LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 22 November 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The "latest return from the. Masterton dredge is 330z lldwt for 134 hours' work. His Worship the Mayor has consented) to-take the chair at Mr Robinson's meeting in Ma-sterton to-night. It is ' understood? that Mr Ritchio Chairman of ; the Laiid Purchase Board, will inspect FernyhurSt, estate, which is under offer to the Government, in the course of a few days. Even dairy farmers are complaining of the continual ttet weather. They stato that during the past few weeks cows have riot done so .-well as if the weather were milder. Tho MastertonJPark,' which is at present looking at its best, was largely patroniscd. yestorday afternoon. In the evening a large gathering; of sports were present to witness the running ~and ,\yalking events held bv,,the Amateur Athletic Club. A large number of birds have been, lost by members of the "Masterton Homing Pigeon Club this season. -Very few of birds Jiberated from buneK reached home; The Postmaster at Masterton' inj forms us that, it has been decided to extend the mail service, frohj Masterton to Land's End, along the Craigielea Road, for a distance of six mile.® from the Ist-January next. / At the Solway sale at Masterton on Wednesday, the record price of 23s Id was obtained for a line of four aftd irx-tqoth ivethet-s iii tile wool, .sold 06V "'•LfQ-J,; oit behalf o£ Mi* W . 't. : Rouglk; : * ofWharau, . Tlte race which Was to have been flown from Russell yesterday by the Masterton 'Homing Pigeon Club i .did not eventuate, the" hampers having missed the steamer at Auckland. The race will probably be flown on Saturday. \ Mr C. H. BJackwell. chairman of the Kaiapoi Woollen Mills recently stated company had had to close their order, books, owing, to the difficulty in procuring labour. It was a question whether the company would 1 have to develop the importing side of the business. . The charge that tho Reform Party is the party of landed interests was refuted by Mr David Jones, Reform League organiser, at a ( meeting y) in' "Mr Massev,"' he said, "got his first big lift in Taranaki, s the home of the small farmer. Coming to Canterbury, where the biggest landed interests are, you have got practically the whole, of the province voting Liberalism. That shows that the large interests are behind' the party that has gone out of power." (Applause). i At the civil sitting of the Magistrates, Court. Mj&iaSterton yesterday. Mr L. G. Reid, SvM., gave -judgment by default for the plaintiffs in the following cases Levin and Co,. Ltd, v. T. R. Harding, claim £1 Is lid, costs 15s; R. U. Harden v. R. L. Birch claim £72, costs £4 15s; W. 'H. C. Swan v. A. Miller, claim £3 3s. costs 10s; Patrick Ha mill v. Mark Wilton, claim £2 16s Bd. costs 13s; Read and Douglas v. R;- Miller, claim £1 7s costs; Hallenstein Bros, Ltd., v. R. Miller claim £2 17s, costs 10s. "I think that it is a groat pity that in a young country like New: Zeiiland the people do not take more interest in the poHtical 'situation; apart from party."..remarked Mr David: Jones at the Reform League meeting at Sydenham. "We do not think that in the Reform Party lies the.whole' of the wisdom; that exists in New. Zea-r land; but we believe that the policy of the Reform Party will be more in the interests of the whole of the community than was the legislation and work of the past administration." In the course of convention with a representative of the/GBronicle Mr C. P. Lindegreen, organiser for j-the Reform party, stated 4hat" the jipsi-, tion of the party was remarkably strong, and its prospects for the fu- : ture bright and encouraging. Wherever, he went he found people expressing their appreciation of the business methods of the Government, and of tlie tact ;and ability displayed by Mr Massey in the administration of the affairs of the Dominion. ; A resident of. Gamaru, 'writing' 'from,. Edinburgh to a friend in Otago, says: have. been maich struck with tho growing --.interest iii.town-beaiutify-' tog vfiry.^liere, ,I noticed ago, while motoring through a mining and iron working village of squalid conditions, that even trees were : being planted on the pavement of the main street, and in many places where footpaths are, being laid down in asphalt spaces are left for planting trees. I met Professor Chilton, of Christchurch, the other day, and he, too, is much struck with this aspect of modern towns." ' I . IT 18 THE RESOLVE. 