LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10180, 4 March 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Probate of the will pf>the late Mr John Cavanagh, of Hamua, has teen granted.at the Supreme Court on the application of Messrs Page and Page. The Wellington Farmers' Meat Company have a consignment of 11,500, carcases on board the Tongariro, which leaves Wellington for London in a day or two. A-further consignment of 3500 carcases is to be despatched from the works to-day, to W shipped on board the Wniwera.

The rainfall registered at Masterton during the twenty-four hours ending nine o'clock on Friday morning was 9 points, and at the Upper Plain 19 points. ' A Waitara fisherman is talking of erecting a "freezer" at Kawhia and going in for the fishing business on a large scale, and supplying the whole of the Taranaki market. -According the Marton paper, the price of earthen pipes has recently been increased by 33$ per cent, and owing to this fact no satisfactory tender was received by the Marton Borough Council for the sewerage works. The manager of the Wellington Farmers' Meat Company is experiencing great difficulty in regulating the stock at the works so that a block will be avoided. Since the Waingawa meat freezing works commenced operations, no less that 70,000 carcases have either, been put through, are at the works, or are on the way to the works. ~ A horticultural and industrial show, under the auspices of the Eketahuna branch of the Eketahuna Farmers' Union, was held on, Thursday. There was keen competition in the school garden class. - The biggest bullock that has passed through the Masterton abattoirs was slaughtered yesterday. When dressed it turned the scales at 714751b5, or nearly three-quarters of a ton. The carcase, which is now on:view.in the shop of Mesrs Long ahd'.Cp., is that of a prime Shorthorn, which was bred in the Lower Valley. "It is a. hard thing to. be a Christian," remarked; Bishop Julius at the citizenship meeting, in' Chrjstchurch, "and what we want is not quantity, but quality. And I tell my Methodist brothers that if they would" take half of my people, over to themselves and double the quality of the other half, I would thank them for it." A visitor to Masterton;yesterday informed a representative of the Wairarapa Age that the Rangitikei district still bears a parched appearance, and could do with a great deal more rain. The Wairarapa country, he sajs, looks better than any;he has. ceen in the North Island. . Herbert Jones was charged at the}, Masterton Police Court yesterday,'before Messrs W. H. Beethan"> and J. Brown, J.'sP., with .having driven a motor car without any visible number attached. Mr Ciiilen appeared for the accused and applied for an adjournuntil the 24th inst. Miller opposed the application on the ground that the case had already been adjourned once. The adjournment was granted. ; , v

At the Masterton, Police Court yesterday, before Mesrs Wf H Beetham and J. Brown, J.'sP., Bert Hansen : was charged, with .-'a. breach of \the Borough by-laws in; having driven .a* motor-car across the 'intersection/, ofQueen Street and Renall Street at a pace greater walking -'pace. There was ho appearance of the'defendant, but Sergeant Miller, 1, stated that he had - received a letter' stating that he intended pleading quilty.'' A fine of 10s with 9s costs was imposed.

A little boy, the son of Mr L. Rowe, of Rongomai, met with a serious accident on Tuesday morning, says V the Express. He was in the school playground with other children,, and in ; Turi> ning round was swingJisus--taining present; however, symptoms, have;^de.velppecl,' althoughhis condition is critical. ':,'•■'''■■:' r v-:

Reports from; SQuttland state that the^ market for f a|iqafctle still remains decidedly firm, and tftere/is no indication that prices will' 'be other than maintained, With : quantitie's by no means large, holders are in a position of practically being able to command jMrpwa terms. Prime lines; of an? worth '26s- to 27s per IOOIK' *an(f heifers 21s to 235. "Stpres'Cgf: breeding are iilso ties, and:there is a ready»tniarKel? ; fbi?- : them at up to' £7-;ios ; for three-year-olds," and £4-for yearlings.. v;>, ;i

