LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10636, 15 May 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Major-Genera 1 God ley lias promised* a scardhing inquiry into the, allegations of drinking in.Territorial camps iu tiho south. . A Christehurch telegram states .that Bert Smith, .an ex-bookmaker, was fined £2O and costs for betting on. the Jliccartoin racecourse. A "run" is to bo liekl by the Woodlands Hunt at Mukanui provided the settlers (erect the ..necessary fences. The hounds meet on Mr S. .Bolton's Oeto homestead to-day. • j The telephone system is gi'aduaily ■ being extended round. Eketahuiui.'Ty'n residences at llvuraua and .six at Pitara have recently been connected with the Eketahuna sub-exchange. j

The Masterton County Council yesterday set up a committee to report sis to* whether n motor-car should be 'provided for the use of the engineer.

The Masterton County Council dccided yesterday that it had no fault to find with tiho /present method of numbering and registering of motorcars.

Tfc is feared that it will b© impossible to complete a iiumbev of the metalling contracts in the Masterton County before the winter set.'.; hi.

The protective works on the northern bunk of the Waingawa road bridge are to he strengthened before the winter sets.

A number of persons in Otago are making a living by trapping rabbits and selling them to poultry .farmers, who utilise them as food for fowls.

Gorse. is spreading in several parts of the Mastertou County. The County Council decided yesterday to notify several sottlons that unless the noxious weed is removed within' seven days, ■action will be taken.

The Masterton County Council, which has bad some correspondence of late with the Borouglh Council on the question oi : the County .ranger, decided yesterday to call for 'applications for a separate ranger for its own roads.

The estates of the following deceased persons in, the W'airarapa district were last month, placed in the hands of the Public Trustee .for Management: —F. G. K. T. Bilton, Fcatherittou; Jessey M. Harvey, Mangatainoka.; Edward Morgan, Alfredton.

The jury in the Coningham divorce case, heard in Wellington, after a reti re in Put. m forty minutes, found that the respondent lhad committed adultery on the dates, mentioned in the petition» and-a decree nisi was^granted with costs against Coiningliam. Tho Masterton County Council has been authorised by the Public Works Department to expend £SO and £l5O (both being £ for £) on the IMti and Eiversdale roads respectively. Th--J Council has also been \authorised to spend £l5O (£ for £) on the thuraua river bridge.

Blackberries are reported to be dying out in parts of Taranaki. One set-tier expresses the opinion that some grub is making a raid on the plant and hastening its extermination. In ptaces whera a few years .ago it was possible to collect thousands of berries, it is now difficult to procure sufficient for jam making. '..'''

''lie master of. an important school "out back" in Tiaranaki is living with his wife in a habitation 12ft by ,12ft in extent, there being two rooms, 6ft by Oft. "It's better than a tent," remarked the teacher to the Hon. G Laurenson. .Is it any- wonder that there is a dearth of competent chcrs for tho. back block schools.

An effort is being made to form a shorthand class in connection with the Mastcrton branch of the Y.M.C.A. The services of a competent teacher liavo been isecured.-and at a. meeting held last evening .several persons intimated their iinte-.itioni of becoming pupils. The class will start on Tuesday next, should sufficient take /advantage of this excel tent opportunity for improving themselves.

A cleverly-contrived, yet sample, gate-fastener, lias just been patented by Mr W. Cameron, 'blacksmith, of Mastetton. The invention is of an inexpensive 'nature, and should prove specially popular among farmers, as animal:*; cannot disengage the fastener. Mr G. H. Culleir, of Masterton (with Hiiggs and O'Dounell, of Wellington) ant ended to the patenting of the device.

A resident of Olcrcville, Mr Malcolm Nicolson, has just received word from the New Zealand Patent Office that provisional protection has" been granted him for an invention relating to TiuspeiKlriv 'braces. The invention is both, ingenious and and ir. likely to prove, very remunerative to the patentee. Seeps have already been taken to place the device on the English market. Mr G. H. Cullen, solicitor and patent agent, Master ton, is anting for the inventor, in conjunction avVjli Mb~srs Higgs and O'Douncll, cf Wellington.

