LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10514, 2 January 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Many North Islanders have been visiting Mount Cook during the holidays. The fire at Taylor's franiture factory in Gisiborne has been traced to children playing with matdhes among dressed flax in a istore-rooicn.

Old identities aver that the past month was the wettest December ever experieiced in the history of Master ton,. The Waarorapa Territorials did not participate in the military tournament at Palmerston North yesterday. The native festival at Te Ore Ore (has been concluded, and most of the visiting natives have returned to their liloimes. Several healthy-looking_ crops of mangolds are to be seen in paddocks between Masterton and Greytown at the pre,sent time. ■Mr H. B. Irving, a son of the worldfamous Sir Henry Irving, will appear in "Hamlet" in Masterton towards tlie end of the present month, under the direction of J. C. Williamson, Ltd, Nature's Embrocation. ROCKE'S Eucalyptus Oil. The finest that Australia produces. There's Somefchiu# Dio 'nrrfavfl ftboUt ißOCJiriC'a.

The births registered in Auckland for 1911 numbered 3005, constituting a record for the Dominion.

The Masterton bowling green wns well patronised yesterday, and some interesting games were played It is announced that Johnson fights M'Vea. at Sydney on Easter Monday. Johnson received 30,000 dollars, and 5000 dollars as training expenses. T3io Musterton Municipal Band and Salvation Army Band played Christmas caro!s on New Year's Eve, which were much appreciated. The police have received news that two shearers were burnt to death in a luit at Hxirunhi on Saturday morning. No details are yet to hand.

Tilio rainfall registered in Masterton for tJio month of December was 4.07 inches. The total registration for the year was 38.75 inches.

Following tlio custom of years. \ratchniglit services were held in various Master ton cfliurches on Sunday liigjht.

Tlie Miauriceville Rifle Olub will commence a series of trophy competitions on Saturday next. The competitions will be fired at 300, 500, and 600 yards—figure targets.

TSvo persons started the New Year so well in Masterton yesterday that they were token to the police station in order that tlhey might revive their drooping spirits. Tihey will explain Hhis tnornang.

Among tihe visitors to the Caledonian sports in Masterton yesterday were Mr Thompson (pipe major of the Oamaru pipe band), Mr McArtney (pipe major of Hawke's Bay, Mr Baillie (pipe major of Wellington), and W. D. Walker (pipe major of Ohristdhurch.)

A particularly large crowd assembled in Miasterton 011 Saturday last, wihdch was observed as Now Year's Eve by the shoppers. The utmost good order was maintained, and there was no sign of drunkenness.

The receipts in connection with the Wiairarapa Galedonian Sports yesterday are as follows —Gates, £162 4s 6d; grandstand £9 lis 6d; privileges, £29 10s. It is expected that £6O will be cleared as a result of last night's concert. Hjalm&r Norman, a. post office let-ter-carrier, 21 years of age, left Westport at noon on Saturday on a bicycle to try and catch the 4.20 p.m. train at Reeifton for Greymouth. He took ill 011 tho road through over-exerting himself, and died at Inangahua Junction.

At tho inquest at Aniberiey 011 §uil- ' day eonfcerniug the death of George Shaw, the coroner returned a-verdiofc that Slhaw's death was due to aspihv-' xjiation caused by the bursting of a blobd-vessel while lie was struggling with James Russell, and that no blame was attachable to Russell.

Something resembling a "scene" occurred at the Tauherenikau races yesterday. A European who was charged with appropriating a totalisator ticket froan a Maori damsel resented the imputation, witili tho result that a meleo occurred in which boots, BJtacJijS and umbrellas were freely used. The police interfered" and quelled the disturbance.

The trains arriving at Masterton from nortlli and south yesterday were crowded wit!h passengers. The early train from Wellington contained &o Jieavy a hiimlaii 'freight that it was found .necessary to bring it iip ifce Rdmmta'ka in two. sections, thereby CrCcasioning considerable delay. . A Sydney caible states that Dick Arrist wa3 seriously assaulted *by a gang of brawlers witlh whom he remonstrated . One struck him on the head with a picket torn from a fence. He was rendered unconscious, and was conveyed to the hospital. He is recovering. .

