LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10679, 27 July 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Several frosts have of late beon experienced ill Central Otago. The Napier Borough Council has during the past year paid out £20,000 in wages, exclusive of the clerical and engineering stafis. The Palmerston Standard refers to the recent Harrier Championship meeting as an aquatic event. Palmerston evidently is having its due share of the pre-railing rams..

At tlie Magistrate's Court yesterday Charles Beretlcy, of Fcatherston, was charged with having failed to keep up payments for the maintenance of his illegitimate child, the arrears amounting to £ll 4s. Accused wag ordered to pay £5 within a week, in default one month's imprisonment.

At the Stratford Magistrate's Court yesterday two youths were committed to the Supreme Court for sentence, having pleaded guilty to a charge of breaking and entering. A Christchurch telegram states that the slot telephones in the city showed a marked increase in takings, as a result of the publicity given them lately. Last week four of the machines earned £4 18s 8d each.

The weather in Canterbury during the past few day® has been very wee, heavy rain falling continuously. The land is water-logged, and the low country is flooded. With a normal spring 'Canterbury should rea;p the benefit later on. —Press Association.

Motuiti Maoris havo subscribed £lO towards the fine and costs of Mrs Campbell who w«s recently lined at the police court for supplying Hingawaka Tuparoa with liquor at Whyte's Hotel, Foxton, for consumption on the prettiises. The Commissioner of Paiico contemplates making a change in the police uniform. The tunic is of dark blue serge, with two pockets, similar to the military uniform. Instead of the shako there is to bo a helmet, as worn in Australia.

The lOgmont Box Company's return of butter-boxes and cheese-crates manufactured for the year ending June 30th, 1912, shows : Butter-boxes, 210,618; cheese crates, 102,136; total, 372,751. This is a decrease of 27,586 in boxes, and an. increase of 32,551 in cheese-crates. The.. t total output since the inception of the company in 1005 is 2,170,388, of which nearly two thirds are butter-boxes.

The following is a remit to tbe submitted to the Municipal Conference at Wellington from Palirierston next week : "That where ratepayers fail to carry a loan for a supply of water to give fire service, or which is considered necessary for the health of the inhabitants, the local authority, on receiving the consent of the Minister, may be authorised to raise the loan without the consent of the ratepayers." A young man in Greymouth last week claimed to be the last of the single men to leave Waiuta. He said there were, however, between 30 and 40 married .men left'on the field. He jocularly remarked that he was receiving £1 per week strike pay, but it cost £1 per day to be out on strike. There are snch things as "dry" and "wet" places outside as well as inside quartz miners! In regard to the Otago Cricket Association's suggestion that an Australian cricket team be invited to visit New Zealand, Mr Raphael, Secretary of New Zealand Cricket Council states that he wrote to the Australian Board of Control on the subject, and received a reply regretting that the Board was unaWe ta accede to the request.

Mr ffarle Giles, Conciliation Commissioner, has informed the Labour Party of tho difficulty in proceeding to Waihi in consequence of the large num'ber of Incur disputes for which days were fixed and witnesses summoned. He suggested the appointment of a deputy to perform the Regular duties. This, he is informed, is impossible. Messrs Triggs and Hally, the other two Commissioners, will probably proceed to Waihi.

The Lyttelton Times of July 24th says:—"Mr F. A. Homibrook gave a lecture at his Physical Culture Institute, Christohurch, last Tuesday evening, oil physical efficiency, when, despite the inclement state of the weather, tlie nttendanco was large, and the lecturer was heartily thanked at the conclusion. A collection was taken Up during the evening towards defraying the cost of sending a team of Cli risk-lut rch athletes to compete at the New Zealand physical culture competitions, to be held in Master ton next October." In connection with the above, we learn from Mr R. (). Jarrett (lion, secretary) that seven compotitors will probably make the trip up for the championships —four from Mr F. A. Hornibrook's Institute, and three from Mr Robt. H. Veitch's Institute. A meoting of the judging committee will lie held in M'asterton early next week, when a definite date will lie arranged for the championships, and other details will be completed* Competitors are expected from the other centres of the Dominion.

