LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10451, 17 October 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Public Works Statement, which contains 11,000 words, was not delivered in the-.: House of "Representatives until nearly midnight last night:- It is impossible, therefore,, for us to give more than & brief summary in this issue. Comment upon the Statement must also be reserved.

The motor service, to Hanmer is run at a loss of £3OO a year, according to the Hon. T. Mackenzie, after £9OOO had been .spent on the road on which ifc is run.

The Englisli company that has taken over tho Taranaki Petroleum Co.'s property at New Plymouth Avill erect a refinery.

Since it was announced that the Hon. T. Mackenzie would contesb ' a Taranaki seat at the coming elections, the supply of hiilk in "Butterdom" is said to have enormously increased. The drought has also broken! Woodvilte hopes to have railway workshops established there. At the annual meeting of the Woodville Chamber of Commerce the new president (Mr H. P. Home) said that he thought that they might move in that direction. In Napier some time ago the. shops had been flooded out, and it might be possible, seeing how much land the Department had at. Woodville, tho centrality of the position, and the buildings that were on tho ground, that repairing shops might bo established there.

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Mr G. R. Sykes addressed a meeting at Miki Miki last night. This completes Jlis first round of the electorate. There are evidently some very conscientious people in Master ton. Ten local residents have absolutely refused to be enrolled 01 the electoral roll, though possessing all the qualifications.

Two men are at present employ3d by the Registrar of Electors in Masterton, calling upon those residents who, in. spite of being furnished with electoral papers and envelopes, have failed to register. "Self-denial" week is being observed by the Masterton corps of the Salvation Army this week. It is hoped that the special canvass that is being made will result in a satisfactory sum of money being raised. At Piatea a man has been fined £1 and ordered to pay three guineas oosts, for disturbing a meeting, which was a No-License one being conducted by the Rev. T. Fee. The man took to the meeting a bottle containing some horrible smelling stuff. 1 Mr J. C. Boddington reports that the rainfall registered at the Upper Plain: for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. on Sunday was 29 points, and on . Monday 6 points.

The mam roll of the Masterton electorate, which is now about closing, will, it is expected, contain a few hundred more names than wore on the roll at the last election. The number of names transferred from PahiatuJ to Masterton is 450. A Timaru telegram states that in a collision between a taxi-cab and a gig on Saturday night on a hill a nile north of the town, a horse-trainer named Edward BLackniore was seriously injured about the head and body. The gig was without, lights, and the collision took place sharp corner. It is possible (says the Clutha Free Press) the Hon. T. Mackenzie may be nominated for the Clutha seat as wpll as the Egn.pnt seat. There is nothing to prevent such a course, and it would be gratifying to the hoi. gentleman's numerous supporters in this electorate.

The whale that was cast up on the Makikihi beach some weeks ago, has been cut up and rendered, the carcase having been purchased by two Sheffield chaffcutters, who employed an expert from Invercargill to extract the valuable products. The whale yielded large quantities of oil, sperm, and whalebone, the : whole being estimated to be worth about £4OO. ' The building trade in Dunedin is considered to be more brisk at present than it has been for many years. The demand for.' tradesmen has seldom been greater, and the supply is not equal to requirements. In some instances 12s & day is being paid in order to secure men. There are about 530 carpenters in full employment at present.

The Hawera Star of Saturday says: —The quality of Soufo-Taranaki honey is acknowledged to be excellent. It has been the cause, we are informed, of the biggest beekeeper in the Wairarapa, one of the biggest shippers in the Dominion, coming up to see the district round Hawera, «nd, after inspection, arranging to bring up 600 hives. He will form four out-apiaries within a few miles of Hawera in the course of a few weeks.

Speaking at the meeting of the Masterton A. and P. Association on Saturday last, Mr D. Caselberg stated that the largly-increased membership 'of the Association was due in a measure to. the enthusiasm displayed by ~;bhe President. When he got a thousand members, Mr Morrison was not satisfied until the number reached eleven hundred. He would then, ask that it be increased to twelv<&*' "In fact," said Mr" Caselberg, "he won't be happy till he gets two thousand I" (Laughter.)

Mr H. H.-Donald has written the Hall Committee of the Masterton Trust Lands Trust, suggesting that at 8.30" o'clock in the morning of the opening of'tha booking office, numbers corresponding approximately with .the number waiting to book seats and the country orders be placed in a hat, and, the seats drawn for. By this method Mr Donald contends that ifc would be unnecessary for any person to be present at the booking office until 8.30 in the morning, and country patrons would have equal opportunities with local residents. At a meeting of the Ashburton NoLicense Council the following resolution was unanimously carried: —"That this Council expresses its profound alarm at the increasing number of first' offenders hailed before the Dominion Courts of late for drunkenness, as disclosed by the recent newspaper reports, and urges all fathers and mothers and citizens interested in the ordinary we'.fare of the rising generation to vote both local no-license and national prohibition at the coming polls."

