LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10158, 3 January 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

; Farmers are now, being supplied with the necessary .forms id, fill -jyct. foy-ihe collection of the.; agricultural statistics. v •"

I Several settlers in the Masterton [ district will be present at the Wellington wool-sales to-day. The Old People's Home at Timaru is completely worn out; and a new building is to be provided. . The Herald, states that the prospects of Marlborough obtaining a bountiful grain harvest are good. Mr T. Quirk, of Konini, delivered no less than 56141b. of milk to the local factory on one morning last week. There are at present 'seventeen inmates of the Masterton Hospital, all of whom are reported convalescent. The death-rate in the United States last year was the lowed', on record, being only five per thousand of the population. ' An Auckland accountant, whose books are in a muddle, is "wanted." He is supposed to have taken a long holiday by steamer. The Auckland Museum is to be enriched by photographs of rocks at New Caledonia, showing what are supposed to be carvings of pre-historic.i ' man. . ~ '-- It is stated that the salesman who affected the sale of an estate atWaiotapu received the handsome sum 7 ; qf .£2OOO as commission on a £36,000 deal. "*

The Eltham Bacon. Company's Works are being leased to the provisional directors of a pork , export concern, which is beirig. sitpported by district farmers. v * " " ; At a poultry farm inToi-Toi Valley, Nelson district, 250. chickens and have been lost : recently through weasels. , ; '.J "V. •/. Another party of Mastertonians made the ascent of Mount Holds worth on Sunday. The view was somewhat obscured by the cloudy conditions which obtained. • The Gisborne Co-operative Bakery Wo. showed a profit of just £7O in the. operations of the previous month, a&3 the company is said to lie more than holding its own. • u The pay of the men ■:Westport-Inangahua railway,' was recently the subject of an agitation, has been increased to 9s 6d per day. ■- ■■■ • ' ■'; > Building is still going on apace in Timaru. Since September last sixtyseven building applications have been granted, the estimated test of the buildings being £27,500. The Express records the • fact' that th&quantity of liquor consumed in "that during the recent festive season is. far in excess of that consumed in the same season last year. ' '/ ;.\ '.7 An Otaio.'fanrcr' told a Timaru Herald Reporter, that he had » weasel climb, a cabbage tree for - the eggs in a sparrbw's nest. He concludes from this that weasels are' occasionally capable of doing some good. . A Masterton schoolboy, of ,a ; ca\culative turn of mind, reckons that the 200,000,000 pigtails to be cut off r in China, would, if a yard each in length, make a rope long enough to go round the world four times. ' , There is a boom m-building • operations in Auckland just . now. The value of public buildiriigs in contemplation is £321,000, while private contracts to the value.of been let. 0"> V/' A Wanganui lady met with.a pain- - fill accident one day last. week. While standing- on a, chair trying to locate 'a | gas,leak she fell, breaking.a wrist and two ribs, in addition to injuring"' her spine. Her condition is serious. :Everybody knows the tenacity' of the dock weed, and of the difficulty with which the strong tap roots ' are 1 eradicated. A North Otago iarmer, thfe other day, after struggling valiantly to remove a dock root, laid bare a long whip-like fibre, measuring 6ft 2in from end to end. , - .'The grandstand "at- the new showgrounds at Solway is well advancedtowartlS completion. The. whole of the equipments of the grounds will be ready for the show to be held *. next month. , - ' v The Farmers'. Union, Advocate, in a laudatory reference to ■ the stackbuilding competition instituted 035 the Masterton A. iand P. Association, says:—' 'lt is. to be hoped the good example of the Masterton A. and P. Association will be followed By other show societies/' > Several very good maize crops are at present growing in the ' Masterton district. For some years the tioii of maize lias been left entireiy-to the natives, who utilize the cobs . for food ; but now it is being grown as a food' for cattle. The maize is said to possess a good deal of the nutriment required for the manufacture of, protein.-.;'

