LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10716, 28 October 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The latest returns for the. Worksop dredge at'® 98oz, 9dwt for 120 hours. There are at pre.sent nineteen patients* in the Masterton Hospital, including four ftvror patients. The schools in the Mastert.oll district will h® closed to-day for Labour Day. Tb<B SiADid no.. «,«. «n Urntr»mi whicll ieaJs with reuwk&ble rapidity. TJtilik® ill© old-fnahioiifi ointiaenta (' which ar© slow in tEeir aoHons, [ Eexona especially effect* its onre* »J-j tor a vety few »f>pßo&tiosr*»- Bol<i iif fcrianffiiitaa 1 Sko&». •* 1* <B£ "Warier'os Rust-proof Corsets, RosJtti U»shrinkabU underwear a»i HoyU's prints i* string: .i ; #wawcl.

i Af« dC^C^^SSSkSSSiirSSMaM^^ : .' Ho. daily supply of milk at ti. Grejftowu factory ha« reached •1378" gallons. , A CJorernmont Gazette has boon i sued, proclaiming the .neutrality

New Zoaland in regard to the war the Balkans.

Largo catchos of fish have been. secured in Southland rivers. Angior* state that tho fish are in excellent cu.. dition.

Auckland strawberries were sold m 38 to 2s lid per lb at Wellington on Friday, and greea peas at Is Id to la 9d peck.

The Hon. F. M-.; B. Fiaher will turn tho first sod in connection vritj the Kxetahuaa water supply. Mr G. Svkes, M.P., will also bo present at the fsnctioq.

Stoats and weasels introduced Bomo years ago to the West Coast a§. rabbit destructors havo in time become a nuisance equally as great as that of tho rabbits.

Owing to the very rough weather, the bindls of the v Masterton Homing Club, did riot arrive at Blenheim on Saturday in time to bo j liberated. Tho birds will bo lioorated to-day. " Tho game of cricket was a very popular pastime on the West Const* a few years ago, s y« the Argus, but now it has practically died out. An is being made .to reawitate the Hame.

J Owing to tho unfavourable weather I on Saturday, the opening of the cricket season in Ma«tertoa was postponed till next Saturday, when it is probable. that a .scratch match will be played* Owing to the severe weather that has prevailed during the last few. days,, it has been found necessary to postpone'the official opeipifftj of the Mangaone oilfields from Thursday nest. Tlie date of the opening I be announced to-morrow. Although Mataura if? reputedly ! town, (says, the " Southlat.*' | Times:).; fthe quantity of liquor t? , »- arrives there is considerable, Blast Saturday night's train barrels and kegs containing no leas han 156 gl--lons of ale arrived, and this quan - tity is bv no means considered abnormal, Notwithstanding the misrepresentation made outside in regard to the actual working. strength of the Waihi mine, there ai-6 nbw fully - sixty -practical imaa 4ind ir-, respective of .shift bosses, clerks, etc, there aro 274. vverke.rs employed between there and' Waikino. Saisfaetory work is being done in sending quartz ,to the hopp9 f L, and the latter aro now. full. ■ • ■ Mr F. E. A. Gordon, plaintiff to the pending cass Gordon v. New Zealand Times, has instructed his solicitors to take proceedings against the New" | Zealand Poultry Journal for. an iil- • legedly false report of; the, ' recent Supreme Courtwtijal.tft Napier.. •; ■ v" In tho opinion of Mr N. A. Nathan, who was a passenger by the steamer Zealandia from Vancouver, the vfes-. sels on the Canadian-Anstraliaa run are not large enough for the requirements of the service. The , vessels were very comfortable; but oven with the addition of the big Niagara next year, he doubted whether they would be sufficient for- the traffic. The run was becoming a populai- rou'tif Homewards and on the .Zeahuidia the accommodation had been taxed to its utmost.—New Zealand Herald. The Canadian eadiet-s are delighted with the programme of entertainment m'&pped out .for them during their st&y in our midst (says the Dunedin Star.) Why? Because every hour is mot officially provided for, and they have thus an of free time in which to follow their own inclinations. Tho Dunedin Executive Committee are to be congratulated' on hitting the happy medium. The members evidently remembered their own boyhood days. The Northern cities might well follow our examplo. A Gore youthful poultry fancier has solved the local "clucking" hen problem (says the Matura Ensign). The lad recently received a setting of eggs from a big brother-in-law. hut three days before the anticipated hatching was due the hen left the nest. At the timo the boy was laid up with measles. Having read recently about a Canterbury poultrymivn 'who, -under similar conditions..had petiorm»~ ed tho functions of the incubator with signal success, the boy asked for the eggs to be placed itn bed with him, with tho result that he is now the possessor of seven fine, healthy little j chicks. Tho Southland Times reports that from all parts of the district complaints regarding the backwardness of the .season are being heard, and it ittfertain that the area uu<J{i.r..crop will siis year be much less . than would have been the case if weather conditions had been favourable. Met-- , chants report that the quantity of grain purchased for seed purposes has his year been comparatively small, and in man yinstances farmers state that they have given up the idea of growing cereals, and will put their pad--1 docks down in grass and) turnips instead. So saturated has the ground been that it has been impossible to work it in a large number of cases, and the experience of farmers in this respect has been most disheartening.

