LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10573, 2 March 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

; The coal mine owners,met. in Wellington to" consider the miners' demands. Jt. was decided to appoint delegates to: proceed to the West Coast, aiid confer with the men. A: garden party, under the auspices of the Kuripuni Methodist Church, will ,be held at Sohv'ay Showgrounds on Thursday next, March 7th, at 2 o'clock.

The humid heat experienced in Masterton yesterday < was most distressing to residents. The thermometer registered 82 degrees in the shade in the afternoon.

The House of Representath'es adjourned at hour on Friday morning, untinJune, an amendment of Mr Thompson, that the adjournment be only for a fortnight, being defeated by 4.0 votes to 38.

As evidence of tho number of fish to be found.in the rivers of the South Island this season, a camping party, on the West Coast, recently caught in an ordinary trawl net at one time G35 kawhai. It took the party four hours to clear the net.

In the Magistrate's Court at Wanganui yesterday, two youths named Leo and Sutherland, were sentenced to fourteen days in the Auckland gaol for stealing a saddle. The same pair were veoenftly remanded "on a change of breaking and entering at Tanmarumii.

The Mastonton Borough Council has completed the work of relaying 6in. sower pipes in Cole street and Lincoln road. Twenty-six chains were laid in the former, and eight chains in the latter street, The work of laying some forty chains, 'beginning at Timothy Street, will be commenced shortly, if weather conditions are favourable.

On the occasion of a meeting of a small public body in Hawera recently, jocular reference was made by one of the country members to the fact that whereas they (the. country members) turned up to tho meetings at the proper time, the town members were generally late in doing so. "Of course,' continued the speaker, "time is nothing to country members, who get up in the middle of the night to milk while the town fellows are still snoring in their beds."

The Masterton County Council applied to tho Wellington Land Board on Thursday for permission to hypothecate thirds from "Sections 0, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18, Block TIT, and part 1 of section 2, Block IV, Puketoi, for special rates as security for the Hutewai Road metalling and bridges special loan. The ranger having recommended tho proposal, it was approved subject to '» copy of the advertisement as to the'proposed loan being put in. BABY BURNT WITH RED HOT IRONS. Mr a. Croty, Little Den i son Street, Oarfington, N.S.W., writes:— "My Itrttle baby girl l , Rita, burnt both liter hands until' they were nearly raw, picking up a red hot iron. Nothing reliiered the pain until I got Rexona. Tbis helped her at once to take away the pain l . We have continued to use it since, and it hlas cured the terrible burns in a wonderful m'anmer." Rexonia,, the Rapid Healing Ointment, is sold cm triangular pots at Is (3d and Bb. ObfcpJxjaiblA everywhere. If it were not for the competition of the big Dominion Woollen: Mile, farmers would not get such, high prices far their wool. Buy KAMPOI Goods. Help to keep up our wool values «»d keep the moivoy circulating here.

A Stoney creek farmer received the record price of £!) lis Id from a local factory on Thursday for threo pigs.

The supply of milk at the Kaiparoro dairy factory is at present 1100 gallons per day.

Tiho rainfall registered at Eketahuna for tho month of February was 4.50 inches. Rain fell on thirteen days.

Word has been received by the Rongokokako Cheese Company that its shipment of cheese by the Corin.tb.ic averaged 72s ]ier cwt.

Motor cyclists competing in the reliability trials from Wellington to iMarton, experienced heavy rain on ' ho Rimutakas yesterday morning.

A number of dairy factories are now storing" butter for the winter supply, and prices to consumers should not go uracil "higher, than they are at present.

Nominations for all events, excepting the Maiden Race, at the Masterton Racing Clu'b's autumn meeting, close with the Secretary on tho 7th inst.

The managers . of. .-the Masterton Technical School have appointed a subcommittee to endeavW to arrange for the opening of a class in veterinary science.

