LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10031, 29 April 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The latest return from the Masterton Dredge is 37ozs Isriwts for 12b hours.

It has been decided by the Marine Department that North Island oysters will not be picked this year..

Visitors from the North state that Ngaruhoe appears to be active again, great clouds of dark emoke arising at intervals from its crater.

A start will be made shortly to lay out aboutlOO.OOO timber trees in the Leith Valley and on handbills, near Dunedin.

Proceedings are being taken against property-owners in the Hastings district for failure to destroy blackberry plants.

It is reported that the Taranaki cheese outputs for April, May and June have already been disposed of for about 5Jd.

Mr Thomas W. Rapley has been appointed organiser for the Liberal Party throughout New Zealand, in succession to Mr E. Gallichan.

It is understood that the enquiry under the Civil Service Act affecting the administration of the taxing departments by Mr Peter Heyes wilt commence next week.

An attempt is being made to introduce the little grey owl into the Manawatu district, but manj doubts are being expressed by farmers as to the wisdom of the course.

An exchange says that a factor which will be against dear butter this winter is the decision of some cheese factories to manufacture butter in the winter months.

The hockey match, played between the Ramblers and Che Masterton District High School girls.on the Schoolgrounds yesterday afternoon, resulted in a draw each side scoring a goal.

At Sydney last week a man was acquitted on a charge of theft, the jury rot leaving the box. In discharging him his Honour said: "I believe you are one of the few innocent men tried here."

At the final meeting of shareholders of the Wellingtcn-Manawatu Railway Company the liquidators reported that the shareholders had received £3 for every £1 share. Satisfaction was expressed by the shareholders at the result.

A meeting of the S.P.C.A. was _ held in Exchange Buildings, last evemntr. There was a fair attendance of members. Eight cases of cruelly were reported, and satisfactory arrangements were made in each case. One horse was destroyed. The funds to-date amount to £6.

A working man tendered a fiftypound note in payment of a sixpenny shave yesterday at White's hairdressing saloon. Fortunately there is a bank next door, so there was no difficulty in getting the note changed. It certainly looks as if the seven lean years are drawing to an end as far as money is concerned in Masrerton.

Mr Harcourt, First Commissioner of WorKE, explained in the British Parliament recently that in dealing with the old moat at Hampton Court PaLce nearly the whole of Wolsey Bridge, over which .Charles 11. took his consort to the palace, was found intact and in a wonderful state of preservtaion It is now to be restored.

It is understood that the Minister of Labour has under consideration the desirableness of proposing alterations in tne Workers' Dwellings' Act, with the view of enabling workera to acquire their dwellings on easy terms. It has been suggested that many workers would welcome the adoption of some system by which they could pay down a small sum on as a deposit and gradually clear off the remainder ot the price of the house by time payments, made Jin the way of a weekly ad' it ion to the rent.

' The Land Purchase Board has decided to purchase 600 acres of agricultrual land from Mr M. J. Corrigan, at Wakikihi, South Canterbury, for closer settlement purposes.

Everything, says an exchange, points to the fact that dairy cattle will be worth big money next spring. This is cheering news for the winter, and taken with other things, would seem to indicate that New Zealand had real y turned the corner.

It has always bsen a recognised fact that tie King Country, will, when fully brought under cultivation, prove second to none in the Dominion for ;h<; raising: of stcck, and it says a pood deal for the district tbatSouuu-rn buyers are already buying their fat stock from those parts.

The first annual ball of the Kaitawa tfifle Club will be held in the Kaitawn Hall on May 24th next. Arrangements arc well in hand, and the various details are under the management of a strong committee, headed by the enersetic secretary, Mr Win. Proctor. The prizes won during the wason will be presented on the evening of the ball by Mrs D. Crewe.

The sisal fibre industry in India is, according to the Rev. J. Takle, a missionary who is row visiting Christchurch, going ahead in leaps and bounds. The natives rind that it pays bettor than ieu, and they are plaining; largely in the tea gardens at Assam. The plant is altogether different from jute, but the fibre is said to te superior to jute for bag* making and other allied purposes.

