LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10241, 18 May 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Judgment will ,be given in the Magistrate's Court at Masterton /today in the case Wimsett v. Daysh. There are 3415 voters on the electors' roll of the Masterton Trust Lamb Trust. This is 362 more than were on the roll last year. . The Te Wharau correspondent - of the Age states that several settlers on the East Coast have decided to do no crutehing this year, owing to inability to procure crutchers. The Kuineroa correspondent cf a Dannevirke paper says that he has been told of a man at Pahiatua who cleared £SOO frorfi three acres * of strawberries;.

| The man arrested at Wanganui on • a charge of issuing a valueless cheque for £3 to Mrs Cragg, of Masterton, has been remaffded to appear at Masterton on the 20th inst. Bail was allowed in accused's own recognisance of £25, and ono surety of £25.

The members of the Committee of tho Masterton A. and P. Association will hold a tree-planting "bee" at the Solway showgrounds to-day. A number of nativo trees have been dor.ated for the purpose. A Blenheim telegram tates that a gig containing Mrs Gosling and Miss Rankin upsized near Koromiko o:i Tuesday aiternoon. Mrs Gosling escaped with a shaking, but Miss Rankin had both her arms broken below the elbow.

Mr A. H. Vile has given notice to move at tho next meeting of the Wellington Education Board, "That is is undesirable that teachers in tho service of tho Board should accept outside public positions which might tend •to impair the efficiency of the school with which they are connected."

A pure white cock pheasant was last wec-k shot in the Oionga listrict b;. Mr McKerizie, of Wliangarei. The bird had been teen several t:'mes during the past year. It is to be stuffed and sent to Auckland as one of the exhibits in tho Whangarei court at the Wint«r Show.

Tho first falsa alarm since, the installation of the electric fire _ alarm system in Masterton was received at the Central station just after seven o'clock last evening. The glass at tho corner of Columba Road and Johnston Street was broken by some mischievous person and the alarm given. Tho brigade turned oift.

A defendent in 0110 of the cases in the local court last Thursday (reports the Wakatipu Mail) appeared without his coat. The magistrate thereupon asked the individual 'why ho did not appear fully clad in court, and received the reply that he had not worn a coat for forty years. The magistrate accepted the excuse. ,

' The Taranaki Herald states that an important cable from Mr Henry'.? principals in London has been received by the Directors of the Taranaki Petroleum Company, and that it has reason to believe that negotiations for the sale of the company are on the eve of completion. The directors have nothing to communicate at present.

Tho Nelson Rugby Union has decided" to write-to the Minister of Education complaining against the Stoke Industrial. School electing t6 play League game and affiliating with the.Lear. gue, pointing out the danger of professionalism a.nd the Jjardshipii inflicted on the i>oys in future life Ky being debarred from amateur football. . - ■

At the Supreme -Court in- Christchurch yesterday, Frederick Oulle, who had married his njeoe, was charged with making a false declaration to the Registrar. He pleaded that he did not know that such a marriage was prohibited. The accused,- who is 26 years of age, and has passed the sixth standard at a State School, declared he was ignorant of any law preventing marriage even with a sister. Counsel made a point of the fact that the only list of prohibited decrees open to the public was in the Anglican prayerbook. Tho jury returned a verdict of not guilty.

Lawyer George Toogood (says the Free Lance) was just closing an impassioned harangue on behalf of a suffering client in the Police Court. He perorated so "nobly and . eloquently, and finished with Mich a glowing period, that lie didn't notice his chair wasn't in the right place, and when he sat down lie smote tho floor rather, eruelly and hard. And Dr. M'Arthur leaned over the bench and inquired?* m tones full and. soft : "I presume, Mr Toogood, that closes your, case?"

The annual meeting of tho Masterton Private Telephone Committee was held yesterday morning, Mr C. F. Vallance presiding. Tho balance slieet, which was adopted',-was as follows:: — Reoeints. including balance of £B4 J.Bs from last meeting. £3lB 16.i 6d; expenditure, £*25G as 2d: balance at date, £62 lis 4d. A corpmitteo for the ensuing year was appointed as under Mes" tvs R. Beetham, D. Buchanan, D. Foreman, D, McGregor, junr., C, F. Vallance, and C. E. Cock-burn-Hood., The matter of appointing anEast Coast representative was left open. Mr N. H. James was reappointed secretary, and Mr "0; J. Bennett auditor. Reference was made to the! satisfactory manner in which Mr K. C. Jackson had carried out his duties as linesman, no complaints haybeen brought before the committee.

