LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10291, 20 July 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Another earthquake was experienced m Masterton at 9.35 o'clock last night. It was also felt at Wanganni and Palmerston.

Four libel actions against New Zealand newspapers are at present pending.

Mr J. C Boddington reports that the frost registered at the Upper Plain on Tuesday morning was four degrees. ( A bye-run in connection with the Wairarapa Hunt will be held at Otahuao this afternoon.

A recital by Mr M: St. John is to be given in the Masterton Town Hall on. Saturday afternoon.

The metallic circuit is to be installed in connection with the telephone system in Palmerston North.

An election of two directors of the Wellington Farmers' Meat Company will shortly take Much interest is being taken in the election by shareholders.

A largely-attended meeting of business men 1 ir.iHamiltoji decided to forward a resolution *o Mr Sidey, M.P., heartily approving of his Daylight Saving Bill. - Masterton is cheerfully paying the price of sport. The train from Wellington last night was about an hour late in its arrival.

"When a man wis.be?. to "plant*' his\money, he often resorts to curious hiding places, but the action of a Napier Chinaman whose premises were raided lately, in hiding a sixpence in his ear, is a marvel of ingenuity.

A Press Association message from Pnlmerston North states that delightful weather prevails in the Manawatu district, and tko prospects are generally very ..satisfactory. Withouttroubling the worlc! about it, Masterton humbly records the'fact that the conditions are sinalai' here.

Two young me.i who went to Carterton on Tueeliy and imbibed too freely, were arrested in Masterton on their return. They were brought before Mr J Pra3er, J.P., yesterday morning, and discharged with a caution.

The shareholders of the Workers' Mutual Benefit Building Society paid in the sum of £ir>o at the fortnightly paynight held in Masterton last night so as to enable them to participate in the ballot for £3OO, free of interest, that takes place on Thursday, July 27th. . . , ~,-..

Inuring the progres? of the match between Konini and a Pabiatua; on. Saturday; 'Jinx (Gratvin, the Konirti threeqxiarter, :eceived,a kick on the,head'. He continued to plaj throughout the game, but later in the evening he developed ill-effeecs, and became unconscious. Dr. Dawson was called in and found that Galvin was suffering from slight concussion of the brain.

Dr. Oook, who is the examining for the Masterton district, commenced the examination! on Tuesday evening ol\>the young'-men who are registered under the Defence Act. The work of examining the Masterton Territorhls will occupy two or three weeks. Tha doctor will subsequently nake --in examination of tho Territorials of Ekotabuna and Carterton.

When Mr F. M. B. Fisher. MP., addressing,the ;poopl©U of jjastings on Monday night, he had occasion to refer to the non-'borrowihg policy of the late Mr John Ballanoe." "Oh, John Ballance is dead," oajne a voice from the bndy of the hall'. ""•Yes,V". replied -Mr.-Fisher, ■ "he. died, twenty years ago, hut if he was alive and saw- what th© party were doing, he would die again.''

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Tho boxing tour.iarcent in connection with the Carterton centre takes place this evening.

A dairy inspector is at present paying a visit of inspection to the dairies and yards in the Forty-Mile Bush.

Four half-sovereigns Mere found in the unsold piece o r cheeso left over from tho Palmerston winter show .

A profit of £143 was made on the Xational Dairy Show at Palmerston, which is £l4O less than the profit mada last year.

An indignation meeting is to bo held in Wellington, to protest against tho Government interference with the private management of tramways.

There are only about three hundred subscriber.; to the Masterton public library at the present time, including those from tho com trv.

Walnuts are now being harvested on Banks Peninsula, and are in great demand. G£d and 7d per lb being freely offered.

Commissioner W. Gray, of the Wellington District Boy Scouts, is at present visiting tho "V\ airarapa to explain the position of the scouts in connection with the defeoco scheme. The Committee of the PahiatuaAkitio A. and P. Association has set up a sub-committee to interview the owners of Hall's estate with a view te endeavouring to obtain an option for the purchase of 12 acres.

