LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10130, 5 January 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

; The Masterton Mounted Rifles, to: the number of;between fifty and sixty,: left yesterday.. morning for Castlefaoirit,:"whererthey•'•will go into camp tor, ten days. The men are under tbo, command of Captain, McKdlpp.' Lieut., Whittakerj ahd'tLieut. Pagiv The Tenui: men of the 'corps ■; have made the necessary preparitxions. fur the canip. The/, first few days-will be devoted to squadron drill;' aftor whichmore extended field wprkcwill be undertaken." A sports meetiug will be held on Wednesday "next; Major Sandtniah; acting-adjutant, of tbo second regiment; went out" to tbo camp, and will remain there uuti! Saturday.

It is not improbable that Mr Peter Bowling will be appointed organiser of the Labour Party in New Zealand. The value of Japan's exports for 1910 was £45,666,600, and of the imports, £46,500,000. About two hundred Boy Scouts of the South Island have gone into camp at Wainoni, Canterbury. A number of very good crops of red clover have been gathered in the Masterton district this season. A wrestling match, at Dunedin, between Duffy (Dunedin) and Gardiner (England), resulted in a draw, no fall being obtained after 105 minutes. Buildings, including dwellings and business premises, to the value of £25,000, were erected in the borough of Feilding last year. The small-pox patient at Lyttelton is reported to be makjng satisfactory progress. No fresh cases have occurred. A fire at Riverton yesterday morn.ing destroyed the woodware and brnshware factories, with their plant and stock. i "' '■'■ * ' "" A wharf labourer named Charles Poison, aged 49, was killed yesterday at Gisborne, whilst working in the hold of a lighter. '- For the wool sales in Napier on Friday, 16,014 bales have been catalogued, a drop of 5000 as against the third sale last year. - „ The first 'fdrunk" _of. the year "vnaai dealt withl>y'Mr"£/G.:Etori,-XP.,Tii i Masterton yesterday. He was fined ss. - . . --y "He's the biggest political- gormandiser that Timaru has ever had," is how the Prime Minister described Mr Craigie, M.P., the other day. The rainfall registered in Masterton for the twenty-four hours ending nine o'clock yesterday morning was 40 points, j A runaway occurred in one of the back streets of Masterton last evening, doing some damage to a trap and harness.' The occupants es- • caj?ed injury. '*»/.><, > An Auckland telegram states that Mrs Spragg, who was found after being lost for three days in the Waitakerei bush, died yesterday morning from pneumonia. A general meeting of the New Zealand Land and Mortgage Company has adopted the Directors' recommendation of a dividend of 8 per cent for the year. They have s sense of hun> ourover Nels/m way.- -On New Year's Eve some haarious spirits whitewashed a bull belonging to a local resident. A good proportion of the cereal crops in the Majsterton district is Jbejng iput into stacks.' "In isolated "'catses, however, the crops are being threshed from the stooks. Miss Charlotte Stewart, one of a picnic had an' apoplectic seizure 'on thes3oromandel,beach. *rShe removed fo thejiospital, where she expired. . , , The Chinese Consul-Genera 1 of New Zealand is appealing to Chinese residents for funds to help the starving population of the northern part of the Kiangau province, and the > adjoining province of Au Whei, 1 The export of fruit by the Hawke's *Bay Fruitgrowers' Association during -the pasi week/says the Hastings Tribune, has been at the rate of 500 cases -per day,-which is a considerable' in'crease on previous' years. - Professor Laby, of New South Wales, states that a powerful ring is keeping up the price of radium. - He considers it would be better if the hospitals bought ore instead of radjum, and had the ore .worked iip. Advices have been received that there is every probability of Lieut.General Sir Robert Baden-Powell, head of the' Boy Scout movement, .visiting Australia "this year. Heavy-rains have 'fallen in the Cairns district of Queensland. Fifteen inches fell in twenty-four hours. Con-* siderable'damage has been done to the railways. Miss M'lntosh, pf Kaiangarba, wished to go to Hokitika. When she arrived at Okuru wharf the steamer was just crossing the bar. Nothing daunted, she pot off 60 miles along a rough track, inteisper.-ed with numerous rivers. £i - «e duly intercepted the steamer, and reached her destination. --'--.* , . . - ~.;. _' There has; according to the Rarigitikei Advocate j :-heen a dearth of farm labourers t-tbis'-jharvest,- and .Jarge : jjgrain'-iia.ve been' delayed -in stookhug/' Threshing machine qw--ners have also found a-difficulty - l in getting sufficient hands to Avork their plants. i A Sydney cable states that. 'Harry Pearc;, who recently deflated Webb, of-New Zealand, 'rii'fnds taking a spell preparatory to challenging R. Arnst, the world's champion sculler. He does not consider the Wanganui i course as good as that on the Nepean River, and not to bo compared with the Parramatta. The rainfall registered at Ditton, Masterton, for the month of December was 4.02 inches. The average for the December month is 2.49. The rainfall for the year 1910 was 46.19 .inches, which is slightly less than the average (50.10) for the past thirty years. The driest month of the year was October, when only 1.89 inches fell. The wettest month was July, when the Tecord was 9.46 inches." The maximum rainfall for twenty-four hours was 1.84 inches on Juno 58th. IF YOU HAVE A Cough, Cold, Nose, Throat, or Lung Trouble, Stomach, Bowel, or Liver Complaint, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, USE SANDER'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT; s,drops .in a, table-,; spoon water. Remember, you cannot expect the good effects from any sort ; of Eucalyptus. .SANDER'S EXTRACT CURES because: it contains ethereal and antiseptic substances not' contained: in other Eucalyptus' products. These latter, made by persons ignorant in chemistry, arid provided with fancy .names and labels by trading concerns who do not know what they contain, have caused' grievous harm, and a death- has resulted from their use. ' Do not apply an ointment' to: a sore. It keeps back; the secretion i To wounds, bruises, sprains, burns, ulcers, eczema, and other ■■ skin troubles APPLY SANDER'S "EXTRACT, 15 drops: in a tablespoon of olive oil. Fhe effect -will surprise vou.Y ,SANDER'S ■EXTRACT HEALS, because J it'■is;:frewv'fTom'' , •tne^ir^itkth^g'■'"'con■r I ■': stituents: contain ediir other eucalyp-T bus preparations. It heals when jrs irritate. \ -v , Insist upon the /GENUINE -SAN--OER EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, and rou will derive the benefit.

The following advertisement, from our local contemporary, deserves wider publicity :—"Wanted: By ,a lady, suitable engagements for several daughters; useful and ornamental." With a big section of lovers of cinematograph entertainments, dramas depicting life in the Wild West of the United States are very popular, and local patrons of Messrs Thompson and Payne will be pleased to hoar that the firm has made arrangements to obtain, the splendid series of pictures dealing with some of, the manv exciting; incidents in the life of Colonel Cody, the famous "Buffalo Bill." The first I of these films was shown in Wellington * last week, and drew packed houses ' nightly. Mr E. R. Wilson gives notice that his dental ro.oms will re-open on Monday, 9tJi inst. An advertiser requires a furnished or a portion of a furnished house. Messrs Hugo and Shearer's great" annual summer sale is announced for Friday morning next, commencing at 9 o'clock. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., announce opening entries for their Masterso-i Stock Sale onALlth inst. *' v. Additions are ' made ' to- Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., stock sale at Masterton on the 18th inst. Messrs Balgety and Co., Ltd., an-*.' iMHffioe opening entries for their Pah- : iatua stock sale on the 10th inst.