LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10421, 12 September 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The .Masterton schools resumed yesterday after a week's vacation. A distinct shock of earthquake was felt in Masterton at':, eight minutes past ten o'clock last night. ' Only one of the divorce cases set down for hearing at the Supreme Court in Masterton is to be heard before a jury. Influenza in an acute form is pre-* valent in Masterton just now. A Gisborne telegram states that a young man named John Holme suicided by hanging himself at the Waipiro Hospital yesterday morning. Masterton anglers are looking forward to the opening of the trout fishing season next month with keen anticipation. The streams in the district are well stocked with trout. According to the Chief Justice, it is not possible to steal land. He stated in.the Supreme Court at Masterton yesterday that to accuse a man of stealing land was not a slander, because land, not being movable, could not be stolen. At the inquest in Christchurch concerning the death of Mrs Andrew Todd, a verdict of "Found Drowned" was returned., The Coroner said that from what he know of the woman she was the last person likely to take her own life. A member of the Masterton Chamber of Commerce has given notice to move at the next meeting, "That this Chamber joins wiiih the A. and P. Association in protesting against the alteration of the name of the Kuripuni railway station." The Attorney-General 'has replied to Mr J. McCombs, of Christchurch, stating that he has reviewed the case or ex-Inspector Gillies, and the Government is unable to do more in this case than has been done in other cases where the employees of the State have left the service before qualifying for the maximum pension. The Eltham Dairy Company has sold the season's output at 113 d f.o.b. —said to be a record price for the Dominion. Owing to dry weather, the milk supply was lower last month than in the corresponding month of last year. A good soaking rail is badly needed. Mr Joseph Dawson, of Hukanui, passed',through Masterton yesterday en route for the South Island. He has been engaged by the Awatere Road Board to construct two suspension concrete bridges at Seddon. The i work will probably take about three months to complete. At the inquest in Dannevirke on the body of Daniel Raine, gardener to | Father Cahill, who was found dead in I /a paddock on Sunday afternoon, the.. [ jury returned a verdict that death j Was due to injuries inflicted by a bull. No fewer than twelve "solicitors ['were present at the opening of the Court in Masterton yesterday. .-•■' v v A Hawera telegram says:— Lillian Harper, the eight-year-old child of-' William Harper, a settler at Mokoia, was admitted to the Hospital yesterday morning suffering from burns. The child had got out of bed to put a piece of wood on the fire, and her flannelette clothing caught fire. She died in the evening from shock. Mr J. T. M< Hornsby addressed a largely-attended meeting at Tinui on < Saturday night, Mr Harold Bennett occupying the chair. The candidate was given a good hearing, and, after answering questions, lie was accorded a hearty vote of thanks. Mr Hornsby was to have spoken at Whakataki' last night. The disappearance of the young man Kingdon from Masterton is still shrouded in mystery. %t is some weeks ; now since ihe was last seen, and oil efforts to trace his whereabouts ha se been unavailing. It is feared tihat he will never again be seen alive. IF 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 contain* ethereal and antiseptic substances not contained in otner Eucalyptus products. 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' SEXTRAOT, 15 drops in a tablespoon of olive oil. The effect will surprise you. SANDER'S EXTRACT HEALS because it is freed from the irritating constituents contained in other eucalyptus preparation. It heals when ottiers irritate. I Iriiaißt upon the genuine SANDER | EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, and you J will derive the benefit.

