LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10522, 10 January 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Coronation memorial fountain lias been erected in Cornwall Park, Hastings.

From a two-tooth Romiiov hogget <a Feilding farmer last week clipped a lleeco weighing over 201 bs. It is reported that there is a movement afoot to corner the fat cattle (trade of Taranaki.

Poagatoa district is ilooking (exoeptionally •green at t!he present time. Usually at this period of the year the land is beginning Ito a parched appearance.

Three Southdown ewes from the famous flock of Sir Jeremiah. Coleman readhm ,r Wellington by Ithe i>rayton Grange on Monday, for Mr J Knight, of Feilding. It is understood tlmt tliere will be a contest for tlhe Mayoralty in Masterton in April next. The names of on© or two prominent citizens are already mentioned.

Negotiations are proceeding with a recent resident of Hawera for the purchase of town pro]>erty in Tauranga running into a considerable sum of money. •h

I • A meeting <jf 'the"<)£Hnmitt<2e ofitfae [ Ma'stertoh Society ife fi> (•be 3ield on Friday'eoeving, to arrange kfor' the ajjpointment of «a; permanent secretary, and. to transact other business.

The shimming hatths at Levin, weeted out of the Coronation subsidy and municipal money at a total cost of £*soo, are practically complete, and the official opening is being arranged.

The returns of the Eketafouna Cowtesting Association show that £he two best cows are in one herd.' Their records are as follows: —No. 1: Days since .ca-lving, 140; 'butter-fat, 207.88 lbs. No. 2: Days since calving, 101; butter-fat, 182.171b5.

At the meeting of the Akitio Coiunty Council on Saturday two of the new memlmrs expressed surprise that the Government insisted on so much rimu timber being used in the construction of bridges for wiiioh there were Government grants. They considered totara. was better in iraaaiy instances and moro lasting. An interesting case arising out of 'organisation" work for the ".trade" in connection with the recent licensing poll in the Pahiatua electorate will come before Mr L. G. Reid, S.M., at Painiatua on the 24th rnst. A Masterton legal iirm lias, ilb is understood, been engaged by the plaintiffs. The ,/blaim is for substantial amount ' ai@ain®t the ii-aae.

A factory-'Muuxa.ger of the .Feilding district stated to a Feilding Star reporter that the quantity of butter-fat being received alt .the present (time was about ten per cent below that of the corresponding periodof last year. But with the enhanced price the farmer • were getting practically the same amounts in payment, so tiliat Ithey were not going back in regard to profits.

During tlio past twelve months the ■township of Pongaroa lias mode progress in many ways. Several substantial shops have been erected, while the structure recently erected for the Bank of New Zealand is a building that would dd er.edit to a town of considerable population. The roads received a solid coating of crushed stone a few moniths'ago and iare :now:in excellent order.

- An area of land ait tlie foot of the Puketoi range, near Puketoi, will (according to,the Pahiatua Herald) shortly be thrown open for settlement. The block, which is between 2500 and 3000 acres, has been surveyed into sections of beitween 200 and 300 acres each. Tlie land is of good quality, and does not include any steep faces. A piece of land has also been surveyed for settlement near Kaituha. It is expected that tlie ballot will take place about. February so as (to allow the successful applicants to fell the bush during the coming, winter. An ex-Canterbury man says he never thought Taranaki could produce a.nything in the way of cereal crops until he saw some wheat and oat crops two miles on tho other side of Waitara, he says, are magnificent, and compare ,more than favourably with the best-he has seen in Canterbury. The farmers in the Waitara district are firm believers in- fertilisers, and the fine crops referred to are the results of the liberal use of basic slag.