There was a large attcnd.ance of members of the Mastertou Amateur Theatrical Society in Murray's Hall last evening, when a good praci ico was held. A business meeting, presided oyer by Mr W. S. -Jago, was wiards held, when it \\&a decided to stage the opera "H.M.S. Pinafore." As Xho season is somewhat advanced, iho members were of opinion that the time was too short to produce heavier opera. Weekly practices will commence on Tuesday evening next in the Exchange Hall. * Miss 0. Richards, A.T.C.L., has .accepted the position of honorary pianist. Speaking ax a, recent meeting of the New Plymouth Harbour Board, a member" said that the time was not far distant when New Plymouth would be within sixty hours of Sydney, and. New Plymouth would in the future he to .New Zealand what Southampton was to England. Another speaker said that soon Ne,-' Plymouth lmrbour would be able to accommodate the large.t vessels, which would be the means- of saving the district thousands of pounds annually.

The Mayor of Christehurch teid a:i intcrvicwor that the electric current from the Lake Coleridge supply should be available by the end of 1913, and an unlimited supply would be available. The first installation would provide 10,000 horso power, and that could be increased as the demand increased. Even at the comparatively high rate of 6d per unit electricity was cheaper than, gas at os 9d a thousand feet, and the effect of the coming into operation of the Lake Coleridge scheme would he, he thought, to reduce the price of ga-i.

YOD SHOULD BEAR IN MIND That by using the commercial encatyptUß oil which is now bought up at fid per lb weight and bottled, and on account of the large profit, pushed, yon are exposing yourself to all the dangers fca which the use of turpentine will expose you—irritation of kidneya, intestinal trach, and ;mnoous m&nibraass. By insistins on the GENUINE BANDER EUCALYPTI 18XTRAOT you not onlj avoid these pitfalls, but you have a stimulating, safe, and effective medicament, tn<? reoult of a special and careful facture. A trial will at once convince. Quality in email dooe diatioRuisheß it from the bulky and dangerous oroducts. Remember—SANDEß'S "EXTRACT embodies the resulfc of 60 yaara' experience and special ■ study ,&nd it doea what if promised; ii heals and cures without injuiing the constitution, as the oils oi the maxkefc frerfiieniily do. ThereFore pro lee S ?o£rsel]t by rej&ctin? other ».

Thirty-three additions have, boon ma do to the Masterton telephone list during tho past few weeks. Messrs J. Fraser and Co., land agents, of Mastoi,ton. repoit the 'allot' a. 72G-acre property in Haw ke's 13a, to a wclil-kiiOH'ii Wairarapa settler. A conference representing the loo! bodies of Ta.ranaki, Jield >esterd..\ morning, generally disapproved ol tuV proposed Local Government Hill. All tho members ol the Mister ton County Council a ,- o <-lron<rl\ m favour of the present Territoiial svstein of 'military training.

The Mastenton C"'iidy Coined !u ; bofi informed bv t'v K.iiliiay ihpmment that as soon as plans h no been passed, tho improving el the approncn to tho Solvvay railway station will be undertaken.

The Wairarapa and E'.st Coast A. and P. Society will hold their annual ploughing match in Mr A. J. Reynolds' paddock. CVevville. on Thursday, May 23rd. Enttie-, which will close on Tihurisdav next, will be 10" for Open Glasses, and 7< (hi lor the other two classes.

Shop-lifting, which was \.>ii prevalent a few years ago in the large centres of tho Dominion, i\ not tarried on so extensively now. 'I ne assigned is that recent 1\ culpiits were punished more seveiclv. and that me«-t athe shop-lifters aie well-known 'o tradespeople. At the adjourned mrpiest on the bodies of Mttri Ami and Hme Jlcne, who were killed in a .motor accident on Tue.-d.iy last, a veid ci was ietui lied that the victim-, met their deaths itihrough the driver oi ihe car, Kuku Mfltone Ivopiha, attempting to negotiate a corner at an ex<p—ivo "-peed while more or less under the influence oi liquor.

