LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10529, 16 January 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The fascinating story "Held in Bondage," wthidh lias been running in the columns of the Age for soane weeks, will bo concluded in Wednesday's issue, 'lli/is will bo followed by a remvmeo of great interest, entitled, "A Deep Game, or the Honour of the Trevellans," tlie opening chapter of which wall appear in Thursday morning's 'issue. The story, wliicih is from the pen of tho well-known writer, Mrs de Winter Baker, reveals a vigor, dharm, and originality, with boldly delineated characters and founded on a captivating plot. The opening instalments give a fair indication of the grace, power, and merit of the work, and readers of the initial chapiters wiil require no urging to continue until the final revelations solve the numerous perplexities of "A Deep Game."'

A black and wihite rabbit, wthich is exceedingly rare, wias killed recently on a property near Masterton. It is expected t(h-at eight bands will compete at tihe band contest, wihich opens ait Gisborne on February 10t)h.

The Masterton police made a "raid" last evening, when a quantity of liquor was seized'. A prosecution will follow.

Mr J. C. Boddington i-eports that the rainfall registered at the Upi>er Plain for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. on Sunday was 16 points. ■Charged with incurring debts and liabilities with no reasonable expectations of .paying, a man was found guilty-at Auckland and sentenced to four months' imprisonment.

Mt N. Joubert, a son of the 'ate Boer general, has arrived in Melbourne. His visit tb Australia is to buy sheep for his farm in South. Africa.

Men for casual employment cannot be obtained in Ma&terton at tihe present time for love of money. Harvesting and general farm work have absorbed every araiilabJe ih)and. A sequel to the rowdyism in Masfcerton on New Year's Eve will be heard in tike Magistrate's Court this week, when a number of young men will be Charged with creating a breach of cho peace.

."As showing the severity of the season.,; it may b© menitiwied tijab " ;tb--ma/toes, were selling in Master-' tori' at-.twopence and threepence per lb'this! time'last yearj; are at present l>eang .retailed at eigiitpenoe. •/> " • TOio weekly half-holiday has to be proclaimed by tihe Masterton Borough Council this month. So far as tan bo ascertained, there is no disposition to alter tllio existing arrangement, wifaidh provides ifor the closing of the business establishments on Thursday afternoon.

The town of Gore shows a pleasing record in the matted of fires for tihe past year. There Were only sax calk for the brigade's services, and only three of the fires were of any consequence. There was not a single call to any of the business premises during the year, and it is estimated that tha tatial damage could be met by less than £IOOO.

! The Wanganui County Council as considering the matter of bringing the whole of the county roads under jits own control by the .abolition of the ;five road boards whiclh hold subordinate jurisdiction under the Counoil. A conference of representatives of the ;Council iand the uoad boards concerned will be held shortly to discuss the matter. . f

The potato crops in North Canterbury districts are repjorted to be rotting in tlhe ground, <and tihouglh large I ai'eas have been sowii with potatoes,at is not expected that 1 ftanmera will realise more tthan sufficient to pay for the ' seed. The crops, in addition to suffering from tlhe wet weather, axe affected with. blight. A contract bag been let by the Wa.iapu County Council for the erection of the Waiapu river bridge, the largest structure on the East Coast. Tlie tenderere were as follows: —J. McLen-n and Co. (Wellington) £5931; W..GMjoCklrtnont (Masterton) £6786, J. J. K. Gilmour (Dannevirke) £BI3O, J. A. Nicol (Gisbanne) £9040. Tlhe tender of Messrs McLean arid Co.' was accepted.

' Tlhe fortnightly meeting of the StoneJhenge Lodge, U.A.0.1)., was held in Masterton last evening, Itro. J. Elder,_ V.A., presidinp:. A circular wias received from tlie Grand Lodge, convening a special conference to be held at Marton on February 12th, to deal with some important business (brought down by tlhe Executive. Bro. A. E. Miles was presented witih a P.Acollar and diploma in recognition of !,rs services to tdie Lodge. Five candidates Were nominated for membership. Other routine business was transacted. A committee of tflie Masterton Trust Lands Trust, consisting of Messrs Eton, Wagg, DainieJl and Pauling, visited the property at Kuripuni yesterday. upon wMdh it is proposed' to establish it-he fishponds, in company with Mr D. McGregor and the curator of tlhe Wellington Acclimatisation Society. A site whiic'h is regarded as eminently suited for hatcihery puroo,ses was pegged off, and it is probative that satisfactory artrangeanents will be come to between tlie Society and the Trust for the retention of die fisihponds in t)he district. Anticipating a largo increase in en- j tries for tJieir show on February 6th i and_7t\h, the Feilding A. and P. Association are making extensive additions to all stock pens. All sheep pens will' now be 6ft by 6ft, giving much more room for exhibits tten was the case formerly. Increased competition :n the cattle classes now warrants tlie awarding of championship certificates, and such are now open for purebred males and females over 12 months old. Entries for all classes close on Friday next, I9tih inst.

