LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10502, 14 December 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

wh6le» of ctiheC Masterton and other.,'electorates in the Dominion will be exhibited to night on the hoarding in front of the "Age" office. The hoarding will be lighted with two 1000-candle power "Lux 1 - lights. It, is. anticipated that thefirst returns from Masterton will be posted ! up about 6.30 p.m. < ™ Stoats are reported to be playing havoc in the poultry yards of, Carterton jilst now.

Farmers are greatly pleased with the rise in prices at the recent wool sales.' The Bank View clip practically topped the" market at 10Jd. ' 'The town and districts are clean and healthy," was- the concluding sentence in Inspector Cairns' report to the Wairarapa Hospital :ind Charitable Aid Board yesterday. The Wairarapa. Hospital and Charitable Aid BSird 'yesterday a sub-oommittee to make an. offer for a. sate in Masterton upon which -to , erect .offioes for tihe Board. . . " Mr A. W. iai Masrterton la&t night'that .the present was .the most bitter Jight he had fought during his political ' career of ijwemfcy-one yeans. In the course of his address in Masterton last night, Mr A. W. Hogg referred' to the newspapers of the town as "despicable rags," "the gutter press," and authors of "abominable lies." l!he Masterton District High School broke-up yesterday for the summer vacatioai. The whole of the teacliingstaff were the recipients of marks of esteem from the.pupils in their respective classes, which is evidenco of the splendid work being done at the school. A line of 150 flock lambs for freezing purposes, brought from 13s 6d to 16s in Nortli Camterbury on Friday. Two African lion cubs were born at Mr Boyd's zoo at Oliristchurcli last week. Waina Tuke, a native woman of Te Ore Ore, Masterton, died somewhat suddenly in Carterton yesterday. Sho was forty-six years of age, and had l>een- under medical treatment. The body is to be brought to-day to Te Ore Ore, where a big "tamgi" will be held.

One often witnesses unusual sights in the backblocks, says the Te Wh-arau correspondent of the Wairar-apa Ago. On <a recent Sunday, divine sei-viee was being conducted on an East Coast station, and a. very short time afterwards, the preacher was seen with his coat off sprinting over seveial flights of hurdles, while his more or less astonished congregation looked m from a distance. The preacher in the backblocks must evidently be an allround man.

AFFECTS ENTIRE SYSTEM. As soom as you have Ever trouble you wail know it, but- you may not know that Chamberlain's Tablets mil give you prompt an permanent relief no matter how long standing the trouble lias beem You may be well now, but you should bear in mind that indigestion and' . constipation* are nature's warmings of future liver trouble. Chamberlain)'s Tablets, taken at first indication of either of these, complaints, wiifl save you muoh suffering. • Sold by all chemists and storekeepers.

Heavy gales (have been experienced in the Te Wharau district during thi* past few weeks, and have done a go-.:;! deaf of damage to feed raid crops.

Messrs By ford Bros., of Masterton, liavo now completed the homestead .it Flat Point station, wlirich present* on° o.f the most convenient and uvmodate buildings on the East Coast. Mr Seed, Inspector of he Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, says that "the majority of the cab horses in Wellington are a disgrace to the city." Mr T. Dixon, of Masterton, left liis bicycle outside the gas office yesterday afternoon while 'he went inside to pay his gas bill. On (his return five minutes later, the bicycle, was gone, and has not since been recovered by him. The police have been notified. A pigeon match, under the auspices of the Masterton Gun Club, will be Tield on the Old Showgrounds this afternoon. Some of the best shots in the Dominion will take part. A small chargo will be made for admission. The Masterton County Council notified the ' Wairarapa Hospital anci Charitable Aid Board yesterday that Messrs 1). J. Cameron and M. J. H. Jackson ; iad been recommended for appointment to.,the Board as representing, that bedy. It was deaided that the recommendation be forwarded to the Inspector-General. ; Mr tS. Bdlton stted at the meeting ,qf the Wairatfa.pafhospital .and,. (Mdtable Aid Board- yesterday tliat the PaOiktua Committee had found it impossible to extend charitable aid by means of order, as had bee;i suggest ed by tho Board; Some of the recipients;,lived a idistau<M3..£i;ojp.. t th.e office of the committee, and it was unreasonable to expect them to come to the town for orders. The Chairman explained that the issuing of orders 1 instead of cash was only a recommendation of the Board.

At tihe meeting of the Wairarapa | Hospital and Charitable Aid Board yesterday, a report was read from Dr. Archer Hoskiiig (medical officer of the Master ton Hospital) and Matron Hayward, omthe operations of the eighthour system in respect to nursing'iu t'ho hospital. The report stated i that the cystem was in the best interests of - the patients, and the influence on the training, health and discipline was only for good. The doctor and matron were thanked by tlhe Board, for the:;' report. Mr James Hood, jtoail contractor, from Carterton to Te W-harau, had a narrow escape from a nasty accident on Tuesday last. Mr Hood had soceral empty -tins on the brake, which -,-fe're lifted 'by the wind on to the horses' backs, causing the team to bolt at once, throwing ihim ofE the brake. The wheels went over Mr Hood's leg, and he is rather badly bruised, but otherwise escaped serious injury. One hors&»was dragged a considerable distanoe, and severely'cut about."

