LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10713, 19 September 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dannevirko opened its, new fire brigade station yesterday. The Levin Bowling Club opWd its groens for the season yesterday. Several heavy fall* of snow have been experienced on tho lower slopes of Mt. Egmont latoly. For Ghrou'.? Chest Ooiiplftiiilsa, Woods' Great Feppermkirt Co?«. li M. 9i 6d.

Eleven points of rain were registered at Mastertion for the twenty-four hours ending 9 a.m. on Wednesday. Wellington wholesale business iirni:; are said to have a very big conn ■;•■.- tion in Southland, where they appear to be able to undersell local iinns. The position of president of the Walrarapa Caledonian Society will l;i----iiiled at the meeting of the Society on Saturday. It is stated that during the pa' l ' month motor cars to the value of £20,000 have been introduced to the Masterton district. The Wairarapa Hockey Association will hold a smoke concert in the Foresters' Hall this evening. Several Masterton teams will take part in the Friendly Societies seven-a-side football tournament to bo held at Carterton on Saturday. Subscriptions for the Pauling Memorial are coming in very freely to the secretary of the Wairarapa Caledonian Society. As high as £l2 per bulb was asked for a new variety of bulb possessed l>y one of the exhibitors at the Masterton bulb show yesterday. It is probable that the Waingawa bacon factory wiil bo in full swing early this season, and that a oonsideri able number of pigs will be put 1 through the works.

The Minister of Agriculture stated in the House of Representatives yesterday that during the year ending March 31st last, experiments of various kinds had been conducted on iVi!; hundred farms within the Dominion. ' A football match will be played at Gladstono on Saturday between teams representing Gladstone and Carterton. The losing side will provide a dinner in the evening. As showing the value of fanning in the Wairarapa,,,it may bo mentioned that an owner of a farm •of 130 acres, not many miles from Masterton, netted over" £BOO last year. Herrings are still being beached by the thousands with every tide in the vicinity of Picton (states the Pros?),! and \n some of the shallow parts the beaches nve white with carcases. A Christchurch. telegram states that Alfred Wheal, charged with having attempted to commit suicide bytaking poison on Tuesday night, has been remanded. .The Masterton.Public Park wears a very delightful aspect just now. The profusion of narcissi on the well-kept plots, with the wattlo .trees in lull bloom, present a scene of rare natural bctuitv.

The past whaling season in Now Zealand waters has not been so successful as was anticipated.. The roughness of the seas to 1)0 groat extent hampered the work. : • The Duuedin waterside workers favour seceding from the Federation of Labour. A fresh ballot will be necessary before this step is confirmed, a,s a number of the members objected on tho ground that the. wording of the ballot paper;; was misleading. A Waiiii telegram states that the alleged injustice and unjust laws arc freely discussed by Fne strikers. As an illustration of the. feelings of tho men yesterday tho Union Jack was, taken out from the precincts of the Union Hall and torn to shreds in tinmain street opposite the building.

New Zealand had 104 Native schools in operation at the, end of last year, and in .addition five mission schools giving primary instruction to Maori children; Maoris were in attendance).at 551 public schools. The roll number of ail Native schools was 5171.

According to advices from Gisborno the stranded Star of Canada now bears a very desolate- and dilapidated appearance. There is practically nothing of the vessel left but the hull, all portable parts having been taken ashore and sold.

A Marlborough orchardist writes that he has found that spreading kelp about his fruit trees has kept them free from blight. As a test he planted an apple tree infested with aphis blight, and applied kelp, and the blight gradually disappeared.

Tfc is probable that Masterton will supply competitors for both the Hamilton and Dunedin musical and elocutionary competitions. Jt may interest, competitors to know that they may procure excursion tickets oh the railways for both competitions.

The members of the Masterton Amateur Theatrical Society had arranged to have a photograph taken, but the arrangements made are notpracticable and : have been cancelled. The matter will' be further discussed at next Tuesday's practice. •'

The Timaru waterside workers yesterday held a meeting to discuss the position at Waihi, resulting in telegrams being dispatched to the Prime Minister sta'ting that C the Timaru waterside workers strongly protested against the imprisonment of Waihi» strikers, and against the action of the Government in sending extra policemen to Waihi.

