LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10570, 28 February 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Masterton branch of the Utility Egg Circlo aro paying out to-day Is •4d per dozen for eggs.

Taranaki is stated to he remarkably free from noxious weeds, due, it is said, to tho energy displayed by tho farmers in eradicating the pests. Many of tho larger'firms in Sydney and Melbourne are using motor lorries for transport in preference to horsedrawn vehicles.

The Trelltha.nl rifle shooting meeting opens to-day with a teams niaftch. A considerable number of Mmstertou and district .shootists aro competing.

Palmerston North is at present su 1 - fering from an epidemic of mumps, whicii have, been common this summer in many towns in tho Dominion. Nature's Embrocation.— ROOIvE'S Eucalyptus Oil. -mo finest that Australia" produces. There's something distinctive about ROCKE'S.

Fish arc very plentiful this year on the coast off Otaki, and some splendid catches are reported.

Tliresiling operations have been considerably delayed in the South island by the continued wet Heather.

Tho Government has offeree} a bonus of £SO for the steamer which lands fruit consignments in. the London market in. the best condition.

Fat stock is being sent from the Pol)angina district- this season, which lias been tho best fattening season experienced for somti years. It is stated by a Pohangina fanner that California!! thistle forms a fairly effective check to the biddy-biddy weed, and that of the two he prefers the former.

Tho Martinborough state school hast had a very high percentage of attendances of late, and if the attendance improves a little, the .school will bo entitled to another assistant teacher.

Mr Wrigley, of tho Mount Coo', motor service, has telegraphed to Norway for fifrv pairs of ski. .Mi l 1 fvo sporb is to bo started at Fair! in next winter. —Christchurch Press.

Some of the dairy in the neighbourhood of Masterton have planted a second crop of .maize this season, the first hating already been consumed.

In the Supremo Court at Hamilton yesterday, Linda James, on a charge of forging a cheque, was acquitted'. Edward Han'.on was acquitted on a charge of assaulting with a slash-hook.

, It is'stated that tho "man .who won't buy a newspaper because he can borrow on© has invented /a machine by which he can cook his dinner hy the smoke of his neighbour's chimney.

The first- sheep to be imported to New Zealand were landed at Auckland by the Rev. Samuel Marsden in the year 1818. Six years later eleven "bags" of wool were exported to Sydney, and fetched 2s 6d per lb. A Press Association message, from New Plymouth states that an. extraordinary How of oil continues ifrom the No. 5 well, which is flowing:at .the rate of 75 gallons of pure oil per day. It is not expected that the flow will continue at the present rate, but" so far there had been no sign of dimunition. St. Patrick's night concert, which takes place in the Town Haul, MaiSterton, on March 20th, promises to be a great success. A first-class programme of local and Wellington talent is being arranged for the event. Sheep are being trucked in large quantities from the Wairarapa to the Wellington works. One buyer told a representative of the "Age" yesterday that he could lift 10,000 to-day if he could only find accommodation for them at the works.

It is not often a man with £2OO due to him and £IOOO in the bank is charged with stealing a small sum of money and a pound of tobacco. But a visitor to Auckland, who by the way, was dis • charged without a stain on his character —found himself in that, position the other day, owing to a felk<w4o.(U ger playing a practical joke on bantu*

The fact that tofcara timber has almost disappeared from the local market-, and that supplies of Australian hardwood are almost a twelvemonth, behind orders, 'ha-s caused the Telegraph Department. to look round for other material to carry on the-exten-sion of telephone and: telegraph -wires in the Dominion.

Tlx© following -•Ma-s&e-rton bowling rinkswill represent Masterton-against FeatQierston for th& Booth Chap, * to be-'played at Featherston on-Thursday next: —Messrs ■ Wiogfctd) • Mutrie,, Be ale .and Gordon' (skip) 5 Messrs Hendrv, Georgeson, Richards- and Inder "(skip); Messrs Feist, Howell, E. Pragnoll and F. Harrison (skip). The drag will leave the bowling green at 12 o'clock.'

