LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10688, 15 July 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Arbor Day will be officially observed on Wednesday next.

The latest return for the Worksop dredge is 52ozs. 19dwts. for 92 hours' working.

An inebriate was fined 5s by Mr G. Heron, J.P., in Masterton on Saturday morning. The Carterton Egg Circle forwarded about 125 dozen eggs to Wellington last week.

A number of Mastertonians intend competiting at the forthcoming Napier musical and elocutionary competitions.

A number of lambs, the first of the season, have made their appearance in the Gladstone district during the "past week.

Mr J. C. Boddington reports that 27 points of rain were registered at the Upper Plain for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. on Saturday.

Deer have been doing considerable damage to some of the turnip crops in the Masterton district this year. They devour the bulb as well as the top of the turnip. A witness at the Carterton Magistrate's Court on Friday last stated that it would take more than a bottle of whisky to make him drunk. The Bench looked incredulous.

The Napier people are going one better than Masterton. They have decided to hold an "industries week" in conjunction with their competitions.

In an Oamarn grain store there is to he seen working a potato separator, which claims to grade potatoes into three sizes and deliver them in bags at the rate of five tons per hour. The holders of the Nordon Hockey Cup have a very hard time in store. No fewer than four'challenges have been received. The first match will be against Taranaki.

A junior hockey representative practice will be held at Carterton on Thursday next, when a team will be chosen to meet Wellington, at Wellington next month.

A very successful children's fancy dress ball was held at Pahiatua on Friday evening, in aid of the funds of the District High School A sum of £3O was netted.

The slot telephone system, recently introduced to Auckland, is proving a great success. Arrangements are being made to have the number now in use considerably increased.

At the Y.M.C.A. last evening, a letter was Tead from the Secretary of the Masterton Orange Lodge, inviting the members of the Association to a social to be held on Wednesday, the 17th inst.. at 8.30 p.m.

A married man named Saul Gaisbrook was-crushed to deatff in a lift in Messrs Kirkcaldie and Stains' premises in Wellington on Saturday morning. He was a tailor's presser.

At a representative meeting at Eketahuna last week, it was decided that an effort be made to establish a hospital in that centre, to contain not more than six beds. A committee was set up to report to a meeting to be held on Friday next.

Settlers in the Masterton district state that the heavy rains of last week were the best rains that have fallen during the winter. Stock in most cases have wintered splendidly, and with a few weeks dry weather the country will look at its best.

At a special meeting of the Committee of Masterton A. and P. Association on Saturday last, the resolution altering the date of future annual meetings from July till August was confirmed. A vote of thanks was also extended to Mr John Strang for the use of his motor car in connection with the canvass for the recent stock fair.

Harry Fawcett was charged at Carterton on Friday last, before two Justices, with having, on July 4th, between Carterton and Masterton, stolen a sum of £7 from the person of Francis Harold Reeve. After hearing lengthy evidence, the Justices dismissed the information.

The rains of the past week were the heaviest experienced in the Te Wliarau district for a number of years. Creeks and streams were in high flood, and much of the flat country was under water. One good effect of these floods is the extermination of rabbits, every big fresh accounting for hundreds of the pest.

The art gallery in Mastertcn was open to the public all day Saturday, and again yesterday. The undertaking has not been the financial success anticipated, and it will probably cost the Competitions Society something. This notwithstanding, the opportunity of viewing the pictures (which will be returned to Wellington to-day) was appreciated by a large number of people. Arrangements are well in hand for the shooting match to be held this week under the auspices of the Masterton Gun Club. It is anticipated that practically all those who have nominated from outside will be present, and some excellent shooting will be witnessed, as many of the crack shots of the Dominion will be competing.

In explaining bis movements in Masterton, a witness in the alleged robbery case at the Carterton Police Court said be went into a billiard room and had a "Jimmy Woodser!'" The Bench presumed not to understand "the game," and counsel hastened to explain that the witness meant that he had liad a drink by himself!— News.

Whnt'p the reifuge' of the whe-ezer? Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. What's tdie balm for every sneezer? Woods' Greia* Peppermint Cure. Not a house sTiould be without it, Not n nurse afford to flout it; Friend n? s* ll . hntti rich and fpoor. Here's To:ig life to Peppermint Oure. 3

The Woodvillc Hunt steeplechase meeting is to be held at Pahiatun on July 31st. There are at present twenty-seven patients in the Masterton Hospital, including throe scarlet fever cases. The Boy Scout movement has made good progress in Napier, where 300 boys have been enrolled.

A severe epidemic of mumps is at present prevalent in the Hastings district. Adults are the chief sufferers.

The matron of the Masterton Hospital desires to acknowledge the following donations: —J. W. McK., -Bo; and Mr C. Cole, case of apples.

An effort is being made to have the Kaituna dairy factory connected with the Masterton telephone exchauge.

