LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10670, 27 June 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Yesterday was the anniversary of the severe earthquake which Wellington experienced in 1881. . ■ The latest proposal among bowlers 'in Wellington is the covering in of a three-rink bowling green with glass, for; the purpose of playing bowls during the winter season':

The Cook County Council hab had difficulty in receiving rates on native lands, and has placed the matter in .thtei hands of its solicitor. The clerk stated that £47 out of £3BOO had been collected so far, while the chairman explained that the £3BOO had accumulated since 1906, and appeared as assets! but was not worth the paI per it was written on. i Uruguay is on,the alert to ascertain all that is to be learned nbout the latest agricultural .methods in practice in the world. A few months ago a "deputation visited New Zealand and Australia, and amassed a great deal of information, which should orove of service to the Republic. Now Mr W. J. Prouse CActing-Consul for Uruguay in New Zealand) has been informed, that another delegation of experts has set out on a world's tour, and may later visit this part of the world. "I think the ponular way of describing. one .who disagrees with betting and gambling," said Mr Bishop. S.M., sneaking at Christchurch last week, "is to refer to him as a 'wowser.' I have never been able to grasp the exact meaning of the term, but my own definition is that a 'wowser' is a man who wants to live up to a higher standard of moral and social life than many others do, and l don'tknow that it is a bad definition. If it is the right one, then I am a 'wowser' —a straight-out 'wowser' —and V am not ashamed of it." (Laughter). Tho local merchant firms that ship wool to England are frequently called upon to meet a deficiency in the weight of -wool in the bales (savs the Auckland Star.) This is not due to any fault of the shipper, but. Avhether by accident or intent, weight-giv-ing articles are introduced in the course of packing. Not long since an Auckland firm received a letter from a company at Home for which a quantity of wool had been shipped, asking fov 3ns refund for weicht supolied in a . bolo by a big grindstone. The stone had escaped detection in the Dominion. but as tho bale was. nearing its destination freauent handling caused tho heavy article to work its way to the" bottom of tho bale and through tho sacking. It was eventually fished out by an official of the Groat Northern Railway Company. On receipt of the letter the Auckland firm immediately penned an indignant letter to the client who had suirolied the woo] and tho grindstone, asking for the 35s but the communication was productive only of an equally indignant- reply requesting that tho grindstone ho returned without delay. adc f~r the popular ' ! t?rv%*-^Tr' ■Writing P."ds at fid and la -ja'ch

Tho recent Winter Dairy Show at Hawera resulted in a net profit of £202. A sealed handicap in. connection with tho Masterton Chess Club will shortly he commenced io'r Mr G. A. Jones's trophy. A teams match will be held by the Masterton Chess Club next month, when it is hoped that one of tho Wellington Clubs will send a team through to compete. Tho Wellington Seamons' Union has voted £25 in response to the Heefton miners' appeal, on the distinct understanding that the Federation of Labour is not concerned in tho matter. A Gore telegram states that at the inquest on tho body of ICdv/ard McMillan, which was found in the Waikaia river on Sunday last, a verdict of found drowned was returned. Mr James Reed, of Masterton, secured first prize at the Pahnerstou North winter show for tho black 'Minorca cockerel with which he was successful at the Hawera show. Although the Waingawa freezing works have reduced hands, there are still over eighty men engaged at the works. Stock are still coming to hand in fair numbers, which speaks well for the excellence of the season in tile Wairarapa. An Auckland telegram states that the racing mare Soultoria was stolen on Tuesday night from her stable at Pukekohe. Footprints were traced to a spot where, apparently, ,a gig had J)oen waiting. Soultoria was led behind tho vehicle.

Tlio Mauriceville Dairy Company won tho Shaw, Savill and Albion Company's prize at the Palmerston North winter show for factory butter from bulk. Tho same company divided with seventeen others the second prize of £SO for a box of export butter, and secured second prize in the cla£s for box of export butter open to factory managers who have not won a prize of £5.

