LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10197, 27 March 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

-Mr J. B. Wilton,! of Vancouver, who has : been spending a holiday .in: Masterton, is- taking back' to "British Columbia the seedlings'of a number of native shrubs; ~.--...

A white frost was experienced . in Eketahuna on Saturday morning last.

Owing presumably to the scarcity of fodder the price of bran now stands at £4 10s per ton in Oamaru. The North Island Dog Trial Club's championship meeting is to be held at Oriugi, Hawke's Bay, in June.

The settlers of Karori (Pongaroa) have formed themselves into a Rabbit Trust Association,

There are forty-six schools in the Wellington education district holding recognised classes in elementary agri-. culture.

A smart shock of earthquake was' experienced in Masterton at 3.55 o'clock on Saturday morning. It was also felt at Pahiatua, Feildiug, , and elsewhere.

The Masterton Municipal Band rendered a choice programme of nrasic in the Park yesterday afternoon to a largo gathering of people.

Last year there were 1442 children on tho rolls of the Roman Catholic schools in the Wellington district. Of these, 125 were'enrolled at Masterton, and 51 at Pahiatua.

It is expected that the sitting of the Supreme Court, which- opens in Masterton to-day j will last for the greater portion of the'week.

The Evening Post states that > Rifleman Willoughby, of Gladstone (Masterton) , intends accompanying the Bisley team to England. Tho Wellington' shopkeepers are strongly opposing the Labour Unionist proposal to make Saturday the weekly half-holiday.

Taihape is experiencing a water famine _ just now. Water is being carted' from the river to the town; in barrels. "

A - pen of weaner calves by an imported Holstein bull brought £5 3s per bead at Rahotu saleyards, Taranaki. ,

There are not far short of six thousand co-operative workmen. the-"Dominion. The number will probably be added to prior to the forthcoming election, and subsequently reduced. . -r

The old traditions of -Parihaka are fast departing. The land round about the township is to be extended for Maori; settlement, ardthe outlying lands opened up for landless people;

... -Martha'Tain\ii, a young Native, femalo with a history, has.been sentenced to : three months' 1 , imprisojjment at .Taihape oh a charge of vagrancy. >f v,«Mr Golitf Algie ■lisvrepbrted ; to speaied an eel in the Te Hoe stream at Alfredtom which turned the scale at aOlbs:.;::'. ■ ■.. ...v/. V:..... .V'V;

The Pahiatua herald says it is probable that the Hon R. McKenzie Minister for Public Works, will visifc Weber and surrounding disti-icts shortly in connection with the suggest-, ed Masterton-Waipukurau railway.

The scarcity of labour is affecting the progress of the wdrks which the Akitio County Council has in hand. The county overseer's report presented to the meeting of the Council on Saturday stated that several works had'not been proceeded with for-this, reason...

In their annual report, the Inspectors 6f- the Wellington. Education Board note,that swimming is taught in" a number of schools with very good results.'''"', ..*''"'' ..''■/:

-A northerirvisitor to Masterton expressed the opinion to a representative of the Age on Saturday".."that Queen Street was the finest street he : had seen in' New Zealand. There *s nothing like it, he says, in Australia.

A Dunedin telegram states that portions of a^htimaribody, believed to.be that of Joseph Williams,, drowned at Ocean Beach a fortnight ago, were washed itp, on the, beach •on Friday night; . \

From a hundredweight of "Up-to-date" potatoes planted last season by Mr H, M.'/Whatmah, of the Waimarama settlement, Hawke's Bay, a v yield of:thirty: : bags Has .been obtained, which is; equal to twenty--eight tons-to the >ere. .- -: ~ ..•' ■■-.■'■■:' -jr; ■ -..-;•■.■"'•■:■- .The- raluo of advertising again. "On Friday last a, paragraph appeared in the Age, stating-that a couple bf'horses were straying on the roads to the east of.Masterton.. On Saturday .eVe'iv* ing we received a ; ; telephone message from -,\-a. : , resident, of'; Fefttherstoii. thanking*us for assisting/'him :to*.reK cover his,lost horsesi - "-':.-:'...-'..-. /.'

