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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Wairarapn Hunt' CJub will holl a "meet" at Greytown to-day. Atthe fortnightly paynight of the Workers' Mutual Benefit Building Society, last eveirrg, the sum ot over £22S was taken, '"hich will enable the Society to hold s rmlq of dS3OO frae of interest o: .Thursday, August 26th. Good progress is being mad. 3 .. i I; the erection of the Muaeum on th° site opposite the Masterton Distn'ci High School. As soon as the building is ready the Museum Committee appointed by the Masterton School Committee, consisting of Messrs R. Brown (chairman),E. H. Waddington and Rev. A T Thompson, will arrange the opening day. As the result of an offer, which- was too tional to refuse, the Committee has been successful in securing a unique collection of reptile?, stuffed aod mounted, comprising lizards, alligators, crocodiles and several species of snakes. Included in the collects n is a case containing a valuable as sortment of poisonous fangs v It is proposed to defray the cost of the collection by means of public subscriptions and considering the value of the addition to the museum from an educational standpoint the appeal should meet with a ready response. Hearing' that 1 here nas a prospect of securing the skin of the sea-lior recently shot at Castlepoint, Mr Brojyn placed hirnself, in communi : cation with Mi" W. Andrew, who promised to have it forwarded to the museum. This interesting specimen is expected to arrive in Mas- 1 , terton to-day.

A tangi is at present being held at the Lansdowne Pah in connestion with the death of the late Renata Te Pewa, who was killed by a train at Wtipawa last weak. Na ives are present from all parts of the Wairarapa and East Coast districts.

A very nice thing in the way of philanthropy was the bequest the other day in the will of Mrs Eva Smith Cochran, daughter of the founder of a carpet mill in Yonkers, N.Y., and whose son is now the head of the works. ,She left 1,000 dol. each to 350 men and women had been"employed in the mill for more than twenty years. The canvass for subscriptions towards the presentation of a national testimonial to Mr A. VV. Hogg, M.P., for Mastcrton, ex-Minister for Labour, etc., is meeting with a generous response, according to the statement of one of the promoters. Yesterday a hundred lists were forwarded to Dunedin, by request of labour union representatives there. At the Agricultural Conference, at Wellington, resolutions were arrived asking the Government to legislate in the direction of ensuring supplies of pure seed; to make it compulsory that analysis be given with all stock foods and condiments as in the case of manures; also to encourage the of light horses. A motion introduced by , the President in the direction of bringing the daylight saving principle into force was lost by a narrow majority.

The death occurred in a New Jersey suburb recently of Dr Edward Montgomery Moffett, whose personality was of interest because of his lineage, says a New Yoik paper. He traced his descent back to 400 B.C , and his ancestors included Fergus 1., the first King of Scotland. The gentleman just deceased was born in Cmcinnatti in 1848, and was known as a philanthropist as well as a physician. His aspect and bearing were such as to fully bear out all his claims of ancestry.

The Opaki-Lansdowne irrigation and high pressure water scheme has progressed to such an extent that on Tuesday the water was turned into the water races for a trial "run." The result was regarded as completely satisfactory. The headworks are now finished, and the maintenance period expires next month, when Mr Martin Kerins, who carried out this important part of the scheme, will duly hand thum over to the county authorities. The high pressure scheme is still under construction. The attendances. at the Methodist Church, last evening, was ev»n better than on the previous evening. Mr Alfred Snowball, General Secretary of trie local Y.M.C. A.,' occu- ] pied the pulpit, Mr H. N. Holmes, unfortunately having been called suddenly away to Wellington and the Rev. C. E. Porter, having been confined" to his bed. Mr Snowball took as his text, "Thou Art Weighed in the Balances and art' found Wanting." He preached a very earnest address. Mr Holmes expects to return from Wel'hgton to-day to conduct the service to night, and to-morrow night. A bookmaker operating in the enclosure at the Hunt Club races on Wednesday found himself in difficulties at the end of the sixth event. Apparently he had laid the winner too frequently, says the Napier "Telegraph," and on a client going to collect, had to confess that he could not meet his obligation. The disap : pointed investor immediately informed the police, and after an examination into his affairs the penciller was taken into custody on a charge <f vagrancy. This bookmaker is the -ame man whom the police had to r scue from an infuriated mob at the I Waipukurau meeting on Easter Monday.

In an interview at Christchureh Professor Manes, of Berlin, paid a, tribute of admiration to the scenic beauties of New Zealand. "There is no country in the world," he said, "which has so much beauty in audi a small space, lor you' have in your country all the attractions of Italy, Norway, and Switzerland and other places besides. The only pity is that you have only one million people. There is one thing I admire very much in New Zealand, and that is the Press of the country. To look at the papers one would think there was a population of at least twenty mjlljons ot people here. Their journalistic standard is high, and some of them ara most excellently illustrated." It is rumoured in Mataura, says the Mataura "Ensign," that several people will shortly be prosecuted for taking trout out of the tributaries of the Mataura River between Wyndham and Mataura. If those who in-

dulge id fishing out of season only I knew the habits of fish they would no doubt refrain from the as the fish are said to be unwholesome for Wfumptjon at that piDay, In the '.'British* andHtfish Salmonidae," says thafr lenrony has be«n caused through eating unwhole* some fish, or when they are "out of season, after they have cast their spawn. Mr Buckland, who was the chief inspector of fisheries for the

British Isles, relates the case, of a water bailiff, known as a ranger in this country, who was a stror.g healthy man ; and ate a portion of one fish, as a consequence of which he was confined to his bed for two days.