It vruld be difficult to find a more persuasive or convincing speaker than Dc Henry. He appeals to the emotions and to the intellect at the same time. No fitter man could have been fount) to lead a great revival. In addition to his eloquence, Dr Henry pcsoesse? that force of char--ac;er which enables men who possess it to get things done. —'The Christiau Globs.'

According to the London press, affairs in India are in a must deplorable state. Anglo-Indiana are anxiously awaiting a strong man to succeed the Earl of Minto. The latter's indiscriminate pardoning of seditious natives appears to have hai disastrous result?, as the natives now openly insult European women. The terrors oi a mutiny are never absent, and the white people are sleeping with loaded revolvers under iheir psllows and are carrying them about during the day. As a matter of fact it is no secret that all eyes are on Lord Kitchener as their only hope.

An interesting, interval race was flown fro-n Ormondville ytsterday. The birds encountered bad weather, although the winning birds pu: up a 1,000 ysrds ptr minute velocity. Mr W. Kustin whs judge, and gave the following verdict on the airline distance of seventy mites: —Mr Geo. Miller's "Surveyor," Ihr 53min, 1; Mr F. Rosson's "Gipsy Queen," lhr 58min, 2; Mr J. Syverston's "Peter Pan," 2ar sinin, 3. Last night the Club hampered 39 birds, represtnting twelve lofts, for the "Derby," which is to be flown from Blenheim on. Saturday next.

A statutory annual meeting of the Masterton Borough Council will be held at the Council Chambers on Wednesday next, at 7.30, for the transaction of the following business: —To instal Mr James Moore Coradine, J. P. in the office of Mayor of the Borough of Masterton; the appointment of Standing Committees for the year; the Borough Treasurer to submit the Borough Balance Sheet ior the year 1909-30. The Town Clerk, Mr Wm. T. Mansfield, will also submit a draft of the estimated financial requirements of the Borough for the year 1910-11.

H. S. Coburn. late manager of "New Zealand Truth," who, for circulating obscene literature, was recently sentenced to four months' imprisonment, was released from gaol yesterday. The Government decided, after consideration and with the concurrence of Mr Justice Chapman, to remit the unexpired portion of his sentence, on medical grouiids. "The sentence passed upon Coburn," said the Minister of Justice, "sufficiently asserted the law, and made it clearly and publicly known that for such an offence even a man of good character, who derived no benefit from the offence, may be imprisoned." Messrs Hayward and V:ie have been granted a lease of the Masterton Town Hall for the exhinition of West's Pictures on the nights that the hall is not otherwise engaged, and will present their first entertainment in the course of a few weeks. The pictures to bo shown will be similar to those exhibited at the King's Theatre in Wellington, the Albert Hall, Auckland,, and His Majesty's Theatre, Christcburch. The Masterton picture show will be under the management of Mr Arthur H. Vile, who will take up his residence in the town. It is proposed to insfcal electric light in the Town Hall.

A special meeting of the Tru3t Lands Trust was held in the secretary's office, last evening, there being present:—Messrs C. E. Daniell (ChairmaD), Thos. Watrg, D. Caselberg, E. G. Eton, 0. Pragnell, H. Robinson and R. Krahagen. The Town Hall Leasing Cohnnittee's report was read, in which it was recommended that the Trustees should lease the Town Hall u.,der certain conditions. Some slight alterations were made in the conditions, and tenders were then opened, and resulted in the leasa being granted to Messrs Bayward and Vile for a term of six months with the ltgbt of renewals It is understood that the conditions provide that the lease shall only cover the wights upon which the hall is not otherwise engaged, s^"

Whatever may be the shortcomings I of the present Government, there is no doubt that the Labour Department of the Dominion is being run on lines that indicate geod management all rnund on the part of the official heads. The statements published by the Department have the merit of reliability, and it is therefore gratify ing to find that, for instance, no difficulty is being experienced by the Auckland branch of the Labour Department in finding work for all applicants who are willing to work in the country. Between April Ist and 20th a total of 135 men were directed to avenues of employment, 10/ of that number being placed under private employers, while the remaining forty ?ix were dispatched to the Government works. None of the trades are over-supplied to any serious extent.

