LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10565, 22 February 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The English and Russian Government Jiave offered a loan of £200,000 to help .to" restore order in Persia.. The abundance of green clover feed, which Vras provided for the stock at the Masterton. show wais procured from Mr Owen Sullivan, of the Upper Plain. , Several vehicle and motor accidents happened on. tho road to Spiway • on Wednesday afternoon. No serious damage-was, 'however, recorded. TJie Masterton Ambulance Corps was on the Sol way showground yesterday, and rendered useful service in bandaging and attending the sufferers by the various accidents, Management committee of the New Zealand Football Association last night granted an, application for reinstateinent by Mr J. Harrison, who was suspended by the Otago Association for five, years. It. was decided that the time is not ripe for New Zealand to join an Australian Union.

A Sydney Press messago states that a conference was held l>etween Lord Chelmsford, Mf'P.'F. Warner (tlie captain of the English cricketers) and the six dissatisfied players to endeavour to arrange a settlement of the dispute regarding the manager of the team to tour England. Tho outcome of the conference has not been divulged.

Tho steamer Kapuni, while entering tho Patea harbour on Tuesday morning, struck the end of tho .Eastern breakwater. After having struck, the vessel was headed up the river, and after travelling 500 yds she was beached, as Captain Mcintosh deemed it advisable so as not to block up the. entrance. Tho amount of tho damagelias not yet been ascertained.

Motorists in the Wairarapa will be interested to learn that the finishing touches are now. being niado to tho bridge oyer Abbott's Greek, on this vsido of tho Rimuttaka, The bridge is about 90 feet in length', and has concrete piles and wooden decking, ami j tho cost is about £120.. It is not generally known that tho cost of the 1 structure is guaranteed by a mini- | ber of Wellington ajid Wairarapa | motorists, and in this connection Mr Joint Barton, of Trentham, is deserving of great credit for his efforts in bringing this necessary pieco of work to a. finality. Motorists desirous of assisting towards the cost of the structure are 'requested to forward subscriptions to Mr 0. M. Banks, Grey Street, Wellington. No need to worry over thou One* torn a entries until your brains we fogged. Paßi them along to Messrs J. J. Gnrtis and Co., — they are experts at the game. There's no time to be lost (and time is money to you) when your entries are passed by Messrs J. J. CURTIS AND CO., j Customhouse and Shipping Agents;, Customhouse Quay, Wellington. Their charges too ars very moderate. Look! This, is from the report of the big Ohristchurch Wool Sale, held recently: ' "The competition! of the Dominion Mill's for the finer qualities was a strong factor towards forcing values to a higher level." Tha; mean® more money in the pocketa of allll classes of producers. Buy KAIAPOI goods and hetp to make times good.

I* During the past, fourteen days, building permits to the value of £IO,OOO have been issued in Invercargill.

Twenty-aiino motor-cars were included in tlio cargo of a New York boat, which 'arrived at Auckland a few days ago.-

A leading drapery firm in Xapier has decided to have its half holiday op Saturday instead of Wednesday, and others arc likely to follow suit.' The. addition of a dining-car on the Wellington-Napier express is suggested by Mr G. Hunter, M.P., in a question which he has put to the Minister of llailv ays.

There is at present an unprecedented demand for houses in Invercangill, notwithstanding the fact that buildings have been going up in all directions during the past few years. •Henry Lees, aged seventy-eight, a resident at Mount Albert, was found deaid in a gravel pit owned by himself. It is supposed ho fell from a cliff 100 ft •high in a fit of dizziness.

The game season, will open on Ist May, ajid there is every indication of the. season proving successful for sportsmen. There lias been, a good breeding season up north, and imported birds have teen doing well.

