LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9569, 16 August 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The latest return from the Worksop dredge is 27 ounces 12 dwts for the week. j A meeting of the Social Committoo of the Ramblers Hockey Club will be held this evening in the Y.M.C.A. at 8 o'clock.

The following are the tenders for the erection of the bricK building, on the section of the Trust Lands Trust property, in Queen Street made vacant by the recent fire:—Messrs Coradineand WHttaker, £4,249 10s; Taylor and Hodgef, £4,470: Kose and Mason, £4,575; King and Son, £4,799; R Rigg, £5,128. The Building Committee of the Trust, after going carefully into the tender of Messrs Coradine and Wbitiaker, and making certain modifications, accepted their tender at a price of £4,000. At a meeting of the Management Committee of the Wairarapa Rugcy Union, at Carterton, on Saturday evening last, the following representative fixtures were agreed upon— August 28*. hj, Wairarapa v. Bush, at Pahiatua; September 18th, Wairarapa v. Wellington, at Carterton. September 11th was suggested as the date of the Wairarapa-Manawatu fixture at Palmerston North. It was reported that the Rotorua Union had cancelled the;r visit to Wairarapa this season.

An enjoyable "meet" of the Wairarapa Hunt Club was held at Otahoua on Saturday afternoon last. The dray was laid by Messrs F. B. Vallance on Lady Madcap and Erl T. Williams on Rata. Amongst those who followed the hounds were Messrs H. C. Bunny (in charge) on Ned, Harold Welch (huntsman) on Firelock and Kildoon. C. J. Bennett on Tiana, J. P. McMaßter on Summitt, T. Smith on Haututu, McQuicken on Aohanga, Finn Hill on All Black, J. Floyd on Jess, W. Lett on Laddie, Dr A. Hosking on Tui. After the run Mrs C. J Bernatt kindly provided afternoon tea and an enjoyable outing was brought to a close with three cheers for Mr and Mrs C. J. Bennett.

The new Fire Brigade station opened at Osmaru cost £IO,OOO, and has up-to-date appliances.

It is reported that some cows were struck by lightning in the Kaponga district during the recent storms. The Dairy Union is installing a big combined churn and butterworker in its Eketahuna factory. It is of 18cwt. capacity. Mr D. J. Albert, who has been in charge of the Takaka district, Nelson, has been appointed to the Eketahuna Presbyterian circuit. The "Marblorough Herald" is threatened with a libel action for £2,000 by a prominent Spring Creek farmer and Road Board member. A cashier in one of toe Dannevirke banks picked out from his coin a sovereign dated "1817." It whs in an excellent state of preservation. In response to an adverrisement in the "Post" for a real live baby to take part in the comedy "Jane" at the Opera House, no less than 54 mother? applied next morning. The Maoris at Mataroa beach, near Waihi, captured alive a curious sort of amphibious animal evidently not a walrus, sea lion, or seal. It is 9ft long, has fins and legs, claws on its feet, and a head like a sheep. Since its capture it has fed in the paddock. The Maoris are offering it j for sale. | There must be a scarcity of medical men in New Zealand, as only one application was received for the medical superintendency of the Northern Wairoa Hospital. It was decided that the time for receiving applications be extended one month. Mr H. C. Bertlesen, an erstwhile settler of Masterton, district, is now following farming pursuits at Roto-o-rangi, in the Waikato district, with great success. He is greatly impressed with the salubrity of the climate and the fertility of the soil. As an example of what the Waikato is capable of producing in fruit at this season of the year, he has forwarded to Mr F. P.' Welch, of this town, a case of oranges from his property. They were grown in the open air and are certainly well developed samples, the flavour being all that could be desired. An old Chinese calied at the Christchurch Police Station on Saturday and presented a receipt for a considerable sum of money. He had been given the receipt on the previous night by two men in apparent police uniform, armed with revolvers, who searched the hcuse for opium. They found none, but came on the old Chinese little hoard of silver money. This they took, giving the receipt mentioned, and telling the old man to call a*, the police station for a re-fund. The police are now on the look out for the bogus constables. '

The attendance at the Church Parade of the Temperance Lodges to the Methodist Church yesterday , morning was not as good as was expected, bur| in all about JOO members took part. The Masterton Municipal Brass Band headed the procession, and were followed by the Boy Scouts, Good Templar m Juveniles, Good Templars and Rechabites. The service at the Methodist Church, conducted by Mr C. H. Pole, M.P., was of a special character. Mr Poole took aa his text "Godliness is profitable ' unto all having promise ot the life that now is, and of that which is. to come," and delivered a very eloquent temperance address. Mr Poole congratulated Masterton on the carrying of No-Licenae." At a meeting of the Otago Institute, Professor Park made an important announcement with respect to the recent discovery of evidence of ancient glaciation in the North Island. The Hautapu Valley for a distance of 26 miles was, he said, covered with a sheet of andesitic rocks and debris delivered from Ruapehu, varying from nought to a 60ft track. The blocks are of all size's up to aft in diameter, lying on a deeply denuded surface of the papa of the Pliocene age, and rising up to a height of 3000 ft above the railway. The professor expressed the belief that further evidences of glaciation would be found at Johnsonville and Karon, near Wellington, and in the Wairarapa, near the Tararuas. The announcement that the motor car and cottage presented to the Masterton Ladies' Swimming Club by Ur W. H. Hosking to cover the cost of the erection of a laides' swimming bath wert to be submitted to public auction had the effect of drawing quite a large concourse of interested spectators at Mr J. R. JNicol's auctionearing Mart, in Bannister Street, on Saturday afternoon. The motor car was the first to receive attention, and from a £SO stare the bidding quickly ran up to £IOO, from which it advanced in £lO stages to £2OO. At this figure there was a sudden halt in the bidding, and Mr A. G. Pillmer was declared the owner amidst cheers. The launching of the cottage on the market was not attended with as much success as the car. From a £25 hid it was with difficulty risen to £175. At this stage, Mr Nicol dilated in a most persuasive manner on the excellence of the property, and succeeded in bringing the price up to £l9O, out beyond this the figure would not ad- J vance, and the cottage was passed in. An advertiser has vacancies for two or three gentlemen boarders. A reward is offered for the recovery of a half beardie sheep dog, lost in Mastertou on Wednesday last. The local Court of Foresters' will hold a progressive euchre party and dance in their Hall on Friday evening. At the residence, Michael Street, at 1.30 p.m. to-morrow, Mr M. O. Aroruten will sell an extensive list ot first-class furniture. Full par- j ticulars appear elsewhere.

At the residence, No. 15, Albert Street, Mr J. R. Nicol will sell, on account of Mrs T. H. Thompson, household furniture and effects. Particulars will be advertised in next issue.

Where the nerves are concerned, good music is at once a stimulant and a sedative. A good piano provides the best music for the home. Once you instal a Broadwood, a Eonisch, a Lipp, or a Steimvay, you will soon come to regard it as a personal friend. The Dresden Piano Company, Ltd., has made a special study of the piano business. You have to face no desperate financing. If it is not convenient to pay cash, you can buy on the easy instalment plan. Local representative, Mr T. B. Hunter.