LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 30 November 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

j Two [Kwsons nave been charged with drunkenness in. Master ton during the past month. . Mr J. O. Boddington reports that : AH points of rain were* registered at 1 the Upper Plain for the twenty-four hours eliding nine o'clock yesterday morning. j The latest return from the Success dredge shows 20oz sdwt for eighty-five hours' work. Tho lost time was due to the inspection of the boiler. ! A pronounced shock of earthquake was experienced in Masterton at 4.50 o'clock yesterday morning. It was also felt at Pahiatua, Feilding. Dannevirke and other parts. It is stated: that a Waipawa resident who accepted 17s for his fat lambs received an offer of 18s a few minutes after tho bargain was clinched.

Eleven motor cars and eight motor cycles have been registered in Masterton during the month of November. Practically all cars registered in this district have attached the new registration letters M.S.

' The Philosophical Institute of Napier discussed tho question of liquid air last evening. The liquid air lias been very much in evidence at Masterton during the last few days, and! lias been fully discussed—particularly by farmers.

At Napier yesterday the Chamber of Commerce decided to present a gold medal to the High School and one to the Technical College, for an essay competition amongst scholars, a committee of the Chamber to select the subject.

A Stratford telegram states that Percy W. C Wilson, recently in the employ of the Public Office Department, was charged yesterday with forging and uttering a voucher by altering 15s to £ls. A remand for one week was granted, Detective Boddain. stating that the auditor discovered other defalcations amounting to between £9OO and £IOOO. Bail was allowed in two sureties of £IOO each.'

The Napier Chamber of Commerce decided yesterday to draw the attention of the Borough Council to tho urgent necessity for a revaluation of Borough property. One member said that if Napier were valued properly it would have the lowest rates of any place in the Dominion. He gave an instance of one place' worth £ISOO, carrying a mortgage of £SOO, and valued at only £3lO.

The Congregational Church in Mas.terton purposes holdimg its Christmas fete on Thursday next, December sth, in the Y.M.C.A* Gymnasium Hall. There will be the usual stalls besides which ,in the evening, there will be an entertainment, various competitions, and other attractions. Fuller particulars \vill_ be advertised in our columns at a later date. i Complaints are made by settlors in the Masterton district that, while notices are being served upon them to destroy noxious weeds, and they are , most anxious to keep their properties clean, the riverbeds in. the district are over-run with briar, gorse, and other noxious things. 'lt is content 1 . that the least County Councils should do is to protect the settlers against tho seeds being scattered broadcast from the riverbeds by winds and birds.

Early closing of shops on Saturday appears to be a success "in Sydney. Mr R. H. Bowie, of Timaru, who recently visited tho capital of New South Wales,'said to a Post reporter: "Everybody seems well satisfied with it. Tradesmen keep open till 10 o'clock on Friday nights, and the shops are crowded as though it were Saturday. The shopkeepers seem very well pleased! with the arrangement. Most employers pay their wages on Friday."

Fishing in the Waitaki on Thursday (says tho Oamaru Mail), Mr C. H. Swinard, using 'the Yellow Devon, got 11 fish of an aggregate weight of 0.'31 h. The largest turned the scale at 1.31b. and was an exceedingly nice fish. Mr J. Telford, from Dnnedin. hooked six, one being a beauty of 1711). .Several others got good baskets. The river is in first class order, and yielding plenty of sport. The TCaka:nii is also giving good sport.

I The Ohakune Times understands j that a writ for libel has been issued , on behalf of W. Canning, postmaster, , Ohakune, against A. H. Wilkie comi mission agent, Ohakune. 'for £5Ol • damages. At a recent sitting of the Magistrate's Court, Ohakune, an application was made for permission to proceed for ■criminal libel in this case, but the Magistrate refused the permit, stating that the plaintiff had his remedy b a civil action. The present proceedings are being taken in eoif- ! sequence of that ruling. y ' There is a probability of a new federation being formed in Auckland to promote political action principally, but, at the same time, should, any un- . ion be involved in a strike or lock-out, to render both moral and financial assistance to that body or organisation. The reason given for promoting the new federation is. the fact that the United Labour Party does not meet with much approval and support from local unions, and also tha»t the NewZealand Federation of Labour is altogether too militant and revolutionary to merit tho support of the trade unionists of Auckland.

