LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10668, 25 June 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Heavy falls of snow have been experienced in the Bush districts. A Taihape wire states that a heavy fall of snow was experienced there on Saturday. The Wanganui river, consequent on heavy rains in the surrounding district, is in high flood. Sportsmen in Taranaki report good sport so far this season. Pheasants in particular are more plentiful than has beon the case for a number of seasons. ■ A number of Masterton "sports" intend being present at the Napier Park winter meeting which opens to-mor-row.

The Hawera Acclimatisation Society is paying sixpence per pair for hawks' feet, and during the past season has paid out over £4G. The hawk pest is likely to be greatly diminished by the action taken by the Society.

As St. Matthew's -Bazaar !■* laking place on Wednesday next, the Vestry has - decided to hold its monthly meeting a day earlier, and will meet in Murray's instead of on Wednesday, so as not to clash with the bazaar.

A Dunedin wire states that before the Education Commission, Bishop Neville and Dean Fifcchett urgid that a referendum he taken on the question of introducing Bible reading in schools, on the system adopted in New South Wales.

The Masterton Picture Company has secured the rights for Masterton of the sensational picture, "Four Dare Devils." This splendid ni'rii will be shown in the Town Hall on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

It is stated that a company is being formed in Masterton to prospect for silver in the hills in the vicinity. Good reports are to hand of .samples which have been procured. What with oilfields and silver mines., the AVairarapa bids fair to break into a new line of industry.

Mr J. C. Boddington report? that the rainfall registered at the Upper Plain for the 24 hours preceding d a.m. on Sunday was 11 points, and on Monday 90 points. There Avere four degrees of frost on Sunday morning, and two degrees yesterday morning.

Evidence given at the inquest on the body of George. William Sears, who committed suicide on Saturday, showed that decease had deliberately suicided by inhaling gas turned on Jfc'om a gas ring, and breathed the gas until he died. He had been mentally affected for some time. —Press Association.

For Children's Hacking Cough fft Night. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d, 2s 6d.

Two splendid specimens of BorderLeicester sheep were shipped from the Hon. J. I). Ormond's Karaniu stud to the order of a Queensland client.

Several Mastcrton residents have left for Waipukurau, with the intention of taking part in the land ballot for sections in the Government block at Porangahau. The Hon. G. W. Russell stated at Christehurch last week that tho Cabinet had decided to maintain tie decision of the previous Cabinet, jacl not give any further charters to eiubu to sell alcoholic liquor.

Prince of Wales Birthday passed off in Mastcrton yesterday with prac> tically no observance. Tho i!ag was ilown from tho staff at the Post Office and the butchers' shops were closed. That was all.

A railway porter, named Old, was killed at Ohakune on Saturday evening, says a Taihape'telegram. It is supposed that Old tripped while engaged in shunting operations, a"d the stop-block struck his head. Tho wheels of a wagon also ran over his shoulder. Ueceased leaves a widow and two children.

"Borough Councils can afford to pa v. men more than other people : they are Paying with other people's Jhus remarked his Honor Mr Justice Cour?Vt h^ S i ttiDgrf±heAlWt ™^ ford LI Sborn °- " Pe °P ie c ™ «*■ roid to be very generous with other people s money." Mr Anderson • "[ nr°«t>?V' Hv "° t0 Say that -" Hi * Hon--01 • inat is my experience. When it comes to their own money, however, they are very careful."'

An mqil e s t was held at Wellington yesterday on the body of John Charles Wilkinson, who was found hwgmtr from a tree in Happy Valley o,i Sat urday The widow of deceased .«tated that her husband had been suffering tor a while from mental trouble, and since his discharge from the mental hosprta was under the delusion that lie would be sent back there. He was always thinking of suicide. A verdict was returned of death while of unsound mind.'

