LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10182, 7 March 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Workmen's friend Building Society will hold an appropriation by ballot of £3OO on the 12th April. The opening of the box plan at Miss Hive's for Miss Petersen's concert lias been postponed until Monday next, March 13th.

| Mr W. C. Buchanan has accepted J the position of patron for Miss Petersen's concert on March 22nd.

The Trustees of the Masterton Trust Lar.cis Trust meet on Friday evening.®

Tho Post Office Savings Bank returns for 1910 show a very heavy increase in the excess of deposits over Avithdrawals, amounting in the year to £1,013,424.

Our Mauriceville West correspondent writes:—"Two shocks of earthquake were felt here on Friday night. The first, and most severe, occurred at 11.40 o'clock, and the second at 2.52 a.m."

An unusually large shipment of nails has just been, landed to the order of Mr C. E. Daniell, per the s. s. Surrey. The consignment includes some 200 kegs, the total weight being ten tons. The goods are all British manufacture.

The monthly meeting of the Masterton District High School. Committee will be held on Thursday evening next, when the sub-committee will report as to the probable date of the opening of the museum.

The supply at the Masterton Cooperative Dairy Company's factory is beginning to drop off considerably now. From now. on the butter will be stored at Waingawa for local use and the company will be in a much better position to supply local orders than they were last year. , ■

An East Coast correspondent writes: —The building trade is particularly busy-.in this district just now. I understand that Mr C. E. Daniell has several big contracts on hand, including the erection of a large ten-roomed house for Mr A. J. Speedy, "Awatea," and the removal of Mr R. Riddiford's homestead at "Orui;" with some extensive additions. A start will be also made shortly with the erection of a manager's residence at Brancepeth by the same firm of builders.

The red tape of the Postal Department is astounding. On Monday morning a resident of Masterton received a wire from Bulls, stating that his mother was seriously ill and sinking fast. He sent ,an urgent wire for further particulars, as he was desirous of going through. About an hour after the "urgent" had been despatched, he received a message from the Post Office, stating that the wire had not been delivered, as there was sixpence to pay for delivery!

' Mrs Montague, of Wellington, who has been appointed accompanist at the forthcoming elocutionary competition. has acted- in the same capacity at Dunedin for eight years, Napier for two years; Auckland and Christchurch last year. The Dunedin Star notices Professor Ives' appreciation of Mrs Montague's work, and says "This recognition is well deserved. Mrs Montague plays in a way that helps the singers, and her support is' consistently impartial, each schefne of interpretation getting the very sort of accompaniment it needs."

Herr Heinrich Kohn. an eminent violin soloist and pupil of Sarasate, who is passing through New tZealarid; has expressed his very high opinipn of Miss Thelma Peterson's . voice and musical temperament. ■ Herr Kohn is a graduate of Leip'sig Conservatorium, also the Guildhall School of Music, and other standard institutions of music, and has toured Europe with the most eminent artists. This gentleman, has very gienerously offered iis services as solo . violinist at Miss. Petersen's con-, cert, an offer that has been eagerlyac-, cepted and much appreciated, as Herr Kohn> trill: have' to make a special rer' turn visit ta Masterbon to pe present' s on the 22nd. Patrons can confidently look forward to a musical tr&at. )

