LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10031, 4 July 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Worksop Dredge return for the week is as follows: —28 ounces ldwts for 100 hours. The supervisor states that the swarap is improving.

The funeral of the late Mr William Rooks took place yesterday, and notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, the cortege was a large and representative one, testifying to t he high esteem in which the deceased was held.

The Hibernian Society will hold their annual social and dance in the Drill Hall on Thursday, July. 14th. This function is always a popular one, and as arrangements tbid year are on an extensive scale it should prove a decide.l success.

Wheat and oats will be grown in larger areas than ever before in the Wairarapa next season. In the Masterton district a number of farmers are giving new varieties of seed a trial for the purpose which kind is best adapted to their class of soil.

„ "The good results obtained last season from feeding dairy cows on maize hps brought borne to the dairy farmer a lesson that he is going to profit by," remarked a dairy farmer to a Wairarapa Age reporter. "The average farmer is usually slow to recognise a good thing, but he has this time quickly grasped the fact that maize is the best of fodder for. dairy cows."

As the Bluff is the only port where the steamers' whistles are sounded as starting signals, the Union Steamship Company has decided to discontinue the practice, and the ship's bsll will in future be used instead. The first bell will be rung 15 minut°s before starting, when all visitors must leave the steamer, the second bell five minutes befire starting, and the last bell just immediately before starting. The Mastertnn Savage Club held their first kcrero in their Club Rooms on Saturday evening. Despite the I unfavourania weather there was a i fair muster of savages. Dr. Cook occupied the position of Chief Savage, and a most enjoyable, evening was spent, which augurs well for the future success of the Club. Saturday the 16th inst. has been fixed for a "ladies night" of which members will receive notification at an early date. Captain Moss will be chairman for the evening.

A well-known Masterton farmer, in the course of a conversation with a Wairarapa Age representative, predicted that the Wairarapa wDuld ip the not very distant] future becbwe one of the largest grain exporting districts "in the North Island. The land was in many parts par- ! ticularly suitable for grain growing, and if batter facilities were available by which wheat, oats, etc., could be reach a market in a big centre very large arejas wonld be sown down in crop. "What we want," lie said, "is a; light line of railway tq enable the farmer to get his grain to market."

A cable message received from* Sydney last evening stated that the "All Black" team of footballers had left Sydney for Wellington by Satjirday's boat. „

Heavy crld rain has fallen throughout the Wairarapa during the past two days, resulting in a considerable area of low lying country being flooded.

A very enjoyable farewell social evening whs tenrlerud to Mr Harold 1 Watts, factory manager of tbe Mas-' terton Dair'y Company's Creamery at; Nikau. During the evening, which' was liberally given over t:> songs' and recitations by loca l residents, Mr Wat f s received a presentation from Mr Thompson. Refreshments were provided by the ladies and as there was a larse attendance the proceedings were most enthusiaatic.

"Tim" Tracy, the clever littlechampion of New Zealand, who is boxing here on Wednesday evening next, has a remarkable number of victories J ( to his credit, and his long list of successes may be traced ■ tefc ' his careful system of training, coupled with his smart footwork: when in action. His recent victory % over Mullins, on the West Coast,/' leaves him nin excellent form, and a really sparkling bout may be antici# pated upon his visit to Masterton.. - ,

The secretary of the WairarapaCaledonian Society submitted a state- . ment at the meeting of the directors on Saturday last in connection witlli the Society's recent "Ingleside,'* _ showing that the receipts . fiad• amounted to £l4 lis 6d, and tlie- - expenditure to £l6 Is 6d, leaving a " debit balance of £1 10s Mr Pauling remarked o'i the paucity of members : of the Society at the "Ingleside, 1 "" and ventured the opinion that if they attended as they* should these functions would in future show a substantial credit balance inscead of the- reverie. Mr Haughey endorsed Mr Pauling's remarks. The secretary V statement was adopted.

To night will see the conclusion off the committee stasre of the Land Billi at the Masterton.Parliamentary Debating Society. The Oppusition intend moving dras'.ic amendments. Every /'member of the Louse"' will: need to be in his place at 7.45, as a division may be callei for at- any minute after the "House" opens. Thai debate between a team representing > the Society an-i' one representing the Wellington Y. M.U,A» Society will take'place at Wellingtßrf' on the 15th instant. The subject,of: the debate being "That the leasehold.; -is-the best system-oi'lfmd tenure - -New Zeaianders." The Mastertoni. ♦earn takes the negative. ; fi ■

As the result of the recent local! option campaign in Ontario an> ' eighth of the licensed houses which' survived previous pulls have jjst been closed. In- 77 areas a total of 203 licenses were extinguished—lll in rural districts', 31 in villages, and' V 61 in towns. Forty more havd beencut off by "reduction", by-laws.. About three-fourths of rural Ontaria is now "dry," and in the towns and; villages the movement is m the same: direction. At the present moment ai strong educational "campaign Is being jwaged by temperance Each week from 50 to 100 meetings ; are'held, in different places, and, in v inanj|rldcaiities organttfiti tffT' is • Beihjg^* effected with the View of bringing-" on another local vote next January.

