LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10581, 12 March 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr J. C. Boddington reports that the rainfall registered at the Upper Plain for the 24 hours .preceding 9 a.m. yesterday Was"'B points.

The weather has been so unseasonable in Masterton during the last month that local gardeners ihavei found it impossible to ripen tomatoes.

A Masterton farmer recently sold 'a line of Algerian oats at 3s per bushel. This price is very high for this period of the year.

No fewer than 100 women were fined in one day- at Zurich for breaking a new law which prohibited the use of long hatpins.

A farmer in the neighbourhood of Masterton recently thrashed 550 bushels of Algerian oats from a paddock of five acres. ■ This roads something like a record.

The Martin borough Collie C3ul> has decided 1 to adopt the same programme as last with: a slight -variation in the points.

■Masterton youths who are cultivating a liking for tho billiard-saloon will be interested to know that it is illegal for a person "under eighteen years of age to frequent a, saloon. A youth was convicted at Stratford the other day for committing an offence of this character. . '

The overcrowding of stock trains in certain parts of the South Island is arresting the attention Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. It is stated that on one occation recently, a train load of sheep was so tightly packed that a large number of the animals were trampled to death. During her recent run from San Francisco, R.M.S. Maitai "held" the shore wireless station at the American port for 1400 miles, and during this time communication was rarely (broken. Sh« also spoke (Suva at a distance of 1200 miles.

Tlie following team will comprise the Civil Servants in. their cricket snatch with the Amateur Athletic Club on Thursday next:—it. E. Williams, V. M. Richards," M. I). Loader, T. M. Miller, J. W. Jackson- E. Hanley, A. E. Eddy, E. J. Clarks (Post and Telepraph); A. Thompson (Education Department), J. Grant and S. Cressweil (subs).

The "strike fever" seems to have affected more than one section of tshe community, says the Greytown Standard . According to Dame Rumor, the hands on a Lower . Valley station "downed tools" last week because tlie cook failed to have regular meal hours. As there was no Arbitration Court to appeal to, the land owner acted as arbitrator —by paying the employees a week's wages in advance, <and allowiing them to carry "matilda" in search of work elsewhere!

If you must do a thing, do it thoroughly, is an . excellent adage, which, has been " taken to heart by Thomas Hnmpsoti. of Liverpool. He determined to be thoroughly bankrupt, and he lhas become so. His liabilities are £lOl3, and there was no such nonsense on the other side as unsecured debts or marketable property. The total assets amount to a fishing rod, a basket, and a book of flies. Strangely enough, the registrar adjourned, the case. In the course of an address at a picnic held in Sydney to celebrate the inauguration of the Chinese Republic, Mr James Chuey, the President of the New China League -in New South Wales, said that for 20 years he had been consigning "wool to a big city firm from thousands of wool-growers in the southern districts; and ihe was happy to say that the firm was quick to see in the now order of Government in' ( China possibilities of an- immense wool ■markc-t for a population of 430,000,000 people. The firm.'had urged 'him to make all necessary representations to the new Chinese Government, and to ■supply particulars of the wheat _ and wool produced in Australia. This he intended doing, and hoped it would result in tho establishment of -a most important trade with China. ABOUT THAT PIANO. You want it. So much is admitted. But pianos- are costly things, you say. You are afraid you can't afford it. That is where you are mistaken. You can get a superb piano froin one of the world's great makers, and you can pay for it iu such a way that the purchase will involve no pinching, no serious sacrifice, no bother of any sort. And all the time you are paying, the piano is brightening your home. Until you have a piano m the house, you can scarcely imagine the difference it makes. No woman is really contented till she gets one. Think of that! . We can help you to a selection. We offer von the full benefit of -all oui ■knowledge and experience. You can have one of the superb pianos of , the four famous houses — Broadwood, Steimvay, Lipp or Rcnisch — or any of the others." If you are buying a piano, cash or terms, to see us is to save money. The Dresden Piano Co., Ltd., Wellington. North Island Manager: M. J, Brookes. Local representative: H. Inns, Daniell's Buildings,

The Masterton I)ranch of the Carpenters'" and Joiners' Union has now a membership of thirty-eight.

