LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 1036, 17 August 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Up till date, no criminal business has been set down for hearing at the sitting of the Supreme Court to be held iu Masterton next month. It is understood that negotiations have been opened by the Defence Department with a view to the acquisition of the old showground in Masterton for the pur]X)ses of a military oampingground. The Agricultural Coriferenoe yesterday decided to consider what steps could be taken to increase the usefulness of Agricultural Associations and agricultural shows. For Chronic Chest Complaints, Wioods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d, 2s 6d.

Factory butter is at present being retailed in Miasterton at Is 3d per lb. j Retailers say that the consumption, of butter is not nearly as great as under t normal conditions. A Masterton resident received advice by the last English mail that he was likely to become the heir to a small fortune by the death of a rela- ( tivo in the Old Country. j A number of Natives came to Masterton yesterday to receive their "dividends" in connection with a block of land the sale of which was confirmed at the last sitting of the Native Land Court. The sitting of the Supreme Court in Masterton on September 11th will be the last to be held in the present Courthouse. The new Court-house is expected to be completed by the end , of the year. A Mastex*ton schoolboy has propounded an interesting arithmitical problem. "If," he says, "it costs one Dreadnought to buy a Baronetcy for Sir Joseph Ward, how many Dreadnoughts would it take to buy a dukedom?' The tender of Messrs W. Strange and Co., Ltd., has been accepted by the New Zealand Government for the supply of 35,000 pairs of trousers for the Senior Cadet division of the defence forces. There are in Denmark a number of societies for the mutual insurance of the live stock of the farm. The entrance fee charged is about 2Jd for every £5 insured, while the maximum amounts which are insurable are, in the case of cattle £324, for horses £55, and for sheep and swine £Bl. It is stated (says the Matatira Ensign) that a well-known and old-estab-lished local firm will shortly be Called upon to answer several alleged breaches of the Land and Income Tax Act. The cases are set down for hearing at Gore on the 17th inst. Something like a record for a big sale of stock was established the other day in Taranaki, when Mr J. Stevenson's dairy herd of 166 head averaged £8 19s each under the hammer of Messrs Gillies and Nalder. There were no special breeds, and Mr Stevenson, who is a Kapanui farmer, is to be congratulated upon the condition in which he marketed his stock. Mr Stevenson is giving up dairying for fattening. • The medical tests for military training are unearthing some excellent types. Invercargill boasts a lad of 19 years of age, 6ft 3in in height, with a chest expansion of 42in, who weighs 13st. Ashburton owns an 18-year-old youth who is 6ft 4in high, has a chest measurement of 41$ in, and turns the scale at 13st 101b. Masterton has several youths who come up to this standard. They are all in "dry" areas! Whilst digging round the roots of a largo pine tree at Farndon Park, near Napier, on Thursday, the contractor for the removal of the trees made a find of one sovereign, a halfsovereign and severaJ minor silver coins. It is believed that a two-up school, which had to leave very quickly, lost the money some time ago. A Timaru farmer who paid a visit to the Winton district the other day expressed himself (says the Record) as being highly pleased with the country i passed through. He could quite un- - derstand the fertility of Southland . soil, and remarked that at Timaru, ■ land of the same quality was realising £4O per acre. , At tho monthly meeting of the Mas- ; terton Hospital Committee, ther<- . were present-Messrs J. B. Keith i (Chairman), W. Fisher, H. O'Leary, . J. Miller, and M. J. H. Jackson. The . treasurer reported as follows: —Re- ; ceipts: Balance from last meeting, . £422 2s 6d; patients fees, £24 Is Id; > subscriptions, £3 12s 3d; proceeds of . J Hospital ball, £lB3 13s; t0ta1.