LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10160, 9 February 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the Dannevirke show yesterday, Mr W. H. Buick, of. Mastertoh, swept the board with his exhibits of Romney sheep. , . " "

In an interview with a representative of Sydney Sun, Arnst stated that he had Avon a substantial amount in sculling races, probably £3OOO or £4OOO.

The floating population at.Rotorua during the holidays has been estimated at upwards of 3000, and it is -'stilt somewhat difficult to secure accommodation there.

Interviewed at Hamilton, the Hon. R. M'Kenzie said he did not think the drop in Waihi shares would be detrimental to mining generally throughout the Dominion, although it might affect the Waihi mines for." a time.

Considerable interest is being taken in the Pahiatua-Akitio A. and P. Association's Show, which takes place at the Pahiatua racecourse to-morrow. Record entries have been received in all classes and the jumping competitions, for which valuable prizes are offered, will be a great attraction;

j There were only four places in the I Dominion at which discount stamps I were sold during the December quari ter —Auckland, Wellington, Nelson, and Christchurch. Except in the j case of Wellington (£409), the transactions were very small.

Richard Hamilton Miles, the threeyear old son of Mr J. H. Miles, solicitor, of Marton, was burnt to death on Tuesday afternoon through a tin of benzine catching fire and being upset over him. Fred. Avis, in attempting to save him, was severely burnt about both hands.

Prices of sheep were low at the Auckland sheep fair last week, attributable to the great scarcity of grass. Shorn lambs sold at 5s Gd and down to 3s 9d for poor specimens. Several pens of really fine lambs sold at 7s 3d, and others were passed in at6s9d.

Referring to the Feilding Show, the Star says:—The judge of the lambs, Mr J. Strang, one of the most expert of Wairarapa's farmers, declared not only that the prize pen was the best lot of lambs he had ever seeii, but

that he would never see a better lot. Which is only another way of saying that'those lambs are perfect.

The running -match between Holway, of America, and Treinbath, of Xew Zealand, over 3000 yards for a £SO purse and gate percentage was decided at Dunedin. Holway won easily by six yards in 31 3-ssecs. The

race was ..run in the teeth of a strong

wind. The American also annexed the I 130 yds Sheffield Handicap by a foot in 12 3-ssecs. The 440 yards Handicap went to Trembath, who won in 50 2-5 sees.

"New Zealand is becoming an excellent customer for our best classes of sheep," says the Aberdeen Journal. Recently drafts of Border-Leicesters from the well-known flocks at Westside and Sandyknowe have left tliis 'country for the Dominion. The lot included the Westside gimmer which carried off the championship of the breed at the Dumfries 'Highland' Her sire is the well-known £2OO Sandyknowe ram Tempest. Tho sheep represented some of the best lines of blood in this>eonntry."

Aj-,-Mentions for enrolment on the Mas ton Borough Burgess List are repo.. >d to be coming in freely.

Vc.y few additional names have' so far b.en added to the Masterton Trust Lands Trust voters' list.

Two criminal cases have been set down for hearing at the sitting of the Supreme Court in Masterton next month, one being a charge of arson, and the other of wilful mischief.

A Wairarapa settler recently picked up a nugget weighing about 2dwts on the Ruamahanga river-bed, and he is in hopes that it is gold. He thinks that whore there is a little there might probably be more. The directors of the Waihi Gold Mining Co. have declared another dividend of four shillings per share, payable'on March Ist. This will absorb £99,181 Bs, and bring the total dividends up to £4,160,685 12s 6d.

The Wanganui trams, for the nine months ended December 31st, 1910, showed a net profit of £4O 4s lOd, after paying interest, sinking fund, and some £7OO odd for spare parts, repairs and maintenance, etc.

