LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Last week there was a genera! advance of Is per head in the price of j sheep in Eketahuna as compared with the previouSgWeek. ""'Themortality among cows in the Eketahuna district this season has been comparatively small as compared with last winter. A meeting of the members of the Masterton branch of the Navy League will be held in the Council Chambers, on Wednesday next, at 8 p.m. Owing to the favourable prospects in connection with the dairying industry for next season there is a hardening in the price of dairy cattle in the Forty Mile Bush District. The eighteenth bankruptcy for Masterton during the current year i was registered yesterday, when Alfred Rebay* hotelkeeper, of Mauriceville, filed a debtor's petition.
It is stated that the cost of the Governor's and Ministerial carriages, which are in course of construction at the ketone Workshops, will be at least £6,000. The Romney Shield, North Island Shield and Hereford Breeders' Shield will be applied for by the Feilding A. and P. Association during the present year for their next show on February Ist and 2nd. To expedite the traffic on the Main Trunk line a new tablet station and siding is being constructed about halfway between JVlataroa and Turangarere. These two small stations lie a few miles north of Taihape. It is stated that during last month, and this month, about 300 men, mostly younsr, had lefc Timaru for Australia. These men are members of large parties who work year in and year out in Australia and New Zealand.
It has not been definitely decided yet whether a conference of societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals will be held this year. Meantime the Wellington society is communicating with the societies that met last year, asking their opinon on the matter.
The shooting (lone by members of the Masterton Morris Tube Associai ion this season has been of a uniformly high standard. A display of some of the best targets "punched" by members i 3 being made in the window of Messrs King and Henry, in Queen Street, and considerable interest is being taken in them. In reply to a question as to the amount of honey which should be produced during a year by a colony of bees, Mr Gibb, Government apiarist, told a gathering at Stratford that a good colony should produce about 601b in the year. He urged his hearers, however, not to enter into the beekeeping industry solely with the idea of profit, and because they might have heard that so-and-so made a tremendously good thing out of his bees. Let them rather take it up for love of the thing, and they would ttien find they would get a great deal of pleasure out of the pursuit, and that the profit would follow in due course. I
During the course of his address at the annual meeting of the Christchurch Fire Board, the chairman, Mr J. D. Hall, said the position in the case of building regulations, so far as fire risks were concerned, and also with regard to the risks that arose in connection with generation and transmission of electricity, and the storage of inflammable goods, was very far from satisfactory. He suggested that the energy and ingenuity of the city's representatives in part should be directed to framing a Local Governmriet Act which should have the effect to some extent of simplifying and rendering more efficient and more economical the present method by which the business, was conducted. It might be well to urge on Parliament provision for a sliding scale of rates for fire brigade purposes on buildings according to of construction. The labour trouble assumes different phases in various parts of the worjd. An ex-Masterton resident who is now residing in South Africa, recently received the following amusing letter from a departing domestic servant: —"Clifton-on-Sea,Sea Point, 30th March, 1909. My Lord, —I am just writing these few lines as lam going to leave you. My Dear Sir, I am sure that I never work in a master like you. lam old worker lam not ashamed to say that you have been treating me like my father arid mother. lam very very sorry indeed that I' am going to live, thank you very much My Dear Master by treating;me so 1 will never forget you. I hope God will Bless you for ever more where ever you are at any place my heart is very sore indeed, uoodbye Master Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God. Farewell Master. I hope this of mine will meet at your favourable consideration. Your obedient servant, (Signed) Oliver Cromwell Dakela. Bye-bye."
