LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9669, 7 December 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We understand that the question of the site of the co-operative freezing works have been definitely Settled, and that the Waingawa site has been decided upon. The prospects of abundant harvests of grain in New Zealand are still exceedingly strong. The annual social of the Women's Christian Temperance Union will be held this afternoon in Knox Hall, at 2.45 o'clock.

For its New Year meeting the Wairarapa Racing Club is offering £2,225 in stake money, an increase of £'l3s on last year'b meeting. A garden party of the Methodist Spinsters Guild will be held at the residence of Mr Jas. Elliott, Columba road, at 230 o'clock, on Thursday next.

The final in the combined doubles in connection with the Martinborough Tennis Club was played last week, when Rudd and Miss O'Sullivan defeated Gawith and Miss Evans, 90—78.

It is the intention of the Railway Department to sell tickets at excursion rates for the Christmas and New Year holiday season from the 17th inst. to .January 3rd, the tickets to be available until February 15th. Angling is providing good sport at Kotorua. The aorrespondent to the "New Zealand Herald" remarks on the excellent quality of the fish secured, which are not so large as formerly.

A correspondent writes stating thai the dressing shei at the Park Lake is in a fiJthy condition and sugars that the Borough Council should take s;eps to pat it in vide:.

The Master ton Racing Club Committee meet on Saturday week next, to revise the programme for the Autumn' Meeting, to be held on March 17th and 18th next.

An unusual number of enqunes are being received from various parts of the Dominion for catalogues in connection with the forthcoming Show of the Maatertun A. and P. Association. '

At St. Patrick's Church, on Sunday next, the ceremony of the Forty Hours' Adoration will be celebrated. The Very Rev. Father Keogh. late rector of St. Patrick's College (Wellington), will be the pte&cher.

All of the dead t'eea in tne native bush at the Sohvay Showgrounds are beine remove-'. and the bush thoroughly cleaned up. A shelter bed in the back of the bush for protective purposes has also been planted, comprising five hundred trees.

Training operations at the Masterton racecourse are being confined to the plough, the grass track having been shut up for hay. The grass has already beer cut. and as soon as it is carted away the grass track will receive attention.

TheSolway Show rine', comprising five and a half acres, has been graded and all of the stones removed from ; t. The Committee intend to hire the Borough steam roller to complete the levelling and make the foundation permanent.

An amusing incident connected with the Wellington-Napier express train, which passed through Masterton on Saturday afternoon last, was a small flag-pole attached to the engine, and a black flag flown at halfmast, a sign of mourning for the last through express to traverse the Wairarapa. When the last mall left, there was trouble because there could be no marrying or giving in marriage at the little town of Divonne-les-Bains, France, for some weeks because the official register could not be found, and the authorities were summoning 250 people to give evidence so that they might reconstitute as much of it as possible. ' Durinar the past week a number of dead trout have been found in the Waingawa river. It will be recollected that recently dead trout were found in the WaiVoua river, the conditions in connection with both bejog similar. It is stated that the death of the fish is due to the swallowing of a certain kind of beetle. The following lugubrious legend is pencilled on, the wall of the dresHJngroom of the Te .Aroha public ball: "Te Aroha, the Actors' Graveyard. Show here and leave via the fireescape - R.I.P. If you want to go broke, show here. Pros., take warning, lest you do the same! List of takings—£l Os Id, 'l9s 3d, 12s 6d. £1 5s 6d and 6s 9d." The usual meeting of Endeavour Lodge, 1.0. G.T., was held last evening, Bro. Morris occupying the chair. Routine business was transacted. Fraternal greetings were received from Grand Superintendent of Templars and heartily reciprocated, buring the evening refreshments were provided by the Brothers, a very enjoyable evening being spent. Readings were given by Bro. Morris and Sisters Flanagan and Miller. A three-roomed dwelling at Bucklands, Auckland, owned by Mr J. K, Hamilton, was, with its contents, totally destroyed by fire on Saturday afternoon. It is surmised that the fire was caused by a spark from a passing engine. The damage is estimated at about £l5O. There were no insurances. Two boys who had gone into the burning building to try and save the furniture had a narrow escape, gelignite detonators exploding, one lad receiving some slight' injuries.