WHAT ABOUT HAWKES'! The Wellington Garrison Band won the Championship and also the Challenge Shield a>t the Palmerston North Band Contest of 1911. They used Hawkes' Excelsior 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. eulojristic terms the tone and blend. The Wellington Tramway Band, also us ing a complete set of Hawkes' Excelsior Sonorous Instruments, wool 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, arc worthy wins for Hawkes', whose | instruments are pre-eminent all over i the world. Bandsmen! Buy a set of Hawkes'—there are honours and valuable prizes to be won with them. Write for catalogue. Sole agents— Tlie DRESDEN PIANO CO., Ltd., Wellington. Local Representative: H. Inns, Daniell's Buildings, Queen Street. Masterton.

The Martinborouglh Town Board has decided tihat Thursday shall continue to be the statutory halfilioliday. The Martinborougli branch of the Dominion, Boy Scouts, under Scoutmaster Roberts, went into oamp at lluakokopa/tuna on Sundajy.

The annua] picnio in connection with the ' Lanadowne Sahool will probably be held at WilLow Park farm on February I6tih. On Mlay 12tlh next, Mr Edward Pnagnell will have completed twenty-live years' service witlh toe Masterton Fi~e .Brigade.

WSiat. is said to be tlie finest stag's head ever brought to Dunedin was obtained in-the (Jtiago deer forest by Mr A. Oo.wie,ijunr., of Dunedin. Its antlers have nineteen points. The Nelson Freezing Works have •now reopened for freezing stock. The ftrsit' Shipment will be made by tlhe Matiatua at tlhe end of this month.

An earthquake shock was felt in Ga'eytown at y.20 on Sunday night. Strange to say, there is.no report of its having been felt at Masterton.

A coursing club was formed at Gisborne some time ago, but it met with such hostile criticism that it has beea aranpellled to fclase down.

Mr Frank Grady, .the wel-known jeweller _ of Wellington, and an enthusiastic bowler, has presented, the Mastenton Cluh witlh two (handsome medals, which aj-e to be competed for on the local greofi.

A Tim ai-u telegram states that four seamen who absconded from Lhe steamer Clan MacLaren (now on tho way to Auckland) have been arrested in the country. They have been remanded to Wellington. A report on tlhe Bendigo (Vic.) cemetery reveals a shockingly insanitary state of affairs. Vaults full of water over-flowed into a creek supplying residents with drinking water. Paupers' coffins were found wntihan 16in or the surface, and so- flimsy as to be unable, to bear the w6ijsi!fc of the covering of ' earth.

A commencement is to be made at an early diato with tihe creation of a platform bridge, suitable for motor ] .traffic across Barton's week on tlie.:;, R/imutdka roiad.v I. Mir Jolhn Barton, of " Treiuthiam, will the work ! of construction, _ on behalf of the Motorists Association. ;

A long speill of dull, showery weather has been experienced in Timaru. Hie rain registered so far this month has been 1.73 inches. TMs gave place yesterday to a hot, drying nor'-wester ard a bripjht day. _ Sudh weather, says a Press Association message, is needed to ripen the crops and put substance .mt^^e-K'Passe^wihicih^'.--are too soft .to'tTitxeji lambs properly. . ; : : The railway employees held a picnic in tihtf' Cross 'Gce-ek on Sunday; and the " riinction "'«ttas6fced a. lairgo atteaidianoe-,'^Mr C. Buohiu- ; anV M.P., preseht, and presented the prizes Won during Hie gathering was of a very enjoyabfo nature, the various games and athletic fixtures being kept going merrily until t'he evening was advanced.

