LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10062, 9 August 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

"What we want in this country is lees religion and more Christianity," said Mr Lawry in the House.

The Chairman of Committees for the House ot Representatives will mcst likely be* appointed on Friday. The Hawke's Bay Fruitgrowers' Association has decided to procure 50 German grey owls. The birds will arrive next year.

About fourteen yea-rs ago the turnover of the Stratford Co-operative Dairy Company was only £7000; now it is £70,000.

The rainfall at Greymoulh for the past month was 5.8 inches. The mcnth was a very dry one. comments a local paper, rain falling on only nine days.

It is stated that the representative of a large proprietary dairy company in the Manawatu district is offering Is OJd per lb for butter fat for the coming season.

The directors of the Koaupokonui Co-operative Dairy Company, says the Hawera Star, are in the happy position of having a record surplu?, approximating to £1,500, to deal with.

The new superintendent of the Cnristchurch tramways says that the traffic in Sydney has grown to such an extent that underground railways are practically a certainly in the near future. Pe estimates the cost at between»£s.ooo,ooo and £6,000,000.

Briton Ferry, in Glamorganshire, claims to hold the record for juvenility in marriage. Quite recently a man of 14 years married a woman of less than 13, and now a youth of 16 has married a wife of 12£. She went on her honeymoon in a short frck and travelled at half fare.

Beef ih making as high as 35a per 1001b in Otaeo. A prominent Dunedin butcher informed a Dally T:mes reporter the other day that not one butcher in the city was making any profit out of the sale of beef. It is said that not a single line of fat cattle can now be bought un the Taieri Plain.

In two years there were no fewer than 210 accidents in the State coal mines at Point Elizabeth, Greymouth. The accidents range from "finger injured between two pieces of stone whilst throwing one piece away," to "killed by fall of stone and "killed while riding on trucks against regulations."

The Dunedin Prison Reform Association, while warmly endorsing the main features of the Indecent Publications HJBil], recommend magistrates being empowered to prevent the publication of evidence when it is opposed to public morals, also endowing with similar power on a magistrate presiding in a Juvenile Court.

A meeting of tha Huia Hockey Club was held in Miss FinmV room last evening, when a large attendance of members were present. Final arrangements for the annual social, to be held on Thursday week, were made, and judging by past socials, thi 3 function should be the most successful yet held by the Club.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Directors of the Workers' Mutual Building Society was held last evening, Mr R. Krahagen in the chair. Messrs W. H. Cole, A. Gardner, J. W. Gordon, T. S. Cresswell and A. K. Johnston were also present. The action of the Chairman in authorising the disposal of £6OO by sale and ballot on the 25th inst. was confirmed. The treasurer reported a credit balance of £759 I4s. As the valuator's report on a property offered as security for a loan was considered satisfactory, a cheque for £3OO was passed for payment. Tne secretary'said he had arranged for an open cover for all the mortgage policies held by the Sopi" v. Four new shares were allotted *<"' -Dplicantfl and two transfers of shares were 1 agreed to.

The possession of a letter carrier was an unobtainable luxury in Auckland in 1841. In that year, according to tHfe historical sketch given by Sir Joseph Ward when laying +he foundation stone of the new Chief Post Office in Auckland, the postmaster, Mr S. E. Grimstone, called attention to the "urgent necessity" for the appointment of a messenger at 5s a day fir his office, and stated .that if such an addition to his staff were appointed e would be able to arrange for the elivery of town letters twice daily. 'Ma application was, however, declir r , and it was not until fourteen ?' s later that a delivery was establ > nzd in Auckland and m three other luwns. Nelson, Lyttelton and Cbristchurch. The delivery in Auckland was performed by the post office messenger when he could bp spared from his other duties.

As influenza has been raging Btrongly amongst horses in the Wairarapa for some time past, the following cure, furnished by an Auckland resident-, f'o the New Zealand Herald, may be found of interest in this district;' where a veterinary surgeon is not readily procurable: "Get some bluegum leaves, fill a k rosen" tin, add water and then boil for, say, two hours. Now get an ordinary sugar bag, and make a nose bag out of it by turning half of it down; put in about a quart of bran, pour the hot liquid on the bran, and then put the nose bag on the horse. Keep it hot by* adding liquid every hour." "I will'guarantee the above simple cure to win nine times out of ten. I have proved it and during the past few weekß have treated over a dozen horses, and they have all got well, including a valuable stallion. Of course, the horse must be kept warm. A split sack under the ordinary rug ia a good and cheap thing." '

Whitebait have agsin made their appparance in the rivera. At Foxten the litiie fish have been in evidence for a couple of weeks.

In view of the withdrawal of the legal status of bookmakers, it is probable that the Westport Trotting Club may abandon their annual October non-tota)isator meeting.

New South Wales' drink bill last year totalled £5,317,682, which is equa! to £3 5s 5d per head of popula. tion, a decrease of 2s Id per head as compared with' the figures for the previous year.

