LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10225, 28 April 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Scarlatina is reported to be rife in Hastings just now. Over five inches of rain has al(ready fallen in the Hawera district 'this month. Large numbers of pigs are being shipped from the Tauranga district to Auckland.. , ... ■ We: uMerstand' that an> effort is to be made to form a Citizens' League in Masterton. High prices haye recently been paid for .township leases in To Kuiti. The Auckland papers describe it as "speculation run mad." Tatu Kaka, the Maori youth charged with the murder of John Freeman, has been committed to take his trial on May 22nd. Bertram Albertson has been fined 40s and 22s costs at Eketahuna for illegally shooting or .spearing trout. A meeting of members of the Reform. Party is to be held at Pahiatua I to-morrow, for the purpose of selecting a candidate to contest the Pahiatua seat in the Opposition interest. The supply of milk to the dairy factories in the Forty-Mile Bush has been j steadily diminishing during the last few weeks. Mr J. C. Boddington reports that the rainfall registered at the Upper Plain for tho 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. on Wednesday was 2 points, and on Thursday 8 points." The Town Hall, Masterton, has been engaged by Mr 0. Pragnell for j the evening of Monday, May 22nd, when he will address the electors on 1 Trust Lands Trust matters.

There were threo polling booths in tho Wairarapa at which not a single vote was recorded at the Harbour Board election on Wednesday.

A poll taken at Eketahuna on Wednesday on a proposal to duplicate the electric lighting plant was carried, by 103 votes to 56.

The Magistrate at Waverley (laranaki) decided that it was impossible for a man to be legally drunk twice in one day.

The Ruapehu sailed frm Wellington for London yesterday. The passengers included fully half-a-dozen from the Wairarapa, who are en route for the Coronation.

Mr Lees, of. Wellington, will open his wool-classing term in the Wairarapa, under the auspices of the Masterton Technical School, with a class at Tinui to-morrow.

On and after May Ist next, goods for various railway stations to wmch the volume of traffic is, small, will bo accepted for conveyance only on certain specified days.

It is co.nputed that between 3000 and 4000 cases of apples, and over 1000 cases of pears have been sent away by Tauranga growers this season. Next yen* a very big increase in the yield is expected, as a large number of new trees will be then bearing.

Intending passengers to Wellington to-day and to-morrow should note that the 7.30 a.m. train from Masterton has been Belayed till 8.30 a.m., , and that the,ordinary 4.35 p.m. train from Wellington to Masterton, will leave ten minutes earlier.

A meeting of the General Committee in connection with the address on Home Rule by the Irish delegates will be held at the office of Mr C. A. Pownall to-morrow (Saturday) evening, at 8 o'clock.

An elderly gentleman, while sitting in a Winton hotel on Monday last, got a great shock to his nerves through being severely handled by a lady who mistook him for her husband.

The population of the city of Wellington and suburbs, as shown by the census, is. 90,819, compared with 82,122 .'in 1906. These figures include the Hutt County and the Upper Hutt Town District.

A Press Association telegram states that Mr John Bollard, M.P., has been elected to the Avondale School Committee for the fiftieth successive year. As the Education Act under which Committees are constituted only came into existence in 1877, it is rather difficult to understand how the fifty years is made up. . A man named George Graham was charged in the Magisrate's Court at Masterton yesterday, before Mr M. C. O'Conneil, J.P., with being about to leave the district without making provision for the maintenance of an unborn child. The accused was remanded till May ,sth, bail being allowed in his own recognisance of £ss, and two sureties of £25 each. \

The following Councillors were elected for the City of Wellington in the election on Wednesday :^—Messrs Fletcher, Barber, Hindmarsh, Fitzgerald, Mclaren, Cohen, Shirtcliffe, Atkinson, Smith, Fuller, Goclber, Trevor, McKenzie, Frost and Cameron. Messrs McLaren and Hindmarsh were the only two members of the Labour "ticket" to be elected, and they were previously on the Council.

