LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10628, 6 May 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The latest return from the Worksop dredge is 82ozs. lldwts. for 129 hours' working.

Tha" wint'.r is close at hand is evidenced by the falling of the leaves, which is now everywhere apparent. The Pongaroa County Council, at its meeting on Saturday, passed for payment accounts and wages amounting .to £1986.

Tn connection with the sale of work being -held by the Baptist Church next, Wednesday in the Gymnasium Hall, a rrogramme of musical items will 'be provided in lieu of the sacred concert previously announced.

A telegram from Pongaroa states , that the County Council adjourned for two hours' on Saturday, on a vote of sympathy for the demise of the Council Chairman's father, Mr It. B. Robertson, senr.

Masterton presented quite a gay appearance on Saturday night, owing to the appearance of the Caledonian Society's Pipe Band, who kindly paraded th e town and played several selections at the request of the St. John Ambulance Brigade.

Mrs Little, one of the two women taken ill at Takapuna on the 25th April died at the hospital at midnight on Friday, says an Aucklancl telegram. The medical evidence attributed the cause of death to cerebral hemorrhage, which was also the cause of the death $f Mrs Nicolson, Mrs Little's sister, who died previously.

A'conference between the representatives of the Farmers' Union and the local members of Parliament was held on Saturday, says si Timaru telegram. The former urged the need for more railway trucks, the defence camps to be held at an other time than when the harvesting and threshing season is on, an experimental farm for South Canterbury, and the need for the imm ignition of farm help, indoor and outdoor. ' KAPUNDA j.P. OUiRED. "I have great faith in Chamberla.in's Pain Balm," .says Mr S. E. Hancock, J. P., Kapunda, S.A. For years I suffered ;with Riheumatiem in my firms amd shoulders, brought on by a chill. .Now an application of Chamberlain's Pain 'Balm pives me instant relief, and ,so v remedies it. I recommend Chamberlain's Pain Balm to all sufferers from rheumatism." Sold by all chemists and storekeepers. "No one, I feel sure, can epewk more gratjfully of .uaxo-Ttonic Pills i*- "j <. can," wr'.fcea Mrs Oorbett, 116 itaroy Street, Surrey Hilfe, N.S.W. "They cured me of Beetled biliousness wMoh seemed as though irfa would never leave me. I took Laxo-Tonic Pills, and they proved a perfect remedy." Sold by all chemists and storekeepers. Prioe IOJd and 1«0<L

There are at present twenty patients in the Masterton Hospital.

The amount of butter made at the Masterton Dairy Factory for the month of April was 14,8441b5, of which 176 boxes were sent to the Waingawa cool store.

The snow on Mou:nt Egmont is well down the mountain at the present time, and health prophets in Taranaki consider it a sign that a severe \v nter will bo experienced.

Mr J. C. Boddingfcwi reports that there were 3 points of rain and nine degrees of frost registered at the Upper Plain for the 24 hours proceeding 9 a.m. on Saturday morning. A splendid summer, followed by a good autumn, from a farming point of view, has resulted in an abundance of feed throughout the Wairarapa. The quantity of feed in the Maungaraki district leaves tho farmer no cause for doubt concerning winter fed.

At a meeting of the stewards of the Stewards of the Masterton Racing Club on Saturday last, ifc was decided that a new steward's stand, jockey's room, and Secretary's office combined, be erected 60ft from the new grandstand on the left side.

Another instance of the recognition of the profitableness of dairy farming in the district! It was mentioned at the meeting of the directors of the Masterton Dairy Company on Saturday that a nuinber of 'farmers were -establishing dairy herds ia Masterton, with, the object; of becoming suppliers!' to the Masterton "factory: The continued popularity of the Strangers' Tea held in, the Masterton Y.M.C.A. rooms every. Sunday* was again, witnessed by the number of memibers and strangers who gathered found the tables last evening to partake of tea. and also to listen to, an address by Mr Carter., Aheartyvote, of thanks was accorded the speaker. ' Mr Grant occupied the chair.

"Practical farming in Rangitikei is of a very high order," said Mr Wilson in am address at Marton, but farmers are apt to neglect the scientific side, which is important to the \ interests of the best results. It gratifying, said Mr Wilson, to see so many young men.taking a. keen interest in farm work, but it is on the practical side, and scientific farming should work hand in hand with it.

Says the Stratford . Post: —The Town Clerk has received a communicafcwjln ifrom the Valuer-General forwarding the approximate rateable totals for tho Stratford Borough. These are: Capital value £467,092 ; unimproved value £216,617. These are subject to reductions, and by the Assessment Court. The increases in round figures since the rateable totals were taken out in 1904 are £117,000 on the capital value, and £46,000 on the unimproved. At a, well attended meeting- held at the Loweru Taueru on Saturday evening it was decided to form a branch of the Wairarapa Boxing ' Association. Mr Shipley was elected Secretary, and Mr Chuim Treasurer. About twenty members were enrolled. Mr Hugh Morrison was elected President, and Messrs C. F. Vallance, Ralph Beetham, and Erl Williams Vice-Presidents. Professor Richardson will give instruction to the memlbers of 'the branch.

