LOCAL AND GENERAL.
At date there are twenty-one patients receiving treatment in the Masterton Hospital.
The Worksop Dredging Company has declared a dividend of five shillings per share, payable to-morrow.
It is expected that the membership of the Masterton A. and P. Association will reach 1100 by the next meeting.
If the weather continues favourable it is probahle that the Waingawa freezing works will commence operations at the end of next month.
The Dunedin competitions were held lasfl week, and proved highly successful.
Quite-ia number of Mastertonians have entered for the Wellington competitions, and intend bringing backprize money.
The mail services to and from Masterton were quite disorganised yesterday, and people who wanted to transact business by mail, and were unable to do so, were saying things. The export of butter from the Auckland province has now practically commenced for this season, says the Herald. The Ruapehu, which left for Wellington on Saturday, took 2-584 boxes for shipment to London. This year the export of butter from the province has commenced later than in previous years, owing to the unusual dry weather experienced during the month of August. ENGLISH CHOLERA CURED.
"Recently a customer of mine called in to purchase some goods, and was violently attacked with English Cholera," writes L. M .Morrin, Otafa uhu, Now Zealand. "I induced him to take a dose of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which immediately affected a cure. 1 might add that on numerous occasions I have used Chamberlain's Diarrhoea Remedy this way, and it has hid marvellous effects on the sufferers." For sale by all chemists and storekeepers.
Recovery from wasting and weak- («. ui'i rli<3pn<!os is hastened by use of VllOSniuL. Phoßphol begins wifcb
The bacon factory at Waingawa is rapidly nearing completion.
According to a letter received in Napier, King George rill pay a visit to South Africa early next year.
The flag was flown from the Masterton Post Office yesterday to let people know that the public institutions were closed. It was Dominion Day.
There is one canine less in Masterton. The Fire Brigade held a practice last evening, and "the dog got under the wheels of the engine.
Owing to the late spring, the Fairfield freezing works, in Canterbury, will probably not re-open until after Christmas.
A meeting of the Masterton NoLicenso league and all interested will be held in the Y.M.O.A. rooms tonight, at eight o'clock. will be in full swing in the Masterton district next week. Already some of the smaller sheds have commenced operations.
The foundations for the additional machinery at the Waingawa freezing works are almost completed. The machinery is expected to come to hand some time next month.
Members of the Masterton Fire Brigade will be interested to know an effbi't is to be made to secure the exemption of firemen from service under tho Defence Act.
A Timaru telegram states that a whale said to be over 60 feetin length, has been washed ashore near Makikihi. It is suppose to have been dead two or three days.
During ifoe four weeks ending Saturday, September 16th, 423 rats were examined in Auckland, but no plague was 'discovered in a single rat. The last plague-infected rat was found on May 31st.
The children attending the Lansdowne, Upper Plain and other schools in the district assembled yesterday morning and saluted the flag. They were afterwards dismissed for the day.
Several Mastertonians have been induced by an energetic land agent to visit Dargaville in search for land. " The Masterton corps of the Salvation Army has commenced its "selfdenial" campaign.
An inquest on the body of a woman drowned while bathing at the Tunnel Baths, Ilfracombe, revealed the identity of Charles Stuart Parnell's sister Catherine Anna. She had been livicg under an assumed name.
The total attendance at the weekly Strangers Tea at the Y.M.C.A. in Masterton for the four weeks ending September 24th was 106. Of this number, 22 "strangers" were present.
Mr J. C. Boddington reports that the rainfall registered at the Upper Plain for the twenty-four ? hours preceding 9 a.m. on Friday was,2 points; on- Saturday 3 points. On Sunday 7 degrees of frost were registered, and on Monday 4 .points of rain. Sir Joseph Ward promised a deputation of Dyerville settlers on Saturday that he would have an officer of the Public Works Department sent up to enquire into the alleged deprivation of the settlers of the use of a water race.