Levin appears to be suffering from a reaction after its recent period of seeming prosperity. According to the evidenoo of the Ho row hernia County Council engineer 'before the Licensing Bench, the ho rough had expended a large sum of money in public works, which had kept a great many men engaged for some years. The circulation of many thousands of pounds of public money had helped considerably towards the prosperity of Levin for the time being, but now that this money had been expended, they were suffering from a depression,. He thought Levin's prosperity was at its height a few years ago. An, inquest was held at Carterton vesterday morning before Mr F. Feist, acting coroner, and *a jury of six, 011 the body of the man. J. T. Smart, of Longbush. aged 61, who ' was found with his throat cut. Deceased's affairs were in good order, and he had no financial worries.' He had £6OO at fixed deposit' in the bank. He had recently exchanged his farm' at Lonrcbush for one at Makuri, and possession was to have been t«ke-> yesterday. Deceased received £3OOO for tho deal. A verdict was returned that deceased committed suicide while temporary insane by cutting his throat in such a manner as to cause death. A visi+or from the, South expressed the opinion that Queen Street, Mas"tertcn, was undoubtedly the finest main street in the Dominion. The only fault he could find with the thoroughfare, was the crown, which he thought was too high, and made it rather unsafe for horse traffic. The Masterton Chess Club has "been' playing a series of matches for. Mr J. Dpgg's silver shield, the attendances on> Mondavs and Wednesdays being very pood. The Y.M.C.A. granted the Oluib' the use of a separate room, consequently the players meet with less interruption than while using the general reading room. For the Daf?cr Shield competition players were divided into three sections, and the winners will olay off for DORsesßion of the trophy, the winner to hold it for a year. ,

In the farmers' section at the Palrnerston winter show, Mr J. Ogilvy, of Masterton, who had an excellent exhibit in root crops, secured first for long red carrots, first' for heaviest mangold wurzel, third for long red mangold wurzel, very highly commended for yellow globe wurzel, very highly commended for swede turnips, any variety, and very highly commended for Up-to-date potatoes. J. KjesirUip, of . Rangitumau, secured liighly commended for up-to-date potatoes, and third for early white potatoes. W. C. Miller, of Masterton, secured first and second for bushel of Dun oats,' first, second and third for bushel of # oats, any variety, first and second for bushel of Yorkshire-peas, first, second, and third for bushel of field peas, first and second for bushel of cocksfoot, first and second for bushel of Italian ryegrass, first for bushel of grass seed, any variety (not enumerated), third for bushel of Stratagem peas and second for bushel of partridge peas. The Selection Committee of the Masterton Amateur Theatrical Society has asked the following members to take tho separate parts in the production of "H.M.S. Pinafore" Sir .Joseph Porter, K.C.8., Mr; H. Hal J; Captain Corcoran, Mr H. F. Green; Ralph Rackstraw, Mr W, S. Jago: Dick Deadeye, Mr G. Sutton; Bill Bobstay, boatswain's mate, Mr W. Iggulden; Bob. Beckett, carpenter's mate. Mr J. Gray; Josephine, Mrs H. J. Francis; Hebe, Mrs A. H. Daniell; Mrs Cripps, Little Buttercup, Miss B. Johnson. The members are all taking a keen interest in the rehearsals, under the direction of Mr R. J. Young, the attendance on Tuesday evening having been a record.

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The Master ton Chess Club has shown a considerable increase in membership during the present season.

Parliament will be opened by His Excellency the Governor this afternoon.

Mr J. C. Boddington reports that 14 degrees of frost 'were registered at the Upper Plain yesterday morning.

A first offender for drunkenness was convicted and discharged by Mr John. Fraser, J,P., in Masterton yesterday.

A sum of about £45 was taken at the sale of work in Mastcrton yesterday, in aid of St. Matthew's Vicarage 'Fund.

To a Gisborne Times reporter, a member of tho .local Borough Council stated that at .least another £200.000 would, in iiis opinion, he required to finish all the works which are at present in hand, r' ' -

The installation of wireless telegraphy on the Government steamer Tutanekai was made by Mr D. E. Par ton, formerly of the Mastcrton Post Office staff. :

Messrs Graham and Son,' of Christchurch, have commenced preliminary arrangements,in connection with the building of the new Anglican. Church in Masterton.. The clerk of. works is expected in a few days, when the work will proceed.

A special meeting of the Masterton District High School Committee was held last night, Mr R. Brown presiding. The Committee selected Mr D. E. Leslie, of Gisborne, for appointment as first assistant master in place of Mr C. N. Haslam, who was recently appointed to the Island Bay school. ' The old-established business of Mr d. L. Murray, clothier and men's specialist, of/Masterton, is to be verted into a\ private limited liability company. The hy sin ess was first established by.-Mr Murray in Masterton about 20 years ago, and has grown into one of the most Up-to-date men's clotliing' and mercery establishments in the Dominion.

