LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10223, 26 April 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr G. A. Bruce, of Kopuaranga, is putting a new Reid and Gray shearing plant into his shed.

The offer of Mr Gould of a teacher's residence at Pongaroa has been accepted by the Education Board, subject to a grant being authorised. The season for the shooting of Nativo game opens on May Ist. Ducks are reported to be fairly plentiful in the Wairarapa district, particularly in the neighbourhood of the Lake.

A Wairarapa settler who was breeding mallard ducks for liberation on his estate states that the whole of the ducklings have been carried off by hawks. \

Mr J. C. Boddington reports that the rainfall registered at the Upper Plain for the 24 . hours preceding 9 a.m. on Tuesday was 62 points. The recent rain has brought the tennis season to a close in Mnsterton. The howling season will also he over in a very short time.

Tho Ladies' Nursing Division of the Masterton branch of the St. John Ambulance Brigade will hold a meeting on Friday evening.

The Rev. A. Hodge reports that the rainfall registered at 9 o'clock yesterday morning for the previous 24 hours was 55 points.

An accident which fortunately was attended with no serious results occurred on the road to Nireaha on Monday. There is a narrow and steep part of the road near to the property of Mr T. Moss. A team of horses with a cart laden with house-blocks was being driven up the hill, when the leading horso took fright and turned round. The road being narrow, the horse fell over.the side, and the others followed, horses, cart and load going down tho bank to the bottom of the gully. The driver, Mr J. LeGrove, jumped from the cart just in time to save himself. Willing hands were soon on the spot and rescued tho horses, one of which was nearly strangled before it could be released. None of tlio horses were seriously hurt, but the cart was badly broken.

All the North Island oyster beds are to be thrown open for a short season from May Ist. The Government inspector will supervise the picking, and only first-class oysters will be taken. It has finally been decided to build a Public Hall in Hastwell. The settlers of the district intend to employ one man on day work, and form a working bee amongst themselves to help to erect tho building. The hall when finished will supply a long-felt want.

A telegram has been received b? the Very Rev. Dean McKenna, stating that the delegates of the Irish Nationalist Party would leave Ho cart last night, and arrive in on Sunday.

Meetings of assembled native owners under the direction of the president of the Tairawhiti Maori Land Board have been appointed to be held at Muriwai, Nuhaka, Opoutama, and Wairoa, to consider proposals for the disposal of various native blocks. As twenty parents in the district have undertaken to send their children to a High School in Eketahuna for twelve months, the Education Board is being asked to take steps to convert the present school into a District High School.

The polling-booths in Master-an win be open to-day from 9 a.m. till 7 p.r The result of the Borough Council election will probably be known at about 8 p.m. The result of the Harbour Board election will not, however, bo known until much later m the evening.

A letter was received at last night's meeting of the Masterton Borough Council from Mr Richard Williams, who stated that he had paid twelve months' subscription for the Southern Cross Journal for use in the Public Library. Mr Williams was accorded a hearty vote of thanks, and the Mayor stated that he hoped other citizens would make similar gifts.

* A bolt occurred at -Lansdowne yesterday. A baker's horse became startled, and bolted with the cart, throw ing the driver, a lad, on to the roadside. The boy was picked up unconscious, and carried into an adjoining house, where Mr Compton, who happened to be passing, rendered first aid. The horse was stopped some distance along the road. , :

A Nireaha resident writes to the Age:—"At present the district is enjoying a very beneficial rain, and that and the growth that has taken place in the feed has. entirely removed the 'tired look' which was so prominent on the face of farmers."

The Librarian reported at last night's meeting of the Masterton Borough Council that, during the year ended March 31st, 1911, 16,531 books had been lent.out, and 5752 were now on the shelves. The library subscribed to thirty-six periodicals and magazines, and four daily newspapers. On March 31st, 1910, there were 300 subscribers, and on March 31st, 1911, there were 276 subscribers.

