LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10227, 2 May 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There was no meeting of householders at Waterfalls last week for the election of a School Committee. A London cable states that Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., have declared an interim dividend of '8 per cent. Mr D. Caselberg, Vice-President of the Excelsior Hockey Club, has donated a trophy to the club. William McMurray has been committed for trial at Gisborne on three charges of breaches of the Bankruptcy Act.

It is not improbable that a prominent member of the Reform Party will deliver addresses in Masterton and Pahiatua at an early date.'

A large number of falling and shooting stars have been noticeable from Masterton during the last two mornings.

It is reported that an attempt is to be made to form a company with a view to running another up-to-date boarding-house in Masterton.

Several good bags of game were secured by Masterton and other shootists at the Wairarapa Lake yesterday. Ducks are plentiful, but there are reported to be a considerable number of "flappei-s," or birds which are really too young to shoot. The census returns for Levin Borough show an increase of 343, being 1608, as against 1265 for 1906. The returns for Horowhenua are incomplete, but a. marked increase in population is already ascertained. 0n the Feilding bowling green on Saturday, a local rink successfully defended the Dixon Gup against a Palmerston rink. This makes the seventh successive victory by the Feilding rink against an outside rink for the Cup, which covers the championship of the "West Coast.

A party of Parliamentarians made a trip over the route of the proposed East Coast railway during the Easter holidays. Mr Okey, M.P., who was one of the party, expresses the opinion that in a few years it will 1 be a perfect dairying district. The best of the land "will, he thinks, carry a cow to two acres.

A Taihape telegram says there was a derailment of trucks while shunting at Kakahu on Saturday night, four being empties and one loaded. Two capsized. A gang cleared the siding on Sunday, and little damage was done.

Owing to the large sums of money which are being expended on road works in the East Coast districts, it is impossible to find a sufficient number of contractors. The Engineer to the Waikohu County Council is consequently letting out work in small contracts to navvies. . -

The new Australian .postal rates came into force yesterday. The rates to New Zealand and the Pacific Islands for letters • will be Id per half ounce ; postcards, Id ; magazines, Id for 8ozs; books. Id for 4ozs; commercial papers, printed papers, patterns and samples, Id for 2ozs; newspapers, Jd for 16ozs.

Another severe frost is being experienced in Mas£erton this morning. While a succession of frosts, are likely to check the growth of young grass, they will have a- hardening effect upon the pastures and will do good service in destroying blight. v

On Saturday night, Arthur W. Mitchell, a shop assistant at Invercargill, while riding a bicycle on the' North Road, was run down by a taxi-cab approaching from the rear. He received a fractured skull and other injuries, which proved fatal. Both cycle, and taxi-cab were on the right side of the road. '

The body recently found in the Thames river has been identified as that of John Thomas Brownj aged 68, a resident of Waihi, who left that to»;n to attend the Auckland races at Easter. On his return he promised to, telegraph to relatives when he arrived at Thames, but did not do so. It is presumed that he fell off the wharf at Thames, and the body was carried by .the tide to where it was found.

The ordinary meeting of the Masterton Oddfellows was held last evening, Bro. P. Smith, N.G., in the chair. One new member was proposed, for admittance. Bro. A. J5. Rippon, who has returned from a visit to Australia, was accorded a hearty, welcome back to his lodge. Nearly twenty members from the Loyal . Heart of Oak Lodge, Carterton, paid a fraternal visit to the meeting, and were accorded lodge honours. Bro. De Lacey, on behalf of the visitors, sincerely thanked the lodge members for the hearty welcome accorded them.

FRUIT GAKES.

. PINEAPPLE CAKE.— Beat mp six eggs well for five minutes, then add six ounces of caSster sugar, and whisk for twenty .minutes, or till thick and frothy. ■> "Next . -add very lightly six ounces of sieved flour and three ounces of pineapple cut into shreds. Pour the mixture-info a, tin lined with greased paper, and l bake in a quick oven for about half an hour. PRUNE CAKE.— One cup of sugar, one half cup of butter, one and a half cups of flour, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, one half teaspoonful of cloves, one half teaspoonful of nutmeg, three eggs, reserving the white of one for frosting; one cup of cooked prunes cut up fine. This cake is delicious, and will keep moist for weeks, even in hot weather. WALNUT CAKE.—Required : Five ounces of flour, four ounces butter, four ounces sugar, four ounces grated walnut, grated, rind of half a lemon, three egles, one teaspoonful baking powder. Bake in a moderate oven, lor icing: Half a pound icing sugar, two tablespoonfuls of cold Water. Put in a pan, and warm'slightly-. Stir in one ounce grated walnut, pour ov.pr the cake, and put.' a few pieces of walnut on the top before the icing sets. This makes a very nice _cake. ; . . - We recommend the Mikado Brand Tea as one of the most economical of family teas. The retail price is only Is 6d per lb, but it is worth a good deal more. It is very carefully blended, and brews & fine tawny liquor which pleases the palate.

