LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10608, 15 April 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

There are at present twenty patients in tho Masterton, Hospital. The Fc.athor'sion Golf Club opened itr, season on Saturday last. . ■'The Dannevirkc Borou gli Council made a profit, of £lO on tho running of -ifcbpublic ibatbs'last, season. '

It is expected that the Waingaw.i freezing works will contimio operations this year until well into the month of June.

At the Trades Council Conference at Wellington, a resolution was passed urging the Government to employ only members of Unions when engaging casual labour.

The usual services of the Baptist' Church; "were held *im Murray's Hall, MastertoHi, -yesterday. Pastor lSwiner<3 preached (both morning and evening. The subject at 7 p.m. was "Seven Successive Steps," an instructive address being delivered.

Tiie Trades Council Conference, says a Wellington telegram, endorsed the principle of making rating on unimproved land values, compulsory, but entered a protest against the proposed increase im the (Land Tax exemption from £SOO to £IOOO.

A Thames telegram states that William MoKee, a young married man, received injuries likely to prove fatal, while working in the deep level cross, cut. McKee was engaged on <a face, when a largo stone in the roof of the drive came away and crushed him to the floor. His spine was injured and he also .sustained a broken leg.

A mto. named William Henry Williams, aged 36, a compositor by trade, was admitted to fcho Christchurch Hospital om Saturday .wight, suffering from the effects of poisoning, supposed to be self-administered. His condition was then serious, but was slightly improved on Sunday morning.

The increasing popularity of the Strangers' Tea in the local Y.M.C.A. was again manifested last evening by the large attendance of young men to partake of tea, and to listen to an address delivered by Pastor Swinerd, who also sang an appropriate solo. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded tho ladies of the Methodist Church for supplying provisions. Several members afterwards journeyed to Sol way Home, where a service was conducted by. Mr Norman Marshall, of Cambridge.

Tho Trades Council Conference, now sitting in Wellington, decided that" it was-unable to accept the invitation from the Victorian Trades and* Labour organisation to send delegates to the conference in Melbourne this month, to discuss tho question of disarmament, .but gave the unqualified . approval of the conference, to any proposals put forward that will tend to strengthen the agitation against the Imrdensomc, unprofitable and ridiculous competition in armaments going on at present, and which is undoubtedly detrimental' to the interests of tho people.

In complaining to the Mastertou A. and P. Association on Saturday last of tho defective railway, arrangements for the last show, Mr John- R. Mapdon aid, of Levin, stated .—"Tho -train ari'aii»-emr.n.ts for your show were as had as could possibly bo imagined. My five horses, although loaded for tho return trip, wore left at- the stationby the statiommaster from the, fire* train, and did not reach Levin until after'midnight. Owners with valuable horses will not tolerate this .sort of treatment a second time. It is to 'ho hoped, therefore, for the sake of future shoAv-s, that the Masterton show will be able to cope with this difficulty under the now Administration of this country." TTTE BIGHT PIANO.

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The latest return from the Worksop dredgo is 67ozs. lkhvts. for 129 hours' work.

Nine now members were elected to tho Masterton A. and P. Association at Saturday's meeting. Tho newly-formed Masterton Ladies' Hockey Club held -several successful practices last week.

The Auckland Racing Club lias contributed £IOO towards the fund for the holding of an exhibition in that city.

Arrangements havo been completed for M. E. Champion, the champion swimmer of Auckland, to represent New Zoa,!and at the Olympic games.

The annual general meeting of the. Masterton Y.M.C.A. will be held on Friday, the 26th inst., when the election of the Board of. Management for tho ensuing year will take place.

The Christchurch Press reports that tho subscription list in aid of the star-" ! £?& c . eil, in England has reached MJO A sum of £2OO bas been collected by the Invercargill Times. Mr Alex. Grant, of Gladstone, desires us to state that ho was not the Alex. Grant who was defendant in a civil action -neard in Masteiton on n Thursday last. [

A little girl named Alice Lyford daughter of Mr and Mrs C. Lyford] fell off a fence at Tauherenikau on Friday and fractured her arm.

