LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10700, 22 August 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Tawaha dairy factory eommonced operations for the season en Tuesday.

At the inquest at Grey mouth on Matthew Henderson Bell, killed at No. 1 State mine on the 16th inst. by a runaway truck in the drive, a verdict of accidental death was returned.

Frank Loasby Tocker, aged nineteen years, formerly a letter-carrier at Greytown, has been committed for trial on a charge of delaying postal packets.

The Marlborough Land and Railway League has appointed a strong deputation to co-operate with the Canterbury local bodies in waiting on the Prime Minister next Saturday, urging the more rapid completion of the South Island Main Trunk railway.

A Melbourne cable states that a man was sentenced to a month's imprisonment at Benalla on a charge of aiding and •abetting his 13-yeay-old son to steal. He pleaded that he hid a family of five children, who were starving. The Government has decided to accept the Commonwealth Prime Minister's invitation to attend a conference to consider the advisableness of acquiring a cable in the Atlantic as part of the State-owned cable system between Australasia and the United Kingdom. .

A Stratford telegram states that a party of three, including two ladies, missed their way in the yicinitv of the North Mountain Hoi'so' on last Sunday. They were rescued, halffrozen, at 3.30 on Monday morning, the only injury received being a sprained ankle sustained by Miss Elson.

The Postmaster-General has informed Mr ,T. H. Escott, M.P. for Pahiatua, that in response to the settlers' request, alternative tenders for a dailv mail service from Man gat .tilt oka to Kohinui will be invi,ted for the ensuing t-riennium. When tenders are received v +ho question of providing a daily service will be further considered.

The escaped prisoners. Bergen,son and Paul, who .got away f' om custody at the Point Halswell prison works about a week ago, have been recaptured by Constable Fearny at Onga Onga. near Napier. They were escorted back to Wellington, and will be charged to-day with escaping from lawful custody. The recapture was made at 2 o'clock yesterday morning.

A branch of the Overseas Club is about to bo formed in Masterton. Mr Capper, of the Wellington Club, has been in Mastert-on for some days, and has secured promises of membership from at least two hundred persons. It is proposed that Lord Islington, who is Grand President of il.e Club in New Zealand, shall officially open the local branch prior to his departure for England.

The niain attraction in sporting circles in Masterton this afternoon is the annual football 'match between teams representing the "Banks and Law and Stock and Station Agent?; and Dentists, The event promises to be a great success and a large attendance is anticipated. During the afternoon the heads of firms will have their annual race. In the evening the annual reunion will bo hold, in the: Ciub Hotel.

The Pahiatua branch of the Farmers' Union decided on Tuesday, on the motion of the president f'Vfr A. .Ross), to convene a meeting of m?mbers and farmers generally to consider the advisability of the sale and exchange of properties being conducted through the agency of the Union. Many settlers have expressed themselves in very favourable terms towards the proposal. The meeting will be held at the Trocadero on tho ifiorlloon of September 3rd.

No need to. worry over those Custome entries until your brains are fogged. Pass them along to Messrs Curtis and Co.— they are experts at the game. There's no time to be lost (and time is money to yoii). when vour entries axe passed by Messrs J. J. CURTIS AND CO., Oustomhouse Quay, Wellington. Thoir charges, too, are verv moderate..

Admiral Sir G-G Gorge King-Hall, Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Stateion, is a true Briton. He declares and rightly too, that Britain was never more, prosperous, powerful, o peaceful, and able to held her own in the world without fear of anyone. The same may he said of the new packet Ore-scent Tfca, and 1 it is mora ahle to hold its own against all otiter hnnds than ever hofoi;?.

Mr J. C. Boddington reports that 8 degrees of frost were recorded at Upper Plain yesterday. By the beginning of September the majority of dairy factories in vhe Wairarapa and Forty-mile Bush will have commenced operations for the season.

Dairy farmers have long recognise;] the great advantage of cow-testing, and now in almost all dairying districts cow-testing assficiations are being formed. At the Napier Competitions yesterday the drawing-room entertainment competition was won by Luke's company. who scored 110 point's, Cecil Haines company (Wellington) with 130 points being second.