During the early hours of Sunday morning, a "burglary was committed at the Wellington South Police Station. Someone entered the- station and went into Senior-Sergeant Matheson's room. There the intruder forced open two of the table drawers with a sharp instrument, and from one stole the sum of £3 odd, and from the other a revolver. Tito authorities arc making investigations. \

• The heed for the regulating ; of motor traffic/in the Wairp.ra.pa is evidently becoming more necessary- every day.' Only a few days ago a motor ran into a,r;mob sheep near y the 5 ' brksj ; '. with the result that eleven animals were killed. The man who removed the carcases next day stated, that the ,sheep were cut to pieces, which fact points t-o Gxcesisve speed on the part of the motorists. On the same evening, two dogs were run over, one being badly -injured, and the other, if not killed outright; will succumb to its injuries.

Two runaways occurred' in Queen Street, Masterton. yesterday afternoon. In the first-case; a horse with harness on ran out of Messrs Pinhey's stables and galloped down the street, and turned turtle before reaching the post office, where it was captured. The second was of a more sensational order. A- horse , attached to a 'trap bolted from the lower end of Queen Street, and careered at great speed along to-, warcls Kuripuni, and after having some • miraculous escapes from colliding with street lamp-posts, was brought to a standstill. Fortunately, little or no damage was done to the horse or trap. ■ , ' Young Ching, a Chinese passenger by the Wimmora from Sydney, was -£IOO, to (be reduced to ,£25, at Wellington yesterday, for a breach of'the Customs .Act by. Having in his possession ten pieces of silk, valued' at £lO. .ard a pramnnhono, and records valued at £3O. The defence, was that the gramapliono had been in" use iV China, and was not dutiable, and that accused was unaware that there was silk in a box which be was bringing across for a Chin a man who had ! been refused a bortli in the ; Warrimod for that particular voyage.

Firewood in ono foot lengths is advertised for sale.

Mr T. ( Ridgpvny advertises for 4COO or 5000 large beer bottles at once. - : . The finder of a black spaniel pup is asked to communicate with Johnson's auction mart.

The friends of Mrs J' T. Smart are invited to . the funeral of her late husband, which will leave Carterton for Clarevillo to-day, at 2.30 p.m.

The friends of Mr James Check are invited to attend the funeral of his late wife, which will leave Lansdowne for the r Masterton cemetery at 11.30 this morning.

.An orgnn . recital will bo given tonight in-Knox Church by Mr Purcell WeKh. Vocal ?olos will be rendered by Mrs A. H. Daniell, Miss ,J. Miller, Messrs Masted, and Parkinson. The programme is an attractive one, and should draw a large attendance of music lovers. The Wairarana South County Council invites tenders for water-tabling and filling on main road north; for delivery of 500 cubic yards of metal on the Gladstone-Longbtish road. SpecifiGladstonenMasferton road, and for delivery of 1800 cubic yards of metal on cations may be seen at the County offices, Carterton. In the month of June practically all the dairy factories close down for the winter, and the farmers look forward to a spell, or at least a change of work. Mary cows, however, require to be milkcl during the off season, a"(j ■ the work of butter-making, especially the milk i«s set Yip in cans, makes a lot of work. "Every farmer shou,kl possess a cream separator. It saves work and a higher price is obtained fov separator lrutter than for farm butter. In this connection attention is drawn to the "Piabolo" separator, a Swedish machine of the highest ouality, for which Messrs Joseph Nathan and Co., Ltd.. Palmerston "North, and in the Wnirarar»a, tlic W.F.0.A., are agents in all their branches.

No new! to over CnsfflmA f.ntr : °s prtil your ftraiT"* »re f'MTQr/v], PnRP them aloTi<? jbo Messrs Oi ir tif and f^.—-iTier oexnprt® .it t.hn pftnip, ere'f* no tinoA to Ha lost (and time is money. tr ypiO fho-ry ® a d-' "7 J. -T. rnTT?Tf?I AND 00., «tnd Fu'iroinfl* O-rtT, (*+/"!. ThwV o.harges. too. n.re vtt •» •tnoder&t^.

An organ recital is itq Be* giyen inKnox Church, 'Masfcertoir, this even* ing, by Mr Purcell Webb. The Masterton Y;MiC.A. ; gymnasium and physical culture classes will', bold their/annual "At Homo" in the?*-.--gymnasium bald to-night. Mr W.. C. Kensington, 1.5. Q., , who recently' retired from the position* - j of Under-Secretary for Lands, after* 48 years service, was entertained by the officers of the Department of Lands' and Survey last evening; Mr. Kensington was the recipient 6f numerous presentations and an illuminate ed. address.