LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10716, 21 October 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The latest return for the Worksop dredge is 030/ lodwt for 130 liouvs. A Bill has been introduced into the New Bouth Wales Assembly to abolish co mi tor lunches in hotels.

. Tho public swimming baths in Mastorton will bo open for tho season from to-day.

A total sum of £19,920 has oeen placed on the estimates for expenditure in the Pahiatua electorate.

The Mastcrton Horticultural Society has decided to hold its rose ami sweet pea show en November 211 th.

It is t'-iirteon ye;.rs ago to-day since i:i- ; i":s; l\cw Zealand •'Couiiingoiit -ai.'.-vi !'•;• o:-uth Africa.

Thi.' Kveuing Post refers to the. Legislative. Council as "an irrespons'.ible, unrepresentative, and singularly unintelligent body." To-day is the 107 th anniversary of the ihutlo of Traf'igar, tho da y on which Kelson won for us the command of the seas.

The Evening News states that coal is not plentiful in Dannevirke, dealers having difficulty in obtaining it. The M~in Trunk railway line is now cleared, and Saturday's passengers were able to get right through without breaking their journey.

The flnxmill .hands at Palmerston North will demonstrate' to-morrow against the imprisonment of the Waihi miners.

The rowing season was opened at Wang:mui on Saturday in windy weather, but with a largo attendance of the public.

The Masterton and Petono Homing Pigeon Clubs will fly .races from the Carterton show-grounds on Thursday afternoon next.

A Wairarapa settler has disposed of the whole of his lambs for the comi?2.g season to a southern buyer at 1 Is per head. This is a record price for the district.

A bullock which turned the ".scales, at 11981b was .slaughtered at the Gear Company's works last week. It was a prize steer bred by Mr John McMaster, of the Lower Valley. ■ Mr W. Howard Booth, of Carterton, had the, misfortune to lose a valuable "imported Southdown ram which hs was exhibiting at Hastings last week. Tho animal died on Thursday night. A fire in the scutching; shed of Messrs A. and L. Seifert's mill at Makerua on Saturday destroyed two scutchers and seven tons of fibre. Only the extraordinary efforts of the men saved-the mil! from destruction. The Napier Competitions Society has decided to hold its next competitions at Easter. A first prize of £SO, and a second of n ls, are being offered for a choir contest open to the whole cf the Dominion.

It is reported "that a former resident of Masterton, now living in Hawera, drew the first horse in Tattersail's sweep on . the Metropolitan Handicap, •and has benefited to the extent of'£6ooo.

A •■ppoinl meeting of.a sub-commit-tee of the Wairarapa Hospital and Charitable Aid BQa,r,d.. will be held in Masterton to-day'' discuss with Dr Yalintine, the Inspector-General, the question cf the administration cf the Board.

The Wahgawa meat works will be in full swinrjf in -Hie course of o week or two. Already a. few drafts of sheep in the woo! have been put through. Arrangements have been mule for handling the stock purchased by the four southern firms that are operating hi the district.

At a meeting of cyclists which w,s hold in the Dominion Hall on Saturday- evening it was decided to form a Cyeliixr Club, to be called the Masterton Cycling arid Athletic Club. A general'meeting will be held en Wednesday next to which all cyclists, will be invited.

The social to be held in the Exchange Hall this evening in connection with the Masterton branch of the Political Reform Lengue, promises to be very successful. An attractive nwramine of music and dancing Ins been armged, and ir is probable that- s'weral P.nrlinmentarians will be present fronrWellington.

Among the cattle entries at Carterton at the show this iv«k is a Polled A-'-rns bull, bred bv His MaJnst- *h« Kiiwr. ■•ml u Rod Devon bull bred, by Lord Rosebory. ft will be interesting to note the opinion' expressed of the animals representing; the aristocratic herds of these two breeders. '

It has boon doe'dod thai the official opening of the Mangaone oilfields will take place on Thursday. October 31. A number of visitors from Mastcrton and the surrounding districts are expected to be present. :uul if is not improbable that the Ministry will be represented. lUnder th» contract, the first trial bore has to be completed by December 21st.

Masterton and Wainn-ana .exhibitors at t l '" Hastings show last week were omphitio in their expressions of satisfaction at the treatment they received at the hands of the Railway Department. The stock trains were not only run at convenient hours, hut were handled in such a way ;'s to enable the show exhibits to be landed on the show grounds without the slightest injury.

