LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10544, 29 January 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Land seekers are, much in. evidence in -

f; XBwrjivgih|i.past se'asori,6QoO bales : of 'wool .have^^n};-^ [' Polorus: SQundS c t« Wellington.. •. '. -'. - ,?;'

Experts say that there is every likelihood of the good ( prices received for froisen meat being maintained. Potato blight is making its appearance in the North Canterbury districts.

Factory butter is now selling'&t Is--3d per lb in Masterton, but an early rise is considered probable. The building trade in North Auckland is exceptionally brisk just now, and contractors are in many instances unable to fulfil orders.

, The Secretary of the Waihi Miners' Union reports that there are about 50 men unemployed in the Waihi s< the present time, consisting chiefly of married local residents.

The grape season at Omakoroa, Bay of Pleiity, is promising well, and given, favourable weather conditions, vintagers are hopeful of a record crop. A buyer representing a Dun-din firm has been visiting farm homesteads %c Masterton and Wairarapa districts of late. Although! he lias making temptingjDifers for. fat farmers generally .seem inclinedpao jdo their business with the local companies. There are said to be over half-a-dozen buyers of pigs operating between Featheraton and Woodvdlle at the present time. Fiveperice per pound is being paid for bacon, pigs. A line of sixty iirst-class baconers was trucked from Siangatainoka recently.

The supply of milk to the Raitawa cheese factory this season has been greater than last season, and it is anticipated that ithe output will be increased by about 15 tons. In the flush of the season the daily supplywas 100 gallons ahead of last year. The tests are very good, ranging from 3.6 to 4.1, and will, average between 3.7 and 3.8. v '

Mr W. H. Jackson, headmaster of the Masterton District High School, has arranged that several of the school classes will receive instruction in the building on"■the old showground during the progress of the alterations to the main school. The whole of the classes will assemble at ; the main school this morning, and then will be drafted out.

A heavy thunder-clap smashed a large plate-glass window in a shop in Westport last week. The cost to replace the window will be about £SO.

In one part of the Stratford district farmers aire unable to get their wool clips away, owing to the bad state of the roads, which are almost impassable from the continued rains.

At the meeting of the Farmers' Union Executive in Palmerston North last week, Mr H. A. of Timii, referred, to the serious loss suffered by farmers .through the wool getting web on the railways'. It ..was resolved, "That the attention of the Minister be called to the large- amount of wet wool on the railway tracks arriving in Wellington, caused by the absence of or. defects in tatiiaulins." The English language, according to a statistician, who has made a study of the comparative wealth, of languages, heads the list with the enormous vocabulary of 200,000 words. The German wines next with 80,000, the Italian with 75,000, French with 30,000, Turkish with 22,500, and Spanish with 20,000. NEVER HAD A DOCTOR.

"I never had a doctor im my life, and thai says a lot for Chamberlain'is Tablets," say* Isabella Orarrie, BeJlbiird, Oesooook, N.S.W. . "They keep m« iai perfect health, and any time I feel "off colour," or as thxragjn I needed a laxative, I take one and the>resulfc is perfect health." 9ofd by all chemists and storekeepers. "The Englishmen can play cricket," remarks an enthusiastic colonial, and there is a good deal in that. Warner's team looks very like taking Home the Ashes, and as matters stand now they deserve to, for there is merit, in their work. Worth and merit mean much to the possessors, and that is really why Orescent Blend Tea finds so much favour with the public. j Warner's Corsets are splendid holiday Corsets. They cannot rust nor break, nor can the Fabric tear. Prip«<i 5s 6d upwards, from local dap<*rs.

A bush firo was racing in the neighbourhood of Kniparoro yesterday. Numerous petty thefts have been reported in Carterton of late.

The majority of business people in Bahiatua have signed a petition in> favour of a Retailers' Association.

Wednesday has been fixed as the statutory half-holiday in Woodvil.le for the current year.

The Wellington Education Board will hold its first moating of the year to-morrow.

The schools in the Masterton district open to-day, after the summer holidays.

The Alfredton Athletic Society's sports take place on Thursday, March 14th.

Weekly stock sales aro to he held in Eketahuna during the remainder of the summer months.

Entries are already arriving for the Masterton show, to he held next month.

The dreaded fly has made its appearance in some of the turnip crops in tho Ma.sterton district.

A fanner in the neighbourhood of Masterton has just dug a potato crop which has yielded twenty-one tons to the acre.

The demand for bricks for building purposes is exceedingly keen in the Tanranga district at present.

Shipments,of 'butter from Wairoa are handled twenty-seven times before they reach their destination in the London market.

The Masterton A. and P. Society has been informed that Mr F. r> McLennan will act as judge of the Jersey and dairy stock at the forthcoming show.

The Ballance Dairy Company , irareceived advice that its shipment of butter by .the Athenio realised 131s per cwt.

The Waipawa. Borough has decided •that motorists exceeding four miles an hour through the town will be prosecuted.