The Califorman thistle is causing a good deal of concern to farmers in Southland, since this thistle has been declared a .noxious weed. It is anticipated that the new regulations will entail a great amount of expense to farmers on whose property the weed has been growing. The Rangitikei Sawmillers' Co-oper-ative Association recently completed nine years of its existence. Starting on modest lines, with an output of one or two million feet.per annum, t<ho Associaion. has grown enormously, with the result that it has now reacu!

an output of fifty millions. The local butter .market has responded in sympathy with the inflated values of the London market. Factory butter is now being retailed locally at Is 3d (and Is 4d a lb. a. circumstance that furnishes food for thought in ■the centre of a flourishing dairying industry'

The entries which have been received to date for the New Zealand Rifle Association meeting, fixed to take place at Tre.n*ham on the 28th inst., numlber 225, but it is .anticipated that (they will reach about 250. The entries this year compared with last year are very sanall. Last year there were 580 competitors. The Hawke's Bay Herald says it is nearly forty years since the first sod of the line which runs from Napier to Wellington was turned, and nearly thirty years ago since that line reached Woodville. During the whole of that thirty years not a penny has been spent on railway extension in Hawke's Bay. When the finishing touches are put to the huge Bassano dam across the Bow Eiver, up in Alberta, Canada, the greatest irrigation project in Amereriea, also the largest but one in the .world, will have ibeen completed. The enterprise; will,,water a tract of land 150 miles in length, which will be converted into farms and grazing lands. At present it is barren prairie. The wet season in Southland ha a affected potatoes considerably, which are not only far;behind-the. supply ob'aia able at this time of the season last year, hut the quality is inferior m a marked degree. One local dealer in tube.s stated to a News repressitative tli&t this date last year he was bombarded with fawners wanting to.dispose of their stocks, but this yeAr -he had only been offered one.bag. •

i Up Taranalki way a mail bag mysI tery is causing, some ' lanxiety. jTne facts are these:—A packet containing a substantial amount of. iaooiey was posted.,unregistered,, and so far has failed t<> materialise. The- police are investigating,' but it is almost impos- ' sible to trace an unregistered l letter or parcel, and the chance of discovery iis a small one. When a letter can be registered for twopence it seems in- ■ credible that .persons .will persist in ' sending valualble unregistered.

j' Evidently'an organised opposition is at work against the Territorial system in Auckland. Printed slips have been j posted about the town bearing the : words:. "We want to be men, not soldiers," but in many instances small "boys have scratched out the word "men".and written in "monkeys." j Nejrt morning a more strongly-worded slip was pasted on .more than one shop window in Queen Street. It read as follows: "We won't be soldiers;- to ■ with drill."

! Owing to cement not 'being in regulation bags, the. Gis&arne waterside workers refused to handle the s. s. Kotunui's cargo of cement. No_delay , was occasioned however,, as the boat was warped over to the Kaiti mha,rf, ' and the cement was- loaded oh to drays 1 straight from the .hold; The Harbour ' Board and other shipping interests had j been notified that from the beginning I of the year cement would not be hand- ■ led unless it was mdouble; bags of pa- , per-lined bags.

Women's clubs are spring up like mushrooms in Sydney. A new residential club, to be known as "The Queen's Club," has just been completed, is now openfor tho use of members. It is slluatecT at the corner of Macquario and King Streets, the position being an excellent 1 one. The new club is to be conducted on tho'lines of .t!]?. ?"<> Alexandra Club in Melbourne,' and is affiliated with Olle of the leading women's clubs in London. A great deal of trouble has been taken to make the roams artistic and up-to-date. _ When railway matters were under discussion at the annual meeting of the Eketahuna Chamber of Commerce a member stated that he .recently saw a case of boots opened by a local tradesman out of which several pairs of boots were missing. Another member remarked that since the carrying of No-License, he had at intervals ordered a.number of cases of ale from Wellington, and on no occasion had it reached him without from one to five bottles missing.

WHAT ABOUT HAWKES'!

The Wellington Garrison Band won the Championship and also the Challenge Shield a* the Palmerston 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 the maximum number of points, the judge declaring that he had never heard such playing, and commending in eulogistic terms the tone and plend. The Wellington Tramway Band, also ns ing a complete .set of Hawkes' Excelsior Sonorous Instruments, won the B Grade. The judge congratulated this band on their playing. Those itwo successes in Grade A and Grade B, on 6uch a great occasion, tire worthy wins for Hawkes', whose instruments are pre-eminent all over the world. Bandsmen I Buy a 6et 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, Daniell's Buildings, Queen Street, Masterbon. Be s«r« and jget tk« fa»«us Rtslyn j Wiriirag Tabtets, 6d »r Is each, from ! j.#*il drapers and storekeepers.

