LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10640, 22 May 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

There are at present seven inmates in the Solway Old Men's Home. The Bailance Dairy Company intends installing a plant for the manufacture of casein. The Masterton Collie Dog Trials open to-day, and will be continued tomorrow.

A number of cases of scarlet fever Jilave been reported in and around Timaru.

The, Master ton municipal gasworks use sixty tons of coal per week in the making of gas.

"Jibe 'honorarium of the Maytfr of Masterton has been fixed at £IOO for the ensuing year.

The Timaru A. and P. Association has purchased twelve acres of land, at a, cost of £IOOO, to enlarge its present showgrounds.

The special meeting of the Masterton Trust Lands Trustees, convened by resolution of the annual meeting of voters, is to be held this evening.

Provision has been, made in the estimates of the Masterton Borough Council' for the ensuing year for tlie erection of a public convenience in the southern end of tlie town.

Sixteen, members of the Masterton Harriers Club held a preliminary run last evening. In the unavoidable absence of Mr Kingston, the duties of captain were carried out by Mr Bradbury. The Harriers were entertained at supper by Mr Dickson after the run.

The sum allocated by the Masterton Borough Council for charitable aid this year is £456.

The estimates" passed by the Masterton Borough Council for work during the ensuing year amount to £6726.

The Rev. H. Williams will deliver an Empire Sunday .address in St. Matthew's Church, Masterton, on Sunday next.

The Borough Council- -has placed £2OOO on its estimates this year for street maintenance. The amount expended last year was £2166 19s 7d.

During discussion on the estimates in connection with the Masterton pulblie baths last n-ight, Cr. Temple said he considered that the baths sihould be self-supporting. The past year of the Masterton municipal gasworks has been the nosfc successful in tihe history of the works, a credit balance of £I2OO rerad-iniiig, after allowing for interest, sinking fund, and maintenance.

The Mayor and councillors of Masterton have received an invitation from the Church of England Men's Society to attend an Empire Sunday service for men, to be held in St. Matthew's Church on Sunday next.

The question of whether Masterton will combine with Eketahuna in securing a satisfactory mail service to Pongaroa will be discussed at the next meeting of the Masterton Chamber of Commerce.

A Hamilton telegram says:—General satisfaction is expressed locally at the Government's acquisition of ten acres of Forest Lake Estate for subdivision into quarter acre sections for workers' homes. The estate lies in close proximity to Hamilton and Frankton.

In connection watlh the weekly Traltfholiday in Masterton., the Wairarapa Employers' Association has forwarded the following resolution to the Masterton Borough Council: "That in tile best interests of the town and district, Thursday is tlhe most suitable day for the .weekly half-holiday."

At last night's meeting of the Ma.sterton Borough Council it was decided that a letter he forwarded to the Minister for EailHvays in reference to the shortage of railway trucks, wlhioh was creating a considerable difficulty in connection with the supply of coal to tiho municipal gasworks. A special meeting of workers in connection with "What the Moon Saw," will he held in Masterton tonight. All interested and willing to help will be welcome. Final arrangements will be,made for the erection of stalls and decoration of the Town Hall for the sale of work on Wednesd ly and Thursday, of next week.

The Hawke's Bay Herald of yesterday says:—'Messrs J. H. Herman and B. J. Wegcr, the well-known deep oi"well drilling experts, left Napier this morning.or Eketahuna, to thoroughly inspect the options held by the Mangaone oilfields, and choose the site on which to commence operations with their first bore.

. i Cr.' Prentice, speaking on the estimates at last night's meeting of the Masterton Borough Council, stated that it was a matter for congratulation that the waterworks and the municipal gasworks were on such a satisfactory basis. He looked forward to the time when the profits gained from these sources wio.uM materially •help in reducing the burdens of the ratepayer. J The monthly meeting of the Master- I ton Benevolent Trustees was held yesterday morning, there being present: Messrs J. B. .Keith (chairman), J. C. Ewington, H. O'Leary, D. J. Cameron, J. Miller, M. J. H. Jackson, YV. Morris, W. Fisher, .and Mrs Cairns. The treasurer reported as follows:- - Receipts, balance from last meeting, £302 3r, lOd, refunded relief £l4, total £316 3s 10d; expenditure, £6l/10;; 7d; balance at date. £254 17s 3d.

