LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10713, 5 September 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The cost of printing the report and evidence of the Cost of Living Commission was £375.

The Wykehnm-Nable Musical Farco Company will shortly appear in Master ton.

A sheep-farmer on Banks Peninsula (Canterbury) has already had .a return of 140 per cent of lambs.

At the annual meeting of the Wellington Woollen Company yesterday, a dividend of 7 per cent, was paid.

A .party of Wellington Boy Scouts, who are camping in Carterton, paid a visit to Masterton yesterday.

, The Taranaki Acclimatisation. Society expect to liberate several hundred pheasants each in the various reserves in the district.

j Old and experienced settlers in the South ,Island predict the coming season to be ono of the most prosperous on record.

| There are now 51 suppliers to the Taranaki Egg Circle and the quantity of eggs handled during the month of August was two thousand doaen. The Deputy-Governor's Powers Bill and the University Amendment Bill I passed, their second reading in the Legislative Council yesterday.

It was stated at the 'annual meeting of the Wellington Woollen Company that the sum of- £509 was paid in wages above the amount paid previous to the Dominion award.. -

! A butter factory, owned by Mr Gillies, of Colytou _ was destroyed by .'fire j on Tuesday. The damages amount to % about £70:). The building is insured, but no details arc yet available. ..

A special meeting of directors of the Wairarapa Caledonian Society is to be held.iu Masterton on Saturday next to consider the position that has arisen in connection with the lamentable death of the president.

Taranalci dairy farmers are experiencing tlie usual scarcity of milking hands which is-general at this time of the year. ,1 n a recent issue of a New Plymouth paper there were applications for twenty, milkers.

! The directors of several dairy factories in Tarauaki consider that it is only a. matter of time when crude oil will be used for fuel. Already the supply of firewood at many factories is difficult to obtain..

I TJierp'is a keen demand for seed Potatoes in Masterton just now. The prospect of a high price ruling for tubers for some months to come is inducing householders as well as small . farmers ...to plant largely. • I At a meeting of directors of . the Wairarapa Caledonian Society yesterday, it was decided that all further Inglesides and socials for the present season be cancelled, out of respect for the memory/if the late president. A boxing tourney is to bo held in Victoria Hall, Carterton, on Thursday next, September 12th. A firstclass programme of events has been provided, and there will be competitors from Christchurch, Tinui, Pahiatua and Wairarapa.

j There is. strong indication that the area of land to 'be put under crop in the Wairarapa this season will be ■ much larger than for a number of years. Farmers are fully awake to j the value of being provided with fodder for winter niontlis.

•Three boys, who were brought to New Zealand by the Rev. Sedgwick, have been stationed at.Flat Point for some considerable time, and it is stated that they have given every satisfaction in their work; and have, all the essentials for the making.of good farmers.

The football season has practically concluded, and already ono hoars mention of Cricket. The annual meeting of the various Masterton clubs will be he'd in the course of a weok or two, when arrangements for' tho coming season will toe, .made.

Tlfe Masterton Amateur Athletic Club expects to have a very large membership during the coming season, and it is confidently anticipated that several' athletes of more than ordinary ability will be under training.

The Influenza, germ is again making itself prominent, as is usually the case during this season of the year. Everybodys knows if it once enters a home, it seldom leaves again until every member is attacked, and with more or less serious results. A' speedy cure and preventative will be found in "Gordon's Iniluetize and Cold Mixture."

If taken in the early'stages it prevents tnflnenza and Colds and also will remove the trouble in advanced stages. Remember that prevention is better than cine; have,a bottle ready, and take a dose as soon ap. you feel tlir first symptoms. "Headache. Fevcrishness. Aching of the Limbs. Slight Oourrh. alternate fhishps: of Heat and Cold, Weakness, etc, eac. Our Tnfluenze Cold Mixture ako prevents tho serious after effects of Influence. Sold only by J. V. Gordon, Chemist, etc., (bp exams.),( Masterton, ia tot.tlep at is Gil ami 2s 6d eadu

Mr G. Stratford, Covetuxcf.t Or-, chard Instructor, is at in5 the orchards in trie l.svver \ alio}..

