LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10138, 16 January 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A biting frost . was experienced in Levin on Friday night. Considerable damage was done to vegetables. Disease is reported to have seriously affected some of the bee colonies in the Wairarapa this season. Several residents of the Masterton district, intend visiting the Old Country for the Coronation festival. A conference of delegates from local bodies in the Wairarapa will shortly be held, to discuss the question of railway facilities for the district. A member of,a local body in the Marlborough district gravely informed his fellows that, "evdrv ignorant man should have more wiserality." Gas will probably be installed in Eltliain within tlie next few months, excellent progress now being made with the erection of the gasworks. A Westport telegram states that the Sydney-owned scow Zingara went aground "when being towed out of Raramea. ,

Nine new members were elected at the meeting of the Masterton A. and P. Association on Saturday last. | A Foxton youth was fined 20s and ' costs last week for obtaining liquor by declaring that lie was over twentyone years of age. It is stated that residents of llotorua will not cat trout taken from the lake, because some disease has attacked the fish. A man who left his bed in a Masterton boarding-house on Saturday night, and went out, clad in "evening dress," to look for something, found a constable. He will be examined by two doctors to-day. Mr George Southee, of the Upper Hutfc, claims to have discovered a sure specific, which will exterminate potato blight in five minutes. The specific would be welcomed by Masterton growers just now. At the meeting of the Wairarapa Caledonian Society, held on Saturday, a grant of £1 lis 6d was made to the Masterton Ambulance Brigade for having sent three men to the recent sports meeting. The ' 'Black parpphlet" . has -apparno sympathy Mlrom members of -the Masterton A. and P. Association. At the meeting of the General Committee of the Association on Saturday last, it was decided that the sale of this ofe- the &lie forthcoming show be prohibited. The Williamson '.Comic Opera Com-. .pajij:, ..comprising nearly one .hundred; performers, 'who -will appear in the Town Hall to-night in "The- Dollar Princess," arrive in Masterton by the mid-day train to-day..; . • His Excellency the . Governor lias not yet signified Eis" intention in regard -to the forthcoming show of t,he Masterton A. and P. Association. The hope is sincerely expressed by members of the Association that Lord Islington will find it convenient to be present. Very large entries have been received for the jumping and afternoon events at the Bush Districts A- and P. lie held on Wednesday, January 25th. Thirty-one horses have entered for the hunters' jumping, and twenty-two for tho maiden jumpingevent. , . -I TKe stack-bufl<|i#g .^competition' inconnection with the Masterton A. and P. Association, for which a prize of i £5 was offered by Mr James Mc-1 Gregor, has been reluctantly aban- ' doried, only one entry haying been received. "The young men are too busy," suggested a member of the Committee of the Association on Saturday. "Or too tired," interjected another. The whole of the local bowlers who took part* in the Northern Bowling Association's tournament, \fcith the exception of Mr T. K Cress well, returned to Masterton on Saturday evening. They speak in glowing terms of the treatment received at the, hands of-the Auckland and suburban; Clubs. The directors of the Wairarapa Caledonian Society, at their annual meeting on Saturday, passed, a vote of thanks to .-Mr. J. H. Pauling for his trouble in comi'fcetion with obtaining -»■ liquid refreshments for the .last annual sports meeting. It was also decided to refund any expenses incurred by Mr Pauling. • . • ■. i The following games were played on the-Masterton Bowling Club's green .■on Saturday i-^&rown,'; rJB; !Bartlett (skip', 25, v. Lamb, Evernden, Feist (skip), 15; Prentice, Harrison, Lawrence, Fowler (skip) , 24, v.; A- Pragnpllj . Dr.. Prior, :E. 0/ Pragnell 1 (skip), 22; - Moss, (skip)| 30, v. Beale, Cameron (skip),. 23.

A dark and fiery steed, with the appearance of a close relationship to the ancient Bucephalus, attached by a clothes line, or something of the sort, to the remnants of a vehicle occupied by three youths,' fcundrybagSj ofchaff,' somevegetables' and a , tempted a feat of skating at the corner! of Queen and- Hall Streets, ton, last evening.,; The. performance ended in the- boysj the chaff, th,e rdgster and vegetables being, deposited in a conglomerated mass, on the phalt highway. A crowd ;i s6on co|jgre- ; : gat eel, the mixed assortment was %i%* sec ted/and, put together and happy party drove off as if • nothing had happened. The Primitive Methodigt Conference - was Continued in Wellington on Saturday. Thei Rev. J. Knowles Smith, General Committee delegate, and chairman of the Furnishing Fund, stated that, very shortly, a serious position would have to he faced. In - this connection uptoljaiiioners«were ieoom^ vided with homes, as they were entitled to the right of matrimony. After discussion it was decided that stations having probationers shall have the amount required for a furnishing fund j added to their taxation, exc.ept where | provision, has already been made. I

