LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10510, 23 December 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

, The Waiiampa Age will not be published on Christmas Day or Boxing Day—'Monday and Tuesday next. The office will be open on Tuesday night for the receipt of advertisements, etc., for Wednesday morning's paper. ,

A Masterton resident planted a fnsohia tree three years .ago. Some of the limbs of the tree are now twenty-; five feet in length. ~r A pretty little card, conveying 'the season's greetings, has reached us from tlie local office of the Labour ~oepaxtment.. The average attendance at the Masterton Technical school classes during the third term was 75 per cent., which is considered to be very 'satisfactory. The secretary of the Masterton Technical School is in receipt of £142 6s for capitation and £64 15s 2d in subsidies on contributions, from the Wellington Education Board.

Salaries amounting to £l6O 19s 2d were passed for payment by the Board of Managers of the Masterton Technical School ait die special meeting held last evening. The Feaitherston County Council has decided to purchase a ?oad adjuster similar to those in use by several County Councils in the North Island. Large consignments of wool continue to arrive in Feaitherston from the outlying districts, and the staff of the local railway station, is kept very busy in consequence. Last evening the butcher shops in Masterton made a very fine display, dhiefly of lamb, turkeys, geese, ducks, : fowls, sucking pigs, (bams and small goods. It was made evident that a good Clvristmas trade is expected, and there is 'not likely to be a shortage in tihis particular line. FIVE BOYS ESCAPE CfyOUP. "During the winter montibs, my five boys were constantly attacked with colic and croup," sayfl Mrs H. Beairtland, "Duttoa Lee," Howfctt Street, Balanat, Vdctorfia. "I tried a-fl sorts' of medicine for them, but Chamberlain's dough Remedy was tSw onSy one that would ward off these attacks. It cured each of my five oJaaldietn. I have used dozens of fcottlea of thitf remedy, and within a quaitee «f ea hour after starting to Of ft, I Bare alway# hwm able to Ire** *p am *ttaok of crowp." Sold %r all •fimvite aa 4 rt»r»lto»ip«r«.

Harvesting has been, commenced on the Upper Pkin and on the Taratahi. Mr W. I. Lovelock, of Palmetifilton, (has soM a two-year-old Holstein-Fries-io-n heifer for 100 guineas. A settlement of the tramways dispute in Auckland has been arrived at, and the threatened strike is "off." A Palmerston breeder of the Ho!-stedn-Friesian cattle has recently refused an offer of 75gns for an eight-weeks-old calf. The streets of Masterton wore an animated appearance yesterday with holiday visitors, and there is every indication of big business being done by tradesmen fco-dlay. According to the Official Year Book, the increase of the public debt during 1910-11 was £6j187,477, increase | of taxation per need of European population of £4 lis Id. ■ The trains which have been passing through Mastertoin during the last few days have been crowded with holiday passengers. There has been a considerable influx to, as well as exodus from Masterton. The afternoon train from the north yesterday brought a large number of Hawke's Bay natives who are attending the religious festival in Masterton. .It is estimated that, between, six and seven hundred will be present at the gathering. The Masterton. Municipal Brass Band initerds playing Christmas carols in the borough on Christmas morning. •The band is now> appealing to ; townspeople for financial assistance, to enable at to compete at tihe North Island Brass Band competitions in February next. The Chronicle understands that the Union Company: contemplates establishing a direct service between Watoganni and Austraflia, taking out and'bnrnging hack coal. Negotiations arevat present in progress.

At Owaka on Thursday, Charles Childs, of Puketdro, was charged with "■sealing liquor in the Outha No-liceusc ■d&^rict..Evidence was givtytas to the "purchase of a bottle of whisky for 10s', and defendant was fined £2O with costs £8 IGsGd.

A Donnevirke telegram states that Kniglufc Bios.' planing shed at Mangatera was destroyed by fire on Thursday evening. An oatshed with eighty sacks of oats and 20,000 .fee* of dry and dressed timber was also consumed. The insurances on the mill and plant total '. £623£ and on tlhe "oatshed. and contents"£jlo€(^--i-V>.t.. _. C s . >.>><"- ;•„

