LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10492, 1 December 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The latest return from the Mnstertoo dredge is 25ozs. ldwt. for fhe week.

The cash takings at St. Matthew's Fete in Masterton yesterday approximated £SO.

Another sawmill is about xo be started in the .neighbourhood of Hukamii, in the Forty-Mile Bush.

There has been only a slight •nortal.ity amongst lambs and .hoggets in tihe Masterton district sthis season. Grass is tii bo found in -ibundance, and stock generally is looking well. A tremendous downpour of rain occurred in Masterton about ten o'clock last night. The streets and rater tables wero flooded for a time. Fortunately the downpour was of short duration.

The secretary of the Napier Employers' Association records a shortage of unskilled and waterside In hour in Napier. Only slow progress can bo made with' buildirg contracts owii«g-:.to a sliortage of bricylayers' and oluster;ers. ..• ■ \ '' llie/display of Tightning '.v. Master-ton last night wis most impressive. 'The flashes at times up the whole canopy, and created an awe-inspiring effect. It is many years since such a display of pyrotechnics has been witnessed in the district. Officers of the Agricultural Department report that there has leeh a visible diminution in the number of rabbits in the Masterton district during the past year. Good work has been done by the settlers generally.

Masterton settlers will be interested to learn that they may procure sulphide from the local offices of the Agricultural Department, for use in destroying rabbits in burrows. Ferrets may also be obtained on application to the Department. AVriting to the Wairarapa Age, from InvercargiH, Mr 0. E. i lugo, who is well-known in Masterton, states that he has been through a great part of Sir Joseph Ward's electorate. "There is," he says, "intense'hostility to him, and I would not le the least surprised to see him defeated.' 5

Advices from the back countrv indicate that the wool clip in the.. M.-isfcer-ton district this season will be up to she average. The .warm rains have brought the yolk in the wool,■:i.nd the weight of. the fleeces is higher' than. 'usual.' ,' s 7 -'' "'.'" -s ■'' : ." ', ■'■

The flag was flown from tfhe staff of the Masterton Post Office u'stef-' day,' presumably out of ■respect f</r the memory of St. Andrew, who 'nicame Scotland's patron saint about 740 A .D.. or nearly seven centuries after he was crucified.

The Harry Rickards Vaudeville Company concluded their Masterton season irothe Town' Hall last cyciT,iiig. As on the previous evening, those present were treated to a programme of exceptional merit, and every.item on the list was received with keen appreciation.

The usual meeting of the Good Tern- | plars Lodge was held last might in 'the' Foresters' Hall, Masterton, Sis. Mrs Flanagan presiding over a good attendance. After routine business the lodge went into harmony. The programme for the evening was "'Why, When, and Where I Became a Good Templar.''

In his address at Grey town tht other evening, Mi* W. C. Buchanan stated that the .Wairarapa was the fin* est stock country in the Dominion./ The Masterton, Carterton* and Foatlir-rs-tori stations sent away more sheep to bo frozen than any seven other sations 'in the Doininion-just about hair a million sheep a yei-

. At the inquest held yesterday "co-i----cerning the death of Mrs Tonkin, the wife of Captain Tonkin, manager <>f the Wairoa Shipping Company, medical evidence showed numerous bruises oil the body and one eye discoloured. The state of the stomach led the doctors to suspect the presence of pois r -.ii. and the inquest was adjourned to peimit analysis.

An interesting game of bowls was played on the Masterton green yesterday afternoon between a team from the Harry Richard's Company 'and a. local team. The game was closely rontested throughout, and ended iii f win for the local men by a narrow ■Majority. Result: Visitors: Clarke, Bach, Binns, Porter (s), 20; Masterton: Howell, Rankin, Henry, Daniel (*) 23. '

The six rinks of the Masterton Bowling Club which visited Carterton yesterday to play in the Shield and Cup matches, did not succeed in bringing back the laurels. In the ihield matches, Carterton won in the aggregate by twenty-nine points, and in the Booth Cup matches by thirteen points. The team by i'cott made a draw with that of Masson in the Shield contest., but every other match went to Carterton.

A very large public meeting on +h<\ licensing question was held it Dannevirke on Wednesday night. 'Two well-known. Masterton residents of many years standing spoke on the good effects of No-License in Masterton and the following resolution was proposed and seconded by tlie leading business men : of Dannevirke:—"That this large and representative audience of Dannevirke citizens, having heard the convincing statements of Masterton residents, re the good effects of No-License in Masterton, declares its intention of supporting No-License at the coming poll." The motion was carried unanimously. IF YOU HAVE A Cough, Cold, Nose, Throat, or Lung Trouble, Stomach, Bowel, or Liver Complaint, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, USE SANDER'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT; 5 drops in a tablespoon water. Remember, you cannot expect the good effects from any sort'of eucalyptus. SANDER'S EXTRACT CURES because it contains ethereal and antiseptic substances not contained i& other Euoalyptuß products. These latter, made by persons ignorant in chemistry, and provided with fancy names and label? by trading concerns who do not know what they contain, have caused grievous harm, and a death has resulted from their ase. Do not apply an ointment to a sore. It keeps back the secretion. To wounds, bruises, sprains, burns, ulcers, eczema, and other skin troublea APPLY SANDER' SEXTRACT, 16 drops in a tablespoon of olive oil. The effeot will surprise you. SANDER'S EXTRACT HEALS because it is" freed from the irritating constituents contained in other eucalyptus preparation. It heals when others irritate. Insist upon the genuine BANDEB EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. »nd yoo will derive the benefit-

A Native, named Douglas, was' drowned at'Frasertown white attaint-t* ing to .swim the river.

Mr J. C. Boddington reports that the rainfall registered at the Upper Plain for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m.on Thursday was 21 points. The schedule for the Dannevirke A. and P. Association's annual show, to be he'd on Wednesday, February; 14th, has already been issued.