A doctor down south, in prescribing for a patient, ordered him a box of pills, with the directions: "Take one pill half an hour before you feel the pain coming." The oldest coalmine in New Zealand is that at Motupipo, Nelson, coal from which was being sold in Wellington in 1848 at 25s «i ton. That mine was being worked so long back as 1843. The Brunner seam was discovered in 1848.

A new regulation concerning the carriage of parcels fey post provides that soft fruit will not be accepted for transmission unless enclosed in liquidtight tins and securely packed.

Notwithstanding the severe frosts experienced of late, the coating of snow en Mt. Egmont is exceedingly thin. This is thought to denote an early spring. The Bush Districts A. and P. Association has inaugurated a farm competition in connection with its forthcoming show.

In intimating that he would have pleasure in attending the spring show at Palmerston North an November, His Excellency the Governor stated that he did not wish to make a speech, nor to hear speeches made.

The work for the season at the Masterton fiish ponds has been commenced in earnest. There are at present in the ponds 120,000 brown trout ova, but 400,000 or 500,000 more brown trout and rainbow trout ova will be accommodated before long. A consignment of rainbow trout ova was expected to arrive in Masterton last night from Rctorua for the Wellington Acclimatisation Society's hatcheries in Chapel Street, Masterton.

The champion nifan sneak thief has turned up in Gisborne (says the Herald). For some time past the matron of the Children's Creche has been troubled about the disappearance of coal and fu-swood from the premises, and one evening, hearing a noise in the backyard, she went out, and discovered a man helping himself to these commodities. The thief hastily decamped. "The murderers in Lyttelton. Gaol consider that the Maori boy who was hanged recently va* a lucky dog," said Mr F. B. Cooke at Chrisfchuroh on Sunday evening. "Hanging is better than a life sentence in Lyttelton Gaol. I was against capital punishment, but after an experience in Lyttelton I have changed my views; hanging is better."

The entries for the ploughing match to be held in the Lower Valley on the 27th, close to-day, and intending competitors are asked to forward their entries as early as possible,' as the Committee appointed to mark out the ground pioposes to do this work on Monday morning. A clergyman, referring'to the discrepancy in the attendance of children at secular and Sabbath schools at a Presbyterian Sabbath school = social at Balclutha,, said he hoped the time would arrive when ~v paternal Gover.nmenkwould make .religious instruction compulsory, and that truant officers! wouldpbe well as secular schools. I A small shed, measuring about 3ft by 6ft, at the rear of Mr George Daysh's residence in Totara Street, Lansdowne,. was destroyed by fire between 7.30 and 8 r-elock last night. The building was detached from the 'main house, and was used as a bathroom. The Masterton Fire Brigade was but they were too late, to save the shed, which contained northing of any rain*..

/ A miraculous escape from death at Larry's Creek, neax Reefton, is reported by tlie Inaigahua Times. A shunter named Ilwart was moving some loaded waggons, when he slipped and fell in front of them across the two rails. He just managed to throw himself into the middle of the road whilst the waggons passed over him. Just as he got his head clear of the rails, the front wheel of the first waggon cut his hat in two. Had he attempted to seramblo or roll out of the way, or had there been traps in the waggons, he would most surely have been crushed to death. Only his presence of mind saved him. SOME CAKE RECIPES.

RICH CHEAP CAKE.— Beat well the yolk® of three eggs, and the ■whites of two, with one cup of fine sugar. Beat in one half oup condensed milk, one and two-third cups sifted flour, two heaping teaspoonfuls ibaking powder, one half teaspoon lemon, one teaspoon of'.vanilla extract. Butter generously two large oake tins. Put together with frosting made wit hone whit* of egg and twothirds cup of sugar beaten together. AFTERNOON TEA CAKES.—One cup sugar, one oup of raisins, one half cup butter, one teaspoonful cinnamoni, one half ieasjpoonful cloves. Stir .this all together and put on stove and let come to the boal. Cool, tlheji add two cups of flour witjb one teaspoonful of soda. Put in gem pans and bake in a quick oven. A tea that you will appreciate i» the Blend, * tea that costs but eighteen pence a pound, and tastes like that worth 2s. It is a good, strong, flavoury tea with plenty of body, and extremely pleasing to tSie palate. F*r family nso it is B»- : equalled. f«r it is iaexpeasive apd gosd. It i% w«rth a. tnal, ad f&e trial will «Mt y«* Is. 6d, for. H&uJa is the prio* «f a pevad or -Ifikad**' Tea. A*k y«v gr«oer. j

The cost of maintaining the Masterton fishponds last vear was £495 13s 3d.

