes longer than when the session is opened in the ordinary way by the Governor. It has also to be borne in mnd that an Imprest Supply Bill will have to be passed on or before Wednesday, June 30th. This fix the opening day at about Monday, the 28th, or Tuesday, the 29th June. William Reddy, a youth of. eighteen, employed in the canning department of the Standard Oil Company's works, New York, had an ambition to become one of xhe big officials of the "hundred million dollar trest." He confessed recently, says the New York "Daily Telegraph," that, in the hope of fulfilling that ambition, he started twenty-nine fires in the Oil Trust's great factories within two years, hoping that his superiors would notice him when he always appeared at the head of fire extinguishers as soon as he had applied the match. He expected to be promoted as a hero, but was arrested. The young incendiarist's exploits are believed to have cost the Standard Oil Company more than £60,000 in burned buildings and oil, and a dozen firemen and employees have been injured. Reddy played his scheme with success until the canning department was burned, with £2,000 loss. Until then no one suspected him, but all his immediate employers were loud in praises of his bravery. Even the superintendent of the factory complimented him, and promised him that he._ywould be rewarded as soon as there was a vacant place. In every one cf the twenty-nine fires Reddy was the first give the alarm, and the first to render assistance in the extinction of the ! fire. '

Tae price of potatoes during the past-few days has advanced to £4 ner ton, f.o.b, Oamaru, states a Press Association telegram. This week's return Irom the Mystery Flat Dredge is 51ozs 18dwts, not sozs 18dwts, as previously reported. Messrs T. B. Michel!, E. G. Eton and W. JH. Jackson were appuinted a committee at the meeting of the Trust Lands Trustees, last evening, to draw up the report in connection with the annual meeting of the Trustnext Friday. Mr Morsehead has taken charge of the choir of the Congregational Church, and will in future preside at the organ. Mr Morsehead, who is a very capable organist, has had some; considerable experience in choir work, and should soon work up a very effective choir, which will add to the beauty of the service. The doubt as to whether the Committee of St. John Ambulance would be able to secure the next Show dates in the v Town Hall for their bazaar has now been entirely It was reported at ..the meeting of the Trust Lands Trust last evening that it had been arranged' to let' the local Arnbularice Corp have the hall for the required dates. The Rev. A. McDonald Aspland, of Wellington, will conduct, the services in. the Congregational Church to-mor-row morning and evening. In connection with the monthly literary and social evenings, a concert will be held in the Church on Tuesday evening. The chair will be taken at 8 o'clock by Mr John Hunter. A collection will be taken up at the Church door.

The matter of improving the fire£SCirpe~~facuities of the Town Hall was brought meeting of the Trust Lands Trust last evening by Mr D. Caselberg. After a considerable amount of discussior) Mr Eton proposed, afl'd Mr Wagg: seconded, that a report be secured from, the Fire Inspector regarding the conveniences of the fire escapes. Mr Caselberg moved an amendment, and Mr Robinson seconded, that estimates of cost and plans be obtained from an architect. The motion was carried, most of the members agreeing that some steps should certainly be taken in the matter of improving ! the fire escapes.

At the conclusion of the meeting of the Trust Lands Trustees last evening, Mr D. Caselberg said that as it was their iast,,meeting. for the year he would like to move a hearty vote of thanks to the chairman, Mr T. 8., Miciiell, liox the ex- , cellent and impartial/ manner in which he had carried the duties of chairman during the year. Mr W. H. 'Jackson cordially endorsed,: the remarks of Mr Caselberg. and. made eulogistic reference to the capable manner in which the chairman had conducted the year's business. Congratulatory remarks were also made by other, members of the Trust, and the chairman suitably acknowledged the flattering references.

Good progress iis being made with the metalling of the Weraiti-Brance-peth road, whuch contract is in thehands of Mr W. Langlands. The material* is being taken from a veryfine limestone quarry on the propertyof Mr J. Macßae. The contractor has been to very great expei s» im erecting an up-tig-oa'e plant for the conveyance of -the metal from thequarry to the roadside, which is; about four miles from the scene of operations. ' A double, lin-j of tram rails has been constructed on the slope of the hill, and at a few chains distance from the quarry is the steam crushing plant. Seif-act-ing trucks deliver the metal to the hoppers below. 'Given fine weather the contract, which is close on two miles in length, will be comoleted in less than a month's tinrv The completion of the Weraiti road will be keenly appreciated by the settlers on. the route. . ..

