LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9632, 26 October 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is anticipated that shearing will commence earlier than usual in South Wairarapa this year. The Masterton Dairy Company have decided to consign the season's output instead of selling it local !y, as it is considered that the prices offered in New Zealand are not satisfactory. . The appointment of judges and formation of canvassing committees will be arranged at the meeting of the General Committee of the Masterton A. and P. Association !ori November 13th next. v » Court Makakahi, A.0.F., Eketahuna, is inviting the Masterton South, Ureytown, Hastwells, Carterton, liaiparoro, Pahiatua, Woodville and Dannevirke Bands, to take part in a band contest to be held in connection with the proposed sports on January 22nd next.

The railway station at Levin was burned down at three o'clock on Monday morning, only the luegage room being left standing. The -whole of the luggage, and the cash in hand, amounting to £4O, were Wved,' but everything else was destroyed/;;The l ' origin of the fire is tiriknotfn, there being no apparent cause. At the last meeting of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants a resolution was carried ask ing the member for the district to oppose the application of the En-gine-drivers' and Firemen's Association to have the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act altered to allow of them being registered as a separate union. , Entries for the Manawatu Spring Show next month total 3,415. Of these, horses contribute 338 in classes and 291 in competitions. Cattle, in all classes, number 244, Ayrshires a.id Jerseys being the strongest classes; Shorthorns and fat cattle being next in numerical order. E*heep total 510, Romney and Down classes being the strongest—Romneys in particular. The pig entries total 79, dogs 440, art and technical school section 516, and public Echools 596. Judgment was delivered by Dr McArthur, S.M., yesterday, in the raae in which B. Jones, a steward on the steamer Rimutaka, was charged with harbouring uncustomed goods. Defendant admitted that he had the goods in his possession, but claimed that he did not know they were Mania to duty. The Magistrate decided that defendant had committed an offence a?ai st t'-e Customs law. If he were to be i ii ved from responsibility, an wide door would be opened for tva ing law in question. A fine of £3O was imposed, but, considering the circumstances, the fine waa reduced to £lO. Three n.embers of a family father, mother and son—were charged (he other day at the Auckland Police Court with having avoided payment of tram fares. They advanced the usual'excase that though thiy had ridden beyond the penny section, as it was the day of a Jewish festival, and they were on the way to the Synagogue, they were not allowed to enter the hjly place with coins on their persons, and they had only 3d when they set out The conductor said that he believed that he had seen other money iii the lady's purse when she paid the fares. Ihty also gave him a wrong address. Defendants were convicted, and ordered to pay £2 12s costs.

Ripe strawberries have already, been picked on Mr T. Kerapton'f|" property at Greytown. The self-denial appeal of the Sal-' vation Army in the South Island amounted to £5,239.

Shares in the Hawera Winter Show Company are being rapidly taken up, and a show is certain to be established.

Michael Gannon Tate, a pensioner,) dropped dead in a fish shop at Westport on Saturday night. from heart disease.

There is a good deal of sickness in the Morison's Bush district at the present time, and a number of cases are reported to be of a serious nature.

The mails which left Wellington oil' the September by the s.s. Hauroto, and connected at Papeete with the Can Francisco steamer Mariposa, arrived in London on the 23rd Oct» ober.

The cold southerly weather that haß been experienced during the past two or three days is reported to have been responsible for the death of a number of sheep, and lambs in the Lower Valley. A small line of tour-tooth halfbrecj wethers, shorn, was sold at the Ash~ burtdn yards on Tuesday at 12s IJd per head. The wool shorn from the! sheep as reported to average 8s per Ifleece.

Dr. Frengley, Government Health" Officer, who was in Misterton yesterday, paid a short visit to the Masterton Hospital prior to journeying ton Waingawa in connection with the report on the site for the proposed! meat works.

The Kaupare Estate, near Etas» tings, of 1,180 acres, subdivided into eighty-three allotments, was sub« minted at auction yesterday. Onlyeight allotments found Prices ranged from £3B to £55 an acre.