Th Representation Commissioners have made a number of alterations to the boundaries of the North Island electorates. The most important of these is the retention of tfhe Pukekohe township in Mr Massey's electorate, and the cutting out of the town of Te Aroha from the Ohinemuri No-license electorate.
Two informations have been laid against a Masterton resident for alleged breaches of the Licensing Act. One of the charges is of keeping liquor for sale, and the ot<her is of giving an order for liquor for another person without giving tlbe vendor the name and address of the person for whom the liquor was required. The cases will be 'heard at iftie next sitting of the Masteiton Magistrate's Court.
An Ashburton farmer saved a good number of lambs during the recent cold snap by clearing the furniture out of some of the rooms of his residence and putting the lambs in them. The Managing Director of the Wellington Farmers' Meat Company (Mr J. C. Cooper) has already received a number of enquiries from London firms for early mutton and lamb.
The lecture which will be delivered in the Town Hall, Masterton, on Monday next, October 2nd, on "American Slavery," by the Rev. J. J. North, will no doubt be the greatest treat the public of Masterton have 'had for a long time. There will be 100 pictures shown for the first time in the Town Hall by electric biograph. The charge for admission will be one shilling for any part of the hall. A Martinborough deputation waited upon the Minister for 'Justice (Sir John Findlay) on Saturday, and asked that provision should lie made for a building for the holding of the Magistrate's Court at Martinborough. The count has hitherto sat in the Oddfellows' Hall, but as tenders had been called for the sale of that building it will probably be no longer available. The Minister admitted that something would have to be done, and promised to make enquiries and inform the chairman of the Town Board what was decided.
A man named Samuel Pike, who was arrested in Masterton on Sunday, was charged in the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, before Messrs Eton and Pauling, J.P.'s, with having damaged a window in the boardinghouse of Mrs Watson, to the value of 17s 6d. The evidence showed that the accused went to the Iboarding-house in a somewhat wet condition, and when he was ordered out he>. smashed a window. - The Bench convicted him, and ordered him to pay the cost of the window.
FARMERS AS INVENTORS, AND THEIR REASONS FOR '■ INVENTING.
The same old story—NECESSITY. It has been proved over and over again. A farmer invented the "RIDD" Milking Macliine. Although, he had used different makes he saw where they could be improved, and he has now satisfied many farmers in New Zealand (that he was no mean inventor. He saw the necessity of improving the weak points of the machines he had tried, and succeeded in improving them to such an extent that he has placed within reach of all "farmers a perfect mechanical milker. _ Before starting this season's milking by hand, write or call on us, and we will be pleased to"*-give you all information.
MANSON AND BARR, Paimerston North, AGENTS.
The claims of Picton to ibe <a naval base have been politely "turned down" by the Admiralty. lb has been decided that the next Medical Congress shall be held at Auckland.
The 'heavy sea at Westport last week flattened forty feet of the eastern breakwater.
It is stated to be almost certain that Sir Joseph- Ward will address a meeting at Oamaru before the coming elections.
A Wellington visitor to Masterton states that there must, at the present time, be nearly a thousand offices vacant in the Empire City. A donation of £IOO to the Salvation Army's self-denial fund has been given by a Gisborne settler.
A considerable number of Masterton stock-breeders have been asked to act as judges at various shows in the North Island during the months of October and Novemton
The Uhristchurch Press says that the Ministry and their supporters are getting horribly frightened about the next election.
The "wireless" station erected at Labasa (Fiji Islands) by Mr D. E. Parton, formerly of Masterton, has been opened for traffic.
A imeeting of hockey players is to be held in Masterton to-night to make arrangements for the holding of <*. smoke concert to wind up the season.
A set of new sneives and pigeon holes has been installed behind the counter at the Masterton Post Office. The stranded barquentine Carl a, wQiich was blown ashore at Wanganui a week ago, has been sold to Messrs Hatrick and Co. for £290.
A rehearsal of the opera "Dorothy" will be held by the Masterton Amateur Theatrical Society in the TV.-- Hall at 7.30 o'clock to-night.
