LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10162, 11 February 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The second article of the series on "Poultry for Everybody,", which are being specially written for the Age, will be found in our issue to-day. A Wanganui telegram states that William Harradme Hidden, grocer's assistant; aged 24, single, was found dead in his father's shop yesterday morning, with an errpty bottle of Lvsol beside him—a supposed suicide. The children of Knox School, of Mastertoif together with the children of the Lausdowne school, will hold their annual picnic in Mr R. Johnstone's paddock in Johnston Street to-day. The picnic held at Willow Park yesterday in connection with the Lansdowne State school proved to be a most enjoyable, affair. Two or tlyee hundred children, <vith their parents, were present, and races and games of various sorts were indulged in. The school teachers :>.nd members of the School Committee did everything possible to ensure the enjoyment of tho youngsters, and their efforts were well rewarded.

I Tli© Wairarapa Egg Circle has .a membership of seventy-tin ee, together with seventeen honorary members. Barton's circus, ivliich embraces a number of exciting attractions, will open in Masterton on Tuesday evening next, Sydney claims to possess the largest apple in the world. It was grown at Ry Ist one, is of the Lord Nelson variety, and weighed 21b 1-Joz. At the sitting of the Ikaroa Native Council at Masterton yesterday, several applications for renewal of leases, etc., were dealt with. The rainfall registered in Masterton for the twenty-four hours preceding 9 o'clock yesterday morning was one point, and at the Upper Plain three points. The tender of Mr A. R. Gardiner, of Wairoa, at £3136 4s, has been accepted by the Public Works Department for the erection of the bridge over the Nuhaka river. Since the Wairarapa Egg Circle came into existence in May last, no fewer than 20,728 dozen eggs have been despatched to Wellington, realising a sum of £1099 5s 6d. A very successful horticultural show I was held at Pahiatua on Thursday. Mr J. D. G. Crewe was one of the most successful of the exhibitors. - The school exhibits at the Masterton show next week'promise to be highly interesting. Quite a number of schools are entering, and each hopes to> receive a prize. Last season no less than 605 tons of' dairy produce was sent out of the Pahiatua County. Of this quantity, 560 1 tons was manufactured by the Ballance Dairy Company. The directors of the Waihi Company are sending Mr Richards, the manager of the Mount Morgan Company, to make an independent report on Waxhi. The amount paid by the Wairarapa Eg£- Circle to members for the year ended January 31st last was £B4l 8s Id. The total amount received for the sale of eggs' from May 10th to December 29th was £968 12s 6d. The police arrested sixteen >fortuneNew York after, an investi-f. gation covering several weeks. The fact that they were all at home when, the police arrived doesn't corroborate their claim of being able to read the future. Practically every steamer arriving 1 at Lyttelton from Lonodon has amongst her cargo motor cars and pianos. The Athenic, which arrived last week, landed no fewer than seven motor cars from the hatch during one morning. At the Dannevirke Ram Fair on Thursday, the top price in Stud Lincolns was reached by Mr W. H. Wybourne, of Waverley, at 15 guineas. In Lincoln shearlmg flocks, Mr W. Perry, of Masterton, topped the> market with 7$ guineas, and in Romney shearling flocks, Mr,W. H. Buick, of Masterton, reached the highest price, with 8 guineas. Messrs-Oalgety and Co., Ltd., were the auctioneers in each ease,, ■ During the Holy ' Commuiiiom service at St. Stephen's' Church, Ashburton, 6n Sunday mbrning a man whose only articles of wearing apparel consisted of a singlet and a pair of : dungaree trousers, entered the church. After offering to fight one of ? the ] communicants, who remonstrated with him, he was persuaded to leave the church; 1 A hovel method of felling trees has been devised in Germany., .A - thin steel wire is looped round the tree find drawn backwards and forwards by, means of an electric motor. The hfcat generated is sufficient to burn.a fine cut through the wood.. It is claimed that a tree Ift Sin in diameter can be felled in six minutes. ' The young New -.Zaalander is fairly s&gacious, as has just been dembnstra- i ted in Masterton. A parent advertised a reward for the! recovery of • a v lost dog. The son found the canine right enough; but, in ord&vtp secure the reward, he handed; the;, aniipal Oyer to a couple of;hia,.matos, who. ; interviewed trie delighted father and secured dollars sufficient jfco keep tHe trio in stick-jaw for a month. . The remains of the. late Mr J. A. J. Maclean were followed to the Masterton railway station 5 esterday morning by a large number of friends, after an impressive service had been conducted in St. Matthew's Church by the. Rev. W, Raine. /Messrs Arhdge, Branson, Waddington, HaridNewton, Hirscliberg, and Leslie, acted as pall-bearers. 