LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10513, 30 December 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Onesma.ll farmerin a district to . lio hoWih of Masterton has already nettc 1 £7O t3iis year.by tihe sale of pigs. A dearth of fanm labourers is being experienced in the Fejlding as w : ?ll as the Masterton district. Mr E. Stead, of New Zealand Just week won the £SO and £l2O pigeondhooting handicaps piomoted by the Gnn Clnb, London. Northern buyers of store sheep iwe been operating freely in Southland during the .week, and several. '■fairlylarge purchase have been made; The contest for the Davis Cup 'havi i)een postponed until Monday owing tr. th© sever© weather -prevailing in Christchurch.- . - There is to be still further clossr settlement in South Canterbury. Mr J. Aitkem's farm of 81Qjaores at W' cliester; has just been purdhased under the Land Settlement Finance Act. Experts affirm that Taranaki petroleum is the ridhest in the world. "I'd like to get it in some of our oil wells in Russia-," remarked a recemfc visitor, who had considerable experience of oil wells in other parts of the world.

Some of the roads in jhe extreme south of Southland are reported to te in a terrible state owing to reco.iii phenomenally heavy rains. Th© condition of the roads lias been describe-.j by a recent visitor as equalled oniy\ : n the Dominion.

The following players have been sel ected to represent Wellington in the cricket match against Canterbury, which is to commence oh the Basin Reserve, Wellington, to-day:—E. O. Blamires (captain), Mahoney, GibbcN>, Berendsen, Phillips, Pindlay, Brice Saunders, Patrick, Findlayson, and Hickson. T!h© Hawke's Bay cricketers - easily defeated Mar<iwa.tu at Pa'merstori ',his week. Tlie chief scorers in ihe visitord second innings wer© J. H. Board (108) and Stevens (30), the aggregate-being 185. Manawatu's second venture, onry j'ealised 62 —Fairey 25, and Benhet 12 (not out). A peculiar grub has been found on a farm at Upper Tutaenui, above Mai ton. At first glance it looks like a long whit© piece of thread, and on being disturbed immediately curls itself up Its length is about lb s inches. The finder has forwarded the grub to Wellington for further particulars. The lupin seeds planted in the Rakada river-bed by the late Mr W. Baxter, under the direction of 'she Aahbunton County Council, so as to prevent drifting sand, have been a great success, and the whole river-bed is at the .present time a sea of goldf n yellow. '■-'-.

The movement which ha* been set on foot in tdie Taumarnmii electorate to present a testimonial to Mr W. T. Jennings', late M.P. for the district, as » tangible mark of appreciation of ihis long service to the district, is j with liberal support-. CommitCees'nave been formed in Taumaj; xunil and To Kuiti, and it is ftniicipaied Mat all the centres in the electorate will give the project hearty support. WUiafc next! London club gossip has it that the cigarette habit among wo-. . men has increased to a great extent of laife. Many women show an unconquerable craving for "a smoke," and i*s4 it noAV a common thing in mauy London 'restaurants to see members of the other sex puffing away a.t cigarettes. It will be "all the same the Maori wahine" soon. BABY BURNT WITH BED HOT IRONS. Mr si Orotv, Little Denison Sftreetf, Oairinigtoii,' N.S.W., ■ writes >— "My I little baby girl', Rita, burnt botJi liter ' linmidis natal'they were nearly raw, I picking up a red hot iron. Nothing ' relieved the pain until I got ißexona.. This* Ihelped' Bier at once to take away the pain>. We have continued' to use it since, and it hfts oured the terrible burntb in a woaaderrul man'mer." Rexono, the Rapid Healing Oiat/tmient, is sold (in triangular pots at 1® 6d and 3s. Ofotabiiabl© everywhere.

The rainfall registered in Masterton at six o'clock last nigjhit for tjw previous twenty-four hours" was 32 points.

Tiao maximum temperature in Masterion yesterday was only G4 degrees —a very low reading for this time of tho year.