The Chairman of Directors of the Bailance Dairy Company.told a representative of the Age yesterday that he had visited the whole of the factories and creameries of his company, and submitted the question of abandoning butter-making in favour of cheese. In every part the shareholders expressed themselves opposed to the change, 1 being quite satisfied with the returns they were receiving from butter-fat.

A deputation from the Wairarapa Caledonian Society, consisting of Messrs J. H. Pauling, T. G. Hoar, A. MoLecd, and J. Georgeson waited on the Masterton Borouglh .Council last evening in reference to erecting a picket fence round the Park Oval. Mr Pauling, leader of the deputation, slated that of late years the necessity .for a fence round the oval had become more pronounced, as sports meetings were being continually interrupted by spectators getting on'to the ground. The Society was prepared to pay £lO a year for a term of six years, towards paying the cost of building, or were prepared to pay half the total cost of the fence, provided the Council would give a guarantee that the Caledonian Society should not be deprived of the use of the oval for a period of mx years. Mir T. Hoar, vice-president ot -the Society, also spoke in favour ol the erection of a fence, which he considered was highly necessary. J* • was decided that the question bo he d over till next meeting, to allow of th. matter being inquired into fiom a legal point of view. A beautiful range of the new season's goods in ladies leather h*nd •lias now been opened up by.Mr u. ©. Nicol jeweller. The designs are mos. novel; a«d the shades of leather pre exceedingly pretty.

ABOUT THAT PIANO. You want it. So much is admitted. But pianos are costly things you say. You are afraid you can't affoid it That is where you are mistaken. You can get a superb piano from one of the world's great makers, and you can pay for it in such a way that the purchai will involve no.pinching no serious sacrifice, no bother ot anj o And all.the time you are paying,' the piano is brightening "your h °Until you have a piano in the house y?n can s.arcely imagine the Snce it makes No woman is really contented till she gets one. Think of that! _ We can help you to a selection. We offer you tlie full benefit of all our knowledge and experience, You can have one of the superb pianos of the four famous houses- Broadwood, Steinway, Lipp or Ronisch- or ,any of the others. If you are buying a piano, cash or terms, to see us is to save money. The Dresden Piano Co., Ltd Wellington. North Island Manager': M. J. Brookes. Local representative: H. 'lnns, Daniell's Buildings, Queen Street. i. '&r~ 1. *. - ";. ' 3L. .- 1 ■■ • • •

Cilia f? is being sold in the Master ton distract just now at £4 per ton, sacks extra.

A Wairarapa farmer has this year secured a return of £lB per head from his cows, and £3 per head from his pigs. This is a record which will reqiuiro boating.

The President of the Ma.ster.fcon A. and P. Association (Mr Hugh Morrison) has made a contribution of £3O to the Stock Fair fund. This brings tlhe cash contributions to £l6l.

A Wairarapa dairy fanner who ftd his cows on mangolds last winter, found t'Hat his milk supply in September was nearly double what it was lor the same month in the previous yew. Mr Thomas Wagg has given notioe to the Secretary of the iMasterton Trust Lands Trust that he intends to move at the next meeting, "That a special grant of £IOO be made to the District High School for the purpose of furnishing the new Assembly Hall.'' A preliminary meeting of the suboomumittee of the Masterton Chamber of Commerce, which was set up tofurther the Masterton-Waipukurau railway project, was held yesterday, when a lot of valuable data was supplied by Mr Eli Smith. It was decided to hold another meeting at an early date.

A vocal and musical cntentetinm jnt will be given to the Territorials on the old showgrounds to-night by local talent. The camp ground will be thrown open free to visitors, and a special invitation is extended to ladies to attend.

As a result of the depression in the Borough finances, brought 'about by the strike, the Waihi Borough Council, 'at a special meeting on Monday night, decided to reduce the Mayor's honorarium from £l5O to £SO, ,r,nd hsked the Engineer to resign, he to have tlhe first refusal of a fresh appointment, if necessary.

At the meeting yesterday of the Finance Cinranittee of the Waira.ra.pa Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, the Secretary was instructed to arrange for the Board's building Committee to take over from the contractors (Messrs Taylor.and Hodges) the Buchanan Home as soon as the same has been finally passed by Messrs Atkins and Bacon, architects.

