LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9600, 21 September 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Alfredton Rifle Club will open the season on September 30th. Good hauls of whitebait are being made on the West Coast and sold at Is per pint. Flounders and mullet are also landed in large quantities.

There are 6,042 names on the main and supplementary rolls of the Rangitikei electoral division. Ihe supplementary roll contains 843 names. The Directors of the Masterton and Mauriceville Co-operative Dairy Companies will hold a conference at Mauriceville on Friday next, to discuss the question of amalgamation. At Te Wharau feed is somewhat backward, but since a change of temperature has taken place during the past week there is apparent a welcome improvement in the state of the pastures. It is understood that an extra express, leaving Wellington at 9 p.m. for Auckland, will begin running on November Ist. The object of the scheme is to enable passengers to sleep ove* the less 'thrilling portion of the journey and have their senses alert for a daylight inspection of the grandeur in the middle of the it-land. The Trinity College Examiner. Mr Henry St. George, will arrive in Masterton this week, and hold the local examinations. He is wellknown as a musical performer, and has consented to give a violin recital in S. Matthew's Church next Sunday, at 8.30 o'clock in conjunction with the church organist, Mr H. S. Claughton. ' j At an inquest held at Greytown on the body of George Wiggins, a settler, who shot himself on Saturday, a verdict was returned that the deceased met nis death by a selfinflicted gunshot wound .while sufering from temporary insanity, caused by ill-health. The N deceased had tied a gun to a tree, and attached a string to the trigger. The charge entered the left breast, The Maryborough Lawn Tennis Club has decided to open the season on October 7th. The following officers have been elected in connection with the club:—President, Mrs W. J. Martin; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames G. Pain, E. G. Harris, A. 0 Considine, and J. Martin; secretary, Mr G. W. Cobb; Committee, Messrs Lewis, Clark, G\vfith, Lee, Martin, Dr Webb, liesdames Lee and F. McLeod, and Misses Martin, Evans and Mad.ay. Thomas Brown, aged 30, was killed instantaneously while working in tne kauri bush at Puriri, near Tlames, on Saturday. The deceased v;as as--1 sisting to crosscut a log I.vu.g on the face of a hill When the lig was partly cut through, r portion broke off, crushing Brown nl dragging him with it. His leg?, an arm and his neck were broken. The deceased leaves a widow and one child. At the inquest a v.rdict was returned of accidental death, no blame being attachable (o anyone. Encouragement to inventors of small things for which the demand may be large, is ! given by som? facts mentioned in a lawsuit at Christchurch. It was stated that Mr Dawson, inventor of the now well-known "Dawson egg carrier"— a simple affair of wire fixed in a board, that acts as a spring packing—sold his invention to a company for £16,000, of which £7,000 was to be in cash, and £9,000 in paid up shares. He, however, received only £2,000 in cash (the company not being strong enough to pay more), and ,he compromised the balance for £4,000. A Cleethorpes confectioner, fined for Sunday trading, has puzzled the Grimsby Bench by claiming that, under the Act of Charles 11., he is entitled to sit in the stocks in the - ' market place for two hours in lieu of paying his fine (reports the • "Argus" London correspondent). His fate is still uncertain. This recalls the successful claim of a prisoner in 1818 to have his case decided by wager of battle, according to the unrepealed law. As the brother of the murdered girl declined the challenge, the mur-'erer had to be released. Then the law was repealed. On Saturady last the members of the Featherston Golf Club played the first round and part of the second round for Messrs M. N. Hardie and Son's trophy, the results being as follow:—First Round, G. T. Fenwick (scr.) beat J. T. Bicknell (4), two up- G. Fenwick (1|) beat F. R. Bladen (13) 2 up; B. Speedy (3) beat F, E. Everton/(6S) two up; G. T. Allen (2J) b«at F. W. Burt (5) by default; A. J. Toogood fH) beat C. J. Carlyon (6J) three up; J. W. Card (4) beat W. Benton (8J) one up; A. W. Gray (6) beat W. A. Donald (9) six up. Second Round: G. T. Fenwick (scr) beat G. 1. Allen (2h) one up; J. W. Card (4) beat A J Toogood (3) two up. Enquiries are being made now in New Zealand as to the possibilities of getting supplies of white pine for a term of years for making butter boxes, for the New South Wales ex-'! port trade. The investigator are Messrs W. Brandon and W. R. Baker, representatives of the North Coast Co-operative Company of New South Wales. They recognise that the supply of white pine will some day be exhausted, and wish to provide, as fat as possible, against that contingency. Mr Brandon told a representative of the "Eltbam Argus" that the straw boxes, at one time contemplated as a substitute, are not going to suit, as they impart an odour to the butter. As the gentlemen represent a company which paid out £600,000 to its suppliers last year, the importance of their mission will be recognised. On past occasions, when a steamer from the East has been in Lyttelton, it has not been at all unusual to find a proportion of the population of Lyttelton puffing at unaccustomed but excellent cigars. There has generally been no special imputation that the unaccustomed cigar has been uncustomed also; but suspicion has ex isted, and when the Aparima was in the port last week Btrict surveillance was exercied by the Customs Department, whose officers checked everything and everybody coming off the vessel. The pleasant odour of cheroots was consequently not to be found. Notwithstanding the fact that the vessel had peen under the eye of the Customs officers in Auckland and Wellington a find was made by one of the Lyttelton officers. Three catches of cigars, totalling about 1,000 altogether, were discovered in various parts of the vessel. One was in the wheel house, another under a tarpaulin, and a third in a disused cabin, so that their ownership was not appar- i en\, and naturally no one would admit ownership. In the circumstances "the ship" is the culprit. It is not known whether proceedings will be taken