At the meeting of the Masterton A. .and P. Association on Saturday afternoon, last, Mr O. C. Cooper moved that the Prime Minister and members of the Ministry be invited to be present at the first annual, show at Solway. Mr-Cooper stated that whatever grievance the Wairarapa may have against the Minister for Railways, there couid be no doubt that the Minister had met the Association in every possible way in the matter- of siding, etc. The President endorsed the remarks of Mr Cooper. The Minister had done everything that could I'easonably liave: been expected of him to meet the Association. The resolution of Mr Cooper was unanimously carried.

Two taxi-cars and an automobile passed through Masterton on Saturday for the north. Farmers in tho Masterton district are now busily engaged preparing the ground for turnips. In some cases the seed lias already been sown. The rainfall registered in Masterton for the twenty-four hours preceding, .nine o'clock on Saturday morning was 52 points, and at the Upper Plain 5S poftits. A copy of the "Matabeleland News and Alining Record," published in 1894, is in possession of' a Masterton resident. It is a very interesting document, being in writing instead of print. The MastertoTi thoroughfares wore quite an animated appearance on Saturday afternoon, a large number of fanners and their friends being in town. A bicycle-stand is to be provided at a convenient spot on the new Showgrounds at Masterton. This provision, will doubtless be very much appreciated by the public. The disposal of privileges in connection with'the forthcoming show of the Masterton A. and P. Association has been left in the hands of Messrs G. C. Summerell and J. B. Moodie. The Dannevirke-Herbertville coach .was overturned on Saturday through - the horses taking fright at a motorcar. The driver was fortunately not injured. , ; * ' . An elderly -man, believed to be. A. ■Kennedy, from Dannevirke, ; was" run ; over by a shunting-engine at Marton Junotion rail way. on Saturday: : He: was 'instantly .killed. His- body wa» terribly mangled. - r ■ ; : The Masterton ■ Rifles will go into camp on the old showgrounds in the first w'eek in February. for shooting competitions have been presented by Messrs J. K. Blinkhorne and R. J. King, whilst Mr R. J. King " has donated, a tin.of tea, and Mrs A. ... 0. Levieir a double-repeater alarm, setun oak. A violent gale played hayoc with the-Masterton Mounted Rifles camp<; at Castlepoint on Thursday nightiasti Several tents were blown down, and .. the Targe ;mjyc.quee'- waivrazed to theground. Staff-Chaplain Dean McKenna was in the marquee . when it collapsed, and he- had a narrow escape from injury. He was extricated from the wreckage by a body-of the Territorials. v The secretary of the' Wairarapa Caledonian Society reported to the directors on Saturday that the bal-ance-sheet of the recent sports meeting showed a debit, balance of £44. The expenditure amounted to £254 2s (3d, and the receipts were £210,2s 6d. A credit of £l2 19s 6d was made on the concert, the receipts and expenditure being £6O 8s and £47 8s 6d respectively. - • . Captain and Mrs Adams and Sister McCulloch, of the Masterton Corps of the Salvation Army, were accorded, farewell services at the barracks yesterday. The. services throughout the . day were good. Many present expressed their appreciation of the gotid work done by the retiring officers during their stay in Masterton. The final .meeting will be held to-morrow night, when the incoming' officer will be announced,, and. an explanation of » the of work for the coming • Under, instructions from of'the Agricultiirat l)epartnient, rab*. .^bi^bisoiliilg;; qge£atio^^ January 28th;" This is an inconvehient. ' date for many farmers, as the shifting - of stock will be a matter of difficulty.' , 'Had>the poisoning «bmmenfced d week,: or. two. later, when lambs had been , weaned, it would not have been nearly;sp "patchy" as it will nnder ..circumstances. i • V,"

