WHAT ABOUT HAWKES'?

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10562, 19 February 1912, Page 4

WHAT ABOUT HAWKES'?

The Wellington Garrison Band won the Champion ship and also the Challenge Shield at the Palmer ston 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 tho maximum number of points, the judge declaring that he had never heard such playing, and commending in eulogistic terms the tone and Mend. The Wellington Tramway Band, also na N ing a complete -set of Hawkes' Exoelsior Sonorous Instruments, won 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, are worthy wins for Hawkes', whose instruments are pre-eminent all over the world. Bandsmen 1 Buy a set of Hawkes'—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, Ms-stert/Oi).

There will bo 1662 sheep on exhibition at the Masterton show this week.

There are at present twenty-one patients, including two fever eases, in the Masterton hospital.

A quarter aero section of land in a main thoroughfare of Stratford was recently sold for £7OO.

A large station at, Forangahau, recently put up for auction, was practically all bought in by the original owners.

A Wellington .firm is now paying 6d per lb for prime bacon pigs. This is the highest price that has been paid for many years.

The attendance at -some of the schools in the Wairarapa is being affected just now by an epidemic" of mumps and scarlatina.

The banks in Masterton and in other parts of the district will be closed on Wednesday next, "People's Davy" at the Masterton show. The Hongokokako cheese factorv will pay out £4l4s 14, and the Kaiparoro factory- £565 8s lid for the January supply of butter-fat.

The Masterton ram fair this week promises to be the .most successful that has 'been held in the North Island this season. Buyers are expected to be present from all parts of the Island. Non-commissioned officers in connection with the Masterton Territorials have been selected by the staff, and will bo appointed after next month's caimp at Takapau. The Newman public school holds its annual picnic on Thursday next. The rainfall registered in Masterton during the ten days ending Saturday last totalled 4.04 indies.

The Taratahi West School Committee is approaching the Education Board with a -view to securing the erection of%teacher's residence .in the district. - ,

The lawn tennis match 'between Masterton and Pahiatua teams, which was to have been played on Saturday last, was postponed on account of the former, being unable to get a team away.. The Inspector-General of Schools visited Eketatouna last week and inspected the school buildings. He suggested that dairying might bo included in the syllabus of the secondary classes at the District High School. A Forty-Mile Bush sawmiller, who was ,in Masterton on Saturday, told an Age representative that he and another sa.wmiller. in the : district would be employing ten more hands if they were onjy. available.-, ■'■■■■>:■*■ Systematic cargo pillaging, says the : Auckland Star,--; is ,stili rampant m "Auckland, and .one firm of soft goods merchants "has "suffered a loss amounting to £6O quite recently.

The timber industry in .North Auckland continues active, there being recently exported to Sydney and Melbourne 1,146,000 ft of white pine and other timber.

A new shearing record lias been put up in TaranaJd, a shearer getting through 10 sheep in 17 minutes. The previous record Avas 10 sheep in 23 minutes.

Heavy rains were experienced in the Waikato last week, which have done the country a great amount of good and will prolong the dairy seasou.

Mr J. 0. Boddington reports that the rainfall registered at the Upper Plain for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. on Saturday vcaa 17 points, making a total, of 192 points for the last three davs.

The Secretary of the Wairarapa Caledonian Society ha-s received a complimentary ticket for Napier Caledonian Society annual meeting in, the 21sfc inst.

;5 Tho Wairarapa Caledonian Society lias placed on its minute book a record of appreciation of tho services rendered the Society, at its annual gathering by Mr D. Jackson, caretaker of the Masterton Park.

Prohibition is making headway in Canada, and at tho local option polls taken on January Ist of this •year, the Temperanco Party secured the necessary three-fifths majority in eighteea out of seventy-nine municipalities which they attacked. A hoi-se driven by a China.rn.an stumbled in Queen Street on Saturday afternoon, and tho Celestial was, unceremoniously precipi tilted on the road, but was fortunate to escape with a severe shaking, and, .jumping into his cair.fc, John smiled and drove away/

Great interest is manifested in the pigeon race which is to be flown on the "People's Day" of the Masterton show. The list of nominations will be found on the back page of the Age •this morning. - * »Special efforts are beinig put forth by tho'-Baptist Church in Masterton to induce non-churchgoers to attend the services held in Murray's Hall, w.here Pastor Swinerd is giving able addresses on subjects of vital interest.

