LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10485, 23 November 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tt is stated that two acres of land in Pongaroa; were recently disposed of as building sites for £IOOO. The Prime Minister will deliver a political address at Rotorua on Friday evening, and he will speak at Te Arohc. on Saturday. A. man named Patrick McDavitt was fined £5 by Pahiatua Justices yesterday for using langage wHiich is foreign to Webster. Mr J. 0. Boddington reports thatthe rainfall registered at the Upper Plain for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. on Wednesday was 10 points. Some of the oat crops on the Akura, near Masterton, are already in ear. and will be ready for harvesting in a few week's time. It is stated that a gentleman, lias offered to guarantee Rakaunui settlers lid per lb for butter-fat for two years if settlers will go in for dairying. A number of settlers separate their milk and send tJie cream to the Makuni butter-factory.—Herald. A cold westerly "snap".passed over Masterton last evening, and one could almost imagine that he was ini the depth of winter instead of nearly the middle of summer. Something appears to ;have gone wrong entirely with the meteorological works, this season. Advices received by representatives of- cheese companies in the Forty-Mile from Me&rs Weddel and Co. state that a shipment of this season's cheese realised 68s 6d per cwt., which works out at a fraction over 6sd per lb.

Gazettes were issued yesterday dissolving the General Assembly and convening Parliament for December 23rd; also giving the usual lists of returning officers and polling places. ( The closing of .nominations for the election of Maori members was fixed for December Ist, and the polling will be Iheld on December 19th. The Ballance Dairy Company paid I out just £SOOO for milk supplied durnig October. Very good reports are l>eing received of the company's butter from the graders at shipping ports, and high prices reported as being realised at Home, so'that the outlook is distinctly good. The company will again pay out' Is per lb for butter-fat for November. ' Messrs W. C. Buchanan, A. W. Hogg, and. A. H, Vile, members of the Wellington Education Board, visited Ma tahiwi yesterday, and selected a site for a new school on a plot about two miles beyond the present school, site. It as probable that application will he made to the Government for a grant for a new school building. The annual meeting of the Masterton County, Council was held yesterday afternoon, there being 'present: Crs. W. J. Welch, D. J. Cameron, R. F. R. Beethom, C. Kebbell, A. Murray, IX W. Foreman, and A. J. Percy. Cr. Cameron proposed that Cr. Welch be re-elected chairman for the ensuing period. Cr. Cameron referred to the able manner in, which Cr'. Welch ■had'carried out his duties for some years past, always having 1 the esteem and respect of the Councillors. (Applause.) The motion, was carried unanimously. Cr. Welch thanked the Councillors for the honour they had conferred on (him. -He welcomed Cr. Percy to the Council table. Cr. Percy .returned thanks. It was decided that the whole Council be the Works and Finance Committee for the ensuing year.

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The Groytown Co-operativo CheeseCompany is despatching 300 cases of cheese for tiio Homo market, on Friday, the consignment going by the Athenic. Tlie new premises at Po.ngaroa of the Bank of New Zealand narrowly escaped destruction by fire a day or two back, a hole having been burnt in the floor of the wash-house. A Masterton dairyman, who has culled his dairy herd systematically, finds that this year ho is supplying as much milk from sixty-five cows as he did last year from ninety. ! A considerable area of the Matahiwi | estate, near Masterton, which w-aa stumped last year, is this season under | cultivation. Mr E. C. Harper has I several experimental plots on this part I of tha property. The stables and hnyshed of Mr Jos. Tocker, South Feathoreston, in which, Mr Jack Matthews had several horses, wero destroyed by fire at an early hour on Tuesday morning. The horses had 1 a. narrow escape from being burnt. {' The milk supply-at the Groytown factory yesterday totalled 3666 gallons. This is 127 gallons more than on the same day last year. The beneficial rain being experienced at time of writing Should have the effect of sending up the quantity -a. little higher. The Kaiapoi Woollen Company have again presented the Wairarapa Rifle Association with their usual trophy, a travelling rug, value two guineas', for open competition at the rifle meeting in February next. Mi' W. C. Buchanan addressed the employees at the Waingawa freezing works at mid-day yesterday, and last night addressed a meeting in the Matahiwi schoolhouse, which was presided over by Mr E. C. Harper. The usual votes of thanks were passed-to the candidate.

