LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10413, 6 September 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr J. H. TrailJ, formerly of the Tauherenikau Hotel, has taken over the Ben Nevis Hotel at Turakina. The Master ton branch of the Employers' Federation, of New Zealand lias now a membership of about one hundred. The monthly meeting of the General Committee of the Masterton A. and P. Association will be held on Saturday afternon next. The new frontage to the W.F.C.A. premises in Masterton is nearing completion. The fine array of plate-glass windows forms quite an attraction to passers-by. Over ten tons of steel is being u?=ed in the reinforcement of the concrete ih ; the r new buildings 'of the Trust Lands Trust in Masterton. A meeting of all ladies willing to •assist with the afternoon tea at the Solway picnic will be held in the Council Chambers on Friday afternoon next, at 3 o'clock.

The members of the Masterton Fire Brigade and Fire Police Corps are requested to meet in plain clothes at the Fire Brigade station to-morrow (Thursday), at 2 o'clock, to attend the funeral of the late Mrs Braggins, senr. . The latest additions to the list of subscribers to the'Masterton telephone exchange are:—R. U. Harden, land and financial agent, Queen Street, S. R. Edwards and Co., land agents, Queen Street, and Watson and Co., drapers, Queen Street. Our Tinui correspondent writes:— "The annual ball in connection with the local Foresters'' Lodge is to be held on the Bth inst., and promises to be a huge success. The energetic Sec(Mr C. Schofield) has everything in readiness for the function. The beach at Oastlepoint has been strewn with fish during the last few days, and the water in the neighbourhood has been alive with the finny tribe. Some big hauls have been made . by, settlers in the neighbourhood, and the Tinui coach yesterday brought a consignment to Masterton: The, Secretary of the - Masterton Chamber of Commerce (Mr J.C. ,Boddingtori) is getting in the petitions from the various outlying districts • in favour of the deviation of the Rimutaka rail way. These wil! be fonva rded to Wellington, for presentation to Parliament, almost immediately. Mr A. H. Herbert returned to Eketahuna yesterday from a visit to Pongaroa and Rakaunui. He states that there is a strong feeling iij the back districts in favour of the Reform Party. Settlers have been in the district for twenty odd years, and their lands have been loaded for roads, which are still impassable in many places. The Auckland Ministers Association passed a resolution expressing a whole-hearted sympathy with every effort to further the cause of peace in the world, but did not feel called upon to express any view of the New Zealand Defence Act, this not being primarily a question of peace -and war. Each member of the association, concludes the resolution, is free to express his own views. Considerable interest is being manifested in the Masterton Boxing Club's tournament, will. ..take place in the Town Hall on the 13th and 14th insts. An elaborate programme has been arranged, and members of the Carterton, Masterton, Tinui, and Te Wharau Clubs will compete. Mr I. Fake, of Palmerston North, who controlled last season's New Zealand championships, will be the referee. Mr Fake is very popular in boxing circles, and his decisions are bound to meet with the approval of those concerned.

The keeper of the weighbridge at Kaitangata was victimised the other night to the extent of 20s by two school children, who presented him with what was apparently a sovereign, and asked for change. The coin seemed somewhat light, but on being assured, it was the genuine article the full change was handed over. The coin was examined next morning, and the unfortunate man found that he had given a pound's worth of change for a copper token with the Biblical inscription that transgressors would be damned. If the young scamps can t>e identified they will also probably be gaoled. It is interesting to note the vital statistics of the four Wairarapa towns for the 12 months ending 1910. Carterton's figures are: —Births 91 (threeillegitimate), deaths 21, marriages 27, (one of which was solemnised by the registrar). Featherston's figures read : Births 56 (three being -illegitimate)," deaths 19, .marriages 12 (including two by the registrar). Greytown's figures are:—Births 49 (four illegitimate), deaths 19, marriages 16 ?one by the registrar). Martinborough's figures are: —Births 42 (including one pair of twins), deaths 12, marriages 12. Added together..the births" Inf the South \ Wairarapa for tlhe 12 months'ending j 1910 are. 238, deaths 7.1, marriages 67. Masterton's f igures for the same period are:—Births 256 (including six illegitimate and two cases of twins), deaths 82, marriages 70 (including five by the registrar). SOME CAKE RECIPES. RICH CHEAP CAKE.— Beat well the yolks of three eggs, and the whites of two, with one cup of fine sugar. Beat in one half cup condensed milk, one and one-third cups sifted flour, two heaping teaspoonfuls baking 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 Eut on stove and let come "to the oil. Cool, then add two oups of flour with one teaspoonful of soda. Put in gem 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 and good. -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 gnoer.