The monthly meeting of the Lansdowne School Oommittee-wTas held last evening, there being pres&mt Messrs E. Hale (chairman), A. Jackson, E. Welch, A. J. Cooper and F. P. Welch. Accounts amounting to £5 5s 5d were passed for payment. It was decided to write, to the Education Board, asking tfett fresih applications be invited, for t'he position of assisfont at tihe school, ias f the lady previously appointed accepted an appointment in another district. Messrs E. Basle and D. A. Pickering were appointed visiting members for tihe month.

An, unfortunate aocident happened to Mrs H. Parata, of Papa wad, on Saturday evening, says tihe Standard. It appears she was driving over to a friend's when the horse stumbled, and #he gig was capsized. Mra Parata was thirown to ilhe ground, when it wss feared her' neck hlad been, broken. On the arrival of Dr. Guxrn in Ma- Goodin's motor oar, it wias found that tie sufferer had one arm broken arid was badly bruised { about the body'. On enquiry last nigfht, we leani that 'slie is proigressinfe as well as caii be expected.

a Kreat demiand for pigs in t»ie Waikato at present, writes the Press correspondent, and a regukr pag buyer's war is raging. The extension ,of tlie system of co-operative bacon factories has interfered greatly with tlie operations of private firms, a nd tlheii* sources of supply areseriously out into. Buyers are everywhere semiring tlhe, country for pigs with tiie utmost keenness, and one man is said to have arrived breathless a.t a farmer's house at 4 a.m., as he had heard t)!iiat tlhe farmer had some pigs for sale!

- A well-known Auckland firm rec; itly received the folloiwing letter from a Maori customer in the Waikato, which they have carefully filed 'away as a curiosity.—''To miachine I sold you, he eu.mail rite, but wlhat te use te machine wihen te shuttle lie no here. Henare Tam igiania ho kum in and he say machine all rite, but w'liat te goot wad'out te shuttle. Mr Jones and Mr Brown, I tank you too miush te li/umbug. You te irogue. I send you te machine; to money you send Mr Jones and Brown. —Your affectionate friend, P.S. —Henare Tnmigsnia he just kum my wihare; look in to draw oJF te machine, and he fin to shuttle. You no fool, Mr •lones ajid Brown."

Discussing witlh a Sydney interview- | er recently the possibilities of develop- ! ing trade between Australia and Canada.. Mr J. Fyifo Smith, a Vancouver business man, said that there was a tremendous amount of business to be done in. snip plying Oanadla with frozen poultry. If poultry farmers would ouly give the necessary attention and go m for proper feeding, grading, and packing, tihey could' quite easily place £IOO,OOO wortdi of pouiltry on that market every year. At present ibe western provinces obtained their supplies from the eastern provinces and from Kansas, but prices were advancing, the supply not being so plentiful as it was last year on account of disease among the turkeys in Ontario having decimated the flocks. Choice poultry would at tlhe present time i-ealise between 9d and lOd. per lb Wholesale in Vancouver.

YOU SHOULD BEAR IN MIND Tliat 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 expo sine yourself to all the dangers ta which the use of turpentine will expose you—irritation of kidneys, intestinal trach, and mucous 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 and careful manufacture. A trial will at once convince. Quality in small dose distinguishes it. from the bulky and dangerous broducta. Remember—SANDEß'S iiXTRACT embodies the resuit of 50 yearß' experience and special study ,and it does what is promised; it heals and cures without injuring the constitution, as the oils of the market frequently do. Therefore orotect *<>i?rßoif t>» rejecting others.

Warner's Corsets are splendid holiday Corsets. They cannot rust nor breaik, nor cam the IPabric tear. Prices 6s 6d upwardß, from local dajtora.

The first war with tho Maoris dates back some sixty-seven years, 'having begun oil 17tfh January, 1845.

The cricket match between the Wainarapa Amateur Athletic Club and the Y.M.O.A. will ibe continued on tho Park Oval on Thursday afternoon.

Tho Stratford Cliamber of Commerce ,I'wis, for the present, abandone-d its efforts in connection with a univoisal half Jioliday .for 'Parana ki.

This Wairarapa Amateur Athletic club is putting on two races on Thursd:ay evening in the Ma.srterton Park The distances are.. 120 yds handicap hurdles and 440 yds (handicap. The first race will start at six o'clock. Employers in itlie Masfcerton district of tihe Wellington United Furniture liiade are elsewhere notified timt the Employment Book miay be inspected at the office of the Inspector of Factories, Masterton.