Tfc is. understood that the Bill which is to be introduced shortly by the Government, to confer pensions for Maori war veterans, will provide for a pension of 10s per week, A veteran receiving this pension will upt forfeit his right to receive an old age pension by qualifying in the ordinary way.

MAKING HOME HOMELIER. 1 Tf you have r.o children, you need I to ke"\) fh° bnnse.as bricrht and checI ful as possible—you wurvi a piano. Tf I you have Juldren growing up about you, you want to make home as attractive as possible for them— you want a' piano. Tt does not, matter what your cireumsta.nces are; you can afford a piano, if you go about it in a sensible "nay. Let the Dresden l Piano Company show you the way. Tho Dresden Hire-Purchase System brings splendid Pianos Snto the reach of everybody. The Company's stock is very wide; you are offered the choice of pianos by all the great makers of the world. If—on the other hand— you can't play, make enquiry about the Broadwood Pktyer Piano. The Player can be fitted or removed at will, when the piano is required for ordinary solo work. The Player it-self is made by Broadwoo;ls. Needless to say it is irreproachao'.e alike in mechanics, material and workmanship. In short, it is the best in the market! Go into this matter now 1 M. J. Brookes, North Island Manager. Local representative of the Dr&sden : H. Inns, Dam'ell'B Buildings, Que» Street.

The fairings at yestordayfs bull) show in Masterton amounted to £4 -Is (3d. Tho Government has granted a subsidy of £ for £ up to £250 for the Dunsfcan Rush jubilee celebrations. Half-a-dozen Territorials were fined at Petouo yesterday for failing to render personal sex vice. Mr A. Booth, of Carterton, secured eleven first and two second prizes for daffodils at tho Hutt Valley bulb show yesterday, and carried off the. special trophy. * Six solid silver cups havo bene presented by of the district as championship trophies for next iVednesday's boxing tournament in Masterton. Hockey enthusiasts will have their attention drawn to tho match at Lansdowne this afternoon between teams representing Eketahuna and Masterton. At their last meeting these teams played a draw, so that to-day a good game should result. C. Graham, a Masterton lightweight, who has recently won boxing contests, in Pahiatua and Carterton, is nominated for next Wednesday's championships. It is understood that the Defence Department intends to send an armourer to.LitL.gow, New South Wales, for instruction. Some years ago armourer sergeants were I'ought oul from Homo. Thcit-orm of their engagement hac not expired, and the idea if, to send tho New Zealand officers to Lithgow for instruction, instead of sending them Homo. The Masterton Boxing Club archolding tho third annual championship meeting on Wednesday ■next( the 25th inst., when, a r-plendid evening's sport is already assured. Although.nominations do not close until Monday next, there arc already twenty boxers on the list representing Masterton, Carterton, Tinui, Pahiatua and Taueru. The Auckland Hospital Board, on tho casting voto of the chairman, resolved on the appointment of a medical superintendent to control the administrative work at a salary of £BOO per annum. It was decided to invite applications' in New- Zealand and Australia. The Board appointed Miss Orr, matron of. the Taunton Hospital, lady superintendent >

The , Masterton branch ,of , tlie Y.M.C.A. is at present.a busy institution. Tile members of the various classes are assiduously training for the forthcoming annual display in the Town Hall on October llfch.and a number of new pyramids, not previously seen in Masterton, will bo staged. Several members of the physical classes are also training seriously for the New Zealand Physical Culture Association championships, which will be held on the day previous to the carnival. Masterton is in for a gymnastic festival'quite out of the ordinary.

The Masterton Agricultural His*!) School Committee met yesterday afternoon. The Rev A. T. Thompson was elected chairman of the committee. The names of students at the secondary classes were received - from the Masterton District High School Committee and other committees. It was decided to canvass for members for the Association, and to prepare a requisition from parents for presentation to the Education Board. Mr H. M. Bedding ton Avas appointed secretary and treasurer to the committee. With reference to the paragraph that is going the rounds of the press in New Zealand, to the effect that an eighty-foot whale captured nt-Russell did. not produce an ounce of oil. an old whaler, who is at present resident in Masterton, states that this experience is by no means uncommon. He has, ho says, seen numerous oilless whales canturerl. The cause of the absence of oil he attributes to an internal disease which produces ambergris. Had the whale in question been dissected, it would probably have beqn found to contain ambergris.

