LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10185, 10 March 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The directors of the Hawera Dairy Show have decided to cover in another ten thousand feet of space. Some healthy-looking turnip crops are to he seen in the Opalri and Kopuaranga districts just no^v. The Martinborough Town Board is in the happy position of having only about £8 in outstanding rates. Messrs King and Son have made a 'start with the erection of the new Courthouse in Masterton. During his recent tour in the "NorthIsland, Mr T. E. Taylor, M.P.,,spoke at. twelve centres, and addressed 14',000 people. There is in Masterton a tradesman who worked from the age of five con-i timiously for sixty years, and eventual-' ly qualified for an old-age pension. '> The Southland News states that Southland is suffering from a drought, ; and unless rain comes shortly the I position will be serious.

A New Zealand combined claim and butter worker is now in use on some English farms. Mr'.T. T. M. Homsby opens the political campaign in the Wairarapa electorate to-night, when he gives an address in Carterton.

Mr Harold Welch's "Umtali" won the pQiiy leaping event at the Hawke's Bay show on Wednesday from eighteen competitors.

Canning operations will, it is expected, be started at the Waingawa Meat Works ki the course of two or three weeks.

Another seizure of liquor was made by the ■Masterton police officers yesterday afternoon. A prosecution will follow.

Stratford is gaming a bad reputation. A correspondent states that a strong contingent of Stratford "sports" drove out to Te Wera, on Sunday morning, to witness a fight.

Complaints are being made that the Stock Office in . Gisbome is understaffed. The idea of a Government pffice of any kind being understaffed sag)ms almost too good to be true.

The Martinborough Star records the fact that a paddock of barley on the Tawaba iiat«, which has just been threshed, yielded 80 bushels to the acre.

The Masterton Pipe Band will hand over all their assets to the Wairarapa Caledonian Society at a meeting of the directors of the latter to-morrow afternoon.

Mr A. Reside, of Masterton, acted as judge of fat cattle and sheep at the Hawke's Bay show on Wednesday, whilst Mr W. D> Watson judged the horse competitions.

A match is to' lx> flown from Ormondville to-morrow iu connection with the Masterton Homing Pigeon Glub. The birds are to be hampered at noon to-day.

The' officers of the Territorial Corps of the Dominion go into camp at Tauherenikau to-day for a week's training. The camp will be lifted on March 17th.

The Masterton Chess Club will hold its' annual meeting at the Y.M.C.A. rooms this (Friday) evening, when important matters in connection with the corning season will come up for consideration.

Mr Charles-Pearce, of Wellington, who is shortly leaving for England, has resigned his seats on the Dannevirke. Masterton, and Petone. Fire Boards, and the Minister has appointed Wednesday, the 22nd day of March, 1911, for the election by the Insurance Companies concerned of a successor to Mr Pearce.

A resident of Dunedin,. who is at present in Masterton, and who has been touring the North Island, states that tho land along the Main Trunk, railway, and throughout the North Ts-" land generally, is far more adapted for' settlement and cultivation than a great deal of land in Central Otago.

The Masterton police cells, which are seldom used for the, accommoda.tion of criminals now-a-days, are being utilised for the storage of confiscated liquor. For the benefit of those who may bejempted to commit an offence in the hope of liquid reward, it is as well to point out that at least one compartment is, reserved for visitors. Mr Hugo Gorlitz, the travelling representative of Dr. Harxiss' Sheffield Choir, will arrive in Masterton tomorrow (Saturday), and will meet those interested at ,8 of clock in the evening. Dr. JEEarriss will bring.2oo picked chorus singers from England, arid they will give their well-known oratorios in the chief centres of New Zealand. His Excellency the Governor has accepted the position of honorary patron in New Zealand.

The Mauriceville dairy farmers.have, like-their ndghbours.-in adimniftg-?dis-tricts, suffered from the'effects.of the late dry, season. They were also put to further expense,, in that they had to cart water for the,>use of the factory. The matter became so serious that it was determined to put,in a pumping plant, , and Mr Daniell, of Masteston, was engaged: to arrange the matter. The water is. first filtered through sand, and "then a pumped tbxough galvanised iron pipes nearly half a mile to tEe factory. The power used is a two-horse oil engine. The plant was used for the first time on Wednesday last, and gave abundance of water for aff purposes. /

