LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10715, 19 October 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Fresh tenders are being called for the nr.il service between Masterton and Longbush. During the last financial year, the length of new railway- opened lor traffic hi New Zealand was 82 miles, The Watrarapa Hospital Amd Charitable Aid Board will take possession of the new offices in Mastert-onto-day. Provision is made in the public works estimates this year for a new post and telegraph offi.ee at Pongaroa, j and for additions to the Eketahuna office. ' ' A lady teacher sent in her resignation to the Wanganui Education Board, because she objected to teaching "such a fiat, stale and unprofitable subject as geography." Mr J. C. Boddington reports that 8S points of rain wore registered at the Upper Plain for the twenty-four hours ending nine o'clock, yesterday morning. The whole of a Pa tea- family were removed to the hospital the other day, suffering from ptomaine pcisoining. At latest- reports they were in a rather serious condition. . The total expenditure on railway construction and improvement works in New Zealand bst year was £1,178,968. Of this amount £763,711 was spent in. the construction of new lines. A sum of £2OOO appears on the public works estimates this year for the provision bf a new police station "at Mastertoii. Pj-ovisjon is also made for the new Courthouse at Martin borough. : . A committee consisting of .Messrs Baniell. Suminerell, Spain, Henderson and Sellar was . set. up bv, the j, Masterton. Chamber of Coinmei'-ce yes>? | terday to consider the question of the mail services from Masterton, - and , to report. Petty pilfering is. rather common in Masterton just now. On Thursday night a. resident of Worksop Road found a nocturnal visitor in his poultry yard. Th© stranger made, his escape over an adjoining fence without leaving even finger-prints >to disclose his identity. - . j A man charged at Invercargill j with resisting the police-and damaging a uniform, called evidence to show that he was of good character under normal circumstances, arid was "leaving Invercargill to get awav from the drink."' And Invercargill is a No-license township! : At the meeting of the Masterton Charaber of Commerce yesterday, 1 a communication • was received from Ashburton stating that- the woollen mills in that township were paying well. The Company has a capital of £25,000, and employs between sixty and seventy persons. A woman wearing a Warner's Corset feels almost "unoorsetted" —so light is the garment, so comfortable does it fit and b#jatifullv thanes. st is the Resolve. To obtain the GENUINE SANDER EUCALYPTI EXTRACT which will procure for you a remedy of sterling vSlue, and will protect you from having your health injured b- one of the many crude oils and so-called "Extracts" which are now palmed off by unscrupulous dealers as "just as good" and which are; according to outhentic _ medical testimony, very depressing'to the heart. The GENUINE SANDER EXTRACT is absolutely non-injurious and brings instantaneous relief in headache, fevers, colds, luno: and stomach troubles, and its great antiseptic powers protect from future infection. Ulcers, wounds, burns, sprains are healed without inflammation. SANDER'S EXTRACT is endorsed by the highest medical authorities, and is unique in its effect : purity reliability and safety, and its distinguishing qualities. Therefore : Get th® GENUINE SANDER'S EXTRACT —insist if "you have to—tut gci it and derive tb? benefit.