Tho Workmen's Mutual and Benefit Building Society will hold a sale of £3OO, .aiiid a ballot for £3OO on March 14th.

The sum of £175 was contributed by .shareholders on "pay night" of the Workers Mutual and Benefit Society, in connection with the ballot to be held on tlie, 14th inst. -■

It isconsiedered by tihose who should know, that the'dairying industry is likely to play a prominent part in the development of the Tolago Bay district.

The Asliburton. County Council has purchased 250,000 birds' eggs for the present season. The number purchased falls considerably below those purchased for the same period last year.

For driving an unlicensed vehicle for hire in the borough on the second day of the Master-ton show, Owen StiJJiyan was fined 10s and 7s costs in the Magistrate's Court at Masterton yesterday.

A freak of nature in the form of a oalf with six legs is at present in the Wairarapa. The animal, which is four months old, is in perfect health, and will probably be on exhibition throughout the North Island.

A telegram was received in Masterton last evening from Mr Ted Burrows, who is competing in the reliability trials from Wellington to iMarton, stating that lie had a non-stop run for the first day. Seventy-six birds, representing fourteen lofts, were hampered last evening by the Masterton Homing Pigeon Club for the race from Kaitoke this afternoon. The .birds will be liberated at 12.30 o'clock.

A Hawke's Bay resident, at present in Masterton, states that, though a comparatively dry season has 'been experienced, stock aTe'looking remarkably well, and the season on the whole has been a highly prosperous one. Pickpockets operated freely at the Wanganui races on Thursday, and it is estimated that between £3OO and £I.OO was stolen altogether. One man lost £75, another £7O, and various other sums were taken from the pockets of victims.

It is common report, says the Cromwell Argus,-".that a-n offer of £2500 has been refused, for 14,000 acres, which were recently balloted for and drawn by the "son of a: well-known Upper Cli.itha family. "■•.■=•' Mr John Fuller, of Auckland, has, says a Christchurch paper, issued a. writ against Dr. Thacker, claiming £4O for damages to a motor car during a collision on the Akaroa road. The case Avill be heard oa March 7th.

Close on thirty motor-cyclists passed through Masterton yesterday morning, in connection with tho Wellington Motor Cycle Reliability Trials. Several of tho candidates had breakdowns on the journey over the Rimutaka, but Mr Ted. Burrows, of Masterton, who is riding the only Bradbury in the contest, rode through from Wellington without a stop. Prizes will be given for reliability, petrol-consumption, and hill-climbing. , A site at Lansdowne, upon which to erect a. new Presbyterian Church, has been purchased from Mr Jas. Macara. A substantial sum has already been promised towards the cost of erecting the new Church, and a meeting of the Lansdowne congregation will shortly be hold to consider the question- 'of calling a minister to the charge.

A resident of Lincoln .Road, Masterton, writes us complaining that -his property is being made the receptacle for the sewage of a portion of the town during the progress of the layingdown of new drains. His redress is, of course, with the Borough Council, which should, if ' possible, provide against such contingencies.

Nominations are coming in freely for the Masterton Racing Club's autumn, meeting, to be held at Opaiki on the 28th and 29th. insts. Already tho Club's Secretary, Mr A. Hathaway, has received requests for twenty loose-boxes from visiting trainers and owners, and he fully expects that the entries will prove a record.

Some workmen of Mr John Blunclell, of Longbush, had a rather startling experience the other day when carting maize along a slippery and narrow clay road ..bounded by a deep creek. The animal drawing the load slipped and began to flounder, when' the cart capsized and went over mare and all into "the creek. The mare went clean under water, and was in great danger of being drowned; but one of the men jumped in and got her bead 'above water, while another, with considerable difficulty,' released her from the harness, and «'he was got out not much worse ' for her adventure.— News.