The average attendance at the Eke- i tahuna school at the end of last month [ was 115. Mr D. Jones, the organiser of the Farmers' Union, will be at Eketahuna on September 18th. A very welcome shower of rain fell in Masterton yesterday morning. It will have an appreciable effect upon cereals, pasture and stock. i Up till last night,' not the slightest trace had been obtained of the escap- j ed prisoner, Joseph Pawelka. The j police are still scouring the country. ! A defence in the libel action, J. J- j Kelliher v. Jabez Bridges, to be heard in the Supreme Court at Masterton ' next week, is being filed to-day. The premises of 'the \acuum Oil Company /between Wellington and Kaiwarra were broken into on • Monday night, and a sum of £lO stolen from ! the safe. The hockey matdh between Wairarapa and Wellington, which was to have been played to-day, has been abandoned, on account of the Wairarapa team being unable to trave.l. The returns for the Masterton Hospital for the month ending 31st August are as follows:—Patients in Hospital on 31st July, 15; patients admitted since, 24; patients discharged, 15; in Hospital on August 31st, 24. At a sale of farming stock, held recently in the Featherston district, an old peacock realised £5 i*s 6d, and a younger one £4 12s 6d. Several peahens brought 35s each, A Muscovy duck at the same sale was disposed of for £l, There were between sixty and (seventy electors present to hear the address given by Mr J. T. M. Horasby at Gladstone on Monday night. Mr It. Cooper occupied the chair. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded the candidate for his address. Football enthusiasts in Masterton are looking forward to the visit of the Horowhenua representative team on Saturday next. The visiting team includes many first-class players ? some of whom are Maoris, and Wairarapa will have to be in good form to put up anything like a sound fight. In the Supreme Court at Hamilton, the Grand Jury found no bills against two persons, one on three charges of nerjury at Auckland, also against two Hotorua Maoris charged with an indecent act. Komaki was acquitted on a charge of sheep stealing at Morrinsville. '