Tho utmost,good order has been maintained in Mastorton during tin." show festivities, and tho services of the police have not been in requisition. A fire, which broke out in a furniture shop at Whangarei, says a Press message, did damage to the building and machinery amounting to £SOO.

Tho police wore strongly represented on tho M'axterton .showground yesterday, but their services were never required, the large crowd being orderly throughout. A Gisborno Press message states that William Pollard was fined £4O and casts, for brewing hop beer without a license at 'Matawai railway works. The beer contained B.f> per cant of alcohol.

A number of youths appeared a* the Auckland Polico Court yesterday, charged with refusing to attend Teribo rial parades or tako the oath of ■vllegiance. Fines of £2 and £2 7s were imposed. The Huritly School Committee, on tlhe casting vote of the Chairman., has rcifused the use of the school to the Defence authorities for the training of Territorials, on tho grounds that the Committee is opposed to militarism. At tho Wia.nga.nui Supreme Court yesterday, Frederick Zeigler w,.s fou id guilty of stubbing a man at Mangaweka, and was sentenced to 12 n-on'/as' imprisonment with hard labour in tho i\W Plymouth gaol. "The .name "Solway" has been painted in largo letters on the front of tho Purakau railway station, near Masterton. The probabilities are that tho Department will eventually be moved to allow this name to remain.

A Wanganui Press message states that Cliarles Ryknd, a young married man, was lulled yesterday morning by a fall of earth in a gravel pit. The deceased was a prominent amateur oarsman, and wa.s to row in the regatta to-day.

At the inquest touching the death of Alexander Ballantyno Stewart, who shot himself on Monday afternoon, says a Press message from Bawera, the jury returned a verdict"that deceased, ppmanitted suicide, whilst suffering from mental distress, caused through domestio troubles. A well known farmer in Featherston, who has a plant on his property for the making of concrete fencing posts, says that these can be made for about half the cost of wooden posts with the further advantage that the former are everlasting. The cost of a 9ft jarrah post is about ss, while a concrete one could be made for about (half that amount.

The Dunedin wool sales opened yesterday morning, when prices for most classes showed a decline of from id to Id per lb. The American buyers did not operate, and the New Zealand factories were not all represented, and those who were present. wer&v very; cau-i tious uv their bidding. It'is> generally considered that the strikes axe affecting the demand. A horse attached to a gig came to grief in front of |he Masterton .Post Office last evening, through slipping on the asphalt. The occupants, three in number, were all precipitated headlong oh'to.the roadway, and were very bedly shaken. The injuries sustained by a child that Was in the conveyance were such as to require medical attention.

■ . A fourteen-yeaw>ld boy, at WhanI garei j placed an iron bar across tfee - I .rails of the railway line, 'but the* first j passenger train cut-thrpiigiht thejabstnictiori, .whereupon the boy inade' a second attempt, by placing boulders upon the bar. The linesmen weire on the lookout, however, and captured ! the youthful miscreant, who has been sent to the Burnham industrial school. Much interest was taken in the judging competition at the Mastortou show yesterday. Quite a large number of budding young farmers tried their hand, and their work/, was adjudicated upon by Mr.; Alfred Matthews, the well-known Ramneu-Marsh breeder of the Wairarapa, who also gave ail excellent addressrin the ranu fair ring, explaining the true type of Komney and its various characteristics. The address was listened to by ' a large crowd of students and others. I , A recognised horticultural authority. | affirms without fear of contradiction I that apples flourish best in cultivated | land, and, in most cases, least well on [ grass. He cam- also alter the colour I of .his apples from green to streaked I varieties of red by. letting the grass [ come ihearer to-the trees, i The hearer L the grass the greater iihe alteration in tho natural colour of the fruit.; The ; increase of garden fruit trees is adding immensely to the beauty of -.summer. :Bngland, but -the owners of .all these . gardens can a-ugment both the pleas- • ure and profit of tiheir plots by adopting a little of the methods of the i professional gardener. —Stratford Ey- | ciiing Post-., . Tho train sen-ices to and from Mas- ! terton on Wednesday were liberally:. patronised. Several hundred people ■win" 1 & m ' n t'b? <> a .-r! v .from ' tho north', winch" was '-f 1 ai tll<s ! Masterton railway station for an unreasonably long time to await tlie arrival of the mid-day train from Wellington. The annual' nam '■ fair held in connection with the Masterton A. and P. Association;,- opens at : 10 o'clock this morning at the Soiway ..showgrounds, when a large number of stud iram-a from all tho best known breeds of sheep will bo submitted for sale. The catalogue includes entries from the leading sheep-breeders of tho Dominion, and as there is a large attendance of buyers in Masterton, tho bidding should be brisk, and high prices may be expected in the various lots J offered for sale. I

