LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10534, 22 January 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A number of members of the Masterton Lodge of Druids will pay a fraternal visit to the Ekotahuna lodge? io-night.

There are at present twenty-two patients in tho Masterton hospital. Two freak sheep —one having six logfl and tho other throe —are being exhibited at the Ekotahuna show to-day. A Poverty Bay settler has Just invested in a. one hundred and sixty guinoa piano. He is not worried over tho decline in exports.

Tho Arapata estate, at Waitwna West, is shortly to bo sub-divided and sold under tho hammer.

The pay-sheet at the Waingawa freezing works now amounts to over £6OO per week.

At its meeting on Saturday last, the Wairarapa Caledonian Society voted £3 3s towards the funds oi* the Masterto'n Park Beautifying Society.

A recent visitor to Whangamomona gives it as his opinion that within two months the railway will l>e running rigjht into the township. Most people predict very differently.

A number of visiting swimmers who are competing at the acquatie carnival in Masterton to-day, arrived on Saturday* night. The carnival will commence at 10 a.m.

The Nireaha Cheese Company i* sending away by the Arawa 314 cases of cheese' and 300 cases by tlie Iluapehu, which leaves Wellington later. This will make 924 cases exported in six weeks.

Five of the milk cheques passed by j one Waverley Co-operative Dairy Co., j at their meeting last week, were over £IOO, the largest being £lB3, A Hokitika telegram says that John Spencer, an old and;respected miner, was buried in has claim at Fox's . hy a fall of earth on Friday. The body was recovered by a rescue party at five O'clock on" Saturday morning; •"'-''• ; •No fewer thiart 15,000 "sheep; and 500 quarters of beef will be sjiippedby the i Wellington Farmers' Meat Company ! from the Waingawa works this week. The works have been very busy for the List fortnight. It lias been stated that pyrethum grown at the foot _'of-"fruit trees is a sure> cure for tihe codlin .moth. .The codlin still seems to thrive in spiteof numberless efforts to destroy it. The experiment should therefore be well worth trying. A young man n&med Pain was admitted to the Masterton Hospital on Saturday from Matahiwi, having sustained a severe injury to his hand through its coming into contact with a circular saw. It was found necessary to amputate two of his fingers. A man named Harry Gibbs, thirty years of age, was admitted to the Masterton- Hospital yesterday morning, suffering from a severe injury to the hip, which was occasioned by a fall on Saturday night. Gibbs is employed at the Waingawa freezing works. Litigation is pretty brisk at Napier iust now. There are over one hundred civil oases down for hearing at the Maristrate's Court there to-morrow. Only 16 of that number have ©ven legal notice that they intend to defend the actions brought against them. "From'what I know of the political situation," said Mr D. McLaren in the Party's organisation meeting tine other evening, "I believe, that our partv holds the balance of'power, but I would far rather see it hold the power than the balance; I would tar 1 rather see it with a larger number-in the House, so that the oi that power should be continuous. i line of 10,000 bushels of this season's standing crop of wheat has been sold for forward delivery in Timarn at 1 3s 4-Jd per .bushel. There are many outstanding crops in the district which look like promising to yield'all from forty-five up to.fatty bushels an acre, and this at 3s 4*d per bushel should be very, gratrfymg. Notwittistindingifo large- number ; of ■ dweiliings that -have heen -.- erected within the city of Auckland dirring recent "years,' there is' still ;a' jfr#rkec» Shortage of "houses of : five - and .six rooms, and it i», therefore, expected that in this respect 1912 will be as busv as 1911.