.. - jdgL A visit to cover about ten days ijSr about to be paid by the MastertodT District Inspector of Stock, Mr L. ; H. Ussher, to the Alcitio district. A meeting of ladies and gentlemen interested in the formation of literary and elocution classes will be held in the Dominion Hall, at 8 o'clock, on Friday nignt, when an effort will be made to securel the services of Mr J. T. M. Hornsby as instructor. The Defence Department h<*s been offered the use of the Wellington Homing Pigeon Society's birds in connection with military manoeuvres. The society is imbued witE*.patriotic motives, and will not any payment in the event of the Department availing itself of the offer. Some trouble is being occasioned in Taranaki by dary corppanies prohibiting the feeding of cows on turnips. In past season?, it is reported, the same directors have permitted it. One of the little drawbacks in cheesemaking, which is being overlooked is that milk which will make a fair butter will not make a marketable cheese. Rabbit poisoning is still being vigorously carried out in {he rabbit affected districts adjacent to Manterton. A plenitude of feed has not been at all favourable for such oper- Jp ations, but nevertheless characteristic"" .vigour, has been displayed among settlers in grappling with a pest which has made undoubted headway in some localities, in spite of strenuous and costly tactics. Game in general has been very plentiful in the Wairarapa this season, but hares have provided particularly good sport. Around Masterton it is not at all uncommon for parties of two to bring home a bag approximating a dozen. There is still a generous proportion of the shooting season to be expended— '" 11 ' it closes on September 30th-feo meanwhile sportsmen have ampj£ time to prevent them becoming the nuisance they are said to be in sums other districts. Of late hares have thriven wonderfully around Master--ton.
Ihe coming General Secretary of
the Masterton Y.M.C.A., Mr Alfred. Snowball, is an Association enthusiast uf very considerable reputation. He was organising secretary for the Bradford Association, which boaststhe largest men's meetings in the world—meetings where 3,000 men congregate at a time. Later Mr Snowball was engaged in organising: work in Dunedin, and still later Bjt Australia. The Masterton Association, intend giving him a big welcome on the evening of the 13th July next. That larrikinism is not entirely a thing of the past m Masterton is'evidenced by the fact that on Friday evening last week two windows of the shop of a Chinese laundry were smashed in with boulders. The act was perpetrated late at night, and at least two young men were concerned, as a person living in the vicinity heard the party pass by, and he states that they were laughing as tbuugh they considered their exploit a huge joke. A sjtheir voices seemed not unfamiliar to the person ref to, the "joke" may yet be an e£ye«--sive one. This same laundry haa previously been the ohjtctive of larrikin acts. The Oamarj "Mail" states that a • deadlock has arisen between southern shippers of potatoes and northern buyer?, and practically no potatoesare being forwarded to tho NorthIsland. The northern people refuse to accept the conditions laid down by" sellers at the souther" end, who,, knowing that the potato blight is* more or less prevalent, are determined to take no risk once the shipment has been made. They will only - sell oti the Government gradeq}? certificate, and will not guarantee-
beyond fair average quality. The northern buyers are not disposed to accept potatoes at their own risk, in spita of the fact that a grader's certificate has been given at the Otago end. This, it is believed, has brought about the shipment of potatoes to Auckland from Tasmania. Mr Robert George Fox died under sad circumstances at Goocwiod or Tuesday evening, June Bth, a Sydney paper. Following hi 3 usual custom, ,he attended the A.R.C. races at Victoria Park ot May 29th, and took up a place near the fence which he had occupied on race wafer upwards of ten years. Being in ; delicate health, he was sitting nn a. rail when a club official is alleged to have ordered him off. .Mr Fox remarked that he had sat there for many years without being interfered' with, and was about to get downwhen the official is said tojhave given him a push, causing him to fall backwards, with the result that his left collarbone was broken. The injured man was conveyed home, but. the shock produced by the fall proved fatal.. He left a widow and a family of young children. In a recent issue of the Gisborne "Times" there was a reference tp-,a. statement reported to have made by the Hon. R. McKe,;zie,. Minister for Public Works, during his recent visit to Poverty Bay. The statement was to the effect that the Government intended to adopt the principle of making 10 miles of railway in the North Island for one mile in the South, until the inequality in railway mileage between the two Islands was rectified. The report of
this statement was sent to Mr G. L. Peacocks, as Chairman of the Auckland Railways League, who steps to verify its correctness, with, the result that a gentleman who was present writes that the states*»*t above referred to was made publicly by Mr McKenzie, at Motu township,, and that he himself heard tho words used as reported in the local papl^
At the Burwood Police Court, be- | fore Mr Love, D.S.M., John McAlister, an inspector of weights and measures, proceeded against Henry Chesterton Pilcher, the occupier of a baker's yh-p at Liverpool Road, Enfield, on thiv. sets of informations, charging him with having 129 lib loaves deficient in vveight to tii- extent of 48czs, 242 21b loaves deficient in weight extent of 518«z, andl 30 41b loaves deficient in weight to the extent of S4ozs, respectively, on June sch, says the Sydney "Dailxf Telegraph." Mr Love said prescribed penalty was 5s per ounce shortage, and that he must inflict it in each case. He therefore imposed fines of £l2, with 10s 6d costs, in default one month's gaol with hard labour; £129 10s, and 6s costs, or one month; and £2l and 6s costs, or one month, respectively. He also made an order that all the bread be handed over to local charities.
