LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10407, 30 August 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

, A tender was yesterday accepted by the Wellington Education Board for fencing at the Lansdowne school. ] The. Wairarapa Lake is said to possess an abundance of flounders and. other fish at the present time. The Government has made ia grant for the installation of a gas service at the teacher's residence at Greytown. An (application for an aided school in the Gird wood Estate, beyond Alfredton, has been granted by the Wellington Education Board. !.-A grant of £55 was made yesterday; by'the Wellington Education. Board', f,or additions to the, teacher's ' residence at Opaki. ..." •An application by the Dalefield School Committee for netting screens has been referred to the Eduoatioa Board inspectors for a report. .Lambs may now be seen frisking about in the paddocks all along the railway route from Masterton to Featherston. '' His Worship the Mayor (Mr J. M. Coradine) and Crs. Elliot and Temple we're last night authorised to ig.i the Masterton borough rate book.

The resignations- of five teachers were, accepted by the Wellington Education Board yesterday. Of these, three are ladies who are about to bo married, and one is. a young man who is forsaking teaching for the law. ; The tender of F. J. Shute (£l4 per annum), has been accepted by ;he Masterton Borough for the lease of the vjacant section at the headworks. A tjender from J. Stempa, at £lB, with right to stump and plough, was refused. Six tenders, ranging from £lO 5s to £l4, were received. . • '

It may not be generally known that a quartz reef of considerable proportions exists on the Government forest reserve on the Rimutaka range. As far as is known, this reef has not been thoroughly prospected.

YOU SHOULD BEAR IN MIND That by using the commercial eucalyptus oil which is now bought up at 6d per lb weight and bottled, and on accqunt of the largs profit, pushed, fou are exposing yourself to all the angers to which the use of turpentine will expose you—irritation of kidneys, intestinal trach, and mucous membranes. By insisting on the GENUINE SANDER EUCALYPTI EXTRACT you not only avoid these pitfalls, but-you have a_ stimulating, safe, and effective medicament, the result of a special and careful manufacture. A trial will at once convince. Quality in small dose distinguishes it from the, bulky and dangerous products. Remember—-SAN-DER'S EXTRACT embodies the result of 50 years' experience and special study ~and it does what is promised; it heals > and cures without injuring the constitution, as the oils of the market frequently do. Therefore protect yourself by rejecting other brand*.

The fortnightly civil sitting of the Magistrate's Court in Masterton is to | be held to-morrow. A representative football match between Wairarapa and Horowhenua, will be played on the old showgrounds, Masterton, on Saturday week. i Fear thatPawelka might be in the j district was given as a reason for a I number of ladies not attending a poli- . tical meeting in the Forty-Mile Bush! Tickets were issued from the Kuripuni railway station yesterday in the name "Purukau." The new sign is to be put over the station in a day or two. The residents of Masterton and surrounding districts are viewing the | change with much disfavour. | Master R. Gray supplied the dance music at the Huia Hockey Club's social in the Exchange Hall, Masterton, on Monday, not Mr Frank McKenzie, as stated in yesterday's issue of the Age. The Pahiatua District High School Committee resolved on Monday evening to have an official opening of the new school • buildings, land to ask the Hon. G. Fowlds (Minister for Education) to perform the ceremony. When the tenders far the erection of the Coronation Hall were before the Masterton Borough Council last night, Cr Temple advised the Council I to accept the tender immediately, as, he said, there was a probability that the price of timber would, be raised 'locally on September Ist. The following grants for schools in the Wairarapa district were yesterday authorised by the Wellington .Education Board: —Pukehinau, pound for pound for work done up to £10; Mauriceville, drainiage, >£11; Rakaunui, tank, fencing, etc., £l3; Rongokokako, gravelling and drainage, £3; Kaitara, overhaul of school, £27 10s, and overhaul of residence, £46 7s 6d.

The Wellington Education Board yesterday decided "that in view of \»he heavy expenditure which must be ncurred in the near future for renewal of school the Board set aside annually a sum, not exceeding £3,000, to meet estimated requirements." \ Mr William Barton, of Featherston, recently acquired the Longwood estate in the Lower Valey. This he has cut up into nine sections of about one hundred acres each. Seven of these sections have already been sold, and the others are under offer. The homestead has been sold to Mr I). Riddiford, who takes possession in November. The tenders received by the Wellington Education Board for additions to the Lower Taueru, Tinui, and Whakataki schools and residences, were ali considered too high, and it was decided to invite fresh tenders. No tenders were received for the work at the Kohinui school. A thirteen-roomed boarding'-housr. at Rahotu, owned and occupied by Mr Baker, -was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. Most of the furniture was- saved. The insurances on the building amounted to £260 in the Victoria office, and £l4O in the New Zealand office. The furniture was insured for £2OO in the New Zealand, office.

The boiling-down and manure works at Fitzroy, Tarianaki, belonging to Sole Bros., was destroyed by fire early yesterday The origin of the fife is unexplained. A number of *ive pigs in adjoining pens were also destroyed. ; The -buildings were insured In the South British for £2OO, and the Jiides jajid skin and tallow for- £125. The loss in estimated at £SOO abovs the insurance.

