LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10711, 1 October 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

■lfis stated that tho- prospects. -■, Cor the coming"fishing are distinctly good.

' Fanners on tlie Wont Coast of the South Island Anne t<-si--m:my. lainbs through ihc continued wet weather.

The Rueby season for 1912 was closed on Saturday, with the Friendly Societies' seven-a-side tournament.

The North Otago Rugby Union, as the result of a collection taken during a recent match:, received the munificent sum of 9d.

-.'Mr J. C. Boddington reports the rainfall registered at Upper. . Plain to have been 1 inch 21 points on

It is'probable that a hockey'match for the Thompson-Payne Shield will be played at ail early date between Excelsior, the present holders and P. and T. A keenly contested match should ensue.

Tre Red Sfcvr Football Club's annual social and dance takes place in Masterton on Thursday night. A. meeting of both committees- is to bo ,held m the Y.M.C.A. rooms tonight to make final arrangements. .

Twenty-five entries have so far been received't'i-r t'lit? £SO clay bird match which is to be held under the auspices of -the Mastorton Gun Club. Handicaps will be made known : to-morrbw. As nui'iy <f the best shots in the North Is'larKl'-will be competing some" Kov::l she;--lis should, result.

The 'Master-ton Chamber of Commerce have been successful in ' their effort to have the mail train, up and down vt-:»p at Kilpuaraiigi to set down an: 1 : take up passengers' when required. ' The service starts as from to-d»y.

A staff cf men are at present employed excavating.a- new l.i,ke on 'the northern portion of the Mastorton park reserve. < When the work is completed and the. paths formed, the appearance of the reserve will be considerably improved. A Wellington merchant who was in Masterton : yesterday told a represent itive of the Wa-irarnpa Aire that he did not believe the stories that were being published about 6;|d per lb. being refused by'dairy companies for cheese. He said many factories in the South would be glad to get Gjjd per lb. ' The s.s. 'Hn.ili.ine brought to Xc.v Zealand two Clydesdale stallions, purchased in Britiin by Mr Kenneth Mcintosh, of Kaiapoi*. One of these, Craudale. is a two-year-old, which is described by.the newspaper Scottish Farmer, as' cue of the best stallions ever exported from Britiin. The other horse is Revolution, a three-year-old, which secured second prize at the English Royal Show at Doncaster last July. Both horses were landed in excellent condition.

"There are men who look upon a hoy as ;n asset, and therefore send him to work as .soon as possible hut thov are inflicting a wrong." fsaitl Mr Archibald!, in the course of a lecture at Auckland. He explained that although a hoy might be fnllv. <V m ™ at IT" or IS years of age, he had only C 5 per cent "of the strength he would attain at 21 years of age, -md by being given a man's" work had his proper development arrested. "I think that the time will come," he added, "when we will keep our hoys at school until they are at least K> years" old."

hi an article? in the Government Agricultural Journal. Air Primrose McConnell says: "The loss of life caused by attacks from homed bulls is, I am", sure, greater than wc realise; and anyone who, like the writer, has been for a few minutes at the mercy of _i- bull's horns is not-likely to hesitate \\\ the matter, of dehornii,(/ In Ayrshire many fatal cases have occurred to my knowledge, not to speak of numerous cases of serious and permanent injury, and yet the Ayrshire breeder continues to supply his stock with the most up-to-date means of destruction in the shape ct horns."

Great demonstrations are being held in the North of Ireland against Home ■Rule. The Ulster men will sign a ■covenant and pledge tahemselves to *tand together in defence of equal citizenship in the United Kingdom. The ladies in this part of New Zealand appear equally determined to continue drinking Crescent Tea, because they recognise tint it is the most agreeable tea on the market.

Out of •!•]!) pupils on the roll of tho Fcilding District High School, 400 have been buffering from mumps (luring the la>t few weeks.

The sowing of grain in the South Island has this season been considerably delayed by the exceptionally wet season.

Tho Hurleyvillc Dairy Company has an offer of (i 9-1 Ud per lb for the seasen's output. The Patea Press un% dorstarids that tho offer has not yet been accepted. ' " A settler of Waitoha, Waikatq, has sold a line of 1000 wethers to • the Auckhnc!. Meat Company at 28s (id per head. This is very nsarly a record. ■■<■'

There is a dearth of boy labour in Auckland, and merchants and business men are finding great difficulty in filling vacancies.