There was a. good attendance of members of tlie Nursing Division of St. John Amabulance Brigade at the Dominion Hall last evening when Dr Helen Cowie gave the final of the .series of lectures which she lias been giving during the. winter. Last nisilit's .subject wn« "The Function* of tli" Living Body'" being treated under th« following ho«<liu"Ers": Circulation oft bo blood, respiration, digestion, absorption, oxidation, regulation of temperature and how the vitsil processes are controlled. The address was listened to with keen interest and there i<j nn doubt, that much 'benefit will result to the members of th» rlivision, 'who become more conversant with these important subjects.

Ploughmen are unobtainable states the .Southland News, and it is doubtful if ever there has been <suoh a scarcity-of this cJass of labour in Southland. A man who usually follows this work informed a reporter. that the dearth of ploughmen was. in no small measure, due to tlie lack of inducement offered bv the farmers. No guarantee of a steady job was ever forthcoming and after a few weeks' ploughing at twenty-five shillings a - ' week the, workmen often had to .shift on to look for work elsewhere. The accommodation at tlie majority of places, he said, was not of the best, and until it was remedied and an increased rate of pay offered he thought that very little ploughing work would bo accoptcd.

! An exnprienced housekeeper is advertised for. An owner is wanted for a leather purse, containing silver and coppers. About 20 well-bred weanor pigs arc advertised for sale. An advertiser wants spring cloanin<; by tho day or week. Ono smooth-coated black and tan dog is advertised as found at Thuraua. An S-roomed house in Cole Street, with every convenience, is -advertised to bo let. FEELS A NEW WOMAN. '"I cannot say too much about Chamberlain's Tablets,'' says Mrs Edith Wall. Clermont. 0. "for since taking them I feel a now woman. I was a martT to biliousness and sick headache until T saw Chamberlain's Tablets advertised as a cure for these complaints. T gavo them a trial and found them simply wonderful. Now I would bo without them for any Thirty thousand British troops were recently given, a sever? test. They had to bivouac in the cold and rain without fires, and then tao march twenty miles alone n single road. Wo wish wo could tret tho ladies of this district to put Crescent Tea to a severe test. Thio tea will come up to expectations because it is a good tea and is good all the time.

Costumes for spring at n vory at- ' tractive price is one ol" tho features oi' Mr Alex. Donald's, change of advertisement in to-day's issue. The Masterton Implement Company are advertising the celebrated makes of wool-presses—Zealandia am! t'oekatoo, which have satisfied thousands of business fanners. Farm impleI merits of the best kinds are on salo J <ii. tiio company's works. I Tljo local branch of tho British and J Continental Piano Company havo just landed a big consignment of over .LOGO gramaphone records. The selection embraces records of all tho latest productions in orchestral music, band music, songs, ducts, trios, quartettes by all the leading artists. The publicare cordially uirited t<j call and inspect tno records. When the dictionary tails to supply adequate words to describe an arucle, wnai can be done? It simply amounts to this, to realise the. fulness of beauty of the new millinery at Messrs Hugo and Shearer's, a visit, of inspection is essential. l u to-day'a. issuo tho firm invites everyone interestedin the new hats to* come and [ see them.

An advertisement of interest in which Mr J. L. Murray, High Class, Mercer, Masterton, draws attention to* his up-to-date stock of men's and , boys' comfortable sleeping suits, appears in this issue. The goods have been specially selected, and include the very latest in Ceylonette, Ceylon flannel, cocton Uynteuc. .merolla, aertox, cellular and all silk pyjamas. Messrs Graham <aid Co. are now; showing a fine lot of mats and hearthrugs, which will appeal to ladies whoare busy with their "spring cleaning.". The new mats and rugs include all the newest ■- patterns and colourings;, and are marked at very low prices.! A few special lines are quoted in the firm's advertisement elsewhere in thia issue.

This evening, in the Masterton Methodist schoolroom, the members off tlie Young Women's Bible Class will give a grand musical and social evening. A specially good programme baa been arranged, including pianoforte solos, duets, dialogues, recitations,, choruses, etc., at the conclusion of which a social hour will be spent, during which games and competitions wilt be indulged in. Supper will be provided. The proceeds of th^;';concert are in aid of the'class funds, and this, being the first-effort °t" the. young ladies in this direction, *t is to be hoped their efforts will be crowned with, »uccess. . .-,.-- ■■■ •-..-...,.. .