•. y t 'A meeting of the directors of the ] Wainirapa Caledonian Society was ; . Jield ip. the dominion Hall on Saturday i there being present: Messrs A.; I McLeod (chairman), *R. Cameron, E, " E. Chamberlain, J. H. Pauling, A-. , ' tMufcrie,T.Wyeth, and J. B.' Mc- ■; One of the competitors in the , quoits match at the recent ■ sports - ; meeting complained- that there was ■some mistake in 'the scoring. The meeting decided that the errors were inerely clerical, ■ tliie judge being satis-, ' lied that the totals 1 were correct. A letter was received from Tiki Roak, 1 asking the Society to pay him some prize money amounting to' 7s 6d, which he won "lit the sports .in 1910. , The request was;granted:" Accounts J: ' amounting- to -£72 6s Jdwera passed * fTSbe reported , , a credit balance-of-"£130 17s 4d. j;. The Wairarapa and southernHa wire's Bay are',; in the opinion of the, Feilding ''the ' /huiitiiag I grounds of the sundowner on-this; IsI land. Akitio,' on the East Coast, 50 miles from,, Dannevirke, is a particular favourite of pedestrians. In one: year 800 called upon one farmer, and in another year the average was reck-; oned to be four a night. Four a night means nearly 1500 hundred , a year, and they take a bit of providing for. It is said by , people who .know tho country that man out that ■ way £4OO a year providing for swag- . gers. .The chief thing the figures indicate is that the out-hack run-holder - does his share of maintaining NewZealand's poor and alleged poor, an indirect contribution to tlie obuntry's purse, for which he gets scant thanks from the direct recipients and no recognition from, anyone else.

A visitor from Pongaroa states that j on Thursday and Friday the whole of the back country between Waihoki iind Waikerere was on fiiv unci a very Jarge area of felled bush . m.s burned. It is also reported that Mr <i. N'eilsen, of Waihoki, had a narro.v a t jo from losing his life, he having to leave his tent hurriedly on account of the fires. A fow minutes later, the tent, bushfelling outfit, saddle and camping utensils were consumed in (he i'lames. On account of the vast area of country that was on fire it is, says the Herald, expected that tliv "burns" will be exceptionally good. The services in the Congregational Church, Masterton, were both well attended yesterday, when the pulpit was occupied by the Rev. A. Hodge on both occasions. In the morning tjie •subject of Mr Hodge's address was based on the words found in Isaiah, chapter 52, verse 1, "Put on thy beautiful garments." In the evening the subject was "Not ashamed." The •speaker dealt with it under four heads, with a suitable text applying to each. The first phase dealt with I God not being ashamed, the second with. Jesus Christ, the third with .great and good.men, and the last dealt with ourselves. It was reported by the Examining Board on Saturday, at the Primitive Methodist Conference now being-held in Wellington, that-the following probationer candidates had passed as -candidates for ordination :—Revs. D. B. F. Carlisle,. 485 marks (possible, GOO): F. A. Thoinpson, -475. Second .year probationers:—H. Cotton, 499; E. Bandy, 512; J. Suckling, 515; A. W. Fowles, 428. First year probationers r —H... A. Sharp,- - 482.; A. Harris, 439: • The following- passed as •candidates ■ : for the ministry:— ; N.' Hyde, 662 (possible, 900); J. Cliartercs, 090; F.-Frosty 721. A couple of horses suitable for packing are advertised for. Messrs W. B. Chennells and Co. advertise for a boy for the office. A first-class-: five-year-old chestnut gelding is advertised for sale. A bargain. Messrs Krahagen and Chapman, ..thg well-known, tailors.of. Perry Street , : j Masterton, have a.few words.to say in their advertisement, on the advantages of wearing tailor made suits. Public notice is .given that auction-/ eers'licenses have been issued to Messrs W. B. Chennells, J. B. Moodie, A. J. Johnson, and the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. The Town Clerk gives notice that the District Electors' List for the coming election is now in course, of compilation, and will close February 15th. Ail persons claiming resiuentia' qualification should fill in the prescribed form, which can be obtained at the Town Clerk'sjoffice. Messrs McGruor and Co.'s monster half-yearly sale commences on Wednesday, January 18th, at. 9 a.m. The feature of this sale will be the large consignment of London,.goods bo,tight, by- Mr McGriier on the' spot, purchased for this sale at special low prices. A sale circular will be issued with to-morrow's paper. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., make large opening entries for their Martinborough Stock Sale, to lie held on Thursday, January 19th, at 1 p.m. Included in the-entries are 600 rape lambs, 100 wethers, and 200 store ewes. Entries ,of cattle and horses are also included. - and- Williams,. Lid., advertise opening; entries for their Eketahuna Stock Sale, to be held on Friday, January 20th, at 11.30 a.m. Included in the entry is 500 fat arid'forward wethers, the, an- j uual draft of Mr William GWs. of AlfrecHon. This is a leally first-class line of wethers. Attention is again drawn to H. Qsear Hewetjb advertisement in this issue.; Tljfe: wonderful Wertheifh sewing hold a good .it-ion in the'market, and intendu.' purchasers should make .enquiries ' efore buying, as 'the ten years' g\,grantee which goes with these machines should certainly be an inducement. Mr E;'; Ranson, the District Agent, 94 Villa" Street, Masterton, will be pleased to call upon intending clients at any time on receipt of a card. We understand Mr Ranson H ill visit the Pahiatua district this- week, and enquiries should be addressed to the Po&'t Office tlier«. : • ,