A fire up the Waiohine Valley, on Sunday night destroyeda four-roomed cottage and contents, belonging to Mr Cf;'W. Williams;: • The pause ; of the outbreak is unknown. The house was unoccupied on Saturday and Sunday, and on the owner's return he found only the charred remains of his dwelling. The insurance on the building was £IOO, and an equal amount covered its furniture., The Dunedin Star of Saturday says: The bottom is out of the potato marget. Potatoes are going to be-cheap. They are cheap. Otago has been growing more than we can eat or sell, and, being a perishable commodity, they must be got rid of. Recent sales in the country have been at the rate of 40s per ton, or 3s 4d per bag on trucks, and already in some southern districts potatoes are being fed to the pigs. .It is now proposed to considerably enlarge the Moturoa Freezing Works, near New Plymouth. ThG extension, which will be in brick, wil' cost about £3OOO. When the additions are completed the works will have accdmmod- ! ation for about 28,000 boxes of butter. I Provision will also be made for the' storage of frozen pork, which promises to become a very considerable item in Taranaki's future exports. The price of timber was a subject of consideration at the Pa-lmerston Supreme Court last week. A witness said the value of o.b. rimu' at the mill would be about 10* per 100 ft. The 1 question was the price ruling 16 years ago, and His Honour remarked that he was at one time chairman of a timber company, who considered themselves handsomely paid if they received 4s 6d a hundred for their rimu. Those engaged in the violet growing, business in Otaki—and there are several who have taken up the work oh a large scale —are having a busy time just now. The majority of the flowers sent to Wellington, but a considerable supply is also sent to Napier, while one grower"sends a large parcel every week as far as Dunedin. Mr Geo. Powell also rends a large lot of. daffodils to Dunedin, especially early in the season. The flower growing industry (says the local paper), seems likely to develop into an important one at Otaki at no distant date. - ■ / A new effort is being made to promote the dairying industry in the Marlborough Sounds. A Wellington firm proposes to siipply milking cows to settlers in return for the butter Obtained by them..payment for the j cows can be made way conveni- j ent to the settler cash, or by de- I duction from the butter cheque over a period of years, without any interest. The firm will pay 9d per lb for butter from September to the end of the summer, and lOd thence to September. A number of cows have already been booked, and will shortly be shipped from Wellington. The: police court at Auckland on Monday morning was the scene of a rather unusual occurrence. A man, charged with an offence, solemnly protested his innocence, and called a friend to prove it. The said friend went so far as to say that he himself had committed the offence at the spot, and it was istrange the policeman did not see him, but saw the other man who didn't do it. He admitted that the night was dark, and his friend might have done such a thing, unseen by him. The magistrate directed the witness to go round to the dock, had him charged, on his own admission, and fined both men forty shillings.

ENGLISH CHOLERA CURED

"Recently a customer of mine called in to purchase some floods, and was violently attacked with Enigflish Cholera." writes L. M .Morrin, Otahuhiu, New Zealasnd. "I imdiuoedi him to take a dose of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, .wbJidh immediately affected a cure. I might add that on numerous occasions I have used Chamberlain's Diarrhoea Remedy this way, and it has had marvellous effects on the isufferers." For gale by all chiemistg and 'storekeeper®. REXONA. The Rapid Healer is an Ointment which heals with remarkable rapidity. Unlike the old-fashioned ointments which are very sloir in their actions, Rexona speedily effects its cures after a very few applications.. Sold in triangular pots at Is 6d and 39. Obtainable everywhere. ;

The prize schedule for the Manawattj show, to be held on November ltst* 2nd and 3rd, has been issued. It is. of a very comprehensive character. Several residents of Ngaturi, in theh Forty-Mile Bush, have installed shearing machines, and up-to-date milking: plants on their premises. For betting on hotel premises a& Dannevirke a 'bookmaker was fined£2o with costs, in default a month'su imprisonment. A splendid sample of a Maori axe> was picked up on some newly broken* up ground, at the Ngaturi .school, in. the Forty-Mile Bush, some days ago. An telegram states thati Patrick Walsh, aged seventy, who; has been missing from his home at Tua--kau since August 24th, has been found. drowned in the harbour. ' There are about 400 children being educated in the. Wanganui Catholic • schools. Estimating the cost of education at £4 per head, it is estimated! that Hhis means a saving of £I6OO tow the Government. It is stated that a great many horsesr in the Rangitikei district are affected by bofe this season.: Many are looking poor and miserable, and numbers, says a correspondent, have died, most of them suddenly. As showing that the dairying season, ■ia opening well in the Eketahuna district, it might be mentioned that the New Zealand Farmers' Dairy Union received sufficient milk, from its Newman, jßongomai and Eketahuna creameries yesterday, the opening day, ta manufacture a ton of butter. The Eketahuna School Committee! had arranged for a deputation to wait upon the Minister for Education om the ocoasion of his visit to -Pahiatua, to discuss with him the question of.al new school. As the Minister has resigned, the visit to Pahiatua, and the deputation, will both be "off." The headmaster of the Eketahuna school states that his school is somewhat handicapped for the-want of aa additional teacher. An appeal is to :be-*made to parents to send their- children regularly to school, so that an average attendance will be maintained which will justify the appointment of anotlher teacher.