Henry Joseph Clemens, who hit a man in Wellington on the head with a bottle of beer because he escorted home a married woman with whom the prisoner had previously kept company, was sentenced yesterday to eight months' imprisonment. There is a town in South Africa | where trains have ceased to run owing to the progress of the automobile. Not only this, but the station has been converted into a garage for the ' housing of the. victorious machines. ! The ticket office, the waiting rooms, and other outbuildings are being used as workshops and store rooms. A team from the Masterton Lawn Tennis Club will journey to' Eketahuna per mail train to-day, and play a match against the Eketahuna Club. Masterton will be represented by the following*, players:—Messrs N. H. James, D. Caselberg, J. V. Gordon, W. Hendry, C. Smith, and A. Casel- , berg. I A novel slander charge is being investigated at Neoga, Illinois. The pastor in a prayer during a recent service mentioned the name of one of his parishioners, and \ asked that the misdeeds of this man should be forgiven. The parishioner has entered proceedings for damages, as he holds that the words contained in the prayer constituted a slander. Among the advertisements which are displayed on the Masterton railway station is one which announces that "Hell is a place of rest." The weary traA r eller across the Rimutaka in the Wairarapa express train may derive some satisfaction from this reflection, though a glance at the Waingawa freezing works, might suggest that refrigerating machinery would add to the comfort.

The Postmaster-General (Sir Joseph Ward) has formulated a schemd~'for recognising good conduct and long? service on the part of the letter-car-riers of the Dominion. For five years' service, good conduct and efficiency letter-carriers will be allowed to wear one stripe on the left breast of the' tunic, for ten-years' similar 'service two stripes, and for fifteen years' three stripes, in addition to the allowance of 6d perdiem already granted for good conduct and long service. It is proposed that the distinction will take the form of three-inch stripes of gold: braid about a quarter of an inch wide.

' There is evidently a good.depaand'at i present for sheep grazing properties, in this district. (says theWanganui Chronicle). "One of the local firms report having sold five farms, aggregating 8722 acres, amounting to a total value of £65,000, during the month just ended. In addition to those, already notified they have effected the following sales: Mr J. Studholme's -Manganiahu property, known as.-Wai-j toka, 1407 acres£--?"s<k?j Messrs Parley -Bros.' of MangamalmYMr*AT Harris' I Karioi property of 750 acres, to Mr. J. McDonald, of Koriniti, Wangamri--River; Mr Ewan Allen's Parapara property, o£ 864. acrest *o Mr Allan Robinson, of Wanganuj.;'; '.

A ring, valoetLat £65, which was lost in Auckland, in 1907, was recently recovered by its owner in Melbourne, says the ArgUß, in remarkable circumstances. The ring, which was set with several large diamonds, was the property of the wife of. a wellknown mining engineer, now resident in Melbourne. In 1907; when in Auckland, the lady one day, while sitting in an easy chair nursing her infant, missed her ring, arid thought she had "dropped it at the theatre, where she had been on the previous night. Inquiries were made, and the loss was advertised, but nothing more was heard of the ring till in Novem--1 ber last, a detective at Newton, New Zealand, was informed that a young man was endeavouring to sell a valuable ring. When questioned, the young man said his brother, an : upholsterer, had found the ring in the packing of an old easy chair, which had been sent to him for repair. The chair was traced to its owner, a clergyman, who had in 1907 let his furnished house to the engineer. The clergyman denied all knowledge of the ring, but gave the address of the engineer. Inquiries were made by the detective in New Zealand, and a description of the ring and the circumstances of its finding were forwarded to the plain clothes police in Mel- ., bourne. ..Constable Grant waited on the engineer, who described the ring I so minutely that no doubt of its ow- ' nership remained. His wife had usually occupied that particular easy chair when nursing the infant, and she had doubtless let the ring slip off her finger on one occasion. The working of the spring seat had worked the ,i ring down, and wedged it tightly be- , tween the seat and the arm of the I chair.

YOD SHOULD BEAR IN MIND. That by using the commercial eucalyptus oil which is now bought up at 6d per lb weight and bottled, and on account of the large profit, pushed, you are exposing yourself to all the dangers to which tba use of turpentine will expose you—irritation of kidneys, intestinal trach, and nr-ucous membranes. % insisting on t„j GENUINE BINDER EUCALYPTI EXTRACT you not only, avoid these pitfalls, but you have a stimulating, safe and effective medicament, the result of a special and careful manufacture. A trial will at once convince. Quality in small dose distinguishes it from the bulky and dangerous products. Remember— SANDER'S EXTRACT embodies the result of 50 years' experience and special study, and it does what is promised; it heals and cures without injuring the constitution, as the oils of the market frequently do. Therefore, protect yourself by rejwtiug nthei brand*.