The Duhedfn Star states that the case to.which so much public attention has been directed of late through the Chief Justice hearing it in camera has reference to the administration of trust moneys in the estate of the late Mr Greenfield j who' formerly owned the city tramways. The defendant is the Hon. T.' K. Macdonald, M.L.C.

In a farewell message to the people of New Zealand, Dr. J. Q. A. Henry, the world-famed evangelist who sails for Melbourne to-day, says:—""l cannot leave these fair isles without conveying to the press and people of New Zealand my deep gratitude for their co-operation and help in my mission. I have spent in New Zealand one. of the best years of myllife.'' -He mentions in the course of his letter that Div Chapman and Mr Alexander Avill visit New Zealand in 1912. .-

OATMEAL RECIPES. SCOTCH OAT CAKE.— -Ingredients : One pound 'of oatmeal, two ounces of butter, a pinch of salt, a tea spoonful of carbonate of soda. Method.— Put the oatmeal into a basin, mix in a little salt, melt the butter and' mix it with the oatmeal. Dissolve the soda in a gill of water, mix it quickly into the oatmeal, well stirring it, Pu£ the dough on to a pastry board sprinkled with the meal, spread it out evenly with the hands, sprinkle with meal and cut in "squares. Cook on a girdle or in the oven. OATMEAL MUFFINS.— A teacupful of cooked oatmeal, a teacupfuf of milk, salt, sugar, Ealf r a-pound of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one. egg, 'butter. Put the flour into a basm, mix in the baking powder, salt and a little sugar. Beat up the oatmeal with the. egg, add the milk gradually, and a little melted butter, stir, this'in with the flour and mix thoroughly. Roll out on a floured board and cut in rounds. Bake in well-buttered tins in a hot oven for.half an hour, butter whilst hot and serve. , Try the Elephant Brand Tea at 2s 2d per lb with,these oatmeal productions, and', you will- en-joy; both. The Elephant Brand Tea delights the palate with its pleasing flavour: It is rich, and; strong arid nerve stimulating, and is about the finest tea for cold weather.

The ordinary meeting of the Masterton Borough Council is to be held tomorrow evening.

A young man was thrown from a horse in Masterton on Friday, and sustained a fracture of the left arm.

A London cablegram states that the hemp market is inactive. April-June shipments are quoted at .£2l 10s. A Feildhig telegram, received en Saturday, stated that there was still no sign "of rain, and dairymen and stockowners were viewing the position with something like alarm. The name "John Congdon," wliich appeared in our report of the Court proceedings in Masterton on Friday, should have read, "John Condon." This evening Mr A. S. Malcolm, M.P., will lecture in the Masterton Town Hall on "Imperial Federation." The admission will be free.

The earliness of the season is seen in the fact that the grain traffic on the railways of Southland is 5969 sacks in exoess of the quantity carried during the corresponding three weeks of last year.

Complaints .are made that with all the Government grading of butter for export, residents of the Dominion have to : put up with inferior, qualities of butter, and pay a higher price than the British consumer.

The gross takings in connection villi tho Thelma Peterson concert in Masterton now reach- £72 Bs, including a donation of £3 3s from Dr. and Mrs Hoskjng. There are one or two small returns still to come in, which will slightly increase the total. , The Masterton Mounted Rifles held their annual shoot for the Bolton Challenge Cup at the To Ore Ore butts on Saturday. The ranges were 500 yds, 600 yds and 700 yds, and the weather conditions were .perfect. The trophy wafs.wqn ; by trooper J. Fuller, who also won it* last year. Trooper W. Bannister was only one "point behind the winner. \

"I saw,. to criticise," remarked Mi' Fischer,: one.iof-the; party of, American, -tourists, -wjio arrived in Christchurch on Tuesday 'evening,-'re-' forcing to his experiences in New land, "but I v don't-'like-the Labour legislation of the country. I think you are doing everything you'possibly can to drive capital away f torn your shores, and you ought not to do that. There will come a day,of retribution, when bills must l)e met, and how are. you going to pay thenv?"..

