LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10711, 17 September 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tho owner of an estate in tin' Smiti' Island rei'UKOd the Government's oiler of .£l7 an acre for the property.

Tht* Maoris <>f Mastertnu predict an early and dry summer. Their conclusion is arrived at by certain ominous signs in the vegetation.

Tlio visiting lady hockey players were entertained at a dance in ChrisU clnireh on Friday last. There were over -40U persons present.

The YY'airarroa FarmoiV Co-openi-tive Association made a profit of £13,2;*S lt)s 4tl for the year ending July 31 st. 1912.

Mr J. C. Haddington reports the rainfall registered at Upper-Plain was 4 points on Sunday morning and 9 points on Monday morning. The Egmont election is to be held to-day. The result will probably be known between nine and ten o'clock in the evening.

Plum and peach trees are now in full bloom in the orchards of Masterton, and if the bloom counts for anything, there should be a prolific yield.

The Prime Minister has promised to visit Mastorton at the end of tho session. He v.-ill then be entertained at a social by thoracal branch of the Political Reform. League. A rehearsal of the Masterton Amateur Theatrical Society is called for to-night in Murray's Hall at 7.45 o'clock. All members are >requested to be present.

A Gisborno settler who some time ago was badly injured by the stampeding of a bullock in the saleyards, is suing a well-known auctioneering firm fo/ damages.

Tho building boom which lias been prevalent iiv Gisborne during- the winter is now as brisk as ever. Forty-one buildings arc at present in courso of erection.

Although maize is only now being cultivated by European farmers in the Wairarapa, it has been successfully grown by Natives for the last fifty years.

The trout-fishing season will open in a fortnight's time. The streams in the neighbourhood of Masterton do not appear to be well stocked this year. The fish that are to be seen are on the small side.

Dr Russell, who was recently arrested at Christchurch -on a charge of using an instrument for an illegal purpose, has been committed for trial. Bail was increased to £4OO in each surety. v

It has been decided to call tenders for a twice weekly mail service from Stromar to Westmere Road Junction. The service will connect with the Mas-terton-Te Wharau coach. This will be i'i addition to tho existing service via Tauera.

Remarkable accounts of high lambing percentages continue to reach Masterton from outlying stations. One settler told an Age representative, yesterday that in the whole of his forty years experience in the district he has not seen a season like it for twins and triplets in lambs.

Feilding is gaining fame as a sporting centre. At the present time Feilding competitors hold the championship in senior and. junior Rugby football for the Manawatu, school hockey (Romney Cup), bowling (Dixon Clip), cricket and Wellington county tennis championships.

At a special meeting of tho Inanga ? luia Miners' Union on Sahuday it was decided to enter a strong protest against tho Government's proposal to construct public works in the. Dominion on the contract system, and urge the continuation of the co-operative svstem.

The annual Friendly Societies' smoke concert takes place on Wednesday evening in tho Druids' Hall, Mastorton. The Wairarapa Societies' annual seven-a-side football tournament will be held at Carterton on Saturday next. >

At a meeting of the Whangarei County Council on Friday night the Bank of New Zealand demanded- a guarantee to meet £I6OO over the limit, also £3OO required before the rates ar.o receivable. Councillors were not inclined to sign, and a committee was set up to interview other financial institutions owing to the bank's lack of consideration.

As a sequel to a Chnstchurch suicide H. W. Scott, chemist, was charged with selling poison, without entering the same as required by the Poisons Act. The "case was brought to settle a point of law. It appears that tabloids in great quantities were sold to farmers for use as a cattle medicine, and chemists did not consider it necessary to enter such transcations. Decision was reserved.

The Melboulhe Spectator of August 23rd says: "Prince Dikran, an Albanian who'was exiled for taking a leading part in a revolt against Turkish rule a few years :igo, is at present in Victoria, lecturing on his conversion from Mohammedanism to Christianity." When touring the United States in February he professed to be on his way to Chicago to study medicine. In New Zealand a few weeks ago he claimed to be a duly qualified medico of Beyruth College, and asserted that lie intended studying for two years at «i Dunedin University. '. Mr Ernest Short,,of Parorangi. has some of the attributes of Napoleon. He has defeated all before him in the breeding of draught horses, cattle and sheep, and he is now looking for fresh worlds to conquer. Speaking to a representative of the Age the other day, ho stated that he was now determined to breed a winner of the New Zealand Cup, and he thought he had secured this animal in a colt foal- by Advance —Lake Placid.

The Influenza germ is again making itself prominent. n« 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 Influence and Cold Mixture." If taken in the early stages it prevents Influenza and Colds and also will remove the trouble in advanced stages. Remember that prevention ie better than cure; have a bottle ready, and take a dose as soon 3s. you feel the first symptoms. .Headache, Feyerishness. Aching of ihoXimbs. Slight Cough, alternate flushes of Heat and Gold, Weakness, etc, eae., Our Tnfluonze Cold Mixture ako prevents the serious after effects of Influence. Sold only by J. V. Gordon, Chemist, etc, (by exams.),f MastertoH, in bottles at la 6d and $9 M «aclu

The- Gladstone i dfftball Club ivill > hold their annual ball oo October 4tb. s~

The now comet may bo readily observed from Mastorton, the aid of glasses.

An enjoyable euchre party was' held by the Mast-ertou C<ourt of Foresters last night.

