LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10563, 20 February 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Masterton and district schools will observe a holiday to-morrow for tho "People's Day" of the show. Several Hamilton youths wore line ! i£2 and costs yesterday, for failing to attend Territorial parades. An inebriate, which is becoming somewhat of a rarity in this town, was accommodated in the Masterton police cells yesterday, A cricket match, between teams representing Masterton and Greytown schools, was played at Greytown on Satin-day last, and resulted in ft wia for the Mnsterton boys by m: innings and 2 runs.

A million pesetas'have boon voted by t'iio Spanish Governmeiit for the relief of the sufferers during the recent flood.

A number of nicinbei's of the Opaki Hi Ho Club intend competing at the Wairarapa Hi fie Association meeting. Alex. .Smith, a Hamilton land agent, lias been fined £5 for travelling 011 the railways without a ticket.

The grass grub is getting to work again in parts of the Asbburton district.

A London cable states that Mr Henry iSwaflield, of Seven Oaks, nas be-quoaitliod £' 1 •">[),000 to tho Methodist Church.

According to a Berlin cable, a. fire afihe power house in Laor, deprived many towns and villages of electricity and rendered 20.000 people homeless.

Heavy rain was experienced in I'uncdin yesterday, causing the adjournment of the Auekland-Otago cricketmatch.

Germany has launched another Dreadnought, making the twelfth. 'Die launching ceremony took place at Kiel in the presence of the Kaiser.

Exhibits are being made at the Masterton show to-morrow by the Masterton, Carterton, Grey tow 11, Clareville, I eatherston, and Lansdowne schools.

The "Oceanic," says a Now York cable message, lost her foremast and wireless installation in tho Atlantic during a storm.

It is probable that a start will be made at an early date with the erection of new police quarters-in Masterton.

1' ruit of every description is much later in ripening in the Matserton district tliis year than it has been in former years This is due to the variable season which has been experienced.

A Melbourne cable states that the Stat© Brickwork's employees have been paid off, and the works closed down. Up to the present the works have resulted in a heavy loss.

In the Auckland Supreme .Court, Ethel Watson was awarded £;">0 damages against William Fyfe, an One, hung a dentist, for unskilful treatment while extracting teeth.

A number of suspicious-looking characters aro at present hovering about Master ton. They are evidently "following the crowd," and may find some pigeons during their stay. A London message states that the amount- of wheat and flour now afloat for tihe United Kingdom is estimated at 3,180,000 quarters, and for the Continent, 1,145,000 quarters. . The Master ton branch of the New Zealand Clothing Factory yesterday received the equipment for the Wairara,pa Caledonian Pipe Band. It is probable that the Band will appear in uniform at the show to-morrow.

The scarcity of domestic servants is still acutely felt in the Masterton district. Several townspeople are talking of giving (up housekeeping, and going int-o board and lodgings owing to the difficulty in procuring maids. The A. and P.-Association desire it to Befenown that- there is still plenty ef aoommciation available in Masterton, and pers-ms desiring ii are xequestedato co*isu't tli© Secretary for addresses. At the sitting of the Wanganui Sup-, rame Court, which opened yesterday, l 'the Chief Justice congratulated the I district on the small number of oa .»es i. that were to be heard, and hoperjf that it was the result of the.present method of dealing with crime. Tlie Mauriceville Rifle Cluib will probably be represented by Messrs F .W. H. Kummer, R. . Wilton, G. Rutherford, A. Larson, C. Blewett, and 11. A. Wilton at the Wairarpaa championship meeting at Greytown at Saturday and Monday next. | A number of visiting judges were taken to the Masterton showground at Sol way yesterday by Mr W. Perry, | and shown over the ground. The whole | of them expressed themselves in terms of admiration of the completeness of tho appointments. Harvest thanksgiving services in connection with the Kuripuni Methodist Church were held on Sunday, when appropriate sermons were .preached by the Revs. S. J. Serpen 1 and J. E. Parsons, and special music was rendered, A public meeting wa,s held last night to conclude the festival. A motor-car accident occurred near Gore yesterday, says a Press Association messago, in which a farmer, .while riding a horse, collided with- a car,'and - sustained severe injuries'. Tho ear papsized, and the occupants were seriaMlj injured: a-nd" were conveyed to tho iiospitrj. It is reported from London that ' Mrs R. J. Seddon lias been busying herself in connection with the proposed statue eif the late Premier, which is to go in front of Parliament Buildings in Wellington. The sculptor -may possibly ■be Sir Thomas Brock, who was knighted at the unveiling" of his Victoria memorial last summer. The Dunedin Star states that tho shipping companies are not chartering steamers this season, to assist in carry" ing New Zealand's "wool output to London, and. as their own tonnage is < barely sufficient they are resorting to , the okl-time system of screw-jacking the wool into the holds, until every inch of space is tightly filled. In an undefended Breach of I romise cast; at Dunedin, Jano flk.ghes, of Cambrians, was awarded £oOI <1;,:,., iif.es, being the full amount claimed, 'rem the defendant, who, while still engaged to plaintiff, marn k! another girl, and left Miss Hughes to ascertain the fact- from her friends.