LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10310, 10 August 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Masterton Homing Pigeon Club has decided to open the season on Thursday, October sth.

The annual smoke concert in connection with the Masterton Fire Police :& to be held this evening.

A meeting of the Board of Management of the Masterton Y.M.C.A. is ; to be held to-morrow evening. Mr G. R. Sykes addresses the electors in the Kuripuni Hall to-night. The Masterton Trust Lands Trustees meet to-morrow night. The identity of the woman Wilson, who suicided in Sydney, and who hailed from New Zealand, has not been established. The Timaru police received word from a station near Geraldine yesterday morning that Fred Burrows, aged forty, was missing. He was a native of Dunedin. Search parties are out. A concert will bo given in the Congregational Church, Masterton, this evening, by the Sunday School children. A special programme of musicai and other items has been arranged, and a large attendance is anticipated. The Masterton Post and Telegraph hockey team will play their annual match against the Palmerston P. and T. team on Saturday next, at Palmerston. A gentleman, not a New Zealander, writing to a friend in New Plymouth about the Coronation procession, said, "Of all the decorations, I thought the New Zealand arch in Parliament street was the hansomest thing on the route; and so said many others." A Masterton settler informed a re presentative of the Age yesterday that although the grass grub had played havoc in some parts of the district this year, it was not nearly as destructive as it was some years back. One settler on the Taratahi was almost ruined by the grub in the nineties. A farm of 80 acres on Awahuri road, near Feilding, bought by Mr Griffiths about a year ago from Mr Cyril Dermer at £45 per acre, has been sold by him to Messrs Lamb and .Moon at £s*2 per acre.

Mr Samuel Holland, of Tinwald, Canterbury, has lifted close on hall an acre of potatoes that yielded at the rate of 30 tons per acre. The seed, which came from Teneriffe, was procured from Messrs Friedlander Bi-os.

It is stated that Masterton is one of the few townships in New Zealand where the police are allowed to issue tickets for "tea, bed and breakfast," without consulting a member of the Charitable Board. The demand for tickets has been pretty considerable of late. f One of the newly-enrolled Territorials who submitted himself for examination at Lower Hutt on Thursday evening, turned the scale at 17st 111b. He is only eighteen years of age, and not very tall. A Press Association telegram from Waihi states that Robert Sims, the local librarian, was found drowned yesterday morning in a shallow creek in two feet of water. Deceased was seventy years of age. 'He left a note asking a friend to open the library. At the Magistrate's Court in Pahiatua yesterday, Alfred Ernest Keeble, i who is well known in Masterton, was charged with committing an offence on . a girl under 16 years of age, and with administering a noxious drug to her. He Was committed to the Supreme Court at Masterton for trial.

It is hard to say which is the worst enemy to! the farmer —the grass grub or the small bird. One Masterton farmer told a representative of the Age yesterday that the small birds were pulling up the grain on his farm to such an extent that he was afraid he would have to re-sow portions of his ground. In the case New Zealand Educational Institute v. Wanganui Education Board, the majority of the Court of Appeal, Justice' Edwards dissenting, dismissed an appeal, affirming Justice Chapman's Judgment, holding that the Education Board has power to require ,pr insist that no' children below standard.ll. shall attend or be received as pupils at a District High School. Costs on the lowest scale were allowed % to the Wanganui Education Board, payable by the New Zealand Educational Institute.—Press Association. ' In -the i Wellington - Appfeal Court Case, Mewhinney v. Mewhinney, Mr Justice Denniston the judgment of the Court, varying the order made by Sir Robert Stout and giving legal custody to the appellant, but making a condition that until a further order of the Supreme Court the boy should be placed as a boarder in i he Catholic School for boys at Seatoun, and the girl as a boarder in the convent; at "Wellington, with access to the children to both appellant father and respondent mother, as the governing authorities of the schools think it consistent with the discipline of schools and interests of the children. No costs were allowed.

The following resolution is to be submitted at a special general meeting of the Mastertpn A. and P. Association, to be held on Saturday, August 26th :—"lt is hereby resolved that the Association shall borrow upon the security of first mortgage of its Solway property, Manaia, the sum of £4OOO, at the rate of 4| per cent, and the Committee of the Association is hereby authorised to have the necessary document of mortgage executed. The purpose for which the money shall be borrowed is the repayment of the Association's existing debt to the Bank of Australasia."