Goats arc notorious (says the Auckland Star.) They all possess a punch, and from a constant study of the law of impact, they have marvellous good judgment in timing their effort. On the other hand, the ill-timing of their humour and their perverted sense of honour is proverbial, so that all goatowners votive from their flocks like the underlings of Eastern potentates from their lord —face to the enemy business and back-pedalling. Also goats have a curious appetite, and thrive; excellently well on sheets, pyjamas, and intimato underwear, in comsequenoe of which their owners send their washing to the laundif, and do not usually live on good terms wifeli. their neighbours. All of which pertains to the fact that by by-law goats (quadruped) may be kept in Mt. Eden borough only by special permission to keep as pets two Angora goats, and was granted the favour "at his own risk and subject to revocation within 21 hours." The opinion of the Council was that the length of the goat reign would be in inverse propored the goats, the goats.

YOU SHOULD BEAR IN MIND That by us'jng tlie .commercial eucalyptus oil whieb is now bought up at 6d j>er lb wcighf a.nd bottled, and on account of the largo profit, pushed, you are exposing yourself to all tludia.ngcrs to which the use of turpentine will expose you—irritation of kidneys, intestinal "trach. and mucous membranes. Bv' insisting on the GENUINE SANDER EUCALYPTI EXTRACT you not only avoid these pitfalls', but you have a stimulating, safe and effective mendicant, the result of a special and careful manufacture. A trial will nit once _ convince. Quality in s.miall dose distinguishes it from the bulky and dangerous products. Remember— SANDER'S EXTRACT embodies tbe result of f> Oyears' experience and special study, and it uoes what is promised ; it -heals nmd cures without injuring the constitution, as the oils of tlie market freqeuntly do. Therefore protect yourself by rejecting all other brands. For children's >"2cKmg Cough at Night, V«irlo' Ore at Peppermint Cure* 1* 6<L 2s Gd.

Another heavy downpour of rain occurred in Masterton lust evening, the water-tables being Hooded for a time.

The cabled reports of Lord Fsliniton's appointment to. tlio presidency of the Indian Civil Service Commission are confirmed. His Excellency will not leave tiie Dominion until December.

Tlio monthly meeting of the managers of the Masterton Technical School, which was to have Ijcen held last evening, was postponed until Friday next, owing to Messrs "W. H. .Jackson and C. E. Daniell having to attend a meeting of the Trust Lands Trust. Ira Herbert Weston, of Martinborough, butcher, has been adjudged " a bankrupt, on the peitition of Joseph Augustine Chesham, of Martiirborougli, sheep farmer. Mr Jordan appeared for the petitioner.

We understand that Prince Gustavo Dikran has instructed Messrs Hollings and Pragnell, solicitors, of Masterton, to demand an apology in connection with statements appearing in certain newspapers.

Harold Good in., cycle and motor agent, of Greytown, was adjudicated bankrupt 011 Wednesday. The firstmeeting of creditors will ho held in Greytown 011 Thursday next.

There was a fair audience at Knox Church, Masterton, l(is.t evening, when Prince Gustavo Dikran, reputedly an exile from Albania, gave an address dealing with the forms of religion practised in h.is native country. Tho Rev. A. T. Thompson, 8.A., 8.D., presided.

Much talk has been heard at the saleyards of late about the killing of ewes in lambs at the Fairfield Freezing Works. At Fairfield it is customary to kill ewes right up to the end of July, whereas no ewes are dealt with at other works after the end of June.

During the hearing of a licensing case in the Mastertnn Magistrate's Court yesterday, a witness stated that it was hardly to be expected that a man would be in the same frame of mind in a licensed area as in a "dry" area.