Mr G. M., Thomson, M.p., very j ■sanguine B.??tb the~futui;eof '•••the, iron j industryfin theDoirmiion; He believes, that the Va^^w»Mraa]L :; before t Aknif :^ dustfies in this .[country..' By means of electrical furnace's, which are fast being developed, New Zealand will be, Mr Thomson anticipates, one of the greatest iron-producing countries m the world. .. "'-'•• -.-

■ »A ; Maori was fined about £2 altogether, including costs, for allowing his horse to wander oh the railway dine at Te Aute. The Magistrate drejv; the defendant's attention to the fact that if, as a result of his horse wanderling on the line, a train had been derailed and a, passenger killed, defendant would have had to stand his, trial for manslaughter, .. / : • .

The average attendance at the chief schools in the Wairarapa district during the past .ybar/was as follows : Mastertoh D.H.S.■-' and. side school; 775; Cai-tertbu D;H.S., 269; Ealiiatua D.H.S., 238:_•■; Greytowh DjT.S., 227; Mangata-uidka, 145; Featherston,: 137; Martinborough, 115; Lahsdowne," 144; •Eketahuna, JUS;" FernriflgeJ ville, 83 •■' ' 1 61; Scarborough, 59; Pongaroa, 50; Parte vale, 52. K&iwaiwai,: 43; Rohgokokako, 41; Kaitawa, 40; Mako Mako,. 42; •Ballanee, ;53; Dalefield, 52; Htikanui,, •well, 46 ;'* Gladstone j 43 ;' Kaipororb; 39; Mauriceville West, 38; Te Ore Ore; 37.' ■:• - : '■■.■'..••'•*■ \- .-! ' = .-'-'.-:;'--'-.;:"--"

Both services in the Congregational. Church'in Masferton yesterday; were conducted by the pa'stbi'; the Bevi A. Hodge. Mr. Hodge' took <as the- subject of his morning's ' Carelessness,v-'*;the text; Being foUnd. in Isaiah .22: 13, "Let ;us : eat and drink, for to-morrow we shall ;die.',t In the evening ihe preacher took his thrfme, v 'To'-mor row's Wonders,'' basing his remarksbiithe words from Joshua 3: 5, ' "Sanctify ' yourselves,"' for to-morrow the Lord will do wonders '. among you." - ../ f

■ ."Harvest festival services >vere held invthe: Salvation Army; barracks in yesterday,,when congregations attended. The interior' of the building was prettily decorated, particularly the platform, which was set put in the form'of a-village'at harvest time. At one side was "the village church, and in different parts cottages stood, while round about were crops of ripe com. Ensign Avenell conducted the services throughout the day, and special hymns were sung. To-night a harvest tableau will be acted by. fhe members of the corps, and to-morrow night the Carterton corps will supply the programme, after which the produce will be 1 sold. ~ V "

A meeting of the-Management Committee of the Red Star Football Club was held in Masterton ,on Saturday evening, tltere feeing'present: Messrs A; Ross (chairman), A. Miflirr, E. J. Wing: and K.;:-Welch. A letter was received from Mr B; Ives»>«, tewlerirg his resignation as secretary of the .Club. The.resignation wa3 accepted with' regret* and Mr" 3. Connell. vivis appointed in his stead. It was decided that on theopeiusi;; day of the season a match be playeJ between two teaius to bo picked by ihv senior selection committee. The secretary was tnstrtTcted to obtain f.ertmssion tc use the old showgrounds en April 22nd

FOR ONE MONTH ONLY. THE DRESDEN PIANO COMPANY, Ltd., will hold a Special sale of their well-known Highclass Instruments at the "locul Agency, MESSRS INNS AND GODDARD, next to Club Hotel, for ONE MONTH ONLY, under the direction of Mr J .WALLS, the Company's Representative^, Those in search of" a first-class PIANO have now the opportunity of inspecting one of the finest selections of.instruments ever seen in Masterton, which, ' can be purchased on exceptionally easy terms, Which can be ascertained at the Agency. • The Company are Agents for—"The Brilliant Broadwood." "The Splendid Ronisoh." jt'The Magnificent Lipp," and ""The, Superb Stein way." M. J. BROOKES, , North Island Manager. INNS AND GODDARD, Local Agents.

The supposed huias which were flitting about Mount Holdsworth have been discovered to bo tuis, or "parson birds."

