LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10080, 28 June 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Masterton Dairy Company intend to instal a large pasteurising I lant i exc te sum /or pasteurising cream. Since the qirstkn of the site for the Wairarapa Farmers' Meet Company's i'e<zi!.g workn has been hnfelly disponed of, applications for shares in the ctmpany are being largely received. The Matron of the Masterton Hospital deshes lo acknovrledge with tha'-ks receipt of the following gifts : -Fruit from Mrs Bruce, and pumpkins from Mrs John Smith,- Kuripum, rragaince fnm Mis 3 Morrison, pumpkins from ivjia Payne, water melons and nld li' en from Mrs Cameron, Opaki, four hares from "a friend," old lit en from Mrs Payne ar:d Miss Blatcbford, plants for the garden from Mrs Meredith, Llaodaff, and Mrs Green and Mr Bentley.

At a meeting of delegates of the North Island Chambers of commerce held in Paimerston, it wad decided to form a North Island Railway League, and the following officers,were elect' ed:—President, H. Haydon, Paimerston North; vice-presidents, G. 1). Peacock, Auckland, C. Ellison,' Napier; secretary and treasurer, W.-Mc-Keczie. Paimerston North; executive committee, Messrs Mossman, Hastings, T. W. Williams, Wanganui, J. G. Harkness, Wellington, J. B. Moodie, Masterton, E. Griffiths. Taranaki, J. M. Johnston, Paimerston North. A lady now in Christchurch, who used to keep a registry office at Home, recommends that some one be sent Home to lecture to country girls about New Zealand, and she believes that numbers of good servants would come out if assured of a good home and better wages than the £6 to £8 a year they are getting. They seemed to have the impression that this country was mainly populated by Maoris and that there were plenty of sheep. In fact they thought it was a sort of village. They were very ignorant regarding the splendid prospects they had here. The girls could not save a great deal from their wages, and consequently, as they had practically nothing 1 , the fares would have/to be very low.

There is one interest in the United States which was especially desirous of a tariff war with Canada, observes a Massachusetts paper. This is the pulp-paper manufacturing interest of the north-eastern part of the country which owns about all the spruca timber supply left in the United States. The exclusion of Canadian pulp and pulp wood would enormously enhance the value of these remaining spruce forests—and would enormously stimulate the work of their destruction which is already proceeding with no little rapidity. These interests are reported to have brought to bear all the influence they can at Washington to cause, the President to apply the maximum schedules against Canada. That would not only mean greater for their paper product, but greater profit—in Canada's retaliations —on their remaining pulp timber supply.

The quarterly meeting of the Loyal Masterton Lodge, 1.0.0. F., MU.., No. 6,263, was held lsst evening. There was a large number ol brethren present. N.G. Bro. P. Smith presiding. The election of officers for the snsuing six months resulted.—N.G., Bro. Wheeler; V.G, Bro. L. H. Hughes; Elective Sjcretary, Bro. McLeod; Guardian, Bro. Taylford; Warden, Bro. Winskell; K.S.N.G., Bro. Wiikie;L.S.N.G„ Bro. Brooks; R.S.V.G., Bro. R. J. Smith; LS.VG., Bro. H. Marsh. A fraternal visit was paid by a large number jf officers and members of the Loyal Heart of Oak Lodge, Carterton, who were accorded lodge honour?, and N.G. Bro. J. Fensham returned thanks. In his remarks Bro. .Fensham referred to the progress of the Masterton Lodge, and the large number of changes that'had taken place. Correspondence was received from Bro. L. H. Smart, ot Carterton Lodge, convening a meeting of Past Grands re the formation of a Past Grands* Lodge in the Wairarapa, and asking all those eligible to at tend a meeting to be heid at Carterton on Tuesday, July 12th. Bro. Smith, Perry and Feilding were re-elected delegates to; the Friendly hocieties' CourcJi.Kesolved/tq place P.G. Bro.- Lett's name on the, Merit Board, and receive \the~emMeai--of the Order. A visiting Brother from Dannevirke, Bro. Pete, was accord-! ad Lodge honours. J

Among the matters to b3 deslt with shortly by the Wairatapa Farmers i Meat Freezing Company is the establishment ot a bacor.-curir.g factory at the works at Waingawa. It will be remembered that recently number of local farmers approached the directors iri this direcMoa. The Minisier of Justice \a saidto be considering the case of an Inspector of t'olice in tie South Island, who, under pressure from a member of Parliament, allowed the name of a Jattico of the Peace,, who was arrested for drunkenness,, tijbe altered on the charge sheets '1 be fact leaked out, and another member of Parliament brought it before the Minuter. In Australia half the nsmeu tf "drunks" are mere nom de plumes, and nobody takesany notice of it.

O.ving to tha shortage of copper coins in Australia, Ins Federal Treasury recently cabled to the Imperial Mint authorities that the £IO,OOO worth Already ordered should be forwarded without delay. A reply has been received that, owing to the death of King Edwaid, all the dies of the existing coinage must be replaced by a new stamp bearing the head of King George. The new Australian coipsreotna cannot, therefore, be strut k before the end of the year. In these ciicumstances the Treasury authorities have cabled for a supply of £5,000 of the present copper coin.". The loss of old sge pension certificates is said to be a matter of constant trouble with the Registrars of old age pensions all over the Dominion. It"is passible to obtain a dupli-cate-copy, but only after exhaustive search and enquiry shows that the original document has been irretrievably lost. A few days since an elderly, dame, who reported the lass of her certificate, stated she always "kept it in a large volume on her table* ■ but being induced £by the Registrar to show h ; .m her bill file, the certificate was there found between an account for sausages .and a ticket for a box of antibilious pills.