Besides having established a repu* tation for; providirg absolutely the best obtainable in cinematograph entertainments, Messrs Thompson and Payne have done much io promote • clean and healthy sport in the Wairarapa. Their hall is the rendezvousof football and hockey players. Two magnificent cups have been presented by Messrs Thompson and Payne,, and Mr S. Pearson, respectively for the football clubs in the Wairarapa, for competition, and 'in order toshow their appreciation of (he warm. support accorded to them by ! the hockey players and enthusiasts, the firm have decided to donate eleven handsome brooches of appropriate design for a triangular competition between the three laclies? clubs in Masterton. The matches will take place on one Thnrsday afternoon at the close of the "Age" cup matches. Messrs Thompson and Payne intimate that they will donate eleven broocheseach year for similar competition.

The forgetfulness of the average person is shown year after year when a city official sella at auction articles which have' been left in tramcars, but the average person,, as shown up in the annual report of the Post and Telegraph Department,, excels himself in the way of forgetfulness when he comes to deal: with that branch of the public service. During the past year the Dead Letter Office was kept busy finding owners for 652 post office orders,, valued at £1,497; 54 bank drafts, worth in the aggregate £3,678; 495 cheques, of a value of £3,374; 495 een dividend warrants, repres-afcing a value of £141; six promissory notes of a value of £169; £524 worth of postal notes; £B4 worth of bank notes; and no less a sum than £54 in gold

Someone tampered with the dynamo and the electric ignition apparatus ["of Messrs Thompson and Payne's cinematograph plant on Saturday, presumably between 5 pm. and (3.30' p.m. But for the timely discovery of the outrage by the manager, Mr Pearson, who usually has a look round before starting operations, the entire plant would have been ruined and the picture show announced for eight o'clock could not have taken place. Wedged in between the armature and pole pieces of the field magnet, Mr Pearson found lamps of cotton waste, and pieces of thick string, the ends of the latter being in some instances tied to the pole pieces. The e/Tect of starting the machinery under there conditions wou'd have been to strip the arma- • ture and thus disconnect' the functional wires of the dynamo. Aa showing how determined the miscreant had been in his work, it took Mr Pearson fully three quarters of an hour to remove the obstructicn. and get the dynamo into working order. It was then found that tne electric ignition terminals of the engine had also been tampered with, and that the oil reservoir tap had been turned on, the oil flowing all over the engine room flcor. Fortun--ateJy the damage was ■ repaired in time, entertainment was provided at the usual hour. The matter haß been placed in the handst?' of the police.

Si The following gentlemen will offiI ' tiate at the ring side on Wednesday ,f < next, at the Maaterton Boxing Club's | tourney : Referee, Mr AP. Whats roan; time-keeper, Mr J, H. Paulang; check, Mr K. 0. Jarrett. i Lately correspondence has been % appearing in the Napier papers com r plaining of the Bmall prices received t far lambs when compared with the v figures ruling at Addtngton. Among " other reasons for the difference in price Nelson Bros, say:—"About jfc quality: Hawke's Bay has no lamb fquaj&o best Canterbury (though Canterbury has many lambs no better Wan ours), and will not have for the next twenty years. The reason why. i* that we have not the right ewe for tbe job. Let every sheepfarmer take this assertion to heart."

