LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10716, 29 October 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The North Island Bacon Curing -is extending i*s opofaiibns , tq

Sawniillers on the Main Trunk line :'a r*» oxperiwnt'fjig ■'^if^^ultiy,J» ..seen F?BK; labour, and many rf the mills have : f ,eon { s.efs[.ne?it;l3U (l 4(pA , The. oxoiusiou' 'train from Master-'' ten .yesterday carried a,vJarge.Tyumber ..of excursionists. The Trentham race: train was crowded.

Vegetable gardeners in the W.iikato have again to contend with the blight, which has already mivdv its appearance amongst,early vegetables. '„

; Mr J. C. Bodiiingtolti''..reports that 'SO points of vain, avcto registered on Sunday morning. On Monday morning there were 4-J- degrees of frost.

A large number of visiters were in Masterton yesterday, .and' the town had quite a busy appearance. The majority of tho visitors hailed from Wellington.

A house was burned to (he ground at Feilding says a Press. message. The building was insured for £250. and the furniture for £l5O both in the Standard Company.

Shearers state that owing .to the very unfavourable weather experienced during the past few weeks; the sheep are very hard to steer. Saturday's bliy.z.ird is not likely to make matters better.

Those in a position to know state hat the present season will break ail previous records as regards prices for every class of farming produce. A slaughtermars' strike is the only contingency likely to affect the market.

Complaints that strychnine poison is being laid fro dogs in the streets of Palmerston aro being renewed. Two dogs aro .stited to have picked up the poison at the end of last wee£, ami one of them died.

An Auckland telegram states that fine weather favoured the Labour Day demonstration. The .-Trades' procession, was a lengthy one, 'but not quite up to previous years. The sports held in the Domain -attracecl; a large attendance.

As the result of the legislation "passed! this session, the Wangamii River Trust will be :ihlc to throw open for lea.se some -1000 acres of land. Tile tenure is 12 years' lease, with compensation for improvements at the end of that period. it has been stated (says the Clutha Leader) that the new Union (coal miners) at Kaita.ngata is ~being run on economical lines, rs evidenced by the fact tlvt the secretary's salary is fixed at £26 per year, whereas under" the Federation* Union (now defunct in Kaitangata) the secretary drew £3 10s per week. It takes a flood to make us all akin (says the CI nth a Leader). On a. recent Thursday men of all degrees united in the work at the protective.; 'bank; there were ministers, doctors, lawyers, shopmen, blacksmiths, tradesmen, and labourers toiling shoulder t.) shoulder, and not a lew of the sost-handed did good work.

Tench your children Hip piano! Do nor. let thoni grow up with vain regrets tint they did not have tho opportunity when young! Think of the Juture. tho purchase of a piano may see ma big item; but really, nowadays things have been made so easy that everyone may possess an instrument, and on such simple terms 1 that the sum required each week is i never missed:. The Dresden Piano Company, Wellington, will give yon the most superb piano lor a small sum down, and thereafter monthly payments of from '2os. Think! In a short time the instrument Avill become your very o\vu —and what an inevhaustible source.of pleasure it will prove to be. Do not delay another day—write to Mr M. J. Brookes, the Xoith Tsland lvmiajrer; or see the local representative—H. Tuns, Daniell's Buildinge* Queen .Street. LIKE MANY OTHERS. Mrs Julia Wakeley, 78 Ball Street, Wanganui. N.Z.. i snot vieb and cannot have the doctor's opnion for slight complaints and therefore does the next best tliinp: and keeps a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea in ; the house. She says :—"I have always found Chamberlain's Culic and Diarrhoea Remedy an absolutely safe ure for Colic and Diarrhoea. For many yeirs I suffered* from colic pains but Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Rem#dy ieliaves the suffmng at, ono©." | Sold %j all fksMiflts and *toreke*ofrrt. ;

The crops on Te Ore Ore are look tng excoptiouallyrwell just now.

Shearing operations have commenced in the To Wharau district, but work has been temporarily Buependod owing to tho recent rains.

Tho To Wharau Gun Club has clos.xi its sei-Bon, which has been highly successful. Next year the club expect* to have a very strong membership.

"If a man is respected by hi.-« neighbours, and is not feared by his own family, he is a pood nmi," remarked Mr M. Caselberg t the function in Ma-sterton yesterday.

The weather at Te Wharau- yon Saturday was the worst experienced for many years. « There was a hearv fall of snow on,,the high levels, while hail and rairffell during is not anticipatedi that stock will be affected to any extent. The Mayor is calling a mooting of residents, to be held in the Council Chambers at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, for the purpose of making arrangements for tho -entertaining of the Canadian Cadots. ~,..,.,,

Trophies - have, boen generously donated tcr the recently formed Hockey Cricket Club, by Messrs A. 0. Pragnell and L. Nicol. The trophies will be awarded to the players securing ; the best 'batting ages.

