LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10601, 6 April 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Shareholders in the Success dredge will be interested to learn that the latest return shows 83oas. 15dwte. for 115 hours' working. This is the' best return the dredge has yet made.

There are at present sixteen 'patients In., the Masterton Hospital.

Four loys have escaped this week from' the Boys' twining farm. WerAroa. It is supposed they have gone in the direction of Shannon.

The prizes kindly donated by Messrs McLeod and Young in connection with the recent Fernridge School excursion have been won by Masters Noel Cook and Joseph Tinsley.

The New Zealand Holstein-Freisian Association has now a total, membership of 133. A meeting of the Council is to be held this month to fix tho time for the closing o? the entries for \ oltuf.c 2 of the herd hook, and to' deal with routine mat'er generally.

An an early hour on Thtirsday morning the premises in Victoria Street, Wellington, occupied by the Welsbach Light Company, and by the Union Steamship Company as stores, were gutted (by fire. The total insurances amount to £23,000.

The iaratahi Meat Workers' Industrial Union of Workers have taken a ballot on the question of affiliating with the New Zealand Workers and Allied Trades Federation. The ballot resulted as fellows:—For federation, 59; against, 2.

The weekly meeting of the Endeavour Lodge, 1.0. G.T., was held on Thursday night. When routine business had been transacted, the lodge was thrown open, and a very pleasant social was held. Items were contributed by Misses Green (pianoforte solo)> Harold Miller (recitation), Miss Church (song), Misses Green (duet). Miss Tooby (pianoforte solo), Miss Agnes iMoCormaok (song), Mr Anderson (address). Some games, which created considerable amusement, were also indulged in. Apologies for absenco were received from Misses Joy and Jones and Mrs Anderson. Refreshments were provided by tho members.

The hospital.at the Territorial encampment at Papatoetoo (near Auckland) has been largely- patronised by recruits suffering from minor ailments, says the Auckland Star, no fewer than. 42 being admitted ojr the ..first day. While the majority of them possibly went under treatment mainly for the novelty of the experience, at least a few displayed a. certain amount of native cunning in securing free medical attention. One youth had been to a doctor in town a few days before the encampment, suffering from a boil, and 'ho-was to return to liavo it lanced. That appointment was 'broken, however, and the sore-necked one -made profit-able use of the camp hospital. Another recruit was sufficiently cute to save up some dental work, which he had attended to under an enaesthetic by a camp doctor. Several others profited in like manner. Mi' Put-cell Webb .continued his. organ recitals at Knox Church, Masterton, on Thursday, when a capital programme of classical and popular items was rendered. The organ solos were: "Troccata" (E. d'Evry); "The Swan," (St. Saens);. "Marche -Militaire," (Gounod); the "Great," a minor fugue, (Bach); "Sposalizio,'' (Liszt); 'Gavotte," (Webb); "Andan.-. tino," (Lemare); and "Allegro Nivace," (Morandi). All the solos were •rendered with .fine musical taste and finish, and showed that the organist was equally at home in the heavier or lighter class of composition. Miss Jessie McGregor rendered two solos, "Crossing the Bar," (Willeby), and "Tho Lost Chord," (Sullivan), both being ably" interpreted. Mr Charles lbbetson 'also sang pleasingly, "The Better Land" (Jude), and "A Man of Sorrows," (Adams). The recital was much enjoyed by the audience, and though the attendance is becoming larger at these recitals, it is surprising'that there are not many more present to listen to some of tho finest competitions procurable, played <by a musician of Mr Webb's ability. ONE LEVER AND TWO PEDALS DRIVE A HUPMOBILE.

Butter is now being retailed at Is 3d per lb in Wanganui. Special services were, hold in several of the Masterton Churriirs vosterday.

A considerable number of Masterton sports intend proceeding to the Tauherenikau races to-dav.

Ktunara, a small township on the* West Coast, has one hotel for every sixtv-ilvo inhabitants.

Several Feilding settlers have been fined this week for exposing for sale sheep infected with lice.

Sports gatherings aro to bo held at Masterton, Kopuaranga, and Xiroaha on Monday next.

Telephonic communication is now established between Eketahun-i a>id Ihuraua, Valley by a private line. A large batch of Senior Cadets took the oath of allegiance in Masterton on Thursday night.

A small boy was knocked down by a motor-ear in Masterton on Thursday and was severely bruised and shaken.

