LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10074, 23 August 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A thunderbolt at New Plymouth last week put out of action over 300 telephones.

An anonymous donor has given £SOO towards the fund for the liquidation of.the indebtedness of the Dunedin Knox Church property.

Education and an inherent shrewdness has transferred the Natives in the Hawke's Bay from spendthrifts to saving citizens, according to Mr J. V. Brown's observations.

The New Zealand miners contributed close on £SOOO towards the Newcastle miners strike fund. This total is considerably more than all the other unions of the Dominion subscribed together. A monument is to be erected on the beach at New Plymouth to mark the spot where Taranaki's pilgrims first touched the shore. The monu-, ment will probably take the form of a pillar of quarried stone upon a concrete base. '. It is stated that big herds will be common in the ' Upper . Rangitikei this milking season. There will be a good many, phase of the milking machine's ad-1 phrase of the milking machine's • advent. Mr F. J. Heatley, formerly of Dunedin, has been selected by the Taranaki Education Board, from over 100 applicants, for the position of organiser of schools to teach the elementary principles of dairying in the rural schools and the district high schools of Taranaki. According to Mr H. J. Marriner, of Christchurch, Germany is aspiring to cross the Atlantic to America with an airship carrying 3CO passengers, in two and a half days; and the manufacturers are confident of succeeding in this design in the course of five years.

A good example of the vigorous growth of the pinus insignis has been seen at the north end of Geraldino, where the plantation has been cut out for timber and firewood. The trees were planted about 33 years ago, and the largest grew in between 90 and 100 feet high ,and oyer three feet ,ih diameter at the stump.

There was quite: a flutter in the legal circle at the Taihape S.M. Court last week when it was announced by His Worship that the hearing fees must be paid when the cases were called on. This action it was stated was due to complaints made by the Clerk of the Court as to the tromble caused him to run round after the fees. Fortunately the legal gentlemen present were able to discharge their obligations.

An Ashburton resident who paid a recent visit to the Clandeboye Estate, states that the settlers are assured of a prosperous future. A former Ashburton settler sold a crop of turnips at £6 an acre, The purchaser was compelled to feed ofF the turnips within a given time, and found the crop so heavy that, he failed to comply with the conditions, and was forced to sell a portion of it at the rate of 30s per §-acre.-

Mr Sidney Pitt, of Stratford, who has returned from a holiday in Australia, replying to a query by a Post reporter as to whether the demand for dairy land was as keen in New South Wales as in New Zealand, said the land suitable for milking cattle was very hard to buy in the favoured districts. One section containing 200 hundred acres, in the Ilawarra district, without any buildings on it, was sold for £36 an acre during his visit, and it was no better than the Stratford land, and of course the seasons were not so sure.

The Horowhenua County Council discussed the prevalence of sheep worrying at a meeting on Saturday and unanimously resolved:—' 'That owing to the heavy losses sustained by sheep-owners through the depredations of stray dogs, the Council -.alls upon the Government to amend the law dealing with the registration of dogs by making it an offence for any dog to be at large or in any public place without wearing a registered collar and badge of the current year, also that power to register the dogs be alone vested in County and Borough Councils."

Regarding the challenge sent by Harry Pearce, Australian champion sculler, to W. Webb, for a race on the Parramatta for £2OO a-side, a reply has been sent on behalf of Webb stating that the Wanganui sculler cannot visit Australia to row Pearce, but, if the latter wants a match, Webb is.willing to accommodate him on any river in New Zealand, allowing Pearce £SO expenses if the latter is beaten. Webb states that his business will . not allow him to spare the time to visit Australia, otherwise he would be willing to meet Pearce on the Parramatta.

YOU SHOULD BEAR IN MIND. That by using the commercial eucalyptus oil which is now bought up at 6d per lb woight and bottled, and on account of the large profit, pushed, you are exposing yourself to all the dangers to which the use of turpentine will expose you—irritation of kidneys, intestinal trach, and mucous membranes. By insisting on the GENUINE SANDER EUCALYPTI EXTRACT you not only avoid these pitfalls, but 'you have a stimulating, safe and effective medicament, the result of a special and careful manufacture. A -hrial will at once convince. Quality in small dose distinguishes it from the bulky and dangerous products. Remember— SANDER'S EXTRACT embodies the reswlt of 50 years' experience and special study, and it does what is promised; it heals and cures without injuring the constitution, as the oils of the market frequently do..Therefore, protect yourself by rejecting other brands. I IMPORTANT TO MOTORISTS. j It pays you best, to buy high-qual- ' ity and it will be to your advantage ■'.. to.get our puices for Renault 8.5.A., and Noiseless "Napier Cars. We im-H port direct from factory to client, j We can land these cars for the j price Usually paid fo rcheaper grades. ' Scott Motor Agency, 57, Lower Cuba SStrret, Wellington.