Three further cases of breaches of the Defence Act hy Masterton Territorials will be heard in the Magistrate's Court this week.

The 2nd Battalion, 9th Regiment of Territorials, which goes into encampment on Saturday next, will be under the command of Major A. B. Chart cm h.

Two petitions for the custody of children will he heard at the sitting of the Masterton Supreme Court- on the 19th March.

At the Supreme Court sitting to he held in Masterton next week, four applications for discharge in bankruptcy will bo heard.

• A special train will convey the Wairarapa Territorials to the Marakeke camp on Saturday, leaving Featherston. at 8 a.m. And Masterton at 9.2 ii a.m. 5 arriving at Marakeke at 4 p.m. The deer-stalking season will open on April Ist. Deer are very numerous in the country to the east of Masterion, but the number of good heads is comparatively small.

A Masterton resident received information by last mail.from a relative in London to the effect that the price of coal had enormously increased since the coal strike was threatened.

Another injustice to Masterton. The Licensing Act provides that -a halfholiday shall be'observed in those districts in which "licensing polls are being taken to-day. As there is no poll in Masrterton we can have no .holiday.

The annual conference m connection with''the Wellington, Province of the Farmers' Union is to be held at Palmerston North at idle end of May. The Masterton branch .appears to be as dead as Caesar. .

Tho arrangements in connection with the Territorial encampment it Marakeke, near Takapau, are verv complete, and the working of the camp will be run on very up-to-date lines.,

A Gisborne t-elegram states that :i seven-roomed house at Mikaraka, owned by F. Hail and occupied by James Campbell, has been destroyed by fire. The building was insured for £3OO m the State office. ..

A New Plymouth telegram states that up to noon of yesterday, there was no visible abatement of the flow of oil from.: the Taranaki Petroleum alT'iii'ree "of. wmcii. continue' very active. Public eohfidence is growing daily.. There is a great demand for aII kinds of labour in the Gisbonm and East Coast district's, consequent upon . the'openin g up of; the bush: country. . The sitting of the: Masterton Supreme Court will open at 2 p.ni. on the 19s?h inst. ; •

The Masterton division of Territorials will leave for the Marakeke encampment on the 16th inst. The'division will be represented by about So per cent of its full strength, which must be. considered- -very/satisfactory. •.

In connection with the Territorial encampment to he held this month, excellent amusement and sports programmes have been arranged, and iii connection with the latter it is expected tliat some splendid contests will ensue.i r

As, complaints have been made by > the Railway Deprtment, in reference to damage done to railway carriage windows by Territorials while travelling to and from encampment, the railway authorities have specially requested that responsible officers be placed in charge of .each carriage. ,

At the quarterly meeting of the Masterton branch of the Carpenters and Joiners' Union, Mr W. La-wton was elected President. It was decided to hold tho meetings of the branch on Fridays, instead of Saturdays, in future. A new award will shortly he issued in connection with the trade.

There is at the present time such a shortage of .male teachers in Queensland that the educational authorities of that State have 'been obliged to import a number from England. Ten male assistants are on their way out; and others are to follow. As regards female teachers, the supply is equal to the demand, and tberefoue no women are being imported.

The President .of the Masterton A. •and P. Association (Mr Morri.soii) rang 'us; up last evening to state that the paragraph which, has ~ been published elsewhere, to the effect that the position of permanent Secretary to tiie Association is a; "foregone conclusion, " is entirely unwarranted. The Committee, he states, has not yet discussed 1 the matter.

A. peruliar case was heard at Waipa wa. Hawke's Bay, a few days ago, when the licensee of a country hotel was charged with permitting' drunkenness on his licensed. premises, one of the persons arrested for being drunk being the licensee himself. The Magistrate reserved his decision.' The police stated that the licensee had been a rrested and convicted cf drunkenness, and 'his brother, who was also intoxicated, was fined for interfering with the constable in -the execution of .his duty. • Mills are busy all over tlio district or Southland just, now threshing grass seed from stook. .Many farmers have got tired o.i' trying to stack their crop, i'he frequent showers having .made it quite impossible to'get the butts of the sheaves dry. So far the samples are quire up to the average of "welldressed" seed j but the crop will not yield as well as at first anticipated Some crops still remain to <be cut, and others, which failed to. get dry after being weeks in stock, lia've been putin to. stack as hay.