At the annual meeting of St. Matthew's Club, to-night, Mr W. H. Jaikaou, will deliver a lecture on "Ventilation "
Those taking part in the Gipsy "Camp and Tableau Entertainment are reminded of the full dress rehearsal to take place in the Town Hall, this evening, at 7.30 o'clock. A big snow plough has been sent up to Ohakune from the Petone workshops, for use on the high central section of the Main Trunk Railway during the winter. St. Matthew's Harrier Club held its weekly run last evening, when a distance of over three miles was covered. 'lhe run, which was well attended, took place at Lansdowne.
A woman named Mrs Jamieson met ■with a peculiar accident in an Auckland tram one night last week. She rose while the cir was in motion, and a jolt threw her against a seat, causing the fracture of two ribs.
There was a large and appreciative audience at the Town Hall last evening, when the Hamilton Dramatic Company staged "The Message From Mars." The acting all through was excellent, and the scenery was on a magnificent scale. It is stated, says the West port "Times," that in a town not vpry far from Westport «tbe disciples 4 of Bacchus have formed a union whose jnain object is to boycott on week d.iya those publicans who will not open thair bars on Sundays.
A conference of friendly societies was held last week at Auckland, to consider what steps should be taken in connection with the attitude of the British Medical Association towards them. The meeting was not (pan to the press, but it is stated (hit after considerable discussion a irotion was carried asking the Government to appoint a Royal Commission to inauire into the actions of the association.
The Hope of Masterton Temple met on Saturday afternoon, Sister Bedford being in the chair. Prizes which were presented hy Miss Luke io Masters Moore, Harris and Bedford, were the gifts of Mrs Flanagan, Mrs Miller and Bro. Gilbert. Addresses were given by the Superintendent, Mrs Miller, Mrs McLean and M:ss Luke. Recitations were piven by Mrs Flanagan, Mrs Mi;ler and Misse3 Luke and Cameron and St-inley Moore.
In responding to the toast uf the Tr i3t Land Trust at the farewell s 'cial to Mr J. Yarr, last evening, Mr C. A Pjwnall stated that whsn a member of that body he had always advocated the abandonment of thtir ou living properties, and the improvement of their other properties. And pl'ter the lap=e of some years he was still of the same opinion. The outIj ing property cf the Trust was ekher being used by hockey dubs or was covered with kerosene tins, and practically nothing in the way of revenue was received.
It was stated at an inquest at Lewes, England, that the wording of a telegram from a London insurance company to the chief officer of the Lewes Fire Brigade was the cause of a false alarm of fire, a child's death, and the slaughter of a valuable horse. The message, which Jiaci reference to an old fire, was delivered at the fire station, and, believing it to bo a call, the man in charge raised the alarm. The engine h r ! ea bolted when beiog brought to ih3~sti;tiu:s, a.id a little boy was killed, v.hi Ist othar people h?id narrow escapes. One horse broke its leg, and had to be shot.
