LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10186, 11 March 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

j -A young purebred Jersey cow recently changed ownership at Ballance (near Pahiatua) for"6s guineas., The latest return from the Masterton dredge is 16oz. 17dwt. for 12S hours' work. The railway line from Southern Cross to Bulfinch was officially opened yesterday, states .a Perth cablegram. The Stratford Hospital Board are about to erect an infectious diseases ward in. connection with the institution.- , ... ■ . .V- -"" i . In consequence of the cricket match North v. South Wairarapa having fallen through, the unfinished chanrpionI ship match, Masterton v. Carlton \yill j be continued on the Park' Oval to-day. \ Mr J. C. Boddington reports that the rainfall registered at the Upper Plain for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. on Friday was 4 points. An Ashburtoh telegram st&tes that a young man named Burke, employed by Jnme> McCrenor, of Methven, was found dead with: his throat cut. The annual meeting of the Masterton Football Club will be Held on the 22nd ihst. The Club is hoping enter three teams, for the competitions during the coming season. 1 A special meeting of the Masterton Borough Council will be held on Wednesday afternoon to consider objections, if any, to the Electoral Lists, to

amend the same if necessary, and to I certify to their correctness. I At a meeting of the Daniievirlfe A. and P. Committee yesterday, it was announced that the profits on r.he ye- | rent show-amounted to £435 15s lid. I The Association's assets, cash and' | plant, now amount tc £BSO. -Glasses in connection with the Mas^ I tort on Technical School will commence: I from Monday. March 20th. Pupils / desirous of holding free places at this school must be in attendance at 7 o'clock that evening, and bring their credentials with them. , A Sydney cable states that in reply" to a deputation which asked for a subsidy for a hospital. > the Hon- Mr Flowers, Acting-Chief Secretary, said ihat hospitals should not have to depend upon bequests. He strongly , favoured an „ "amusement tax" to provide if or their upkeep. '■. ■ • v r ■' ;'"; .-. ■•..•-.' , '.'."': : The Masterton Borough Council will meet in committee on Tuesday after-, noon to consider aplications for- th& position of '•Town Clerk and Borough Engineer. There will be a special' i meeting that evening to authorise a | poll of the ratepayer for a loan to. make a new street ketwen Queen and Chapel Streets. The ordinary business of the Council will be taken after. v A cablegram states that the Right. Hon. W.J. Lowther, Speaker of the House of Commons, has joined the. Parliamentary* Committee .'which, will entertain the overseas legislators at /the Coronation. The Executive inI eludes members of all parties and'.of ! both Houses. The King has directed that overseas commissioners are to be accorded an entree to levees similarly to that accorded to ambassadors. Statements regarding the numerical strength of the New Zealand Federation of Labour, to the effect that the membership is between 14,000 and 15y QOO, are questioned, and, according to. one of those interested in labour matters', the figures are inaccurate. The total membership, this, authority states, is about 9000, made up of 5000 miners and 4000 shearers. , The handsome silver cup presented by Mr' Alfred Booth, of Hawarden, •for competition amongst the Wairarapa bowling clubs is now on view in the window of Mr J. Whittaker's'shop, Queen Street, Masterton. The cup this year has been held by Masterton, , and- they will hold possession until a better club comes along and takes it from them. Mr Bedford, who is conducting a No-License campaign in South Wairarapa is reported to be having a great reception wherever he appears. At Pirinoa the meeting room was crowded, and at Martin borough there was ' a very large attendance. Mr Bedford speaks at Carterton: to-night and to- ' morrow'.■ • '" ' ■■'■■ •'' '■'■'=■■■' ' , v '' '■' ' ■ ■ The present season in central and northern Queensland will go into the recr.ids as the most remarkable in the history of the State, owing to the splendid rains which have continued to fall. Instead of the seasons drying off, - "as was expected, more rain fell this ' summer than iuany other summer xm record. Thero were places in. Western Queensland th at received as imich rain i'l January ami. at the beginning of February as the average for the year over a whole series of years: The result has been a fu rtlvei;;boiom in' pastor-* i al properties, which have been changing hands freely.

