LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10440, 4 October 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A mob of 420 head of cattle was sent from the Waikato to the Bay of Plenty di&trict last week. About forty trout-fishing licenses ; have been issued in Masterton already this season. A meeting of Stewards of the Masterton Racing Olub is to be held oh Saturday next. Mr. J. C. Boddington reports four degrees of frost recorded at Upper Plain on Tuesday morning. . A pig and a lamb have been provided for the weight-guessing competition at the Solway picnic to-morrow. Several young mem are at present making good cheques! in tho Masterton district from the sale of rabbit skins. During the last nine months the rainfall registered in the Masterton district has totalled 32.35 inches. This is slightly lower than the average fall. A flight of black swans passed over Masterton yesterday. This is qiiite an unusual thing at this time of 'the year. The demand for seed potatoes has j I>een heavier than usual in'Masterton this Reasons. Nearly every householder in the town lias his potato ploty to say nothing of the.farmer. ... Mr T, C.. Ellis, formerly of Southland", lias purchased an • estate of 75,000 acres in the Riverina district., New South Wales, at a cost of £IOO,OOO. A buck-jumping pony will be provided by Mi- C. F. Vallance at the picnic at Solway, Masterton, to-mor-ro.w, and a prize will be given to the boy who can ride it.

The total funds of the Pahiatua Foresters' Lodge stand at £3816 9s Bd. The next ladies' golf championship meeting is to ibe held at Nelson. The next competition for the Coronation Medal has been fixed for the last Friday in April, 1912. The supply of milk received at the Kaiparoro cheese factory on Mondaywas 500 gallons, as against 400 gallons for the same day last year. Suppliers to the Hukanui creamery are tendering a social and dance to Mr A. McFarlane, Chairman of the Ballance Dairy Co., in the Hukanui Hall on October 17ith.

The Post Office at Pleckville, near Eketahuna, has'been dosed, owing to the inability of the Department to find a suitable person to take charge of it. Mr John Mann, of Oxford Farm, Woodvillc, !has disposed of the whole of his fine herd of dairy; cows to Mr S. R. Lancaster, of Palmerston North, at a very satisfactory price. Mr H. T. Ellingham, of Horoeka, had the misfortune to cut himself on the leg rather severely with a slasher, andhas been incapacitated from active service for some time. He is now getting about again. Invitations have 'been extended to members of the Palmerston North Bowling Club, as well as the district clubs, to bo present at the opening of the Masterton bowling greens on October 12th. Ninety-three pigeons, representing fifteen lofts, were hampered in Masterton last night, and will be despatched to Ohakune this morning for the first race of the season in connection with, the Masterton Homing Pigeon Club. A sitting of the Magistrate's Court was lield at Martinborough yesterday. Ihe Masterton bowling greens are in excellent condition just now, and are expected to be in. good playing order for the opening of the season next week.

It is expected that the Waingawa J freezing works, which are at present j being overhauled and extended, will, be ready for opening in a fortnight's'' time. A draft of sheep from the Lower Valley is already offering. At an inquest at Temuka into the death of a four and a half-year-old boy named Gaffaney it was stated that the boy was riding on the .back of a Cambridge 'roller. He shifted to the front unknown to the driver, was jerked off, and the;'roller' passed over his head. • ' Mr H. G. Groves, of Bush Grove. supplies the following meteorological notes for the month of September:— Days with rain, 16; maximum fall, 1.07 in. on the 18th; maximum temperature, 71 on the 13th; minimum temperature, 27 on the 6th. The total rainfall -for September, 1911, was 1.24 in., 1 It required the services of a constable to induce a Maori woman suffering from typhoid fever to enter the hospital at New Plymouth last week: A large number of Master-ton residents have signified their intention of proceeding to Wellington for the competitions at the end of (the present month.

There is land hunger in New South Wales as well as in New Zealand". For eleven blocks made available in the Richmond River district in the northern part of New South Wales last week, altogether no fewer than 1332 applications were received, ; with deposits totalling £7153 12s. •'■' The Appeal Court, sitting at Wellington yesterday, made a rule absolute, to strike Arthur Harold Bunn, formerly of Palmerston North, off the roll of solicitors, on the ground that he had been convicted of embezzling' his employer's money. 'Costs amounting to £ls 15s were allowed against Bunn. The application was made by the Wellington District Law Society. It has been definitely arranged that the conference on the question of establishing an agricultural school in the Wairarapa shall take place in Masterton at 2 o'clock on Saturday, October 21st. Invitations are being sent to the A. and P. Associations, the County Councils and the Borough Councils in the district to send delegates.

