LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10297, 28 July 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The steamer Ruahine, from London, arrived at Wellington yesterday.

A London cable states that Beaumont won the Daily, l£ail prize in the aviation contest/ *" . , ! . .1 The revenueof the country benefited to the extent of £515 }9s, through the: racing held at Masterton last year. - The Conciliation Council is at present taking evidence at,Palmerstoa North in the bakers' dispute. Telegraph communication between Wellington and the South Island is still interrupted. Messages are being sent via the West Coast. At a clearing sale at Aorangi, in the Manawatu district, on Wednesday, a dairy herd realised the spleMid average of £9 12s per head. Several Masterton settlers report that their shearing l>oards have already been filled for the next shearing season. The Inspector of-Stock at Masterto'i intends collecting samples of milk from the local dairies, and sending them to the Waitiiaceville Laboratory for analysis. • The Masterton Bowling Club decided last night not to impose the entrance fee (10s 6d), which is in addition to the subscription of £2 2s, during the coming season.

The news of the critical illness of Mr T. E. Taylor, M.P.,.which was published in yesterday's Age, came as a shoe? to scores of people in Masterton. Anxious inquiries were made throughout the day, and last night the telephone at the Age office was kept constantly ringing,

The Eltham Dairy Company has paid out lid per lb for butter fat during the past season.

The latest return from the Success dredge is 20ozs. 17dwts. for 115 hours' working, and from the Masterto.M dredge 17ozs 17dwts. for 129 hours.

Mr J. C. Boddington reports tint the rainfall registered at the Upper Plain for the 24 hours preceding !) a.m. on Thursday was 15 points. The Tinui correspondent of the Ago reports that the weather on the Ea.st Coast lias been very bad of late. He points out, however, that it is better that the bad weather should come at this season than when tho lambing has commenced. A Greymouth telegram says Mi at glorious weather has prevailed all this month, enabling sawmill work to proceed vigorously with orders, which are coming to hand freely from Australia and ports of the Dominion. The result is general activity in bush work consequent on shipments leaving as toon as loaded. A sensation was caused in Feilding on Tuesday, when, just as a funeral procession' was passing through the Square, a motor-car coming in the opposite direction ran over a little j girl named Edwards. The car was ( promptly pulled up, and an eldeily 1 spectator at once picked the victim > up and carried her to a doctor.

A Chinaman named Ah Lin was recently arrested in Bathurst, New South Wales, for taking delivery of I three tins of opium from the local railway station. He was tried, convicted, and sentenced to three months' hard labour. It afterwards transpired that the tins contained treacle, and not opium. S A Press Association telegram from Whangarei states that Chas. Taylor, a married man, of Whakapara. left Hikurangi for his home on Wednesday night, and his dead body was found on the road at Otonga yesterday morning. The police are investigating the matter. A serious accident occurred to Henry Futcher, a Pahiatua borough I carter, while engaged in carting the trimmings from the trees of the town squares. HeVVas just about to drive off with a load when he fell off the dray.on to the road. Futcher, who is an alderly man, sustained verv severe injuries to his spine, and he lies in a critical state.

I Speaking at. the annual- meeting •f• I' the Masterton' Bowling Club last even- ' ing, Mr E. Feist emphasised the necessity for collecting all the subscriptions. He suggested that unfinancial members be prohibited from using the greens. Other members supported Mr Feist's statements, and it was eventually decided to instruct the committee to enforce the rule which prohibited members from playing or voting after a certain date %

Mr D, McLachlan, speaking at the meeting of the Masterton Racing Clu;> yesterday, urged that the sporting fraternity should combine to protect its interests. A question .should be put to every candidate for Parliament concerning his views about racing. Mr C. A. Pownall suggested that the proper [course was to form a branch of the National League. A debate on the question "Leasehold v. Freehold," will take place in Murray's Hall, Masterton, on Monday evening next, between teams representing the, Masterton Parliamentary Debating Society and the Eketahuna branch of the Farmers' Union. The former, who' will espouse the leasehoH tenure, will be represented by Messrs J..C. Cooper. E. Flanagan, W. Kemp and J. R. Cole, and the latter (freehold) by Me&rs A. H. Herbert. W. B. Matheson, E. Page, and another. ,: To-night at the Y.M.C.A. in Masterton, the general secretary (Mr Alf. Snowball) will give his lantern lecture, on "Queensland, the Queen State of .Australia." The growth, scenery, industries, and other interesting matters concerning this vast State will be illustrated with fifty magnificent slides, and the members of the Association and their friends will be made welcome. The lecture will commence at eight o'clock, and is one of the lectures being run in connection with the Y,M.C.A. Boys' Department, being the firstof a series. ,

