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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Maaterton Mounted Rifles held their usual fortnightly parade in the Drill Hall last evening. Mr G. W. Schroder, of Masterton, was awarded first prize for his pointer dog "Belle" at the Wellington Kennel Club's show yesterday. Edward Reynolds, who "was found guilty in Wellington on Tuesday of using an instrument for an illegal purpose, was yesterday sentenced to five years imprisonment, with hard labour.

The snow is disappearing rapidly from the Tararua ranges, and milder weather, with fewer frosts, may shortly be expected in the Wairarapa. Reports to hand from the country districts surrounding Masterton indicate that lambing is proceeding satisfactorily on most stations. The weather is all that could be desired, although a shower of rain would be welcome.

On Monday the men employed by the Public Works Department filling in the lagoon at Westshore, Napier, struck for higher wages. The men's demands were considered reasonable, and the Department agreed to give the increased rate of pay.

Dogs are reported to have worried a considerable number of lambs in the Masterton district already this season. The nocturnal visits of the canines have been spread over a wide area, including the Upper Plain and Te Ore Ore, as well as the Opaki. A site for the new public hall at Kaituna has been generously donated by Mr J. Taylforth. Plans for a building will shortly be prepared, and it is hoped that sufficient funds will be in hand to warrant the promoters in proceeding with the erection of. the hall at aii early date.

Considerable interest is being taken in the football match town v. country, to be played on the Park Oval, Masterton, on Saturday week, in aid of the Sol way Recognition Fund. The question has -often been debated as to whether the town or country could produce the best team, and consequently the match will be looked forward to by quite a large number of football enthusiasts.

A social and danoe was held by the Kaituna settlers at the Kaituna cheese factory on Tuesday •evening, to raise funds in aid of the provision of a public hall for that district. There was a large attendance, and everything passed off. pleasantly. Music was suppliedby Mrs Watson, of Masterton. and extras were given by i Mr Frank McKenzi© During the evening, songs were rendered by Messrs Gorringe and Coleman. Messrs F. C. Groube and G. Rayner acted as M.C.'s.

The Masterton Orchestral Society held the final practice in the Town Hall last evening. The concert, which takes' place this evening, promises to be a most successful affair. The concerted numbers are well.chosen, and the instrumental solos for clarionet and bassoon well-worth listening to. The vocal solos are in the hands of Mrs "Wilkes and Mr Lees, who distinguished themselves in the recent competitions in Masterton. Ticket holders would be wise to book their seats, or to arrive early, as the seating accommodation is usually taxed to its utmost at there concerts.

The sporting enthusiasts of the Wairarapa will have ample entertainment to-day and on Saturday, This afternoon one of the most interesting hockey matches of the season, St. Matthew's v. P. and T., for the Pearson Challenge Shield, will take place at Lansdowne, and a junior "A" y. "B" match is to be played at Carterton. On Saturday the Wellington senior and junior representative hockey teams will meet the Wairarapa representatives at Carterton, and Hawke's Bay will play the Wairarapa football representatives at Masterton. ' At the Magistrate's Court in Eketahuna on Tuesday, Jeremiah Savage, of Masterton, claimed from Andreas K. Hansen, of Waihoki Valley, the sum of £7 10s, on the sale of stud rams and damage repaired to the boundary fence between' his property and defendant's. Defendant counterclaimed for £lB for alleged wrongful taking of a cow by plaintiff from defendant's property and trespass. After hearing evidence. Mr Reid, S.M., held that plaintiff was entitled to judgment for £6 10s, with costs £5 14s. On the counter-claim His Worship said that he was satisfied that Savage had not taken Hansen's beast and that the trespass was merely a nominal one. He would, therefore, give judgment for Hansen for £l, without costs. Mr G. H. Cullen, of Masterton, appeared for plaintiff (Savage) and Mr J. Prendeville, of Eketahuna, for defendant.

IP YOU HAVE A Cough, Cold, Nose, Throat, or Lung Trouble, Stomach, Bowel," or Liver Complaint. Rheumatism, Neuralgia, USE SANDER'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT; 5 drops in a tablespoon water. Remember, you cannot expect the good effects from any sort of eucalyptus. SANDER'S EXTRACT CURES because it contains ethereal and- antiseptic substances not contained in other Eucalyptus These latter, made by persons ignorant in chemistry, and provided with fancy names and labels by trading concerns who do not know what they contain, have caused grievous harm, and a death has resulted from their use. Do not apply an ointment to a sore. It keeps back the secretion. To wounds, bruises, sprains, burns, ulcers, eczema, and other skin troubles APPLY SANDER' SEXTRACT, 15 drops in a tablespoon of olive oil. The effect will surprise vou. SANDER'S EXTRACT HEALS because it is freed from the irritating constituents contained in other eucalyptus preparation. It heals when others irritate. Insist upon the genuine SANDER EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, and you will derive the benefit.

• The annual meeting of the Masterton Dairy Company takes place on Saturday.

New potatoes grown at Longbush are already on exhibition in Carterton.