A Gisborrie felegram. states* that tliei Gladstone, .owued by Mr HaihoT! and- ooctipied' -by\ Mi-.: was giitted by fire yefetei-' dny;mo*r«ing.; The boarders had a-niir-w escape. The building was insured | for £BSO in the Royal Office, and the contents for tlhe Yorkshire. ~ Over 250 crates of cheese arid about; the same number of bales of wool were despatched from "the Carterton railway;'station on Thursday. Many special'irains run; during the week ronveying wool«to "Wellington from stations nortßi o? Ca rterton. By reason of the recent resignations among the staff of the \ South Wai-•' rarapa. Hospital, a. complete re-organ-isation has been found necessary. Miss Bagley, of Dunedan,; has been appoinf"d matroi, and Nui'ses Horsburgfi ai.d Kirkham, both English trained, have been add3id to the perinaneht staff. An, electioneering enthusiast who threw an.egg at Waverly on elect-ion night missed liisajjn, and -hit a. lady on the back. ;The lady's husband, a well-known Waverly gentleman,' was* not far away and,he gave the culprit chase, catching him;in. one of the back, streets, and there administered such a thrashing to him -that if he recovers by next election he will be lucky. A man. named Joihn Oairjis .was dharged ■at Taihape yesterday, before two Justices of the Peace, with' dual voting. Evidence showed that accus ed voted at each of two booths at Taihape at tihe second ballot. Accused reserved his defense, and was committed for trial. Bail was allowed, himself in £25 and two sureties of £-">0 each.

Owing to the small quantity of wool which , ; has come'.forward, the Invercargill woolbrokers decided to abandon the wool sale whidli had Ijeen fixed for the, 21st ii.st. The execrable weather which has been experienced for some weeks past has bee'U the cause of the. abandonment of the sale, shearing operations 'having- been practically brought to a standstill.

At a meeting of workers, held in' Mastenton on Thursday-niglit, it was decided to form a branch of the New Zealand Labour Party in this town. Temporary officers were : appointed, pending the annual meeting, which is to be held on' January 25th, 1912. Weekly meetings will he held up to ■ttiat date. It was "decided to communicate witOi some of the recognised loaders of the Labour movement to arrange fo-r the delivering of public addiresses in Masterton in tllie early part of the approaching-yea-r. Mr C. Morgan, of Belvedere, has just- imported a firieVearling 'Ayrshire bull from Mr GilKeis, of Oama.ru. He is a beautiful beast, .sired by Prince Albert, who took first and cluampion prizes at'Oaniaru, his dam being Bita, winner of over 40 first and championship prizes, including champion at Oamaru this year. The grand-dam of tliis bull won'the milking competition last year at Oamai-u' (one milking), her record being 24il'bs'of milk, with u 6.2 test.'

A allocking tiling lias happened (writes "Atticus" jn tihe "Melbourne Leader") in connection with the building of tihe new Sydney Trades Hall.. The committee has been made aware, of the shameful fact that iron bars manufactured at Hoskins Bros.' foundry during a strike have been put into the'buiHing. Think of the ignominy to stout uniotaists of owning a hall buttressed by bare lrtainiufiactured by blackleg labour! There was nothing else for it; pant of the hall has been ordered down and the non-union iron to be torn out. How fortunate it is that the discovery did not come later,. Suppose it transpired that the founda-tion-stone had been squared by a free labourer I I cannot imagine how true unionists hope for happiness in a Paradise entirely of non-union origin.

BABY BURNT WITH RED HUT IBON Mrs Orcty, Little Denison Sftreet, Oarrington, NjS.W., writes:-" Mj little baby girl, Rita, burnt both h«>i hands until they were, nearly raw, picking n p a red hot .iron. No thing relieved the pain until I go l Rexona. This helped her it nnr and took away the pa'ri. Wc a** - continued to use. ?* since, and it has cured the terrible burns in « wonderful manner.'* Riasona, the Rapid Healing Ointment, »» nohl ir triangular pots at Is ftd »««• Bs. &b tetaafcls eTOKrwher*

Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, had quite ascare recently on its becoming known that a rabbit had been Been in the township. The rabbit inspector reported having had a great hunt 'for the intruder, having l>een watching for it day and night, three men having been engaged to unearth it, but without success. Eventually it was shot las it ran under a house. The excitement could scarcely have been greater had it been a tiger that was at large, instead of a rabbit. '. As some misapprehension appearat© exist regarding the privileges a member is entitled to by joining the.Wairanapa Caledonian, Society now, we have been asked by the Secretary - (Mr to state.that the Directors have unanimously decided thta* a member's ticket will entitle that, member to a fuM year's privileges upto the fltoniversaiy of tllie date he jointed,,and not only ip the end of thefinancial 1 year, viz., March 31st, as-' many people appear to think. So that any person joining the Society now will not only secure the free admission. to the sports (including grandstand)* but to all the winter evening enter— I tainiments, etc., which it is proposed tocontinaie during 1912. At a meeting this week of the* Management Committee.of the Wairaraupa. Amateur Swimming Csub, tfcie-. programme for the annualoarniyal on? Anniversary Day was drawn iip; Uhe -_ Secretary (Mr J. A. MoEwen) reported that he had received word from tho Wellington Centre that the dub had been allotted the 100 yds WeHangtoa Provincial Championship for thesports. General' satisfaction; was expressed by members, as this means(that all the best swdmumers wilf hehere from Wellington to compete. It' was decided to hold a 66yds club haVdicap on Thursday evening, 28th inst, ait 6.30 o'eflook, post entry. Strawberries and raspberrie*} and; ci-«'nm il .|wili-he obtainable at Mr& Piek~ ; '■•" ering's tea rooms to-dayi f

