LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10525, 12 January 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

.Since. 1907, 512 hotels have been closed in Victoria, and the compensation paid has amounted to £243,443.

Tho Waitomo Oaves are proving a popular resort, and amongst a number of visitors have been a great many Australians.

The potato Wight has again made its appearance in Wanganui and district i'vi i. verv bad form. Tomatoes are also affected by the blight.;

Rain is badly needed in the' -Tblago Bay district at present, and unless it falls soon there will be a scarcity of winter feed.

: The Masterton District High School Committee has appointed Messrs C. Perry, E.'Pragnell and J. L. Hughes to control the boys events at .the swimming sports on Anniversary Day. Mr J. C. Boddington reports that the rainfall registered at the Upper Plain for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. on. Thursday, was Z points. Two criminal and several civil cases have been set down for hearing at the next sitting of the Supreme Court in Master-ton. This will be the first sitting held in tho new Courthouse. The New Zealand sheep's kidney is not in favour with the health officers of the Port of London. Daring one recent month 800 packages of this delicacy were condemned as being unfit for food.

1 The visiting, committee of the M.isieirton District Hiisjh School Committee is to coasider a new. scheme for the iopening of'the museum to the public. iA report will be submitted at the next ,'meeting.

A great Reform Party gathering wi'l be held in the. Auckland Town Hall at .the end of tho month. Mr Massey and 'many of his supporters from all parts of the North Island Avail be present. , The London correspondent of the Pastora.'lists'Review states that' ho asked a prominent SmitMeld man this question: ' "What is the frozen meat trade gossip of the moment?'' His reply Was: "Swifts are cornering the meat trade of the world.".

The crops in Marlborough are looking exceptionally well, but the weather has been so bad that harvesting operations are practically impossible, and a serious loss is likely to 'be entailed df better weather does not soon prevail.

The monthly meeting of the Masterton District High School Committee was held last night, there being present: Messrs" A. Hendry (in the chair), E. Pragnell, J. L. Hughes, T. J,. Thompson and G. Hyde. Mr JR. } Brown attended later. The treasurer I reported a credit balamoe of. £66 17s ( lid.. Accounts totalling £lO 8s 3d ) were .passed-for payment. ..'Messrs'j Brown, Chapman, and Hendry wero appointed a visiting com<mittee for the month.; -■• - "

There aro a number of Maoris aemojug the employees of WiA Bros.' circus, and Mr G. Wirth gives them fine characters as workers. He is emphatic in hiis denial of the popular belief .that Maoris are lazy; his men he finds have been'most'loyal to him, and have often, gone ahead with their duties in weather wthie'h .has made the white workers knock off. Many of the Maoris, 'he says, join tihe circus for a round trip onily, but very often they have yielded.-, to''the desire to live in bigger places than tho Dominion 'holds, and have settled on the other side.

A special meeting of tlhe Directors of the Workmen's. Friend Building Society was held in. Ma.sterton, last evening, for I'hft purpose of considering tJio matter of revising the rules in relation to the financial year and tUie annual meeting, and the reducing of the share limit. Information wins received from the Registrar of Building Societies to the effect that the cost of rcgis■tration was 10s and the revising bar ristei'*s fee, £5 ss. It was decided that in view of the few amendments required the Directors were not justified in incurring such an expense. The matter "will .be submitted to the sbiareholders and probably.reconsidered at a later date, if there is any prospect in the reduction of the fees.

Our roads, says tdie Matiere correspondent of the Tanainaki Herald, are now in a worse state thaai ever before at this time of tllie year; in fact, two waggons were abandoned for the night, bogged side by side about a quarter of a mile om the railway side of Matiere township, blocking all traffic, and, as one waggoner put it, taking a lease of the road. The road between here and Ongarue as indescribable Waggons aire being daily bogged and broken, and no stronger indictment could be found against the Liberal Government than the state of this arterial road, supplying the whole requirements of over two thousand isouls. At one particularly bad hole some wag has written an epitaph on a well-iniown teamster t'husly:—"Sacred to the memory of John , who was downed while fishing in this pomd," followed by other particulars* iand a date.

