LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10476, 13 November 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In reference to the cricket scores v.luch appear on page three of this i ;sue, a later cable message states that tester scored 158 and Douglas made 10 for the Englishmen. The latest return from the Worksop <>cdge is 10907.5. ldwt. for 128 hours' working.

The Otago Acclimatisation, Society is liberating trout in Lako Hawea. There are at present fifteen patients in the South Wairarapa Hospital at Greytown. Certificates of membership are now being issued to the members of the New Zealand Society of Accountants. The Unitarian body founded in Timiaru a yeair or so ago is prospering. It ha. bought the site for a Church, and will lay the foundation stone on Thursday next. The Masterton A. and P. Association decided on Saturday that in future cold ir. a !ead of hot luncheons be provided at the sWv, Twenty-six new members were elected at the meeting of the Masterton A. and P. Association on Saturday last. The membership now stands at slightly over 1100. The man Carter, recently arrested on a charge of stealing goods from Mr J. L. Murray, draper, of Masterton, will appear on remand in the Magistrate's Court to-morrow morning. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company advise that the s.s. Corinthic, for Plymouth and London from Wellington on December 28th, does not call at Rio de Janeiro. ' The first boat to do so by this line is the Arawa, leaving January 24th. i Messrs G. C. Surnmerell, D. Caselberg, and one or two other members of the Masterton A. and P. Associai tion, proceed to Wellington on Wednesday next, to canvass the city for [ ipeeial prizes for the February show.

i The Fcilding Borough Council on | Friday refused a demand from the h> labourers'on the Makiho drainage works j for an increase of wages from 8s to 9s l per day, but granted a request that [ wages should be paid fortnightly. The Eketahuna Hockey Association held its first annual dance on Friday evening, when visitors were present from Wellington, Masterton, Pahiatua, and other centres. The trophies won during the season were presented by Mr A. H. Herbert.

A Timaru telegram states that ! very heavy hail fell along the strip of country between Waimate and Rangitata on Saturday. Some of the .stones were very large, and the hail lay several inches thick, covering the country as though with a mantle of snow. Much damage was done to vegetation. A man named Samuel Keats was, arrested at Te Whiti on Saturday by Constable Dunphy, of Masterton, charged with stealing clothing and jewellery, of the value of £l2, from the Admiral Run on. October 28th. The accused will be brought oip at the Magistrate's Court this morning, and remanded to Carterton. At the Y.M.O.A. strangers tea last evening, a large muster of young men gathered round the table to partake of tea, after which Dr Prior gave a very able address on "The Secret of Success". The speaker was accorded a hearty vote of thanks, and also the ladies of the Methodist Church for providing the tea. Mr Jones occupied the chair. , The members of the Territorial force in the Mast-erton district are now receiving notice of the different com.panies to which they have been posted.

An extraordinary vacancy has , occurred in. the office of Councillor for the East Riding of the Castlepoint County, owing to the resignation of Cr. William Andrew. Nominations for, the office close at noon on Saturday, November 25th, and the election wall be. held on Saturday, December 2nd. • A stock breeder of wide experience told a Manawatu Standard reporter that he has hit upon a serviceable expedient to banish lung-worm from his flock. It is simply keeping a few cattle in the paddock with the sheep. Since he has been doing this lungworm has been giving him no trouble, whereas before the annual mortality from that cause was very heavy, He would' advise others to try the same experiment. A list of judges for the forthcoming show of the Masterton A. and P. Association was 'provisionally approved at the meeting of the general committee on Saturday last. It was hoped to have induced Mr E. O'Rourke. of Auckland, to act as one of the judges of light horses, but itwas pointed out that Mr O'Rourke was about to pay a visit to the OHd Country, and therefore could not be present.. . Some discussion took place at the meeting of the Masterton A. and P. • Association on , Saturday last on the question of students accompanying judges in the judging ring. It was eventually decided, on the motion of Mi- Summerell, that in the event of ai judge being'agreeable, a student may, oh a request being made to the President, accompany the judge in the judging ring, and that, in the event of more than one student applying, a ballot be taken. A suggestion was made to the Masterton A. and P. Association, at its meeting on Saturday last, that the trophies for the forthcoming show be exhibited publicly, and that they be presented publicly by some responsible personage. Several members of the Committee thought the idea, a good one, and the 'matter was referred to the Ground Committee for a report. The Stock Division of the New Zealand Agricultural Department . has purchased four Lincoln fleeces from Mr William Perry, of Masterton, for exhibition at a. forthcoming exposition in the United States., A suggestion lias also' been made that fleeces from Mr Perry's flock be exhibited at the Royal Show in England, to show how the English wools have improved under colonial treatment.