At the meeting of tlhe Wairarapa Hospital and 'Charitable Aid Board yesterday, a letter /was read from the Otago Board, suggesting that steps: be taken to induce the Government to place a special sum on*, the estimates to enable Hospital Boards to efficiently deal with the spread of tuberculosis, Mr W. Fisher stated that this matter had been considered at the Hospita! opinion. monstrous*ihat persons suffering from tuberculosis should be sent a 'hundred miles,from "tiheij Jioaws., Q'?, the motion of Mr Fisher, xt was merida'Cion of the Otago Board.

5 wit 9 r6ad f roifr the'Pahiiatua' Hospital iCJommittpe, at-the .. of tho \Vairarapa'Hospital and' Charitable Aid Board yesterday, complaining that it had been unable to;procure nursing assistanoe from the Masterton Hospital, chairman staged that the scheme was not yet quite in working order. It was hoped that, when it was in full operation., thediffi:C«ity">whieh had arisen in iegard to PahSatua^.would not recur. Mr Jade- ' son ve/itured the,;, opinion that it wo&ld l>e a most difficult matter for.'" the Masterton Hospital to provide <« il the mirsps required." . In his report to the Wairarapa Hos-" pital and Charitable Aid Hoard yesterday, Inspector Cairns slated that the infectious diseases reported during the past two months ..were as follow : —Mnsterton borough and l/iJisdowne, eleven oases of scarlet fever and three of tuj^ercujosis; Pail iatua.,;.ji nd Kai-, tawa, tfiree cases of scarlet fever ard two of tjuherculoskjiMataikona;, four cases ttfVscarlet fever; Hukanui, case of tuberculosis.Woodvil le, F«iEHridge and" Taueru, one cise each of .scarlet fever.-. The Inspector stated that, although there wera n number of: soarlet fever ' cases in different; parts of the district & few weeks ago. the danger of 4Ui outbreak- was now past. '••••■

A longthy discussion took place at the meeting of the Wadrarapa Hospital and Charitable Aid Board yesterday, on a request from the M-aster ton Hospital Committee for authority to expend a sum of £3O or £4O in prjviding protection instead of seieens on the verandali of the local institution. Mr Fisher urged that if the authority was given, it should bo in the .nature of a. grant from tiho Board. The Chairman said the Committee had a balance osi its maintenance account, and in its application iv. did not ask for a special grant. Mr Murray Jackson, thought a special grant should be made. After further discussion it was deeidedj_ on the motion of Mr Ewington, that tlie request be granted.

It does mot follow (that .because a> madi-inie (has wr; some contest ajt i® tine ibost kind of rvacliiine. For instance, wa& a Milting Contest at 'a certain l starticm in l Australia. The wnkiitiiinK machine fonmediiateiy cJaimied tihfeub it lhad' defeated' all (other 1 machines' on t3ie market-. But here's the point—-the contest was imTaiown to the representative, of tihle Ridd Mfifllkding Machine until after it lifeid takeni pHtiw—lueaicft the ißidd Matcfiinliie "was not 'beaten. .And, after all, a. (note of commendation dike thn» from Mr George- Harvey, oif Otaielijo, 'cara-ies utiOre weiglntr' wittfi tine pi'a'oiical [farmer 1 tlrnn at We ctonlfceate ever M : "I liJave used the Radd Mach•Bnes some time now, and must say thiey are the 'best machines' on the market. They are jrfmplfcdty itse¥, .and wriM. 1 stand a Hot of wear. _ The pulisatibn is perfect and' there j® no fear of hurtinlp: thte cow's teats. _ The ißSkicksit-one Oil. Engine is 06 simple ia& could be made, easily understood, a,nd gives every satisfaction'. MANSON AND BARR, J DISTRICT AGENTS, Palanerston North.

The following rotice is posted in a prominent position, on a, Levin, property : —' 'NOTTS.—Kson. lade ear fer dorgs and Sosheelists." Tho Hon. Roderick McKenzie Das spoken at Hastings this week, rhe Hon. T. Mackenzie at Pahiatua on >bcihalf of the Ministerial candidates. In the course of his open-air speech in Mastertooi last night, Mr A. W. j'« gg paid t flattering tribute to Sir Joseph Ward! An anonymous dorfor has given £3OOO for the Children's Home, for which Lady Carroll recently presented two acres of ground. The gift carries a £ for £ Government subsidy Fifty-seven, boxes of butter are being manufactured daily at the Hawke'e Bay Dairy Company's butter factory at Mangatainoka. The last grade note received was 92. A correspondent thinks it would be a charitable act on tJie part of thei Government if they strained a point and paid the old age pension on, say. the 22nd or 23rd of- this month, > and gave the old /people > a chance to get j* few little necessaries for Christmas Day. Frederick formerly , of Masterton and Carterton, who was till recently employed as secretary to the Wellington Working Men's Club r was arrested on Tuesday evening, at. Wellingtpn, and charged that, between the months of July and i Ni»vember, he did appropriate the'sum of £2OO, the property of the Olub. Mr R. A. WillUms, ,of •• Mangata!-,;. Jiolca,-is importing a trao of BJack Bed Old English game fowls from Eng.land:Th«" Zealand aibout the end of the montH. The entries for the Pongairoa Caledonian Sports constitute a leoord, being 100, or nearly a. score more than last year. The handicaps will be_ declared in a oouble of days, and will be published in tie Age.

