LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10465, 1 November 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A considerable area is being put down in peas in the Masterton district this season.

The Clerk of Works of the Wellington Education Board has been instructed to report upon the question of repairing a bridge, to enable certain children to attend the Kaituna school. Messrs Hogg, Buchanan and Vile have been appointed a committee of the Wellington Education Board to report upon a proposal to remove the Matahiwi school to a new site.

The Chairman of the Wellington Education Board stated yesterday that Government and Board Inspectors were falling over each other just now in the examination of ■ secondary classes.

A fire broke out in the rear portion of Messrs G. H. Perry and Co.'s premises in Perry Street, Masterton, at about 9.30 o'clock last night. The flames were quickly extinguished by Mr A. Jackson by the use of a Minimax fire extinguisher. The'fire bell was rung, and the brigade was promptly 011 the scene, but their services were i'ot required. Nobody had been on the the premises since 5 o'clock, and the "risrin of the outbreak is a complete lnvstew. No damage was done.

A sitting of the Ikaroa Maori Land Board is to bo held in Masterton tomorrow.

The vital statistics for Masterton for the month of October are as follow: — Births 23, deaths 6, marriages 4. Mr G. R. Sykes will' address the electors in the Masterton Town Hall to-night. The chair will be taken by His Worship the Mayor. A meeting of Mr Hogg's committee is convened for to-night, in the Dominion Hall. All friends and supporters are invited to attend.

The thermometer registered 74.6 degrees in the shade in Masterton yesterday. This is the highest recorded so far this spring.

A meeting of the General Committee of tfyeJVfasterfcpn A. and P. Association is to be held on Saturday, November 11th, at 2 p.m.

A£, a meeting of the directors of the Greytown Dairy Company yesterday, a motion to sell two-thirds of the season's output of cheese for 6 7-16 d per lb was lost.

The Romney Marsh ram recently imported by Mr A. J. Stone-Wigg, of Miasterton, was liberated from quarantine yesterday and brought up by the evening train. - ! :

Mr Gyril W- Tanner; Who is a Government candidate for the Waif'arapa seat at the coming election, claims to have introduced danthonia to the district some yeiars ago.

The fleece from a four-tooth Romney ewe shorn this week by Messrs Feast Bros., Carterton, turned the scales at 191bs. The fleece from a two-tooth Romney hogget shorn at the same place weighed 161bs.

A meeting was held in St. Matthew's schoolroom last evening of thosei interested in the organising of a benefit concert in aid of the' iPasterton Hospital funds. A strong committee was formed to forward the project.

The candidates 'nominated for the Mauriceville County. Councill are as fallow :—West Riding: 0. Isackson, C. OhurchiLl Jacksoft,'li. P. Larsen, E. Petersen, arid C. Seymor, East Riding: H. J. Dagg, J. F. Heckler, R. Judd, F. W. H. Kummer, and J. E. Perry. A well-attended meeting of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Masterton Y.M.O.A. was held,in the rooms on Monday evening to make arrangements for the garden party to be held in Mr W. H. Beetham's grounds on Thursday, December 14th. Mr Chas. Masoelle, the Maurice"ville cricketer .who-bowled so. well for the Carltori'senior team seiasohs ago; and" who has been in Melbourne for the six months, has returned' to New Zealaiicl:' ' v 'Mf' Mascfelle' intends.,residing in Masterton; and . will play for the Carlton Club during the coming season.

Another special meeting of the shareholders of ,the Wanganui Meat Freezing Company was held yesterday afternoon. Tlie directors offered to resign, in order that the shareholders might- have the opportunity of electing ia new directorate. A motion to'this effect was carried.

Inspector Bakewell recently paid an examination visit to St. Bride's Convent. A report upon the institution was furnished at the meeting of the Wellington yesterday, and was of a highly satisfactory character. It was decided to inform the Department that the Board is favourable to the proposal that St. Bride's Convent be periodically iirpected by the Board's Inspectors.

