CONSIDER THE BROADWOOD!

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10606, 12 April 1912, Page 4

CONSIDER THE BROADWOOD!

If you are intending to get a. piano, think. Thp, popularity of the Broadwood increases all the time. People wihio purchase a Broad wood -become its dhampfams, and are never dissatisfied. \VUiy ? The Broadwood is faithfully made in every detail. It not only has a superb and brilliant tone, but it also ■wears wonderfully weM.. N THE BiRiOABWOOD PLAYER . PIANOS. Hie Baoadwcoo player-mechanism interferes in no way with the use of the instrument as a Pianoforte. It means that every memiber of a household—however skilled in .music, or however ignorant—-sian get divreat active, personal enjoyment from this pia-nn. Hie Broadiwood Player Pianos are British throughout, all made in one factory, all fitted with aSulminium tubing (which . is imperi shaWe), *«•- stead of rubber; OUiR SYSTEM: TERMS TO SUII ANY PUR<® AS %„„ IXTV THE DRESDEN PIANO COMPANY LTD., WEJXINOTON. Full particulars f' l ' o * resentativ®: H. I-hbs, s Bowings. Oueen Stvest. j

i Tlie directors of the Ballaiioe Dairy Company are considering the question. ot the installation of a. plant for the extraction of casein from skim milk. The Shearers' Conference lias decided to establish its head, office at Wellington not later than September Ist. In reply to a deputation from the timber workers, the Hon. G. Laurenson said he supported statutory preference to Unionists. A defended case was heard in the Mastertom Magistrate's Court yesterday wheal one McKay sued one Victor for £1 15s for droving fees. The plaintiff wag non-suited. Mr M. La very appeared for defendant. At the meeting of the Wairarapa Presbytery in Masterton this week, it was intimated that the Rev. Mr Fraset' would visit the Wairarapa shortly with the object of urging the raising of certain home mission stations to fully sanctioned charges, and it was expected that Eketahuna and Pongaroa would bo the first to be raised. Tlie Wellington Woolleaj. Company states that the Arbitration Court award in l the mill dispute is not likely to have any serious effect upon the New Zealand woollen industry. Although some increases have been granted, nothing like tlie,, Original demands t of tlie Umon haa'ibeeii conceded. Tlie New Zealand Herald perpetrat- ; ed a very pretty piece of unconscious humour the other day. Once or twice a week it publishes some topical pictures under tlie heading of "Illustrated Odds and Ends," and on the occasion under notice the first, picture, immediately under the title was,'appropriately enough, a group photograph of tlie new Ministry I

Says tilio Woodville Examiner:*— We "thought it was a decided reflection on the manhood of New Zealanders wllen the Railway Department placed notices in the railway cars asking gentlemen not to spit in the carriages We could not think that such a request could possibly ibe necessary. But our views altered ladies "who arrived on Thursday told us that in the carriage in which they were there was a man who' persisted so steadily Ira spitting all over the floor near him asalmost to make them ill, and to force exclamations of disgust from them.. One said outright that she would have' to change her carriage, and ias a result the man had decency enough to . get up and change his. *But it is singula*' that a man should need such a hint- at all.

• A.-young-Wanganui mail "had a lesson- 1 last week ' (say* the Woodvilld, Examiner) that., he -sincerely hopes ■ he\\i 11- have no reason to beocl in future. Ho came from.-Wanganui— 110 reflection on. his sanity— to get 'married to a Woodville girl', which slices his good taste. But ho mado no IniiTy about-' getting the license, and when■ it was wanted the Easier holidays were on, and ho was xuiahle to get it when it was absolutely essential. ISO the wedding had. to be postponed'.' IB lit the wedding ipirty thought that was no reason why they should be done out of tho .fun, and the breakfast was held, and the speeclies' made, and the good 1 things enjoyed* just as if all was sereneas bride and'..groom could wish them to be. Next day there was a quiet wedding pro forma. ' , At the S. M. Court in Mast er ton yesterday morning - , Messrs 1:1/ Feist and J. Win gate, J.P.'s, gave judgment for plaintiff by default in th.o folic wing oases: —W. K. Welch and W. Hawthorne, claim £1 »s, jJOatiTFDs - r John; BoxhalL V. Wiu. ■'■ jM-urphy, claim £5 lis ldy costs £l;> 6d; G. Hi Perry v. Alex. Grant, claim £ls Os lOd, costs £1 10« Gd; John fioxhall v. George Taylor, claim Os, costs, os; Julian Ann, Cotter v. William Tuskurua, claim £2 ss, costs 17s ; W. ,F. Shaw v. Thos. Hosyth, claim* £3 15s 3d, costs 7s; Waglarid v. Chas. Budd, claim £ls,.costs £2'7s; Hoar and Permain r. "Donald -Stewart, claim, £1 Is Gd, costs ss; Hoar iuut Permain v. Harold C. Low,' olainv £5 ■ l/s 6d, costs £1 os Gel; Hoar la.ud Permain v. James iM. MeKenzie, claim £l9 18s 9d, costs £1 3s Gd ; Hoar and Permain v. Gerald C. Branson, claim 17s 6d, costs ss; Krahagen and Chapman v. Tom.. Williams, claim £5 l*N 6d, costs £1 6s; King and Henry v. Wainohu te Huki, claim, £9 17s (id. costs £1 9s; Howard Hector Reynolds v. Walter Leslie Carrick r claim £1 15s, costs 10s. j' • Two good dairy cow's, in or nearprofit, are advertised for. Mr' U.- IT..Harden, land and estate agent, advertises a fresh list of pro - perties that havo been placed in bis jiands for sale.* ' - < , —• .. . , ;

