LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 21 November 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

About 1000 fat sheep arrived at the Waingawa freezing works on Tuesday, and killing was begun yesterday. A publican named Feather, in tho Canterbury district, has been adjudicated bankrupt. Ho has evidently been "plucked."

Electric motors are being freely used in factories in the Taranakfdu* tricfc, and are stated to be run very cheaply.

A sample of wheat grown in England 33 years ago, has been received by a resident of Hawera. Te heads aro slightly discoloured, but are otherwise wonderfully bright and well preserved.

Iho Eltham Dairy- Company has made 225,7701b of butter during the past month, paving out £9450. or at the rate of 11-Jd. The average test was 3.5. Last year 221.0881b (if butter were, made and £9222 paid out.

Every four years the great American Republic is violently stirred by polities through the election of a President. America has just passed through such a political upheaval, and has elected! Dr Woodrow Wilson president of the-United - States. Those who elect Crescent Tea. for the family invariably act witi good rudgß»ent. because it is really tie best fnmiJr t>a sr«cural»le in Xew Z*ata*j> '

Ripe strawberries are now oji< sale at Asbburton. They are fine samples, and were locally grown.

The number of entries received for the Hawera Show is 2077. -which is over two hundred ixi excess of any previous record.

Mr J. C. Boddington reports that three points of rain was registered at tho Upper Plain on Tuesday morning, and fifteen points on Wednesday morning.

To-day's cricket matches fihonM he favoured with good weather. Rin-~e the season commenced cricketers have experienced anything but favour.il)]o weather

Mr H. C. 'Robinson informs us that at his meeting in Masterton to-mor-row night ho intends suggesting the passing of a resolution calling unon. the Trust Lands Trustees to resign in a body, so that a general election m;:y be held on elear-cnt issues.

On the Kant Coast settlers are II armor a bud time in connection with their shearing. On ono station* COO sheen were shorn in three weoks. Dining this time the landowner ha* liad' to nrovide for over forty additional hands.

Tt is stated that 'Several farms in the Newhav n n district will shorfly change ha'Tdfi. In commcn with other nnrt.s of the Dominion land in t?:i« district. Ins considerably increase in value during the la-st year or two.

Mr Wlilia.m Len/. the well-known Masterton apiarist., has jnst retnm°d from Hnwera. where he has four 'dves rf hec?. The -weather on the West Conthis year has not been particnlarly good for honeygathering.

The delegates appointed by the vnnous local bodies in the Wa.ira.rapa' Hospital and Charitable Aid district to consider the acoiden+ insurance pi-n----■no«nls of tho Akitio will meet, in the County Council T>pr" at Master*m n+.Ua.m. on Wednesday, December' 4ih. •

The Lansdowne Ladies' Guild intend ha vino; a garden party at the '•esKfence of Mr PL. Hollinpcs on Thursday afternoon of nert week. An attractive nrfwramme is being arranged. including ft Christmas tre<\ nl.ojri stall. iwiWs and prodrce bakint* bed-nmkinw and nnil-drivrnr ■"ori'notitions. tennis, croquet, . and. various amuwments.. •;

A ; Dtinrievirke telegram states that, te death occurred at the' Pah at Tahornije of .a. Maori woman". 120 years o,f. age. riaTned. Whajreki-t. In troublous times her husband, Hoke-' pa Paewai {a friendly chief), .and deceased did much to quell the warlike soirit of the tribe. Most of the Tahornite blor'k was mraed by deceased and her descendants. A tangi .will bo held!.

A moating of the Masteitrm Agricultural High School "Establishment Committee was held yesterftar. afternoon to consider an offer from' 'Mr H. C. Robinson to give the committer" fi.ii opnertunity of further exnld'nine the High School movement n+ his meeting to-morrow niVbt. The offer was nr-cented, and the Chairman (Rev. A. T. was appointed to represent the committee at the mcetincr.