A find of considerable interest was niade a''few-days ago by workmen engaged in making a, cutting: at the "southern end of the new Ohani Hi! s tunnel (savs the Otago Daily rimes).,. Thirty-five feet under the surface, m ground that had evidently been of a-., swampv nature, were .found a number of moa bones'of.all sizes and shapes, from big shank aid breast bones down to smaller arid more fragmentarv nieces that had perhaps once belonged to a "babv" moa. There were two fairly big'deposits of them, and they were carefully lifted and conveyed, to Dunedin. Some of the bones are in a very good state of preservation, and show little or no signs of decay. iUie following new members r were elected at the meeting of tihe Waarara.pa- Caledonian Society • on Saturday last:—Messrs. C. F. Wilton, H. Lett, Herbert A, Jones, Wm. J. White, F. W. Temple, NY-lord, A. P.. Williamson, J.. tl, Sandford, U. Brooks, : J. A. McDonald, Ben. lUynor, George Smith, I). K.-McKenaie Alt. Kippon, H. Eraser, Philip Shields E. R. Wilson, H. Dooley.'Robt. A. Gam eron, Peter Harrison, Wm. P. Ibompson, Fred Youle, and M. Lavery.

Amongst other applications that came before the Otago Education Board on Wednesday was one from Lauder that bees be removed from the roof of the school. It appears that swarms had taken up their tween the lining and -the/ weatherboards and in the roof, with the result that the bees kept up a perpetual humming, frightening the children, and occasionally entered the bmkkng and caused distraction. The architect was instructed to take what steps were necessary to remedy matters. It appeared that the schools at Hawera Flat and Rongahere had been similarly visited, by bees, and that the insects had to be smoked out and their en-, trance prevented.

The ripening of the cocksfoot crop has been considerably hastened by the very warm weather of the current week, says the Christchurch and reaping has begun on some of the earliest spurs round the in the Eastern, Bays, 'but it will be we'll into next week before the .bulk ot seed .is ready for the hook. Reports state that the crop is much heavier than for the two preceding seasons, tihrnigih on, Mie dirty side, the wet season ha.ving favoured the growth or tares and "soft grasses. -Labour as latouidon* at this early stage, though it ds anticipated that at the advance of the reaping more reapers will t>e needed. Pa-ices raago from Is 3d to 1j1.9d, according to ability and experience. A fair amouait of the seed as lot on contract ftt lid to 2d per lb.

. v A SLUGGISH LIVER Is the cause of much disorder. If your liver is' not working rightiy, the MoapoTtant part it plays being so essential to good hearth, it .<*xn lets ns know what ib wTong. Such, disturbances as headache, feeing of nausea dizziness, flatulency, fullness after eating, Jack of energy, unpleasant taste in, mouth, constipation, irritability of temper, ©fa., etc., these are all signs of a sluggish liver. Well, you must study your diet, and the- - i. few doses of Gordon's Liver Mixture will soon set you a-ight again. It cleanses and tones the stomach and liver, and soon dispels all the unpleasant symptoms. Price 2s 6d per bottle. Sold and made only by J. V. GORDON, M.P.S., Dispensing Chemists (by Exams.), Masterton.

The Waikato hospital, at Hamilton., i >on tains 150 bods The latest return from the Worksop iredge is 71ozs 7dwts for 132 hours' working.' Mr J. C. Boddihgton reports that UlO rainfall registered at the Upper 1 Plain for the 24 'hours preceding •' j a.m. on Saturday nas 5 poiiu.s. 1 A largo nroa of oat crop is at pres- | ont in stook in the country bet-ween Mas-torton ami Foatherston. ■ Canvassers of the Sports Protection ! Leagtio were very active on the Trentham racecourse on Saturday, and a largo number of members, representing both sexes, vveie enrolled. .No joining fee was demanded. . "There i.s something wrong if a man is expected to meditate on eternity when he has no assurance of being able to meet his butcher's bill," says Canon Simpson. Mr MeKenzic, Crown Lands Commissioner, accompanied bv Mr .}. Dawson, of the Wellington Land Board, and Mr Sutherland, Hanger, are at present touring the Wairarapa, inspecting various leases of Crown Lands,_v\ hie'h are about to fall in. The demand for unskilled labour in the Wairarapa was exemplified la -it week, when three new chums just arrived from 'Frisco, were immediately put on remunerative work on an East Coast station, notwithstanding the fact that they had nd experience whatever of station work. It took the afternoon train from j Wellington on Saturday over six and I a-half hours to do the journey to Masterton. .The train was a heavy dne.it' is true, but the waits at'somei-of -the" akttions were painful in the-extreme. If„,the Rail way .Department could have Ijeard some of .the expressions' of We returning race-goers ■ it would have" withered up in: shame.- - <- ■'-. • '--"'-' An Eketaihiuna settler recently planted a goodly acreage' in turnip's. The seed took all right, but, according to the Express, the young plants entirely disappeared shortly after coming through the" ground. The settler attributed the failure to bad seed, and replanted the land, but exactly the same thing happened. It is now assumed that the turnip fly was responsible for the depredations. :,_:<-, The station cook is a resourceful individual, and has often to prepare a meal in considerable haste. A party of visitors, including a land agent, recently arrived at an East Coast station per motor oar, and were naturally asked to stay to lunch. The cook, unfortunately, had temporarily run out of meat, but undaunted, went to th* "pig-bucket" and produced the remains of a leg of mutton, and having cleaned it, served it up to his master's guests, who complimented their host 1 on the excellence of his mutton. The 75yds swimming championship, [ for pupils under 20 years of age, at J the Catholic picnic at Newman, last j week, resolved itself into a keen tussle

