LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9622, 15 October 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the Magistrate's Court this J morning, charges of selling and also I of keeping liquor for sale in a no-li-cense district, will be preferred , against a lochl resident. | It is understood that the Governj ment have in contemplation the adop- | tion of a system for the medical ini spection of State Schtvls. j A farmer named Alfred Edward ■ Watson, was fo'ind dead in his whare, four miles from Alfredton, at 6 p.m. on Tuesday. The last criminal sittings of the j Supreme Court in Wellington this year will commence on Monday, the 15th November. A large number of Woodville residents have petitioned the Government through Mr Koss to 'purchase from *he Maoris the first-class land j surrounding the town, so that dairy | farms of a hundred acres each could be made available for settlers. Tha local Post Office is in receipt of a new model La Motasacoche, which is to be used in connection ! with the increased mail service in the Masterton suburbs. It is un ierstood that there is no 'other Post Office in the Dominion from which letters are delivered by means of a motor cycle. ' The '.ffichl oppnhg of the bowling season of the Grey town Club took place yesterday afternoon. There was a large attendance of players, includ ij)g a number of n.embeis from the j Masterton Club. Mr' W. Udy, the [president, declared the green open, | and the jack was thrown by Mri Udy, - amidst the cheers of the assemblage. At the last meeting of the Opaki Rifle Club a special resolution was passed expressing rtgret at the resignation of Rifleman W. J. Henry as a member on acount of his leaving the ; district. It was also decided to send , him a suitable present as a token of the esteem in which he is held by the Club. Liberal subscriptions were forthcoming from the members and this week a hqndsn?nfi English lever watch, suitably inscribed, wa« forwarded to Rifle nan Henry.' The servant e\r\ question appears, 'to be very acute in the Ashburton I County at tin pres nt'time, says the "Guardian." Whili a comparatively large number of me-i are anxiously awaiting work, ih re are no fewer than thirty appli'a'ions for servant eirls. In the majority ot cases good average ■ wages are being offered, but for some reao" or other the majority of girls who are, obliged to earn their own living prefer working at factories or trades.

[ As far as can bi ascertained the . new mail service to the Fernridge I and Upper Wainga#a, which to be ' ; instituted at the beginning of the i year, will be a most efficient one. The new motor cycle will be used in the service, and up to the Kaituna Factory letters will he delivered at every place by the corner. Settlers above this poi"t will thus, by calling at the factory, be enabled to secure their letters every day. It is probable that West Bush Road will also receive snecial attention, and that the two pillar boxes on the Upper Plain will be cleared twice daily instead of once as at present The proposed alterations ro the railway timetable have necessarily prevented a definite programme fir the new service being arranged, anrl until the amended guide is to hand nothing further can be done in the matter. ''ln connection with bqtter, it seems to me that on one point,- our exporters might take a lesson from Denmark and the .Netherlands,'" says the Minister' for Industries and Commerce in his annual report. "These countries export HI, or practically all, their first-grade butter under a national brand, a brand which is a guarantee of a standard quality. Once a purchaser obtains a article which meets his favour, it is the brand he buys. This, of course, is a general trade practice. Every factory in New Zealand at present exports under a separate brand, and. as our butter is widely distributed, a buyer has little oppor tunity of getting butter from the same factorv several years in succession. Therefore our branding system has not the value it should have from the most desirable point of view—that of forming an index to the purchaser. A national brand can, of course, only be of real value when there is uniformity of quality in the article exported bearing the brand." <

Tne latest dredging to band are as follow: —Mystery Plat Dredge, 31oz 16dwt for the week; Mastertor. Dredge, 30uz 9dwt for 137 hours' work. A working bee comprising ladies and erentlomeo in connection with the Butterfly and Blossom Fair was h Id in the Drill Hall yesterday after om, and evening. A start was made with the decorations and erections of stalls The beautiful weather yesterday afternoon tempted quite a number of bowling enthusiasts on to the local green, where a most enjoyable time was spent. The club has just hid its membership strengthened by twentytwo new members. With the splendid condition of the f?reeii9, the prospects of an enjoyable season are very bright indeed. A verbal passage of arms between the Prime Minister and Mr James Allen on Wednesday night enabled the House to understand that a fur • ther loan Bill is to be introduced this session. Mr Allen effected to prophesy that the. Government would come again to Parliament this year with a loan proposal. "You know I have already intimated that to your lealer,' interjectel the Prime Minister, "and you are giving it away.'' Mr Allen: "I knew it, because you are bound to." Sir Joseph: "Be fair!" Mr Allen's retort was that he was not going to be tongue tied.