'I he report of the iv;l r>v. co Commission was laid 0:1 tJ'-> of tho Moil cf Itepr esenta li vo.s las; night.

TKo Operatic Society v/iil hold a practice in tho Town .Hall this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. AH members are requested to bo pfesent.

The Wairarapa News has prepared a table which shows that tho South Wairarapa received £].S3,!K}i 10s 5d last season for dairy prctiace alone*

The Auckland branch of the New Zealand Overseas Club has established an immigration hostel and bureau in the northern city. One of the main objects of the Crab is _to welcome strangers from the Old Country and assist in finding suitable i-mpioyment; . for them.

Up to the end of Augus-t the sum; of £10,814 had been contributed by; New; Zealamd unions towards theWaihi strike funds. In audition to this, there' was £1322 received from Australia, making a, total of £12,13(3. The Miners' Unions were the heaviest contributors.

Herbert Lade, an Auckland butcher's assistant, who was injured in tiiei Taringamutu train accident, died on tho way to tho hospital. Tho liev Han by, another of the injured, had his left leg broken. * Ho will probably losa the limb.

At the inquest on tho body of Daniel Tobin, who died at Hastings, on Monday from the effect of drink-" ing egg preservative, which was given' to him in placo of whisky, a verdictof accidental death was returned, with 1 a rider added that in future bottles, containing egg-preservative should be labelled poison.

It was stated at a meeting, of tha Wairarapa Caledonian fioeiety in Masterton yesterday that a monthly "paperi is about to be published, to be know), as The New Zealand Scot. This will' contain articles contributed by Scotchmen, and will probably bo the official organ of the Caledonian Societies of . the Dominioh, The first issue is to appear next month.

The following 'resolution has been 1 , carried by the Wairoa County. Council and forwarded to. the Masterton' County Council: "That the iMinister of Public Works be requested to have prepared for use, by all county councils, a standard set of. bridge plans from 10ft to 100 ft, spans, which could l be. adapted to all classes ' of bridge work undertaken by local bodies, and further that the co-operation of alls county councils be solicited in giving effect to tile proposal."

'Railway tickets at" cheap "rates will be issued to country pupils of the Masterton Professional Musicians' Association (Incorporated) to enable them to obtain music lessons in Masterton: from the registered teachers. Application may be made to any of the following:—Mesdames A. J. Cooper -andi R. K. Jackson, Misses M. Evans, V. Hampton, E. Hood, E. Richards, V« Edwards, A. Jones, W. Jones, E. Bishop, Messrs R. Boyes, P. Webb. H, S. Claughton, and A. B. Wallace.

The Salvation Army sale of work; was opened last evening by the Mayoress (Mrs Coradine), who, in a neat little speech, referred to the various social institutions of the Salvation, 1 A"Vmy in this Dominion where good; work was done for the. uplifting oft the fallen, etc. Mrs Coradine also referred sympathetically to the loss sustained by the Army through the death of the late General and founder (Rev "Booth). But it was reassuring to know that the new General was a. worthy successor to his great? and noble father. Several members of the Presbyterian Choir gave some excellent vocal items. The sale, will continue this evening, and will- bo preceded by a programme given by the Wesleyan Choir.

Board and lodgings in a private family aro advertised for by a business man. A 20 h.p. 5-seater Rover car in first class order .is advertised for sale by Messrs Johnstone and Neilson, Dannevirke.

Mr J. L. Matthews, butcher, Masterton, draws attention to the quality of his beef, and its beneficial effects upon health.

Mr J. Clune, blacksmith, notifies tlfat owing to the funeral of the late J Mr J. H. Pauling, his business premises will, bo closed from-1 p.m., today.

