LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10669, 26 June 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

I Shooting enthusiasts at Te Wharau I have formed a Gun Club. The first ' clay bird shoot will take place on Saturday next. A meeting s of citizens interested ■■in town beautifying will be held in, the Masterton Borough Council Chambers on Friday evening next. The members of the Masterton Utility Egg Circle have received an average price of 2s per dozen for eggs, clear of expenses, during five weeks of April and May., The past few days have severest experienced in the TeWharau district this winter! A heavy fall of snow covered the neighbouring hills, while in the lower parts heavy showers of sleet were experienced. On Monday evening a motor car ran into a mob of sheep on the Taratahi road, with-the result that a number of sheep were killed. It being ' dark at the time of the mishap, the sheep were not noticed until the carwas right on to them. ' In England disease in gooseberry trees has become so pronounced as to compel legislative measures being initiated to check its spread. Every person whose gooseberry trees are affected with mildew has to report it to the local authorities, when the trees are either treated or destroyed, as they may direct. Anyone failing to report is liable to a fine of £lO. Walnut trees throughout the Dominion are said to be affected by an insect pest that bores into the fork of the branches. There the eggs are deposited, and the grubs therefrom eat their way through the pith and destroy the fructivity of the trees. Many persons have ceased growing walnuts in consequence, as there appeal's to bo no known remedy. Mr O. N. C. Pragnell has given notice to move at the next meeting oi the Trust Lands Trust:—"That a special committee be set up for the purpose of (a) . Perusing all Trust leases; (b) Reporting to .a subsequent meeting the terms thereof, and as to whether lessees are complying with the conditions (special or otherwise) of their leases; (c) Making recommendations thereon." The donations received in .'cash by' tlie Masterton A. and P. Association since July Ist last have amounted to £1258 lis 4d, as compared with £725 13s 3d for the previous yearly period. The cash amounts received from all sources this year total £8067 Is.ls. With the exception of a portion of the prize money and a sum spent outside in advertising, the whole of the money is expended in the town and district. Messrs Thompson and Payne have secured a special attraction for their patrons .at the Foresters' Hall on . Thursday and Friday nights, viz., the drama "Camille," with the worldfamous actress, Sarah Bernhardt, in the role in which she took Europe by storm. The fee paid to Sarah Bernhardt for appearing before the camera in this most noted success of hers was £6OOO, and Messrs Thompson and Payne are to be congratulated on thenenterprise and desire to specially cater for their Masterton patrons.

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The unusual sport of snow-balling was freely indulged in by the- youth >f Daiincvhko on Sunday last.

A meeting will bo held this evening in the Kuripuni Methodist Church with the object of forming a Literary and Mutual Improvement Society.

During the present year the Secretary of the Masterton A. and P. Association has collected, the large sum of £IOO9 10s in members' .subscriptions. The nursing division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, will meet for practice in the Dominion Hall this evening. The next lecture on "Home Nursing" will be given by Dr. Helen Cowie on Wednesday,-the 3rd July. An Auckland telegram states that in connection with the recent trouble in the "Auckland Hospital, a public meeting carried resolutions expressing disfavour with the attitude of the honorary medical staff of the Hospital, and requesting that the Board ask the matron to resume her duties.

The Masterton Picture Company announce that to-morrow evening they will produce that famous drama, "Four. Dare Devils," at the Town Hall. As there will naturally be a rush for seats, the box plan will be open at the Dresden.

At the Coroner's enquiry regarding the death of James Johnson, a prisoner who died while being removed from the gaol to the hospital, the. medical evidence showed that deceased suffered from kidney disease, for which he had been treated in gaol. A verdict was returned accordingly. The Greytown Dairy Company was awarded first prize,, at the Palmerston Show! for the best case of cheese (open to members of the Now Zealand Dairy Factory Managers' Association). The Dalefield Company was second. Tho Parkvale Company secured first for two loaf cheese, with Dalefield second.

