LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10686, 13 July 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Most of the visiting competitors to the .Masterton Competitions are returning to their homes to-day. A.visitor from Taranaki stated that land in that province has risen £lO per acre within the past three months. At the evening service at the Masterton Methodist Church to-morrow, a solo will be sung by Mr J. Olds, of Christchurch. For the benefit of country visitors, it has been decided to keep the art exhibitfcn in Masterton open all day today. The trout-spawning season is now well advanced, and it is hoped that there will be a substantial yield of ova for the Masterton hatcheries, Messrs J. Fraser and Co., land agents, Masterton, report the sale of Mr Chapell's farm of 60 acres at Matahiwi, to Mr Lumley, of Masterton.

For the year ending May 31st, 1912, the Norscwood Dairy Company, Ltd., paid out the sum of £ll6O 14s 7d in wages. The sum of £13,569 lis lid was paid out for milk supplied.

It is understood that the Government has arranged with Mr J. E. Lethbridge for the purchase of 8300 acres of his Sherenden in the Hawke's Bay district.

Mr Frank Moore's well-known herd of purebred Jerseys was sold at auction on Thursday, and realised satisfactory prices. The highest price obtained was £75 for a cow.

The Woodville Chamber of Commerce is asking Mr Escott, M.P., to get a Government expert to report on the Maharahara coalfields.

The clerk of the Ikaroa Maori Council was in Masterton yesterday, paying out certain moneys due to local Natives in connection with recent leases of their property.

Te Awamutu is stated to be one of the most prosperous districts in the King Country. The chief industry is dairy fanning. During the past season settlers have had a most successful season.

The first number of Hansard for the present session is already to hand. It makes interesting reading in the light of recent events. It is significant that the colour of the cover to Hansard is changed.

The premises of Messrs Hill and Sons., hatters, of Wellington, were burglariously entered on Thursday night. Constable Thompson arrested a man named Tier, who was in hiding behind a door, but two other men escaped through a back window.

A Masterfcon clergyman will preach to-morrow on the subject, "Hell—what it is not, and what it is." There are so many Mastertonians interested in this subject, that a crowded congregation should be assured.

A pleasing; little souvenir of the Masterton Competitions was issue<] yesterday by the Masterton Printing ing Company. It took the form of a programme printed on satin. Copies were provided for His Excellency the Governor, members of the Committee and competitors.

In response to the agitation for better protection which ensued on the outbreak of crime in and around Melborune, permission has been given the Commissioner of Police to increase the strength of the Police Force by the immediate appointment of 50 constables.

Sixty-three branches of the New Zealand Sports Protection League have now been formed in the Dominion, and when the general secretary has completed the preliminary work, the Board of Control expect to have the number increased to one hundred. An effort is, we understand, to be made to form a branch in Masterton.

Am Tnvereargill resident who has just returned from a visit to the Oamaru district, states that he never saw the country looking better than now. when the season of the year is taken into consideration, and adds that the farmers there have done very well in consequence of the favourable weather experinced.

The Dunedin Star —a pronounced supporter of previous Liberal Governments —states that the Hon. W. F. Massey has succeeded in forming a Ministry which, whatever the performances and ultimate record may be, can hardly fail to strike, the public mind as being rich in promise and potential accomplishment.

According to a Wellington telegram a deputation from the Rangitikei Racing CIul) waited upon the Prime Minister yesterday and urged the claims of the club in regard to the issue of racing permits, of which it had been deprived as a result of the deliberations of the Racing Commission. , It was urged that the club should not be deprived of the whole four days racing, which it previously had enjoyed. The Prime Minister, replying, said that he did not think there was much prospect of bringing down legislation affecting racing. The report of the Racing Commission of 1910 bad the force of the law up to the end of the present month. Wbnt't; the refuge of the wheezer? Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. What's tihe balm .for every sneezer? Woods' Crai* Peppermint Cure. Not a house should be without it, Not a tiui;w» afford to flout it; Friend of all. liotl'i rich and jpoor, Here's long life to Peppermint Oura. 8

Most of the rivers and streams in the neighbourhood of Masterton were in a flooded condition yesterday.

Of 520 trees recently planted in the Auckland streets, 154 have been found to have been damaged by outside interference.

Several Masterton dentists will proceed to Wellington next week to attend a conference of the Dentists Association.

Heavy rain has fallen in North Canterbury'during the last two days. The rivers are in flood and the coach services are interrupted. The weather is still wet.

The rugby football matches which are down to he played in the Wairarapa this afternoon promise to he more exemplary of water polo tha-. football.

The town of Stratford is having some difficulty with its electric light system. On several occasions lately the town has been plunged in darkness. Many complaints are naturally being heard.

The speaker at the Y.M.C.A. Strangers' Tea to-morrow ;.fternoon will be Mr J. T. M. Hornsby, of Carterton. Mr J. Olds, of Christchurch, will contribute a solo.

The services.at St. Patrick's Church in Masterton to-morrow will be conducted by the Rev. Father Murray, of Wellington.

The rainfall registered in Masterton during tho twenty-four hours ending nine o'clock yesterday morning was 1.33 inches —the heaviest fall for one day that has been recorded for some time.

Mr C. N. Baeyertz, the judge of elocution at the Masterton Competitions, met a number of competitors yesterday and tendered them some valuable advice, ' This morning he frill meet teachers, parents and children, and discuss elocution with them.

Wairarapa is fortunate hi having such escellent roads. In many parts of the South Island districts winch have been settled for many years, settlers have to contend with bad roads. Southern exchanges refer to the state of the thoroughfares as being at the present time disgraceful. • While speaking at the North Canterbury Education Board's meeting, the chairman, in reply to a question, stated that it had been the Boards fixed policy for years past to give precedence in making appointments to teachers who were out in the backblocks, other conditions being equal.

