LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10716, 8 October 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

[ I Fish in Rotorr.a and Taupo lakes j ' arc reported to be very plentiful and . in excellent condition this season. ; The tennis season lias boon ofncin-1- ■ ly opened in most of the largo centres . in the Dominion. ( Picton is the latest place to {•.,rm '• '.., an egg circle. It is anticipated that • a large membership will be secured. Mr G. R, Sykes, M.P., topped the score in a rifle match shot on Saturday last between the North and ■ South [sland members of Parliament, ■, which was won by the former. During the month of Kepi ember 271)9 tons of potatoes were exported to New South Wales from Oamaru. The total export was valued at -'J !'.:>.- SSG. The military authorities in t'.-.v Waikiuo are meeting, with-consider-able trouble in vetting IVrritoriai-v to turn out for parades and drill, fw future more stringent measure will be taken with delinquents. "Micky" Dalton appeared before Mr E. G. Eton, J.P., in Masterton yesterday morning, to answer for his indiscretion .of Saturday, Ho claimed to be a "first offender," notwithstanding that there were fifty-four previous I convictions against h'im. He was given an hour in wJiich to leave the town. He left. "Xew Zealand is the only country in the world where there i s i) 0 colour ! line." said the Hon Dr Romero, in | the course of a. speech at the ro-ujjnn • of the. Christebureh High School Old Boys last night. "If war was declared to-morrow, I am certain that you would find the Pakeha and Maori fighting together ;in defence of the British Empire." The welfare of the Maori race- is improving, and the outlook for tue race is bright. The Hon Dr Pomare stated yesterday that the natives had increased in numbers, and were nonliving under good conditions. They were paying more attention to sanitation and hygienic matters, be said, and the result was beneficial, while they were also exercising more care in bringing up their children. The Influenza tc.hi 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 I "Gordon's Infieunzo and Cold MixI ture." 1 If taken in the early stages it prevents Influenza and Colds and also trill remove the trouble in advanced stages. Remember that prevention is better than cure; have a bottle ready. Mild take a dose as soon as- you feel the first symptoms. Headache. Feverishness. Aching of the Limbs Slight ' Condi, alternate flushes of-Heat and Cold, Weakness, etc., etc. Our In- ' fluenze Cold Mixture also prevents the ' serious after effects of Influenza. Sold ' only by J. V. Gordon. Chemist, etc, < (by exams.),( MWerton, in bottles at : Is 6d and 2g *' <iciu I i The demand is running strong for I Hoyle's Prints. Warner's Corsets and 1 Roslyn Unshrinkable Underwear. fj

During the past year a sum of -f>6 Us 3d has been raised by the adherents of the Anglican Church in Masterton in aid of the Melanesian Mission Fund. A presentation of a purse, of sovereigns is to be made to Mr A. \V. Hogg at his residence in .Masterton to-mor-row evening. The presentation will bt> made by His Worship die Mayor, on behalf of the subscribers. Auckland is preparing for next year's exhibition. One bonrding.liouse is having an additional wing built at a cost' of £20,W0, .and some of the largest hotels and Ivoardinghouses are to be extensively added to. '' There arc at present 124 holders of permanent shares in the Masterton i-Vruianent Investment and Huilding Society, and ■!! holders of terminable ' shares. Trie depositors number and tlie borrowers 191. Shearing operations will be commenced on some of tlie stations in the Masterton district during the next fortnight. It isno'fc expected that any difficulty will bo experienced in procuring shearers, most of the boards having already been filled. A meeting of ladies of St. Matthew's Church, Masterton, is to be held in St. Matthew's Sunday Schoolroom this afternoon at a quar- , ter to 4, to arrange for afternoon tea ; on the occasion of the laying of tho foundation stone of the ne,v church and other matters. "The talk amongst sheep men a't ! tho moment is that there are too many twins," says the Manawatn correspondent of the Poverty Bay Heraid. "Last year wo were bemoaning the fact that we had too few lambs; this year we have too many. I never yet saw a bad lambing after a green autumn, so perhaps some of our leeway will be made up in the numbers of our sheep. There is no , question but that the ewes are much bettor looked after than thev used to ; be." ; The latest reports of tlie prospects of the Wairarapa show are very promising. Inquiries have far exceeded those of former years, and considerably larger numbers of entries have, been received than