Mr Hazel ton, the Irish Home Rule delegate, toid a good poultry story at !the Home Rule meeting at Tai'adale on Monday. An ordinary countrywoman went to the market with a basketful of eggs, for which the grocer, to whom she took them, offered 9d per dozen, which was below the usual price, saying that the grocers had. a meeting and "that they could not afford to give more than 9d per dozen for eggs. ' Well," said the old woman, "if I cannoti get more anywhere I else, I suppose I will have to take it." On the next market day the old woman again appeared at the grocer's with her basket, which, on being opened, was found to be filled with eggs, none of niiich, however, were larger than a bantam's egg. Asked the reason for the diminution in the size the old lady slily replied, "Sure the hens have had a meeting and de-, cided that they cannot lay larger eggs than these for 9d per dozen." THE RIGHT PIANO. We can furnish you, on terms to suit yourself, with a piano from any one of many famous factories; but the piano you need for the* home is the orp that, on investigation, you feel you want and like most. We are not partisans of any piano. We help you to investigate, and you are welcome to all the advice and assistance our knowledge and experience can supply. We can explain to you the points and qualities of such superb. world famous pianos as the Broadwood, the Lipp, the Ronisch, and the Steinway. We are prepared to 'demonstrate the qualities of every piano in our great stock. We can't be satisfied till you are. Our system of deferred payments makes it easily possible for the smallest householder to get a piano * without inconvenience or trouble. The Dresden Piano Company, Ltd., Wellington. North Island Manager: M. J. Brookes. If you are interested, you ean get full particulars from your Local Representative: F Inns, Daniell's Buildings, Masterton.

The output of butter of the Ballance' Dairy Company for last month waD eleven tons less than for April of 1910. A Gisborne telegrar states that a heavy southerly gale is raging along the East Coast, with a high sea.

Land in Southland is going up in price. A farm near Gore, which sold eight years ago at £4, per acre, realis*--od £ls per aero last week.

In the rich , alluvial lands downSouth crops of turnips are realising as high as £lO per acre.

Some interesting licensing cases ar« to be heard t the criminal sittings of the Magistrate's Court in Masterto i to-morrow. '

Work at the northern approaches of Masterton has been temporarily suspended on account of s, delay in procuring timber.

According to a Sydney cable,, Mr Scotland, secretary of tho Sydney Seamen's Union, has been missing for about a fortnight-.

Frederick Hunter, of Eketahuna, who was to havo eome up for sentence in the Supreme Court yesterday, was further remanded until to-morrow morning, to enable an official report to be obtained concerning his previous character.

A Palmerston wholesale firm is considering the advisability of hauling goods by steam; waggon from Foxton to Palmerston, instead of railing them. A motor-waggon has been obtained, and will bo given a thorough trial.

Tho estate of the late Mr James Cottrell, of Te Awamutu, has yielded ! a sale of some property tho handsome sum of £3OOO to the Auckland Diocesan Pension Fund for clergymen.

In order to . avoid increasing the price of meat, the butchers of Feilding have decided to charge Id per lb extra on all meats not paid for on delivery. The theory is that by raising the price all round those who pay their accounts are making up for bad debts.

Dr. Cook stated at the meeting in Masterton yesterday that the electrical apparatus at the local hospital was out-of-date. It appeared,- he said, as though it had been constructed about the time of the Ark.

Mr Joseph Dawson, of Kakariki, the well-known bridge builder, is preparing a model of his latest patent in bridge construction for- the purpose of exhibiting it at the Wellington, "In* dustrial Exhibition. An escape of gas in the Masterton Town Hall last evening converted quite a number of people, to the ? elec-r trie lighting .project. - It was palatable, to thegastro nomic organs, to say the least of it. " '' A Ballanoe dairy farmer, who is a supplier to-a butter factory, furnishes fome particulars to the Pahiatua Herald of the value, of by-products for the past season. The settler milked 48 cows, and from the skim milk reared about 50 pigs, valued at £2 5s each, which brought in £ll2 10s, andyfcwelve weaner calves at 355, Braking a total return of £132 10s.

A very satisfactory number of entries have been received for the Age trophy competitions, in connection with the Masterton Chess Club, the handicap sheet showing seventeen names. Considerable interest is being shown in chess there being, besides six boards in use on one night recently. A Nelson resident, now on the way io England to witness* the Coronation festivities,, sends the following per postcard, from Melbourne, to a friend who has fruit-growing interests:— "Talk about the 5000 cases from Nelson, why, nearly 210,000 cases were sent from Hobart the week-before I reached here. Ono steamer took 103,000 cases, another 79,000 cases. Five steamers in all loading.at once!"