'l "We lie's" a lot about New' Zealand I not being known at Homo, but I I think many of the statements are somewhat exaggerated," said £:r Charles Campbell to a Press importer. "The working man in England today knows more about. New Zealand than lie used to know. All this talk of New Zealand .beirf<r 'an island srmewhoro near Australia' has been absorbed by an increasi-ntr interest I that, has been ar-used in Xew Zealand and Australia. New Zealand and Australia arc two countries that . nro b«ivr well snoken- of in Great Britain." '

After Mr Massoy's riioetirig in the Auckland Town Hall on' Tnesd-iy niq;ht, some fifty young men. mostly old college boys land supporters o? the Reform Party, were subjected to insulting lanornate from roughs in the crowd, who scornfully referred to them as college "pups." They banded: tonrother and marehedt down' Queen Street. Some irresponsible youths followed, using, fists freely, one lad beint almost -stunned by a blow on •the back of tbe, heajd. •Xhe-.afllfcfi, intervened. Subseanontly ten youthful members of the. [Reform P-irtv wert» attacked near the wlinr-f. Rlows '•■ ere eN-cha-need, ti'l, the pcMcc interfered and scattered the c.ivwd.

"This should he a vfa ruing to young girls who become attached, or think ' they become attached, to young men of whom they, know little or (nothing," sajd Mi: Justice Cooper at a sitting of the Divorce Coui't in Auckland re- | centlv. In the case in question a young girl had been, married to a ! man to whom she was engaged • for, about seven months, but during Uiirt time she saw him only at Aveek-ends. Immediately after the wedding he commenced drinking heavily, and had continued to do so ever since. "Tt is almost certain," contuvued'his Honour, "that this young man contracted! the drinking.habit.;, before his marriage, for it would be an unusual thing for a. ma-m to start drinking to excess a few days after his wedding. Young girls should always knew n, considerable amount about ,the haVts of their future husbandsf before they get married."

GRAMAPHONES AND RECORDS. These should be purchased from the Dresden Piano Co.. Ltd. That firm guarantees to supply only the very best gramophones and the very latest records. You are dealing with reesoonsiblo people who are large and advantageous importers. The Gramophones sold by the Dresden are of distinctly superior quality at remarkably reasonable rates. They include The Cinch y. The Exeello, The Austral, The Zealand, The Monarch Senior, The Brunswick, The Melba, The Oak Library Grand, and other leading makes. The prices are from £4 to £3O.

I ■ New R-ecords Jrom 6d on-ch, reach [The. Dresden every mail. The stock i includes songs by MV>lJ>a Tetrazzini, Kirky Lunn. Clara Butt. Caruso, and rocnl duets, trios, quartettes and recitations by every artist of note. Then there are instrumental solos by eminent players ,and band music by the most famous bands. Visitors are welcomed at The Dresden Cramaphone Room in Wellington. They can hear selections, without the slightest obligation to purchase. Instruments and Records should be ordered direct from The DrrsxW Piano Co., Ltd.. of Wellington. M. •L Br««kes, Nirt% Maad Manager,

•A ■ ..,n.»,u Auckland but;i:\ess man v-,.ji bead for the released - aifai strikers to the amount of £I6OO.

Iho industry in t3ie Bay of Plenty district promises to be quite as profitable as dairy fanning this season. A competition which attracted a deal of attention at the recent Hamilton Show was motor driving, for which the entries were large.

A movement is on foot at Stratford to have shops and business places opened at 7.30 a.m. and dosed at o p.m. The movement is meeting with a. good deal of support.

The New Plymouth "boosting" League is apparently a real live body. Although the movement for the extensive advertising of the chief town in the "cow country" is only a few days old,'over i'.'MO, has already been subscribed towards the project.

More than one settler towards the East Coast has sold his sheep ia the wool, owing to the great difaculty experienced. in having the animals Ghorn.

Xeither of the Masterton public Bwimmiug baths have been largely patronised. It would appear as. though, the present season -were to be similar to last yoar, when verylittle swimming was practicable. A Bluft' resident, Mr Harry Roderique, brought from Mason's Bay (Stewart Island) a few days ago a valuable piece of ambergris, weighing, altogether 51oz. It is very light in colour, but hard, and it is expected to realise at least £2 or £3 per oz.

Owing to the uncertainty of tluv supply of labour and labour troubles,, states the Clutha Leader, several large sheep-owners will, 'we understand, Jiavo their eheep shorn; by contract "this season. Mr J. C. liegg, of The Oairn, is one of the number to adopt, this method. >

This overling the Wairarapa Amateur Athletic Olub will. hold the third of the series of .«v,auing runs, on the Park Oval. Two events will be got olf over 220 yards and on© mile. Large fields have entered in* each event, and as the members of the club are now running into form, some interesting contests should be witnessed. In addition to tile above a walking competition for boys will take place.

