LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10621, 29 April 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

! Tho latest ret«rn,,from the Woiksop ! dredgo is 54'ozs. 3d\vts for 130 hoiu>. ' A howling southerly gale was experienced in Masterton yesterday. in tho evening the wind assumed hurricane force,"and did considerable, damago to fences and plantations. Four degrees of frost were registered in Masterton on Saturday morning. Thirteen points of rain fell during tho twenty-four hours preceding !) o'clock on Saturday. The post office, authorities notify that from the' 4th proximo.the mono; order and savings-bank branch will be open in Masterton from 9 a.m. to .4 p.m., and will ro-open from 7 to 5 p.m., for the receipt of savings-bank deposits. Mr J. B. Emmett, Secretary cf + 'ic Ma-sierton A. and V. Association, has returned from a trip to tlie northern part of the electorate. He has secured quite a number of contributions' in money and kind towards the forthcoming stock fair. For Chronic Chest Complaints. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is Gd 2s. 6d.

[ There is at present a distinct dearth ! ot relieving teachers in the Wanganui j Education district. ( Mumps are still vory prevalent in i Master ton, and are affecting adults as ; v/ell as juveniles. There are at present seventeen patients, including three fever caset>, in the Masterton Hospital. The Masterton Motor Cycling Club will probably hold a run at an curly { date. j The report, of tho Royal Commission i on Mines has been printed bv the GoJ vernment at a cost of £2Bo for printI ing alone. I Tho Wairarapa Golf Club has sc | cured the services of Mr McEw;<>, e« a professional coach from Mav 5-h to May 19th. The trout-fishing season will conelude to-morrow. A number of Masterton anglers were out yesterday, but the rivers we.ro too muddy for fishing. , Mr C. Curtis mentioned at the. Westport banquet to Mr Coivin. that recently GOOO tons of coal were loaded at Westport in 24 hours'. The Oamaru Mail says of a. North Otago farmer who has occupied his farm for the past -10 years, that never'J before has ho experienced a harvest.! that hii.s given him such excellent rc.turns as the one just completed. It is stated that the Masterton branch of the Labour Party intends: nominating a candidate for the vacani seat on tho Council, and candidates for the vacancies on the Trust Lands Trust. The Christchurch Press says:—"We shall not bo at alt surprised >to see a ■ rapprochement between Mr Millar and Mr Massey, which would have the effect of considerably clearing up the political situation." Tho water which Masterton consumers were provided with yesterday had a very delicate colour. It looked almost as bad as it tasted. But there were a great many who preferred not to taste it.

An application.has been made to the Supreme Court for a change of vehup in the caso Stagpoole v. Pirani, and will be heard at Wellington to-mor-row. -«

The matron of the Masterton Hospital requests us to thank the foll6wing for donations to the Hospital' —Mrs M. Casclberg, grapes; Mr Speedy, apples, Mrs Redmond, old linen; Mrs Erl Williams and Mrs Bentley, magazines.

At the new Auckland Post Oliicc, three telephone booths are to be provided. Plans for these have just been prepared by the district telegraph engineer. Probably one of the booths will be devoted to a two-pence in the slot machine, while tho other two telephones will be for long distance communication. ,

Although termed the "Bush" district, firewood is apparently getting scarce in Pahiatua, not a single tender being 1 received by* the local School Committee for a supply "oft ten cords. Some of the wood dealers in 'the toiyi recently raised the price on the unfortunate householder by a shilling a cord. —Herald.

Tho members of the Wellington Land Board, with tho exception of tiie Commissioner (Mr James Mackenzie) camo up to Martinhorough on Friday to inspect the deer forest reserve, a good deal of tho bush on which was recently destroyed, and to-day a spec ial 'meeting of the Board will be held 1o consider the matter.......

The new Mayor of Ghristcli urjh (Mr H. Holland), in a pre-election speech, expressed the opinion that no preference should bo given to married men over single, and that in many cases men had to remain singlo because of their aged and infirm parents. "I believe that a .'single man is sufficiently penalised by being single," bo concluded.

During the present month- nine widows' pensions granted in the New Plymouth district. One was refused because the widow was unable to produce naturalisation papers. Since the new Act came into force on January Ist this year, twenty-four claims' have been received, and twenty-two dealt with, While two only remain to be dealt with.

