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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Letters of naturalisation have been issued to Hans Wilhelmsen Lemberg, of Hukanui.

Special orders of the Masterton County Council, making rates on loansj ■appearedViaa Jtast' week's Gaz-, ette.

Regulations under the Widows' Pensions Act, 1911, which comes into force on January Ist next, appeared in the Gazette of last week.

A heavy downpour of rain occurred in Masterton. at 2.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Strangely enough, the rain did not reach Te Whiti, a few miles to, tshe east of the town.

yThei.box. planridr- "Btorothy'' \ performance' by the' MasfetftxmAmateiu'' Theatrical Society will 'be opened tomorrow morning at the Dresden Piano Company's depot.

A conference of Tairanaki local bodies is to be held at Stratford shortly to consider the advisableness of a universal 'half holiday for the province.

A fine bunch of sweet peaa was left at our office yesterday by Mr King, gardener for Mr A. W. Cave, of Ma«sterton. One of these, the "Bobby K" contains five blooms on. one stem —a rarety in sweet peas.

( Last week's Government ?Gazette announces that two spinsters of Ohristchurch hare changed their, surnames. This' would appear a more simple process than going through the ordeal of "loving, honouring and 'ol>eying.' " A coTTespoiiidenit>toi , .'a' ; cbntemporar5 T suggests that as tihe English soldier is known as ''Tommy Atkins," and the New South Wales man as "Tommy Cornstalk," a similar appellation is required for the New Zealand Territorials. He suggests "Tommy Kiwi."

One hundred and twenty-three absent voters' permits have been granted by the Registrar of Electors at Masterton. ~This means that, if the polls are a't all closejtlie official declaration concerning, either;ballot cannotbe deblared until- a day or- two; . aft«r< -the. ballot hasbeeri taken-.. -'' v The output from the Masterton Co-' operative Dairy; Company's factory is at the present time about 20 boxes per day, not being up to the quantity manufactured at the same'time last year. The lateness of the season is said to be the cause of the decreased supply. The Masterton Homing Pigeon Club held an interval race from Kaitoke on Saturday. Twelve birds,'representing twelve lofts, competed. The birds were liberated at intervals of ten minutes. The result of the race was as follows: —W. Brake's "Jock," 1; W. Dowling's "Runaway, ',' 2; P. Gilbert, 3. The next race will be from Poranga, the extreme north, of the North Island, this week.

Mr Len Parker, of the Kaiparoro saw mills, met with a rather serious accident on Saturday. He was engaged hauling a log, and while attending to it, one of the "dogs" in the log slipped out, and flying back with, terrific force, owing to the strain of the wire rope on it, struck Mr Parker on the head, severely fracturing his skull. He now lies in a critical condition.

Those who remember the pleasant gathering on the old showgroundislast year in connection with St. Matthew's Fete, will be glad to know that a similar gathering will be held on Thursday next. There will be an attractive programme of sports, including mounted and flat races, the children, .will dance in the maypole r dance, underithe direction of Mrs Kendall, and there will be a number of interesting side shows. A haka. will be danced by some twenty pakeha warriors, and there will be plenty to interest and amuse. The proceeds will be given to the Vicarage Fund.

Interest is arousing with regard to the appearance at the Anglican Fete Thursday of . Messrs Joseph and William, the two famous nephews of that historic lady,."Aunt Sally." This is largely due to an impression having got abroad that neither of the gentlemen would have spared the time :it the present juncture to visit the same district twice had he not some ulterior, motive. It is believed that each of them considers the opportunity to be /a (great one for him to deliver a policy speech to an immense assemblage of the free and independent electors of the I>ominioii. If the present more settled weather holds, the postponement of the fete necessitated by the unfavourable weather of last Thursday, will prove to have been a blessing in disguise. . A large and enthusiastic meeting of representatives of sports clubs, friendly societies, and citi/zens of Mastertoii was held in the Borough Council Oliambers last night, to discuss matters in connection with the annual Park Day. His Worship the Mayor (Mr J. M. Coj-adine) presided. After the matter was fully gone into, .it was considered that it would be a mistake to hold the Fete on Boxing Pay, owing to the fact that the unanimous support of all interested would not bo available. It was consequently decided to . recommend the Borough Council to alter the date to Thursday, February Ist, 1912. Lavish pi-omises of support were made by the representatives -of the various Ix)dies. The Athletic Club and the Swimming Club undertook to prepare programmes to be submitted to a meeting to be held on Friday week, while the Friendly Societies' representative stated that he would put the matter before his Council.