.A proposal to. meiSal, the QuarryRoad is to be considered by the ratepayers of Nirea-ha and Stirling . districts next Monday. a A' scheine of rating over a large'are& is ,to ' be submitted, and the intention is to raise a loan to enable settlers to take up a Government subsidy of £ for £, which is i.ow available. Th-3 Quarry Road, it is stated, will serve a; large scope of country" if metalled. An Otaki fruitgrower has gone in somewhat extensively for cucumber growing this season. The cucumbers are used by a New Zealand pickling firm, and are bought in large quantities. Puring the season he has sold from ten to twelve tons of cucumbers. ■

A young woman named Gertrude Love, employed as a cook at the Whakataki Hotel, was picked up in an unconscious condition on the Tinui road on Wednesday, and admitted to the Masterton Hospital. It appears that she is subject to fainting fits, and when riding was overcome with dizziness arid fell to the ground. Fortunately she was not injured.

Mr R. Brown, returning onieer for the,municipal and Harbour Board elections, 1 with his staff,/had a busy day on Wednesdays The' whole of the Arrangements were .complete; and. the work \vas gbt through with surprising expedition. In Masterton alone, no fewer than 7000 votes had to be dealt with.

A silly practical joke was played at Levin in connection with the Mayoralty election, which may bring tr6uble to someone. A nomination paper purporting to eomo from a well-known resident* was received by the Town Clerk, enclosing a cheque for, £3. Both documents are pronounced to be forgeries, and more will probably be heard of the matter.

In most parts of the Manawatii district butter-fat tests are on the upgrade despite a falling yield of milk, but at Rangiotu creamery tests show a distinct falling off on the last returns, and the suppliers do not appreciate the position, r A settler informs the Standard that some of the suppliers are talking freely of installing, their own Separators next season.

SCONES 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 and oats in a basin with a little salt; rub in the butter, add the sugar, and mix to a smooth 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 ounce of baking powder, half a saltspoonful of salt.. Mix the oatmeal, salt, and baking powder together, rub the butter into it, and, make the whole into a stiff dough with cold water. Sprinkle out the dough as thin as posible, and cut it out in squares; score these across from corner to corner without dividing them. They must be cooked at once, either on a well-buttered oven shelf on the top of the fire, x 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 these the Crescent Blend Tea, the finest 2s tea on the market. This tea is blended by a connoisseur and is remarkable for its exquisite? flavour and delicious aroma. It is strong and extremely palatable. Your g'ocr :? certain to na'v<». it in stock.

The Mastcrton Church of England Men's Society is the fourth largest in the Dominion.

Since the opening of the inebriates' home at Pakatoa there have been 244 admissions. Pakatoa is now reserved for women, and now has eighteen inmates.

By a strange coincidence, the increase in the population of No-License Ashburton during the last five years has been exactly the same as in NoLicense Masterton.

Owing to the wet state of the ground, the hockey match which was to have been played yesterday between the Masterton Post and Telegraph and St. Matthew's Clubs, at Lansdowne, was abandoned.

A Press Association telegram from Wellington' states .that Boanerges, Bronze, and Kilcsteri have been scratched for all engagements at the Wellington Racing Club's meeting.

Mr W. H. Beetliam, at St. Matthew's Parish meeting in Masterton last evening, in declining nomination as a vestryman, stated that he was a member of the vestry and a churchwarden when the church they were now about to abandon was first built, over 40 years ago.

Mr H. Bayliss,. of Mangatainoka, has imported from Australia a number of pedigree Holstein cattle from the well-known stud farm of Mr Hammond, of New South Wales.

Sharks aro apparently rery numerous round about Palliser Bayi Trawling in that vicinity last week the Nora Niven captured between 40 and 50 of the species—all between Bft and 9ft loner.

A motion that comes up with due regularity every year, "That it be a recommendation to the Synod that women who are church members be given the right to vote on church matters," was adopted at St. Parish meeting in Masterton last night.

In our report of-the meeting in the Masterton Town Hall on Wednesday evening, the Rev. A. T. Thompson was reported to have stated that the Geneva Bible was the first edition printed wholly in the English language. This should 1 hav,e been John Wyciiffe's edition.

