LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10632, 10 May 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The latest return from the Success dredge shows 20ozs. 9dwts. for 110 hours' working.

During the present month 12,-85 acres of Crown, lands will be ooonPil for selection in New Zealand.

The Woodville A. and P. Association is (arranging a party to visit the State farm at Levin on Thursday, Mav 30th.

It has been stated on good authority that two Masterton carrying firms are shortly to introduce motor lorries for purposes of transport. The season's output of Auckland rock oysters will be about 6000 sacks, reports the Marine Department.

The ; attendance at the Masterton Diiatricjb Higlh School lias been oousidenably affected by an epidemic of mumps during the past month.

A police raid Avas made in Masterton last night upon an alleged slygroggerv. A quantity of liquid refreshment is said to have been seized. A telegram received from Palmerston North last night indicated the possibility of further libeQ actions over tlhe Stagpoole case. r llhe Stagpoole case presents the appearance, of developing into an interesting romance. The returns from farming in the Wairara.pa this season have shown an improvement of at least 20 per cent., taken in the aggregate, upon those of last year. This has been due to the exceptional climatic conditions and the high prices ruling for produce. LOOKED FOR BAD. TIME. "Knowing my child was subject to croup, amd. having been unsuccessful with so many things I looked for a bad time when I heard him bark one night, pays Mr P. M. Little/Park Street, North Pitzroy, Victoria. "I gave him Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and he slept till ten o'clock, when I gave him la. double dose, and tlhe result was wonderful. He did not wake up again until two o'clock, and that was lail tilie trouble I had. The effect lof Chamberlain';;, Cough Remedy in removing the phelgm is wonderful." Sold by all chemists and storekeepers. ■

Tahoraite No. 2 block, valued at £IOO,OOO, has been partitioned by the Native Land Court into thirty divisions. The . partitioning of the Tahoraite. blocks s ! houi!d toe a big factor in tibe future of Diannevirke.

The high price charged for firewood was exemplified at the meeting, of the Masterton School Committee last evening, when an account of £1 Is came dp for payment for half a cord of maire wood for school purposes.

The unnecessary excitement tiiat has existed over the supposed short-age of petrol was caused by a Christcliumii Press reporter, who grew wildly hysterical over the matter. His excitement has proved very expensive for some people.

Sardines, it is now suggested, :»ie much more numerous in tins than anywhere else. In the course of api oseeution in London the other day it was mentioned that only one sardine had been found in -the Irish Pea in eigiit years, and it had been placed in a museum.

Miniature rifle shooting has be?onc very popular in Ashburton. There £ie several clubs in existence, with a otiil membership of nearly 200. It is stated thiaib a hall suitable for miniature r-flc ir-atches is to be erected in the to.vn.

In the report of the headmaster of the Masterton District High School, the attendances were given as follows: —.Main school, roll 637,- average attendance, 540, percentage, £'s: aide school, 183,142, 80;-secondary classes 69, 60, 87.

The sum of £225 odd was contribut-' ed at the paynight on Wednesday evening by the shareliolders of the Workmen's Mutual Benefit,. Building Society, to enable them to participate in the ballot for £3OO free of interest that took place last evening. A N motor cycles* met with naltJier a nasty accident yesterday morning, on tlhe Opaki road, through a dog 'rushing out and upsetting the cyclist. The victim of the misihap received, several nasty cuts and had 'his clothes much torn about. The cycle was also more or less damaged.

"I have no fear of the German, the Russian, or anyone else like that, but I am afraid of the Mongolian,'' said the Hon. G. Laurenson, Minister for Laibonr, to a trades union deputation at Wellington, when it asked for protection against the competition of cheap foreign-made goods. The record kept by the -Auckland registrar of births, marriages and deaths shows tlnat during the four mouths just ended there have been celebrated over 100 more marriages than during the. same period last year.

