LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10463, 30 October 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The main roll of the Pahiatua electorate contains 6051 names. The latest return "firpm the Worksop dredge is 112ozs. lldwts. for 123 hours' working. Mr j. C. Boddington reports that the rainfall' registered at the Upper Plain for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. on Saturday was 41 points. The Carterton corps of the Salvation Army collected a sum of £247 asa result- of its self-denial effort this year. '

I. Mr W. C. Buchianan will ; address Vthe electrons at Mangapakeha on Thursy day next, on Friday, and. Homewood on Saturday. - - 1 ' ? -

Mr G. R. Sykes addressesthe elec- - 'Koniiii to-night, and atMasterton on Wednesday-night. The takings at the weight-guessing competition at the Carterton show last week disclosed an increase of £8 compared with the previous year. , (

There is said to be, a probability of a contest in both Ridings of .the Eketahuna County at the coming elections. The first prize for the dairy cow competition of the Pahiatua . A. and P. Association, entries for which close on November 18, will be £3 3s cash, ■and a champion cup of the value cf £8 Bs. The second ptize is £2 2s, and ' the third £1 Is. '

Mr W. C. Buchanan, M.P., addressed a largely-attended meeting in the Kahautara school-hoiise on Saturday night last. Mr W. E. Bidwill presided. The candidate was. most enthusiastically received," and was accorded a hearty vote of thanks.

.- Mr W. B. Matheson, of Rongomai, |-has received a post card by the, first • recognised aerial postal'-transit in' the [ world. The mail was carried from I Henden to Windsor,and the amount I derived from postages; which was up to 6d ia letter, has, on the authority of the Postmaster-General, been distributed amongst charities. The Wellington Land Board on Thursday approved of proposals for the expenditure of accrued thirds amounting to £2Bl 8a 6d iby the Pahiatua County Council, and £ll 13s lOd by the Eketahuna County Council.

Speaking at the dinner in Carterton last week in connection with the P. and A. Society, Mr W. C. Buchanan, M.P., said it was a hopeful indication of an awakening on the subject of agricultural education to see the recent conference at Masterton, which resplved to urge upon the Government to ' establish ah agricultural school in this district. . He hoped all parts of New Zealand would follow this example, and make it impossible for the Government to ignore the educational- requirements of the industries connected with the land. (Applause.)

Mr A. H. Herbert has just completed a tour of the Alfredton-Pongar-oa districts, speaking at Saunders' Road, Haunui, Waikereru, LeatKwick's Camp and Mangatiti. The two latter meetings were by request, Mr Herbert intending to spend the two days in Pongaroa. The meetings were exceptionally well attended. After each meeting a large number expressed their intention of not only voting for the candidate, but of working for his return.—Express.

ILL FOR YEARS

One long continual headache.— "For several years I suffered from complications of liv«r and stomach troubles," writes Miss N. Brear, "Ngfthuia," Avenca Road, Mosman, N.B.W.

"I was frequently bilious and unable to retain my food; headaches were so common that life was one one long continual headache. I consulted doctors and tried nupaerous medicines, which did me no good. I wa& induced to purchase a box ot Laxo-Tonic Pills, and can only describe the change produced as simply wonderful. After taking they pills i was completely cured." Ontain •bte everywhere. Prioe 10td and 1/6.

A large number of Mastertonians intend! proceeding to the Manawatu show this week.

There are twenty patients receiving treatment at the -Masterton Hospital at the present time. Shell-back 6nails are proving a source of very great annoyance to Masterton gardeners this season.

An eight-year-old eon of Mr A. H. Dufresne, the well-known Palmerston builder and contractor, was drowned in t-h-o Mangaone stream at about one o'clock on Saturday afternoon. Masterton orchardist-s whose peach trees are suffering from peach avis will be interested to know that an application of tobacco and soft-soap is an effective remedy.

A man was arrested at Auckland on a charge of being drunk and disorderly, and when he was searched it was discovered that he had £307 in his possession. What a haul the spielers missed!

The Wanganui Herald says: —A well-known resident of Terrace End has a cow giving 6$ gallons of milk daily. The cow' is a Jersey-Holstein cross, and provides the household with abundance of cream and also from 10 to 12 Lbs of butter per week.<

Writes an Eltham correspondent:— Something lake a run on the banks : happened here on Saturday, when far-, mers, with their wives and families, were in town getting cash for milk -payments. Over,£s7oo was paid'out to suppliers for September milk. , ' :

The first annual development competitions in connection with the New Zealand Physical' Culture AssocktibJi opened in Christchilrch on Friday last. Masterton is represented by Messrs B. A. C.^illiams, - . R.; Messenger and H. Robinson.