The new Hydro Hotel, at present being erected on a commanding site overlooking Caroline Bay, is to be unique at least in ono respect (states the Tim- | am Post). The building is to-be fitted with hot and cold saltwater baths. The water for the purpose is to be brought up from Caroline Bay, permission having been obtained from the authorities. Old settle re in the Mastorton dis-i trict aver that the past season has produced less -sunshine than any season for thirty years. There has been practically no summer, and very little autumn, while even now we appear to havo reached the depths of winter. " A paragraph is going the rounds of the press-to the effect that Mr George Beetham, formerly of Masterton, was one of the passengers by the ill-fated steamer Titanic. We have the assurance of Mr W. H. Beetham, of Masterton, that the statement is without foundation. The story probably originated from the fact that Mr Oren Beetham, son of Mr H. H. Beetham, of Brancepcth, who has been on a visitto the- Old Country, intended taking his passage to America on the return journey by the Titanic on her second voyage.

An, astonishingly widespread feeling of satisfaction has been created in Auckland by the re-election of Mr (J. J. Parr as Mayor. That this was so was clearly evidenced on Thursday, when congratulatory messages poured in upon Mr Parr from all jKirts of iew Zealand, and even further alichl. Amongst those who congratulated the Mayor upon his re-election were the Hon. A. Myers (Minister of Railways), and a number of M.P.'s, including Mr leader of the Reform Party, clerics of all denominations, magistrates, public and social organisations, prominent citizens in various centres of New Zealand, and' numbers 01" prifhte persons. In all between iiOC and 400 of these congratulatory messages reached tho Mayor during the. day.

The hunting season wil bo opened at Pftjuatua on Saturday next. The Wairarapa Boxing Assnc : atio-i will hold its anmud mating this « P °l A Gisborno Hairy company has Si r Julius Caesar as its chairman. Hktory repeats itself, and Britain is invaded with his butter. A private picture company is being formed in Pahiatua to give entertainments at tho Foresters' Hall, and also at Woodville, Eketahmia, and the surrounding districts. Dairy farmers at Nikau, as well «* at Marima, are considering tho advisability of establishing cheese factories in those districts in readiness for next season.—Herald. An effort is being made to form an Officers' Club in connection with the Territorials in tho Wairarapa, and ♦• preliminary meeting was held in Masterton on Friday evening. Although tho Mangaramarama. cheese factory has five less suppliers this season than last, tho present supply shows an increase- of 100 gallons over that of the same period of <ast year. ! A referendum was taken at Westport recently on tho question of allowing concerts to" bo held on. SiTiidavs. -Tho voting was :—For 971; against ! o90; majority for, 3SI. At a meeting of the sub-committee •of the Masterton A. and P. Associa- : ;tion on Saturday last, the list cf show judges was revised, and a number of fresh names were added. A largely attended meeting of dairyfarmers was held at•""Hamilton is*t week -to manufacturing cheese in place of butter. Altera deal of argument i the meeting decided in favour of but- j ter. Masterton seems to be one of the few towns in the Dominion that is not equipped with a skating rink. In many of New Zealand's more important towns the rinking craze is very pronounced, and promises a winter pastime to supplant dancing iri*popularity. j An important proposal will be discussed at> the Wellington Education Board meeting to-morrow in reference to the inspectorate. The appointment of an Inspector to succeed Mr Teuoant, Principal of the Training College, will also be made at this meet- j ingTho Live Stock Division of the Jepartment" of Agriculture has received j from .the War. Office in London f.mis \ of tender for the supply of preserved meat for the forces, i. The contract term is from October, 1912, to September 1915, and tenders close on Sth June next. I

A dairy-farmer in the Masterton district claims to have discovered an infallible cur© for mammitis in cows; Tho remedy, which is being patented, takes the form of a liniment, i.'!\ccllent results are said to have been obtained from tests made. \,. Under the auspices of the Pahiatua District Progressive Association, Mr W. A. Bcddoe, Canadian Trade Commissioner to Now Zealand, delivered an address at the Foresters' Hall on .Friday night on "Advantages of Reciprocal Trade between Canada and New Zealand." There was a fair attendance, including a number of ladies. The leases of several pastoral uins at .Kopuaranga fall in next "month. It is understood that these are to bo cut ;ip and offered as dairy farrns:vfhe surveyors are already at work on the property at Ihiiraua' .formerly leased by MrJ. F.-, Heckler'v This is io Le cut up into a number of dairy farms, which will shortly be thrown open for selection.

Some interesting figures of the Trade done between Canada and New Zealand were quoted by Mr W. A. Beddoe, Trade Commissioner, in his address in Pahiatua the other evening. He stated that during 1910 tbis: Do-r minion purchased goods from Canada of the value of £160,000. In lirtly the.amount was £304,000. In I*lo the boxes of butter sent from * this country to Canada was aiid in 1911 theqtumtity had increased to 26,000.