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Mr G. R. Sykes delivers an address at Rongomai to-night.

The handsome club-house built by the defunct Christchuroh Amateur Rowing Club was destroyed by fire early on Saturday morning.

The new steamer Remuera, the latest addition to the New Zealand Shipping Company's fleet, arrived at Wellington from London on Saturday.

A violent 'hail and rainstorm passed over Masterton at an early hour on Sunday morning. Considerable damage was done to vegetable gardens.

So far this season sixty bales of wool have been despatched from the Eketahuna railway station. ■

The takings at the Timaru A. and P. show amounted to £422, which is a record in the history of the association.

There is a phenomenal scarcity of skilled tradesmen and farm labour *n Taranaki. A wage as high as 35s a week and found .has been offered tor a competent farm hand able to milk.

Mr J. 0. Boddington reports that the rainfall registered at the Upper Plain for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. on Saturday was 5 points. Four Lincoln rams from the wellknown "Penrose" flock of Mr William Perry, of Masterton, have been purchased by a New South Wales breeder, j and will be shipped to the sister State this week. Professor Mills, one of the most notable speakers of the day, has been engaged by the No-license party to address a meeting in the Masterton Town Hall on Nevember 23rd, the subject being "Alcoholic Degeneracy". According to the Express, the Eketahu na Cow-testing Association is now well under way. The members are well satisfied with the results sent. One fairmer states that he had two cows last year that he had decided to sell, but he missed the sale. This year ho had them tested with the other cows, and he finds, to his sur- | prise, that they provided the most butter-fat of the herd. A well-furnished five-roomed house' at Island Bay, is advertised to be let for three months. Messrs J. Fraser and Co., land agents, advertise two sheep farms in the Masterton district, for sale on easy terms. A reward is offered for the recovery of a yellow and white collie, lost from Stronvar, that answers to the name of "Weave." Mr A. 6. Pilmer elsewhere thanks the ratepayers of the West Riding for returning him as their representative on the Castlepoint County Council. Mr G. F. 0. Campbell', Commissioner of Taxes, gives notice that the Land Tax is payable at his office, Wellington, in one sum, on Friday, December Ist.

Messrs C. 0. Boss and Co., land' agents, Masterton, advertise a. "W*i rarapa property of 1300 aci ; C3 limestone and papa country. Al o' a. poultry farm at the Upper Huti. oi 80 acres with all necessary buildings. Fanners and others about to fence will be interested to learn that Messrs •Pr-HgnoH • Bros., timber merchants, Masterton, have a large stock of sawn tobara fence droppers, which they are prepared to sell at a very low price. ." The goodwill of the lease of a highly \improved. agricultural and pastoral farm of 378 acres, .with purchasing clause, is advertised for sale by Mr R. U. Harden, land agent, Masterton. Tenders for\ repair and building' work for the Wangaelvu, Newman and Hukanui schools, will be received at the Weiington Education Board office i up to noon of Wednesday, November i22nd.

Wainarapa settlers should be interested inx.the details of entries for the Palmerston North Spring Cattle Fair, which appear on. page 8 of this morning's issue; The sale takes place on Wednesday next, and the entries to date total 1735 cattle.

The front page of this, morning's issue contains particulars of a cheap property advertised for sale. The aiea is four acres of land with half an" acre of fruit trees. There is an 8roomed house, with high-pressure water and other conveniences, and the distance from the Masterton post office is about 2£ miles. A reminder is given of the important dispersal sale of a Stud Romney Flock to be held by Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., on behalf Mr C 8.. Fharazyn. Full details of these highly bred Romney Stud ewes appear on page 8 of this morning's issue. The auctioneers desire to draw special attention to the starting hour of the sale, which is eleven o'clock sharp.