[• Union is strength. If we afl unite in a determination to buv KAIAPOI goods in preference to imported articles, think how our basic industries must be benefited, from the wool-growers upwards through ?.ll classes of workers to the consumer, who gets better value for his money. Yes, buy "Kaiapoi." All Drapers and Clothiers. ILL FOR YEARS. On© long continual headache.— "For several yeais I suffered from complications of liver and stomach troubles," writes Miss N. Brear, "Ngahuia," Avenue Road, Mosraan, N.S.W. "I was frequently bilious, and unable to retain' my food; headaches were «o common that life was one long continual headache. I consul doctors and tried numerous medicines, which, did me no good. I was induced to purdhaße a box of Laxo-Tonio Pills, and can only describe the change produced as simply wonderful. After taking these Pufe I was completely cured. Obtainable everywhere. Price 10$ d and Is 6d. Warner's Corsets are splendid holiday Corsets. They cannot rust nor break, nor can the Fabric tear. Priowi 5« 6d upwards, from local

Tho Secretaries, of at least six A'„ and P. Associations in 1 - districts wore present at the Mastcrton show yesterday.

Tho young man Steele, who is attempting the silly foarfc of brea'dn./ the world's record at endurance pianoplaying, wa.3 reported last night t> bo still "going strong" in Mastorton. He played himself to and from the show yesterday.

At Knox Church, Masterton, this evening, Mr Pureell Webb will continue his organ recitals, when soino fino solos will bo played. Miss Jessie McGregor and the church choir will render vocal items. No charge, is to bo made for ad/mission, but a collection nil! be ta.ken up.

Tho Wairarapa Pipe Band made its first appearance in public in its new uniforms at tho Sol way show on Wednesday. Tho band was in charge of Pipe-Major W. Pearson, with G. Blano v as drum-major. The uniforms looked exceedingly bright and attractive, and we.ro commented upon in favourable terms by all who saw them. Th# music, too, was much „ appreciated. Tho uniforms were manufactured by tho New Zealand Clothing Factory.

"If it had not been for frozen, meat London would have starved during the strike," said Mr Shelton, representative of tho New Zealand Produce Association. "There was a quantity of frozen meat in the stores, and it was. takon out and distributed under great difficulties. I saw the chaos that reigned-in the distributing trades, and it was surprising that they managed to get the fruit out at all. The'railwa,ys were stuck up, and could not bring any meat from Scotland or Ireland, tho usual sources of supply;"

Jack Johnson announces his intention of writing a book, in which he will record his impressions of his recent trip to Europe. He still harbours the delusion, that he was a real attraction in London during the Coronation festivities, and also that £h> police conspired to keep him indoor* so that the crowds should not run after him. The proudest moment of 'lis life was whan he was admitted to the Masonic Order at the lojlge.at Dundee* last summer,, a retired British Army officer acting as-hiss sponsor.''

