LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10653, 7 June 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Crutching operations are now in pro. gress in, the Masterton district....-',.'

The latest return from the Masterton dredge is 3(3ozs ldwt far 130 hours' wqrk.

The sitting of the Federation of Labour Conference in Wellington .was concluded yesterday.

A motorings party ran into a mob of sheep on the Masterton-Carterton road last night. .. The monthly meeting of the Committee of the Masterton A. and P. Association is to he held to-morrow afternoon.

The adjourned meeting of the A. W. Hogg testimonial movement will .he -held- iii; Murray's Hall at 8 o'clock this evening.. ...

The Prime Minister told a representative, of the Buhedin Star, that the Chairmanship of Committees would be offered to Mr G.W.BaveyjM.P., of Christchurch.

A sum of £97 5s was taken at the doors of the Masterton Town Hall on the fifth night of Professor Norwood's season. This is a record for the town at the prices charged.

A Masterton schoolboy has discovered that yesterday was the sixth day of the sixth month of the year, and that, adding the two together the year of the century as well as his own age was produced. A Mastertan sport who recently shot over the Wairarapa Lake complains that some indiscreet persons are using rifles to raise the swan on the lake. He states that a bullet fell perilously near to him while he was in ambush.

It iva? stated by the manager of the Taieri and Peninsula Company, giving evidence before the Cost of living Commission, that during the past season his company's output was sold ok the London market at 138s .per cwt., equal to Is ljd per ,Ib. The same butter was sold at in the Dominion. . .

A houso in Masterton which was erected thirty-six years ago of heart of totarn. ir. at present undergoing internal repair. The builder states that it is as sound to-day as on the day it was built. "There is no telling hot.' long totara will 1 last," said a carpenter to a representative of the Age who asked the question.

A New Plymouth telegram states 1 'hat at •the annual meeting of the Taumarunui Licensing Committee, a member gave notice that at the next meeting he would move —"That in the opinion of the Committee, the time has arrived for a change, ira the system how existing in'the King-" Cfcuatryy and the Committee urges t'hat the whole, of the liquor supplied to residents or others in that area-,be placed under municipal or State control."

The following letter has been addressed to the Masterton Fire Poliee by Professor Norwood: —"To whom it may concern, —It affords me great pleasure to state tliat in all my experience Upon the road, and especially in New Zealand, I have never had the crowds so well handled as they have been in Masterton by Dixon and his men. The the door was kept, well in: "hand, and it surely is a pleasure to work in • a thentre where such, perfect order is , maintained as has been here these five nights of our engagement, and I am .sure it is due to the interest Captain Dixon has taken in regard to same. Extending; my heartiest thanks to the Captain and his men." ..

I In speaking about the hardships endured : by •'Sir: Robert Stout stated in the: course of a lecture on "03d New Zealand," that when lie arrived in. New;, Zealand* a, bridge at Waikouaik was the only one that had been „built on the road from Dunediti to Canterbury. People got across the rivers as best they could, ind not a few were - drowned in making the attempt, The Chief Justice mentioned a tombstone.which stands l at Miller's Flat.' An unknown victim was drowned in the early days in. attempting to cross the Clut'ha. The miners living in the neighbourhood erected a little tombstono bearing the simple inscription, "Somebody died." BUYING A PIANO.

I During the month of May, building I permits to the value of £6628 were '•issued in Hastings.

There arc comparatively few ducks on the Wairarapa Lake just now, but black swan, are there in thousands.

The first of the. Wairarapa Caledonian Socictv's Jnglosides will be held o.n Wednesday, 12th inst.

Mr J. C. Boddington. reports that there were five, degrees of frost registered at the Upper Plain for the 2i hours preceding !) a.m. yesterday.

Eighteen schools in the Ta.ra.iv-> J: i Education Board's district failed to elect School Committees at the annuai meeting of householders.

The cost of erecting, furnishing, and equipping the new Duncdin Y.M.C.A. is estimated at- £23,529, of which amount the directors already have in hand £18,529.

At the annual meeting of the Wairarapa Licensing Bench at Carterton yesterday,' the whole of the; renewals and transfers applied for were grautled.

The-Department of Agriculture has refused a request from the Cook Conn-, ty Council to have a weed known as "stinking chamomile" placed on tho list of noxious weeds. \ If the disturbing element waits long enough, the patience of the men who pay the wages will be exhausted, too'. When public patience is exhausted, the voice of the leather-lunged agitator is as the voice of one crying in the wilderness. The wilderness is the only possible..place for that voice.—Foxtoii i Herald. -,,;- ... The annual social and'dance of the Masterton P. and Ti-Hockey Club, to take place on the .20th inst., promises to be the most successful in- the Club's history. ' The energetic Secretary,'Mr W. Jackson, and his committee have all arrangements well' in hand, and a most enjoyable function is anticipated. The Gaisford divorce cases were set down for hearing at the Supreme Court at Palmerstou: North on Tuesday. Owing to the indisposition .of Mr B. J. Do.!an, line of the counsel engaged in the case, the Court was unablo to proceed with the hearing in the morning, while the .sitting had also to be adjourned in the afternoon. The case was ultimately set down for hearing on Thursday next.