Th-. .for taking agricultural statist iv «;)>•? Been fixed by the Gov- ] ernmoTj i a a October 20th. ** J The Shannon. correspondent of tito | Loviu Chronicle says: "Shannon j spends ovor £10 r OOO per annum en j i-oholic drinks and sport, but is "un - i able to kwp a resident doctor/' The Prcaiiei 1 stated in the House j of Kepresemative-s last night that the discussion on the Public Works state- | meat v.-oulci be taken nest week.. j Two persons were convicted of } drunkenne&s in Masterton yesterday j morning. Another two were stccom- I modat-e-d in tlie cells in the afternoon; j Speaking at last evening's meeting j on the woollen industry quest-ion, Mr | J. W. McEwan. Potone, en id that if ] mills were established in Mastorton, it would be the means of bringing fifty families into the town. f A feature of the show at Carterton next, week will bo the ..Hereford cattle, this breed not having been shown - there for the last ten years. Ther herd to be represented is that of Mr J. C. Mclviilop, dnd it is ex';pceted lliut there will be competition in this section when the catalogue is printed. Speaking at a meeting held in Masterton last evening on the ques•rioii of establishing woollen mills in> Masterton Mr J. W. McEwan, Petone, said that men were fast taking place of girls and women in 'the .mills. Hie latter nowadays seemed • to prefer following other- occupations. No provision is .made, in the Public Work s Statement this year for . con- ' tinuing the Otago Mentel ra;iway J;o- - Th© Minister states that "in view, of the., stringency .of, the London money-market this, is quite impossible. Tlia pickpocket, who has of late been making his presence felt in various-'parts-'i of the Dominion, wa's much in evidence at' the Opaki races on Thursdiayj, and seems to have been fairly successful. One well known horse trainer was relieved, of £3O, while another party - had £lO taken. There were also several minor cases, j reported. -' v "'' •-:' Communications from the Minister of Justice, and Messrs G. R. . Sykes;' and W. C. Buchanan, Were read at the Masterton Chamber of Commerce ' yesterday in reference to the Stipendiary Magistrate residing permanently in fhe district. Tlie Minister of Justice stated that the matter woukl receive careful consideration. ■ The President of the 'Masterton; 'Chamber of-- Commerce- (Mr O. E. Daniell) expressed, the opinion at yesterday r s meeting,, that the time was coming when the whole of the . .mail services':in the Masterton ;district would be carried out by motors., Mr A. Henderson said he was strongly' in favour of motor services. He believed that in' th-ee years' time the whole of the district would be . served in this way. : \ ■ The , expenditure in the erection; of workers' dwellings in New Zealand last year amounted to' £22.644. A much larger expenditure is anticipated during the current year, however, and provision to the amount of £60,000 is made on the estimates.> This sum includes the cost of acouisi- , tion of land, road formation, and the 'erection, alteration - and enlnrp-'ement of dwelTincr.s. ■ All tho work is . ing.. car-led- out .under - .the- directionr; of the.Dep'irt-ment.of Lahoyr.. , There are many who maintain that the supplier of milk to a cheese fac- , tory can only obtain/the very be&fc results by using - the 110 l stein-Friesian . sire in the herd; l Tlie ( numerous , and the prices realised'at the disposal of the representatives of this breed, certainly go to prove this contention. The Wairarapa show has, entries in this isection that will cer-: tainly attract the dairy farmer from ; all parts, for the variety of herds, -and } the choice afforded will bo unequallled. :; ./; ; _ • Foilowers, of racing who attended the Masterton Spring meeting , on ; Thursday,: relying on being able to return to W'ellington; the same night by the special train which had been more or less boomed, ai'e (says the Post; very indignant at the un satis- : factory arrangements provided. ■ "Sir Bedivere" writes on this subject;— '"Having arrived at the Opaki station breathless, yet just in time to catch the 'special' train,; which left as advertised to,lea:ve. at 5.40 p.m,, we Welli ngtonians fully anticipated I being at Lanibton bv 9,30 p.m. at the I latest/ / The 'alleged 'special,' how-* J ever, proved to be. nothing more than. / an .odd carriag# or; two..hitched on to tlie ordinary railway/goocis train, a tiio- time at whicH %e did actually ari rive at our destination was (as per clock overhanging the- platform) exactly 12.14 a.m.! That the: Department should have advertised this train as a 'special''-is' positively scandalous, and, judging by the remarks made by the passengers/ it is unlikely that- the miserable:; subterfuge, will, if again inflicted upon the travelling public, be further patronised. Think of it: Six hours, and thirty-five minutes to complete a journey of six-ty-nine miles!" : ' The Shakespeare revival in Wellington has not been without its effect on Masterton, and not a little has been done to remove the reproach thatMasterton is -not a town.of ''Shakesperian rot." Thursday