LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10674, 2 July 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The St. Matthew's Club will held their animal dance in the Exchange Hall on Thursday, August Ist. The value of the butter exports from Auckland for the last six months was £480,936, against £328,032 for the same period of the previous year. Passengers by the Main Trunk express were able to participate in snowballing at several of the stopping places near Ohakune yesterday. Thomas Mahon, 41 years of age, died at the Mangonui Hospital as the result of injuries received by a fall at the wireless station at Awanui. One of the few parts of the North Island that has so far enjoyed a fairly good winter is Dargaville. According to the Northern Times the weather has so far been mild and the district and stock are looking extremely well. The estate of the late Mr C. F. Gawith. of Masterton, has been certified to for stamp duty at that of the late Mr A. P. Rawson at£l64s. and that of the late Mr C. A. Pownall at £1027.

A Etamilton telegram says that Kaute, a well-known Maori, disappeared from his home at Punui, recently, and it is believed fell into a stream which was flooded. Searches have been fruitless. Deceased was one of the few survivors of the Orakau defence. 1

Land settlement should be accelerated in Hawke's Bay shortly, says - the Herald. Four estates, comrjrisihg 30,000 acres, were inspected by the Commissioner of Crown Lands and a member of the Board last week, with a view to reporting to the Land Purchase Board. The estates are on the Inland Patea road, and consist of sheep and cattle country. At the Boroueh Council meeting in Napier a few days ago, the Mayor (Mr J. Vigor Brown, M.P.) in dealing with an application for employment, stated that he 1 ' feared the council would be obliged to still further curtail expenditure. There does not appear therefore to be any liklihood of the present slump, in the unskilled labour market in-that district being relieved by Borough Counci) works. Previous to the Maheno's departure for Sydney from Auckland, a trimmer on the vessel had a ouarrel with an assistant trimmer. T e went to h" c quarters, returned with a'razor, and encountered W. Norman, an ex-em-ployee of the Union Oompanv. Evidently mistaking him for the butcher, he slashed .h's" face from below the enr to beneath the jaw. inflicting terrible injuries. The assistant was arrested, and Norman was conveyed to the Hospital.

Mr A. L. D. Fraser narrowly escaped being kicked in the face by the racehorse Moutoa Girl at the Hawke's Bay races last week. In company with SiVJames Carroll, Mr Eraser was standing in the "birdcage" viewing the parade of the contestants for the last race, when the Moutoa Oirl lashed out violently. Both Hind feet went within a hair-breadth of Mr Frap°r's eyes, and landed on Sir James Carroll's left shoulder, leaving the footprints on the ex-Minister's overcoat.

At a meeting of the Feilding A. and P. Association last week, reference was made to a crop of pumpkins grown Ivy Mr Short on 26 acres of land on the banks of the Rangitikei river at Rewa. near Hunterville. Mr Short described the methods adopted, and' said that his numpkin field had fed il'?0 weaners, 60 bullocks. 40 bulls, and 200 hoggets for a couple of weeks, and there was sufficient left for the same number of stock for another five weeks or more. Cattle loved the seed, but he was saving it, and was convinced that the seed alone saved would pav him three times over for the cost of the experiment. ' A number of youths appeared in Court at Palmorston North on charees of failure to comply with the conditions of the Defence Act. One youth gave as his excuse for not attending camp that his mother was dving. He was convicted and discharged. Another youth, for failing to attend a swearing-in parade, was fined £1 and costs. A third, who had been enrolled, but had failed to carrv out any persona] service during the whole year, never having presented, himself at parades or camp, and having openly boasted that he would not comply with the Act, was fined £3 and ordered to pay costs, £2 9s. "For'several yen"". T suffered bilious attacks "which would last_ for •some time Wove I was myself again," writes M'-s J. "W. ePake. 147 Dowlintr Street. Da.rlinsrlm.rM;, N.S.W. . "I used variors.re.mediie.ff to check thp attacks with out any effect, but at lastgave up the. attempt. However. _ a friend p-av.e me some Laxo-Tonic Pills, whicih T took the next time a billions turn, came on. and they completely cured me." Price 10-\d Sold by all Chemists and Storekeep-

Five births, one marriage, an(t two deaths were recorded in Carterton" during the month of June. The rainfall registered at Featherston during the month of June was 4.96 inches. There is an unprecedented demand for dairying cows in the Waikato district at the present time. In all parts of the Dominion youths are being arraigned before the Court to answer for breaches of the Defence Act. There were fourteen breaches of the by-laws dealt with in the Masterton Magistrate's Court during tlte past quarter.Owing to the wetness of the season, ploughing operations in the Wairarapa are likely to be a good deal later this season than is usually the case. An untenanted house on the Huangaroa. side of Martinborough, together with Mr James Russell's trafningstables, was destroyed by fire on Saturday last.

