LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10635, 14 May 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Masterton Firo Brigade held a practice dnill last evening.

The pear crop in the Hastings district is this season reported to bo the heaviest for several years.

Clhristchurch military circles are preparing to receive General BadenPowell, and 'it is probable that a lavish reception will meet the founder of the Boy Scout movement. The theft of coal from the Lyt'telton wharves is reaching serious dimensions, and the authorities have been communicated with to see if steps cannot be taken to prevent the wholesalo lifting of coal. We have been requested by the local Stock Office to remind sheep owners that the period "for making returns of sheep expires on the 14t'h inst., and that after that date defaulters are liable to prosecution.

It was computed, said a lecturer iii Leeds, that a .pound of silk required about 3000 silkworms,, and during the. course of .their life that number of worms ate about 2-Jcwt. of mulberry leaves.

Hereditary unsoundness in .horses is, according to Mr James'Bourke. who recently returned to Master ton from New. South Wales, very prevalent in Australia just now.

Mr James. "Bourke, of. Qpaki, Masterton, who recently'returned from the Royal Show, New South Wales, informs us that the facilities /for handling stock on the other .side, are not all that they could be. The water troughs are particularly objectionable. At the Palimersbon North (Magistrate's Conrt yesterday, two farmers were fined £5 each for exposing liceinfected sheep for sale. Another farmer was fined a similar amount for allowing a 'horse to wander on the railway line, tlhe animal .being run into by the train and killed. J

Preparations for sending a consignment of Auckland apples to the Argentine .are already well forward, and ■the prospect of a profitable market in that country is exciting a good deal of interest. The trial shipment of 1000 oases will be sent by the Rimuitaka this week, and packing is now proceeding ait Albany, Silverd-ale, W.arkworbh, and Port Albert.

At a recent meeting of the Canterbury Trades and Labour Council, a motion supporting the exclusion of Chinese from New Zealand was carried by a large majority. The question of military .training was discussed, and a motion adopted in favour of a voluntary system, and against a compulsory system. f One of those curious facts of whiioli the- housewife is ignorant until science •tells Ker, was referred to' by Miss Trent at Ghristc'hurch the oth ' "MOfht. She was discussing the advantages of eleotric and gas ovens over the coal grate, and mentioned that wiith the last the heat .was mover very even. Each time the. housewife put on coa.l, she lowered tihe temperature of the oven by from twelve to twenty degrees.

A discussion took place- »t a recent meeting of the- Southland Education Board with .reference to charges- laud against two teachers, for alleged 1 falsification of tho- schools rolls. ■ Members, were of opinion that, suclh offences were of rare opuirrence and .that tho (most implicit faith could- be reposed in' lihe teachers generally. In view of the- very serious character of such an offence it was resolved' that ■ the charges be' fully- ventilated!..

One of.'tlie-Territorials,. who was the life of the encampment on the Ashburton showgrounds, was one' who; ait: first greatly resented, taking the oa'th r says the Ashburton Mail:.. However,, onoe the oath was. taken,! lie Ihiimself whole-heartedly into- the- work of training, and was pronounced easily the most popular recruit in the camp. As showing that the spirit of opposition to military teaming; &' dying a natural death, the officers of the "casual" camp) report that the men took more kindly to work each succeeding d'ay, and when the time for breaking up came, there were not a; few who were sorry .that t'heir sojourn in "Canvas Town" was-over.

A Palmerstoni North wire states that a young man named Ernest Vinoent was charged yesterday morning with (assaulting Gertrude Humphreys, with using obscene language, and assualting , Frederick Groves, an old man. Witnesses stated that .both assaults were severe, tbeyald man being knocked do,wn twice by the' accused for no. apparent reason,; and wihen the woman interfered',. she was also struck. Accused was fined £5 on each .assault dhiarge, in default 14 days imprisonment on etac'li dharge. The obscene language charge was dismissed'. ;