A new four-roomed' house and ati aero of land at Lansdowne arc advertised to -let by Mr JR. U. Harden, land ■Agent, Queen'Street-.. ' - This week Massrs C. Smith, Ltd.. call special -.'attention -to ' their largo stock of iblouae materials, and in a replace advertisement prices of leading lines are quoted.

Messrs G. Hyde and Co., Masterton, have a vacancy for a smart'boy as aui apprentice to the cabinet-mak-ing; also one for the machinery department.

In order to make room, a great-.clear-ances sale of furniture, tiimber, tools, fruit, poultry, etc., will be held tomorrow, Saturday, April 13th, at 2.15 p.m., by Messrs A. J. Johnson, and Co., at their Post.OJßpo auction mart.. Applications for shares in Tara-naki Oil Wells, Ltd., should be made as. early as possible to Messrs C. C. Ross and Co., the local brokers, in order to avoid disappointment, as from advices received from London it is Anticipated that the capital will be largely over-subscribed. Cables-frotn London forecast that the Hojne market will aibsonb most of the issue.

In a chairgo advertisement elsewhere in this issue Mr L. S. Nicol (successor to Mr Frank Dupre), draws special attention to his extensive stock of jewellery. These include all the latest and quaintest design® imaginable, >s»H of which are quoted at the most reasonable prices. A special window display is now being made.

No need to worry over/those Custome entries until your brains arefogged. Pass them along to Messrs J. J. Curtis and Co. —they are experts at the game. There's no time t« be lost (and time is. money, to when your entries are Passed by Messrs" J. J. CURTIS AND CO.. Customhouse and Shipping Agents, Customhouse Quay, Wellington. Theircharges, too, are very moderate.

"1 had been sobering from Pilea for boot® little time, aad had tried ■ complaint, but I erdy gob .worse. 1 gave Baxons a trial, and wag pleas* anil-? surprised to Snd I was completely our Hid itx foar days. I uE©d : bo they may haif/ed to-warfe vsy quick recovery," writes Mrs Mnnro, . Cfoep«r Street, BaWasi. N.B.W, tlm Ratvir} H««W, *3 scl<2 :x- Mk ii