' A teacher in a school in the Stratford district, has applied to the Boa.rd for an auxiliary wood-burner, instead of a coal burner, as it is impossible to get coal.

Great crops "of grass-seed are re-1 ported from the Bay of Plenty dis- J tract, and a large number of men are i finding employment in cutting the? crops.

-. The'-oat' crop, iivthe'.Masterton'. Alif: trictrt&is"-Season"_is '.that has'beeii 'harvested""' for" some' years pa-st:j-'';'(: • ■•'" ■''.-■■ -.-,'_ _; '._." , . The,.hot weather experienced last! week has caused grass in the Masterton district to turn quite yellow. The ground, in many parts, is parched on •the surface. Plum trees in, the Masterton district are seriously affected with the leadh this season.' These insects not: only destroy the leaves, but cause the fruit to wither and drop off.

Four officers of the Territorial Forces will be stationed at Masterton, viz., an Adjutant, Quartermaster-Ser-geant, Staff-Sorgeant-Major, and another.

The Express states tlia-t Mr Louch, of Newman, met with a painful accident a-few days ago. It appears that he was riding on a load of hay, when he slipped, and fell in front of the dray wheel, which passed over his leg, badly bruising it. ....

How far will a bee travel for food? This is a question which few people have.been able to ans-wer. Mr W. Lena, the well-known Masterton ■apiarist, states that lie has traced some of his Italian bees for two and three miles from the;bdve. Ho does, not think ■tjhat bees travel longer distances than tliis in pursuit of honey. .Most of the crops in the Homebush district have already been harvested. A Mastcrton farmer who has been right through tho Wairarapa Valley: of Late, states that the cropsaro cleaner than usual this season, and smut and rust are not nearly as bad as lias been reported. ~ .

A charge has been, preferred against a hotel keeper in the Wairarapa licensing district of permitting drunkenness on his premises. This is an outcome of a charge of drunkenness against the traveller for a Mas.terton, firm.

Says the Wanganui-Herald:—"We. do nots hold with narrow,-Puritanical' ideas; but we say imhesita.tin<gly.that., a '-large quantity of literature is offer- ( ed for sale which is a disgrace to the [ writers and vendors."

The "Anti-Militarist" assumes that abedierice to those whose business it 'is to protect the country from aggression is humiliating. The -humiliation of per : mitting a foe to devastate his'property and kill his relatives is a position that does not occur to the Anti-Militarist. —New Plymouth News.

Tho stewards of the Mastei-ton Racing Club met at the Secretary's office on Saturday, to consider-applications for the position of caretaker of the Club's course at Opaki. Ten; applications were submitted, and the number was reduced to three. A final selection will be made at the' meeting next Saturday.

Mr W.'Lenz, of .Master-ton,-has forwarded four hundred hives of bees fco the Taranaki district. These a<re repoj*ted to be doing fairly well, although the weaitOier has been against honeymakrag. Mr Leu?. ha 9 still 1200 hives in the Wairarapa, and these have yielded a good m>p of honey this season.

IP YOD HAVE A Oough, Ck>ld, Nose, Throat, or Liing Trouble, Stomach, Bowel, 01 Liver Complaint, Rheumatism, Neu ralgia, USE SANDER'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT; 5 drops m a table spoon water. Remembor, you cannot expect the go©,} effects from any sort of eucalyptus. SANDER'S EX TRACT CURES because it contain* ethereal and antiseptic euhstanoes not contained ia other Eucalyptus prodootß. These latter, made by persons ignorant in chemistry, and provided with fancy names and label? by trading oonownß who do not know what they contain, have caused grievous harm, and a death has resulted from their use.

Do not apply an ointment to a sore. It keeps back the secretion. To woundH, bruises, sprains, burns, ulcers, eczema, and other pkiti troubles APPLY SANDER'S EXTRACT; 15 drops ,in a tablespoon of olive oh. The effect will surprise you. SANDER'S EXTRACT HEALS bceauw it is freed from the imtaoing uy • striuenis contained in otaer cmjai.f p-t-uw preparation. Xt heals wneci o-.X-•ffs irritate.

Insist upon the cw.ai.nt- st\ /* l 't.H EUCALYPTI EXTMCa- „..? v .-,r will derive the l-^nefit.

Therearo twenty-two patients in tho Masterton hospital at present.

The Lands Department will shortly offer for settlement 23,000 acres o'fi fairly good land in tJio West Taupo district.

The country i" the Gladstone district is looking extremely well at present, and there is every promise o| excellent crops being harvested.

There can be m> ; doubt now (says the Auckland Herald) that this season will-prove a record one for Auckland's dairying industry" botli in output an«l price.

The short week (no Saturday) has been adopted in several xilaces i n Sydney, and the reports concerning it are that it is working satisfactory. At the Clarence Jones, Ltd., "five days'obtains in the tailoring department.