His Excellency the Governor, speak- j ing at the annual patriotic demon- 1 stration of the Palmerston North J branch of the Overseas Club, emphas- j ised the great amount of good that < might be done by the members of the Club. In regard to Imperial Unity, His Excellency said the movement was especially to 1)3 commended, and he , hoped that many more members would join the Club, as by promoting unity a strong factor for the peace of the Empire was being set up. The Chief Inspector of the Wei- . lington Education Board recommended at yesterday's meeting of theBoard that the, infant denartment at the Masterton District High School ba re-furnished as follows: —"Thirty dual desks No. 2 for upper P; ,30 dual desks for P3; and one class of 60 to be furnished with .kindergarten chairs. ' This arrangement will enable Mr Jackson to relieve the present infant room, as agreed upon, and will leave only two teachers in the large infant room. The gallery in the old infant room will remain as at present. Further, I recommend that the Board supply the hat and cloak I stands." The recommendation was j adopted. | Last night the Masterton Harriers j held their usual evening run. There , was a good muster, and a course was 1 taken along the Opaki Road, covering some five miles in all. The keen, frosty air caused the runners to make .the pace" very lively. In fact, it proved to be the fastest evening run the memlbers have so far had. They pulled up about two hundred yards . from home, and a handicap sprint "run in" was held, with the following result: —J. Bradbury, 10yds, Ist, E. Messenger, scr., 2nd, M. R. S. Miller, 30yds, 3rd, D. Mackersey, 20 yds, 4th, and W. Langley, 40yds, sth. A cross-country paper-chase will be held next Thursday, starting at 2.30 p.m. from the Club rooms.

The Dominion conference of the New Zealand Alliance opened yesterday, says a Wellington" wire, Mr Wesley Spragg presiding. The annual report stated that the vote for NoLicense had steadily increased at each poll, rising from 49,000 in 1893, to 234,656 in 1911, when the majority in favour of No-License was 54,282. Reference was made to the alleged misrepresentation by/ the Trado con-ce-ning the Prohibition vote in Maine, U.S.A.. It was stated that the-'Churches had helped the . NoLicense movement, but Arch-bishop Redwood's attitude was deeply deplored. Printed rolls used in the recent campaign contained many thousands of names which had no right to he there. The rolls contained 5000, more names than there were adults in the Dominion. It was decided to make a determined effort to remove the unjust three-fifths majority handicap.

Says the Woodville Examiner :■— "Mr W. C. Buchanan, M.P., had a curious experience on Wednesday afternoon. He was in Woodville and left in his motor oar about 4.30 for Mr Bolton's, Oete. After crossing the Ngawapuma bridge, instead of turning sharply to the left to get off the railway line on to the road, the car was driven straight on and over the cattle stop before the driver realised the trouble he was in. How the car managed to negotiate the cattle stop without coming to grief is a puzzle. However, there was nothing for it •hut to get the car back on to the. road as quickly as possible, and ,it was lucky for'Mr Bueh.via'n that tho first train was not due for an hour and a half. With the assistance of several. ,-meii a temporary bridge was erected 'over the cattle stop, when the car was backed on to the road, but this work occupied over an hour. Strange to say, no damage was done to the car, and Mr Buchanan reached Mr Bolton's house shortly before eight o'clock. We ar* now if Mr Buchanan will be prosecuted for trespassing on tho railway line." THE VICTORIOUS TRIUMPH. WONDERFUL BECORR OF SUCCESSES ON TRIUMPH MOTOR CYCLES. At the H.B. Motor Cycle Club's sports held on the Hastings Racecourse on Boxing Day, the Triumphs attain practically swept the board. Out of an entry of 12 machines, representing 5 different makes, the Triumphs secured ten firsts, seven seconds/and 4 thirds out of a possible 1J events: This performance is all the more remarkable when it is considered that the Triumphs had to concede large handicaps to machines of equal power, and six lof the ten first machines were ridden hv amateur riders. TOURIST MOTOR CO., LTD.. Sole Agen+s for Trmmph and B.S.A. M-tbr Odes, Wairarapa, Hawkee j Bay, abd Pove,rtv Bar. I ROBERT POOK.. I Agent. ! For Children's Hacking Cough at Nfifrht, Wnods' Great PeppenmaV Cure, Is 6d, 2s 6d.

Mr L. G. lloid, S.M., holds a sitting of the Magistrate's Court at Tinul to-day. One bacon factory in the Gisbornedistrict lias cured over 300 fat'pigs during the present season. , Eketahuna, says tho Express, ?s steadily moving ahead. At present, there is not a vacant house or shop * in the Borough. * A conference is to be held in Eketahuna at an early date, to consider the question os establishing u hospital in that township. Settlers in tho Poverty Bay district have gone in extensively this season for maize growing. The crops have exceeded all expectations. In the Pahiatua, Manawatu and ' .Taranaki districts competition is exceptionally keen for dairying stock at public auction, and high prices arebe-r +*' ing obtained for milkers. % Mr Oi:dr!i.\ Chief Dairy Commissioner, says tho special feature of the Taranaki Winter Show was the level quality of Ihe butter. This he attributes to the fact that pasteurisation has now become so general in Taranaki.