Speaking a.t tire social tendered tc Mr Lee, member for Oamaru, on Monday last, Mr W. Nosworthy made a rather telling point, says the Ashlurton Mail. Ho remarked that while the agricultural and pastoral industry was responsible" for between eighty and ninety per cent, of the Dominion's exports, its interests in the Ward Cab' inet bad been represented by only U'o men—Messrs Buddo ahd Ngate,. under the Mackenzie Cabinet matter.-. were even worse, as while Mr Mackenzie professed to be exceedingly solicitous on behalf of the .farmers and agricultural and pastoral community, the industry was only represented by o.ie member out of ten of the Cabinet — the Hon. Mr Macdonald, of ihe Buy of Plenty.

) A recent issue of the Marlborough I Express contained the following:— Mr Healy. the manager of the Picten Freezing* Works, states that the finest di'iiii.'iht of lambs of the season were sent in by Mr Vavasour, of Ugbrooke, on the loth first..,, and composed 425 Shropshire crow, lambs and P5 half-bred wether lambs. The Shropshire cross Jambs weighed <as high as 561bs, and, averaged 40.351b5. They nc-ro of the nrimost being classed na C.M.C.'s. The half bred wether lambs were also of prime quality, and averaged SB.4olbs. Mr Vavasour states that: this ds his third . draft of Shropshire cross lambs tin" season, his previous draughts consisting of 282-ajid 252. Tho total number of Shropshire cross lambs he hatl N diopped this season was 1088, leaving onlv 129 not yet ready; but these £0 < expects to bo fit hi about a Mr Vavasour holds that results like this ca.n be obtained by no other cross in tho world.

j A Hobart eahkigram last night stat ( od that tho etcaanor Ruahine had ar- ' rived there from London. It transpires that it was the husband of Now Zealand's Grace Darling (Hemi sMntenga) who died nt Nelson last week. \v^r rt} l Amerioan forroors arrived at A,?7"f °, n Batur <%> en route for niS'Nrl ? they int< - >ll{l ?£.tth' 1 N ° W Zcal;md floutthat they should pass us by? It is stated that during the ve-ir--1911 no less than 740,000 trout'oia were distributed from Rotorua to various parts of the Dominion. The increasing interest tuJten by farmers in tho pasteurisation of 'skim milk and whey is evidenced by the that tho system has now been infroi duced to some seventy cheese factories and twenty-eight creameries. Recently a letter of introduction was handed by an actor to a manager which described tho presenter as an "actor of much merit, and ooncludod: "Ho plavs Macbeth, Richelieu, Hamlet, Shyloek. and .billiards. Ho plays billiards best." Despite inclement vreatlxer f». large muster of young men were present at fheY.M.C.A. Strangers' Tea last, evening;., A song service was held and tho meeting closed with the Doxology. Mr H. McHattio occupied the ch-'ir. j The payments made by the C:mi- ! bridge Co-operative Dairy Co-rrtpany-during the p»Kfc-mtmth for butter-raft j were £SOIO 9s 4d,.-as against iC27 r :".;> 8s 6d in the corresponding month last j year. i The. Master ton Drivers' JJniori lieitt asmoke concert in the Druid's Hall oiy | "Saturday evening, there being pres- | ent a large atteda.nce of members and their friends. During the evening a number of toasts were honoured, ami

reference was made to the work of the union. A n-nmber of songs and recitations were contributed, and the singing of "Atild Lang |3yne" brought a very enjoyable evening to a* dose. The JRev. J. T. Field, who was sent to Papua some years ago by the Methodist Church to work among the natives of tha Islands, gave a most interesting -address the MethodistChurch last' evening. : v This evening ho will tell the story of his experiences amongst tho cflimrbaits, when a collection will bo taken up in aid of the foreign mission work. The Wellington Education Board* invites tenders for the lease of 9 acres, Mangaone. The Ma-sterfcon County Council gives notice that the heavy traffic clause ot _ the County Traffic By-la.w comes into ■ operation on the Ist May, prox. Messrs C. Smith, Ltd.,.are at pros!ent showing a fine range of smart millinery and costumes, inspection of which is invited.

No. 2. Troop of tho Mounted liiiu s will assemble at the Drill Hall, Masterton, at 7.30 to-night, for theissue of kit-bags and head-ropes. The "Gabnac" weather coat is claimed to be one of the most*, serviceable of wet weather wearables, and the most dependable for country wear. Alex. Donald, tailor, Masterton, ha. J just landed a fine shipment of these coats, suitable for ladies and gentlemen, and while such garments are usually sold at 755, Mr T)on;tM is offering his lot at the reduced price of 60s.