LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10087, 7 September 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr Purcell Webb, ff Masterton, will give an organ recital at Christ Church, Wanganui, this month.

Those interested in amateur athletics are reminded of the meeting to be held in Masterton this evening with a view to resuscitating the Amateur Athletic Club.

Quite an epidemic of influenza is being experienced in Masterton at the present time.

Mr J. C. Boddington reports that five degrees of frost were registered on Tuesday morning at the Upper Plain.

The Canterbury Acclimatisation Society is paying 2s 6d apiece for black shags' heads up to a limit of £2O.

It is expected that the Land Bill will be brought down in the house of Representatives this evening by Governor's message.

Thirty-two crates, containing 744 dozen eggs, we i- o despatched from Masterton to Vdlington yesterday by the Wairarapa Egg Circle.

In the first round of the Golf Championship, played at Christchurch, on Monday, Mr J. C. Bidwill, of the Wairarapa, broke all previous records of the links with a score of 73. . The previous record was 74.

As showing the number of homing pigeons already in training in Masterton for the old bird racing, it may be mentioned that after hampering two hundred birds on Monday night for trial tosses, there were still many which it was imposi sible to include.

The following will represent the combined ladies' hockey teams in a match with Excelsior, at Lansdowne,' on Thursday:—Misses Miller (2), E. Bannister, F. Briden, Reid (2), Hatch, Hanley, Scott (2), K. O'Leary, F. Duggan, 0. Richards, and M. Collins.

The poll on the proposal to raise a loan of £31,000 for the extension of the Masterton drainage system takes place to-morrow. The polling places are at the Drill Hall and the* Kuripuni Fire Station. The hours of polling are hetween 9 a.m. and 7 p.m.

At the Convention of the. Women's Christian Temperance Union, held in Masterton yesterday, a resolution was carried expressing thanks to, and entire sympathy with Dr Gibb and the Rev. J. J. North /in their recent condemnation of immoral plays.

Sitting in chambers in Masterton, Mr Justice Edwards granted probate in the estates of the late James Bray, of Hastwell, and Jacob Edge, of Pleckville. Messrs Gawith and Logan appeared in support of the former application, and Messrs Page and Page of the latter.

A sad case of mental derangement was reported in Masterton yesterday. A young man, belongI ing to Pahiatua, who had recently lost his mother, brooded so much over his bereavement that he developed serious symptoms. He came to Masterton on Monday and behaved in such an erratic manner that he was placed in custody. On the certificate of two medical gentlemen he was committed to a mental hospital.

At a meeting last night of the Committee of the Masterton Homing Pigeon Society, the dates for ] the old-bird racing were slightly [ amended. The secretary was in- | structed to supply a full copy to each member. The .Vice-President (Mr W. C. Perry) donated a special prize of 10s 6d for. an interval race from Taihape, to eventuate on October Ist. The secretary was instructed to procure a thousand race rings, and to wire immediately for the new hampers.

In addition to a record price paid for land this week, Southland can also claim credit, (remarks a Southland exchange) for a record figure being put up for young cattle, and I it is possible that the same has not ever been surpassed in any part of the Dominion. The transaction in question took place a few days ago and concerned a very fine line of 100 Hereford cross calves, bred by Mr John Muir, of Fortification, and purchased by Mr P. R. Wright, of Toi Tois, at £4 per head. The j calves averaged 11 months in age.

At the conclusion of the licensing appeal case in Masterton yesterday morning, Mr C. A. Pownall, counsel for the respondent, stated ihat unless the police were mulct n costs of the appeal given against ;hem, the courts would be flooded vith all sorts of flimsy actions, and ndividuals would be put to enoriious and unnecessary expense. His lonor asked if this might not be ather a good thing for the legal rofession. Mr Pownall said that 0 far as he was personally concernd it might be a very good thing, ut for the unfortunate defendants ; .would, be yerj bud.

Tuberculosis, or consumption, accounted for the deaths of 588 persons in New Zealand last year.

Of the seven patients at ..present in the Greytown Hospital, four are from Martinborough.

There is a probability that penny postage will be introduced in Australia at the beginning of the next year.

The loss among lambs in mid-Can-terbury districts, as a result.of tlu late snow storm, has been surprisingly small.

At the last meeting of the Dunedin City Council plans of the proposed municipal baths : were considered. The total cost was estimated at £IO,OOO.

The phrase "staff of life" may be applied to rice almost as truly as to wheat. The world's wheat crop is estimated to be 190,000,000,0001b5, and the world's rice crop to be 175,000,000,0001b5.

In the Magistrate's Court at Napier yesterday, Herbert "Walker Insull, alias Orr, was ordered to be surrendered to the British authorities on a charge of embezzling £SOO from his employers. Accused admitted his identity.

The influenza epidemic has attacked both horses and individuals in the Wakanui district (Canterbury), and one farmer has nine out of ten of his horses sick with the epidemic, while five of his family also suffer from the same complaint.