at this period last year. It is expected that the Society's progressive move in having sheep pens on the show grounds covered, will lead to an ir-croased number of exhibits coining forward in the section. Numerous inquiries load the committee to think that the accommo- , datiou provided for sheep will be taxed to the limit. What's wrong with Masterton? The following paragraph appears in , the last issue of the Church Chronicle : Resident to Acting Vicar: "Well- . Vicar, what do you think of the Mas- ' tort!m people?" "I think." said the , Acting-Vicar, "they are the most generous .'fivers F ov:vr nist with.'' "What about church attendance, par- : ticularly Sunday mornings?" A.V. ' (groaning) "Oh, if they would only ; attend to their public devotions as I did their fathers, Mast?rton would be l one of the most powerful -'Church ;s of - the Dominion." r The Clutha Leader's Wellington corj respondent advises that the Government have made arrangements to ae- . quire 1800 acres of Otanomcmo estate. This property is situated at the lower end of Otauomomo Flat, between the river bank road and the Piierua River and tlie old Waitnpeka bed. The land is all flat, the Government not being able to induce Mr Telford to offer the low ridge land near * the railwav. It is expected that set--1 tleir.ent will be effected by cutting up into dairy farm* <f 50 +- 100 acres, and. if the land p well bought, set- " tiers should do well on it. "It is generally accept-vl." said Or Hi<rbt, speaking, in. Christchurch, 1 "that if wares .-iso 10 p«>r cent and the general level orice s 10 pe- cent, 'the worker is j n the same position as ; before. That is not so. A rise of 10 ■ per cent in prices may bo brought 1 about by a rise in commodities that , da not. enter irit" the working man's consumption. The commoditbv actually consumed by him may act»illy have fallen in p-iVo S or th»v irnv IrVe risen lew than 10 . H .|; cent, a'-vl with his rise, he mav !><-> much letter off. On the other hand, the price of bis articles of consumpti-m may have increased more than 10 p<-'o<nit, 'ind lie wou'd be correspondingly worse off." The report -Mint has b«en published that Messrs D. R«h«rt«:n. V-roh.-v "■f the "Post and T<.'lo<T.rripii Department. W R. Morris, Deputy Com mis-' si'onor of Government Insurance, were likely lo be amiointod commissioners under +he Public 'Service Bill. l ns bee- officially denied l>v the Hon A. L. Herdnr>'\ Ho stated to ,\ |>o«t representatire that the mat+n,. j, ns not been considered bv fi>« G-u-o-"-nient. and that the qnostion of tlie anr>ointm n n* of comndssione-'- 'ii. l<? not been before Cabinet, and will not be considered until tbe Bill is finally passed by the Legislative Council. As showing the advance made by tlie Mastm-ton Permanent Investment and Building Society during the last two decades, it may bo mentioned that whereas the loans of the Society in 1892 amounted to £]9,0."0. this year they are €51.480. Twenty years ago tho denosits amounted to £IOOB. To-day they are £2oSrt4. There were no paid-up shares in 1892, but this year there are shares amounting to £11.9-16. The terminable pharos bnve increased from £15.400 to £16,500. The total capita] of the Society lias increased from £15,40G to -■£28,440. The percentage of profits has. however, showed a. decrease. In 1892 the nereente.ro was wl , i]st . this yon,- it was 7.38. IT !S TH"" tfF«=n<,VE. 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! 1 A two-days bazaar, recently held irr. i | Gisborne, realised the substantial L 1 sum of £IGO. 1 j The Cireytown Dairy Company will } ship HO cases of cheese by tho Ro~ rinWa on Friday. There has lately been an epidemic of ~ petty thieving in Timaru, and resi--1 dents have missed quite a lot of moro ' or less valuable property. The now valuation roll of the South ' Wairarapa (river district shows an increase in the rateable value of pro~ ' pcrty cf 7o per cent. Seventeen new members woro ■ elected at the meeting of the Wairarapa AVnateur Athletic Club, held in Masterton last evening. ; Several interesting civil cases arc* > set down for bearing at tlie sitting , of tbe Magistrate's Court to be he-Id in Masterton on Thursday. A Gore telegram states that dur- ■ ing tho Inst forty-eight hours an inch '- of rain has fallen, and tb& rivers aro '■> running bank high. Francis Piitan, one of the Waihi miners imprisoned for not giving * surety, has been released from gaol, - the necessary surety having been ? forthcoming. It is understood that seventy men t are at present employed in tho Waihi , mine, one-third of whom are prac.til cal miners. The Masterton Homing Pigeon . ■ i Club will hamper old birds to-night ) for a race from Franklyn Junction on i Thursday. There is very