LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10065, 12 August 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

As a direct result of the new deck cargo regulations, one of the larger vessels has been prohibited from carrying 1500 cases of kerosene on the poop deck from Wellington to Auckland. The consignment weighs about 48 tors.

According to Australian rxehange3 a party of Hawke's Bay fruitgrowers are spying out land in Victoria. They state Hawke's Bey land ia too dear, and they want a sufficiently large area on which to establish their eons.

"My policy first of all would be to make a clean sweep of gentlemen like the two hori. members who rep resent the Native race in the Ministry "—Mr Uerries by way of preface (o the Native land policy which he advocated in the House on Friday night.

Mr Guthrie, M.P. for Oroua, is asking for a return showing the area of land purchased in the Wellington provincial district for workera' homes, and the names of the vendors and price of areas not yet occupied, and the total revenue from each block.

Influenza is again very rife on the West Coast of the South Island. Quite 30 per cent, of the population either have suffered or are suffering from the,disagreeable visitation, and the disorganisation of business and affairs has been considerable.

An infernal machine discovered by a child in a corridor in a house in the Calle Conde Asalto, Barcelona, burst while being conveyed to the Artillery Park in a bpmb carriage. The explosion wa? such that the carriage was blown to pieces, and the driver and other persons were injured.

In presenting prizes won in a tourney in London, the Rev. A. E. C. Morgan, a Church of England clergyman and playing member of the Glamorgan County and Neath Rugby teams, congratulated the promoters on the excellent displays provided. Those who condemned boxing should, he said, first of all witness if;, then they might have a different opinion of it.

In the Cook group of the Pacific, which is part of the Dominion of New Zealand, the importation of alcohol is forbidjen, and all arrivals are searched. The Natives, however, make it for themselves hy burying oranges in the ground, where they ferment after a tiime. They are then taken up and squeezed, and the liquor obtained is a kind of beer, which the Natives find to be a very satisfactory intoxicant. The authorises of the fashionable Berlin suburb of Schoneberg have decided upon an interesting system of bounties for muncipal workmen with large families. In addition to their regular wages the heads of families of three children will receive an extra monthly payment of 10s 2d; for four children, 12a 6d; for five children, 15s Jd; for six children, 17s 6d; for seven children or more, £l.

How many people know what King George's real surname is? If His Majesty were to be deprived nf all bis titles and reduced to the rank of a '"nomoner, he would be known si) ply as Mr Wettin. The Counts of Wettin were the founders of the Prince Consort's ancient house uf SaxeCoburg. The Prince Consort's name was Wettin, just as Queen Victoria always wore of late, and she became a Wettin on her marriage. Thus the present King's real name is George Wettin. The eighth German Dreadnoughts, hitherto known as the Ersatz Prithof, was launched at the Schichu yards, Danzier, and named Oldenburg by the Kaiser'- daughter in-law. Princess Eitel F> f edrich of Prussia, daughter of the r (going Grand Duke of Oldenburg, he new battleship measures 500 ft i length, with a 98ft beam and 30ft cr. ,iht. Her displacement is 22.001 c s, and her turbine engines ar£ cai> -:.le of developing 25,000 b.p. and a speed of twenty-one knots. The > Oldenburg'B battery consists mainly J of 12in guns. Her heavy artillery consists of altogether forty guns. | The war vessel will be manned! with a crew of, 960, and her total j cost approximates £2,000,000.

Despite strenuous efforts to earn an, honest living, an old woman of Lisbon and her three beautiful daughters were unable to pay their rent, and so decided to commit sui-

cide. They chose a spot near Estoril, where a ereat perpendicular, rock

stands fiiah above the ocean, formtog a terrible abyss called "Hell's

Mouth.'" The four women kissed one

another g"nri-hye and placed them--1 selves in Indian file on the edge of the precipice. Making the sign of the Cross, the mother plunged first. Then the two elder daughters followed. The youngest, however, seewgiher mother and sisters wildly struggling in the waves and hearing j their screams of agony, hesitated. As she lifted her hands in a prayer | for courage she was seen by fisher- I men. They rushed to the spot and were in time to save her.

Fruit trees are in b'ossom in sheltered localities in Taianaki.

Potatoes are jelling up to £& 12s 6d for good lines in Canterbury.

An Otaki correspondent states that high rents and bad seasons have almost cleared that district of Chinese.

A well-known Taranaki farmer haa prophesied .that within two years* there will be no milk or whey not pasteurised.

> The Southland oat market abows no improvement. Gartona am quoted up to la 6d, and Sparruwbills id less.

The Eltham. Kaponga, and Mangatokoi factories are said,to have paid out this season about £150,000 altogether.'"

