LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9635, 29 October 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The htest return from the Mastertn Dredge is 45 oz lldwts. [for 133 hours' work. The New Zealand railways earned a net profit of £814,711 last year, riturning 3.13 per cent, on the capital of £29,000,000 invested in them. * A fifty yards handicap race, under the auspices of the Wairarapa Swim<" ming Club, will be held in the Park Lake next Tnursday, entries for which will be received up till tomorrow. Messrs Wilton tiros., wjio recently purchased Mr Manning's farm at Sangitumau, are [erecting an up-to-date cowshed, and aie installing •r.ilkmg mathines Messrs Wilton Bros, contemplate milking between sixty and seventy cows durii g this senson. At Mangatainoka on Wednesday nieht, a masquerade ball was held in aid of the Grandstand fund. There wcie over one hundred couples pres ent, and was a decided success. The music was supplied by Messrs Mills Bros. The committee anticipate holding another ball at the end <>f November in aid ot the Publie Hall fund.

Word has been received at Wanganui that Pearce, Day, Hagney, Mitchell, Thoroughgood and Messenger intend coming over from Australia to compete in the Fculling handicaps in Wanganui in January. New Zealand will be represented dy Ariist, Webb, and Whelch. Fogweil and Kemp may also be included in tlfe Australian team. At a meeting of the Management Committee of the New Zealand Cricket Council, the following as sociatioris wrote offering to find guarantees for the-matches with an Australian tfeamßuUer £SO, Wairarapa £75. WestlHfid £SO, Wanganui £SO. Otago £IOO, Canterbury £IOO, North Tarai aki £SO, Nelson £5,0, Marlborough £50., Hawke's Bay £25, Auckland £IOO. It was decided that correspondence in connec tion with the guarantees be held over until it was known definitely whether an Australian team intends to visit New Zealand. 1 At the Carterton Show yosterday. the six-tooth Komney ram "Pioneer" of Mr G. E. Allen, which secured the championship, was sold to Mr A. V. Collins, ot Kaikora North, for the h-mdsome price of 120 guineas. Mr All n also sold a Romney hogget to Mr J. C. Field, Gisborne, for 40 guineas, four to Messrs G. and A. Hunt, Nelson, for 20 guineas each, two to Bowlands Estate for 20 guineas, and one to Mr W. baker, Feilding, for 10 guineas.

"New Zealand has become the world's provii g ground for woman suffrage experiments," says a New York paper. "There, as in Australia, every female (.ver 21 years of age—if she will own up to it—is entitled to vote at the elections. The» .tvojnen go about armed with the oallot in the same way that their grandmothers wielded the swomfisb pear I and spiked club. That literary I n«it, Macaulay's Z blander, } whom tne eesivist r>»'• >phetically described as sitting on a crumpled arch of London Bririgt- to sketch tne ruins of St. Paul's Cathedral, may now be replaced by tne figure of a Maori Suffragette skirting' Central Park, New York, in a taxi-cab, taking notes for a magazine article on the :ruins of the bygone social system by which the American women once suffered in bondage bs j'wife,' 'mother,' or married slave."

Mr Foster Fraser concluded his two nights' lecture season at Masterton with an address at the Tovn Hall last evening on "America Up-to-date." The subject proved one well within the speaker's range, as his long residnece in the States on information and adventure seek-

| ing quests him a inexhaustible fund of descriptive matter touching on every phase of life and character. The great contrasts presented in the United State among its own people were shown by the lecturer's remarks and his verifying illustrations to be as great as between one country and/ another; and while America was shown to have its intensely up to-date tide, there was also shown to be an equally accentuated mediaevalism in matters where better would be expected from an enlightened and highly civilised people. Great work i shops were shown, and great buildings, and the diversified views of (he various places of interest proved a gx*eat source of interest to the audience. In his address Mr Eraser showed the same' keei< praception of human nature, as he evidenced on Wednesday night. He received a splendid hearing from an excellent house. Mr C. IS. Daniell occupied the cnair.

The Minister for Education has notified the education boards of the Dominion that next year free school books will be issued to children up to Standard ill.

The annual meeting of the Wellington branch of the New Zealand Shearers' Federated Union will be held in the Dominion Hall. Masterton, to-morrow evening, at 8 o'clock. The exact amount of the gate takings at the Carterton Show for the two days was not available last evening, but it is expected that this year's money will exceed that of last by about £ls. Mr R. J. Dagg, of Masterton, has been asked to act as jur ge of draught horses at the forthcoming Wanganui Snow, but owing to having previously accepted a similar position at N-'l'on he has had to <lecii..e the offer.' By the lonic, duy in Wellington from London on Monday next, there are 675 persons coming out- to the Dominion. There are 37 in the first saloon, 98 in the s com), and 540 third-class passenger*. Ot + hese, 173 are for Wellington., _