St. Matthew's Hockey Club will be represented in a match against the P. and T. team at Lansdowne to-mor-row, by the following:—L. Boyd, W Harding, E. Douglas, A. Wheeler, R. Morris, F. Madsen, J. Vesty, H. Billington, A. Cowper, T. Miller, and V. Billington.

Experiments recently carried on in France and Sweeden go to show that, the pig—the most grossly maligned animal with regard to his food, is after all the most" fastidious in this respect. In Sweden the record tells' that out of 575 plants, the goat eats 449 and refuses 126; the sheep out of 494 plants, eats 387 apd refuses 141; out of 528 plants, the "cow eats 276 and refuses 218; and of 474 plants, the horse eats 262 and refuses 212.; while the pig, out of 243 plants, eats only 72 and refuses the other 171. In Tunnan, China, girls are still sold into slavery. In one year about' 300 children . from this" neighbourhood weje sold to dealers and carried to-the capital in baskets, like poultry. At ordinary times the price for girls is 3s 2d for each year of their, age, but in time of famine children become a drug on the market. . \

The secretary of the Caledonian Society (Mr W. has already received ten nominations for the ten vacancies on the-director-ate. They are as follows: —Messrs J. Montgomery, A. C. Pragnell, R. W. Robson, P. C. Jorgensen, Robert Mc*. Kenzie, J. Mackey, J. Georgeson, JQ Collie, T. G. Hoar, and J. W. Mgßsc.

The meeting to be held in the Masterton Town Hall to-night promises to be exceedingly interesting. Throughout the world meetings are being held to celebrate the 300 th anniversary of the Authorised Version of the Bible. Masterton is taking its part in these celebrations in the meeting to be held to-night. All the ministers of the town will take part, and what promise to be instructive and interesting addresses will be delivered. The Rev'. A. T. Thompson, 8.A., 8,D.,%i1l tell "How We Got Our Bible," Rev. S. J. Serpell, the newly-appointed Methodist Minister, will i speak on "The Authority and Inspiration of the Bible." The Rev. H. Watson's subject is "The Bible in the World," and* the Rev. A. Hodge will speak of the influence of *'The Bible in National Life." His Worship the Mayor (Mr J. M. Coradine) will take the chair, and' altogether, a very successful meeting is anticipated.

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The term holiday of the Hamua school is to bo varied this winter, to meet the convenience of the teacher.

The attendance at the Rongokokako school has increased to such an extent that it has been found necessary to rent the local hall, to provide farther accommodation.

v At the meeting of householders at Scarborough on Monday, Mr Godfrey Taylor proposed, and Mr A. McFarlane seconded, "that a Dominion scheme for the promotion of teachers is urgently required." The motion was carried unanimously.

The Wellington Education Board yeserday approved of tlio proposals 6f Commandant McDonald, nf tho Cadet Force, for the imparting of physical drill in schools, but did not make it obligatory to do away with dumbell and other exercises.

Tho Government has made a grant of £260 for science, cookery, woodwork and other fittings at the Pahiatua school. It has also granted a sum "of £75, being half the cost of acquiring an additional school area at Martinborough.

Of forty-eight reports on schools presented to the Wellington Education Board yesterday by the Inspectors, throe were selected by the chairman as especially satisfactory. These had reference to the Lansdowne, Gladstone, and Rongokokako schools.

A sub-oommittee of the Wellington Education Board, consisting of the members of the Wairarapa Ward, has been set up to fix a'position for the school on the new site at Eketahuna, so that t.ho Borough flag-pole may be removed to the new site before the Coronation.

A tremendous rush of applicants for chorus work in the Melba Grand Opera has set in. Mr Henry Bracy, who is supervising this portion of the work, was kept busy all Inst week hearing voices, tind three days were set apart for dealing with the sopranos alone.

