LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9692, 17 January 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

'lhe ox-eye daisy is flourishing on E the Wangarnomona and some other 3 back districts of Taranaki. In connection with the raid on , Chinese premises in Haining street, > Wellington, several Europeans were charged with being found in a com- ' mon gaming house, and fined £2 each 1 in default seven days. The charges • against the Chinese were adjourned I till to-morrow. The handsome silver bowl valued . at forty guineas, which was presented to the Masterton A. and P. Association by the proprietor of Cooper's sheep dip, for competition in the sheep classes, and which was won last .vear by Mr W. Perry, of I Penrose, is now mi in Mr A. ' Henderson's window. bowl valued ' at three guineas has been by ! Mr Henderson to the cla..s for bent lady s hack to be ridden iii reform dress.' The bowl is to be won outright, and forms a handsome tiophy. Senior Free Place and Junior Civil Service passes in connection with the Masterton centre have been obtained by the following:—Charles Aitchison, Albert Dawson. Harold Ewart, Thotpas . Hancock, Jack Hirschberg, William Hoar, Vera Hunter, Owen Jarrett, Jane Kirkpatrick, Margaret MacFarlane, Christina McKenzie, George Miller' Gladys Murray, Cecil Parsons, David Pryor, Alberta Scott, William Wagg Henry Whitton. The statement is made by the '•Hawke's Bay Herald" that at Dannevirke on Wednesday an infor- j mation was laid against a sheep- ( farmer in the Weber district for I having committed an alleged breach s of section 4 of the Industrial Con- 1 ciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908 i in that the defendant had created a j lock-out. It is understood thae the ( Jock-out took place through the aheaz- i \ era refusing to shear sheep which 1 tbey considered too wet to be shorn, i

The Ballance Co-operative Dairy Company lias an offer of Ills for its butter output of the next three months. Polterd's Midget Company (which' must not be confused with Pollards'" Opera Company) will visit Mastertoa next month, playing in the Town Hall on February 22nd and 23rd.

For the encouragement of the petroleum industry the Government still keeps open its offer of 3d per gallon on the first 500,000 gallons of minerals oil produced iu New Zealand The .i>ifer, which amounts to £6,250, is again gazetted.

The growth of settlement in Hawke's Bay district (says the "Napier Daily Telegraph") may be judged from the fact that the Education Board has had to erect and equip no fewer than fifteen schools during the year just ended.

A feature of almost every Gazette is the announcement of the receipt of conscience money from some person or persons unknown. This month somebody, pricked by an uneasy conscience, has forwarded £1 to the Railway Department.

A resident of a North Island bush township, who gains his living by the sale of ferns to passengers on the trains, as they pass through the township where he lives, has justreturned from a trip Home; ant! it. is said that the trip was paid for out of the proceeds ot his sales of bush ferns.

The plans for the works of theWelliugton Farmers' Meat i ompany have been approved by the Veterinary Department. Mr A. S. Mitchell,, the Company's engineer, expects to be in a position to call tenders foe the erection of the works towards, the end of the present month.

In view of the glut in the Londoir meat market, it is interesting to note that lambs are coming forward freely for the frozen meit trade from farmers in the Auckland district. One company alone has beer* killing no fewer than about 1,500 a day, and the supply is as great as can be coped with.

The Wellington Farmers' Meat Company have received intimation from the General Traffic Manager for Railways, that he has giv«»-n definite instructions to the Chief Engineer to have the railway siding at Waingawa constructed by March Ist, so that the contractors for the works will be able to make use of it for the delivery of their material.

At the Magistrate's Court on Saturday morning last a man named John Brown, was charged with having been drunk in a public place, and with resisting the police. On the first charge a fine of 5s in default 24 hours' was imposed. On the second charge -Mr C. A. Pownall, who appeared for accused, pleaded for leniency, stating that defendant wss a hard working man. Sereeant Miller produced a list of previous convictions against accused, which, the presiding Magistrate (\lr R. B. Turton) after consulting, imposed a sentence of one month's imprisonment.