The following illustrates the rise In the value of cropping and dairying land in the Manawatu district. Mr Ernest O'Neal*, formerly of Featherston, who has been farming in th Rongotea for the past seven years, has sold his property at £4O an acre, having doubled what he paid for it.

During last week the Auckland dis-~ trict experienced the heaviest rains for several, years. June is generally a wet month in tho northern districts, but the present month is likely to break previous records as far as its rainfall is concerned. Unless there is .another election within the 7iext few months, says the Dannevirke News, one politician no unknown in this and Pahiatua electorate will retire into private life, the necessity of keeping in the public eye •on the off-chnr.ee of successfully contesting a doubtful 4eat being a somewhat unsatisfactory "undertaking. Something in the nature of a record for recent seasons was established at the week-end market sales in Wellington, when a consignment of grapes grown at the Lower Hntt realised an average price of 3s lOd per lb. It is several years since such a price has been realised, but it is on record that 5s per lb was paid five years ago. A Palmerston resident met with a peculiar chapter of motor accidents • the other day. His -car, having met with a mishap near Awahuri, he immediately returned to Palmerston to secure the aid of another car. TJnfortunatelythe second car .was rendered hors de combat within a stone js' throw of the first. Nothing the assistance of a third ear was obtained, when, peculiarly enough, «t also was put out of action. The unfortunate traveller then thought it best to secure- the aid of an expert* 1 The class of men being sent to Uie' 1 railway works at Maungnturoto was strongly commented upon, by the con- ■ staible at the last meeting of the Whangarei Licensing Committee, says the Taranaki Herald. He stated that there were 500 men workiug on the railway construction works ' close by, and some of them were notorious criminals, and the sweepings vof the gaols, and they gave considerable trouble in regard to hard drinking. Ho had known them to walk 15 miles for drink, and then carry it | away in kerosene tins.

A modern six-roomed bouse in Cornwall Street is advertised to be let.

Notice is given that Mr J. L.- Murray's premises will be closed all clay on Friday next, to prepare for his sale.

This afternoon and evening there will bo a sale of work in St. Matthew's schoolroom.

An advertiser, used \o horses and all kinds of farm machinery, wants a situation as ploughman. . He was six years in his last place.

All citizens interested in beautifying the town of Masterton requested to attend a meeting in the Borough Council Chambers on Friday next, at 7.30 p.nv. Mr and Mrs McLachlan and Mrs. Leslie McLachlan tender thanks to the Wairarapa Caledonian Pipe Band, tho representatives of public bodies, and private friends for sympathy extended to them in their recent bereavement, i A very pretty window display is at v present to be soon at Mr L. S. Nicol's jewellery establishment. The windowis dressod entirely with sterling silver goods, all fitted with plush and silk-" lined leather cases. To show tho completeness of the assortment, the prices range from 5s to £3B. Mr J. Kitchener draws attention to his well-assorted stock of ladies' welted boots, which-are just the thing for this weather. Felt and cai-pet slippers for indoor comfort'can be bought at Kitchener's at very low prices. Messrs Graham and Co.'s stocktak- •■■■ ing sale offers a splendid opportunity to secure good-quality lines at "prices that have been flattened as thin as paper." On page three of this issue the firm quote a few prices that are sure to appeal to those who appreciate a genuine bargain.* Those who find pleasure (and thero are many) in a good book should pay a visit to Messrs McLeod and Young'sestablishment. The firm have a reputation for handling the very best in reading matter, and readers can always depend on getting quite the latest books from them. An interesthig list of new titles is given in their advertising space to-day. ~":~ '♦ There are many visitors to the Pal-* merston winter dairy show this week, and the town has been made particularly -attractive by the shop window displays. Conspicuous among theseare the commanding premises of" Messrs Collirison and Cunningbame, Ltd., where they have a fine display of drapery and dress goods. On page 2 of this morning's issuo may bo found their advertisement calling attention to the prices of a few specially quoted lines. A day's cheap shopping'always appeal? to holiday makers,, and an opportunity is here presented to secure __ big bargains. w" Ben Tillct drank' chimpague in a restauiratot, and was spotted by some cf the' transport ©tinkers, who.gave him a .warm .recoption. The /glib; agitator's exci:ca was-that he. would' like to drink -champagne regularly, but could not afford it. Most New ZmHander,s mz content with, tea, and Onesc-MA Tea at. is SI, Is.l'Od and 2s per lb is good enough far employcr and worker alike.,.