LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10405, 28 August 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Wellington message, received last evening, stated that it had been raining in the city all day yesterday. The annual meeting of the" Masterton Co-operative Dairy Company on Saturday last was the best-attended meeting yet held by the Company. Application has, been made by W. Rassmussen, of Pshiatua, for patent rights for an umbrella, and by Mr R. A. Morris,.of Masterton, for a belly set. . The Masterton firebell, which has been subjected to an overhaul, was given an exhaustive trial on Saturday afternoon, and appeared to be very much improved in tone. ■ \ According to the Chairman of Director's of the Masterton Co-operative Dairy Company, the installation 'of the combined churn and.worker and a.pasteuriser, at the local factory, has been a step in the right directum. The pecuniary benefits already ; derived have ptoved the wisdom of ths course taketf.

Th 6 directors of the Masterton Cooperative Dairy Company decided on Saturday to re-open the Rangitumau creamery and the Masterton factory on Wednesday next, as suppliers will then be ready. The annual meeting of the Wellington Farmers' Meat Company is to be held on September 20th. Shareholders will bo pleased to know that, from a financial point of view, the first year's operations have exceeded the most sanguine expectations of the Directors. , i It is expected that, at the next meeting of the Committee of the Masterton A. and P. Association, the President (Mr H. Morrison) wi'l be dn a position to report that the 'j Association has now more than a I thousand members. j

A Masterton cricketer, in conversation with a Wairarapa Age representative on Saturday, stated that if a football nuatch was played on the Park Oval, he for one would give up cricket this season rather than trust himself on bad wickets. The canvass for prizes, made last week on behalf of the Wiairarapa P. and A. Society, and which proved so highly successful, was confined to Wellington alone. The general canvass of this district has yet to be made.

Mr J. C. Ewington stated at the meeting of the Masterton Co-operative Dairy Company on Saturday last that although the Nikau creamery will not be re-opened in the coming season, the directors will be prepared to consider any business proposition submitted by suppliers in that district. A good offer was received by the Directors of the Masterton Co-opera-tive Dairy Company for the surplus butter in store, and, after ascertaining the requirements of customers, the offer was accepted. The local demands had, however, become very keen, and the Directors had experienced some difficulty in keeping things going. The difficulty has, however, now been overcome, and no further trouble is anticipated. ,

In the course of his address at the meeting of the Masterton Co-opera-tive Dairy Company on Saturday last, the Chairman of Directors (Mr J. C. Ewington), stated that the local trade had been considerably extended, and the storage accommodation provided at the Wellington Farmers' meat works <at Waingawa had been a material benefit to them in this connection.

The annual meeting of t%e Wairarapa Aitlhletic Society was held in Masterton on Saturday last, Mr J. B. McKenzie, President, occupying the chair. The annual report was read and adopted. Regret was expressed at the number of protests and objections that had been dealt with during the year. The work of the Secretary, Mr C. A. Tabuteau, during the past year was eulogised, and it was unanimously decided that he be granted, a bonus of £lO 10s for his services during the period mentioned; Despite the miserable weather yesterday the services at the Masterton Methodist Church were 'well attended. The pulpit was occupied by the Rev. A. J. Seamer, of Petone, who is touring the Wellington district on home mission deputation work. In the morning he spoke on the claims of the home and Maori missions, and in the evening his subject was, "God speaking to us to-day," basing his remarks on the words of Moses, "I will how turn aside and see."

A-b the Y.M.C:A.: Bible Class *'yesterday, Mr Alf. Snowball was the recipient of in autograph, hook and reading book as a memento from the class. In the evening Mr.Snowball gave p. final address at the Strangers' Tea. He took for his subject, "Some Lessons from the History of the Y.M.C.A. and its Founder, Sir George Williams," and he was attentively followed by the large number present. A number of the senior members spoke briefly on the subject, and also bade Mr Snowball farewell. A vote of thanks was passed to the ladies of the Congregational Church for the ample provisions. A service was afterwards held at Sol way.

In the Masterton Methodist schoolroom this evening, at 7.30 o'clock, the Rev; A. J. Seamer (of Petone) will deliver his popular fecital, entitled, "The Humour and Pathos of Modern Maori Life." Mr Seamer lias been seven years in missionary work among the Maoris, and has many very interesting stories to tell. The lecture, which deals with every phase, of life among .the Natiyes of 'Newi. Zealand, will be :4llustrated : a throughout. ,by magnffieent lantern slides.:\j The rey«^enfl, gentleinan ioomes to: Masterton with the reputation <of being a very interesting and; entertaining speaker, arid consequently a crowded house is anticipated this evening. Speaking of 'his visit to the Auckland distriot, the "North Auckland Age" says:— "The lecturer, who is an able and fluent speaker, evinced an unusual knowledge of his subject. . . Those who did not hear Mr Seamer will do well to be g$ some pains to remedy the omission at the earliest possible opportunity." -The lecture, which is in aid of the Honie Mission Fund, will be given in the Kuripuni Church tomorrow night.