The land hurger is still keen, juc'grg'by the ntnnber of applicants for stveral sections in the Auckland province, comprising a total trea of about 10,500 acres, which are to be b&llotcrt for shortly. There are some 250 applicants altogether, the highest number for one section being 59pjwid all the sections but one are . covjfcji. The majority of the sectio&are offered under the optional ■'-tenure..:-

Over £300,000 will be paid by insurance offi'es to policy holders as ~ tcome of the King's death, but rot be assumed that the comfctt.nd to lose this sum. The v fre»t rrnber rf policies imon the King'a life were entered into to cover any loss to the holders of copyhold leases granted for the term of King Edward's life. As t? leases were entered into many ye&fs sgo when he 'a yrurg man and Prince of the insurance companies have time to make this clats of s picfitable. v C'immercial travellers report busiiifES fall lv coo J up und down thp West CoaEt, though th r« :s a geivral agreement that trade up the Main •*J riHik' line is on the slack side, stßtea the Poverty "The railway is through the middle of the Island," said the conamercisl man, "the is past, atd the Main Trunk towns fcave now to stand on their lock-bottom and start again." Arother business man e dcised the opinion, saying however, that the of the inland country such that there nefd be no ipprehenuon for its future. . The benefits of the educational system now in force at Invercargiil prison for youthful- offender ipajs, .' : xthe Southland Tirnes,is receiving rpco'gnitinn fiom tlie vaiious judges of the Supreme Court, who now ' i v make a point of committing young 'pnsoneis .direct to the Invercargiil la sol, instead- of waiting for the Prison D=partmeut ,to order transfers f'om other prison?. Within the past ten days nine youths under sentence have ar/ived at lovercafgill, two coming from Auckland, three jroii Wellington, and two each from and- Dunedin. During life recent visit to Invercargill on Supreme Court business, Mr Justice Williams paid a visit to the prison lor the purpose of making himself thoroughly acquainted with tbe new methods introduced by the Minister for Justice, the Hon. Dr Fmdlay, and expressed his cordial approbation of the working.of the system. ; V" Reference to the many visits of '' . " n..v.i n ot Ministers which the Kaipara

Reference to the many visits of Cabinet Ministers which the Kaipara electorate has received daring recent years was rtade by Mr Stalljyorthy; MP who contrasted the present position with what occurred some ten years ago, when Dargaville was an oqtpost of the Bayot Islands elecand was visited by the late Mt Seddon. The Prime Minister was received at the railway station by a solitary individual, who fraterniaed ■with the great politician, and the two together bad a whisky. In later years the late Sir Alfred Cadman used periodically to visit the same town somewhat frequently, but residents never dreamt of deputationising the Native Minister, or preferring requests for grants. Nowadays the visits of Ministers are at.ended with full ceremony, and the various local bodies on ■ every occasion are monetarily benefited.

. 'I he condit ion of many stables in wr.d about. Wellington was mentioned at a meeting of the Society f r the Jfeeventinn of Cruelty to Animal?. It was said that there were some stables that savoured a great deal more of pigsties than housing places for 1 orses. In reporting on one stable, ifae inspector s'ated that lie could describe it only as filthy. There were nrw ftur sanitary inspectors in. the employ of the City Council, and it seeired remarkable that ordinary decency and cleanliness could not be enforced. E/en a ter buildings were condemned, they were rot always immediately destroyed, and thus horses were cften kept in insanitary surroundings without a bed and insufficient cover. It was decided that the Attention of the City Council be idrawn to the matter. Some of the infljktors in New Zealand appear to go with their eyes shut, and the PRRidition of certain hotel latrines, lao, is scandalous.

About twenty-two miles south of ( Utica, near Solsville, New York, a cow has just distinguished herself ! by smashing the world's record in the amount of milk and butter production in a seven-day test. Farmer Eugene Lamunion had a cow-which was producing butler in such quantities that lie had lo milk the animal four times a day, &o he took rdvantage of a privilege granted by . Hip State Department of Agriculture, and called upon the departImenltor n test of the cow, the Stale to pay on? half of the cost of the test and the owner the other half. A ■ representative of the Slate department and another dairy expert from the Cornell Agricultural College came to the farm, and for tnirty days they ffcd the animal, weighing tvtry ounce uf food given her, as well nn every ounce of milk and butter slit produced. The result was that the two years eleven months and twenty three days-old cow has beaten the world's record. For seven days she cave over 801b of milk each day, and produced 29 271b of batter. lhe highest record, for thia agefofcow was 28".t)61b of butter in seven days. Farmer Lamunjon was offered 2.500; -dollars (£500) for; the cow* but-he promptly refused it. ; j For Children's Hacking Cough at • Woods' Gr:at Cure 1/6 -2/6. • ' Fcr Influenza take Woods' tireat Peppermint Cut:. Never fails. 1/6,

