LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10159, 4 January 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A supposed manwho was committed to gaol at Beechworth(Victoria) has been discovered to be a woman. For a. year she had dressed in male clothing, and 'earned heir living as a horse trainer, occasionally riding horses races.' She ; went under the name of "Jockey Jack."

The residence of Mr A. Murdoch, Mayor of Kumara, was destroyed by fire on Saturday afternoon.

Dr. Valintine states that he is looking for a saving of £30,000 next year in the cost of New Zealand hospitals.

In a Rugby football match, France defeated Scotland by sixteen points to fifteen.

Masterton was visited by a thunderstorm on Tuesday afternoon. The atmosphere, which had beon very oppressive, was cleared by the storm r and a pleasant evening followed. A military tournament was held at Palmerston North on Monday. A local paper vaguely hints that &Amerston is going to be the headquarters of something, by-and-bye.

It is reported that one of the winning competitors at the Caledonian Sports in Masterton on Monday \r.\s "under the bani" Enquiries concerning his previous performances are being instituted The new lists of' subscribers to the Masterton Telephone Exchange are being distributed. Subscribers are " requested to destroy all copies of the If old lists'in; their possession.

Another report is shortly to be obtained from an independent source upon the oil-beanng properties of the Masterton district. It is confidently asserted that on certain estates in the locality of the East Coast oil is to be found in payable quantities.

An Australian aberighi«L'"fcrahnignig j to a circus company, of which, -he 'lsj buck-jumper rider, was refused 'a landing at Auckland until a bond of, : £iob : for his -subsequent dejpertation ; was-entered into. -

The trains; passing through Master-itbn--;.r yesterday although only "branch" trains —were crowded with passengers returning from their holi';days.:".-..':'''"*;■' ,;■

i A disorderly scene occurred at the Waikanae racecourse on Monday, owing; to •■»< horse named Rongomai being allegedly "pulled." The stewards disrider of the,., horse (E. Gray) for'six'months, and ordored that all bets be refunded.

Captain W.IE. Oliver, of the steamer; Hauto, lias been -fined £25 and £7 costs/at Auckland for having broken the seal of certain whisky and removed the articles; thereby committing a breach of .'the Customs Act. A young man named Henry Alexander Smith was fined £lO at Wellington yesterday on a charge of conducting a. game of chance on the Waikanae races known as "Yankee sweat.":' v:-

/;, : The.ipllo.wmg;^ the! Park [Oval, >Ma?teTtpn r pn tirday/comirieiidirigat 2 p.m. ; ? sharp':? i a Walker, P; Wilkfe, W.f gins. '■. j\ :Moerwhy- ;^v' 'and'P^Beime&.V^^ 1 The cricket fixtures ' ' as.; •■' foilows, :.' : ph--v- Sattortlasr ■>"next:~ J Senior: Master^ba ■ a'pa, ivv^CJar^ tertoh, at MasteiHipn., ; =;Junior: : Matthew -s; A;;T^paki^';:pri; : the:Park' ] Oval ; ; ■;• St.'.. Matthews B y ''.. .:'Maurice-i ville,;oh the: Scto»blgrpund[;'; Mastertpn :'a':pye v ;Hi/.;:'r : ''; ; .;'' 9^;-v.'i- :^.: :^. ..-■ V:':'>', J l'T;r '■"■:"'"^ : ''' : r ;v-M pbnversOTionJmth' an. 'repre^;. '•'■sentati^^ ;sta^ed.4ha:she^ the plans' of the proposed new rcofcfc: house in Mastertori are&eing altered, ■M:that-she; badk.to the same-linev^ilie^TeciuQical SjcljbpL v#V:ra-n:Q&^^ fresh?tenders ; wili|heicalled:'j^rc/;ntH« wpf-k'jJJJbr wilrbe; : given ;; the ;^ ing 'his' :^r r: "'% xKv^K^Sfi^

* The usual meeting of the 1.0. R. was held in the' Dominion Hall, Mastorton, last night, Bro. L. Pearse, C.R., presiding over a good attendance 1 of members. Routine business Hvas transacted. ~so sick were reported. The Actuary's report for the five years ending December 31st, 1907, was read. Bto.»,Pearse presented the Past Chief Ruler/'Bro. J. Andrews, with a handsomely learned P.CR.'s emblem. One new- member was proposed. ••" ** *

A Press Association message states that great interest is being taken in the Mining Engineers' Conference, to be held at the Thames this month. It is expected that His Excellency the Governor and tho Minister of Mines will be present. The picture of the j Vive-Regal party attending a semipolitical conference would be unique. ■The rainfall registered at Bush Grove for the month ending December 31st was 3.59 points. The maximum, fall ai as 1.10 points on the 9th. Rain fell on thirteen days during the month. The maximum temperature was sßdeg. on the 19th, and the minimum, 41deg, on the 27th. The Tainfall for December. 1909, was 2.77 pointb. The total lainfall for 1910 was 47.33 points.

