LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10619, 26 April 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The; latest return from ;the Suwess dredge is 32ozs. Gdwfcs. for 120 hoars. The. In test return from the "jVJtastorton dredge is 19ozs. ISdivts. for ll?i) hours' working. '.l ho new School Committee at Martinborough embraces a clergyman, u Justice of the Peace, a constable, *i coroner, and an undertaker. Invitations are,being issued for the official opemng of the new assembly ball at tho Masterton . District High School on Thursday, May 2nd, afc 2.30 P.m. Tho Prime Minister (Hon. T Mackenzie) and Minister for Education (Hon. J. A. Hanan) have been invited to be present."

Iti s rather a /singular fact that Southland is tlie T oitly district where buslnneu arc organised and are eligible to become members of the Sawmill Workers' Union. Hundreds of me.i who are directly conencted with the industry are thus lost to tho Federation. Steps are to be taken to remedy this defect, and Southland's example is to be followed by the rest of the unions in the country.

I As a. rulo intoxicated persons arc | nob particular about the places they select as retreats for the purpose of sleeping off their stupor (says the Poverty Bay Herald), but the spot sele<.-ted by a Napier wharf-labourer on Friday was uncanny to a degree. A new hearse was standing on the wharf for some time, ready for shipment by the s. s. Ripple. When the vehicle was being hoisted tho workmen were attracted by a noise in the hearse, and on investigating discovered a man inside. He had shut himself inside to have a sleep, and narrowly escaped a trip to Gisbome. T'lie trouble 5n sending a' New Zealand rep-resen.tivtivo to compete in- the &Avimaming events at., _ the Olympic Sports, fans' been- • practically settled, and 'Malcolm 'Ghia-mpiori, .'New Zealand's oraolc swimmer, Oias (left-toy the iAtlho-nie for Stockholm. • In competitions, sMli 'and superior Qualities aro dtim'e,nitrated, a>nd r -in -tea -com,petit;i:oH(S-, Crescent Tea !ha>s, by itsl supc-ir-ior qaiality, strength and ric3meiss, t become itihe favourite of many tea drink--esrs. For Influenza take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Never fails. Is 6d and 2s 6d. Nature's Embrocation. — ROCKE'S Eucalyptus Gil. finest that Australia' produces. There's something distinctive abou + - ROCKE'S.

Several cases involving breaches of by-laws will be heard in the Masterton ' Magistrate's Court to-day. Two'persona will be charged with ' breaches of the Gaming Act at tho | Magistrates Court in Masterton today. Two charges of offering sh«cp for sale which were infected with lice will r be preferred against two stock owners : at the Magistrate's Court to-day. A Wellington telegram states il.at the Labour Party will nominate :i een- | didate for a vacancy on the Wellington City Council, caused by Mi McLaren's election to the Mayoralty. | There is a movement on f jot at-.Ois-borne to form a cow-testing a >sri' ijtion, for the advancement ol tic dairying industry in that district. [ The East Coast "Acclimatisation. Committee has imported 30 pur of pheasants from the Wellington Society to form tho nucleus of a brwding stock. Arrangements have beer irulo to distribute the same amongst the settlers for breeding purposes; An Auckland telegram states that a deputation waited on the Premier yesterday, and asked for a grant of £12,000 for additions and /eiier il improvements to tho museum. The Premier, in replying, promised a -pound for poimd subsidy on the £OBI by tho public. Acordsng to a southern contenircrary, several bush farms in ihe Ahuriri district, near Port Molyneux (Oliigo) have lately been abandoned by their occupants. On some of tlnse phi-xs I there are good dwellings and outbuildings, with orchards and cleared pn.l- , docks. But apparently the isolation I and the plague of bad roads havs proved too much for the settlers, who ha>. e | moved in search of fresh fie'.us and pastures new.

Honey ought to the products that are shrinking this year. Reports to tlie director of apiaries and other divisions show that in Auckland "the yield on the whole has been vciy poor"' ; Hawke's Bay had ,; .i very j-oor hopey crop"; "Wellington and Taranaki are much below tlie averages''; the Christchurch crop is "vry V-glit''.; and in Duncdin "the season has been a disastrous one generally." , • At meetings of kiiisfhoklers for the election of school committers in, the Auckland Education distt i-.t. taore> was much discussion* in reference to the powers of Committees in the "selection of t'-;ior.ers. Although one or two Committees favoured Inspectors' .^election, . the is that . the' power's, of School Committees are' much'" too limited, one member expressihg tho opinion that if they were .qualified to look a I'tec the affairs of the. school, they were quite .able to select their teachers.