The Masterton branch of the Labour Party naa decided to invite Mr W. A. Veitdh. M.P., of Wanganui, to uelive/ an address in Masterton on January 24th.

tMr J. C. Boddington reports that itiio rainfall registered at the Upper Plain for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. yesterday was 71 points. Ifc is probable that the official opeuing of the new bridge over the Rwamahunga river at Waihenga will take place next month.'

Mr G. E. Allen, of Masterton, will send about eight Romney Marsh rams t-o buyers in the Poverty Bay districts dun-Tir next month.

The Old Boys of Nelson College, resident in Wanganui, liave decided to hold a re-union Old Boys on or about January 24tih.

TBie trophy for lie most points at -the Homewood sports on Boxing Da,: was won by Mr H. Ndtz. A report of the meeting will be found on our back page to-day.

The ox-eye daisy is spreading m several .parts of the Masterton district, and is likely to prove a serious menaco to farming unless its cultivation is checked. In the Cook County it las been declared a noxious weedT A Tiraaru telegram states that .for. tiie twelve hours ending four o'clock yesterday aifternoon, 1.31 inches of rainfell in; that district. All the rivers are in high flood, and stock has had to be shifted from the river-beds.

.'Wlhile fisttiing. on the fbeach near Waikanae a few days ago, a visitor lost & gold watch and chain, value! at between £2O and £3O. Despite vigilant search no sign of the missing «rticles were found.

One petition in.y; bankruptcy ,Jjas been filed in Masterton during the present montih, compared with t in tho corresponding montih of 1910. For the year 1911, eighteen bankruptcies have occurred, while the number for the previous year was twenty-two.

The vital statistics lor Mastertoa for the mo-nth of December a re: —Birth 3 14, deaths, 12, marriages 10. During the present year, 246 births, 68 deaths, f jond 86 n*af | is compared wit^^6fbirtik? ? and 70' marriages.for.for the yeaft IQitfv J

•'an has nnd'Mll Jbo 1 st. January as rthe'date or the openiug of the shooting season for godwit or curlew. This date is in substitution for tine Ist February, as requested by -iihe conference of the Acclimatisation Societies.

The hands employed on the vessels of the Wellington Harbour Ferries will caase work to-day unless theirrequest for a conference, with the company is granted with them. The'meii do not belong to any union, but they are being backed by the: Wharf Labourers' Union and the Seamen's Union. Their demands, approximately, amount to an increase in wages of as per week of forty-eighjb hours. A motor car, whioß,was conveying portion of a wedding psrty from Masterton, met with an a'ctiderit, on '-fclieBast Coast Road just.beyong Brammerton on. Thursday afternoon. The car was passing a wool\wa-gon, when the wheels skidded on the wet road and the car toppled over an embankment between v thirty -,- and - forty feet deep. Two ladies, who were' in the car, were thrown clear, and'escaped injury, but the driver and a boy were slightly hurt. The car,'whiclh was badly damaged, was extricated yesterday by means'of a buUock' team, and was conveyed to Masterton by Messrs Fly and Young, carriers.

A man named James McDonald was charged in the Magistrate's Court at Masterton yesterday, before' Messrs" Pauling and Wagg, J.P.'s, with being drunk and disorderly, (2) with damaging a constable's overcoat, and (3Y with resisting the constable in t'ne execution of his duty. As the police gave accused a good character, the bench took a'lenient view of the case. Accused was convicted and discharged on the first ciharge, ordered to pay 30s, the cost of the overcoat, on the second, and fined £1 in default fortyeipjht hours' imprisonment on thethird.

The Manawatu Tumea of yesterday siays:—A Maori named Edward Kingi, from the Wairarapa, was charged at the' Police Court yesterday morning with having. behaved in a disorderly manner in a railway carriage at-."he Palmerston North station. The evidence of the police went to show that accused entered the carriage in a drunk condition and commenced to pull his wife's hair and to kick her. When tiho porter tried to turn him out, he/objected strongly and was inclined to bo violent. He was fmed'£l with 10a 6d costs.

