LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10642, 24 May 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The latest return from the Master;to.n Dredge is 32ozs. 2dwts for 124 hours' working.

Mr J. C. Boddington reports that the rainfall registered at the Upper Plain io rthe 24 hours preceding ? a.m. yesterday was 13 points, A bitterly cold afternoon was experienced in Ma'sterton yesterday. Snow fell on the lower ranges of the Tararuaj.

' The Master-ton schools "break-up*' t'O-day for the- term' lioliday, TTsey will' not resume until June 4th,, the day following King's Birthday. In the contest for tihe vacant Commi'ssioners'hip of the Ma:rtin,l3orough Town Board. Mr H. A. Evans defeated Mr D. M. Lister IJy 78 votes to 38.

A man wiho endeavours to ran - ,i' dairy farm liy liaud-awiliving in the present condi'tfoiv of labour should' have Ills head road'. Tlliis is the opinion of a leading dairyman. The cold snap of weaklier wWefi lias been experienced' during the last dny or two has visibly diminished" tihe supply of milk to the Waararap.T and' Forty-Mile Buslvdairy factories. Mr G. R. Sykes, M.P!, has Keen advised'by the Railway-Department that the work of improving the railway platform at Manga.rn.aHoe will' be commenced' next week':

A meeting of' members and'intending members of fha Farmers' Union will -be held in the A. and P. Association's rooms at Mast prion on Saturday afternoon next, at three o'clock. ; It is hoped that there will be a large j attendance. [ It is .now seated that the tramways in Invercairgi.il are mot coming nip to expectations, as far .as receipts are j concerned. It is probable tibia t a.s tihe novelty bias mow worn off, the cans will not be so hciaviily patronised, and, according tb an 'cxohjvnge, the population of liiivercarsill may mot be large enough to make the tramways a .paying concern for some years to come. A taxi-caib driven by William Curtis, land containing four others, says an Auckland telegram, collided with a Uramear at lEpnom late on Wednesday night, Thomas Noonan, a single man. and Fred Oole, were seriously injured. Tiho accident was caused by the wheels of the motor skidding. The tranicar caught the back wheel of the taxi, and wrenched the lower part of the motor ear away. Noonan. received shocking injuries to Ids headland was •extricated with difficulty. He died fl.'mofib immediately. Cole -had his thigh injured, .and was conveyed to the hospital. The motor car '.was practically ruined.

The Bradford Corporation made a profit of £30,000 from [grease recovered from sewage last year, land now. -machinery for extracting marketable prodiuee from the city's sewage has now been stotrted. It is expected that the new works nt .Esholt will .bo the moans of .raising the .annual profit to £">o,000. The 'iot?.l siales of these products up to last year rciaclied £IOO,000. Besides grease, a imarket has been found for the >)re-sed cake which .remain?, .after the grease has been extracted.

Prices for ibenzine still continue to rule .high, the (average retail price 'being from 16s to £l, as. against the usual lis 6d. Practically all the stores which have .made a. practice of selling benzine have got rid of their last drop, ■and car and .garage proprietors - are selling only toltlheir regular customers. 'Hie Bansa. liner Hoheufeh; war. due in Auckland from New York iyesterdfciy, with. WOO cases, but it is doubtful whether this is sufficient to relieve the shortage until a. further strpply arrives by the'Anglo-Saxon in July.

The.Federation of Labour Co^nTe Clice opened yesterdiay : at Wellington':, Mr Webb', tihe President of the-.Fed-erationl of ! " Laobury. in, w'eicoming l thee delegates, said that he hoped filie Conference • would' not terminate until it had I perfected the washing of the organisation, in such .a way as to make- 1 the organisation the complete and' lasting c.<rganis'atibn of lllie- working class of New Zealand. He< .Believed! that the deliberations and dbcisions off the conferencei would, tend to the freeing of the workers from the injuries; of' Capi'talisniv

! At the meeting- of the- Mastertoni branch of tlhe> Labour Party on Wedtnesday night', the following resolution was passed':— ,<f Phat in the-opinion of thik-ibrandi of the United;.. Labour. Party, coal-hei'ng : essentiail to--trtie-. successful development of n«art% wery industrv, and a:necessary of life and comfort, shouM be worked and d'rstributcd. exclusively Jby the State for •the general.benefit. That a,copy of. this resolution b>.,fbny»rded;.to-.the, Government, and also to- the- Borougn Council, with a request that a depot for the sale eoaffeat once es-ta-blished; in Masterton ."' ABOUT THAT PIANO.