Labour is said to be so scarce in British Columbia that railways have been obliged to curtail their plans For construction. This is surprising in a country favoured by immigration as is Canada. The importation of Chinese had been suggested as a remedy; but this has the strong disapproval of the dahour unions.

Influenze among the horses is now spreading through the Poverty Bay country districts, a large number of 'animals being temporarily affected. It is expected that the malady will have run its course as the warmer weather sets in. The chief loss caused has been the rendering of the horses incapable of work'for a week or so.

The Orepuki correspondent of a Southern exchange states that shale has been struck at a depth of 275 feet. The shale deposit is 4ft Bin thick. It has now been proved fairly conclusively that there is a large area of shale, and the outlook is considered hopeful. The next bore will be sunk five chains from the present, one. .

According to the Auckland Star a Great Barier lady some few weeks ago invited Sir Joseph Ward to pay the Barrier a visit, not merely to go ashore, but to ride inland, and himself see- the needs of the island. A very favourable reply has been received, and as soon as the session is over, if Sir Joseph can possibly spare a week he is going to the Barrier as requested. '

Referring to the determination of the Auckland Education Board only to send one name to School Committees for each appointment, Mr Gaudin, Chairman of the Auckland Schools Committee, says:—So far. as the sending of only one name is concerned, this Committee, . provided that it is satisfied that the system of grading is satisfactory in every respect,' will have no objection to offer. As a matter of fact the sending of only one .name is the logical sequence of a perfect system of grading.

"A matter of grave concern," says the New Zealand Year Book of 1910—advance sheets of which are to hand—in reference to the increasing death rate from cancer. There were 711 deaths assigned to this cause in 1909, a proportion of 7.32 per 10,000 persons, the average number and rate for the five years 1905-9 being 646 and 7.01 respectively. In Switzerland the proportion is 13 per 10,000, and in England 8.6.

District orders recently issued by the officer commanding the Wellington district, state that the Second (Wairarapa) and Fourth (Hawke's Bay and Gisborne) regiments are in future to be amalgamated, and will be known as the Second Regiment. The staff of the present Fourth Regiment will form the staff of the Second', and the headquarters will be at Napier. Lieutenant-Colonel A. H. Russell is in command, and M°jor Sandtmann second in command. The squadron of both regiments will take seniority in accordance with the date of their acceptance hy the Department. Captain McKillop, of the Mastertori* Mounted Rifles, has been advised of the change.

IFrom inquiries made at various sources a Feilding Star representative ascertained that the price of dairying land in the Feilding district has advanced considerably during the past eighteen months. A sale has just taken place at Aorangi where the land brought £6O an acre, the area being 50 acres. This is an increase of about 20 per acre compared with the prices being obtained less than two years ago. As showing the profits to be made j by dairying, it is reported that a dairy farmer within a few miles of Feilding has been ■taking £7OO a year from 50 acres, by including the by-products—pigs, calves, etc.—in the returns. Mr M. Desmond has a purebred Shorthorn cow wlrch is at the present time giving 601bs of milk per day, with a 3.9 test. He considers her .a very good cow. ' IF YOU HAVE I

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The representative football match between vVairarapa and Otago is to be played at Carterton to-morrow.

The annual meeting of the Opaki Rifle Club will be held this evening at the rooms of Messrs King and Henry, Queen Street.

The public meeting held last evening in the Methodist Schoolroom, Masterton, under the auspices of the W.C.T.U.j was largely attended. Several of the delegates and others spoke, musical items were rendered, and poi dances were giveu by Maoris. A full report of the proceedings will appear in our next issue.

The monthly meeting of Stone» henge Lodge, U.A.0.D., wiVj held last night, Bio. A. E. Miles, V.A.D., in the chair. Three clearances were granted and one new member initiated. The Lodge decided to invite the Totara Lodge (Carterton) to play a return card tournament. After routine business, refreshments were handed round, and a euchre tournament between teams picked by Bros. Pragnell and Ewington was played, and after a very enjoyable evening Bro. Ewington's team proved victorious.

Mesrs Finnegan and Bushell will sell a large consignment of fancy glassware, Bretby ware, etc., at their rooms on Saturday.

Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., add to their Greytown sale for the 12th inst., on account of Mr H. <J. Williams, 300 good conditioned, well-woolled dry ewes.

Mr J. B. Keith, land agent, Masterton, advertises two : very compact dairy farms on page 8 of this issue. One is L.1.P., and the other freehold.

Notice is given by the Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court, that the adjudication of the bankruptcy of Alexander McKenzie, of Featherston, stock-dealer, is annulled.

Messrs Krahagen and Chapman call attention to their > change advertisement in to-day's issue. The firm has always been well-known for the large stock of high-class woollens they carry, and this season they seem to have excelled themselves iii this respect. Their new season's goods are now to hand, including all the latest novelties, which makes their, display equal to any in the Dominion. Messrs Krahagen and Chapman have a reputation in the tailoring business, and absolutely guarantee satisfaction to clients. An early call is requested