LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10064, 11 August 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A man was arrested io Masterton la3t eveuing on a charge of drunkenness.

Taumarunui ia proclaimed by Gazette notice "to be a place wheiein a Magistrate's Court shall be held." Following upon the heels of Te Kuiti and Taumarunui. Ohakune intends to become a borough.

Something under 10 per cent,, of the Chinese pigs imported into England were condemned for tuberculosis.

Since the 2nd of 1867, a period o£ 43 years, the Taranaki Herald has nad only one proprietor and two editors, a record which the paper claims, will he hard to beat.

Some few weeks ago the Eawera Acclirs atisation Society liberated in different parts of the district about 50 brace of hand reared pheasants from Wellington. The birds are reported to be doing well. The total number of persons in New Zealand who were in receipt of old age pensions last year was 15,320. Since the Ace came into force 39,316 claims have been received.

A divorce case, Sheridan v, Sheridan, a petition by the husband, has been set down for hearing at the sitting of the Supreme Court to be held in Masterton on September sth.

"How does that price suit you?" asked the auctioneer ofv.the vendor of a cow at the Masterton salevards yesterday, after he had fruitlessly appealed for a further advance. "It fairly paralyses me!" was thd prompt reply. The cow was not sold.

The Waimate ratepayers are endeavouring to get the Hawera County Council to abelish the toll gates on the roads leading from the Plains to the railway, and offering to pay instead a proportion cf the cost of the maintenance of the roads.

Nelson has always observed the first Monday in August as a holiday, for no other apparent reason than that it is a great holiday 'in the Old Country. In Nelson they call it "Spud Monday," because advantage is generally taken of it to plant early potatoes.

French and Turkish troops are reported to have had an engagement on the Tunis-Tripoli frontier, Ihe fighting seems to have been of a serious character, for, according to a cipher telegram that the Porte has received, the French had several hundred men killed or wounded.

Of the 2304 persons who were granted old age pensions in New Zealand last year for the first time, only six-ty-six were born in the Dominion. There were, however, ninety Maoris in receipt of the pension. Of the alien recipients of pensions, thirtyfive were Germans, sixteen Danish, thirteen Swedish, and twelve Norwegians.

Shortly a Siberian express, luxuriously fitted up to suit the tastes of spoiled B.vbarites, will run from Paris to Vladivostok, via Moscow, and from St. Petersburg to Vladivostock. The International bleeping Car Company has entered into pourr«il rs with the Japanese Governto enable this express to run to Dalny.

It is reported that Japan will attempt to effect the annexation of Corea next month. The matter, however, is one in. which the Coreans themselves are determined to have a big say. It is said that they are secretly preparing for the event, and that they will put up a big fight to thwart the Japanese designs. "I he Mikado's Ministers freely admit thr-t they expect a great uprising a« ong the Coreans.

The Wm. Clifford Sefton, in the course f some remarks in Ottawa recently '>n the fuel of the future, predict' • that within one hundred years • "" «dian coal would be scarce, and the iirewood would soon disappear from general use. The problem of providing fuel in the future, he pointed out, lies largely in the exploitation of the great peat deposits scattered about the country. Since the Old Age Pension Act caire into operation twelve or thirteen years ago, 386 claims have been lodged in the Masterton pension district. During the year ending 31st March last, thirty-nine claims were received, the whole of which were established. The pension in force in the district on Marcli 31st numbered 153. There are sixty pen sions in force in the Pahiatua district and ninety-four in the Carterton district. The new president of the Tokerau Maori Land Board. Mr W. Dinnie, ex-Commissioner of Police, has returned to Auckland from a trip north, where he arranged for the formation of roads in Te Karae block. Kohukohu, near Hnfcianga. A sum of £6OOO is to be expended in roading, but it is said that twice that amount could be protfiably spent in properly opening the area, which is 30,000 acres in «^

The Wairarapa houn-Is meet aft ' Opaki tu-day «t h&li' past two ■ o'clock. ' '., Work in the building trade is? said to be more plentiful in Auckland than in Wellington. A welcome social to the Kev G. EL Olds will be given in the Mastertun Methodist Church, this evening. There will be music, songs, and story, and ail are invited. The Masterton Mounted Rifles paraded in the Drill Hall last evening, when Sergeant-Major Burr, of the District Staff, addressed the company on the work proposed to be undertaken in connection with the Territorial forces.

The huge total of 44,456,7751bs of milk was received by the Eitham Dairy Company t'uricg the past season, which yielded 4,931,5201bs of butter fat, ficm which was made 862 tons 2cwts of butter. This was an increase of 73£ tons over the previous year's output.