It may not be generally known that the late Mr Septimus Bacon (whose death is reported this morning) <and the late Mr Job Vile, were primarily responsible for tlhe first loam raised m the borough of Masterton. That loan was for the erection of nrunicipa.l gasworks, wihiich haw proved the finest asset tine town possesses.

"What will come of the pigs when you extract butter from the whey?" was a question put to a Wairarapa daiiry-fanmer yesterday by an Age reporter. "Well," was the reply, "we get fivepence per lb for pork, and lid per lb for the butter-fat.' In our district alone, the extracting of butterfat from the whey will mean an increase of £650 a year in our returns. We can find other food for pigs."' .

Following are some of the more important items appearing in the estimates of the Masterton Borough Coun-. cil, which were passed last- evening : Interest on overdraft, £220; fire prevention, £500; charitable aid, £456; , . public health, £75; park,, £350; sani- . tation and drainage, £550; street lighting, £385; street maintenance, £2000; stables, £250; Dixon Street widening, £llo;'street improvement,, j £300; contingencies, £2OO. I At the meeting of the Masterton Hospital Committee-yesterday morning, five tenders were received for the erection of a nurses home at the Masterton Hospital, and also for the erection of a building in wnic'h to install the X-Rays apparatus. The tenders of Messrs Taylor and Hodges, of Masterton, at £915 7s for the nurses home, land £l3B for the erection of the AEays building, were acepted, these I prices in' each instance being the l»'»vI est.

The medical officer (l>.r. Archer TTosking) attended the meeting of the Masterton Hospital Committee yesterday morning,, and reported that, owing to the outbreak of diphtheria at Muiriceville West the accommodation in the infectious diseases hosraitnl was taxed to its limit, and that from the saime cause tlhe duties of the nursing' staff at the present) time were of a particukrlv arduous nature. It was resolved to fonwa.rd the Doctor's report on to the Wairai'apa Hospital and Charitable Aid Board for consideration at their meriting next month.

An inspection, cf the site for -iho Wairarapa Hospital and CWanrable Aid Board's proposed offices in Masterton was made by the Finance Committee yesterday afternoon, in company with the architect. Messrs CamLn and Ewington were appointed a sulb-committee, with power to act n the matter of the renovation of one rtf thP existing cottages. It \» as also rLlvecl th«t fhe offices be erected on thebuiMiug line at the corner ofDxo and WfSiam Streets, and that the be instructed to invrte tenof the building in .coordance with the plans as approved bv the Minister, and sulbmit the sain? to the next meeting of the committee.

A respectable -man is wanted as ii boarder in a quiet family.

A reward is offered for the recovery of a dark tweed overcoat, lest between Mastciton and Greytown yesterday.

A meeting of the Masterton branch of tihe United Labour Party will be held in.' Murray's Hall to-night, to receive the report of the 'conference delegate, and a full attendance of members 'is requested. Wednesday being market day, Masterton m'ay expect the usual number of visitors to-day, and these are invited to inspect the fine selection of footwear to be seen in Mr Kitchener's shop. Queen Street. There are boots for outdoor and in-dcor wear, -watertights. walking boots, evening shoes, slippers, and an-v line that may be asked for.

YOU SHOULD BEAR IN MIND^ That by using the commercial eucalyptus oil which is now bought up at 6d per lb weight and bottled, and, 011 account of the large profit, pusHed, you are exposing yourself to all the dangers to which the uae.of turpentine will expose you—irritation of kidneys, intestinal trach, and mucous membranes. Br insisting on the GENUINE BANDER EUCALYPTI EXTRACT you not only ovoid these pitfalls, but you have a stimulating, aaff, and effective medicament, the result of a special and careful manufacture. A trial will at once convince. Quality in small dose distinguishes it from the bulky and dangerous oroduets. Remember—SANDEß'S EXTRACT embodies the result of 50 years' experience and special study ,and it does what is promised; it heals and cures without initalng the constitution, as the oil* r>f the market frequently do. Tharefo,-<, ".t-otwl voarseJf ey Tsjocitna otheri.

The cash revenue of the Masterto':! municipal gasworks for the month cf Aprfl shows an increase of 95. At the parade of the Masterton. Senior Cadets last evening;, the regimental uniforms were distributed. /'" *i Gas cookers to tlio value of £65 IsT^ 6d have been sold by the Masterton gasworks during the month of April. A distinct though not violent shock of oartliquake was experienced in Mas. terton at 10.13 o'clock last night.