'■' A [vary pathetic case is ..reported from Huntly. .4. little boy called 1 1^ w .. a S^/six' / yeare, i ,was crossing. t£.e railway line, when he was knocked '' s down, by a waggon, and both • his wrists were.ao. injured; that his arm® had to bo amputated at tho elbow. As yet, the little fellow does not know how seriously he is maimed, and fondly believes that new hands will grow ■upon the Btumps.' Mr James Elliott, secretary of the Huntly Chamber of Commerce, and Mr Frederick Harris, clerk of the Huntly Town Board, have taken the case in.Jiand, and are applying to,the various schools in the Dominion for subscriptions to buy him artificial limbs. We are sure that the children of the Masted-ton. schools, through their parents, would be glad to contribute their mite.

At a Melbourne suburban school a lady teacher sent a small boy with % vory largo jug for some water. In some way boys can manage > these things without an effort—the large jug slipped; over the small boy's head, but neither force nor ingenuity eouldi get it back again. The alarmed teacher sent for th© boy's mother, and as they wore afraid to break the jug; for. fear of injuring the boy. they hurried him off in a tram to the Melbourne Hospital. In the meantime tbe 1 mother's remarks to the teacher were tinged with acidity. When the head in the jug bumped a tram window, spiashed it. and the conductor in._sisted upon the payment of ha}f-a-crown, the mother's temper rose many degrees Fahrenheit. But all thia was nothing as compared with her observations when, tbe doctors I having removed the jug, she discover- | ed that tbe captive was not her boy.

I At a meeting of the Wairarapa, Cric- | bet Association on Tuesday evening, I a communication, was received from I tbe Wellington Wednesday Associai tion in reference to the visit of the |Melbourne team next month. The opinion was freely expressed that the vieit of a first 'class team wold do much to. create interest in the game in Master-ton,.'.and the hope was expressed" that the "pu^lic\would "fri?ely patronise the match. The secretary was instructed to write to the Borough Council, and ask permission to make a charge at the gates during . the match. It was decided to suggest the Jtli and sth December as the date for the Hawke's Cup match between Mauawatu and Wairarapa.

.. Afnotig articles dealt with by the dead-letter office year Wore 8 •gfeld watches, 30 gold brooches. 8 gold cbairt&, .15 gold rings, 5 gold tie-pins, ,4 "gold-bangles j 3 sets gold ear-rings, ' 3 gold lockets and chains, 1 pair gold sleeve links, 1 gold-mounted tobacco pouch,. 27 gold and greenstone pendants, 6 gold-mounted greenstone brooches. 2 gold-mount-edi greenstone watch chains, 34-silver and metal. | watches, 3 silver brooches, 2 silver j chains, 6 greenstone silver-mounted spoons, 2 greenstone -silver-mounted butter knives, 1 silver-backed hair brush, 1 silver-backed mirror -1 silver fla.sk, 1 silver serviette ring. 1 silver photograph frame. 1 silver butter .dish, 1 silver sovereign case, 2 silver cigarette holders, 3 pieces of electroplate, 1 steamer ticket 6 railway tickets, 9 pawn tickets. '3 share certificates and 52 lottery tickets. In addition 7442 letters intended for Tattersail's containing £3984 lis lid, wore received from Hobaft a,s prohibited and returned to the senders.

SUMMER TOILET ARTICLES. WE keep a complete up-to-date stock of all TOILET ARTICLES : including Combs, Brushware, Sponges. Soaps. Powders, Puffs, Smelling Bottles, Perfume, Sprays, etc., ets. Wo. however, specially desire to draw your attention to THREE Toilet Articles, which have proved themselves of special merit, and should liave a place of pride on everv Toilet Table. "PEROXIDE CREAM an oxygenated. cooling, soothing cream, wheih keep* the skin clear a>ivtl smooth, and free fr«m blemish nr ta". . fld r>er iar. CARKATTON TALCUM POWDER : An expuisitelv perfumed toilet powder, most effective 'for treatin rr expose, perspiration, chafing and skin irritations.—ls 6cl per tin. : and "KURA SOAP" : A superfatted soap enntoming vegetable medicaments: v;hich are soothinc an antiseptic, and imnart a delightful freshness to the skin.—ls per cake. Posted to a«T frcw. .T. V. fIORWW. M.P.S.. Chemist (bv Exam's.). Mastcrt'ou.

