LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10442, 6 October 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The result of the weight-guessing competition at the Solway picnic will not be known until to-day. Mr A. H. Herbert speaks at Rangitumau to-night, and Mr G. B„ Sykes at Mangamahoe. The trees planted some months ago on the Solway showgrounds are doing remarkably well. The willows are now bursting into leaf. Some of the horses which competed in the jumping competition, at the Solway picnic on Thursday had taken prizes in leaping events at the principal shows in the Dominion. The Masterton team (Mrs itJuy Williams, Miss Robieson, Miss Dorothy Booth and Miss G. Booth) won the Inter-Club teams match at 'the' Ladies' Golf Championship meeting at< Heretaunga. OuunberlainuS' Cough Remedy is it it a common every day cough mixture. It is a. meritorious remedy for aH dangerous 1 and com-p'-cations resulting from colds in the It :;:!. cVe".'- vt lungs. Sold by all e!:oj!:icts and storekeepers..

The latest returns from the Masterton dredge are 36ozs for 125 hours' working. \

Mr J. C. • Boddington reports that, the frost registered at the JJpper Plain on Thursday morning was five degrees.

Our Tinui correspondent telephoned that a sharp shock of earthquake occurred there at 7.10 o'clock last evening. The shook was also felt in Masterton.

According to a Nelson telegram the whole of (the Anchor Company's fleet will be laid up to-day pending a settlement of the coastal oilicers' dispute.

Counter screens are to be provided at the Masterton Post Office. This is an improvement which will be very much appreciated. The Masterton Borough Council staff very thoroughly watered the road .to Sol way showgrounds: on Thursday afternoon, and the result was an, exceedingly pleasant drive.

A young man was fined £7 at New Plymouth yesterday for procuring drink for a prohibited person. The c ase was a had one.

A ploughman on the Glenavy station, near Waikaliw, named James Shaw, fell off a wagon, loaded with coal on Wednesday, and died from the injuries he sustained.

The whole countryside in the Masterton and Wairarapa <listricts is now in the pink of condition. The warm, summer weather of the past few days, following on heavy raina, has produced an abundance of grass.

The Chairman of the Mana.watu County Council stated at a meeting of the Council the other day that annual meetings of, Councils were a farce. The original idea was that ratepayers should take part in the proceedings, but they never did. A scheme of medical inspection of school children has been prepared by the Department of Public Health. It is intended that dentil examination shall be embodied as a ■prominent feature of any system of inspection which may/be put into operation.

A report is in. circulation in. Auckland that Mr Massey intends contesting the Parnell seat with. Sir John Find'lay. The report as yet lacks confirmation. When questioned yesterday, Mr Massey declined to make a statement.

Messrs W. I. Husband and \V. Sedcole have purchased a farm property near Kiritaki, Panneyirke. Mr Sedcola.and family w.iill leave Pahiatua next week to reside on the property.

Mr P. Tulloch reports the sale of Mr Walter C. Broug!h*on's property of 1052 acres, at Maktiri, to Mr. Hugh McKay, of Martiniborough, at a satisfactory figure.

It is reported that a Pahiatua resident is considering the question of contesting the Pahiatua seat at the general elections in tibe interests \ of Labour.

Even the feathered,race would appear to have a partiality for the note issue. A Masterton resident lost a pound note in his yard some months back. Yesterday he was surprised, on pulling to pieces a bird's nest, to find the note intact.

A striking coincidence. The boy who was awarded firwt prize in the baby show at the Solway : picnic in Masterton was named "Solway," it haying been born in the neighbourhood of the fd'owgrouud. "j The subsidy paid h 1) the, Hatrick Company for the W'anganui River service was priticised in the House of Representatives last" night by Mr Hogan and others.

In addition to several bands outside the district which are to compete at the Band Contest to be Meld in Ghristchurch next January 1 , the Kurri Kurri district-band, New South Wales, have notified their intention of competing. ... Describing the-finish of the fourth round match between Mrs Guy Williams, of Masterton, and Mrs Orbell, of Otago, at the championship golf meeting ait Heretaunga yesterday, the Evening Post sa;ps:—The Southern player only required a half at the lavfc hole to win the match; but she did.better still—she won the hole'and the match by two up on the last green. It was a mosi; miceresting and exciting finish, and the following crowd broke out in hearty applause. The golf was not, on the whole, firstclass, there being some rather poor holies in the round, motaibly the seventh, where Mrs Orbell twice bunkered. Mrs Williams played the prettier golf of the round, but Mrs Orbell proved herself a stout-hearted player, and she never beaten till_ the end of the game, however bad her position may be. ■''•';