Mr A. H. Cockayne. Government Biologist, in a.communication to, r ,the, Wairarapa Age, states that he has not received reports of extensive.damage bv 'the griss "grub in the ' WairWraDaT district, though he f is: aware that the. grub exists in this arid in most other' districts. . In Canterbury, he states, many of the pastures have been absolutely destroyed, and will require *o be re-sown. This will be a serious matter- for farmers, as the price of. grass seed-is very high just now. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Limitel report having sold on account of Mr W. C. Buchanan. 30 English Leicester ram hoggets, and on account of Mess:s A. and J. Gray, Gladstone, 50 Romney ram hoggets, to Mr E. 0. Dowling. ot WaUawalla, New South Wales. The consignment is being shipped from Wellington to-day per s.s. Manuka. The same firm also renort satisfactoi-y sales of Hereford bulls and Romney rams to Gisborne clients. Fifteen r'f the.former, on account of Annadaib estate, Messrs Wm. Barton, and J. C. McKillop. have been booked for immediate delivery: and 390 rams on account of Messrs W. E. Bidwill. J. H. Tatham, and Geo. Allan, for deliverv next season. On account' of Mr W. Howard Booth, one 2-year old stud shorthorn bull has been sold to Mr W. Ring, of Waikato, at.a satisfactory figure.

The price is small, the remedy sure: ACACIAN BALSAM: its name; Don't have a cough when there's a cure That brought the discoverer fame. So now to the chemist repair, A bottle of BALSAM procure; Yield no mora to the darkest despair, For with it good health will ensure. * • ■ aclough's Acacian Lung Balsam.

ENORMOUS REDUCTIONS IN MOTOR CAR TYRES.

We have just landed direct from France, a large consignment of Miohelin Car Tyres in the following sizes, prices net cash, delivered to nearest Railway Station:— 760 x 90, covers £4 12s, tubes £] 16s 3d; 810 x 90, covers £5 9s, tubes £1 18s 3d; 815 x 105, covers £7 6s 6d, tubes £2 7s 9d; 875 x 105, covers £7 18s 3d, tubes £2 10s 6d; 880 x 120, covers £9 6s 6d, tubes £3 Is 6d. TOURIST MOTOR CO., Ltd., Queen Street, HASTINGS » <

There are SOl names on the barmaids' register, which was published last night in the Gazette. Frank Wootitn, the Australian jockey, rode four winners at the Goodwood races.

The name of the battleship New Zealand, now attached to the Home Fleet, is to be changed in August to Caledonia. Considerable quantities of whitebait are being cauglit by the Maoris at Waitara. Europeans say, the Mail reports, that they have not previously known the kahuwhai come into the river in such numbers so early. The pantomime "Jack and the Beanstalk" is to be produced in Masterton on August 16. A Sydney grocer who had been selling jam containing 30 per cent of gluI coso was only fined £2. There are 59 bands affiliated with the North Island Brass Bands' Association. The door takings at the Hawera winter show totalled £585 12s 6d. The profit is about £320.

Communication is being kept ut> between Christchurch and the West. Coast by coach from Avoca to Springfield, via Porter's Pass. A Christchurch wire, received last night, stated that Provocation had been scratched that evening for all engagements at the Grand National meeting. The Representation Commissioners, who have been sitting jointly in Wellington for some days past, ha'-e fixed the/ quota—the number of electors who will be grouped to form a constituency—-at 15,164, and the North Island will, in consequence, gain one seat, somewhere in the neighbourhood of Auckland.

Mr C. J. Reakes, Chief Government Veterinarian, in a communication to the Wairarapa Age, states that some of the experiments in the pasteurization of milk have proved a failure because the temperature has riot been sufficiently high.

1 The second annual dance of the Masterton Post and Telegraph Hockey Olub was held in the Exchange Hall last night. About fifty couples graced the floor, and excellent music was supplied by Mr Frank McKenzie. The function was a decided success, due, no doubt, to the efforts of the secretary, Mr J. S. Hunter, who was ably assisted by the M.C.'iS, Messrs W. -T. Jackson.- A. H. Eddv, V. M. Richards, and R. E. Williams. A tempting supper was supplied.

Notice is given by the Masterton Borough Council that dogs must be registered by July 31st. ; A situation where there is light housework to do is advertised for by a young lady. Messrs S. R. Edwards and Co., la 11 agents, of Masterton, advertises pariticulars of two good dairy farms fosale; on easy terms. < A general meeting of the New Zealand Federation of Shearers will be held in the Druids' Hall to-morrow evening, when important business will be considered.

Messrs McGruer and Co., Queen Street, draw attention to the special sale reductions they are making . on the prices of nevf tweed overcoats,.particulars of which may be found in their rep l ace advertisement.

Mr Doherty, "the tailor from London," intimates thaib he has some very fine real West of England saddle tweed ! overcoats, made by N himself in the most up-to-date style. These he is now •celling'at a greatlv reduced price with a viewO'to fidvertisinrei*the name and" merits; of "Dohertv..? Patterns. will bo sent on application. His-address is 203 Lambton Quay, Wellington.