IF YOU HAVE A Cough, Cold, JNoso, Throat, or Lung Trouble, Stomach, Bowel, or Liver Complaint, Rheumatism, ralgia, USE SANDER'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT; 5 drops in a tablespoon water. Remember, you cannot expect the gooJ effects from any sort of eucalyptus. SANDER'S EXTRACT OURE3 because it oontam» ethereal and antiseptic substances not contained in other Eucalyptus products. These latter, made by persons ignorant in chemistry, and provided with fancy names and labels by trading concerns who do not know what they contain, have caused grievous harm, and a death has resulted front their use. Do not apply an ointment to a sore. It keeps back the secretion. To wounds, bruises, sprains, burns, ulcers. ecz«ma. «M)»r skin +-™ublo Q APPI/Y SANDER'S EXTRACT; 15 drops in a tablespoon of olive oil. The effect will surprise you. SANDER'S EXTRACT HEALS beoaiw it is f reed from the irritating ouvstituen+s contained in other eucalyptus preparation. It healß wnen owi■M"s irritate. Insist upon the pronuinfo BANDER fTTTCHT.VPTT EXTTUCT. itnd yo» will derive the benefit.

Ask persistently for the Roslyn Writing Tablets.

A Masterton boy, a son of Mr T. J. ThompsoiL, topped' the last of the recent electrical examinations at. the Wellington Technical College.

At the Carterton Court yesterday morning :—Counsel to liard-of-hearing witness: "You are the plaintiff in tliis case?" Witness (dryly): "No, I'm Mio plumber!" (Langnter.) An encampment is to be held at Oringi, near Dannevirke, next month, when the i) Battery (Wellington), *\ Battery (Napier), and J. Battery (Falmoraton) will go into camp for seven days. At the Duiiedin Polico Court, a man employed by a hardware firm was fined for selling an airgun to a boy under lb' years of age. Mr Widdowson, S.M., said it was a dangerous and 'reprehensible practice to sell s'uen a weapon to •a boy of tender yews. It will bo seen from a list published in this issue that a number of scholars at tho Masterton, Carterton, and other Wairaraipa schools have been successful at the scholarship examinations held in November and December ! last.

It is intended to commence almost immediately the opening up of a track from Lake Harris to Lake Howden, thus giving tourists another route into tho glorious mountain land of Western Of ago. This new track ...will provide a variation of the Tasmsui track.

There were about twenty-five trades- : people present .at a meeting convened by the Mayor of EketaJmna for the purpose of going into matters affecting the welfare of the town. Several important were discussed and, according to the Express', schemes were formulated for assisting the Chamber of Commerce in conserving and extending -the trade of the town. • The Hon. T. Fergus,- of Duned'iu; tvho lias just returned from a tour''if the world, went through and rouuu the great grain growing districts of British North America during his journeyings. He was not deeply impressed with Manitoba, but he is of opinion that the illimitable virgin country about Alberta and SaskatcheI warn will give the world great crops of > wheat and barley. ■ The Chinese residents of Pahiatua % | are evidently not behind their fellow , citizens in supporting,a :good. cause, j says the Herald.. We are asked to ac- ■ knowledge a gift of fruit and vege- \. tables made to the Pahiatua Hospital j at New Year by Mr Wong Tong and a donation of £1 Is towards the Hospil tal funds by Mir Chin Ting. . ? i i The necessary facilities have been , provided at Akitio amd Ti Tree Point , to enable those outlying offices to participate in the benefits secured by settlers through-the Pongaroa, Weber and Porangaihau telegraph offices be-, ing re-o-peaed each ©vetting betweeii the hours of 7 and 8. This will give t J hcf whole of the outlying portions of the Pahiatua electorate telephonic communication with all centres between those hours. —Herald. ." " v The editorship, of the Labour paper,' the Voice of Labour, Auckland, is to be taken over by Professor W. T. Mills, M.A., of Milwaukee. The Voice ' states that Professor Mills has given instructions to his solicitor in Auck-, land to issue two writs for alJaged libel against Democrat, a local Revolutionary Socialist weekiv. for £5Ol, and one against Saturday. Night, another Auckland weekly, also for £5Ol

Some idea of the vagaries of the | winds that blow along the New Zea- i land coast may be ga.theired from the.l fact that the scow Ngaru, which, ro- ' cently took only about three days to-] go dow.n from Kaipara to Wellington. | has arrived at Kaipara from Welling- i •ton after a protracted passage of 3£" days. The vessel to-s loaded with iron i rails. Her long passage recalls tine. very "slow performance: of rtihe big full- j rigged ship, Australia, which, a..* few j months, ago,, took 31 days to.cover the > distance; .between Wellington ; :and Aiicklahd. t .'•'■.