'Hie usual fortnightly meeting of the Stonehenge lodge or Druids was held in Masterton last evening, there being a large attendance of members, over which Bro. Jorgensen, A.D., presided. One new member was duly initiated by Bro. J. H, A. Skipper, A.D., and Blake;' P.A.D., of Myrtle Lodge, Eketahima. After the business of the lodge was transacted, a social evening was held, Bro. E. Pragneil presiding. Tlho usual toasts were honoured. During the evening voca I items were given by Bros. Hooper, Ewington, G-ourlay, and Simondsen.

Letters from Dunedin state that fruit and vegetables, owing to the unseasonable weather, are unusually dear at Dunedin. LavSt week green peas so:!cT in the wholesale market at 5d per lb., while this time last year they only brought 2d per ib. Local grown potatoes realise 2sd per II; wholesale, or £23 per ton, about double the price of new potatoes a tweilve mont His ago. Auckland potatoes, whidh can be bought where i:mey are grown at £5 per ton, realised in Dunedin £lB per ton, exactly double the price paid for then! last Christina ls . Cherries and strawberries are very scarce and dear. Tomatoes are real'sing Is 2d per Ib wholesale. At the S'ydiney Grammar School prize-giving, the headmaster had something to say about Australian manners. "There is one service,'' be said', "which -this scfhool can render thLs State at the present time. Our social life just now suggests the danger of a general deterioration in manners—a clanger that people may mistake rudeness of concruet for the best expression of' a spirit of independence. It seems to me tlhat the schoolmasters and mistresses of this country should devote themselves' to a conscious and specifio effort towards education in manners. You can't teach manners from a book of etiquette. You need in teachers a personality which will infuse into the pupils a modesty and good form which seems to consist in the avoidanee of unnecessary offence in word or deed to one's neighbours." 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 tliis notgd 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 Dlend. The Wellington Tramway Band, also us ing a complete .set of Hawkes' Exoefeior Sonorous instruments, won the B Grade. The judge congratulated this hand on _ their playing. These ifcwo 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'e jßwlwn&i, Queen Street, Masterioa,. - -•

"Tho Suffragette" is the name given to the latest comet, recently discovered by the Rev. G. Searles, a 3an Francisco astronomer.

An Orepuki prospector 'has discovered what he believes to be a deposit of radium. He has sent a speci men of the mineral away to be assayed.

It is rumoured in legal circles that a young lady from Cambrian lias issiued a writ against a Duneddn man claiming £5Ol for breach of promise of marriage.

Blight has not, been prevalent among the potato crops in the Manawiatu district this season, and t" e crops, wihere tlhey are at all sheltered, are looking well. Mr Band, M.L.C., proceeded against the Hobart Mercury, claiming £SOOO damages for alleged libel contained in a paragraph in that paper. He was awarded a penny damages. At Dunedin a few days' ago, Francis Porter, ex-<puiblican of Gaversham, wiho bad lost ihis license by tho process of reduction after the 1908 licensing poll, was fined £4O and costs lis for selling, liquor without a lieense.

One of the drawbacks to direct importation: A Taranaki bootmaker informed a reporter that out of a eaar* of 42 pairs'of boots imported fro m England, no less than 37 pairs aa I been pillaged. A painful accident occurred last week to the eldest child of Mr and Mrs Alf Judd, of Otaki, owing to the in-: flant capsizing a can of boiling fat. The child was badly burned about the neck and dhest.

Since April Ist of this year,; the Hawke's Bay. County Council have made 325 alterations to their property roll, showing tihat land is either being subdivided or changing hands at a great rate. A number of small slips have occurred lately on the Manawatu Gorge road. At one point several tons of solid rooks are heaped up beside Ihe bank, and a light is placed on the material at niglht for the guidance of travellers.

During last week several sheep l elonging to a" mob which were grazing in 'a piaddock at Wallacetown Junction (near Invercsargill), belonging lo Messrs Turpin and Bridges, died owing to having eaten poisoned pollard wlhicih had bean laid for rabbita. By an oversight—oir otherwise—an area of 19,190 acres of national endowment was disposed of as part of the Tripp Settlement. A "Gazette" notice sets apart as National endowment, in lieu thereof, an area of about 17,000 acrw in the Tetoapo survey district t Poulirynieii C&iiildt oomplain foi' Want of good prices this Christmas (remarks the Lyttelton Times.) Compared with last year the prices are ex • actly double. On Saturday last; - in open auction, table chickens sold no 8s 6d and ducklingsi at 8s lOd per pair.