The secretary of the Friendly Societies Council has received information from the Railway Department that a special train willbe available on Boxing Day, from Masterton, and intermediate stations, to Pigeun Bush, where the Wairarapa Friendly Societies' picnic will be held. The butter fat yield of Mr James Barry's pure Shorthorn cow, Redmond, at the. Hastings Show was equivalent to 18.0461b of butter fat per week, or between 201b and 211b of finished butter. The yield of the worst cow in the contest, named Fanny, as equivalent to 5.461b of butter fat per week, or about 6!b of finished butter. The meeting of Endeavour Lodges 1.0. G.T., was held last-evening. Sis;' C. McLean being in the chair. Routine business was transacted. The election of officers resulted as follows* —O. T., Bro, W. Morris; P.C.T.,. Sis. C. McLean; V.T., Sis. Mudd (reelected); secretary, Sis. Flanr agan (re-elected): F.S., Si°. F*. Miller (re-elected); treasurerßrow King (re-elected); Marshal, Bro. McLean; Chaplair, Sis. Mrs McLean; Guard, Bro. R. Miller! It was decided to leave the office of sen* tinel over until-the next meeting. The New Zealand Farmers' Dairy Union paid out £3,786 lis 3d last month for butter-fat as • against l £2,022 2s lOd for the coriesponaing month last year. The price paid was IOJd as against 103 last year. For cheese £468 lis lid wias paid a» against £164 ss. As showing how prolific the present season was, it is estimated that already the Union has sent away 600 more.-boxes of butter this season than for the corresponding period last year. Very favourable responses Lave been received to the circulars issued! by MesSrs W. H. Wybourne, W.. Perry and D. McGregor, the Committee eppointed at the meeting of Lincoln sheepbreeders, held at the last Palmeraton North Winter Show* in reference to the formation of a. Lincoln Sheepbresders' Association. A meeting of those interested will be* held at the Palmerston North Springs Show next month to make the neces- | sary arrangements for the construction of the association. The *Martinborough Musical and Dramatic Society has been unfortunate in its attempt to stage any piece. The" practices began jjy&h greiit dealfof enthusiasm, but were hardly began yhen the loss was sustained' of one and another of its members' who were in consequence of illness and departures from the district. At the last meeting it was decided to disband for the season, but no doubt a fresh start wil be made when the busy season isover.

On Saturday night, as the Mararoa

was drawing out for Lyttelton, awan essayed the foolish feat of crawling down, the stern line to the wharf. He over-balanced and fell into

the harbour. While he was being pulled out another man, presumably desirous of appearing as the rescuer, pulled off his coat and plunged in, only, however, to add to the work of those who very kindly did the pulling-out. Luckily, the vessel's propeller was not going, or the incident might have been attended with serious results. <

The first of the Opaki Rifle Club's fortnightly competitions was concluded on Saturday last with the following result, the ranges being 200 yards, 1500 yards and 600 yards:

A class—W. J Welch scr, 97; ! D.- Mcintosh, handicap 3, 90; R. J. King scr, 89; G, Hyde scr, 87; H. Perry, 4, 86; H. Mawley, 12, 85; D. iVlcCalmont.. 1, 83. B Class~R, Harding, scr, 91; A. Lewin, J, 90; W. Bannister, 5, 90; R. Murray, 15, 89; Barker, 9, 85; W. Hodges, scr, 82; F, Hood, scr, 81: J. Fuller, 5, 81; C. J. Taylor. 7, 78; C. G. Monro, 15, 76; J. Sutherland, scr, 70; W; Spring, 3, 63. The latest Duke to be frightened by the 'get is the Duke of Buccleueb. Ti.e old men on the Drumlanrig estate have hither'recieved a weekly wage of fourteen shiirir,js, but recently that was reduced to

seven shillings and sixpence, and these men have just applied for old age pensions of five shillings, which they have been granted. -The Duke has also been in the habit of contributing £1 per annum to a local football club His Grace now writes to the secretary regretting that it is impossible for him to send a subscription owing to the prospective increase in taxation. The handsome Dumfries-shire seat of the Duke, Drumlanrig Castle, and its grounds are only rated at £3OO. The Duke's action has excited much'ccmment in* the county.