The new flag-pole for the Lansdowne school was placed in ; position yesterday, by a working "bee" of the School Committee. The pole is 40 feet high, the top-mast and wiard-arm being of oregon pine, and the base of lOin byiJOin totara. The Committee desire to express their thanks to Messrs Jimmison, Ewan, andO'Regan, of the Telegraph the v,alu/able assistance given in the erection of the pole.

A somewhat exciting incident occurred in Masterton at one o'clock yesterday. A horse attached to a vehicle belonging to Messrs Robinson and Sons, nurserymen, took fright r and careered to Kuripuni,'via Queen Street, narrowly missing several lampposts. Fortunately, no damage resulted;

.The following grants were made by th 3 Wellington Education Board yesterday for schools in the Wairateip-i district:—Bahiatua, concreting floors, £6 10s; Parkvale, alterations to residence, £2O, and new offices, £SB; Newman, new offices for boys, £29; Hukanui, filling well and drainage £5; Dalefield, wire-netting screens, £8; Ngaturi, shed, £lO.

The tender of Mr A. R. Power, of Eketahuna, has been accepted by the Wellington Edudation Board for the erection of a teacher's residence at; Kaiparoro, and Mr W, Whittaker's tender for additions and alterations, to the residerce at PongarOa. Mr 0. Clayton's tender lias been accepted for repairs, painting, etc., at the Mauriceville Wesx residence, and £hat *of Mr A. R. Wallis, Carterton, for the erection of a school at Tablelands. The efforts of the Masterton Fire Service to assist one of the members promise to meet with deserved public support. A strong committee is working hard to make the /football match and concert on Thursday, 9th inst., a huge success. The cabmen and carriers and the fire service members will try conclusions. on the football field, and it is rumoured that some weird costumes will be seen for the first time. In the evening there will be a torchlight procession, ending at the Town Hall, where a grand concert will be held at eight p.m. The Fire Brigade, Municipal and South Bands, Fire Police, cabmen and carriei*, have all joined in promoting this affair for a worthy object, and the local talent'will arrange the concert.

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Shearing has commenced \a.t several stations in the Alfredton district.

The spring show of the Manawatu A. and P. Association opens tp-day.

The Masterton Lawn Tennis Club will open the season on Saturday next. The whole of the candidates in tie Carterton ambulance examinations have passed.

The annual meeting of the Wairarapa Amateur Swimming Club is to be held on Monday evening next. Nominations of candidates for the various County Councils in the district close to-day.

| An installation of gas is to be made ,i at the Greytown school by the Greyton borough gas manager. ! It has been decided by the Education Board to call fresh tenders for ths erection of a teacher's residence at Alfredton.

The Wellington Waterside Workers' have decided by 430 to 376 votes to join the New Zealand Federation of Labour.

The application of the Rongokokako School Committee for increased school accommodation has been referred by the Wellington Education Board to its Inspector for a report. ' It'was decided' by the Wellington Education Board yeisterday to mako application to the Government for / a new class-room for the Clarevitle school.

' It was reported in Wellington yesterday that tho waterside workers intended to refuse to unload the Moeraki, which arrives from Sydney this morning.

| Only six members of the Masterton Competitions Society assembled at the Dominion Hall' for the annual meeting last night. The meeting was adjourned till the 14th inst. ;

j In spite of the careful search which : is being maintained along the beach at Wangaehu, near Napier, none of the bodies of the four men who were recently drowned have been recovered. | Smee'commencing .his political campaign, Mr A. H. Herbert has travelled over 1200 miles of road in his motor car.

1 The rainfall registered in. Eketahuna j for the month of October was 6.23 in- ' ches. Bain fell on 17 days, and the maximum fall was on the 15th inst., when 1.28 inches was registered.

j It is stated that the whole of the ' available motor cars jn he Wairarapa hlave Victuallers of Wellington tor pollingday. ;• : '■ :■

The grain crops in the North Can-; terbury district have - shown some progression since the rain, but in some districts the wheiat' is patchy, tho cold weather having held back the germination of some of the sowing .

i Another Professor of a New Zealand University—this time a gentleman of the Victoria University—h.°s had something to say or -flip X> License question. "The Trade" 'is I pleased. - '

