LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 19 November 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Mastertou Horticultural and Industrial Society has a membership roll of 124.

A children's cantata and costume concert "The Magic Wood," is to bo held in tho Metho'Jist schoolroom, Masterton, on .November 28th.

The Trade Review states that about £2,000,000 has been spent i-n motor cars in New Zealand during tho last two years.

It is reported that a line of fat lambs was disposed* of in the Masterton district a few days ago at 15s Gd per head.

The timber trade is particularly brisk on the North-Erst Coast, and tho coastal vessels ar ekept busy transporting lumber to Auckland.

A heavy frost was experienced in the Gisborne district last week. Potato and tomato crops suffered considerably, and it is expected that tho losses will be heavy.

A man named Peter Young has been arrested at Hastings on a charge of breaking and entering. He appropriated a quantity of silverware from a private residence, and endeavoured to dispose of it at a second-hand dealer's shop.

There has been phenomenal catches of whitebait at Westport recently, and shipments have been made to Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin. One consignment to the southern centre consisted of about 130 kerosene tins full.

A fairly large farm in the Bideford district has changed hands five times during tho past, few years, the present occupier paying £5 an acre more than was received by the first owner of the property.

It is tho intention of the Agricultural instructors under the Wanganui Education Board to publish a small official journal quarterly, with motes of work for the following quarter, giving directions for experiments both indoors o r in the garden, and other information helpful in the school gardens. . ';

During the■ pcrf—:nance by the Auckland Amateur Operatic Society of "The Mikado" a mishap occurred to

i one of the leading ladies. As she was i leaving the stage at the conclusion of | a trio', her hair, o r a large portion of ' it came off, and was solemnly removed [to the wings by an attendant amid roars of laughter.

The Wauarapa Amateur Athletic Club will hold their usual evening's •runs on, Thursday, when two events over 220 yards' and one mile will be decided. ' With fine weather there will no doubt be a large attendance of sports, as of .lato these evening events have attracted quite a deal of interest.

A well-known :\acive named Here To Hokowhitn. of Karioi, died in. a private hospital last evening under circumstances which call for inquiry. The. deceased, we are informed, was suffering from typhoid, and had been treated by a tohunga or Maori jtf-.ophet-ess. and medical aid was not sought until 100 late. Here was a man r note, highly respected by both Native and Europeans. He was a member of the Ngatiruaka (Wanganui Rivor). the Xgatituheretoa (Taupe-), the Ngatjwhiti and the Ngatitama (Moawhango. And Inland Patea) tribes, and a friend and supporter of the Maori Land Boards.—Wanganui Herald.

When questioned by a "Southland Times" reporter last week in regard Lo his attitude towards the proposal to import teachers from Enghuid. the Hon. James Allen, Minister of Education, said that the Dominion was certainly to some extent short of corriSeated teachers. The shortage was due- to a change of -system, which reduced the number of schdars each teacher had to superintend, and if there were, an urgent necessity to relieve the shortage ho would be i" fnvour of it, but he did not know that there was any urgent necessity. Personally ho was of o;>inib.r)< that a little patience was all that was necessary, and that the difficulty might he overtaken. Tt was moreover, a very awkward thing to import teachers, ns they would not be at all sure of what they wore getting.

In the West Coast county, where it often rains, and the occasional tourist on. the top of the coach is hardly visible for macintoshes, various humans rub wet shoulders. Among the passengers lately on a coach was "an Irishman and a plain every day truthloving New Zealan'cler. They spoke of echoes, and Patrick mentioned that in Ould Oireland there was a nlaace called the "Aigles Nist" wid an echo that t.hravels from the beginnin' to t' ind of Killarney iviry forme it sets going. Tho New Zealander suggested that, there was nothing at all extraordinary about that, for in the Bealey Gorge (or one had only to shout "Comeanaveadrinkbill" to receive a thousand echoes "Highto, mine's a pint."

Constable Bird, of Mastorton, proceeded to Hnnily yesterday morning for special duty.