Owners of horses should be well j satisfied -with tShe manner in which the Feilding A. and P. Association have, treated 'tlliem in ftJie schedule for the x show to ho held on February 6th and 7till, entries for which close on Friday, the 19th. inst. In addition to the val-' uable cash prizes, there is a, cup valued at ten guineas, to be won ouftright, iji tlie maiden 'huntem', (nips valued at five guineas for each of the boy's and girl's pony .jumps, - and a twenty-five guinea cup in the open huntefs. For the ladies' 'hunters there guinea cup, a trophy for the wer'of the winner, and a lady's astride saddle (value ten guineas), the two latter to bo Hon outright. There are also full and comprehensive classes for ponies, hacks, harness horses, and draughts, in all of which valuable cash prizes are offered. Schedules may be obtained from the office of this paper, or from the secretary.

BILIOUS ATTACKS CUBED. "I have been a continuous sufferer from headaches -njid biliousi vomiting at/tacks for 25 years," writes Mir Donald Ooutts, Coimlah, Vic. "During that time I have been treated by doctors, besides using all sorts_ of mtediicilnes tlia-t proved useless. Being almost afraid I could never be cured, I tried Chamberlain's Tablets, and can assure you that they completely cured me, ajid I feel like a new man." Sold by all chemists and ston !:©epers. Ask persistently for jthe Roslyn Writing Tablets.

The Hamua sports mooting is to be hold on Wednesday, Mardli 20th.

Good progress is being made with t'ho Otira tunnel contract. Over two miles of tin? 'hill has now been pierced. Masterton 'lias been immune from fires of late. The firebell has not been heard for several months.

The Waingawa freezing works jre very busy just now. large drafts uf sheep arid iambs arriving daily..

Sportsmen report that curlew are very plentiful in tlio neighbourhood of T-auranga, but the birds are said to be in poor condition. .There is at present visiting Masterton a young man who left 'here a few' years back for Queensland, and is now the owner of a ranch of 20,000 acres. The new motor garage, which has been erected in Masterton by Mr J. Maoana, is now nearing completion. It is one of the largest brick buildings of its kind in the ..Dominion.

Good table chickens and ducklings are being retailed in Cliristchureli at the present time at from 10s to 12s per pair. This is said to be a record price for tlio Dominion. _ The turnip crops in the Masterton district have been -coming on remarkably well of late, the spell of fine weather following a wet Decenlber being favourable to their growth.

The Tauranga Acclimatization Society is securing fcwo stags and five [hinds from the Wairarapa, for liberation in that district.

Tlie Feilding Star says that the. latent rumour in political circles in Wellington is that it is tlie intention of Sir Joseph Ward to retire, and that his seiit (Awarua) will be sought for by Mr Robert McNab. A well-known breeder of stud stock from Canterbury is at present in Tauranga. It is his intention to purchase a property there with 'a view to establishing a Jersey stud. Given line wea titer, tlie sports gathering at Langdale to-morrow should be highly successful. Visitors are expected from all the surrounding districts, and a party is going out from Masterton,

A oojisidiauble:ii'Uniber of the dairy and other farmers of Waverly are at present engaged in making ensilage (says the Pa-tea Press). This is in consequence of the unsettled weather, which has made hay-making a risky proposition. N •

Shearers arriving in Masterton from the back block stations state tlhat the past season has been the worst they (have experienced for many years past. One • sihearer told an &ge. representative -yesterday.that his cheque this, year will not be more than', half what it was last year. '' ':. . . * •' "Wi JT; Clarke, a .Avellrioiown alpine climber, and, guide, wKo is at. present on a climbing and exploring expedition in tlie Lakes district with- Captain Head, writes,to the Invercargill tourist bureau from tlie headquarters of the Matukiituki river, Lake Waniaka, stating that he expects to discover a pass down the Dart river to Paradise. At the annual meeting of Hhe FortyBush Athletic Society, held at Hamua on Saturday, tlie balance-sheet showed a credit of £s> lis 6d. A strong committee was,;«lected for the ensuing year, with JVtr M. Galvin as President and Mr P. L. Bourke as Secretary. Messrs J. B. Carruthers and J. Wooland were elected haiidicappers for the running events.

