LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9550, 23 July 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The latest return from the Mystery Flat Dredge is 54ozs 14dwts for the week. A dividend of 3s 6d per share has been declared, which is payable to-morrow (Saturday). The return from the Masterton Dredge is 270z 9dwts for 132 hours. The monthly meeting of tha Managers of the Masterton Technical School will be held this evening at 7.30 o'clock. At a meeting of the Otaraia Dairy Company, held at Maryborough on Wednesday last, a bonus of |d per lb was declared on all butter fat, and the manager and secretary received a bonus of £5 each. Mr Hartigan was elected chairman. Of 8,062 men employed by the : Department of Roads at the end of May, 317 were in Taranaki. The Auckland district carried the greatest number (688), while 859 were cen-, tred in the Te Kuiti district, Tarai naki being the greatest absorber after these districts. < . ! § Mr Clement Wragge reports that a t huge storm is raging in the sun. It is about thirty thousand miles in diameter —nearly four times that of the i earth. Seismic, magnetic, and other I disturbances may be expected in various parts of the world. , John Hardy Besley, coach driver, J Onga Onga, hanged himself in a stable at Waipawa on Wednesday 1 last. The evidence shewed that he r tied a rope round a beam and to his j neck. He then jumped from the 1 beam, and broke his neck. The Matron of the Masterton Hospital wishes to thank Mrs C. F. 1 Vallance for books for the fever V ward, and children's books; Miss f. Chris Hosking, books; Mr McLachlan, children's toys; Rev. Watson, magazines; Mrs H. H. Beetham, plants for the garden; Mrs Joseph Caselberg, perambulator; Mrs Morton (Lansdowne) and Mrs Peterson, old linen; and Mr O'Sullh'an (West Bush Road), a stock of vegetables. The headmaster of a Dunedin subp urban school reported to his commi:tee on Wednesday night that several '• boys who did good work in the fourth standard he found doing poor work in - the fifth standard. On making in- . quiries he found that eight boys were working ten and ten and a half hours daily. Some of them got up at 3.30 » o'clock to work on mil'c carts or de- - liver newspapers. These children - were quite listless in school, and he t considered that it was certainly not fair to hold teachers responsible for 3 the educational advancement of these » children. ' Agricultural operations throughout t the Domimon last month were, in , accerdance with the time of the year, fairly quiet, only five towns report 1 . ing the condition fair, whila one or l two reported the industry to be Black 3 I The Labour Journal says that dairyu ing has been discontinued in most districts, and what faiming is being ' done is moat confined to ploughing. At Napier great difficulty was experienced in getting a man who coultl plough to fill a position. This is in contrast to the state'of affairs in other districts, where seekers of work have found it impossible to obtain employment. • The society for the Promotion of : the Health of Women and Children i has obtained a good footing in f Napier. At the first annual meeting it was stated that £286 14s had been received in donations and 5s sub--1 scriptions of members. The Plunket 1 nurse had attended 200 babies and 3 paid 1,174 visits, and had been supplied with a bicycle, an office, and a weighing machine. In four ' weeks 62 babies were brought to • the office, some of them from as far away as Dannevirke. Moreover, the , nurse is boardfed for nothing at one of the principal hotels. She is to stay there as long as she pleases, 5 and another hotelkeeper offers her a • home on the same terms for six . months. There is a block of land, some 70,000 acres in extent, lying between the Waitotara and Wanganui rivers, 1 which is, without doubt, says the 1 Stratford "Evening Post," the most ■ valuable stretch of unoccupied land of its size in New Zealand. The soil is composed of vegetable mould and volcanic deposit, and is of inexhaustible fertility, and timber—rimu, matai, miro, totara, and white pine to the value of at least one million pounds is to be found here. The® forest would make a perfect sportsman's paradise—pigeon, kaka, tui, blue mountain duck, and pigs during the day, and kiwi, morepork, rats, cats, wild dogs, and taipo by night. Let us consider that the 70,000 acres would make 1,400 farms of 50 acres each. A family of six on each farm would make a population of 8,400, producing wealth to the extent of, say, £210,000 annually; or, let us say, concludes the writer, that 70,000 acres carrying sheep would produce £70,000 per year. Unemplyment prevails amongst the i women of the Dominion, as wfll as i amongst the men. At Christchurch i last month 79 persons applied for em- ] ployment and 65 were suited. The s Labour "Journal" says that those s not suited were mostly hotel workers, c [ and this chss of work was then 1 still very slack. Nothing, appar- c ently, will induce these girls to oc- t emloyment in private houses, c One hundred and ninety-two em- 1 ployers applied for help. From Wei- a lington comes the report that there C seemed to be a good many hotel ser- 1 out of work, due possibly to C the closing of so many of hotels. Not o one of them appeared willing to take u private service, owing, it is said, to h the fact that the hours are generally s< lone and undefined, although the w wages offered are good. At Auckland ir there were 125 women to fill 119 tl positions. h