A deputation representing the New Z'alard Flaxnuflers' Associition, waited tin trie Minister of Agricultuie at Paimerston North with a request t!:t:t a "bonus be placed on the tiiiimatts for improved machinery f r the treatment of fibre and tha utilisttion of by-products. The deputation expressed their willingness, to recoup the Government for the outlay by a tax in hemp. The Minister said that the proposal was a businesslike onf. The Government rtcognised ihe importance ofthiinciudty, and how much of the country was suitable for flsx growing. Hepremised lo 1-y the matter before his colleuguis. A Wellington resident who hasjust returned from a visit to the Chathams, eays'lhat in that part of the Dominion there are thousands of black swanp, and several of theresidents infsrmed him that' from 20,000 to 30,000 of their eggs could be collected each year without being missed. The law, however, prevents the exportation of the eggs. The visitor believes that a profitable trade could be opened up if the swans, which are so plentiful at the Chathams, were sent from there and placed on the market in Wellington and other centres.

Speakitig to a reporter of the Ashburton Guardian, a farm labourer said that the importation of boys to the Dominion to fill positions on the farms had caused a great deal of disaffection among competent men, and he had authority for stating that steps were already being taken tothoroughly organise the farm labouring class, with a view to having hours, wages and working conditions embodied in an industrial award. "It is positively unfair," hesaid in conclusion, "that competent men should be ousted out of theirpositions to make room for boys and incompetent workers from the Old Couutiy, who are prepared to accept a starvation wage to enable them tobecome acquainted with farming work and methods, If the farmers are going to right us, our only alternative is to fight them, and with proper organisation we are bound to win, because we are, numerically, three to their one. Modern gaols are by no means uncomfortable places', and it not,infrequently happens that a discharged prisoner is anxious to return to gaol,, especially during.the winter months, to secure an assured home and regular meals for a certain time. That such a motive actuated James Pomfret was suggested by Sergeant Haddrell to Blr.'L. R. Keid, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court at .New Plymouth on Saturday. Pomfret was released from gaol -for the fourteenth timeon Saturday morning. He celebrated the occasion by means of alcoholic liquor, and then, perhaps, finding the night wa3 going to be very cold* and that it would be well to obtain a warm bed at Government expense, he stole a bundle of shirts, valued at 30s, from a shop. He was arrested, and the shirts were recovered. Pomfret pleaded guilty to the charges of drunkenness, and theft. Mr Reid sent him back to the' New Plvmouth gaol for two months, with hard labour, for the t!uft.> Pomfret was quite pleased with the sentence,, after he had been removed from the dock, because it enabled him to spend the worst months of the winter in :t gaol. A capable nurse girl is advertised for, hours from 1 to 6 o'clock.

IF iTOU HAVE A Cough, Cold, Nose, Throat or Long; Trouble, Stomach, Bowel or Liver Com* plaint, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, USE SANDER'S E. CALYPIIEXTRACT; 5. drops in a tablespoon water. Remember,, you cannot expect the good effects from *>ny sort of Eucalyptus. SANDER'S EITRACT CURES because it contains: ethereal and antiseptic substances not contained in other Eucalyptus products. These latter, made by persons ignorant' in chemistry, and provided with fancy, names and labels by. trading concerns who do not know what they ci a tain, have* caused grievous harm, and a death has resulted from their use. Do not apply an ointment to a sore! It keeps back the secretion. To wounds, bruises, sprains, burns, ulcers, eczema, and other skin troubles APPLY SANDER'S EXTRACT—IS drops in a table--spoon of olive oil. The effect will surprise you.- SANDER'S EXTRACT HEALS, . ecause it is freqd ;from ; irritatarig;,. constituents contained in .etcer|lucaljfp-' ' tua preparations: It heals .-■ when' others' irritate. Insist upon the GENUINE SANDEREUCALYPTI EXTRACT. «cd jci wii derive the benefit.

The St. Matthew's Harriers held their weekly run last evening, when "three mile course, in the direction of Manaia, was covered. A house containing eight rooms, situate in Cole Street, is advertised to be let at a low rental. Attention is drawn to a change advertisement by Mr Hay ward, the ladies' tailor, Wellington. Mr P. Tullcch, land agent, Pahiatu», inserts a change of anvertisement, to which attention is drawn. The attention or mnsic-teachers is drawn to an advertisement of the Associated Hoard's musical examinai »inna, entries for which close on July 2nd. ' Tbe finder of a greenstone heart pendant, lest on the Upper Plain Road on Saturday night, will be rewarded on returning same to the Age office. Pupils desirous of taking a course if lessons in woolclassing are notified that the term sOrhe Maslertcn Technical commences this evenMessrs C. Smith and Co., Ltd., quote ladies' jacket?, coats and costumes, gents* rainproof coats, boys' overcoats, and other lines, in a hange advertisement. A discount of 6d on every 10s is allowed. Particulars cf a dairy farm near Hastwell, to be sold on remarkably e.isy terms, is by Messrs JSiicol and Edwards, Queen Street, Masterton. A lantern lecture on "The Thermal Regions of New Zealand," will be given in St. Matthew's Schoolroom " by Mr Brockett, to-morrow evening. Choice Silver Wyandotte cockerels, pullets, young Indian rur.ner ducks, Howtll strain,'are advertised for sale by Mr G. Watson jun., 1035 Colombo Ro£d. Messrs J. A. J. Maclean and Co. have been instructed hy Mr C. J. Tocker, to Fell the whnla cf his household furniture and effects. Full particsiitsrs will be published in tomorrow's issue.