The reserved judgment in the Appeal Court, Wellington, in the case Mac'donald v. Rose and others, was delivered yesterday. The result of a lengthy judgment is that a writ of attachment can be issued against Macdonald for £3307 3s 3d. No costs were allowed either party.

The "Wanderers" Costume Comedy Company gave their final performance in the Masterton Town Hall lasfc night to a small but highly appreciative audience. The company was deserving of better treatment i';an received at the hands of the Masterton public. It is a sterling combination, of much- more than ordinary ability. "The "Wanderers" .appear in Greytown to-night.

That the longest way round is the shortest way home has been demonstrated by a Masterton resident on more than one occasion-. He is a frequent traveller between here and Auckland, and, having a season railway ticket,* he proceeds all the way to Wellington when returning home, and comes to Masterton by the evening train, reaching here fully an hour before he would do were he to come through the Forty Mile Bush.

The Education Board yesterday made grants of £2 10s for grates at Featherston, £4 16s 6d for wiro, etc., at Carrington, £lO for removal of galleries at Clnroville, £6 17s for tank and stand at Scarborough, £37 for the conversion of buildings to sheds at Pahiatua, £2O for flooring of gymnasium at Martinborough, £2O for repairs to Mako Mako school, and £2 5s for repairs at Dalefield.

Another success has been achieved by Mr Winchell Smith, part author of "Via Wireless:" His new comedy is called, "The Fortune Hunter," and is at present playing in excellent business in America with John Barrymore in the leading role, a role which by the way,,.Mr Smitj^ r himself appeared in for three! nights." Tfie Australasian right" of the comedy have been acquired'by J. C. Williamson, Ltd.

- The Sheffield Choir, which has set out on itssjx>ur of Australia and New Zealand, comprises and an ingenious idea has been adapted to prevent the luggage o£ the singers getting mixed 011' the; journey.; Each member has been allotted a number, which, in figures Gin high, must be painted on his boxes in different colours, according to the voice of the singer, &i _ follows: —Fire!; soprano, light r6d; second sopraho, dark red first" eofttralto,' light yellow, "second contralto, dark yellow; first tenor, light blue;• second-tenor, dark blue; first , bass, light green; second bass, dark grqen.

The Wellington District Institute of Teachers forwarded a letter to the Education Board yesterday, dealing with the question of physical drill: They concluded their comunication as followa: —"This Institute is jf opinion that equally important with the question of physical'drill is that "bf internal accommodation in schools, especially in regard to ventilation and ■desks."—Mr Vile stated that this was rather a sweeping statement to make. He would like to know in which schools the ventilation was bad and the desks defective. He thought a report should be obtained from the officers of the .Board. —-The Chairman stated.that m the older schools the, ventilation was necessarily not as good as in the new —Mr Hogg-considered' that specific cases should have been named. —It was eventually decided that the matter be referred to the Finance Com'mittee for a report.

SOONES AND BANNOCKS. WAVERLEY SCONES.— Ingredients : Half a pound of wafer oats, three ounces of butter, one ounce of caster sugar,* half a pound of flour, half a pint--of- milk, salt; Method : Mix the flour aiyl oats in a basin with a little 'Salt; rub in the butter, add the mix; to a staooth dough with the milk. Roll out, cut in rounds, brush over with "milk, and bake for about - twenty minutes, serve hot. BANNOCKS.— One pound of fine oatmeal,„ one ounce . of ; butter, half an ounoe of baking powder, half a saltspoonful of* -salt. Mix the oatmeal, salt, and baking powder together, rub the butter into it, andi make the whole, into a stiff dough with cold water, % Sprinkle out the dough as thin as posible, and cut' it squares ; these across from corner to comer without dividing them. They must be cooked at once,* either on a 'well-buttered oven shelf on the top of-the fire, and turned as soon as the under part is browned, or they can be baked on a flat tin, buttered, in the oven. Serve with the Crescent Blend the finest 2s tea on the market; This .tea is blended by a connoisseur md is iremarkable for its exquisite favour and delicious r.roma. Jt is ? 'ong and extremely palatable. Yrtr ';" v i?