On Saturday next nominations close for the Marlborough ' Racing Club's spring meeting. ■ The programme includes four open events, the leading race carrying stakes of 115 so vs., eight hack events, and two trots. It is not a difficult meeting to win at, and should appeal to owners and trainers who cannot, fibpo to win at the larger meetings. / ■ ■

Tho reunion held in connection with 'theWairarapa FarbreW Co-operativfei(< Association iu Masterton yesterday wus remarkable in that it brought to- \ gother men who had grown to minhood', a-nd thence almost to old age; in tho service of tho. firm. About ..half''a dozen of the'employees nrfr sent had been ■ associated with employer for oyer thirty years.

It wns reported a few days ago (says the Colonist) that Pelorous Jade has returned to his usual haunts, after a much longer absence than has ever been observed previously. It is >now stated that the report of bis reappearance is incorrect, find it is feared fiffh on a prey to, on,e,cr otlier. of the 'whaling'. . parties tliat periodically. visit the Sounds, „\ -■ .'-■

Cambridge" is experiencing a coal fan)ine,. the stocks.;tif, ■.al.l.ftVe-, ; . locil ' nner'fjx^iiltfe : being'' enti r^ly" • ■(writes.' the correspondent*of the Auckland JleraJdO. .pnfil work-is re-; sumed at the Huntly collieries*""'wood', will necessarily have to b» iised as ] fuel. Fortunately, there are ample supplies of coal for two 0r,.,, three months ahead at the Cambridge gas- i works. ,

The solemn rites gone hy superstititious people in v.arryin^iwrfc s ' their code of charms audi omens arei frequently irritating (says tb;e"Gis-; - borne Times.) Picture the reelFngs of a well-known carter in Gladstone Road on a Friday afternoon wfien a lady crossing the street seized upon a ' horseshoe and threw it over her shoulder, with tlie result that it struck■ tb» .hitherto disinterested car-"i ,ter on the head! "■ ;

A amusing episode occurred at Wnihi the other day nt the Central School. An assistant master noticed .1 hoy evidenlty in some trouble; Ask-', ed the matter, the boy complained that Tommy fir - \- had called him "a, haily a.rbitrationist," H ' and' the- epithet had hnrt' 1 ' some. "Wfell," siid'th* master "nnd : what didiyou say?" "Please sir," was the tearful response, 'I told him to go to h ." Collapse of the master. In. consequence of. the alterations in the railway timetable the following changing in the closing of .mails at the local post offico will .-ame into force from the first of Xovcrnber. The supplementary mails for Auckland and Main Trunk at ] Ja.m.. will be discontinued, and a mail will he despatched for Auckland and places north cf Frankton at 4.30 p.m., connecting with the second express. The mails for Palnierston North, Riwke's Bay and intermediate offices will close at 4.30 p.m., instead of.>> p.m., as previously.

Since the introduction, of teeth, inspection among school ehikfron' much excellent work has been done by tho Auckland branch of the New Zealand' Dental Association" (savs the New -Zealand Herald). 'Reporting to tho Auckland Hospital Board fo r the past six months, the association stated that the increase in work had been particularly j;otice : ible in regard to the number of'fillings nut in, which in this instance-, totalled 361, In all. 570 patients Jiad been -dealt with, as compared with 385 attended to during the previous corresponding neriod.

"Would anybody beve like to start >■ I work on a dairy farm?" asked a farin- ! er on the steamer Surrey, which nr- ( rived in Auckland with -some 155 ini- _ • migrants recently. He then detailed to the strangers gathered about him the conditions of work. "Good pay, easy time, and pleasant surroundings," he explained. The immi- , giants listened attentively, to his k pleadings, and were very interested in the production of some photographs of. the district the firmer hailed from. ( Through his energy the dairyman will take back to the country with . him at least, one burly Englishman, > who has had no experience in fa-rm- " ing, hut who possesses great faith in his ability to learn the new life and ' make success of it, 17 YOU HAVE 1 A Ooncrh, umd, Nose, rnruat oi Lung Trouble, Stomach, Bowel, or Live' - Complaint, Rheumatism, Neuralgia. Use SANDER'S ETJCALYFTT EXTRACT; 5 drop 3 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 antiseptic substances not contained in other Eucalyptus products. These latter, made by persons ignorant in chemistry, and provided with fancy names and labelg by trading concerns who do not know wh&t they contain, have canfd grievoui harm, and a death has resulted from their use. Do not apply an ointment to a sore. It keeps back the secretion. To wounds, bruiiws, sprains. burns, ulcers, eczema, and other gkif ; troubles, Apply Sander's Extract; 16 J drops in a tablespoon of olive oil. { The effect will surprise you. Sander's Extract Heals because- it is freed from tho irritating constituents con- , tained in otb&T eucalyptus prepara- ] tions. I* Heals when others irritate. Insist npon the genuine SANDER'S . "3UOALYPTI EXTRACT, and yos '