A farmer at Aorangi last year made £2B from a crop of self-sown potatoes* Influenza has become quite epidemic in Masterton, scores of cases being'under treatment.
The No-License party is wimrine that No-License will be carried in at least half a dozen further electorates at the coming poll. The Wairarapa is one of these.
The Hastings Fire Board is anxious to have the Fire Brigades Act amended so as to enable fire boards to raise loans from the Government, a privilege not now allowed them.
It is believed that sinse electricity has been installed in. the Masterton Town Hall, the building will require to be registered as a factory. We're getting on, in this country!
The Pelorus Road Board has accepted the tenlier of S. and R. Atkinson, Westport, at £10,934 19s, for the erection of a bridge over the Wairau River at Renwick. There were seventeen tenders ranging up to nearly £IB,OOO. The Toll-gate Commission's report concerning Hawera and Waimate West County Councils finds that the toll-gates cannot be legally abolished ; that the charges are not excessive, and estimates that Waimate should pay Hawera annually £582.
A rather exciting runaway occurred in Masterton yesterday afternoon. A horse attached to a trap took fright at a passing traction engine, and made off at top speed. A lamp post came in the way, and horse and vehicle are now undergoing repairs. The driver escaped. A new definition of tlhe phrase "and so on" was given at the Supreme Court (Timaru) the other day. A witness said that at his daughter's house he was given beer and so on. IWV Alpers elicited from the witness, an old man, that dn this case "so on" stood for whisky. . ~
This is how the Ashburton Mail pays a tribute to the member for its district: —"Although we "have frequently had occasion to differ with the sitting member for Ashburton upon political questions, we have always recognised that Mr Nosworthy is a gentleman."
Orchardists about Hastings are reported to be taking no chances against the violent attentions of the plains frosts this year, and cartloads of sawdust have been deposited in heaps around the effected areas, and mixed with hay and other inflammable materials, ready for instant ignition on the first warning of. the thermometer. As a result of a good season and the exceptional iprice3 secured for dairy output (says the Taranaki News), it is stated that prices of land in the southern part of Taranaki will advance £5 per acre by the end of the season. As the best land is now commanding £SO to £65 per acre, it is hard to know how the prospective purchasers of land at the enhanced figures are going to pay. their way. A relic of the old days of Auckland has been met with in the course of digging a drain opposite the Britomart Hotel in Customs street. The excavation is fairly deep, and right in the track is the hull of a small boat, apparently a dinghy. The wood is kauri, and although it must be half a century since it was covered up in the course of reclamation the timber is as sound as ever.
AH arrangements in connection with the mission sale to be held in the Knox Schoolroom in Masterton on Thursday afternoon and evening are well in hand. Entries for the following competitions may ibe left with Mrs H. T. Wood:—Table decorations, buttonholes, lady's spray, pincushions, fruit cake, seed cake, 'sponge sandwich, scones, pikelets, and cocoanut ice. Prizes will be given in all classes. The sale will open at half-past two, and will continue until 10 o'clock. An auction sale will be held in the evening.
Much local interest is being manifested in the concert to be held in the Masterton Town Hall to-morrow night in celebration of the installation of the electric light system. A capital programme has been arranged, and this in itself should ensure a crowded house. When, however, it is remembered that the "Light of the Age" will be there for the first-time—the light whose effulgent rays dispel every semblance of gloom—-there should not be standing room available. As for Peter Eadie, his bewitching smile will be worth travelling over hot bricks for a hundred miles to see in the radiance of the electricity.
EEXONA. The Rapid Healer is an Ointment which heals with remarkable rapidity. Cnlike the old-fashioned ointments which are very slotf.in their actions, Rexona Bpeedily effects its cures after a very few applications. Sold in triangular pots at Is 6d and 3s. OUainable every~here.
The Rahotu Dairy Company lias disposed of its output of cheese at thej highly satisfactory figure of 6 5-16 d*
It is understood that direct telephonic communication between Dar« gavillo and Auckland is to bo installed.
