LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10702, 24 August 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A sitting of the Native Land Court in at present being held in Greytowu.

Tho meeting of tho Mastcrton Town Beautifying Society ha:; been adjourned until next Wednesday evening at 7.30 o'clock.

A special meeting of the Taratahi Meat Works Employees' Union will be hold in the Druids' Hail on Monday evening next, at 7.30 o'clock.

In tho House of Representatives yesterday, tho Prime Minister read a cable from Mr Bramwell Booth, oxpressing profound gratitude for the expression of sympathy in the death of General Booth.

There js a great demand for men for scrub-cutting in tho Mastcrton district just now. Already over a hundred men are employed on th station:; between. Masterton and Ca. • t'.epoint.

The Groytown Co-operative Dairy Company commenced operations for thi';. season on "Wednesday morning, when !05 callous" of milk were received. On the same day last season the total supply was 532 gallons.

Thu delegates appointed to interview tho Prime Minister in connection with the East Coast railway scheme will leave by the morning train on Wednesday. The Masterton Chamber of Commerce, will be reprosentnd by Mi- C. E. Daniell.

Tn the, Native Appeal Court at Wellington yesterday, in re Pukengaki Block, an appeal acrainst an order of the Native Land Court w:«-s considered and cancelled, nn<J the matter was referred back to tho Land Court for re-investigation. Mr M. Lavery, of Masterton, appeared for tho appellant.

A man named Ernest Leslie. Akoliurst liar; boon arrested in Wellington, and remanded to appear at Masterton to-day, on a charge of misappropriating a sum of £l, which had been given him by his employer, Mr Ralph Uartlett, with which to purchase firewood. Two lads attending the Masterton District High School .have, sustained dislocated kneees while playing football this week. On Thursday a lad named Moore was injured in this way, and yesterday another named Frank Marshall dislocated his knee. In each case first aid was rendered. Tn the latter case, however, it was found necessary to call in l)r Cmvie.

Tiio Wclington photographer is an artist in more ways than one. He seldom misses a chance. He has even written to a gentleman in Masterton, asking if ho Avi'l induce the deputation which is waiting noon the Prime Minister to-day, in reference to an Agricultural College, to pose before him and be "taken." A-tishoo! onco a wish, A-tishoo! twice &• kk's, A-tvdioo! three times 'tis n letter, A-tishoo! four times something better. •When snoozing and coughing you endure, Just send for Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. For colds there's nothing can be better. Not even kiss'ss or a letter! 3 Nature's Embrocation— ROOKE'S Eucalyptus Oil. The finest that Australia* produces. "There's eometbinc distinctive about ROCKE'3. A»k for tne popular "Roslyn" Writing Pads a& M «ad Is each.

Tlio Mastevrtoit Borough rates &*• the ensuing year show a slight inercaso upon last year's.

There aro 331 registered motor cars and cycles in Masterton. Since the first of April forty cars and cycles hav» been registered.

Since tho beginning of June last building permits issued in Maßtertoit amounted to £11.28 G. For tho corresponding period last year permits to tho amount of £18,853 woro issued. In the semi-final of the Napier Ladies' Golf Club's championship, Misa Hamlin beat Miss Kettle three up and two to play, and Miss Gorrio beafc Miss M. Hindmarsh by five and four to play.

Tho Mastoiiton Hospital wMI benefit to tlie extent of about £l3 by the football match played on Thursday. The takings at tho gate amounted to £6 10s IHd. On this amount there will bo a Government subsidy. The football match Red Star juniors v. Carterton juniors, will be played on tho old show grounds, Masterton, for tho Pearson Cup. this afternoon. A charge of sixpence wfß be mado for admission.

Notice has been given by Mr Glover, M.P. for Auckland Central, of his intention to ask the Minister in charge of old age pensions whether he will make arrangements whereby recipients of the pension can have their monthly instalments posted io them by cheque or otherwise, instead of their having to call every month at the post offices.