A mysterious drowning fatality occurred at Waikaia yesterday morning, says a Gore telegram. Mr Edward McMillan, a resident of the Upper Nevis, came to Waikaia to look into certain mining speculations. He visited a friend and left at 10 o'clock at night. No trace was louna of him until yesterday morning, when his body was found in the ' Waikaia' river, several miles below the township. Mr McMillan was in good circumstances. The affair is surrounded in mystery.

fn the. course of an interview at Whangarei the Prime Minister stated that the time had arrived for the establishment of a land bureau for the. purpose of providing .information about all crown and native lands open for settlement, and about all private properties for sale or lease in different parts of the Dominion. The office would be in touch with land agents i throughout_ the country, and would aim at affording the public reasonable guide in values and other conditions regarding land available. This would enable to direct their steps to a locality containing the class of country they were seeking.- 1 ' Tiio Premier proposes to submit the ] matter to Cabinet at an early date. '

Rotorua is not going to be satisfied to allow its uncanny thermal wonders to continue to constitute its sole claini to importance. Airthe annual dinner of the Chamber of Commerce last week, the president said the time was ber would have to blossom forth into not far distant when the local Chama town council. Rotorua would soo.i become the railway centre between t'helVaikato and Bay of Plenty districts. He looked to agriculture to provide the future prosperity and welfare of the town, for the land in the district was some of the best in the Dominion. Indications of petroleum in the district had been prospected by experts, and had the saftie results been obtained elsewhere, boring would have been commenced. Gold, which recent assays had shown to exist to the value of 27s 6d to the ton of ore, had been found. Another potential industry was wool-scouring. Bradford, which ruled the wool market, owed its position to the fact that its waters contained properties, similar to those in the Rotorua district.

The passengers who arrved here by the Auckland express on Frid'ty; says the Manawatu Times, had a remarkable tale to tell of their advontures. On leaving Auckland they had notice of a washout beyond Porotoroa tunnel and a similar notice was pastad on tha window at Frankton Junction. They arrived at the washout at three a.m. in cold but happily fine weather, and had to walk over ten chains m the tunnel dark, "guided by busli fires which had been Ht for the purpose, and lanterns in the hands of the train men. Much of the way was on planks,' and the woman, and children had to bo very carefully helped over round the slip and wash. A fresh train nad been brought as near as possible to the scene, and after the luggage, etc., had been got over this train continued the journey south at about 4 a.m. This side of Horopito they had to disembark again, this time for a big slip of rocks and papa. It took from 9.30 to 11.45 to get going again. Most of the passengers toolf their discomforts good-humouredly, but there were some ihinor losses of which most was heard of, one woman with two babies who had lost the feeding bottle in the transfer to the great distress of herself and her hungry charges. One compensatory circumstance was an almost supurb view of Ngauruhoe, clothed in snow to the base, and with great clouds of steam issuing from the crater.

TF YOTT HAVE A Court, Cold, Nose, Throat or Luna: Trouble. Stomach, Bowel, or Liver Complaint. Rheumatism. Neuralgia. Use SANDER'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT: 5 drops in a tablespoon water. Remember; you cannot expect the pood effects from any sort of eucalyptus. Sander s Extract cures because it contains ethereal and' antiseptic substances not contained in other Eucalyptus products. These latter, made by persons ignorant in chemistry, and provided with fancy name's and Libels by trading concerns who do not know what they contain, have cau >ed grievous harm, and a death has resulted from thHr use. Do not apply nn ointment to a sore. It keeps back, the secretion. To wounds, bruises, sprains, bi>rnß ulcers, eczema, and other skin troubles, Apply Sander's Extract; lo drops in a tablespoon of olive oil. The effect will surprise you. Sander's Extract Heals because it is freed from the irritating constituents contained in other eucalyptus preparations. T+ heals when others irritate. Insist upon the genuine SANDER'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, and you wil 1 derive tbe benefit.

Hastings experienced a slight shock of earthquake on Saturday afternoon. A distinct shortage in milk supplies is .being experienced in Wellington in common with several other towns in the Dominion.