As a wind-up of Waipapakauri's first Agricultural and Industrial show, the usual social ball aaid supper was held. Everything was going on merrily, who; I Mr Robert Williams, aged 21 years, and a grandson of the wellkaown veteran of the far north', Mr Joseph Evans, took his partner, Miss Elizabeth Anderson, to a seat. Both "sat down together, but about two minutes afterwards, Williams took a fit, and, giving a few short gasps, fell to the floor, dead. A large flaxmiller from the Koputaroa district, in course of conversation with a Levin Chronicle reporter, emphasised the fact that the flaxmillirig industry was in a very parlous state. "The only thing we can look for at present," he humorously remarked, "is a cyclone in the Philippines. That -would be'theif misfortune and our salvation. The Americans," he went on, "are now using machinery, and are putting on the market a second-rate article at a very much cheaper rate than they used to." Mr Joseph Dixon, captain of the Masterton Fire Police, waited on the Masterton Trust Lands Trustees an support of a letter in which he asked why the Trust grant had been reduced from £lO to £5. In other places Jra police constables wore paid 2s and 2s

Cd an hour; while in.Masterton "the payment averaged 6d per man. a* night. On the motion of Mr Krahagen it was resolved to, make a further grant of £5 to the Fire Police, and at the same time place A on record the good services of the men in attending at entertainments in the Masterton Town Hall., The matter of presenting a medal for the mo:t attendances was held over. .;. Numerous complaints are being made by Lan«downo farmers that mushroom gatherers neglect to close the gates on the properties over, which they stroll, thereby causing the stock to stray. Yesterday morning Mr H. 6. Williams had fifteen head of cattle 'liberated in this manner, and was pitt to considerable inconvenience ill regaining, them. The practice is probably due to carelessness more than anything else, but we are informed if it continues settlers will have to prohibit all trespassers on their property. Mr /lex. McFarlane, Pahiatua, elsewhere '.announces that in response to the request of a large numbers of electors in the Forty Mile Bush and Wairarapa districts he has decided to become a candidate for one of the ■ tjvo Wairarapa -seats o.w the Wellington Harbour Board. Mr McFarlane is well-known throughout the Wairarapa districts and has ahyays taken a keen interest in. anything connected with the advancement of ] the district), 'At the r present time he is associated with one 1 of tlie largest exporting industries in the Dominion, being chairman of sie National Dairy Association, and also chairman of the Balance Dairy Factory., Mr W. L. Kennedy, of Toko, - a member of" the Taraaiaki Education Board, recently took a trip through the Ohura and UpperMokaudfetricte; He concludes a description of his travels in the Stratford Post thus:— "When we /arrived in Toko,, we were' confident that we saw no better".-!; nor' greener country in our travels. The effect of tlie trip impressed us with the fact that we were scratching one coiS ner.of Taranaki's resources—;the thousand of acres, fit for settlement, and ihe possibilities of its futur'6, the vast number of people it may one day contain, will make Taranaki in truth the Garden of New Zealand: v But much—-remains to be done. Better facilities are wanted for our New Zea- ; land boys to acquire, a piece of land and; so prevent them getting-disheartened' by repeated failures at the bailot,«aiid driving them to other countries where land cap be more easily obtained;! The Union of "-New Zealand has

a'dtity-tfa perfoph\,;to see that returned toParliament pledged tqj*fthe-. speedy opening of the. waste lands- of the Crown, to the acquisition of, or, the compulsory Working of, lands, andf;'to the better, roading-ibf the back blocks. * v : . Mr Keith, land agent, Master--, tn, advertises a 6-roomed house with) all conveniences, and freehold section for sale, cheap. . - r Messrs W. B. Chennelis and'Cb; adyertise for'sale or to let a 7-roomed hbuse at' Lansdowne/ furnished 1 ' or un'i. '•furnished.' ' ■'■■>'■:'-. -' -. •'-^^■■J..?. '. .. ■ •• ■. v , : \.-.5.,;■ '. Asmall dairy farm of 21 6-roomed dwelling, shed arid all rieoessary outbuildings-• is- advertised; Afor sate cheap by Mr W..H. land agent/ Masterton. ■:"'-'. ..'''•'•■ S'^ '•''* There are a few stock-taking'cleai< ing lines to be disposed of at the' New' Zealand Clothing Factory, QueenStreet. Those who are first there Will have the best chance of selection/ ■ i; ■ ■ Messrs Reid and, Gray have recently brought out some new improvements in conuectibh with their ploughs, and'* farmera Will do "well to make a point of seeing them' before placing their orders.,. '.' {'.. .''".'.. ',-■.,' ':• :.-;?■ .'• /Messrs A. J. Johnson and Co. draW attention to their weekly sale of furni-1 ture, poultry, tomatoes, etc., to-day. {