Mr 0. Nelson has sold his property it Parkville to Mrs C. E. Reardon. The "Otugo Daily Times" reports that as the result of the news of the arlufc of frozen mutton in the London market, the Turakina's Bluff loading of frozen mutton was cut down froma heavy shipment to about five or six thousand carcases. The recent rain has had the effect of bringing down slips on the road through the Manawatu Gorge. On Wednesday a quantity of earth came down and carried away a portion of a small bridge, thus blocking the road in another place. An example of splendid management in sheep farming is reported by a Gisborne paper. A Wharekopae sheep farmer who last season docked 1,460 lambs was able to send 1,425 as fat lambs to the freezing works to be frozen and shipped Home for the London market. The Timaru Borough Council has decided to take steps to prevent the practice of expectorating on the footpaths. As a preliminary step notices are being erected in the town notifying the prohibition. There are other towns in the Dominion which would benefit by similar action. To-night, at 7.30 o'clock, at the Y.M.C.A., the Rev. A. Hodge will meet the Local Preachers' Training Class and deliver the third of a series of practical talks to preachers. His , , subject will be "The Use of the Bible in Preaching, and the Method of Public Prayei-." One of the party of three unemployed who passed through Waipawa this week stated that he was "hard up," through being fascinated by the game of "two-up," at which he lost £2CO. However, he and his two mates went round the different shops in the town and got enough food to last them for three or four days. Mr A. Snowball has consented to deliver his lecture on the "Church and the Working Man," illustrated by 90 beautiful lantern slides, in the Congregational Church on Monday evening. Mr Snowball is spoken of in Melbourne as a very successful speaker. This particular lecture, given several times ,in that city, is said, to be a complete and triumphant reply to the oft repeated charge that the Church has ceased to take any interest in the workers. Unclaimed letters or the following persons ar« awaiting delivery at theMasterton Post Office:—From the United Kingdom: K. G. Bett, Geo.. Bubbers, P. C. Corbett, Wm. Connell, Miss Donald?on. Mrs H.. Hall, G. Hayes, Chas. W. Jervis, Michael O'Connell, J. W. Walker, L. E. Whittaker, John Wolstenholme; from Holland, H. Brand; from New South Wales, Phil Duggan, J. A. Lawson, R. 0. McDowell; from Queensland, Miss E. Fountain, Miss L. A. Walker; from South Australia, Mrs Hunter, from Tasmania, E. J. Hunter; from Victoria, E. Notley. The appointment of a Home agent to succeed Mr Charles Mackie has been agreed to by the Wairarapa co-operative dairy companies. They consider that the expenses should be borne by the various dairy companies in proportion upon the basis of their output--butter factories is 3d. per ton; cheese factories 7Jd per ton. They also expressed the opinion that the directors of the National Dairy Association should be increased toeleven, and that the two extra seats • should be allotted to the Auckland province. At Hawera, on Saturday,, a representative meeting of South* Taranaki farmers decided to approve the scheme for the appuiir, ment of a Home agent. Drastic measures have been<' adopted by the New York authorities* to reduce the number of fatalitiescause,. by reckless motor driving, William Darragh, a chauffeur, wasrecently sentenced to an indeterminate term of not less than seven nor more \than twenty years' per.al servitude fnr killing a boy on Morningside Avenue on March 27th, and s ) then driving away without waiting; to ascertain whether his victim was dead or alive. Darragh was indulging in the form of recreation; known here as "joy riding," by which term Americans describe th£practice of chauffeurs who take their masters' cars out without their'petmission. Captain Penfold, who has made many balloon ascents and parachute descents in Sydney had an exciting experience at Clontarf last week, says the Sydney "Daily Telegraph," when, instead of landing on solid earth, he dropped into Middle Harbour. The aeronaut's ascent was satisfactory, and he hung by his legs: from his trapeze at a height of several thousand feet calmly snapshotting the city and harbour. He then cut away the parachute and dropped steadily towards the ground, intending to land near the Spit Point.. As he neared the ground, however, f}e saw that he was dropping straight for the waters of Middle Harbour, and he immediately started manipulating his cords in an endeavour' to work the parachute over to dry earth. He missed the shore by a few « yards, and leaving the parachute swam to a boat, and was soon on board the launch which was waiting ' to pick him up in case matters should turn out as they did. The balloon also dropped into the water close by, and both this and the parachute were afterwards recovered. The Horse Show at' Olympia has been a remarkable success, writes the London correspondent of the Melbourne "Argus." Immense numbers have crowded the building, and the spectacle of splendid horses and magnificent riding excelled anything that could be imagined. The King's Jup was won by France, Italy being second, and England third. The inferences of style in riding were •emarkat ]•'. The Italian officers use ;hort, aim<!!■•'• jockey stirrups, and a shortened rti-.. The Argentine offi- t erß leant very Tar forward. The ' French had a long rein and spl nlid dash. English and Canadians had heir own manner. One wi iter delares that the English riding has *rgelv improved. The most remarkbla horse in the Show was the lanadian Hercules, Vjssuto, standing 7 hands. _ He jumped 7ft Bin. ither Canadian jumpers were tested ver green trunks, tied with rope, p to the height of 6ft -Bin. Vissuto - as the temper of a tiger. It is )metimes necessary to control him ith a hawser before he can be - lounted. When once rider is in ie saddle the horse does wonders, is rider has never been injured.