The "Droppers' Club?'the ramifica-" tions of, which "are most, elaborate, would appear to have a formidable rival in a new organisation in Maiterton which has been designated the "Lifters' Club." The chief function of the "Droppers" is to select - suilx able spots at which to deposit parcels of the prohibited elixir of life. The "Lifters, , , > on the other hand, have discovered a profitable occupation in a system of espionage, which enables them to appropriate the parcels which have been left at convenient spots for the thirsty denizens of the dry area. ;

A person who has interested himself in the study of sly-grog shops, told an' "Ashburton Guardian" reporter that almost all the grog-sellers are , nowgiving up their risky business. He added that the police surveillance is too thorough to allow the trade, to be carried on to any extent,, and thedemand for liquor does not the risk of £SO fines. Whisky and beer could be obtained too easily from Chertsey and Rakaia for a man to have to wait for ;the coyer of darkness to steal through the back entrance to a house carrying on the trade. Even those persons who somewhat extensive- , ly made home-brewed beer do not care to take the risk of retailing it, as even in this direction the police are unusually alert, said the speaker.

YOU 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 the use of turpentine will expose you—irritatioE of kidneys, intestinal, trach, and mucous membranes 'By insisting on Co GENUINE SENDER EUCALYPTI EXTRACT you not only avoid these pitfalls, but you have a stimulating, safe and effeDtive 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 experience and special study,! and it does what is promised; it heats and cures without injuring the constitution, as the oils of the market frequently do. There*r.ri. »»r«fof»t vourself by rejecting

Hares are reported to be very numerous in the Masterton district this year. - Applications for the registration of barmaids must be scut to the Secretary for Labour by Juno Ist, 1911.

Regulations under tho Workers' Dwellings Act, 1910, were gazetted last night. •

G. Haskins, of Ohristchurcli, who has been selected to join the Australasian team to compete at the Festival of Empire sporte, sailed by the Tongariro for London yesterday.

A man named John Hackett was committed for trial in Wellington on Wednesday on a charge of criminal assault on a girl twelve years and ten months of ace.

The Wanganui Herald, which is a good Government organ, contains tho following interesting little paragraph: —"Judge Gilfedder, who was appointed to the Native Land Court as a reward for faithful political services, has passed for the LL.B. degree."

Since the formation of the Egg Circle in Masterton some months back, keen interest has been taken in the poultry industry by local residents. One resident cleared £3O last year from eggs alone, and he has only a small rim.

The secretary of the Masterton District High School Committee has been instructed to write to the Wellington Education Board asking that body to bear the cost of painting the whole of the exterior of the wood-working room, with two coats of oil paint, and the roof with one coat of oxide.

The twelve-roomed house of Mr M. Hannan, Crowii Solicitor at -Greymouth, .and all the contents, wore completely destroyed by fire at mid •night on Wednesday, tho occupants only escaping in night attire. The cause of tho outbreak is unknown. The property is insured, but for what amount is not yet ascertainable.

The mistress of a Masterton house*-', hold, during the recent warm weather, made what she thought was some very nice home-made, non-intoxicating brer. She had evidently, however, been too free with the hops and malt, for, after entertaining some ; lady friends, she found it,necessary to accommodate them with couches. They wanted to go home, but their Jegi > would not let them.

In connection with the Keystone View Company's entertainment, on Wednesday next, for the benefit of 7 the fund for the purchase of; apparatus for the school, Mr W. H. Jackson reported to ,the .Masterton District High. School' Committee, last'night, that very generous help is being af- . forded by Mr J. C. Ewington, arid MV 'J. Payne, of the , Thompson-Payne ~ firml T&e former is providing" "the electric cm-rent, with his dynamo and .engine, and the latter is lendirijg the .cable and other electrical equipment required,- and is making a donation to the fund, to the extent of the freight of the apparatus, from and t6%&pier.

- The monthly meeting! of the- Masterton District High School Committee was held last' evening, there being present .-—Messrs E. Brown (chairman), Heyhoe, A* Hendry, T. J. Thompson, G. Townsend,' J. L. Hughes, and A. WV Chapman; The treasurer reported that the balance ! bank was £54 ss; Trust grant, in hands of the Board,- £32; subsidy to Trust Grant, £32; subsidy 'for rifle, range, £lo.'Accounts/ambunting to; ;£7l.'2s 2d.were passed for ■ payment". : '. Messi-s Thompson, Townsend, i arid Waddington were - appointed: .visiting hiembersfor the month. Messrs Mil- ; ler and Beatty's tender of 30s per cord ' to supply twelve cords of firewood for the school was accepted. The headmaster i-eported that work \vas being done in the school garden. Many of the , experiments were both, interesting and instructive. At the recent A. and P; Show prizes were obtained F in-every class in which the ; school'ex-; hibited. ' : ; ' •, ■'.-'-