A team from the Mastetron Friendly Societies proceeded to Carterton. last night to try conclusions at cards with their brethren in the neighbouring township.
Notwithstanding the fact that fully 1300 houses were erected in Auckland 1 and suburbs during 1910, and that another 629 dwellings were put under construction during the half year ended June 30t'h last, persons desiring five and six-roomed houses at reasonable rentals still find considerable difficulty in obtaining them.
Among the donations towards thespecial prize fund for the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association's Metropolitan Show is a sum of : £SO from the Canterbury Jockey Club • (reports the Christciiurch Star). It is to be allotted in prizes of not morothan £5 amongst all breeds of" horses.
An exceptionally liigh .price was obtained for a pen of four-tooth ewes by the National Mortgage and Agency Co., at Otautau, Southland, on Friday - last. The pen realised 22s 6d per head, and considering the comparatively poor demand for store sheep at present the price is a remarkably good, one.
At Blackball it lias been decided; that the publicans throughout Grey electorate be asked to make a reduotiori in the retail price of beer to four pence per pint and threepence per half pint. It was also decided that, should the reply from the publicans be unsatisfactory, a ballot be taken at the mine to test the feeling in. regard to giving a block prohibition vote.— Reefton paper.
In the Supreme Court at Westport yesterday, James Russell, for theft of' a watch and chain from the steamer Komata, was sentenced to six months'" imprisonment, and for theft of a glad-- '
stone bag and contents, to six months, cumulative. For escaping from custody no additional sentence was imposed. Accused pleaded guilty to all charges.
The Government does not at present consider it necessary to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the co-operative system of constructing public works. Doubtless, the Minister for Public Works stated on Wednesday, in replying to a question by Mr Okey, complaints will be made from time to time, by interested parties, of waste and extravagance on the one hand, and on the other hand that the men on such works ore insufficiently paid, ho matter whether the system may be co-operative, day-labour, or contract.
Considerable interest is being manifested in thO final hockey tournament of this season,, to be played on. the old showgrounds, Masterton, on Thursday next. The receipts are to go towards the Solway Recognition Fund. Six or seven teams will compete, and there will be keen competition for the coveted McGruer Challenge Cup, and the eleven medals presented by the Solway Recognition Fund Committee. The players aro in fairlj good form, and it is likely that .the ground will be in perfect playing order. Spectators will be given a first-class afternoon's sport, and it is to be hoped that the public wlil" be in sympathy with theiobject and attend in large numbers.
A small tan purse awaits ownership at this office. . An advertiser has a vacancy for two gentlemen boarders in private house. Mr W. D. Watson, Te Ore Ore, advertises for sale 200 cords of fire-wood (stumps). Two canaries, this year's birds, are advertised for sale. Particulars appear in the wanted columns. Mr F. P. Welch Tequires contractors for scrub cutting, station hands with horse and dog, milkers, sawmill hands, etc. The Masterton Mounted Rifles will hold a muster parade to-morrow (Wednesday) evening, when all good property must be returned. Funny, isn't it! Beehaslamjagomiller in a humorous quartette on Wednesday night at the Town Hall. You would not-mi'TS it for anything. It's the funniest thing in Masterton just now.* Messrs J. Graham and Co. announce that they have just* opened up a large shipment of cotton and linendress goods for the coming season. The new lines are of the latest and' roost fashionable and are well-worth inspection. Special attention is alsodirected to the novelties in ladies ties and fancy neckwear. A preliminary advertisement ?ir connection with the Poverty Bay A. and. P. Show, which takes place on October 24th and 25th, appears on the front page of this morning's issue. Entries close on Saturday, October 14th. Further particulars will . beadvertised later.
Reserve Wednesday night, and reserve your seats at Miss Rive's for the grand concert given by the Trust Lands Trust to inaugurate the new electric lighting scheme at the Town Hall. You admit it was badly wanted. Show your appreciation by booking your seats at Miss Rive's.*
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