Wanganui defeated Taranaki yesterday in a representative association football match by .four 'goals to three, after a well-contested game.

Air A. Matthews, of Wairongomai, Feafcherston, lias offered to give a keturo on the Komney Marsh breed of sheep at Featherston, under the* auspices of the Farmers' Union. A number of .Masterton farmers intend being present at the address.

The sub-committee of the Masterton Chamber of Commerce which was a;-;'ointod to consider the qnrstiof. H balding an "industries week," have decided, after consulting the tradespeople, that the present time is not opportune. It is proposed to take action iu the matter later in the vear.

The sale of work to be held in St. Matthew's schoolroom to-morrow arternoon and evening promises to be highly successful. The members of the iSewinig Guild have worked hard to make the sale an attractive one, and no doubt the public will patronise it largely.

The Arbitration Court opened at Wellington yesterday. The first case to come up was an application from the Wellington ■ Grocers' Union, for an, award to supercede that of 1909, and asking for a reduction from fiftytwo hours to fifty-one per week. Judge Sim stated that it was useles? to -ask the Court for a reduction in the working hours per week. A lady who w : as addressing ;.. class of her own sex, in a township not a thousand miles from Masterton, urged those- present to devote themselves assiduously to "0 My Jean." There was an enquiry at the nearest stationer's for this work, but it was not procurable. It subsequently dawn.d ou the class that the reference was t<; "flonie Lfjgiene."

One hundred pounds per mile per annum is a tremendous cost for. upkeep of a road, yet, according to Cr. Smith, this is -what the ratepayers have to provide for the .StratfordUpunake road. "The load," said the councillor at a recent meeting, "is a strenuous one tor the ratepayers, and their only hope of relief is that the powers that be may speedily construct the Stratford-Opunake railway."

There appears to be little possibility of the benzine shortage becoming at- all serious at Auckland, says the Star, b.'fore the Anglo-Saxon''arrives from New York early in July with a full cargo of case oil. .The : situation was further relieved last-week when the Union Company's big cargo Waihora arrived from Newcastle and lended 1150 cases of .benzine. In addition to the Auckland shipment, the Waihoria has 100 cases for Wellington.

The Auckland Provincial executive of the Farmers'/Union lias for scjim time past .been considering ways and means with a view to securing the establishment of a laboratory. It is nonsuggested that each branch should organise a concert for the purpose of raising the necessary funds. As.there are 40 branches of the Union in the province, the idea should prove a happily successful one. The laboratory is to.be mainly used in connection with the analysis of soils and fertilisers.

A farmer in this district, says the Patea Press, supplies some interesting figures relative to the. comparative of dairy and potato farming. The gentleman in question js one of the biggest in both 'brandies of industry in the district, and his figures, taken over a number of years, go to show that an acre of potatoes will produce as much as eight geed milch cows. As it is exceptional dairying •country that will'run a cow to .3Jacres the figures mean that potato growing is 12 times' so lucrative as dairying. ;

Speaking to the toast of "Agricultural and Pastoral Industrie.*" at Albury on Wednesday, Mr Nosworthy, M.P., remarked that the agric.ii'.turai and pastoral industries must bo credited with eighty-five to ninety per ce-t. of the Dominion's exports. Con.sequertly they contributed thvo proportion to the prosperity of the country. This 'prosperity was all the -more df> sfvypd on account of the ma.iij.ie l .' In which it had been -so hard-earnei.. Those employed in the interests of agricultural and pastoral work deserved the greatest : e.neouragem ent, more particularly in the way of improving the flocks and herds.

Last week the Wellington Seamen's Union declined to give financial aid to the Federation of Labour in the cause of'the-men who are idle at Waihi. The Reef ton, Secretary of the Union, says a Wellington menage, has now received an appeal from the. Secretary of the Reefton Miners' Union, asking for direct help for tim men there. He adds that the fight at Reef ton should not be bracketed with the Waihi trouble, as at Reef ton the men arc locked out for ot cornplaying with conditions which are foreign to their agreement. The secretary of the Seamen's Union Ims rerdied'tHa* he will bring the matter before his Union, and regrets that the Federation of Labour has -laUen the unwarranted action of brackeH.'g the Reef ton trouble with that of Waihi. PIANOS WITHOUt TROUBLE.