The King of the Belgians has jr visited t-he only survivor of the men. who in 1830 hdpect to secure the. independenco of Belgium. He is a village innkeeper 103 years old, who had told his friends that ho would die 'happy n lw could see King Albert. His Majesty heard ot the wish, motored to V o village where the old man lived, chnttcd with him, and gave hini his photograph.

At a special meeting held 011. Monday of the Wa.nga.nni Borough Council' Mr E. Liffiton was nnainmously. elected to fill the position of Mayor for the two ensuing months. Mr Liftiton - lias been the senior councillor and Deputy-Mayor for some tame Mr McKay, who recently resigned from his position of Mayor, announces that he'will seek re-election in April, as he has received .luwneroxi* requests to do

As shewing the drift of teachers towards the city, it may bo mentioned that while the Wellington Education Board yesterday received forty-one applications for the position of assistantteacher at Maranui (a suburb of Wellington) only one application was received for a'similar position, carrying the same salary, at Mangaiamoka. Between. GOOO and /000 cases of apples are being shipped to London by the s. s. Kaipara.

Another somewhat remarkable rtiinig has '"been, given iby «. judge m Suva, says tho Fiji Times. Tho ease was one (brought 'by a married woma.n for maintenance, and the presiding judge «at in. tho sacred products of tho Police Court, "Woman, ' said tho young judge sternly, "yon serin to think that because this man m-imoJ you ho is .bound to support you. J hai is not the law. There is no evidence before the court that you are not perfectly able to support yourself . . I .<e silence was only broken by t-lio ratchiuigs of tho learned judge's pen, inert, in magisterial bass, ho said, ' down.'' WHAT ABOUT HAWXES'I

The Wellington Garrison Band won the Championship and also the Gliallens© Shield at the Palmerston North Band Contest of 1911. They used Hawkes' Excelsior Sonorous bana Instruments —a complete set. In the first test pieoe this noted Wellington Band was allotted the maximum number of points, the judge .declaring that he had never heard such playing, and commending m eulogistic terms the tone and blend. The Wellington Tramway Band, also us ing a complete flet of Hawkes Ex-; cefeior Sonorous Instruments, won the B Grade. The judge congratulated this hand on their playing. These two successes m Grade A ana Grade B, on such a great occasion, are worthy wins for Hawkes , whose instruments are pre-eminent all over the world. Band&uien! Buy a set of Hawkes'—there are honours and valuable prizes to be won with them. Write for catalogue. Sole agentsThe DRESDEN PIANO CO., Ltd., Wellington. Local Representative: H. Inns, Darnell's Buildings?, Queen Street, M&sterton.

There aro at present eight in male« in thy Sol way Homo.

> Mangaweka, tho up-to-date ' Main Trunk town, is to have drainage, high pressure water, •and electric light inr .stalled at an early date. Tho West Coast will bo well supplied with horticultural shows next month, shows taking place at Shannon, Levin, Otaki, and Para.paraumu.

A Gisborne telegram states that tho long .spell of fine weather has been broken, and a perfect deluge of rain has fallen. Floods aro feared.

Heavj'y gales were experienced in the Martin borough district last week, and did considerable damage to fruit trees, some orchards being completely stripped of their crops. On the motion of Cr. Hoar tt last night's Borough Council meeting, permission was given for tho Wellington v. Wairarapa school cricket match to be played on the Park Oval. ,

Tho Masterton Borough Council at its meeting last evening granted permits to applicants for comfceti'i"- a shoot in# gallery end skMo: respectively. ' •

The Masterton Borough Council has received an invitation from tho Greytown Swimming Club, to be present at the opening of the Coronation \aths on Thursday-, 29th inst.. "

A letter was mid at tho mcetimg of the Masterton Borough Council last evening .from the manager of the Na-.. -tiona;! Provident,Fnnd,- aiskiitig s'.on to si'iid ii lecturer-.to.Jklastertore to address the employees of' the Council. ■ The necessary permission was givon. Tho Masterton Hospital -Trustees.dV cided yesterday, tb adopt plans prepared by Mr M. 'R. Varnham ('subject to the approval of the Inspector-General) for the'erection of a muses'' home, with outside walls of briclr,. vroodfan partitions and iron roof'.