While speakfsg to ,a representative of a southern paper the dtlier day at Queenstown, Dr. Cockayney of the Lands Department, stated that he had about completed'an inspection; of the sand dunes in thW Dominion. Dr. Cockayne says there are over, 300,000 acres of sand dunes scattered through New sand in many cases Covering land* which would bV'worth up to acre. When,asked' as to how these waste places qbiildj6e:utfl^ r ised, lie in; European countries, especially France, sand-coverl I {•land had heenrplanted with foresttrees I ;aiidflexcellen ; t results had been pjbtaiiierl Dr. Cockayne will, at an idate, make a comprehensive report;Jtp'the >• Government on the results of his'inspection and investigations. ' V .The Rev. J. J.. Pendray, of Eketa-j huna, has just received news of the I death of his eldest son, Mr Jiatthefr I Baxter Pendray in British iColumbia, under exceptionally sad cirramsjbarices. It appears, says the Express, that Mr Pendray had been with a the back country, staking out.'a large tract of land for a companyVfThe work had been finished arid a start was made for home., They crossed a glacier near Lake Stewart, .when they were caught in a blizzard, arid both men perished. A packer with them was found alive by a-party of trackers some days after, but.it is unlikely that he will recover. ■Mr Pendray was 30 years of age, and had only been married about 4 years. Tlie sympathy of a large circle of friends will be extended to his par-) ents. ' . i'-. ," INVEST IN A CINEMATOGRAPH. ''lt is safer than »nv new gold mine, and is certain to pay handsome dividends in a very short time. ' Just look around and see how popu- 1 lar picture shows have become why, there's room for one in every - t 2, j lp ' tlirou gl«>ut the Dominion. J» n Sydney alone there are about 300 of these shows, besides the many otheg theatres and places of amusement. The initial expense ■. of the ''Empire" Cinematograph, Model No. 2, is, only-£SO, which could be ' made up from the profit of a few exhibitions. The "Empire" is a great improvement upon the older machines, and is made by expert ics from the very finest quality materials. It is constructed wMfo ball, bearings, which allow it to run for two or three > hours without heating. It throws pictures of surpassing clearness. Another machine that can be # made to pay the owner,. but which is principally intended for use at home or in social halls, is the-"Empire" Home Cinematograph; model No. Price :£8 10s. It also has all the latest improvements, and throws splendid pictures.' Send for particulars to THE IMPERIAL CAMERA CO., Willis Street, Wellington. < . ■ j