£633 8s; expenditure, £lßl 8s 8d; balance at i date, £452 Os Id. Mr J. C. Ewington [ was appointed visiting member for the . month. Other business of a routine ; nature was dealt with. ' It is generally known that the Rail- . way Department a short time ago had ' private detectives on the passenger trains to watch the guards end report any breaches of regulations made by them. This action was not popular, it need hardly be said, and it is intended by the Department (says the Otago Daily Times) to select a few guards and appoint them ticket inspectors on the trains. This is said to> be in comr pliance with the railway officers' sug- ; gestion. A new* phase. of the domestic ser--1 vice problem—the employment of island "boys"—is coming into notice, The Auckland Domestic Servants' Un- ! ion proposes to draw the; attention of Parliament "to the fact that native "boys" are being imported from t-lie islands to perform domestic duties. It is said that these received wages only one-fourth of those required by European domestics, w"hile the salaries are not paid to the niative boys, but to their parents in the islands. The Union has decided to get Mr McLaren to . raise the question in the House of Representatives. PUFFS AND PANCAKES. BAKEWELL PUFFS.— Required —One egg, its weight in flour, butter, caster sugar, and a teaspooniful of baking powder, short pastry, a little jam. Melt the butter, add the beaten egg, sugar and flour, beat all together, with, the baking powder last. Line small baking tins with the .pastry , put -a teaspoon&l of jam into each, and a dessert spoonful -of the batter on t3i top. Bake, in a : good sharp oven for (ten minutes and serve when almost cold. For a substitute chocolate cream for the jam and ice each tartlet with chocolate icine;. PANCAKES.— A quarter of a pound of flour, one egg, half a pint of milk, and a level teaspoonful of salt. Mix the flour and salt in a basin, make a hole in the centre and break the egg inito it, or only the yolk, keeping back the white; add about two tablesjKKmfuls of the i milk, and stir in some of the flour ! very smoothly, adding more of the 1 milk and flour till half the milk is j used. Then beat the mixture thoroughly. Next, stir in the rest of the milk and 'beat again. Now set it aside for two hours, as this much improves the result with all batt-1 ers. Take the white, beat it well, now, and add it lightly to the mixture. Melt some good dripping or . butter in the frying pan till a blue smoke .arises, pour in some of the butter, brown, it on both sides, and serve with butter and sugar, with lemon or treacle. If you feel like enjoying a cup of .good honest tea, try the "New Orescent" Blend at 2s per lb. It is a tea that has won its way into the homes of the people. The flavour wins your favour—its quality never varies, for it is blended by a connoisseur. Your grocer is certain to hare the "New Orescent" Blend Tea..

Madame Melba's Grand Opera Com- 1 pany, which has arrived at Australia by the Mooltan, includes many stars. The Greytown Co-operative cheese factory opens the new season on Monday next. A Palmerston North telegram states that entries for the Manawatu Golf Championship are already coming 10 hand, among them being that of the New Zealand amateur champion, Mr Arthur Duncan. The triennial elections of County Councils take place in November next. The names of one or two prospective candidates are already mentioned in connection with the Masterton County Council. His Honour the Chief Justice yesterday reserved his decision in the case in which the Palmerston North Borough Council appealed against the Magistrate's decision that the Opera House, when the municipal pictures were being shown, was a factory under the Factories Act. The Christchurch City estimates show receipts amounting to £89,242, and expenditure to £85,971. An addition of lOd per day is to be made to the wages of city workmen receiving 8s per day or less. All those interested in the formation of a Central Committee to further the candidature of Mr G. R. Sykes in Masterton, are invited to meet in Mr Sykes' Committee rooms, Church Street (next Y.M.C.A. gymnasium) at 7.30 p.m. on Saturday, 19th inst. The hockey match Excelsior v. St. Matthew's is to be played at Lans-" downe this afternoon for the Thomp-son-Payne Shield. A charge of sixpence admission will be made, to raise funds to assist in sending the Masterton ladies to the Wellington tournament. The second concert of the eighth season in connection with the Masterton Orchestral Society willbe held in the