The Master ton Dorcas Society has been working all through the . past winter, making clothes for the poor, but not a single application for help lias been received. All the garments made are to be sent to Wellington, 1 and will be divided (between the Salvation Army Home and the Presbyterian Orphanage. A Press Association message from ■WeWingtoh, describing the play in the second round of the Ladies' Golf 'Championship yesterday, says*:— "Mrs Williams, although somewhat below her form of a few seasons ago, (proved too strong .for Mrs Booth. The Masterton player will have a big 'task on Wednesday to defeat Miss Wray, of Manawatu, who has been showing .the most brilliant play in. all departments of the game." The last of the series of home meetings under the auspices of the Women's Christian Temperance Union was held yesterday afternoon, at the residence of Mrs Donald, Johnston Street, Masterton. Mrs Ewarti Anderson presided over an attendance of about thirty-five ladies. The following enjoyable programme was rendered :—£ong, Mrs G. Falla; recitations, Miss Vile; reading, Mrs Marley,; song, Miss MoKenzie. Mrs Miller made a short speech on temperance, and an address on the Women's Ousade was'delivered by Mrs Devonport. Routine business was transacted.

The northern portion of the maitf road situated in the. Mauriceville County is, according to the Express, in a shocking state of disrepair, and should inimediateily receive the attention of tho local body interested. The secretary of the Eketahuna Cow-testing Association, Mr F. Wise, is at present up to his eyes in work,. the necessary supplies having arrived from the Department. He ha» some forty oases, which'hold from 25' to 50 test bottles each. Some 50 agricultural students of the Wanganui Education District have commenced a week's camp on the property of Mr Geo. Short, Feilding. The boys, who are under the charge 'of Mr James Grant, are expected to profit greatly by a week of such practical instruction. "I believe," said Mr Bedford, in an address at Dimedin last week, "I be--lieve that the time is coming when we shall say that no woman—l meanno married woman —shall be alkrwedT to toil outside of her own home." The' remark was greeted with an outburst of applause. Consequent upon the steadily-in-creasing demand for extra hotel accommodation in Auckland, proposals are now on foot to rebuild several of the existing houses, and to considerably enlarge others. It may >not be generally known that the first station-house in New Zealand was erected at Wharekaka, on the banks of the Ruaniahange River, near Martinborough. The house was built in 1844 by William Vavasour and E. A. Weld.

A Stratford correspondent states tlhat one of the features of a fashionable wedding there recently was' the scattering of largesse in the shape of silver coin from the window of the bridal carriage as the happy couple drove to the railway station after the wedding breakfast. The proprietors of the Woodville Cheese Factory are stated to have disposed of tihis season's output toa Dunedin firm at a very satisfactory price. The proprietors mil be able topay Is per lb for butter fat to suppliers, with a prospect of a bonus at the end of the season. Several dairy companies agreed, says an exchange, to manufacture saltless bxitter this year. One of the ,men "in the know" says that a lot of this will besent from France to England as Nonmanby rolls. The Fame gentleman is of opinion that this is going to be a great year for the milk-blending firms at Home,. The Mayor (Mr. J. M. 'Ooradine) invites tih-3 residents of Masterton to observe to-morrow as a public (holiday from the hour of one o'clock, the occasion being a demonstration to be held in aid of the Solway Eeoognitio*Fund.

In reply to a lady, who asked if he were in favour of having washerwomen in Parliament, Mr Byron Brown said that no doubt many of the members wanted washing Ho make them politically clean, but thereweare plenty of scrubbers in the House already! Speaking at MartinborOugh the other night, Mr. J. T. M. Hornsby, Who is a strong supporter of the Govermmenib party, said he would like tosweep party out of existence, and. give a trial to the Elective Executive.. What does Sir Joseph think of this? Shearing operations in the PovertyBay district have commenced texcep--tionally early this season, says the>. Poverty Bay Herald; : Last Wednesday morning " the - New' Zealand Shipping Company received 14 bales*.. of the "golden fleece'' from Mr J. Murphy's Repongaere Station, and a further loan from the same place was; expected to come to hand on the following day. The following resolution, emanating, from the Reserves Committee, which finds that it has fixed funds accumulating which cannot be 'expended on reserves other than those from which the moneys were derived, was passed" by the Eketa'buna Borough Council: "That "the Council endeavour to havean Act of Parliament passed enabling the whole of the reserves of the Borough to be administered as one reserve."