Owing to the scarcity of bricks m~ W nganui, local builders are procure ing their supplies from Palmerston North. A public meeting is to be held at Wanganui to-morrow night, to coi sider the question of establishing the beet sugar industry in that district. A heavy fall of warm rain co currtd in Masterton last night. This should have,an appreciable effect upon grass and cereal crops. The Otaki Dairy Company has I been guaranteed Is per lb for butter I fat from September Ist to the end of 1 April for the supply o± Welliigton. The Kuabioe Battalion Band Hill render a programme of music in tl.e Masterton Park on Sui.da> ntst at 3 p.m.

The Williamson Company's Pantomime Company, which comes to Masttrton by special train from Nap'er on the 31&t inst., comprises no than 120 persons.

At the Napier musical ai'd elocutionary contests on Saturday laat. Mis? J. McGregor, of Masterton, was awarded second prize for ninging in alto (Scotch).

A commencement has been made by Messrs Coradihe and Whittaker with the erection of the new brick offices in Masterton for Messrs Dalgaty and Co., Ltd.

The- Inter-Island, Golf Match, played in Christchurch yesterday, resulted in a win for the Southernera.; the scores being—South Island, > 586; North Island, -591.

The Greyto'wn-Wairarapa"Co-oper-ative Dairy Company commenced operations for the season yesterday morning, when 560 gallons of milk was received at the factory.

Arthur Jones is to be charged on remnnd in the Magistrate's Court at Masterton this morning with stealing £2 10s frnm a store at Gladstone, and with having n.) lawful visibls means of support.

The followirg notice has been received by a health officer in Taranaki :—''i hereby notify you that my boy John, 11 years of age, has scarlet fever aB required by Act of Parliament."

On Tuesday next a team from St. Matthew's Hockey Club will have Masterton for Napier and Hastitg*, to play a series of matches. Ifae team will return on the following Monday.

The Christchurch Trades and Labour Council has decided to write to the Prime Minister demanding the resignation of the Hon. G. J. Smith, M.L.C., who is a partner in the firm of Bowron Bros.

Masterton employers are evidently not agitated in mind or bod? over any particular grievance. A meeting of the Employers' Association, which was called fur yesterday, lapsed for want of a quorum.

A man named James Audley Register, alias Crawford, wa* sentenced at Palmerston North yesterday to two years' hard labour for indecently assaulting a girl under twelve years of age.

The Wairarapa Egg Circle yesterday despatched to Wellington twenty-seven crates containing 595| dozen eggs. This is the largest consignment that ha i been sent from Masterton by the circle. '

The election of a member of the Castlepoint County Council takes place to-morrow. Ratepayers who may be in town may record their votes at the office of the Master ton County Council.

The offices of all legal firms and stock and station agents will close next Thursday frsm on<3 o'clock p.m., no the occasion of the annual football match, Stock and Station Agents and Dentists versus Banks i.nd Law.

The Commonwealth Government is prohibiting the importation of sheep, cattle, goats and pies from Great Britain on account of the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in that country.

As a warning to tradesmen that they must keep proper boiks, Mr. Justice Williams has sentenced John Sussex Ayshford, a bankrupt bamboo manufacturer of Dunedin, to a month's imprisonment.

Mr J. V. Reed, of South Koad, Masterton, has purchased the imparted Suffolk Punch sire Sudbourn Sirdar. The horse arrived in Mastertori from the north last night, and should be a decided acquisition to this district.

A meeting of the assembled owners of the Waikekenn and Te Unuunu Blocks is to be held before the Ikaroa District Maori Land Board in Masterton this morninp, to cunsider an application of Mary E. Cameron for a lease of portion** of these blocks.

The bodies of King Richard (Joeur de Lion, King Henry 11., and other members of the Royal Honse of i Plantagenet have, according to a cable received yesterday, been found in the Abbey of Fontevrault, which" is in the department of Maine etLoire, Prance. Mr James Pauling, manager of j the Masterton Farmers' Implement Company, who was present at the [ploughing matches last Thursday, has donated five guineas to the next ploughing match held in the Wairarapa, the prize to be for tbe most points, in ins and outs, feering, finish and best team. The vocalist at the Orchestral Concert in Masterton on Thursday next will be Miss Thelraa Petersen. This young lady has recently distinguished herself at the musical com* petition at Nafrier, and is said to have a remarkably fine voice. She will BJ*ng Handel's 'Ombra Mai Fu" (Largo) in Italian; also "Where Corals Lie," by Sir Edward Elgar.