The holiday trains to and from Mastertou on Thursday arid Friday were crowded with passengers. There has been a considerable influx of visitors to the town.

Two young men named Sidney Baker and Harry Williams, who are not unknown to Masterton, have been arrested at New PJymouth.on a charge of the theft' of goods at Stratford.

The Easter edition of the "tvar Cry" is a, splendid production. It is printed, on superior paper, and is profusely illustrated. A fine picture is shown of General Booth, the founder ot the Army.

The committee of the Canterbury Sheep-owners' Union has decided to contribute the sum of £SO ,to the Christcimrch Technical College in connection with the shearing classes for the ensuing year.

A member of the Palmerston North branch of the Farmers'. Union expressed the opinion on Thursday that it would be a very - good thing if everybody in New Zealand went out on strike, as working people would then be (brought to .their senses. Bepresentatives of . the Hawke's Bay Coal and Oil Prospecting Syndicate, who hold boring rights over a large area in the Eketahuna district, met property-owners .last week, when matters connected with the option to bore were discussed. .

The presentation of a gold watch to Mr J. H. Fairhurst, the contractor, at the opening of the Dannevirko Town Hall, was a personal gift from the Mayor and members of the Borough Council, and did not entail any cost upon the ratepayers.

A Sandon farmer has secured the splendid yield of 110 bushels of oats to the acre. He put his crop in late*, and hits only just finished harvesting;

into St. Mary's Church, Levin,;; during evensong «n Sunday. They chased one another about, perched tnemselvf s on ;he i«'tv icrii, rmil gi.neiilly disturbed hj? iui> shippers. The Eltham Borough Council has received a letter from J. C. Williamson, Ltd., complaining of the treatment accorded Mr. Irving and his company by the local.hotelkeepers.- The letter<adds. "They (the artists) are-treated al'mos. in the manner of intruders, and in a great many eases (speaking, generally); admitted to the-hotels on suffrance;?'. -—Taranaki News; • : ' ■'■■:-

.The Dunedin Star says that inquiries locally made go to show that the price of coal has a downward tendency, not an upward one. It is nonsense to talk abo\it the increased cost of handling to coal vessels, seeing that shipping companies have not raised the freight rate on coal, which is carried by contract, the extra money now paid to the waterside workers being counterbalanced by the increased charges placed on general cargo.

The opinion is held by a number of experts that the prices of butter will be good throughout the winter, for although the markets at Home have shown a tendency to drop lately, it is anticipated that if the strike is settled they will again harden, more particularly as there is a big shortage of the stock in store, and the winter at Home has been a severe one, in consequenco of which supplies are not likely to come forward in any quantity beforo June. • -. • ;

Fishermen in the Danncvirke dis-' trict report that the present season has been a very disappointing one, and trout have been unprecedentedly scarce. This.applies to all streams and creeks, and experienced anglers report that the fish have disappeared. This is "most difficult to understand, as ifc was generally expected that, following upon the drought of last year, the present would have been a very successful one

Though the opinion is sometimes expressed just- now that locally business all round is perhaps on the quiet side (says Saturday's Otago Daily Times) the financial stability of Dunedin and, in fact, of the whole of the Otago district which comes under the jurisdiction of the official assignee, cannot bo questioned. This statement is demonstrated by the fact that *for the quarter ended March 31st not one case of bankruptcy has been recorded. It is some years since such a satisfactory stato .of affairs has been experienced.

Frosh. eggs arc this week selling at 2s 4d per dozen in Wellington.

A cadet Ls to bo added to the staff at the. Eketahuna rail-way station.

J have never lost a calf fed on "hey, said a speaker at a dairy factory meeting at Stratford on Tuesday.

A company , s being formed to put down a-bore for petroleum in the neighbourhood of Alfredton

return from ihc Masterton dredge , 8 loose. 7dwts. for 137 hours' working.

a successor to Mr F Wvw e of Commissioner of Police nnd° UndeT Secretary of Justice.

Messrs Thomas Horton ItH * Hastily and PahiaEa?'ha *'' bee» ?^ rde f,^- first - class certificate for vai new at Melbourne under the aus

The slaughtermen at the WaineavaWing works-have set ■tf-i£K?' limreday last they. seat round fche'hu?'. and collected £6 to Wa xd S) the Age2 *£^^^-^> p ,G 4 meet -H. of the ■Saturday next A AasocMt «>tt <>* ■tary Si aIS 1 P e r ma »ent Secretoiife.n^^r^s:" 4^ It is reported in .■ Waihi that a fi^ district has ; fcee» made by known prospector. Beyond that it is, not gold, he declines toS any further information until tie Go!