' While Dr. Mcßtae, of TSnui, vras leading his horse down a, hillside :>no wet evening recently, he had the mis* fortune to slip aiid fall, and he stnuk a piece of manuka so. heavily that a number of his ribs were broken. The horse got away, and the doctor, in severe pain, with night rapidly approaching, straggled along tlie track towards tlie nearest Mbitation, When daylight broke Dri McKae found himself Close to Annedale station, where he was taken in and given all possible attention. He had been wandering about with broken ribs from 7 p.m. to 4 a.m. The injured man was brought to Masterton, and attended .by Dr. Hosking. He has since returned home, and is progressing as well as can bo expected,

WHAT ABOUT HAWKES! The Wellington Garrison Band won the Championship and also the Challenge Shield at the Palmerston North Band Contest of 1911. They used Hawkes' Exoeslior Sonorous Band Instruments—a complete set. In the first test piece this noted Wellington, Band was allotted the maximum number of points, the judge declaring that he had never heard such playing, and commending in eulogistic terms the tone and blend. The Wellington Tramway Band, also us ing a complete set of Hawkes' Excelsior Sonorous nistruments, won the B Grade. The judge congratulated this band on their' playing. These" *wo successes in Grade A and Grade B, on such a great occasion, are worthy wins for Hawkes, whose instruments are pre-eminent all over th world. Bandsmen! Buy a set of Hawkes—there are honours and valuable prizes to be won with them. Write for catalogue. Sole agents— The DRESDEN PIANO CO., Ltd., Wellington. Lecal Representative: H. Inns, Daniell's Buildings, Queen Street, Maetertoa.

'' '■ " " ■ "J" in"!"! ' ' l»^.«»«»—« Two distinct shocks of earthquake ware experienced in Dunedin oa ThurS* dlay evening. It is estimated that buildings to the value of £20,000 liave teen erected dn Masterton during the present year* A sitting,of the Native Oourt is at present being held in Greytovrn by Judge Wilson. '> The total amount of gate moioy taken ait the Eltham Axemen's Car,m* val was £212 19s, being about .830; less than hist year. Advices show that the sliaro'of \>l\& ! ! reeeipta of the Australasian football team now touring England lias already readied'£-1500, the expanses being £ISOO. i .-.< - _. There were 6157 applicants for'ianii last year, and of these only 800 weresuccessful, ''This is for botfli Crown lands and land*for settlement lands.

A camp of Territorials, to include' the whole of the 9foh Regiment (which takes in the En.;t- Coast district froni Gisborno to Fei. icnston) wiU,Jbe held at Takapau the end of; Marph. The motion of the Masterton fiospiJ tal acknowledges with thanks tlsuQ §s» , lowing donations to the patientaSrf '"', Mr G. H. Peiry, muscatels figs,,cordials; D.'Ogilvy, laiab; /MrV R. Krahagen, books. : . ,%■ ;\ \ Twelve boys sent out from Engiiinl j by the central body, to ; ta«se> up farm work in New Arrived at the Bluff on Monday, and? aliu Wave been placed in Southland. The* boys' ages range from 16 to 18 years. An Qam/aru telegram says that Jaltrt; r {Steele, shearer, aged aboujb; 50j years r was found dead in ihis bed at the Otematamah shearing sheds this morning. There wais nothing to indicate 'the:' cause of death. c . iA line of lambs killed at the Feiid- : ; -ing abatftJbir; for thei Chrdsftmas tra'de'■ averaged 60£lbs, tihe heaviest turrjiJig the scale at 721bs! For this time' of the year, says the Star, these weights.' will take some beating. v Pickpockets are plying their mlling; .■ -in unusual numbers in Auckland/A gentleman who was waiting his turn w> got into a traoncar felt a click at his pocket, and upon seating himself, looked to see if it were ■torn, and then discovered that it was .turned' inside out, and his money gone*