IV annual meeting of the Wairarapa P. and A. Society was held at Carterton yesterday.

The appropriation of the Workers' Mutual Benefit Building Society for £3OO by .-ale will take pace on Thursday, May 19th.

A memorial sarvice will be conducted by the Rev. C. E. Porter, in the Methodist Church on Sunday evening neAt, at 7 o'clock.

It is stated that in accordance with his instructions the Crown Prosecutor at Christr-hurch will proceed with the ramsinug income tax esses against Messrs tJnwron Bros.

Th Q late Mr Ptcv Chuech's name has add?d to the "Respect Boar"*" of the l'ic*l Recoabite Lndge. Therj art' only four named recorded, and this small number of deaths therefore epsaks favourably for th;; Lodge, which Fas been in existence in Masterton tor over thirty years, while ita membership exceeds one hundred members.

The trade returns of Tonga, the raalm of King George Tubou 11.. which is four days' steam north or Auckland, show big increases in 1909 as compared with the previous year. Total imports have increased by £54,000 with a corresponding increase in duties of £5,000. New Zealand heads the list in imports, goods to the value of £69,000 beins; passed through the Customs rhring »h- vimr. The imports read: 1303.'£0*.200; 191)9, £152.900.■ Dalies: 1908, A 12.000; 1909, £17,900. Exports have also gone up, copra be"ig th« main article produced. This '-ncouragmg increase is accounted for by the fact ot the high rates which liava ruled for copra, being an incentive to the native to "get to work." '

An advertiser wishes to rent a furnished 8 or 9 roomed house.

Ladies and gentlemen who require > or hockey goods will find a good selection at Messrs King and Henry's s-tore. The firm has a good selection »i guns anri nfles, and they make a saecialiiy • f repairs of all I'inds. including icks and keys, and other lLht m?chd.iicai jobs.

Messrs McGruer and Co. advertise special in tailor made Kaiapoi c at?, English coats, and .new rainpront coats; also tailor-made Kaispoi o istumes in the latest cut and stvle. This firm allows a cash discount of 6d in eve»y ten shillings.

Notice ia given by th<? Valuation Department that the revised District Valuation Roll for the. Alfredton Ridii.gofthe Masterton County is deposited at the County uoar.cil's office, Masterton. for public inspection.

Messrs J. McQueen and Sons notify that, owing to their holding a S3le at Mr Ja«. King's in Upper Cole street, on Saturday afternoon, their usual poultry salawill be held at. 11 a ra. on Saturday.

A special general meeting of the Wairarapa Egg Circle, will be held to-night in the Y.M C.A. Hall, at 8 p.m., when a good attendance is requested, as the busi/iess to be conducted is most important. Intending members and all others interested in poultry, are cordially invited to attend.

Mr F. P. Welch, in conjunction with Mr P. Tulloch reports the sale of a 104 acre property near rahiatua to a Wairarapa buyer. Al?o in conduction with Messrs Wise and night, 103 acres ai Ek'etahuna, 200 acres leasehold at Apiti, 6-roomed house and 1 acre at JjLansdowne on account of Mr D. Bunning; matron's home of 7 rooms and old hospital buildings, with H acres land on account Mr E. J. Brown, and the lease with compulsory purchasing clause of Mr 13. Bennett's fine residence, and half-acre land at Lansdowne. He reports a fair enquiry for reasonably priced dairy and sheep farm?, and has an enquiry for a large block of milling bush, with 15 or 20 years' cutting, for a wealthy client.

Any nation, nr every nation, might well be proud of a son so eminently gifted as Dr Henry. His keen eye, his qmverinp nerve, his impassioned speech electrify all those who listen to ti>m. and the power of a <jre»t orator ia made manifest in the ci.'.se attention which is paid to every word that falls from his lips. Not altogether because, but in spite of themselves, he. is able to sway his vast audience at his will.—'FalKirkObserver.'