A number of Masterton and Wairarapa pugilists intend competing at the Manawatu amateur boxing champions ship tournament, to be held at Palmerston North on Thursday next. The appearance of whitebait so early in the season Jin the rivers both on the East and West Coast, according to an old Maori legend, and one that is still in favour with the natives, is regarded as a sure omen of an early spring.

The next best 'mail for the United Kingdom (due London August sth), also Europe, Canada, and the States of. America,, will be via Vancouver, closing at Masterton at 9.15 a.m. on Thursday, July 4th; supplementary at 11 a.jtt.. According to an Auckland, telegram, the racing mare,. Soultoria, which was taken from her box on Tuesday last, has been found at Te Awamoa,, Waitomo, 124 miles from Auckland,. Strike conditions at Waihi continue much the same,, says a Waihi. telegram. Full strike pay is being doled out. It is also stated that local property is practically unsaleable. Business people are starting to negotiate for the removal of their premises to other districts. During the quarter ended. June 30th six breaones or tn-e Licensing. Ace were dealt with in iiie Masterton Magistrate's Court. There were tivo breaches of the Motor liegulation Act, three breaches of the Defence Act, and three cases dealing with the Gaming Act dealt with during, the same period.

Although the winter has been ushered in in Taranaki by heavy falls of snow on Mount Egmont, motor cars still make the trip to the Mountain House. On the last three miles approaching the house snow is met. with from eight to eighteen inches . deep, and bands of rope have to be tied round the wheels, of the car to keep it from slipping. The Building Committee of. the "Buchanan Horde for Incurables" and the Chairman of the Wairarapa Charitable Aid Board met the architect and builder on Friday, and after a. close examination of the Home, it was. resolved that it be taken over,, the Chairman and members generally complimenting the builder on the faithful manner in which the work had been carried out.In connection with the coming competitions in Invercargill (says the Southland Times)' a suggestion has been made by a correspondent, who submits for the committee's approval the proposal that provision should be made for a whistling competition. Many young men are quite artists as whistlers, and the correspondent states with con-fidenfe that entries would be numerous and that the items would provide good entertainment, for the public. A party of motorists met with what might have terminated in a.nasty ac-rid-ant while travelling on the Master-ton-Carterton road on Saturday evening. When about half way,, one- of the wheels of the car broke off, the motor running into the fence. All the occupants were precipitated qn the roadside, but "beyond a few bruises, no one received any injury. A spare wheel was soon fitted, and the party proceeded on their way.

A commercial traveller on the-main road between Mangaweka and Utiku •had a very close call a few days ago.: .A great landslide came away at" a point he was passing, and, seeing it coming, he applied the whip, with the result that the horse carried' liim out of the danger zone just'- in time as thousands of tons of earth fell away at that moment, and would have swen't him over into the gully. Tlie slip blocked all traffic for a day or two.

A Wellington telegram states that a deputation from the Trades and' Labour Council -waited on the Minister of Mines yesterday, and' complained of the shortage of State coal in Wellington. It was suggested that an effort be made to work the State mines tr> the limit of their capacity, so that the price of coal might be reduced without diminishing the profits of the- Government. The Minister said thjat the Government was noi to blame. The Department was unable to fulfil orders owing to having to contend with harbour bars. He hoped that matters would be improved within the next* month or two.

Some exceedingly fine yields'of rye and dog's-tail seed have been obtained in the Feilding -district, and farmers who put down big areas in these crops have made big profits, merchants being under contract to pay 9sd per 15 without restriction as to ithe output. One Sandon farmer put down 150 acres in dog's-tail. his yield being equivalent to £l7 per acre, or an aggregate value of £2250. Another won £IOOO worth of seed from 56 acres, and a well-known- Mount Stewart farmer reaned'26 tons of seed off 280 acres.■ Beinp; worth over £BB per ton, the outnut brought him in over £2300, whilst his rye produced about £4OOO. Dealing with the question of agricultural instruction' in his evidence before the Cost of Living Commission at Auckland last week. Mr George, [Director of Technical Education, stated that some years ago Lord Milner, assisted by experts, had drawn up a scheme for agricultural education, which had been put into operation by General Botha when he came into power. South Africa was now beginning to feel the benefit of this step, and the result would .eventually be that South Africa (in addition to the Argentine) would become one of New Zealand/s greatest 1 competitors on the London markets. It would bo well if some scheme for agricultural instruction were brought into operation in Now Zealand.