■ 1 i The warm rain of Thursday evening ; caused a prolific growth of mushroomi ) in and around Masterton. A London cable states that Gray, the young Australian billiard fist, has compiled a break of 1576. t The ratepayers of Levin have ear i ried a proposal to raise a loan for th< extension of the water mains in anc beyond the borough. r A Motueka tomato-grower has t [ crop of twenty tons from 2000 plants - set out in an area-of a quarter >of ar - acre. The Carterton bowlers defeatec y Featherston ot Thursday by forty-si? - points to thirty-two. The Cartertor ' and Masterton Clubs will now have t( I play off for the Booth Cup. A decree absolute, with custody v ol the children, was made in the Divorce ' Court at Wellington yesterday in the case of Henrietta Duhstone (of Eketa. 1 huria) v. Frank Dunstone. ' The "Roddy" nugget of gold, whici • is valued at £4OO, has been purchased i, by, the Government' for presentation , tp His Majesty the Kmg as a Corona- ['■. tion gift. „ ' _:'■■'.. . 'S..i-* : -; ",.-.■-.''.:•' '■'' - , _ For having supplied "liquor to na- [ tives within a district proclaimed where ; liquor shall not be supplied to nail tives, Timothy Close was fined £2, and . £1 on two charges, by Mr Thomson. , S.M.j at Levin yesterday. ' The successful tenderers for the ' 175,000 Coronation medals ordered bj 1 the Government for presentation tc the. school children of the Dominion. were Messrs McGruer, Thompson, and , Co., of Feilding. 1 The Canterbury branch of the ; Amalgamated Society of Railway Ser- ; vants, at its annual meeting yester- . day, discussed at length a motion ! favouring the Society joining the Federation of Labour. Ultimately rl was decided that the matter stand over till November. \ Nominations for the Masterton ' Racing Club's autumn meeting 1 which closed last evening, constitute s [ record. Altogether,; 243 nominations. '. exclusiv eof the Maiden tßace, have ; come to hand. Owing to some of the , telegraphed nominations being un- ,-'" decipherable, the list could not be [' compiled last night. Alf. Britis, a coloured man, whe 1 was fined £SO for sly-grog selling ai Wellington at Christmas, was charged 1 yesterday with a similar offence, com- " mitted on the 26th February. He was ; sentenced to two months', imprison- ! ment, without the; option of a fine;' i Messrs Abraham : and Williams, Ltd., held their • usual monthly,:;■ saleof wool, skins and hides at Palme"|% • ton Norjth yesterday, when a -fail catalogue was submitted to a good attendance pf buyers. Biddingfor woo] 1 and hides,was spirited, and prices comSpared favourably with late'rates. As - demonstrating how finely, the grain has! developed this season, the Ashburton Mail states that in quite a number of instances five bushels of 'oats have been gdt'into sacks, where last season'it was difficult to get in 3f bushels. ' ; The rainfall registered at Dittori for the month of February was 6.01 inches, the maximum for twenty-four hours being 3 inches on the 25th. The ;. average raihfall: for the Mast thirty years the month of February is ■ 3.01 inches. ''■"■'':'.. " " : :.]),\'.\ "■'■': .';- l*he attention of intending competitors'at the JFbrty-Mile/ :: Bush( annual sports, to on. 15th March, is drawn to the fact thai, the nominations close with the 1 secretary at Hamua to-day. The programme appears elsewhere in these columns, A cable hasbeen received by Mr J. C. Cooper, managing director of the Wellington Farmers' Meat -Company, announcing the arrival of ;tli'e v Vfirst sliiriment of 5000 carcases of mutton w London by the Rotbhia",, from the "Waingawa.works.:; The were m- excellent, condition,\and the%rading was very high. This gives clusive proof of the high qualityof' the meat that is being sent away from the.works. 7 The total upset rentals fixed by the Land Board for the Mackenzie Tuns amounted to a little oyer £3OOO, while, the rents obtained totalled a little over £6OOO per annum. A very much larger revenue will therefore be derived by the Government from 'the Mac-, kenzie Country than evpr.before, this _Th:e Wariganui Herald says :—A cbn> side'rable diminution in the number of of the game" is evident in; the ranks of visitors to the present Wanganui race meeting. The abolition of the bookmaker has evidently been followed by, the elimination of most of the undesirables who followed '• round the country in his train.' A Masterton resident received a letter from a "friend in England by yesterday's mail, in which it was stated that a vigorous crusade against destitution was being started in the Motherland. A National Committee has been set up, and an active campaign of education and propoganda in differents parts of the country has Been started.

Messrs Murray Roberts and Co.. / Ltd,, in conjunction ■'•with Messrs 0. B Hoadley and Son, Ltd.,"of.Napier, re-, port having sold on account of the : & ai $S? 8 « of the late G " G - 'Stead and Mr W. G. Stead the balance of the Kereru property, namely, 6000 acres , freehold, and 5000 acres leasehold, and stock and vplant at valuation, to Mr " R. M. Tiirnbull, Linnbiim and' Wan-, aka stations, Ota-go-. '

[ IF YOU HAVE r Cou & h ' 9? w » Nose > Throat, or Lung Trouble, Stomach, Bowel, or ..spoon water. Remember, you cannot expeet the good effects from any sort. l of Eucalyptus. SANDER'S EX. TRACT CURES because it contains ethereal and. antiseptic substances not contained l in other Eucalyptus products. These latter, made by persons ignorant in'chemistry, an* provided with, fancy names and labels by trading concerns who do not know what they contain, have caused enevous harm, and a death has resulted from their use. Do not apply an ointment to a, sore. It_keeps back the secretion. lo wounds, bruises, sprains, burns, ulcers, eczema, and other skin troubles APPLY SANDER'S ' EXTRACT, 15 drops in a tablespoon of olive oil. DER'S EXTRACT HEALS because ;tis freed from the irritating con-: stituerits contained in other eucalypr tus preparations. It heals when others ; irritate. _ .-■■.- Twsjct \wnn the GENUINE SANDER, EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, and you will derive the benefit.