Since the motor car has cpme infcegeneral use for hire purposes, cabdrivers are deprived of much of thwr business. A cab-proprietor commenced business in Masterton a week or two ago, but after ten days he was compelled to relinquish the business as unprofitable. During the time mentioned the daily takings amounted to a few shillings.

The complaints that English people, do not know much about New ZenJarv} are sometimes warranted, as, for instance, when a leading London paper headed its announcement of the division that put. Mr Ma«sey into power, "Sir John Ward's Keverse." Not a word to suggest that London ever heard of the Mackenzie Government! And then, Sir "John."

This afternoon the Masterton Picture Company will present one of their best matinee programmes at the Town Hall. All the films are thelatest, the series being amusing and instructive, and sure to find favour with the children. At night a great programme will be submitted, the leading attraction being a fine production by the Nordisk Company, titled "Won Yet Lost." . The Actuary to the Government Insurance Department (Mr Morris Fox), reporting on the Teachers' Superannuation Fund, states that in addition to the annual subsidy and £7OOO nowbeing paid for the subsidies nn<-i £7720. £9090, and £12,520, the minimum likely to be required for the years 1911, 1912 and 1913, ho recommends that the present subsidy be increased by £IO,OOO per annum for each of the current triennium. .

A Masterton settler informed a. Wairarapa Age representative yesterday that during the last win'ter ho had fed about a hundred men, but he could not induce them to work. On. one day this week he gave tea, bed and breakfast to five- men. He offered them all work at a shilling an hour. but only two out of the five, could be induced to take the job, which was scrub-cutting.

A Dunedin. telegram states that bofore Mr Justice Williams yesterday a. married con pie named Lawrence, formerly of C-roymouth and now residing at Hobart, applied for a writ to srain custody of their child, which had heen adopted by a family named Gregory at Greymout'h. There was no allegation concerning the treatment of Ihe child which was well looked after, hut it is alleged, that no order for adoption was completed. Tho mother now having regained her health .desires to obtain custody of. the child. Tho case was not concluded. . • '

Tho secretary of the Wnirarana Employers' Association notifies that a meeting of the members interested in the Shops and Offices Act will he held in the Exchange Buildings. Mastcrton.' on Monday. August 26th, 1912. at 3.30 p.m. Tho business is to consider*the. following letter received from the New Zealand Employers' Federation : "The Minister of Labour having notified a deputation that he intended to introduce a Bill this session to amend tho Shoos and Offices Act. it is essential that strong representations should bo made in the endeavour to secure some amendments urgently required by employers. The Parliamentary Committee will be clad, therefore, to have suggestions from affiliated associations in order to assist it in framing full proposals for presentation to the Minister and" tho Labour Bills Committee."

A deputation from Pahiatua, introduced by Mr Eseott. M.P. for the district, waited on the Prime Minis*" on Thursday with reference to tho proposed Makuri water-power scheme. Mr David Crewe, ex-Mayor of Pahiatua, detailed the proposed scheme, traversing the work that had been done by a former committee in the matter. The late Government had sent Mr Parry, chief electrical expert, to the district with a view of going into the possibilities of the

scheme and preparing a report thereon. Though a more comprehensive scheme for the North Island in contemplated, the speaker urged that Mr Parry's report on the Makuri proposal" lio -submitted separately. Other speakers endorsed Mr Crewe's views. The, Prime Minister said he would place the deputation's request beforethe. Minister in charge of the Department, and if possible a separate report would ho obtained from Mr Parry and submitted to the people of tho district concerned.

YUU SHOULD BEAR TN MIND That bv us'mg tne commercial eucalyptus oil which is now bought up at 6d per lb weight and bottled, and-on account of the large profit, pushed, you lare exposing yourself to all the dangers to which the use of turpentine will expose you—irritation of kidneys, imtestinal trach, and mucous membranes. Bv insisting on the G-ENUTNE 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 at once convince. Quality in small dose distinguishes it from the bulky and dangerous products. Remember — SANDER'S EXTRACT embodies the result of 5 Oyears' experience and special study, and it ao©9 what h promised ; it healis and cures without injuring the constitution, as the oiw of the market freqeuntly do. .Therefore 'protect yourself by rejecting att other braHj.

gpocial reference will be made in most of the Masterton churches to-morrow-to the life-wo*<of the late General Booth.