The work of erecting a refinery by the Taranaki Oil Wells Ltd., is- proceeding apace, and the contact is'-ex-pected to be completed in a fewweeks.

The Hawke's Bay Acclimatisation Society have- been, specially employed lately -upon the work of destroying shaggeries. As the birds are nesting at this time of the year it is hoped that much good, will result from the campaign.

It Is r;::noured that the Government has made arrangements to take i.l>,> Ha'.ware estate of 1300 acres, the property of Mr J. Bell, of Hawke's Bay. The land is situated near Frimley, and is said to be good heavy soil and all suitable for fruit growing..

Of the seven bridges to be constructed before the railway line can ' be ec-mp'tsted to Whaiigamomona, none have yet been finished, although three 'Ve in progress,' says the Stratford Post.

Hosing is at, present very popular in Auckland. At a recent/ tournament he'd i;i fho northern'.ci'ty 2000 persons i:a'd' : for'adniissioh.

The members of Parliament 7 who were present .-st the Parliamentary rally at Wangauui last week,'' expressed gratification at the splendid work done by the Wangamii- Beautifying Society.

Fresh developments in regard 'to the W.'iiii strike are expected on Wednesday. A Mastortui resident, who has just returned from the .scene of the strike, stites that quite threequarters of tho- shops arid.:dwellinghouses in Waihi are untenanted.

The Masterton police made a raid on certain premises in the Borough;, on Saturday evening,'and. it is finderstood that several persons will at the next sitting of . the , ; Maglstr.ite's Court, charged with breaches of the Licensing Act.

The Mayoress of Masterton' (Mrs J. M. Coradine) would be glad 'if ladies interested in providing' prizes for tbe Senior Cadets,- as suggested by Mrs Gedley, would meet her in the Borough' Council Chambers at ,3 p.m. on Wednesday.

; A well-known-resident of the Oastlepcint district in the person, of Mr Estill Christian is reported missing. He) went to the Castlepoint reef with the intention of cray-fishing, and is supposed to liavo fallen off the reef and been drowned.

A deputation waited on the Prime Minister yesterday with :v view to securing greater facilities for the exportation of stock from New Zealand to all.parts of the world. It -was pointed cut that a good deal of trade was lost through tho freights being excessive. The 'Premier 'promised to carefully go into the matter, and to rinke inquiries as to the holding of a conference. ■ ,

, The Napier Trades and ,Labonr Council passed: a resolution, yesterday nrotesting against the action of the Massey Government h stepping all work on the Napier-Gisborne railway, ib tbe Council are-of opinion that itis only a move, to throw a surplus ('* labour on .the- market in view of work restarting at Waihi. a™! also to hamper the opening up of large estates, which will prevent workers gettirigvOn the land. Nearly 100 men Were put off the works.

A Dargavilio telegram states that a six-roomed house." on the estate owned bv Dr Fox.« at Taigitiroria v ' was completely destroved by fire on' Sunday morniiig. Nothing wis saved, and the owner and four, other occupants had a narrow escape They, had to walk barefooted through the Avind and rain for two and a half miles to seek accommodation The building was insured in the Queensland Office, but the amount is unknown.

Amo-ric.ni' women are quickly abandoning cigarettes.'a-id are :iiow ink'ing on pipe-smoking.' In smart society it is now common.''says a, cable message to the Australia"!: papers).,to see each lady produce a tiny, pipe mounted with gold or mother-of-pearl ifter dinner and smoke with the men. The wife of a millionaire has created q.»ite a sensation by. training her pug dog to smoke an elegant meerschaum pipe, the bowl of which is set with diamonds. x

In his oponi-ie remarks at the anmial meeting of the Wakarapa Farmers' Co-operative Association yesterday, Mr M. Caselberg stated, that the- Association had now attained its majority. Tt had been in existence for twenty-one ye its. He was sure the shareholders would be pleased to know that they intended celebrating the occasion. They were in a dry area, and the Association had provided itself with numerous water tanks. At the conclusion of the meeting he would invite the shareholders to toast the health of the Association in good, cold w iter. " (Laughter.)

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A flower show ii to bo held ai Pw> giroa on November 21st.

The rivers in the Forty-Mile Busli are reported to be in good fishing order just now.

Tho milk supply of the Greytown dairy factory yesterday morning was 2330 gallons.

Five births, one marriage and four deaths were registered at Grcytowu during the month of September.