Commercial travellers have reported fo a Gishorne journal that husiness is fairly good up and down the West Coast of the North Island, though there is a general agreement that trade up the Main Trunk line is on the slack side.

The annual gereral meeting of the Masterton Lawn Tennis Club takes place at 5 o'clock to-day in the Technical School, Dixon Street. The business is special and general, to receive the annual report and balance sheet, and the election of officers.

A number of settlers in the Walkato hav<; decided to export pork to the London market directly;the price offered for pigs by the local buyers falls below 4d per pound. A consignment of pork sent Home from the Waikato through the New Zealand Dairy Association a few months ago gave a net return to the farmers of 4 13-16 d per pound.

To-morrow, Wednesday, at Woodville, will.be held one of the most important Pales of dairy stock ever held in that district. Altogether over 100 head of grade Bolstein and Shorthorn Jersey cattle will be offered, besides sheep, pigs, etc. The sale corrmences at 12.30 p.m., and will be conducted by Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd.

Mangatoki creamery suppliers have resolved: "That this meeting of Mangatoki shareholders affirm the principle of the dairy companies taking up the pig industry, and recommend the Mangatck? directors to take such steps as they consider will bring about the best results ia the way of manufacture and marketing cf pig products."

It is only natural tha* town-bred) and town-living people should prerer the towns when they come to New Zealand, or to any other colony, whea they have neither training nor aptitude for country pursuits. Therefore the necessity for England to see, and the colonies to insist,that prospective colonists are properly prepared to meet the conditions of useful colonial existence need not be laboured.— Hawera-Star. .

It is stated that New Zealand tradesmen in the building line find no difficulty in obtaining employment in Australia. Carpenters who have come to New Zealand from the Home Coon* try, when desirous of a change, principally go to South Africa, this being probably accounted for by the fact that most of them have spent some time there before coming to New Zealand. Living in South Africa ia certainly high, but the wages are proportionately higher than they are here or in Australia.

The American aewspapers are commenting on the fact that tit the twelve murders committed in the Canadian Yukon during, the last year the guilty party has in each case been brought to book arl hanged, while daring the same period on the United States or Alaskan side of the border not a single murderer has been brought to jus- - tice, although crimes are considerably more frequent. The contrast is considered to be a remarkable trib- .J ute to the efficacy of justice under * the British Flag.

The New Zealand Herald, Auckland, last week referring t» the potato market, states that: Table potatoes are still very firm. Advices from Victoria quote equal to £9 per ton delivered at Auckland, and if New, Zealand comes on their market for any quantity there will be,a speedy advance on that price. Quotation locally is £7 lQs to £g, which price cannot last long, as offerings from the South (at present the only source of supply) are getting lighter, and in consequence growers are more inclined to hold than to sell. The position is very firm.

According to a West Coast flaxmiller, New Zealand hemp is struggling with a weak and quiet market, but our fibre is not the only one that is feeling the position. Sisal is alro affected. According to the Colonial Office report sisal appears to be at present in a somewhat parlous condition, prices having gone down so low that it can in many islands hardly repay cultivation. For this condition of affairs the duty charged in the United States uf America, and the cutting of immature fibre are bo doubt partly fc responsible, but the main cause is the growing competM tion and enormously increasing output of other countries, and against this factor itjis difficult to see what remedy there can be. New Zealand hemp suffers from almost the same causes.

> The Wellington Acclimatisation Society's report states that the fishing during the past season has varied ! in different parts of the district, but i speaking generally, good sport has I been obtained. Anglers report this season, as last, that the size of the i fish taken is decreasing. When everything is taken into consideration this is not to be wondered at The fully stocked and heavily fished streams of to-day cannot be expected to produce such large fish as the sparsely stocked virgin waters of years ago, which teemed with natural food. It has been suggested that steps should be taken to augment the food supply in our rivers by the introduction of English minnow, etc., but it behoves the Society to be careful that in introducing other species of fish into the rivers it does not supply additional mouths to devour the natural food on which the trout have hitherto done so well. The action of the Society in discontinuing the collection of ova in the rivers in its own district and obtaining instead new and vigorous blood from the sea run fiah of the Southern rivers cannot fail to have a good effect; on the stamina of the fiah in our streams/ For Children's Hacking t'ongh nt night. Woods' Great Peppermint Cere 1/6' 2/6.

JMr D. McLaren, M.P. for Weliirpfon East, will address a public meeting in the Masterlon Town Hall on Monday. Augtut 15th.

__ The Registrar of the Supreme Couit, Mr Foley, yesterday drew the c mmon and criminal jurors for 'the siting of the Supreme Court to 'he held in Maatetton on September >'sth

StntT Serjeant-Major Burr will be present at the Government parade cf the Masterton Mounted Rifles tomojiow ever.inp, and will explain martirp in coniec in> wiiti the new Terr-ti,r;al schi me.

Bis Homur Mr J Cooper, on the motion of Mr W. G. Be-ird, has granted probate in the estate of lb* Ir-te Mr Joseph Pay ten, cf Mas-crto.i, to E. W. Pa\tni\ Alice -Payinn and u. M Graham, who are . x-cutora under Ire will of ticcea p> d.