The date of tlhe next Mastertott: wool, skin, hides and tallow sale is fix* ed for February 7th, 1912.

Tenders are invited by the Master--Council for. leasing'riie- r Coronation Hall for three as a tea kiosk.

A picnic, under the auspices of the Combined Bible Classes and YM.G.Ai will be held at Solway showgrounds }ja Boxing Day, All young people ars invited* , -,\" , \- .. ~_/.

Mr J. L. Mxwray has received ■«*£-;-'■ vice from Jus Hoineboiyerof the.'siiip-; meat, of a line of bpya full ,f o?e-\h&m^Xtoi~P?? : s£&. l'_ s■>£?&■■£ ~' First.; kets, aJI ie^^ and handles five the right thing for holiday traveling.?' ■'. '■" Under the head of facts, MessraReid and Quay notify that 130 Horn*--by petrol engines have been sold anil are running in tlhe Dominion this year r and the names ofjieyery buyer caff U*. : . ' furnished. Naturally, they 'as-lit 3" "Why purchase an inferior engine . i; >'-' n&en you can have tial : : and eMnomical?'' ' _Jijb-;;' A. E. Upton, Jocal agent, is prepared to show intending buyers where these engines are working. | . A great trade has been done in Christmas .toys by Messrs;.-J. Graham* and Co. in Home's buildings. . The stock has beea a large and > , varied assortment of toys and other --'■ novelties having been purchased af " '•'* such a.discounfraswill enable them.tf* be sold practically at half the ordin* ary prices;., .Messrs Graham and Cbv have also received, a shipment of neif muscatels and-Christmas cohdimeirte. In onjer to allow the public ; to jiurchase really high-grade footwear a* % bargain,prices,;/Mr J. Kitphetier an- * nounces that he will allow', a Christmas discount of 10 per cent on ail sucht- ' puirdhases. Tlhe discount will be al*'\. lowed on all iahe most stylish footwe«r, including .3bstook's, Crockett ■ and Jones, and ; Madow's English makers, and the best, boots and shoes procurable from the colonial factories. If you can. possibly manage to d* your Christmas shopping at the 1 W.F.C.-A.; drapery depairtment thi* morning, will you kindly do so. I trade of vbhis week is far ahead of any; '■ I previotus Christmas, and it is difficult I to cope with the exceptional' business j during the : afternoon. By shopping: j this morning you will; obtain more ati tentdon, and tfiie cxKmfont to'-you- will be appreciated we feel sure. will remain open till ten tb-ndght for the convenience of those who are unake to get out during the day.* MrWi very busy week.. Many pounds woith, of goods have been sold during the fiwedays; but- there is still a big supply <jf goods left for to-day (Saturday)",' and -to person' 1 Avill leave the shop unsuited—eitlier for supply of goods of quality of same, or pritfe of same. Travelling? Iwigs of different designs', and. travefling trunks of different makes, of steel ;ond other materials j boxed suits, men's clptlhing, and boots of all kinds; Panamia halts and Straw hats, soft felt hats, bowler hats —good variety to ohoose from Bowler hats (special).* We remind our readers of th'v pro-. ; perty sales to be conducted bv two New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., at their (ffice. Chapel Street, to-day at 2 p.m. Tlie firm are acting under instructions from the executors in the,-estates r.f C. P. and Hans P. Hoffeins, .{cceased, and the properties comprise, v a veiy compaot and centrally situated siieep and dairy farm"of 121 acres at MauriceviUe. Tlhe land and buildings 'at Mauriceville, known as the Mauriceville hotel, Arill also be. submitted for sale. The vendors desire to ;exr.<& in , order to clear up partnership accounts,, and the pubKo will have an opport-in-* ity of securing bargains in- both, properties.

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