A recent visitor to Masterton, who is well up in theatrical matters in England, is responsible for the statement that a great many of the performers on the stage in the Old Country have received their education in the convents, which makes them eminently qualified for a musical career. I Messrs Hailand and Wolff, of Belfast, have launched during the year ten vessels with an aggregate measurement of 118,209 tons, and a horse power of 97,000. These figures give tho firm the largest output on record in one year in one yard, and the highest total for their thirteenth year, and the largest horse power of one year for a single firm. The ten vessels include the White Star liner Titanic, the official tonnage of which is now given by the builders as 46,000. Interest is at present foeussed in tihe political situation There have been numerous predictions and forecasts, but we think there are some surprises in store for the public. Whatever the surprise may be, it will not equal the surprise of those who for the first time taste Dragon Brand Tea, tflie tea of perfect quality. It is a tea for the fastidious palate, and it pleases everyone. Give it a trial at ouoe ; . "No one, I feel sure, can speak more gratefully of Pillt tr "i . can," writes Mrs Corbett, 116 Fitaroy Street, Surrey Hills, N.S.W. "They cured me of settled biliousness, which seemed ag though. it/ would never leave me. I took Laxo-Tonic Pills, and they proved a perfect remedy." Sold by all chem- : ists and storekeepers. Price IOJd and la 6d.

Besuire and get the famous Rokljm Writing Tablets, Gel or Is oach, from local drapers and Rt»i'ek«>p«>r».

Conside.ra.ble interest is now being taken in South Canterbury in the ballot for runs on Sherwood Downs, Mt. Peel, and Four Peeks, and.there In likely to bo a very large number of applicants.

Somo exceptionally heavy crops of rye-grass are being harvested in the Manawatu districts this season. . There is this season a better demand for Lincoln sheep for breeding purposes, than has been the- case for many yea re past.

There is a continual and apparently unsatisfied demand for pick and shovel men. An Auckland labour inspector states that he can find employment for 125 'men of that stamp in the variousdistricts south of Auckland.

Mr J. Pierpont Morgan, the American millionaire, controls 16 per cent of the total .wealth of the United States. At the .Customs House in Timani last week £3OOO was paid.iq dutv on imported goods in three days. In consequence of the rise in the price of flax, a number of mills in Southland which have been closed for a considerable time, have re-opened but are finding difficulty in procuring labour.

Mr A H. Herbert's expenses at the nrst ballot of the general election for the Masterton seat amounted to £im 15s 9d.

A driver for a traction engine is advertised for in this issue.

« •X.U.A., Ltd., Masterton.

An envelope containing a of rstur?* m Ma^ ri ?» ° r **%**£ on 6atuiday evening, is advertised for. vilK ' arran^men,t S for the Wood-

A reward is offered for the recovery

thllrti S U mgton ' Proprietor of t k ? ra D »"y. elswrheie notifies that he has opened a branch depot a* Ml -Bajunster Street.

The .Commissioner of Grown Lands i mni * Ve f *» 'tended fo, £ pT 3 °l §'' aSS Seed for the Improved Farms atKaurimu, Taumarunui

Messrs Balgety and Co., Ltd ha™ received instructions from Mr R G If l'£* H £ ole of his live and dead sjook Over 2000 sheep are to betubgS m cludmg 1250 breeding ewes, £0 fat and forward ewes.and others W ST* ? n r rd woollv lambvetc"' aid 60 head of mixed cattle A I„V Vs&m of::farmi„? J m pl<4 2 an^equi sites rf]fe*SwS : held on Monday next, February 26tb

Cooking under the best conditions is ever- an attraction to men as well as to women, though anore particularly the latter, and an announcement of a cooking demonstration, at Messrs H f>eale and Co.'s premises will be of interest to many. The firm has arranged for a two days' exhibition next J hursday and Friday afternoons, wheii the uses of the new Perfection keroseno stoves will.be shown. Such exhibitions haw been held before, but many were unable to attend, and have •made inquiries if others could W be arranged. Those to be given this week ■are the first dates available since. September last, so,great has been the demand for the demonstrators through the \orth Island.