The Masterton Orchestral Society will render on Tuesday next Suppe's overture, "Light Cavalry." This is one of Suppe's most fascinating orchestral compositions, and requires a full orchestra. The brass section is a prominent feature, and several delightful soios also occur. , Another item, Hour," by : Kussner, the bomposer of the pomilar suite, ''Moon Moths," will be given. Under the auspices of the Masterton Chess Olub, a Jiumbfer of Wairarapa chess-players will .visit; Wellington . , during Coronation week, leaving Masterton on Tuesday morning, June 20th. As the visit'will Enable those taking part to see the Coronation illuminations as well as the Wellington Industrial Exhibition, it is expected a fair number of players will go to the city. Word arrived last evening that the suggested dates would suit the Wellington Clubs, and matches will be played as follows Against Working Men's Club, on 20th; Wellington Club, 21st; Kilbirme, 22nd; and South Wellington, 23rd. This will enable any j Wairarapa men who wish to do so to ' return home on Saturday. As the j Wellington men have expressed a hope that a stay be made over Sunday, no | doubt a number will do so. At the I Club's meeting last night, satisfaction ; was expressed at the satisfactory progress made by the popular President, Mr G. A. Jones, who has been in the hospital undergoing treatment, but is making a fapid recovery. A black and tan sheep dog, answering to the name of "Scot," is advertised for. DON'T BE BASkFUL. "There's many a good thing lost by not asking for it." The man who is now grinding away at a labourer's wage might have been earning a Cabinet Minister's income if he had exercised his will power earlier m life. That's the gfeat secret of some men s success—when thev see a "good, thing" they decide to use it to the best of their ability, as far aB 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-tbuching 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 rhotographic Accessories which is sent post free to any address by the imperial Camera Company. We wouldn't ask you to send for this catalogue iT it was no good to you It is useful to every,owner of a Camera, professional or amateur. You can make the # photos you take at iLaster, life pictures if you k n &w the best means of finishing them—this catalogue will help yon. It onlv costs a half-peimy, the price of ' a postcard on which you write the short message asking for it. Step into _ the post office when you are passing, buy the card, write the message, and post it to the Imperial Carrier? Co.. Willis-street, *->n." - .

Mr Jabez Bridges addresses the electors on the No-Lioense question at Jvaiwaiwai to-night. Mr W. C Buchanan, M.P., addresses the electors at Waihakeke tonight.

A proclamation is published in accordance with "The Public Works Act, 1908," taking four acres of land for the Weraiti road..

Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., will offer by. public auction at the Martinborough saleyards 011 Friday, May 26th, 40 hacks and harness horses, broken and unbroken.

On page six of this issue, Mr A. Henderson, jeweller and optician, inserts a change advertisement, the text of which is, "Reliable Alarm Clocks. A very large assortment of repeater alarms is now being shown. The solid nickel-cased alarms, as shown in the illustration, aro quoted at 12s 6d, and those cased in copper, 8s 6d. In addition to those there is a large variety of ordinary alarms, at prices ranging from 5s 6d post free. Those living at a distance and unable to place their order personally, are reminded that all mail orders receive prompt and etlicioiit attention.

The great annual sale of books, stationery, leather and fancy goods, is announced by Messrs McLeod and Young, of "The Academy," beginning on Saturday morning next. The range and quality of stocks carried by the firm are no well known that the public can at once be satisfied as to the genuineness of the sale. Some particulars will be given in an inset circulated with our Friday's issue. As usual sale rates aro for strictly cash, and no goods are sent on approval.

This week Mevsrs C. Smith are showing a large consignment of ladies' knitted golf jackets and coats, in white and all tho leading colours, ladies' jackets and coats, in seasonable materials, belts and costumes, all high-class goods.

Messrs Maclean and Co. announce the sale for Saturday next, at their Perry Street rooms, of a whole consignment of crockery and'other goods 011 behalf of,a local storekeeper. The sale will be absolutely without reserve.

Wiiirarapa visitors to the Waikato "Winter Sho v looking for a good inupon Messrs McCandlish and Co.,'the well-known land and ©state agents, of Hamilton.'The firm have a large rinml)3r of properties to select from, particulars of which they will be" pleased to forward to anyone on application. Attention is drawn to the list of .properties appearing on page eight of this issue. .

Notice i' given on the front page of this issue that the Masterton butchers whoe names are published, will close their business premises on Thursdays at 12 o'closk noon. This is due to recent legislation amending the Sh6ps and Offices Act.

Messrs McLeod and Young's great annual clearing sale commences on Saturday rext. 20th inst., in the Academy Buildings, Queen Street, Masterton The firm has just completed a record year for sales, and will now make record reductions on their stock for this sale. All books will be reduced in price 2d in the shilling, and fancy goods will be marked down 20 to 50 per cent. The terms of the sale will bo strictly cash.