There *re close on sixty motor cars in the Ashburton, district at the present time. , XBe Kaikoun C tmty Council have paid or 51,450 small' -birds' eggs since the second of the month. The last of the postboys of the old coaching days, Mr John Rigdin, has just died in England, at the age of 94. TheDunedin Retailers' Association hau decided to observe Monday, November Bth, aB the King's Bir th • day holiday. Ik is estimated that the total gate receipts for the two days of the Hawke's Bay A. and P. Society's show exceeded by £7O those of last year. The Ashburton correspondent of the "Lyttelton Times" states that the severe frost which oc:urred about a week 'ago practically destroyed the whole of the early plum and peach crops throughout the Ashburton County. A new class of land owners has suddenly sprung up in Cambridge' shire, England, ninety per dent, of the tenants on the Duke of Bedford's Thorney estate havine purchased the farms. The price averaged about £4O per acre. Flowers can now be kept by freezing, says a London paper. They are picked in the bud and preserved by a refrigerator while being transported. When unpacked and placed in water they slowly awaken and come into full bloom.

As instancing the lemarkable growth of business of the Wangaoui municipal gasworks, over 1,000 customers are now paying in on "last discount day," compared with about 500 four years ago. Over 150 new connections have been made during the last six months and fresh applications are daily received. An important step in the duplication of the from Dunedin to Mosgiel was completed on Thursday, when the piercing of the new Caversham tunnel from end t« end was accomplished. It is the first double tunnsl to be completed in the Dominion, and the longest but one, Lyttelton claiming that distinction. "If I had my way, he would have oi.ly taken away half of his fortune. The State should have had the other half." Thus Mr Whitty, M.P., in telling the House on Friday evening the history of a man who came to New Zealand with a capital of £5, and amassed a fortune of £50,000, yet on the eve of his departure fjr the Oid Country cursed New Zeaiand at the top of his bent because the taxation of the country prevented h»'m rem&ining here Yesterday afternonon, Dr. Frengley (Government Health Officer), Mr C. J. Keakes (Chief Veterinarian), Mr H. A. Reid (Government Veterinarian) paid a further visit to Wsingawa for the purpose of submitting a report as to the (Sxact locality suitable for the erection of

the works. The report will be con- - sidered by ihe directors of the company at a special meeting some time towards the latter part of this week. Wanganui land agents report an awakening in the land market, and a large number of inquiries from outside persona desirous of settling in the district. More money, seems available for investment than has been the case for some time, and the building trade is looking up well in both town and jauburbs. Thiß, with the fact that the interior lands are being steadily, if slowly, opened up, is considered ~a-gootia-ugury for prosperous "times in the .Hi ar future. Arrangements have « been completed for a motor service to ply between Lumsden and Lake Manapouri during the coming summer (telegraphs the Dunedin correspond ent of the .Christehurchi 4 'Pres&"). The distance, about 48 miles, 'will be covered by the motors in about three hours in ordinary weather, as against ten to twelve hours taken by the coach, and tourists; will no doubt welcome the saying of time , and the increased comfort. The ser vice will be commenced in about aix weeks' time. A Press Association telegram from Auckland states that a fire at Paiumahoe on Saturday completely destroyed a .dwelling and two shops, owned by J. Henry, and occupied by Miller. The damage is estimated at . £1,235. , The insurance on the building and contents was £?2O in the London, Liverpool, and Globe Office. The Kaitaia Dairy Company's creamery, Victoria Valley, was destroyed by fire on Friday. It was insured for £4OO in the National office. Writing to the "Auckland Star" about the Te Akau land ballot, aMr John Allen says that ohe 6f the 'successful applicants let a .contract on the second day afier the ballot for 50 acres of ploughing and splitting 500 posts Another man was offered £2OO for his section before he left the hall, while a third was offered £7OO as soon as his name was announced, and reported to have sold since for £2,000. Mr Allen argues that it would be better to put tjie land up at auction, instead of by ballot. , Mr Moss, a director>of' the New Zealand Dairy Union, has this season mnde his first thorough trial of winter feeding hie dairy cows, and he states that he is convinced of its value. He used hay and swedes. The swedes are now nearly finished, but his cows began the season in full profit, and on pastures which were consequently rested and in good condition to maintain them. Under the heading of "An Invitation from New Zealand," Dr A. W. Chappie contributes an interesting article to the London "Standard." He especially appeals to the young men of good families and ample means in Britain, and says:—"New Zealand wants capital and land purchasers, aa wel'l as land-workers. Any young Englishman may own his own farm, his own estate, or his own home in New Zealand, and his in vestment will be as Safe as the Bank of England. British mothers can afford to promote the emigration of their sond to a country like New Zealand. No country in the British Empire offers a more kindly and protective care, or a more handsome reward in those factors that make up a full life, to young men of good birth and education and capital, who are willing .to found country estates modelled on thosie stately homes of rural England in which they have been reared, as does this vigorous young representative of the British race."