The new design of seivice target was used at the Trentham rifle shooting meeting on Monday, in the 500 yds and 600 yds matches. The target has the same divisions as the ordinary sec-ond-class targets, and is coloured on the upper half blue and the lower half green, having centrally on it a head and shoulders figure coloured khaki. The idea is to tiain maiksmen to shoot as if on active service, the green representing glass, and the blue the natuial background, and the figure a man lying prone.

BATTE,.,kN BURG CAKE.

Make a Genoese Paste as follows;: —-Take, one. pound, of butter, one pound of 'caster sugary twelve eggs; one pound two ounces of ."flour-,... two ounces of cornflour,, four ounces of ground almonds, ;and essence of Vanilla. Beat up the butter arid sugar, add the eggs, two at: a time, beat well, add the essence and mix the flour, the cornflour and almonds to a nice batter, then spread half of it on a large, meat tin -with a sheet of white paper upon it, add a few drops of cochineal to the other half, and beat it up and lay it upon another' papered tin and bake, When done, strip paper off and leave it to get cold j then lay one piece upon the other and ciit in equal;parts—square, oblong or diamond— then sandwich two; together and build up a nice cake, four pieces of white arid five pieces of pink. Wrap it in almond paste and decorate top with fondant icing. The Empire Company's "Elephant" /Blend Tea at 2s 2d per .lb4s; just, the most appropriate tea accompany "this Cake. J The '/Elepliarit" Blend possesses all the * strong jeeling; teas; .arid; the N flavour -Aa not too -pronounced,; consequently /the palate cannot tire' of it.. This blend is a great, favourite, .as is provedjby the expanding . sales,-> Procurable from most, storekeepers in ;this; district.. . .'•"

I Rain fell in Eketnhuna 00 seven—- ; teen days dming the month of Be, cember.

The Auckland Central Mission Band ga\e an entertainment at Eketahnna last night.

The butter exported from New Zealand last month was valued at £211,611, and the cheese at £86,560.

The State coal mine at Greymouth resumes work to-day as usual. There is no suggestion of any labour trouble. The Opaki Rifle Club won the Teams Match at Trentham yesterday, with a sco«-e of 1209, the Highland Rifles (1196) being second. On February Ist the first annual show of the Central Agricultural and Pastoi al A s«rtofation is to be held on the Waipukursu racecourse.

A Dunedin telegram states that in the South IfcUnd final for the Lord Hawkc Cricket Cup, Southland beat South Canterbury by five wickets.

Mammitis is said to be more rife in Southern Taranaki just now than it has been since dairying was an industry of consequence.

Over 500 delegates are expected to attend the Australian Science Con-

gress, which will open in Sydney next week. The list of papers and addresses is very long and interesting. A bushman named James Campbell, aged 52, has been killed by Deing' * thrown from a horse at Woodend, -near Invere*rg3L" He of eferßnxnll&en.' V 1' l / There were 21>€f&»fewer -■ tions for drunkenness in Scotland last year than there wereirt X9ff9, /The de-' crease is attributed, to- the- increased--; ' price of spirit*. * ' A Tfmaru telegranfstates that the inquest on the bodies of th,e two men" who were killed in the dray accident 1 at Temuka on Monday night has been ■ opened and adjourned. The estate of the late Mr Alexander Yule, of Pahiatua, was certified to for t stamp duty at £2,988, and that of the ,late Mr Thomas ,Kempton, of Greytown, at £25,268. There are no fresh developments* in connection with the waterside workers' strike at Patea, and, according to the Press, there has been no serious dislocation of business. >. - Little George EUwood, the >'celKsfc -* of the Ell wood trio, who visited Masterton some time'back, writes to the Hon. Dr. Findlay that the great Ger- - ardy has undertaken to teach the boy , the 'cello free of cost at <l the Liege Conservatoire,' 'where George is now ""; studying. [ .. * Masterton was one of the < fey? < townships of New, Zealand which" got, back to business^yesterday^'"'ln great number of "other centres *they,* . had a sort of final "flutter," to getv. into step, as it wereV with the new year. . - ;x i Enquiries made among Auqklandmerchants indicate iihat the„ same _ unsatisfactory position exists' in Auck* .__ t land Province as in other parts of th*6. "*, " Dominion in respect to the hemp, in- »„ dustry. Several mills have been com- , pelled to close down) and , others ,, wiU' probably not re-open until after' the , holidays. , « -" It is probable that the" new, Govern-, ment buildings in Masterton, for , which a sum was this year placed upon , 1 ' the Estimates, and which are >to ac< .cormnodate .*" "■ Tiahonr <.y\i ] 1 *to*sj*e e^B^oln*nK' l ii »' * * 'the existing Courthouse! "„J" <-. f** *' I*~ i " Another use for ' Taranaki petrol-, ' ' 'euni, says,the News.' A South Tara-' naki farmer recently procured a bottle ,•' from the works and applied it cows that were affected with mam- v mitis. A few applications* and"« the ' cows' teats were quite well."'Thesame < fanner informs us that he uses petrol- '< eum for wounds in man or beast, and > never yet has it failed t6 heal.* \ "