Town Hall on Thursday next. An excellent programme has been arranged fqr the concert. A natural curiosity in the shape of a swarm of bats visited Ngaionui station, near Masterton, the other evening. One of these little winged creatures was shot by Mr W. D. Watson, and-is being presented to the Masterton Museum. In the Supreme Court, letters of administration have been granted in the estate of James Hanley (Messrs Hollings and Pragnell) and Kate Adele Gardner (Messrs Robinson and Hand- , Newton.) Probate has been granted in i the will of Thomas Ashworth, of Eketahuna (Mr J. Prendeville). The attention of readers is called to 1 an\advertisement appearing in this issue inviting all who are opposed to Compulsory Military Training to send , their names and addresses to the Sec- ; retary, National Peace and Anti-Mili-tarist Council, 102 Hereford Street, [ Christchurch. : j One of the jokes given at the per- ■ formance of "Jack and the Bean- ' stalk" in Masterton last evening was » quite juvenile. A disconsolate indi- • vidual crossed the stage with a, saw and piece of "timber in his . hand. "Where are you going?" he was ask- ' ed. "I'm off Wellington to build " a new Cabinet," was the prompt re--5 ply. r A northern minister, in a recent [ sermon on the "Degradation of Pres-ent-day Sport and Amusement," won- ; dered how many of the dignified ladies who carried boxes to sit on, and their Vreakfast to eat, waiting for two hours ' for the pantomime booking office to open at Auckland recently, would do 1 the same for a Church service? Yet ' so-called Christian people had done it, ! and had the effrontery to justify them- ' selves. ; A petition is being circulated : throughout Marlborough urging the ; Government to acquire -the Hillersden Estate for closer settlement. It is i pointed out that this estate, which s comprises 178,000 acres, is bequeathed i to forty-seven beneficiaries, most of whom reside out of .the Dominion, that the profit from this huge area, is thus ' spent outside of New Zealand, and that if the land were subdivided it would provide comfortable homesteads for hundreds of landless people. The monthly meeting of the Master- . ton Benevolent Committee was held i on Tuesday, there being present: i Messrs J. B. Keith (Chairman), W. : r Fisher, H. O'Leary, W. Morris, J. Miller, M. J. H. Jackson and Mrs . Cairns. The treasurer reported that the receipts for the month amounted to £l3 6s 4d and the expenditure to £57 7s Bd, leaving a credit balance of £l2l Is sd. Accounts amounting to , £SO Is 9d were passed for payment. ; In connection 1 with an application for relief it "was resolved to communicate 1 with the relatives xrf the person concerned with a Tiew to them assisting the applicant. It was decided to continue granting relief in every case except one. After the united service in the Masterton Methodist Church last evening, at which the Rev. J. E. Parsons preached, the United Evangelical Council held its monthly meeting, presided over by the President (Rev. .A. Hodge.) Letters were read respecting the formation of a British and Foreign Bible Society Auxiliary, and pending further replies from the Churches the matter of formation was held over. Mr Snowball's resignation as Secretary was accepted with regret, special thanks being put on record, and the appointment of his successor was left till next meeting. Other matters dealt with were - open-air meetings, the Chapman-Alexander Mission for 1912, and the prevalence and increase of social crime. FIRST IN THE PIANO PROCESSION. Broadwood! Renisch! Lipp! Steinway! We have to hani great flew ship- ] ments of these delicious instruments. The latest models J Every possible improvement included. Full and brilliant tone. .We hold the largest stocks of pianos in the Dominion, and have instruments to suit all classes and all purses. It is our endeavour to give the fullest satisfaction, and to enable any one who desires a piano to get one on the easiest possible terms. Deferred payments from twenty shillings per month. No harassing conditions. We treat all our customers with tihe greatest consideration, and spare no pains to give satisfaction Our reputation has indeed been built upon such methods. THE PIANO COMTMNY, LIMITED., WELLINGTON. M. J. BRO nTri7, S, North Island Manager. Loc ! Representative: H. Inns, Danioll's Buildings, Queen Street, Masterton.