At last night's Borough Council meeting, Cr. O'Leary -.referred lo Mis mimiber of , fires which were l>eing lit in various parts of the town. He thought the Inspector of Nuisance'? should see'that all those who wore iu. the habi\of lighting fires khaukl h-.'ve a permit to.do so. '

The fortnightly meeting- of the Independent Order of Rechabites was held in Murray's. Hail!,, M'asterton,, tost evening. Bro.A. E. Wainwright occupied the chair. Letters from members were read', and the funds for the evening amounted' tor- £>7< l'TTs. 4'dl.

Writing to the Wa.ira.rapa Age l , an exhibitor at the recent,Mastertottslimv' says:—"l cai.wot speak too highly of the sli<sw, which I think can How, after Christchurch, 'be considered' the best in the Dominion. I have to- acknowledge, also, the- courtesy, aaxd kindness of all the officials, wfe laid themselves out to. d<> all' they could ; for us.""

Last month Cardinal' Farley arrived in New York from Rome, whp.re lie was recently iniveste& witfe - tlieV-' robe-. Never in tho York lias, there been- such an assemblage of' Catholics as gathered'- to do' him honour: It- is estimated? that over ; ii hundred thousand -persons lined the streets.. At -night St. Patrick's Cathedral wias outlined by ijO.OOQ I timy electric'lights. 'J?he Masterton Hospital' Committee is to be represented by its Chairman (Mr J. B. Keith) at a meeting of representatives, of authorities to be held in Mastert-on on Wednesday. ; March 6 th-to' 'discuss tlie question of suita-bly recognifiing the generosity of Mr W. C; Buchanan, M P., in present-. ing' the' Buchanan Home. ' The Maypr will represent the Borough 'Council iit the meeting,' * ' The usual meeting of the Fim/Brigade was held last evening, Supt. Jenkins presiding over a large attendance of members. Remits on the order sheet were exhaustively discussed, givavj; the Brigade delegate an expression ot the members' views on the business to, be transacted at the approaching ference at Rotorua. Hydrantmau Johnston was presented with a twoyears' extra, service bar, completing seven years' service. The recipient suitably responded to the. honour con- - for red on him.

When taking a photograph of the Parliamentary party at Weraroa, and its surroundings, on Saturday, one persisted in turning her hack on t.he c-v.-rt-ora. Several tried in vain to get her in a good position, and at last the photographer called out : —"Oh, never mind; she must belong to the Opposition-" "If she does," said Mr C. K. Wilson, anemiber for Taum.minui, "she must ho the best in the herd," a remark which caused a good laugh from all the members. —Otaki Mail.

The following "are the handicaps, received by the members of the W'iirarapa Amateur Athletic Club at the Manawatu meeting on Wednesday 100yds.—R. MeKeirae 3yds, It. Messenger 3yds, A. C. Williams 7jytls. 220yds.—It. McKenzie and R. Ales sengor 6yd.s, A. 0. Williams loyjs 440yds.—R. Messenger 14yds, It. McKenzio 16yds, A. C ! . Williams 25yds. 120 yds hurdles.—R. McKenzic owo 13 yds, A. C. Williams scr. Long jump. —R. McKenzie and R. Messenger ser, A. C. WiKiams 1 foot.

At tlio meeting of the Master ton Borough Council last evening, a letter was road from th« Hon. I). Budi ■), Minister ol' Internal Affairs, in reference to tho procuring of water-fowl -for the Park Lake.. Mr BucWo stated that a Mr Whitney, of Auckland, was prepared to forward to tho Masterton Council two mallard ducks, ii ho was dii-octrd where to luive them aojiit to. Mr Buddo expressed the opinion that the Council would bo well advised t:> wait till later in the year, when birds could bo secured from tho various sane tuarics, before procuring further wat-er-fowl. Tlio Clerk was instructed to communicate with Mr Whitney, of Auckland.