Somebody in Masterton sent the editor of the Agricultural Journal an unsigned order form, with a postal note for 2s 6d. The editor, in characteristic Irish style, asks the intending subscriber, through the current issue of the journal, to forward his name and address.

The demand for dairy the Manawiatu district this stated to have far exceeded that, of any, previous season within the recollection of those concerned in the industry.

The erection of a large cheese factory at Manakau by the New Zealand Dairy Union is nearing completion. A supply from about 800 cows has been guaranteed, while the season's output has already been sold at a satisfactory figure. In order , to meet the wishes of a number of country people, Mr Purcell Webb will give an organ recital at Knox Church on Saturday afternoon next at 3 o'clock, when an, attractive programme of organ and vocal music will be rendered. No charge will be made for admission, but a oollection will be taken up in aid of the Chinese —who are starving in the flooded por-tions-of Giina.

I " ' * - ' ' •.. I A well-dressed swagger, .jvho caino up to Timaru recently and applied for charitable aid, found fault with the Timaru hills with being too -stiff to climb. Members of the Hospital Board, at their last meeting, unanimously agreed that they could offer no objection to the man seeking fresh fields in some district with level roads. Mr Herbert at Hartnui: —"Hie Government spends large sums of money in the Wairarapa electorate, because it returned .an Opposition itoember. But though suitable estates have been , offered' in this" andotKer parts- of the , Mastertojn electorate, the Government had not 'pfirfeliased them because ttiW was looked, upon as .a safe seat:" : t

Mr A. H. Herbert stated at Haunui that there was one road in the Eketahuna County which was opposed as useless. The Government irtputting it through. The only person who he had heard of usiig it was tipped out and broke her arm This useless expenditure >vas gp;Bg.ou| in the backblicks-were;" unable to get roads or metal.

Te Wharau is nothing if not original, says a correspondent of the Age. Lady shepherds are the latest innovation in the district, and it is a common occurrence to see ladies out on the hillsides mustering sheep and cattle.' and doing general shepherd's work. The dearth of male labour is not; considered a drawback in Te Wharau.

There was a good attendance of young men and several strangers at' the Y.M.C.A. Strangers' Tea in Masterland last- evening. Mr R. Sutherland presided..;;. Swmerd,_ of the; Baptist Church, gave a spirited address on individual effort for Christ,, arid also sang, a solo. Several strangers spoke, and a vote of thanks was; accorded • the Kitripuni ( Methodist; Church for refreshments provided. .;

The Farmers' Union Advocate, referring to the proposal to establish an agricultural high school in the Wairarapa, says:—"There is plenty , of help to be got in the Wairarapa, if the scheme is only .started properly. We, therefore, look forward in expectation of seeing such a school, within reasonable time, established in conjunction with a sufficient area of land to enable the students to carry out experimental and research work."

A young man driving -a butcher's van liacl a narrow escape near Georgetown (Oamaru) on Saturday morning,i says, a Press wire.. Wlien .aiearing, aj railway crossing lie was.unable to hold; his horse, which bounded across the: rails in front of the train. The caught the back of the <cart, badly smashing it, and breaking the horse's leg. The driver miraculously escaped! with a few bruises.

IF YOU HAVE

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Farm labourers are exceptionally scarce in Taranaki just now, and some of the farmers are very short handed. A sum of £24,000 appears on the Supplimontary Estimates as Corona, tion subsidies to local bodies.

The Tararua ranges are again almost free from snow. The hope is . i'hat no more frosts will be experienced in Masterton during the present season.

The self-denial collection at Gisborne this year in connection' with,the Salvation Army has reached £I2OO. This constitutes a world's reoord as far as a single corps of the Army is concerned.

The New Zealand Dairy Union is paying lid per lb for butter fat for the month of October. This is the highest the Union has paid for that month, for a number of years.

The increased consumption of water is very noticeable in Gisborne, having been increasing of late years very considerably, and at present is 64 gallona per 'head per day of the population, which is about double the quantity like. Glasgow and Edinburgh.

It was stated, at a meeting of the Hawjte'e Bay Education Board that a few yS'ars ago bush land could be felled, grassed, 'and fenced for £2 an acre. owing to the increased oosfc of labour, it now costs from £3 10s to £4 to make as good a job of it.