I The sensational denouement which ha* followed the latest escapade of Amy Bock has excited very general feeling of admiration for the reraarkaLlu elcvcruti-s 01 tne woman. Already in Timarti, says the M Posr,."there are youthful emulators of" "Percy Carol Redwood." The other ' evening two. young .girls dressed! j themselves in "male attire," and [wandered forth, presumably in quest" of unsuspicious and eligibleyoung ladies. A gentleman friend,, learning of their prank, assumed. j the role of Detective Hunt, and. hurrying after the girls, informed j them, in a theatrical, voice, that, the game was up, ana asked them t:i accompany him to the station. j The masqueraders, however, were not j prepared to accept their f ite so philosophically as their heroine did, and : j with hearty screams they Tushedv i a wily to the seclusion of their home. i . ■ j A well attended meeting uf the \ General Committee of St. John Am- : bulance and .Pluikei; Nursing Fund Bazaar was held in the Do ninion H*alt last night. Tli-j sub-iommitee reported having secured the Town Hall and Drill Hail for Show Week, February, 1910, for the Bazaar, anda vote of thanks was.passed to the Trust Lands Trustees and their Secretary (Mr Hathaway) for their assistance in the matter. A proDosal to hold socials curing the winter months to secure funds towards the Bazaar was carried, and a strongcommittee was formed with Mr L. H. Lewi's as secretary. A donation of a parcel of bulbs from Mr F. Cooper, seedsman, Wellington, was bought by members present, > the proceeds realising 14s. v evening a somewhat serious accident occurred to Mr W. Langlands the well-known contractor. It appears that Mr Eanglands, who has charge of vtbe Weraite road contract was returning to Masterton in his ; gig accompanied by his son, When Hearing the last Waipnua bridge into Masterton the horse became unmanageable and collided with the / side of the bridge. Mr Langlands * was thrown out heavily on to the road. The horse 'bolted, and on nearing thu Oxford Boarding House the boy was also thrown out of the vehicle. Mr Langlands was quickly removed to the Club Hotel, and Dr. Cowie was sent for. On examination it was found that one of the bones of tholsft arm was broken. With exception of a iew bruises Mr Langland's son was uninjured. From enquiries laot evening the injured man was progressing as satisfactorily ■ as could be expected.

Photographs of prize-taking stock from the flocks and herds of some of the best known breeders in the Dominion have been presented to the jjasterton A. and P. Association from tijfie to time. The photographs, numbering about twenty, have been framed, and are now hung in the large meeting room at the Association's offices, and form a very interesting collection. The following persons have been k appointed by the Government to r Assessrrent Courts under the Valuation of Land Act. 1908:—Ewen A. Campbell, for Taihape, Waitara,and Feilding boroughs, Manaia town district, Stratford, Oroua and Whangamoraona counties; S. Franklyn, Patangata county; Edward E. Fletcher, Waitotara county and Castlecliff town district; John Cudby, Johnsonville town district and MaJcara county; Donald J. Cameron, Weber and Masterton counties and Featberston town district. The monthly meeting of the Mas- ( terton Trust Lands Trustees was held last evening. There were present Hissrs T. B. Micheil (chairman), T. Wagg, D. Caselberg, R. Krahagen, W. H. Jackson, E.. (J. Eton, H. C. jßobinson. Mr F. Martin wrote asking for assistance in the erection of -a dividing fence between properties fronting Bannister street. The request was agreed to. Rev. Rice wrote on behalf of Dr. Barnado's Home asking the Trustees to give the use of the Town Hall free for the proposed concerts on May 27th and 28th. It was decided on the motion of Mr W. H. Ja'ckson to inform the applicants that if an application for a rebate was made the