Mr H. Burling, the centenarian, formerly of tKe, Forty-Mile Bush; but notrof Waikanae, is, continually in receipt of letters asking him for'information concerning his mode of living, etc. A message recently received from Switzerland reads as follows'"Dear Esteemed Sir, —I have been toid that you are over one hundred years old. I am glad to hear of it, ; and wish that you may live many more years yet, and enjoy happy times. \T wish you would be : so kind as to \vrite_ and-let me", know liowvyou liave regulated your life, and the circumstances (nejtt' to the grace of God), to which you attri-' bute reaching such a ripe age. I would be very thankful to you for the fullest particulars about your diet. I greet you with friendship."

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; A very successful sports gathering was held at Makuri yesterday. In all tho classes but one at the Bal- ■ clutha District High School, the giris beat the boys at prize-winning. Good progress is being made witK the erection of the new saleyards at Solway, near Master-ion. Owing to heavy northerly rain pre- 1 vailing, the Greymouth races were postponed from yesterday till to-day. A London cable, received last night, . ( stated that ordinary North Island .:?: mutton was quoted at 4Jd. . '■£ The takings at the door at. tho "Scotch concert" held in Masterton last night amounted to £6l. The other day a dozen homing pigcons made the journey from Gisborne to Wellington in the remarkably fast' time of 3 hours 10 minutes. Mr A. Donald, of Featherston, was busily employed hist week in putting down a stack of ensilage. Several Wairaraipa ; farwers are .tuniing. ; attention t6 "the silo for" the'provision 'of a winter fodder. The New Year was, ushered in at • Masterton on Sunday morning without much ostentation. of the churches watch-night - services were held, and the Municipal Brass ~ "Band played the old year out" "and the new year in. , The crowds generally were quiet and orderly. 'The. annual ipicme -in connection With the Masterton Methodist Surtoay School was held in Mr Macara's padlock at Akiira ; yesterday.;The wea- "" -ther was pleasant and" cool,' and a ...* most enjoyable outing was spent." A' hearty vote of thanks was passed tb Mr Macara for the use of his admirable picnic grounds. Mr A. M. Puflett, shipping manager for Messrs Dalgety and' Co.,* Gisborne, had an unenviable experience a - few days ago.? ;He was den, when a flash of lightning came. He ' was Knocked over, and felt quite ill for about ten minutes afterwards. It is Estimated that the cocksfoot *crop on Banks Peninsulawillbe barely a third of Some - farmers report good crops, 7 but the average, crop is decidedly patchy. The crops are clean, fog and goose grass being little in evidence. Cutting will commence early in January. A Vtery pairilui accident happened ■ in a drapery establishment inTimaruV on Saturday week, when a male, assistant 'had the misfortune to have a lady's Hat pin pierce one' of his eyes. The. pin wasquickly extracted, 1 and # it is thought that the ,eye will not be permanently injured. V A painful accident, occurred at Mungapakeha on Saturday morning, last,. -,A man named Timothy Teahan . was blasting a dynamite, ? when the charge prematurely exploded.; Teahan was badly burned about the arms and the lower'portion of tho : ; * body. He was brought to the Masterton HospitaHn the ambulance at. an - early f hour on Sunday morning. His injuries are, fortunately, not as serious as at first anticipated, and it is' expected he will be able to get about again in a few days' time. , The Manawatu Times says that there are in Palmerston North two ' acres of land from ,which a man and his 'wife, hare taken £750 in 19 imonfchs, and are .now taking at a rate of£soo ti,year,-and expect to increase to £750 and even £IOOO per annum, t All this by t|ie effect ,of brailxs and* deep tillage—3ft over all the area-and Bft-over a portion of it.' The products are poultry, fruit "and vegetables. , * Crops are looking excellent in the mark*et garden at the new gaol in Invercargill, says the Southland News, iuid" returns any suitability of the soil for the purpose, and of the earliness of the season in. Southland, is is worthy of note thai new' potatoes and gresn peas have, been "ill the market,, not in small quantities:' either. . Recently , the gaol authorities disposed of a quar- .. ter of a ton of peaS by aiictionV which is sufficient indication of the extent of the-business.-; - .77" ■ ■-. 7777-.,