Speaking at a meeting at Lyttelton, Lieutenant-Col Dnel Cooper said there was a great lack of interest shown in volunteering by the women of NiW Zealand. "You often laugh," he "when you see us with our swell clothes on, marching down behind a band, but you never see us ■when we have our working clothes on and are doing hard graft. The men that stand round the corners smoking cigarettes are not men. The man who wear a uniform over a narrow chest are much better than those who stand at a street corner and laugh at those who are attempting to do a little for the defence of thD Dominion. I would rather have ons of these so-called weeds in a uniform than twenty of the men who stand in the street."
Mr Sidney Buxton, the British I P„3tmaster General, recently told the House of Commons.that the revenue of the Post Office in the past year ha l not shown the same elasticity as in recent years. A number of suggestions had been made for improving the revenue, among them being toat all proposals of marriage should be made by telephone—(laughter) and that uo one should be able to recover damages for breach of promise unless there could be produced a •written promise of marriage to which a fee of 2s 6d in penny stamps was attached.—(Laughter). But the authors of both these suggestions seemed to be suffering from the complaint in a different form.— (Laughter).
The tourist traffic in New Zealand during the season which recently closed shows a considerable increase right, tnroughout the country, as compared with previous seasons, notably" at Rutorua, Mount Cook, and the Cold Lakes District. Waitorno, were the beautiful caves are becoming better known, was also visited by a greater number of people than usual during the season. The
new accommodation house there ia practically finished, and will shortly be available for tourists. Under the Government's scheme of leading the accommodation houses under its control, the conditions, which will be issued in the course of a few days, will compel the lessees to maintain the thorough efficiency of the houses. The Government retains the accommodation houses at Waitomo, Hermitage, and Milford track. The places to be leased are Lake Waikare.moana. Te Puhia hot springs bouse (north of Gisborne), Pukaki (half way house to the Hermitage), and Te Anau Lake House.
The Fancy Department of the W.F.C.A. advertise golf balls by various makers.
A married shepherd is wanted for a sheep and cattle station in Poverty Bay.
Advertiser wishes to sell a corrugated iron whare, 20ft x 6ft. Address at office of this paper. The sale of furniture at the Occi • cientcl Hotel, to day, will commence at 12 o'clock noon, as there are a very large number of lines to be submitted. The goods will be displayed during the morning.
AiJ advertiser offers an Ayrshire cow for sale.
Mr J. L. Murray wants a smart boy.
Mr G. Watson, Columba Road, has for sale sittings of eggs from Hogan tested Sliver Wyandottes. An advertiser with good references seeks situation as housekeeper and manager.
The poundkeeper notifies that four weaner calves, impounded on June 15th, will be sold on Saturday, July 3rd, unless previously claimed.
Mr Alfred Rebay, hotelkeeper, of Mauriceville, has been adjudicated a bankrupt. The first meeting of creditors will be held in the Courthouse, Masterton, at 10.30 a.m. on Saturday next.
Messrs S. and.W. Mackay's sale of books, stationery, and fancy goods has attracted considerable attention, and as exceptionally low prices are asked for highclass goods, good business is the result.
An excellent supper was provided in the Arcania Luncheon Rooms, last evening, by M'ss Finnis, on the occasion of the presentation to Mr J. Yarr. The tables were tastefully decorated, and the best of refreshments provided.
On page 2 of this issue. Messrs C. Adams and Co., of Cuba Street, Wellington, direct the attention of ladies to the benefits to be derived from the use of the "Perfected" adjustable shoulder braces. By the'ir use the perfect figure is obtained.
At "Moness" House, Chapel street, on Saturday next, Mr J. R. Nicol will sell on account of Rev. Walton, who is leaving for Auckland, the whole of his high-class household furniture and effects. Particulars will be advertised on Wednesday.
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