The oxeyo daisy is becoming surih ;i nuisance in and around Dannevirke tUiat tlie local Borough Council has decided to ask the County Council to join with it in proclaiming tihe dai.sv a noxious weed.

The lateness of the harvest ins brought disitress to,a numlber of men w!ho went to AsMrarrton in tihe expec taition itihat they would be able to find k early employment. It is stilted fciiax quite a large number of these aie without regular food and lodgings. Mr J. J. Boyd, of Wainoni Park, Ghristchiirdh, lias just had landed! in Auckland from India no lessi than 62 monkeys. Twenty of these will be taken to "munoni (Chrastchurch), 20 are for tihe Wanganui Zoo, while ihe oilier 22 will go fco tihe Auckland Zoo. A petition was yesterday lodged in Blenheim against the validity of the election of Mr R. McCallum («. Ministerialist) to the Wiairau seat. Mr McOalium has been Grown Prosecutor in Blenheim, and this may have sometaring to do with tlie .petition. A cottage in the railway yard at Ekotahuna, occupied by 6. South by, (Was destroyed by fire at three o'clock, on Sunday morning, togetSier with its i contents. The cottage was situated in the ceivire of a row of buildings, which had a narrow escape. As the occupants were away, tlie cause of the fire is unknown. 1 The furniture was insured 'for £SO in the Yorkshire Company. The .New Zealand Railway Review is frankly outspoken in its comimen'i.s on the political situation, and the position as affecting the railway men pirtiicularly. It acknowledges (tihe discontent and disaffection throughout the service, and adds.that ''this discontent was a factor in arousing the electors." But the outstanding feature of the article is its .insistence on • 'tflie fact t'iiat the .present • minimum wage, is considered not sufficient/'in these says of high prices.,,,. *, k A 'Jjjfeeks Ass*6ciMaon telegram ffom We!JijisK*n istates "fhat at a mating of . the Cabinet on Saturday, tlie govern men# decided to ,pay ineinbers of the secondjdivision of the .railway secviice a minimum wage, of, 9s j.per day.This affects in the traffic branch 956 porters, 12 watchmen and 44 crossing keepers; in .the loco, branch, 350 labourers ;in the maintenance branch, 1900 surfacemen and labourers. In addition, a further sum of £15,000 unauthorised to tlie men in receipt of 9s and over whose duties are of a more important nature, and who are at present only in receipt of a slight advance on pay of men at 8s and 8s 6d. The rates of wages to workihen on railway construction works and engaged in the Public Works Department have also been increased to 9s per day.

An anomalous position has been caused in Auckland (says the Star) by the fact that several caterers in the cirty have received notice that, undor I a clause of the Shops and Offices Act, I female assistants must cease work at I 9 p.m. Tihe. position now is N that in big catering shops' employing female ■sistants the shop must close at 9 p.m., wilixle the tea rooms wiiich are generally attached may remain, open toll a. later hour. The hour from nine .tail | ,10 is generally one of the busiest of j the day, -and consequently much Joss l< as-sustained by tlie employers. In the prasent position of ,affaire the larger dxops are .jib, a disadvantage because j they h<ave .either to close both shop and i tea rooms or to employ more expensive and less satisfactory mtale labour, while tihe small shop owner can —wit'll the assistance of a wife or daughter—attend to the business himself. Matters having readied 'this state, a meeting of the bakers, confectioners, and ■fruiterers has been, convened ito discuss matters.

I Mr Werner Laurie, of London, is just pubJisllimg "New Zealand," ' by Dr. Max Her/.. 'Phis book is probably tho most important work on New Zea I land yet written., and tlwi author luts contrived to gave more information in it tlhnn is contained in. any book of a similar size that has ever been written on tHie country. He deals _ with t.lie origin: of the country, according to the Maori myths and in the light , of I geology, with its position and-size, its , flora, and fauna, its climate, and with the life, nature, and art of the Maoris., In the section on Mew Zealand as a constitutional State, the writer gives •an excellent resume of the history of the country from- its discovery until itlhe present time. The tlhird section shows an enthusiastic appreciation of the various plva-ses of New Zealand scenery. In tho concluding section, tilie doctor deals exhaustively with the natural character of the New 1 . Zealander. T!lie whole, subject' is treated w ia masterly and interesting style, and. ttlhe author's text is supported with over eighty beautiful pictures and a large map. A kind person to look after a baby girl, aged 9 months, is advertised lor. Mr J. C. Ewington requires a boy for blacksmithing. ' i

An owner is wanted for a black and tan sheep dog Uliat (has been on a Church Street section since Sunday l&st*

'Messrs Ogilvy and Sons, butchers, wish! to purchase thirty to forty weilgrown ipdgs to fatten. iMr Haimill gives notice that _ his summer sale will commence on Friday next.