1 ' ~ i .It is interesting to note, says the Gore Standard, that Mrs Ramsay, who with her husband has resided for about tvyenty-eight years in the Waimtimu district, and who is about to remove to Mataura, takes with her a relic of pristine industry !in the shape of her spinning-wheel; her deft manipulation of which has of times held with rapt attention the minds of the younger generation, It was her custom to spin yarn from, the fleeces of her own flock wherewith to knit hosiery for her family. Magistrate Freschi, noted in New York for'his Solomon-like decisions, has ruled how a slipper shall and shall not be used as a weapon of juvenile punishment. Frances Bahner, a 13-year-old girl, had her mother arrested, charging her with assault by having struck her on the head with the heel of a slipper. Mrs Bahner claimed that- the wound; was very slight, and she charged her daughter with being way wa rd. The magistrate discharged Mrs Balmer with a warning, saying: "In using the maternal slipper for child discipline, chastisement onds at the instep and assault begins at the heel." _ 1 TO CAMERA OWNERS WHO DESIRE SUCCESS. "Mak Siccar'' are two words you may not have heard before. In Scotland they represent "make sure." If the Camera owner took them as a motto there would be fewer spoilt plates, less money would be wasted, and a great deal of time saved. When you want a new camera, or a fresh supply _ of plates, paper, or other necessities, make sure of getting the best by sending" to The Imperial Camera Co., Wellington. Buy your Photographic Goods as you would food or clothing* —the best is always cheapest. Whatever your fancy may be fjyou can be supplied here to your entire satisfaction. From the efficient little Brownie at 6s the prices rise-in easy grades to the ;costly_ Cameras. As it is impossible to give a list here, you had better .send for our Catalogue of Cameras, etc., Photographic Accessories—it only costs a halfpenny, postcard. THE IMPERIAL CAM, ERA CO., Willis Street Wellingt«.n.

The Anglican Church mission, at; present in progress in Carterton, will continue until Tuesday next. The scow Whangaroa, which was stranded at Karomea, has been floated off undamaged. A member of the Palmerston Hospital Board has given notice to move that the hospital bo made free to patients. The rents, etc., received by the Masterton Trust Lands Trustees for the month ending yesterday amounted to . £230 3s £-d. It is estimated that it will cost £9 per head for members of the Masterton Fire Brigade to attend the demonstration at Hokitika. The Hon R. McKenzie states that work on the Lake Coleridge hydroelectric power scheme will soon bo commenced. The Masterton South Brass Band will, weather permitting, render a programme of music in Queen Street this (Saturday) evening at 8 o'clock. A Sydney cable states that a man suffering from a cold took 2 ,teaspoon- • . fuls of cayenne popper as a sure cure. This caused his throat to close, and he was asphyxiated. The Kaiser is suffering from a cold, and will have to remain in bed for a few days. For this item of news, the sensation-loving public of Masterton have to thank the Press Association. Our Carterton correspondent writes as follows:—A lad named Max Wall, employed at Mr G. Htrghan's motor garage, had Ins forearm broken on Thursday, through the starting han--1 die of a. motor-car flying back.■■■: .