Mtofflri'ea at a sensational divorse case, heard in Sydney in 1901, were revived yesterday by a trial which commenced in the Wellington Supreme Court, when Alice Cunningham sued for divorce from her husband, Arthur Cunningham, on the ground of adultery, says a. Wellington Press •message. The case is being heard before Mr Justice Chapman and a jury. An application to have the case heard en camera was declined, the judge Stating that he might have to order some of the evidence not to 'be published. The petitioner in her evidence said that she was married in Sydney in 1893. There 'were three children of the' m'arria,ge, and s!he lived with hea* husband until 1900, wlhen they separated for a time. About three years ago respondent went away. He inad not really supported her for 12 years. The case is proceeding. MAKING HOME HOMELIER. Tf you have no chiitdren, you need to keep th'e house a.s bright, and cheerful as possible—you want a piano. If. you have children, growing up about you, you want to ma>ke home as attractive a.s possible' for them— you want a. piano. It does not matter what your circumstances are ; you. can afford a piano, if you go about it in a _ sensible 'way. Let the Dresden Piano Company show you the way. iTThe Dresden: Hiire-Piurchase System brings splendid Pianos Into the reach of everybody. The Company's stock is very wide; you are offered the choice of pianos by all the great makers of the world. If—on the other hand— you can't play. roa.ke enquiry 'aibout the Broadwood Player Piaino. The: Player can be fitted or removed at will, wimi the { piano" is required .for ordinary solo work. The "Player itself is made by Broadwoods. Needless to say it is irreproachable alike, in mechanics, matieaiial and workmanship. In. short, it' is tfli'e hest in the market! Go into this .matter now! !M. J>. Eiroo'kes, North Island Manager. Local representative of the Dresden : H. Inns, Danicll's Queen Street. ' I

i£ v « ««* been 50 much " evidence in Masterton of late. The fo!- tie i? S<} W F pwbaM y account t e absence ot a ntfimber of them. The organisation of the Cadet, syscomplete. jho lads arc taking up tij 10 work with avidity. 1

Palmerston motorists arc? falling into lino wath ear owners in other parts of tlho country, and a incetiim has been called for tho purpose forming an Automobile Association

Tho Government is importing an other first-class dairy instructor, also" a dairying chemist to instruct settlers how to make the best use of their by-products'.

The inoreaised /price of cod!, and the growing shortage of firewood, is likely ,^ e severely felt by a number of families in M-asterton during the coming winter.

We understand till at' Messra T. Wiagg and Co., of Maisferton, intend entering into the motor-car business, and with that end iw vjiew *,\*ill make important alteration® to"' their premises.

The Masterton Amateur Theatrical Society will commence' their winter rehearsals in Murray's Hall this evening, at 7.45 o'clock. Members are particularly requested/ tcr lie present : as the matter of selecting a suitable opera for production will depend on •thie strength of the Society; ■ ; j A Wangamii jxess message that the Convent which was opened j on. Sunday coat £20,000. Archbishop j Redwood performed tlie opening cere- i mony in the presence of several thousand people. . A collection >v ; as -token; up and realised £l9B.

Takiapau, a small township in Hawke's Bay, and the centre of: a wide farming district, is making rapid strides, says the Hawke's Bay Tribune. The township promises to develop into a larger centre, when iiho surrounding country becomes more closely settled.

The Wanganui .tramways made a profit of. £360 on the year's working, ■says a Wanganui telegram. The work of construciting a further five miles of tramway is almost completed, and tlhe line will be' opened in a few months. .

Hat lamibs have gone uip to a godd pnico in the Timaru district. One pound per head is usually' considered good for fat lambs, but a very prime ■line recently sold at tihat district at ! 22s per head. Lamlhs are fattening well, tand. large mimibers are .being sent in to the freezing Works from all parts of the district.

A hurried conference of Education Boards of the Dominion will probably be helid in tlhe course of a few days, to consider what action shall be taken in regard to the Local Government Bill. The Nortlh Canterbury Board *hias framed a circular dealing with the matter.

A visitor from Sandon (says the Manaw'atu.Times) was struck with the magnificent proportions of • a-, totara tree he isaw at one of tihe northern mill®. He saw four 15-foot slobs 30 by 48 inches, all-heart, cut from.one trunk. Nine similar slabs had been cat fram one tree to be used in the construction of a carved Maori house for I/adv Carroll.