At the present time .140 00-operative experiments aro being conducted by South Island farmers, in oonjunction with the Agricultural Department. Mr'Thos > Luxton, of Waitara, has sold yearling'Jersey wholly by Campanile's Sultan— Grannie's Girl, to the; Government for lQOgns,

; Owing to the withdrawal of the coastal steamers, there is a me'at famine at Westport, which depends for its supplies on "Wanganui.

The grading of the first two shipments of cheese from the Mangatainoka factory was exceptionally good. The note for the first shipment of 144 cases read 89, and for the second for 110 cases 91. This is really good for so early in the season. ' The Ashburton Guardian states that the local No-License Council is much disappointed in regard to the extreme leniency meted out to some offenders for drunkenness at the Ashburton Magistrate's Court of late, but has authority for gating that representations are being made to the authorities on the matter. '

As demonstrating that pig-breed-ing, if. carried out "on proper lines, pays handsomely, it may be mentioned that Mr James McElhinney, of Netherby. made a turnover from on© Berkhfre sow for a'period of twelve months, of £2l, exclusive of 30s "He allowed for the purchase of fodder.. Of course, it should be added that Mr MoElhinney fed his pigs'mainly on the by-products of the farm.

An epidemic of measles is in evidence. in some Taranaii 'districts. An farmer, with a family of fifteen (a good number in these days of small families), had the whole lot, with his Wife, dowai at onoe. The neighbours round about shared a hand with milking, while the erstwhile helps were laid up for repairs.

There lias been a Very material increase in the ,number of suppliers, to oreameries south of Palmerston this year, due no doubt to the high prices that are being paid Jor cheefee &od butter fat, as a result of which larger areas of land, hay# been utilised for dairying purposes.

■Rial the fruit crop this year promises to be exceptionally heavy maybe gathered from the fact, says the Hastings paper, that Mr John Holdsworth, "Swathmoor," /Havelock North, in thinning out, pulled 1447 apricots off one tree, leaving about the same number for ripening. The tree which was thinned : was a fair sample of the remaining twenty-three The orchard is now just eight years old, and should yield Mr Hold's worth a large quantity of fruit.

As evidencing the remarkable manner in which the introduction of the Romney strain has strengthened the constitution of sheep in the Hawke's Bay district, a settler who has had upwards of 20 years' close experience with freezing works, states that before the advent of the hardy denizens of the marshes it was quite the average thing to have three sheep in every ten condemned on account of pulmonary complaints. At the present time, he stated, it was very rarely a carcase had to be condemned, for this reason, and the improvement in constitution was almost entirely due to the introduction of theßomney strain.

A questioner at the Rev. Mr .Hammond's no-license meeting at Hawera' on Thursday wished to know if the lecturer was aware that since the carrying of no-license in Masterton the hotels in the neighbouring town of Carterton had done three times as much' business. In reply Mr Hammond expressed his conviction that such a statement could not be proved, and, even were it true, it did not follow that increased business came in from the no-license area. In any case, the way to decrease drinking vas not to re-open the bars in l the no-license districts, but to extend the area of nolicense.

Messrs A. J. Johnston and Co. report as follows on their weekly market sale at the post office auction mart Weanefc;pigs'9s f&Mo 10S}\hehs,; ;l.v 6d, to Is 7d;. roosters, Is. each.

.Two goodiheepii farifas are advertised by Mr W. H. Cruickshank, land agent, Master tan. They are highly improved, wcl'-watered and subdivided, nenr to school and post office. Further particulars may be found on page 8. Particulars of a splendid dairy farm Ifase for sale are advertised on pag<; 8 of this morning's issue by Messrs C. C Boss and Co., la;id and estate agents, Masterton. For the convenience of members during the shearing season, the Shearers' Union has made arrangements to have its office open at the Druid's Hall, Church Street, Masterton.

Messrs A. J. Johnson and Co. will hold an important clearing sale at the Sonoma private hotel, Masterton, on Wednesday and Thursday, November Ist and 2nd, on account of Mr Roodekirk, whose lease has expired. Full particulars will be given in Wednesday'?; issue of the Age.

No need to worry ovsr those Cus-. Toms entries until yonr brains are fogged.' Pass them along to Messrs J. J. Curtis and Co., — they are ex- J perts at the game. There's no timeJfl to be lost (and time is money to you)M when vonr entries are passed biH Messrs J. J. CURTIS AND COS Customhouse and Shipping Agenjflfl Customhouse Quay, Their chargpa too are very ale.