A pithetic story concerning one of ketone's erstwhile unemployed is told by the 'Chronicla." The man was given work with a dozen others on the tailway duplication, and it was noticed that he did not keep pace with his mates in fhe quantity of work done. When d : m.c-r time came the man went off by hi.nse f instead of congregating with* the others, as is generally tha way. The worker was back at his tasK next mornin.T, and in striving to do his best caustri blood to flow "from his hand 3. At 12 o'clock he again, absented himself from the dinner party, and this time the fact was more freely commented upon. It was decided to speak to the strange one, who, after mu?b hesitation, explained that during the two days he had not eaten for the simple reason that he had not the wherewithal to provila the food. It was also gatherei that the man's wife had only lately presented him with twins, and that the household's small supply of cash was used for the patients' needs Witfr one accord the men on the "railway "passed round the hat," and cojleeted several pounds to show their appreciation of their comrade's unselfish devotion.

Dr. Cook was to have delivered a lecture tj the members of the nursling division of the Ladies' Ambulance Guild, last evening, but had to postpone the lecturo owing to having to attend at a serious operation. Dr. Cook has promised to deliver the lecture at a future date.

An old resident of the Taueru states that the flooded state of the Taueru river, following on the raiflh of Sunday night, was the biggest fresh seen for a good number of years. The result was that some damage was occasioned to properties bordering on the stream, one settler losing three bullocks, which were carried away down the river..

The Auckland Herald" says:—A remarkable recovery has been made by the man, John Gilmore. who rr.et with a serious bush accident near Ohura In spite of the loss ot nearly half an ounce of brain substance, and he fact that the operation was performed in a tent by candlelight, Gilmore was able to walk outside on the 16th day after the accident and on the 25th day he walked nearly two« miles. He is also mentally well. The cry of "unemployment", has not extended to the domestic servants. It is stated that there is still a good girls, and; that good wages are available in goodhomes, and under reasonable conditions. Miss Morrison, who is in charge of the female branch of the Labour Bureau, at the Auckland Government Buildings, states that the position is still "acute" in regard to< general servants, although cooks and housemaids and waitresses are rather more plentiful. Yesterday a consignment of the wheat supplied to the Masterton A. and P. Association by the Agricultural Department for experimental purposes was [received from Wellington. The wheat, which consists of imported samples, is to be distributed fee to farmers, in small parcels, the object being to test thesuitability of New Zealand soil and climate for the various varieties. Similar experiments are to be en~ tered|upou;,with dairy fodder.

The Auckland Education Hoard unanimously passed a resolution to draw the attention of the Minister of Education to the desirableness of arrangements being made for the medical inspection of children attending public schools. The Chairman of the Board stated that as a result of the medical examination

of children at'the school at Te Aro,,

one of the healthiest suburbs of Wellington, it was found that of three hundred children " v il6 than 17 per cent, were unable' to take full advantage of the education provided by the Stats. -

A man who was found dead at Annapolis recently, under suspicious circumstances, says a New York paper, was the subject of a coroner's inquest, which returned a verdict that he died as the result of having drank dozens of bottles of every ' conceivable kind of liquor, fiom * whisky and gin to bay rum and Florida water. The man was forty-four years old and married.. He had been on a spree for about ten days, during which' time he consumed nearly fifty bottles of different kinds of liquor, among the i umber bei. some fourteen bottles of bay rui . from the effects of which tea was chiefly due. / Is 'rifle shooting a luxury..?. 1 The question was raised at a meeting ofi creditors in Auckland on Wednesday, The bankrupt, in replying to questions put by Mr Richmond,, duunsel! for one of the creditors,, admitted! that he had been in the habit of attending rifle meetings. Mr Richmond! cohsfdered that this was a "luxury,'", which should not have been indulged in, and he said as much. ' The official! assignee, however, was not of the; same opinion. If the bankrupt, hesaid, had spent in public houses the , money he expended in attending rifle meetings, that might have bem considered as an unwarrantable ex-" pariditure, but th .oilier was not.. Symonils Street Cemetery, Auckland, where are interred many of' our hproes and worthies, is stated by? the "Star" to be in a shockirgly neglected state. In this lies the body of the first Governor ofi New Zealand—Governor Hobsoi* Near his resting pLce is that ol the -first Lieutenant-Governor of the Northern Province—Ma jar-General Desrii Pitt. - A monument a little further.away marks the burial [ground of thes late Judge Mar,i-ig, and aw.th£r that of one of New Zealand's first Chief Justice—Mr Sydney Stephen The grave of Major-General Dean Pitt; shows some evidence of attention, but. that of Governor Hobson's is uncaredi for, and falling fast into disrepair.. His Excellency Lord Plunket recently/ put in a plea that the graves of the honoured .dead should be remembered and resected, and not utterly forgotten. " - Tha monthly meeting of tile" Mauriceville County Council was held on Saturday last. There were present: Crs Kummer .(chairman*, Perry, Forsberg, Isakson, Churchill Jackson and Dagg. The Secretary to the Wairarkpa District. Hospital Board forwarded a statement show ilig ten years' contributions from the Wairarapa to-the Charitable Aid v Board with the amounts returned for local requirements. It was resolv* d

