LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10549, 3 February 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Masterton Municipal Bna«A Band will render the Gisborne test selection "Maritana" at the sacred concert in the Town .Hall to-morrow evening. The. Grcytown Hospital is installing a new eleven 'horse-power gas engine to generate electricity for lighting the Hospital and Buchanan Ho me, and for wood cutting, etc. You can. get rid of that cold hy taking Ton king's Linseed Emulnion. From all chemists and pi-o «•♦».--.

Entries for the Masterton show at Solway aid coming in freely.

Th© rivers and streams in the neighbourhood of Masterton aro very low just now. Some of the streams have almost run drv.

At the Waingawa freoMiig works'on Thursday 1913 sheep wore put through, nuiking'the biggest tally to date this season. A Hamilton telegram states that France's W-aikato stables were gutted by fire yesterday afternoon. The horses were saved with difficulty. The strangei's' tea- in on.nocaon with the Masterton branch of the Y.M.C.A. will re-open -to-moncw, when an address will be *i<'eii by Mr James McGregor.

The first motor tp be introduced- to. the Stronvar district was driven there this week by Mr Donald McKenzie, of HilLsprmg. The car is the property of Messrs Tuxford Bros.

To show what an excellent season the present has been, the lambs shorn, on a station on the East Coast,, which is not considered first-class country, averaged 61bs of wool, which must be connsidered a. splendid return'. A special meeting of the Masterful Trust Lands Trustees was held last evening, at which it is understood t/iat the question of ''running cinematograph entertainments hi the Town Hall was considered. Tho business transacted was not made available to the Press.

In a boxing contest at Hastings on Thursday' night between Tim Tracy and Peter Cook, of Sydney, the latter was declared the- winner on points, ■tho fifteen rounds having been fought. Another reduction in, the price of meat has been decided upon by the Auckland Master Butchers' Association. The contained all-roiund tedraotiouSj and Che'February quotations, now issued, indicate further reductions on certain lines of Jamb and mutton, .while the price of beef, veal and pork remains the same.

. 'Exe Rev.rMßeH/; Maori missioner", writes us in reference to a Press telegram which recently appeared : "Just a line of explanation. Dr. Ponmre, or Miami Pomare, is ,not a three-quarter cast European. He is a descendent of half-cast Maoris. His father, Te Paera Pomare, is a full halfcaste, and so is his mother, Mere, arid both descended from higjh rank ances-: tore of the Ngatiawa, Taranaki, and Ngatimukawa tribes.." .

. }'.Mr;B. C., Freyberg, who was a few J$ l \ swiminer ,of-i;fehe, miarfca Me feat on Sunday last", when'he .'.swam-from. Te Aroha to . Paeroa : " by means of the Waihort-River 1 '; the distance covered.'.being 35 miles. The swimmer, \w3u> was accompanied by a boat, swam the whole distance wift. out touching land or boat, and completed his difficult task after being in the water ten hours.—Auckland Star.

Tlio fight which took place at Hastings on Thursday night between Barney. Ireland," <bf+ Waipawa* ancl' > Jim ■Sharp, of Tinui, Masterton, resulted in an easy win for Ireland. Sharp appeared to be a stone overweight, and he was quite unable to keep out of the way of his nimble opponent. The Waipawa representative had all the best of the fight, and knocked his man out in tihe fourth round.

Tiie public of Masterton are reminded of tlie sacred concert to be given in the Town Hall, Masterton, to-morrow evening. , The proceed': rt the concert are to bo devoted 'to a very worthy object, viz., to enable' ?n old and respected settler to ofrtain surgical attention in Wellington, to i&ve his.eyesigtht. No'doubi,the Masterton' piiblio will respond to the eail l with, their- usual 'liberality. An excellen* programme, of vocal a^d/inprtirumental "been projpkfed,.

In respect of 'some portions of Wife courses of t3ie smalller rivers of South Canterbury, it is plain, (says the Timaru. Herald) that tftie beds are being raised by deposition of shingle. This is as plainly not the case with the Pareoiia,i near the upper anglers' reserve. There is more solid rock Showing in the bottom of .the stream tlhlan tons been usual; ond the river now flows round tihe north side of the reserve in a channel at a lower level than tlhe older one on. the south side, which it deserted, some years ago. Tivo Greytown surveyors went out on a business trip to the coast beyond To Wharauy driving a newly purchased quadruped. One of the surveyor fan*cied himself as a whistler, .and concentrated Ms efforts on "O'er tlie Hills and Fax. Away'Vwdtfli-such: good effect tihat 10 miles out and "far away" from'' any habitation the horse refused to •Ixudge aiwAer step. All sorts of per.'suasions were tried, but witfliout result. Here was a predicament, for botib men were-due back in Greytown 'that night. Tihey griavely surveyed the position., finally decided to tie up the Jrorso to a wayside tree, and tramp the 10 mile .trail back to Te Wharau. Arraying at Te Wfaarati hot and dusty, they luckily secured the services of a horse, driver and vehicle, • arid were driven to Carterton., wlhere they arrived in> time to> catch, the train for Greytown. "O'er tlie Hilds and : Par Away" bring up such painful visions to tlhe whistler tha/t it is not safe to mention the name to him, let alone whistle .the air!—-News.

A meeting of persons interested in the St.-John. Ambulance Brigade Distit'iict.NurfiO scheme will be held in the Dominion Hall on Tuesday evening, February 6th.> The businesses to receive tho report of the Committee, to authorise moneys to be handed over to the Charitable Aid Board, and to appoint a Committee, and general business,

New consignments of seasonable goods are just tq hand at the "Corner Shop," Queen Street. They include smokers requisites of every description, all of which are quoted at the most reasonable rates. Mrs Crag'g makes a specialty of stocking all the best and most popular brands of tobaccos, and in this connection the requirements of patrons are catered for on the best passible lines. Hairwork is also executed at very reasonable rates..