j Mr T. E. Taylor, M.P., who has » , been visiting Akaroa, brought back | specimens of an insect which he'said | would be the natural enemy of the" ■ white pine borer. He reports, -that where the insect appears the borer,/., rapidly decreases. In view l of the de- "*. caused by the "borer, "it is suggested that a Government expert should investigate; reports, j"' *; At the Wellington Garrison Association rifle meeting at Trentham, Ser- * geant Dodd, of the City Bines, won < the championship, with a score of 271. He also -takes the Association's belt v j,and the Licensed Victuallers') Cup. Corporal Shannon, of the Wellington,! Highland Rifles, w on the junior aggre- 1 gate championship, with a score 'of " 249. . , . ■>•'.-: - ' Satisfactoryjndicati6ns-ar^ ; , > from Gisborne as to fhepilOdmpanyfe < Waitongi, "bore. A considerable"' quantity of oil and gas is coming 'up v between the eight-inch and six-inch piping, the eight-inch piping extending fifty-seven feet below the strata * where the oil was first tapped, and ' 655 feet of five-inch casing is now down to 1447 feet. There are signs of gas and petroleum, and the bore is now passing through more clayey, shale for 180 feet.

A visitor to the,seaside at Wellington during the recent holidays inform- ■ ed an Age reporter that new houses were going up at a rapid rate at the • seaside resorts in the Wellington suburbs. Since the tram has gone through to Lyftll Bay, Miramar and" Seatoun," fully 500 houses have been. - 1 erected, of- which fully 300 have been, * built-at LyallJßay. In greater Wellington -generally, buildings are .going up rapidly,' and this may Account to a great extent for the ► 1500 empty' houses in the city, to wEieh the Age made reference in a recent issue. *

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■ Bell, the victim of the trap accident at Greymouth on Friday last, died yesterday morning.

The finder of a lady's brown summer macintosh is requested to kindly leave same at the Age Office.

The president and officers of the Caledonian Society elsewhere thank the public for the genorous support accorded to the annual gathering.

An invitation is extended to ladies ■to inspect the woollens at Mr A. ."Webb's, the ladies' tailor, Queen -street. Mr Webb is now booking orders, for costumes for Show time, and he recommends,ah early visit.

The Auckland Central Mission Band and Glee Party give notice that the concert that was to be held,at Masterton to-night is cancelled. A compact property of 6 acres with 8-roomed house and small cottage, situate oh the Upper Plain, is advertised for sale, or the owner will lease four acres and house.

Painless and prompt is trie. "Demon" Corn Cure, which is sold by Mr •J. V.. Gordon, chemist, Masterton. The Rosella clothes cleaning pad is also'a household requisite.

A reward of £1 is offered for the recovery .of three double coloured rugs,'a Scotch plaid shawl and a pillow, lost between Blairlogio station and Taueni.

In a replace advertisement on the leader page of this issue the W.F.C.A. have an important announcement in relation to boots.

Mr Frank Dupre. is at'present showing a line? in-.travelling. flasks; "of Avhich he : ,has just received a new consignment'.*'The range is very exteri&\vs, arid 'includes beautifully fiuished' solm "silver, and solid nickel flasks.., in cashes, in*various shapes, plain and engraved. •■.../' ■;■ ,: .... ;;_", ' ... '