Writing to a Stratford friend, Sir, William Hall-Jones says:—"l am j thankful to say my health is much ..better than when I left Now Zealand, and did we ; but get ja fair amount of sunshine'ithe'winter here would bo somewhat endurable; • but the damp. atmosphere, l coupled with the dull grey leaden sky, is mucfaStod: great a f contrast with the Sunny South., lam I delighted to hear that aIL ' is going well in the Dominion. Prices',for our ] njain produc|s keep up. at thjs end"re 7 | markably <w6UW&nd~ so long ..as we maintain the high standard of the J class of. goods exported, we could double and treble our trade in nearly every one of our products." - Says the Press':—The advent of wireless telegraphy in New Zealand is regarded by the operators in the Telegraph Department, ;as. providing an avenue for promotion,. Within ; a few , months some of the low power stations will be c6mplete4,,and thie'officers state j that the manipulation of instru- 1 ments should present no difficulty after \ a very short course ■ instruction, while the technical knowledge should readily^be acquired by onei who has a grounding in electricity and magnetism. Therefore, the officers trust that j the executive! and staffs for these sta- I tions,.will be ch'awn entirely from their own service, and that tlie'Department will not deem it necessary to employ outsiders. , ' Acting on the suggestion of Mr H. G-. Ell, M.P., the Lands Depaitment decided that where small township sections are to be leased they shall not be dealt with separately as heretofore, but shall be grouped and leased in lots of from five to ten acres, so that a labouring mau may be able to get sufficient land to use profitably. In years gone by scores of these -small sections wer6 reserved - in different parts of New Zealand in anticipation of the growth of townships. Experience has shown that sections are provided farrin excess of requirements J and from time to time they have been disposed of separately, but it is hoped to deal more advantageously with them in groups. WEDDING CAKE. Everybody is interested in wedding cake, for matrimony is the lot of the average. To make _ a wedding cake rub to a soft and light cream a cup of butter and one and one-half cups of powdered' sugar. When light, add six eggs well beaten. Mix together a teaspoonful each of cinnamon and nutmeg, powdered, and one-half teaspoonfnl oft ground' cloves. Put together one-fourth pound of minced citron, and onehalf pound each of seeded and halved raisins and well-cleaned currants. Dredge all well with flour, and add to the other ingredients, then stir in a 1 pint of sifted flour and, last of all, a wine glass full of brandy. Bake in a tin with a funnel in the centre. When cold cover with white icing. If the wedding guests want tea, then serve Dragon Brand Tea at 2s 8d per lb. This is absolutely the finest tea procurable in New Zealand to-day. It is rich, strong, and well flavoured, the colour # is bright, and t-bo exquisite. Draeon Brand Tea is procurable from most storekeepers in this district. It is a good family tea. , ;

Residents of Renall Street are complaining at the removal by the corporation of the street lamp which used to stand opposite the saleyards in that street. This spot is now a particularly dark part of the road, and not pleasant for- ladies to travel it on a; moonless night. ■

AMr and Mrs Bentley, of Hone, Staffordshire, have just received news from Canada of the tragic termination of a romance in which their daughter Lydia was a central figure (says the London Daily Mail of Jannary ,14th). Miss Bentley, who was a trained nurse, went out to Christchurch, New Zealand, to join her relatives, and subsequently went to Canada, a distance of 7000 miles, to be married to Mr Oswald Hill, a prosperous farmer of Alberta. On the voyage, however, she was taken ill, and at Edmonton, where she was met by her fiance,she was conveyed to a hospital. Shortly after her arrival at Edmonton Miss Bentley, while lying on what proved to be her death-bed, was married to Mr Hill; The day after the wedding the doctor found it necessary to perform a critical operation, under which the young bride died. Miss Bentley only, completed her training at Stoke-on-Trent in May, 1909, and afterwards for a short period undertook private nursing in Manches-, ter. A young black, white and tan sheep dog,,lost in Masterton, is advertised for. The Masterton District High School invite tenders, for the supply of firewood. ' ■ ■ ■ " A reward is offered for the recovery of a black cross bull pup. . Finder is asked to return same to Mr D. Threadwell, Queen Street. Messrs Maclean and Co. will sell attheir rooms, Perry Street, to-day, at 2.30 p.m., the fitting and plant of the bankrupt estate of Albert Webb, tailor, Masterton. » ; The first autumn showing is now being made at Messrs Hugo and Shearer, of the latest novelties in English tai-lor-made costumes, the latest idea and designs in"Parision millinery, smart tweed ready-to-wear hats, shower proof, and tweed coats, smart knitted gglf jackets, latest dress -/material*, 1 ,/ etc.;-'./ / ■'/ ■' ' ■Tenders for the purchase of the whole of the stock-in-trade and fur-. . nishirigs of the general grocery business carried on by the late Mr W. Donaldson,; at Kuripuni, are invited; ( Particulars may. be obtained from the office of Messrs Gawith and Logan/ Messrs McGruer and; Co.'s monster clearing sale closes on Saturday next;; During the present wieek ,;an tunity is given of Securing : special / bargains, prices having been marked down to .effect a clearance. //; ■ /