afternoon afforded the htest instance. Two wellknown local professional men resolved to take advantage of race-day to see the "Merchant of Venice." They travelled as far as the Tauherenikau bridge by motorcar, and there the car broke down, fifteen minutes>before the train was scheduled to leave Featherston. A passing motor cyclist took the news of distress to the township, and Mot-orman Stewart hastened per Overland car to lead the folorn hope in the direction of the railway station. The train beat seconds. Tlie devotees of drama then: settled down to a desperate . stern chase, which developed, into *a : crosscountry race, and the motorman claims to have broken fresh records over a hitherto unused motor-track, through the scrub behind Cross-Creek station. ' The Overland was finally abandoned on the banks o fthe stream, and the chase was continued on foot. Bv this time the train had left the station and was labouring up the lull. Urged on by the gestures of the passengers, who were in full view, the travellers put in l a well-timed run. through scrub and creek, and finally emerged on the railway track, and were last seen clambering into the hack door of the brakevan. It is rumoured that further developments are to follow. Ask local Bracers to show yon tlie famous Roslyn WPads. 63 and: U fcosk. - ~.* t . '

A li-mh; jury■ lias.r'feee : n-'.j&mpa3iiielle3:i' ;: ;• I in'/obiuiectioii with the adjourned sit» i ting <iii the Supreme Court,, to hj& held |in ixasterton on October 30th* - : .- '. t ■ -It v. reported that several; change*-. ] luvvo ':, eon inade in tlie -.'j.w* cjntoct--I ova f ;;.■■ in Masterton, as a result of ther I ton.de.'j recently called., i The individual .■entries, .forilw N..K-. j'Oorap.-titions Society's l'Vptual, w» jb« ho.J sn Wellington next month* ] nnmlK-v 1152, and the coileetLo onI tn«s .' jBl. Apart from the choirs,, 1 of whom only three arc competing ! tnis year, the musical entries show an? i'ncrvohO. ffbe competitors front _ nnWde Wellington are aga'u very numerous, coming from an IV-* a l ' 2M<4f bourn®. Tite judges are M<" ;.. s Byd- • ' ney Wolff, oi Dunedin (mu'.i'O, aJ3cJ Mr Montague, of Auckland (elocution.) learners for the Municipal Bass are wanted. A strong brake, in good ortler, *>v advertised for sale, Mr J. EC. Gunson, sadd'er, Wha?i- * o;arei, advertises for a first class, harness maker ami repairer. A strong lad to make-hi"! self generally useful about coantry ston> ar/# boarding house is advertised for. A cook, also houaemaaid-laiindress v is advertised for at the Ureytownt Hospital. Three special lines are advertised hy Messrs Read and Douglas, hairdressers and tobacconists,. Queen Street. The annual gene rail meeting of the Mast-erton Cricket Club .which *»; ass . called for Friday,- 18th iasi* .has befca , postponed until Monday evening next at 8 o'clock. A reward ia offered for the reeov-* ery of a pair of gold xitßinedspeetacles lost in Masiiertott""<s& SPrßJay* 11th inst. ' Messrs A. J. Johnson'and Co, will sell at their rooms to-day, furniture, poultry (including Wyandotte* hens, young, roosters) <*tc. The annual general meeting of tha Wairarapa Cricket Association will be held at 8 o'clock to-night in Messrs v. Gawith and Logan's office, Masterton-. i Mr R. Russell, secondhand dealer,, advises the public to call at his shop: and inspect his large and varied stock of furniture and' general house*, hold goods. Intending visitors to- the Carterton ■Show -will be interested in Messrs. . McGruer'a and Co.'s special list of seasonable novelties", set out in a change advertisement elsewhere in this issue. The price' list" is worth perusal. Messrs Dalgety and' €b., Ltd-, tin- j der instructions from Mr T„ Colt-' man, Wai'kanae, will'hold, an important sale of pedigree Ayrshire- cattle on, the Carterton showgrounds on Thursday. October 24th', a.m.. Particulars are advertised.' The friends of Messrs E. C. and W. Jack are respectfully invited te'attend tfie fumeral of their, mother, which will leave the Mastorton Railway Station to-day (Saturday) for the Masterton Cemetery, upon the arrival of the train from Wellington a,t 11.30 a.m. • / To keep pace with the times one* ' has to be well dressed, -iap appear- • ance, in-this progressive" age; is'everything. . The W.F.C.A., Ltd!* can help you to attain this. Fashion dictates, sox„ hraces and ties to match. Special display in our Island: • window this week.' Prices from Sa lid to XCs 6d the set. Sheepfarmers desirous of effecting; ' an exchange o fsheep farm property ; for first class shop property would' do * well to peruse the particulars set. out on page 8 of this morning's ksue,by Messrs H. F. M'Xeill and Co, the well known land and estate agents, of Wellihgtori. - The firm will be pleased to forward full detail's to* anyone on application. Special purchases of ladies' one- < piece dresses are to be offered at . special prices to-day at Messrs Hugo and Shearers: The styles are right, up to date, and include a few washing; , Girton Costumes. Special Saturday- ' prices will also prevail on. household drapery for to-day onlv.