between Miss Annie O'Leary, of Masterton, the holder of several championships, and Willie Henry, of Newman. Excitement rs|n higfy. ; ,.as .the two swimmers neared the wiliHing post on even terms, arid it looked ftiß".though Mdss O'Leary would prove the winner, but young Henry stuck gamely t<s';the task, and finally passed the tape first with only a few inches to spare. According to the Manaw&tu Times, Mr Edward Collier, a Masterton wool expert, has been busily engaged at Arapata Estate, -Waituna West, for. the past three weeks classifying Mr J. B. McLennan's clip of wool. The wool was classed into four sections. An •American firm has purchased from Mr McLennah Nos. 1 and 2 class at lljd and 10$ d respectively. Nos. 3 and 4 were purchased by Mr G. Hill, a Bradford wool buyer, at a-.wary satisfactory figure to tike seller. The subdivision of the- Estate is to be sold. .byMessrs Abraham; and Williams, 'hid:, at the end of ..next month. •: ;

. ''Tatfersairs-'"'was yh, evidence during tlie hearing of a casein the Magis-

trate's Court at Dunedin the other

'day. A defendant was being-examin-ed as to his means, and prosecuting

counsel drew from ihim the statement that he regularly put Is 3d per month into a sweep for "a ticket in. Tatt's." It appeared thai (he was in hopes of ; some day being: fortunate enough to 'strike a lucky munber, and thus'provide, a" sufficient sum to satisfy his creditors. Tlie circumstances of

tho case showed that the mfcn was in low water financially, and had had sickness in his family. Hie Worship

did not decide that ''Tatt's" at Is 3d a month was an unnecessary luxury. A writer to the London Daily Mail

says:—For some time past there has. been a growing tendency towards tne production of an extremery light fourwheeled vehicle, something between a.

car and a motor-cycle—a vehicle that will seat two people side by side,' but sliall cost little more to run than a tri-

car or motor-car with side-car. Some of these vehicles in all but size'are designe don car lines,, having live axle, . propel lor, shaft drriye, gear box,' and all the o| a larger vehicle. If : tliese; can be produced within a very moderate price in qiidntities—and-thte is certainly possibler-fthey ought - to liave a very' considerable Tfuture, provided tihat they do not lapse too uracil into the fuM-si'ze ear. What is wanted is an improved four-wheel motorcycle, with a light body of minimum weight, and the minimum of complication. A meeting of delegates of the Waira'rapa Centre of the New Zealand Athletic and Cycling Union was held in the Dominion Hall on Saturday evening last, there being present: Messrs T. G. Hoar. Vice-President (delegate for Mangatainoica Club) in ! ; the chair, J. 13. Mckenzie and W. Gillespie (Wainirapa Caledonian Society), G. R. Sykes <Martinborougii), P. C. Jorgensen (Mauriceville), and J. H. PauKng (Pongaroa). Mr A. Thompson wrote, resigning ihis position as Secretary, and Mr W. Gillespie was appointed in Ins stead". The resignation of Mr-Root. McKenzie as dele-

