LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9992, 12 March 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Masterton Racing Club have made arrangements with the Railway authorities for a special train ) to leave the Opaki Racecourse at l 6.5 p.m. each evening of their race days fot'Featherston and intermediate stations, thus enabling visitors to 1 see all tbe races and return home in r good time. i The latest return from the Mystery Plat Dredge is 15ozs 3dwts for 136 hours' working. The latest return from the Mastertr:r< dredge is 390z 7dwt for 126 houi'a. The following re-handicaps have been declared by Mr J. H Pollock fcr the Masterton meeting: 1 Dash Hack Handicap, Glenspring iOibs (8.13); Curator lOlbs (7.10). There was a very heavy of rain on Thursday night at Featherstor.. The whole of the Lower Valley participated in it, and the weather since has been much cooler. The annual general meeting of the Masterton Golf Club will be held on Friday next, the 18th inst., at the Technical Schuol. The business is to reecive the annual report and balance, th§ election of officers, and general. Technological examinations of the City and Guilds of London Institute, and Science and Art examinations of thee Board of Education London, will, be conducted by the Education Department at the various centres, about May and June next, respectively. Forms of application to be examined may be obtained from the authorities of the local Technical School or from the Inspector-General' of of Schools, Wellington. Dates by which apolicatinns are to be sent in are given.in advertisement.

A cheese factory is to be erected at a later date at Kaiparoro m the Forty-mile Bush district. Up to the present the Opaki Rifle Club have won £3B Is in prize money at the Trentham Meeting. Bathurst burr, ragwort, pennyroyal and gorse have been declared noxious weeds by the Woodvilla Uountv Conncti. It was said that penyroyai taints the cows* milk very badly. Near Ohaupo, on the Main Trunk Line, the rails for a distance of about a uile have sunk several inches. I l was found necessary to diff out all the ballasting and make a foundation with six hundred bucdles of ti-tree. It is better to pay rates pay doctors to treat diphtheria andi typhoid cases, to say nothing of the probable "look in" to be accorded to the undertaker.—"Napier Telegraph." A publication issued by the Vati» can gives the first reliable statistics in connection with the Messina earthquake. It is calculated that the dead at Messina number 90,000. The death roll at Calabria was 16,500,' The relief fund now amounted i_to £300,000. Some of the County Council's re-j serves are very thick with blackberries. A wit in the Omata Riding has fixed a notice on one of the reserves which reads as follows: "County orchard. Rips fruit tree.'* "laranaki Herald." A big savings bank In New York employes two young women as tellers, one as receiving, the other a& paying teller. Since they have been so employed there has been no shortage of cash, and they are said to be uncommonly quick to detect forgeries. In fact, the bank officials heartily commend them for the efficiency, accuracy and general excellence of their work. Arrangements in connection jvith the Catholic Concert and Dance in the Town Hall, on St. Patrick's night, are well in hand. Mr Dave Kenny will be heard to advantage in the latest Irish specalties "The Irish Orchestra" and "Under the Circumstances," while the other items,' numbering fourteen, are all of the highest order. The dance that is folluw is also receiving special attention. The music will be supplied by Mr Frank McKenzie's orchestra. Waimiha, the proposed North l Island camping ground under- the new Defence scheme, lie* just North of Oangarue, un the Main Tronic. Line. .It looks, as. far as. one can. judge from the train, a suitable site,, being a valley that embraces flat; land with good water flanked byrough ground and backed on threesides by hilly country. ! There isample roam for a long range for artillery practice. , Mr Eli Smith advertises three very fine farms, particulars of which will , be found on page 8 of this issue.

Quinces are advertised for sale in any quantity ac 62, Columba road. An advertiser requires board ana lodging in private house; terms and vicinity required to be sent to *'Rex t "; Age office. 1 Mr F, P. Welch advertises for safe a first-class dairy farm of 288 p.tres as a going concern in the Auckr land-district. The Mastertoo Municipal Band will play a programme of music in the Park on Sunday afternoon, at 2.30 o'clock. This is the fifth of the. 'series ; rendered by the Band.! | Ladies' black, tan and, bronze even- ' ing shoes, and men's patent leather • and glace kid evening shoes have ari rived at Mr J. Carpenter's Central s Shoe' Store. for St. > Patrick's dance. "Man wants but little here below,."' but he wants clothing, hats, ties,. 1 shirts, etc., all the time. Hence the ! reduced prices at J. L. Murray's, the I well-known men's outfitter, will: ■ prove very acceptable to those who shop there, while the "profit-sharing " sale" is in progress; On the front page of this issue; special attention is called to the first annual boot sale to be held by Mr HI Hadley, commencing on Tuesday , morning next. Big reductions have: , been made in every department, and ' patrons are promised a special selec- ! tion of bargains. At the Masterton Auction Mart, 1 this afternoon, Mr J. R. Nicol will sell furniture, fruit, a line of turkeys and other poultry. On account; of the business having been sold, goods sent in for sale will be cleared; to make room for Messrs McQueen, •. and Sons new Stock.; I Winter suitings are now on view at the shop of Mr C. Ball, tailor, Queen street. Excellence of material perfect fit, combined with the latest fashion, as well as a splendid assortment of high class goods are the chief points carefully observed by Mr Ball to the entire satisfaction of his numerous patrons, inspection of goods is invited. Mr Milligan, of Kelburne Avenue, suggests a way of "keeping the-, money here." He scys, as Wellington possesses a tailor whose produc-. tions according to distinguished vis--itors are equal to the best in London,, there is no need for particular men to. go further than his emporium when wanting something smart. There are huadreds of choice English suitings to select from. Mr Frank Dupie announces the arrival of another direct importation! [ of silver goods suitable for presenta--tion. The stock is ?,o varied and theprices are so varitd that every kindi of taste and every kind of pocketbook is sure to be suited. The goods, are artistic and produced by talented, designer?, and those who admire i ich,. exclusive eoods will be interested in, the display Patrons are invited to. call and see for themselves the range,, and variety of the new productions.

Yesterday the Book Arcade Company received a big consignment of new phonograph records, which should be of special interest to lovers of this delightful and fascinating kind of music. The new records embrace every class of music, while special attention has been paid to the selection of band music. Included in the list are a fine assortment of the four-minute Amberol records, which are now so popular. A special deroonstation'-of'the new series wiH " be given'at the Book Arcade to-day, a t which the public are cordially in' v ited.