They will also sell a three-yeark>ic[ thoroughbred colt, with' saddle and bridle. Applications are invited by tlie Masterton Technical School from persons qualified to give instruction to classes in (1) plumbers'-work, and (2) sign and ticket writing. Those in search of a good investment are advised to read the advertisement of Mr C. J. Smith, of Carterton. It is to be found in the "wanted" columns on the front page, and will repay perusal.

A case of diphtheria is reported from ' Papawai. A newspaper is now published within the Arctic Circle at Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska. It is only issued once a year. It.-is officially declared that the"city' of Vancouver (British Columbia) is adding to its population at the rate of 1000 per month. To-day it contains 5000 people. The announcement is made of the sale of a small plot in Broadway, New York, below Wall Street, for £1,500,000, equivalent to nearly six guineas a square yard. The second men's class at the local Y.M.C.A. gymnasium was well attended last evening, and some very use- , ful exercises were indulged in. The secretary of the Masterton Chamber of Commerce lias not yet received any official notice of the alteration in the railway time-table from the Minister of Railways. The Red Star Football Club will hold its annual meeting in tip local Y.M.C.A. rooms at eight o'clock this evening. ■ The•••■ Masterton •* Railway. League,., which is endeavouring to do, something. with a view to getting the Rimutaka deviation ,carried out, is awaiting. re-. pUesirqm members of Parliament' and >; interested settlers on the" line from ,# Napier to Wellington.

A striking instance of tbo productive capacity of the land of this district, and. sit the same time, of the wealth of the dairying industry, is offered by the rV't that a sum of £300.000 is paid out annually to settlers farming land within an area of six miles (remarks the Waimatc Witness). There Ls probably not another area of land in the world of similar dimensions producing the- same amount of wealth. One of the Taranaki County Council dog-tax collectors had a surpriselast week when riding nlo-ug an unfrequented road. Bis hone suddenly lowered its head and cantered along, leaving its rider on the ground. A barbed wiro which had been stretched across the road had caught him across the waist, thus compelling him to part company with his noble steed.—Her- 1 aid. Messrs Held and Gray's new pattern steel frame drilLhas passed the experimental stage, and is used in the Dominion by hundreds of farmers. The • Xo. 3 drill sows grain, with or without manure every coulter, also manure with turnips every second coulter, and sows rape every coulter. It has a canva's cover, turnip and rape attachment, and turnip coulters are sent with every drill." All enquiries are promptly I attended to by "their repro- ' seliitative, Mr A. E. Upton. We are requested to remind our readers, particularly, -sheep farmers and dealers of the Associated Auctioneers sale of stock on Account of the Upper-Opaki settlers at, Mr A. McLeod's yards, Opaki, on Tuesday next, Uth inst. The entries will embrace some 3QOO ewes, 1450 lambs, 700 .wethers, 70 rams, and cattle of all classes, the settlers having withheld ( the whole of their surplus' stock for • this sale, • Purchasers may rely upon getting really good sheep, and the character of the sale will be a genuine clearing one. Elsewhere in our columns applications are invited for active members of the Masterton Boxing Club, 1 and there is little doubt that the required number, viz., 50, will be quickly forthcoming. This Club promises to be one of the strongest in New Zealand, and the executive are anxious to havea, representative team in the Dominion championships this 'season, and overy ! encouragement will be given to local TJoxers to make themselves thoroughly efficient in noble' art. Full particulars may bo obtained of the'honorary secretary,'Mr Savillo-Smith.