Gisborne is the latest township to ask for a continuous telephone service such as Masterton is enjoying. Mr Marcus St. John, of Masterton, is to give a dramatic recital in the Featherston Town Hall on Friday evening.

Masterton anglers are looking forward to good sport in the coming season. The rivers and streams in tho district appear to be well-stocked just now with good-sized trout. The last hockey match of the season for the Pearson Challenge Shield will take place at Lansdowne this afternoon. A charge of sixpence will be made for admission to the grounds.

A representative football match, s Wairarapa v. Hawke's Bay, will be played on the old Showgrounds, Masterton, on Saturday next. The charge for admission will be: Gentlemen Is, ladies 6d.

The Crown has entered a nolle prosequi in the case in which Mrs Petersen was charged at Wellington with performing an illegal operation. The jury had twice disagreed. A Paris cable states that Leonardo da Vinci's "La Joconde," one of the world's most famous portraits, painted on a wooden panel, has been stolen from the Louvre Gallery.

The Ruapehu, which arrives at Wellington to-morrow, will bring a consignment of 40 German owls for the Hawke's Bay Fruitgrowers' Association.

A Mauriceville correspondent of the Age reports the capture of a huge, spider by a resident of that district. A similar capture was made by a Masterton constable a few days back. A spider with legs fully an inch long, with a pink body, and of huge proportions, was discovered by him in a wood-heap.

The institution known as the "Droppers' Club" seems to have fallen out of public life in Masterton of late. The annual meeting of the Club is reported to have lapsed for want of a quorum.

The amount netted by the skating carnival in Featherston towards the swimming baths was £l3 10s, making the total collected to date £146 15s 10d.. A number of hoodlums made themselves conspicuous, in Masterton at a late hour on Tuesday night by pulling palings from fences, removing signboards, and scattering lurid language through the stillness of the night. They had evidently discovered a "plant," or a light-house, or something of the sort, and had got wet.

The Ladies' Nursing Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade met in the Dominion Hall, Masterton, last night, for the usual weekly practice. There was a good attendance, and District Superintendent Secretary, Mr Alex. Donald, instructed the Dir vision in the methods of lifting and carrying the sick or injured on stretchers. The members took considerable interest in their lesson, and a very profitable evening was spent. One of the Oarrington settlers suf- I fered a severe loss a few days ago, says the News. His cows had been turned out for the winter months, and when he went to muster them in readiness for the factory season it was discovered that six of them had died through eating the young shoots of tutu. This loss is equivalent to over £4O at the price cows are now. The Secretary of the Hastings Chamber of Commerce has received a letter from the Minister of Publio Works acknowledging receipt of a , copy of the Hastings Chamber's reso-'. lution with reference to the Waikaremoana electric power scheme and stating that the Government electrical engineer will be instructed to visit Waikaremoana as soon as circumstances permit and report on the scheme.

. At the first annual meeting of the Eketdhuna Cow-testing Association, Mr W. Elliott stated that probably over 1000 cows would be available this-year. "We can look forward to the time when cows will be sold on their tests," he said, "This will be a very big benefit to the farmer who is'compelled to go to the market to make up Ms herd, and will ensure good prices to. the farmer who had good cows for sale."

In concluding an article on the contest for the Masterton seat, the Pahiatua paper says:—"lt would also be valuable, and an indication of the excellent relations wihich exist between the two gentlemen, if both Messrs Sykes and Herbert intimated publicly that if unsuccessful at the first ballot they would support the Opposition candidate left in the second ballot, and thus early asked their supporters to vote for the Opposition candidate at the second ballot, whoever he might be. If there is a straight-out vote between Mr Hogg and the Opposition candidate at the second balthere is every prospect of the Opposition winning the seat. Mr Hogg is a very estimable gentleman, and will no doubt get a considerable personal vote, but his politics can hardly be taken seriously."

In this issue Mr '• P. Hamill announces the arrival of spring novelties, and invites inspection of the same.

SOME CAKE RECIPES. RICH CHEAP CAKE.w Beat well the yolks of three eggs, and the' wliites of two, with one cup of fine sugar. Beat in one half cup condensed milk, one and one-third cups sifted flour, two heaping teaspoonsfuls baJdng powder, one half teaspoon lemon, one teaspoon of vanilla extract. Butter generously two large cake tins. Put together with frosting made with one white of egg and two-thirds cup of sugar beaten together. AFTERNOON TEA CAKES—One cup sugar, one cup of raisins, one half cup" butter, one teaspoonful cinnamon, one half teaspoonful cloves. Stir this all together and put on stove> and let come to the boil: Cool, then add two cups of flour _ with one teaspoonful of soda. Put in geni pans and bake in a quick oven. A tea that you 'will appreciate is the "Mikado' - ' Blend, a. 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 the palate. For family use it is. unequalled, for it is inexpensive r.::c" —od. It is worth a trial, and the trial will cost you Is 6d, for that is the price of a pound of "Mikado" Tea'. Ask your grocer.

The Kaituna cheese factory will probably open for the season on Mom day next.

Tho Opera House Pictures in Pal-* merston North are to be closed down for a time from Saturday next.