The finder of a brass axel cap, lost in (Mastortan, is requested to leave same at the Masterton ■_ Farmers' Implement Company's office.

A SLUGGISH LIVER Is the cause' of ( much disorder. If your liver is' not working rightly, the a important part it plays- bedmg so essential to good heaith 5 it soo i lets us know what is wrong. Such, disturbances as headache, feeling of nausea dizziness 1 , flatntency, fullness after eating, Hack of energy unpleasant taste in mouth, constipation, irritability of temper, etc., etc., these are all signs of a. sluggish liver. Well, you miust situdy your diet, pid ~ few doses of Gordon's' La veer Mixture will soon set you rdghit again. It cleanses and tone® _ the stomach and liver, and soon dispels all tthe /unpleasant symptoms. Price 2s 6d per bottle. Solid' and made only by J. V. GORDON, M.P.S., Dispensing Qhemists (by Exams.), Masterton.

If it were not for the competition of the big Dominion Woolen Mills, fanners' would _ not get such high prices for their wool. Buy KAIAPOI Goods. Help to keep up our wool values and keep the money circulating here.

Trout angling at Tokaanu, Master Kenneth Prow so, aged i() years,, of Wangianui, secured a rom-irkabie baej; of no Jess than 19 fidh, with a total ■weight of lSUlbs, easily the best bag taken at Tokaanu for this season.

A Waimate (South Canterbury)! grower mentions that it cost him 6d tot send a. crate of strawberries to' Gore./ and allien tilie empty crate returned there was Is to pay on it. Mr Alfred Seifetit, tho wellrknmvn'. flax-miller, has lodged application for letters patent for an improved apparatua for sorting blades of flax', and jn-. otllier for gripping and conveying iiax for scutching and the liko purposes.—• Herald.

Tlie present daily milk supply at) lllie.Jiallanoa Dairy butter, raatory at Konini is about 3500 gallons. This is tho largest daily supply, delivered at any of tllie company's factories or creameries. In the height of the seiison tho supply was about 3700 gallons a day. likis .season, unlike preceding seasons, the supply has been well maintained since tho first. This is attributable to the moist weatihe® wlhicfh has prevailed.'

At Martinborough on Sunday, Detective, Andrews and Constable Dick arrested a man on a charge that . on .December 29tih, 1911, at Wellington, lie did forge the name of 1. Jacobus toa Post Office Savings Bank withdrawal receipt for the sum pf £5, and dad utter the same to Francis Taylor Bennington, clerk in the Post Office Sav-t angsßank.

Boiwling _enthusiast s, some of whom consider indulging in tlie game on Sunday a desecration of the sac red day, will be interested in learning that) in tihe time of the Stuarts Sunday play was coramon>, the famous Archbishop' Laud indulging in what was described as "this pretty archii-episoopal Sabbath recreation." Even he was but emulating the earlier exampile of John/ Calvin, whom Jchn Knox is recorded to have found playing bowls on Sunday •when he visited him at Geneva.

Ayyoung lady requires boaaxt s>ndl lodging in tllie Wairarapa, for two months.

Mr D. G. Brown, in his replace an* nouneement gives particulars of -.he Bradbury motor cycle stocked by him which should prove interesting reading. ■ ■ V"':/; 1 *

Messrs A. J, Johnson a.nd 00. will hold a sale of furniture and household effects on Thursday, January IStdi, ont account of Nurse McWhinnie. The sale will he held a>t the premises, 99 Bannister Street. '

Hugo and Shearer's great sfoelfemptying sale is still going full swing, and in tfoedr replace announcememifc today. they. advise that their complete' stock .of-, stylish summer costumes is., being disposed of at greatly reduced prices. Ladies,. ybur- joppartumty ia at hand, ;>vitH .su,mimer only Just commeiiclng.' . •

A very, fine range of inlaid and plain.' linoleums is now being offered, for sate by .the furnishing department of tlie Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative Association, Ltd., and a visit to their showroom is convincing evidence that only the.choicest patterns of the different manufacturers are being offered to tho Masterton public.