LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10150, 28 January 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The water supply of Woodviius shows a pressure of llOlbs. The latest return 1 from the Mystery Flat dredge is 21oz 18dwt' for 125 hours' working. The rainfall registered in Masterton for the twenty-four hours ending nine o'clock yesterday was 1.50 points, and at the Upper Plain 1.74 points.

The ( caretaker reported at yesterday's meeting of the Masterton Cemetery Trustees that the number of burials in 1910 was 85, an increase of six ori thVfigures for 1909:Vv

A Maori woman at Tologa Bay (Moure Pika Pika), who was' badly scalded eight days ago by a tin of boiling water upsetting, died on Thursday,

There are at present about 130 men employed in connection with the Waingawa meat freezing works. This number will be increased shortly by about twenty. ■"

The friends of. tlie late Mt iWilliam Donaldson are , invited •to attend his funeral, which will leave tile residence of Mr Hoar, Chapel Street, to-morrow afternoon, at four o'clock. '< Owing to the fresh in the Waipoua river, caused by the heavy downfall of rain on Thursday night, work on the' bridges/, -at the northern .approach has been suspended for a day or two.

It . has been arranged that the deputation appointed. by the railway,, conference in Masterton .on Thursday shall wait upon the Ministeri of Railways on Tuesday next at 11.30 a.m. .

Owing, to the inclemency of the weather the promised lantern lecture on "India and its People," in the Kuripuni Methodist Church, was nob given on Thursday night. It is now advertised for Tuesday next, the 31st inst. '

Some discussion took place at yesterday's meeting of the . Masterton Cemetery Trustees concerning the condition of the graves in the cemetery; The neglected state of some of the plots was commented upon in rather severe terms..

A Dannevirke telegram states that an elderly man named James Gilmour, a settler of Umutaroa, committed suicide by hanging. Deceased returned from a trip Home last year. Latter«ly he had_ been in poor health, and was showing.signs of mental failure.

Rabbit poisoning operations in the Wairarapa district have proved very satisfactory so far this season. The rabbits appear to be taking the poison well, and their numbers are quickly diminishing. .'Thursday's rain destroyed a good deal of poison, but the loss to the fanners was amply repaid in the good that was done to their lands.

According to the Masterton agent of the Labour Department there is a demand for men throughout this district, and ths demand for labourers for unskilled employment has exceeded that of- apy period for some time past. During the month, seven men were assisted to private employment.

&fi a Special meeting of the Masterton Borough Council on Tuesday evening next, special orders will be made enabling the Council to raise a loan of £4OOO to pay off the existing abattoir loan, £3155 for the northern approaches, and £1609 for the relaying of defective sewers in Cole Street and Lincoln Road.

The Masterton agent of the Labour Department reports that during the period just ended trade and labour have brightened up considerably, and from reports received the volume of Christmas business may be classed as satisfactory. Building trades throughout are fairly busy, and tradesmen have been fully employed. Shearing is practically completed throughout the district, and numbers of shearers have left for other parts, where the season is later. The Wellington Meat Company's freezing works at Waingawa opened during the month for killing and freezing operations; and when in full working order a large number of hands will be the opening up of these works should prove an excellent enterprise for the district is 'every respect.

71:3 Wanganui Trotting Club decided ;asc night to hold its annual meeciny on March 30th and 31st. It is estimated that the cost of installing a> tramway system in Hastings will be £18,742.

Mr William Anderson has arranged a dramatic tour of New Zealand commencing 011 May 9th.

The air "bit shrewdly" in Masterton last night, and at an early hour this morning there was every indication of a frost.

Mr W. D. Watson, of Masterton will acJ- as judge of light horses at the' forthcoming Pahiatua A. and P. Show.

The tomato crops round about Eltham are affected with blight, un.i the growers are in despair.

A serious assault was committed near Foxton 011 Thursday upon a young, girl thirteen years of age. A young, man named Hamilton has been; arrested.

The Oamaru Mail says that the New Zealand £5,000,000 loan was very successful from, the point of view of the "undertakers."