A MEDICINE OF REAL WORTH. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is intended for acute throat and lung diseases ,of which colds, croup and whooping cough are the most common. Those who have used ft for years and are in a position to know it sreal value assert that it is without equal for the treatment of these diseases; It not only cures colds and infleun'za, but counteracts any tendency towards pneumonia. It is in .almost universal use as a preven-. tive and cure for croup ,and has never been known to fail. Sold 6jf all chemists md storekeepers. Is 6d. Obtainable everywhere*

A telegram received from Wellington last night intimated tbat Mr W. H. Ferris baa been appointed Oniei Hemp Expert to the Agricultural Department. Mr R. Brown, Returning Officer for the Masterton Borough Council, e.sewhere gived notice that a poll of ratepayers will be taken on Thursday, September Bth, 1910. between tho hours of 9 am. and 4 p.m., on the proposal of the Masterton Borough G-iUnoil to raise a special loan of £31.000 for drainage purposes. Tbe second term of the physical ■culture classes in connection with the Y.M.C.a. in M'asterton commenced yesterday afternoon with the boy's class, and in the evening with the men's class, under the iu-structorsh-.p of Mr R. O. Jarrett. In response to numerous requests a girl's class will bi commenced on Thursday aflernoon next, when a good attendance is anticipated. The classes will be held in the new gymnasium room on Thursday next. The Masterton Parliamtmtary Debating Soci ty has accepced a cha - lenge from the Gladstone Debating Society to riehite the subject, "Is Compulsory Military Training Desirable?" ihe debate w'<ll take place at Gladstone some time during the month of September. Messrs E. Flanagan, W. Kemp and J. Prynr have been appointed to represent the Masterton Society in tbe debate, at which Mr J. U. Cooper will ace as judge. , * The.Masterton Parliamentary DeDat'.og Roeiety held its weekly session iv Murray's Hall l&at evening, whe-i there was again a very satisfactory attendance of members, whilst the 'naileries'' were well filled. The Premier, Mr S. K. Edwards, gave notice of his intention to introduce a Stale Bank Mote Issue Bill. The order of the day was next tiken, which was tha> second reading of tbe "Proportional Representation Bill." This was introduced by the Mi .ister for Workß, Mr E. Flanagan, who gave a very ' able and interesting address in support of the measure The debate on the Bill was aijourned until the next sitting. The "Trust Lands Trust Amendment Bill" was introduced by Mr H. G. Robinson, its object be- i ing to restrict the powers of the Trustees to works of education. A very pleasant function was held in Kankin's Rooms, Masterton, last evening, when members of the Excelsior Junior Hockey team entertained the winners of the Junior Competition, St. Matthew's, at a smoke.concert. An excellent spread was provided, to which those present did full jastice. Mr A. O. Pragnell presided, and the following toast list was musically honoured—"The King," chairman; "St. tMatthews Hockey Club," Mr W. Hornblow—■ Meßsra A. J. Barry and tC Morris : "Wa>rarapa Hockey Association," Mr G. Scrimetenur—Mr A. C. Pragnell, "The Keferees," Mr B. Potter —MrP Bdnnett; "Donors of Trophies," Mr H. Keisenberg-Mr R. Morris; "Excelsior Hockey Club," Mr R. Morris—Mr W. Hornblow; "Kindred Sports," Mr A. Long—Mr E. Kichards; "Host and Hostess," "Ladies." and "Pianist." During the evening items were given by Messrs A. J. Berry, V. Sutton, B, Potter, W. Williams, A. Wheeler, A. Long and Chunn, An owner is wanted for aj bullmastiff pup. Attention is drawn to a change of advertisement inserted hy Messrs E. B. Hare and Co., land agents, Pahiatua. is offered for the recovery of a lady's macintosh, lost on Saturday morning between Blairlogie Junction and Masterton. Messrs Chamberlain and Son, Albert Street, Masterton. have a stoctt of this year's local clover seed. This is a gocd line, as it is claimed to be free from impurities. A practice of the Masterton Amateur Theatrical Company will be held in Gray's Buildings this evening at 3 o'clock sharp.