An effort is to be made to form <i troop in Alfredton in connection with the Eketahuna Mounted Rifles. A distinct shock of earthquake was experienced in Masterton at 11.36 • o'clock last night. The box plan for the benefit concert for Miss Thelma Petersen' opens at Miss RivoVon Monday. The attendance at several schools in the MaEterton district is affected at .present by an outbreak of measles. Although New Zealand is a* cerealcountry, the ■ brewers hav? found it necessary to import barley from California. A consignment of 19.385 bags arrived by the Maitai on Thursday. For the past four months the Cheltenham Co-operative Dairy Company has paid its suppliers at the- rate of 10£ d per lb for butter-fat. Discussing the proposed new railway time-table, the Pahiatua Herald states that the alterations seem to have been framed to suit Masterton and district. Professor William Salmond. D.D., of the Otago University, has published a booklet styled "Prohibition _ a Blunder." It contains sixty-eight and deals with the subject m •quite an original, if not altogether convincing manner.

Race week in Dnnedin (says the Outlook) is responsible for the invasion of the citv by two classes, the one the antipodes of the other. For while the sidewalks are thronged with a parasitical scum who live by their wits—or worse—the streets hum with the hoot of the/ luxurious v motor-car It is strange that the racecourse should be the meetir; ground of the two extremes—the u"a rich and the idle poor. The thirty-second annual conference of the United Fire Brigades Association opened at Hokitika yesterday. The president (Mr Gilberd) and 100 delegates were present. The Mayor of Hokitika extended an official welcome. The annual report shows an increase in funds for the year of £243, and the roll now numbers 115 brigades. Out of the sum of £3OOO voted last session for subsidies to public libraries, the following amounts have been alio-, cated to libraries in the Wairarapa districts—Carterton, £lB Is 2d. Eketahuna £8 3s id. Featherston £2l 0s od, Grevtown £l2'lßs 4d. Mangatainoka £7 4s 7d, MartinboroiiErh £l3 7s Dd. Masterton £23 Is 7d. Nireaha £6 4s ldd, Pahiatua £23 Is 7d. Whareama £6 13s 2d. - The Pahiatua Herald states that the settlers at Korora, Pongaroa clis-. frict. are indignant at the action of the Stock Department in notifying +hem to lay poison for rabbits when the-settlers had only recently paid for ihe services of the Rabbit Inspector to Hear their lands' of the pest. The set-/' +lers declare that a fiardship has been ; mposed on them, as there are very few rabbits in the district just now; and no necessity exists for the demands of the Department. Mr W. H. Cruickshank reports having sold the following residential pi-i----nerties in Masterton :—On account of T. HnpMn. house of five rooms and 1acre. Cole Street; A. G. Wise.-house of six rooms and }-acr«. Millard Avenue, Cocklmrn estate: Mrs W. Bunny, section i-nore. Ooaki road, Lansdowne; Mr A. E. Barker, house six rooms and 4-ac-e. Oakn estate, Unper Plain; Mrs E. B. Field, houre of six rooms and 11 acres land, West Bu^h,Road, Manaia. .'•>'"»'• '■':'■'.<.' '■■■■■/,'■'■! The Wairarapa Amateur Athletic] Club has been advised'that Mr R. I McKenzie. one of its members, ;- ! ;Hns been selected a? nn» of the represeri-l tativ"" of the Wellington Provincial j team -'n. e«"->nete at the New Zealand] Am" ChrstchuHi on the 18th hist. The ' eyents McKenzi" has been sneciallv selected for are the 120 and 440 vards hurdles and the hop. step and jump. McKenzie is the present holder of the" 120 yards championship of the province. It is unfortunate that J. Berry, another member of the Club, who recently left for Victoria, was unable tc arrange fir> stny over for the championship ,is bis inclusion in the team for the short sprint events would have been a certainty.

