LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10238, 15 May 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The latest return from the Worksop dredge is HOozs. for 102 hours' working.

A truck of sheep came to grief on the railway near Mauricevillo on Saturday morning, but no serious damago was done. The Carterton News has been showu potatoes tunnelled by the larvae of the potato moth. It has been known for some time that this moth has been paying its attention to Wairarapa crops <

Some magnificent crops of turnips are growing in the, Akitio district Large arsiis are being «ultivated.

It is stated that a well-known East Coast settler has disposed of 10,000 acres of bush land to another settler in that district.

A number of swaggers have been passing through Masterton lately, en route for the north.

The sow Waikonini has been towed off the beach at Tokomaru Bay.. The vessel is believed to be undamaged.

A man has been committed for trial at Christchurch on,a charge of marrying his neice. A small parcel of Worksop shares sold at 40s in Masterton before tho recent big return. It is understood that a company is being formed in Greytown for the manufacture of drain pipes from Reefton woods.

A correspondent of the Pahiatua Herald wants the Borough Council to make flower beds in the squares. Mr J. T. M. Horn6by will address the electors at Fernridge this evening, when ho will deal specially with the land question. About 800,000 feet of timber was shipped from Akitio on the East Coast last week for Wellmgton, per the Kahu and Ruru. " This is understood to be a record shipment from the Coast. A footballer iifraed Thomaa Crawford, whil-> playing for St. John's against tho Athletics in Wellington on Saturday, sustained a fracture of his leg below the knee.

The Fat Stock Committee of the Masterton A. or.d P. .Association, has fixed tho commission for selling fat stock at the sales proposer! to bo held at Solway at 3s per head for cattle and 3d per head for sheep. While the question of faking sheep was undar discussion at Saturday's meeting of the A. and P. Society one member said it woiild be as hard to prevent sbtep-faking ns to prevent, the "dronpers" from dropping; liquor about the t©wn.

The beautiful piece of bush on the reserve of the Masterton Borough Council 1-etween Eketahuna and Alfredton, has been destroyed during recent years by bush fires. Some of the tree ferns, however, are beginning to show fresh life, and, unless another fire sweeps over the reserve, a very nice piece of scenery will b*e presented.

Reports which have reached Masterton from Reefton show that ,the Company is making good progress in driving for the reef through a fine class of country. • One has evidently to go from home to hear news. The Dannevirke Advocate states that the Wairarapa Caler donian Society is instituting musical and literary competitions, and that these are to be under the patronage of His Excellency the Governor.

A deputation from the Eketahuna Borough Council. Chamber of Commerce, and School Committee will probably wait upon the Education Board at its next meeting and further urge the claims of the district for a new school.

It is somewhat of a coincidence that shunter Devlin, who was assisting the poor fellow when he met with his fatal r* juries in Masterton on Saturday night, was also assisting in a similar capacity when a man met with his death under similar circumstances a year or two back. A settler of the Forty-Mile Bush has sold a .number of' straw stacks, which in crdinaiy season? would be of verv littli value, for a sum of £4O, ■a.nd hps dovmtecl tho proceeds to the Home Rule fund.

Tho Hon. Jarr.e/: Carroll, , ActingPrimo Minister, arrives in Masterton by the mid-day train from Wellington to-day. At 2.30 p.m. he will officially open tho .'rmwum and rifle range, at tho Hiph School. Fo will be entertunrc! at afternoon tea at tho school.

The services mornins: and evening in the Masterton Congregational Church i.ere conducted by the Rev. A. Hodge yesterday. He took as the subject for his morning address. "The Lvying Evidence of Faith," basing his remarks on the woods from James 2. 26;: c "Faith without works is dead." In the evening, Mr Hodge in the third of his sermonf? dealing with "The Holy Map and the Holy Man," gave an inspiring address on "Jerusalem, the City of the Groat King," His text was contained in Matthew 1. 5, "Jerusalem, the city of the Groat King.'' Two Wairarapa cases are set down for hearing at the criminal sitting of the Wellington Supreme Court which opens to-day. Charges Gurote, who has been "in the custody of the sheriff" for several weeks past, will be charged with theft at Masterton, and a man named Hunter, who was "attached" at Eketahnna, will be charged with having committed an offence upon a boy. The witnesses in the Masterton case leave for Wellington this morning.

