LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10039, 9 May 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Rev. A. T. Thompson of Knox Church, Masterton, arrived in London on Friday. ; Thirty new factories were registered in Napier during the year ended March 31st, 1910. The Wairarapa Rugby Union has asked the Otago, Southland and Canterbury Rugby Unions to include Wairarapa in their northern tours. The Stewards of the Masterton Racing Club met on Saturday. In consequence of the receipt of the sad intelligence of the death of the King an immediate adjournment was made. Mr D. K. Logan, of Masterton, has been nominated for the position of Vice-President of the New Zealand Rugby Union by the Wairarapa Union. In memoriam services were held by Rev. Porter yesterday, at Te Rangitumau, in connection with the death of ttie late Mrß A. J. StoneWigg, and at Kuripuni, in regard to the death of the late Mrs Jas. Whittaker. At Saturday night's meeting of the Wairarapa Rugby Union several delegates spoke of the necessity for assisting football in the schools of the district, and it was decided to donate a ball each to the schools in the Wairarapa. The question of the now defunct Thursday Association and their shield was discussed to some length at the Rugby Union meeting on Saturday evening, and it was decided that the secretary of the Thursday Association be written to asking him what had become of the trophy, and requesting him to hand it to the! Wairarapa Union. 1 The estimated population of the! Dominion on March 31st last was:! Males, 522,920; females, 456,560.| Total, 987,480. This is exclusive of 47,731 Maoris, and 12,340 Cook and other islanders. During three monthsj the European population increased! by 4,554. I

Reports from Stratford state thatj up to the present the back country roads are remarkably good for the time of year.

The funeral of the late Mrs StoneWigg was largely attended, a large' number of friends and relatives from' all parts of the province being present.

"The directors of the Gisborne Oil Company have decided to carry the original bore at Waitangi to a depth of well over 2,000 ft, in order to give the location a thorough testing.

A serious outbreak of tick basl been discovered at Dunbible, near| MurwiUumbar, New South Wales,! on a larm about five miles*from the| town. Out of a dairy herd of 138| animals, 4C were found to be in-1 fected. 1

A fruitgrower at Batesford, Victoria, a year or two ago realised £155 from the sale of his pears taken from an acre and a half of land. Last year the returns from the same block amounted to £270.

At present there are no fewer than seventy million acres of land held! under pastoral lease in the Northern j Territory of Australia, for which only £9,000 a year is paid as rent, or less than one shilling per square mile.

The Queen City has yet another! rival. "Let all the'citizene of Christ-1 church take the matter up," said a speaker at the Diimond)Tubilee meeting, "and we will have a celebration which will make our Auckland friends green with envy." Owing to a shortage of stock food in the Oamaru district, a line of 2,000 ewe lambs has been forwarded to the Ashburton country for winter feeding. These lambs will be kept in the district for upwards of three months at a cost of from £200,10 £3OO. It is understood that another large line is also to be trucked to A shburton for the same purpose.

In regard to the difficulty with reference to admitting the "kangaroo" coinage into New Zealand, the Hon. Dr i?indlay has just received an answer from the Attorney-General for the Commonwealth' explaining the arrangements which have been made between the Commonwealth and ihe Imperial Government. The whole matter is now in the hands of the Minister for Finance, Sir Joseph Ward.

The fact that the tail of Halley's Comet is calculated to come within close proximity of the earth on the 19th of May is evidently causing a little uneasiness in the minds of some timid people. In one household the maid asked this week if she could have a holiday ~on the 19th, as her mother wished the whola family to be together when the dreaded event occurred. Seeing that this particular comet is known to have kept its icourse without damaging 1 the eaith Ifrom bpfore the sack of Jerusalem gby the Romans, it seems fair to asIsume that it will miss this world, las it has done in the pasti every 70 | ito 75 years. !

While in England, Councillor Sbirtcliffe, of Wellington, visited the ancient city of Nottingham, in order to see the market there. This, he told a Post reporter, was hundreds of years old. It was a very primitive affair as regards construction, the stalls being all removable. "But tbe market as a whole," he continued, "is the largest public market in all England. The patronage of tha public is astonishing. The market is crowded all day, but by night there isjnothing to be seen but the market square. Everything is then cleared away, and the place thoroughly cleared up. Anyone can buy anything in this great market from a goose to a waistcoat. The business done must be enormous. I cannot help thinking that such an undertaking, requiring so small an 6utlay, subject to colonial conditions, might be acceptable to the people of Wellington."

A gold brooch lost either in Masiterton or on the Masterton-Carterton road is advertised for.

. The Book Arcade, in a change ad-| vertisement, draw attention to theirj stock of Edison phonographs, which should be of interest to intending [purchasers.

A red and white "bull has strayed into a paddock of Mr A. F. Phillipson's, Mauriceville West, and will be destroyed if not claimed within fourteen days.

Mr Sanko reports that his- clearing sale has been a remarkably good one during the past week, with prices in favour of buyers. He has still a large lot of stuff to dispose of, which [must be sold regardless of cost. The Borough Registrar of Does gives notice that summonses will be issued after Saturday, 28th inst., against all owners of unregistered does within the Borough. Messrs J. E. Blade and Co. have received instructions from Mr J. King, who is leaving for Hamilton, to sell, absolutely without reserve, on the premises, 63, Hall Street, at 2 p.m., on Wednesday next, the 11th May, all bis household furniture and effects, particulars of which appear on page 8.

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