Aii artesian bore which is being sunk in Napier has reached a depth of 130 ft.

The headquarters of the Government Veterinarian in Hawke's Bayhave been transferred from Napier to Hastings.

A mother and her daughter in Cambridge are in receipt of the old age pension, the former being over 90 years of age.

"I have no regard for any religion unless it can show it has influenced people's conduct and makes the world all the better."—Mr Justice Darling.

The Japanese Antarctic exploration vessel Kai-nan-Maru, under' Lieut. Shirase, Which left Tokio on November 29th, arrived at Wellington yesterday.

Mr A. L. D. Fraser, for some years Government member for Napier, lias given notice to move at the next meeting of the Hastings branch of the Farmers' Union, "That more aggressive steps should be taken to actively disseminate the doctrines of the freehold."

The bailiff at Napier is experiencing some difficulty in serving a summons upon a debtor. He is a fisherman, and is on the.water when he is not dodging the bailiff. The Wairarapa will be well represented at the Fire Brigade demonstration at Hokitika next month. Besides .the Masterton team, there will jbe teams from Carterton, Greytown, and Pahiatua. Mr Dunlop, one of the Scottish Commissioners, - speaking at Feilding,. said he had seen Mr Short's horses and cattle and had inspected the Romney sheep on that gentleman's farm, and these he characterised as the finest he had seen in the i\'orld. The Hereford bull at the Show would not have been beaten at the Royal Agricultural Show. The Ballance Dairy Company on the 15th inst., distribute £7lll to pliers for milk delivered at its butter factories and creameries during the month of January. The output of butter for the month was ten tons greater than during the corresponding month of , last, year I —Pahiatua Herald. / A young student in Philadelphia, named Burgess, has invented an apparatus called a minniscoper, for whieh, extraordinary powers are claimed. The minniscope r it is said, will make u most decided innovation in the field of scientific research. Practical tests made with the apparatus have demonstrated that its powers are a thousand times greater than those of the Xrays. There was a very amusing incident at Urenui, Taranaki, during the week end. A party of young .fellows who are camping on the beach at Maturoa had engaged a couple of motor launches for a trip to Urenui, and whilst there it was arranged to play ' the local men a polo match in the , river. A crowd took up their positions on the suspension bridge which river, and the game was proceeding 'merrily, when :• suddenly one of the overhead wires snapped and the decking turned turtle, and about forty spectators,.all fully dress- , ed, fell into the liver. Very few .of them could swim, but the polo players clashed to the rescue, and in a very brief space of time all were laandted safely on terra firma.

A lady's handbag, found in' Short street, requires an owner. A reward is offered for the recovery ■ of a fox terrier pupsslurt r lost- . from Bannister Street. ■ ■■'■.'•■.;■ A furnished house, in Baimfeter Street, is advertised to let by Messrs Cochrane and Butement, land agents, Queen Street, Masterton. .•'. : Mx.-I\ P; Welch advertises six and seven-ropmed houses and" building . sectioiisin Masterton and Lansdowne.'-' Also a general, store, bakery and coal . business, and a butchery' business close to a seaport. *"■;. Mr : H. H. Reynolds gives notice that he has removed his dental rooms to a centrally situated position, over Mr Eton's chemist shop, where- he may be consulted on and after the 10th inst. The entrance to the dental rooms is by the side door. The opening stock sale at the new Solway yards will be held by the Associated Auctioneers on Wednesday, , February 22nd, at 12.30 p.m. The entries to date total 10,000 and 500 head of cattle, full particaiairs. of which are advertised on page 8 of this issue. At the residence, Cole Street, tomorrow, Messrs J. A. J. : Maclean and Co, will sell on account of Mrs R". A." Scrivener, who is leaving Masterton, the whole of her household furniture. The various lines have been well-se-lected and are in first-class order throughout. The auctioneers have been instructed tD make a complete clearance.

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