Captain Faber's startling story about 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 the people that the keen men of the Navy were 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 very popular tea. Only 2s per lb. *

NIGHT COUGHING SPELLS. Night cougJi6 are easily cured if you onily have the right remedy on, hand. The best thing to do is to alwlays be prepared with a bottie of Oliamiberlain's Cough Remedy. Yooi can take an occasional dose from, the bottle, and two doses will relieve you so you can have a good night's res't. Sold by all' chemists and storekeeper .

The lowest rainfall registered in New Zealand during the month of October was .75 inch at Martdnborough. A Hinemoa resident, Mr Cox, rooeived a severe kick" on the arm from a cow a few days ago, the limb being fractured near the elbow.

A severe shock of earthquake was felt at Napier at 1.5 o'clock yesterday morning. The tremor did not reach Masterton,.

Robert Ralph, aged 16, son of Walter Miller, tram conductor at Dunedin, was drowned at Ocean Beach on Saturday afternoon. He was surf-bath-ing with a number of other boys, but was not missed until his clothes were discovered. The body has not been recovered.

The proprietors of the Taraiux 'cheese factory at Ballance received a I telegram on Saturday stating,that the first shipment of this season's cheeso< realised 69s per cwt at Home for white and coloured cheese. This N is i very satisfactory price for an early shipment. At the Supreme Court in Auckland yesterday, William and Maud Rodgers, who were found guilty in connection with the burglary at Kohn's,. and the theft,of jewellery, came up for sentence.' .The male accused assorted that his wife" ; believed, he-caoneby 'the goodss,'hiOne>tly, and. pleaded that s"he had suffered enough; She had been seven months in gaol, and was subjected to the awful third degree In America. Justice Chapman sentenced William Rodgers to five years in prison and four years' detention for reformatory purposes, and Maud Rodgers to two years in prison, and two years' I reformatory treatment.

A very interesting exhibit at the Carterton flower show on Saturday was, according to the News, an afternoon tea cloth 125 years old, shown, by Mrs Arnot, of Masterton. This was made of,flax, grown, spun and woyen on an■''estate —the Hyde—in Herefordshire, all the work being done by hand. OriginaQly the clotlx covered a large table and was owned by Mrs Mailes of "The Hyde." The present owo^-jgji'., Mrs Arnot, of Lansdowne, Masterton, who kindly exhibited itj/at Carterton for the first /time in New Zealand.

A young girl to assist with children is advertised for.

Mr A. H. Herbert addresses the electors at Mauriceville West on Thursday .next, not "East," as previously advertised.

, Messrs W. B, Chennells and N Co.,i land agents, Master-ton,. advertise a. ■nicely si fcuated.property of 450* acres. surtable. for ■ faffeembg and farniilig. - Also 5 315 .acres,_J.i.p.,'nearto township, cheese; faqtory : j'anH; school.- • . " : ' : , -:'. '•;■,'.'.'.'! ■'.'.','

Messrs J. Fraser and C 0. ,: land: agents, Masterton, advertise 673 acres 1.i.p., highly improved sheep farm; also 440 acres freehold close to Masterton, carrying 2 sheep, besides cattle.

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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10489, 28 November 1911, Page 4

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Tapeke kupu
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LOCAL AND GENERAL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10489, 28 November 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10489, 28 November 1911, Page 4

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