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LOCAL AND GENERAL

Masterton was enveloped in a dense fog last evening.

The fortnightly civil sitting of the Magistrate's Court is to be held in Masterton to-day.

A herd of forty-four dairy cows sold at auction in the Forty-Mile Bush this week made the good average of £9 3s per head.

A number of carpenters and plumbers have recently left Hastings for Sydney, where there is said to be a keen demand for this class of labour.

Iho Hawke's Bay Acclimatisation Society has decided to order 139,000 rainbow trout fry and 29,000 brown trout fry from the Masterton hatcheries.

The Hon. H. J). Bell, who has been appointed Minister of Internal Affairs, took a prominent part in the formation of the New Zealand Sports Protection Society.

The escapade of a young man with a bottle of fiery liquid, which created quite an interesting scene in Masterton a few nights back, is to form the subject of an investigation by the Stipendiary Magistrate to-morrow. The Methodist Church choir will render the anthem. "And" the Glory," from Handel's "Messiah," and other test pieces at the Masterton Competitions to-morrow evening.

The annual social of the Opaki Rifle Club will be hold at the Exchange Hall oh Thursday, August Bth. In the hands "of a strong committee, the function promises to be an unqualified success.

A conference of officers and noncoms, of the "C" Division Mounted Rifles was held in Masterton yesterday. These conferences are held, quarterly, with a view to adjusting matters pertaining to the general organisation of the Division.

The Auckland Board of Education has resolved, taking into consideration the Campbell bequest of £20,000, to urge the Government to give effectto the proposal to establish a Chair cf Agriculture in connection with the Auckland University, or a properly equipped Agricultural College in the Auckland Province.

As an argument for doing away with some of the smaller Ideal bodies, Mr/ G. W. Leadley said at the meeting of the Wakamri Road Board on Saturday afternoon, that it was mentioned at the conference on the Local Government Bill that one local body with a revenue of £IQO paid its clerk £l4O.

' The question as to whether Mr J. I. Fox is legally a member of the Pahiatua Borough Council through his not being a naturalised British subject at the time be was elected, has been settled by that gentleman himself. Mr Fox yesterday sent in his resignation, and being fully qualified to stand for the post now, is seeking re-election.

Large numbers of people visited the art exhibition in the Trust buildings yesterday. The committee of the Masterton Competitions are to be congratulated upon getting such a-collec-tion of beautiful pictures. The arrangement of the different pictures is, under the circumstances, excellent, and enables visitors to see each one to the best possible advantage. The gallery promises to be a continued source of attraction during competition week. A test of a number of New Zealand tinned articles by the Cost of Living commission resulted in the discovery of a 21b tin of biscuits containing lib 7ozs; a lib tin of jam, 14ozs; a lib tin of baking powder, 14oas; and a s-lb tin of pepper, 2£ozs. When the goods were bought they were asked for by weight. English tinned goods were found to contain full weight.

Tn commenting on the playing of song accompaniments at the Masterton Competitions. Mr Harold Gregson. the Judge, said that this s*ction would be more interesting if the song had been .sung, so that one could judge of the ability of the performer in following the voice, which, said Mr Grogson, is nn important feature in the art of accompanying.

In conversation with nn Age representative, Mr Harold Gregson, the judge of the instrumental'section at the Masterton Competitions, said that a groat many professional singers and musicians were averse to competitions when they first commenced. It is now notable, said Mr Gregson, that all this opposition has died out, and all professionals are strongly in favour of competitions.

In referring to the piano solo at the Masterton competitions on Tuesday evening, the judge (Mr Harold Gregson) made the following remarks: — "Tn spite of the modern experiments in chord building by such ultra moderns as Strauss, Wagner, and Debussy, the might, the majesty of loveliness ef the opening chords of this sonata (Sonata Pathetique. op 13 Beethoven)'by the immortal Beethoven are as full of freshness, grandeur and nobility as they were when first written. It may well be said of the greatest of all composers that ago «annot wither, nor custom stale his Infinite variety."