At the meeting of the Masterton School Committee, last evening, a letter was read from the Secretary of the Napier District School, stating the Nelson of system Bible-reading had been adopted in the Napier School and was carried out by the clergymen of all the denominations who came into the. school. The Chairman, Mr R. Brown, stated that he understood the local clergymen were moving in this matter, and no doubt the Committee would be approached by them in due course.

Messrs T. J. Thompson and A. W. Chapman, the sub committee, appointed by the Masterton School Committee to deal with the proposed miniature rifle range, stated at the meeting of the C mmittee, last evening, that matters were not proceeding very satisfactorily. They had been in csmmunication with the Dafence Department but the replies from that source regarding financial assistance were most indefinite. The Department, however, had suggested substituting certain parts with wood instead of iron, thereby reducing the cost of construction. After discussion it was decided that the Committee be empowered to proceed with thd work, provided arrangements could be made for th« extra money required for the erection of the range. Mr J. C. Williamson returned tc Australia by the Vancouver mail steamer which reached Brisbane or Saturday week. During an interview Mr Williamson stated that in foul and a half months' absence he made some of the biggest engagement! ever secured for Australia, says the "Sydney Morning Herald." He said: --"I have arranged for an Australiar tour lasting for a few weeks only bj Sir Charles Wyndham *md Miss Marj Moore, who will come here frorr America about the middle of nex< year. Sir Charles Wyndham is the greatest light comedian in the world and the terms arranged are the high es given any artist ever brought t< Australia. I have arranged with Si: H. Beerbohm Tree for a tour of Aus tralia, and he will bring such lead ing members of his company as Mis Marie Lohr, the gifted young Aus tralian, who made such a big hit ii London, Miss Constance Collier, M: Henry Ainley and others." At the Magistrate's Court, yester dav morning, Mr R. H. Turton S.M., in his civil jurisdiction, gav< judgment for plaintiff by default n the following cases:—Lyttle Bros, v E. Bingham, £2 Os 6d, costs 18i 6d; Wairarapa Age Company, Ltd v. Charles Frederick Stevens, £3 costs 10s; Boyd and Cook v. Fran! Reeves, £1 9s lid, costs 7s; Master ton Farmers' Implement Company Ltd., v John Lane, 12s, costs 5s Lyttle Bros. v. Harry Fuer, £2 10s costs 10s; Nicol and Co. v. Thomai Rout, £1 8s 6d. costs ss; vVaiiarapa Age Company, Ltd , V. Hugh Long £9 3s6d, costs £1 3s 6d; Williaa Morris and Sons v. Frederick Benge £3 Is 9d. costs ss; J. O'Meara v. J. A. Leahy, £2O. costs £2 6s. Orderi on judgment summonses were mad< as follow:-rAlexander Donald v Mana Thompson, debt £5 18s, order ed to pay forthwith, in default sis days imprisonment; Harrv Scot junr. v. J. Leahy, debt £7 Bs, or dered to pay forthwith, in defaul' seven days" imprisonment. On the application of Mr C. A. Fownall variation of an order was allowed in the case of J. L. Murray v. Henri Lloyd uamford from 30s a month t( 20s a month, first payment to be made on October 23rd. Mr J. Coradine opposed the application. An agistment case was ventilated at the Magistrate'* Ceurt yesterday morning, when John Robert Barr, bricklayer, nf Lansdowne, claimed from Ralph Bartlett, Masterton, contractor,; the sum of £7 14s, being rent of a paddock at Lansdowne at is a week from November 14th, 1903, to October 31st, 1906, and in the alternative the plaintiff sought to recover the amount as a reasonable sum for the use and occupation of the paddock by defendant during the period mentioned. Mr C. A. Pownall appeared for plaintiff, and defendant was renresented by Mr G» H Cullen. Plaintiff in his evidence stated there was an agreement between defendant and himself, whereby 1 defendant was to pay one shilling a week for grazing, or as an alternative he was to have the opportunity of running a contra account for carting for witness. Plaintiff kept rn account of the carting defendant did for him, which he entered at the ordinary rates. Evidence was also given by William John Percy and William Ironmonger. For the defence it was stated that there was no agreement as to the price for grazing at all. The agreement was that defendant was to do carting for plaintiff only during the occupancy of the .grazing pad:hck, and in consequence of this defendant kept no account.of the carting he had done. Defendant stated he was away for months at a time when he did not then use the paddock. He would not swear that he had not carted for, plaintiff, since the termination, of j the tenancy. The presiding Magistrate, Mr R. H. Turton, gave judgment for plaintiff for the amount ' claimed, with £2 18s costs, less £2 153 contra account for carting.