"A man named G. Davidson, :\yho was arrested at TJiuranga, was 'charged at the Magistrate's Court, Carterton, with disobeying •an order of the\ Court, made ;ih ton, for tho maintenance of his children. The order had; been made over two years ago, the arrears having,in the meantime amounted to over £6O. Accused stated that he was how in a position to /pay £1 a week, and" his brother has expressed his willingness to go security;for it. Mr L, G. Keid, S.M., said : /he did not wish to [ send' : the accused to prison if lie could make the proper arrangements for payment. He would be-remanded for a week to enable him to communicate with his' brother, with a view to Jus entering into a bond with him for the payment of the amount in arrears.

The headmaster (Mr W. H. Jackson) reported, inter alia, to the meeting of the Masterton District High School Committee last nighty as follows: Attendance.—Main school; roll, 617. average attendance 596, percentage of attendance 97; Side school, 178, 165, 95; Secondary classes, 65, 61, 94. The effect of the new Attendance Regulations, is plainly reflected in the splendid 'attendance recorded above." Out of the roll number of 617 in the Main school, only 21 children have been absent, on the average, every day, and only 37 out of a total roll number of 860 in all three departments. Be-; sides indicating that there is,yery little; sickness among school children at the present time, this also makes plain the fact that there has been a leakage in attendance in the past. ' The accompanying absentee report contains a larger number of names than usual. The reason is that the names of scholars absent, even for a single half-day, for other causes than illness, are nowincluded in the list.

Sir Joseph Ward's landau was sold 'tin Wellington yesterday for 105 i guineas.

Operations in some of the mines at the Thames have be-en. curtailed and a number of men discharged.

A pumpkin turning the scale at 150 lbs was exhibited at the Hawke's Bay show on Wednesday.

The prizes won at the Hokitika Fire Brigade demonstration were presented last night. Tho Masterton team won £l9, and the Carterton team £ls.

A very successful floral fete and motor gymkhana, was held at V/an•gairai yesterday hi aid of tho Beautifying Society. About £4OO was taken.

The violin which Herr Jvahn is to xiso at Miss Petersen's concert in Masterton is an "Amati." and is nearly 400 years old.

The only criminal case at the sitting of tho Supreme Court- at Hokitika yesterday was a charge of. perjury ■against a Chinaman. Tho jury failed to agree, and "John" looked happy.

Farmers may be reminded that the Stock Act makes it compulsory for all sheep to be dipped hy March 31st, so that those who have not already done so should loi.o no time.

A churchgoer"in the sonth is to be prosecuted 'for disfiguring the pages of a new hvnm-book belonging to a church bv scribbling in its pages when he. should have been listening to the sermon.

A swimming race, held under the auspices of the Wairarapa Amateur Swimming Club at the Dixon Street Laths last even-ig. was won by G. Forman. with R. Person second.

Herbert Joivr;, of Masterton. was charged at the Magistrate's Court, Carterton, yesterday, with having driven a motor car in excess of the speed limit. Mr G. H. Cullen appeared for the defendant, and asked for a light fine in view of the fact that it was raining heavily at the time, and consequently defendant was anxious to reach his destination quickly. A fine of 10s and costs iva.s imposed.

Herr Henrich Kalm. tho eminent violin soloist, who is appearing at Miss Thelma Petersen's concert in Masterton on the 22nd inst.. is in town and staving at the. Club Hotel. He will lie leaving at the end of the week and returning in time for the concert. We hear the'committee is working hard, and the sn'o of tickets is very large. We would therefore advise ticket holders to hook early and secure their seats.

The Racing Commissioners, consisting of Sir George Clifford (chairman). Messrs A. E. Cohen, J. Rowan. R. H. Nolan, John MeVay, accompanied by Mr J. M. Johnson, secretary, and'his assistant, Mr Hartley SeTlars, motored through from Franklin yesterday morning, visiting Woodville and PahlVua racecourses en route. It was their intention, to inspect the Opaki racecourse, but as it was getting dark inspection was deferred until this morning. Afterwards they will visit the Taratahi, "Moron. Tauhcrenikau, and Lower Valley racecourses.