A number of Masterton deer-stalk-ers are already making preparations for the opening of the season.

The Wanganui Chronicle states thai)' there is absolutely no truth in the statement that Messrs C. H. Poole and T; E. Taylor, M.'sP., have purchased a cattle ranch of some 1000 acres on the shores of Lake Rotorua.

A number of alpine tourists intend making the ascent of Mount Holdsworth from Masterton at Easter.

Mr H. W. Smith, huntsman of. the Wairarapa Hunt Club, will take charge of the hounds on or about Ist" April. Hunting will probably commence about the middle of April. A welcome was accorded Mr P. E. Parsons, tho new minister at the Kuripnni Methodist Church, at the Y.M.C.A. last evening. Mr Snowball occupied the chair, there being a fair attendance of members, whilst a few strangers were present in addition to the speaker. The speaker gave an excellent address, emphasising : the need of remembering other ; people, \ based on the words of; J. R.-Miller,ffie: famous writer, "There are These words reminded'him of'the words •';.' once uttered by the President of ; thefamous London Brotherhood, the -Rev. F. B. Meyer, "The least possible'for ■ self, and the most possible for others." -' Several examples of the way certain lives were helped by influence were ; given, and a strong appeal to the younger members closed a telling talk. ■ After welcoming the strangers," 'Mr'.' Shoesmith, late of Canterbury, Kent, and Mr D. C. Cameron, Mayor of the ■ borough .of St. Kilda, Dunedin, gave ['.-:. very interesting and helpful addresses ;• in reply. A vote, of thanks to fthifr • Jadies of the Congregational Church ■ : for the provisions dosed the gathering- • .'/ : - '. • ■-■ .':'■. -■•'. '■:■■■■'':■'-'

Messrs Abraham tnd Williams. 1 Ltd., make additions to their Pahiatua .stock'sale. ' ' ' -.

: " Nominations for:th,e election ;ofiwo;,: members on the Wellington Harbqhr - : i ;l Board close on Wednesday, April- / :; with Mr R. Browii, Returning officer* ■ Masterfon.' r '■■:"'■■■" '■'■■■: ■:' : -- > \".C:- •■•!-','' t -..

The local secretary fbr Trinity Col- "'-' lege of Music, Mr H; S; Ciaughton;; H advises dates of examinations together' with last days of entry;'-; ProspectuseV Sand forms of entry mky,be hadl on■ ap--vq. plication Streets '"* ')'&^s<

, Mr a; meeting estatelof Thomas Malom^^lW^ft-5^ held in the Courthouse, Masterton;ibnk Saturday, April Ist/ ..-'•■

In consequence of repeated losses of stock, Mr H. H. Beetham gives notice -: that anyone found trespassing oh any - j part of Brancepeth station/ deersiialk.* ■I «ig;or b.e prosecuted. £V > Tenders are invited by Mr W 1 - B i Qhennells, 8.0.A., for the - i.^ a g and fittings,, in the estateof L.- ■•'■■ . .J.- Hooper, draper, >: of ; Mastertbn. * tetock, sheets and conditions can lie :• seen at the offices of the official - ; «fe- - nee or Messrs Bing, Harris and'Go., : \H Wellingtons ;-~''.:..v: l ,v v—' .■+:'...-T'. ■'■';::/:'„

- Messrs Dalgety ahd;,Co/,' Ltd;;r P ul>V lish opening: entries for: their ranga stock salmon the 2SbijnstkAti- 'i?i ditibnsi are' also made to their" =; Grev- . town 27th' ihsti "' f 's r -

Messrs Dalgety and Co:'; Ltd.; have received instructions G.WH. Graham to Ijpld. an unreserved clearing sale-on:the%operty,;. Upper> Plaint■ Masterton;:fon Friday, March, 31ist : ,;6f' all her live and dead Stock;;-Pairticu-lars are : giyen on page;>eigbJfc' ; of ■:&& issue.. ; Stock' on account: of other vendors will-be Sold at the same time and '. Place:'--..'.' : .';■.:.>;..:.■.'-•'.. ;- -- : '-- ;;::-...■-.■ '/:.;'■■