The coal strike in England, unless speedily settled, will have far-reach-ing consequences. The entire industries of Great Britain will be paralysed*- ai»d the after effects wili be felt in the remotest parts of the world. It is very likely that ive shall, feel it in our trade returns, tut we do not think any trouble will prevent the people of New Zealand from drinking Dragon Blend Tea. It is one of the necessities of life, and it is just good, pure, delicious tea.

A Warner's Rust-proof Corset will do more for a woman's ifigure than any other Corset -made. Every pair guaranteed by local drapers. . NEVER WAITS. "I never wait until my "children are bad with colds or croup, but give them Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as soon as I find them breathing heavily," writes Mrs Armstrong, Bunbury, W.A. "I certainly think there is no medicine like Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for colds aid croup. It has done my son lots of good."— Sold by all ehemists and store-

The weather expt; k iiccd in Masterton during the last cots pie of days lists : been cold enough fo - v, inter. The' ranges are capped ,\h snow. The Government A--liter was ur Eketaiiuiia last we; v k .vi.;sheeting the' books of the County ("Wandl. s A settler in tho district has stripped a field of excellent ryegrass this season. • ' Jansen, the world's magician,! will pay a. visit to NV.,v Zealand shorts \'i ly, and will include jL:;iorton in : his: itinerary. A man was in Masterton yesterday on a charge of -having- imbibed too freely.. IK- v. Hi ,explainto ar Justice this morning. The next mail:for she Prated' Kingdom, due London Apri l J 7th, will'be via .Vancouver, nt Masterton on Thursday, March. . at . 5.80*. a.m., supplementary. ! i a.m. - The members .oi itui Wellington schools .representative team re turned to the city 1 corn .Mavterton yesterday morning. They vxj-ressed themselves delighted with thi-'b treatment? in the country. , > , At : a meeting oJ' 1 roa settlers on. •, Saturday last, it was <hvided to. ask the Postmaster-Gener:<! far an improved mail service 1 Pahiatua and that district. : . ; The Pahiatua Cornitv Cdtincilhavo been spared the expense of a licensing, election, which,-according io\a-return-, submitted by the returning officer, would have cost £BO. Tho amount for advertising; however, which the Council will have to pay is £l4. The fee of the returning officer, X2 2s, has also to be paid. Wonderfully good tin imitations of threepenny pieces are in circulation in Timaru. They may be described as perfect replicas of the minted coins, and have evidently been cast' in a mould made from a now coin, the date on them being 1908. Eyery mark is there, and the coin ha s the. bright colour of silver. Only on ringing it on a hard serface, or comparing the weight with ithe coih v of the realm, ' could the fraud be detected. The ■ unsettled weather of late in the Wairarapa has considerably delayed the construction- of. the Mount. Hec'tor tourist track, but the workmen. have made such progress that a couple of parties have been enabled to' traverse the route from the Greytowix side. One of the parties travelled to Mt. Hector, and the other as far irs Mt. Ifceeves. . ■ y '. "My experienpe of the newspapers jhas said Mr W. A. Weitch, M.?., during an address* in Cliristchlircli on Friday night*. "They have always treated'" mo verv ; fairly, and I know o£ no 'canckdates whb;': noftspapers,Yas ,some people say. 1' think they are a great deal fairer than they get credit for." : \y v/': :• .., An exhibit at the Masterton horticultural show last week escaped ; notice in the print,#: but; was | nevertheless highly interesting, was a 1 collection of iioxious weeds. Thiswas placed on exhibition by Inspector T. €. Webb, of the Agricultural Department, each weed beingjgiveh its botanical name. The collection was made by Mr Webb in various districts, and gives some idea of the pests whiph far- • mers in this country have to endure. 1 An advertiser wants to purchase a good quiet cow in or near to profit., Messrs James (Macintosh and Co. .make additiohal'entries to their next Waipoua stock sale. Messrs Dalgety and ;. Co., Limited, hold a stock sale at. Kopuaranga today, commencing at 1 o'clock. The catalogue is a lengthy one. Messrs McLeod and Young, hooksellers and stationers, have an interestjing advertisement elsewhere to all • pen users. 1 Miss Gillespie, at- .Messrs Watson and Co.'s, Street, is now. open to take orders for costumes for the winter. season. Messrs- Watson and Co.'s first shipment of new- season millinery is now on view. ' Mr M. Foley, jury officer, gives notice to Justices of the Peace to attend a meeting to revise the Jury List- forth e district of Masterton, on the sth' April, at the Courthouse. 1 , Tickets for the entertainment to he held in the Town Hall on Wednesday, the 20th inst., arc going pff well. Persons holding tickets for the dress circle can have .their.-seats reserved' at, the Dresden Co., without extra charge. The Wellington Meafc Export Co., and the Gear Moat Co., notify thai, trespassers \vith stock in the paddocks* ■ near the junction' of Wangaehu ' and Bi'deford roads, will be prosecuted. Mr A. Hendry, outfitter and mercer, Queen Street, has just received his new autumn and winter suitings. He has a fine range of. tweed coatings, 'trouserings and and is preparer] to take orders; for made-to-measure suits and costumes, perfect fit being guaranteed. %