At the > Magistrate's Court in Pahiatua, H.'E. Gosnell was fined 40s and costs for exposing- for sale" sheep infected with lice. George Whittaker >was fined I.os and costs for failing to eradicate blackberry frota his property. , An Auckland telegram says that a child, four years of\age,"J daughter of Mrs Faulbaurn, was having tea, when ' the sleeve of heE dress caught fire at a lighted candle. , The flames were quickly extinguished, . but the child was badly burned, and death-ensued froijn shock. ■■" : '---y ■ n\-.^i The} Government has purchased for closer, settlement the property in South Canterbury known as Sherwood Downs. Ihe property,* which is about twenty miles from Fairlie, consists of 12,000 acres of freehold, /and some 50? thousand acres of- leasehold land. The purchase price! is in the neigh- , bofcrhood of £70,000. Besides providj ing land for closer settlement, the ac- | ljuisition of the property will facilitate I the settlement of an area of Crown lands of about 45,000 acres. r

A general meelang .of the members of: the Masterjton Amateur JEheatrical Society was held last, evening in Murray's Hall: About 30 members were present, and the« chairwas- .occupiedby Mr W. Iggiitden; *li was <decided to stage the "Pira,tes of Penzance" in Carterton at-an early date. Likely operas for the- Society's next production in Masterton were'discussed, and a selection will bp decided Jupon very. shortly! .i %. >1 ■£•; '•"" :■ '"\,

It Is/no^genei&lly: Wellington ! correspondent," that Government House, Wellington, is situated within the. dfetriqt of Newtown. The consequence js that if the Governor wished to 1 ]:ob. { anywine or spirits from' Wellington to replenish his/cellar, notibo; has to be sent to the Clerk of the -usual ,par r ticjulars as,.to the quantity required . and soforth. > 3 :; '; ■;.■■■•:'■>.,, >•,./:■ ■'"-.

Residents of Port Chalmers who have friends on the Antarctic ; boat Terra. Nova have received postcards,' written when th* Vessel' was'"on'; the pack-ice, and stamps on the dar4 bearing the •postmarl;, "Victoria £arid,"' the south-postal statioii in the! wclrldi.; •Needless to cards will ; be treated as mementoes of an Antarc. j tic!, exploration expedition which is '■ being watched with keen interest- by [ scientists and inany others. \ /The cai-ds j will rank second in:importance ''to l I some in the; future which may probably ) bear the postmark "South Pole." - ••'." .'<- : ■ •■■■■'■

A new anaesthetic is being used in America (Which paralyses , all- feeling and yet keeps the patienit conscious. A girl of'sixteen was recently operated upon for the. removal of the appendix. She lay smiling while the'doctor and his assistants worked, exchanged remarks with the nurses, and suddenly began to sing. By the time she had finished the song, the doctors' had" completed their work, and, still smiling, she was wheeled back to her cot.

Mr W.Wakemaii, President of the Pahiatua Chamber of Commerce, has suggested to the. management of the National .■ Dairy Show, Palmerston North, that the Government should be asked to make a display of electrica! appliances 'at the show, which Mr •Wakeman considers would be an inj striictive exhibit/m view of,' the ques- ' developing electrical power from the Makuri.

IP YOU HAVE A Cough, Cold, Nose, Throat, or Lung Trouble, Stomach, Bowel, or Liver Complaint, Rheumatism,' Neuralgia, USE SANDER'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT; 5 drops in a tablespoon water. Remember, you cannot expect the good effects from any sort nf Eucalyptus. SANDER'S ' EXTRACT CURES because it contains ethereal and antiseptic substances not contained in other Eucalyptus products. These latter, made by persons ignorant in chemistry, anrf Do not apply an ointment to a sore. It keeps back the secretion* To wounds, bruises, sprains, burns, ulcers, eczema, and other skin troubles APPLY SANDER'S EXTRACT, provided with fancy names and labels by trading concerns who do not know what ■ they contain, have can sed grievous harm, and a death has resulted from their use. 15 drops in a tablespoon of olive oil The effect will surprise you. SAN PER'S EXTRACT HEALS because it' is freed from the irritating constituents contained in other eucalyptus preparations. It heals when otb- • rs irritate.

