LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10013, 8 April 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Seven'tenders have been ' received for the new frire' Station. They will be dealt with by the local members of the Committee to-day The annual meeting of the Masterton Fire Board will take place on : Thursday, 16th June. At that meeting the .estimates for theicoming year, will be adopted for submission to the Minister of Internal Affairs. The following classes met at the Technical School 6 last; evening:Freehand .drawing, „ 5, Mr Feriton; dressmaking, 9, Mips Johnston; commercial work, 9, Miss M. JButement; Civil Service, 8; Mr ,R. J. Fosg. \ The ordinarysmeeting of the Foresters' Lodge will be held this evening. In' addition to'ordinary busi- ; ness, the prbposal 'to enlarge the Hall will/be,discussed. : After, the-meet-ing a pound wiU.be held, and a card tournament will be played between' the® Carried arid 'single mem- : bars. ■.•.') V : •• | matters discussed at the meeting 'of' the f3 Masterton ,; Fire. Board yesterday 'was the encroachment of a-'fnralj o& ground belonging to tne £oai;d. The architect suggested the wall; be, Osed in the new j building,abd It was resolved to .acquire the figh"t s to the Wall. * , t ' \.'g '.3 if.TT-i-J-S j There is a difficulty in coping with, the rush of sheep and lambs -at the 1 freezing works in the South Island. The "Dtinedin TimeSS' on Monday re-, ported: There are now about 10,000 waiting to.be killed and frozen at the Oam&ru works, and; the works of other places have the same difficulty, Messrs J. McQueen and Co. report having held a very satisfactory sale of Mrs. J. Robertson's furniture and effects on Wednesday. The auctioneer, who is a recent arrival in faster ton, Is quite satisfied there •is capita},left in this locality , yet: He considers the prices realised quite'so per cent better thai) would , have obtained in Duriechn for sfmilar lines.

A young man named Brooke, em ployed in a Wangamai brewer\v~"hac a narrow escape of being dashed tc pieces recently. He was caught it: the belting when trying to "shift the belt, ans was carried to the to# ol !■ the shafting,, His, cjies attracted? the engineer, who was- fortunately handy, and he sto|pted the machinery. He had his thign broken and was considerably shaken. •i L 'i -f n, The "Feilding Star" jof Wednesday last, says SpAt | nooi| Jo-day, in brilliant sufishinf, 5 bofthi' jjmd the planel Veiius, the latter be(ng the panet nearest the,SUP.»„.,.co.uld. be distinctly seen in the western sky. Oar astronomical contributor informs "US th at those ear J y r i sers who i mag in - ed they t ,were gazing at Halley's Xo.xijet.were reafiy admiring oar old friend and neighbour Venus." 1 In the absent of the knowledge ' ' of the principles of first aid by those labotit him; Ttioitoas 1 Howland, -farmer,' fifty .years; of agejbiedi fo death last week at , hi,s hpine,-foyr miles from Dimboola, Rowland knocked an ulcerous sore and burst a', varicose ' vein near the ankle. His daughter attempted to staonCh the" deeding by applying flour, but this had no effect, and he died within ten tributes.

In all probability a number yf Ideer will be liberated in the ; Tararua Ranges hear the upper reachd? of the Waingawa river next jseason.| ; The monthly service of the Presbyterian Church at Bideford s will be held on Sunday afternoon next, at 3 p.m. Mr C. J. Tocker will preach. - One lortunate potato grower in the Oamaru district took £56" worth of potatoes off a single acre.' Fortunately for the potato growers here,, states a local paper, olight is not so bad as in other places where there has been a greater rainfall. The good crops here will have to make good the devastation caused further north by the disease. Victoria is taking energetic steps to combat consumption. The municipalities are expected to prevent the spread pf the disease, and the Government propose to found an in-atitution-of a hundred"' beds for advanced cases. It is said there are five hundred of these "foci of infection" in the metropolitan area alone. The Government propose to spend £IO,OOO on the erection and "equipment of the institution, and to give £2,500 a year, half the cost, for its maintenance, the municipalities to find the other half. Recent visitors to Taranakitell of the milk flow keeping up in a remarkable manner. The recent storm was not so cold as one would have thought, and had little or no effect on the milk yieJd. while it has checked tp a considerable extent the turnip blight. The bad reports in connection with this disease do not apply to Tarsnaki generally, as in some par.s the crops are good and have escaped ease. The milk supply of this month is expected to be well up to the average oi the best Aprils of Tarauaki.. ! Mr W. H. Cruickshank advertisesa sheep station of 2655 acres, highly improved, at a moderate price. i v A six-roomed house with'one Hereof ground, situate at Lansdowne, is, . advertised to be let. / An experienced; general" 'servant with references, Wages 15s}' is advertied for. ' ij Mr F. P. Welch advertises for sale a sawmilling property^ja concern. There is a very;,complete plant and a tidal ritfer givers [facility for delivering logs at the mjl| Terms, {can be arranged. J ' <•' Messrs McGruer and Co. 1 'advertise.bargains.in their mercery arid clothing departments. Special quotations are given in warnfj winter shirts, football and' iiockey; suits* riding breeches and box suits in the. latest fashions. < Tenders are invited by the Master*--ton Agricultural and Pastoral Association for the removal of buildings from Dixon Street Snuwgrounds t» Solwayi; new grounds and re erection thereon. Tenders close on the 15th inst. with the secretary, Mr G. R. Sykes, who will furnish all particulars on application. The New Zealand Clothing Fa ctory," in an advertisement on~page 3, notify that they have opened up. and are now showing the new] season's hats and caps, in soft lounge, tweed and flexible hats, tweed 'caps, in great variety of shapes fand new at prices to suit all. At Mfessrs J. '-"McQueen and Sons' Auction Mart, this afternoon, there will be a fine display of pot-plants, including choice ferns, palms, foliage and flowering plants, fullyb 150 in This collection will be auctioned to-morrow. At the sanbe sale a large'consignment of fowl feed will be auctioned, the quality of which is recommended as first-class. The "Master Tailor," tbe official organ of the Master Tailors' Association of Great Britain, iri an article on the "Doherty"; riding breeches says—"Undoubtedly MrDoherty has proved himself :to be a specialist above and beyond the average in the consummation of the "Doherty" breeches, which he has just perfected." Charlie Wood, one of England's most famous jockeys, says:—"l have worn breeches all my life, and almost every day of my life, but yours are tbe best 1 haive ever had." Mr James A. Doehrty's address is 203, Lambton Quay, Wellington