It is understood that one or two* Mastertonians intend giving evidencebefore the Education Commission ::*.- Wellington. The alteration' in the name of the> flag station at Kuripum from "Purakan" to "Solway" takes effect from.. the 21st of the present month. Notwithstanding the cold snap experienced during the last few weeks, stock is reported to be wintering very well in the Wairarapa. There is an. abundance of grass, and root crcps are plentiful. A child was severely burned in Mas-**,. terton yesterday through a kettle afV* : boiling water being upset over it. V Fortunately, the burns were confined j to the limbs of the child. | A shooting accident occurred at (lieWairarapa Lake on Sunday. A voancrman named Tryell Q«i„„ was gettin ~ out of a. boat holding a gun, when the barrel exploded, discharging th G CO r t . . tents into his right arm, which- waa very seriously injured.

The rainfall recorded by Mr J. C. Boddington at the Upper Plain f or ' the twenty-four hours preceding 9> o'clock on Sunday morning was 70 points, and for the period ending; . Monday morning 41 points'. Mr G. It. Sykes, M.P., intends asking the Government if it will intro- ;\'\ dueo an amendment to tlie Fencing. r ■<** Act, providing that afencing line shall * be kept cleared on each side of a. boundary fence. The debate on Mr Massey's no-GO»-fidence motion will be commenced, in. '? the House of Representatives this ' evening. The opening speeches,, whic.-i will, no doubt, be full of interest j will • appear ini to-morrow morning's Age. When fat lambs sold recently in. South Canterbury at 26s each it was considered a phenomenal price, butat the Ashburton yards on. Tuesday last fat lambs were sold to Sims Cooper.,, of Ghristchurch, for £2 3s each. The lambs were bred by Mr.T.. E. Upton from crossbred ewes and. Shropshire rarns. v The air bit so shrewdly in Master- v iton yesterday afternoon that a* horse' 4 ', attached to a coal-cart could not resist. ; the temptation to bolt. People were ■.scattered in all directions, but the- . horse kept going" until, from sheer exhaustion, it pulled.up suddenly as if to* askitself what it.was all about.

An Auckland telegram states that: Samuel Wadsworth, an able seaman on- the scow Era, was sweeping thedeck as the vessel was entering port on Saturday-, night, when the foreboom jibbed in a sudden squall. The rope caught Wadsworth and swept him mto the sea. which was running high. A boat.was lowered, bua a search for an hour revealed no trace of the man. '. A lady writing to the- Southland County Council, requesting- road, improvements to her backb'locks property, stated: "My husband.is fast passing out of this world, and the doctors and clergymen make a great fuss when called upon to travel out here. What if he is taken from me? How will they take his body out from here? I don't know!"

The President of the Masterton Chamber of Commerce (Mr A. Henderson) yesterday 'wired the .Minister of Railways as follows:—"The Hon. Minister for Railways, Wellington. — Please accept best thanks'of Chamber of Commerce for improved railway service, which is much appreciated bytravelling public and residents of Mastorton and district.—A. Henderson, President." Mr Henderson received the following reply to, his telegramr from the Minister:—"Thanks for the telegram, and it was with niuch pleasure that t learned that the improved railway service was appreciated by the travelling public and residents.—A. M. Myers."' • A double-barrel brench-loading liammerless gun is advertised for sale. It is nearly new: '. ; The W C.T.TJ. ho]d an."At Home"this afternoon, at the residence cf Mrs Beale, Pine Street. Messrs. W. B. Chennells and Co., land agents, Masterton, advertise a good 8-roomed furnished" house, to.be let for six month's. Messrs Robinsor> fnd Sons. Masterton, nurserymen, Villa Street, have .v. choice collection of fruit trees, ready for planting out, also hedge plants and shelter-trees. Tb" arliourned eeneral meeting c.F the Wellington Farmers' Bacon Company, Ltd'.,, will"be held in the Olympic Theatre. Paliiatua, on Saturday next, July Gtli^,at 1 o'clock. Mr J.-B. Keith, land agent, Mastf-r----ton, advertises for 490 acres freehold Wairarapa farm, improved; also 3& acres,, l.i'.p., with good' House and' other improvements. Performance is what counts, in motor cvcles. In' his replace announcement, Mr Gordon Hughan draws'attention to the excellent qualities and performances of the H'umber motor cycle. A dairy farm of 100 acres, 0.r.p., is advertised for sale at £9 per acre byMr E. R. B. Daniel, land and estate agent, Hastings. Particulars appearon the front page.

The British and Continental PianoCompany publish a list of the highclass oianos for which they,hold the agencies. They hold a stock of pianolapianos and of pianolas, also English ■and American organs. An expert stafF for tuning," repairing and nolishingis kept on the premises., Enquiries; from the local manager, Mr J. Lowndes, 169 Queen Street, will receive prompt attention. The second annual festival of theMastertos Competitions Society wilt be held on Tuesday, July 9th,' and continue for four days. His Excellency cne> Governor is expected to attend. Season tickets are now obtainable, and a box plan is open at the Dresden, ;m<! it will be wise to book seats earlv. The Secretary, Mr W. Gillespie, will furnish all particulars on application.

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