Yesterday was the anniversary of the German Kaiser's birthday. r It passed without incident in.Masterton other than an Irishman showing visible signs of "celebration."

There was no "wash up" of tho Masterton dredge this week. The repairs being affected to the dredge are' not yet complete.

A-quarter acre section in the main street' of Otautau (Southland) '•* was sold the. other, day-for £6OO,- and'' a farm close to the township changed' hands at. £23 per acre.

Surf-bathing at Castlec! iffe, Wanganui, has become so popular that it has been decided to form a Surf Club, the main object of the club being instruction in life-saving and resuscitation.

A case was heard in the Magistrate's Court in Masterton yesterday morning, in which John Leahy was charged with having procured liquor during the currency of a prohibition ordor. Accused was fined 40s and costs. '.

Edward Richards was fined 5s and costs 7s at the Masterton Magistrate's Court yesterday for riding a bicycle between the hours "of sunset and sunrise without a light." William was also fined 5s and costs 7s for driving a vehicle without a light. /

The Wairaiapii Amateur Swimming Club has appointed the following officials to control th- swimming at the Park Fete next weekStarter, l Mr A. D. Gillies ; check starter, Mr B. Claysori ; judges. Messrs R. F. Crosbie and E. Eddy; timekeeper, Mr J. A. McEwen; costume stewards, Messrs. F. Rosson. and J. Georgeson.

Mr'L. F. Ayson (formerly of Masterton, but now head of the Fisheries Department), and his assistant are busily making preparations'for the reception at-Lake Te Anau of ' the 1,000,000 Atlantic salmon ova due to arrive in Wellington by the Ruahine on Marck 6th. The intention is to stock the Waiau with the salmon.

At the Hastings ram fair on Thursday,Mr W. Perry, of Masterton, paid 65gns for a two-shear Lincoln stud ram, bred bv Mr W. H. Wybourne, of Elslea; This was the highest price paidtfor a Lincoln ram at the sale. 4 Mr W. H. Buic.k, of Masterton, paid the highest price for flock* Romneys. at the; -skle, paying 14igiis;- each . for nve yearlings bred : by Mr Ernest Short, of Parorangi.

The following statement of receipts and expenditure for the year ending December 31st, was submitted to the quarterly meeting of the Masterton Cemetery, Trustees held yesterday afternoonßeceipts: Plots -sold, ■ £lls .4s Gd;burial fees, £75 Is 6d; rents, £l9. Expenditure: Salaries and other expenses, £32 10s 4d; labour ajid material; £BO 19s 7d; sexton's fees,-£54 Is 6d; accident insurance, £1 ss' 9d; incidentals, £1 9s 6d. The balance at December 31st, including £3:) 0. Id balance from 1909, was £77 19s od.

John Coradine was charged at the Masterton Magistrate's Court yesterday with riding, a motor cycle within the Borough between the hours of sunset and sunrise, without a light. Defendant stated that the by-law did riot apply to motor-cycles, but only to. bicycles driven by hand or foot power, and his machine 'was driven by motor. The information Kad, therefore, been, wrongly laid* In the opinion ..'of- the r Magistrate, however, there- was-: no" reason .why the information - should be • amended. Defendant thereupon, pleaded guilty, and was fmed."2s 6d, with costs 7s.

_ The Wairarapa Amateur Swimming Club held a meeting on Wednesday evening, when it was decided to send five' competitors to the championship meeting to be held in Wellington on February 4th, 8 th;, and 11th. Miller Carmine, Winchester, McLaren, and Phillips were appointed as the Club's representatives. It was decided to send a number of. representatives to the opening of the Carterton baths, to be held on Thursday, February 9th.

In the Magistrate's Court, Masterton, yesterday, Mr C. A. Pownall, acting for the defendant, applied' for a ch.uiigc of venue to Wellington in the case in which A. K. Greenfield, of Master ton, is suing J. O. Gallatly, now of Wanganui, for £34 14s, purchase money alleged to be due in connection with an exchange of land. Mr D. K. Logan, for the plaintiff, opposed' the application, which was granted byMr L. G. Reid, S.M.