Are pledges made before the elections by politicians always observed? In the "majority of cases there is 110 doubt a strict observance, but it is well known how frequently some men break their pledges. There are often big promises made, and as often those promises are broken. It is a different matter with tho Empire Company's Teas. There are five blends, the-. "Dragon," "Elephant,'' "New -Crescent," ''Crescent,'; and Mikado," and each has a distinct flavour which never varies. Every package is exactly as represented, as regards 'full ' weight and full strength. When in perusing the results of our Wool Sales you read: "Practically all the merinos were secured bv the various woollen mills, the bulk of the halfbre'ds having also bee.\i bought for the ~ame requirements"— it brings home to one the important bearing of local industries on local prosperity, doesn't it? And the .'m? mense importance of purchasing KAIAP'OI Goods. Verbum sap!

A WolJiiKCfcoti telegram states tha£ th-o steamer G«rtlo left last night for She Chathama in search of tho missing stumor Himitogi.

Otte-year-old pttrobred leghorn and minorca hens, also Indian runner ducks aro advertised for sale by Mr C. A. Hautberg, West Bush Poultry Farm;

Mr W. H. CruicJvshaitk, land agents Masterton, lias for sale' 82" •acres of rich dairy land in the .Master-ton district. There are all necessary outbuildings and conveniences. The prices & quoted and tho terms aro easy.

Messrs J. Fraser and : Co,,- land agents, advertise an improved! sheep farm of 940 acres of limestone' artcß papa land, .near .to school -and. railway. Particulars may be found on page' 8Messrs M*cGruer ain<f Co. invito the; public to inspect their ailkvhite' blouse window display. Theprices are marked in plain figures to' give' proof positive of the -values olferedl

Messrs Hiigo aaid Shearer advertise a boundless wealth of bargains at their sbock-ta-king sale. They quote (Special prices in French cambrics, dress linens, embroidery of all descriptions,, white muslin blouses, wide-end ties, and other lines.

The jamrmaMng season ibeing.' just now in full swing, the W.F.C.A. are to the fore with a fine assortment of brass, copper, and onameJiled preserving pans. They., are .also showing >jl varied assortment of, Jious&hold antl furnishing ironmongery in enamel, aluminium, and tinware.

The New .Zealand Clothing , Factory, in a. replace advertisementj call -'the attention.of the careful mothers; to their nice raalge of tunic, suits ; in .all sizes, and also a special line in brownvelvet. They also draw attention to their boots and ishoes for ladies, gentlemen, and children.

Attention is drawn in Messrs Reid and Gray's advertisement on page t> of this issue to the Hornsiby petrok engine, which it is claimed excels all other rnakes for reliability and siiper'^lo principle of its construction.. . Its material and workmanship is guaranteed the highest grade, the firm hsfving had a, long and. ience in engines of all types.-The Hornsby engine is very economical in its upkeep, and very simple to work. Mr A. E. Upton, of Lansdowne, Masterton agent for Reid and Gray, will give a.U information.

The Ford Motor Company, for which Mr Gordan Hughan, of Cartertorn, is agent for Wairarapa arid Paliiatua, have announced that they will i manufacture 75,000 cars during 3911*; I which enortmous output gives a good .idea <xf the magnitude of that. I great manufacturing "concern. For the 1911 season, the Ford Model T output was in excess of 35,000; every tyactoth, from.February to May, indussiv.e,; seeing the world's production re* cord broken by the Ford Company. 'Even then, the season dosed . witii 46000 unfilled 1 orders on the books. lr> the month of May-6013 Ford cars were i made and shipped, which is tho present Nj ih%h-water mark in motor ear ["numufacturing.