The Masterton Hospital has benefited to the amount of £l3 6s through tickets on Hahaninot .having been presented to t'he Masterton Racing Club.

' A patentee down South is in troubh. A capital of £4OOO was raised" *.o finance the development of the undertaking," and then the patentee went Home to perfect the invention- and- - put the patent on the market. Now the capital is all swallowed up, the patent is still "in the air," and the patentee is demanding payment of an amount due for salary. It appears that a sum of £250 a year was allowed him under •this heading, together with travelling expenses, and it would seem that there is a lot of high feeling over the business. The shareholders appointed a committee to try to come to terms with the patentee. It will thus be seen that' all patents do not necessarily lead to fortune so far as the shareholders are concerned.

An Auckland telegram states that the trouble which existed for some time amongst the nursing staff of the hospital has culminated in the resignation of the deputy lady superintendent, and practically all the heads of the nursing department, who in a petition to the Board stated that they could -not with justice, either to.the institution pr to' themselves, continue under the management bf the present lady superintendent. This action followed upon Mrs P. M. Mackay, who had championed- the cause of "the petitioners, being removed from the chairman ship of tho Board on a ballot rendered .necessary by the equal voting for- himself and Mr Schofield, the rival candidate.

| A meeting of the Directors of the Masterton Dairy Company was held on Saturday in the Secretary's office. There were present: Messrs J. CEwington (chair), R. Wilton, J. EKjestrup, C. A. Wall, and E. JWright. Apologies were received from Messrs W. R. Boyd, W. H. Buick, and P. Cotter. . A number of enquiries were received for the May and June butter output. It was decided not to selLoutside, but to hold tho supply for the local market. It was suggested that Is per lb be paid out for butter fat for May and June, and the suggestion, was held ovev until 1 next meeting. Mi E. Harper, of Ma.tah.iwi, was-appoint-ed a director in place of "-Ir !£. C. Holmes, resigned. The Chairman stated that a- movement was on foot amongst the factories in the Carterton district to inaugurate tlie system of separating butter fat the whey, the same as adoist.ed in i'ai'x laki. 1 h.s w-iul< 1 lead i.o an ai i angerr.ent wi'.ii tin 1 Masterton Dairy Company for the manufacture of the butter oil a mutually satisfactory basis. ONLY THE BEST PIANOS. Ylou imiust not think, we offer 'reasonable (prices and liberal 'term's, that 'we sell inferior or second irate pianos. We work on big dames, ia,n.d 'Wiitih .us you do not have to pay extravagant o,rices to cover loss and .interest to 1 dead or stairnant^tocl,THE (BRILLIANT BRDADWOOD. THE KBLENiDIID THE iMAGiNIFIOEIsri LIII • TH E ISUPERiB iSTEUSWAI. Tlwse 'are' only four of the famous ipian<>s> on. •wfli&r'h wef specialise. We are •here to take tireless pains to give; you iust tliei pliatn'O l you want, onw'hatever tiGrrais "best suit you.v tttTOUinistajnccs. THE DRESDEN PIANO COMPANY, LTD., •WELLINGTON. •Bear in. initind. that oulr hire .purchase is! v stem lis devised lor your convenience, and NOT for our profit. You ram get all iharticu'lars from our Local Representative: H. Inns, Dani ell's Buildings, Qiuee-n Street.

Tho street in front of our Napier office, says tho Hawke's B a v Tribune has been, during the greater part of evoiy daj, lined with motor cars, but since the benzine famine set in' the number has appreciably decreased Many important citizens are also under the' painful necessity of walking to work.

Foxton, once one of tho best flounder fishing grounds in tho Dominion, has descended to one of the worst' says a Manawatu paper, and, according to Mr L. E. Ayson, Government Inspector of Fisheries, it will only be a matter of time whe2i the estuary will yield no fish. Palmerston visitors to the Heads are blamed to a. large extent as probably owing to the ignorance of the law they take undersized fish.

The prevailing note at the annual meeting of the Wanganui branch of the Farmers' Union last,week was the lack of interest on the part of farmers generally in the union's work and welfare. One of the speakers, says the Herald, in deploring this fact, stated that it was inestimable the amount that had been saved to the farming community by the Defence Committee of the union fighting the labour awards in the Arbitration Court and elsewhere, and he was sure that a body of men that contributed £16,000,000 to the Dominion's total exports of £22,000,000 could, if they properly combined, run the strongest political party in the Dominion.

-.poiHitry... 'residents are iwarjoedv against a pseudo sailor, who is at present going the rounds of Northern' Taranaki posing.. asrthe seller o.f smug-, gl«3 goods. His stock-in-trade mainly consists, we are told, {of' suit .lengthsand the like, which he offers to an unsuspecting clientele at seemingly bargain prices. As a rule customers are, it is alleged, badly taken in. He usually prefaces his story with the information that he is a sailor who has left his ship at Waitara. Several cases of alleged victimisation, have been reported to the News.