FUDGE CAKE. Cream together one cupful of sugar and two-thirds of a cupful of butter, add one cupful of milk. "1 % ht ly two and one half cupof flour, into which one heaping spoonful of baking powder has been sifted. Then stir in one fourth cupful of melted chocolate. Add one half cup of walnuts broken up coarsely, and lastly three eggs beaten separately. For the Fudge frosting use one and a half tablespoonsful of butter and one half cupful of unsweetened cocoa, one and one fourth cupfuls of confectioner's, sugar, a few grains of salt and on© fourth cupful of milk. Heat to boiling point and boil eight minutes. Remove from fire and beat until creamy. Add one half teaspoonful of Vanilla and "then pour over cake to depth of one quarter inch. With the Fudge Cake . serve Elephant Brand Tea. The flavour of this tea is most agreeable; it possesses body and strength, and is remarkably rich in the elements of good tea. Elephant Brand Tea at 2s 2d per lb is sold by most storekeepers in this locality.

Iteuter s Agency at Capetown reports that the Chief Sebelo has died at Mafeking. Telegrams received from Poverty Bay and Hawke's Bay show that rain has been general in those districts. The G icy town paper announces that the "Angel of Death" has carried off a Chinese storekeeper from that township. His name was Ah Chong. A rather important legal point concerning the service of a notice under the Shearers' and Agricultural Accommodation Act, was decided by Mr W. A. Barton, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court, Gisborne, on Monday. Frederick J. Lysner, sheep farmer, was charged with failing to provide adequate accommodation for shearers. The Inspector of Awards, who prosecuted, said he forwarded the notice in a- registered letter. The defence was that the letter was not received, and the Act required the notice to be served either on the employer personally, or leaving the same at his usual or last known place of residence. The magistrate held that the notice had not been served in accordance with the Act, and dismissed the information. The annual meeting of the Masterton Cemetery Trustees was held in the office of the secretary (Mr J. C. Boddington) yesterday afternoon, there being present: Messrs E. Feist (Chairman), H. M. Gordon, C. E. Daniell, H. J. O'Leary, and W. Sellar Mr E. Feist was re-elected chairman. The action of the Works Committee in. granting the lease of a small portion of land to Mr Z. M. Hoar, at a rental of' £1- 10s per year,. . was conftrmed. .The Treasurer - ,re r ported-having paid accounts amounting to £46 lis 9d. ' His action was approved. Accounts amounting to \£3 13s were passed for payment. Messrs M. J. H. Jackson and H. M. Gordon were appointed a Works Committee.

A peculiar accident, which was within an ace of ending fatally,- occurred on Sunday at Wanganui, when a cyclist, who was riding along the wharf, went foul of the points of the rjiihvay line and, colliding with a truck, was precipitated into the river, with the bicycle on top of "him.. Though an expert swimmer he found considerable difficulty in extricating himself from the bicycle and the mud at bottom of the river, and when ros3 to the surface he was too ex- ' hausted to keep afloat. He sank the second time, when a'sailor on the 3vapiti, who had come to the rescue, threw out a line which the drowning man: grasped and was eventually piilled to terra firma. A cottage of four or five rooms is advertised for on rental. • An experienced genera! is advertised for'by Mrs Beard. February phonograph records are now in stock at Mr J. Henderson's, stationer, Queen Street. Messrs Abraham and Williams, make additions to their Masterton Stock Sale list. Tenders are invited by the MasteVton County Council for a 27-foot span bridge and approaches on Black Creek road. A demonstration of gas store cooking will be given in the Gas Showrooms, Queen Street, on Wednesday afternoon next. p* At the Congregational Church tor morrow the services will be taken by the Rev. A. Hodge, morning; and evening. ' ■ '