At the Auckland Police Court yesterday, says an Auckland telegram, Ernest Kercherty, aged 27, and Chas. Murphy, aged 25, were committed for sentence for burglary at the Clarendon Hotel, both having pleaded guilty. Two men named Serim and Grant were charged with having committed three burglaries. Detective Marsock said that when Serim was in custody, he asked 'witness to make it as light as possible for him, as he did Marsock a good turn by preventing Grant from shooting him. Grant said that it was all the other way, and that it was Scrim who wanted to shoot, but was afraid ho would make too much noise. He caught a train, a boat, a 'bus, Some fish, a cricket .hall; He caught hie typist talking to The chief clerk through the wall. He caught iboth 'roo and wallaroo, Upon his annual tour; But saved (himself ft*om catching cold With Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. 1

Y*yn oan g«t rwl of that cold by fcakinp Tonkincr's Linseed Emulsion. From all aad itorea, 1b 6d %9 6a, 4» ea

Before the Chief Justice at Wellington yesterday Edward Alexander Rbpin was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, and declared an habitual criminal for breaking and committing theft at Stratford. John Mandid~i'or forging and uttering, was sentenced to eighteen months.

A Wellington telegram states that before Sir Robert Stout yesterday, James Moore, office cleaner of the Wangainri post office, was charged with the theft of postal packages. The Chief Justice said that apparently the prisoner opened the letters to secure hotting information, and he thought that all officers of the Postal Department who went in for gambling should bo dismissed, the regulation to the effect brought in by the Postmas-ter-General being a very proper one. The Department, he said, could not be expected to be efficient if its employees were alloAved to drink and gamble. He imposed a sentence of nine months' imprisonment. The annual meeting of the Masterton Friendly Societies Council was held last evening in the Foresters' Hall, Bro. Threadwell (President), in the chair. The annual report and bal-ance-sheet was presented, showing a credit of £(3 6s. The following deleKates, representing the five Friendly Societies in Masterton, were elected a f s officers of the Council for the ensuing year:—President, Bro. Chapman (Hibernian); Vice-President, Bro. Anderson . (Druids); Secretary, Bro. O'Regan (Hibernians); Treasurer, Bro. Darroch (Foresters). A hearty vote of thanks was accorded the retiring President (Bro. Threadwell), for the interest shown by him in the Council during the year. It was decided to ask the Rugby Union to allow the Societies' seven a-side football tournament to take place after the completion of the second round of thencup contests.

The Kia Ora tea rooms will be closed to-day (Thursday). Elsewhere Mr and Mrs Flett express their sincere appreciation of the wide sympathy extended to them in their recent sad bereavement.

Messrs A. J. Johnson and Co. advertise a list of the lines to be offered on account of Mr C. N. Ha slam tins afternoon. The sale will be held at the premises, 25 Worksop road, and will commence at 1.30 p.m.

A reward is offered for the recovery of a brown leather hand-bag, containing commercial papers, lost on the Masterton-Featherston road yesterday. Finder is asked to communicate with Mr C. E. Daniell, Masterton.

Messrs Abraham and Williams, Lcl., will hold an unreserved clearing sale of the dairy herd, horses, etc., on the farm of Mr J. Peagram, Atea, near Eketahuna, on July 18th, at 12.30 o'clock.

Plain gold band bangles in all the

latest widths have just been opened up for inspection at Mr L. S. Nicol's jewellery establishment. Included in the censignment is also a very dainty range of jewel cases, in most unique designs. ' Mr P. W. Reardon, who recently took over the Wairarapa agency for the-Overland cars, has just placed two of these fine cars with Masterton resi-

) dents. Mr H. Retter purchased one, and the other was procured for Mr T. r Holland. The latter is a fine 30 h.p. Overland touring car, and will be run for hire. Mr Reardon being an exp?rt motor mechanic, is in a .position to give good advice to prospective pur-

chasers of car's, and those who intend going in for a oar should certainly pet information regarding the Overlands, which arc becoming very popular.

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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10684, 11 July 1912, Page 4

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LOCAL AND GENERAL Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10684, 11 July 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10684, 11 July 1912, Page 4

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