A fresh supply of "homo safes" has | arrived at the Mastorton Post OfEoo J Savings Dank.

Mr J. C Boddington reports tho rain recorded at Upper Plain was 6 points on Sunday morning, and 29 points on Monday morning.

Messrs C. Boss and Co. have been appointed Masterton brokers for the Dominion Portland Cement Co., Ltd., and will supply anyone, so desiring, with a prospectus.

"I have known, trees to bo planted in proximity to small holdings for tho purpose of forcing poor owners to sell out," declared a witness in a compensation case being heard before Mr Justice Cooper at the Auckland Supreme Court recently. . He added that trees had tho effect of cutting off tho sun. and producing dampness, thereby reducing tho values of properties so attacked.

Stock buyers have been very busy of late in tho Bideford district-, and a large number of sheep have been sold on the forward delivery system. Settlers in thta district state that a week or two of fine weather is all that is required to enablo heavy drafts of Lit stock to be sent over. Feed has never been more plentiful, but with so much rain the grass ia very soft.

According to the annual sheep returns, the largest flocks of sheep i.a the Mastorton County in April last were as follows: —H. H. Beetham, 21,387; J. S. Holmes, 13,398; C. F. Vallance, 12,902; Morrison Bros, 11,734; C. E. Cockburn-Hood, 10,938; Groves Bros lf),000; S. Mawley, 9744 ; G. C. Cooper, 9161; G. C. Williams, 8600; R. E. Riddiford, 8189; Percy Bros, 8028; Kebbell Bros, 7818 ; and W. A. Liver-ton 8740.

< The sheep returns show that this year there are 626,291 sheep in the Masterton County, as against 601,918 last year. The figures for the Feathetston County are 476,955, against 521,971 la9t year; South Wairarapa County, 190,451, against 185,314; Castlepoint County, 173,159, against 174,312; Akitio County, 278,403, against 253,649; Eketahuna County, 81,787, against 110,471; Mauricevillo County 81,095, against 79,152.

Work at the Waingavva freezing works was begun last week, when the following "stock were tip to Saturday:—ll74 sheep; 569 lambs, 100 cattle, and 19 pigs. The first shipment will be exported by the s.s. Tongariro to-morrow, when 1000 carcases of mutton will be shipped .There are 1000 sheep on their way to the works, and these will be killed tomorrow. By the end of the present month work will be in. full swing. There are already seventy men engaged at tho works, of whom about a dozen are butchers.

During the past year (says the Otautau Standard,), labour has been commanding a high rate of 'Wages, duo, mostly, to the shortage of available men. and this shortage has been felt very keenly in the country districts. * Now that the two fiaxmills at Maori Hill are again getting under way. a very large number of hands will find their way thore as an exceedingly high rate of pay< is being paid. It is intended; to work two shifts.a day. and upwards of 100 hands will be employed. Some idea of the wages being earned can be judged from the rate paid to a 16-year old boy, son of a resident of Orawia, who ■s receiving 12s a day.

An. Ashburton farmer whq has fast returned, from a visit to the ()ld Country tells a story illustrative of the average farmer's wife's desire to belittle New Zealand produce, and also exhibit her knowledge of geography. The incident happened in Ayrshire, and is guaranteed as strictly true. The guid, wifo: "Aha! Yer Now Zealand butter is no sae guid as ye wer savin'. Mr K— tells mo that two shipments cam' in an' it wisna guid. It was tainted." The New Zealander: "That is rather a serious charge. Can you tell mo at what facory the butter was made, and what port it was shipped from, and the name of the vessel in which it was shipped?" The guidi wife: "Oh. "I dinna ken ocht aboot that. But it was some pla-ye in Queensland, onyway!"

