LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10145, 23 January 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The latest return from the Worksop dredge for the, week is Glossa for 135 hours': work. ' ' J About twenty-five men are at present employed at the Ruamahunga bridge works, at Waihenga.v' ' The- ArSociety r has a sum'of £598 2s 9d standing to its credit in the bank. The Otaraia (Lower Valley) dairy J Company paid out £-500 for its December supply of milk. Sales of this season's wheat were j made at' country stations in Canterbury last week at 3s Id and 3s 2d per bushel. J The Government is considering the j question of having • 'a Coronation medal struck", for distribution "among •the school children'of Now Zealand. ' The Grafton (Auckland) bridge is _ the biggest reinforced concrete bridge j in the world, with its span of 300 feet. A picnic in connection with St. Matthew's Sunday School, Masterton, is to ; be held at.; Mr James Macara's farm at Aknra to-day. - A buggy built in the Tokomairiro, district.fifty.years ago.wfis.offered at a recent sale'in the South Island, and realised thirty shillings'. New and handsome premises have just been completed at Martinborough for the Union Bank of Australasia.. Speaking at Eketahuna on Friday night, the member for Masterton stated that Ministers, instead of endeavouring to lead public opinion and give effect to the wishes of the majority, were exceedingly slow to move, i| and were usually actuated by ex--1 pediency. | Mr Hogg stated at Eketahuna on Friday that he had been told he should ! resign his seat because he had lost confidence in the .(Government. He replied that it was the Government which should resign, and not himself. It was the Government, not he, who had abandoned the Liberal policy. There was only one creditor present at the meeting in the bankrupt estate' of William Symonds, labourer, Masterton, which was held. on Saturday., >, before Mr W. B. Chennells, Deputy Official Assignee. Bankrupt, under examination, attributedhis position to bad times and sickness. He was unable to make any offer, but stated that if he ever got into better circumstances he would do his best for the creditors. After many years. It has been discovered rby His Worship the Mayor (Mr J. M. Coradine) that there is standing at a certain Bank in Masterton a sum of £67 12s to the credit of the Mayor and Town Clerk. This is - the balance of a fund which was' raised in 1897 for the relief of the sufferers, by the Hawke's Bay floods j of that year. It has been suggested that the amount be added to the fund for the beautifying of the Masterton Public Park. The opinion of the j Borough Council will be taken on the matter at its next meeting. !

A plumber's establishment at Napier was gutted by fire on Friday night. The Kuripuni Methodist Sunday School holds a picnic at "Willow Park," Opaki, to-day. The quarterly meeting of the Masterton Cemetery Trustees- is to be held on Friday next. The Athenic, with Dr. Sedgwick's boy immigrants aboard, has arrived in Hobart. She should reach Wellington to-morrow, or on Wednesday. There is a great demand throughout the Taumarunui electorate for carpenters, sawmill hands, and men for roadwork. The Marlborough Herald, which has had quite a varied journalistic career, suspended publication 011 Saturday last. • A cricket match between a team from the Masterton Club and a Paliiatua district team is to be played at Pahiatua to-day. ; Four rinks of bowlers leave Masterton by the early train this morning ■ tov-play ai a friendly jtiiatclj-;,with the Pahiatua Club. A Taranaki paper tells its readers that a-settler shot, forty-seven sparrows in an ciat-field up that way in one shot from a gun. Nabody is openly doubting the statement, but salt is in request. The Examiner ,states, that a well-; known character, who iia3 heen -ekingr out a precarious Woodville for tha last .twenty-years, lias be-, come heir to • a valuable property-'in, Ireland;. •• - . r

Rifleman Feast, > of the Opaki Rifle Club, was one of four to make the * "possible" in the first match fired at the Manawatu Rifle Association .meeting on Saturday., Practical Christianity was strongly v in evidence on a recent Sunday afternoon, says the Taranaki Herald, when a number of settlers were seen hard at work on a farm, saving a neighbour's hay in anticipation of coming rain. The chairman of the Otago Educa- . tion: Board that overcrowding is so seriotis'that ";t}he Health Officer would be justified in turning one-third v of the children out of some of the infant The General Committee of the Mas- , terton Bowling Club have instructed the Hatch Committee to prepare the handicaps for the ."Colts' Singles," to consist of this , and last ; season's • players. The winner "wilJjbß. J ; the recipient of a gold medal, presented by ; , a member of the local club. - - : v > -•