A New Zealander travelling in America and on the Continent of Europe, found the hotel tariff very expensive. At a New York hotel a poached egg and a cup of tea (served in great magnificence) sent up to his room cost a dollar and a half (only 6s), and a glass of sparkling wine on another occasion amounted to 7s 6d. But Germany actually "took the cake." Dining-at a high-class hotel in Berlin a lettuce was produced by special request, and added 4s to the bill, and it v>&s the sort of lettuce you would grudge Id for-in New Zealand, he added. !

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It is reported that £IOOO was refused for ten feet of frontage to Broadway, Stratford, quite recently. The number of old-age pensioners in Australia is 82,953, and the total expenditure is £2,054,364. More than £II,OOO worth of American patent medicines were exported to New Zealand in the last fiscal year.

The Martinborough Tennis Club opens its courts for the season on Thursday next. It cost the Featherston County Council £57 17s 9d to take the recent unsuccessful poll on the question of rating on unimproved values. This season quite a quantity of* maize lias been exported from Poverty Bay to Auckland for the northern market. An effort is to be made to induce the Railway Department to run special trains from the Wairarapa for the Wellington Competitions next week. It is computed that fully fifty per cent of the population of Masterton has been laid low with influenza during the past few months. The other fifty are beginning to sneeze. ■ The land which Mr G. I. | of Orari, has offered to the Govem- ' ment for settlements consists of 3823 I acres of freehold agricultural land. I 32,000 acres of leasehold land, being part of Clayton run. | The amateurs of Greytown, who ! gave a highly successful performance of "Con, the Shaughraun," last week, are anxious to give a performance in Masterton in aid of some local object.

The scene is changing. A European ] who was walking from Carterton to j Masterton on Sunday was passed by I no fewer than three motor-cars containing Natives. The poor, neglected, uncivilized Natives! If the mass of bloom to be seen in tho orchards and gardens is any eritejion, there should be an abundant harvest of fruit in Masterton this; year. lit the monthly meeitjing of the.. Lansdowne School Committee lalt evening, Messrs A. J. Cooper and E. Welch were appointed visiting mem-, bers for the ensuing month.

Members of the Committee of the Masterton A. and P. Association made a "shilling-in" subscription on Saturday in aid of the widow of a late prominent' member of the New Zealand Kennel Club. . ■ ! A meeting : of thds©*'interested ill •the' formation of a'Thursday Cricket Club in connection with the Y.M.C.A; is to be held in the Association rooms in AJasterton on Wediie&day 1 evening,. The progress made with the erection of the new Waihenga bridge has been very satisfactory, and the struo ture is now almost complete. It is expected that the bridge will be ready for traffic in the middle of December. Thirty-nine cases of potatoes arrived at Auckland from Nukualofa by the Tofua last week. This is the first time tubers grown in Tonga have, been imported to Auckland, and they are said to be excellent-looking specimens. Wairarapa athletes who take part in the Mangatainoka sports will be interested to learn that the Domain has been ploughed, levelled, and rograssed, and the racing track should bo in particularly good order for the forthcoming meeting. The headmaster of the Lansdowne School reported at the meeting of the Committee last evening that the average attendance for the month was 170, and the number on the roll 180. If this average is maintained, the school will be entitled to another teacher.' A correspondent writes suggesting that Ma >terton anglers, who are whijping the rivers and streams xjf the district, "keep a look-out fpr'thejbody of the missing man James Kingdon. The idea is a good one, and will doubtless be followed.

A correspondent urges that responsible authorities should take steps to remove the dead gorse from underneath the Waingawa bridge. He states that the bridge has just been re-deck-ed and that if & conflagration were to occur in the rubbish the bridge would stand a very good chance of being totally destroyed. • The task of "posting" the recruits in the Wairarapa Territorial Force has been completed, and the formation of the various sections now awaits the confirmation of headquarters. It is-' probable that drilling will shortly be commenced.

A Press Association telegram received last night stated that a man named Richard Sparks,- aged 57 years, employed by Messrs Brown, Lee and Company, took suddenly ill onfSatiirday afternoon and expired on the way to the Havelock Hospital.. Death was due to heart failure.

the meeting of the Featherston County Council last week, a letter was leceived from Mr W. C. Buchanan, M.P., stating that he had placed liefore the Minister of Internal Affairs the suggestion to make the Featherston County a separate district as regards electing representatives to the Wairarapa Hospital and Charitable Aid Board.

