LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10164, 14 February 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

, There are at present some sixteen patients in the Mastertoh Hospital'. < The "mail" train from Wellington was an hour late in its arrival in Masterton last night. I A young man was fined £10 r at Greymouth yesterday for resisting the uqThe fire fiend is evidently at work.. Houses were destroyed by fire on Sunday at Wellington, Dunedin, Palmerston North, Eltham and Gisborne. A large number of rams for the ram fair on Thursday and Friday have already arrived,in .Masterton, A number of judges for the Master* ton show who arrived yesterday were, driven round the district in motorcars by Messrs H. Morrison and J. Strang. .. ,' . .-The sale of purebred Jerseys, oil re-, half of Mr Goulter, of Hawkesoury.. Blenheim, yesterday afternoon, wks very successful. Every line was chared. Cows realised up to 56gns., heiuvs 50gns, and bulls 87gns. , A Press Association telegram states that Messrs T. E. Taylor and C. H. > Poole, M'.'sP., concluded their NoLicense campaign in Wangahui last evening, when the Opera House was crowded. The speakers had a very fine reception, and were cheered at the conclusion of the meeting. Yesterday morning the first train north was compelled to pull up between Mangamahoe and Ekeiahuna, owing to a'mob of sheep being on the line. The same sheep also caused the \ afternoon "express" to Masterton to, be delayed. Apparently some of the I fences along the line in the locality re- j ferred to could do with a general over- I haul. In a breach of promise case at | Auckland, in which defendant was or- j dered to pay £350 damages, he was I asked, "Why did the marriage not i take place on the date originally! fixed." Defendant replied: "I was j too busy sowing, grass seed," His] Honor: "Too busy sowing grass to j get married! Really that is one of the j most comical things I ever heard." ;

Barton Bros.' circus opens in Masterton this evening, on a plot between the Waipoua bridges. The birthday of the Emperor of China was celebrated in Wellington by a dinner on Saturday. It is probable that, with the disappearance of the bookmaker, the Woodlands Hunt Club meeting and other unregistered meetings will disappear from the racing list. Pahiatua complains that it has a scarcity of Justices of the Peace. Masterton has no reason to grumble on this score. The Pahiatua Lawn Tennis Club iiefeated Dannevirke on Saturday )j | twelve matches to eleven. The libel'action in which Mr F. W. Massey, M.P., claims £2OOO from the New Zeafand Times Company, is to be heard in Wellington to-day. A special meeting of St. Matthew's Vestry takes place on Friday evening next, to consider alterations to ; the Vicarage. A large number of visitors arrived -in Masterton. yesterday from north, and south. The hotels and boardinghouses are already fairly full. A number of characters whose physiognomy suggests their ability to pick pockets, if-hot to appropriate the contents of meat-safes, have already made their appearance in Masterton. At an inquest in Christchurch yesterday on the body of Terence McHugh (aged 71) whose body was found in the Waimakarjri river, a verdict of accidental death was returned.; A serious accident befel a boy named William Buchanan, at Te Ore Ore, on Saturday. The lad was thrown from his horse and sustained a slight concussion of the brain, besides a number of very severe bruises. He is at present in the Masterton Hospital, but is progressing favourably. A school holiday will be observed in i Masterton district to-morrow in honI our of the "People's Day" of the ' show. Half-holidays are being observed in Cartertbn, Greytown, Featherston, and Pahiatua. .-... A visitor; from the-Auckland district: J told a representative of the/ Wairarapa Age last evening that he had seen better cropß of rape and turnips in the neighbourhood of Masterton than were to be seen anywhere along the line, ~ t A committee of the Hawke's Bay A. and P., Association has come to Masterton to inspect the new showgrounds and to more particularly examine the arrangements for the ram fair. .'