v Messrs Abraham and ' f Williams, /|jtd., advertise a long list of entries for their Pahiatua Stock Sale, which takes place on January 31st. Both services at the Masterton , Methodist Church to-morrow will he conducted by the Rev. C. H. Olds. Services will also be held at Kuripuni and Wangaehu. The Rev. A. T. Thompson, 8.A., 8.D., will conduct both the services at Knox Church to-morrow, and also tho afternoon service at Kopuaranga. A purple velvet regalia collar trimmed with gold braid and ' with t initials "S.J.W." thereon, has been iJiound in the Town Hall, and aw.aits lin owner at the Age office. Mrs William Hood, 33 Worksop Road, notifies that she will resume pianoforte teaching on Monday next. Special concessions will be made to - young pupils. f '- Messrs C. C. Ross and Co., Jnhd agents, adtertisG; several cheap house properties. Also "325 acres, Otr.p., in grass and-bush, containing £7ss worth of totara. Only a snfall deposit is required. . Mr Hayward, the ladies tailor,.. of Laxlibton Quay, Wellington, has still some splendid bargains in model cos/tumes and race frocks. Every.line is T'educed at least a guinea, and are all of this season's importations. Tenders for" the construction of headworks and distributing races for the Fernridge water supply district, are invited by Mr A. P. Rawson, engineer. Plans and specifications are to be seen at the office of the engineer, i Messrs'A. J. Johnson and Co. hold a sale of a bankrupt stock of bicycles at the Post Office auction rooms today. This will afford an excellent opportunity for securing a good machine at a moderate price. The usual sale of poultry, fruit, furniture, etc., "will follow. In this issue Miss Eva W. Hood, A.T.C.L., intimates that , she will resume teaching on Tuesday next, and that she will be at home on Monday to arrange with new pupils. Her pupils recital will be given" early in the year., A splendid assortment of electroplate ware, per s. s. Kaipara<, has j'.st arrived at Mr F. Dupre's jewellery •store. The shipment irfclude; salad bowls, biscuit barrels," jolly and jam dittos, toast racks, etc. Thes-* coois will be on view in the store to da v.

OF RARE DELICACY AtlD FLAVOUR. FLAG BRAND PICKLES give to meals just that finishing touch which often draws from the diner the remark---- 4 'l have really enjoyed my dinner I" The aroma and favour of good pickles will always stimulate the appetite and add a relish to whatever is eaten. No pickle can be prepared more savory or more tempting to the pjfeto than fIATWARD'S FLAG BRAND. The vegetables in it are especially carefully selected, skillfully compounded, and the condiments used are of the highest quality. The vinegar is the finest malt. If merit and purity are considerations, then unhesitatingly yuu will am FLAG BRAND, and no oilier.

Opening entries are advertised for the Te Wharan Stock Sale, to be held in Mr Donald Douglas' yards, Land's End, on Thursday, February 9th, at noon, by Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Abraham and "\Villiams, Ltd., and the New Zealand Loan and Merc;anti!e*Agoncy Co., Ltd.

Mr V. L. Fairbrother has received instructions from Mr L. A. Beckett, who is giving up business, to sell by public auction on Tuesday, January 31st, at 1.30 p.m., on the premises, next the store, Clareville, the whole of his horses and plant, which include five first class horses, guaranteed in harness, a nearly new 4-ton lorry, spring dray, harness, nearly new; totara and birch wood posts, houseblocks, 60 sacks straw chaff, and many other lines.

Messrs A. J. Johnson and Co. have received instructions from Mr J. J. Bittle, who is leaving the district, to sell on the premises, 130 Colombo road, the whole of his household furniture and effects, comprising tapestry suite, easy chairs, wardrobe, duchess sets, and ail the effects that go to furnish a first-class residence, the sale takes place next Wednesday afternoon.

Mr Hugh Long, manager of tiuPost Office Meat Mart, notifies [at roiis that they can receive promp * and efficient attention at his establishment. Nothing but the best is ke* t. and all orders are attended to v.iMi the greatest promptitude. A specialty is mad« of small goods of every description.- A trial order is solicited, and i-atrons are guaranteed satisttaction.