Referring to the proposal to procure new showgrounds ' for the Hawke's bay A. and P. Assooiation, the Hawke's Bay Herald says .'—The members of the society who recently visited the new Masterton showgrouhd were all convinced of the .desirability of the change, so superior were the arrangements on that ground. i The entries for the Wairarapa Society's show at Carterton on the 25th and 26th October, have been forwarded in large numbers, in some classes far exceeding those of former years, so that the Society is assured of a show that is quite in keeping with, the high standard to which it has attained.

One of the main features of the Wairarapa Society's show will be the splendid exhibit of dairy cattle. This for exceeds anything hitherto shown, although these classes have always been well represented. New exhibitors are showing in the purebred classes, and the section should attract many visitors.

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Full particulars from MR. R. ROOK, Local Agent. Mastertoa.

Very heavy rain, foil in thfi Forty* Mile Bush on Suuday night. S The Otira tunnel is now oomplet-ed I for a distance of one mile and thirI teen chains. I The steamer Rotorua is taking j heavy shipments of butter for the ■ London markets. The total collections in Wellington I on Saturday and Sunday in aid of the hospitals was £551.

The Native Lands Claims Bill was read a first time in the House of Representatives last night. The monthly meeting of the Council of the Mf&terton Chamber _ of Commerce is to be hold on Friday next. A line of 1000 packs of wheat wassold in Tima<ru the ether day at 3s 9cl per bushel f.0.b., and another line was., sold at 33 lOd. During the past month, seventeen; patients have bpen admitted to the Raliiatua Hospital and nine discharged. Sheep-worrying by dogs is still proving troublesome in the Masterton district. A ,Te Ore Ore farmer lost a; number or ewes and -lambs yesterday morning; - - House of Representatives last night, the Speaker announced that for the remainder of the session •he .had decided to allow Bills to be put through all their stages at one sitting.

The 1 Chairman and Councillor Donald, of the Featherston County Council, have been appointed delegates to the conference in Masterton on Saturday n*xt to discuss the question of ah agricultural school for the Wairarapa. Four line head of Jersey cattle, belonging to Mr E. Eagle, junr., of Belvedere, Carterton, were Shipped yesterday morning for the Hawke's Bay Show. Sheep and cattle, from Mr W. Howard Booth; Carterton, were also shipped for the same destination. A syndicate of settlers who arranged with the Post and Telegraph Department to erect a telephone from Eketahuna to Putara, applied to tha Eketahuna County Council on Saturday for permission to erect poles where neoessary on the roads. Permission was granted on the usual conditions.

Speaking on the farming industry at a social' gathering last week^;. Mr . A. MoParlahe said that the exports from New. Zealand last year were vafc ued; ajftabout. amount, observed the about £18,000,000 .wa^indirect/ > obtained!■ from forming industries. ' • X

The Wanganui museum, it "is claimed, possesses the most perfect' skeleton of a moa in the world. As far as can be ascertained, not even the minutest bone is missing. The museum has alsb other skeletons of the giant bird, but they are not so complete. Owing to the severity of the winter' wnd the consequent low condition of stock, shearing will be late in starting this season. It is also safe to asr sume that the quality of the wool will be 'below the average, as a sequel to the shortage of feed.during the, winter and early spring months.—Ashburton. . Mail. • .... His Honor the Chief Justice has given judgment for the defendants in the case in which Bodmin Bros., of Hamua, sought an injunction against C. W. Langstone and W.. Lavery in the manufacture of a sheep drench known as "Vermicide." The defendant' Langstone had sold the plaintiffs- tha •• patent rights of a drench known ' as "Parasitoses"' "

The Waingawa freezing works open for the season to-day, when a line , of fat sheep from the Lower. Valley will be put through. .Drafts are also coming forferd from the Forty-Mile Bush, and it is expected that two ,days' killing a week will be undertaken in the meantime. There will be ten butchers on the boards to-day. Loaves and fL.hes! In reply to a communication from the "Pahiatuja Chamber of Commerce, in respect to grants for back-blocks roads, Mr Boss, M.P., states that he has done his besti towards getting a large vote for the electorate this year, and he is inclined to think that it will be something about £26,000, but what particular roads are provided for he cannot yet definitely say.

Mr W. C. Buchanan, M.P., addressed a meeting of over thirty electors, including a number of ladies, at Te Whiti last night. The chair occupied by. Mr R. Gray. The candidate, who was cordially received, dealt very fully with the political questions of "the day, and made special reference to the land question. On the motion of Mr James McKenzie, he was accorded a hearty vote of thanks.