The steamer Rotorua, from London, arrived in Wellington yesterday. A Native lad named Happi Taueru died at the Papawai pah on Saturday night from typhoid fever.

The A. and P. Association Conference is to be held in Wellington in August next.

Mr W. C. Buchanan, M.P., will address a meeting of the electors in the Victoria Hall, Carterton, on Friday evening next.

It is reported that Mr W. Kidd, of Greytown, has leased a building in Masterton with a view to starting a skating rink here.

Mr J. C. Boddington reports that there were five degrees of frost registered at the Upper Plain on Monday morning.

The Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) will proceed to Rarotonga by the mail j steamer next month, to try a charge of murdering a native, which has been preferred against W. G. Wigmore, a J resident of the island. j

A eorrespondent, in a letter published in another, part of the Age, says: —''I have been told that the medical fraternity have successfully traced the origin of the present outbreak of ir.easles to No-License."

A Press Association telegram from Wellington states that during the month of April, which was the first month of registration of youths for compulsory military training, 6167 persons were enrolled, out of a total of 16,000 liable to serve.

The Masterton Post and Telegraph Hockey Club held a most successful practice yesterday afternoon. The players are getting into- form very quickly, and appear to have a very good chance in the competition which commences on Thursday afterternoon. The team, with Mr D. Loader at their head, will take a lot of bed/ting. They have a very strong forward section, among the most noticeable being Messrs V. M. Richards and R. E. Williams, who should do a lot for their team during the coming season.

Our Carterton correspondent writes —Mr Con. Sullivan, until recently assistant at Gayfer's hairdressing establishment, yesterday took over Mr Jas. Lust's business at Featherston. Mr Lust has acquired a-much larger! business in the Upper Hutt. A cowteting association is being formed in J connection with the' Belvedere Dairy | Factory to commence operations next Season. It is understood that most of , the suppliers are joining. Mr and ! Mrs Thomas. Sparks, senr., of Belvereturned home on Saturday from a health recruitihg trip tb Rotorup,. "

.The Opaki Quoits Club met on Mr] Foreman's grounds, Miki Miki, for tHeir usual monthly competitions on Saturday. There was a very good attendance of members, who enjoyed the afternoon's playi Mr E. Pain's trophy was competed for by seventeen ladies, including four new members, and was finally won by Miss M. Foreman, with Mrs J. Dqckett, senr., se«Qnd. The men's competition 1 resulted in favour of H. Chamberlain, with E. Pain 1 second and R. Hunt third.. During an adjournment Mr Reader presented the following ladies' trophies :—i ggregato and vniithly competition, Miss Foreman; biggest break for married ladies, Sirs Thomas; other monthly competitions, Mrs R. Hunt and Miiss Tankersley. On the motion of Mr Reader, a hearty' vote of thanks to the ladies for supply- j ing afternoon tea, was carried by ac-j clamation. ■ , . . .

Afterthe meeting of the Oddfellows' Lodge in Masterton last evening, a social was'field, at which about fifty members prid vMtptc brethren were present. P.G. Bro. Smith presided. The follb'ving toast list was honoured: —", The . song, "The. King,"? Bro' Biek Bro. Perry—Bro. Smart. Song, Bro.' Elder; song, Bro. Mikxted; "Heart of Oak Lodge," Bro. R. Krahagen—Bro. C. de Lacey;- song, Bro. Long; Bro. Tucker, song; Mr Branwn, song; recitation , Bro. Rippon; "itindred Societies,' ' Bro. McLeod—Bros.'Gourlay and Redmond: song. Bin. Walsh; song, Bro. Elder; sons:, Bro. Bick; song, Bro. Redmond : "Loyal Masterton Ixidge," Bro. E. Enpile, jnr.—Bro. P.''Smith; song, Bro. Long; song, Bro. Maxted; recitation, Rippon; song, Bro. Walsh; "Tke Vocalists and Musicians," Bro:; Perry; song,.Mr.i Branson. ,

The Greytown . Standard' says Misfortunes never come singly I Yesterday the youncrest daughter of Mr H* Morisoji had the misfortune to fall I off herpony and have her arm broken. members of the faiwly were outdriving in the pad- , dock (preparatory to bringing Dr. Bey back home from his visit, owing to his motor-car having broke down), when another daughter alighted to give thfe .horse some green.,feed, and therefore took off the horse's winkers, the other two' children being* left in the buggy. The horse became startled and bolted, \»th the result that the occupants were thrown out, and the little boy thrown on his head. Tho girl was uninjured, but on tiqm it, was found that the little boy I had sustained concussion of the brain. The horse continued its flight, eventually smashing the buggy to pieces. We learn this morning that both patients are progressing as favourably as can be expected.