A Waihi telegram states that a league has been formed to further the restoration of licenses in the Ohinemuri electorate.

Masterton' is not the .wettest place- "j in the Dominion. During the month ending yesterday, rain fell on twentysix days in Invercargill, the registration being 7.81 inches.

The Gisborue Herald is informed that there is a substantial rise in the price of bacon and hams throughout the Dominion, which is to take effect immediately. The petition to the Govenment asking that the Christchurch. I iovincial Council site should be handed oxer to the city contains now about 15,000•/signatures'- ' The petition is to be sent to the Prime Minister in thecourse of a day or two. ■ •' ' During the first ten months of this- , year, 332,000 tons of coal were export* ed from the port of Greymouth. Up to last Saturday the export of tr-ibeV had reached 48,000,000 superficial feet.

It mav not be generally ktiocvn that Mr Bell", senr., who lived for many years on Sunday Island, where he and" his family were the sole residents, is at present 'residing at Matahiwi, near Masterton. Although advanced in * years, Mr Bell is libpefnl that he may one day be able to return to Sunday Island.

On, one station in the Mastertoa district, the shearers have already been emploved for over 'a month in "shearing 13,000 sheep. The weather has' been so broken that shearing has been. possible on only cue or two days in the week. Other stations are similarly affected.

Post Office pillar-boxes have been erected at the corners of Cornwall and Powna.ll Streets, and Essex and Pownall Streets, Masterton, and will he cleared daily at 5 a.m., 10.20 a.m., and 2.30 p.m., connecting with tlm despatch of all mails. The first clearance will be made at 5 a.m. to-day.

• Accordih,g:tothe >latest,Engljsh' files to hand,, a coaisi^iment J of \south. •Devon cattle has been shipped to' New for'Mr John Grigg, of :ongbeach, Canterbury.. The draft consists of a. Inill and four heifers from Messrs W. and H. Whitley's herd, and a cow, heifer, and a two monthV old bull calf selected from '■■'■ Mr ' John Wood's herd at Bourtoh, Totnes.

The vital statistics for Masterton for the past month were as follows: — Births, 26; deaths, 5; marriages, 7. Seventy-six marriages were celebrated during the period of eleven months ended yesterday, compared with 70 for the whole of the previous year. The deaths to date this year number 56, against' 82 last year; while the births up till yesterday number 231, the number in 1910 having been 256.

In dealing with the statement that the people of Masterton has lost confidence in their town, because they have rejected certain loans since NoLicense was carried, the Feilding delegates who recently visited the townsay:—"The central or business portion of Masterton has been' sewered for some time, and the loam for this work amounted to £20,000. When the pro- ' posal for the loan of am. additional £31,000 was placed before the ratepayers after No-License it was, rejected. This loan was for the purpose of sewering a sparsely populated portion of the Borough, the nearest point of which is about a mile from the Post Office. Common experience teaches us- that in the majority of instances these people have already experienced the benefits of the ordinary improvements effected in boroughs do not gen.erally display a charitable disposition , by accepting an increment to their offiiA taxation to confer a like benefit their fellow citizens, and this is cisely what happened in Masterton those 'already enjoying the benefits of, drainage outvoted those desiring it. There could be as much reason to attribute the rejection of the Town Hal! proposal in Feilding to the absence of license,; in neither case was ihere any connection between the prooosals of License and No-License. The statement thus- in our opinion must fail on. the evidence given to support it. and there is therefore no need to farther consider it."

Mr.J. Rankin advertises bread for tlireepence cash.

The Akitio County Council invites tenders for the right to cut grass seed on County roads. ■'" - -a | Messrs Saba and Son ha.ve just v 3 ■ceived a big consignment.of millinery , fluid general summer goods. The firm •are opening up these new goods in a. separate shop in Holloway's buildings, and a. special display will be inade tomorrow. The whole of the lines, are to be cleared at specially rerjueeu prices. 1500 MILES IN SIX DAYS ON A MOTOR CYCLE. Some wonderful/ dde® have been.: accompliihed on ,the_ modern mototr' ' cycle, 'buffci ho (pprformaince 'lias ever oeen recoirtied in the co3oinie» of Ikmg difetance endurance riding..'that can compare -with Mr Dendy's accent performance.

I On Monday, the 20rth November • .last, Mr Dendy, a Canterbury motor a cyclist, started' ouit on has. record ruinß I .to cover 1500 indies' din. six days, the niaximiumi rfidliing time in day not to exceed 12 hours. The route chosero- was' from, <3irißtclnirdhi- to Inivercargiffll. Excitement grew very snten.se when it- was made known' that Dendy had covered 1110 mates up tdW 8 a.m. on Friday might, and it was. argued (by well knowni clitics that to (complete the 1500 mtfles on Saturday's ran of twelve (hours would, mean that Dendy had' to rode 390 auiles at an average speed' of 32 milie® an" hour, a seemingly fimpossitflfe ■task, over mountains, tussock roads, and through riv«r bedsi and wiater races. It dis- only first elasis material' amd workmanship that can, come through; (tests Hike these* with flying colours, and just as .the clock "was striking edght, dead on time, and iro the prasenioe of thousandls cf spectators, Dendy ainuved, tired, weary, and travel .stained, having accomplished' life, great oiide withoulfc one mechanic cal stop or adjustment., the ouWjjfl trouble experienced being one tune.

Bendy erode a, 1911 model 3j h.p, Premier motor cycle..

Immediate delivery can l be given of these famoias machines. Large stocks tJa choose from.

, TOURIST MOTOR CO., Ltd., HASTINGS'. Sole Agents for New Zealand.

R. POOK r Mastertoni Agent.