_ "What is really done with the Native Council funds?'' "inquired a councillor at the meeting of the Waikohu County Council, when the question of Maori dog registration was being considered. ""It's hard to say," said another councillor, "but I think, it goes in tangis."

Prince Gustave Dikran. who lectured in Masterton last evening, ventured an Albanian joke at the expense of the New Zealand railways. He stated that in his country the means of transport were by horse and camel, in this Dominion they were by train and coach. There was, he said, not much difference, excepting that the camel proceeded at a little faster pace than the New Zealand express trains.

The following officers were elected at the annual meeting of tlie Masterton Bowling Club on Thursday evening:—President, Mr P. L. Hollings; vice-presidents, Messrs G. Townsend and P. Gordonsecretary, Mr J. Murray; treasurer, Mr A. W. Chapman.; general committee, Messrs C, Perry, S. Indor, J. Scott, T. Cresswell, E. R. Cameron; match committee, 0. Perry, 0. Pragnell, T. Cresswell; delegates to Wairarapa Bowling Centre, Messrs 0. Pragnell, 3. C. Ewington, and S. Inder; delegate to Northern Bowling Association, Mi;-T» Grady; auditor,. Mr W. Mitchell; groiuid committee, Mr C. Ewington.

A most curious example of "tlio way of a sood in the ground" is reported by the Rev. Tertius Poole, the vicar of Culmstock, in Devon, England. "The year before last I turned a croquet lawn into a rosary, planting thereon 500 roses. This grass lawn has not been disturbed for quito a hundred years. I gather this from an old parishioner, 5)5 years of age, whose father used to mow this particular lawn. This year it is covered with the largest assortment of p'ansies I have ever soon ; of splendid qunlit3', too. No seed has boon sown, nor have there boen any panslies near by. The only solution I can give is th«t the seed must have been in tke ground these many years." One of the nan.sies. adds Mr Poolo, if like a gold and' bronze butterflv.

According to Mr E. Xondon, a New Zealander just returned from a tour, Tasmania is the onjy Q'ommon wealth S-t«te not making progress. The people there evidently regretted that they had joined the Commonwealth, as the loss of Customs duties ifad almosst depleted the exchequer. From what he had heard and seen , he was-convinced that Tattersa.lls would not be abolished, as the loss in revenue would be far too much for such a .small country to incur. It resolved itself into a question of Tattersalls or taxes, and therewas no doubt that Tattersalls would win. In the-other States there was general prosperity. Everybody was hopeful tlitit the rains which had fallen' had insured good times for some years. In provincial districts lie was specially impressed with the progress of the dairying industry.

Mr C. L. Reynolds, Middleton, Clareville, has a heifer for sale, just on calving.

A reward is offered for the recovery of a gold (mounted brooch, lost in Maaterton.

Messrs Jackson Bros., phone 259, advertise picked onions, potatoes, carrots and lcekp for sale, delivered in town.

"Higtoteen months hard" is the subject of a local in Messrs Hubbard Bros.' advertisement. It is worth looking up.

Two respectable boarders, private home, healthy locality, Lansdowuo, are advertised for.

Messrs A. J. .Johnson and Co. will sell at the Posit Office Auction Mart this afternoon furniture, iwultry and sundries.

Tlie "civic briar," the latest in piper, 2-1 different shapes, and a 111 one price, are advertised by Messrs Reid and Douglas, sole agents, tobacconists and hairdressers, Queen Street, Masterton. An inspection is invited.

Special reductions have been made at Mr J. L. Muray's re-organjsing sale in men's and boys' overcoats. The wlwle of the up-to-date stock has boon generously reduced, and a visit will prove both interesting and moneysaving. The annual general meeting of •shareholders ill the Master-ton Co-op-, erative Dairy Company will be held in Murray's Hall, Queen Street, 011 Saturday, August- 10th, to receive the roport and balance sheet, elect directors and auditor, and general business. For Influenza tike Woods' Great Peppermint Dure, Never fails, I? uti 34a tM.