LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9561, 6 August 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Mystery Fiat Dredge returns for the week are 470z Bdwt, and the return from the Masterton Dredge 250z 4dwt. Mr T. Hale, of Onehunga, (Auckland) has been appointed to-the position of postmaster at'Martinborough. At a meeting of the Directors of the O'araia Dairy Company, Mr W. Manlej was re-appointed manager, and Mr F. McAllum Secretary of the Company. The death occurred yesterday of Mrs E. Ryan, of Masterton. The deceased was about forty years .'of age, and was a "daughter of Mr F. Shaw, of Te Ore o,re. | Mr John Martin, of Puruatanga, Lower Valley, has grown a mangel on his property weighing 46.1b5, and Mr Staverlev, of Dry River, hae grown one weighing 251bs. A peculiar rabbit was cauiht i i f trap at Bumbury, near Parkes, New South Wales, last week, says-a Sydney pape*. The animal bad a coat of fur several inches in length, simjlar in texture to the wool-of a crossbred sheep. Of the four hundred improvec? farm settlement? which are to. be opened shortly, one hundred are situated in the Wellington province, one hundred and twenty in Taranaki, and one hundred and eighty in Auckland.

Nothing further has been heard of j the missing hotelk'sepher j -Woodard. Various rumours, including one to the effect that be was seen in Palmerston North, have been going the rounds, but they "all prove to be without foundation. The movinsr picture business is evidently of a highly lucrative order. An income tax record for New Zealand';* is ©onsituted by tho West Proprie-' tary's payment of dues on a profit of £II,OOO returned from, a season of eight months.

Some uncertainty prevails in the Waverley district as to the ultimate fate of Htate Farm, and residents there are asking whether it will be retained in its present form or whether their petition for an agricultural college on the farm will be given effect^to. The special eyangelistical services were continued in the Methodist Church, last evening, Mr A. Snowball occupying the pulpit. Mr H. N. Holmes, who had beejn conducting these services, being still ,abs3nt-in Wellington, but he intends to make a special efforC to be present at the conclusion of the mission this evening. The attendance at the meeting was good.

The following are the handicaps for the first shoot for trophies presented to the United Morris Tube Rifle Club:--A Class—Cox, Scl«»- ; ders, E. J. FuHer, M,* J. Fuller ancjj La Roche scr; Waddington, Drum- t .| mond, J. A. Fuller, Elcoate, Aitken, Newton, Morgan, Esson, and Rawson, 1; Cook, Summerell, l)e Lisle, Hogg and C. Smith, 2. B Class Williams/ Lawrence, Mace, Galwey, Murray, Chamberlain, Gully, R. O. Smith, Wood, Mackellar, Tate and Moodie, acr; H. W. Pownall, 1; Hand-Newton and Milne, 2; Miriams, !3; Henry a"tl Winter, 4; Roberts, Graham, McKenzie, Baker, Todd, Martin, and Cameron 5. The absence of another resident of tha Ashhurst district—Mr Joseph Bartlett, a settler, whose property i* situated oi the Palmc-ston Road, about a mile from Ashhurst—is causing his family some arxiety. The police have been informed t'nt Mr Bartlett left home on July 131 li, stating that it was his intention to proceed to Folding to buy cattle, and he has not boon seen since

From enquiries made, it seems that Mr Bartlet 1- , on the date mentioned, left his hor«c at stables in Rangitikei Street, and it is believed that he left town by rail during the day, but so far-as cap be ascertained he did not proceed to Feilding. Mr Bartlett left hia family well supplied with money before leaving homeland as he was carrying a substantisl amount himself the police believe that no harm has come to h,im, and that, he has merely lefi town on a short holiday, although the fact that 1 ha has not yet communicated with Mrs Barilett is naturally causing her some alarm.

At a meeting of directors of the Workmen's Friend Building Society,, held last evening, they fixed Tuesday, August 24th, as the data of appropriation by sale of £3OO.

The game season, both a3 regards native and imported game, ended on July 31st, and it shouldjbe noted that,, under the Animals' Protection Act, 1908. no one is allowed to retain possession of any game for more lhan seven dsys after the close of the season. It will thus be unlawful after next Saturday to keep any game in a freezing chamber with a view to consumption later on. There will not be another game season until 1911,"as clause 26 of the Act provides that the year 1910, and every third year thereafter shall be a close season for imported game (other than deer) and; native game.

The executive committee of the Masterton Ladies' Swimming Club< met in thhe Dominion Hall yesterday afternoon, to consider tenders in respect to the purchase of a section and house in Worksop Road, and a large steam Turner-Miesse motor car, They were disappointed that, no tenders had been received, but the acting secretary reported that. Mr J. R, Nicol, auctioneer, had generously offered to submit the securities to public auction at his mart on Saturday, the 14th inst. A hearty vote of thanks was passed to Mr JNicol, and the acting secretary was authorised to make all arrangements in reapect to the offer.

