LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9577, 25 August 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At Homebush, close to Ma9terton, crops are well forward, having made splendid growth.

At Christchurch, yesterday, Josephine Webb was fined £2O for sly grog-selling. Mr J. C. Boddingtori reports that 105 degrees of frost were registered at Upper Plain yesterday morning.

The Ekelabuna sub-committee of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society has liberated fifteen thousand brown trout fry in Makakahi river. Early next week a deputation will wait on the Hon. T. Mackenzie, Minister fur Agriculture, in support of a request that an experiment farm should be established in the Wairarapa district.

Lambing commenced at Glenlean Station, last week, but is not yet general in the Stronvar district. Stock in this neighbourhood have wintered well, and there is plenty of grass. In parts of the Wairarapa some of the late turnip crops have suffered a good deal of damage from rot, caused by'the wet weather experienced during July and, 1 the early part of this month.

So far as. pastoral prospectsj'are concerned in the Wairarapa, things look particularly bright, feed is plentiful, a record increase of lambs is anticipated, the wool clip is well grown, and should prove a record one —both in condition and weight. New lists are now being circulated of the Masterton telephone exchange and sub-exchanges. To prevent inconvenience the Department would be gtad if subscribers would destroy all old lists immediately on receipt of the new ones.

The tendeis for paintingvand papering the School Museum will close at noon to-day. Mr T. B. Michell will deal with the tenders, the other member of the Trust Lands Trust Building Committee, being absent in Rotorua on a health-re-cruiting trip. t ■ As the lambing in the Wairarapa district is not in a very forward state yet, the cold snap experienced last week did not cause much mortality, though in a tew localities where shelter is lacking a number of newly-born lambs succumbed. The weather for several days past has been all that could be desired by all classes of farmers. I

Speaking at the annual meeting of the Canterbury Employers' Association on compulsory training Lieut.Colonel the Hon. G. J. Smith, M.L.C, said that his experience as a volunteer officer had been that he had less difficulty with private employers getting men away for parades than he had with Government Departments.

The Maoris at Maungatautari, in the Waikato, are about to erect a mill to cut the rimu and white pine growing on their land in that'district. Many natives are employed in the sawmills in the Auckland province, and some of them are just as expert at the work as Europeans. In some districts the whole of the loggetting for the local sawmiDers is done by Maori labour.

The annual list of factories, creameries, private dairies, and packing houses, issued by the dairying division of the Agricultural Department showa there are 152 factories, 193 creameries, 308 butter dairies, 30 factories under the heading of private, and 116 packing houses —a total of 799 establishments.Last year there were 858 in all. There are 21 new factories registered, of which 11 are for cheese-making. I

j ATe Whiti correspondent writes: j --At Te Whiti, lambing has commenced, feed is plenitful, and prospects for the coming season are good. On Mrs Pike's property some hoggets are to be seen in particularly good order. A handsome new reisdunce has been erected just at the junction of the main and Robieson'sßoad; it adds jnuc'i to the apprarancp. of the place. An improvement has been effected jn widening the earthwork embankment leading to the Taueru-Giadstoue bridge, on the Masterton side. Somo metalling repairs to the ro<ad are also in progress.

In the Gladstone district stock have wintered exceedingly well, but the lambine is not very forward yet. The feeding off of the late turnip crops is just completed. There is a splendid growth of grass on the warm limestone country, comprising the Maungaraki Range, but on the lower and colder foot hills the pasturage is somewhat- close. -So far not, ipuch ploughing is in evidence. It, is noticeable in the district that are not very far from the township there is a considerable area of arable land covered with manuka scrub, and producing next to nothing.

The contract time for the erection of the ne*v brick building on the Trust Lands Trust section, mad©-. vacant by the recent fire, is sixteen* weekd. This arrangement should* allow the tenants ample time to havetheir shops replete with goods in< readiness for the festive season The Woodlands Hunt Club has hadh a most successful season, from every point of view, and what is more ira-'-portant still the season hasj concluded. I with the finances on the right side,, the two branches -Pahiatua and Palmerston North—having a credit: balance of over £6O. Mr W. Fogwell, the New South'* Wales sculler, states that he intends issuing another challenge to race Whelch, this time on the Mana--watu river, at Foxton. If Whelch was agreeable, the match would' come off early next year. Since last Thursday six casss of;' diphtheria have ocurred in Woodville and district, three being in one houseJ. A1 J . the'patients are doing splendidly,', and are out of danger. Dr. de L ; sle,' Health Officer, has arrived at Wood* ville from Napier, and is also looking after the cases.

