LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10084, 5 September 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The latest returns from the ' Worksop Dredge were 490z« Bdwt. for 124 hours' work. The Masterton Racing Club has decided that no special race trains he employed for the October meeting. Since 1877 it has cost over half a million of money to provide the necessary buildings for the accommodation of the insane in New Zealand. 1 "The annual smoke concert in connection with the Masterton Morris Tube Club will be held on Wednesday evening. The Mauriceville Dairy Company decided on Friday evening last to consign this year's »utput through Messrs Bray Bros., of Wellington. The monthly meeting of the Wairarapa Hospital and Charitable Aid Board will be held in Masterton at noon on Wednesday next. Mr Poland, M.P., says some miners at Karangahake have to daily climb 400 ft up and down ladders going and coming from work.

The quantity of milk delivered to the Masterton dairy factory, although not extensive,- is reported to be increasing every day.

A consignment of 8000 trout fry was sent from the Masterton fish hatcheries last week for liberation in the streams at Pohui, Hawke's Bay.

Notioe is given by the Sheriff that jurors summoned to attend at the Supreme Court, Masterton, at 11 a.m. to-day need not attend until noon.

. A petition signed by thirty-seven medical practitioners of Auckland has been presented to Parliament urging the need for obtaining more domestic servants.

A very heavy downpour of rain occurred in Masterton on Saturday night. The streets and water-tables were for a time in a flooded condition.

A party of prospectors returned to Invercargill from Preservation last week with several specimens of rich minerals unearthed there. Further prospecting is likely to be undertaken.

Free luncheons at race meetings will soon be a thing of the past. The Masterton Racing Club has decided that all free luncheon tickets be abolished, and that the stewards themselves pay for their meal.

The opinion was expressed by one or two members of the Masterton Racing Club on Saturday that bookmakers will not be excluded from the racecourses of the Dominion for at least twelve months.

W. Arnst, the winner of the cycle road race between Timaru and Christchurch, on Saturday last, is a brother of "Dick" Arnst, the champion sculler, and was thirty-one years of age when he started" racing.

As His Honor Mr Justice Edwards will not reach Masterton until the mid-day train arrives from Wellington, the sitting of the Supreme Court will probably not commence in Masterton until this afternoon.

The fact that thousands of young people parade the Wellington streets and frequent the picture shows and theatres at night, and that only 25 to 30 should attend an interesting lecture delivered by Professor Easterfield, has set the Hon. C. M. Luke puzzling over what is coming to the rising generation.

The New Zealand Shipping Company's service from Canada to Australia and New Zealand is meeting with much more success than was expected at first. The first boat from the eastern seaboard of Canada (the Rakaia), which sailed in May, took over 4000 tons, and space has already been taken for 4500 tons in the steamer which leaves this month.

News has been received privately in Eotorua that a London medico who has made a competency and is desirous of the comfortable sporting life is coming out to set up the practice of his profession in Rotorua. The English doctor will arrive early in December and will have a bunga-low-fashioned house arranged for his work.

Representations are being made by Mr Jennings, M.P., with a view to having licenses issued for nesting trout in Lake Taupo. There is an enormous quantity of fish in this lake, and it is considered that by decreasing the quantity somewhat by netting the quality of the fish would be improved. Mr Jennings thinks that the canning industry might be established with the fish netted.

The troubles that harass lawyers who try to get valid leases of Maori lands for their clients is shown by the fact that in a small block of land at Kaiapoi, only fifteen acres in area, 62 owners have been discovered, and the end of the list is not yet reached, as some of these have died and their shares in the land have been split up, by succession orders to other Maoris. One of the 42 owners claims on the one hundred and fortyfourth of a share, another on the one thousand one hundred and fifty-second, and another on the two thousand three hundred and fourth. |

The Sydney Morning Herald reports a wonderful cure of cancer by means of radium. Mr James Rowan, told the doctor at the hospital that his own medical adviser had told him that the only chance of recovery was to cut away a large part of his head, nearly all the upper jaw, part of the lower jaw, and the whole of the ear. At the hospital, however, the radium treatment, which is perfectly painless, was adopted. After 127 hours of exposure to radium rays, the man was completely cured, and there is not now a single mark on his face. SPEAK HIGHLY OF IT.

Everyone speaks well of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy after using it, and its best friends are people who have used it for years. They have found that it can always be depended on, and while they may occasionally try other remedies that they see \ advertised, or that are recommended to them by friends, they are almost certain to return to Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and acknowledge it to be the best and most reliable medicine that they have ever used for coughs, colds and croup.— ; Sold by all chemists and store- i keepers.

A considerable area of land in the Masterton aistrwc is being put. aown in potatoes just now. The RongokokaKo cheese factory is to be opened for the season on Wednesday next. Eketahuna is retaining its reputation for rainfall. The registration, for August was 6.72 inches. Enquiries are already being made from the Union Company for storage space on the 'Frisco steamers. The annual show of the Bush Districts A. and P. Association is to be held in the first week of February next. Mr James Pauling, J.P., administered some friendly advice and a caution to a "drunk" who appeared before him on Saturday morning. The first consignment of pigs for ] the new piggeries at the Taratahi dairy factory was received on Friday. The body of a woman, apparently between the age of 45 and 50, was found floating in the Wellington harbour on Saturday morning. It has not yet been identified. The record piano-playing mania seems to be spreading. Godfrey Copley, a Wanganui man, started .playing on Thursday morning, and I continued playing for 68 hours 30 minutes; He is a champion now. A cable message received at an 1 early hour this morning stated that the first prize for woven goods a* . the Agricultural Exhibition in Lon- , don had been awarded the New Zealand Government.

At the Congregational Church in Masterton yesterday, the Rev. Hodge occupied the pulpit and evening, and preached to large congregations, in spite of the inclemency of the weather.