During last year. 25.000 brown trout fry were liberated in the streams of tho Wairarapa.

The lease of the Masterton fishponds to the Wellington Acclimatisation Society expires ir: '"jly, 1913.

The Manawatu A. and P. Association has decided to open its spring show in the evenings, as well as during the daytime.

The plant of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society at tho Masterton fishponds is valued as an asset at £169.

A man named Patrick Crossey sustained a severe i/ijury to his thigh through a tree falling upon him at Papatahi. Ho has been removed to the Grey trt wu Hospital.

The mallard duck liberated at Nirea'ia, in the Forty-Mile Bush, some time back, are reported to be increasing in numbers.

The rfQwly-esfcablished deer-herds m the Wairarapa have, been supplemented t?his year as fellows: —Tauheremkau, three hinds; Waingatra, two stags; Eketahuna, two stags; Maungatarere, tw? stags.

Thirteen red deer calves captured at Gladstone by Mr Jackson have been sent t« various parts of the Dominion this year by the Wellington Acclimatisation Society.

"A strong, Independent party leader would just about 'fill the bill' ":» the present state of mind of the people,",says a southern exchange, "but Mr Hogg is impossible."

Another case of typhoid fever has occurred in Ekefcihuna, the wife of a well-known resident having been removed to the Pahiatua Hospital yesterday.

"If people who were fond of whisky watered it down to the same degree that many Christians watered down their religion, there would soon be a cessation of whisky-drinking."—An opinion expressed by the Rev. W. J. Elliott at Baring Square Church on Sunday night.

The Manawatu Times gives some prominence to the following:—The ten o'clock license for hotels in Palnierston has resulted in a diminution in the .number of arrests for drunkenness, and the police state that 6ince the earlier closing came into force the streets have been much quieter at nights. The result is satisfactory to all concerned. ■ . ■ -. -. ■

A young man named Joseph Loper, aged 19, was out on the hills behind Waimaie on Tuesday wallaby, shooting with a large party. The country is steep, with broken rocks and stunted tussock, and covered just now with snow. Loper.fell, and the contents of one barrel of his gun entered his chest, tearing a big hole and lodging in the upper chest. He is in a serious condition.

In the course of a lecture on radium at Auckland recently, Mr Clement Wragge delighted his audience with a speculative remark as to the possibility of the element. "It has recently been proved," he said, "that by means of radium the life of a caterpillar may be prolonged; and why not the life of a man ? Think of a great and good man—one whom everybody respects, one who never thinks of himself first, but always thinks of the interests of others—such a -nan as his Worship the ' Mayor of Auckland! Think of it, ladies and gentlemen, what radium can do for us!"

_ The South Canterbury Acclimatisation Society his decided to forward! the following remits to the annual conference to be held next month:—(l) A definition of a legal fishing bait. (2) The extension of the fishing season •until May 15th. (2) The limitation of decoys for duck shooting. (4) That mi-mis be not alleged to be built on shooting waters closer than one hundred yards to one another. (5) That next season paradise ducks should not be protected.

A smoke concert to wind up the Butchers' and Bakers football season in Masterton was held in the Druids' Hall last night. Mr C. McGaughran presided over a very larfs attend- j ance. The following toast list was I duly honoured .-—The King, chairman ; The Winning Team, Mr P. Kilminster, responded to by Mr H. Hilton; Master Butchers and Bakers, Mr A. Benbrook—Mr B. Rayner; The Guests, Mr Goodgame—Mr H. Adams; Referee,, Mr Wickens—Mr H. Adams. Songs were rendered by Messrs . C Wilson, J. Elder, Helton, A- ; Maxted* C. Ramsay, Hilton, and G. YaJden, and recitations t>y Messrs J. C. Alpass, junr., C. McGaughran, and others. A very pleasant evening was J°,?? h t\ 2° a olme **& the singing of "Auld Lang Syne." ;

. ,An experienced housekeeper advertises for a situation. A reward is offered for the recover ? of a lost motor car lamp.