You want it. So much is admitted. But pianos are costly things, you say. You are afraid you can't afford il. 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 purchase will involve; no pinching, so serious sacrifice, ho bother of any sort. And all the time you are paying, the piano is brightening your home. Until you have a piano - , in the house, you can scarcely imagine- the difference it makes.. ■., N© woroaiii is really eon tented till she getj -one. Think of'thaWF-■'■■•'...•■ 'v.,- v;.:^';-,"'-We can help you to a selection. We offer you the full benefit of all our knowledge and experience. You- can haye one.ofvth© superb pianos of. the four famous hojuses-r; Broadwood, Ron,!toh.^ ?; ;;OP;.any : •piano-, sar** Dresden'"Piano' ,0«„ Ltd.., Wellißßton. North Island 'Managers M. J. Brookes. Local representative; H, In««>, Daniell'i; Budding*)

Tho latest return S'fm -fife* §fifi*S*( dVedge as 32ozs. 17dwts. lor 118 hottfs'' working.

A# effort is 'being made ito' form a. Gloe; Club .in. Ma rtinbo rough. The lcosi brass band is also to .be trowived.

T\\ii inmates of the Costley Home. Aucklart4,- the man 80 years of wage and tihe woman; 13, have asked permikskm of the. iHospStal Board to .marry.

A Christchurch reporter, in thV course of his enquiries into the metihy--lated spirits habit, .asked it<he barmaid" df she had been asked for the beverage. She said she hadn't, but that very dav a man demanded limejuiee and glycer. ine.

A recent visitor to Australia states that it is no infrequent occurrence for sheep trains to arrive at their destination with five per cent. dead. Sometimes the animals are several days on the trucks, the sheep trains generally only averaging nine or ten miles an hour.

The Hon. T. Mackenzie, tho Prime said at Eairlie that something .would have to be'done to put a in Crown leases, by which the seiller was left with all the- profits 'and the storyer had to "nurse the .baby." f; ' .

! The Wairarapa Hookey Ohampion>iship mutches were continued yesterday ja* feiflsdowne, when several interestting matches were decided. The weajther was anything but pleasant, but jtbart did not deter a large number of onthusiasts-from being present. • At the Auckland Supreme Court yesterday, Francis.Henry Sutton was con- ■ Vi'cted of s< cl'iairge of doing tadily ihiarm, by discharging a revolver. Acidised was fined £BO, the Judge taking 'into'consideration tho fact that there I was• provoeatSmv..

Tho'first football matches in connection with the-WaiVa-rapa Rugby Union |wiU' : il>o played'to-mwiTO'.v, one match .'being played off the old showgrounds between- Cartertbn' and Masterton, and the, other match between Gindjstone and Greytbwn;,.. at Gladstone. Being the first matches of the season, no doubt a gocd'deal'.of .interest- will bo shown" as ,t)ho ■ rebuilt

A smoke concert was -field in the Fire Brigade Hall at'Carterton at the conclusion of'the ploughing match \<\sterdayj Mr E." Eagle; jmi., President of the A. and P. Association, occupied: the chair, and there-:; was; iaj ]'m%& gat't eriwg^'oft'fa.rineri>^a.nidiploughmen:, Mr W (J. .Buchanany M.P., was-.also-pres-ent. The'usual toasts were honoureu, i»n(t>o : ' most enjoyable" evening was. spent.

A Hastings telegram states till at Charles King, la youth 21 years of age,, employed ias porter at Stratford" Eodige Hotel, .and said to be suffering from 'insomnia, took a sleeping: dirauighitl when retiring to bed on Monday night. All efforts on Tuesday to awaken him were ifutile, and a doctor" ordered his removal to a private hospital', where 1 he died last, evening, without regaining consciousness.

I As showing the rapid.! adVance- «.>fi' ' late years in the price of dairying land lin the Waikato, a settler from the Hamilton district mentions the facts in connection with the sale of a large block of land which was farmed, successfully for years by ani eXH-esident of the Majin.wa.tu. Seven years ago hesold at £6 10s a.n acre, and made- a< handsome profit. The piirohaseu retained it until 4£ years ago,. w.Hsir hefound .a buyer for £lO per acre,, and. the latter has now quitted the estate at £l9 per acre, having made. £36,000 •by tho transaction. ■ ;

An Auckland telegram states, that Mr Cotter, .rolicitor, and Judge- Killwards, had a rather wann intercllange of words at the Auckland Supreme Court yesterday morning; 'lDie- Judge protested lagairsb ''his being required' to; take down aus:.vers to irrelevant questions. Upon Mr Cotter dntiuiim-ptinv;-. to make explanation, His Honor retorted : "Never mteft;upb an vonnv ever; in'»tho ordinary cours? of conversation. That,-is the loardoissali iiuh»> iiu good nun liners. Never itttenmrptt a< Judge, unless you have possible reason for doing so;.'"

The threepenny bit, the smallest silver coin iii calculation, igoas ,ai Jiang w.a,y;m S>diiey>. A retnnsedlhusrauasa man of Tiiiropu says "you can !i.v.e Lor 3d per day in Sydney."' Beer is.3d a; pine, and white drinking it the best of counter lunches can be had. 'Glhese lunches are substantial,. and: uraludie' e-.<-:> thing Unit -pa<stry. Cigarettes. av<? also 3d per packet. Men buy. their, h tho h6teJ barSf.jiar.take of tliß' MielV atthe: same Itiway then. g»iout and! sell the.- cigarettes-; for .3d; Wiheh a-gaiiinu h'wg-O' .•.t'bey repeat tte perfemantfe, aiid-iaiitw are<'pr>Ln,ted! auk ta> who .live 'V-j' tfeis system': o»yMg: m«J" selling (for weeks on end- for the small i •sum of 'tilir^epenxfe.