The rural prospect in Victoria and New South Wales has never been more favourable than it is at the present moment.

A crop of 12 tons of carrots, with tops, takes from the soil—Nitrogen, 1001b;; phosphoric acid, 3Sjb; potasb, 3171b; lime, 991b; and magnesia, 321b.

Fat cattle have been in keen mand in Southland. At the Wallacetown sale the other day up to 34s per 1001b was given, the average being 30s.

Under the recently made pure food regulations in New South Wales, shopkeepers who fell milk are prohibited from keeping vegetables on the same premises.

The Waimate School Committee has become convinced that gvrnnastics are not good for young children, and the gymnasium, which cost £750, is to be converted into class rcums.

The Otago Daily Times, the Danedin Star, and (he Christcburch Press say that the Hon. G. J. bmith should resign his seat in the Upper House as a result of (he latest fit ding of the Court in the Bowron income tax case.

Ifce Bush football tesm will leave Pahiatua to-day for Gisborne, where they will meet the Poverty Bay rep. team on Saturday. On their return they will play/«;he Hawke's Bay team at Napier. Mr E. Darley is travelling as manager.

The Warganui Dairy has paid out no less than 11.054 d for the past season's fat. lit received 723,089.121b of fat. from whole milk supplers. and 822,451.151b from home separation patronsV The average test was the high one of 4.07.

It is to be moved at the annual meeting of the Eltham Dairy Company: "That this meetirg of shareholders requests the directors of the ■ company to introduce a voluntary scheme by which each cow's milk of" suppliers' herds may be weighed and tested by a competent man."

The Granity Miners' Union at Westport have decided, by a majority of 202, to cancel registration under fhe Arbitration and conciliation Act. The voting was—For cancellation 288, against cancellation 86. Three large colliery unions in the district have now withdrawn registration.

Yesterday was the sunniest day ex?perienced in Masterton since last autumn, the self recording instrument at the local observatory register itig nine hoars thirty minutes bright sunshine. The day was aleo the warmest for some months past; a maximum of 66 degrees Fah*. being recorded on the thermometers in the Stevenson screen.

T*ie secretary of the Master lon Parliamentary Debating Society was advised by telegram, yesterday that Sir William Steward has consented to deliver an address before members of the Union on the evsning of Monday, the 22nd ins t., on the. subject of an Elective Executive. Sir Wilf liam Steward hai persistently, though ineffectually, sought to place a Bill providing for an Elective Executive upc.h the Statute Book cf New Zealand.

A Dunedin gentleman, in an account of a visit to the United States, observes, in the Dunedin Star: Judge not the American citizen by the* occasional bombastic, insufferable specimens that we {meet sometimes. I met him in bulk, and found him a frank, hearty gentleman with just the contempt for his pseudo type, too suddenly . grown rich, that inspires U3 here. In balk, the American gentleman is a gentleman.

As an illustration of the difference between the Eastern and Western minds, Lord Cromer referred re cently to the fact that seveialcasts had occurred in Egypt of railway, officals being' run over when asleep on the lines. In order to obtain early intimation of a train's approach a station master would often lie down with his head on the line. In such a position it was easy to fall aseep and to be cat to pieces by the engine when it arrived.

Even members of Parliament have to obey the law. Mr Vernon Reed, M.P., has a section at Kawakawa, and at the last meeting of the Auckand Land Board his name came up in connection with residence on the land. Mr Reed wrote that he had lived within five or six hundred yards of the nlace, which was used for grazing stock. It was pointed out that other settlers in Kawakawa were allowed to reside off their sections under similar circumstar ces. It was decided to give Mr Reed six months' grace. , ,

Tommy Burns is still clamouring; for a return match with Jack John- '

I son, and his demand with regard to j the division of the gate is considered to be a reasonable one in sporting I circles. In the course of an interveiw last week, the ex-champion reiterated his anxiety to again try conclusions with the coloured man, and stated that if Mr H. D. Macintosh would arrange a match so that he would get 35 per cent, of the sate as his end he would fight. "I still think I can beat Johnson," said Burns, "and I am prepared to do anything within reason to get another crack at him." (

Importers are invited ' to send! their Shipping Documents to J. J. CURTIS and CO., Shipping Agents, Customhouse Quay, Wellington, This firm will do our. Customs work correctly, and forward goods, v

Effervescent. Saline; purifying, refresh rog, invigorating to all who suffor from sickness, headsicheg, sluggisn liver, etc Mce, 2/6. H. T. Wood, Chemist and Pharmacißt (bv exams), Masfcerton,

A bye-run in connection witi the Wairarapa bounds will take place at Peatherston on Thursday " a v.exi, 18th inst.