The world is small, after,all, says the Auckland Star, when two former, neighbours of Christiana,- Norway, can meet so casually as did Captain Amundsen and Mr E. Blauw at- a reception tendered to the former the other morning. '"Mr Blauw, who leaves iu a week or two on a- visit to ihe homeland, was able to remind the noted explorer that they had'-lived near, each other in days gone by. Old acquaintance had not been forgotten.

According to a ."Wellington,'-fJelogrrim ; the Railway Appeal Board allowel the appeals against classification in the cases of John Cheescman, Signa.-. an<i Interlocking Inspector, and J. Gordon. Inspector of Permanent" Ways. The l chairman, Di\ M'oArttaur, said thit ho I had reconsidered tho point he. took np 1 in case, and he was now very much afraid that Regulation 4'.) was .ultra vires, because section 60 of , the Act was virtually to give every 1 -man tho right of appeal from his superior officer. An extraordinary general meeting of the Workmen's Friend Building Society was held in tho .-Y.M.C. A., rooms last evening, Mr W. jff. .Jackcon (chairman of directors) .-pfesiding over an. attendance of abotit• thirty members. The business included an appropriation by ballot of £BOO. . J. Pryor and R. Sutherland /were ap - pointed scrutineers, and Mr H. Price was appointed to draw the marble, with the result that Mr W. J. Henry, •* ?,r.O. formerly of Matterton, -vras declared to tho sum of-.-QSOO. free of interest; TL.Chairman congratulated the members on the progress of the Society, tl>.u monthl}' .subscription amounting: to nearly £2OO, and a mimiber of new shares having been applied for. In reply to a request for raihay extension to Waiuku, at Aueklavd yesterday, tho Prime Minister said tiiat Auckland had a good shaie of loat. t money for ttie past year. Many l arts or Now Zealand, lie said, were worse off than Waiuku, and unles ■ l-ho_ country de'eidr-d for the coasiructnn ■ol these branch railways he dij not think tlicy would go on. However, n-< had no hesitation in saying lliat ,] y tho country'was willing. ho was qoitc prepared to undertake public wotks ;>( ■this-nature, which .the progress of,the country and lus colleagues quite agreed with him. Mr Mackenzie informed tho. affputaturn tlut their railway tclieim* would He included among many others in his general harrowing scheme.

Replying to a deputation frovi til-": settlers of tlx? Te A wamutu district lor a triti 1. survey of the Line fro n *l.O- - to Putarara, the t'rimo lu.m--istor said that at the present ti'Yio no money was available for nu;h work. At the last election one of /.he Slackest ch-a.rgo.s levelled aga;ii.st too \\ ard Government was that it was a borrowing Government, and it nad l.ccn blackguarded and nbn.se<] 'rom cin"'. to end of i-li.i country. If the last election 1)0 taken as an indication, in tlie opinion of the people there won!•"! be no money for const rucUn{< railvay-. It was easy, Mr Mackenzie said, to appea&o the outcry against rcckii-j.s borrowing, bv ceasing to borrow. ■ the people did -not want development, ib would not be given. Pe>son;jliy Jie was in favour of progress, out st tlx re was no money, the land could no 'U farmed. He concluded by living.that political hypocrisy must cease. TO ■ PRACTICAL MUSICIANS. If von want to bnv or get advice concerning a.nv insirument of music, pa-aii'riP, organs- ,'biuul iiietrum-MiuS, or atavihing els*—it will pay you to'consult' ']!}& Dmxteu Piano Company -first. Whv?' , Because the TVcsdpn conducts ; a big concern, which -is perfectly sytstenia tinted. It- nt its -business toknow aHI- that there is to he known of ■musical instruments. so- far as the needs of Xc«\v- Zcalsvsid are concerned. It represents several piano house*;; it has a fine, stock of organs of 'n.ll sorts; it-'" is .sole agent for Hawke® worldfamous hand 'instruments, —and, \mnin reasVsn, * will give von any ter,ml> you waiivt. The Dresden fnmo Comtfaaiv. Ltd., Wellington.. North Inland Manager, M J. •Representative: H. Tons Djmrtl a Buildings, Qite«> Street.