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There were 270 third-class passengers by tho Rotorua, which arrived ai Wellington yesterday.

Margaret Andrews was fined £2O and costs at Qamaru yesterday for sly-grog selling.

The Irish Home"Rule delegates arrived at Wellington yesterday, and were accorded a hearty welcomu.

There were seventy-sis uninhabited houses in Palmerston North vhen I;he> census >v is taken. Again Palnerston beats Masterton.

A chim ley fire Kuripuni caused an alarm to lie sounded on the Masterton firebells at 8.15 o'clock last evening.

The hearing of the charge against Charles Gurote, of Masterton, will take place at the sitting of the Supreme Court at Wellington on May 15. The of Blenheim is shown by the census to be 3372, compared with 3351 at the last census. | The Thames borough has a population ] of 3619, compared with 3750.

Mr P. Fra&i, surveyor, has presented: to the Wairarapa Caledonian Society an enlarged sketch plan of the park oval. The plan, which is suitably framed, showß all the starting points on the track, and should prove very useful to the Society.

A collision occurred at the northern < approach to Masterton early last even- \ ing, between a buggy driven by Mr Joe Broughton, of Te Ore Ore, and a wagon, laden with chaff. As a result the buggy badly smashed, both shafts being' broken.: The dnver was 4feow<n ; dn to the road, but beyond being bruised arid shaken was no worser for the misfortune. The horse also escaped any serious hurt. |

Mr W. Gillespie, Secretary of the Wairarapa Caledonian Society, has unearthed a very interesting relic associated with the early history of the Society. It is a well-preserved sports programme prirtted in the year 1878, when the was just two years old. The locality of the sports, acaording to the programme, was in Mr John Drummond's paddock, t|jte known Dixon Estate. Twenty-four events are given, tilting at the ring being the principal one, the prizes totalling £lO, and the two mile walking handicap of £6. The programme was printed at the office of the "Wairarapa Register."

The Rev. A. T. Thompson, in a lecture to the members of the Wairar apa Ministers' Association, speakinjr of the Confereace on Christian unity in connection with the .World's Missionary Conference in in June last, said that one enthusiastic advocate for Union said that all the differences that divide the various branches of the Church in Christendom might be gathered tip into an appendix, and then they would follow the example of the medical faculty; and cut it out.

The first meeting of tfrc Wairarapa Ministers' Association was lield yesterday afternoon in Knox Vestry, Masterton. There were present :—The Revs. A. T. Thompson E. Watson, L. Thompson, J. E. Parsons, W. Raine, A. Hodge, and E'is'-gr-s Avenell and Keucke. Apologies for absence were received from the Revs. S. J. Serpell and C. H. Standage. The Rev. A. T. Thompson delivered a most : interesting and instructive lecture .on "The World's Missionary Conference," at which he was present as a repres- 1 entative from Now Zealand. At the close o£, the meeting the members were entertained at the Wansfe to tea' Vi by Mrs Thompson. A report of the lecture will appear in to-morrow's paper.

Mr F. B. Lowes returns thanks to his supporters at the recent J.i arbour Board election. ' '

Mr D. Burke, contractor, Waifieiiga Bridge, requires two 'carpenters at onoe. :

The W.F.C.A. notify that Hooper's shop will be closed on Thursday to enable a £3OO purchase of undelivered ' imported goods for Hooper's stock to be marked and ready for s&le on Friday.

A grand opportunity is offered to a farmer with limited capital. Messrs W. B. Chennells and Co., on page 8, advertise a highly improved dairy farm of 85 acres, on which a cash deposit ofi only £4OO /is asked.

A reward is offered ,for the recovery of a brown macintosh, a white coat, receipt, and note books, lost between Tauefu and Masterton.

/Messrs' C. Smitli,/Ltd., drapers, of Masterton, draw attention to their specially cut prices for this week's sale. ...

Poverty Bay sheep country, which is considered the best gi azing land in New Zealand, is not easy to get hold of at a reasonable price. There is one rotable exception, as may be seen by reference to an advertisement on page 8 of this issue, in, whu-h Mr C. G. Bloome, slock and station agent, Poverty Bay Land Agency. Gisborne, offers '2l sH o.r.t-. at u very modeuate price.

The Masterton County Council gives notice of its proposal to enlarge the Lansdowne water supply district by extending the boundaries thereof so as to include 20 acres of land, the property of Mr Alfred Matthews. A ' plan of the proposed extension is open for inspection at the County office.

H °oper's styck is still being offered at finer prices than r Tn f aro at prices that will pay you to'lay-in vI: a stock And as for blankets, you ... mitt** y ein c^lea P er at the