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■■ A movement is afoot to introduce , j the American gamo of baseball to Now I Zealand. Writing to a Gisborno friend. » Thames bakor, states that he has got 1-300 do?,on eggs down in picklo, and j will halt when ho reaches the oQOO.j dozen limit. The smoking of cigarettes by players while engaged in playing cricket oh the Park Oval yesterday, was the subject of caustic comment by on-, lookers. "There is too much.of this," said Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M.. at the Magistrate's X'oiirt at Chriatchurch,. ■ when dealing with a number of main- ' tenanco cases. "Jf men don't keep ! thoir children tKey will have to go to | gaol." > j "The cost to us from Wellington to j your (Stratford) yard has been £SO, ! or £lB more than from England to' Wellington," runs fin extract from a Christchurch ■ firm's letter to the Stratford Enough Council regarding a recently imported road roller. . A man returning to his native town after a long absence met hie former pastor., After mentioning; various, friends the man asked: ''Oh. by the way,; when:do you expert to. ee<r De»con Smith again?" "Never," said the minister solemnly; "the deacon .is in * heaven." \ - I The new oil company recently form- ' ed in; Christ church to exploit certain j territory in the neighbourhood of 1 ! .Stratford, (says the JPost) held' its , first., statutory meeting a few tlays ago, when it; was decided to purchase 1 the latest boring plant, and commence operations as soon as possible. The" Stanley Road, Midhirst, is mentioned as the first, scene of operations. . At New Plymouth, a compositor visited a doctor, who prescribed a seda- J tive and rest. An hotir later the man was dead, though not from the pause which was responsible for'his-; 'jconsultation of the medico. Oft his - way home deceased-was eating a le- - men when a piece'ibtSthe peel stuck Jin his larynx and choked him. * ). A couple of weeks ago a wedding was arranged lo take: ht Darga- • viile. and on the diay appointed the I wedding breakfast was duly laid out in one of the local dining, rooms (states the Times). The prospective bride , and her relatives were ready, but the I bridegroom failed! to materialise. i <lmg;liad faileri v J ||;catfeo yitE /poliee^f; * stmfe 'calaiifiity, liad overtaken his pros-. •; ' bufc ■ was not- shared by the police. The girl ; later on found a card on the windowsill .containing a 'message written in *. red-ink,' which' hinted at tHe missing | man probably departing from thw ; ; yale of tears. ~ Still the police were sceptical. " Latej on, from information received; a warrant was issued,; and as a result Vigge Valdemar Jorgenseii J was arrested at a ins Whangarei on - Monday . charge: of failing to for the future maintenance ot lii|:;Tinboriii illegitimate child; ' ; ; ■ Among those who were recently retrenched—from thol« Whangam'omona railway works,; in the ;Tat:artaki district, was Major. Robert Johnstone, y.'C.' Writing to the-Stratford PosV Major Johnstone says : —"I may state that I am G9 ( of age, having bteen" I born in County Tyrone in. 1843,-and 1 lam a son of ..Lieut-Colonel'Johnson, who fell at Alum in the' Crimean war' ' iii 1861. I .joined the service and arrived .in New Zealand! in 18C3, where I fought through the Waikato Maori War. I' -Vras called hom£ to England . in 1868, and fought War. In 1879 I fought'in-the Zulu ; ..;*War, and I received the Victoria. I" Gross. After the Zulu War I wient;;' to Egypt .'and was wounded in the',! battle of Tel-el-Kebh\ and was then, invalided Jiome from the British? Army, holding rank as major. This shows how so-called British heroes' are treated. lam among the first to go in the present retrenchment of men on the railway works here." Owing to the unfavourable weather the garden party, in connection with . the Master ton Methodist Church, which wa's to have taken, place yesterday at the residence of Mr David Donald, was abandoned, and instead a sale of work was held in. the Methodist schoolroom. Owing to the wea;' ' the holding of the sale was not widely j' known, the function was not such a successasiuma!., There was. how-, ever, a fair attendance in the even- "'l ing, when good business was done, theresult of which Will mean the wiping' ; off of a fair sum from the church debt. The function was carried out under the auspices of the Ladies' Guild, who worked hard to ensure a successful sale. During th^jgyening-a- numberof vocal and! instrumental items were rendered-by and were : stallholders were' as follow:—Lollies. • —Misses Carpenter ; soft drinks: Misses Temple and Knowles; refreshments ■- Miss Church and the members , of the Bible' Class. Competitions: Members of the Young Women's Bible Class; plain work stall: Mesdames Parton; Beale, Price and Mi§s Eoberts. ; firan tub: class. Fruit. salads : The, Misses Danielhand iYpung:, ; - JBible " Class. ,The)imusicai programme waS' . under the. . control; oi? v Mr:. 'c!iroif'ma^tfeft :: -«''H"' ; "''"* r ''"' v - ; .. " ■■■ ■ •.

