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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9581, 30 August 1909, Page 4

The Tararua Rifle Ciub will open the season on September 11th. For the quarterly sitting of the Invercargill Supreme Court there is a clean sheet with regard to criminal and divorce cases. New Zealand's telegraphic cables now number 46, and spans 370 nautical miles of sea and river. They range in length from 109 mileß (Wavjganui to Wakapuaka) to .154 mites 1 (across the Orwae river). Christchurch "Press" says: —lf we could persuade Europe to take our meat we might strike a blow at the pitiful trade of shipping worn-out horses from England to Holland and Belgium for food for poorer classes. Jfl Early on Saturday murninsr, tlieH shed,'stock, and stables at GreytowdlJ of Alfred Hayes, travelling draper, were destroyed'by fire. They were valued at £565, and the insurance is JE37siin the JSlew Zealand offite. At the meeting of the Stewards of the Masterton Racing Club, on S*turday last, it was decided on the motion of Mr D. Caselberg, that it he an instruction to the Programme* Committee that the stakes for the jj forthcoming meeting should not ex-fw ceed £1,250. In 1911 the leases of pastoral runs ** in Canterbury, of an area totalling about a million and a half acres, will fall in, and the Government has appointed an informal Commissioner of Pastoralists to co-operate with the commissioner under the Land Act in its subdivision for closer settlement. ;The Ground Committee of the Masterton Racing Club met on Saturday after the meeting of Stewards to discuss the advisability of allowing the course proper to be used. On account of the wet weather which had set in the meeting decided to meet again on Saturday next to consider the matter. '•From 18 groper I saw taken four dozen soles," said Mr G. M. son, M.P., in a lecture at DurediJW "That is where pur soles go when vQfl can't get. them. Taik about the fisher- [ men diminishing the supplies of fish. A shoal of groper will in a day catch more soles than all our fishermen will catch in a year."—"Otago Daily Tinjes." j Two applications were received at the meeting of the Stewards on the Masterton Racing Club Saturday last for the position of starter for the ensuing year, Mr A. C. McDonell being appointed; Mr Harf gill was re-elected Judee: Mr J. _ Pollock, handicapper; and Detectiv .J Walden wan re-engaged as racecourse detective. - Charges of supplying Maori women in a kainga with liquor will be preferred against a number of white men shortly, at the Helensviile Court It is alleged that several men took liquor into the kainga -it Haronui, and gave it to the Maori , women. The men of the kainga, it is stated, arrived while this was being done, and forcibly ejected the | whites, and afterwards laid informations against them. Mr A. S. Mitchell, of Wellington, who has been appointed architect and engineer for the Wellington Farmers' Co-operative Meat Freezing Co., Ltd., ,will arrive jn Masterton by the mail train to-day. He will be met by the directors of the Company, and an inspection will then be made of the Waingawa, Woodside and Pigeon Bush sites. The report'of the engineer will he submitted at the statutory meeting of shareholders on September 10th. <J&I In sentencing a young prisoner the Wellington Supreme Court, Mr Justice Chapman had something to say regarding accused's rate of wagef. He (accused) was nominally a head storeman, and for this onerous and responsible position was paid £2 per week. Though his t>nor did not think that this was i. cause of accused's present poain, still he did think that the wage was distinctly an inadequate one. "This wage," comnented his Honor, "is lower than :hat allowed and affixed by the Arbi:ration Court for a bottle-washer."