Do yew want to get a fine p.nno of superb' brilliancy and tone, without trouble? Our 'Animal Balance, af'forcte you an exceptional opportunity. During this period we wiiH liberalize still more our aieuai liberal terms of extended payment. • and place yon in a position of peculiar advantage. That is because cur pianos are our best advertisements, and 'we want to have one in evei-y home in the land. Thev are so good, that they make home 'homelier. They "are not mnde to look weli. but to play well —to live with, to occupy'a permanent vh:n anions the cherished possessions of "the home. We have big recent rfiinirpnte of pianos and organs open for felectwn, and all will be offered during the current month, on the ri *gS; cinl terais now referred to. IHIi'DRESDEN PIANO COMPANY, Ltd., Wc»in"-ton. North IsJand Manager: M: J. "Brookes. Local Bepresentative: H. Irars, DanieH's Buildings, Queen Stress RTJT.TTCVrcD AFTER MANY YEARS. "Chamberlain's Tablets have been the means of relievme me of Tndige®ti>".'-' writes Mr .Tames Coffey, exstation master at Mentone. Victoria. "I was for rrmiy.years with the Victorian railways! but am now. retired: In the rush of work there one is apt in neo-loot oneself and fiv to all *?rtß wf nlWed remedies. In Chamberlain s TVbMs T have found fba Hes* remedy I have ever t.nVd." Sold by ail Chemist? and storekeer nr ?- i

Oil-bearing operations win commence shortly in the district to thV east of Dannevirkc.

J* niade l in Auckland show that there is a shortage- of coiV in - f lots *u t tha t tfe^riiiS: culty in obtaining household supplies..

The Cost of Living Commission, now sitting m Auckland, has passed a resolution expressing sympathy " with Auckland in the loss incurred to the city by the death of Sir John Logan Campbell.

Information was received at the. local police station last night that the body of .Mr J. T. Smart, fanner, of Longbush, had been found under circumstances that it is feared point -to* suicide. No particulars are to hand..

Mr J. Reed, of Masterton, took five first prizes for poultry at the ■Ha-vvera winter show—four for Buff' Orpington ducks and one for a black m-morca cockerel. Mr Reed is sending a number ..of his birds to the Palmerston winter show to-day.

A lantern lecture will be given lit Knox Ball on Wednesday night, 'at 7.30 p.m., by Mr Douglas Green, who. represents the Mission to Lepers in India. This mission is, undenominational, and all who attend will find MiGreen an. interesting speaker, and his; views will give an idea of the work: that is being carried on amongst the lepers in India. Dr. Prior will takethe chair

The usual meeting of the Oddfellows' Lodge was held "last night, Bro. C. Perry in the chair. One new member was •initiated. Three friends wereproposed for admission into the order. Bro. Winskill was to receive a Past Officers' Emblem. The following officers were elected: —N.G., Bro. J. Stewart; L.S., Bro. Braggins; V.G., Bro. H.-Evans; R.S., Bro. J. Youle y E.S., ,Bro. E. Wooding; W., J White; G., Bro. A, E. Clarke. Delegate to Friendly Societies' Council, Bros. P. Smith and E. Wooding. Tt was resolved.to hold a social on next lodge night.