At the inquest on the bodies of Mr and Mrs "Walter Reid, formerly of Eketahuna, who caine by their death in >a tragis manner at Tolaga Bay last week, the jury found that the former had committed suicide" by cutting his throat with a razor. A rider was added that the cause of the act was family troubles. In. respect to Mi's Reid, the jury returned the folowinlg verdict:—"From the evidence of the letters found, the jury are of the opinion that the party lived unhappily, and,were continually, quarrelling, and that deceased met-, he i: . death' ; by wounds iii her neck, .but there is no direct evidence to show by whom they were inflicted."- A bottle of lysol was found on the dressing-table; arid there was evidence that the man had attempted to commit suicide by poisoning.

The monthly meeting of tho Lansdowne School Committee was held last evening. There were present: Messrs E. Hale (chairman), D. A. Pickering, E. Welch, F. P. Welch, A. J. Cooper, J. E. Perry, and A. Jackson. It was decided that the Committee should meet on Saturday next to erect the flag pole at the school. A deputation was appointed with members of the Hospital Board to wait on the Masterton County Council requesting that improvements be effected to the. footpath in front of the school, extending to Blair Street. It was resolved to ,' close the school on People's Day of the Carterton show. A sum of £2 was authorised to bo expended on matting for the school cricket pitch. Accounts amounting to 35s were passed for payment.

No need to worry over those Customs entries until your brains are fogged. Pass them along to Messrs J. J. Curtis and Co., — they are experts at the game. • There'b no time to be lost (ana time is money to you) when your entries are passed by Messrß J. J. CURTIS AND CO., Customhouse and Shipping Agents, Customhouse Quay, Wellington. Their charges too axe very moderate.

Shearers are-notified that shearing will commence in Te P&rae woolshed on Wednesday, October 25th. A stockwhip, loct on Saturday between "Ditton" and Masterton is advertised for. A small brown purse, found near the Post Office, await® an owner at the Age Office. A reward is offered for the recovery of a lot of engineer's tools, rolled up in sacking, lost' off a motor bicycle. A small brass cap off motor car, lost between Taueru and Greytown, is advertised for. A new soven-roomed house, in a good situation, near to Masterton Post Office, is advertised for sale at a low figure. The house has all modern conveniences, and, as the owner is leaving the district, must be sold.

The annual general meeting of the Masterton Competitions Society will be held in the. Dominion Hall on Tuesday, October 31st, at 8 p.m. Nominations for members of the Executive close to-day (Tuesday) at 8 p.m. Mr D. G. Brown, cycle and motor engineer, elsewhere notifies cyclists that he is selling bicycle accessories at Wellington and Dunedin prices for cadb. ' Mr Brown is a direct importer of £hese goods, and'prompt attention will be paid to orders sent by . post; . Mr W. Henning, agent for the silent Knight-Daimler motor cars, is stopping at the Club Hotel, Masterton, and is prepared to give trial runß of this make of car by arrangement. A general election of Councillors for the County of Masterton will take place on Wednesday, the Bth day of November. Nominations close at noon -on the Ist November with Mr F. 6. Moore, Returning Officer, at the County Office, Masterton.

The point of interest to you in the tennis shirts at the Wairarapa Farmers' is the saving in-price effected by making the .shirts themselves, >thus avoiding the 25 per cent duty collected by tlie customs on the made up article. If you are an athlete it will interest you to iee the trunk shirts, which means comfort to you >in your sport.

Messrs f.- Smith, Ltd., report the constant wrrival of new goods at their store, which is making the place such an attractive shopping centre. This week there is to be a special display of smart millinery for show week. A special consignment of ladies costumes is being opened up in all the leading materials. The requirements of the ladies in every department of wearing apparel is .catered for. ; .i Mr Doherty, the "tailor .from Lojnf don, patentee; .„;of • the,,: worldHEamed seamless 'Jdiee^grip/bTeechesj:has»-re-place advertisement on the leader page of this morning's issue. Mr Doherty's place of business is at 203 Lambton Quay, Wellington, and clients Jiving at a distance will find his extremely painstaking methods of great advantage. Notice is given by Mr F. Moore,. Returning Officer, of the election or four duly qualified persons to repre- ' sent the combined and Castlepoint Counties on the Wairarii pa Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. Nominations to fill the vacancies close on Wednesday, November Ist, at the County Office, Masterton. Forms of nomination may be obtained at the County Offices, Masterton and Tinui.