"In these days of unrest that is the most horrible thing you can call aa man," said a solicitor in the Christchurch Magistrate's Court, :-rHressing a man who had referred to another as a "scab." "How about 'wowser?'" asked someone. "Oh! in these days 'wowser' is quite a respectable term," said the solicitor. " 'Scab' me;ins an out-and-out crawler, and many men would prefer to be called a liar rather than a 'scab.' "

Ge'; your piano where vou can rely on quality and value. Hundreds of people are taking advantage of the Dresden Piano Company's time payment system ; and shipment upon shipment of pauos and organs is coming in month after month. "The Dresden." with years of experience, and a remarkable turnover, is ever able to sell the best (roods at the lowest market rate. But it is not satisfied with merely nining a new customer; it aims at makin" another business friend—and ntsrtally does so. Now with the Dresden Piano Co., Ltd, ibsolute quality is guaranteed. Everv piano issued_ is perfect material and workmanship. This reputation is guarded most jealously. Where, for example, will you find better instrument'! than the Broadwood the Lipp. the Poniseh. and the Steinway—thev are indeed four proat pianos! You .should certainly either call or write to>the Dresden Piano Co.. Ltd.. Wellington; or you could see their Local Representative , —H. Inns, . Daniell's Buildinp Queen Street. Master to*Ask local Dranere to show you the famous Roslyn Pads. 6d and Is eacK.

The . coiul reading cf the Land Bill was carried in the House of Representatives at an' early hour on Saturday morning by .10 votes to 17. There ara at present eighteen patients in tho Masterton Hospital, and four scarlet fever patients in. the U'vor ward. A recent arrivii from Tasmania stated in -conversation that the in Xew Zealand wore bet:or than anything paid .for labourers in Tasmania or Australia. An exchange states that shipping freights have gone up at Opunako. An importer recently found it necessary to pay £l7 for transport of a quantity of goods from Wellington to Opunake, while the charge from England to Wellington was'£l2.

Two persons who drank well but not too wisely will make their bowzbefore a Justice in Masterton this morning. This makes six charges of drunkenness in, four days—a record for Masterton since the. advent of No-license.

Tho fourth anniversary in connection with the Congregational ' Sunday School cf Mastertoa was celebrated yesterday, when three special services were held. 31usio appropriate to the occasion was rendered, and*Mr J. T. M. Hornsby delivered addresses of special encouragement to the young.

Dr Pryor presided over a hrge attendance at the Y.M.C.A. Strangers' Tea in Masterton last evening. Mr A. J. Minifie, who was the speaker, gave a very line address, tho subject being "True Heroism." A hearty vote of thanks was passed to tho speiker, also to the ladies of Knox Church for providing tho edibles. Next Sunday premises to be a record, when the Orange Lodge will entertain.

In the Opunake Court a few days ago, counsel in a licensing case, which was being tried, mentioned as an extenuating circumstances in his client's favour that he ha-rl orily been a : short time out from Scotland; where, he naively remarked, they 'had not the same restrictions in regard to the sale of whisky as they had in the King Country.

There will be a spiAxlid but bewildering sight for the dairy farmers in the various milking breeds of cattle to bo shown in Wairanpa at the show on 23rd a.nd 24th instant. The variety of ->■oeder.s represented will be more than equal to the great show of last your, which constituted, an

easy record for the society in numbers, and the dairy firmer in search of. sires, or those proposing to commence breeding on their own account, could net do better than visit Carterton this week, and see the splendid array provided for their selection .

A very enjoyable dance was held at An nod ale Station on Friday last, the occasion being the annual social of the employees. The woolshed was kindly :e.;it for the occasion by Mr H. Nevins, and was beautifully decorated fcr the occasion with Hags and evergreens. A splendid supper was provided by Mrs Nevins, the Misses Wilson and others. About sixty couples occupied the floor, which was'in splendid dancing order. Music was supplied by Misses O'Connor, Dickens and Ebbott, extras being played by Misses Speedy, McDougall and "Grant. After the supper. Mr McGinn, on behalf of the employees, made a neat speech, in which ho referred to the <*ood feeling that Ind always, existed between, the employer and employees of Aiuieda'.e. Mr Nevins briefly responded, and cheers were given for Mr and Mrs Nevins.