little of the strand- ■ ed steamer Star of Canada now loft, ' but the hull has been sold to a Gis- ■ borne syndicate, who hope to b© ablo to get the vessel off the rock 3. Mr Young, of the Veterinary De-» partment, will give a lecture at Feai therston on Friday next under tha , auspices of the Farmers' Union. While the infant child of Mrs C Higginson, of Greytown, was being ' wTieeled by its mother in a pram | through the street yesterday, it suddenly died. The Auckland City Council is con- ; sidering a scheme for the formation - of hot sea baths, so that sea bathing ; may be indulged in in the winter , - months as well as during the summer. luasterton atnletos who intend taking part in. the summer meeting ..>re already in training. Indications point to athletic circles in Masterton being stronger than -usual this season. , Tlie Feilding Star says there is a strong rumour going the rounds to the 1 effect that Anthony Hordern andt : Sons, Ltd., of Sydney, intend to commence business in Wellington shortly. It is said that sites -have already been placed under offer to the firm. It is not perhaps generally, known . that Mr Justice Edwards is a devotee of the motor cycle (says the H.B. T Herald), and brought his machine $ with him when he came to conduct , the sittings of the Supreme Court. The sub-committee appointed by the Masterton Chamber of Commerce to inquire into the question of the establishment of a woollen mill in s.ne district- is arranging with a Petona • gentleman of wide experience to adl dress the next meeting of the Chamber on the subject.. 1 The Buller Post understands thafe i all single men now employed on tha ■ Glenhope section in tho constructioa of the railway will shortly be dis- • charged, and only the married men • retained. That the shortness of ' funds at the disposal of the Govorn- . incut is about to be felt by the work- • ors is evident from the discharge of about 170 men from the BlenhcimChristchureh line. , 'The Wairarapa News draws attcn- [ tion totlie fact that tlie man who was , discharged with a. caution in Master- : ton yesterday for drunkenness, was ) sentenced some time back to twelve months at Eoto Itoa, and was releas- \ ed after a detention of only four ; months. The News says: l 'Ff tha • .sentences of the Courts are always treated in this way in connection with. , those committed to Roto Ilea, it is absurd to record them." A very enjoyable social was held in the St. Matthew's Schoolroom, Masterton, last evening, under the auspices of the Girls' Friendly Society. The St. Matthew's Club ' and the C.E.M.S. were well represented, and a musical programme was rendered. Several interesting competitions were held first prizes being won by tho Misses Alm a Perry and K. Hali. Messrs \V. H. Denby and F. Truscott thanked tho Girls' Society for the excellent manner in which they bad entertained the members of the Gub and C. E. M. S., who were present. A mild sensation has been caused, byttie disappearance of a man named Walter Hodgen, a resident of Timaru, who is well-known, especially on the water front. Two or three weeks ago lie obtained a position as cook at iir Hayman's sawmill at Studhohne, ard left Timaru on the Friday to take up his duties. Two or three nights iatcr he was seen carrying a "billy" over to a creek, presumably to get sonm water for boiling, it being near tea time, and tlie fires being all alight. Half, an hour later one of tlie men, who had seen Hodgen with the "billy," had occasion to go to tho galley, but Hodgen was not there. The man returned attain shortly after and Hodgen was still missing. Becoming alarmed, the, man informed Mr Hayman, and the police at Waimato and St. Andrews were communicated with. A thorough search was at once instituted, but no signs were found of the missing man. and nothing hajs been heard of him since. Tbe police at Timaru were afterwards informed, and all the creeks and rivers in tho locality were scoured. The search has been kept up every dav since, but so far nothing has been heard. SUFFERED FOR TEN YEARS. Sold by all chemists and storekeepers. "I have been a. constant sufferer from severe attacks of Colic for the past ten years, at times being unconscious," writes Mr A. J. Cresswell. Birrogurra, Vie. , "The only thin;* that gives me relief is Chamberlain's Cough and Diarrhoea Remed'-, .-'ikl T mi n"ver without a hot* l " in. *h« house." Sold by all chemists and storekeepers. '■No one, I -,*a?i fiiir*. can BTwk more gratefullv of T PiPm than I can.," writes Mrs Corbett. 716 Fittsroy Street, Surrey Hills. N.B.W. "They oured me of settled Mhcnißneaß. which seemed as though it would never leave me. I took Lazo-Toaxic Pills, and they proved a perfect remedy." Scli 1 bj aH shemtets and stows*