The monthly meeting of the Masterton County Council is to be held today. Excellent nominations are reported to be coming to hand for the Pahiatua musical and literary competitions. It is estimated that at preseit Levin is sending from one thousand to fifteen hundred dozen eggs to the Wellington market every week. Settlers in Pongaroa and other portions of the Forty-Mile Bush.are.loud in their complaints of the excessive telephone charges which are made by the Government. The usual weekly meeting of the Masterton Parliamentary Debating Society was held last night. An interesting discussion took place on Mr J. C. Cooper's State Bank and Note Issue Bill. The Labour unions in the Westport district will take a ballot this week on a motion for putting forward a mining and Labour candidate for the Buller district at the coming General Election. The Rangitikei Advocate says that the Financial Statement indicates the urgent necessity of removing the Ministry from office in the interests of the ratepayers. Mr A. H. Herbert on Saturday last i addressed the largest political meeting ever held in Alfredton. The chair was taken by Mr Cecil Kebbell, and at the j conclusion of the address a hearty vote , of thanks was passed to the candidate, j Old settlers in Akitio county state that the past winter has been the driest experienced for 30 years. Hardly any landslips came down, and it is feared tlhat the coming summer will be a very dry one. The question of new offices was discussed by the Pahiatua County Council in committee on Saturday. The proposal is being proceeded with, and an effort will be made to raise the money on debentures. The Eketahuna County Council has received from the Mauriceville County Council the petition signed by all ratepayers interested in the loan for the erection of two traffic bridges on the Mangatainoka Valley road. All the ratepayers but one signed in the Eketahuna County's petition, and therefore the loan was carried. During the progress of a football match at Pongaroa on Saturday George West tripped and sustained a fracture of the right shoulder. A. Ericksen had a rib broken. Both injuries were accidental, and not due to rough play. Mr David Jones will deliver an address on the policy of the "Farmers' Political Protection Federation" m Murray's Hall, Masterton, at threo'clock to-morrow afternoon. The Chair will be taken Jby Mr Hugh Morrison. "It will be very pleasant to stop in Masterton," said Sir Robert Stout in the Supreme Court yesterday, "but business must take precedence." His Honor said he wanted to get to Wellington .by Friday, at the latest, as he 'had business there. ' A witness was asked in the Supreme Court at Masterton yesterday if a certain Carterton resident was angry when ihe struck another. His Honor said he was not aware that people in Carterton were in the habit of striking one another in the face at night, when they were not angry. (Laughter). His Honor the Chief Justice stated, in summing up in the Carterton slander case, heard in the Supreme Court at Masterton yesterday, that he had been forty years in law, but he had never heard of a slander case of this sort before. The case was purely one between relatives. No outside witnesses had been called, and the case altogether was a most peculiar one. Mr Richard Brown has given notice to move at the next meeting of the Council of the Masterton Chamber of Commerce, "That it is desirable to secure an alteration in the law, providing that no assignment of a private estate shall be made without the consent of a Judge of the Supreme Court first being obtained." The libel action in which J. J. Kelliher claims £IOO2 from Jabez Bridges for alleged libel, has been set down for hearing in the Supreme Court at Masterton this morning. The motion for. dismissal of the case,.on the ground that the provisions of the Libel Act Amendment Act have not been complied with, will be argued, by arrangenient, when the .case/ is called upon. . ■ It is authoritatively stated.that the Wellington Farmers' Meat/Company has been more successful for the first year of its operations, than any similar institution in the Wellington Province. It is said that one Company in the Province made a loss of £SOOOJ f on last year's operations. The share- ' holders of the Masterton Company should therefore feel more than satisfied with their position. His Honor, Sir Robert Stout, Chief Justice, will deliver an address on the subject "Eugenics" in the Masterton Town Hall to-night, under the auspices of the Knox Literary and Musical Association. The lecture will commence at eight o'clock, and the charges for admission will be Is and 'ls 6d. During the evening vocal items will be rendered by Messrs E. L. Lees and R. J. Young. THE REASONABLENESS OF MACHINE MILKING. Milking by hand is a branch of farm labour unique in its primitiveness, and ho® ofitiani to be done at unpopular hours. We must admit that there is a wide gap between a good hand milker and a bad one. SttdTl the work is purely manual, and calls for little in, the way of mental exercise. How different it is in. every other department of work on a well ordered faron. Tile drudgery is lightened,, and a certain pleasing interest evoked in tiie mind of the operator by manipulating, say ani ingenious machine like the "RIDD." The average man would sooner operate a machine than engage in work which 5s wholly manual. Wherever the mechanical milker is installed, a revival of interest can. at once be noticed. We be pleased .to send you catalogues! and SiuXL particulars of the "RIDD" MILKING MACHINE, and "BLACKSTONE" KEROSENE ENGINE on receipt of your postcard. It will save you a lot of worry, and will increase, your milk cheque to put in these time and labour 6aviing machines. MANSON AND BARR, District Agents. PALMERSTON NORTH.