Messrs A. J, Johnson and Co. havo been instructed by Mr F. J)upre, wl o is leaving Masterton, to -sell the whole of his .superior househo'u furniture and effects. The .saio takes place 011 the premises,; l No, .7, Victoria Street, on Thursday, V 14th znst.-. V- r V y.

Tlic Hiikanui Picnic Sports Committee are leaving nothing undone tr> ensure the comfort of visitors to their annual gathering, wbicb takes place on March 28th. Seating accommodation is being provided on the natural grandstand for 500 people, the totara for same l>eing kindly lent By Mir A. V. Udy. The silver x'ose bowl, to ho competed for in the hunters' competition, will ibe on view in Mr A. Henderson's window in thp course ! of : a/fe\v days; . v

New Zealanders should l>iiy New Zealand clothing, made of New Zealand wool, grown on New Zealand farms, woven by New Zealand' hands, made up by New Zealand skill standard New Zealand rates of wages. When anyone offers you imported clothing, he studies his own po3feet—not yours. Insist on having KALAPOI Clothing KAIAPOI Rugs— KAIAPOI Woollens, from the cap that crowns ' you, to the KAIAPOI Socks that make life's walk easv. ■■

Nio one, t Feel sure, can speafe more grate-fully of. Pill* th " 1 t oan,'' writes <Mrs ; Coorbett, 116 jtffczroy Street, Surrey Hil3«, N.3.W. u Thejr cured ano.of settled biliousness, which seemed as, though iis would never leave m«. I took Laxo-Tonic Pills, and they proved a perfect remedy." Sold by all ch em - ists and storekeep-ers. Price 10id and Is 6d.

You can get rid of that eold by talking T-onking's Linseed Emulsion. From all demists and stores, lg 6d, t 2a 3d, M ScL

A Hum of £2539 has already been subscribed towards tho purchase of a now showground for the Hawke's Bay A. and P. Association at Tomoana. The severe weather experienced last week in the AsJhburton district lias had a very bad effect upon stock, and numbers of sheep have died from tho effects in different parts of the district. It is stated that the phenomenal crops of this season will enhance the value of light land in the district. Off what is known as "light" land this year, says the Astaburton Mail, some splendid returns have boon realised. The steady rise in the prico of land in t-he Asliburton district is exercising the minds of farmers, and agriculturists. As showing what a good property land in the country is, a Tinwald farmer four years ago purchased a farm of some hundreds of acres at £l2 per acre, and recently refused an offer of £2O per-acre for it. Again, land of the same average quality as the farm in question, and in the same locality, recently realised £3O per acre. At the monthly meeting of the North Otago Beekeepers' Association, the president voiced the opinion that there would be a poor honey yield this season, probably an average of not more than 10'lbs per hive, as against an. average of 601bs to 701'bs in normal seasons. The decreased supply he attributed to the unfavourable weather that had prevailed throughout tho sea, son.