-,' • A rise of £2l in the value of 'land in four years and a half is a pretty good business proposition. A farmer on the Plains (says the Hawera "Star) who bought in 1906 at £26, is reported to have just sold at the increase mentioned above.- 'y< .-;',• V": ; '•.'■■;/!,.■;..,•,. A correspondent writes confidentially to the Age to state that a new society has been formed in Masterton, having for its ob j ect the boycotting •of certain tradesmen. Our correspondent need not feel alarmed. u "King ; Boycott" was ever a cowardl He is so clumsy that he will trip over his own shadow.;';, ■. •' : :"','_' : :' ; \:' ; '/ An Ashburtdn gentlemanj : Mio uses his motor car rather extensively; paid but no less than, £l3B last year for petrol, tyres, repairs and other expenses incurred in connection with running the machine. ; '"Nature seems to.be evolving a sexj-it is ''vferyhiilike what Wo used tq know as wonian.*": Tims MrPlbwdeh,f-at "Maryl&- ; bone, on hearing that itu took, thi'ee policemen to take ja woman to j the station.' ;! . : . \ .-.■'•'•■; ! Owing to continued rain, the fourth {test match between Australia £nd the [South Africans,.»w,l|iej^ : .jt>wasexpected i.wduld have been started in Melbourne J yesterday, has b^en.^postponed'until j Friday; ;;- i v. ! ''-'--'v'- l ; v -';'-' : i''/•'';.' '■:'■ ■•';-.'.• *; I At a meetiigjjj&of ■'' the Masterton branch, of the^Navy^'^ague,|-held,last evening it w 'was ; reported "that Mr Malcolm, M.P., would, probably be delivering a lecture on "Imperialism" in Masterton towards the end of the pnjsent month; The branch decided to do all in its power to make the lecture a success. ;. ' .;'•;/ v Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., make J several important additions to their ! Pahiatua stock sale, to be held to-day. Mr W. H. Cruickshank, land agent, Mastevtoh, .has. a: replace advertisement :.onJ page Bof this issued y ;:.-.-;-' All claims against the estate of the late J.; Af J. Maclean, are to :;be rendered in.detail to Mr Norman H. James,, Street, Masterton, not later than the 28th iast. The attention of dairy farmers is directed to the grown samples of maize (a description of which appears elsewhere) on exhibition at the W.F.CAj stand at the Sqlway;show,,; Ah opportunity fojr acquiring 260 ap-': res, suitably adapted for a stud farm, and is admirably adapted' for fattening, cropping, and dairying, is advertised by Nicol and Edwards, land agents, Queen Street, Masterton. Mr Frank Dupre announces 1 the arrival of a big consignment of nickel case lover watcheSj ranging in price from 20s to 32s 6d. The watches all carry,a written guarantee of from two to three years. Mr Dupre can recommend these watches as absolute gen* uine value. ',: GET A GOOD PIANO I There are no better or more reliable instruments made than ,; I The Broad wood! The Ronlsch! The j Llppi and The Stetnway! We have just received new; big ! shipments of these superb pianos. Prices and. styles to meet ail rej quirements. We will make terms to 1 suit any purse. 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Messrs Reid and Gray, the wellknown agricultural implement makers, . insert a special advertisement on the leader page of this issue. The firm are agents for the famous Hornsby oil and petrol engines, reapers and binders, Burman shearing machines, etc. Mr A. E. Upton, the resident representative of the firm, invites correspondence and all enquiries will be promptly attended to. Mr G. H. Scott, of Wellington, representing the Scott Motor Agency, is in Masterton, and is exhibiting Renault and Austin cars at the show. The Renault is fitted with a torpedo body and latest equipments. These cars will be interesting to those intending to buy, and to motorists generally. The Ahiaruhe sports meeting is announced to take place on Thursday, March 2nd. A first-class programme of events has been prepared, whilst the prize money offered is of a most liberal nature. Arrangements .: are well in hand, and record entries'should . be received for the hunters' competition, for which there is a gold medal and £B. 15s cash, and the : Ahiaruhe handicap (foot event), gold medaL and '£l3 10s. A dance will be"held'on the following evening in the ParKvaio . Hall. Further particulars may b» ' obtained from the lion, secretary, Mr' H. A. Bunny. ,\ ',.."-