The Avater supply gave out in Carterton on Saturday, oAving to damage occasioned by tho recent- floods. A good deal of inconA'enience was experienced ,by townspeople. The supply was restored yesterday. At the Trades Council Conference the other day, Mr Whiting, a boo - .- maker, said lue was sur# the Stats; could manufacture .boots and sell them at 5s per pair cheaper than they Avere being sold to-day. The Ndreaha Cheese Company has been advised that a shipment of 300 cases of cheese sent Home by the Ruapehu has; realised 75s per cAvt. Mr Gwillaim, of -the. Agricultural Department, stated at Newman the other evening that if the whole of the dairymen in the Dominion reverted to cheese-making it AA - ould have no effect upon the Homo market. When an application for a transfer came before tho HaAv&e's Bay Land Board) one of the members remarket! upon the large number of tenants who became incapacitated through .sickness. " r

;-■ At th'e- moetilig of 'ihe Pahiahu Mr S. Bolton is reported to have urged that the Committee "bestiri-itself." "At- tho present time," he said, "we are Keeping tho Masterton Hospital!"

"It is a popular delusion," remarked Mr Gwillani at Xowman, "that calves and pig»s cannot be reaied on whey. Why," he Swiid, "a bull that took a first .prize at the Carterton show, w,i> reared on nothing but whey."

According to a Press Association message ■received last night, tlio Dominion meteorologist predicts strong southerly winds, cold and changeable weather,, with heavy'seas on the West Coast and southward, from , Castlepoint.

At the meeting of the Masterton A. and P Association, on Satur- | day last, the question of fixing a date ! for the holding of tho proposed stock J fair, in aid of the funds of the Assooia- \ tion, was left in the hands of the ( chairman, Mr H. Morrison, and tho ' Associated Atictio-neers, to decide upon tho most .suitable •date., A clfergymajf in one of the Mastevton pulpits lr.it nigbt urged the "spiritualizatiou" of railway trains. Had he I suggested a. method by which the velocity of tho irjins might be improved, h,2 would have appealed to the sympathies of a great many Wairarapa travel lei's.

As no appeal has .been, lodged against the disqualification of .Miss Vena,-who' ran second in an event at the recent naeo meeting, the Stewards of the Masterton Itacing Ohio Jhavo decided to pay the totalisator dividend on Italiaui, who ran third.

A meeting was held at Newjnajtt the oilier evening, to consider the question of establishing a cJiecso factory in that \ district. An address was given by Mr ] Gwillam, of the Dairying Division of the Agricultural Department-, who j pointed out the advantages of the manufacture of cheese over butter.

A Pahiatua telegram states that the Balkkico Daily Company -is ."paying out £'(5000 to-day to-suppliers for tlie month of iMarch, the butter-fat payment 'being at the rate of Is per lb. This brings the total payments ,by the Company for the present season to something over £'lo,ooo.

- A lady traveller complains of tho habit of certain, men who travel on the Wairarapa trains of placing a coat or a handl»ag on a seat in a firstclass compartment, and then proeccditm to a "smoker," to return when they are smoked out. In such casos we'would advise ladies or others who want .scats ta dump tho coat, or bag into'the rack, or on-tho floor, and take possesion of thi-i seat.

The following ..tenders were received by the Wairarapa. P. and A. ; Society for roofing tho sheep pens on. the show grounds:—Taylor and. Hodge (Masterton) £3OO (accepted); A. R. Wallis, £330; T. S. Arcus, £343; E. A. King, £350; D. T. Ring, £365 10s. The successful tende-rei*s are at present engaged ia the erection of tlic Buchanan. Home at Greytawn. Messrs 'Morgan and Fisher were appointed to superintend the work of roofing the pens.

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According to a Oliristchurcli.,telegram, William Ivor, aged 49, a resident of Addington, was killed on Saturday by a fall from a horse.

Charges havo boon preferred against one or two residents of Masterton', including the proprietor of -a- printinghouse, of "alleged breaches of tho Gaming Act. Tho cases will be heard at the next sitting of tho Magistrate's Court. . . .

While being schooled at PJlferslie, the horse Pukewera fell and broke his. neck. Tho rider, Pinker, sustained a slight concussion and -a splintered collarbone.

It is reported that tho purchaser of the old Waihonga bridge will make *i profit of several l hundred poitnds out of big venture*. Thousands of feet of first-class timber havo been obtained from tho bridge. - ,

Tho Post Cffice authorities advise that Tuesday, the 16th inst., is the last day for the payment of telephoneexchange subscriptions. Any connections the subscription's for which am unpaid on that day.Avill.be cut off.

During the past month ten patient* were admitted to tho Pahiatua Hospital', and eight Avere discharged. At tho end of March there were five patients in the institution, and at datethe number is four.

A number of recommendations hav<* been made by the marshall stewards of* tho Masterton A. and P. Association for improvements at the: next show.'" These Avill \ya considered Avhen further recommendations have been/ received..

• At tho meeting of the Masterton A. and P. Association on, Saiturday last,, it Avas decided to ask tho Borough. Council to 'blind and roll York Street. It Avas pointed out- that this would enable the police to deal Avith the traffia at the diOAvs.