The bowling green is in particularly good order just now, and should be in excellent playing con-, dition for the opening day, which will lake place during the latter part of next month. The opening play will commence on the new green, and the attention it has received at the hands of the Mr W. Denby, is distinctly creditable to that assiduous official.

The annual Anglican sale of work and produce in aid of the Melanesiao Mission will commence in the Exchange Buildings this afternoon, and will be continued during the evening. In addition there will.be cookery, hat trimming, and paper hat competitions, besides other novel attractions. An energetic committee has all arrangements well in hand; and the success of the function is aPsured.3iSfe%&: y ;

a Mr W. Gadsby, of Taranaki recently took to Sydney a number of purebred draught horses, which he disposed of at the sales held there under th auspices of the Sydney AJ and P. Association. Mr Gadsby secured the sum of £335 for the four draught horses offered by him, but the opinion was expressed that thesale was one of the best held in Sydney for many years past, and that prices generally were abnormal, Farmers all round DargaviHe are speaking highly of the season. : A Hoanga resident stated that in>hi» portion of the district fully 60 percent, of lambs had so far been obtained, and he hoped that he w/iuld be able to supply local butchers* with early lambs aboui the middle of September. He anticipated a. very heavy crop of wool this seasonj in fact, he would not be surprised if sheep yielded lib of wool per sheep more this season than last.

The effect of the early sp'ring and the favourable season generally has> had a very noticeable effect on the Masterton Park. The well-teiidedj beds along the walks display quite a profusion of narcissi, daffodils, enow* drops and other early flowering' plants, which harmonise to pcrfectionwith the Wattle trees which are now in fuli bloom. The present attractive appearance df the grounds' is due chiefly to the efforts of thecaretaker, Mr D. Jackson, and the' result of his efforts does him every credit.

Nearly every dairyman in New Zealand might easily have a few acres in potatoes this year, snd for those who have in the past not done this, the present is a good opportunity for making a start. For half a century Tasmania has done an enormous business with the Commonwealth in potatoes, and for a number of years she escaped the Irish blight, but, unfortunately, this scourge has now invaded the little island. This is New Zealand's opportunity, [says the "Dairyman." ;>

A woman was found guilty at Sydney last week of stealing a fcmall sum of money and was sentenced to 12 months' hard labour in the Bathurst Gaol. It was stated that accusedhad been convicted over 200 times, and that she' was only 36 years of age. Her first offence was _ committed in 1891, and since then the greater number of punishments have been for drunkenness, vagrancy, and obscene language, while on two occasions she has been found guilty of stealing from the {.erson.

Latin is a favourite medium of expression in some borough councils. Motions are seconded "pro forma" ' or "pro rata," as the seconder may orefer; things are mentioned "interalia" and members speak "ad hoc." On Monday evening, a councilloroorf r a certain Wellington suburban borough council opposed a motion. He said it was "ultra vires." The phrase fell heavy on the meeting, but one' gallant councillor asked '"Wh&t is., this 'ultra vires'" "Oh," said the propounder of the mysterious pair of wards, "'ultra vires' means 'unnecessary.'" There was nobody to correct him, and the saying went down on '< record.

Dr Hilgendorf, of Lincoln Argicultural College, says that white Leghorn fowls are the best remedy for codlin moth. He knew of an orchard of five acres that was badly infes-\ ted; it was difficult to get an apple without the codlin moth in it. The owner bought two hundred White Leghorns, and, after securely enclosing the orchard, where he had* allowed the grass to grow long, turned the fowls in. The followingyear his orchard was practically free from the pest. On only onetree, and that one in the farthest, corner from the fowlhouse, were there any infected apples. The fowls had eaten all the larvae.

At the annual meeting of the Y.M.C.A. Tennis Glub, on Monday evening, office is for the ensuing year' were electtd as follow: President Mr P. L. Hollmgs: Vice-Presidents, Messrs J. Elliot,, F. Dupre, J L. Murray, R. Brown and 0. Pr.-gnell- i Secretary, Mr D. Hebenton; irea- V; surer, Mr A. Snowball. The matter of appointing a captain was held in abeyance. Messrs A. Snowball, F. Trusoott and J. B. Rue were'appointed a committee to confer with an expert with regard to the question of putting the lawns in order, and also of providing a third lawn,' as the,membership'during the coming season promises to be an excep ~ tionally large one. Jt was resolved that the subscription fees be reduced to 15s for gentlemen and 7b, 6d for ladies-

m The arrivals in New Zealand dur.nz July numbered 2,232, and the departures 2,839. In June, 1908, the arrivals were 2,941 and departures 2,264.