sgAt yesterday's meeting of the Wellington Education Board the resignations of the following were received - —Miss M'Keown, assistant Tokomaru; M:ss M. Sullivan, assistant, Taita; Mrs N. Gower, sole teacher, Korokoro South; and Mr H. M'Farlane head teacher,, Belvedere. At the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, an application for change of venue to Tenui in a case of Crawford v. J. O'Brien, a claim of £1 13s for goods sold and delivered, was made by Mr G. H. Cullen, acting for defendant. Mr P. L. Hollings, for plaintiff, consented to this course, and the application was granted, costs being made costs in the cause. At the Carterton Show yesterday. Meesrj J. D. Cruickshank and Co. made an exhibit of argicultural manures, which proved of great in • terest to farmers and pastoralists. The.exhibit was under the charge of Mr A. B. Wood, the firm's agricultural chemist, and a good number of orders were booked by him. As agents the firm also gave a demonstration with the Minimax fire extinguisher, for which purpose a bonfire was arranged. The flames were extinguished with the Minimax in a remarkably short apace of time.

The novel sight of a cat mothering a litter of young rabbits may be seen at Mr Bennett's farm, near Palmerston North, says the "Manawatu Evening Standard." When ony a few hours old, the rabbits were found and entrusted to the cat, which was suckling two kittens at the time. They at once settled down with their new mother, and at present' are doing well, their foster mother treating them as members of the family. Dr Neeley had ap unpleasant journey from Christcburch to Greymoutb last week, says the correspondent of the "Lyttelton Times." It is a most unusual thing for snow to fall at Springfield at this time of the year/ but the doctor states that on the way overland from Christchurch the ground was covered with it. The journey by coach from Broken River to Otira was by no means a pleasant one un account of the intense cold. Icicles were hanging from the telegraph lines along the route, while the roads were covered with snow to a considerable depth. At the present time there are three Mormon Elders staying at a Maori settlement in Hawke's Bay, two of them travelling elders, and.one permanently settled there, engaged in teaching the onweek days and holding services on Sunday. They are busy organising their scheme of a teaching and agricultural college for the Maoris. At present they are: awaiting new? from America a& to the amount of ..jtiioney which will be granted tor building purposes. It is possible the grant may run to £IO,OCO. According to Lieut. • Colonel Hughes, who commanded the New Zealand riflemen at the recent Commonwealth rifle meeting at Sydney, the crack Australian shots had the best of the shooting. Strange conditions, time, weather, and the i shooting ground the Randwick | range is a very difficult one—were factors that told against the New Zealanders in their efforts to "scoop the pool"; and though the men did not exactlv carry off their anticipated "scoops" they did very well generally. " :, .;

The statement made to the antie gambling deputation on Monday last n by the Prime Minister, viz., that v he was willing to submit the ques- , tion of the totalisator and book- - makers to the voice of the public, 3 gave great pleasure to those who i waited upon him, wntea , a correi spondent The statement,' hdwever, ■ may not mean very much. Before the r question or questions could be sub • mitted to a referendum, an Act of Parliament would have to be passed ■ to provide the necessary machinery, i Such a measure would be likely to i meet \yith very strong. opposition from a considerable section of the I House, and many members express a, doubt whether the Government would be able to get it through. In the event of its passing the Lower Chamber, it would still, of course, be liable to be thrown out by the Upper House. Mr Ell, as a result of the Prime Minister's statement, has intimated his intention of withdrawing his Totalisator Abolition Bill. The ordinary civil sitting of the Magistrate's Court was held before MrR. H. Turcort, S.M., yesterday morning. Only undefended business was taken, judgment being given by default in the following cases: —\j. Waglatid v. E. Wallsworth, claim £5 15s, costs 8s; Hole and Welch, v Mary Toke, claim £1 ss, costs 9s 6d; P. Warren Fowler v. Walter Mason, claim £2l, costs £1 3s; D Pinlayson and Son v. L. A. Wadham, claim £1! 3s 3d, qosts 10s; j Hoar and Permain v, L'. J. Melva,' < cia'm £lO 5a costs £1 10s 6a; U.' i S. Ball v. Christopher Carr, claim ■ £1 10s, costs ss; J. D. Cruickshank c and Co. v. J. Leahy, claim £54 18s 1 lid, costs £2 7s. Orders on judg- 1 merit bummonses were:—Boyd and c Cook v. S. Maloney, debt £4 18s * Bd, ordered to be paid forthwith, in £ default four days' imprisonment; Hall, Stout and Lillicrap v. ' Prank 11< C. Puller, debt £43 18s 9d, to be ' u paid forthwith, in default one month's j' imprisonment; Dalgety, and Co. v. 1 J. Anderson, debt £44 lis 3d, or- a dered to be paid forthwith, in default b

one month's imprisonment, order suspended provided payment is made of instalments of £6 per month.

Mr Ernest Short, the well-known Romney sheep breeder, of Parorangi*! was offered 12Jd per lb for his fleece wool thfa season, but preferred to accept the good price of lid per lb for the whole clip, pieces and all. There will be about 400 bales in< the clip. A meeting of the directors of the Wellington Farmers' Meat Freezing Company will be Held this morning,! to consider the reports of the Govern* ment Health Officer and Chief Veterinarian regarding the exact locality for the works at Waingawa. A Rechabite Tent has been openecf in Dannevirke. 'lhis makes the twelfth new Tent opened in the Dominion since endeavours have been made to form sub-districts. The Wellington sub-district convention will be held in Wellington next mont.