■■.: A lad named G. Cress rather -badly sprained his wrist in a fall at the picnic at Opaki yesterday He was brought into Masterton, where he was medic-' . ally attended. The schooner Jessie Niccol, belonging to Mr Robert Hatch, of Invercargill, was wrecked on the Macquarrie Islands about Christmas. Captain Holmes, the first mate, and the cook were drowned. \ A meeting of owners of the Waitutuma blocks of Native land will be held-in the" Masterton Courthouse this morning,, to consid&r an? offer by the-, 'Crown - to purchase the land at the Government valuation, . • Mr J. D. Henry, the oil who is at present on the West Coast, will probably reach Masterton on Monday or Tuesday next. After visiting Blairlogie, he will proceed Mr Armstrong's property at Akitio, and will then leave for Gisborhe. A manoabcut sixty yedrs of ; age>_ -v. whose body was found floating in the Wellington harbour on. Thursday \ morning, has not yet been identified. He stayed at the Salvation Army hotel earlier in the week, and gave the name of Roe. ' The Pahiatua Herald of yesterday i a very interesting article • dealing, with, the history of Pahiatua. , I Strangely enough, the firstwhite man • to settle in that township " was Mr Mann.;: • The first sale held by the Masterton - .auctioneering firms; at Land*s End, (To Wharau) on Thursday,, was highly .successful.. There ,was a good attendance of settlers, and stock fetched satisfactory pricesi J The Dannevirke Advocate of last I night* says-We understand, that ' '!. there is a proposal on foot for a number of - the cpmmittee of the local A. and P. Association to visit, tlie Masterton Show, with : a view te seeing if . any hints can be picked -. up . in the 3 matter of ; Show Managemeiiti - r - ■ ; . v \ A youth named Eaton broke his armwhilst playing football in the schoo! grounds yesterday at Hukanui. First . aid was rendered by Mr Conder and the Railway? Department's Bridge Inspector, at the raihvay : station, and the youth was sent to Dr. Jameson, Eketahuna,-toliavethe k bonfi set. Our Hukanui correspondent writes. '* , Hukanui.will be. well represented at the MagistrsCte'i? Court- in Eketahu ria \ on Tuesday next, when-a civil acEioy ' will be heardj Messrs • Sedcole Bros/, %■ Hamuaj being the plain tiffs, and Mr W. Griffin, Hiikanili, the defendant. * ■ The action is to recover the; value a consignment of fl.>ur. Upwards oi . : twelve persons in the distrist are liting subpoened. , Mr A. Henderson, jeweller and optician, of Masteiton, with commendable public spirit, lias presented the Masterton Agricultural and Pastoral 7 Association with a clock. The Committee will erect the clock in a position on the sliowgrpunds to make it. available for the ocecupants of the grandstand, and also for the ram fair ring.- V At the meeting of the Masterton Trust Lands Trustees last evening, a letter was read from the secretary of: the" Technical School Managers, asking that one or more persons be nominated as Managers, of - the Technical School. Mr C. E. Daniell pointed out that only contributing bodies could vote at the election of Managers. At the present time only the Trust Lands Trust and Borough Council were contributing bodies. On the motion of MiD. Caselberg it was decided to nominate the retiring Managers for re-elec-tion. At the meeting of the Ma;sLei+oi Trust Lands Trust last evening, { four applications ivero received from those desirous of:becoming tenants, of the ~ Trust.for the business site in Quee/i Street in front of the police station. These were dealt witii in committee. An application for the lease of the site on a ground rental was refused, - and it was decided that ths Truss erect buildings for the use of tenants. A committee was set up to interview prospective tenants and report. J TWO CAKE RECIPES. An eggless cake is made as follows :— : One cup of chopped nuts, one cup of sour milk, one cup of sugar, one half-cup of butter, one teaspoonful each of cinnamon, cloves and soda, two cups of flour, pinch of mace; dissolve soda with milk; bake, in a square cake tin. < Surprise Cake. Make a flour white cake of one cupful of ,sugar, one-half cupful of butter, two cupfuls of flour, into j which has been sifted two teaspoonfuls Qf Baking Powder, and add at last the stiffly beaten yolks of two. eggs, one-half teaspoonful of Vanilla. Bake in flat pari. In each square "press a chocolate, cream before frosting with the whites of two . eggs beaten and stiffened with powdered sugar, arid flavoured with Vanilla. The tea with such cakes is the favourite Crescent Blend Tea at Is lOd per lb. The flavour of this tea leaves an - agreeable impression " on the palate, and most people like it. It brews a good ■ strong- rich liquor, nnd the flayour never varies. ;It is the best tea at the price to be bought -in New Zealand, and. is procurable from most storekeepers in this district.