On account of the death of Mr J. Hi Pauling the programme of selections, which was to have been rendered at tho Triangle, Kuiipuni, this evening, has been postponed to a future date.

Soring is here, and your bike will probably look all the. better for a spruce up. Readers with bicycles are urged by Mr .1). G. 'Brown to have their machines re-enamelled and done up after thb bad weather.

What more can a fellow want in his spring suit than perfection in fabric and •faultless tailoring ?.. 'Messrs Kralmgen and Ch'apmari guaranteethese features in their spring suits.

Milk must be well protected to meet the requirements of the law. 11l his replacfe announcement Mr Albert J. Parton draws attention to"Victor" dairy cans, which have dust and rainproof. are made for hard service. The perusal of his announcement will be' profitable to. dairvmen.

Messrs E. B. Hare and Co., land. -■ agents, Pahiatua, add to. their property list on page 8 a compact farm of 220 acres all ploughable (80 acres , have been ploughed), divided into. 15 paddocks and well watered. The improvements include an 8-roomed.hous©' up-to-date buildings and good to tar a. fences. The property is held on lease with right of purchase, and only a small prico is asked for tho goodwill.. The stock can be purchased if desired.

FEELS A NEW WOMAN. "I cannot say too much aboutChamberlain's Tablets," says Mrs Edith Wall, Clermont, Q.. "for since' taking them I feel a new woman. I was a martyr to biliousness and pick headache until I saw Chamberlain'sTablets advertised as a cure for thesocomplaints. I gave them a trial and' found thorn simply wonderful. Now T would not be without them for any wnnfiv." DOCTOR'S MEDICINE FAILED. "I liad influence with congestion of" the liver, t'ook tho doctor's medicine foi'.somo weeks and got no relief," said Mr John S. Sweetman, Deep Lead, Cough-Remedy; and got immediate TC--lief from the first dose. By the time I had finished a large bottle the disagreeable hacking cougli aad th«" pains in fcht» chest disappeared altcir getaher."

A basket social and dance will bo held in trie Pine Grove Hall, Rantuna to-night. A drag will leave the Mastetton Post Office at 0.30 p.m.

Members of the Oddfellows Lodge are requested to attend the funeral ov the late Mr J. H. Paulmg, whicji will leave his late residence, Kunpani, at 2.80 p.m. to-day.

Members of the Masterton Municipal Band are requested to be at t-too p'ractico room at l.li> o clock ti afternoon, for the purpose oi attending' the funeral of the late Mi Pauling.

All persons desirous c.f becoming members of the Master ton High School Establishment Committee u»c requested to forward then- names by Saturday,• September /th, to the b«retary, Mr H. M Boddington, P.O. Box 23.

Nbtice is given by Captain Dixon that the annual social of the Masterton Fire Police, to have been held, to-night, is postponed to Friday, September 13th.

Members of Stonehenge Lodge, TLA.0.1)., are invited to attend the funeral of their late brother J. H. Pauling, Star of Ashburton Lodge, No. 14,' to be at his late residence at 2 p.m.

Members of the AV-airarapa Caledonian "Society are invited to attend the funeral of the late Mr J. H. Pauling, president. Members of the Pipe Band will meet for parade in the Dominion Hall at 1 o'clock to-day.

Brethren of the Masterton Masonic Lodge are requested to assemble at "the residence of the late Bro Paining at 2.15 p.m. to-day.

A meeting of persons < willing to assist in organising a Children s _ Plain and Fancy Dress Ball, with a view to jaising funds for the .furnishing ot '•the" Nurses' Home, is convened tor, 3.30 in the Borough Council Gham- . afternoon.

A meeting of the Red 1 Star Football Club will be held at 8 p.m. on Saturday in the room at the back ol the Foresters' Hall, and not m the Y.l4s!Q.'A : .''"wornfe as previously, announced. As the business is important a full attendance of members is requested.