A movement is on foot to form a Harrier idub" in Masterton, and the proposal is being taken lip with enthusiasm. 'Messrs S. Kiiii.<idon and J. "Bradbury 'have been'asked to take the» initiative in the matter, and elsewhere it is announced (that: a meeting of all those interested will be held at S o'clock to-mormw evening, in Murray's Hall. Several prominent residents have signified tlheir intention cf assisting in the movement.

Tlhe Tho radon firemen were caller! oraifc for nothing on Thursday evening, •by an excited foreigner. Just when the .brigade was beginning to believe it liud been hoaxed .rushed up exclaiming: 'T done it; but I don't want the firemen; I wart the police.'' He said that he h'ad been assaulted, land had pressed : the button in th« fire Alarm box in the hope that police aid would arrive. He had once lived in New York, where there is a pushbutton system for calling the police. At the sitting of the Auckland Arbitration Court yesterday, judgement was reserved in tJie case in which the Inspector of Awards claimed £2OO from tlhe Waterside Workers' Union for a breach ,of itihe Arbitration Act. Judge Siim said that the .Court Would take time to consider its decision. It. wa<s satisfied there had. .been a strike, but the question was whether the Union could be connected with it.

An accommodation house at Paliui, owned and occupied oy iMr H. Radley, together with a bakehouse, billiard saloon and several detached buildings, were totally destroyed by fire at an early 'hours yesterday .morning, savs a Napier telegram. A bucket brigade saved the stiables, containing st large amount of feed. Insurances On the main building amount to £4OO, and furniture £460. The store is ihsured for £3OO, and the stock for £375, the billiard ta,bles £2OO, and the bake'houso £SO. Tho insurances, are equally divided between the Norwich Union and the British Insurance Company.

Speaking on the occasion, .cf a- presentation made t"d him fit' Mr H. J. Day, .tlfoe retiring stationmaster there, said that six years ago the receipts for April totalled £3BO, whereas tihe receipts for April of this year totaled £I3BO. This was a- fair jump for 1 an isolated railway. He also remarked that when he armed tlhere were seven carriages, two tiny engines, twenty-eight trucks,, and two vans. To-day .(there were ten; carriages, five locomotives, and 108' vehicles all told. The rolling stock was equal to any in New Zealand, and 1 the line was the best paying but one in the Dominion.

The .re-modelling of the _ British Navy will give general satisfaction to the people throughout the Empire. The may be interpreted as an answer to Germany's activity, a>nd there is no.doubt that the proposed finst fleet is formidable. New Zeaianders will be satisfied with this -arrangement just_ as tliey are satisfied with the quality and. flavour of Orescent 'Bea, wlfich lis sold at Is lOdLand 2s per lb. BABY BURNT WTTH BED HOT IRONS. Qarrinigton, N.S.W., writes"My little baby girl l , Rita, burnt both hier hsundiß until) they were nearly raw, picking up- a red hot iron.. Nothing relieved the pain until I got Rexona. This helped laer at one© to take away the puin. -We luav© continued' to use It since, and it has cured the terrible burns in a wonderful mannier. Rexoroa, the Rapid Healing Omtmecat, £o oold in ' trd«ngul*r pot® at 1« 8d and Is, QbtMpablA ayarrwliere. i

Mr J. €!, Boddington roptftfCff there were five degrees of frost regifiK tered at the Upper Plain for the 2f Shours ending. 9 a.m. yesterday.

Messrs Graiham and 00. are tho successful tenderers for the supply of groceries to tho Territorial Gamp,, Master ton-.

On the jStronehrobie run, high -up in the liangiteta Gorge, keas are reported to bo very numerous. Mr Anderson and Mir Henderson recently" shot forty-five ini day..

A considerable number of members of the Masterton A, and. P. Association have expressed tiheir intention of. becoming Lifo tmem&ftrs under tiht* scheme proposed by Mi* C. P. Variance, and it is not anticipated tihafcmuch difficulty will be ■experienced in. wiping off tho present overdraft.