; A grant of £65 has been made to the Wellington Education Board by the Government, for the instruction of uncertificated teachers by way of correspondence. Several members of the .Board-pointed out yesterday that m struction by correspondence was insatisfactory. Mr Vile explained that some teachers in the backblocks had no means of qualifying for certificates other than by correspondence. The Inspectors were asked to report upon the subject.

, The matter of the teaching of. native children in the Pirinoa distnei by Mormon elders,, thus depriving the State isohool of some of its pupils, again cropped up at the meeting of the Wellington Education Board yester r day. Mr Vile stated that the master was a serious one for the Board. The secretary pointed out that a similar state of things existed at Porirua. It mas decided to ascertain if the required accommodation and education is being provided by the Mormons;*Tenders for the erection of the Coronation Memorial ;Ball in the Masterton'Public Park were -considered by the Borough Council last night. On the motion of Or. .Temple, seconded by Or. Ewingtoh, it was decided to accept i £he tender of Messrs Rose and Mason, at £626, for the erection of the building, with concrete foundations four feet high. Messrs' Welch and Hooe also tendered, their price being £650 9s. Other prices submitted by the Successful tenderers were as follows: —'Concrete foundations (3 feet) £616: wood foundations (3 feet) £585, wood foundations (4 feet) £595. The tenders of Welch and Hope for the same conditions were, £626, £6OO 15s and £620 7s respectively. The Councillors have arranged to meet at the Park tomorrow .to fix upon the site for .the building.

RECORD PRICES FOR DAIRY PRODUCE. : The dairy season just opening proiraises to be a record one for New Zealand! Dairymen. The dry season eixperienoed. in the Northern Hemisi phiere Unas resulted in- a 'short make of both ibutter 'and ch'eese, 'and f availi able supplies for consumption, .in itihe | Mother Country are' short of fllie demand, las the quantity of butter in j coldi storage is considerably less tihan Jin former years l . It is recognised that prices are controlled! by the question.of 'supply 1 .and demand, and result of the present conditions prices for this 'season's output must rule (high. Farmers should therefore take (advantage of this opportunity, and increase their supply of milk to tihe facitorieg. Li this connection, :h)owever, tliey are faced with the difficulty of obtaining suitable and reliable labour for milking, but as an eaisy sohitlion of this problem we recommend lall dairymen to instal the L.K.iG. meohJanical milker, wMch after mine years' practical use has de-monistiiat-ed .that equally as high a 4 average yield per oow can be obtain-, ed with hand milking, .while the cost\ of laibour is considerably reduced. Place your order for an L.K.G. Plant and. complete your outfit with the | most reliable and siatisfactory la,bour slaver fbr.ttihei farm. For full partfioukire apply to J. B. MacEwan and ( Co., Ltd., Wellington.

A social and dance is to be held at Rongokokako to-morrow evening, to celebrate the opening of the cheese factory. The Mayor of Eketalmna Ims been working quietly for some time in the direction of establishing a hospital in that township. It is reported that negotiations were completed yesterday for the purchase of Mr C. Harris's Bautota'ra estate, in the Lower Valley, .by a syndicate. The chairman of the Ballance Dairy Company expressed the opinion at the annual meeting of the company, that it might be inadvisable to have all the eggs in one basket. He suggested that they might consign the output of one factory and sell the output of another. Electors are reminded of the address to be given in the Masterton Town Hall this evening by Mr A. H. Herbert. The candidate is a vigorous j speaker, arid promises to. deal with I some important political questions : which he did not touch upon in his first speech in this town. The success of some of the North Island A. and P. Associations is, says the Christchurch Press, well deserved, for the members work hard for it. The Masterton Association is one of these. Its General Committee is just now conducting a "membership campaign" with such vigor that it is confidently i believed that the desired 1000 will be reached before the next meeting of the Committee. Similar efforts by other associations would no doubt meet with similar reward. "In spite of the by-law, cattle still go along Pownall-street in large numbers, including loose bulls, which are a source of danger to children," said Cr. Pragnell at lasi night's meeting of the Masterton Borough Council. At the Mayor's suggestion, th-1 Town Clerk was authorised to tako steps to prevent Pownall-street from being used by stock, and to have notices erected marking the streets which could be used as stock routes. Mr Boss, M.P., has succeeded in inducing the Native Minister to issue a proclamation prohibiting for six months private alienation of 6297 acres of native land in the Mangahao and Mangaone Survey Districts, known officially as the MJangatainoTca blocks, and popularly as Monteith's and Ormonde, between JVoodville and Pahiatua. The Government, Mr Boss states, hopes .to arrange with the natives, before the expiry of the proclamation, for the purpose of the land for settlel ment.