The Otago Daily Times says:—Enquiries were made from Mr J. F. M. Fraser, K.C., Crown Prosecutor, as to wbv Robert Turner, who was tried on a charge-of murder at the Supreme Court on Tue,sday, and finally re-com-mitted'to the Seaeliff Mental Hospital, had been released from the institution last January, this fact being commented on during the cour.se of the trial. Mr Fraser stated that ho had had the opportunity that morning of inspecting the Mental Hospjtarreeords and he found that there was not the slightest ground for any reflection on the hospital authorities for discharging Turner. The case books showed that when Turner was admitted to Seacliff a year ago he was suffering from acute bodily and mental illness of only four days' duration. He then became delirious, and there were grave doubts for a time as to whether ho would get better. He made an ordinary recovery, however, in two months, and was necessarily discharged in due course. At the time of his discharge there wa-s no trace of any such ideas or tendencies as woro testified to during the hearing of the case on Tuesday. Further, the relatives had answered in the negative the proper and customary enquiries made by tho asylum authorities after Turner's admission as to possible previous dangerous tendencies or manifestations.

BABY BURNT WITH RED HOT IRONS. Mrs Croty, Little Denißon Street, Carrington, N.S.W.. writes:—"My little baby eirl. Rita, burnt both her hands until they were nearlv raw, by picking up a red hot iron. Nothing velieved the pain until I got Rexona. This hclpod her at once to take away tho pain. Wo have continno.il to use it since, and it has rnrn tho terriblo burns in a wonderful manner. Rexona. tho (Rapid Healing Ointment, if; sold in triangular pots at Is.

Sufferers from tho painful afflicj tions of Rheumatism, Gout, Sciatica, ! and Lumbago, frequently fly to "Cure ( nils"—which—of course they fail to I gics relief. Uric Acid in the blood is I practically the sole cause of Rheumatism. Gout, niid kindred; diseases. R.HEUMO cures because it removes* this cause. Chemists and stores 2s 6d will 4s> 61 a bottl*.

Outdoor sports have boon groatiy Laraporod in the Tanuuiki district L-y' almost continual rains.

Tho supply of milk at the Grey town factory yesterday morning was 30;>8gallons.

Tho Groytov. ;•. Dairy Company tiro railing 300 cases of cheeso for shipment P»r B.s. Tiiimii on Friday.

A lecture will be given by a poultry oxpert in Featherston on the 28th instant. The local branch of tho Farmers' Union has the matter in "hand.

Business people on- tho Wos tCoast of the South Island state that money is very scarce, and business generally is very depressed.

Tho closing series of the London wool saleß will open on November 26th. It ia expected that from 80,000 to 100,000 bales will be available.

The recent Featherston Flower Showwas a financial success, notwithstanding tho fact that there was a marked falling-off in the number of entries.

A Napier telegram states that eight | police constables from different parts ©f Gisborne and Hawke's Bay districts left yesterday afternoon by ;train for Huntly.

A number of Master-ton sports left yesterday for Blenheim, where thoy intend being present at the Marlborough Racing Club's spriug meeting to- morrow.

The directors of tho Feaihorston. Co-operative Dairy Company ato arranging a ceremony for Friday next at tlie factory, South Feathorston, by way of celebrating the completion of the recent additions to the building, and the installation of a whey buttermaking plant.

It is remarkable the advance, made in moving picture entertainments during -the past few years. It is now estimated that in the Dominion there are 170 kineniatbgraph shows, distribut-ed over 108 towms. It cannot be said that New Zealand is not well supplied with this form of amusement .

s Spurious half sovereigns are in. cirI culation in Christchurch, and they are such a clever imitation of a genuine coin that they cannot be detectod by , sight or feel, but they fail to stand the ringing test. They are, of course,

j new in appearance, and one shown to \ a newspaper representative bore King Edward's head and. was daetd. 1910.

Motor car mishaps are becoming fairly numerous in the Wairarapa. On Saturday evening a party of motorists came to grief on the Masterton-Car-terton JRoad, but fortunately little damage was done. It is rather a coincidence that accidents so fre-" v quently happen on the same road, ' more especially as the thoroughfare is considered to be eminently suited to motoring.

A judgment debtor stated at tho Magistrate's Court at Wellington recently that two of his ©even, childran worked at a well known Wellington drapery establishment. • One of~ the girls was nearly seventeen years of age and the other thirteen. The older girl received 7s 6d per week and the younger 4s 6d. Thus they could not be expected to contributeanything to the household, because themoney helped to pay their tramfares. .■•.;■•■.