In the course of his remarks in acknowledgment of the presentation J)) the occasion of his leaving Hawke'a Bay on promotion to Duncdin, Police Inspector Dwyer said that Hawke's Bay was a crimeless district, and possessed a sober community, and the result was that his sojourn there had been one long 'holiday and a path of roses.

"I have found no evidence to differ so much as that of doctors," said Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M., during the hearing of a case in the civil division of the Christchurch Magistrate's Court (says the Press). "Frequently," he continued, "I have two doctors .-on: one side a,nd two on t!he other side take precisely different views, and dt.:,naturally makes me wonder what their evidenoe.is worth."

A letter just received in Auckland gives further doleful accounts of the deplorable drought visitation in New South AVales. In maaiy districts the state of affairs is described as appalling, no rain having fallen for months, though, strange to say, there had been heavy showers in and adjacent /to Sydney. Stock are dying in thousands, and the position is^jtisi-about as bad as it is possible to conceive. ' ;

No fewer than seven millionaires went down with the Titanic,: and the approximate extent of of thwo millionaires is as follows:—Colonel Astor £30,000,000, Mr B. Guggenheim. £19.000,000, M,r T! Strauss, £10,000,000, Mr G. J).. Widener £lO,000,000* Colonel W. Roebling £5,000,030, Mr J. B.Thayer £'2,000,000. Mr Jonhkur J. G. Reuchliri '\r< another reputed millionaire, but the amount of his fortune is unknown..

' A visitor states that since he had been in Ohristchurch. lie had been riding a cyc!.e a :good deal, and eould say that, for a flat, eyeing town, the roads in Christchurch were the worst he had seen anywhere. The Ferry road and Colombo Street were particularly bad. The former he compared to one of the old "corduroy" roads of the American backblocks.- It was. he said, ruinous to the constitution of IwiSi bicycle and rider.

Referring to till? subscriptions received in "Wellington towards-tfae National Art Gallery, the Tirn'arU Herald says:—"We are not sure that the artdevotion of Mastertou is not even more striking, ,since that town, with one-twelfth hi the population of AVellington, promises t<- raise £IOO by popular subscription, to purchase its own special picture, to be placed in the Art Gallery, 70, miles away.",, v ,

■* ln his "Society Snap"-Slmts,' '■■ Joseph Blascheck, the 'celebrated English •humorist and elocutionist, who is to make his first appearance in Mastertou this month'with 'his famous entertainment, is to 'be supported by Miss Mildren Wrightou, a young lady of handsome and striking appearance, whose songs at the piano always prove a popular feature of. the extensive programmo preheated by these talented .•■artists. Miss Wrightou ; lias , a fascinating individuality and a charm of manner thiit is; quite' irresistible! 1 '

"•.'.Speaking at Qamaru .Inst week to a number of Boy Scouts, Lieut.-General Sir R'. S. Baifeh-Powell said: "Scoiits, you want to buck up a bit; you ought to have more. ■ badges of efficiency among yoiir nanks. I havo been looking at other troops, and most of them had many king scouts in them, and some a great number.'' He 'hoped that they were working up for the Dominion flag that he had brought out from the King. "Don't be content, he continued, "to rank as tenderfoots; you should- be «blo to prepare and oook your own grub .and become fully qualified scouts." The continued .successes of the voung team of Australian cricketers i&i England must be ver- eallmg to the recalcitrant six - » Irumper, Anrnisfcrong and Co. The colts are be- I «ig tested, and they aire winning on thlr'r merits. You cannot test the merits of Crescent Tea until you ti j it. iS'okl in three grades at Is bet, is lOd, iamrl &s per lb.

The return, from the Success dredgo for the week's work is 26ozs.

Charles Cnrmont, jockey, of Levin, lias been .adjudicated bankrupt. The strike affecting sixty employees of the Northern Coal Company's mine at Hikurangi is still unsettled. The directors of the Gear Meat Company, have declared a dividend of 4 o per cent for the half-year. The new school -at Kaiwaiwai is to he oiiicially opened on Tuesday next. The Wairarapa members cf the Educatio:? Board have been invited to be present. Bertram Hooper, alias Smith, has. been fined £lO, in default two months, at Waihi, for collecting moneys in aid. of the strike relief fund without authority. .