Mr J. W. NioJiolson, who won the" ' 220 yards handicap m Wellington off . 21 yards, has been re%a«dicapped .tj> '' 17..yairds in the '.■ 220 ';■'_■ bo run in Masterjton on Nef« H ,been r reoeived[ '^'& ::^£^£& Ashibrartohy sustained rather . eevious• "; injuries while travelling in a train between Ashburton anl Cliristchurdb.A'youth in the carriage ignited.*cracker, which flew in the.girl's face*:-. * injuring one of her eyes. Fortunately she is rapidly recovering, but 'the . tlhoughtiess act of the youth .might have had very serious consequences; • which,>even as it was, should have ip«-: eluded a good thrashing to himself.. •

v A young man named Arthur Regin-- ■ aid Boyd was charged an the Magi*-. . trate's Court ait Masterton yesterday, before Messrs J. H. ,Palih'ng and T.. Wagg, J.P.'s, with forging the namC v of Bert Welch to a. cheque far £lO ott the Blank of Australasia, and uttering the, same to William James Harvey. The accused, who was icpresented by Mr P; L. Holliugs, was remanded till' January'-sth, bail heing allowed.in' himself' £25, and two sureties of £25 each. Madam Nellie Fieldhouse, who has been engaged to sing at the' Caledonian concert in Masterton on New Year's night, r vill sing the following well-known Scottish songs:—"Angu* r Macßonald,'- '-John Anderson, My; Jo," and "Here's to the Year that'sAwa' .' ' The box plan is now open a* the Secretary's office and tickets already going off .freely. The proceed* , from the concert are to be handed to* the Pipe Band. From the Department of Agriculture. Mr E. Short (Feilddng) has re--'' ceived' a letffcer stating the Governmenthas been invited to send samples s>{' ,- New Zealand wool for the commercial' . museum at Philadelphia, U.S.A., for research purposes. The letter points out that if satisfactory results are •>" -' tained," it will be calculated to encourage the iimportation of New "£ea~ - land wool into America, which would he of inestimable benefit to Dominica _ growers. The Star says that Mr ' Short ;is sending twenty fleeces from - 2-itooth Romney stud.ewes, shorn, in. September last. Tlie Government will > prepare the fleeces and forward rheiw . to America. \

Tfwo experienced raibbiters'-are _y<4ventdsed in tlhe wanted columns. , ,', ~

Messrs McLedd and~Young advertise stationery and'diaries for 1912;

iMr A. Hendry, outfitter and mvrcer, Queen Street, advertises Jshirts of all kinds, pyjama arid lounge suits, and travelling rugs, all at special quotations. . ■■- . '

Attention is directed to a change advertisement inserter 1 elsewhere by Messrs Krahagen. and Ohapman, taiJors, Miasterton. • Mi- Thomas Gadsby, Lansdowne, of-' fere a ■ reward for the recovery of a, light draught' ix)an mare, lost ou Christinas Day.

Mir H;;H»dley" announces the; ar-. ' rival of a big coiisignmeiat of .*i&* j:i

goods from the most notaihle .fafetbi:-'," ies. The lines have all been specially selected for the season, and -they embrace all. the latest and most fashionable makes. A special' 1 display will oe made tonday, all goods being mafkel at lowest prices.

"1 had beoa, suffering from Pile* for some little time, and had tried Tarious advertised Omtmeatß for my complaint, but I only got worse. 1 gave Rexona a trial, and was antly surprised to find I waj «>i»~ pletely cured in four day*. I need Laxo-Tonio Pills at the same tune, so they may h»r9 helped towards ny quick reooverv," writer Mr»_MaggieMnnTO, Cooper Street, 3axsaauir. N.S.W. Rexona, the Rapid Healeav 'a sold in tri".uffular not* at l» ™* Ladies, be consiaeraie and tactful, yet firm, with any refractory draper who may try to substitute any othermake for tbe famous Warner's Ru»V oroof Corset* *

.' 'Chamberlain's Colic, Chokra andDiarrhoea Remedy is absolutely finest thSmg on earth for coOic, painfl in the stomach, and diarrhoea,' say* Mr G.'H. Hodgson, oif Wangainm, N.Z. "It wil cure every time. JNOt one is subject to more violent attapfe* of diarrhoea tihan myself, but IJ&?* never known Chamberlain/s Oolio, Chbdiera and Diarrhoea Remedy to. fail to ottr© me." Sold by alt dn«nnists and stos-ekeepera. •