Tile Wairarapa township to form an Egg Circle is Greytown. The recital advertised for Friday next in St. Matthew's Church has unavoidably to be postponed. Of 107 youths inspected at Pahiauia on Tuesday evening for the Terri!o rials only two toad complete sets of i.eeth. • The syllabus for the forthcoming musical and literary competitions in Pahiatua lias just been issued. Kenneth Douglas Calders, a young man, who sent telegrams from Wellington to Wanganui, purporting to be .signed by another person, was yesterday ordered to come up for sentence when called upon, and to pay £5 towards the costs of prosecution. The treasurer of the Masterton Workers' Mutual Benefit Building Society reports that the shareholders of that society paid in the sum of £215 4s at the paynight last night, to enable them to participate in the ballot of £3OO to be decided on Thursday, August 24th. Members of the Masterton Court of Foresters have received an invitation to be present art; the initiation of Lord Islington into Forestry. The ceremony place at Wellington on August 24th. The report and balance sheet of the Carrington Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., is to hand, and shows a very satisfactory result of the first year's operations of the Company. The factory: was ppened on Sebtember sth, 1910, and, closed on May 22nd, 1911, during which time 1,641,9891bs of milk were received, yielding 63;567.641ba butter-fat, from, which. 164,3841b5e, or 73 tons of cheese were made. The average test for the season was 3.87.,' The quantity of milk required to make one pound of cheese was 9.99, and eacli pound of butter-fat made 2.581bs of cheese. Monthly payment® on milk at the rate of lOd per lb butter-fat amounted to £2648 13s. A balaince, £482 lis 6d, is now available, out of which the directors propose to pay an additional lid per lb of butter-fat, making the total payment lljd per lb of butter-fat, or 4.57 d per gallon of milk of 10£lbs, and writing the balance of £lsl 9s lOd off the Property Account. Warner's Rust Proof Corsets are (superior from every point of view.* A deerskin glove awaits ownership iat this office. A general servant is advertised for for a position near Masterton. Mr J. Reed, Coffee Palace, Pine Street, has for sale sittings of pure-' bred buff orpington duck eggs. Experienced navvies for draining, also a shepherd with dogs, are required by Messrs Gillespie and Co., j labour agents. ) The W.F.C.A. have just opened a parcel of very choice lace blouses. I They are quite the newest in design, and sure to»go quickly. Worth your inspection.* A lot of useful lines are advertised ior sale cheap by a gentleman who is leaving the district. They include a Yost typewriter, phonograph and records, and child's go-cart. With the prospect of lawn trimming and garden beautification come dreams of hard graft with an old 'rusty, squeaky-jointed lawn mower. It certainly is time to "talk" lawn mowers, and Daniell's Hardware have something to say in their change of advertisement elsewhere respecting four special lines of these useful goods. "Donald," the fashionable Queen Street tailor, announces the arrival of the latest city cloths for spring, and mentions in his change of advertisement the various features of the newly arrived spring cloths, with a hint to gentlemen who need spring wear to give him a trial. At ten o'clock this morning, Messrs Maclean and Co. will continue the auction sale of furniture at the Grandford boardinghouse, Perry. Street, when the contents of the remaining nine rooms will be auctioned. The public are asked to note the commencing hour of sale. ! Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Have received instructions from Mr E. H. Wiarren to hold an unreserved clearing sale at his farm, Rongokokako, on Thursday, 24th inst., comprising ewes in lamb to English Leicester rams, mixed hoggets, English Leicester rams, picked, dairy cows, due factory dates, heifers, pigs, dogß, milk waggon, cans, etc. | When you require a casting of any doscrinfcion, make a point of securing a quotation from us, and also be tin?© to inspect the'samples ,of our work. We make a specialty of : caitinn: Verandah Posts and Ornamental Friew>a. An up-to-date plan* enables us to turn out any clast. of casting in the quickest time.— The i Masterton Farmers' Implencoot Omi »- ny i At the Taratahi stock 'sale to be held next Monday. 21st inst., Messrs Dalgety and Co.. Ltd., will offer on account of Mr William R-ayner, 4ft specially selected dairy cows and heifers. Mr Rayner lately purchased Messrs Taplin Bros.' property and took over the dairy with the pliace. The new owner does not intend to do any milking, and has decided to dispose of the old-established herd without reserve. Expert judges who have seen the cows and heifers state that the condition and quality of the herd is all that could be desired. Farmers requiring first-class guaranteed stock should not miss the opportun-~ ity of attending this sale. ' ' :s