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The official opening of the new gasworks at Greytown will not take place until about September 21st. Rabbits in some parts of the Mastcrton district have been found to l;e in a diseased condition. The disease is not unlike hydatids. The Pahiatua-Akitio A. and P. Association has decided to purchaso a portion of Hall's estate for a new . showground. A sum of Is per lb for butter-fat rs ' being paid out by the Ballance Dairy Company for July. The Nelson side schools, which have been closed on account of the epidemic of measles, were re-opened on Tuesday last. During the year ended March 31 ;t last 1061 more persons were arrested in the Dominion for drunkenness than i in the previous year. ! Excellent progress is being made by the staff of Messrs Coradine and Whiitaker, with the erection of the ne.v brick buildings in Masterton for the Trust Lands Trustees. It is anticipated that the contract will be out or hand in a couple of months. A petition is to be presented to ihe Featherston County Council at' it*' next meeting, praying that a poll of ratepayers l>e taken on the question v j rating on unimproved values. i Vigilance'is leing exercised by ibe officers of the F-toc-k Department in Masterton just now in preventing the spread of gorse and other noxious weeds. Notices to destroy have l"en served on certain owners. Farmers who were in Masterton yesterday reported that there is a fairly good supply of grass in the outlying districts, and stock has wintered we.i. The outlook for the lambing season is distinctly promising. A dairy farmer in the Forty-Mile Bush district, who last season milked eighteen cows on a small farm of approximately fifty acres, informed a Herald reporter that he netted the » excellent average of £l3 2s 5d per cow for his milk returns. This will probably take some beating. At Burn-side market last week, says the Otago Daily Times, prices of cattle ranged up to £ls 5s per head, and so poor was the quality that buyers were paying as high as 40s per 1001b. Thero was a general advance over last week's rates of equal to £2 10s per head, and in some instances equal to £3 and over per head.

Up till late last night, there was nothing fresh to report in regard ,!;> the mysterious disappearance of fch? young man James Kingdon from Masterton. Neither the local police nor the visiting detectives have been abio to secure the slightest clue which will enable them to unravel the mystery.

A man at Patea, who was some time ago fined at the Magistrates Court the sum of £5 and 7s costs for failing to send his son to school, and who expressed bis determination at the time to go to gaol rather than pay the amount, has carried out his determination, being taken on Saturday to Wanganui Gaol to serve the term oi five days for failing to pay the fine. The Pahiatua Herald -says:—The sum of £2600 is a fairly large one to oe drawn by one man ] - from butter and cheese factories for milk supplied during one season, but this amount, within a fraction, was received by a dairy farmer in this district for last season'* supplies. Of course the milk was not taken from one farm, and this cheque did notalLgo to the banking account of the dairy farmer. A considerable sum was expended in the payment of different families who in the majority of cases were milking on the share system. '

There was a large attendance at the Waingawa school on Tuesday night, when Mr J. T. M. Hornsby delivered a political address. Mr R. Gray was in, the chair. The speaker dealt very fully with the land question. The audience listened with close attention to the unfolding of what Mr Hornsby termed the plot whereby the Conservative Party hopes to undo the work which has been accomplished over a period of twenty years in this country. Votes of thanks to the candidate and the chairman closed a most successful meeting.

At the Mangaweka Magistrate's Court recently a man named Joseph Pittam was charged with killing and selling imported native game without taking out a license! There were six separate;chargesidating between 2nd and 19th July, and in this time accused had supplied a Wellington deal-* er with two pheasants, twenty hares*. seventy-five quail, and 176 native pigeons. . The Magistrate commented 'strongly upon this wholesale and illegal slaughter of game, and inflictel •fines-totalling £H : ( Methylated spirits are' said to be consumed in fairly large quantities in Ash burton, owing to the difficulty qf getting intoxicants in a more palatable form. The consumption of methylated spirits in the larger towns * i Australia is becoming a most serious matter, and it is almost a daily occurrence for victims of this form uf dissipation to have to be taken to the hospital for treatment. The poisonous stuff is said to be drunk in gallons every Sunday by poor people m Melbourne and suburbs. TIMELY RECIPES. ORANGE CAKE.— Rub the rind of three or four oranges with lumps of -sugar to extract some of the zest. Cut a, dozen or more oranges in 3ialv.es across, :not from end to end, with a teaspoon scoop out the pulp, extract the juice, and put the rind aside. Melt an ounce of leaf gelatine in a quarter pint of hot water, add three-quarters of a pinit of orange juice, the flavoured sugar, and as much more sugar as may be necessary, and bring nearly to boiling point. Have ready in a large basin three whites of eggs, strain in the hot liquid, and whisk until quite stiff. Pile in rooky heaps on a crystal dish. SWISS ROLL.— Two teacupfuls caster sugar, two teacupfuls flour, two (teaspoonfuls baking powder, four foggs. Mix the sugar, flour, and baking powder together, and break the eggs into the dry ingredients, beating all for five minutes. Have ready a flat tin such as is usued for a batter pudding ,and pour the mixture in evenly, baking for eight or < ten minutes in a sharp oven. Turn on to a sheet of sugared paper, spread Tvith jam quickly, and roll the cake carefully while still hot, otherwise it will crack. Serve with ' th»se "Dragon" Blend, one of the - best of teas. The teas J used for this blend are extremely . choice aii<-l mostly first pickings. It \ fine, n^- 1 tho aroma and-bouquet are ! exquisite. The "Dragon" Blend is blended and pac' ' \y the Empire * Tea Company, Wellington, and is sold by most grocers in this dktrict J at 2s 84 per lb. i

The bachelors of Hukanui hold their annual ball to-night.