The Wellington Education Board . decided yesterday to instal gas at the Greytown school. A keen frost —the first of the season—was experienced in JWUuterton this morning. A pet lamb owned by a well-known ■ local resident, slaughtered at the Gis- x borne freezing works this week, scaled the remarkable weight of 1731b5. Two patients suffering from diphtheria have been admitted to the Masterton Hospital from- the Clareville district.

The Masterton Co-operative Company is among the seventy companion which have entered in the butter «uid cheese classes at the National Fairy Show.

A most successful meeting of the Masterton Methodist Ladies' Guild was held yesterday afternoon in the schoolroom. There was a large attendance, the chair being occupied by the Rev. S. J. Serpell, who spoke in appreciative terms of the usefulness o f the guild. Mrs Serpell was elected President of the guild, and several new members joined. A programme of musical items and recitations was rendered, refreshments being provided by the hostess, Mrs C. E. Daniell.

In endeavouring to explain the small increase in the population of Palmerston North during the past five years, the Manawatu Standard says: —There is one aspect of the census revelations which is worth noting. That is that the whole of the southern part of the North Island appears to be at a standstill. Since last census the Main Trunk line has opened, and has drawn away a steady stream of settlers and citizens. That Palmerston can still show an increase under such a strain is proof of 'ho town's stability.

A good, reliable harness horse is required by Mr F. <JT. Staples, Hogg Crescent.

Messrs E. B. Hare and Co., la:id and estate agents, Pahiatua, insert a fresh list of properties elsewhe e in this issue.

Messrs Maclean and Co. are selling by auction at their, rooms, Perry Street, Masterton, to-day, 50 cases of cooking apples; also handsome furniture, clothing, etc.

The next examination in connection with the New Zealand Society of Accountants takes place in November, 1911. A revised syllabus has been issued, and copies may be obtained from the Secretary, Mr E. W. Hunt.

Notice is given that the Electoral Rolls and Refaulters' LisS for the several ridings in the Castlepoint County are opened for inspection.

Notice is given by the Castlepoint County Council that the By-law reg-/' ulating wheel traffic and the use of bullocks during the winter months will be strictly enforced after May Ist. The Electoral Rolls and Defaulters' Lists for the several ridings of the Mauriceville County will be open for; public inspection from April 27th to May 15th, 1911.

It will interest shooters to read the W.F.C.A., Ltd.'s new advertisement on page 6. They have imported direct' from the manufacturers a splendid* assortment of gunsj and all the hesfc makes of cartridges tire procurable ut their warehouse. Their prices are al!, in favour of the buyers.

Winter time is "rheumatic*' time. Sufferers will find a,good preparation in. Gordon's Rheumatic Liniment. It acts promptly, and is good, for all nerve or muscular pains, 1

Mr C. E. Daniell has a replace advertisement in this issue' in reference to, direct importations of ironmongery ■ station requisites, and builders requirements.

Those assisting in ' the combined choir at the Town Hall this evening ate asked to meet on the stage ;■> ton minutes, to eight sharp. to be sung sate to be found in ih j j-jf-dinary Church hymn books. 'The'andienee are being supplied with a printed order of service, which includes a hymn sheet.

The Borough elections are close upon us, but there is a very important event with us now, vizr.; Mr J. L. seven .days surprise sale. It closes'on Saturday, but it represents money saving opportunities that should not be missed. '.Everything is -wonderfully: reduced to effect a speedy clearance.

Mr A. Hendry is making- special preparation, for the';winter season at his establishment in Queen Street. A large ogpsignment of the very latent in every description of underclothing, overcoats, rainproof overcoats, oil-skm overcoats, umbrellas, etc., is just to hand. A special dispilay is now being made, and patrons iare invited to call and make an inspection.