A course of lectures is being arranged by the Executive of the Wairarapa Teachers' Institute on similar Hues as La si year, to ho held in the Technical School, Masterton, on the third-Saturday in each month. The first of ,the series will he given, on Saturday next by Mr Reginald Foss, ihcadmaster of the Fernrldge School, the subject being, "The Three R.'s—yesterday, to-day and •to-morrow."

Messrs James Macintosh and Co. draw attention, to the clearing .sale of Mr J no. Hart, Opaki, to-morrow (Thursday), at 1 o'clock. The sheep to Iw offered are a tip-top line, and can be recommended by the auctioneers. The ewe,': in lamb are especially ft splendid, line, and in good condition. Horses;iatKl. other stock are also in good condition, and the farm implements in. l -good order. As. Mr Hart liar, sold, hi;; farm the stock it re for absolutesale, and anyone requiring same will bo well-repaid by attending.

The Hawkc's Buy Trades-and Labour Council passed a resolution protesting agit'itiiit the Government placing order-; for locomotives with private firms, considering it high time the Government undertook this work themselves. The Council ttlso passed a resolution approving of the action of the. Napier Borough Council in insisting on-British madontils being us_ «d for the tram system, although the cert will ho somewhat higher. Hutewai, or hiddi-biddl, which is one of tho plant pests which settlers have to contend with in various parts of the country, is reported to be very plentiful in some of the'outlying districts of Elcetithutra. Settlers are findfinding great difficulty in keeping the nuisance down. Horses ars stated to be the best moans of eradicating the weed, :r. :it certain- seasons of the year they show a strong partiality for the plant. ' '' " "

-A New Ze,.ilander, who has just returned from .»\visit to Australia, was rather 'truck with the narrowness of th VSydney thoroughfares, \\lhich caused a. continual blockade in traffic, and wore ii'is wide, enough for the laying cf

e. doulile ro'w of t:ivinli:ic';. Melbourne. o:i tho other hand, had the lire't streets to be found anywhere, which were wide enough for :all kinds of traffic.

A 'somewhat peculiar development followed -on the illness of a child -r.,t Qiioenstown, rfiul the-mother of'the child wrote to the Hospital Board last, week,pointing out that, as die was ii Mo wed to '.uirse n'.io child during 'the time it was in the 'hospital, she .should he compensated, mud did not see w!by s'he ;.:':oi',!d not receive the regular pay of fsvor mines, namely, two'guineas. The medical officer at Wakatipu reported adversely on the .■suggestion, '••lying v'Mif wniiia.?! 'hfid. ?■ \yy.h\\L and sia'tGcl that he had se:>t.'her a bill for treatment.' and linainteijaiieo of the. child. The Board decided that they eouM .not e.llow tho payment cl aimed. . ' ' '

* A communication was road at the meclt'.ii.g of (!i(> llasterton County Council yesterday from the Palmerston North. Chi'imber of Commerce in reference .to the carrying out of tie sitatiites of the Defence Act, and reC|uest;ing the Council's endorsement of

.". motion carried by tf'io Palmerstoin Chamber to the effect that it highly appreciated tho action taken by the Minister'of Defence in enforcing the A/A. 'Hie 'Chairman of the Comity Council, Mr W. J .'Welch, said that ii'iero was little doubt in the minds of li'.ost men as to the utility of the Territorial •system, and he was quite* sure that the members of the Council would be agreeable .to., endorsing the sentiments expressed by the Palniersion .Chamber of Commerce. He was very sure that the system would be a great success, and New Zealand would benefit as well .as the commv.'nity at large. Ho would irmve that the motion of the Palmerston body be endorsed, 'lliic motion was carried unanimously.