A batch of Territorials were fined a*. Dunedin yesterday lor failure to coin-, ply with tho provisions of the De» fence Act.

The plaintiff ire the libel action Gordon v. N.Z. Times, in which the jury were unable to agree, is issuing an amended statement of claim, for. £"3000 damages.

; At 3, .meeting of the Taratahi Meat Workers' Union, held in Master ton, last evening, tho following resolution was passed.—"That this meeting expresses its indignation at the imprisonment of Waihi minors."

A very successful euchre ' 'tournament was held in tho Foresters' Hail last evening' by the Masteriori Foresters' Lodge. Prizes were won by Mrs; Hoft'eins and Miss Piuhey in the ladies class and by Messrs Diggins . and Hope in the men's.

The sitting of the Appeal Court opened afc Wellington yesterday. The first caso heard wars that in which the trustees in the estate of the late'Mr Heriry Holmes, of Matihiwi, Masterton, sought an interpretation of tho will. .

Tim Featliersioii Town Board has accepted the tender of Messrs Roseand. Mo son (Masterton) for the woi'k '' uf erecting bathing sheds'at the Coronation Bath. Tito -work is to_ bo' completed within six weeks. Tbrert tenders were "received. ; • The jiricc is •' ' £165; . , '■' ' '

A five-roomed house .at Okerejßotorua, the property of the Government, and occupied by'the Government Electrical Engineer, was destroyed by fire on, Sunday night, together with the Post Office, which was attached. Very little furniture was saved, and thewhole of tho contents cf the Post Of- ' fioo. were" destroyed. The destru'c- | tioii of the lines interfered with 'tW telephoiiL*'communication with the--' Bay of Plenty. . Tho occupiers of house were absent at the time of the"-' outbreak. The building was insured, . but.the amount is not known. '

Mr Horry Childs, cne.of Mr A K< Daniel's employees. '.met with rather • a . serious accident, yesterday while working on/a .. building in Chapel' Street, Masterton. •Mr • Child* f 'was i engaged underneath the .■ building •. whenr a block of; wood fell' from a, con- „

siderable' height'and,,struck him with, force on the head.... The unfortunate

man was taken to the Masterton pital,.where at a lato hour last .evening he was progressing as favourably as could be expected'. i: ..; . . ~.,

The quarter night of 'the Loyal

Unity Lodge, 1.0.0.F.. Manchester, Unity, was held in the Druids! Hall' last'nigl'it, Bro. J. Stewart, NX}.,. ' in the chair. One new* member -was initiated into the Lodge, Bro. C.' Perry, G.M., acting, as lecture-mas-, ter. Two friends were proposed "for admission. Reports of the Wellington district were read, end brethren were informed of an intended visit from the District Officers in November of this year. The P.G.'s Lodge will meet on.the second Thursday in October, at the Unity Lodge, Featherston. Four members took lodge degrees.

; The Cadets sent to' Canada by New i Zealand and tlie Commonwealth have ] been covering themselves with glory, • according to a cablegram which. . ap--1 pears in an Australian paper,, The

message states that Ae-w Zealand won,

t.ho inarching and manual drill con-- • tests, also the award for best appear- / anco, securing. the three tropiiies awar/Jod by the Empire Club, the Daughters rtf Empire, and Karl Grey!' Australia was first in order of excellence for military accomplishments! . New' Zoahrid being second.

Mr>Ay : 'J. Parton, of the Cartpi'ton ■plumbing- and metnl works,, made a 'trip to Eltham on a motor bicycle, last week in connection with the Victor vats lie is .making for factories in. that district. He rode 230- miles from twenty minutes to seven in - the, morning to-8.30 at night, when he arrived at Eltham. He had a couple o£ hours delay through missing the. 'read into Hiwera and'getting into the. Manaia district instead. He describe*' the roads in the Manaia and Inglewood districts as very bad. He Cuicountered rain, hail and wind on hi,s journey, and. altogether had a fairly strenuous time. Mr Parton has, in hand and delivered for this season 9.5 ■vats, including; orders for four just received from Auckland and two from W a ilea to.—News. '

' Mr W. C. Buchanan, M.P.,.-wrote t-n the Wairanpa South County Council on Saturday, stating that the Government had decided for the present :not to grant any loan's from the Advances. Office toany local body which had alreidy borrowed to the amount of-£SOOO and over. This decision, it was stated, may be modified or rescinded if money became more plentiful. The writer pointed out that the Feathorston County .Council bad been compelled to borrow two small sums from the Government Insurance Department at 6 per cent interest an:!/ sinking fund.