A "Wianganui paper says that no almonds or raisins were available for 'Christmas. Such was the cheerful news that received by the "Wangianui wholesale houss. It is surmised that the Tripolitan war and the Sydney strike are jointly responsible for the unexpected famine. A lady resident of Rangiora recently bad the misfortune, to break her ann in a very singular manner.- She was driving in a vehicle,, a dog rushed out, and to hit the dog with lite whip struck her arm the splashboard, breaking the limb. . ■ ■ ■ Thus writes a contributor to & Tara* naki journal: ' 'lt is no use placi tig • people on the land under conditions wfodh make successful settlement difficult, ill most impossible, and that b the great fait It of tllie system we have had for many years. Small settler-. I [ cannot thrive without good roads. j Bicycle stealing is a fairly common crime in New Zealand, and the days of moto-r oar thieves are-evidently coming; Recently ro fewer. than four thefts of motor cycles were reported in QiristcJhireh. In three instances the mjadhi».es were recovered, more or less tlie worse for wear, uihile tilie fourth 1 is still missing. A disastrous fire oworred at Ohakune East station) last week, wthereby the business premises of. A, Kaye, hfairdresser, Oban Yi», storo keeiper, and Mrs Anderson, dressmaker, were totally destroyed. Uafiortunately'only Chon Yin's property was insured, the amount of Which iias not- transpired yet. • Mr Quirk, of the Pahiatua district, wllio has secured ® lot of' nulling country at Motu, intends to establish sawmilling on an up-to-date scale. U> has taken over Mr Hansen's mall, m 1 is at present merely cutting for local requirements. Like others interested in the industry, Mr Quirk has been advised to wait until railwiay facilities are provided for transporting tlie timber to tlie market..

The Auckland Star says that the r° • cent gale played havoc in the orchards of the Auckland district, a»d'very.severe losses are reported'. Fi-mtgnrvw? sifcate that in some cashes iiu» damage done amounted to 50 per onrt. of the' entire crop, and in munf c««es, where branches wore loaded! wittt ripening fruit, severe injury has been done to the trees as well'.

YOU SHOULD BEAR IN MIND That by using the commercial eucalyptus oil which is now bought up at 6d per lb weight and bottled, and on account of the large profit, pushed, you are exposing yourself to all the dangers ta which the use of turpentine will expose you—irritation of kidneys, intestinal track, and muoous membranes. By insisting on the GENUINE SANDER EUCALYPTI EXTRACT you not only avoid these pitfalls, but you have a stimulating, safe, and effective medicament, the result of a special arid careful manufacture. A trial will at once convince. Quality in small dose distinguishes it from the bulky and dangerous oroducts. Remember—SANDEß'S EXTRACT embodies the result of 50 years' experience and special study ,amd it does what is promised; it heals and cures without injuring the constitution, as the oils of the market frequently do. Therefore protect yoarself hv rejecting other brartf*

BILIOUS ATTACKS CURED. "I have been a continuous sufferer ,i'rom jieatkvcflies and bilious vomiting latftadks for 25 yeaa-s," writes Mir DoaiaM.' Cou-tts, Cbntdah, Vic. "Duxling that time I have been treated !by d'aotors, besides using all sorts of miediioiln-es tba.t proved useltess. Being, nllmosit afraiid I could never be cured, I tried COiamberla.ni's Tablets, and can. as-sure you that they completely cured me, and I feell like a mew man." 'Snl'd by nil ahemists ami ®ter'ekeep<ers. You oan get rid of that cold by taking TonMng's Linseed Emulsion. From all cbeiflists and stores,