At the monthly meeting of the Eketahuna branch of the Farmers' Union, it was resolved, on the motion of Mi. H. W. Bridge, seconded by Mr P. Nielson, that the following resolution be sent to the Executive Committee — "That the trucking facilities for fat stook, especially fat lambs were inadequate to meet the demands in this' district last season, and this meeting urges the Executive to endeavour to get a sufficient supply of trucks for the approaching season." Miss Ford, deputation for the London Missionary Society, gave a ntosb instructive address in the Masterton Congregational Church, last night,: on the work of the Society,in China in general, and in the city of Shanghai in particular, where her own sphere of work is. The Rev. A. Hodge presided. The Church in which Miss Ford works, holds 500 people, and is always full. The Sunday school numbers over 300 scholars, and the teachers are Chinese. The International lessons are used. The missionary told some interesting stories of the splendid sacrifices made ' by Christian Chinaman. The Boxermovement was touched upon. Miss Ford explained that it originated in the formation of a society pledged to pray to the Devil to exterminate theforeigner; the people had been taught that the English l had come, to take the heart and eyes of their children with which to make medicine. A collection was taken up for the funds of the London Missionary Society.

No sooner is there- a settlement arranged "between Franco audi Germany thian we have Turkey 'and Italy Hooking daggers over one. another over Tripoli. Will there bea fight? W© think not. The Turks will revert to the boycott, which is «, .powerful weapon. We wish the consumers of tea in New Zealand would exercise the boycott agaust inferior teas. The best teas are the Empire Company's teas, which are pure and wholeseome. "I had been suffering from Piles for some little time, and had tried'' various advertised Ointments for my complaint, but I only got worse. I gave Rexona a trial, and was pleasantly surprised to find I was completely cured in four days. I used' Laxo-Tonic Pills at the same time, so they may have helped towards my quick recovery," writes Mrs Maggie Munro, Cooper Street,* Babnaw, N.S.W. Rexona, the Rapid Healer. is sold in triangular pots at Is 6a Chamberlain's Cough. Remedy is not a common every day cough mixture. It is a meritorious remedy for all dangerous and troublesome complications resulting from colds- in the head, chest or lungs. Sold by all' chemists and storekeepers.

A cow with three calves is amongst th© stock'freaks of Levin this season, and all three calves are doing well. Three 'binths, one death and one marriage were recorded at Eketahuna during the month of September. Up to Saturday, 53 fishing licenses "had been issued at Pahiatua, 25 having been taken out by yoxiths, and one by a lady. The telephone line between Pahiatua and Ngaturi wias down on Monday, but traffic on the line was not interrupted to any extent. The Eketahuna School Committee has threatened to resign in a body unless the demands it ihas made upon the Education Board are given attention.

A lost parcel containing leather case and papers is advertised for.. Mrs Hunt, of Miki Miki, advertises for a lady help companion. An advertiser requires a furnished' or partly furnLhed house in Masterton for three months. A reward is offered for the recovery of a Stepney wheel, lost between the Junction Hotel and Lyttle's garage. The manager of Waiteko lea es-tate-elsewhere notifies that trespassers will bo prosecuted. Tenders are elsewhere invited for the purchase of the stock and plant of Itbe Eketahuna Farmers' Co-opera-tive Association, now in liquidation. Full particulars are advertised in this morning's issue.

Dr. J. M. Spear, M.P.0.C., eyesight specialist, of Wellington, will visit Mastertton on Saturday, 14th, Monday, 16th, and Tuesday, 17th October, and may be consulted at the Club Hotel. The annual general meeting of the Masterton Cricket Club will be held in Messrs Gawith and Logan's office, Queen' Street, on Friday night next. All members and intending members are requested to attend.

The annual meeting of the Wairarapa Amateur Athletic Club will i>e held i» Gray's Buildings, Queen Street, on Friday evening next, at eight o'clock. All members' and intending members are invited to attend. First-class rhubarb roots of "MyiaTs Victoria," ,best ' giant* are advertised for sale by Mr R. Miller, Greytown North, at 4s per dozen, and winter rhubarb at 6s per dozen. ' Particulars appear in the wanted columns. Record business is reported by Mr H,' Hadley at his bargain sale of boots and shoes. All goods are marked down to the lowest possible price, and all those in search of special yalues are invited to embrace the opportunity afforded by the sale. A sale of work in aid-of the Maori mission will be held in St. MatOctober llt'h. The sale of work will be open in the afternoon from 2 till o o'clock, and in the evening from 7 till 10 o'clock. Competitions will be held during the evening, and prizes will be given. Mr Tom Holland, cab proprietor, whose new address is in Church Street, elsewhere notifies the public that first-class cabs are always available for hire, two of which are fitted with rubber .tyres. The public are also reminded that a carriage and pair, with livery, is always reserved for private engagement. A specialty is made of catering for wedding parties and afternoon drives.

Mr W. F. Shaw, whose business premises are in the new Trust Buildings (next the gas office), is at present making a very fine, display of; seasonable footwear. The new lines include blutcher boots at 7s 6d a pair, shearers' blutchera, without nails, good quality, at 6? per pair, men's black and tan walking boots, and boys' shooter and Balmoral boots at most reasonable prices. There is also a special lot of Japanese dress baskets. All goods are at lowest prices, and * well worth inspection.