Instructions have been given by the-Postmaster-General (Hon H. v G. Elljifc. that whenever, possible the vacant: . space;? adjoining post offices shall be planted, the .selection of-shrubs or trees to b.-< made, of course, to suit size and locality of the sections. A cyclist who was charged with cycling on the footpath in Hokitika; offered as an excuse that:, he ' was"thinking hard," and unconsciously rode on the footpath. The excuse evidently failed to convince the Magistrate, as a. tine of 17s was imposed. A Gisborae telegram states, that a resident was found in an unconscious state on the footpath on Wednesday night. He was considerably bruised about the body. He stated, -when lie recovered consciousness, that he been attacked by footpads. A deputatioii from the' TarataliiCarterton Racing Club waited upon the Minister for Internal Affairs (Hon. G. W. Russell)- yesterday, and asked that the two-days' permit bo restored. The Minister replied that he could do nothing until the whole matter had been dealt with by Cabinet. ," The weeklv meeting cf Endeavour [ Lodge, 203, 1.0. G.T., was held in the I Foresters' Hall, Masterton, last evening, Bro. King presiding over a good , attendance of members..'..■ Routine busi-B ness was transacted, after which the! programme of the evening was indulg—' ed in, it being "Question Box" night,, and a pleasant time was"'' spent. ■ The programme for next evening will be "Humorous Readings, and cup and 1 saucer night."

Shiliing-in-the-slot gas meters have proved such m. great success in Wellington that the City Electric Light Department ;.s considering the installation, where required, of meters for the supply of electricity'of the same kind, which, it is considered, will very materially facilitate the work of collecting accounts.

Members of the Wairaxapa gm% edonian Society, who wish to Highland Reel and Highland Schottische dances are reminded of the class to be Oveld in the Dominion Hall to-night,-at 7.30 o'clock. As'there will, only be two or three more classes held before the Jngleside, which will probably be arranged for Thursday, June27th,.it is.important that all who wish to learn should attend to-night. Lady members are 'specially invited on Tuesday and Friday nights in the Dominion Hall. So many hard things are said about, the Board of Education by School Committees concerning the manner of the appointment of teachers, says the; Auckland Star, that anything compli-\ mentary in character is refreshing.. / and that is why the Bon.nl pleased the' other morning t'o get a letter from the Karangahake School Committee covering tho following resolution : —"That this meeting cf house-' /holders expresses,its satisfaction with the system now hi vogue of submitting; the name of one teacher as recommended by the Chief Inspector to fill vacancy on teaching staff." The resolution was passed at t'lis annual meeting ol tho householders.

The first run for "the points: prize im connection with the Mastertbii' ■: tiers' Club was held last evening froriv Dix-on Street, via, Bannister Street, Gladstone and Manaia Roads to the-' .residence of Mr G.' E. Sykes, M.P.,. where the members, had bee-i '.".vited. ' About half a mile from homo a. pack of twenty wore, divided,; the junior members receiving a good handicapFrom the blow of the whistle a good ; race--resulted-'in, J. Miller beating.J* Bfadbury;fo;- first place by., a. few Ayards. * The r ' were hqspitably enter tallied by Mr-ari3.'-Mrs G. Sykes. At, close of a most-enjoy able evening Hearty chce./|r; were given for their.host,and hastes*, 1 -The Wellington Education , Board' invites tenders for additions to the' Kahutara/school. < A reward h offered for the recovery of ©.-black and ■ white sheep dog, lost: since last Saturday. There will he a Presbyterian Churehservice.lit Bideford on Sunday morn:ng. and-at Kopuai:a:iga .-and Wangaehu in-the afternoon. ..;Mr J. Ferguson, taxi-cab, proprietor, notifies the public that he has had his taxicab thoroughly overhauled and renovated,' and it will be open ar» usual from to-morrow. w A concert and danoe is to be held to-night in. the Kopimranga Hall;. A first-class programme -has been provided for the concert, which includes w'ell-knowadVlastertonperformers. The Rev. J, W. Webster,of tlw China Inland . Mission, wi]l give , an address in the Salvation Army barracks to-night on 'Mission Woi'k in China. One almost new motor cycle, 3s- - fitted with free-engine, and everything up-to-date, is advertised for sale by Mr R. Russell, Queen Street, M/asterton. i "Slow down, chaftenr. I see splendid gloves in tMt shop window."' It is said that this remark has beo» heard in reference to Mr J. L. Murray's excellent showing of wintergloves.

"Peroxide Cream," sold by Mr J. V. iGordon, chemist, is recommended for the face, to make the skin soft and delicate. For Chapped and cracked hands, "Anticroa" is sold by the same firm; and for lung trouble, . "Cremalto'! -is supplied, as'a chest strengthener and sure «ougli cure. There is no need to worry about the quality of blankets you get frofgi. Messrs Hugo aind Shearer. The mem fact that they come from the store of value is proof positive "that thov are all wool and first-class vajuo. Some particulars are given in the replace advertisemeiit of this firm in to-dav's issue. .