A large number of members of the Masterton Parliamentary Debating Society were present in Murray's Hall last evening, and under the Presidency of iMr J. Georgeson, took part in some interesting impromptu speeches, on a variety of subjects submitted for. consideration. The following subjectswere treated:—"Should the Government grant a bonus to men of large families?" Mr J. Pryor: "Should" there bo a separate vote frr women at ■Parliamentary elections?" Mr J. Heben.ton; "Should Britain build more Dreadnoughts?" Mr J. Kitchener ; ."The policy of the New Zealand Government as constituted to-dav?" Mr J. Bradburv; "Should Ireland be granted Home Rule?" Mr E. Flana-i gan; "Will the United Labour Party

soon come into Power?" Mr J. W. Matthews. The subject of debate for next Mohdnv will he "Is the manhood" of New Zes bind ijnprovinsr from. rt ? physical and mental standpoint?" Mr J. Pry or will take the affirmative, and' Mr A. Rippon the negative.

Messrs Allen and Co., Queen Street, require an experienced grocer.

The residents, and visitors to Masterton, are reminded that Mr A. Norman's sale commences on Friday.

The Masterton Y.M.CA. Gymnasium and 'Physical,Cnlture Classes will hold their annual "At Home" on Thursday night.

Every hardware need from skewers to ranges can be filled at DanielPs Hardware. So runs their replace announcement in this issue.

Notice cf the Master-ton -Borough. Council's intention to .make a by-law for the regulation of motor-car traffic is advertised.

A reward is offered for information that will lead to the conviction of tno person who took away a gent's Argyle bicycle from Thompson's billiard room on Friday, 21sfc inst.

Airships aren't so common here as they are m tlie Old \Vorld, 'Out we can all imagine how smoothly tney skim through the air. In his replace announcement, Mr D. G. JBiown likens the "Bradbury" motor cycle to an airship dor smooth running.

Entries for the Practical examinations of the Associated Board of R.A.M. and 11.CM, London, close on Monday next, July Ist, with the lion, representative, Mr A. B. Wallace, Masterton, from whom entry . formscan be obtained on application.

The second of the fortnightly winter concerts under the direction of the Wairarapa Caledonian Society will ibe held in the Town Hall, Masterton, to-morrow night, Mr M. Lavery being presiding director. Messrs Hood Bros, are at present making a special show of ladies whiteunderskirts and costumes, all of which are marked iat wonderfully enticing prices for such splendid value.

. Circulating with this morning's Age is an inset from Messrs McGruer and Co., giving particulars of their "Eclipse All" sale, which commences to-morrow, at 9 a'.m.. The prices given and the goods mentioned are far too numerous to quote in a paragraph, and'wc can only refer our readers to the inset, a perusal of which will give «ome idea of the all-round reductions that have been made after stocktaking. -Suffice it to say that all goods that are worn ere listed, aiul all prices are reduced. RECOMMENDED WITH CONFIDENCE. "I had a bad cold, hoarseness, sore throat, -aad was very dry on the chost. but after taking Chamberlain s Conch Remedy I -was great y relieved ""writes Mr Martin Donohue. care of Messrs A. Wegener and Son.. Wool-' loongabba. South Brisbane, Queenstaad "After taking a dose great quantities .of phlegm are discharged, which gives great relief. After my experience I can recommend Chamberlain's Cons-li Remedy w!ih confidence." Sold by all chemists and storekeepers. No need to worry over those Custome cntr ; «s until your brains arefogged Pass them along to MessrsJ J Curtis and Co.—thev are exnerts' at the eame. V ere's no time to be lost (and time is money to you). to!imi vour entries are passed by £/,7. J. CURTTS AND CO., Customhouse and Shipning Agents, Customhouse On ay, Wei] irt srton. Their charges, too, are yew moderate. The Post ana Tcfectrapfo Depaivt-me.-it staff is muoh •exorcised ovC.r the"' ''Gambling Circular'.' fesucd by .the PostmasteT-G-'en-Dral. .. Gambling, will' go on l till the end of time, but fha■lK)iie<3Wiiife n»ecd aiiot gamble on tea. Whea ehe ib-ups Crescent Tea in one of till"? throe grades at- ls.Sd, Is 10(1 and 2e per 'lb slie gets absolutely pure ton, with a pleasing' and ncver-vary-ti*g flavour.