. l'he Wanganui business which is buiiig amalgamated with that of" Messra Warnoek and Adkin, the Wellington drapers, is that of the firm of R. H. White and Co., says the "Htruld." Messrs Warnock ond Adkin will close their Wellington bouse»j the stock will be transferred to Wangaiiui, and the new firm will trade under the style of White and 1 uckj

. The butter fat yield of Mr James Sadry's pure Shorthorn cow, Redmond, at the Hastings Sow was equivalent to 18.0461bs of butter fat per week, or between 201bs and 211bs of finished butter. The yield of the worst cow in the contest, named Fanny, was equivalent to 5.461b of butter fat per week, or about 61bs of finhhed butter.

The California boys left Perth bj" the Kyarrn'on the 4th inst., en route for San Francisco, Major Peixotto stated that the receipts from entertainments in Western Australia were £I,OOO, which had cleared trie losses in the other States, and left £3OO to the good. They required to take £3OO on the return journey to clear their fares to San Francisco.

No fewer than ten million passengers were carried on the railways last year, an increase of 700,248 over the previous ytar. Season tickets numbered 192,547, an incraese of 7,373. The number of workers* twelve-trip tickets was 45,227, and of wprkers' weekly tickets, available on suburban lines, 120,262, The gross revenue for the year 'amounted to £2,929,526. It exceeded the estimate by £94,526. and the gross revenue for the previous year by £167,58&. Passenger revenue shows an increase of £85,937 •, season tickets, £2,743; coaching, £10,165; goods and live stock, £48,376; , and rents, £10,567. Any old settler arqund Woocville, 1 says the "Examiner," will tell an enquirer that the deferred payment system, under which land was paid for by instalments, was the best system ever introduced for settling the land. I; has always been an astonishing thing to just to hear men talk as if the only alternative to leasing land was buying it for cash down. The difference between the annual payments was not great, less than £5 a year ior a hundred pound section, and any settler worth his salt would make or save that with such an incentive as, making_the section his own in 14 years. ' '

w The news that the Governor of New Caledonia has prohibited the impor>e tation of potatoes from Neto Zealand,? ri Victoria and Tasmania has *not> Bays >f the Auckland "|J era Id,'" come as a r- surprise locally In New Zealand,, n Victoria and Tasmania the£ Irish, s blight is.present in, a more or less l >. virulent form. Some -years ago this ir country was subjected to a severe 1- visitation of the blight, which has tt even been entirely eradicated, the, nt dampness of the weather materially if aiding the disease. Tasmania has ir just had a severe visitation, whilst e the South Gippsland district in Victoria has been affected. The conse,j quence is that the affected countries 'ff have been quarantined by others, and. in this course of action New Cate- , donia is merely following suit. 0 I There arrived by the German, mail i- / steamer Scharnhcrat, at Meloourne e last week from Bremen a party o£ ; if J sixteen Dutch immigrants for 0 j Queensland, representing ten villages " I in Holland, from which it is hoped > | that in about six months'; time be;-. 1 tween 4,000 and 5,000 farniers and 1 farm labourers will set out for Australia. The immigrants include two. women aud fourteen- ages - of the latter ranging from eighteen t to twenty-five years. The immigrants, t intend settling on the Darling Dawns . as.farm labourers, in order to observe . the possibilities and learn the methods of farming in that district, i All the m,en are trained agriculture ists, andif they are satisfied with the country they will, in a few months' time, purchase holdings, ard write to their respectivhe villages recommending a general exodus to Australia of 200 or 300 people in each place, who desire to emigrate. About ten members of' the party are possessed of sums of money ranging from £3OO to £SOO. (Mr -Parcell Webb announces"4hqfc\ he will resume , music teaching at his rooms, Mason's Buildngs, oiij Monday next. y , •' Messrs Hendry and Buxton invite tenders to close at 1 p.m. on Monday,, I Bth November next, for the purchase of their stock in trade of drapery and fixtures and fittings. Particulars, will be ffound enumerated el«ewere in this issue. Messrs John Graham and Co. have imported a splendid range of "Motto" ware, and "Mother-o - pearl" ware, any line of which would form an excellent present. An inspection of the goods is invited. hay fever and nasal ca»

TARBH. People who suffer with this common yet most distressing complaint will ba pleased to J earn that Mr J. V, Gordon Chemist, Masterton, has a remedy which seldom fails to give excellent results. The treatment removes the mucus discharge from the nostrils and gives immediate relief from that burning,, pricking, painful sensation in the nasal chambers. Try it at once, it is quiteneedless to suffer. If you are subject to | "{Jay "ever' it will prevent the disease j from taking a ho.d. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are purely vegetable, and contain no ingredient that can in any way be injurious io the most delicate person.. Their action is mild and gentle without any of the painful sensations experienced by the use of Pills. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets act as a tonic,, strengthen the system, anli assist thenatural movomsnt of the bowels. Forsale by all chemiets and storekeepers.