The golf championship at Wanganui was won .by Mr Clements by two up, and not six up as previously stated. A Wanganui telegram states that a sharp shock of earthquake was felt at nine minutes ipast ten o'clock lost night. The case Wilton v. Wilton, in which the custody of the children ds involved, is to be heard by the Chief Justice in the Supreme Court at Masterton at 9.30 this morning. The annual smoke concert in connection with the Morris Tube Club takes place on Thursday next, in the Druids' Hall, when Mr O. Pragnell (President) will present the prizes. The grass grubs are still very much in evidence in many places in the Ashburton county, and in several districts there is a pronounced shortage of feed, in consequence. The monthly meeting of directors of the Tawaha Dairy Company took place on Saturday evening, when Mr F. Marchant was re-elected chairman of directors. The usual meeting of Stonehenge Lodge, U.A.0.D., took place in Masterton last evening in the Druids* Hall, Bro. P. Corbett, A.D., presiding over a good attendance of members. Two candidates were nominated, and one accepted by clearance from Takaka Lodge. ! At a meeting of the General Committee of the Masterton Bowling dub, eight new members were accepted. It was decided to open the season in the second week in October. A New South Wales farmer has been experimenting successfully growing lucerne for seed, and has found it'a profitable side-line. He took over one thousand pounds per acre off his farm, while another had a return of nearly ' £SOO for 44 bags. The Eltham Co-operative Dairy Co.'s total output for this coming season has been sold by Messrs W. Wjedidel and Co. to British buyers at the extraordinarily good price of ll£d per lb f.o.b. This constitutes a New Zealand record for butter transactions. The Minister of Lands has informed Mr C. A. C. Hardy that the question of purchasing the late Mr Benham's estate at Kowai Bush is under consideration. Inquiries are promised regarding the Drayton Estate near Methven. . Good progress is being made with the construction of the Waihenga bridge, on the Featherston-Martin-borough Road, some ten spans having been completed, and all the piles driven. It is expected by the engineer that the remaining four spans will be 1 completed in November, and the bridge opened for traffic at the end of the month. Property is changing hands in the Martinborough districts lately, "Kaikuri," Hinakura, having been purchased from Mr A. D. McLeod, chairman of the Featherston County Council, by Mr McDonald, of "Ngakonui." Mr A. D. McLeod and his brothers and Mr Campbell have purchased the Hautotara estate, in Martinborough.— News. It is reported that two of the Ayrshire bulls on the Moumahaki experimental farm have been sold, one to a Hawera dairyman, and the other to a farmer at Auckland. The figures mentioned are fifteen guineas for each bull, therefore the department can- " not be charged with* asking exceptionally high or fancy prices for stock that has been carefully bred and selected. The Horowhenua Chronicle reports that an offer of £IOO, made by Dalgety, and Co., on behalf of a Pjalmerston North client, for the purchase of one of the registered Holstein cows at the Wereroa State Farm was declined by the Department. Later on a second offer was made by a Palmerston farmer direct. He raised his offer, to £2OO. This tempting figure was also declined. The general opinion among members of the Featherston County Council, Concerning the poll of ratepayers to be -, taken on Friday, on the proposal to adopt the system of rating basis of the unimproved value of land, is that the proposal will be carried. The legal adviser of the Council states that a ratepayer may exercise his vote'or votes in each riding in which he is qualified to vote, or record all such votes at the County Council office. The Taranaki Petroleum Company have cabled an. inquiry to Mr 'Henry whether his principals can reserve 50,000 additional shares in the new company for' New Zealand. Mr Henry replies that it is intended to offer 55,000 shares in New Zealand. This is in addition to the shares allotted in ' part payment to the shareholders of the Taranaki Petroleum Company.; The Chairman of Mr Henry's group will arrive in New Zealand in NovenK ber with Mr Carter. A remarkable visitation of luck cam© to two, young men in the land ballot at Marton on Thursday last. One of the young men, practically a newcomer to the Dominion, arrived in Wanganui a little while ago, and, when discussing his prospects with a friend there, the latter suggested that he should try his luck in the land ballot of the Retaruke block. The young man bethought himself of an English. ' friend in another part of the Dominion, and they decided to enter. Neither had seen the land in question, and neither would have been any wiser had he seen it, but, acting on the advice of the Wanganui friend, who is also a farmer (but who had not seen the land, though he had procured a plan and a few hints), the young men. entered for two adjoining sections.' Strange to say, out of a very large number of applicants, they were lucky in the .ballot. "I would give £IOOO to be in their shoes," said a farmer yesterday. "They have secured'the pick of the .block." Messrs Gillespie and Co., labour agents, require shepherd, station-hand and bullock driver. A reward of five pounds will be paid for the return to the Age office of a lady's gold hunting watch, with . monogram engraved. A junior steward for the Commercial and Farmers Club is advertised for. Mr C. G. Finn, who has been manager and auctioneer for Messrs Maclean and Co., Masterton, has been appointed representative for Mr R.. U. Harden, land, financial, and insurance agent, Masterton. In addition to the land and insurance, Mr Harden intends carrying on auctioneering and sharebroking in connection with the business'. For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods' Great Peppermint Ouret Is 6d, 2s 6d.