Press tekgram received lust Dieb' sfa'es tlat the fund started last Tuesday night, on the initiative? of 1h ■ Mayoress f'r the erection of a cti'.iren's hnnpital .in Wellington, has nniv rcarhen :i total of £2.363. To-i';iy's snh-c : ipti<n.= include one amni-nt of £IOO. two of £SO eacli, and fevrral rf £25 each.

O ly O"o criminal case hi? been sc diwn-f-r hiring at ths sitting of t-e Suprame Court, to be held in Mristerton on Seotember sth. This is a ca«e in which Tarterfon Justic s committed a man fur trial for «n alleged act of indecercy hef ire a Nativ\ -Several motions in bankruptcy will also be heard by the Court.

.... At the meeting of the Maafrer ton Fire B'igade Old Boys Association, held last nieht, Captain Jenkins in the chair, an interesting r!eha*e took place, the subect "Hau the time arrived t'» improve the fire service; if so, toow?"' Several members took part, and a tim-t enjovafale evening was spent, the conclusion arrived at being that the time had arrivad "that t'-e Fire Service should be irn» .proved

At the PaJraerston North Police "Court yesterday, Mr A. D. Thomson, S.M., in fining a cabman, Dani3l O'Connor, £5 for assaulti»g an intoxicated man for not ravine his fare said: "I can find rn justification for the blow, which was a -severe one. There seems tn be too much of this free use of fists hy the young fellows of Pain.erston. I don'*, want to send them to gaol, hut I certainly will have tn, if this sort of thing continues. I hone they will take warning from this."

The following members of the Masterton Presbyterian Sunday School have been successful in passing the "Wellington Union examinations: - Douelas Wood 97, Robert Fall* 84, William Feist 78, Christina Feters 76, Iris Tanker? ley 75, Lander Thompson 72. Reginald Wilton 70, 3ohH Wood 67, Maggie Rive 67, Olive Rayner, David Speedy 56, Eileen Wilton 50, Lila Goff 49, Mary Ross 48. Ina Donald 46, Kathleen Cruicksbank 44, Alfred 801 l Ings, Florrie Kerr 43, Mary M'Kenzie 41, Doris Hollings 40.

A case is set down for heariner at the sitting of the Supreme Court in .Masterton on September stn, in which John McLeod asks the Court to decide that a partnership exists between himself and John McLennar, dealer, of Masterton, in an Eduction Board reserve of 1432 acres, in the Alfrfdton district, the goodwill of which is valued at £2ouo. The plaintiff asks for a statement of accounts, • also, as between the alleged partners. For the defence it is alleged that no partnership has and that the plaintiff has been aciing as a servant of the defendant.

The ordinary meeting of the Oddfellows' Lodge was held last eveninc, Bro. A. E. Wheeler. N.G., in the chair. A letter was received from the Heart of Oak Lodge, reminding the Lodge that the P.G.'s meeting will be held at Carlerton on Tuesday, the 16th inst. Bro. Wm. Darviil, who had recovered from his recent illness, was heartily welcomed back to his Lodge. Three members were duly initiated into the Order, Bro. P. Smith, P G.M., acting as Initiating Master. Four friends were proposed for admittance. A letter 'was received .from the Secretary of the friendly Societies' Council enclosing a full and satisfactory report of the business transacted for the past year.

An appeal has been lodged by the police in the case in which one Smith, an employer of Mr W. Burrfdpe, was acquitted by Mr C. C. I Graham, S.M., on a charge of ex- ! posing liquor fnr sile in the Masterton No-license district It will.be remembered that Smith brought some ale to Masterton for delivery to a certain house, with instructions that if he could not get paid he -was to return the liquor. The money "Was not forthcoming, and the beer ■was taken back to the depot in Carterton. The Magistrate held that an exposure for sale had not been made within the " meaning of the Act, and against this decision the police are appealing. The case is set down for hearing at the sitting of the Supreme Court in Masterton on September sth. Tenders are caller! for the purchase. for removal, of premises at present occupied by Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Queen Street, Masterton. Tenders ?!ose on Thursday, 11th inst., at noon.

A reward of £5 is offered for information that will lead to the convictim of the person who removed certain plants from the garden of Mr W. H. Cruickshank, at Lanadowne.

Messrs Krahagen and Chapman, in their change advertisement, call the attention of the ambitious man to the attributes, which tend to make a BUCCHBB in life. This firm is capable, from long experience, of giving their clients every satisfaction, and their stock is now being largely added to by the arrival of a splendid assortment of the latest :spring goods.

The tobacconist had a cough so bad, He looked as pale as de-.th; His "pipes" were stuffed, he only "puffed," Could scarcely " draw" a breath, lie looked a " weed " " cut up," indeed, And thought he'd soon be " clay,*' Sat Peppermint Cure, that remedy p^re, Prey. £k mxX a.ub'.s aTOj.

The Postmastsr-General, Sir Joseph Ward, will lay the foundation stone the Addington Post Office to-day.