A motorist .will bo charged j;i, theMagistrate's Court- to-da.y with furious driving. The Masterton Horticultural and Jii—dustirial.Society 'has assets at.date o c tho value of, £6l 12s. Pheasants are reporter! to i>e fairly numerous in the Masterton district this season.

Mr J. C. Baddijigton reports that the rainfall registered at tho Upper Plain for the 24 hours preceding a.m. yesterday was 16 points.

Tho Premier states that the surplus for the financial year ended March 31st. is about three-quarters of a million sterling. ' "

The hands on a threshing mill in the Ashlyurton district have earned £1 10s a week for the past e!cv en weeks—the who'o of the iinio the mill has been, out.

Tfie popularity of the game of hoc-k----ey was evidenced yesterday, when a large number of spectators were present to witness tho P. and T. rersm Excelsior match at "Lansdowno,

Pateat has started on a progressivecareer. " The. residents propose to raisoa loan of £SOOO for the purpose of erecting a.Town'Hall and municipal buildings.

Sheep in* some, parts of the "vlasterton district are suffering from foot disease this. rear. This is probably due to the excessive rainfall experienced.

New regulations under tho State Guaranteed Advances Act provide that loans to local ibodies may be for • term of twenty years at ,3£. per ceh t in-, terest. Tho Wanganui police are taking active steps to prevent the riding of . cyclists on the footpaths, and a largenumber of the, cycling fraternity .have-, recently'boen fined. Up to tlie 10th inst tliere were registered at Ohristchurch 810 motor cars, and 1267- motor cycles, amir tliere arc in addition over 90 taxi-cabs?-, in the city. Towns" in the north are bringing in. strict by-laws for the regulation motor-car . traffic, and it is stated that the intend ; rigidly en-■ v (forcingthe law. A recent visitor to the Chinese slum quarter in Wellington foulid quite a large number of the inhabitants in bed at 11 a.m. In his opinion theChinese got far too much credit for industry. - A..wel 1-knowu dairy 'farmer in trv.vGisborhe ; d;sVrict stated 'a recent .meeting . tlia't. he. had four cows ttia v;" were yielding 3851bs of milk p.er. day,-' ahcl[ tl:i.». l e said, was the result oJsystematic testing;" ■ ' " The Premier, questioned regarding. the High Comnn'ssionersliip, jsaid had decided upon a course. for-', tbe consideration of Cabinet, but had not? yet submitted the matter.,to his colleagues. * " v In a QueejistowTi districf;, a traveller met a maa-,and wife who walked fOiir mites to sk& lirs car,mever having secit one before.. He found the people.had? a decided aversion to motor care. This is explained by the narrowness of tlie* roads in a .hilly country. ' A sailor 1 who deserted from, tlie-bar-que Sirius when she was recently in Westport, appeared in public after the vessel had sailed, a:s-deserters frequent-' ly do. I He stated (says the Westport Times) that ho had spent three or four days in the scrub at the south side of the river, opposite the wharf, where hohad a good view of tho ship. His sustenance was a loaf of bread and a small, quanitityof otliei- food supplied to. him by a boy whose acquaintance he* had made. .-

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In his last report to the Agricultural Journal, Inspector T. C. Webb, of Masterfcon, says:—"The past seasons lias been one. of ..the most extraordinary ever experienced iiv the districts Theit lias 'been practically 110 summer, and winter seems to have arrived before wo have fairly got info autumn,* Grass is in abundance, but is lacking in substance. Grain yields have been fill exceptionally good, and fair yields ;M'e expected from the potato crops., '

If any farmers carrying out co-oper-ative experiments with lucerne_ find dodder in their crops the Biologist of" the Department-, Mr A. H. Cockayne, would be glad to receive specimens of" affected plants. It has been,reported thot dodder has been, seen? rn. trench; seed offered for snlo m. the Dominion, . but so far didder has not been reported on in any of the lucerne crops of ew Zealand.

lb has been stated that,.in 1909-10 the Frimley Canning Company bad employed 90 women and girls in tlio busy season, in 1010-11 the numb"*!* had been about-SO,'whilst this .'it aso'i ■ only 45 -have been obtainable. It is further stated that unless more labour was obtainable next season die Fnir.ioy • works' would, have io close u-o«n.. Workers'' trains between Napier \u<i Hastings would probablyassist toward' a better supply of labour;

At tlie annual meeting of the Ms'sterton Horticultural and Industrial' Society next week, the. following motions, of which notice has-been given, will be considered-"That the anniii«! f.itbscription bo.increased to £1 Js for family tickets, and 10s far- .singletickets, from ; the present amount 10s and-5s respectively.' "That th» open class for exhibitors bp made oj'en to all, including nurserymen.