Mr F. P. Welch advertises for mill hands, tramlayers, gardeners, cooks, etc. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., publish opening entries for their Pahiatua stock sale on March 7thi Mr J. B. Keith, land agent, Masterton, in a replace ' advertisement gives a selection of house properties and-farms he has for sale. Particulars of the stock to be sold at Upper Opaki by the Associated Auctioneers on Tuesday, March\l4th, are given on page 8. Notice is e;iven to defaulting ratepayers in the Mauriceville County that on the 24th inst a penalty of 10 per cent will be added to outstanding rates, and proceedings will bo taken I for their recovery. , Johnson and Co. will sell at the Post Office auction rooms to-day on account of Mr W. Logan (late of Xevin-and Co.'s), who is leaving the district, furniture and household effects. i The Masterton County Council gives /notice that an additional charge of jt 10 per cent will be added to all rates remaining unpaid'after-the 23rd inst. Remittances by letter bearing the post mark of 23rd inst. will he received without the additional charge. The well-known Dresden Piano 'Company notify in our advertising columns that they will hold a special sale .of high-class instruments under the direction of Mr J. Walls, the Company's representative- at the local agency of Messrs Inns and Goddard, 'fqr one, month only, when those. in .search of a good instrument can obtain one on exceptionally easy terms.

OF RARE DELICACY AftO FLAVOUR. FLAG BRAND PICKLES give to meals just that finishing touch which often draws from the diner the remark—"l have really enjoyed mv dinner!" .„ > The aroma anei Favour of good pickles will always stimulate the appetite and add a relish to whatever •is eaten. No pickle can he prepared more savory or more tempting to the galate than HAYWARD'g FT. AG 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 consider* tiwis,' then unhesitatingly y»u wfj *'—» !Tl*£.9 BRAND, and no other.

Tho Deputy Official Assignee, Mr W. B. Chennells, will at the next sitting, of the Supreme Court in Bankruptcy, to 1)0 held at Materton on March 27th, apply to be released from the administration of the several estates as notified on the front page of this issue. Messrs Maclean and Co. have received instructions from Mr Hugh Rea, who is retiring from business, to hold a clearance sale of the whole oi his stock of fancy goods. The sale will take place on the Bth and 10th insts., on the premises, Queen Street. Messrs Maclean and Co. have received instructions to sell at their rooms on Tuesday next, March 7th, on account of Mr S. Pearson, of Wellington, tho whole of the fittings and plant in the bankrupt estate of Albert Webb, tailor, Masterton. Particulars will be found on page eight of this issue. A vulcanising plant has been installed by Mr D. G. Brown, cycle engineer, at his works, Queen Street. A specialty will be made of vulcanising motor tyres, tubes,, and motor-car tulies. A representative of this journal was yesterday shown samples of various tyres and tubes which had been vulcanised on the premises, all of which were finished in a high class manner. Motorists requiring this class of work executed are invited to call at the works. Wairarapa ladies should be interested in an announcement on the front page of this issue by Messrs Ellis and Noble, the well-known . # Ladies', Arc Tailors, of Wellington. For the convenience of patrons who, cannot spare the time to pay a special visit to Wellington, Mr Ellis will be at the Club Hotel, Masterton. on Wednesday and Thursday next, March Bth and 9th, with samples of new season's materials for, coat and skirts, to take orders, and will return at a later date for fitting on.

The full time-table and fees, with other particulars,'is given in another column respecting the opening of the new Y.M.C.A. gymnasium. Much money has been spent to make this building thoroughly up to date in its equipment, and fees have been cut in half, and in some cases even more, whilst there is a special concession in cases of three or more in a family. The fact that this is the only Y.M.C.A. gymnasium ill the Australasian colonies open to ladies should be sufficient inducement to the gentler sex to take up physical culture and gymnastics under- the wing of the Y.M.C.A. The Indies set the ball rolling by meeting for their first night's work on Monday next at 7.30 o'clock. See the front page for further details.

Amongst the new goods just to,hand by Mr A. Henderson, jeweller and optician. Queen Street, is a consignment of new Westminster chimes clocks. The chimes are the very finest tone, chiming full quarters and hours on five rod foncs. These handsome pieces are 1 Tin by 12in'in size, with either walnut or polished mahqgany cases, brass-mounted diaJs. and range in pricp from £6 10s to £lO. There is also a fine range of office, dining-room, and hall clocks, as well as a good selection of reliable alarm clocks. A sDooial display of tlip.se usefuh and foods will be made to-day. pnd. those rntr>res+ed are invited to call and make a selection.