Mr J. L. Murray's "Clean Sweep" sale closes on Saturday next. Bargain seekers are reminded of this fact, that they may not miss the opportunity" otSL°: ffered of g ™

Hannah's great removal sale is now. in full swing. Special bargains are offering m the ladies; gentJemens and children's departments, and those requiring seasonable footwear are invited to make an early call.

Mr E. Hodge, second hand dealer, yueen Street, advertises a number of special Hues for sale, including useful household requisites. He invites inspection.

ABOUT THAT PIANO. You want it. So much is adroittw. Hut pianos are costly tfcines affortftt afraid yOU oa *'* That is where you are mistaken You can get a superb piano from one oi the w©rld;s great makers, and you can pay for it in such a way thatb the purchase will involve no pinching no serious sacrifice, no bother of any sort. And all the time you are paying, the piano is brightening your Until you have a piano in the house, you can scarcely imagine the difference it makes. No woman is really contented till she gets one, Think of that! We can help yon to a selection. We offer you the full benefit of all our knowledge and experience. Yon can have one of the superb pianos of the four famous houses— Broadwood Stemway, Lipp; or Roniseh—or any of the others. If you are buying a plane, eash or terms, to see us is to save money. The Dresden: Piaao Company. -Ltd., Welliaatott: North Island Munager: M. J. Brakes, Loeal R*»£e*»tative.; H. Ttinft, Darnell's Buildings, Queea Street, Maatertoo.

Mr W. C. Buch;ii.nn, M.P., will address the electors at "Whakataki on Tuesday, 25th inst.

Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., sell to-day, on the farm, Ballance, on behalf of Mr John O'Neill, the whole of his live and dead stock, comprising dairy cows and heifers, young cattle, sheen, farm implements, furniture end sundries. The sale commences at eleven o'clock sharp? aud luncheon will be provided.

Messrs Abraham and WilKams, Ltd.. have received instructions from Mr J. G. Brechi.i, whose lease has expired, to hold an unreserved clearing sale of his live and dead stock on the property at Konini. The list includes 50 young dairy cows (calving August and September). 16 grade and crossbred springing heifers, purebred Jersey and Ayrshire bulls, horses, pigs, etc., implemei-ts and general fanning requisites. The sale will take place on Wednesday, July 26th.

Messrs Reid and Gray. New Zealand agents for the "Austral" milking machine, draw attention in an advertisement to the special qualities that appertain to this latest and"'up-to-date machine. A practical dairyman, after studying out the various requirements for milking by machinery, produced the "Austral," which he patented, and is well satisfied so far with the results. The patentee claims that the "Austral" milks right out, works an a low vacuum, : s easy to clean and keep\clean. is simple in construction, and a child can work it. Its capacity is 36 cows per hour. The local representative for Messrs Reid and Gray, Mr A. E. Upton, Lansdowne, Masterton, will give all particulars and supply a list of New Zealand users to anyone requiring them.

Messrs King iad Henry, of Masterton, have deservedly made a name for themselves in the sale of guns and rifles. The Teason thereof is tha* they are experts and mechanicians, and buyers 'have an assurance that the pond s ; suppb"<>d by this firm carry a fTirantee. They carry a stock «f from the best makers. In golf and hockey and all kinds of sport they stock to meet requirements. •

At the Solwav sale on Wednesday, .Tuly 26th. the anes to be offered will include a snecinl entry on account of Mr George Siegers, of Clareville, eo-iorising the whole 'of his wellknown orize-winmar flock of Border Leicester ewes nd rams, alsoi. ram. and ewe hoggets. The lines are enumerated in an advertisement on page S, and full pedigree and particulars may be obtained from; Messrs Dalgety and , Co., Ltd.