Newspaper vendors on the Wairarapa trains are quite assured that they have the .best run in any part ui Isvw Zea.knd. The reason they assign to ,fche fact that as the trains travel so slowly, passengers find ampki time to peruse several papers, not to mention :i magazine or two on the journey,

Local golf enthusiasts who are look-, ing. for suitable naughty'words wue.oby they may'vent their disgust at shockingly bad strokes, should take note that the latest in golf "swears'* is "Great Caesar's ghost in tights. a sentence which should be isumtienil'y expressive. ,

. After a spell of fine .weather, S'-uth-. knd has again experienced a week of very rough and rainy weather, which; ■has'made final -harvesting •■operations, a matter of difficulty. -Setltlers will no doubt he very pleased when their crops are finally Harvested, as the season has been the.most trying for a great number of years. /'' There has; just been registered in Sydney tlhe New- Zealand Greenstone Company, Limited, with a capital, of £OO,OOO in £1 shares, to acquire certain mineral leases- mining properties, and rights, .situate in the Terawiiiti survey district (iNew Zealand), and to lacquire tlhe light, title, etc., of the; W neeler Pcunamu Proprietary in certain mining properties, etc. < Motorists seem to be inconsistent mortals, as was evidenced recently when a Hawke's Bay "motor cycksi met a motor oar, the.dnver of w*nich dio>4 to his wrong side of the road. Tne cyclist, w'ho was on the right side, Jiad either to face a collision or go over an embankment. He ciiose tne latter and landed at the. foot of the bank with his motor cycle on top of (him. The drive of the car did not wait to lend any assistance. Another motorist who came along sonic tune after found the cyclist very severely knocked about.. < ■ ; ■

A. train slowed up at a busy cemitry station, and a man.' was seen to part his - head .excitedly out .of the window of-a-second-class, car, "There's .a "woman in here fainted," he cried. "Has anyone got any whisky? Quick, quick!" Someone in tlie crowd oh the platform handed him a flask. He uncorked it frantically, put it to his lips and took a noble pull. "All," he sighed, "that's better. It always did upset me to see a woman faint!"

The fifth annual social of the Wair .liarapa Amateur Swimming Club was held in the Masterton Drill Ball last evening, and was a splendid success, all the diancing room i>eing taxed to tihe utmost. The floor wias in good order and a very was spent. The Secretary, .' .... McEvven and Urns body of workers ar.fideserving of high credit for the excellent manner in .which arrangements had been carried out. Music was sapplied by Mr F. McKenzi.e's orcnestei.

Few persons have probably any idea of the enormous quantity of food consumed annually at a large institution like a hospital. In the Wellington* Hospital no less than £IOOO is set for .meat, and £I4OO for milk. that being the biggest item on the 'ood hill. Groceries will cost about £llOO, butter and eggs close on £IOOO, fish and poultry nearly £4OO, vegetables and fruit £BOO, not to speak of wines and spirits, bread, flour, etc. Salaries and wages total about £II,OOO.

VOU SHOULD BEAR IN MIND That by using't'he commercial eucalyptus oil which is now bought up at 6d per lb weight and bottled, and on account of the large profit, pushed, you are exposing yourself to all the dangers to which the use of turpentine will expose you—irritation of kidneys, intestinal trach, and mucous membranes. By insisting on the GENUINE SANDER EUCALYPTI EXTRACT you not only avoid these pitfalls, but you have a stimulating, safe, and effective medicament, the result of a special and careful manufacture. A trial will at once convince. Quality in small dese distinguishes it from the bulky and danferous oroducts. Remember—SAN>Eß'S "EXTRACT embodies the result of 50 years' experience and special study ,and it does what is promised; it heals and cures without lnjniing the constitution, as the oils of the market frequently do. Therefore protect yooreelf cj . Fleeting others.

It is anticipated tQr.it the majority of the cheese factories in the \\aiwill Qiav<ft ceased work for the season on June Oth.

As* showing the quantity of stock that has been changing iuinds this season, says the Mitnsuvatu fct.imhinii a welt-known local (inn has put through £20,000 worth of stock more each month this year than last year. A local resident,,says tho Otaki Mail, who owned property in Levin for which he-paid £l6O threo years ago, on Monday disposed of it for £IOO, ::fl ter paying rates and taxes for the fall time.

