LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10082, 1 September 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The next annual meeting of the New Zealand Farmers' Dkiiry Union is to be held at Palmerston North.

The Maungarakei rangers are still tipped with snow, whilst the Tararuas wear a mantle of white.

There is said to be no prospect of a State Coal depot being established in Masterton for some time to come.

Mr J. 0. Boddington reports that eight degrees of frost were registered at the Upper Plain on Wednesday morning.

Mr R. Tilson has resigned Imposition of. starter to the Lower \ alley Jockey 'Club, owing to the death of his mother. '■> • : •

The Eketahuna Express states that a start will probably be made'at<ah early, date with boring for coal at Newman, near Eketahuna. Options have been obtained over a large area of country.

;In the case in which Alfred Shearsbv, horse-trainer, of Palmerston North, brought an action against the Cbristchureli Press Company for libel, the Supreme Court awarded plaintiff £5 damages, with costs.

Hamilton's Juvenile Scarlet Troubadours will appear at tlie Town Hall, Master ton, on the 12th and 13th j insts., in an original entertainment. Numerous dead lambs are to be seen dotted about.the farme along the route of the railway line between Eketahuna and Featherston. The New Zealand-bred horse Onward won the blue ribbon and champion gold medal allotted in the | draught stallion class at the Melbourne show.

It is noticeable that, since attention was called in the Age to the miserable class of carriages on the Wairarapa section of railways, several cars of modern type have been placed upon the line.

The satisfactory amount of £2lO was paid in by the shareholders of the Workers' Mutual Benefit Building Society at the fortnightly paynight. As the money is coming in so freely, the Directors will be enabled to declare another appropriation at an early date.

The Government,. it is stated, is considering proposals connected with the development of the oil industry in Taranaki, also as to bringing the same under control. A bonus of 3d per gallon has been offered for the first 500,000 gallons of refined oil.

The Patea County Press reports a singular accident. A man was discharging a lorry load of building timber. One of the leading horses bit the other, which jumped aside and crashed through the grass-grown covering of a long-forgotten well, drag ging his mate with him. One of the horses was killed, and the other badly injured.

The first step towards extending the radius of telephonic communication with the Continent has, says an English paper, now been completed by the postal authorities, and the new cable across the Channel, loaded at several points with small coils to overcome the distortion of speech, has proved vejry eiieeine. Berlin is now linked with London by means of a new telephone cable.

A representative of a Wellington firm which is interested in the pork industry, told a representative of the Age yesterday that, while the pasteurisation of milk will go a long way towards eliminating tuberculosis from pigs,there are other matters of importance which require attention. Greater cleanliness was, he said, required in housing the pigs, and the food should be supplied in more wholesome vessels.

On Wednesday afternoon two men might have been observed in Market Square, Blenheim, one digging in the" esphalt with a pen-knife, and the other mounting guard to prevent a •'rush-" The objective of the operations was soon brought to light in what appeared to be a lady's mentring. It looked; like gold, and there was one stone intact that look ed like a diamond. After the recovery of the ring a search was made for the missing 'stones, but with what,-re-sult is not known. ,

At the last meeting of the H.B. Agricultural and Pastoral Society,., a member of the committee suggested that exhibitors at shows should have more attention paid to them, and that they be entertained at a social or similar function, as was frequently done in other districts. It was decided that a committee go into the, matter J thoroughly, and arrange the. best means of carrying, out the -suggestion. ; !

It is not often that applications are xnade for land in New Zealand's island possessions, but such an application came under the notice of the Crown Lands Board for the Auckland disrict on Thursday. A relative of the family at present residing in the group requested that two sections on Sunday Island, in the. Kermadec Group, containing 2880 acres, should be thrown open for selection under reliable lease. The Board decided to grant the request.

A striking instance of the value of up-to-date methods in herd testing has just come tinder our notice, says the Patea Press. The average yield of butter fat obtained *last season from 5000 cows, was 172 lbs per. head. Included in the total were the returns from one particular herd, whose yield was 275 lbs per head. These figures are authoritative, and needless^to say, they speak for themselves, merely emphasising a point that is coming to be appreciated at its real value. When all the dairy farmers in the Dominion realise how much they are losing-annually by keeping cows that barely pay for their feed, something is bound to happen with great suddenness.