GRAMAPHONES AKD RECORDS. These should be purchased from the Dresden Piano Co., Ltd.' That firm guarantees to supply only the very best gramaphones aud the very latest records. You are dealing with reesponsible people who are large and advantageous importers. The Gramophones sold by tha Dresden are of distinctly superior quality at remarkably reasonable rates. They include The Cinch, The Excello, 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. ... New Records from 3s 6d each, reach The "Dresden every mail. The stock includes songs by Melba Tetrazzini, Kirky Lunn, Clara Butt. Caruso, aud vocal duets, trios, quartettes and recitations bv every artist-of note. Then there are instrumental solos by emini ent players ,and band music by the I most famous bands. Visitors are welcomed at The Dres- | den Gramaphone Room in Wellington. They can hear selections -without th« Slightest "obligation' to' purchase. * - > • Instruments and Records should be ordered direct from The Dresden Finn* C«,, Ltd.. ef Wellington. MJ. Srafckes, N«rtk Tslaid M&tqger.

A jii<--ii i- to be held at Miki Mikt on Docrrulcr 12th by tbo Church -of . Englftii'J Ht -i's .Society of Mastorton," It is • xptvLod -that 9000 tons ol ! ■ cheese :s '. »>.iss through the new 'curing-ro.->m at Eltham this season. The p.. o. of butter has been reduced bv hiilosale distributing housed !u Weill ,v.h from 1b 2d to Is Id per lb. net. ' The v r Vo Show of tho' Nrrth Otngo A. a 1 t ! . Association was opened yestcrda; in fine weather. 'A'larj* parjby of -Mostertonians in- ■. tend t . Mt. Etoldsworth during-* 1 a.'.vk end,-the weather, t»f* cour*- i" "teiit-ti A s>" n- sin/ted' yesterday that there ' rea. activity amongst stock* • buyers-. 't tin 1 present tiß 7 -*- I *' which, may p - - nily be fegarde<i as a sign that .'k "a abnormal demand for ■ atoe lr Ti' ; -!h African footballers are goK: e right way of putting up- -a a r- • England, similar to that of the 1 -Blacks.' The Springboks bnv- ;ao been winning all alongtho \ 1-] by considerable margins,;, The :f of the Masterton Hospjtal .lia;■ h'il kfcpt "remarkably blisy.*,, during i, 'present week, there being no fewethan thirty-five patients jn. the varioxis wards. This is the largest number that have been treated ia the institution for a considerable time. - A. mail named William Burns, alias Steveiisj was fined 20s, in default four; teen da\ ;- : at Carterton yesterday, for " 1 . stealing tiiree photographs. He had' a number of "previous convictions, ; which prob;tbly accounts for tho sever- , ity of the penalty! , > . 'On and after Monday next tlio , 1 morning and evening .trains . to' and - ' Wairarapa will run to and ' depart from. Te Aro instead: of bo-t ginning and finishing the journey at *• Lambton Station, as;at present. ■The body of Captain Pope, assistant harbourmasterat W -who has been .missing since ]vas found yesterday morning in the river, a little distance from where ho was supposed to have accidentally fall- ■ en-in. The opening address of a" series of ; lectures on Athletics and Training Waa delivered last night in Murray's Hall, Masterton, by Mr Pryor Gilbert;; Mr St H. Snell,, president of .the Wair£-.. ¥ariip^:!^iaf^ui:^iti- * ed. A vote pfr|hanks \va e l'stiitidn..;'Messrs S J; . andi t W. S.„L ; Dickson be given on ; evening, nexi. ton and Carterton for the Booth Gup, yrhich was to have eventuated yesterday afternoon, was postponed, owing. ,to in an appearance.-. The raitt which' fell-in -the early patt of the afternooa meii frbni travelling the-latter; part of the aftern.oo.nj ~wa& favoured with fine weather, a number of practice matches was indulged in by local players. '' The fierce antipathy of. a cow to. motor cars and- nsotor -cycle's, was* ; a serious danger ;to mptorists on" theKiver ton Road at the irqn-Ijridge :oa> ;■ i ; Sunday afternoon, (says ihe Southland Times). The cow seemed to be suffering from some violent form of insan- • ity "6r delilitim 'tremens or other disor-- v der. -As &o'on : as the animal sighted , an approaching car, it erected . a. militant tail, lowered its head, and generally prepared for action. One car-after another was violently assftulted. A rider on a harmless pushhike was hurled to the ground, and \ the hike was very seriously damaged.: "j£- : motor, cyclisf escaped the cow 2 ® jibrns "by the'narrowest margin. , fact there were quite a,. RUinbor of more •or less - narrow escapes until ab- . out 4.30 p.m. the cow fought its last ' fight with a two-seater car. The owner of the machine was travelling into - town quite" innocent of the fact that • there a ma-d. cow in his patfi, and he, saw the animal coming down the road. / It was not until it was within a few yards that he realised was bent upon mischief. Then he ap- : plied the brakes, but tho cow charged and came into violent collision with the car. .-..One of its horns, pierced • , • the radiatorjand was. brokeir'off, , the shock was so severe that the ani-. . 1 bn)^en;;>jnd : it died; ~ almost 'instantaneousl.v. ' • ' : !T .