The number qf dogs registered in Maslertoh so far this year is 120. The tot»l number registered.last year was 204.

Tfe latest dredging returns are— Mysltr? Flat 270z sdwts for 127; hour** work, and Masterton 250z lOwdt for 112 hours work. Mr J.G. Bcddington reports that ! - there were 12J degrees of frost registered at the Upper Plain yesterday morning; \ " ■

Bnil iirig permits to . the value of £8212 were issued in Masterton durin-f the six months ending July 51st hat.

is a wealth of narcisi in in the gardens of Masterton Just n iw. whicn is at once an indication that spring i 3 approaching.

In pa sing through the Brancepeth

■estate lambs are lo be seen in sev- , Teal ot the padduckd. The weather dun it the past week has not been V unfav jjia'jle to the young stock. . On miny properties in the Waira-

raga iba lamb ng is earlier . tnan

■usual. At Ngakonui some black- 1 nmbs, about a month old, are exceedingly well. The Ft. Matthew's hockey te<vm

*to p'»y MaaUrion on .'Saturday'is—- ,„ OR. M.rri?, a Coie.' F Phillips, P. U-nne t, W. Morris, E, Harper, A. J tierry. H. Russell, R. s Hatch, V. S tton, F. Dixon.

Tn j Pahiatua Dramatic Company, v »by op cial rfquest, gave an enter-"-,Vtainuient at' Eketahuna on Wrdhes- , when they produced ''Our IBoys" to a large and appreciative - aucie .es.

Mr T. Shields, the well known

tailor of Wellington, /Will arrive in Masterfon to-dav with a first class

shipnaot of the htast and most tfashi'innhle suitings. He will be fpleas d to meet patrons at the es-'tabli-.'-«ieiit in Qaeen .Street to-day ' ', ;and ti-morrow.

Kr J. Bourke hss just -to'Masterton from a visit to Aus-

tralia, whence he proceeded with a

• sine of horses. "Hp reportst hat al- ':„ though therc is undoubtedly a good market in "Australia for "draught "": hordes, ,the charges are so heavy ' that the profit 3to the dealer are not what they might be. . Ths demand by Masterton farmers .for boy labour irom the Old Country > has been practically nil. From the

reception it has been given throughout the Dominion, it would appear highly improbable that the proposal

made to the Labour Department to import boy labour frdm'the cities of .England will be entertained. 1

In soite of occasional sharp frosts at " night, the ground ib gradually war- ,., 'Bring up as a result of the mild wea- '- ther which has been experienced of 4ate. Since miiwinter the special in-. ',' x atrument at the Masterton Obaerva- \ tory has indicated a rise of several •degrees in temperature, at a distance of two feet below the surface of the J - :ground. Although building operations have *een somewhat slack in Maßterton during the last year or two, there is now ; .an indication of a revival. Contracts •to the value of between £BOOO and '>l /JB9OOO have been let in the boruuprh '--" •in the past few months, and other - large works, such aB those at Solway and Waingawa, have employed a 7 " % '.number of hands. The Junior Men's Claas, which ' -was instituted some months back /'-«: connection with the Mastertoh, "' Methodist Church, has latterly been. ; making very substantial progress. It ioas now a regular attendance at its ■ Sunday classes cf between twenty " and thirty members. It also pusses'l- aea a very convenient and cosy •class-room, suitably furnished to ,which members may repair during 'V "the week evenings, and in which -7 -very educational and instructive ,-\ jmietings are held, i -r The Minister of Internal Affairs, '»- f-the Hon. D. Buddo, informed a dele-; ' nation representing auctioneering »,;."firms that he had for the last twelve '/ months been considering the question *>of licensing commission agents. It '•'->', was, he said, a very .debatable ques>;,vton, audit was intended to take -some evidence with a view to finding ;/- \ what effect it would have. No doubt ■\,-dtand agents would welcome Buch a V -change, and in many cases the registration of land agents would be a " benefit to the public as well as Ibe - auctioneers. i * < The-annual smoke concert of the .* Wairarapa Hockey Association was ' 'held in Rarkins! rooms last evenine. Mr E. R. B. Oanial presided ever an ,*. -attendance of between seventy and , '■' eighty. The tea«t list was as fol- ;- laws—"The King," chairman; Wai- - xarapa Hockey Association," Mr A. '.J. Fisher—Messrs A. C. Pragnell «iIA. J. Berry; "Referees," Rev. 1 , Watson—Messrs L. Nicol and A. Williams;; "Our President," chair- '' man; "Donors of trophieß," Mr " Carley—Messrs L. Nicol, W. Chry- , ' stall; "Press," Mr H. H. Reynolds; "The Ladies," Mr J. V. Gordon—y "Mr G. Scrimgeour. During the \ evening the chairman presented the - Major Cup to the Carterton senior • team. Mr Len Nicol alsb presented '- the Nicol-Pragrell Cup'to St. Matthew's B, winners of the third grade competition. The medals for the five-aside tournament were pre

