LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10467, 3 November 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A permanent picture show is to be established at Marion next week. The latest return, from the Masterton dredge is 20ozs. 17dwts: for 132 hours'' working. . '

The last meeting of the Eketahuna County Council, as at present constituted, will bo held to-raorrow.

The committee of the Masterton Borough Council will hold-its fortnightly meeting on Tuesday.

The Featherstori Town Board intends calling applications for the position of town clerk at the princely salary of £52 per annum f A good many farmers of the Wairarapa have given the searing-iron a trial in their docking operations this year.

It is understood that a meeting will be called in Masterton at an early date, with a view to forming a branch of the Sports Protection League. ' Only two cases are set down - for hearing at the criminal sitting of the Magistrate's Court in Masterton today. One of these is a cliaim for main - tenance, and the other a by-law case. Mr A. W. Hogg, M.P., has booked the Masterton Town Hall for Novenir her'l3th, and it is hoped that his health will lie sufficiently restored to' enable him to open his campaign on that evening.

The registered rainfall for the month of October at Bush Grove was 1.61 inches. The maximum fall was CI points on the 27th idt. Bain fell on ten days during the month. The rainfall for October 1910 was 1.32 inches.

Speaking to a Hastings reporter, Mr Sam Wood, the Bradford wool expert, stated that this season's wool clip was in remarkably good condition, having the greatest average weight for many years, and growers would get more in quantity per sheep even if last year's prices were not improved upon.

It was stated at a recent meeting of the Feilding Chamber of Commerce that Feilding is the greatest stock centre in the North Island, and the coming stud centre of New Zealand. That is all very well; but Masterton continues to take the majority of show prizes for stud stock.

Mr W. C. Buchanau, M.P., addressed about fifty electors in the Longbush schoolhouse on Wednesday evening, the chair heing occupied by Mr J. Bannister. The candidate was enthusiastically received, and at the conclusion of his address was accorded a hearty vote of thanks.

"A low hedge is easily jumped over," says an old proverb, or in other .words, make light of your difficulties, and they .will disappear. Now-a-days the dairy farmer looks to mechanical genius to save him worry from the hired labour problem. The Ridd Milking Machine helps. It is always ready for action, simple and easy to olean. It is a perfect mechanical milker, and as nearly human as possible in its action. Mr E. Drew, Rahotu, says: "The Ridd you installed for me is doing splendidly. It has proved itself a perfect milker, stripping the cows well." The Blackstone Oil Engine runs very economically, and gives no trouble. For full details please call or write. MANSON AND BARR, Palmerston North, AGENTS,

The pigs at the Manawatu A. and j P. Association's show were said by the J judge to be >a very poor lot.

! The only exhibitor frpm. Masterton \ in the dog section at the Palmerston I show yesterday was Mr G. W. Sckroi der, who gained two firsts and one / second prize.

Mr W. D. Watson's Tomatario gained third place in light-weight hacks at the Palmerston show yesterday. Mi- A. J. Stone-Wigg secured a. second prize in best-paced and mannered horse.

His Grace Archbishop Redwood preached special sermons in St. Patrick's Church, Masterton, on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, and administered the confirmation sacrament to a largo number of candidates.

It is saddening to learn that within about six months no fewer than seven vessels bound to or from Sydney have come to grief. With them have gone 251 lives and 880 tons of valuable shipping property.

Messrs James Lennie and H. H. S. Ryder have been elected unopposed as representatives of the South Riding of the Castlepoint County. There were no candidates offering for x tho representation of tho North Riding, and fresh nominations are being invited.

Messrs Hollings and Pragnell, of Masterton, have been appointed honorary solicitors to tho New Zealand Hereford Breeders' Association. At the annual meeting of the Association a -hearty vote of thanks was passed to Mr J. B. Emmet, Masterton, for his services to the Association.

A Taranaki- farmer was recently fined £3 and costs for removing 90 head of cattle over the boundary lino into the Auckland province without'a permit. Under the Act, Taranaki is still proclaimed an infected area as regards blackleg, although there has been no outbreak in the district for several years.

At the Kent or Romncy Breeders' Association's competitions and sale on September 28th, it was decided that two Homo breeders and one foreign or colonial breeder should award the prizes. Messrs F. Neamc and F. A. Bensted and Mr McKenzie (New Zealand) were chosen to act.

Tt is anticipated that the offerings at- tho first wool sales at Napier will total some 400 bales, a drop of 400 odd from last season. The clip is much heavier tlm year than last, and whatever difference there is in the prices realised should l>e more than made up by theextra weight of the wool.

The .Masterton Gun Club has decided to hold a big shoot on December.l4th, when a superior pigeon gun, valued at £2O, will be offered as first prize, together with a and one hundred rounds of ammunition. The second prize will be £5, and the third prize £2 10s. The match will be open to the whole of the clubs in the Wairarapa.