I gate for the Kopuaranga Sports Club j and Vice-President, was accepted with ! regret. Mr J. H. Pauling was-unani-inous.lv elected decided "that.-tlie-whole Jactß of the case of 'J. Goad' be enquired into and submitted to the next meeting of delegates." The remits to be considered at the Conference were , gone through seriatim and the delegates instructed how to act.

WHAT ABOUT HAWKES'! . — 9The Wellington Garrison Band won the Championship and also the Challenge Shield at the Palmerston North Band Contest of 1911. They used Hawkes' Excelsior Sonorous , Band Instruments—a complete Bet. Itfi 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 «f Bavrfces' ExeeSior Sonorous iHistromeoai*, won the B Grade. Th« judge •angratulated 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 the world. Bandsmen! Buy a set of Hawkes s —there are honours and valuable prizes to be won with them. Write for catalogue. Sole agents— The DRESDEN PIANO CO., Ltd., Wellington. Local Representative: H. Inns, Darnell's Buildings, Queen Street, Masterton.

The Nov,- South Wales cstato of tfid lato Mr Waiter ria.j, the millionaire/ connected with tho Mount Morgan mines, lias been sworn at £2,311,000. Of 42,560 people who left the United Kinguoui m-Ocober 2(5,955 went to British possessions and 15,605 to foreign countries. The rpassengens front Ireland to the United States numbered 5906. Tllo death is announced in Mid-Lo* drum of lVir william Courts, one of the last survivors of ihe Franklin Search Expedition of 1850, who also too£ . part in the Crimean war. The diamonds produced in the Capo /' Provinco since the lirst discovery ot tine stores there are valued in South-, African Government reports ata £141,949,521'. What is claimed to be the record potato for Lincolnshire has been lifted on a farm at Initterwick. it weighed 61b 4oz. One of the recent 1-umours concerning the fitting of warships with internal com bust-ion engines is taking definite sdiape at Thornycroft's Southampton yards, where a destroyer to bo driven by Diesel oil engines, is, building for the Admiralty. ' ,* It is seventy-two years ago to-day"""-since tho 'hast ship of the ISew Zealand Company iu-nvei tit Wellington. 'Kite geysers at' WnaHrewarewa, near Roiwua, have been very active. o£ late. Wild pigeons are still reported to be numerous in some of the outlying parts of the Master-ton district". ■:;> We. hear te Mr Joseph Morris, of rfl&astertoh, has broken-the record- for this season's, lambs, having received , per.potnid,- for'a-iipe ot"'-«.^?wn/.Cross'-lambs at-,the Waingawa:-; . 'works.. '-"-'.:>•;■ ■'-■ : '- i -.-. ; "-' '-..-: ;-. .-••..- :. , ■Attention is drawn"to a change of - advertisement inserted elsewhere bv 57 h r uii L, Dupr€ ' Jeweller, Qneek ii re ? V- g°°<i lines are quoted, ' all of which carry a three-years written, guarantee. Notice of dissolution of partnership •'" hitherto existing between Millar and Boyle, farmers, Femridge, is published on the front page of this morning's Age. *■» Messrs Dalgety and /Co:: 'advertise ,' that the date of tfiie Hafiaunui stock sale has been changed-; from 24th Jan- . uary to 7th February. On the front page of this morning's issue the Masterton County Council \ advertise tenders for metalling con- I ' tracts. *'.' The annual picnio of the combined ; Sunday Schools of St. Matthew's, i Church and Lansdowne will be held to- . day on Mr J. Macara'a farm, the Loop-line; Opaki. Drags will leave the Church at nine o'clock in the morning, and an additional'drag will leave ! tShe post office at one o'clock for those ' parents who are unable, to go in the morning.