to adopt the petition, forwarded by the Secretary of the Local Airthbrities' Conference, praying the House of {for complete separation from the Wellington Hospital District, and the constitution of; Wairarapa Hospital District into & ' Hospital and Charitable Aid District.. The Chairman was appointed to tigiii the petition and forward it to theSecretary. A copy of the new bylaw dealing with heavy traffic was received from the ;County Solicitrr and certain amendments suggested', for the consideration of the special, 4 meeting to be held on August 7th to deal with ihe matter. O Perrymoved the w .solution, of which he gave notice at tne previous mreting—that a general rale of fd in uje • £ be struck for the current year. A lengthy discussion ensued, several i Councillors considering the rate was too low to maintan the roads m ! gOod order. The resolution was carried without amendment. It was resolved .to dispense with one of the carters after the work at present in hand is completed. ' Tenders are invited t« close on August. 15th for felling 200 acres of bush."The usual monthly services of the Prtsbyterian Church at Bideford will be held on Sunday afternoon next, afe 3 p.m. Mr C. J. Tocker will preach.

A four roomed cuttago in Dixon Street is advertised to let. Mr Hans Christenaen, of Upper Opuki, has fifteen picked dairy cows and heifera for sale. -Attention is directed to the .'particulars of farms on easy terms advertised by Mr R. Brown, Land Agent, Masterton. A meeting of persons interested in (he formation of a New Zealand Labour Federation will be held in the roam at the back of the Foresters' Hsfll on Friday evening next. Nominations for the Board of Directors of the Wellington Farmers' Meat Company, Ltd., close with the Secretary, Mr P. Milne, not later ihan August 11th. Messrs W. B. Chennells and Co., advertise a list of town and suburban properties to be let. These include several of the late hotel premises, boardinghouses, shops and residences. At the Masterton Auction Mart, on Saturday next, Mr J. R. Nicol will •sell on account of Messrs H. C. Gibbons and Co., a splendid assortment of fruit trees, ornamental and ah .-Iter shrubs, and flowering plants. Tni consignment will be one of the best yet sent to Masterton. During the progress of the boot and shoe salo at Messrs Hannah and

Cx'a Masterton premises, bargains

-•O a particularly attractive character have been obtainable. As a result large sales have been recorded. The aala wiii close definitely on A ugust 11th. and until that date still further /price reductions are to be made. An sdvertisement from the firm appearit g on page 2 of this issue is worthy of close perusal. The tenders for the purchase of the house in Worksop road, and the motor car (both having been donated to the Ladies' Swimming Club by Dr. Hosking for disposal in aid of Ch9 funds for a ladies' swimming bsth in Masterton will close at noon to-day. Tenderers may tender separately for either or for both. Several probable purchasers and members of tne eommiUee went out in the car yesterday, and all expressed great pleasure at the easy running qualities of the motor car, and its up-to-date character generally. ,Messrs W. B. Chennells and Co. have bien instructed to dispose of ths unsoli sections in the Solway Estate in areas from half an acre upwards. This is an opportunity for business men to secure good residential areas within easy distance from the centre of Masterton. The land is of first lass quality and capable of providing good returns if planted as orchards. Application should be made at once to secure the best positions. Residents of Masterton and district

have been well catered for lately in

lha way of drapery bargain sales. Mr ' J. L. Murray, however, claims that it is not often that the best quality goods can be purchased at such absurdly low prices as those ruling at his great showroom expansion sale. The recent rapid development of theshowroom trade has necessitated the occupation of larger premises in the adjoining store in the Exchange Buildings, and the whole of the stock in the old showroom has been thrown jnto the sale, and is now offered at less than cost price. % Messrs W. B. Chenriells and Co., auctioneers, report the completion of the sale of the following properties, involving a total sum of twenty thousand /pounds:—44l acres, Te Whiti, orf behalf of [Mr Hugh Morrison ; 50 acres and large residence, Makora road and Johnstone street, on on behalf of Mr T. G. Mason; 77 to Mr <]■, Bremen ciaie. There Is a steady demand for farming lands at reasonable pricep, and owners desirous of selling are urged tn at once forward details of their properties in order, that they be submitted to clients without delay. .

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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9560, 5 August 1909, Page 4

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LOCAL AND GENERAL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9560, 5 August 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9560, 5 August 1909, Page 4

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