senttid to the (Jarteiton and Excelsior teams, winners of the senior and third grade competition?, and :■' :alao the Bannin Banner for juniors Ja/St. Matthew's A. Songs were ■ rendered by Messrs C. Cole, A. C. '-* s Pragnell, Chann, A. J. Berry, J. i'- Berry, A. Long, and W. Redmond, t - " and a recitation by Mr W. WilJiatns.

, * ' There was a worthy curate, who A cough could not endure. He cureoV, we're told, both young and old With Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. . -. ■ Th» short! the tall! the young! the bald '..';, , The poor, who paid no pew-rate, V* He cured them all! And so was called, &•** The Woods' Great Peppermint Curate &, " EEXONA it"' ijThe Bapid Healer is an Ointment l/r-SWbich heals with remarkable rapidity &r'* unliko the old-fashioned ointments which %si't'tua- very -slow in -their action. Kexena *3«' .?*pdedily effects itscures after a very few *w *r ipplioationß. It promptly cure's, Ef zema ;■;»'- '< Chilblains, Cats, Burns, Broiseß, Scalds <°' TtoK Bingworm, Pileb, Sunburn, Pimp- ?,•£ . lea, Boils, etc. 'Soldtnly in triangul* &$] • * where.

The second tenia holiday of one week will commence at the Master- | ton School on Monday the 29* h inst. I' The annual examination of the Masterton School bv the Inspectors cf the Education Board will take place during the next few weeks.

His Worship the Mayor, Mr J. M. j Coradine, will take the chair at Mr McLaren's?, M.P., nesting at the 'Town Hall on Monday evening. The Rev. C. Porter, who has left the district, has tendered hia resignation as a member of the Masterton District High School Committee. The resignation was last night; a:cepted with regret, and Mr J. L. Hughes was appointed to fill the, j vacancy caused on the Committee j by the resignation.

The high pricu ruling for fat cattla in the South Island is not without its effect in the Wairarapa, as it is repotted that drafts from here are on their way to the Southern markets. It is anticipated that beef will rule high locally on account of the shortness of fat stock.

The members and friends of the Kuripuni branch of the Church of England held a very enjoyable social on Wednesday evening in the Kuripuni Hall, The ball had been tastefully decorated by the ladies. The social took the form of a Piogres-: i sive Euchre Tournament and a j "sing-song". When the euchre was j over ample justice was done to the sumptuous spread which had. been given by the - ladies. Tha euchre prizes were won by Mrs Ball; booby, Mrs Richards; Mr C. C3le, booby, Mr Jack Berry. At the close a very hearty vote of thanks was passed to all those who had contributed to make, the evening a success. The piano was very kindly lent by the Dresden Company.

In his monthly report to the Masterton District High School Com* mittee, last evening, Mr W. H. Jackson, headmaster, mentioned that there were several children whc*had made no attendances for months. These children were affected with scabies, contracted before they came to Masterton, and their attendance was prohibited until they were reported free from the disease. The children had flow lost the greater part of a year's schooling. Mr Jackson stated that to him it was pitiful that these children, who were intelligent youngsters, should be so neglected when they could have been cured in two > or three weeks. The Secretary reported having made certain enquiries in the matter. A suggestion was made that the Education Board be addressed in reference to the case, and this suggestion was adoDted. v ~

A iurnished bedrcom is advertised for. Address can be obtained at this office.

A few pieces of aluminium ware at - the Gaa Show ; Room, Queen 'Street, are to be disposed of at low prices to quit.

Notice is civen of the intention of the Castlepoint County Council to strike a general rate on the capital value of the rateable, property within the County. ;,■-..'

Notice is given that the registered office of' The Wellington Farmera' Meat Company, Ltd.,'' has been removed to the Trust 1 Lands Buildings, Queen Street; Masterton. , ' WoolgrowerV will be interested in a notice published by Mr Miliigan, the well known merchant tailor, of Kelboume Avenue, Wellington, which may be found on the Leader pageof this issue. 'V ;.-,.' :'

Messrs Forraan and Trower will run a drag on Thursday, August 18tb, to .the ploughing match, Morrison's Bush; Gre'ytown, starting from '-'the' Club Hotel, Mastarton, at 6;RO a.m. and returning after the match. The return fare will be five shillings.