Insist upon *h* GENUINE SAN;>ER EUCALYPTI TIXTn.ACT. at<* jcu will derive ihe benefit.

The Otago Education Board has decided to have a report prepared on a proposal to appoint an instructor • in agriculture.

A day or. two ago, at the Napier Magistrate's Court, there were 8!) civil cases on the list, and fifteen judgment summonses.

A milch cow offered at auction by the Otaki poundkeeper a few days ago realised exactly Is. Recently a horse sold at 2s 6d.-

Plentiful orders have been received at the Greymouth sawmills from Australia for both red and white pine/ and as a result, the sawinilling industry there is in a very flourishing condition, and is likely to continue • so for some considerable period.

The Feilding Star states that the Apiti Dairy Company, which has just lost its factory, has just met with more bad fortune. The manager's dwelling and its contents were utterly destroyed by fire a day or so ago. When discovered, the fire had such a good hold that nothing was saved.

A fatal case of honey-poisoning is reported from Piringia, up north, the victim being Mr Harry Turner, aged 71. He, with his wife aiid five grandchildren, had all ■ partaken of wild honey. All were taken ill, Mr Turner being unconscious for iome hours before his death.

In the Wanganui district feed is coming in, but slowly after the recent rains, and consequently the (price of stock hasi rexnained at a low faieL The Herald states that an upward tendency is now setting in. A local dealer, on Friday, sold a line of over 100 /store cows at £5 10s per head.

In connection with the trouble, m . the dairy industry in Taranaki and ther position which has arisen owing to the, employers refusing to confer with the Dairy Workers' Union as to a new, award unless the union registers Under the Arbitration Act, which ft declines to do, it is reported from Palmerston North that a big meeting of dairy factory employees is to be held at \tv Plymouth on May 3rd, when the demands of the workers will be considered.

Reports from the deer country in, the Hunter Valley tricts show that the season is a record one for big heads. Ranger Johns, writing to Mr D. Russell, secretary of* the Otago Acclimatisation Society, reports the following kills:—J. Faulks, a 19-pointer; J. Forbes, an 18-pomteri; 40inlong, anda 10-pointer42Jinlongjii C: Williams; ja 14-poihter 41in V a 12-pointer 43in long, and an II- '■'. pointer 42Jin long; A. Muir, 13- ' pointer;4lin long; and A. Millburn; a 14-pointer 42in v long. In addition to" the foregoing, a number of exceHenfc -heads less than. 40ini long have Been taken..'; :'./

. The "Queenslander," of April Bth, 1911,; states sale is announced, through tbi Agency Of the Australian i Estates and Mortgage Co., of Felton Station, Darling Downs, at a figure < which places the sale amongst the lar-. gest transactions that has so, far place in Queensland. Felton, which it will be remembered Was one, of she; late James Tyson's favourite properties, was sold some seven or eight years ago by the trustees in the TysonJ Estate to Mr I. M. Greenaway, a New Zealander, for something between £2 and £3 per acre.' This gentleman; has now sold to Mr' Neil Gillies,- of Toowoomba, and.soine others, at a, .price; believed to be about £4 acre. The ; estate cordprjses ; hold, tpgother witht3i ,600 :isheep;: 2QO \ and 6QO; head of cattle^ :i.s.& terms of dehyery* Being' 'fwalk in. walk out." Mc Neil Gillies, the purchaser of Felton, was for a number of years the owner of St. Helens Station;.' Darling Downs, but disposed ;of it to the Hon. J. 1). Ormond, of New Zealand! ; .-.:■:'. 'Y ■•'■ ;• ■;'/■..<■ 'V,.;

The returning.ontuer, afrß. Brown publishes the official declarator 0 f the pbll at the recent Borough Councirelectipn.