Frank belief in the "yellow peril" was avowed by Mr 6. R. Sykes, an Opposition candidate for the Masterton seat, in an address at Hamua on Monday night. Mr Sykes said he had been informed by an Europeanised Chinaman of Masterton, who had revisited the .land of his birth, that it was an open secret that China's ambition was to settle Australia, and without paying the poll-tax. Mr Sykes used this as an argument for compulsory military training. It was mentioned by Cr. Temple at the Masterton Borough Council meeting last night, that no provision had been made for a hand ' rail on the bridges at the northern approach, and there was nothing to prevent stock from being driven on the foot portion of the bridge. The Mayor stated that the by-laws prohibited stock from using the bridges. In that case Cr. Temple said the matter might be dropped until p'ublid "began to complain. At his meeting at Hamua on Monday night Mr G.R. Sykes,, an Opposition candidate for the Masterton seat, was asked to Express an opinion on No-License in Masterton. He said crime had diminished, but whether this was due to No-License he did not know. Business people generally said they had received some benefit of late, but whether this was due to NoLicense or the general increase in prosperity it was hard to say. Personally he thought it was a little of both. One class of shopkeeper who said No-. license had not been good for him was the hairdresser and tobacconist.— Herald.

Cr. Hoar said, in speaking to an application from the Defence Department for assistance in connection with compulsory training, at last night's \ meeting of Borough i Council, that it might be mentioned that the clothes the Department were giving to the youths were disgraceful. He added that the Government was evidently starting before it was ready. Several young -fellows had takeirhome uniforms that were not fit to put on a dog. -Cr. Hoar went on to say that drilling after a hard day's work j would be more than some youths could I stand, but the Mayor stated that the; Council meeting wias, hardly the .place j for airing opinions on the question. j The regular meeting of the In-. dependent Order of Rechabites was held in the Dominion Hall, Masterton, last evning, Bro. A. E. Wainwright, C.R., presiding over a good attendances of members. It was decided v to, hold the annual social of the order on: or about October 10th, and a strong committee was formed to arrange details. An old member,, who has removed from the district, was presented with a Rechabite regalia as a mark of esteem for the good work done by him. One friend was proposed for membership.

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 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 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 cryI stal dish. j SWISS ROLL.— Two teacupfuls caster sugar, two teacupfuls flour, two iteaspoonfuis baking powder, four eggß. 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 with jam quickly, and roll the cake carefully while still hot, otherwise it will crack. Serve with these "Dragon" Blend, one of the best of high-class teas. . The teas used for this Wend are extremely choice and mostly first pickings. It '.possesses great ibody, the texture is 'fine, and the aroma and bouquet are exquisite. The "Dragon" Blend is blended and packed by the Empire Tea Company, Wellington, and is sold by most grocers in this district at 2s 8d per lb.

The Masterton police officers hav» secured absolutely no clue as to the> whereabouts of the missing man, James Kingdon. At a meeting held in Murray's Hal!, Masterton, on Monday night ,two patrols of Boy Scouts were formed. The leaders of the patrols are J. Hunter and B. Wood. Mr E. Collier is scoutmaster and R. Gardner sergeant. Mr A. Pragnell, Secretary of the Wairarapa Hockey Association, received a wire from the Hawke's Bay* Association yesterday , N stating that they are unable to get a team to travel to Masterton on Thursday. The match has therefore been abandoned. The Kaiwaiwai Gun Club has elected the following officers for the ensuing year:—Patron, Mr W. C. Buchanan, M.P.; president, Mr J. 0. Bidwill; vice-presidents, Messrs W. Fuge, J. F. Fenwick, C. Matthews, G. Eliott, J. Fuller, J. Crawford, J. S. Cundy, i A. Hannay, J. H. Tully, J. McMaster, C. E. Brewer, H. Williams, A. Donald, E. H. Saunders, H. Morison, and M. N. Bardie; treasurer, Mr C Fenwick. Mr J. Hatton was re-eleo-ted. secretary. A young man used to milking and horses advertises for work on a farm. The W.F.C.A., Mlasterton, requires a boy for the ironmongery department. A drag willleave Pinhey's stables at 6.45 p.m. on Friday for the social and darice to be held in the Kaituna ' factory. The September records now to hand . at "The Talkeries," Bannister Street, include a very fine assortment of the ; latest and most popular selections. Mr W. H. Cruickshank, land and estate agent, elsewhere advertises . a house property and building sites ancf two specially selected farm properties for sale.

Mr F. B. Rosson, tobacconist, in a chiange advertisement, reminds smokers that if ithey purchase their requirements from him they can expect a considerable saving in the item usually expended on matches. Members of the Park Beautifying Committee are requested to meet members of the Borough Council in the Park at 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. In an advertisement on the front page, Mr James Hall gives notico that he will not be responsible fop any debts incurred in his name with- ' out his written authority. The friends of the late Mr Michael Byrne are invited to attend his funeral, which will leave Carterton for the Clareville cemetery at 2 o'clock 1 to-morrow. Messrs Kranagen and Chapman, of Masterton, have something to say about the length of time their clients are in their suits. The length of time their suits wear are well known to all their satisfied clients. This firm has just landed a special assortment of the very best English worsteds and j scotch suitings, and they advise olients I to order early as a very busy season is I expected.