A Search party for Stanley James Beattie, Avho is last in the * bush at Manakau, went from Levin on Thursday, but failed to find liim. Thoparty discovered a gun iand a dog belonging to Beattie. in the bush, and later on discovered his tamp, but v.o trace of Beattie or his horsse. Search parties from Otaki and Manakau are out again.

A consisting of Messrs Marxism, W. Perry, G. C SunimereH and D. McGregor has beenappointed ,by the Mastorton A. and P. AiKsoeiation to arrange for the furnishing of the new rooms of the Association.' and to effect certain repair"! iii tho -way of papering, etc, It was hoped th-ab the. roanl**, would, lie arail„ablc fov the next meeting oflhe Qwumittoi.',..- '*' ~ ' 'Mr J. O. Wilson, Provident of th«* Sow Zealand. Fanners' Union, has offered to deliver an address t4ris week, under I3i«y auspices-of the Mastcrton: A. and P. Association, on. of "Plant "Breeding.'' The ,Associ ition decided onnSaturday last to accept the offer, and to make the .accessary arrangement's. It is probable that the address will bo given on Friday •or Samrday next.

-ilio question of tho indtsrcriminaite itjse <jf pea-rifles was under discussion at tJie meeting of the iMasterton A. and P. Association on Saturday last, Mr D. McGiegor stated thafc lie did not see how it. was possible Lo put a stop to the practice. He was a boy himself once. Mr D. Foreman remarked that mafty of t'lio beys wluv used pea-rifles were over twenty-giui*. years of age* -

... J? In. response to representations front the member for papier, says a Napier telegram, . tho' J ' Hon. W. D. 8. Maedonald, Minister for Public Worfo,. has wired to Mr Vigor Brown,, M:P.„ stating that fifty additional.men -will; be put on tlie Napier end of the East Coast ■'railway.'; works immediately. The raits for the first portion of the line have been crderccl, and tenders have been received for. the sleepers. A Christcliureh Press message states, that Mr P. Hecus, the .manager of the Kaiapoi Clothing Factory, has .submitted proposals to the Technical' Allege for the training of girls to inuidle the machinery in tho woollen." and clothing trade. He told the College Board that the industry. : in Christcnurch ivas on the verge of a ci-isi.- r owing to the shortage of hands. The Board ihas referred the question to a Committee.

■Mr A. F. Wilding, the cbarnpiou tonniis player, has written to it friend in 'Glxristchurolvsays a Cliiisteluirdi telegram, in reference ta ths criticism regarding his absence from Kew Zealand iit'the Davis Clip matches. ,'Mr 1 Wilding says that when he promised to como to New Zealand, lie" had no idea ' that from June, 1911, he was to become a member of a largo London : firm. In the circumstances, lie could not ask for leave to make an extended trip to New Zealand. He stated tlKifc from June to February lie had not played tennis. .

An application was received at the meeting of the Masterton A. and P. Association on Saturday from thoofficer commanding the 9th Ba'ttalio.: of Territorials, for permission, to uso the ISolway showgrounds for an encampment, and also to use the buildings .neccisary for cooking, etc., for the men. The Secretary was instruct, ed to inform the military authorities that as the grounds werq already Let, they-.were not available for the," purposes of an encampment.

A fox-terrier pup, losi-iii.Mastortoii, iy advertised for.

A reward: is offered for tho recovery of three £5 notes, lost in. Queen Street.

A competent carter is required by tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd.- • Grim winter is rapidly approaching, and the days are .shortening rapidlv. To'brighten the gloom of the long evenings, Mr C. E. Daniell recommends his lamps and lampware. Autumn leaves in its wake a surprising number of coughs and colds. • These coughs should be.banished without delay. To achieve this-end Mr ,H. 'J'. Wood advertises bis .Peppermint Elixir or Eucalyptus Balsam, which ax-o remedies that have made good. Li games of skill much of the success of tho player depends upon, tbe materials ho use. l !. In .hookey,', for instance, a perfectly (balanced stick is essential. In tin's issue, Messrs King and Henry direct the attention of hockey players to their announcement which deals with this subject. In a change advertisement on pa»> 6 of this morning's issue, Mr Henderson., jeweller-optician,, has a, special word to say in regard to bis' optical department, those who are in, need of a well-fitting pair of spectacles »r their eye-sight attended: to, should mako ia point of visiting the establish, mwit. A new style of spectacle is illustrated, showing.«,. specially constructed lens, which directs lihp. line of vision through the centre of the <4a** a:d uoi at. the rim.