A young man, named W. Hasler. had a narrow escape from drowning while bathing in the Wanganui river on Sunday. He is an expert swimmer, j having won miny races in the Old Cjuntry. He divfd off a boat, and after being 'n the water half an hour was seized with cramp, and remembered nothing until he found himself in bed. A lad, named Neilson, who was bathing with Hnsler, saw the latter sink, after coming to the surface once or twice, and dived after him. Others came to his assistance, and Hasler was brought ashore unconscious. Resuscitative work was applied for half-an-hour, and Hasler recovered. The "asdbult at arms" and entertainment in aid of the Drill Hall extension fund of the Masterton Rifle Volunteers, which takes place tomorrow night, in the Town Hall, promises to be a great success. Physical drill, bayonet fighting and bayonet exercises will be given by a team of the volunteers. Songs will be rendered by Messrs W. Iggulden and H. Smith, and a recitation by Mr E. R. Wilson. A comedy sketch by Misses Carr and Jago, and Messrs P. Elcoate, W. Jago, D. Walah entitled "Fun in the kitchen," is being assiduously rehearsed. Musical selections will be given by the Masterton Municipal Brass Band. The entire programme is under the direction of Mr G. C. Branson.

The following will represent the Masterton Bowtfng Club, in the "Booth Cup',' competition, against the Greytown Cbb, at on Thursday next:—Messro i'rjntice, W. Prague]], Rigg, Hollings (akip), Townsend, Blinkhorie, Hose, Ewington (skip), Wilkes, Carpenter, Cresswell, Scott (skip). A drag will leave the Bowling Green at 1 o'clock sharp Any of the selected team who are unable to plav are requested to notify the Club's s'cet ry without delay. The foil >w n have been selected to repivs tit Creytuwn:— Messrs Bockett, Websu r, Haigh, Nix (skip), Whitn, Trotman, W I Udy, Dr. Rcy (skip), Day, Loasby, Manning, Wigg (skip). The sittings of the Supreme Court have been fixed for next year throughout the Dominion. In the Wellington Judicial District the following are the dates set down:Wellington: Criminal sessions commence Wednesday, February 2nd; Monday, May 9th; Monday, August 15th; Monday, November 14th. Civil sessions commence:—Monday, February 14th; Monday, May 16th; 1 Monday, August 22nd; Monday, No-! vember 21st. Palmerson North:' Criminal, civil and divorce corn- i mence:— Thursday, February 10th; Monday, May 23rd: Monday, August 22nd. Mistnton: Criminal, civil J and divorce commence .* —Monday, j February 28tb; Monday, September Eth.

The charges to be made in connection with the Stamp Department are not yet completed, but it is hoped, stated the Prime Minister, on Saturday morning, to have them all settled during the recess. Good progress is being made with the new Government House. It is. being erected by Government workmen, and is likely to cost about £25,000. A considerable sum Will also have to be spent in opening up a new street to the main entrance. The house will probably be finished in June. Major-General Robley, a wellknown collector of Maori relics, has made an interesting discovery in an English country house He came across a "mere" and a "tiki" which had been brought to England from New Zealand by Captain Cook in the Discovery, and which had. remained ever since in the hands of his; descendants. A triple wedding ceremony was performed recently at the parish church of Zittau, Germany, where Herr Buttwig, a widower of 72, was married to his fourth wife; his daughter, Frau Hauspach, aged 46, was marreid to her second husband; and her daughter, aged 20, was married for the first time. rinking craze is to invade New Zealand. Mr Ben Fuller, of the well-known theatrical firm of John Fuller and Sons, of New Zealand, has floated a company with a capital of £60,000, of which the firm will retain a sixth share, for the erection of huge skating rinks in the four chief centres of New Zealand. The buildings will be used as skating 1 rinks in the winter and picture hallo in the summer. {

Early-sown oats and wheat, which cover a fairly large area in this country, states'the "Ashburton Guardian," are now fully out ,'m ear in the majority of instances, and reaping will—under favourable circumstances—commence in about the second week in January, 1910. Of course, should the weather continue to be unusually warm and dry, harvesting will commence much earlier. Glowing reports still keep coming to hand regarding the condition of the crops and harvest prospects. Crooks, wife of Mr W. Crooks, the Labour M P., states that the women of the working clasaps at Poplar do not take an interest in ths Suffragette movement in England. Those who study politics, indeed, are opposed to it. Thu Suffragettes are agitating for the granting of a property qualification to women. The working Women want the complete franchise. "If" the\ Suffragettes get what they are clamoring for," Mrs Crooks said, in the course of a conversation,' ''what will become of the Labour vote in Parliament."