The country aiound Masterton is just now in a very parched condition. Practically no rain has fallen since the beginning of the month, barely an inch having been registered. Turnip and rape crops are suffering a .good ideal, and sheejs 'are /being- rushed into' v the freezing works. Mixed bathing is being seriously discussed in Carterton. In a letter' v to the, local, paper, Mr Coleman Phillips states that '"more- harm comes to . young girls attending Sunday evening Church services by themselves than will ever happen to them from the swimming bath." * 1 :. ' . His Worship the Mayor (Mr J. M. Coradine) and Councillor J. Prentice made a canvass on Saturday afternoon for money with which to procure trophies for the forthcoming Masterton Parii Fete. in collecting about £2O. £ y I -X Hastings, .possesses a-Municipal 0ectprs' which, among h pther. things, is considering the question of proceeding against a . Borough Councillor for taking part in a discusion on a matter in which he has a pecuniary interest. ' • ■ • \ v.:. At a meeting of the' Holiday: Committee of the Masterton Employers' Association,, it was' decided to v cldse' at noon on Thursday, February 2nd, for the Park Fete, and at 11 a.m. on Wed-' .February 15th,i"for ithe ''People VD&y! 1 * of < the: MasterMh-B^^

Aimeeting of the executive- of"the ■ < Park Beautifying . Committee; is con-; vened for to-morrow night in the old ' ' gas showroom, and a full attendance is requested; Amongst other business I the reports of various committees will be, considered, "judges and officials will* be appointed, and tenders for the priv- :V J ileges will be considered. A case of interest to local bodies will be heard at the Magistrate's Court, Hastings, on the 27th instant, namely, Inspector of Awards v. Has- 1 tings Borough. Council. Certain men eitfployed by - the are Add to have, been : paid at ratesinstead of hourly rates- as provided for ,by the. award, hence it isaTleged that .a breach of the Wellington General - Labourers' Country Award has been committed. An alternative claim has also heed filed for failing to pay the minimum wage to four men. - A lawn tennis visitor to Masterton has sustained a loss which has shattered his confidence in things in general, and in human nature in particular. Having learned from a confiding friend that the drought in Masterton might produce a serious effect upon his nervous constitution, he fortified himself with a bottle of embrocation which, when diluted with watei; and administered in frequent potions, is said to possess an exhilarating and sustaining influence. He. shepherded the _ precious vessel all the way from Danrievirke, and placed it reverently in the cab as he hied himself to his temporary residence. But, lo f Some evil spirit had entered the vehicle, and : when he sought the embrocation it "' c had gone—evaporated! A vigorous search was instituted, but without avail. Words quite foreign to the tennis court were employed by the visitor, to whom the mere mention of "embrocation" is a withering reproach. Not' the- police, but another limb of the law is said to have the matter in hand.

During the last few days of the igreat stocktaking clearing sale ub C. Smith's, Ltd., further special reductions aro announced. The first term of tlio Wellington Boys' College for the new year will commence on Monday, January 30th, and of the Girls' College on Monday, February 6th. New pupils of both colleges must present themselves for enrolment on the days specified, and free place pupils must produce their certificates. Full particulars appear elsewhere in our advertising columns. Messrs C. C. Ross and Co., land agents, Masterton, advertise for sale a 7-roomed house at Lansdowne, a 6roomed house in South Road, a 7rooroed house in. Hessey. Street, and ;a four-roomed cottage in George Street. These are desirable invest, ments, and particulars as to prices and terms are to be found on page 8 of this issue. A six-roomed house and 6£ acres of land is advertised to be let. It is situated on Makora Road. The Commissioner of Crown Lands invites tenders up to January 30th for the supply of grass-seed, for.'the. improved farms at Raurimu-Tauinflr-•unui. Specifications may be seen at the Post Offices, Masterton, Wanganui and Palmerston North, or at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington. Most of us are careful in selecting "bosom friends," but neglect to use sufficient care when buying that part of apparel that sticks closer to us than a brother,' viz., the serviceable, everwanted, shirt. If we go to Mr J. L. Murray's we'll get satisfaction in shirt wear every time. In a replace advertisement with this issue Mr Murray tells .the • tale of his sliirt stock. Read it, and then get into closer touch with these well-fitting shirts.