'lhe Baptist Union of New Zealand is now within easy reach of a membership of 5,000, and hopes, next year, to get well into the uixth thousand. The Greytown Borough Council has decided to go to the poll for a loan of £5,500 if the necessary public meeting assents. The steamer Gertie arrived at Nap* ier yesterday morning, and the captain reported that though a search had been made no sign had been seen of the missing Duco. The police made a raid on a boarding house in Masterton early last evening, when a quantity of liquor was seized. Court proceedings are to follow. Sheep-owning on an impreasive scale is shown to exi=st in the Gisborne district, far, according to the official returns the Williams family to the number of ten are possessors of flocks aggregating 220,000. The Kongokokalco Chee.se Company will forward to Wellington this week for shipment to London 50 cases of cheese. The Nireaha Dairy Company will forward 120 cases to London this week.

The confidential report of the School Inspector was received by ; the., Masterton School Committee last evening. The Chairman remarked on. its satisfactory nature, and the fact that special reference had been made to the order and discipline prevailing in the School. The Committee of the Masterton Bowling Club have decided to allow members a free hand to arrange teams among themselves for com* petition at the forthcoming tournament to be held next January at Wellington, under the auspicasi of the North Island Bowling Associa-. tion. The luxuriant crop of water weeds flourishing in the Park La*e has occasioned some concern amoi \>: lovers of the art of swimming. Bathers will therefore learn with pleas-' are that this nuisance which tbraatened to interfere with their pastime has been effectually removed from the Lake. During the present week the Lake has been drained, and the weeds carefully carted away. The Park authorities are to be cbmmend-. Ed for their prompt attention to the matter. The State's efforts to ■ relieve workers of the heavy rents ih the chief centres has resulted in 108 dwellings being erected. Of these 26 houses were completed,, or nearly completed, last year, on the following settlements:—CameJot Settlement, Sydenham (ChristchUEch), 11 houses; Heretaunga Settlement, Petone (Wellington), 3 houses;, Lawry Settlement, Ellerslie ({Auckland), 12 houses. A further six bouses are being built on the Walker Settlement at Addintgon, near Cliristchurch. With tha exception of these eix and the three Petoue dwellings, the houses were erected under the- con»tract system.

' The number of contributors to< the Teachers' Superannuation Fund at the end of last year was 2931. Of thecontributors 1438 were males audi 1493 females, the contributions amounting to £33,057. Of'the malecontrinutors 21 are ; >6o years of age,' 27 are between 63 and 64; years* and 2 have reached the allotted span of three-score years arid ten Or the females 11 are between 50' and 511 years, while 2 of thorn have reached 60. Of the number of contributors who retired during the year under review 18 were granted allowances! aggregating £994 lis 6d, while' the 1 representatives of 10 contributors, who died were granted annual allowances of £341 4s, and a refund of contributions amounting to £341 4s 7d.

Leonard Altred Nun, Wilton, gard- ' ener, Masterton, has filed a petition in bankruptcy. His financial statement shows his,total debts to be £56 2s Bd, all to unsecured creditors* There are no assets. Following are the unsecured creditors: —W.F.'C. A.. 13s 9d, J. A. Giddings '£7 16s lid,. W. Charman £8 16s 6d, R. Hannah, and Co. £1 lis, Hubbard and Hand. 10s 6d, H. Petersen Jisi D. Fmlayson. 14s 6d, F. C. Winter £1„ A. A* Stempa,. senr., £2 , 15s, A. A. Stempa, junr., £1 15s 2d; J. Al*-. pass and Co- £1 8s 2d, Mackay and* Sons £2 lis 7d, E. Anstice;£4 4a* Bd, Hooper and Co £1 8s 6.1. JL; L, Murray 95,. Warnock and Adkfn 16s sd, A. Collie and, Co. £2 Is; Hospital Trustees £3 16s, P. R. Cook £1 Is, E. R. Wilson £9 18s, J. Clarkson£l ss, E, G, Eton £1 ss. " '; A heavy budget of randing matter regarding the formation of a Wellington School Committees' Association was submitted to the meeting of the Masterton School Committee' last evening. The proposal is for all: the district schools to associate in the movement. In referring to the importance of such associations Mr R. Brown, the chairman, stated that there was already an association in [ this district, but unfortunately, owing to the'difficulty of proper representation, ic was in rather an inanimate condition at.present. He thought that branches at each end of the Valley might with advantage be established and worked in conjunction with the present movement. It was decided not to take any action in the matter until next meeting, the members in the ' meantime to* study the correspondence regarding, the formation of the Association,