Notice is elsewhere given that trespassers on Bowlands station with dog 0r g» n Vill orosecuted. ,

A fine freehold property- of 1025, v acres, 4' miles from raibvayNation,/.; Hawke's Bay, is advertised for sale . by Mr W. ;,H. Cruickshank, .land agent, Masterton. Particulars may be' found in his advertisement on paeo 8,.,-.,-. ; ;.'. V,■■,'.■'.■■" •' ■ .:■ ' :: ":; : ;' . ■■; R M*^Robert" Russell, secbndfhahd ' deale*, draws attention, to his large and varied stock of furniture, cles, ; jewellery, clothing,, boots, veh- i ides; etc. 4 that canybe, bought ; at less 1 « thahhalf the original cost. ! t V' *f •

" Tenders, to'close on May 18th, are elsewhere invited for felling 460 acres of bush and scrub., Particulars may be obtained from Mr C. T. Riehard-i son, "Waitawhiti," Tinui. An ideal dairy farm three miles from the Masterton railway station, and 1J miles from Opaki, flat and well watered, with house and outbuildings ■ is.advertised for sale. '

When the water splashes and gur,6Jj».down the.drain-pipes, the person who has to venture abroad without protection of a good rain coat is in foi? a bad time. Mr P. Hamill is advertising these very, important garments now and reminding readers that, a raincoat purchased in time will save many inconveniences.

DON'T BE BASHFUL ■ ' 'TltereV many ■& good thing lost by not asking for it." The man : who is now grinding away at a labourer sewage might have been earn- ' mg a Cabinet Minister's income if he had exercised his will power earlier in life. That's the great secret of some men's success—when thev see a "good thing" they decid* tb use it to the best of their ability, as far as it affects them. Now, if,you own a camera, or are interested in this most fascinating hobby, your success as a photographer largely depends upon familiarity with the numerous incidentals such as developers, mounts, re-touching apparatus, etc. There is one good way of familiarising yourself with these necessary articles, and that is by looking over the catalogue of Cameras and Photographic Accessories which is sent post free to any address by the Imperial Camera Company. We wouldn't ask you to send for this I catalogue if it was no good to vou. -', !It is useful to every owner of a Cam* ' era, professional or' amateur. ..You can make the photos you take at Easter,. life pictures if yoi| kn&w the best means of finishing, them-—, this catalogue will help* you, ,Jt~ion]y' costs a half-penny, the price of a postcard- on which you write" thtf: j short message- asking for iti ; - Step into the post office when you arp passing, buy the; card, write th<» and post it to the Impprial Camera Co., Willis-street, We'ling-

"Ronald Black, aged seventeen, a *son of Mr J. W. Black, private secretary to tho Hon. IX Buddo, hanged •himself with a strap in a bathroom at his parentis residence at Kelburne, "Wellington, yesterday. A week or two ago the boy witnessed a moving picture representation of a man hanging himself, and it is thought he was attempting to carry out what he saw- in tho picture. At tho Hutt Valley Gun Club meeting yesterday, E. King, of Wailii, won the Championship of New Zealand. The census returns show the population of Christchurch City and suburbs to be 67,878, At a meeting of the New Zealand Cricket Council in Christchurch last night, a proposal that the. Management Committee consider the possibility of establishing an annual match ■with New South Wales and Victoria was unanimously adopted. Mothers of little chaps—there's a great chance to clothe your strong ■sons with good, colonial tweed suits, Kaiapoi, Petone, and other prominent makes. We refer to Mr J. L. Murray's Surprise Sale. It is a boon coming at this time of the year, and should be taken advantage of at •once, fdr the Surprise Sale concludes to-morrow (Saturday),* Attention is given to a change advertisement inserted by Mr Frank Dupre, je.vellor, in his adv.^raiding space elsewhere, dealing with the | merits of "Dupre's 20s watch." A testimonial is published from a plum--I>3r living at Ekctahuna, stating that one- of-.the?-? watches which he purchased from ?-lv Dupre had. stood some Tory rough wear, having dropped from the top of a tank to a depth of 30ft and also fallen into a bucket ot salammoniac without suffering any injury. The watch is a nickel open face, heyless lever, full jewelled, with patent adjusted balance and non-mng-netio time spring, and is guaranteed for 20 years, and kept in freo repair , lor two years. One of these 20s watches will bo sent post free on application.