At a meeting of the Workmen's Friend Building Society laat night a ballot took placj for an appropriation of £3OO, which was secured by Mr Peter A. Wilkie. In the Foresters' Hill last evening, Ihe hai:d essera' and cab-drivers' 7nec in a card tournament, which <in led in favour of the former by 28 fjamea to 23. After the contest re " freshmeits were handed round. 1 A 1-j.ifee of o:ie of the South Waimakariri River Board's reserves, in Noith Canterbury, who had sixteen hundred ewes in one paddock, suffered Heavy losa one night recently nwing to the depredations of dogs. No fewer six hundred sheep were badly knocked about, and a large number of these had to be slaughtered to put them out uf their misery. The antiquity of some desks in ths Pukerimu School was the subject of some ramarks at a meeting of tne • Auckland Education Board. The desks were referred to as being 35 years old. "They are the same desks that were there when I went to school there," said Mr C J. Parr, of the Board. An application for new desks was favourably considered. The monthly meeting of Methodist Ladies' Guild was held at the Parsonage yesterday afternoon. »|ltv. C. E. Porter occupied the chair, and there was a large attendance, and an enjoyable time was spent Musical items were rendered by Mesdames Daniell, Pragnell, Jones and Perry, a recitation by Miss Winnie Daniell, and a reading by Miss Prior. The quarterly summoned meeting of Stonehenge Lodge, U.AiO.D., was held last evening, Bro. W. C. Gourlay, A.D., presiding. A letter from the Invereargill Lodge concerJi Dg the sickness of a member of tie Maaterton Druids Lodge was deferred till next meeting. The visiting bards reported in regard to sick brethren.. One member was initiated into the Order, and two candidates were proposed for membership. Bro. D. A. Pickering reported on the year's transaction of business of Friendly Societies' Council. A committee was appointed to make arrangements for a social and dance in the Drill Hall at a date to be fixed. Bro. McGaaghran intimated that he would give a trophy to the member introducing the - most candidates during the ensuing quarter. The secretary was instructed to forward a letter of condolence to Bro. E. Welch. Other busi.iesa of a routine nature was transacted. Among the audience at the Orchestral Concert, last evening in the Town Hall, were the membrrs of the Graytown Orchestral Society, who had journeyed from Greytown *( in a drag for the purpose of hear- - i g the performance. At the conclusion of the concert the visitors were entertained at a most enjoyable supper provided by the members of the local Society, during which Mr M. E. Varnham extended to them a most hearty welcome. Mr R. W. Tate, on behalf of the Greytown Society, of which he is secretary, _ -*fet&fiie& h thanks for, the hospitality extended t? them, and stated that the rendition of "the splendid programme had proved a treat and every item had been listened to with the greatest appreciation. Mr W. Wilkes, baker, is a cash purchaser of eggs in any quantity. , At the residence, No. 81 Cornwall street, this afternoon, Mr J. R. Nicol will sell Mr J. J. Kimpton's furniture and effects, alao buggy, harness aid quiet mare. Every line will be sold without reserve. Mr F. P. Welch advertises for sale a fresh list of properties, including two firat-class leaseholds near Huntervilie, a cheap sheep farm of 990 acres, and 348 acres which the owner will exchange for interest in an hotel. Novelty wash dress fabrics, embracing all the latest productions of the Home season, and in popular colours and choice materials, are now being offered by the "Economic," Wellington, at prices that should attract prudent buyers. The most stylish goods in ladies' boots and shoes are the "Bostock" brand, and their wearing, qualities are famous. Mr J. - Carpenter, of the Central Boot Store, has just received a line of these boots and shoes, specially selected for spring - and summer wear. Prices-are set out in an advertisement on page 6 of this issue.

Mr A. R. Bnuny, barrister and BOlicitor, Perry Street, Masterton, who has lately taken into practice with him Mr G. H. Cuilen, inserts an advertisement in this issue. In future patent and copyright agency business will be made a specialty of. Money, in sums to suit borrowers, is obtainable at current rates of interest.

Ladies visiting Wellington are invited to call and inspect the brilliant display of new spring millinery now on viuw at Mrs Mathewson's, Hannah's Buildings, Lambton Quay. That well-known artiste has just removed to entirely new premises, and, with the additional space now at her disposal, is enabled to exhibit her stock more effectively than ever. A visit will be an education and a delight.

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