The Presbyterian Assembly jester■tltiv passed a resolution expressive of profound loyalty to tho rhro.no.

A Chicago cable states that the abduction charge against Jack John■sou, the champion negro pugilist, was «lij»missed.

William Barker, who possessed no fewer than a hundred convictions, was .sentenced to three months' imprisonment at Carterton yesterday for being an idle and disorderly person.

Hopes are still entertained of refloating the stranded vessel Star of Canada. A well known contractor bus the work in hand, and; hopes to get the vessel off very soon.

"One of the bacon companies operating in the Wellington province dealt with 70,000 pigs last year, out of 1 which number no less tha.ii. 3009 were condemned as tho result of Government inspection."—Remarks of a Wairarapa buyer to a News reporter.

At tho fortnightly payment of the Workers' Mutual Benefit Building Society last night, tho sum of £387 *>dd was paid in by the shareholders, to enable them to participate in the ballot and -sale for £'6oo t" bo held »t the annual mooting on 28th inst.

Wo are in receipt of the jubiloe issue and souvenir number of tho Southland Times. Both productions are a credit to our southern contemporary. They are in keeping with the progress of a part of the Dominion which is, in spite of adverse «lojaonts, coming to its own.

A South Island grazier says the lambing lias been the worst lie ever remembers experiencing, and in his district averages of fifty per cent will jiot be unknown. In his own padl*!ocks flocks he has only cut and tailed 70 per cent, and when he gets the twcs in from the hills he estimates the percentage will be much lower.

Over 50 students—ladies and gentlemen—from th? Wellington Tnining College arrived in Carterton by yesterday morning's train from the Empire City. Their invasion of the Wairarapa was Lti connection with a visit to the Gladstone school gar--den-s, to which place they were conveyed in three large drags. The party returned to Wellington in the afternoon.

The basis of success in dairying is scrupulous cleanliness. Every dairy - 1 farmer recognises this. There are, N however, new branches of dairying activity wherein the fact seems- to lie less recognised than' in' the older avenues. One of these exceptions is -said to he that of milking machines. Mr J. R. Scott, secretary of the South Island Dairy Association, is an authority for the statement (says the Southland News). In a speech lie delivered very lately he began by «iying lie had no desire whatever to run down the milking machines, hut lie did want to say. most emphatically, that unless, the milking machine was

kept absolutely clean, it provided one •of the greatest dangers the dairy iri<3ustry had to-day. The machine <'ould be kept clean,, but in his experience they were not in eight cases out of 100.

A waitress for Tiffin Tea Rooms is advertised for.

Board and residence, handy to town, can, be obtained at Mrs Ashwood's, Lansdowne, tolephone 393.

A lady help, with very light duties, is wanted by the end of January. Application is £0 be made at the Schoolhouso( Opaki, or by letter.

Messrs A. J. Johnston and Co. hold a clertriner sale of furniture on account of Mrs Oakenfull at Devonshire House. Victoria Street, this afternoon. Particulars are,given on page 8.

Mr H. O. RobiiTson invites the public to moet him at the Town Hall, Master ton, to-morrow night, when he will urge the necessity of enrolliner and reviving Trust Lands Trust reform.

Trust a h°y knowing a stylish suit when h<> sees one. Candid comment is decidedly in favour of Mr J. L. Murray's fnmous values and models in boys' togs.

A reminder is given of the garden party under the auspices of. the Methodist Ladies' Guild to he held at the residence of Mr David Donald, Johnstone Street, this afternoon, at .2.30 o'clock.,

Two special lines in men's footwear are advertised on page 6 of this morning's issue by Mr J. Carpenter. The first is a line of men's brown boots, reduced from 21s to 16s 6d and the second men's box calf boots similarly reduced. '

Should flic weather prove unfavourable for the garden party to be- held at Mr t)avid Donald's residence, Johnstone Street, this aiternoop, function' will be held in the Methodist Church Snndav school room.

The bargains at Hadley's boot and shoe sale still continue. Heavy reductions have been made in all departments, and many of the lines must be cleared to make room for now stock. Those in search of genuine values are invited to call at the shop.

Messrs H. P. Ross and Co., notify that their promises will be closed today (Thursday) to enable them to'unpack 40 casos of goods. They will re-open to-morrow for their .scuond two day's great, sale—Friday and Saturday.