In company with Mr A. McFarlane, ChairrniiJi of directors of the Ballanee Co-operative Dairy Company, Mr W. M. Singleton, assistant director of tlio Dairy Produce Section of the Agricultural Department, has, during tho last couple of days, inspected' tlw factories and principal creameries of tho company in connection with tlw question of the installation, of dual plants, arising out •of the butter v. cheesecontroversy. Mr McFarlano informed a Herald representative that meetings of shareholders and suppliers areto l>e hdd shortly at the principal centres in the district, for the discussion of the subject.

The pen is mightier than the sword, The rifle or the gun; Ton thousand battles it has fought, Ten thousand victories won. But- here's a mightier power still, • A conqueror that's sure; It vanquishes our coughs and colds. It's Woods' Groat Peppermint Cure. 3KEEP HIM IN PERFECT ORDER, "For the past seven years I have kept my system in pen Feet order by thA occasional use of Chamberlain's. Tablets," writes Mr W. McWilliam, J .P., Waimana, J\.Z. "Whenever I feel dull I take a dose and find that two tablets taken at night leave me a fresh man nest morning. Chamberlain': 1 tablets aro particularly pood as they neither gripe nor purge.*" Sold; by all chemists and storekeepers.

It is, thoso well-informed in matters dealing with labour organisations, that next year the Butchers Unions in connection with freezing works, intend to make a demand tor a substantial increase in wages. A Government Dairy Instructor, -speaking at a, Farmers' Union meeting at Gisbonw recently, said that, >n future when a man wished to s-ll n 00-w, or herd of cows, he would navo to produce records to show their milk trroducing qualities. '/It ™y not come tor some years, but it will como ultimately," said the speaker, Tt is generally supposed that this '.s the latest season known in the district (says the Bruce Herald), but a welV lenotvn farmer states that this is a p< ]>- nl-it delusion. He Alleges that a few years ago, on the Roxburgh Estate, a •crop was not cut till June, while a-far-mer on the hills was not aible to >ead in until August., If these facts are taken into consideration the' present .season is an early one in comparison. A young man with general fa-'mmj.' •experience requires employment on a ■station. .. Pi! rob red Indian Runner ducks are advertised for sale by Mr N. Ferguson, Gladstone. Tho house property advertised by Mr W. B. ChenneUa and Co., at £72.5, lias been reduced to £620 for quick . -sale. The annual meeting of the Masterton Morris Tube Club will be held this * - -evening, at 8 o'clock, in the Druids' Hall. The annual general meeting of uowJbcrs of the Y.M.C.A. will be lielo in the rooms, Masterton, to-night, when -a full attendance is requested. Many a man hasn't time'to think of a now suit until after Easter. Lucky •are the men who liave suits to buy, for according to Mr J. L. Murray's notice ' in this issue, values never were better. ... Mr J. B. Keith, land and estate agent, Masterton, advertises particulars of two dairy farms of 51 acres and 100 acres respectively. They can m)H as going concerns, and the -terms aro easy. ft. great slaughter sale of boots and shoes will commence in Masterton tomorrow (Saturday) morning, in ti,o ishop next the Bank of Australia Queen Street. Great reductions a?o , announced in every line, and further particulars will be published in to-nar-row's issue. The manager.of the "0.K." room 1 ?.. Street,'' : n©ar -Thompson and -. . .Payne's picture t theatre, invites +he | .public to come to hear the Diploiii-i 1 "Tamaphone, which has a beaut liu Scar tone. These machines aro stook - / cd at all prices from £3 to £l5O, with •a fine lot of records. Since tho establishment of Maltby's Cafe in Masterton, the proprietor has, by strict attention to business and long -experience in catering for the denial (Is irf an exacting public, establisliwl a tliat- If Mghly. creJibnLlo. ; ♦" The spacious riiioiais are equipped in fc '| e most modern lines, and evoryth ng is tuider the personal supervision of the proprietor. All viands supplied of the best, and whatever is in sea son appoara in the menu. isitors from tue country are'specially catered for, and arrangements can bo made for supper parties on tho shortest notice.