The various Chinese market, .gardeners in -and around the- Napier ' district intimate that they are compelled' to raise the price of vegetables owing to increased cost of living, higher rate of wages demanded by labour laws, and also increased cost of production due to the fact that farming imple- j merits and seed have risen considera- , ably in price. No deviation from the | advertised prices can be made, an j agreement to this effect having been entered into by those concerned. , In reporting a great fall of earth on Sunday on the riverside at Mangaweka, the Settler says:—So great was the fall' that it caused a blockage of the-river, which was in heavy flood at the time. The river, immediately rose ' to a height of bet wen fifty and sixty feet, eventually cutting a new channel for. itself through*the huge blocks of papa. An estimate made by a reliable authority worked out at 140,000 sq. yds., which means a fall of ' earth equal to 280,000 tons. - A Grey mouth correspondent of the "Press" states that there is ah extraordinary demand for coal, w\iich the West Coast mines are quite unable to supply. So keen is the demand that it is stated by those in a position to know that the whole of the output of certain mines for the next few weeks has been purchased in advance. The position is so acute that coal companies are at their wits' end to arrange for supplies. The Blackball,' State, and Brunner mines are working at high pressure, .but v lying idle, waiting for sbme tion movement. :i 'There is •a'; feeling inPaparoa that, if the company does not go on with the working of the mine, the Government should enforce the compulsory claiises and develop the mine.

It will be remembered that Messrs Tiios. Horton and Sons, Ltd., exhibited. a collection of fruit for the ohampigji prize at the exhibition held recently in Melbourne, in the name of the Hawke's Bay Fruit Growers' As-' sociation, the exhibits being awarded second prize. Messrs Horton and Sons appealed on the ground that the points awarded to the first prize exhibit were not in accordance with the schedule of points advertised. They have now received a cable from the secretary of the exhibition stating that the committees unanimouslv upheld the protest, and reversed the award. This means, says the Tribune, that the Hawke's Bay exhibits wins the championship prize given by the "Victorian Government,,"the highest award ever , given 1 in the Southern Hemisphere for a comprehensive col lection of fruit. ,

The findings of the Railway Appeal Board, which has been sitting a| .Pa - merston North, were delivered on Saturday morning in the case of a portei named Short, who appealed against his 'dismissal. The Court was unanimously of the opinion that the appellant was not under the influence of liquor, but at the same time, of the opinion that the appellant should haVe sio-ned on -as requested. The Board rea fine of £l. In the case of another porter named Murphy, who also appealed against his dismissal, the Court, u ae of the opinion that there were faults on both sides, and in the opinion ei the authorities a little tact on the part of the supervising officer would probably have prevented the occurrence (a refusal to put luggage on the van). The case was an isolated one in the service, and the Board gave its opinion that tho appeal should be upheld. At- the conclusion of the proceedings, Dr. McArthur congratulated all concerned on the amicable manner in which the proceedings, were conducted at the sitting of the Court.

Messrs Harvey and Co., cycle a®d motor engineers, elsewhere notify that they have moved into the commodious premises in Queen Street, opposite Mr J. L. Murray's establishment. The evele and motor works will be under the management of Mr W. Wiggins, who has lately joined the firm. Mr Wiggins has had many years experience at the business, and patrons axe assured .that all orders will be executed promptly and efficiently. For Children's Hacking Cough at Night, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d, 2s 6d. LOOKED FOR BAD TIME. "Knowing my db.ild was subject to croup, atod having teen, unsuccessful with so mamy things I looked for a bad time when I heard him bark one nighit, pays Mr F. M. Little, Park Street, Nwrtlh Fitzroy. Victoria. "I gn've him Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,'and he slept till ten o'clock, wlien I gave .him a double dose, and the result was wonderful. He did not wake up again l until two o'clock, and' that was .all the trouble I had. The effect iof Chamberlain'?. Cough Remedy in removing the phelgm is wonderful." Sold by all chemists and storekeepers.

The members of tho 0.K.M.5., St. Matthew's parish, have arranged to give a parish welcome to the Rev. B. 1). Ashcroft, 8.A., at a social to faff held in St. Matthew's schoolroom onWednesday evening next. All parishioners are cordially invited to be present.

Tf our fruitgrowing industry couH bo established on a more extensive basis (writes a Dun<xlm correspondent), there seems to be every likliiioed outlets being found for any exportable surplus over local reauirements. Messrs A. Moritzson and Co. recentlyreceived an order for 20,000 eases of apples for South America.. They couM ™t execute the order locally, and have been compelled to go to Tasmania for supplies. This shipment leaves New Zealand by the Corinthic this month. It is apparent that the Tasmanian. growers must control the Sou tit American market for some y ears *■<>■ come, but Mr A. Moritzson considers that when the New Zealand orchards come into bearing, which may be ia from three to five years' time, New Zealand should have every prospect i* supplying- this demand. —-Southland News."'