matter would receive favourable • consideration. An application was i received from Messrs Ah Lop and Ah Mong for an extension of lease of Town Acre 72. The request was 'not entertained. The Treasurer reported a credit balance at bank of £l3B 8s lOd. Accounts amounting to £67 12s lid were passed for payment. Mr P. Hamill announces that he is offering bargains in men's clothing. 1 mercery, and ties. The sale of Brice's hair regenerator has been entirely satisfactory during the p ast fortnight, and Mr H. T- Wood, chemist, has had enquiries for it f-om all parts of the 0 district. The photographs exhibited in Mr Wood's shop window are genuine, and are certified to by a leading Christchureh photographer. An experienced grocer and ironmonger requires a situation. / Tenders are invited by Messrs Varnham and Rose for the erection of a residence in Caselberg street. Services to-morrow in connection with the Methodist Church are announced elsewhere. -

"Lace curtains at low prices" is the subject of an. interesting adver : 'ti;ement'from ■ Messrs Veitch and Alien, of Wellington, which appears on page 3 of this issue. At the Maaterton Auction *Mart, ; -t&is afternoon, Mr J. R. Nicol will sell furniture, books, stationery, fancy goods and general merchandise. r A lot of solid comfort cau be got oit of a hot water bottle these cold nippy nights. Reliable hot water bags are retailed by Mr H. T. Wood, chemist, Masterton. The friends of the late Mr Albert > Taylor are respectfully invited to attend his fun?ral, which will leave the residence of Mr G. Blane, Donall street, at 2.30 this afternojn. Instruction in wool-classing in connection with th 3 Masterton Technical VSctiaSl will be commenced on Tuesday evening next. Particulars as to fees, etc., are published in another column. Au inset is circulated with this issue Entitled "A,shtrt story of furniture values." It deals with the class of furniture turned out by Mr T. McCracken, of QueeT street. Masterton, anl the iHuatratioris are "worthy of note. Notice la given that Mr M. Sullivan has been removed from the duties of poundkeeper of the Public Pound near Te Nui, and that Mr A. Tackett has been appointed pound- . keeper in hfs place, and Mr David f Stephen has besn appointed Ranger ;• for the district.

Mr Frank Dupre, has received at ; his Masterton premises an assortment of r» ally novel and pretty silver mounted cut-class flower standi. They are made in irost uncommon design?, are decidedly ornamental as well as useful, and are quite inexpensive. A very fine display of toilet ware is also displayed. The motor 'bus will leave Masterton for Carterton and Greytown on Sundays at 1.40 p.m. The manager also notifies that he is prepared ,to carry club teams to matches at neighbouring towns at reasonable rates. On Thursday last the Huia hockey team engaged the motor 'dus to take them to Carterton. There was a attendance at the "Elite" Skating Rink, last evening, an enjoyable time being spent by those present. A band under the baton of Mr P. McKenzie rendered a select programme of music during the evening. A contest for the halfmilo championship for a handsome medal will be decided next week. Entries are now being taken at the rink for the contest. Further competitions are being arranged to take place at the rink which is increasing daily in popularity.

Poultry keepers will N no doubt be *° team of anything which will increase the laying capacity of their birds; especially just now, when piices are high and the demand is firm. There appears elsewhere in this issue an advertisement headed "Hunting for Eggs," which contains very useful information of dee'ded interest to all poultry keepers, as it indicates how to make birds yield double the usual supply of eggs. Miss A. Ratz, The Lake, via Charleville, Q., writes: "I de not know wnat -we people who live in the bush would do without Chamberlain's Remedies. Many of us live miles from a doctor, and the time that would be 10-t in sending for one in a case of <~roup would, in most cases, prove fatal, to say nothing of the expense. In our family we taVe the precaution of keeping Chamberlain's Cough Beinedy on hand —we always have a few bottles in the' house—and we call it our doctor. As a matter of fact, one and all of Chamberlain's Remedies have a place in our medicine chest, and I could not tell you the number of times that they have saved us serious trouble." For sale by all chemists and storekeepers. For Influenza take Woods' Great Peppermint Core. Never fails. 1/6 and 2/6