Since December 9th last 53,170 small birds' eggs have been purchased' at the Waitaki County Office by thoclerk. For these a sum of close on £4O was paid to t'hu boys who collected! them.

"How many bookmakers aro plying their calling in Ohristehureh;" was a question put to Mr L. M. Isitt, M.P.j by a member of the Xew South Wales Totalisator Commission. "I haven't the slightest idea," was Mr Isitt's reply, "I'haven't an .'extensive acquaintauce amongst them."

A business man, writing frdi» Johannesburg to a Hawera resident, says there is a considerable amount of business done there in New Zealand, butter and cheese, through the medium, of resident agents and export firms. The writer is anxious to open negotiations for transacting business' with one of the local factories. '

Mr R. McKenzie, of the Masterton Amateur Athletic Club, was successful in winning, the pole vault at the Civil 'Service sports at Wellington on Saturday last, and also gained third place in the 220 yds, off the scratch mark. Mr R. - Messenger was unable to com-* pete.

The Te Wharau school annual picnio was held on Mr Simpson's grounds on Saturday last, when a large number of parents and children were present;. A most enjoya ble day was spent in running events," games, etc., and prizes won during the past year were presented by Mrs M. J. McGregor, the Commissioner's wife.

Several Masterton people are now enjoying a holiday at Castlepoint. The accommodation has been greatly improved under the present management and the public a lie quick to- recognise .-': • it.>' There is f / a ;^milt^^ t 'trhd^moro\^ol;i : ' .beach, ,-ia-nd surf ba'tliing;is all" that can;,'.be :desiitied. ; The cayea are well-worth a visits, the. interior by torchlight having a very , weird appearance. A start baa been made with, the erection of a new lighthouse, close to the caves. There is excellent fishing-from the rocks, and good boating. A Feilding. business man who was journeying south on the train the other day had for a travelling i- companion a man who settled in Taranaki 34 years ago and was going tb'the South Island to see some old friends'. The farmer said he had not previously, been out of Taranaki in the 34 years? ~ Mr Ernest Short,, the well-known breeder of stock, has been busily engaged during the past few days, purchasing cattle in the Mangaweka district for his Cheltenham property, which he recently acquired from the Riddiford estate.

, As instancing the difficulties .the hos-. pital authorities had sometimes to cojh tend wr&i, it was stated at a recent meeting of. the Gisborne Hospital Board that a man who was employed as cook had, in consequence of .some dispute, left the institution witlumfc the least warning, and the work of cooking for the many patients in the institution, had devolved uponthe matron and the nurses in addition to their ordinary duties.

A reward is offered for tho recovery of a lost white cockatoo.

, School duties at St. Bride's Convent, Masterton, will be resumed on Friday, February 2nd.

Entries for the Daniievirke District' A. and P. Show close on Wednesday next.

The finder of a. large woollen scarf ie requested to kindly leave the same at the Age office. ; .

Entries for the , PaliiatugrAkiiio Agricultural and Pastoral show;-.'-close with the Secretary, Mr J-.-A.--Walsh, on Wednesday, January 31.a' ' • The anmial meeting;'of the Masterton .branch of the New Zealand Labour Party will be held an Murray's Hall oh Wednesday next. AH workers are invited.

Messrs C. Smith, Ltd., notify that this is the last week of their great stocktaking sale. The balance of the summer stock is being still further reducedUo make a clearance this week.

The twentieth annual show of the Bush Districts A. and P. Association will be held at. Woodville on Wednesne'xt, January 31st. The entries are large, and a, great gathering is anticipated.

Mothers of families art; beg'mning to think of the time when children will be at school again, and among other things they have .to be provided with a proper school outfit. Messrs -McLeod and Young, in their replace announcement, advise that they cart, supply all school requirements.

Wo have been requested by the Associated Auctioneers to draw attention to the fact that the Solway stock sales in future will commence at 12.30 o'clock punctually. We understand that, at the request of a number of buyers, arrangements will be made for a conveyance to leave the, po&fc o%<V for the sale-yards at stated intervals' during the morning and to return after the sale conveying passengers at a. cost of Gd each way.

* A SLUGGISH LIVER Is the cause of much disorder. If your liver, w not working rijghitly, the wmpoTtant part it plays beajijg so essential to good heait-h, it'sooi Jets ns know what is wrong. Such disturbances as headache, feeling of nausea dazzine&s', fla.tuiltency, fuUnees after eating, lack of energy, unpleasant taste in, mouth, constipation, irritability of temper, etc., etc., these are all signs of a sluggish liver. Well, you mmst study your diet, and w few doses of 'Gordon's l Liver Mixture will &oon .set you right again. It cleanses and tones the stomach amd liver, and soon dispels all the unpleasant symptoms. Price 2s 6d per bottle. Solid and made only by J. V. GORDON, M.P.S., Dispensing Ohermsis (by Exams.), Masterton.

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