Already buyers for the coming season's dairy output are in the market, although nothing definite as far as can be ascertained (says the Taranaki Herald) has been completed. Indications point to butter fetching a high price, but cheese is an uncertain quantity. Settlers in the Pannevirke district have lost a considerable number ->f stock through the animals eating the shrub known as tutu. At this season of the year, when feed is scarce, it is generally the case that a number of animals die from the effects of eating the poisonous plant. Is is evident that there is more destitution in Christchurch this year than last. Nearly a hundred more cases were dealt with last month than were placed on the books for June, 1911. This increase is attributed to the recent wet summer and to the wet weather generally.

William White was fined 5s and 7s costs in tho Magistrate's Court at Masterton yesterday for having driven a four-wheeled vehicle on the Ferny-hurst-road, the tyres of the vehicle being less than 3£ inches in width and drawn by five horses. Ernest Spaceman was fined 5s and 7s costs for having driven a vehicle round a corner it faster than a walking pace. At the Wanganui Supreme Court yesterday, Judge Cooper delivered reserved judgment in the appeal from the magistrate's decision in the case of the Inspector of Factories v. McVicar. The upholding of the S.M.'s decision practically means that a boardinghouse setting meals is not a restaurant, under the Shops and Offices Amendment Act.

The Napier Farmers' Co-operative Association made a profit last year of £28,533 12s 7d. The annual meeting decided to pay a dividend of S per cent on paid up capital, and a bonus of 12$ per cent on commissions contributed by shareholders, a bonus of 2 per cent on goods purchased by shareholders, a bonus of 5 per cent on salaries, and £IOOO was added to the reserve fund, and the balance carried forward.

Speaking before the Education Commission, Miss Lorimer, the Principal of the Nelson Girl's College, said that she considered that the syllabus for tko primary schools was on good, up-to-date lines, but needed for its interpretation higher teaching ability. The training now given should produce a more self-reliant type of chancer. She also stated that it would be desirable to eliminate some of the arithmetic, especially in the classes ef girls.

In the Stratford Magistrate's Court yesterday, for failing to take the oath and refusing to attend the annual training camp, two Territorials, on the first count, were fined os provided they took the oath within seven days, and on the second count £1 and £1 10s, the increase in the one case being due to the fact that the youth admitted kaving laughed at the Territorials doing their duty, and urged others not to attend parades. Speaking at the demonstration in the Masterton Town Hall last evening in connection with the Competitions Society, His Excellency the Governor stated that in some quarters these competitions had been criticised •in rather a severe manner. Some held them to be a superfluity, and stated that they encouraged the pernicious system of "cramming." From what he had heard that evening, he was satisfied the Masterton Competitions did not come into that category. The whole of the performers had shown careful training and study.

The Rapid Healer is an Ointment which h#»r»ls with remarkable rapidity. TJnlike the old-fashioned ointments which are very slow in their actions, Rerona specially effects its after a very few applications. Sold in triangular pota. at la fid.

Th<> Navy l-mm.? lnrae in t' rn public eve just now. and it U satisfactory ■'(l +.ha a'll parties agree that the Tln'tjph Navy must he kept supreme. The F'-M-v^'nation if dtterminod to krr-p Mie Nnw tit tln'» forefront, fio in re th" propriety's determined <v> + h« pomilnritv of Crescent Tea, which is Fold in t'hree trades, at 2s. Is lOd and 1b 8d per lb respectively.

"I have seen Masterton in sunshir.e>. and I have seen it in the wet," said' His Excellency at the Town Hall jasfc evening. Ho did not indicate whielt condition lie preferred, though tho audience hazarded a guess.

It is expected that the Masterton Competitions this year will show a substantial profit. Much of the success of the festival has been due to the untiring work of the Secretary (Mr W. Gillespie), the Chairman' of Committees (Mr R. J. Young), and: the Supervisor (Mr F. J. Hunn).

An experienced nurse requires position in family.

The railway timetable in connection with the Trentham races next week,., is published in this issue.

Gas consumers are reminded that Monday, July 15th, is the last day on which discount will be allowed on current accounts.

Messrs Jackson Bros., Macara Street, Masterton, have for sale picked' table potatoes and picked keeping onions.

A reward is offered for the recovery of a tobacco pouch, initials "P.S." engraved, lost in Masterton on Wednesday.

In our publicity columns, Mr D. G. Brown is advertising the merits of tho--1912 Bradbury motor cycle. Intending purchasers of motor cycles should' not fail to peruse the announcement.

Murray's reorganising sale special advertisement on page 7 draws attention to men's suit values. These goodsare made to the order of the firm under special supervision, only the best of trimmings and high-grade workmanship being used.

Messrs A. J. Johnson and Co. areinstructed by Mr Biggs, who is leaving Masterton, to sell on the premises, Akura Road, on Tuesday, 16th inst.,. the whole of his household furnituroand effects.

...Messrs Graham and Co.'s great stocktaking sale will be brought to a close to-day. For the last day special' bargains will be brought forward in every department, as it is desired to clear as much stock as possible. All" remnants will 'be sold at half-price to* day.

To-day Mr ,T. Carpenter is making a special display of the very latest styles in footwear of every description. The new lines have all been specially selected, and embrace all the best and most fashionable makes. Prices throughout are very reasonable, and the public are cordially invited*' to eall and'see for themselves the extensiveness of t.he range. v "Eclipse-All" sale of bargains at Messrs McGruer and Co.'s, Queen Street, are advertised. They refer to: the Manchester department, and include bargains in towels, sheetings, blankets, quilts, curtains, and other lines, the prices being quoted.