After compiling an elaborate comparison of the cost of necessaries and: house rents in the chief centres, the Secretary of Labour, Mr E, Tregear, comes to the conclusion that Auckland is much the cheapest of the four cities "to live in, and Dunedin the next cheapest. But bearing in mind the other high rates of payment made by Wellington for her food-supplies and other commodities, he can understand that the rents p-n\l in the E"')UM City are not only fatal to thnfc among the town workers, but aJd to the lot of those who toil, a hurden to. be en lured almost without hope. "The figures,'' he continues, "are perplexing in same cases, and difficult to explain. When we find that sugar although dearer in Wellington than in Auckland, and still dearer in Christchurch, is as cheap in Dunedio as in Auckland, the matter seems hard to understand. Why one should pay more for a medium value boot in Wellington than in Auckland, again a still higher price in Christchurch,and then find it in Dunedin at the uheap Auckland rate is difficult of explanation."

A service in connection with S. Jflatthew's Church will be held in the Ktnpuni Hall, at 7 o'clock on Sunday next. At the close of the ser- i vice the Vicar and Churchwardens will meet the residents to consider K a rcheme for a building at Kuripuni. The instructions given by the Cemetery Trustees to have the row of pine :re°s on the Lake aide of the ©tmetery cut down have been faithfully carried oat. The trees were causing the tombstones in their vicinity to become mosn-grriwn, and i their removal is a decided improvement in every way. A match was played at Danne«irke on Wednesday list, between the JMasterton nnd Dannevirke cricket teams. The visitors m idp 63, (W.I Kedmond 15, H Moorehonse 14, Essjhß, WrightS). and Dannevirke 60. For Dannevipko, Hanja-'d bowled with deadly effect/taking 9 wickets for 21. In the second innings Mas- j terton knocked up 100 f>r the loss of two wickets, H. Moorehouse (47 not I out) bding top scorer. When stump 3 j were drawn Dannevirke had lost four wickets for 33. Mastertoh won by three runs on cite first inninzs. ' The annual muetmg of the shareholders of the Workers' Mutual Benefit BuilJin* Society was held last nisjht, in the Society's office. Mi R. Chairman of Directors, presided, and a large number of shareholders were present. The annual report and balance sheet ( was read and adopted on the motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr J. Prenticj In soenkinu to the motion i the Chairma-i ..said th? shareholders should feel gratified at the very satisfactory position of the affairs of the Society. Messrs T. S. Cresswell, J. Candy, J. Prentice and A. K. Johnston, were elected Directors for the ensuing twelve months, and Mr G. W. .Sellar was appointed shareholders'auditor. Mr A. Robertson moved, and Mr M. vMdntosh seconded, "that a hearty vote of thanks be accorded to the Directors and the Secretary fur the able manner in which they had looked after the Society." The motion was carried At the close of the meeting t*ie Chairman called for lenders for free of Merest Ab no tenders wjre reciived in the specified time, the Chairn an said that a b lllot wnuld hive to be tiken under Rule 108. Messrs H. Nee. and M. Mcintosh were appiinted scrutneers, and Mr •T. W. Barnes was asked to draw the numbers out of the ballot "box." MriA. W. Kussell's number was drawn, and lie was declared entitled to the money. * Hoik"ay excursion tickets are announced m eunnectinn with the Wellington races and Hawke's Bay Show. A single furrow Homsby plough, in good order, is advertised for sale. Messrs Btyle and Miller, oi the Fernririge, have seed potatoes for sale in any quantity. A youth for dairy farm and porter for hotel are required by Mr F. P. Welch, labour agentt. A, reward is offered for the return of a black wallet, containing £23, lost in Masteron. Messrs, Abraham and Williams, Ltd., will hold their annual spring cattle sale at their Masterton yards on Tuesday, October 26th. Entries to d»te are advertised and further entries are invited. An attractive assortment of handsome neck chains and pendants is displayed in Mr Frank Dupre's jewellery store, Masterton. The "" chains are in various styles, sizes and weights, but all of equally good workmanship. The pendants range from the plain gold heart to the most exquisite stone combination <a Mrs Timms announces trat she will I shortly open a boarding house at 60 Perry Street, Masterton. The house will be conducted on up-to-date lirei such as those irat characterised the management of "Timms' Boardingtiouse" in Queen Street. The situa tion of the new house is central to both town and railway station, and hoarders will find every comfort and a good table. Country visitors to Masterton to r morrow sire invited to visit Messrs H«nry and Buxton's relinquishing mU. and particbate in the bargains that are offering. * Saturday is the last day, as the premises will close for good. at.9 pni, Anoffer of'cash has only to be made to -secure any lino in stock. Costumes, dress lengths, millinery, flannelettes, can be purchased at less than one third, tbe original cost. *