There was a large attendance of members of the local brancili'of the New Zealand Labour Party in Masteirton last evening. After the general business had been dealt witiii, an ad-dress-on proportional " representatdon was delivered by a member. As this electoral reform is a plank- in the .plat-' form of the Labour Pfarty';-the speaker's rennairks were listened to; with interest. At the conclusion of the address the customary vote of thanks was accorded the speaker. At 'tie meeting on Thursday evening next, another address of a political nature will be given.

A perusal of the prizes for the Feikling A. and P. show, to be held on February 6th and 7th, will show that sheep and lambs have been very-well -treated, no less than eleven prizes being offered for competition. There is a shield value 30 guineas (which also carries a gold medal), a cup value 20 guineas, and three ten-guinea cups, one ton of. manure, and seven cases of sheep dip. These, with the - large amount of ..prize money- allotted, should induce very, keen competition, especially as the season has been so, favourahle to pastona/Hsts. ■ Entries close on Friday,. 19th inst., and the Secretary will be pleased to forward a prize list on application.

An indication of how town sections have been changing hands during tho past mine months was seen (says Te Kuiti correspondent of the Anc>land. Herald of Friday last), wheal the town clerk finished the compilation of tlhe electoral roll to he used in connection with a loan proposal of £7035 for an electric lighting installation at an early date. The last roll was compiled in April, and since then transfers to rtihe extent of 160 had to be made on to the new one. Sections were often turned over several tames before the final transfers were made. There is at present a lull in the sale of town property, but vendors are hopeful that the market will brighten as soon ?> reople have settled down after the holiday season.

A large numlber of the sflKireholders of the Workers' Mutual Benefit Building Society of Mastedxm were present at the 'ballot for £3OO, and sale of £3OO, held last evening. Messrs J. L. Winskill and J. Montgomery were appointed scrutineers, and Mrs J. W. Gordon drew the mimber from the ballot box. The first number drawn was 115, held by Miss Emily Jane Baniell, who, holding one share, was declared entitled to £l5O. After several unfinancial member's' numbers had been drawn, No. 106, held 'by Miss E. M. Carman, was drawn. She, holding two shares, was allotted £3OO. , A shareholder offered £43 for the_ £3OO by sale, and was declared the winner. The sum of £750 > was allotted to shareholders during the ovening. The Chairman informed the shareholders that another ballot would take place in about six weeks' time.

"No one. T feel sun"), can »P«ak more gratefully of Laxo-Tonic rills than I can," writes Mrs Corbett, 116 Fiwsroy Street, Surrey Hills, N.B.W. "They cured ma of settled bilioußneas, which seemed as though it would never leave me. I took LaxoTomic Pills, and they proved a perfect remedy." Sold by all Chemists and Storekeepers Price 10$ d *r s d and Is 6d.

Roslyn. Blankets, Rugs, Tweeds, Worsteds, Suits, Hosiery, Unshrinkable Flannel and Underwear, "Delta" Finish.. The best that money can buy.

■Mr Lingard Norm, of Wellington, advertises a sound fruiterer's business for sale, particulars of which are given in the wanted column.

At the Wellington wool sales yesterday all attractive wools commanded attention and brought satisfactory prices. Messrs Dalgety and Go. secured for a. dioice iiuo baled lot of 'halfbred Southdown wool from the Paimcrsttm district. This was the top price of the day. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd. m conjunction with Messrs Murray Roberts, mind Company, Ltd., have received instruction from Mr Charles Harris, Hiautotana Station, Martinborough, to sell the whole of his sheep and cattle. The list includes 32,000 sheep, 1500 head of cattle and horses. Details will appear later. An important dLspenaal sale of stud siheep if. to bo held by Messrs Abraham -and Williams, Ltd., on February Bth, on behalf of Messrs McGregor Bros. Tho list includes 730 Lineolu and Rom- ; ney stud ewes, rams and lamos, full \ particulars of which will he advertised later.