Fish are again plentiful both in Invercargill and Bluff, especially groper, which has been exceptionally plentiful during the past week.

During the last year there were n New Zealand 205 prosecutions, resulting in 169 convictions, under the gaming laws, against 239 prosecutions auJ 208 convictions in 1909.

Eleven associations have been incorporated under the Land Settlement Finance Act. Nine other proposed associations v are under consideration and ten have been declined, principally owing to the high value placed upon the land. ,

Perfect arrangements have beer, made by the joint secretaries (Messrs J. Connell and C. Corbett) to ensuro the success of the annual social of tho Red Star Football Club, which take 3 place this evening. The function is expected to quite equal, if not excel, previous gatherings. The ten stud Romney rams ordered from Mr Ernest Short, of Parorangi, by a wealthy Argentina estanciero wi'l be shipped for Monte Video in th* Corinthic at Wellington to-day. Mr Short still has a further order to supply (three Hereford bulk) for <.hs samo destination by a later steamer. Taking advantage of the visit of the South Wairarapa team, the ches3 players assembled at the Y.M.C.A. rooms, Masterton, last night, unarlmously decided to hold a Wairarap*. championship, the winner of which will be the nominee to represent Wairarapa at the Napier Congress next Easter. • There was a slight discussion over the hospital and charitable aid le"y at the meeting of the Akitio County Council on Saturday. Cr* R. B. Robertson said he would like to know from the advocates for separation from Wellington to join the Wairarapa Hospital and Charitable Aid Boar! why the change was made. At the time of the separation from the Wellington Board it was stated that the change was for the justice of the country districts, but no benefit whatever had been received. The levy the Akitio Council were.now paying was if anything higher than that.paid ta> the Wellington Board.

The settlers in the coast district intend petitioning the Minister for Roads and Bridges to undertake th> construction of a deviation at'Waipatiki, on the Weber road. The grade hj» (says the Dannevirke Advocate) one in .seven on parts of this hill slide, and as the deviation can be carried out on a minimum grade of 1 in 20, the improvement, if effected, would be ver/ great. . The Weber road is an arterial highway, and the request for Government assistance in the matter of this suggested deviation is a very reasonable one. ,

A smart junior grocer is required at the W.F.C.A.; Masterton. An advertiser has a vacancy in a private house for board for young lady engaged in business during the day. - \ ' A good residential site, just outside the Borough, is advertised for sale by Messrs W. B. Chennells and Co., land agents, at a very cheap price. An advertiser has a vacancy for two young men boarders in comfortable house, close to town. Mr"Gv W. Schroder's- well-known pointer "Belle" is missing from the owner's premises. A reward is offered for its recovery. "' ;.'■■'•'■ Mr S. Kingdom and * family elsewhere insert a notice of thanks to the police and public for their untiring efforts in connection with their trouble. Ladies who attended the cook: :g demonstration yesterday should remember that they can obtain paper bags and all particulars for this lew system of cooking from Messrs McLeod and Young, booksellers.

Mr E. H. Spackman notifies in tho wanted columns that he has takea over the Te Wharau mail coach. Ho has had twenty years experience wit I; driving, and trusts by care and attention to merit a fair share of public patronage. Parcels, luggage, etc., may" be left at Fly and Young's stables, and same will receive strict and businesslike attention. . In oonnectio.i with the booking or Beats*for "Jack' and the Beanstalk'' pantomime, the management Wish us to state that although applications ..for seats are being received'-'from conn-" • try residents, no seats will be actually marked,off on the. plan till after the - booking opens at 8 o'clock on .Saturday morning. ■'.■.•"""..:.•.••■ . Messrs C. Smith, Ltd*., notify, their patrons that previous to opening their new goods, they are making still further reductions on the balance of their winter stock'. Many job lines are to be cleared, such' as gloves, ribbons, laces, fancy neok wear, etc., at prices that should appeal to all. Spring and summer fashions from London and Paris are announced to hand by Hay ward, the ladies' tailor, Lambton Quay, Wellington. The exhibition is a most extensive one, and patrons are cordially invited to inspect.

Wairarapa settlers should be interested in particulars of a good dairy or cropping farm advertised oh page 8 of this issue by Messrs Norris and Bell, land agents, Tauranga. The property, which .consists of 142 acres; situated on a point in the Tauranga harbour, presents ar. exceptional opportunity to investors.