The Rongokokako cheese factory will open for the season,this\week. Reports from the Wangaehu Valley indicate tnat the lambing is well forward, and that prospects are favourable for a good percentage. There is an abundancb of feed. "On Friday night last 'a very en- • joyabls social and dance was hel 1 in the Kopuaranga Hall in aid of the School Funds. Abuut one hundred couples were present, and the function was a decided success. Mr J. Kjestrup was, at a meeting of the directors of the Master■ton Co-operative Dairy Company, Ltd., rr-elected mapairer of the Enngitumau Creamery for the ensuing tweive months. A debate will be held on September 22nd on the question "Is the vFire Board Beneficial?" Messrs D. Hebenton, R. Brown and T. Jenkins will take tne affirmative, and Messrs "F. Pragnell, F. Haughey and L. H. Xewisjihe negative. The Northern Wairoa possesses a unique industry—that of the preserving and canning of toheroas. These tasty shellfish exist only on the west ■coast, north of Manukau, but their chief breeding grounds are en the wide stretch of ocean beach, distant some seven miles from Dargaville. In connection with the Horre Mission work of the Methodist Church, Mr A. Snowball, Secretary of the Y.M.C.A. will deliver a lecture llustrated by lantern views, in the Methodist Church on Wednesday evening next. No charge will be made for admission and a welcome is •extended to all to attend. " At Te Parae and Brancepeth stations lambing is progressing and so far circumstances have been favourable to a good increase being recorded. Stock are looking exceedingly well, nnd hoggets (unshorn as lambs) are said to be carrying a •great growth of wooL As is usual on these estates pasture is J Tenders in connection with the forthcoming season's operations of the Masterton Co-operative Dairy •Co., Ltd., were on Saturday decided as follow:—Supply of firewood to factory, Mr T. Lupton; butter milk supply from factory, J. E. Snell: supply of butter boxes, C. E. Daniell; ordinary cartage, Mrs E. Heggie. A new homestead at Kororau, the property of Mr Ralph Beetham, situated not far from the GladstoneEast Coast road, on the Maungaraki, is being erected. It is contemplated .to shear a considerable number of the Brancepeth-Oruatomore flock there this season, for by doing so will obviate a good deal of driving of atock to and from the Brancepeth shed. Mr G. H. Green, M.L.C., of landra, ■ near Forbes, New South Wales, is building a ninety-roomed mansion, which is being constructed on the , most N modern plan. On the estate is also being erected one of the largest silos in Australia, circular in shape, -45 feet high, with a diameter of 420 feet.' Un the top is a tank, to hold 750,000 gallons of water, which is constructed solely of reinforced -concrete, containing 80 miles of wire. The Minister for Justice, Dr. Findlay, has written to Mr W. G. Beard, of Masterton, stating that in accordance with the promise made he had consulted their Honors the Judges on the proposal to establish itwo sittings of the Supreme Court, at Masterton, and that the latter •were of opinion that two sittings of the Court would be sufficient. The Minister understands that it will be necessary to frame a rule as \p the actions which are to be tried at Masterton modifying rule 7 of the code of Civil Procedure. An Australian sportsman (says the "Referee"), who has seen a good deal of the world, writes to a Sydney friend to the effect that the Enlgish press (with exceptions) is the most unfair in the Englishspeaking word. "The strange thing about it," he adds, "is that the English people themselves are such good sports. Their views are not reflected in the press. The Australian cricketers have found it so this year." The Australian adds that if England were beaten at Rugby football by a team of angels captained by St. Peter, the press of England would day charges of foul play against them. There was a large attendance at -both the morning and evening services at the Methodist Church yesterday. At the morning service there was a large number of children in the congregation. The Rev. Porter spoke to these on "Prayer." His address to elder part of the congregation was on "The Home Mission Department of the Church," to which fund the offerings of yesterday. In the evening Mr Porter took for his text "Verily, Verily, I say unto thee, except a man be bom again he cannot see the kingdom of God." During the service the anthem "Praise the Lord" was rendered by the choir. Mr Porter is making arrangements to hold special mission services and addresses on each Sunday during the month of September. The Stewards of the Masterton Racing Club, at their meeting on Saturday last, appointed the following committees for the ensuing year: Catering Committee, Messrs J. Macarn, D. Donald, C. F. Vallance and D. Caselberg; Printing Committee, Messrs. C. A. Pownall and O. <C Cooper. Bookmakers' Committee, Messrs A. U. Pilmer. R. Buick, W. Piatt, C. A. Pownall and J. Cress. Programme Committee, Messrs J. Cress, J. Macara, W. Cooper, C. F. Vallance, F. Dorset and D. McLachlan. Finance Committee, Messrs D. Caselberg, D. Donald, O. Cooper. Ground Committee, Messrs A. J. Welch, A. G. Pilmer, D. McLachlan, J. Macara, A. W. Cave, C. F. Vallance, W. Piatt, J. Cress, J. lorna, E. Buick, F. Dorset, A. Reside. On the motion, of Mr it was decided that a vote of thanks be passed to Messrs J. O'Meara anc C H. Smith, the retiring members of the Ground Committee for pas services. Mr Frederick Cliffe, examiner fo: the Associated Board of the Roya Academy and Royal Co'lege of Music js doe in Masterton about the 18tl of October next, to conduct thi ■practical examinations here. At a meeting of the Castlepoin County Council, on September 25th special orders will be made in cor nection with special loans an rates, to increase the number o iridings, and to form and alter th boundaries and names of the riding*

A capable girl to assist in the Kia Ora Tea Rooms is advertised for. Messrs W B. Chennells and Co. advsrtisc particulars of t«vo Wairarapa farms of 51 and 300 acres, respectively, whsch the owner wishes to seii or'exchange for a block of from 800 to 1.000 acres in the Pongaroa or similar district.