Tho Southland A col imntisation Society is considering the advisability of importing from England several species of "birds' for sporting purposes. Wild geese, golden plover, and snipo: are the birds that it is suggested to import.

At tho Pnlmerston North Magistrate's Court yesterday, an elderly man Andrew Wisclmowsky wan sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment with hard labour, for committing an indecent act.

The next long-night dance in aid of the new hall funds will be lfekl in the Pine Grove HaU, Kaituna, on Tuesday, the 27th irist. The committee promise, something 'special this time, and they arg making great efforts to ensure a pleasant evening. Tho native Hingawaka Tuparoa, who was arrested in Masterton a. month or two back on a charge of indecently assaulting a female at Foxton, was found not guilty at tho sitting of tho Supreme Court in Palmer-s-ton North.

A Canadian writer states that lie has proved that it is possible to destroy a field of Canadian thistle by planting tho field with lucerne. The thistles were turned under and the lucerne then sown, the produce being a glorious field of lucerne which yielded £8 per acre off the first cutting of hay for the season.

Referring to the performance of tho Feilding AVesleyan Choir at the Napier Competitions the judge, Mr C. N. Baeyerta. declared that he had heard nothing like it in New Zealand outside the Sheffield Choir. The Feilding Choir, he stated, would easily beat anything in the Dominion at • present- time.

At the Fruitgrowers' Conference yesterday, Mr Sisson, a Canterbury delegate, moved that the Government be urged to pass a Bill that wherever municipal markets are established, auctioneers selling fruit, fish, and vegetables shall bo compelled to sell in that, market. The motion was carried unanimously. Tlie carting of boring plant to Waipatiki for the Kotulai Oil Fields Syndicate, Ltd.. is now almost finished (says the Rannevirke News), and it is expected to commence boring operations during next week. Prospects are considered very favourable, and should the venture result successfully tho industry ought to have a large influence on the future of Dannevirke.

A Masterton settler told a Wairarapa Age representative yesterday that he had been trying to secure'the services of twelve permanent hands J for his station, but, had failed. He was offering 30s per week and found, with every comfort that station life could offer. Men' he lia dapproached had +<l W hiiv> that station life was too lonely. The>{ wanted work, if' possible, near tho towns. The secretary.of the Auckland Hospital Board, at a meeting of tho Board, fiavo the names of thirta-jn' nurses who resigned from June 29th to August 13th. The chairman said that he co'-ild not, discover any dissatisfaction among the nurses except that some had an objection to night duty. A motion for the holding of m > inquiry by a special committee wi-; carried after a very warm discussiou.

A women's meeting, held on Tuesday right in Waihi. passed resolutions expressing confidence in the executb o of the Federation of Labour, an.i appealing to the Railway Society to refuse to run trains with free- labourers for the Waihi mines, and also calling on the Seamen's Union in similar terms.

To show how a Quick return- and a big profit may bo made in live stock, the-. Southland Times mentions that last week a well-known dealer overtook man drivin;; n dairy cow and' a heifar to the Wallacetown sale. After some haggling, the owner parked with the ''animals for £ls. The dealer drove the'beasts into Wallacetown saleyards, where the cow fetched £ls and. the heifer £7 10s.

A meeting of the sub-committee appointed to prepare data to be placed before the Prime Minister on Saturday, in support of the request, that an Agricultural College lie established in the Wairarapa, was held in Masterton yesterday. A largo quantity of information has been collated and this will be presented by several speakers. The deputation—which it is hoped will lie representative of the whole of the Wairarapa—will proceed to Wellington by the early morning train on Saturday, returning nit V . :> afternoon.

Tli reo more Ha wire's Bav estates have been offered to the Government for closer .settlement, and on Wednesday next the Commissioner of Crow;Lands (Mr R. T.. Sadd) will' inspect ■them, see if they would lie suitable for the requirements, and if it would be worth while getting them valued by the Government. The properties are: Mr I). M'eKenziVs Oringi estate. Half-wav between Woodville and Dannevirke; Messrs Hartgill and Knight's Otauhoa estate, near Woodville ; and Messrs Rhodes and Ballanee's estate, near Onga Onga. The three properties aggregate about 20,000 acres.