An Eltliain telegram says ■ —The unfavourable season is seriously, affecting the milk supply, but the amount,-.paid out is greater than in the period last year. For'"the three months ending. ber the Elthatii Ckanpanyi iruuiiifaetTftW ed 627,5931bs of butter, paying out £25,920, as against 677,593i1*s and 1 , £24,559 in tho corresponding period of ' 1910. The output of butter boxes and dheese crates by the Egmonfc box faotory shows a decrease of 10 per cent, compared with last year. A young lady for tea rooms in Masterton is advertised for. Messrs Bead and Douglas, hairdressers and tobacconists, notify tha fact that they grimd, set, and guarantee razors and scissors. .Mr Robert Russell 1 , second-ha**! dealer, advertises Inew bicycled «it second h<u^ f p£i9ea?dudmg-tlie Xmasholidays. ..v'CUs consumers- are reminded' that to-jSiornw 15th JJeceoi-ber;-'is the last' dayo&jwhicli discount will be* allowed on cuarent accounts. In this erratic uncertain wea*tlher, farmers would study their own. interests by consulting Messrs J. Elliott and Oo.'s advertisement on. page 6, in reference to rick-£*Wer&', eto. The funeral'of 13m lftite Mr Patrick Concannon takes JjlftOe to-day, and will leave St. Church at'l2 o'clock: noon, for the Masterton cemetery. " '' • •' . v A special *of -,tlhe , novelties in ladies' and •holidayattire' at special Xmas' prices • arid 'idieixsory ' Masterton. Messrs Dalgety and Co., I/td., advertise a very desir abler farm to lease for a period of five years. The. area, is 200 acres, and all necessary holdings are on, the property. TheVfcUiatKm:»s 2j miiles from Hukanui, and 8 miles from Paliiatua. Also 100 acres at, Hukamii that cjMbe worked with the ' #ay be seen on page 8. > : Messrs James Macintosh-ahd ; . CSt>., pastoral and financial agents, Wellington, advertise for sale the Fohiatua, Makuri, and Pongaroa mail coach and passenger service, with 16 horses and harness, 2 coaches and mail cart. These,coaches serve two rising townships, and are for sale cheap, with, easy terms to a good man. Further particulars can be had on application ,to thje agents.

' 'Christ-mas in tfie. (>unibry is much '; more enjoyable there is good, musicin the home. la'this. connection < thft Bwtisli atnd ' Gontioontal . t Piano Company supply some of the best makes of pianos, and org<uis, also pianola-pianos. The terms of payment • are claimed to be the easiest in the world—equal tc a rental only, and within the reach of all. Stocks are kept at 169 Queen Street, Masterton, and Mr J. Lowndes, the local agent, will give all information. With this issue Js circulated an inset by Mr Heiidersofi , jeweller-optician and direct importer, the ' title of which is "The house for beautiful presents." Mr Henderson has this season made most extensive preparations in catering for the wants of patrons, and a visit to his shop will fit once reveal the largo and varied nature of the stock. The inset is full of suggestions for Christinas gifts, and although it is not intended as a complete list of goods, it will give the pullic some idea of the comprehon-siveness-of t3ie Christmas stock. The second hallo t at an election may be "<a hit of a nuisance," but iit possessies the merit of ensuring an' absolute majority for the _ elected candidate. Several* constfituencaos have called for 'a second baJl'ot, and rd'ghtlfy- so. Now it ifi somewhat singular that after petopte have tried Crescent' "Blend Tea they never want tb try amy other brands l . A second 1 baLTot is not necessary wifth Orescent. It wins favour on first trial because! it is goiod and always maint'ai liiS its reputation. *

CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR GIFTS. •WatSi eacli succeeding year tlve 6'ame qiueisitd'om presents it-self, What tS !hall> I give to my friend® thds Qhnstmais? It m.ust be 'something good, seirvtficeaMe and dainty. l»e<t us help voiv to decade tfeat- question. If amy of the following articles should .prove suitable,' kindly call and inspect our targe stock 1 . Gut GUasS' Silver Mounted Bottles, Perfume Sprays, Perfumery, Hair Brushes, Military Brushes', Sluivinji- Sets,. Stoop. Boxes, .Toilet Soaps, Tliwmos Flasks, Plibtoga-juplino Outfits, Perfume Sachets, Potpourt Jars, etc., etc. J. V. GORDON, M.P.S., Chemist and Pharmacist (by Exams.), Medical Hall, Masterton. You can get rid of that oold by taking Tonking's Linseed Emulsion. -From all chemists and !«-6d. *2» fid. *■ t