The result of yesterday's poll is advertised elsewhere by the Returning Officer. The Otago Cricket Association'pro- J pos:8 to ask Hayward, the famous English cricketer, to come out as coach. Acting on the suggestion of the Hew South Wales Defence League, Mr Cookson, master of the Lincoln District High School, Canterbury, sent a flag to the Mayor of Lincoln, England, and received a fla/ in exchange, which was unfurled on Wednesday, at a great function at Lincoln, in Canterbury. There was much enthusiasm and many patriotic speeches were made. A targe number of children and local adults participated. Gisborne's splendid isolation from off the beaten track is perhaps, says the "Poverty Bay Herald" responsible for Ihe absence of the poverty stricken individuals who stele relief in other centres. The cxperimentai'soup-kitchen. prompted jby the best of motives, as already chronicled, failed through the absence of customers. But for an occasional individual who arrived at Gishorne hard up, J and obtains an order for a bed and meal, there is hardly any difference in the usual demands, explained the secretary of the Charitable Aid Board to a reporter on Saturday. Mr C. C. Graham, S.M., presided ever a brief civil sitting of the„S.M. Court at Masterton yesterday. Judgment for plaintiff was given in the following cases Patrick Carr v. Hakaria Harituna, £6 7s 6d, costs 8«; Boyd and Cook v. Thomas Carroll, £2 lis 4d, costs 10s; B. Culloty v. Carmody and Culloty, £2B, without costs; L. J. Hooper v. P. T. Pedersen, Bs, costs £1 3s. In a claim made by William Kiddle against Henry Ross for £ls 18s 6d for goods supplied and money advanced, Mr C. A. Pownall appeared for plaintiff and Mr W. M. Lavery for defendant. The validity of certain agreements with regard to payment by defendant was disputed, an old 1 judgment being also mentioned. After hearing the evidence of both parties his Worship delivered judgment for plaintiff for £l4 lis 6d, striking out the claim for money advanced ; costs £2 fis were allowed. ""Unemployed?" queried a wellknown farmer to a representative of a New Plymouth paper, and there was a volume of disgust in his tone. And then he went on to relate an incident on which he based ,his unfav» curable opinion of the so-called "unemployed!" "They'll be unemployed for a very long time(his wording was even more emphatic! before I offer one of them a job again." He had picked up a down-in the-mouth give-ns-«-job-mister chnp in town a week earlier. He was used to farm work, and eagerly accepted an offer of light furze-grubbing at 8s a day. The farmer took the man, home in his gig, gave him his tea and supper, and a bed. Next day was Sunday, and the out-of-work individual lived on the fat of the land —five meals that day. Morning tea on Monday, and breakfast, and the man went out, not to keenly, to his gorse-grubbing. By noon he had had enough of it. He had his dinner, demanded his pay, and, complaining that gorse-grubning was too hard on his back, cleared off. No wonder the farmer doesn't believe it* the "unemployed!" A discovery which promises to cheapen by one-half the price of radium and provide a valuable.,new source of supply has been made in Portugal. Seams of quartz, containing more than 50 per cent, of oxide of uranium, have been discovered, says the London "Evening Standard," and M. Barboni, tormerly professorr ot chemistry in Paris, one of the experts who have examined the specimens, states that the mineral, by reason of its'greater facility of treatment, ought to be at least three 'times superior to pitch blende fo radium-producing purposes. The discovery was made in a curious way. Learning that remarkable healthgiving properties were attributed to a particular stream, Mr Thomas H. T. Bonwer, a member of [the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, visited it. He followed its course, and on the. top of a hill it ran over the yellow crystal cru?t?'4 wbrh Tje analysed as uranita phosphate. Since the discovery several British siontists have been supplied with quantities of the crystals, and one is now using them in important steel experiments It is understood that a syndicate of British capitalists, has obtained control ot the Portuguese properties. Mr Pauling, tailor, of Queen Street, requires a tailoress. An experienced cheese-maker is wanted for Tiakitahuna. Messrs Deare and Schroeder, of Nireaha, have for sale totara posts, piles, strainers and battens. Mr Collie, Dixon Street, offers Taupiri cual in small or large quan tities at reduced rates, which arc advertised elsewhere Weatport anc Pelawmain coal is also stocked. At the Post Office Mart, at ! o'clock on Saturday next, Mr M. 0 Aronsten will sell by auction a quan titv of household furniture an effects; also 15 pairs of laying fowl and a number of turkeys. Whether resulting from a sprain c from rheumatic pains, there is nothing t good for a lame shoulder as Chamberlain Pain Balm. Apply it freely and rub tl parts vigorously at each application, an a quick cure i® certain." i'or sulo by a chemists and storekeepers.