The whaling industry promises :o be revived in the waters in the south of New Zealand, and recently two Norwegian whaling vessels arrived at Stewart Island", and it is expected that: an active whaling campaign will beentered upon* almost immediately.

The average yield of the wheat 1 crops; in the Winchester district, .writes the' ooi respondent of'the Timanr must be pretty high, as there hav<; been several instances where the returns were over '7O bushels to the'acre, and itlhese from fairly large areas. At a meeting of the Hawke's- .BayEducation Board.it was decided to assist, by forwarding applications andi qualifications of applicants, teafchars employed by the: board to exchange' with teacherr, in Canada and England!

There was a good deal of picking H at .the Hixwke's Bay Jockey Club's races, and some serious tier's, ■are reported. A w;elI-kno\V"' lady reside: iof was carrying :x purse in a handbag,.un.-l hyd it stolen. .^Lady Russellhad her purse taken, and'severa'l other cases ofV' similar rialufe. arc mentioned.

A statement contained in a contemporary to the effect.that the appointment of Mr Charters to the position of Inspector of the Wellington Education Board was subject to conditions m; regard to the appointment of a teacher as his successor is, we are in a position to state, absolutely contrary to fact..

A copy of the Local Government BilL received short shrift at the hands of: the Taranaki County Council at a recent meeting. In response to the' chairman's inquiry whether they desired to hold a special meeting to consider the proposed measure, councillors., replied in the negative. "It is," remlarked the chairman, "a wonderful production." "A fearful and wonderful production," added another councillor, anl the council passed on to other business.

A Manawatu settler had ordered an I implement to be sent to him by rail. He wias not- aware of its having been | consigned, and in consequence, the i truck was left at the siding for a number of days. A charge for demurrage | of 10s per day was made by the Department, which the consignee refused ; to pay. He wias sued for the araounx ' and judgment was given for chc De- , partment with costs. He pleaded that, no advice had been received, either from the consignor or the Department, but that did not avail him. Wonderful are the ways of Government Departments.

The King received a Welsh cripple boy, Idris Thomas, at, Buckingham Palace recently, and presented him with a jewelled scarf piii. The boy •weot to the,-Palace.to thank the King \ for contributing £5 towards providing "him with artificial feet, and disappointed at not'being able to see-his Majesty. When the King heard of this he sent for;the lad, :omi .:nade many inquiries of him about his nenltli and his prospects in'life.

An enquiry was held by the Eltham School Committee into a 1 charge against the headmaster, Mr T. Thomas, of "unmercifully, brutally and unjustly thrashing a boy named Council, for" bullying a boy iwo jcaiof age. Tho committee found that there was no evidence of bullying against Council, but the charges of brutal punishment and prujrdii against the boy by the headmaster wore not proved. Iji the course of th.2 evidence, Mr Lightbournc, assisifU'c tea'cher, said the boy received thirty cuts. He would not say the tnrashing was brutal, but irt was sevo;'e, mere severe than he would have indicted. He "noticed that tho boy's" hands were swollen.

A meeting of the shareholders of the Master ton Workers! Mutual Building Society was held last evening for the purpose of disposing by ballot of the sum of £3OO, free of interest. Mr. Krahagen presided, a/i'i called upon .tha shareholders present to appoint two scrutineers to conduct tho ballot. Messrs, J. W. Gordon and G. Clapp consented to act in that capacity, and Mr Z. M. Hoar drew the number from the ballot box. the luckv number drawn was 1/4, held by Mr Duncan Mcintosh, who, was declared entitled to £3OO free of interest The Chairman, when thanking the shareholders, for their attendance, said thev would be called together n'oiain in 'about a month to dispose of £6oo—£3oo by sale and £3OO by ballot.