At the Napier competitions yesterday, the grand choral contest was won'i by the Feilding Wesley choir, with the Hastings Harmonic Society second.^

It is stated that an offer of 11$<1 per lb. has been received .by one factory in the Forty-Mile Bush for this, year's output of butter.

Two Palmerston North milk vendors were yesterday fined £1 each, with; costs, for retailing milk which contained an excess' of water.

The Mangatainoka cheese factory! re-opened on Monday with a supply of 230 gallons of milk. The Mangarama factory opens on Monday next. The Taranaki footballers defeated! Manawatu and Horowhenua yesterday] by 12 points to 3. Mr E. McKenzie, of Carterton, acted as referee. During the past year Rev. J. C* Mill, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Pahiatua, officiated at 9' funerals, 8 weddings, and 23 bap* tisms. A poll of ratepayers taken at Napier yesterday on a proposal to raise £IO,OOO for drainage and a further - sum of £15,000 for electric light and electric tramways, was carried.

The Makuri-Pongaroa Dairy Conn pany is installing an up-to-date combined churn and butter-worker. The company's creameries will be opening towards the end of next month.

It is not expected that the wires will be blocked to-day with messages from Masterton, to be despatched by wireless from Wellington to the Rua-< pehu at tenpence per word.

Employment in the Hawera district this winter has been fairly plentiful, and the Hawera Chai-itable Aid Board' has had to deal with fewer casual deserving cases than heretofore. Large drafts of yearlings are at present going out of the Manaia district, says the "Witness." Mr J. F. Stevenson sold 200, which were taken into the Dannevirke district, and another! Plains man sold a draft which were.' taken to the Waikato. Petitions were received lately ffomr a number of settlers on the Ohutu,' block praying to be allowed to purchase the freehold of their selections. On Tuesday Sir James Carroll presented a petition for 139 Natives interested ia'the block protesting against the= proposal to sell the land. The Pa hiatua Fire Brigade has decided to support the proposal of the Dannevirke Brigade for the holding of" a demonstration in the southern portion of the North Island every alternate year. The Masterton Brigade; has also fallen in with the proposal. "The unfortunate experience of this • Court," remarked Mr Justice Denniston to the jury at the Supreme Courtr in Christchurch, "is that many a man, whilst not dreaming of doing it to* convict a man, will yet strain his conscience and tell a falsehood on oath ia Court to save a friend." The Maoris of the Bay of Islandshave erected nearly 100 miles of telephone connecting up remote villages with the chief centres of the district. In this matter they have followed .the 1 lead of the Waiapu East Coast Natives, who were the pioneers of ther Maori-owned telephone system in the? Dominion.

An Ashburton farmer has successfully tided a flock of several thousand sheep over the last two months, when grass was abnormally bare, by feeding: chaffed oaten straw sprinkled with? diluted molasses, with an occasional load of turnips. The cost was not excessiyeg. Another farmer had. good* results in feeding mangolds to his breeding ewes.

Several improvements have been made to the New Zealand DairyUnion's creamery at Marima. A new platform has been erected, the boiler has been freshly bricked in, and sundry draining repairs have been effected. It is expected that the millc supply will show a considerable increase during the coming season, and to cope with this a new separator and Z, milk-weigher will be installed shortly.

A Smart lad is required by Messrs' Maclean and Co., Perry Street. A grandfather clock, 300 years old, is advertised for sale by Messrs Maclean and Co., Perry Street. Mr A. H. Herbert will address the electors at Mauriceville on Saturday, evening next. The members of -the local Y.M.C.A. are invited to attend at the rooms on> Friday evening next to take part irt a farewell social to Mr Snowball and family. . Messrs J. A. Johnson and Co., in--structed by Mr A. Snowball, who is leaving Masterton, will sell the wholeof his household furniture and effeotswb the post office auction mart on Sat-, urday afternoon next. Sittings of White Leghorn eggs;, from a Padman Rector pen of birds,, are advertised for sale at 5s a sitting. The address is 85 Worksop Road, ortelephbne 293. A reward is offered for the returnto Mrs Mackersey, Renall Street, of "a*, lady's gold watch, inscribed E.D.M:. on face, lost on Saturday last.

A reward is offered for the starting handle of a motor-car, lost between Carterton and Masterton. Finder is asked to return same to Lyttle's garage, Cliapel Street. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Etdi, Masterton, advertise on page 8 of this issue particulars of three first-class properties. which have been placed in their' hands for immediate sale. The areas range in size from 160 to 446' acres, and those on the lookout for desirable properties should peruse the - advertisement. The firm will be pleased to supply full' details of the properties to anyone on application. Messrs H. Beale and Co., are making a special show of garden tools, and some special quotations are made in their advertisement on another page. Bee-keepers supplies are now quite a big item with this firm, and a special li-fc is issued dealing with sundries i'o:- bee-farmers. This can be had for the asking, and will be of considerable interest to any who may contemplate taking up bees as a hobby or for profit.

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Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi

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Ngā taipitopito pukapuka

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10402, 24 August 1911, Page 4

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Tapeke kupu
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LOCAL AND GENERAL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10402, 24 August 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10402, 24 August 1911, Page 4

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