The case of the man Biggs, who shot himself at Rotorua at Christmas Day, to which reference was recently made, promises to be one of note from a medical point of view, says the "Rotorua Times." The unfortunate man as he recovers, can do nearly everything that some of the doctors thought he would be* unabl# to do. Ha can recollect, balance himself, and walk; and these are scientifically the operations- • supposed to have been controlled by that portion of the brain which in his. case has been shot 3wa3 r . He is recovering steadily, and the case promises to be one ot the most remarkable in the annals of medical science, I The "ocean wave" which did extraordinarily good business at Lyttelton at New Year time, worked more between midnight and one o'clock on a recent Sunday morning than at anyperiod during the day. It lay in the track uf bluejackets returning to H.M.S. Challenger, and the proprietor having gone home, they had mat* ters all their own way, and there was nobody to collect fares. About 35 merry tars accepted the invitation* to "have a ride on the aeroplane."" The "ocean wave" ran very high and. very fast, and the bluejackets hung, stoud, or sat on the fast revolving, circle in all kinds of extraordinary positions. They enjoyed themselves immensely, and were not at all worried when half a ot them fell oft". How they escapsd injury was a mystery, but the fun ended when the picket came round from the cruißer and ordered them aboard. An Invercargill labour agent, discussing the present unsatisfactory state of the market as regards farm hands, told a "News" reporter that he considered it due to the tact that, farmers, when engaging men, generally stipulate that men must be single, and that the married couples must be "without encumbrance." There was no inducement to permanent farm life for labourers if the could not marry. The reason was that young men would not leave the towns for the country. An other reason was the solitude which farm assistants had to endure in he backbloeks. When their work was finished for the day they simly went to the solitude of their hut. and, as a rule, had meals in the kitchen 'with the servant, or by themselves if the stationhouse did rot possess domestic assistance. He added that farm wages varied from 22s (id near tow s to 30s in the backbloeks. For the first time a woma-, Mdlle. Rumme, has just, come our. fj rs t* above all her male competitor.*, in the examination for visiting doctors to the Paul's hospitals. As soon as the result was announced her ungallant rivals -'Commenced shouting* "Down with the examiners!" "Down with all women!" and raised what is known as a chahut ' agai st their woman conqueror. In France, says the London Evening Standard," a woman is treated with very scant favour by the law. She is, in fact littlt, better than a slave according to the code of Napoleon. When she is married she cannot spend a pennv >f her own money without her hus)and s signature, which is also neces--ary for every act in everyday life Jntil lately a woman had not even he fight to spend her own earnings, md her drunken husband could take hem away from her and her children pithout her having any redress, emale enfranchisement is sadly - ieeded in "La Belle France." g ,

The recent Wanganui Sculling Handicap) resulted in a financial loss ol about £2OO. It is estimated that the salaries to teachers in the Hawke's Bay education district this year will amount to £4,000 more than last year. An .unscrupulous rogue visited Petune on Firday, much to the chagrin of a local shopkeeper. Bustling into the shop, the stranger announced . that he was a plumber, and had been sent by the landlord -mentioning the name of a firm of local agents—to effect some repairs to the roof. Not dreaming of ditsputing the workman's bona fides, the unwary shopkeeper conducted him upstairs, afterwards leaving him, as he imagined, to repair the leak. Happening to go upstairs later on, the tenant found that the pseudo plumber had decamped, taking with him, it was afterwards ascertained £9 odd in cash. An advertiser has for sale a large marquee. A highly capable woman seeks as woiking housekeeper. •\ Messrs Gillespie and Co have a vacancy for a shepherd and two ploughmen. A sheep farm of 2,300 acres U advertised for sale by Mr W. H. Cruickiank, Masterton. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., advertise openii g entries for their Ektahuna stock sale on Friday, 28th instant,v ""~ Plenty to amuse at the Swimming Carnival on Monday next. Childten look out for tne Steam Merry-go-round. Pi pular price?. * Particulars of a dairy farm, tn be let with right of purchase, and a sheep farm of 400 acres, aie for sale by Messrs E R. Hare and Co., Pahiatua, and will be found on pßge 8 of this issue. Mr G. R. Sykes, Secretary to the A. and P. Association, invites residents who can accommodate visitors during Show week to communicate with them not later than Saturday next. 1 The annual sports meeting of the Bideford Athletic Club will be held in Mr Fallcon's paddock, on Thursday, 27th ii s ant. An excellent programme of sports, including horse and foot events, has been arranged so that a pleasant day's outing may be anticipated. "The Settler," by Ralph Connor; "The Survi\al of Mar," by Sir Oliver Hodge: "Farming in Canada," by the Scottish Agricultural Commission; "The Hibbert" Journal sup plement for 1909; a cheap edition of Prof. J. E. Harold ndustrial ard Commercial History of England"; "Invasion and Defence," bv "Fabius; "Astronomy for Gene ral Readers," by G. F. Chambers; "The British Journal Photographic Almanac" and "The Daily Mail ear Book for 1910," are some ot the new books jußt received by S. and W. Mackay, booksellers, of Masterton. These with other new books as advertised on page 4, indicate the class of literature now being stocked by this firm. A piano in the home is by r.o means a luxury in this twentieth century it is a necessity, for it is now ■-fully recognised that music exercises a wonderful influence in the family life. Furthermore, a musical education is rightly regarded as desirable for all children. With many people the question of expense prevents the possession of a piano; sixty, seventy and eighty guineas strikes them as being a great deal of money to pay away, but there is no need for this extravagance, if extravagance it is considered. The British-built Hillier jjiaiy? at £37 10s. 10s ojr £47 10s, is the ideal piano for th§ cottage 4 The Blllier pianos are noted for their purity of tone, and perfect taechsnism, and may be obtained from the Masterton agents of the Wellington Piano Co , Ltd., Messrs J. A. J. McLean and Co.. Periy street, Masterton. A grc.it attraction at the Swimming Carnival on Monday next will be the "naval engagement."* SLEEPLESSNESS. Sleeplessness frequently arises from the liver. If the liver is out of ortl r it affects the nerves, and if your nerves are in any way affected you cannot sleep. Do not resort to naicoties; a course of Cnam berlain's Tablets will set your liver right and you will soon enjoy refreshing sleep. For sale by all chemists and storekeepers.