The Masterton Homing Pigeon'Glul> flew a young bird race ftom V^^ MrW S 6 * oU ? wl^ results: ?S« ,i Dowhne'a ."Hopeful," velocity 105-lyds,- 2; J. SutherlandV "Mel rose/'los3yds, 3A;:, .-f rfe

A feature of the .production of fcveryw-oman,'' which is to he staged - tor the first time in Masterton on <: Thursday, April 25th, will ,be the"; dresses r scenery and mounting. It is said that more money has .been ' expended on "Everywoman" than any pantomime, staged hy the J. C.? Williamson management. Miss Spongs* dresses alone, it is stated, cost a very large sum. .•■•'■:■

A Dunedin telegram states that a prisoner in the Dunedin gaol, while exercismg on Thursday morning. tW himself over the balcony, and,.: tailing a distance of twenty feet " fractured h IS skull. He was removed - ; to the hospital, where he died shortly • ««erwards. Deceased arrived from * London in 191TQ, and was serving- a sentence of three, months- for '"* fai& pretences, which he> : > pleted. • _ ■ .':,•/ - :i Wr-\'

The annual meeting of members of the Wairarapa and East Coast P. and A. Society is to be held on Saturday, May 4th. The .business to he irans- | acted will include a notice or" motion by Mr T. V. Moore, "That all draught stallions over two years ibe examined by a veterinary surgeon at this.: Soshowa before,coming into the iing !to he judged, to find if any are suffering from any of the hereditary diseases specified■■•inthe schedule-is-sued :hy J, the; Agricultural Department.'? , -.,:;■■. ,',:;:;;,.;;.';.■ r^r-.: ; -

• From a Southern paper a-few-fur-ther particulars are gleaned of the stroke of fortune which has befallen a Balclutha settler. The story shortly told is this: Many years ago when the gentleman referred to was a boy in Scotland, his father's brother went over to Holland. Some years later the hoy—then, young ; man;—-came to .New Zealand, settled downMo hard work, saved money, and of his own. Friends at Home died, or were forgotten abont, and for many? years the uncle ; in Holland had not • been heard of.' Inquiries to "next of kin" advertisements brought to light the information that he died some time ago, leaving a fortune, it is said, of many are to participate in this fortune.

We are pleased to - learn that t movement is afoot to obtain some public recognition for Mrs Lee, whose services as a nurse during the Maori Avar have deservedly won for her the title, of "the Taranaki heroine" (says the Gisborne Hei - ald). The stox-y <;r' Mrs Lee's brave exploit in standing by the patients in a hospital encampment at a time of real danger, when all the neighbouring settlers were fleeing for safety from the approahcing Maori horde, has already been rebated,, and several letters have appeared commending the bravo woman's gallantry and title to honourable recognition.. Mrs Lee has passed the allotted span of life, and is in very poor circumstances, and it must be to the discredit of a country that one who served it ss. well in a. time of great peril should" not bo in comfort, or that her great act- of self-sacrifice should not be appreciated by the people.

The biillaa-rcl contest between Gray and Stevenson is attracting a good deal. of attention. The advent of Gray and lindruan, the two young. Australian exponents of the game, lias aroused a great deal of enthusiasm in England, and now eomes the question—who will win? Giray.wiß probably win, Vut there is no "probable" winner in a tea contest for the Empire Company's Gresent Tea wilt easily come ftnst because of its ier qualities. Try it this week.

The long arm of the law will ho reaching out and seen ring »»•£ our worthy cyclists who mk the daik ness without a lamp or bell.. Mi U. U S-n gives some good advice on subject in his announcement m tins .issue. at'tjio Club t'» fc - Me*™ Graham and Co havoju»l . "° S»»n» state in. fl-£ *- new goods. Twelve carpenters for Gisborne arc; ~,1 vcrtised for on the front page - l,n paid to capable men. hours are 47 per week, intending visitors xo the Tauherenthe woll-as S ,n-ted at Mr Hendersoi y A 1 |j lu , is the powerful nisij »"* £ which Mr Henclorsonin^P^ dinary field glasses, 40s.