A telegram to the Nf.w York Herald from Pekin says:— "The Throne, approving a recommendation of the Boaid of Education, decrees that English shell be the official language tor scientific and technical education. The study ol Etglish is made compulsory in all provincial scientific and technical high schools.,

The treasurer of the Wcstport Harbour Board has prepared a statement of revenues of the principal Harbour Boards for the year showing Wellington at the head, Auckland next, and Westport third, with £8755. The export of coal for July was 70,623 tons, of which 3u22 went to foreign ports. The total tonnage of shipping for the month was 126,553,

At a New Plymouth veterans* meeting, Captein Newland moved that the Deft nee Depsrtr-ent be asked to approach the Impuial authorities to fcp.ve- the Rord "Mahoetahi" irscu'bed on the colours of the Taia.'.aki Rifles, and tliat a bar for thia engaement be issued to ail those who had taken part in the engagement.

A charming little entertainment was given in the Masterton Methodist schoolroom last evening, when the Men's Club produced in good style "The Merchant of Venice," and the spinsters provided a capital programme uf illustrated song, music, rec'tation, etc. There was a very good attendance of the public. The piano used for the occasion was kindly lent by the Dresden Piano Company.

The tender ot Messrs Coradine and Whittaker, of Masterton has been accepted for the erection -of new brick offices in Queen Street for Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd. The tenderers for the work- included several from Wellington. A commence-, mesit will be made with the erection cf the new building, which is of handsome design, as soon as the present building is removed.

A Masterton orchardist has put down a quarter of an acie of land in raspberries this year. In conversation with an Age reporter, he stated that raspberry growing had been somewhat neglected in this district of late years. He is also of opinion that the soil, in parts, is well adapted to strawberry growing, and the prices obtained for the fruit are such that a strong inducement is offered for the cultivation of this plant.

Mr Moorhause, who recently invented a new explosive, gave a demonstration yesterday of its powers in the presence of a number of prominent settlers. The trial took place on Mr WardeU's property, a large matai log being first experimented nn with highly satisfactory results. Several large stumps, with farrsaching roots, where bodily upended and the ground showed a minimum of disturbance. The demonstration proved highly satisfactory as showing the remarkable power of the explosive in relation to its cost.

Last night a large audience witnessed the E. A. Company's magnificent free display of movingpictures. A full prorgarame of scenic, comic, and dramatic pictures were screened. In conjunction with the pictures, the following leading business firms were advertised:—Mr Henderson, jeweller; Mr Wood, chemist; Mr McGruer, draper; Mr Ball, tailor; Mr Smith, decorator; Messrs McLeod and Young, stationers; Hallenstein Bros., outfitters; Holloway and Sons, butchers. The advertisements themselves were \ery novel and interesting, as they appeared in different colours. The pictures will be exhibited to-night and every evening for one week only, commencing at 8 p.m.

Mr James Stuckey. formerly. a well-known Hereford breeder in tnis district, writing from England to a friend in Masterton, states that there has been so great a demand for Hereiords for the Argentine Republic that he has found it impossible to procure a couple of twc-year-old bulls for supply to New Zealand, and has bad to be satisfied with yearlings. The drought in the Argentine played havoc with the Shorthorn and other breeds of cattle, so that a keen demand was created for the Here- S ford.

According'to the Taranaki Herald*, the chairman of directors ot the Taranaki Petroleum Company has receivedfa letter, dated July 21st, from Mr A. L. Beattie, Chief Mecnanical Engineer of Railways, stating that trials will be made by the Department of the crude petroleum, with a view of ascertaining its suitability for locomotive fuel. About one hundred barrels of oil will be required for the purpose of the trial, and it must be free from water, erit. or any impurity likely to choke the burner.

Alterations of an extensive nature are being made to the Wairarapa Bacon Factory at Carterton, of which Mr H. Wilson is proprietor. The old steam hoiler is being removed, and, with the bricks a new and larger smoke curing room is being built. The old boiler room will be used as the engine room, and will contain the gas engine, small boiler for the supply of steam, and the refrigerators. The factory will have a narrow sort of hall-way, an extension of the present one, for about forty feet behind the factory, and this will be fitted up to enable twice as many piga to be dealt with as formerly. An additional freezing chamber is a'so to be erected.