An interesting experiment has; been made in Canada by Mr James; Mitchell, of Arrow River, 200* miles west of Winnipeg, who is the inventor of an unainkable lifeboat. Mr Mitchell 'has been prompted in bringing forward his invention by the offer of a substantial award under' tho will of a gentleman named Pollock. Mr Pollock, in 1893, was .rescued from a French liner, which hsd been in collision with a British steamer, and on his death he left 2,00.0,000 dollars, from which sum prizes are awarded in competition, for unsinkable lifeboats to be used on? Atlantic liners. The demonstration successful, and Mr Mitchell hopes that his invention willfulfilli all the requirements of the Pollock trust.

After tying at the bottom of the sea undisturbed for'a century and a half, one of the guns ofjH. M.S. Ra[millies, which was wrecked near Bolt Tail,',;on the south coast of

Devon, England, recovered. Salvage operations . were.in'.progreES; on a French" steam trawler, which.weift down in March, when the divers exploring the sea bottom in the vicinity came upon' the wreck of the Ramillies. It was decided tosave one of the guns, and this was successfully accomplished. The Ramifies, a 74-gun'ship wt>ile makirg;: for Plymouth;during a.severe gale on February 15th, 1760, mistook; Bole Tail for Ram's Head, a headland : marking the entrance to Sound. Gettingf-too close to the Bhore-she-became ed to anchor. Gradually she was ; driven ashore by the gale, and,, striking the rocks, was' pounded to pieces by the'fury o£ v tbe waves. Of' 734 souls on board only 23 men and a midshipman were_'saved. Tradition has it that one of the. crew warned.' the captain that.the ship was in Bigbury Bay, but was put in irons foewhat was regarded as an r.ct ef insubordination. The death last month; at Strcatham, England,"of Benjamin Greens Lake, recalls,the great Lake fraudf. which come to light in 1900. A former president of the Law Society, and chairman of its* ciitiplinary committee. Benjamin Greene Lake was for many years* I one of tha most eminent solicitors | m England, and enjoyed a laigcr practice. The fa.lure oft the firm of Lake and Lake in - the summer of 1900, with liabilities exceeding' £300,000, created great consternation in legal cird.s An investigation into its affairs was' followed by the prosecution of Benjamin Greene Lake, and at the Central Criminal Court in January, 1901, he waa convjcted of misappropriation of trust funds to the amount o*f i£70,000, fend sentenced by Mr Justice Wills to. twelve years' penal servitude. Lake? ascribed tois failure and Josses ta defalcations on the part*of his f< tme-. f artner. arid cousin, G. E. Lake, and; at the tri .l considerable doubt was cast, on the assertion that that man was really dead. B. G Lake was released last August, and was 70' years of age. Particulars of numerous freehold' properties which Mr ri. Brown hag for sale appear on page S of thisissue. Messrs J. D. Gruickshank and Co., Ltd., have in stock a large consignment of special nttnures for,gardens and fruit trees.

At the W.F.C.A., Masterton, 150> gross of fea.ther stitch braid in the riewestdesigns has been opened up, and is now offered to the public at reasonable prices.

" Mr W H. Cole, .painter, papers' hanger and signwriter, can be relied v upon to give thoroughly conscientious service.to those entrusting ' work *to " him. Hundreds of satisfied.'patrona in the Wairarappa testify to this. Own.ers of unregistered dogs in the Borough of Masterton are notified that unless registration 13 effected by Saturday, 34th inst., summonses will be issued against them,, and the dogs will be dealt with according to law. Mr Geo. Manning, of To Rangitumau, has disposed of his farm, and in consequence he has instructed Messrs Dalgety <»nd Co., Ltd.. to offer forsule by auction the whole of the live and dead stock. Tl,e s;.le is to be held on Thursday, August 19th, at: 12 noon. The sheep aße.allin firstclass order, and the horses tried workers, -md in tip-top condition. F',ll partic' i ;\? are given in an adveitisement 0/1 p.iire S of this issue. You have ht'iifd the old -jests about buying a horse. A man ivho goes out to buy without'knowledge generally gets t.iken in. Ic is much the.same wheii it cornea to buying pianos, or, for that inat- | ter, qrgaus either. Get theuidvice of an expe#. Consult the Dresden Piano Co., Ltd. Mr M J, Urookes is manager for the agent* will guide you to*the niont satisfactory purchase, and will f<r you the most satisfactory terms. "Local representative, Mr T. i>. Hunter. For rheumatisni. backaclie, faceache, ear. ach£, neuralgia, and other muscular, pain* nothing can equal WITCH'S OIL (reui?- ' teved). j For Chr mi 1 Chest Complaints, Wc( ds (Jreat Oarj, 1/6 and 2/6.