Tho, monthly mealing cf tho WeiHngtoh Education Board is to ba llold Il:** cattle sale to la held in Mast orfc«ii to-day is attracting visitors from qll parts of :he district. School Committws has tendered its resignation to the '•Vollington Education Board. A Chinaman was arretted *t Pal-T'-.v-rstbn North on Saturday last, on ». charge of drunkenness. A Wanganui telngram states thatLabour t>ay was celehratod. as a close holiday. The weather was fine, and" *hec|iief attraction r sports, which attracted a Isrgoattendnnce. The velocity of the wind on thoUpper Plain on Saturday afternoon last was the greatest that,has beon;experienced for years. 'Tho gauge at the ' school-house registored *Fmiles 1 per hour. Th<? usual fortnightly meeting of LovaJ Musterton Lodge of Oddfellows. was held last night, Bro. Stewart, N.G., in the chair. A large amount of routine business . was dealt _ with,.,., and' tho intending visit of district officers was arranged for. Ono r member was admitted. Bro. "W. 0. Perry acting as Lecture Master.

-v: The ■> young people of-the-Congre—; , gational Church will give on All Na-- . ■tion»'Concerfe this evening, at 8 o'clock in the' Salvation. Army Barracks. ThaBoys' Club wMV give several items.. •'• The programme wiT! include recita- :• tions, dialogues, and a variety of vo-r, ■-> cal items, the proceeds to go to, tho- . Self-denial. Funds of the Salvation; , Army.

A quiet cow. just on carving, is ad--vertised for sale Three-quaiter .acre sections iricen--position:, are adverted for sale, MrG. Neitcb, of Carterton, advertises a trotting home For sale in this issue. '"•■' Messrs' Gillespie and £Jcj., laboui! agents, advertise a' fj'oj-b'ifol 'm .vacancies; '•■•■• • • ■ Mr P. P. Welch, labour agent, basseveral persons awaiting engag&«-< irient. ' ■ ■ " : '' A reward is offered for the recovery of a child's l>Fown cloth coat Tost o«V Sunday. ' , - 'Attention. i» calJod by advertise* - oment to ';«& raiftvay:-timetable alterations' that cotne'. into ; farce'. on 31st Ndvember. '■'.'■'■''•'■'■■ I 4 .■' vi;: *'--' 1 •'■'•■'> : ; "'" --■ Mr $. R. B.' Da iiiol, -'land • arid, ; es- ! tate. agent, Hasting*,',advertise for ; 3 ac?as;Aj*n'owiibW ; yiease;H ' - ; 6B> • f yeA|sj<;lT^ife^.^m\fac^o^rjr,.'■''■•■''•'■ ■ ■ A..sale-.of Mr C. Finn's liigh-clasß-. -furniture andi^ictr.reij.wi}!,oeiield on Wednesday avpxt, it JJ.i5/p". : m., in the Pos ( t Office mart, by ' Messrs A. J. Johnson.and Co. The W.F.CiA. have special value offering, this week in . nWs boatera and' Panama hats. The Quality ."is . ..guaranteed, and prices .are quoted,ire ; advertisement on leader page.. , T?he, official opening of the Masterton Bowling Green this season will' take place on Thursday next, 31sfr inst, at 2 p.m. All members, intend 1 -. trig members, and their friends aminvited to be present*. Mr,, W. H.. Crnidfsliankj land ; ag-. I ent, Masterton, advertises.'for'"sale, .i"' well-built o-roomed house, with alt I modern improvement,!!, and near to the railway station. Also a good building: section in Cole Streec,. for which no reasonable offer will be refused.

.Messrs W. H. Cole and Sow. of.Mas-, terion, have just completed, several. important contrac+s for painting and .decorating. One of these embraoe«the;Jknk of New South Wales at sartefton. The firm has established' *- .wide reputation for the excellence of' its work, aixl has in stock a very fine collection of up-to-date wall papers. Mr W. 'H. Cole, pninter and decorator, Masterton, has a characteristic replace •advertisement in this issue, in which reference is made to • the fall of the Turkish Empire and its effects, or otherwise, on the prices-., and variety ci' their new season's artdecorations'. When anything out of the ordinaryhappens we are generally apt to open our eyes and wonder how it is done. News and details of a. special 10 days'" festival (commencing Wednesday morning next, a.t Messrs .Hugo and". Shea'fers)" have* bee-Ti sent 'far a rid wide and many are open eyed with astonishment at the remarkable value*tint are being offered; There is no gainsaying the fact that the recent Eng- . lish do?kers' strike played havoc -with the English shipments, and now, when the stocks that should arrived in August are only now just coming to hand, wholesale warehousemen find themselves overstocked, and -m'iijpt sacrifice their prices to effect:'iv,'dear:ntc(». "Bugo and Shearer hav-e been successful in making a miniber of unexpected purchases of these late -arrivals at such special prices.' that they have deckled on passing thft benefit to t»''»i' customers, and for 10' days, comaneneing Wednesday morning, a period of special low pi ices will! prevail.