. 4 The Wairarapa News says' .Yesterday a number cf students from •the Wellington .Teachers' Training - College visited l the school gardens at Gladstone in connection with their; agricultural studies-. -Amongst : the 1 visitors were Misses Armstrong and ■ Johnston, and Messrs Gordon aad Dudeon, all of Carterton. Luncheon ; and afternoon tea were kindly provided *.hy the Gladstone residents, and ; ' presided over hv-,Mr R. Cooper, chair-" man of the Gladstone School Committee. Mr Jno. Strang' was also pre- , . sent'. Needless to sajr these were very inuch appreciaifed'% the stud- . ents. Mr Tennant, M.A., 8.& c,, Principal of the College, and Mr E. K. Lomas, M.A., B.Sc., vice-principal, . were in charge of the party, and expw.es.sed . the ' delight . ■ if vail, i both. of. tho?sysfceiiiEitic meU. i tliods and the . careful: >yoi& done, and! ... the'; filet thut Miss Pigf'ord had won. : " .cliablpionship four times bitfc ' if five. ; They also expressed. ../..the:>;i >. ; thanks of . the tb - the illa<3i ! itoile people for their kindly hospital- ■ ity, and called for cheers, which were oudlyftnd enthusiastically given. Th§ party then returned to Carterton, md left for Wellington •by the 4 j'clock traiii. A similar visit was re;ently paid to the Levin* school an<J Weraroa farm.

SUMMER TOILET ARTICLES. WE keep a complete up-to-date stock of all TOILET ARTICLES; including Combs, Brush- 7 ware, Sponges. Soaps, Powders, Puffs. Smelling Bottles, Perfume, Sprays, etc.. ets. We, however, specially desire to. draw your attention to THREE Toilet Articles, -which have proyed themselves of special merit, arid should have a place of nride on: every well-eqiqpped Toilet-Table. "PEROXIDE CREAM, an oxygenated. cooling. soothing cream, wheih' keeps the skin clear and: smooth; and free from..blemish or tan. ~ Is 6d per jar. CARNATION TALCUM DER: An expuisitelv perfumed, toiV : let powder, most: effective :.f or> treat-, . ing expose, perspiration; "chafing and skin imtatiojjs.-r-l.S'Gd per tin.; .and ■ 'KURA SOAP' t lfA-superfatted soap ' fontftiniog . vegetable medicament®, whi^h-are impart'a'fteKglMiii freiilincss ia the skin.—ls per cake. Posted to any address, from ..., .T. V. OQIIJ>OK, M.P.Sf v €sfem?gt (by Exam's.), . tert&b.