The Ekotahuna Borone-h Cwr.-n has received word through .Mr A. ... Hogg, M.P., that the Under-Sec--hry for Lands has consented to through an Order-in-Council enabling, the Kensington Park and Parkville and Eketahuna Domain to be administered as on© domain. This will enable the funds derivable from the reserves to be expended on any particular one. At present the revenue has to be expended on the reserve from which it is'derived;

The following'conundrum'"'was propounded by a questioner to Mr M'Kinlay, the' Liberal candidate for Brace,, the other night:—"You have said," he put it something like this to -the candidate, "that in 1890 our debt was £32 per head, interest charge £1 12s per capita, and that, in 1910, after borrowing forty-two millions mpre, it is only net £25 per head. How much do we require to borrow before we have no debt at all.?"

A number of important land sales have i>een effected in the Masterton district during t-ho month of October. Messrs J. Eraser and 00. report having sold six different properties, aggregating about £65,000 in value. Included iti the recent sales is that of the estate of 1020 acres adjoining Ofcahuao, belonging to Mr Hugh Morrison, of Awatoitoi. The purchaser was a son of Mr Donald McKenzie, of Wangaehu, and the price paid was £25,000.

The monthly "At Home" in connection with the lady members of the Masterton Congregational Church was held yesterday at Mrs. Mcßae's, when a good number of ladies attended and were bountifully entertained at afterlioon tea. During the afternoon Mrs. W. Joy, Mrs. Donald and Miss Hodge contributed items of song and music. The last "At Home" fonthe year will be held at the house of Mrs' Hendry at the end of the month.

The 1.0. G.T. Lodge met as usual last night in the Foresters' Hall, when a good "number of members were pre; sent. Reports were read for last quarter, which showed the lodge ,io be in a nourishing condition, both financially and otherwise. The following officer's were duly installed by Bro. Anderson, D.D.:—O.T., Sir. v Mrs Flanagan; V.T., Bro. »Symes; t Secretary, Bro. Water-house; F. Secretary, Sis. O. Ogg; Treasurer, Bro. H. King; marshall, Bro. L. Harvey; Chaplain, Sis." V. Ogg; Guard, Bro. Astwood; Sentinel, Bro, McLean; A.S.,*'S. Waterhouse, D. Marsh, Sis. Harvey; organist, Sis. Waterhouse. The lodge closed in the usual form.

In the Magistrate's Court at Masterton yesterday, before Mr A. Crooke, S.M., judgment was given for plaintiff by default in the case of the W.F.C.A. v. George Manning, a claim for £23 Is 4d. A case in which Herbert Colo claimed from Richard Coulson the sum of £2O was adjourned at the request of defendant till November 23rd. Mr C. A. Pownall appeared for plaintiff, and Mr G. H. allien for dcfeudant. In the judgment summons case, Alexander Donald v. S. Tuki, claim for*£s 14s, defendant was ordered to pay the amount of the debt in monthly instalments of £l, the first payment to be made on November 30th, in default five days' imprisonment.

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A mooting of the draught horsebreeders, held in Palmerston North, yesterday, expressed itself iu favour of continuing to support the New Zealand Draught Horse Stud Book.

Mr Jaboz Bridges, No-License organiser in Carterton, has received a telegram from the Rev. J. Dawson stating, that lie had received a cablemessage from the Rev. j. G. Woolley, in Maine, confirming hi-s earlier cablethat the recent poll was a prohibition victory.

At tho Wellington Competitions last night, Leopold Edward von , Keisen berg, of Masterton, was awarded second place out of a number of contestants in the piano solo (under sixteen). Miss Vera Edwards and Mr H„ F. Green, of Masterton, were third in the vocal duet.

Mr F. P. Welch requires hauler, driver, bushmen for sawmill, shearing shed hands, etc. \

During the summer s months afternoon tea will be available at the residence or on the grounds at the residence of Mrs Lambourne, 14 Wrigley Street.

A parcel containing a dress suit has been taken by mistake from the Prince of "Wales, stables. Whoever took it is requested to return the same without delay.

The public are invited to attend at _ the Town Hall, Masterton, to-morrow - evening to hear the addresses on NoLicense by a number of Victoria University students. The speakers will include Messrs Lomas, M.A., M.Sc., and' R. Kennedy, M.A.. L.L.M. (senior scholar of Jacob Joseph Research).. The chair will be taken at 8 p.m. v L •- Messrs A. J. Johnson and Co. announce that they will sell the balance of the contents of the Sonoma 'PrivateHotel, including the furnishings of eleven bedrooms, at the. post office;; auction mart to-morrow (Saturday) afjternoon. The sale will commence at; a quarter past two o'clock. I Dunedin (says the Ot-ago Daily I Times) can scarcely be as slow and old~ ! fashioned as some of our northern I friends would have us believe. Seldom,. . if ever, have building operations been. j more tactive in the Queen City of .tih«j South, which, it is admitted, strikesI visitors as the most imposingly-built ! and solid of the four capital towns, j Tho latest proposed addition Ntoits- ! architectural features is being desiga-. I ed by Messrs Salmond and Vanes, whohave been commissioned by the. Dresden Pianoforte Company toprepare plans for a five storey buildingin Princess Street to-take-the place, of the premi.es in which the oompanyhas. carried on business -sinoe its found■jation nearly 30 yearsi ago.''No' effoffe" , has been spared in searching for pointy ■ >fchat will enable the company to put upa building wherein greater justice can be done to its ever increasing business, and more comfort afforded to itspatrons and the members of the teaching profession who gather under its,; roof.