Tlfo.weefcbyraeetuigrbff the Endeavour Lodge, 1:0:6.11, .wawlMtf m the Foresters' 'Hall' Mist' evening. There was-a reeord'»ttendarice> of members, presided over, by Blw. King; C.T. Routine business*was- transacted. Bro. sent in camp''With the Territorials) was.pneseivt»,,and ! gn<ve> »n interesting .address on-his.impressions of Masfterton, and' conveyed' 'fraternal greetings from Anchor of ; ' Hope Lodge, Dannevirke, which were heartily reciprocated. It was decided 5 to allow the juvenile temple to go into recess for three months. An iht'erostting letter was .received'ift'om Biro. Heaven, JXG.G.T,, •for" the Brvaston- of"t>evohpo».'-..' England*, "wMsfli gave striking incidents of "the,■ Strike in England, also uecountsoftfoeGood Templars' Lodges in Enjg&ißoT. ''''s^^'.^soK a seitt'v.#?ee&ig.» fnam. .^himself.. j-ahd J Robert Raikes. Lodge of •■•Gloucester,;.■ winch wer> received. The item on the syllabus was parlour games, Sister Miller being responsible. Some interesting games wewe indulged in,, and a competition was won by Bro. Morris, senr. A dainty supper was provided by Sisters Miller andlveson and Bro. Lunnon, and was greatly appreciated %• the members present.

fOO BEAR IN MIND That by ttfiinjg lit* oomtnmrala! mo*lyptns oil which is now bought op at 51HK»l»ilILl tin© will expose on* merrtbranos. GENUINE BANDER" EUCALtPTI tX^^W » »<«*»*

, 11u> fog whm m* experienced it* Canterbury last *<s§k was tho heaviest experienced i\m& form number of years, and was of -swa* that tlw lights had to be Kfc « n tho trains earlV in the .afternoon.

Tho' inebriate ihstitutwM* at Roto Roa nitti PaiMfoa, under ttfc* Control of the Sa'lvsStfofl Army, are Evidently greatly iff 4eftmnd, and in tlit?«asQ of the l\-6i& M-6n the Army authorities' have had to ask tlhat no furtlieif committals be mtf&J for a time, as there are !already 10/5 : inmates in the instituit&m,, to only .provide :*c~ rowmodation for' 100, Pakatoa also*'!* full.

About fifteen- members of the Masiterton Harriers' Club met at tfwr Rev. A'.- T. Thompson's yesterday af--ternoon, to participate in the ' run of tho'seasoii. Messrs. Dirummond. and Nicholson kid a' very good trail, over a course of about seven milesaeross oountfry. They Beat the pack f heme ra tlher easily. Aftfer Slaving had' a hath, the runnersand officials met at afternoon tea, when"! Spee-clies were made l.y .Messrs G. Sykea.'M.&ySj'k Edwards, S. E. Kingston', and" J. Bradbury, thanking the Rev. Thompson for entertaining the harriers' on; 't% occasion of their opening minr. Rev. Thompson suitably responded. t Mr Sykes intimated that he''Would"present a.gold medal to \ the; 01i# for ■ competition, the committee"to decide what it was to be for. Next'l'hursday ■• afternoon . tlhe ,'bjarriers • will he'', tlte -/v; guests of. Mr F. W. H* Tturfltrtfor,. of v " Mauriceville, and will leave" 1 thie Post' Office by drag at 2 p.ni^

Mr John Boxnail, having disposed'©?.:' his butchery [business to Mr" Jl & Matthews, requests, that all oivt&tafid--ing accounts he paid at Mir MatthewV shop.not later than June 6th, pfox.

Messrs Hood Bras, advertise a 'spec--ial purchase of dress goods, which: they have secured at half the"" costr price, and they intend giving the'public the benefit of the bargain. reductions are marked in plain figures; i and chiefly refer to striped tweed, har-- J ris tweed, dougal tweed, navy cloth and navy serge.

"Men's evening shoes" is the heading of a change .advertisement inserted by Mr J. Carpenter, of the Central Shoe Store, in this morning's issue. The range is the higgest yet shown, and includes calf court lace shoes, glace court anil lace pumps, patent lace and court shoes, etc. These shoes are decidedly smart, while the prices are wonderfully reasonable for such value. Inspection is invited.

The attention of buyers is drawn fen ; tiho entries of (cattle advertised in ; tllls morning's issue for the Sohva-y I sale on Wednesday, 29th inst. Pre;sent entries comprise about 400 head of grown cattle, principally forwaroN eonditioned bullocks and speyed caws, 'included in which.are the special entries on account of Mr H. T. Hume, jAohanga, and Messrs Barton Bros., of :M»taikona.