A new departure in the building line m Chriatchurch ia being introduced in the erection of a small store for a local produce company. The ■style adopted is called the "camerated concrete.'' The walls are built of concrete, but are so constructed that the interior is hollow. This is secured by a process of moulding l and drying, and the tyvo aides of the walls are connected by frequentbars of concrete and wire re-irt-forcements. The object of the hollow walls is to provide ventilation, and also to prevent dampness. It is claimed that the new atyle is cheaper than any other style of buildings. The usual meeting of the Lansdowne School Committee was held last evening. The Bible in Schools Committee.of Wellington wrote asking the Commictee to join in a petition to the education Board asking to have the school hours altered to allow of half an hour weekly for teaching the Bible. The request was declined. Rev. Hodge, representing the local Ministers, also attended in reference to the same subject, and it was decided to hold the matter over forconsideration. The Education Board wrote forwarding a grant for procuring wire-netting to fence in the school gardens and experimental plots at the school. Rov. John McKenzie, in a sermon ! at St. Andrew's Church. Christchurch, on Sunday last severely criticised the volunteer force as being entirely inadequate. In cases where the officers were not trained, or had-no capacity, the discipline was loose, and there was often no respectfor authority, and the result was fatal to efficiency. The foirce did not attract the best men, and the people as a whole were not proud of it. He was a chaplain in the volunteer force, and had seen considerable service in the ranks before joining the ministry. The Invercargill correspondent of the Chnstchriich "Press" states that for the month,of .November the beer excise duty was £179 Os 6d, an increase of £lO 12s, representing 848 gallons, on the excise collected last November. With the exception of the first two months of the present year the beer excise duty has been greater every month than that of the corresponding month of last year. The total increase to date (for ten months) is £127 10s (sd, which represents an actual increased output of 1U,202 gallons of Southland brewed beer.

Mr Fraser, County Engineer afc Whangarei, last week found at Sandy Bay, fifteen miles north-east of Whangarei, and on the East Coast, a quantity of moa bones and a human skeleton o* a high type of man, but not a Maori. In the lower strata he found the skull of a low type of full grown man. The skull is. much lower in the anthropological scale than the famous Leanderthal skull, the crown of the skull being almost level with the eyes and the bone very thick. Mr Fraser intends to send the specimens to Australian scientists for examination. The low type of skull has apparently laid buried for thousands of years. Describing a day in the Hous*e of Cotnirons. the London correspondent of the Sydney "Telegraph" remarks about the Chancell >r of the Exi chequer: —Mr Lloyc--George speaks again and again. He is all courtesy, urbanity, good-fellowship. One miant think that he loved the Dukes as brothers. But one can't miss his force. His explanations of subtle and intricate land taxation problems and propsals are as Bunshine. His tact would dc credit to Mr Aaquith, and his manner to Mr Balfour, or even to a Duke. We thi k of him at Limehouse and at Newcastle, and wonder at the wide range of this "little Welsh attorney." Today, after months of almost unprecedented Parliamentary'efforts, he is. looking keen and fit.