I ' Between twelve and fourteen auto.mobiiists attended the meeting in. Carterton on Friday evening, for th© purposo of appointing a local executive of the Wairarana Automobile Association. Mr H. R. Bunny presided. The following officers were elected:—President, Mr W. 0. Buchanan, M.P.; vice-presidents, Messrs W. Howard Booth and T. E. Maunsell; executive committee, Messrs H. R, Bunny, H. E. Jackson, J. D. SmiOi, H. A. Bunny,'A. Booth. A. Broadbent, and Dr Johnson. It was decided to hold the opening run to Pigeon Bush on Thursday December 19th, ajad to request the Cotmty Councils in the Wairarapa district to erect finger posts at all roads. A tender was accepted for the supply of badges for the members of Uie association, thou colours of which are royal blue and gold. It was decided to hold the meetings alternately at Carterton and Featherston.

| A meeting of the committee of tha ' irarapa Amateur Athletic Club was held in Messrs Gawith and Logan's office, Masterto,!!., last night. Present: S.H. Snell (President) in the chair, M. B. Iggulden, A. Rippan, J. ( Bradbury, R. McKenzie. J. Georgeson, R. Messenger, A. Long, P. Gilbert, W, Dickson. Correspondence , was received from the Railway Department, stating that a special train jwill leave Masterton for Wellington at 6 p.m., arriving in Wellington at j 10.30 p.m. on the occasion of the championship meeting. Sub-commit- , tees were appointed to deal with all arrangements in connection with the annual sports.

The half-yearly meeting of the Stonehengo Lodge, U.A.0.D., was held last evening, Bio. J. Elder, A.D. presiding over a good attendance. Donations of £2 2s each wore voted to distressed brethren. Two candidates were initiated to the order. The following officers were nominated :—A.D., Bro. Buektou, V.A., Bros. Hornblow, Ewington, Wilton and Perry; treasurer, Bro. J. K. Blinkhorne; J.G. Bros. S. Prague!] and Wilton ; V.G.', Bro. Hilton: A.D.B.'s, Bros. Milne Corbett and Sim; V.A.B.'s, Bros. Hornblow, Findlay, Birch; assistant secretary, Bro. S. Pragnell; auditor, Bro. E. Hi Waddington ; delegates to Grand Lodge meeting, Bros. Andejv son, E. Pragnell and J. Blinkthorr.e. The lodge decided to be represented at the installation ceremony of the Fornleaf Lodge. Groytown/on 4th December.

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Tho Auckland postal authorities are finding some difficulty in securing tho services of telegraph messenger boys.

Tho Dannevirke News states thero is a municipal muddlo in that town. Special meetings of the Council have been held to investigate various tiepartments of the office work.

The Palmerston police received word yesterday that tho body of the lad Calloway Robinson, drowned at Manawntu Heads on the Ist inst., had been found on tho Otaki beach on Sunday by a party of Maoris,

Paliiatua is in. trouble. Tho wholo of tho clergymen of tho town aio leaving, oitlier on holidays, or fjr fresh lields. And yet they say that tho literal translation of Pahiatua 1b "Tho abode of the gods."

Mr C. K. Wilson, M.P., who passed through Taumarunui to To Kuiti on ♦Saturday morning, incidentally mentioned that out of £600,000 voted for back block, etc. roads £IIO,OOO had be-ea voted'for Taumarunui electorate.

A man named Daniel Walsh, who hailed from the backblocks, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment by Pahiatua justices yesterday lor using obscene language and assaulting the police. He had been drink- ,. ing. ™ Advice was received in Masterton yesterday that Mr George Cox, manager of Mr C. A. Cameron's Flat Point station, had; been rather seriously injured by a kick from a cow. Dr €ook left Masterton in tho afternoon to attend tho injured man.