All invention of the Swedish engineer, Sven Bergelund, in connection with talking as well as moving pictures, is exciting great interest at Copenhagen. Tlie principle of the invention is to. fix waves of sound on films. The indentations thus formed > Upon the surface of the film are trans- | mitted to a metal wire, which is exposed to an even current of air, and , thereby tlie,sound is reconstructed as | originally ' "photographed." At tlie i display of picture films run alongside tho sound films'. j

The Ha,wke's Bay fruit crop for 1911-12 season promises to be a record one* iH)tyritlif?i-andin a tlio strong winds experienced during the months,of NoyemberC and December. The. flawke's Bay Fruitgrowers' Association' are railing an a vera Re of about 800 casei of various fruits, mostly peaches, 1c Wellington daily, ■and growers not connected with the Association are forwarding a similar quantity daily to Southern and West Coast markets. The prices obtained from Wellington buyers last week ranged from 3s 6d per case for A grade peaches down to Is 6d for C grade. The Grey town .Dairy Company has this season ibeen advancing to suppliers 9d per pound on the butter-fat.. On Sa-turday a further advance of 3d was paid, making the advance at the rate of Is from the. beginning of the season to 31st December. The. total amount paid out oil Saturday was £3242, which is the highest anioujit evter 'paid but by the comrw-ny in one payment. On .Saturday the ■forwiaixled 250 cases of cheese for shipment by the Ruahine.

The Sydney Referee, commenting on the Second Test match, says :—One has to go back fifteen vea rs to find a Test match in .which Clem Hill did less with the bat. In 1896, when he was but 18 years? old, he scored 1 and 0 at Kensington Oval; now, in 1911, he makes 4 and 0, after two fine innings in the Sydney .match. The ups and downs in cricket are ever with us.. Clem lias a remarkable Test match record on his native, heath at Adelaide, for he lhas there scored 81, 98, 97, 88, 16, 5, and 160 against England. No doubt 'lie kis a few runs stored a.way to make up for the Melbourne match.

Tho social to Reform Party supporters, to .be held in the Exchange Hall, Mastenton, to-morrow evening, promises to be a great success. The arrangements are well in hand. Rooms adjoining the Hall have been secured for a ladies' sitting-room, a, smokingroom, and a card-room. The programme is being compiled by Mr H. F. Green, and Mrs Anderson will supply the dance music. Miss Capper will provide supper- in her rooms on the ground floor. THiere has been a brisk demand for tickets and those who have not ydt obtained one are advised to do so immediately. A limited, number of tickets will be sold at the door.

WHAT ABOUT HAWKES! The Wellington Garrison Band won the Championship and also the Challenge Shield ait 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, aad commending in eulogistic terms the tone and blend. The Wellington Tramway Band, also us ing a complete set of Hawkes'. Excelsior Sonorous instruments, won the B Grade. The judge congratulated this band on their playing. These two 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. Leca! Representative: H. Inns. Daniell's Buildings, Queen Street, Masterton.

A wedding in 'wltich considerable local interest is manifested is to' 1)6 celebrated at Masterton to-day. The top-decking of the Wangaehu bridge is worn out, and the Masterton County Council pun>oses having lb re-decked immediately. It was on January lltli, 1846—. I sixty-six years ago —that Heke's war was terminated by the capture of a< 1 paili at lluaixakapeka, Bay of Islands.. I The difficulty experienced in getting. | Labour was the, excuse given by a coul tractor under the Masterton County, Council for his failure to continence a I metalling contract. • The earthwork approaches to thenew Waipoua bridges in jUast-erton are now being completed, and it is expected that the work will be out of handduring the present month, i The timber is now to hand for the re-building of the bridge over the Waipipi stream, on the Opaki road. Ihe concrete foundations have been laid for some time, and t'lie work will be - proceeded witli forthwith. Tlie Committee of the Masterton County Council which wa:; appointed to enquire into the matter of the (•If licit in coiinectiort with the working of the Masterton pound failed to yesterday, and it was decided that the meeting be postponed for.ji month. « Good progress is being made with [the formation and culverting contract? on the Alfredton-Tinui road. The timibet' for culverting is on the ground. The broken weather Iras permitted only small progress to be made with, the metalling contract on Barton's Line. A Forty-Mile Busli settler tele- ) phoned to the Age yesterday that . there were no signs of bush fires m »those parts. He points out tjhat all the / standing bush was felled years ago, i and the only fires that are at all j likely are log fires. These, he says, I are unlikely after such a wet season.. The Masterton County Council has given permission for the cutting ofc cocksfoot on certain ro'ii'ds under itsjurisdiction. The terms under whichais granted are that adjoining ovvners offer no objection. In { otiher Counties, tenders are invited for ' the grass-seed growing on tli9 various I roads. .