A boxing touriiaincut is to bo held at Pahiatua on Tuesday next".

Junior National Scholarship examinations will bo hold at tho Mastorton Technical School on 28th inst.

During tho course of a speech at Waihi in connection with the tangi for Mahuta, Sir James Carroll suggested that tho name "King" should die with Mahuta. Tho matter is to bo discussed bv the chiefs assembled.

A visitor from Pongnroa state-s that good progress is being made with tho metalling repairs to the main road between Pongaroa and Makuri, near Mangatit'..

Tho Woodvillo Chamber of Commerce has resolved to send n deputation to Ekotaluina to mako inquiries regarding tho plans adopted there for enlarging the telephone system, especially wit.h regard to the' effect,upon the business of the place.

A London cable states that Ethel fcSlade and Isabella Trving, two Suffragettes, have boon sentenced to six nnd four months' imprisonment respectively for window-smashing in Horn! Street.

Tho Wairarana Caledonian Pipo Hand held a highly successful practice

last evening, there being a full at-

tendance of members present. A ighland rool was indulged in after, the practice.

The annual examinations for the Junior Civil Service. Education Board senior scholarship and senior free places are at present being held in the Mastorton Technical School. Tho Rev. A. T. Thompson is acting as supervisor, and Miss Gille-spie as assistant supervisor.

S. Taylor, a Woodville shoemaker, who recently arrived from England, van found yesterday morning on tho

Hoor of the shop with two gashes in liis throat, supposed to be. self-inflict-

Ho was taken to the Pahiatua

TTosnital. Tho unfortunate man had » wife and family. He had been do- " itig well, and no reason is assigned for tho deed.

A party of Wairarapa farmers who motored through to Pahiatua yesterday to attend the stock sales,, had tlu» misfortune to have a breakdown : n their car on the way home. By tin 1 time repairs were effected the party had spent several weary hours by the wayside, and did not arrive at, their ■ respective destinations until a very ]late;hour.'- They.no doubt now think -that the motor is, one of the swiftest" methods of travelling, but. by no means the sweetest.

"One effect, of prohibition iiv Masterton during the last few years is reflected in the • increase in criminal

statistics in the Carterton district," remarked an authoritative person to a News reporter. In five years the number of criminal charges preferred in the Carterton Court had increased from 89 charges in 1908 to double that number in ten and a half months of 1912. The figures for the last five years are as follows: —In 1908 there were 98 cases, in 1909 charges totalled 121, in 1910 the number was 126, in 1911 the total reached 151. wbile for the ten and a half months of this year the cases adjudicated upon total tho significant number of 197.

Washing, ironing, of household work by the day is advertised for.

Mr F. P. Welch advertises for sael a good carrying business.

A reward is offered for the recovery «f a red cushion, lost between Otahuao and Mastorton.

A reminder is given that entries for the Mastorton. Flower Show closo with the secretary, Mr H. M. Boddington, to-morrow night.

A further bargain comprising an np-to-date villa residence of five rooms, with all conveniences, is advertised in Messrs W. B. Chennells and Co.'s list of to-day's issue.

To those who like choice books and calendars we draw attention to Messrs McLeod and Young's special sxovt, which they have at; present in their showroom. The public are cordially invited, to look over the display, which is certainly one of tho best collection,s the firm has ever made.

The public arc reminded cf tho meeting to be held to-night in tho Town Hall, when Mr H. C. Robinson will give an address on tlio Trust Lands,, and tho Rev. A. T. Thompson will speak on. tho establishment of an Agricultural High School in Masterton .