A wireless message received in Wellington last night from the Moeraki states that she expects to reach Wellington from Sydney at 7 o'clock this evening. I The petition relative to the route of the East Coast railway was largely signed at/Hastings on Saturday evenin, tables .being placed at various corners in the main street for' the •'•pur-' | pose. It is estimated that from 1500 J to 2000 signatures have so far been obtained. ,

j Two valuable Jersey bulls which j have been, imported by Mr E. Eagle, junr., were brought to the Wairabapa last night. They; were selected at the Devon show by Mr James Stuckey, for- , merly of Masterton, and will be an acquisition to ;the dairy herds of this districts '

A prominent breeder of cattle in the Lower Valley, who has hitherto withheld his support from, the Masterton show, informed a representative of the Age yesterday that, with the object of assisting to breag down the spirit of opposition between the two Associations, he intends exhibiting at Masterton in February next.

The parent of a child attending a school in the Fbr.ty-Mile Bush applied to the Education' Board yesterday, for permission to keep 1m child from school for one hour in- each week,' to enable it to take music lessons. 'The Board decided to inform the parent that it had no power to grant the permission asked for;

Mr J. C. Boddington reports as follows on the rainfall, registered at the Upper Plain for the month of October :—Rain fell on fourteen days during the month, the maximum fall being 49 points, registered on the 19l|h. The total for'the mpnth was 2.64 in. The average for October during tlio previous seven years was 4.41 inches. The total for the ? past ten months is 35.99, inches, against 38.29 inches for the corresponding period of 1910.

A plant that causes laughter grows in Arabia, and produces flowers of a bright yellow, with seeds that resemble small black beans. The natives dry and pulverise them, and the powder, taken in small doses, makes the soberest person behave like a circus 1 clown or a madman, for he will dance, sing, and laugh most boisterously, and cut the fantastic capers,; and be in an uproariously ridiculous condition for about an hour. When the excitement causes the exhausted exhibitor of these ajvtics falls fast asleep, and when he awakes he has not the slightest remembrance of his frisky doings.

Mr P. Hally, Conciliation Commissioner, saj> at Wanganui on Monday, co hear the furniture trade disputes. Practically all matters in dispute were settled except tlie hours to be worked, the employers objecting to a reduction of hours owing to the scarcity, of competent labour, and they also asked for «ui increase in apprentices by alloiving one apprentice to every three men in place of one to two men. A similar dispute will be heard in Palmerston tomorrow.

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j A boy for the Grocery Department is required by the W.F.C.A.' I A brindle heifer, lost from Te Or© j Ore, is advertised for.

Messrs Gillespio and Co., labour agents, require station cook, plough* men, shearers, cook, and shed hands.

j A price list of lawn mowers is ad- ; vertised by the Sims Hardware C 0.,. 1 Ltd., Cuba Street, Wellington, and : may be found on page 6 of this issue... j A hairdressers' improver, or qmart boy to learn the trade, is advertised for by Messrs Read and Douglas, hairdressers, Queen Street.

I You are invited to call at theW.F.C.A. to-day and see the new tumes, dresses, and blouses opening,,. ' ex lonic. They are the very latest and.: smartest productions right from London. Remember to call to-day please.*' i Mr V. L. Fairbrotber, auctioneer,, Carterton, advertises particulars of his. spring stock sale, to bo at the Carterton yards on Friday next. Fulldetails appear on page 8 of this rooming's issue.

Ladies will be pleased to note that Mr jeweller, "lias received! a direct consignment of self-ooloured button ' and oval shaped: brooches; also hat pins to match.* > You are thinking of that: piece of Furniture you require. There is' no time like tho present, and, as it happens, Hyde's furniture sale is in full swing. Make a point of calling to-\ j' a y. _ range of bargains of every \ description is really surprising. *

Wairarapa visitors to the Palmereton show are invited by Messrs Reid and Gray to visit their warehouse m Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North la^ st improvements hi agricultural machmerv.

With the near approach of ihe holiday season ladies are decking themselves anew from head to foot. In tlm issue Mr J. Carpenter deals with the footwear question, arid announces a good selection of fashionable 1 shoes* for summer wear.