John Earnshaw, Henry Robert I Hunt, and Leslie Ellis, three, young i m«n who are alleged to have burglar* | iously entered the Levin Hotel and stolen therefrom a , cafe, money and i valuables, Estimated at the'value of £l6O. were yesterday committed for trial at the Wellington Supreme Court sessions next November. The evidence showed that the safe had bepn shifted over a quarter of .a mile and there bl iwn open with[dynamitK All thp stolen property has been recovered except o*e cheque. j

In cor versßi icn yesterday with an reprfsenlative, Mr W. A. Flavel. Wtllir pton manager for this Weetpnit Coal Company, stated that he Attached to importance to the report from A- cklai d that there was a probability <+a cos-1 strike in New Zealand. He staled that Messrs J. J. Craig and Co., who bad urged the Wairoa Hospital Trustees to lay in a supply of coalj in case ot a labour upheaval, is the representative of Newcastle coal, and may have been 1 referring to incidents which are j likely to occur in New South Wales. So far as New Zealand is concerned, Mr Flavel is not aware of the existence of any dissatisfaction among the miners. Everything, he says, is working smoothly.

The only certain protection from the effects of a bad cold or harassing cough is TUSSICURA.

"I FEEL A DIFFERENT WOMAN."

—I suffered from constipation, lazy liver and severe headaches for months," writes Mrs *R. Muiirhead, 10, Eliza, Street, West Adelaide, S.A. "I feel so tired, I wanted to lie. down all the time, and life- was not worth living. Nothing I tried did one any good until I took LaxoTonic Pills. From these I obtained great relief, and continuing them a little ' longer I was quite cured, able to get through my duties with ease and pleasure ,and feel quite a different woman." Price IOJd and 3s. .Obtainable everywhere.

One or two cases, which jarajup* poted to be scarlatina, are at pres' ent under treatment in Masterton.

Four marriages, twenty-five bjrths, and seven deaths were re* corded in Masterton during the month of August.

The Town Boards Amendment Bill passed through its committee in the Bouse of Reprtsentativeti last night.

A meeting of ratepayers held at Paimerston North iast night, endorse d a proposal to raise a loan of £2oou for swimming baths, and £SOOO for a library and museum.

Mr Edward Travis, who recently broke the world's record for ccntiruous piano-playirg, in Masterton, is attempting in Feilding to br»fk his own redord, It is about time that these silly exhibitions were "tabooed" by the public. *

A Press Association rressage from Hamilton states th»t John McLean, a csrptntcr being trtated for letd poisoning, drupped dead in the corridqrof. the hospital. The ir.quist showed death to be due to heart failure. »

' In the case heard in Featherstor rn Tuesday, in wbirb Ethel Cobcroft applied for a sepaiation order fiem her husband, Leslie Cobcroft, the .Magistrate held that the tviderce was insufficient upon which to make an oroer.

• The death-rate cf hoggets in soma Wairarapa flocks this season, attributable to lung and stomach worms, coupled with the animals running on foul and sheep sick pastures, is phenomenal, On ore station on the East Coast the number which have succumbed runß into over one thousand.

Keports from all parts of the Wairarapa and East Coast districts indicate that there was a very heavy riioriaJity among new born lambs on the 28th and 29th lilt. The loss It&a iiotjiaiiy bfctu iiitai fctve»e on laiips and stations upon which there is little tr no shelter.

Daring tbe month of August only oi;e bat kruptcy was recorded in the and that came from Eketahuna. Fir the eight months of .he yfar tndirg yesterday there fcave been fifteen bankruptcies 'in tbe district, com cared with nineteen for the same period last year.

A curious ireak of nature wss found by a Dromore farmer amongst his sheep, in the form of a dead lamb, born with only one eye, situated, like the eye of the Cyclops, of old, exactly in the middle of tbe forehead.

At the Ashburton County Council < offices on Saturday, 10,000 birds heads had to be paid for. and the total amount exceeded £44. For the last' three Saturdays tbe local cilice has bought 30,000 birds' heads, quite apart from those purchased by the district agents.