■YUKINU HOME HOMELIER. If you have no ehrXdr'en, yon need to keep the' hou.se as bright, and cheerful 'as possible—yon wauifc a■• piano. If you bare children, growing up about you. you want to make home as attractive as possible' for them — you want a piano. • It does not matter what vour eircunvsta.iiees are; you can afford' a .pi-a-iio. if you go about it m a sensible way. Let the Dresden Piano C;;iii;pany show you the way. ' IllieT'Dresden: H lire-Purchase System brings splendid Pianos into .the roach of oven-body. The Company's vtock is vorv*wid§; von 'tire ofteivci the ch(;icc- of pianos ; by all the great makers of the world. \ If—en ike other hand— you can't plav nialco ciiqir'.rv about Mis Hroaciwood leaver Piano., The; Player can Im> fitted-or removed at will wlven Mc piano i« required for ordinary _ -ou work. The.Wer itself is nwle > Pmulwcod*. Needle to sa.y ]t « " reproadiab!<> alike .in m^ ll^" erial and workmanship- J' 1 ' "iV" v.+o i* ttio best in the market! Go into this m abit-r now! T ~l fi Arn-i-M. J. Bra.kes, North Islmid Mj-i ■lo-or Loral n t.'ie DiJVdeniH T.««, Daniel Buddings, Qnee street-.

Letters of naturjlisdtion have Wn granted to Peror Anderson, rabbitef of GlcMiburn, Carterton. - '

The fcv<v- patients at Die Mastertoii Hospital are progic sing as favourably as ma\ be expected.

I'Yildnig dairying eoinp,,nic , are >r o . ing in sLwigly for milk and i'l i-> probable that bv- -mxt joamim the m.ifoiitv of the I.'clones wilt be equipped with pusit un-uig plants.

'I he Minister id Irternal Allah's has appointed Satin d;n, M iv '2'> th, as the day tor holding ai election to hli iho vacancy on the Masteirou Knc Board caused by the resignation oi Mr P. M. Simpson.

\n indication of I he iiueio-t tikon 'l haiif-r mi "ing i:i Aii'-tialia may he obtained f.o.n the fact that 501 h.iiiKi t'jik pan in tin opening urn ol the Melbourne JHairor Club this - n ason.

A mo:,->, cyclist «,i , accosted by thoPoke, in (J a ecu S'-jch, Ma Norton, on Moiiday last, ami w.unal against riding at an speed through the main thoroughfare.-. r lln delinquent, professed penitence, and was permitted to proceed cm his i,a>.

Tt is probable that a l>ig .native, gathering will shortly bo held at the Te Ore Ore pah, at whicli distinguished visitors will be pLc-ent. The object ol the gathoiing is to discuss Native legislation.

'lhe officers of the Waimnpa Past Giancl Lodge <>t Oddfellows intend paving a viirit to the Loyal Eketahunn, Lodge on r (hui>day. 'lhe purpose i< to give the purple degree to about a dozen past ofh'cvrs of the Eketahuna and Manganinoka Lodges.

Tito Stilt'.' Guaranteed Advances Ofiioo has refused a loan to i-lic Ekotahuna, Borough Council, boeauso that, bndyJha*; already ,lt:td two loans provisionally approved. 'Hit' Department, intends ro.-trietingits advances, in future, to those I todies which have* no'u already borrowed.

May Haliett, wlio caused no litths .-Air in -ooiety circles a few years ago, is now a genuine widow. Her husband. Don Campbell, was .assistant purser on the Titanic ,:uul wont down with thoship. Campbell was purser on the I'limaroa at one time.

For the first time in the history of the Ha we; a-Electric Light Company, a strong financial ciecl ; t balance his licen shown on the year's operations. A dividend of o per cent, on ordinary shares a'ul 7 per cent, on preference : h.'iv , will be pa-id.

1 iie quarterly mooting of the Masterton Chamber of Commerce is to be hold on Friday afiernoon, after tin* ordinary meeting of the" Council. A number of important matters - will como before tin 1 meeting, including the report of the railway deputation to Wellington.