Arrangements are well in hand for the sacred concert to be given in the Town Hall on-Sunday night in aid of Fireman Jenkins. The Methodist choir have kindly consented to render the anthem "The Sun Shall be no More," and the hymn, "Lead Kindly Light." A Pongaroa correspondent 6f the Age states that a good deal of interest is being taken- in that district in politics, and that the Reform candidates are likely to poll heavily. Many of the older settlers, however, intend "sticking to Hogg." It blows in other places than Eketahuna. A Waterfalls settler.told an Express reporter that it had been blowing for over two months, and- during that period it had not abated sufficiently to enable him to erect the sides of a shed. A labourer at Pongaroa stated that he had been waiting about for over seven weeks for. the wind to cease in order that he could return to. work. Mr W. P. Archibald, manager of the Karaniu station, returned to Hastings .last Friday evening from Wanganui. During the circuit of spring show; (Hastings, Carterton, Palmes-Lou North, and Wanganui) with 32 ho secured 10 championships, 1o ii st prizes, 20 second prizes' and 7 thirds He also secured the Quibell Cup for most points in purebred sheep at the Wanganui show. It is doubtful if any breeder has ever put up such a splendid record of wins in New Zealand before.

In discussing present-day education, the principal of the Christchurch Training College (Mr Watkin) is reported by the Press to have explained, in deference to the frequency of the complaints that boys taken on fresh from school could not even give correct change, that this wa/s owing to the fact that the shopkeeper gave his change on the plan known as complementary addition. The latter is asked for by the present syllabus, but it cannot be worked in schools without the provision of boxes of initiative coins and smaller classes than.are;the vogue at present. A meeting of the Picnic Committee of the Wairarapa Friendly Societies' Council was held in Masterkrtv. last evening. The various committees were elected to carry out the events at Pigeon Bush on Boxing Day. Gold medals were presented for the Friendly Societies' handicap and the public schoolboys handicap, 220 yards, it was decided to provide hot water and fresh milk free of cost. . Regret was expressed at the action of the Borough Council in clashing with the Friendly Societies' Boxing Day fixture.

Owing to a. severe attack, of the prevailing epidemic, influenza, the well-known "Aunt Sally" will not be able to attend at the Anglicaji Sports Fete this afternoon. However, her two nephews, Joseph and 'William, although extremely busy with politics just now, have kindly consented to fill the gap. Both the offers have been accepted by the Committee, and theso gentlemen will be on the grounds today. Their appearance on the ground will be hailed with delight; and these "merry-makers" will no doubt be «i great source of entertainment. The Pahiatua paper, which ha* worked itself into a fury because the Age ventured the opinion, that Mr Ross would be re-elected for Pahiatua, devotes nearly, a column of dts space to advising the electors of Masterton what to do at the coming polls. So that the electors of. the Masterto-) electorate may know what the Bush scribe thinks of. things political, we may just mention that in its issue of yesterday it worked off the following little conundrum"We may be doing Mr Hogg an injustice, but his present profession of independence appears to us to bo little more than a recognition, of a fact that must be patent to everybody, and most of all to Mr Hogg, that the political feeling in the Masterton electorate is right against the Ward Administration, and that no candidate standing as a straight-out , Ministerialist, whatever his personal popularity. whole! have a chance of re-elec-tion." •

Have you the spirit of progressiveness, "or are you content to jog along in mucin, the same way as did your forefathers? The average dairy fair-mier is out to miake as rauohraonoy as he cani in as little time a,s possible ; and the Ridd MflUriing Machine will help him to accomplish his desire. The patent tapering teat cup is one of the most • unique features of the Ridd. It enables the machine to get all the miik, is perfectly harmless, and makes the Ridd a'real money earner. Mr P. O'Grady, of Hamilton, writes:—"After using the Ridd Machines for nearly two searsons I am pleased to let you know that they are all you claimed them to be. My cows took to the machine from the'first. When milking by hand I had. to employ three hands, jilow wit'li the machine I employ one." Tine Bkckßtone • Oil _ Engine jiais proved thie most economical and reliable power for driving Ridds. MANSON AND BARR, DISTRICT AGENTS, Palmerston N.