A Rmgituraau correspondent writes::—A social and dance in aid of the Public Hall fund was held _at Rangitumau on Thursday evening last. There was a large attendance, and a very pleasant evening was spent. Songs wore contributed by Mrs Perhara, Mrs Bayliss (Woodville), the Misses L. Kemhle, I. McLachlan, S. McLachlan, and C. McLachlan, and Messrs G. Stewart and Heaton, and a reading was given by Mr G. R. Sykes. Refreshments were provided in abundance, and dancing was indulged in until the early hours of the morning. , THE RIGHT PIANO.

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The monthly meeting of the Eketahuna. County Council was held on Saturday last.

Mr A. H. Herbert informed a representative of the Age on Saturday that ho intended addressing tho electors at Masterton within tho next fortnight. Wild pigeons are fairly numerous in the bush country beyond Alfredton this season. Grass is plentiful in all parts of the Forty-Mile Bush, tho recent rains having had a revivifying effect upon the pastures. Several settlors in tno .rJfredtoii district are installing sheep-shearing machines this season. On Saturday morning, James Hindman, an old settler of the Thames, dropped dead whilst engaged in a bakehouse. Heart disease is supposed to have been the cause. A young mnn named Andrew H. Russell was wa»shed off a. launch, whea proceeding from Tauranga to Opotiki, and was drowned. The children attending the Masterton District High School will be given a half-holiday to-day. A Duitedin telegram states that flaur has advanced 10s per ton. This is in sympathy with the recent rise in wheat. A Timaru telegram states that muck damage has been done by the grass grub in the pastures since the recent rains.

Thoro is a small lagoon at Tawataia, between Eketahuna and Alfredton, -■■hich is-alive with wild duck this seasi a. Quail and other game* is als», plentiful in the district.

A meeting of the Masterton Collie Club was held in the office of the Secretary (Mr G. Pi.. Sykes) o*n Saturday evening last, when arrangements wer«» made in connection with the trials to be held ou the 25th and 26th insts.

There is a fine growth of flax in and around Alfredton just now, and should the price of fibre show any indication .of an advance, the flaxmills will again bo put into operation.

A man's clothes have been found on the Lyall Bay beach at Wellington. A letter was found in one of the pockets, written in Welsh, the writer being M. A. Jones, 42, Victoria St., Carnavon. No trace has been found of the man.

.School-teaching in the back-blocks has its drawbacks. There is a young married teacher at Alfredton who with his wife, in a domicile in which it would be impossible to swing round a full-grown feline. The Education Board has applied, to. the Minister for funds with which to erect a teacher's residence.

. A deputation from . the Alfredton School Committee, consisting of Messrs S. M. George (Chairman), and G. Benton, waited upon Messrs Hogg and Vile on Friday evening and requested that certain improvements be efffcted to " tho' Alfredton School grounds. Tho members of the Board stated that, if an application was made in the usual way, they would be glad to support it.

The senior football match, Red Star v. Carterton, which was played at Carterton on Saturday, was an exceptionally rough one. Two of the Welch's were so badly injured that they had to leave the field. Ken Welch, who was one of the two, received a kick on the head,, which rendered him quite delirious for a time.

James S. Stirton has played the piano for eight-six hours continuously at Invereargill. He concluded on Sat-urday-night last, acording to a Press Association telegram, amidst great excitement, and then made a brisk sneeeh. It is rather a. good thing for the Dominion that he has reached Invercargill. Possibly ho may now consider tho propriety of giving Tasmania, a turn. Music of the "endurance' * variety has lost most of its charm in New Zealand.