The military tournament at PaF* mersfton North, wfaidh has been a greafc success, concluded yesterday. The township of To Kuiti, on lb© Main Trunk railway, is said to h® making very rapid strides just now. lihe rainfall registered in CBiristdhurdh during the month of Decent* ber was five and a half inches. Rust has made its appearance iflj a number of wheat crops iti the VVairarapa. Mr P. E. Debreceny liar, relinquish?* ed the control of the Timii Hotel, Mrat F. Buiok having taken it over. Small birds are working devastation in some of the oat crops around Masterton. The sparrow is proving particularly destructive. The membership of the Waararafja Caledonian Society now stands at 386, which is an increase of no less itllnan 249 on the total of last year, Tfiic New South Wales Totalisatatf Commission has been, taken evidenca in Auckland frorii Sir George Clifford and otihers. They all favour the t<tt» alisator, as against the. liookmaker. The annual picnic of the Mastertoa Methodist Sunday School was held in the Sol way showgrounds yesterday. Games and competitions ;{B;ore held foe t!he children, and a most'enjoyabte day was spent. Not a few farmers in the WiairarapJS district spent New Year's Day in tho harvest field. In many places the crops ere over ripe. The mills: supply at tho RallanPal Dairy Company's creamery at Scaxborough Jast week was 1870 gallons. Five suppliers are sending, over 1000 lbs eacih day to the factory. ' Last year was c-harac-terised by marked activity in the building trade* in Napier. The permit:-, issued represented a vialue of £94,474, as against £61,923 for ti&e previous year. The Sydney Daily Telegraph refers to Mr A. W. Hogg as ''one _of th& ablesit and .most honest, men on New. Zealand political record."

The defhorning of cows, which. is commeijded as a preventative of injury in tke milking yard, is anoffenc© :in England, though it is permittetiyftiu Sootliand.

Anotiher party * of ■ Mastertoninns *juade tlhe ascent of Mount Holds* worth on Sunday, "they secured an excellent view of the surrounding das*' triots. The track to the mountain*, house is reported to be in good order i

Thp streams in the of Masterton are in splendid fyr fishing ju&fc now, and some good baskets of trout ihave been secured by anglers. The locust is a seductive bait. ,

Considerable difficulty is being perienced by tihe smaller sheep-breed-ers in the Mas&erton district in secrar* ing (the services of shearers. This is due in a measure to the delay in ooin* pleting operations at the larger sheds. The beautiful, weather yesterday resulted in a large number of dhilo-t ren and their parents attending th« Masterton (Congregation Sunday School picnio in Mr Warden's bush. The children had a very pleasant out* ing, due mainly to tlhe ©fforfei of th© superintendent (Mr Shoosmitfa), and the secretary (Mr C. A. Hendry.) ; A Tinuaru telegram says:—The two* year-old infant of Mr and Mrs Skinner, of ijhe Sfoamrook Hotel, had row escape from death under ©seating circumstances on S.inday afternoon.. The child -hiod been put staira and tlho window left bpon. ■ SB» J gpt.out on the wide ledge, and wa» about to fall, but took hold of ft telepttione wire and held on for sosne minutes. w'hauh seeired an intermfiabfe time to the onlookers. As there wan really no time to do anything else, sc. jwan stood beneath to eatch her, and this he did when she fell, and landed (her unarmed.

Herb beer is a very nice summer ! drink, sparkling jtnd invigorating. Th® ' extract- for making „lierb f>eer can be [ bought at Mr J, V. Gordon's, chem•fst, MasteirfecHT, Tlie festive season and Ohristrais good cheer is appreciated by old and young. It is well,' however,, to h© prepared for the after effects and secure a bottle of Gordon's liver mix* ture. It seems a pity that tlie- weather and the season- cannot' bo regulated more advantageously. Tliis season in particular. Has it commenced? So.And this fact is responsible for Messr? Hugo and Shearer's great dhelf-empty-ing sale. "As the season is so late, seasonable drapeW and wearing apparel have all been cut to the cor©' in •price. Tt is a case of one man's loss,-, another's. gain The great price-cut-ting sale commences Friday next, oth ihst.

In connection with the subdivision.!! sale of the Pakowfhai Estate; ih. Hawke's Bay, which is to Ite auctioned on January 10th, definite arrangements wiMi a strong dairy company Slave now been macle by ; tlhe vendors to erect a cheese factory 011 the property within the next three months. The guaranteed prices for butter-fair will: be Is o£d per lb for balance of the season, and' la per 11); or not lfess tlharr Wellington Province prices for remaining- four years of guarantee