The petrol shortage, which a few weeks ago caused a certain amount of perturbation amongst motorists, has been brought to an end by the arrival of several shipments of benzine.

Authorities on the subject state that oysters are this season more plentiful in.New Zealand waters than has been the case for a number of years.

The Taranaki Acclimatisation Society seem determined to provide plenty of sport for anglers. Lately the Society received an. order of 100,000 sea-run brown trout ova, which meanwhile will be placed in the Society's hatcheries.

On one day last week four big waggons taking goods from Eltham to Tahora (in the Taranaki backblocks) got stuck in the mud. Thus each team was practically unable to help his neighbour, and a general mix-up was the result. The time taken to do the trip (about sixteen miles in all) was about 23 hours.

There has during the past few weeks, says the Oamaru Mail, been a great demand in Southland for sheep, the consequence being that very high prices are ruling. The chief buyers are from Canterbury, who find it necessary to buy sheep from outside districts to fulfil contracts made early in the season. Mr D. H. Rutherford, of Mauriceville, took four first and three special prizes for Wyandottes at the Hastings poultry show last week. He also appropriated the Bone Cup for the best Wyandotte in the show, and the Bone trophy for the best bird in the show. Mr C. R. P. Armstrong, of Carterton, was a prize-taker in Buff Orpingtons. It being thought that the importance of Arbour J)ay has not in the past been considered seriously enough, School Committees in Auckland have decided to hold a demonstration on Arbor Day of the pupils of all city schools. An expert has been engaged to speak on the value and importance of tree planting. He will also demonstrate how and where trees should be put in the ground. Five blocks of greenstone from the greenstone mountain have arrived from Greymouth. They average about 3cwt. each, and varied in size, the dimensions in one block being 4ft in length and 2ft wide. They were being sent to Sydney as samples, and the discovery promises to be one of the most famous and profitable yet made in New Zealand.

The Wairarapa Egg Circle paid out to its members on Saturday the -urn of £179, for eggs supplied during the oast month, making a total for the six months ending June 30th last £1143 9s lOd. For the corresponding period of last lyear the total amount was £752. The circle has now 110 financial members.

Over thirty members were present at the Masterton Y.M.C.A. Strangers' Tea last evening, when Mr J. T. M. Hornsby, of Petono, delivered an excellent address on "Life." The speaker was attentively followed by those present, and on concluding was accorded a vote of thanks. Mr A. Donald occupied the chair, and a solo was capably rendered by Mr J. Olds, of Christchurch. A vote of thanks was passed to the ladies of the Methodist Church who supplied the tea. Mr Hornsby gave an address at Solway in the evening.

In a Taranaki school last week one of the young lady teachers failed to put in the usual Monday morning appearance, and as no explanation was forthcoming her absence naturally caused some comment among her fel-low-workers. When, on Tuesday, the resignation of her position was sent in, and no reason given for so sudden a stop, it was concluded by her friends that her health had broken down. Subsequent .inquiries, however, gave a more romantic explanation of the young lady's doings. She had —without the loud timbrel or beating of drums —merely got married, and a letter received further stated that the young couple had started on their honeymoon trip to England.

j The Masterton Picture Company j screened another of its special programmes to a big audience on Saturday evening. The star picture, "A Romance of the Rio Grande," was splendidly received, the audience showing their appreciation of this excellent drama by prolonged applause. The various' other 'items made up a programme of general excellence and merit that one does iiot often have the privilege of enjoying. On Thursday night next the management will put on a special programme of pictures at the Town Hall, and they have kindly decided tq.donnte half the takings towards defraying the expenses of Masterton members of the ladies hockey team to take part in the tournament at Auckland. Included in the list of pictures are two specially obtained for the occasion, one of the hockey match recently played at Wellington, Canterbury v. Wellington, and the other scenes at the ladies' tournament at Wellington last year.

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Messrs Graham and Co., general storekeepers, Masterton, draw attention to their choice list of table delicacies, also to their famous "afternoon" tea.

It is said that you can get too much' of a good thing. This may be quite correct in some instances, but in others, no—decidedly, no. We have an example in Messrs "Hugo and." Shearer's make-room sale. Evorvono seems to think it should last for all time, because it is such a ->;ocd thing.

In China and other Eastern lands fanners still till the soil with implements such as were used two thousand years ago. But we're moro up-to-date in New Zealand, where factory managers use "Victor" vats to produce the best quality cheese in shortest time. Further particulars concerning these vats are given in Mr Albert J. Parton's replace announcement.

It is a great deal more profitable to change our Government than tochange your tailor, and few men do> the latter unless they are dissatisfied oi- some other circumstances arise. Because the Donald tailoring lias been consistently good, Mr A. Donald' numbers among his present day customers many men who entrusted hinr with their orders at the start. Mr Donald's tailoring is if.anything better to-day than it- ever was, the organisation is better, the equipment is better, and the facilities are better. Mr Donald has something to say on the subject in a new advertisement.