The riverd in the Wairarapa rose t very quickly yesterday afternoon, i and the Ruamahanga and Waingawa ■ j were exceptionally high, the lowly- • ing land adjacent to their banks being flooded, A Gisborae telegram states that a bottle, which was discovered in the Waipawa lagoon, containing a slip of paper bearing the words "Wrecked on Young Nick's Head, Meteor." The writing has been identified as that of a fisherman named John 01s°n, who with a companion sailed from Gisborneon September 10th, 1908, in the yawl Meteor, which has not since been heard of. School Inspector H. Hill left Napier by the Monowai for London via Canada Mr Hill has with him sets of excellent lantern slides illustrative of the Tomoana Freezing Works, showing every process in connection with the industry, the Frimley Canning Factory and orchards, depicting the growing of fruit and all the numerous operations in connection with the fruit industry in Hawke's

Bay, and dealing with many other industries It is his intention on his arrival" in England to lecture wherever possible, and thus give the people at Home an opportunity of obtaining a true insight into the conditions prevailing here. Even now there arc millions of people at Home who will calmly ask "if New Zealand is a town in Australia? Lieut. Knox, chief lecturer of the Navy League, contributes an article to tbe newly-issued "Navy League Quarterly" on his visit to New Zealand, in the course of which he says —"New Zealand has an area neatly equal to that of the British Isles — namely, i 04,000 square miles—with a population of 1,0U0,000 Britons, . and nearly every town and school of any size and importance has a branch of the Navy League, and I am certain that the day the public of this country give the league at headquarters the same whvle-hearted support as is given to it in New Zealand, from that moment it will be as impossible for any 'Little Navy' man to write M.F. after his name as it would be for such a person to get a hearing in any town in New Zsaland." The railway service has been considerably agitated over the secession from toe ranks of the Amalgamiated Society of Railway Servants of a large number of locomotive employees. Who wish to be directly represented are placed before the Minister for Railways, To meet this position, the Amalgamated Society's Executive Council has decided to take a ballot of its members to decide whether they will adopt the system of equal and direct departmental representation both on the Biennial Conference and Executive Council, that is to say, that loco., traffic, maintenance, and workshops shall each elect their own representatives apart from any other branch of the service. "It is hoped," states the executive, "that the members will, in their own interest and in the interest of the vote in this direction. If, as we anticipate, the vote is in favour of such a course, we are of the opinion that the difficulty now existing with the E.F. and. G. Association will be finally overcome, and the wishes of the members will at once be given effect to."

The repeated warnings given by Itbe Department of Agriculture to shippers or boned beet to Great Britain from New Zealand have Jailed to make everyone concerned realise the necessity for conforming wi h the letter of the regulations msde by the Local Government Boards of England and Scotland respectively to deal with the boned beef and other imports of a like character. It is necessary that boned beef te cut and packed 111 a particular manner, and, as a result of failure to carry this out properly, news has now reached the Dominion of condemnations of several boxes of New Zealand boned beef in Glasgow, solely on account of its not fulfilling the Home requirements in the matter of packing. There is no suggestion that the meat is rot perfectly sound and healthy in every way, and it is to be regretted that failure to properly carry out the regulations should have had this ending The responsibility for packing the meat as required by the Home authorities lies entirely with the exporter, the New Zealand Government inspectors only ensuring freedom from disease and proper handling under sanitary conditions.

' A young man of expsriance and with references wants a situation on a poultry farm. Mr F. R Welch advertises for sale a first class etaeep and bullock fattenin? farm of 1,100 acres in Giaborne district, also a cheap farm of 1.398 acres, Pahiatua.

A young lady with thrae years axpsrience seeks an engagement as saleswoman.

Gocd sound matai and maire firewood is advertised for sale.

An elocution class and Shake spearian Club been formed at the Y.M.C.A , and intending' membejs and ali who are interested are invit d to meet Mr Hornsby to-night at the Y.M.C.A. rooms.

The W.F.C.A . call special attention in an advertisement in this morning's issue of ail the latest varieties of sted potatoes which they have now arriv ng from Australia and all parts of the Dominion.

Messrs McLeod and Young announce that they will have all the leading English i'luatrated papers coritaning the death and funeral of the late King Edward to hand in a few days. To avoid disappointment coustomers are advised to order now as they expect a v.-ry rapid sale and the quantity is limited.

There are forty men of wit, we i are told, for every one man of sense, and if we bi lieve this there is good ground for saying that common sense is not as common as the name implies. At any rate every man of sense will not fail to t'tke advantage of Murray's Yearly Sale to buy all the winter clothing and mercery that may be needed r.ow. This welcome moneysaving occasion commences to-day. and great is the slaughtering of prices promised in overcoate, clothing shirts and other articles of apparel for men and boys.

For Children's Hacking Cough at night Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, 1,6,2/6