Thero is said to be a prospect of the agricultural implement makers of New Zealand exhibiting at the larger shows in tho Dora in iou next year.. Mastorton is ono of the "larger." Tho prices of a number of groceries! in general uso in moso households have been increased in Melbourne. This issaid to bo tho direct result of the increase in wages and tho shorteiing of tho hours of grocers' employees. Tho V/airarapa Fanners' Go-opera--tivo Association, have generously presented the Wairarapa Kitle Association with a trophy value iivc guineas, for open competition at the next riflemeeting. Snow fell in tho low hills to the west of Masterton on Tuesday night, and vegetable growers will not be pleased to know that the Tararua. ranges are again covered in a mantleof white. The opening of the Xew Zealand Farmers' Dairy Union cheese factory at Manakau took place on Tuesday afternoon. Thero was a largo attendance of ladies, wiio had been invited to. afternoon tea. The factory is ono o£ the best in NewjZealand. Tho Kinlcdspicl "Playmates'," whbb is to be given by the pupils of the Lansdowne School, will be staged on Friday, December Bth, when about 100pupils will take part. Another feature . of the entertainment will be a Highland reel by pupils of Mr Sutherland.. A Dunedin doctor in a letter dated., London, September 29, wrote that he had made a special study of what was. being done tiiberculosis,. "and I am satisfied," he added, "that, whatever methods may be used, the sanatorium treatment still holds tsheforemost place."

At the meeting of tJie Masterton County Council yesterday, a letter was. received from Mr W. H. Cruicksliank resigning as a member of the OpakiLansdowne water supply committee, The County Clerk stated that there - were really two vacancies to fill as Mr. Wright-son had left the district. In. describing to a Wellington meeting a scene in the House at 5.30 a.m.. towards tho close of last session, MrFisher used these words: "Fifteen, members sitting, lying* about; the* Chairman of Committees half akeep; the Minister nearly asleep; half ihe>' members sound asleep; and the Hod*e • voting away millions of money —not. many, only three and a bit." A letter was read at .the meeting ,of i the Masterton County Council yesterday from theTLansdowne School Committee, asking the Council to lay down a footpath in front of the school. Mr E. Hale, chairman, of the ScKool Coin--mittee, waited on the Council in support of the application. It was decided, to ask the engineer to submit a report, as to the cost of the. work. ' - The male teachers in the backblocic' sdhools are usually men of many parts. A teacher not a hundred miles from Rakaunui closed this school for the week on Friday afternoon last, and oarly on. Saturday morning he was seen in a shearing shed stripped to the aist, and compiling a tally that" would vio justice to an experienced shearer.— Express.

News reached Martinborough on Tuesday that Mr James Stevenson, carpenter, and late . employee of Messrs Murray and Rayson, of Martinborough, had met with an accident at the Lower Hutt, by falling down a flight of stairs, sustaining concussion of the brain and otlher injuries. He was removed to the Wellington Hospital, and at the time of the telegram it was not expected that he would live many hours. • The Feilding Star of yesterday says: —ln connection with the challenge issued by the Rev. R. B, S. Hammond, when in Feilding, tlhat the Masterton Pictorial advertisement in the Wellington Evening Post of November 2nd was false in many details, Mr E. Goodbehere, Mayor, who jvas appointed adjudicator by Mr Hammond to act with Mr McManaway's adjudicator, Has declined to take the position. Mr Hammond lias therefore nominated W. J. B. Trewin, exMayor of Feilding. Mr McManaway's nominee was> the Rev. G. Budd, who. having to go to Dunedin, asked Mr 11. Mclntyre, M.A.. LL.B., to act. Messrs Trewin and Mclntyre have arranged to investigate the statements,made in the advertisement, and will probably go to Masterton on Friday afternoon to make exhaustive inquiries.

The Shearers' Union will hold a meeting an the Druids' Hall, Masterton, on Saturday next, at 8 p.m. For a good garden one must have good tools. Mr C. E. Daniell gives some helpful hints re tho above in his aimoimcement in this issue. Captain Faber's startling story ahout the British Navy appears to be more or less a fairy tale. No doubt some of the details are correct, but one could never persuade tho people that the keen men of the Navy wen> so remiss. The British Navy was ready, as it always is, and so also is Crescent. Blend- Tea. It is „as good to-day as it was a month ago, and-as it will be a. year hence; and it is a popular tea. Only 2s per lb. In a change advertisement on tJie front page of this issue • Messrs McGruer and Co. insert a special price • list of all soft neglige shirts, silk, fashion, tennis, and working shirts. Thee firm have also a special word to say in regard to their suits to measure from 50s, and they remind patrons that they should make a point of placing orders for Christmas suits now so «is to avoid disappointment..

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