I The ordinary meeting of the Waira- | rapi Caledonian Society was hold in I tlie Dominion Rail, Masterton, on Saturday afternoon. A letter was j received from Miss Cameron of Scotland, enclosing £1 donation for the Society. ft was decided to place the donation to the credit of the Pipe Band. It was decided that the Pipe Band render selections .it tlie Mangatainoka sports meeting on Boxing Day. The resignation of Mr T. D. Chamberlain was accepted wit!) regret. It was decided to 'Convey a vote of condolence passed to the widow and family of tlie lite Mr €!. H. Smith, who Mas a former vicepresident of the society. If. was decided to clcse the Pauling Memorial Fund on lGth jXovomhcr, and that Messrs Coradine and McLeod he a sub-oovrum'ttv-o to collect all ontstand- :, tt subsci'i'itions. and to close the list. j

The monthly meeting of the Wairar.pa centre of the New Zealand Athletic and Cycling Union was hold on Saturday evening in the Dominion Hall, Mn.storton. Mr M. Tavery, president, presiding. An application was received from a number of Masterton young men to form a cycling club, under the Xow Zealand Cycling Union. It was decided to gr.mt tlie request. The Gladstone Sports' Club forwarded their decision on the protest entered by F. J. Kilminstor, and dismissing same. It was decided to refund Kilminster his pretest fees. The president and secretary were authorised to revise the rules and make any necessary recommendations. Tho annual report and balance-sheet- were read and adopted, and it was decided that the same be printed and forwarded to the various affiliated clubs. A communication was received from the Hanwa Snorts Club, appointing Mr Nnylor as delegate to the centre. It was decided to appoint Mr R. McKenzie assistant handieappor to the centre. It was also decided to accept a scale of fees presented by the committee. DRUG QUALITY. AS The Hal! Mark on silver denotes the best best quality of the article, so our name on.the bottle denotes the best quality in medicine. We make a speciality of this reeog-nis-ing the.ftot that' qualitv should bo considered first in everything, but particularly with medicines. We guarantee all dues and chemicals and any article stocked by us to be absolutely the best. No person would risk their life to a rotten rone \vh<?n scaling a precipice. Still you run a greater risk by taking ' impure drugs, etc. We mnke a speciality of dispensing and compounding physician's prescriptions accurately and scientifically with onlv purest ingredients. J. V. CORDON chemist : (by Masterton.

SUFFERED FOR TEN YEARS. Sold by all chemists and storekeepers. "I. have boon a constant sufferer from severe attacks of Colic for the past ten years, at times being unconscious," writes Mr A. J. Cresswell, Birregurra, Vie. "The only thing that gives me relief is Chamberlain's Cough and Diarrhoea Remedy, and I am never without a bottle in the bouse." Sold by all chemists znd storekeeper

!!io 0.v,-<-r.'i;::<■.'a is making prcvision for the inclusion of County Council o-mpkivecs under tho National Provident Fund. A London cable states that a brewers' exhibition v.-as opened on SaturJ day. An exhibition of brewer.-;, or I by brewers would bo very interestI ins. I Sot-tiers in the Wairarapa state j that the lambing percentage is an j improvement on last year, yet it does not represent anything out of the orj dinary." The htnbs, however, are in • excellent condition, and are also very oven.

On Saturday afternoon last, the concluding address of the series arranged by the-.Wairarapa branch of tho Wellington District Institute of Teichors was delivered by 'Miss A. D. Bright, who read a paper entitled "Groves Academic." The addressproved a source cf great pleasure to all fortunate enough to be present. The subject nrittcr was splendidly chosen, beautifully put together, and delightfully told." No or.e present could fail to recognise among the portraits •drawn of the denizens of tho groves academic his own likeness, and his own ideal; nor could a ihr-uglitiul teacher fail to derive from the -discourse helpful inspirations. The delivery of addresses of this kind at tha Education Institute's meetings must prove, of much ■ benefit to te/.chers, and should make the Institute worthy of its name.

A position as general, no washing, is advertised for.

Messrs Gillespie and Co. require six scrub'eutters immediately.

Train arrangements in connection:, with the Carterton Show, 'appear on the front page of this morning's Age.

~ An, advertiser requires two or threerooms furnished, with use of kitchen,, or a small furnished house.

Style for summer is spoken of by Mr Donald in his change of advt. today on page 2, in which the arrival of new costumings are mentioned, and a word or two about his'work.

Notice is given that all accounts in the estate of the late J. H. Pauling,, must be sent in to Mr W. B. Chennells, Mastorton Agent of the Public Trustee, by the 30th November. 1912.

Mr E. R. B. Daniel, land agent, Hastings, advertises for sile 150 acres, near Dannevirke,, particulars of; which, appear on the front page of this issue.