The Racing Appeal Committee of the New Zealand Racing Conference gave its judgmert on Saturday in the case in which the Tokga Bay Jjckev Club appealed against the decision of tho Hawke's Bay Metropolitan Club in upholding an appeal of the owner of the horse Fashion Plate against the decision that the horse Mas trained by an unlicensed trainer. The Appea.i Committee reversed the decision of the Metropolitan Club, upheld the decision of tho Tolaga Bay Club, and confirmed the disqualification of the horse. Masterton shareholders in the Success dredgo should be interested in tho following clipping from the mining notes of the Otago Witness:—"Tho report of the Master of the Success dredge states that the deep ground is beginning to cut out on the end next the creek, while on the extreme end towards the centre of the flat the grouad is inclined to deepen. The pug, which has been such a source,of trouble, is showing signs of cutting out, and the prospects are looking brighter. In the course of six weeks or two months the dredge should be' forward out of the present swamp, and into solid surface ground, from which tho dredgemaster expects much better returns, as shafts partly sunk in the ground showed gravel close to tho surface, from which small prospects can bo obtained by dishing. The dredge is running well and treating a lot of material—some 9poo yards to 10,000 yaitfs per week," CAKE RECIPES. RICE CAKE.—Rub four ounces <of butter and lard into half a pound of flour. Add to it a quarter of a pound of ground rice, a quarter of a pound of sultanas, three ounces of suo-ar and two tablespoonfuls of baking powder. Mix with an egg and a little milk. Bake in a greased tin for an hour. . ANGEL CAKE.— The whites c f six eggs, a quarter of a pound of oastor sugar, three ounces of fine flour, one teaspoonful of baking powder. Mix the baking powder verv thoroughly with the flour, sift the sugar carefully. Separate the whites of the eggs from the yolks and beat them, adding the sugar by degrees • then add the flour, this followed bv the flavouring, vanilla or ratafia. Beat, all well, without leaving off during the whole process; put into a wielMbutitered cake tin and into the oven at once. Bake in a moderate oven for twenty to thirty minutes: do not move it whilst baking or slam the oven door. When cooked let it stand in the tin for five minutes, then turn it out on to a sieve. The tea. you need with these cakes is the delicious Elephant Brand. A tea of superb quality, rich, strong, and flavoury, and of a fine tawnv colour and excellent texture. The retail price is 2s 2d per lb, and most storekeepers stoelr it.

At the meeting of the Wairarapa Caledonian Society on Saturday, Mr J. H. Pauling, one of the Vice-Presi-dents, stated that a suggestion had been made that the Society should • have a room set apart for the use of the members at any time during the week. He thought the idea an excellent one. and the room would be particularly useful for country members. Ho understood that the Dominion Hall was available during the daytime at a very moderate rental. Mr W. Gillespie, Secretary, stated that he had ascertained that the Hall could be obtained for the very modest rentai of 4s a week. It would make ah excellent club room, and they already had some valuable historic mementos of the institution. Members generally approved of the suggestion, and the Secretary ivsu authorised to mako Jirrangemer ts for tie renting o* the , hall.

A lost leather saddle bag is advertised for.

Mr W. C. Buchanan, M.P., will address the electors at Carrington tonight.

Mr J. T. M. Hornsby addresses the electors at Fernridge school this evening.

The Land and Income Tax Department gives notice that returns of income must b© furnished not later *. ban the Ist June.

A beautifully situated house of 7 rooms, with 2| acres land and running stream, at Lansdowne, m advertised to bo let or sold.

Mr J. B. Keith, land agent, Masterton, advertises a 200 acre farm, 2 sheep country, and a dairy farm of 92 acres. Particulars are given on page 8.

Messrs A. J. Johnson and Co. hold a clearing snlc on Wednesday next, at the premises. 79 Worksop Road, on account of Mr J. Harris, who is leaving Masterton.

The friends of the late Mr John Montgomery are invited to attend his funeral, which will leave the residence of Mr Z. -M. Hoar to-morrow morning for the Masterton railway station, thence to Greytown cemetery.

Do not experiree'it with your health. You cannot afford "to■ take chances. GordonV. "Pectrol" is a tried faithful remedy for removing coughs and colds, and it does its work quickly. Sold only by J. V. Gordon, chemist, (by exams.), Masterton.*

V "The only thing some underwear is j * good ,i 0 make you scratch 'and', forget your other troubles," - says Josh Billings. Josh must have been "had" once with some irritating luhderwear. It seems to be inevitably I that' we should wear that sort of ;siuff some time or other, though; there is. really no need for it when Mr J. L. Murray keens such good quality, comfortable under garments, and sells them as j cheap as the scratchy kind. In his announcement to-day, he mentions a few godd lines for winter wepxj *

We ar-i tiie agents for Messrs P and D. Dtxncan, Ltd., (Christchurch), McCorihick Machinery Co. (America), Booth, Mac Donald and Co., Ltd. (Christchurch), Andrews and Beaven (Christchurch). The machinery manufactured by these famous firms is stocked,by us, and we shall be pleased to supply you with full information regarding any implement you may require.— The Masterton Farmers' Implement Company, J. H. M«*flrr<»T- %