It transpired in the Police Court at Invercargill that a man airrested for drunkenness some few weeks ago was found at the time to have a bottle of wihisky in his pocket. The whisky was, of course, taken from him and he wa« looked up. On his release the whisky was handed, hack to him by the police. The Magistrate expressed surprise at this, but Sergeant Bingham explained that, the liquor was the mail's property, and he did not see what else could ,be done. The fact that the man was afterwards discovered to be a prohibited person adds a spice of humour to the situation. .. v

Some indication-of the value to the '. •*•• (Jo-vernnient of milling righfein,-the was given by 7 ■Mr James of Crown Lands, in tne*lcourse of a dis- . ( cussion at a recent meeting of the . Wellington Land Board. Mr Miaoken- '.■ zie quoted the case'of 600 acres of j bush, which some time ago was worth , £IO,OOO for royalties alone. When, a , fire went through the land the rights I were only worth about £l5O. Cob- \ sidering the wages paid to labour for 'taking out the timber and so oh, the value of the /milling rights of the undamaged bush to the country was not ■ far short of £IOO,OOO. In dealing with <-■ iiitfbejFed Jand, the Board had to con- ' ' sider whether it should,not dispose of ite^ightsrstra^staw-ay, • ih""ca"ses where '~ * I setUement was going on around, . so ' that the protection of the timber wa£ being lost. [ Board and lodging in a private family is advertised for. A gold pendant is advertised as lost in Queen Street. A gig, pony and harness are advertised for sale_. The pony is guaranteed quiet for lady to drive. A demonstration of cooking wiuVbe : ; , givfcn-at Messrs Beale and Co.'s shop•";'■■ T this afternoon and to-morrow. , Mr J. L. Murray advertises for a four or five-roomed house, with a few acres of land. \ A reward is offered for the recovery of-a silver "mounted purse containing coin and railway ticket to Palmerston North. A reward is offered for the' recovery of a yellow Iredale slut, with' black back, lost between Pahiatua and •- Eketahuna. . - ; Tenders are called. by Mi-:M. ; R; r Varnham, architect, Mastertonr" for •erection of a granary, also for altera- ; «tions, general repairs and painting of •W.F.C.A., Ltd., premises, EketahuriaV Mr L. S. Nieol lias purchased the business of Mr F. J. Dupre, watchmaker and jeweller, of Masterton. Mr Nicol, who lias been connected with the firm for many years,, is. well and favourably known throughout the district, mid his many friends will wish him every success, ' "~ ""' U' ■ • ■-•■••• w The FJueuzot Pitprietary, of -Wellington, are ueserVillg of every credit; for the enterprising display of the preparations made at the -Solway show. The interest taken by the public in the exhibition is the best indication of the steady increasing -.popularity of these preparations in the. Wairarapa. A reminder is given of the. pianola piano recital, to be given to-day by the local branch of the ' British * anil Continental Piano Co., at their shop, Queen Street. The recital will be from 11 to 12 o'clock this morning, and from 3 to 4 o'clock this afternoon. A number of oil paintings by MiHarry W. Kirk'wood will be sokl by auction on Saturday afternoon at - 2.30. TJiis is a great opportunity for patrons to secure a really good picture and a valuable asset. Licluded in the collection are some of the pictures which Mr Kirkwood was awarded silver medals at tho Festival of Empire and a bronze medal at Ronbaix. These will also bo sold. The pictures will be on view at Miss Rive's shop. Qneeu Street, to-morrow, February 23rd. Local wool-growers are very pleased to know that so much of their finest wool finds its way into the popular Roslyn Worsted and Woollen Mills (largest in- Australasia), as they know from practical experience something of the comfort and lasting wear of Roslyn Blankets, Rugs, Tweeds, Worsteds, Socks. Jerseys, Flannels, Plaidings, "Delta" Underwear, etc. "No one, I feel sure, can speak more gratefully of x.axo-Tonic Pills Sf/Wx writes Mrs Corbett, ilo ™ tzro ?L, Street, Surrey Hffh, N.S.W. "They cured me of settled biliousness, which seemed as though it would never leave me. I took Laxo-Tonio Pills, and they proved a perfect remedy." Sold by all chemists and storekeepers. Price 10H a»£ II 6d.