I At a bazaar held at Patea in aid of | the local hospital a profit of £4BO resulted. A spectacle of rare magnificence and beauty was seen by those on 1 board the big steamer Whakarua, while on her passage across the Southern Ocean *from New York to Melbourne. On the night of the 2nd September, the whole southern sky, reaching almost to the zenith, became streaked with bands of light, which assumed all colours from blood-red to golden. For three nights the aurora appeared with unabated brilliance, and gave a light almost as of day. Bitterly cold weather, with blinding snow squalls, were experienced after rounding the Cape, while two small icebergs were sighted. The spaces between the iron railings that form the bulwarks of the ship were filled with ice, while the decks were under snow for days. The Whakarua reached Wellington yesterday. Mr*. P. Welch has vacancies for milkers, shed hands, and generals. A strong youth is wanted to learn the blacksmithing trade. An experienced machine shearer seeks position in shed. An advertiser has for sale a fishing rod with reel and line and a quarterplate Kodac. A ladies' umbrella the Blossom and Butterfly Fairjs : advertised for. . A full supply of plain and cut glass vases is now on view in the W.F.C.A. Fancy Department. Members of the local Lodge of Oddfellows are requested to attend the funeral of the late Mrs Gordon Russell, which will take place tod. $ ~ Special bargains can be secured this Show and Race Week at Mr P. Hamill's. Every line is guaranteed, and the prices are the lowest possible. Inpsection iB cordially invited. Messrs"Chamberlain and Sun announce that they are purchasers of all kinds of grain. The firm is now prepared to make contracts for threshing grain and clover seeds: The W;F.C.A. announce that they have been appointed sole agents for the "Health" brand of ladies' and gent's footwear. Particulars wilt be found in the firm's advertisement on page 2 of this issue. An eighty-guinea- Bechstein piano, an exceptionally guod instrument, was despatched from the Masterton premises of the British and Continental Piano Company last week, to the order of a Featiieraton' resident.

J Mrs Saoa and Son, drapers, Q >u m street, has to hand a large and w 11assorted stock of lace curtains, chilJren's hats and bonnets for summer wear, and a choice selection of ladies' silk blouses, muslin dresses and washing costumes. With the keen enterprise which characterises their business Messrs George and Kersley, Ltd., of th 9 Economic," Wellington, announce their mid-season sale, which will commence on Thursday next. Special purchases have been made of seasonable and stylish goods by Mr George while in London, and these will be included in the present sale, and the public are promised some wonderful bargains. A careful perusal of the price list circulated with this issue will give some idea of the extraordinary reductions which have ..to bs rcadfljn every department.-

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