Somewhat curious was tho sight of it number of pigs being driven along with a flock of sheep to tho Culverdsri (Canto: bury) trucking yards the other day. They appeared to be quite' a happy fanu'fy,and the drover in chargo seemed to have-little trouble.

Sportsmen who have been ''doing''' the back portion of Taranaki siuce thesporting season opened report that game is sotree. One pair of sportsmi - travelled two hund'-ed miles t-tid got only 'a, dozen birds between them. Thoseason has been against the birds this. year, every district in the Dominion .suffering. With tho tightening up of its financial resources, the Napier Borough authorities are finding it necessary, if inconvenient to take a more economical view of expenditure of the rates.. The mai'itr-nance staff has been gradually ;.'\a-:vd -from time to time until the c-jly work which is being earrud J cut is. in? cleaning up of tho streets. ! Discussing the progress of the settlors in tile Cat.iins River district (Otago), tho Hon. T. Fergr,, said ui it reporter : —"They have f.pwit the ho«r ycara of their lives there, and they dr- ! serve all the help and encouragement ! wo can give them. But the ivast* of f'.-e titnber and the long years of is appalliug. Tlie railway and liv.. . a "isill should have gone .the.id of sol:! '!r..'"t instead of settlement being 20 yea ,-; in, advance. We nave not i r, m; c i timber in this country that ue can afford to waste it. i'hosettlers are wonderfully happy and. ■cheerful, ar.d they h-avo well earned the reward for their labors which it is hoped the railway now approaching, completion v ill b;ing them." At a. meeting in Masiorton yosterdav of tho joint sub-corn mi tte.o of the Wauarapa. Hospital nnd Charitable Aid Boatd and St. John Ambulance. &pt up to control the District Nursing I Fund, there ucre present: Messrs E. "G. Eton and W. Kilter, Mrs Cora- ' dine and Misses Hay ward nnd Gilles- ' pic. Three applications were received for the positions rf District Nurse, and Miss.o< Jones (Napier) and Gates (Tima.ru) wevo appointed. Each of these will receive a '-.alary of £l3O per ..annum, and will commence duty on • June Ist. The fund in .hand at date ■amount-, to between .£7OO mid i'8()0. I A married couple is advertised for in thi'i issue. i The Loval Orange Lodge meets in 'Murray's'Hall at 7.45 o'clock tonight. \ Mr nnd Mrs J. H. A. Skipper in- ; seivfc n uo-tica :oi ; to friends and . I sympathisers in their, recent sad be-. i .reavement. The Laud and Jmcome-Tax Department gives notice tkit returns:of income must be fmnidied not later titan Juno. Ist. A small farm .see-lion near Mastertow i:. advertised for sale by Mr K. H. B. Daniel, land agent, Hastings. Full particulars appear on the front page of thin morning's issue. The winter is tho season for dried fruits, and in this connection Mr A. J. Giddings announces thai he has a verv choice assortment of prunes, dried peaches, and apricot* at lowest, nrices A specialty i* auule ol Y\ nodK pork Jnsages, ''■«'" > a W'' rt,ul cooked ham. My Henderson is nt present showing some very handsome tea ami oofico , ( ; ivi „ c „ Miiieh lnnc Ik-oh .specially imiinrt«l for presentations. 'lho sots ro ,npi-i-ie -« V™™' aml nro .. wdi vorlliv of inspection. A very nice aswtitmeiiL of ladies' v.atcli wristlets in coloured straps are also to 'hand, and are l.ein-.; 'iiceialiy di-p'my-cd in the windo.v. Local wool-growerß are very pleased to know that so much of their finest wool finds its way Into the popular Roslyn Worsted and Woollen Mills (largest in Australasia), as thoy know from practical experience something or the comfort and lasting wear., of Hoslvu Blankets, Rugs, Tweeds, Worsteds, Socks, Jerseys, Flannels, Plaidings, "Delta" Underwear, etc.