A well-known fanner of the Bruco district wlio lias devoted some time to Mio study of soil conditions, says that{south Otago will benefit from the past wet summer aud autumn. Previous dry seasons had brought about a. groiwth of grubs and insects, harmful, to' plant life, and -these? Jifcisisiys, disappear in a wet season.

County,,. CounciL 5 r on lW *° PoisonVsmalL birds- last year. , Tlho Council gives the wheat free to farmere, but it. was infonmedl at .the last meeting jtiha-t 'some people lrcwf Been procuring at to feed their fwfc. ,

A j. ew native^ pigeons aro still to be round oiv thfe Tararua irawges, to west of Masterton,A party shot fotxr v t ? 10 neighbourhood of - Mount , Holds wo rtlh. last week. The same P 2 r xi ' ■ ll i ep ! i ? nt .bw-ng seen, evidences, of' the hitia birdM'n' the locality!''' "

In the course of his remarks at the recent-functions an his district, Mr J. iC. Thomson, M.P., in dealing with, our industries, said that last year the-, sum of £125,000 was paid, in wages iii'f tike aei»wiiilK%' industry, an evidence of its extensiveness and importance to Southlamdi.

A- party,; of sportsmen, who have returned bush country towards ihe East OoaM,--. complain: of the. great* * scarcity of game, pigeons, being especially- rare. It is evddtent- that as* :settlement. pushes further back native birds gradually disappear, andt tihe (prediction that in a few years ni—ibiVe binds will become-extinct, is already in a fair way to be borne out.

During the month off Marchj ,1912,. there were 7765 men employed? By the? Public Works Department on railways, roads, buildings, and- development of water power. By far. the largest number were employed.' in the* Stratford district, where' there wen? 1211 on. road ! works, aind! 402- on the; ■western-endi of ; : the - Trunk Railway. ■ There? are. l no railways under construction in: the Wellington distinct, and only 308 men are* employed.on road works.;.

"What a giganticcorporAtion the Canadian -Pacific Radiiirag.'. Oamipany is," remarkedfMr Haroltfrß&uohamp to an interviewer,, ,I'aaid; 'iibar-v- wisely? and tactfully it: its: great, power. / As the owner of thousands of; miles of railroad, (millions of; acres of land, numerous., hotels;. fleets, of steamers trading in- • the;- Atlantic ani' Paaific, amd on the lakes, or.inland seasof the Dominion, its revenue —slightly, over £2-5,000,000 per annum—ralmosG equals that of Canada 1 itsalff.

A motor accident voccnrredi yesterday afternoon in South road,. Maste-. ton, but fortunately. • without. any' serious 're'sults. ; While Mr !H. Ferguson, of Masiterton, was driving towards thetown, his steering gear order, with the result, that', the.-oar. ram into a post. The car was travelling at a fair speed, and the force of the.im-> pact considerably. damaged! the;- front part of tihe oar, whliolivhad!to>b'e towed into to™ to undergo.repairs*

The usual fortnightly meeting of' the Loyal Masterton Lodge,' 1'.0.0.F.,. M.U., was Iheld in the.; Druids' Halt last evening, Bra. . N.G.. in ,£be chair. It Avas resolved/to* compete for the shield in the card tournament, to be held .under the auspices of 'the- , United Friendly Societies .of'.the \Vairnrapa, and a committee was sett up to select ten ins. THvone\v members .wereinitiated into the order, Bno:, J'. Winskill acting'as Lecture Master.. One mew member was proposed!. After lodge busiiness was transacted*, members took part in a ciubliage.: tounuament, resulting in the N.G.'s teambeing defeated..

Tho following' extract from, the La_ -bour Journal just (published: shows tlhat immigrants -who have arrived recently have been readily, absorbed.:— "Tlhe oversea'boats, Coriiufahic l "and Remuera, iwere met as usual, advicegiven ito the new arrivals, and departmental, address cards distributed. It is pleasing, to, say more girls found itihcin iway. % tihflj office:- than- usual, fourteen out of the 25 domestic workers who arrived by .the Corinthic were placed ,in employment by the iQffiee. They were a particularly capable class of young \\omen, and almost without exception had the requisite training ' for domestic work."