Superintendent Jenkins presided at the fortnightly meeting of the Masterton Fire Brigade on luesday evening, when a committee was appointed to arrange for a progressive euchre tournament. It was decided to ask the Borough Council for permission to practice on the Park Oval, in view of the forthcoming demonstration. Twelve honorary members were elected.

: According to the Ashburton Guardian, a peculiar and alatirirg accident is reported to have occurred in an Ashburton home. A mother had her three months' old child on her lap, and was endeavouring to sooth it when a hairpin from her head dropped into the baby's mouth and lodged in the throat. Alliffortsto dislodge the pin were unsuccessful; and it is thought that an operation will have to be resorted to.

The Ashburton branch of the Farmers' Union on Saturday cecided to forward thfe following resolution to the Minister of Lands.—"Jhat we recommend to the Minister of Lands that privately owned land be treated; the same as Government lands in''

regard to the interval at which they are valued.*' It also expresses its appreciation of the "Agricultural Journal" in its new form, and hoped that the publication would be con. tinned.

The horses poisoned at Miki JMliki on Saturday last were on the property of Mr John Campbell.. Tney were being driven in a waggon belonging to Messrs Miller and Beatty, of Masterton. The axle of the vehicle collapsed, and the driver, Mr Miller, turned the horses out in a paddock, where they partook of a poisonous weed known as "Strathmore" weed. Four of the animals; were affected, two of which died. One of them was the property of Mr Guy Williams, of Te Parae, and both were valuable draughts. Tfee losh- is therefore a very heavy one. Strangely enough the horses running in the district will not touch the "Strathmore" weed.

A NEW RECIPE FOR BOILING EGGS. The chief cause of - error in the cooking of eggs comes 1, from ignorance the fact that eggs, as well as eggs* and milk in combination, cannot be cooked at a high temperature. So called "boiled" eggs are better not boiled at all. Try doing them after this fashion, particularly if they are to be served to children, invalids, or the aged. Have-ready a saucepan containing boiling water. Put in with a spoon the number of eggs desired, having enoiigh water to cover them. Remove sausepan to back of range where water will hot boil. Cook from, six to eight minutes if liked "soft-boiled," forty to forty-five minutes if liked "hard-boned." Boiled eggs, tea, and toast make an excellent combination for breakfast. The toast should be well browned and crisp, and the tea should .be one or other of the Empire Company's I brand. The "Dragon" brand at 2s ' 8d per pound is a brilliant tea witl* fine drinking qualities. It possesses plenty of body with a bouquet all its own. The "Elephant" brand at 2s 2d per lb is another excellent tea of delightful flavour and silky texture, it pleases most palates. The ''New Crescent" brand at 2s per lb is now the great favourite. The flavour is fascinating* The "Crescent" brand at Is lOd is a tea of great merit. It brews a fine strong liquor with a distinct aroma. The "Mikado" brand is an excellent family ' tea, rich, strong and delicious and moderate in price, only Is 6d per lb. These teas are procurable from most - Stores.

An advert ser wants to buy a good Second-hand i iano.

An elderly wilow i 9 advertised for as housekeeptr to a bachelor.

A reward is offered for the recovery of a ladies' gold r.eckehain and pendant attached, lost in town.

Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd. make additional entries to their nes Taratahi stock sale.

Houses to let in various parts of the boroußb are advertised by Mr R. Brown, land and estate agent, in Queen Street.

Twenty-three colonies of bees are advertised for sale. They are guar' aateed to be in splendid condition, and free from disease. Particulars may be found on page 1 of this issue.

Mr J. Carpsnter ia holding a genuine reduction sale at the Central Boot" Store, Mastertori, for ladies and children, and for men and boys. The stock is very large, and there is a grand selection to choose from.

Tenders for fencing Trust Lands Trust property; at the corner of Russell and Chanel Streets, are invited by the Wellington Education Board. Plans may be seen ac the office of Messrs Varnham and Ruse, achitects, Masterton.

. Thoughts concerning Spring suitings will now be occapying the <uind of the man of tjusinese, af of the man whose get up is his first thought. Mr Donald reminds eld and new ge&tlemen customers that he lias just landed a choice selection of the new colour worsteds—grey. Stripe. The business relations of Mr Donald are of such a character thai clients c< <i be safely recom tended to give bim a trial.