Mr Collier, Greytown, wishes to. purchase a pony and trap and harness suitable for lady to drive. RECORD PRICES FOR DAIRY PRODUCE.

The dairy season, just opening prolinases- to fee a recordl one for New Zealand Dairymen, ; The dry season experienced in ithe Northern Hemisphere (bias resulted in a short itmake of both (butter and cheese, and 1 available isupplies (for consumption .in .tlhe Mother Country iarei short of tihe demand, as tihe q.uantity of (biitber in cold storage is conisiderably less than in "former yearn It is recogni'&ed that prices are controlled l by ( /the question' of 'supply and demand, and his a result of the present conditions prices for this isieasonV output must rule high. Farmers isihould therefore (bake of ithis opportunity; and increase (their (supply of milk to itihe ifaictoriea. In this connection, however, itihey 'are faced with the difficulty of obtaining isnitable and reliable tlabour for milking, (but as an easy solutiion of thiisi problem we recommend all dairymen to instal the L.K.O. mechanical milker, iwhSoh after nine years' practical use has denKmistrated' that equally as high an average yield per cow can. be obtained 1 with hand milking, iwhile the cost of labour is conisiderably reduced. Place your order for an L.K.G. Plant and complete your outfit with itihe most reliable and satisfactory labour saver for tte farm. For full par-, itSculars apply to J. B. MacEiwan and , C 6., Ltd., Wellington. !

The three patients in the infectious diseases liospital at Lansdowne are progressing satisfactorily. The nurses of the Masterton Hospital have twenty-four patients under their charge at the present time.

A settler was fined £2 and costs at Feilding- last week for exposing for sale sheep infected with lice. A Matamau (Hawke's Bay) farmer has recently lost twenty-two cows, some of them valued at £lO each.

Several youths were fined £2 each at PaJhiatua last week for disturbing a religious service at Ballance.

The annual meeting of the Ballance < Co-operative Dairy Company is to be J held at Bahiatua to-day. The Union Company'* new steamer Maunganui has been launched at Fairfield, and sails for New Zealand in November. The Ohief Justice has held *hat the Opera House at Palmerston North is a factory within the meaning of the Aot. Eighty-one thousand trout fry from the Masterton hatcheries are to be liberated in the streams of Hawke's Bay tihis season. The friends of Mr C. A. Poulsen, wtho is still an inmate of the Masterton Hospital, will be pleased to learn that he is rapidly improving towarls complete recovery. Mr A. H. Herbert wall address Ihe electors at Newman to-nigM, at Konini to-morrow night, and at Masterton on Wednesday. Mr Sykes is it Hamua to-night-Old settlers of Masterton aver that | the past winter has been the most favourable to farming pursuits that lias been experienced for many.years past. " ;

The Wellington Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Association has made insurances to date amounting to £164,000. Hie Association is now issuing cheese and butter risks.

Mr S. Bowman, Government butter and cheese grader at Lyttelton, is resigning 'his position and assuming the management of a dairy company in the North Otago district. A change in the weather occurred in Masterton early yesterday morning, a cold southerly "buster" setting in. At the time of writing there was every indication of the rain continuing.

"I'm a born gipsy," said a witness at tthe Ohristchurch Magistrate's Court. "Yes; and you're a fraud if you believe in clairvoyance," remarked the magistrate, in'response to her statement that she made a little from clairvoyance.

At the Supreme Court at "Wellington on Saturday, Frank Cootes, a Maori, oharged with assault and robbery, was found guilty of assault with intent to rob, and was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment.

Asked the other evening if he wou'd favour an importation of domestic servants and a tax on bachelors, Mr A. H. Herbert promptly replied, "I would." He said if they swamped the country with domestic servants, there would soon be no need to tax bachelors. "*.•..'

An Eketahuna tradesman recently offered a trophy valued at £5 5s for the next Farmers' Union show,. provided that five others donated simitar trophies. Three of,the trophies ha7e ,been promised, and there As every likelihood of the other two being forth-, coming; : .-.'_■'" . '■;-,_. ;/ ,-.._■.

'. It- y*as stated at the meeting of bhe branch of the New Zealand Farmers'. Union on Saturday last 'that Mr David Jodjbs, of, the ; South. Island, intended giving twenty addresses in the Wellington Province on the platform of the Farmers' "Union. Mastorton and Ekebahuna will probably be included in the itinerary. Colonel Birkenshaw, late principal of the Melbourne Training/College, is announced to give an address in Masterton on Sunday evening next, September 3rd (after church services), on "Drink and its Influence." The meeting will be held in the Town Hall, and is under the:auspices'.of the NpiLicense Council.

The large number of "out-patients, overysooo. treated at the Wellington Hospital during the past year Mr B. R. Gardiner, a member of the Hospital Board,' to think that there is a great amount of imposition carried on.