Tho private letter boxes in the new Auckland Post Office, are fitted with a small glass window, to enable persons to see if there is any correspondence in the box before going to the trouble of opening it. The innovation is meeting with much approbation.

-- For the month of October tbe Cnmi I»ridgf» Co-operative Dairy Company paid to suppliers £2OOO in excess of the amount paid for the corresponding month of 1911. The rate of paym«ut this year is lid per lb, : as against lOd last year. It is anticipated, says tho Waikato Independent", that all previous records will be broken.

An Tnvercargill telegram states that a firo in G. W. Woods's motor garage, about midnight, did some £ISOO ivort-h of damage. A chauffeur. struck a match, which ignited petrol leaking from a-car, and the flames quickly spread, enveloping a number of cars, which wore all soriously damaged. Mr Woods's stock is covered by a floating policy for £I6OO in the Guardian office. <>■

An important meeting was h"ld by a special committee of the Wairarapa and East Coast P. and; A. Society on Saturday afternoon. It was called to consider a proposal to hold a twelve months' butter fat competition in Carterton, between purebred •dairy cows of"iny breed, to ascertain ■winch was the breed cf cow best adapted for the dairying industry in this district. The proposal was well discussed, and it was resolved to refer tho question to tho P. and A. for further consideration. Tho proposal is an. excellent one,, and as there are no insuperable difficulties in tho way of carrying it out, we hope- the Society will see its way to undertake it.—News.

The Lausclowno School Committee "held its monthly meeting last evening, there being present Messrs E. Hale (Chairman) A. J. Cooper. W. F. Dickens, B. R. Rayner and D. A. Pickering. It was decided to hold tho annual school concert on the 12th and 13th of December. A circular was received from Mr C. C. Jackson, stating that ho would bo a candidate! for the vacant seat on the Education Hoard. Votes of thanks were passed to Mr Derby, for a collection of annuals for the school garden, and to Mr 0. C. Ross for a donation of £l, to be expended in prizes for shooting. Messrs E. Hale arid D. A. Pickering were appointed; visiting members for tho month.

Speaking with regard to the importation of stock from America, Mr H. IR-. Bunny informed a meeting of the provisional committee of the Wairarapa P. and A. Society that a largo number of animals were arriving in NW Zealand which, the importers fliiimwl, wore pure Holsteins. Mr Bunny said he had the authority of Mr C-rigg, of Canterbury, for saying that most of these people were being findly deluded, for while the chief characteristics of the genuine Dutch Holst«in cow -were heavy limbs, big bones, and: sound constitutions, the animals now beinc; imported are of a decidedly light class with an absence of the above mentioned qualities. Ho thought the farmers generally should bo made aware of this fact, and be •careful in their dealings.

Mr F. P. Welch roonires machine and blade shearers, sawmill hands, mill smith, cooks, etc.

'A reward is offered for the recovery of a gold locket, lost between .Greytown and Masferton.

An office boy is wanted by the Wellington Farmers' Meat Co. Ltd., Queen Street, Masferton.

White leghorn pullets and white «tid brown leghorn chicks are advertised for salo.

Mrs J. J. Kennedy, Tikitapu, advertise!?, for a housemaid, good wages no washing.

Gooseberries for jam or bottling nro advertised for sale by M tF, J. Robbins, fruiterer] Queen Street.

An owner is wanted for a black sheep dog, about 12. months o'd, foil no in Masterton 9th November.

Messrs McGruer and Co. are offering special values tin's week in saddle tweed trousers, new 'nit riding breeches, men's hats, hosiery sind mercery.

A smart youth to learn the trade Atid make himself useful, is advertised for l>v Messrs Hood Bros. Queen .Street.

How little one "knows what a carelessly knotted tie, a badly brushed 'hat, has to do with the result of otto's appearance, hut such is the case ifl everyday life as well as in sport and to be tho odd 'man on the tennis ■court or cricket field makes !it'e hard. Appearance is everything, and we can help you in making a good appearance, so come right along to-day and gob your right-out at W.KC.A., Ltd, for »ay outdoor sport.