In our issue of yesterday, it way stated that a coin believed to have been brought to the Dominion by Captain Cook, .and dated 17(j8, had been, found in Poverty Bay. Miss Jessi© Hogg, daughter of Mr A. W. Hogg, of Masterton, is in possession of a. coin of a similar description, and bearing the same date. She has had it for a number of years, but cannot say how it came into lier possession. . In accordance wit-h-a/.request (rojtii the ttoadS;lsepartmenit, -the. engineer of theMasterton County; Council lias 4nib4nitted; a, pr<3po.sal for/bridging the Te Hoe stream, oii tlhe Alfi;edto>n.-Web-erroad, with a 71-ft trusis spaii*.] "The proposal has been rejected, and tlie "D«- : partment has submitted an approved - plan for a 61-ft. truss and two 15-ffe approach spans, making the total, length of the bridge 94 feet. At a meeting of the Council of the • Wellington Acclimatisation Society today, a report will be submitted by Mr Miller, curator of the Masterton fishponds, on tlie question of a new site for'the ponds. It is understood that Mr Miller has discovered an ample supply of spring water on tlie forty-acre section of tlie Masterton Trust Lands Trustees at Kuripuni, and the Acclimatization Society may be induced to open up negotiations with the Trustees on the subject.

The contract for the construction of. the two bridges over the Waipoua. river has been completed. At the meeting of tlie Masterton County Council yesterday, a letter was read from the contractor (Mr Woolf), stating that lie * had been put .to considerable expense in procuring hardwood timber, and. asking the Council to make him some allowance on this account. The Council decided to defer consideration of. the matter until the final settlenjenfc of .accounts is being made.. /

Settlers iq some of the outlying districts of the Masterton County are .experiencing difficulty iii getting tlxeir wool carted to the railways. Under the heavy raffic by-laws of the Masterton, County, it is necessary to take out a .license for heavy traffic. This restrictsthe carting to a limited number, carriersl being reluctant to take out a license for the cartage of wool aloneAjt tilie meeting of the County Council yesterday it. was decided, on the motion of Cr. Toogood, that the heavy traffic by-law be amended, by tihe elim--ination of wool from its operations. Itwas pointed out that the amendment could not take effect during the present season.

At the meeting of the Master to u Comity Council yesterday, a communication was received from the . Department of Justice, conveying, the following rider of. the Jury at the. iiiquest on the body of the late Mr John Cotter:.

—"That tilie attention of the Masterton Comity Council bo drawn to a projection of t'lie hill on to the Opaki road, at Mr Day's property, where the motor which the deceased was driving, first left the said road, with a view to* its removal." The Chairman stated that, in his opinion, this was one of the safest roads in the district. It was decided that the communication bo received.

The Commissioner of Crown Lands wrote to the Masterton County Council yesterday, draw ing attention to the fact that no proposals had been received for the expenditure of accrued thirds for some years past. It was very undesirable, he s'aid, in the interests of settlers, that this amount, should remain unexpended, and probably necessary works be delayed, owing to the failure of the proper authority to make proposals for expenditure. The Commissioner asked that the matter be attended to without delay, otherwise it would be his duty to recommend tihaib.Jhe expenditure of the money be taken out of the Council's hands. The Chairman stated that tha Council had been allowing tflie thirds, which were usually small sums, to accumulate. It was decided that the re-, presentatives of the respective ridings, prepare a list of the thirds, and make application to the Land Board for the same.

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