A painful accident happened last week to Mr ; D: Bennett,.. of WhareJEimaf .while he was sawing woodwith- • ariengihe. It appears that Mr Ben:hett. was moving /the bench a ; few inches while the machinery was in notion, and his foot by some means got under the saw, with the result, that the back sinews of his ankle were out through. Referring to the boxing' tournament at Tinui on Saturday night, the Tinui correspondent of the Ag* writes: —"Visitors were present from all parts of the Wairarapa, and from Akitio and Pongaroa. In some in-, stances old, grey-haired men rode a distance of forty-miles over rough tracks to be present, and, judging oy the smiles on their faces when a set-to was a bit rough, the old fellows thoroughly enjoyed the programme."

TBMELY RECIPES. r ORANGE CAKE.— Rub ."the" rind of three or four oranges with lumps of sugar to extract some of the zeßt. Cut a dozen or more oranges' in halves 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 pint of orange juice, the flavoured sugar, and as, much more isugar 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 iteaspoonfuls baking powder, four .eggs. Mix the sugar, flour, and bak;ing powder together, and break the 'eggs into the dry ingredients, beati ing 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 with jam quickly, and roll the cake carefully while still hot, otherwise it will crack. Serve with these ''Dragon" Blend, on© of the best bff high-class teas. The teas used for this Wend are extremely | choice and mostly first pickings. It possesses great, ibody, the texture is I fine, and the aroma and bouquet are exquisite. The "Dragon" Blend "is blemM and packed by the ■ Empire Tp» Company, Wellington., and.is sold by most srocers in this district at 2s 8d per lb.

The Manawatu representative fcof-t bailers left Masterton for their homea by the evening train on Saturday. The Rexdale cheese factory a* Mangamaire opens to-day, and tha Kaitawa factory to-morrow.

At the monthly meeting of the Wellington Education Board, to be held to-morrow, the election of Chairman for the ensuing year will take place. Messrs Nathan and Co. have guar* anteed to pay subscribers to their Whakaronga cheese factory Is per lb. for butter-fat for the next twelve months.

It is reported that the Cheltenham Dairy Company has disposed of ita output for the ooming season at splendid price of 11 9-16 th pence per pound, f.o.b.

The sum of money required to be "n----vested each year at compound interest at 4 per cent., in order to extinguish the existing National Debt, is £144,885.

A small farmer near Masterton informed an Age reporter on Saturday that.he has had the splendid yield of 125 per cent, of lambs vfrom his flock this season. Reports, from all round t<he district indicate high percentages should the weather not become too cold.

The demonstration of wool-sorting By chart, which was to have been given in Masterton on Saturday by Mr MoNaught, was postponed on account of the inability of Mr McNaught to be present. It is probable that the do* monstration will be given in *b.9 month of November*

This is how the Inspector of Scenio Reserves reports to, Parliament:—"At daybreak- at Pipiriki the oborus sang ;by bell-birds, tuis, native canaries, eky-larks, blackbirds and thrushes m pmise*to the great Author of Ldfe and Bay. (wtKo can say to the contrary?) is music that should compensate a tirsa and sleepy tourist for the bed he may have reluctantly left."

Perambulators and go-carts can be retyred at Mr L. Harvey's, nex£ Dalgety and Cb.'s, Queen Street, Masterton. Cycles can. be hired at this establishment.

The Riverhead Sawmilling Co., Ltd., Main Road, Lower Hutt, advertises for tenders for milling rights, particulars of which appear >n the front page of this issue. •

Messrs 0. C. Ross and Co., land agents, Masterton, advertise for sale at a low price the goodwill of a lease of 90 acres, improved dairy farm, with a right of purchase. Particulars may be found on page 8.

Messrs A. J. Johnson and Co. havei received instructions from Mr Alex* McLeod, who is leaving Masterton, to sell the whole of his furniture and effects, at the premises, 101 Pine Street. The sale will take place on Thursday next, August 31&t, and further particulars will be advertised later.

The Masterton Farmers'lmplement' Co. elsewhere draw the attention of settlers to the merits of the Dunoanr Star Combined Drill. An invitation,is extended to call and see the models in* stock. Correspondence is invited, and* full particulars will be forwarded! promptly to anyone oh application. Messrs A. J. Johnson and Go. re* port having held a very satisfactory clearing sale of furniture at their* room® on Saturday last on behalf of Mir A. .Snowball. ~There was a fair attendance, and the bidding was spirited throughout. On behalf of poultry; vendors the following prices were -re-. ajised: Duek>:2s Id,, hens Is 9d to 2»; pullets 2s to 2s 10d each. '■•' y ; Since Mr B. Douglas took over; flak well-known Glub Cafe,' Masterton fW\ has, by careful attention to the wjantfjii of an exacting public, established aj business connection in,both town aha country that is decidedly creditable. A first-class table is . kept, and the wants of patrons are attended to on the best lines; ; In another column Mr Douglas thanks the public for their support accorded hih\ since taking over this house, and trusts v by civility and attention to still further merit? their patronage. ' ,