UVm Is th«"c(a&Be «rf much diaordea-. If your liver'is- not working rijjMily, the simpoTtwnt part it plays beanjg bo essential to good heaith, it sooi Jets us know what is wrong. Such diß'tnrrf)ances as headache, feeling of nausea dizziness l , flatuiltency, fullness 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 must study your diet, and Mixture will soon set you right again. Tt 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. j

Mr J. C. Boddington reports that 3£ degrees of frost were registered at tho Upper Plain on Wednesday night. The Masterton BoAvling Club will shortly send a team to play the Palmerston Bowling Club for tho Dixon Cup. The latest returns from the Success dredge-are 20ozs. lodwts. for 115 hours' working. Tho Mastorton dredge returned 24c/s. 1-ldwts. for the bust working period. Several applications for widows' pensions were dealt with by Mr L. G. Reid, S.M., in Masterton, yesterday. Tn one ease a pension of £24 was granted, and in another a pension of £lB. Two other applications were adjourned.

A man was charged in the Magistrate's Court at Masterton yesterday with failing to obey an order of the Court for maintenance. An order was made for the immediate payment of a lump sum, in default imprisonment. Threshing operations are now in full swing in the Masterton distinct. There are only tliree mills at work, and these are fully employed. Mr Isaac Allen, sear.,, ha.s this week thresflied a hundred acres at Matahiwi, and is now engaged at Te Ore Ore.

Tho following rates of pay per day have been decided upon for ' ! torials while in annual tiaming camps: —Lieutenant-colonels 15s, majors 12s, captains 10s, lieutenants and >-<»wvl- ■ lieutenants Bs, sergeant-majors and .staff-sergeants 5s 6d, sergeants os, corporals 4s 6d, and other ranks 4s. A resident of Cfliurch Street, Masterton, found eight of his Black Orpingtons lying about dead yesterday morning. A resident of Cohunbo road to whom he mentioned the fact said several of liis fowls were killed the same night. Prowling dogs are ulttmed in both cases.

Owing to the many changes taking place at present in the various schools in the Otago district, the Otago Education Board has at present no fewer than 37 positions for relieving teachera to fiffion the re-opening of the.seliools. This is easily a record number for the district.

The combined picnic of the Lansdowne and Rnox Sunday Schools will be held at Solway to-day. Drags will leave tlie Lansdowne School at-9.30 a.m. and 2.15 p.m., and the Knox Sunday School at 9.45 a.m. and 2.30 p.m.

William Fowyth was, fined £5 and coi^-;^t v ,on a charge, of, selling " adulterated" .(coiJtaMiig,'• : -Coitifseli' pleade-d that, the dei'endant.had recent-.' I-ly:Cf!^e.:froniiScbtJandi •whei.-ej-^hjp;. was -Hised in" thjjs ,hafe!s, .busiuessV^jjid; was unaware of the law here' 1 "&,)*" I At tJie Supreme Court at Auckland yesterday, William M. Law, a youth, was charged with having destroyed postal matter, to wifc circulars,.at the Thames. There being an absence of criminal intent, the accused, was or- ; dered to come up for sentence when called upon. A youth was fined 5s and 7s costs in the Magisti-ate's Court at Masterton yesterday, for riding a motor-cycle through tlie main thoroughfare at a furious speed. His Worship commented upon the danger of the practice, and stated that in future'he would deal with offenders more severely. Mr J. C. McKillop, of Te Ore Ore, Masterton, has just threshed a crop of I nine acres of oats, which yielded 96 I bushels to tlie acre. The straw pressled two tons to the acre. This is considered to be a record for the district. The seed was obtained from a neighbour, wlho' recently imported it from the Old Country, ; :

The shortage of railway trucks, so far as ordinary.freight is concerned, .has been acutely feh by Master ton merchants week. It.appeal's that an order ha<d been given for a number of trucks to. he returned to the Auckland Province, and this had caused the shortage. A local firm wired to the Minister of" Railways on the subject yesterday, and received a reply that the order in respect to Auckland wouUl.be cancelled in the meantime.

Now that shearing operations are. almost completed in inis district, says a Press Association telegram from v\anga'niii, it is possible to gauge fairly accurately'the size of the season's clip, it is anticipated that there will be a decrease'of fully 15 per cent on last year's figures. The reduction is mainly due to the lighter condition of the -wool. ■■' " ' '.■'/

Mr L. G. Reid, S.M.y is a strong supporter of. the n>ovement for beautifying rJie Park.. He considers the park one of .the finest assets the, town possesses, and is a regular visitor 'to tlie o-eserve. He ixss also generously donated several new varieties of flowers to the custodian. It would be well if other prominent citizens were to display a similar, interest, in the reserve..

j In 1 view, of the spreading of (Miforniia'h thistles on farms in.the FortyBush and the .partly cleared bush sections along the Main..Trunk line, 1 an experiment reported in the Otago Daily Times should prove of interest. In the Glutha district last year, in'a paddock in whicli tlie thistles stood as thick as a crop of oats, just before they began to bloom a Clutlia farmer tried the plan of sowing agricultural salt by a limo spreader, lightly on the thistles. He then put sheep on them. Attracted by the salt, the sheep attacked 'the thistles, and appearing to lose their dread of the thorns, ate them-right down, to the ground.. When the sheep were afterwards sold off the paddock the meat company's buyer declared them to be the fattest sheep he had bought in the district that season. If this experiment proves to work out successfully in other cases, it is evident that a most useful discovery has been made.