TTnoP andT. Hockey Club have is- & on ft suitable date.

1^ ly>' S issue of the Wairarapa Age. T»,o bnshfulnoss of some young men ■■ ■ Is the Taranaki News), ts painful (says tm matters - nt l v.hen they are tlea.ui,, n »' -ejected with the, Sin local jeweller's shop recently 'W ' awkward silence accomHe -uW one, but ■Jho io"e1lw was an observant man. inS "«i2d that it was not for J T-., «f buv'tur » watchkey that ? h 7Xi hadentered the shoo. The Slpwan tartfuHv lod Wn. to tho real -fine* which ™, -euro- « enfifth rntehko y l ( havobou ß Mtojda> n T hadn't beo,. 'game' to a>k tor a ring at tho other shoos. The lecture which will bo delivered -JthnTown Hall, Masterton on ■Wednesday next, August 28th, h> t Rev J. J. North, on "The British in India » will no doubt-bo the nearest Cat : the public of Masterton have had far a lon- time. On* hundred pictures will lie shown by electric bio■Sraph, representing three centuries of British valour in India. The new>ipors .peak highly of flie. value of 4e information Mr North pvesle Evening Post, Wellington says: lho •crent-storv was enforced by anecdote, 'by telling pictures, and was punctuated throughout by constant apolarso from the crowded audience. The Otacro Dailv Times, after a column of summary, praised the profuse illustrations and tho instructive and nntertainhu.; narrative. In Ashburton the largest hall in that town lias ( )ce - nn<raged for a repetition. JHe proc-ds%vill be in aid of the Masterton Church.

A meeting of the local committee ■ of the New Zealand Physical Culture Association was held in the Y.M.C.A. rooms the other evening, to make preliminary arrangements for holding the Dominion development competition championships 'at Masterton. ' The cbte has now been definitely fixed for Thursday. October lOfch— afternoon and evening. The following Gentlemen have consented to act upon •fciio Judging" Committee:— Major ■ Skev (commander' of 2nd Battalion, Oth Regiment), Captain Braddell, Drs P. E. Cook, N. H. Prior, A. Hoskrng, > J A. Cowio and J. B. Baird, of Mas- \ terton; Drs D. G. Johnston and B. «---!tf. Gunn, of Carterton; A. C. Williams and E. P. Fenton, art master, ' Technical School. • The following gentlemen have generously donated gold medals to the Association : Messrs Hugh Morrison, Awatoitoi; W. H. Bectham and John Cross, Masterton; John Strang, Glenside, Gladstone. " The hon. secretary (Mr R. 0. .Tarrett) has received numerous inquiries from various centres of the Dominion from intending competitors. Messrs Horni"brook and Veiteh (physical experts, of Chvistehurcb) and Mr Garneb Sims ■ (of Wellington) have intimated their intention of being present and represented bv four, three, and four competitors respectively. The local centre will also be represented by several "Competitors, who are diligently train~*g under air Jarrett.

The management of the Talkeries notify patrons that they have removed their business to Mason's Buildings. Bannister Street, in the shop previously occupied by them.

A new and beautiful importation of the latest in ocal pewter ware has just arrived at Mr L. S. Nicol's jewellery establishment. The quaintness of designs of this new ware alone is well worth inspection.

The W.F.C.A. furniture department having reduced the cost of their carnets at stock-taking, are now offering them at greatlv reduced prices to the oublie, and are displaying them in their window.

Influenza U very prevalent in Mastorton and district justnow. For a sneedy cure and preventive "Gordon s Influenza and Cold Mixture" is recommended.

Mr A. J. Giddings is at present making a specialty of the well known gardon seeds of Messrs F. Cooper. Ltd. The selection embraces all descriptions of and patrons are invited to call epvly and make their choice from the wide stocks in hand.