Go. little verse', upon thv way, And proud the joyful tidings trill ; "There i.« no rold nor cougli to-day That ean'not be made well." Go, tell the name, the magic name, j!)»soribfl upon the heights of fame, Tli" perfect balm, the snicret sure, "W. K. Woods' Great Peppermint, re." 1 A BLACKSMITH'S OPINION. "For severe colds, which gave me racking pains iii the chest, I used Chamberlain's Cougli Remedy with the best result?. It ends these colds in little or no time, and I do not think there is n better remedy on tbo market," says Mr John * McOrade. 154 Young St., Annomdale, N.S.W. "I give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to my bo yand girl for colds and crowp, and can say that it is an excellent remedy for children." Sold by si! • and stors|so(&fyers. ' '

A deputation from tho Fruitgrowers' Conference, which is at present sitting in Wellington, waited on the Minister of I? ail Ways yesterday, ami placed before him certain matters relating to the carriage of fruit. reply tho Minister said that it wis his desire to meet tho fruitgrowers whenever possible. Ho would endeavour to put on a cooled van to the Main Trunk express trains. Tho Government, he said, was considering tho question of through booking, and the whole matter of freights would be gonn into.

Tho Masterton Amateur Dramatic Society have deeided to stage "H.M.S. Pinafore" one, week earlier than, was intended. The performance will therefore now be on September lltli and 12fch. In view of this, tho Society arc putting" the utmost energy ' into their work, in order that everything will be ready, and an excellent production assmreil. Orchestra, principals and chorus are all now rehearsing tho opora in its entirety. Full rehearsals will be held in the Town Hftll this afternoon and in tha Exchange Hail to-morrow evening. Some excellent nautical songs and. choruses, hornpipes and other effective dances are being introduced. The scenery and costumes have been purchased, and will be to hand in a day or so. Two domesticated lady helps are advertised for, near Masterton. A meeting of the Plumbers' Gasfxtte'rs' Union will be lieM in the Club Hotel at 8 o'clock this evening.

A euchre tournament will be lie Tit in the Druid's Hall at 8 o'clock this evening. • : r

The Hinemoa Assembly Dance has been i postponed from the 28th inst to Septe-mbe, 1 4th.

An assistant steward is wanted. Particulars of duties, etc., can be obtained at the Commercial and Farmers Club, Masterton.

An eight-roomed house, with four acres of land attached, is advertised for sale. No reasonable offer will be refused.

The offices of the Masterton solicitors will be closed from I'o'clock this afternoon, on the occasion of the annual football match.

Clothes that show originality and craftsmanship are dealt with in Krahagen and Chapman's change advertisement. Those desirous of tailoring should peruse it.

The growth of Mr D. G. Brown's well known cycle 'business has been sure. In his replace announcement readers will find some interesting remarks on this' score.

The office of Messrs ■ Dalgety and C 0,,, Ltd., Abraham and Williams, Ltd., N.Z, Loan and Agency Co., Ltd., and Levin and Co. will close to-day at 1 o'clock,, on tho occasion of the annual football match.

Mr E. R. B. Daniel, land agent r Hastings, advertises for sale 195 acres leasehold land at Norse wood, with right of renewal. The land iswell improved, with good buildings, fences and water-

To-night in the Methodist Church Schoolroom' a concert is being given by, members of the choir. A first-

class programme lias been arranged by the conductor (Mr D. B. Clough), consisting of glees, quartettes, duets, and solos. A large attendance is anticipated, judging by the number of tickets sold. Those who wish to have i a comfortable seat will do well to there earlv.

The word "Rotheram" branded on a watch is a guarantee of good workmanship, good material, and consequently good timekeeping qualities. These watches are advertised for sale-' by Mr A. Henderson; jeweller, Masterton, who gives with each watch a two years' guarantee of free repairs. Other gold watches are stocked by Mr Henderson in all standard sizes and' qualities, and' inspection is invited.