Roosevelt's facial expressions are the subject of much jocular criticism There cm be no doubt that he is. a man of great courage, and this was clearly demonstrated recfntly when an attempt was made on his life by a lunatic. There can be no doubt about the quality of Crescent Tea, and this can be proved bv writing to the Proprietors for, a free sample. IF YOU HAVE A Ooueh. Uoid, Nob©, riuroat or Lung Trouble, Stomach, Bowel, or Liver Complaint, Rheumatism, Neuralgia. U bo ED GALYPTI EXTRACTx 5 drops in a tablespoon water. Remember, you cannot expect the good effects from any sort of eucalyptus. Sander's Extract cures because it contains ethereal and antiseptio substanoes not contained in other Eucalyptus prodnets. These latter, made by persons ignorant in chemistry, and provided with fancy names and labels by trading concernß who do not know what they contain, have caurvl grievous harm, and a death has resulted from their use. Do not apply an ointment to a sore. It keeps hack the secretion. To wounds, bruises, sprains, burns, ulcers, eczema, and other skin troubles, Apply Sander's Extract; 16 drops in a tablespoon of olive oil. Th© effect will surprise yon. Sander's Extract Heels because it is freed from the irritating constituents contained in other eucalyptus preparations. T* tenia 1 hen others irritate. Insist noon the genuine SANDER'S TCUOALYPTT EXTRACT, and jav

• . understood that the .astortoQ' •urs havo been i-equostod t®a local comody entidod, "Tha "in aid of the Homo for lues. J. T. M. Hani shy occupied tlio at the Masterton Congrega--Church yesterday, and d elisor* »0 addresses on special subject.®rge congregations. ■ Pearce is asking the Minister oC ■ ,ic Works when the Department bo able to supply meta! from the ont stone quarries, so that locall b >;ieß in Taranaki, who urgently rec >od it, may be supplied. ' parcel lost beiivoen Quvn Street ;i. J the Ranfurly Club is nd' ertisod for. • • ' " A reward is offered for tho recovery of a black spaniel pup, terrier cross; " Intending Thursday cricketers areinvited to attend) £ho meeting of theHockey Cricket Club, to be held in tho Dominion Hall this evening. Moasrs James Macintosh and Co., advertise opening entries for their Waipouft Horse Sale, to be held on Saturday, November 9th. The County Ranger give 9 notice•that » chestnut mare, with whiteblaze on forehead. is in tho publicpound,. Tinui, and- if not claimed will bo sold on Bth November. Shearers and! Fleece Oh's will b» interested in 'Messrs McGruer and Co.'s advertisement on page 2, in which attention is called) to tht special requirements of meni engaged in this, the principal industry of the Dominion. ; All garments, required are stocked, and prices quoted: The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. and'Reduc-* ed annoum# a .sale, By auction of draught horses, waggons, trucks, buildings, timbov and sundries on account of Mr A. McLeod for Thursday Tioxt, 31st, at 2 o'clock, at McLeod'a sawmill site'in Mrs Dorset's properly, between-'Kopuaranga and Maurice--ville.