I A sum of £7t)CO from the- pennies paid for the use of deck ohairs on Manly Beach (Sydney)} seams ,a surprising figure, but that is the actingTown Clerk's, estimate of the gross takings, from these conveniences, up to the end of tho new contract for the chairs, whidh is for four years. For the period ended March,. 1912, the gross total earnings of these beachseats showed an. increase-of £344 />ver the figures for the previous year.''Presuming the same .rate ©f increase is maintained during the next four years, the fore-going sum of £7OOO is estimated ias the' probable gross takings. Of this sum the council's commission would be -tH l '' The successful tenderer pays the council 41 i per icent of the-receipts-. i IF YOU HAVE A Cough, Cold, Nose, Throat or Lung Trouble, Stomach, Bowel, or Liver Complaint, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Use SANDER'S EUOALYPsTI EXTRACT; 5 drops iu a tablespoon water. Remember, you cannot expect the good effects from any govt of eucalyptus. _ Sander's Extract cures because it contains ethereal and antiseptic substances not contained in other Eucalyptus products. These latter, made by persona ignorant in chemistry, and provided with fancy names and labels by trading concerns who do not know what they contain, Bave caused grievous harm, and a death has resulted from their use. Do not apply an ointment to a sore. It keeps back the secretion. To wounds, bruises, sprains, burns, ulcers, eczema, and other skin troubles, Apply Sander s Extract ; 15 drops in a tablespoon of olive oJ. The effect will surprise you. Sander's Extract Heals because it is freed from the irritating oonstituents contained in other eucalyptus preparations. T+. heals when others irritate. Insist upon the genuine SANDER'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, and you will derive the benefit.

There as still a keen demand for landed properties in'the nairarapa, •'and it is reported that one or two • sales have recently been- made through OMaiiterton agents.

Stoats and weasels, or "whitterieks" as 011.0 farmer in the Catlins ibush called tlie latter the other day, sire responsible fbr a marked and re'Patlina bush. Robins are now rarely seen, antl parraKeets, Icakas, tuis, and .various native birds that used to make the bush alive with song have almost (disappeared. The native .pigeon is lalso disappearing, and the time does not seem to be far distant when the native birds will be a thing of the .past.—Clutiha Leader.

Evidence of interest regarding the regulation of motor traffic was given Jjv Mr Lindsay, traffic inspector for the City of Auckland, at van inquest held last week. He said that there •was a regulation requiring a. driver of -a passenger ear to hold a license for /that purpose, and the number of the ear also had to be registered. This only applied to such 'cars as were in uso in the city. He-considered that it was urgently necessary,,for the Government. to frame regulation:; dealing with the matter. The Motor Regulation Act ofl9oß made no provision in the case of privately-owned ears, and "the owners of such cars had not r»strictiona placed upon them, cither as to speed or competency. All such drivers should be registered. He had reason to believe tli.it a number of private cars were being driven in Auckland which,did not have efficient brake 'gear, but he was unable to do anything in the matter. On some licensed cars, however, he had condemned the hi .ikes and ordered cili - ■oient ones to be installed. The coroner stated ho wi»-. id forward'Mr liineny'r recommendation on to the Minister who had charge of such affairs. Tho Mastertoa County Council invite tenders* for road formation works, particulars of which are advertised. Gas consumers are reminded that 1 Wednesday. May loth, is the last day on which discount's will be allowed 011 current accounts. Mr C. S. B'all inserts a change advertisement eisewliere in this issue, t/he title of which is "Let us tailor your next suit." Patrons are invited to call and inspect the new range of winter suitings in tweeds,' worsteds and serges. These are to be so;en in all the most fashionable shades, and those requiring suit satisfaction would do well to call early and make their selection. Tho attention of land buyers is directed to the fine block of country comprising sortie 1900 which Messrs "W. . Cheilnells and Co. . are, offering at the reasonable price of £lO per acre, 'Two-sheep" country at this figure is most difficult to secure in the Wairarapa, so that this investment should command a ready sale.