The total number of children oi the roll at the Lansdowne School i 135, the average attendance beinj 127. The cost of the new plates an< dies for printing the last issue o Dominion poatage stamps was state< in the House on Saturday morning lo be £7OO. It was decided at the meeting o the Lansdowne School Committee las evening to hold the annual picnic a Willow Park, Opaki, After the Bum mer vacation. In future, persons desiring admis sion to the Thorndon (Wellington] > railway station platform between th< \hours of 10.10 a.m. an i 12.30 p.m. / and 3.30 p.m. and 5.15 p m. musi be in possession of either platform oi ordinary passenger tickets. A proposal has bn made by some ' leading amateur musicians in Wei lington to form a Musical and Dra matic Competitions Society in thai city, on lines similar to those exist ing in Dunedin, Christchurch, Invercargill and Napier. A well-known property at the Baj of Islands, the Keiikeri Estate, belonging to Mr T. C. Williams, has just been sold to Mr Harold Bull, , who, not long ago, disposed of his r ran at Waingaro. The sale includes the stock now on the estate, 700 sheep, 250 head of cattle and 50 horses. The price was between £20,- . 000 and £25,000. It would appear that the Wellington grocers in raising the price oi sugar a farthing a pound, on the plea that the wholesale price has advanced 5a per ton, are doing a good stroke of business, remarks the "New Zealand Herald." A rise of 5s per ton is equivalent to 3d per cwt., and a rise of Jd per lb equals 2s 4d per cwt. Auckland retailers have met the rise of 10s per ton wholesale since November 20th by raising the price of 561b bags ljd. There is no advance on broken parcels. A meeting of Friendly Societies' Council was held last night in the Foresters' Hall, the President (Bro. Smith) being in the chair. Various details were considered relating to the proposed picnic. The secretary intimated that the next meeting of the combined delegates would be held at Carterton about the 16th inst. Bros. Chapman and Feilding were appointed to procure the necessary materials for cricket, rounders, etc The Railway Department wrote that fares from Matterton to Pigeon Bush would be—AdultH, 2s 2d; children under twelve years, Is Id. The matter of disposing of the Masterton portion of the picnic tickets vis left in the hands of the President and Secretary. The ground committee reported that they had arranged for sideshows and other arrusementf. and that visitors would 4)6 well entertained. At the conference of delegates from the various Foresters' Lodges, held at Picton, last week, the following officers were elected for the ensuing yea':—District Chief Ranger, Jsro. W. Jessen, Court Kopuaranga, ' Mdurlceville; District Sub-Chief Ranger, Bro. H. Shapcott, Court 4L,oyal Enterprise, Masterton; District Secretary, Bro. A. Whiteword, Robin Hood, Wellington; District Treasurer, Bro. H. Birch, Court Sit George- Bowen, Wellington; District, Senior Wrodward, Bro. W. L. Smith, Court Epuni, Petone: District Junior Woodward, Bro. W. S. Smith, Court Epuni. Petone; District Senior Bf adle, Bro. E Harlen, Court Sir Geo. Grey* Wellington; District Junior Beadle, Bro. W. A. Worth, Court Sir Geo. bowen, Wellington; Distiict Auditor, Bro. Rae 'Sell, Couit Sir William* Jervoia, South Wellington. Two bicycles (lady's and gent's) are advertised for sale. Mrs McCarthy, Nursery road, advertises sucking pigs for sale. A notice with respect to the use of the town water supply contrary to the water works by-law is inserted elsewhere. A sale of high-class bicycles* in a bankrupt estate will he held at Mr J. R. Nicol's auction mart, Bannister street, Masterton, on Saturday next. A number of valuable testimonials from sheepfarmers with respect to the value of Mutton's Sheep Dips will be folmd on page 8 of this issue. Mr A. R. Bunny, solicitor and patent agent, Perry street, has several sums of money immediately available to lend at current rates of interest. Messrs Cochrane and Butement advertise particulars of a wellimproved freehold property of 232 acre?, which they have been instructed to sell or exchange. Christmas dainties js the heading | of an advertisement inserted by Messrs Graham and Co. The firm have a,full supply of all the leading lines for their Christmas trade. Tenders are invited to close at -noon on Saturday next for general supplies for the Masterton Hospital for the twelve months from January next. Tenders are invited for the purchase of one acre three roods thirtysix perches of land in Renall street 'at present under lease to Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd. Tenders are to be addressed to Mr R. Brown from whom full particulars cm be obtained. Best British made bicycles at specially reduced prices are announced by Mr J. J. Spillane, Exchange Buildings, Masterton. Particulars of the lines will be found elsewhere in this issue. On page 6 of this issue the W.F.C.A. fancy department have an interesting advertisement dealing with Christmas gifts. In electro-plated ware and art pottery they have as fine a selection .as one could find anywhere in the Dominion. The great variety of goods stocked gives the buyer an opportunity of selecting a suitable present, and if they do not know .what they want they will see just the thing suitable in this department. The prices will suit their pocket, and the articles will please the recipient. Customs and forwarding Agents—J J, CURTIS & CO,, Customhouse Quay "Wellington, will clear your goods and forward to you, or ynu may consign goods to them, and they will forward to their ultimate destination. Moderate charges SLEEPLESSNESS. Sleeplessness frequently arises from the liver. If the liver is out of order it affects the nerves, and if your nerves a/e in any way affected you cannot sleep. Do not resort to narcotics; a course of Chamberlain's Tablets will set your liver right and yon will soon enjoy refreshing seep. Sold by all chemists and storekeepers.