Thus the Pahiatua Herald of yesterday:—An extraordinary instance o'wliat a fetish the Maiiawalu line has become, to the Railway Department came under the notice of Mr F. G. Moore during a visit to Eketahuna yesterday. Thirteen trucks of sheep bar. been consigned from the station: to Petone,,and instead, of sending them direct, the Department had taken them up to PaJmerstoh North, down theManawatu lino to Wellington, and then up to Petone. This joumev would be half as long.again as the distance between Eketahuna and Petono on the Wiirarnpa line. r

'T\\ n ' 7 isc-nvory +-hnt it is the nrnctico to the- Technical College in Christchurch each day with a. short Bible reading and prayer lies le,d , to activity among the friends of the secular system of education. At a meeting of the Socialist Party a comrade stated that the practice followed at the Technical College was being introduced in other schools, and he asserted that in one school near Christch ii rch the Education Act was broken, flagrantly every day. The meeting carried a motion urging the importance of maintaining the Act. ,

The committee of the Wairarapa Amateur Athletic Club met last night in Mr John Coradine's office,- Mr James Pryor occupying the chair. It was decided to acknowledge ou /the minutes, the committee's satisfaction at the success achieved by members of the local club at the recent Palmerston North meoting. The orders for trophies, won at the recent meeting were passed for payment. It'was decided to thank the Kopuarahga Athletic Club for including a number of amateur events on their programme for Easter Monday. The question of the formation of a Harrier Club with a view keeping the members in form during the winter was left over for a general meeting of the members, tp be called at a later date. Tho matter of holding a final evening meeting was also held oyer till the next meeting of the committee. The secretary reported" that lie was notifying members regarding the photograph of the club which is to bo taken at the end of the week. . Wairarapa prize winners in the fired at'Trentbam_on Wednesday were as follows:—Taranaki match: Trooper S. Marenzi (Eketahuna), £2; Rflmn. W. N. Kummer CTe Wharau), Rflmn John MeKenzie (Opaki), Capt.* R. F. Wilton (Mauriceville), Rflmn C. J. Franklin (Weber), Rflmn W. G. Franklin (Weber), Rflmn W. J. Feast (Opaki), and Rflmn J. Rutherford (Mauriceville), £1 each; Rflmn D. H. Rutherford (Mauriceville), and Rflmn W. A. Mason (Featherston) 10s each. Bisley Aggregate: Trooper S. Marenzi (Eketahuna), £3; Rflmn W. J. Feast iSjpaki), Rflmn A. J. Cameron (Opaki), and Rflmn W. W r inslade (Opaki), £1 each; Capt. R. F. Wilton (Mauriceville), 15s. Attack match : Rflmn F. C. Franklin (Wober), Rflmn D. M. Mcintosh (Opaki), Rflmn Beetham (Opaki), and Rflmn R. J. King (Opaki), £1 each. Special Service match: Trooper S. Marenzi (Eketahuna), £2 14s; Rflmn H. T. Groves (Alfredton), and Rflmn Winslade (Opaki), £1 3s each; Rflmn J. Parker (Featherston), and Trooper E. Olson (Eketahuna), 12s 6d each. Tho Running Man - :, Capt. R. A. Wilton /Mauriceville), £1 18s; Trooper S. Jffjrenzi (Eketaliuna), 16s 6d.

-An advertiser requires a young girl to assist with housework.

Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., advertise! particulars of an important sale of draught and halfdraught horses at Pahiatua on Wednesday, March loth.

Tho Associated Auctioneers require tenders for tho numbering with paint of the sheep and cattle pens at the Sohvay saleyards.

The Masterton County Council invite tenders for metalling tha Mild Miki Road, and metal repairs to the Matahhvi Road.

Messrs Maclean and Co. will continue the sale of fancy goods, etc., at tho premises of Mr Hugh Rea, Queen Street, this afternoon, commencing at 2 p.m.

A stocktaking clearing sale is being held at the New Zealand Clothing Factory, Queen Street. Reference to their advertisement on the top of page 3 of this issue will give particulars of some of tho special bargains.

A clearing sale of stock, machinery and sundries, on account of Mr Alfred Matthews, will be conducted hy the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co. on Mr Matthews' farm, near Lansdowne, on Thursday next. The property being sold, all lines will be quitted without reserve, and Mr Matthews being a practical farmer, first-class quality is assured.

Ladies should be interested in the announcement inserted by Mr A. Hendry in regard to the famous "Kaiapoi costumes." Mr Hendry notifies that he is now prepared to book orders for Kaiapoi costumes, coats, skirts, and raincoats. Everything is of the best and a perfect fit is guaranteed. Prices are set out in the advertisement elsewhere, to which attention is drawn.