Tnere are now five cases of scarlet fever in the Greytown Hospital, three of the patients coming from Matarawa, and two from Featherston. Mr Charles M. Berkeley, touring manager J. C. Williamson, arrived in town yesterday to make preliminary arrangements for the appearance of Mr Julius Knight and his strjng supporting company in "The Breed of the Treshams," at the Town Hall on Tuesday next. To-day is S. Matthew's Day, and special services will be held in S. Matthew's Church. The Bi3hop of Wellington will be present, and will preach at both morning and evening service. The neighbouring clergy will also take part in the services. The Carterton and Greytown (hoirs will assist with the singing at the evening service. The offertories during the day will be in aid of the new church building fund. A painful accident happened to a man named P. Calligan, an employee of Mr Holmes Warren, of Featherston. He nad the misfortune to severely cut his right hand with an axe, the gash extending into the ball of the thumb and severing the sinews. He was brought into . Featherston, where he received temporary treatment and later taken to the Wellington Hospital, where the ] doctors were successiul in gathering the sinews, and hope to save the use of the hand. As a result of the success that attended the Jast minstrel entertainment gi"en under the auspices of S. I Matthew's Club, it has been decided to give another one in the ■ Town Hall on Thursday evening next. Under the direction of Mr G. i Branson the members have been i practising assiduously for weeks past a grand minstrel entertainment - preceded by the well-known comedy , "Hook and Eye." The corner men , are Messrs D. Walsh, W. Parker, , H. Hilton, A. Long. The comedy ; sketch will be taken by Miss J ago, * Messrs E. R. Wilson, D. Walsh and - D. JLa Roche. j An entertainment of an interesting character was eiven under the , auspices of the Congregational In- * stitute last evening in the Church, J when Mr D Meadowcroft, of Mel- * bourne, delivered a lecture on the life and works of Tenny?gn, During 1 the evening a number of Tennyson's * best known poems were rendered as 1 solos as follows:—"The Brook," Miss J. Bennington ;"ureak, Break," 1 Mr Sutton; "The Messenger Swallow," Mr R. Henry; "Memory of the ■ Past," Mrs Welch; "Home, They s Brought Her Warrior Dead," Mr A. 3 Webb; "Maud," Miss J.Bennington; "Ring out Wild Bells," Mr C Redf man; "Too Late, Too Late," Miss i C. Tooby; "Crossing the Bar," Mrs ! Redman, t t The master of the barquentine r Hawaii, which arrived at Auckland, . from Astoria, U.S.A., on Thursday, j tells a shark story, which, as given . by the "Herald," has a spic6 of novelty about it For several days, 3 he says, the barquentine was be--1 ! calmed, and they iecided to do a .'• little fishing. A line had net been . long cast when a shark, fully ten f . feet long, put in an appearance, and s kept swimming very close to the Hawaii, but made no attempt to , take the bait offered him. At last * the captain decided upon lassoing the ' monster. He accordingly obtained a I lasso, and after waiting for a favour- * able opportunity "tried his hand at 3 the game." Success crowned his | efforts, as very soon the shark was 3 transferred to the deck of the 3 Hawaii. At any rate, this is what 3 the captain says. i A respectable looking individual » called to see a dentist the other day E in the Rue Hermel, says the Paris . correspondent of the London "Daily . Express." He was shown into the , waiting room, and told that L'r ? Papon would see him in a few j minutes. The dentist was attending j another case, but glancing through I the open door he caught sight of the man removing various silver orna- . ments about the room and conveying \ them to his pockets. He was about to leave the room when the dentist requested him to come in and be seated. His teeth appeared to be in excellent condition, but Dr Papon informed him that to avert serious consequences he would have to undergo a painful ordeal for which he must take gas. The, patient, was much distressed, but without further ado Dr Papon administered a powerful narcotic and then sent for the police. The man was removed, and woke up a couple of hours later in his prison cell. Mr F. P. Welch has a vacancy for a man used to pipe and brickmaking. ( A smart lad for parcels is wanted by Mr J. L. Murray. Tenders are invited for felling 18 acres of bush at Kaipororo. Messrs Varnham and Rose invite tenders for the erection of additions to the Solway Home. Mr W. Strang gives notice that persons trespassing on his property will be prosecuted. Mr R. E. Jones notifies the residents of Lansdwone that he is pre ■ pared to put in water connections at lowest rates. Mr A. Norman, draper, of Queen street; offers some special lines in window curtains and furnishing drat pery. Mr F. P. Welch advertises particulars of a leasehold property of 400 : acres, well improved, which he has ' been instructed to sell on easy terms. ] The annual meeting of the share- , holders of the Masterton Permanent , Investment and Building Society will be held at the Society's office at 3.30 \ p m. on Monday, October 4th. On account of Miss Jobnstun's un- j avoidable absence the dressmaking f classes at the Technical School will j not meet this week, but will resume r on Tuesday next, 28th instant. The special advantages that are v to be obtained by using Shacklock's j Orion Ranges are clearly Ret out in r the firm's advertisement which ap« \ pears elsewhere in this issue. ;