Tho foundation stone of tho new Town Hal! at Martin borough is to ho laid to-d.iv.

Nominations for the vacant seat on the Master ton Trust Lands Trust close* :-.t noon to-morrow.

The P-anierstoft North Working Men's Club have decided to purchaso a site at a coat of £•">()() and to build on it .premise* in brick.

Tt is expected that the coming season for sheep and lambs will open an a higher price in the W'ai'rarapa than was tho case last vear.

J lie grns.s grub is again, in evidence in Mastorlxiii Inv.-ns and paddocks. Hundreds of blackbirds and starlings are to bo seeu at work.

The .Defence Department is distributing its supplies of ammunition and store's throughout the Dominion, gothat they will bo readily available in case of emergency. ■

Mr Ocean Thompson had tho thumb of his left band nearly cut off at Woodviile on Thursday. He was in a -j railway carriage., and had his hand r on tho door when another passenger slammed it to, causing a very severe injury to the thumb.

Ihe change of feeling in tho commercial word has been largely brought about by the persistent advocacy' of the I-armors' Union/' declared Mr J C. Cooper to a meeting of Carterton termors, whon pointing out the adva»~ fages of forming a branch of the XJmion there.

Much enthusiasm is ( being displayed by the committee that has the arrangements in hand for tho forthcoming children's dance in aid of the furnishing of the Nurse's Home in Masterton, and the function promises to ■be-a-brilliant success

Speaking in support of" theiproposal to form a Carterton branch of the Aew Zealand Farmers' Uraibn, Mr Bf. R. Bunny likened the comparative rel lationship between labour and capital to husband and life—one could notdo without the other—and the sooner the representatives of these two factions recognised this, a nd worked amicably together, the better for' the Dominion.

In emphasising the necessity of banding themselves together for'their own- mutual welfare and protection, Mr J. C. Cooper, told a meeting of Carterton formers that a combination, of interests by the Labour' Socialist Party was capable of completelv enppling tho industry of this country, and ho maintained that the day woiild ■* come when they (the farmers) would T be compelledto'uuite to fight the demands of the big'labour orgnisations. —News.

The committee of tho Lansdowne. School met last evening, there being present—Messrs A. J. Cooper (chairl man), B. R. Rayner, C. Spencer, J. Archer, W. Dickens and D. A.. Pickering. The Wellington Education Board wrote stating that Miss Gobert would for the present be retained as assistant relieving teacher. Accounts amounting to £lO 2s lOd were passed for payment. Messrs J: Archer and W. Dickens were appointed visiting members for the ensuing month.

Writing to.tho Wairarapa P. and A. .- Society in reference to the ..supply music at the' forthcoming show, secretary of the Master ton Pipe Bandmentioned that his institution "was now thoroughly equipped and capableof supplying an excellent variety of selections." Mr Lightfoofc maintained that each selection on the pipes, although probably different, sounded the same to him. Mr W. Fisher replied: "That, is not the band's fault —it's your misfortune!" The meeting roared hilariously at the sally.

A whale without an ounce of oil in its carcaso i s surely a curiosity. The crew of the Now 'Zealand Whaling Company's Rakiura relate ,that a whale 80 feet long, rather bedraggledlooking, but of fair size, was brought in by one of the company's vessels to Russell to be boiled down. The customary cutting-up process was gonethrough a"d the parts put in tho boilers, but not an ounce of oil could be obtained. Tt turned out that the whale had marks on it which suggested tht it had been shot on a previous occasion, and that it was suffering as a result from some form of bloodpoisoning, which rendered its flesh and fat useless.

Hauraki Plain lands, reclaimed through the Government's draining of the Piake Swamp, are already being turned over at big profit. The Thames Star states that a settler took up some land at Pipiroa some time, ago at £8 10s per acre and recently disposed of it at the rate of £2l 10s pei- acre. It was no stranger to the district lacking local knowledge who purchased the land. Tt was no haphazard speculation made by a man who did not know the value of land. Tt was purchased by a. practical farmer who has had two years' experience" on the land adjoining, and he considers that he has nwtlo a satisfactory bargain at the price he. has paid.

The resourcefulness of : * schoolmaster transferred from the way-bae'e to the citv was seen at the Stanley Bay -Public School the other afternoon, states the Auckland Star. Jb was pouring with rain, and there was the master on a pair of steps putting in a pane of glass in one of the windows. A passer-by remarked that he had seen such a thing in the bush districts, but never expected to swsuch a thing in the towns. "Oh." replied the teacher. "I have spent a good deal of time in the baekbloeks, and know how to repair a broken window. I find that the committees, its a rule, have enough to do with their money, and 1 .like to help them all I can."

WIFE CURES HUSBAND OF . ASTHMA. "My wife is my doctor, she understands mv complaint rery well," says Mr Alfred Burnett. G7 Wickstea* Place, Wangariui. N.Z.. "When I had an attack of asthma she gave me a rubbing with Chamberlain's Pam Balm, got me to take ChamberlaiVs Cough Remedy at the same time and the relief was wonderful. lam satisfied that this treatment is the best I hare everf tried and I recommend it to "all'-sufferers from asthma." M. J. Brookes, North Island Mai" ager. Local representative of £b* Dresden : H. Inns, Dam'ftU'a Buildings, Quee • Street. Wrfcia* lusoiiwl*