QUEENSLAND CLIMATE SEVERE "This climate :•■ so severe with changes and dampness that children ensily contract colds and cror.;j and I .am never without a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy," writes. Mrs L. J. F. Holt. Denham St.. Roe.khampton. Queensland. "My children, have been so benefited by Chamberlain's Coii"h Remedy that I have every, cause to recommend it. It always cures and eves quickly." TO BANDSMEN.

The- championship and also the Challenge Shield at the Pahnerston North Rand Contest, of' 1911 were won by the Wellington Garrison Band. They used Hawfce's Excelsior Sonorous Hand Instruments—a complete set. In the first test piece the maximum number of points was allotted, titer jud<>e declaring th.it he had never heard better playing. Hp commended in eulogistic terms the tone and blond. The Wellington Tramway Rand, also using a complete set of Hawke's P'xcclsior Instruments, won the R Grade. These two successes on such a great occasion, are worthy wins for" Jia.wke's whose instruments nre-pre-em-inent all over the world. Bandsmen —•buy a set of Hawke's—-there arehonours and valuable prizes to be won with them! Write for catalogues. Sole agents —The. Dresden Piano Company. Ltd., Wellington. Local representative, H. INNS. Daniell's Buildings, Quee.'.k (Street.

Messrs James Macintosh and Co'., ' opening entries for their iirst annual spring cattle sale. A warning to trespassers on the Wrigloy Estate, Mastcrton, appears ■on the front page. j A mm vo cut 20 to 30 cr-rds mn- ' t.!>, : Arpwns.j is wivitcd by Mr H. W. M. Griggs, Carrington, Carterton. A motor bicycle in good order is advertised for sale. Any reasonable -tjffor will be accepted. Tenders are invited by the Mas- j terton County Council fi- 97.25 chains | -six feet track formation, culverts and J bridging on Saunders Road. : M: Hubert Kusseil, second hand j doa] •, wa.'its to purchase, in large or , *mnV quantities, sixpenny .novels by j Boothby, Garv.ice, Gould and other ' T: • attention of prospective pur-" '-•has-.ra cf iirst class diirymg country handy to Mastorton is directed to particulars of a very compact - "pro-'. \ iwty cf 112 acres which appear in j the advertising columns of this issne ; : MessrsW. B. Chennell's nm\ Co,, have j > lioon .appointed sole agents !?i the sale. ' Notice is given that on and after j Ist October the train leaving Wei- I E.igtoi! for Woodville at 7.50 a.m. j and Masterton at .ti.so a.m. will sto|)j ' af required, at to take up or set down passengers. The train .'caving Woodville for Wellington at 1.15 p.m. will stop, if required, .at Mangimairo and Ivopuaranga to take / np or set down passengers. I

A rrplace advertisement <f interest to men in which Mr J. L. Murray, Masterton, draws-attention to Ins up-to-date stock of tailor cut ready-to-wear suits appears in this issue. The goods are made to the firm's special t»rder, only best quality trimmings being, used in the manufacture and %vorkmanship of the highest erade.. The popular "Cotswald" and 'Sporting" suits will be much in demand this season, .and a full range of these in "the .newest tweeds are just to hand.

A most important land sale will be held by the N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Lt'X, at Hastings on thr 1 loth October next, and, from the numerous applications that are being made for plans, there is sure to be an' exceptionally large attendance of

prospective buyers from all parts, of •the 1 Dominion. The area to be offer•ed consists cf 3500 acres of the famous

Te Mahanga Estate, containing some r - of-the richest bid in Hawke's Bay, The property has long been known as an ideal spot for the .. raising of all classes of stock, which fatten very quickly and mature early;' and for the growing of nil kinds of crops. The; greater''proportion of the, property is plmf dmhfo, cor l , sis'ting of -rich flats and "e-.sy 'buvstcno downs, the flats being noted, .for very heavy .crops. The acres, : and the smaller ories would make excellent dairy farms. - All* the fiections are vrrlT watered, r.'id ample provision has been- made, for roading giving access to each,, while the terms <f purchase are' exceedingly easy. Every facility is offered to" in tending purchasers by the .vendors Messrs W. J.,mid A. F. Bougie, to inspect, the blocks •re'all purged fff, and n^ guide v.i'l bo provided for those w: : sh*:;<>: to make a perioral insprciiou.