A house of eight rooms is advertised to be let. ■ A brindie and white cow, dehorned, lost from Mr H. J. O'Leary's pad■dock, i 3 advertised for. Messrs McGruer and Co. advertise a-fresh list of reductions at their monster sale, which is now in full swing. Wednesday next is announced the last day of Messrs J. Graham and Co.'s great sale, for which further reductions have been made. A special window display is being -made to-day by Mr. F. Dupre of trophies in connection with the forthcoming Masterton show. They include, a rare assortment of rose-bowls and ■epergnes, all in sterling silver. The well-known firm of Messrs Ogilvy and Sons, butchers. Masterton, have been entrusted with the order for the supply of meat for the catering at the forthcoming show. This firm has a. fine fattening farm at Pine Park, Te Whiti, and visitors to the luncheon l ooms will be able to sample some of the prime,st ox beef and Southdown lamb grnvn in the Wairarapa. Tenders are invited for furnishing the South Wairarapa Hospital. Particulars may be seen at the office of the secretary, Greytown, or at the AVai- . rarapa Age office. Tenders close on the 22nd inst. The W.F.C.A., as usual, is looking after the farmers interests. They will have a stand fitted up at the showgrounds, -Solway., next week, in which will be shown farm and station requisites in-great variety. One item of special interest to dairy farmers will be the Diabolo cream separators, fitted with a self-balancing bowl, that can be easily by a boy. Full particulars will be flven at the stand. The annual meeting of subscribers to the.Masterton Technical Classes Association takes place in the Technical School on the evening of the 21st inst. The business is to receive the report and balance sheet for the current year and to elect five managers. Messrs McLeod and Young invite, the public to place their orders for magazines for winter reading. They supply a full range of leading journals. They hold an extensive stock of stand- - -ard works,- fiction, science, travel, poetry, and the best literature at The Academy, Masterton. i White Leghorn pullets of the purebred Rector strain, also Wyandottes, are advertised for sale by Mr E. Hodge, Central Hotel buildings. Sec-ond-hand goods of all descriptions can be purchased at Mr Hodge's sliop. Mr J. Carpenter's great boot safe is to continue during show week. Footwear of air sorts have been reduced. The fashionable canvas shoes in all leading shades are written down. Mail orders are carefully selected. Mr Jas.. Scott, watchmaker, and jeweller, is at present making a special display of new goods just to hand They are most attractively set out. and include a big ;ange of fashionable jewellery and silverware. The thermos flasks keep liquids steaming hot for 24 hours, and cold liquids icy cold for days without fire or chemicals. They are invaluable for keeping the baby's food warm at night or in travelling; also for picnic parties, giving the minimum trouble for maximum results: These flasks are to be had in all sizes at Mr Herbert T. Wood's, chemist and optician, Masterton. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., have been appointed so!e : agents; .for- the Wairarapa fov.the Zealahdia Milking ■ Machines.'. A. machine, in full working order, has been fitted up at the firm's bulk store at tho back of the ' offices, and farmers interested are invited to inspect the--great labour-sav-ing machine. It is claimed for the machine that a man and a boy can milk 50 cows in I.J- hours, and avoid all the drudgery of hiand-milldng.