A marked increase has been shewn in the sale of coal from the Masterton gasworks during the month of April.

It is understood that the tender of? a Christohurch firm, at something o/e-r £6OOO, has been accepted for the erection of the new Anglican Church m _ Masterton. ,«*T

There has been an increase of 381,000 feet in the output cf gas said by the Masterton municipal gas worksfiv the- past month.

The Mayor, speaking on the estimates at last night's/meeting of the Masterton- Borough Council, stated that anticipated a considerable increase in the income of the borougfo. during: the coming year. . During the month of April the Masterton municipal gasworks sold 2,226,700 crabic feet of gas, as against 1,844,800 for the corresponding period last year.

A curious freak, in' the form of five-legged, full-grown sheep, wa» slaughtered at the Waingawa freezing, works yesterd'ay. The two fore limbs on one side are perfectly . develop >d % . the scopula. blades being ossified, and tfne rest of, the bones forming two complete legs. The specimen is to D& forwarded to Wellington.

• A Chinaiman named William >ie was fined £lO at Paknerston, North, yesterday for having opiusm in his pos-. session l , and £2 for opium smoking.

An excellent, start was made 3sstevening with .the opera, "ffJKJS'. ""'-".. Pinafore, by the: Master ton Amatetir ,\ Dramatic Society. The. Society has. secured a strong, chorius, arid a smcdessful season'« Work is assured. The next practice will be held in Murray's Hall on Tuesday evening.

j. One or two pufbl&Hspirited scholars like Mr Robert McHah and the late Dr. Hocken have trouble aind expense in unearthing and verifiy,ing old colonial records, but the brunt of such work should not fall upon a few "generous enthusiasts. The country shouldibear its sJhare in facilitating; suteh researches. It is in matters likft this that the Antipodean does well y* drop Ms usual confidence as "V foeM of, creation and to learn a thing or v#Q\ from the lands that have given ohiei- ? I pledges to the Treasury of Time.— \ [ Lyittelton Times. Tlho monthly meeting of the Masterton Hospital Committee was held yes- ' terday morning, there being present! Messrs J..8. Keith (chairman), D. J* Cameron, H. O'Leary, W. Fisher, J. C. Ewington, J. Miller and M.'■ J* H. Jackson. Mr Fisher reported having, visited the Waipukunau Hospital, with the object of inspecting the lighting system there, and stated that he was. generally favourable to the system 1 adopted in the institution. The Aero- . gen Light Company vrote forwarding, particulars in connection with, their lighting plant. It was decided to obtain, further infonnatio.i before taking any definite action.. Thctreasurer reported as follows:—Receipts : Balanco from last meeting, £214 0s lid, subscriptions and donations £3 lis 6d, patients' fees, £43 &» lOd; refund, £2 18s lOd; total, £26S ; 15s Id; expenditure, £SB lis 4d;. bal- , ance at date, £lO5 3i 9d.

A property of 860 acres, L.[ A P.,. yearly rental £ll, is advertised " for i.s.ilo. Full particulars inar be obtained [roiii Messrs Pownall; Lavery ami J Aloran, solicitors, Masiertou. I A damp .resisting mattress pad is I amongst the latent of household novelties. Those pads are made of thick moth-proof felt, and are meant to lie between the wire mattress and beridiYg.' Naturally this will he a means i' p, eventing rust appearing on wim mattic res, thereby adding considerably io their value. 'Messrs Hyde and Co., iuiri h?rs and arts craftsmen, of Masterton. have "these damp-resist-ing mattress pads on sale in sizes to fit an> bedstead. aVIr W. F. Shaw, who business premises are situated next the G<as office. Queen Street, announces the arrival of new consignments of winter goods. They include a fine "selection of iongr ishigh leggings, men's a.nd youths gum boots and goloshes and ladies go!oshes % ! a.T.I of the best quality and cheapest- :. price. There is also a, splendid range-. of men's underwear, sox, and bush. rugs, of Kaiapoi and Mosgiel manufacture, in addition to gold nib fountain pens and writing materials. A special invitation is extended to town and country patrons to call and inspect the range of men',s goods- of every description.