Three cases of murder were ' dealt with at the criminal sessions of the Supreme Court at Suva on December 2. The firs ease was that of Rex v. Mahomed Yusef for the murderj at Lautoka ori September 10 last of one Maharajia. / Prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to. death. Balmlal ; was charged with the murder -' of one i.B, Wd.was found-guilty and.sentenced vto" death. Two Tijiaiis were charged with murdering an Indiaii at Biia on July 12; ; They wero found guilty of manslaughter, and remanded .for sentence.. v;,

A youth of seventeen named Henty Close was charged in the Christchiirch . Court with assaulting" his mother. He had threatened hei- with. a, revolver, - and had seized hei'Jby the thrpat. Mrs Close stated that her: son never work- '/>■ ed at anything for any length of time. , The magistrate (Mr Bishop) said the accused would be nominally sentenced ... to "one month's imprisonment, and instructions would be given to have him , kept away from the other prisoners. A recommendation would be made to the proper "quarter to have the accused placed in some Reformatory institntion. " ' ' * . - in a replace v advertisement Krahagen and Ghapinan Ijave * a few wordsto say on.taiior-ihade siiits. The; man dressed by his tailor has ah in- " dmduality that is unmistakable, and leaves nothing to be desired. ,

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The Commonwealth on Monday took over the administration of the Northern Territory of Queensland. There was an-attendance of 12,000 at the South Canterbury Cido.lonian Society's gathering at Tim:ivu jest' rday. Y The takings at the gate at the Caledonian Sports in Masterton yesterday totalled £l4B. This is £45 in excess of the takings last year. The Municipality of Paris has, according to a cable received last night, voted £2QOO towards the encouragement of aviation. A London sable states that the Registrar-General's return for 1910 shows that th 9 year was the healthiest on record, the death-rate in London being 13 2-stli per thousand. The smallpox patient who arrived at Lyttelton by the steamer Knight of the Garter has been quarantined on Quail Island. The Minister for Public Health states that there is no need for alarm on the part of the public. The Highland dancing of little Miss Daisy Maclellan, of Wellington, at the sports and concert in Masterton yesterday, was warmly commended. Mr Loclihead, who was the judge, states that the lady's dancing was a revelation to him. He had nevor seen better. . A Wellington telegram states lhat Dennis Cronin, a cripple, who is not "unknown to Masterton, was Knocked down by a tram-car in Man:i*is .Street, last evening, andi li'ftc! hi.s skull fractured. He was iaice.a to "the hospital, where, at midnight, li 3 uf.s ; fftiU unconscious*. •. • ■. : The Auckland Central Mission . Bland and Glee Party gave a sacred concert in the Masterton Town Hallj on Sunday night to a large audience. | Yesterday a combined picnic under rfclie- auspices of the No-License Party j was held at Taumata Island, near J Greytown, when the Band supplied another choice programme of n\usic. 'The usual" gkmes were indulged* in, ■ami a most enjoyable day was spent. ; A camp cook foe threshing plant is advertised for -by Chamberlain and Son, Masterton.■ A small furnished house is advertised to let for a short term. Particulars may be obtained from Miss Mor- : ison, Worksop Road. "Mr Ralph Morris announces that he lias 'taken over the management of the •butchery business in Queen Street known .as Long's Meat Mart. Mr Morris has had many-years experience with stock and butchering, • and has recently been employed at Long's Meat Mart. Mr Ralph Morris intends stocking only the primest of meat, and hopes by so doing, combined with civility and attention to orders; to merit ■a continuance of the patronage • bestowed upon the former firm£; Mr .Morris is- not: conniected withianyysthei. firm in town. "