Mr Robert McLaren, a Wairarapa resident who is now j;n the Argentine in charge of-a very large ranch, seems still very well satisfied with that country, says the N«iws.. Writing to Mr H. H. Walters, of Carterton, he says:—"l have just sold 700 head of fat cattle, and feed is only just coming on, as two days ago we had 1$ inches of rain. This is the first since May 6th, but I have plenty of feed; have not touched the hay yet, and hope I will not have to now. I shall get.another lot of bullocks away in September (500);. T have another 1000 after that by the end of the year. ' Our profits last year amounted to roughly £20,000, and this after buy-, ing 3000 acres. Noi had management, that. We sold 5000 fatbullocks jand 1000 head, of female stock (cows and heifers). Land has gone up in price in leaps and hounds; people are leas-! ing their places and going Home to live. I have planted over 1500 trees this season, as there in no natural bush (vn these lands. Have 10 ploughs going sowing alfalfa; have over 100 acres to sow this spring, and now this rain lias helped us out."

William Byron was fined £SO at Gore yesterday for keeping liquor for sale in a No-License district.

A distinct shock of earthquake wis felt m Masterton. at 12.45 o'clock yeoterday.

The Palmerston North elocutionary competitions opened fast night under Sjfavourablo auspices.

Word was received in Masterton last night that Mr John Rose had tihe misfortune to break his leg through a fall from a ladder, whilsit engaged in some work at the Castlepoint station. The injured man was attended to by Dr. Mcßae, and is progressing as satisfactorily as can be expected.

The Endeavour Lodge, 1.0. G.T., met in the Foresters' Hall, Masterton, last evening, and after the usual business was disposed of, the sisters entertained the lodge with a miscellaneous programme of songs, readings, etc., refreshments/ also being provided. The Masterton Homing Pigeon Club flew the first race of the season from Ohakune, an air-line distance of over 100 miles, yesterday afternoon. Favoured with a beautifully fine day, the birds covered the course in good time. The result was as follows : E. Wiekens' bird 1, F. Rosson's 2, R.; Person's:3,. J. Dixon's 4. Ninetythree birds competed. Mr F. P. Welch requires a carpenter, shearing experts, plouglimen, etc. A smart boy ds required by . Messrs MoLeod and Young.

The W.F.C.A. require smart junior salesman for dress department. Apprentices for dressmaking are required by Miss Gillespie, Watson and Co.'s Economic Stores.

A reward is offered for the recovery of a fur necklet, lost at the corner of Cornwall and Chapel Streets.

The annual general meeting of the members of the MaSsterton Lawn Tennis Club will be held in- the Masterton -Technical School this (Friday) afternoon, at quarter to five. .'.- Written tenders will be received at the office of the , District Engineer, District Public Works Office, Wellington, until noon on Thursday, October 19th,- for new.counter screens at the Masterton Post Office.

What about this for value? A heavily brass-mounted double bedstead with 2in pißar f at Hyde's: sale for 52s 6d. See the good &—there's no deception. . This is only one of hun-. dreds of "plum" lines to be picked up whilst the.sale lasts;*. , ' ;

A favourite author will take v your mind a Way from the cares of this life to the pleasant paths of romance and make you feel refreshed. Messrs MoLeod and Young, have a good collection of tlhe best authors, ah announcement concerning which appears! iri'this issue.' '''

f ••Three paying businesses f,or sale" is the title of a change advertisement inserted oh page eight of tihis morning's issue by Messrs CO. Boss and land agents, Masterton. Tlie. agents invite those looking out for solid investments to read the advertisement, and they will'be pleased to forward further particulars on application, i . ...... , . .- : ■ .. ■■.•_":

In our daily life the protection ofi our, eyes is an important thing. The! use of (properly fitted glasses is the great means of /correcting defective, vision. The science of optics has made tremendous strides in recent years. Mr H. M. Bennett, F.S.M.C.. London, M.P.S., has just returned from London, where he has received training and passed examinations under , the; best ,of England's optical professors".; You will do well to consult, him . if ■ you have anything wrong with, your eyes, and he can prescribe the proper glasses should you need themi He may be consulted at Direst. George's, chemist, f/om.Jtfondaynext.* >