The usual meeting of Endeavour ' Lodge, 203, 1.0. G.T., was held in ihe Foresters' Ball last evening.. There, was a fair attendance of members present, presided ovfer by Bro. H. ■King, C.T. Routine business' was transacted. During the evening Sis* iter Iveson was nominated and elected to the office of Secretary, vice Sister Duffy,, resigned, and was duly installed by Bro. Morris, L.D. Fraternal greetings were received from Bro. Trevelyn, Opotiki, and Bro. King. Ashhurst. and were heartily reciprocated. Two new friends were proposed for membership. The item on the syllabus was lodge drill,, and a verv instructive drill was conducted by the C.T., Bro. King. The programme for next night is a discussion by members, "Ways and Means to Help the Juvenile Temple," Bro. Symes being .responsible. ONLY THE BEST PIANOS. Yiou rnmi&t not think, ■because 'we offer ireasonahle prices, and liberal (terms, that we> sell inferior or second iralte pianos. We work on big Janes, and with its you do not have to. pay extravagant prices to cover loss and raterest ow dead oir stagnant stock. THE iBRILLTANT BROAD WOOD. THE SPLENTDIID RONISCH. THE MAGNIFICENT LTPP. THE SUPERB STEINWAY. These are only four of the famous ipian-os' on, which we specialise. We are here to take tireless pains to give, yoii -just-the p'iano.you want, on whatever terms best suit vour drouimistamces. THE DRESDEN PIANO COMPANY,

LTD., WELLINGTON. Bear in .mMwl that oulr liiro purchase evstem is devised for your convenience, and NOT for our profit. Ydu can get .-I'll (particulars from our 'Local .Reorese.Tita.tive: H. Inns, Dan■iell's .Buildings, Queen Street.

Several Carterton settlers wore yes-*-terday fined for exposing for sale siheep infected wiih lice.

The Victorian Bird Observers' Clut» is affixing afcmimum rings to the* legs of 500 mtftton birds at Wollonujt-, Phillip Island, stamped■ with the date and letters 8.0.C., preparatory to -Jie birds' annual flight northwards, toJapan. The object of this is to trace*the movements of the birds, if j jssible.

The Chairman of the M;umv.itu> County Council (Mr J. G. Wilson), stated at a recent meeting, while question of heavy trains was being discussed, that during tht. past twelveyears the amount expended in metal. for roads had increased from £.1472 to£'s7'v) per annum:'

Dairy formers in the Dannevirkedistnets are determined to lose nothing of the high prices that are financially brightening the end of the milking season. At some factories suppliers are taking their milk in spoon.— fids,. 91ibs a day being in' some eases weighed to their credit. Every littlw lielps. There have been splendid attend—offices ait fthe Baillie Art Gallery nc Wellirugton. Indeed, the attendance lias- beeir Ear beyond expectation. On Saturday 1000 people visited the gallery, while on Sunday afternoon tbe attendance a.'bout 2000. Mis Excellency the Governor will • make «- special'trip'from Hawke's Bay to «ee .the collection. Tihe fund subscribed ut Wellington for the purchase of pic-, turej now aimorrirts to £2651

A.iprivate letter received in land from Australia states that' Hdmtssteamers. carried back quit e, a nuro-b<?r;. 1P of 'immigrants,' who allege that they had been grossly deceived by representations made to tihem to induce them to • leave the- Old Country. Suiiw? «f them, being wfthauit means, worfeett their- passage Timet rather thain remain. A skirt hand and an improver are required by Miss Eeardon, dressmaker, Exchange Buildings, Queen Street. ~.Mr E. 31. B. Daniel, land ,l£ent> Hastings, advertises- particulars t-f 1700' acres of dairying country, to lie* cut up into areas to suit r :trHiasers. Tlie annual' general .meeting of members of tile- Employers' Associatioa. will be .held in the Exchange HaU T Masterton, this afternoon, at half-past 2 o'clock. A stylish', cosy and good fitting costumc will be found very serviceable during the winter months, and MessrsHugo'and Shearers replace advertisement gives-some' particuilars which; should be of interest to our lady read-* ers. The sport of kings is- golf. With a few clubs and balls a m:an can have- a. royal time on the links. In their replace announcement Messrs King and Henry draw attention to their large stocks of golfer's supplies. Those requiring a reliable nlarat clock .at a modeipifce price would do well to peruse Mr Henderson's ndvertisement on page 6 of this morning's iwue. These splendid clocks -ire bein£ retailed it os Prompt attention is twiid to'.all"inair.oT!d'<Ti3'»,