PhanotaenciV " rains have fallen >n the northern districts of Queensland. The Featherston Town Board has receaved a letter from a Sydney laxly, addressed to "The Mayor and Aldermen of Featherston." Mumps are still prevalent »t Featnercitou, ana. a luuuuer of children are affected. The latest return from tho Success dredge is 3Sc&s. I2dwts. for 112 hours working. The daily output of butter at the Hawke's Bay Dairy Company's factory at Mangatainoka is about *-o boxes, nearly one ton. A second offender against the laws of sobriety wlas fined 10s t in» the Magistrate's Court at iMasrterton yesterday, by Messrs Feist and: Wingate, ■J.P.'s. A. man named Charles Tolley has : been sentenced by Messrs W. Barton-; and A. J. Toogood, J.P.'e, of Featherston, to one month's imprisonment for the theft of leggings and other horse equipment. The Assembly Hall, which is being built in connection with the Masterton District High School, will <be completed at the end of next month. It is stated that the hall, will he one of tho most up-to-date of its 'kind in the iwminion. At last night's meeting °^* tcrton School Committee, IMI W . Jackson, thanked the members for their assistance and co-operation, during . the past year, in all work .pertaining to Btea welfare of the children, and ot high standard to which tho school had attained. \ Press Association telegram from Auckland states that the fishing yacht Edna, a piece of which was washed ashore at Tryphena, Great Barrier-, was totally wrecked. She was driven, ashore at Pigeons during a heavy sea. The owner} Mr Gaflagher,, who was the only person on board, was rescued by a scow. Tho Headmaster of the Masterton • District High. School, in has. monthly . xqporb presented, a,tthe meeting of -' the Committee last evening, stated that there are 632 children attending tho main school, 186 in the side school, and 70 attending the secondary classes, the respective averages being 578, 170, and 67, which gives the excellent percentages of 91, 91, and 96 respectively. The Rev. J. W. Webster, of the lit- ■ lapd ; China- Mission, .gave an ing address in Knox Hall,' Master ton',--on Wednesday evening,'on missionary in China. Mr R'. Young occupied the chair. Mr Webster traced the ' ' histoVy oftheChina,missions in arf ihi teresting way, and 'Showed the splendid Work' which had been done ih the great Eastern State ir. the cause of givilization and luun-wiity. At the meeting of the Masterton District High School Committee last night, .the Chairman .(Mr R. Brown) ~ stated that School,,*>om-ihrfctees were sometimes ignorant of the fact that there were vacancies on the teaching staff of their school. He did not think that the vacancies were properly advertised. 'Mr W. H. Jackson explained the arrangements of the Board in reference to vacancies. These were, he thought, working satisfactor- J ily, as teachers knew, the dates on J which vacancies were advertised in the papers. j. As a sequel to the New Zealand Labour Partvfs Conference social or. Wednesday owning, several delegates at the Conference yesterday took exception to the arrangements for issuing invitations, and drawing up the toast list- Included in the latter were ■ several Ministers of the Crown, an(l the- delegates yesterdiay strongly emphasised the Absolute independence of the Labour party. A resolution was passed-regretting the occurrence of * /Wednesday 1 night, and the unfortun- - ate position in which the delegates wereunwillingly placed. Replying to a deputation from the Timber Workers' Conference, the Hon G. Laureiisoii: said that he had a good deal of svmpatby with tho proposal to nationalise the timber industry, but he did iwb think it could 'be tackled ni the immediate future. He personally favoured' increasing the duty on foi - ei<m timber, hut that would me«m raising tho cost, of living. Mr Lauren son said he was in sympathy with the objects of the deputation generally. On . the question of the price of food,, the Minister said that the milk supply should bo dealt with by municipalities Under the, municipal, system, Wb' cost of distribution would be reduced by 75 pei- cent. A Wellington telegram states that amendments to the Workers' Compensation) for Accidents Act were discussed at the Trades and Labour Conference yesterday. It was resolved that the Act should be amended in! the dn- | cctioni of nullifying . any agreements that- ma.y be entered into with any insurance Company, and any person entitled to compensation. It was stated that frequently workers were induced by the representatives of insurance companies to sign away part of their lights. It was also agreed that the Act should ibe amended to take away the power from a. Judge, which allows him to withhold compensation unless the patient submits to anaesthetics for undergoing an operation. It was •ilso resolved that in the opinion of the Conference, the whole of the insurance business ini connection with the Workers Compensation Act, should be taken oyer by tho State.

According to a Wellington lress message a deputation, Tepi'escntu K the Peace Society, and several[ Labom organisations, waited: on. the Won. A. M -Myers, Minister for Defence, ana protested; against the compulsory sections of the Defence Act. The deputation declared that they would nevei rest until the compulsory clauses weie repealed. The Minister repea.e<t his declaration that he would be no party to tJio law being broken, and eveijbsdy would be treated alike. J.he rea- ' son*the Act was made compulsot> was that they 'believed it was the duty of every individual to serve the btate. A member of the deputation asked the Minister if he would he prepaicc amend the Act «o '-as to 'prevent torce I>eing used, t-o which the Minister plied that order must 'be maintained. The statement was received with n onieal laughter.

•'The 'discovery of the North _l ok : fell in the Americana, and the Smith Pole is the prize of the Norwegians. This is made very clear hv the return <\f. the Terra. Nova, as on January sk'(loa.wtia.in Scott was 100 miles away ( from the- Pole, whei'ea.s Captain Am-! nndsen had reached it in the middle of December. The question of luck enters largely into such matters, butj t'hcro is no luck about the superiority j ■of Crescent Blend Tea. It has won j its way into favour through sheer me-: rjt. and this position it will always' ' ] j

Owing to an outbreak of mumps, it | is feared that the Newman, school will have to be temporarily closed. It is probable that Masterton will be furnished with a skating rink for the coming winter. Trout are reported to be numerous ! in the upper reaches of the Taueru river, which is seldom visited by anglers. The Express states that a considerable wumbar of farms have changed hands in the Eketahuna district during the past month at satisfactory prices. The milk supply at the Mangatainoka cheese factory on Wednesday was j 1279 gallons, about double the quantity received on tho same day of last season. Bavarian, scholars under seventeen years ol' ago have been prohibited from pkying football, on the ground that rough and careless play -will possibly have a coarsening effect on youths. Settlers in the South Island continue to complain that they are unable to get railway trucks to transport their grain. The shortage has caused great inconvenience to tho fanners, who on one or two occasions have suffered considerable loss through.tho sacks of. grain getting soaked with rain. The Paiiiatua Racing Club has made an application to the, new Minister for Internal Affairs (the Hon. G. W. Russell) for the re-instatement of the totaMsator permit. The Club was one of the nuniiber that was affected by the gaming legislation! of the session of 1911, tlie Racing Commission recommending, afer. a hurried inspection) of the racecourse, that owing to its proximity to Woodville, no permit be granted 1 , consequently the club w«.s unable to hold its annual two days race meeting this year. Woodville, on the other hand, was allowed to retain its four days' races.