"The present day immigrant," said I a speaker at the Auckland Employers'i Association annual meeting recently, [ "is afraid to go further than the last | asphalt path, or out of sight of tflae last gas lamp. The people who are the workers in the backblocks. to-day are i the sons of the. pioneer.s who came oyer lin the early days. It is the old-time stamp of immigrant we want out hero," said the speaker, in' conclusion. J " A\ reward is offered for the recovery of a white slheep dog (black saddle mark). ' ... A young man, with a pack of .dogs, wants a billet rabbitting, or wtould sell the dogs. Three good steep dogs, are also for sale. The .public are notified that fresh! milk can always be obtained at 83f Pine Street, or at the Wrigley Estate dairy farm during milking hours. Messrs Robinson and Sons, landscape and general gardeners, Villa. Street, notify that they make a speciality of landscape gardening in modern .styles, as well as-lawns and concrete footpaths. | The annual sale of work in connec- ! tion with the Melanesian Mission takes i place in St. Matthew's Schoolroom,. Masterton, this afternoon and evening. Sittings of pure Podmon White Leghorns, are advertised for sale, with a written guarantee. Month old Podmon Rector chicks are also advertised for sale. Applications should be made to i 38, George Street. I Amongst many new books on sale I. a-t'f Messrs McLeod and Young's, is Maud Diver's new book, entitled, "Tilamani," which is a specially good work.' Book lovers are always welcome to walk in and look over the firm's fine stock, no one being pressed to buy. Keen interest is being displayed in the butter-fat competition that takes place at the spring show of the Manawatu A. and P. Association, to be held at Palmerston North in November next. Conditions and all particulars can be obtained from Mr.W. T. Penny, secretary, Palmerston North. The most effective season for destroying small birds is in the spring. The more birds that are killed off now the less eggs there will be, and farmers would be well advised to take united action for their own protection. In this connection "Gordon's Poisoned Grain" may be used with-sure results. This grain can be obtained in any quantity at J. V. Gordon's, chemist, Masterton.

In connection with the self-denial appeal, the local corps of the Salvation Army is intending to hold a "Cherry i Blossom Fair." The Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational Church friends have promised to provide pro- ■ grammes to assist, while the two local brass bands are also giving their assistance. The dates chosen for the function are September 19th, 20th and 21st. Mr Hogg, M.P., has promised to preside at the opening ceremony. Further particulars will be given later. In a change advertisement on the leader page of this morning's issue, Messrs Reid and Gray draw attention, to the merits of their new steel frameseed drill, which should be of especial interest to farmers in'.the Wairarapa. The special features claimed for this implement are lightness of draught, combined with durability and strength A number of these drills are workingin the district, and the firm invite farmers to make a point of seeing them in a practical demonstration. If you want to cure your eongn, take Tonking's Linseed Emulsion. From all chemists and stores, Is 6d. 2s 6d, 4s 6d. 3 Never hurry, never worry. Don't get in a. rage; Try to keep your .temper always, Says a good old sage. If you get a cold and shiver, Don't take doctor's pills— Run at once and get—'tis precious Woods' Peppermint Cure for chills. 6 A MOTHER'S PRAISE. There is no better ißeddcinie made - for children than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Mrs Gireig, of Rowntr«e Street, Balmiain, Sydney, in the following letter tells other mothers about it:—"My two children have derived great benefit from taking Chambe,rlain'''B Cough Remedy; they both suffered from colds, but Chamber lain'is Cough Remedy afforded' them instant relief, and by the time (jwo bottles were taken a> cur© was effected. I .cam thoroughly recommend" Chamberlain's Cough Remedy (to mothers whose children suffer from emj kind of colds. Sold by all chemist*. anr\ storekeepers.