A-.\ Captain Scott's Antarctic ehij ■ 'iiova is due at Lyttelton or -, October 14tb, and will leave on No„v Vemhpr 15tb. The Stratford - Dairy Company is • "making preparatioris for installation of a pasteurising plant, capable of "dealing with 800 gallons par hour. ' *' A 'reifcal practitioner estimated that tie re were at the least 2000 "cases of i fl ienza u::der treatment in Duneiin last weet. F, { M c en!;en, a farmer of - <3larevil3e, strongly recommends that ifee- H ivemraen'. should send to ;Fresl'*d direct for purebred FriesJan dairy stock. Fr-<-r co!i' rrfd.a's, presented by Mr ' J. (jfivfer, of Ca'terton, tobaccunist. for ccvnuetition amongst ih- footbail wad b<!ck r y clubv, are on view in thu wind w of his establishment. Mr F\* E Nottage, Government OreharJ gave a demonstrati ''l in the spraying of fruit trepa at Ti'Mi yesterday. He will ratorn to JHast J t"),i ti rl-yy. t .A resident has beei ipakin : at t*e rite of 51 per week #urin? the past tso months from the • sale c f the eggs produced by thirty {Jens. Torre ha 1 ' bain a good demai'l in of la-'e for blight resisting 'varieties of s*e'l potatoes Planting opera>i«m have alre<id>7 commenced in pari?.

. Quira a nu nber of tip older oreh'•art's i > Mas'erton —same of them plant?<? for thirty and forty year" Jjav? thn year been destroyed, with ' aview to checking the spread of inaeet peats.

A of Masterton, who r°centi' from Rotorua, express ■» th*i opinion that a criminsl wast'- of good, wholesome foad has ' been "im fitted in the wholesale de- - -struct nn of trout from the Kotorua . ;Lake. - .

Dt. 1..fl bst year 608 applications "were receive f'urn Westland by the Government Advances Department, the , advances „to farmers totalii ig £145.085. Daring the same period ,£8,265 was advanced to 135 workers. The Wanganoi Freezing Cotrp'ny -will *hittly stirt making extensive -"additions to its works at Castlecliff, smd will also taise some of .the

oaildi.nga to the height of three «£orey«.'

-Mr Justice Williams says it is tjaite wrong for a Magistrate, to grant bail to a person who. pleads guilty and stands remanded for "entente, unless there is a certainty that probation will be granted. •• >Quite a little boom in dairying U taking place in the Nehon district., - At a sale of dairy stock at Richmond jbe other day heifer* were eaaerly snapoed up. anvtbing showing JerFey blood being purchased at good prices tip .to £lO.

, Our Carterton corresoondent writes -that Mr W. M. Halley, on behalf of . the.licensed victuallers of the Wai Tsrapa, has donated a twenty-five guinea cap to the Wairarapa P. and A. Society for the most points in the -cheese classes. Palmerston North, yesterday, USr Halley, Conciliation Commissioner, met the dairy workers and em- . ployera to endeavour to adiudieate in v tfte c'aim forV new award, but the ./preference clause proved a stumbling clock, and the case had to be adjourned; —Press Association. . ■ A Press Association message from Pahiatua states that NathanM .Urow»\-a young man. working in the 1 metal quarry on the Tirantnea Road, was, 1 l ate yesterday afternoon, in-. , jared by a fall of metal, several tons burying him. He was "' -quickly released by his mates una conveyed to his house, about a qrarter of p mile distant. Medical aid was ( : called in, bat so far,the ' full extent ,of his-Injuries are not ascertained*.. , ',• A ,reward is offered for the recov- . iry of a gold brooch, lost in Church t itreet. An up-to-date front office, fitted •with gas, fire and double window, next Clnb Hotel, is advertised to he .-lei , ' . Mr Doherty, the well-known tailor -of*Lambton Quay, Wellington, ard Hanover Square, London, offers to -add £IOOO a year to the appearance -of any gemleman who is fitted by ," him.

' Tenders are invited for carting wool, stores, etc., for .Mainwa station for the coming season Full -particulars can *be obtained from \ Messrs Levin and Co., Ltd . Masterton, with whom tenders ? close on August 24»h. ', ' Messrs Hugo and Sheared annofece ;. their great winter-sale positively >" closei next Saturday. ' During the .r £ last tew days extraordinary values '-i' will, be given. The balance oi tnm- ' med millinery is to be cleared at a nominal price. Ladies' coats, blouses, ' underskirts and other articles are - ! Tteduced. to a minimum. Messrs Husband and Pinch, land and estate agents, Woodville, advertise a freehold farm of 120 acres at L Woodville, with all improvement; a 5* sheep farm at Woodville, L LP., and * a farm of 550 acres O.R.P. at Te Kuiti. They also offer for sale a nice property of 743 acres of freehold and .150 acres Education Reserve, highly improved. ' Messrs H. fflaseraann and Co., land and estate agents, Wanganui, advertise a fre«hold property of 103 acres, 5 miles from Wanganui, that will carry 40 milking cows besides -other stock, and 207 acreß near HuntervMe, 2* sheep country. These properties are well improved and "with good buildings on them; also - 470 acres freehold on the Main Trunk Line. See their advertisement on . pageß.