Mr Ayson, jxin., fo'-me-ly of Masterton, but now of the Marine Department, is leaving for England by the lonic on September 8 for the purpose of bringing out to New Zealand a large quantity of salmon ova for liberation in the rivers of the South Island.

A Gisborne telegram, received last night, stated that a settler at Tolaga Bay named Reid Smith, who had been endeavouring to cope with the tvphoid fever epidemic amongst Maoris at Tokomaru Bay, by nursing several natients, contracted the fever himself, nad succumbed yesy terday morning.

At Auckland on Saturday, Mr Cutten, S.M., dismissed . a - against a resident of Grey tynn for taking a two-gallon keg of beer into a no-license district. The Act, he said, "forbade "sending or delivering," but he held that this did not include the action of "taking" lig—uor into a district.

The pasturage in that well-favour-ed district, Waihakeke, is much more forward in growth than in almost any other locality in the Wairarapa Valley. Oat crops are in a very forward condition, and from appearances those being cut for green fodder indicate that the winter now past has, on the whole, been a mild' one. Stock seem to be thriving.

The voting in connection with the "beauty competition" at tne Town Hall Pictures was concluded in the Masterton Town Hall on Saturday night, when there was a large and enthusiastic gathering. The first prize fell to a child of Mrs Gaisford, which secured 41 votes. The second prize was won by Mrs Wadham's child, which scored 421 votes, whilst one or two others were very close up.

A petition was numerously signed by Masterton employers on Saturday, protesting against clause 17 of the Education Bill, which provides that Education Boards, with the concurrence of the Minister on application by a school committee, may compel employers to allow young persons under seventeen years of age time off during working hours, without reduction of pay, to attend continuation classes at technical schools.

The Wairarapa lady hockey players scored their third - win in the Nelson tournament on Saturday. On this occasion they defeated the Hawke's Bay team, which has, so far, been regarded as the qhampion team of the Dominion. The news of the result of the match was received with much satisfaction in Masterton. So far, the Wairarapa ladies . have won or drawn in every match they have played in the tournament, and their prospects of securing the championship are considered very bright.

A striking example of the value of dairymen testing individual cows | was illustrated by Mr James Daysh, at the meeting of the Rongokokako ! Cheese Company, on Thursday. "As the outcome of careful testing," he said, "my herd of 80 cows has for the past season averaged a 4.6 test the highest at the factory. I know what each cow is capable* of producing, and by culling out the wasters building up a profitable herd. No man could have accomplished what I have done without testing the individual cows."—Express.

The' Racing Clubs in the Wellington district are anxious that the general public should know that racing is not conducted solely for the benefit of horse-owners. They wish it understood that the members are keenly desirous of improving the breed qf horses suitable for remounts, and to emphasise this point they are recommending individual clubs to make donations to A. and P. Associations as prises in the horse classes. The stewards of the Masterfcon Club discussed the matter on Saturday last, and sympathised with J the proposal. The state of its funds, however, would not permit of a donation being made this year.

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A good old violin is advertised for sale.

A good strong girl for domestic work is wanted iu a good home.

An owner for a rough haired collie, with chain and collar, is advertised for.

Applications for the position of carter are invited hy the Maurice-' ville County Council, to close on 24tli inst.

The Mauriceville County Council gives notice that the time for receiving applications for the position of roadman has been extended to the 24th September.

Mr D. Milligan, merchant tailor, Wellington, invites gentlemen interested in good dressing to write for Style Book for 1910-11. ' He also intimates that the latest London suitings are just to hand.

The "W.F.C.A. are making a special offer of tan and white kid gloves, every pair being guaranteed by the makers. This is an opportunity that should be taken advantage of before it is too late.

Owing to ill-health, Mr G. M. Green has decided to dispose of his Alfredton Hotel Boarding-house business as a going concern. *ull particulars will be given on application to the owner.

"On Wednesday morning next Mr H. Hadley will commence his great alteration boot and shoe snle at his shop, in Queen Street. Mr Hadley will shortly be making some extensive alterations to his business premises, and in order to facilitate matters he hj?" decided to hold a genuine clearing r-le of boots and shoes. In the ladiee' department the lines throughout will be subjected to substantial reductions, all of which will be plainly marked. The stock in the men's' and children's department is slf" a varied and extensive one, aH of which will be ticketed at sale prices 4 hat should prove attractive to town and country residents. Full Tiartioulars are advertised inn special advertisement on the front pa.»e of this ipsne, in which the public »rp invited to participate in the bargains.

Messrs Norris and Bell, land and estate agents, Tauranga, renort nmong recent sains <*ooo acres of the Whakamarama Estate, near Taursmrra, on behalf of Mr R. Keene, of tfellin to a Christchurch syndicate (this is one of the biergest transactions in land in this district for some years. It is the purchaser's in+pntion to exit the up for.closer settlement). Two thousand two hundred and seven acres sheep and cattle run, 8 miles' from Tauranga on behalf of Mr W. E. Holmes, to Mr H. Rowe, of Taranaki; Mr Wood's property of 186 acres on the Wairoa River, 5 miles from Tauranga, to Mr M. Ashton, of Ashbiirton; 100-acre property 6 miles from Tauranga. on the Cambridge Road, to Mr P. S. Bignell, of Kaiparoro; dwelling and two sections, Durham Street, Tauranga, on behalf of Wm. Courtney's estate to J. Paul, of Tauranga; the vacant property situated between the N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Company and the Strand, Tauranga, to Mr T. Tanner, of Tauranga,on which he is at once erecting a block of shops; 15 acres in the Borough of Tauranga (Cameron Road) on behalf of the Rev. W. to Mr J. Roberts, of Waibi. Building is going on at a great rate to meet the large influx of population now going on.