YOU SHOULD BEAR IN MIND That by using the commercial eucalyptus oil which is now bought lip at 6d per lb weight and bottled, and on account of the large profit, pushed, you are exposing yourself to all the dangers to which the use of turpentine will expose you—irritation of kidneys, intestinal trach, and mucous membranes. By insisting on the GENUINE SANDER EUOaLYPTI EXTRACT you not only avoid these pitfalls, but you have a stimulating, safe, and effective medicament, the result of a special and careful manufacture. A trial will at once < convince. Quality in small dose distinguishes it from the bulky and dangerous oroducts. Remember—SANGEß'S JiIXTKACT embodies the result of 60 years' experience and special study ,and it does what is promised; it heals and cures without injuring the constitution, as the oils ot the market frequently do. Theretore orotect yoarseli by rejecting others.

Tho Mastorton Teclinioal School commences its next term on March 18th.

The rainfall registered at Featherston during tho month of February was 5.6 inches.

The last wool sale of the seavson is to be held at Wellington on Tuesday next.

A mooting of the Stewards of the Masterton Racing Club will bo held in the Secretary's office this afternoon.

A Government Gazette notice, issued yesterday, notifies that Parliament has been prorogued until March 30th. *

In 1902 tho Auckland Tramway Company had only 45 cars; to-day thev ha.vo 136.

La<rge consignments of tinned American fruit .are at present arriving at Auckland by the San Francisco steamera.

The shark is generally considered the record long-distance swimmer among fish. A shark has been known to. cover 800 miles in three days.

Joseph Rountree, aged 69 years, a farmer, was killed at Woodgrove, North Canterbury, on Thursday. Hefell from a dray, and one of the wheels passed over his head.

Mr E. Parry, Government electrical engineer, hopes to visit Makuri during the next fortnight to make a survey of (the falls'and report on their suitability for water power purposes.

. Dunedin came out on- top oveihtihe other three centres in the number of votes recorded last December tional Prohibition'and local No-liioen-" so; The votes cast,for the former numbered 23,791, and for the latter 24,116.

Last season there was a very good for dairy farms in the P.ahiatua district, says the Herald, and at the end of the present dairying .season it is expected that many properties'will change hands. Land agents may, therefore, expect a busy and profitable time.

Settlers in the surrounding country districts of Poverty Bay. arerfextremely gratified at the rains fallen during the last two days. Th'Fdroiight was just (beginning to assume a very serious aspect in regard to stock, and in many places the water tanks for household consumption needed replenishing.

line "Spanish treasure" trick is being practised on New Zealand. "Tho manager of the North Island Brewery, at Mangatainoka, recently received a letter from Spain, addressed "Mr N ; I. Brewery." This told a pathetic tale of how a fortune had been missed; and required only «t small sum of money to enable it to be recovered. The letter was .signed, "Eduardo Blanco Brewery." Needless to say, Mr North Island Brewery is not looking for fortunes in that region, though some of his relatione are dead nearer home.

For Messrs hWo and Shearer are offering teinptingTstock-taking bargains in every department; Cotton dress materials, embroideries, and household drapery are being cleared ab ridiculously low prices. .

In a change advertisement on-r»age 7of this morning's issue, Mr L. S Nicol, successor to Mr Frank Dupre draws attention to the new designs in table ware. All the leading patterns are stocked, and the public have wide range to select from.

The Carterton Trust and Agency Company, Ltd., advertise on page- 8 a list of properties that are well-worth ;a Perusal:; - T^m'ixufrdtte dairy farms' and :.miiea.Sarins choice building sit** in CJart«rton, Lower Hutt, and Trentham, a large new boarding house, and a shop hi the best position in Carterton. Full particulars may /be obtained at the Company's office, Carterton.

It is only in the early season that the opportunity occurs to seuere the., best selection of ready-made built costumes and dresses. .Tiie'%: W.F.C.A. are now showing . a-"great variety in all the latest Harris tweed effects, velvets, serges/ worsteds, including some very pretty grey mixtures. As these goods will not be repeated the public are invited to take an early look at them. The prices are right, and the selection good.