GRAMAPHONES AND RECORDS. These should be purchased -from the Dresden Piano Co., Ltd. That firm guarantees to supply only the very best gramaphones and the very latest records. You are dealing with reesponsible 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, The Exeello, The Austral, The Zealand. The Monarch iSenior, The Brunswick, The Melba, The Oak Library Grand, and other leading makes. The prices are from U to £3O. New Records from 3s 6d each, reach The Dresden every mail. . The stock includes songs by Melba Tetraazini, Kirky Lnnn, Clara Butt, Caruso, and vocal duets, trios, quartettes and recitations by every artist of note. Then there are instrumental solos by eminent players ,acd banal musie by the most famous bands. Visitors are welcomed at The Dr*sderi'Gramaphoae Room ia Wellington. They can hear selections wltheut the slightest ebligattoa te jrurcnase. Instruments ajid Resords should be ordered direct from The lrw*» Piane oe. Ltd., ef Weffi«Kt»u. If. J„ Bnrteii N«riS Tj&taii Itaafcev.

luiiiding p sinits to the amount of £i3ij4 13s h.-'vo been issued in Mastertoan during tlio month of November.

Dunnevirko Borough Council is writing off £IOO of overdue rates. Sonic <)f them arc eight years old. The Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Labourers' Union has appointed nn organiser at £6 per week.

There have lieen no bankruptcies riled in. Masterton during the past month, as against, thro§ for the same period in 1911.

Twenty-four births, five death and four marriages have been registered in Masterton during the month of November.

Between £6OOO and £7OOO has been subscribed at Takapau towards' the proposed farmers' freezing works in Hawke's Bay.

Last year 2723 dogs were registered with the Asliburton County Council. This constitutes a record for the county.

Owing to the Feilding races taking place to-day, the late 'train to MaZ terton from the north- to-night will not arrive until 10.55 o'clock.

A snap of winter was experienced in Masterton. yesterday'. A cold southerly wind blew from the south, bringing with it intermittent showers of rain.

The beetles of the grass gruh are said to he attacking the young leaves of peach trees in the Hastings district.

Money is said to be tighter now than it has been for a long time. One day this week in Timaru, a loan for over £IOOO- was raised at 7 tier cent.

Mr C. E. Keen, of Masterton. was awarded second prize in the euphonium solo at tho Wellington Competition Society's festival.

Mr I*. C. Brown, Government Poultry Expert, will deliver an address in Masterton on December 7th, under the .auspices of the Farmers' Union. An excellent series of enlarged views, taken at the official oDening „f the Mangaone oil works on are. on view at the studio' of Mr A E. Wmzenberg, of Masterton.

A sum of over £l2 has been contributed! by the children attending the Masterton District High School, towards the six-year-old Huntly boy who had the misfortune recently to lose both, his;arms.',

.The West Coast Hotel. Charleston, one of the oldest licensed houses in the. Buller district, has been closed. The proprietress, Mrs Mary Smith, recently died.

Constable Hainsworth, of Napier, who went to Htmtly with the Hawke's Bay posse recently, swallowed a falsetooth with a niece of plate attached. He has been removed-to the Auckland Hospital. A youns: man named Robert Kreeglien pleaded guilty at Feilding on Thursday to a -charge of perjury. He was remanded to Wellington for sentence.

At- the present time the Southland Building Society is paying -t-J per cent, interest on money at call. This is the highest rate paid by the. society during the last 14 years. A Christchurch telegram states that Marion Cobledick ,an. elderly wo-man,-.and; wife of William Cubeldick, Inspector of Works, was 'yesterday committed for trial en a charge of bigamy. There was a crowded meeting at Hamilton on Thursday night, to hear the Waihi Arbitration -Jelegates' story of the strike trouble. The'.Socialistic element was present and were a HttTe rowdy, but the meeting was vedy enthusiastic, and concluded with a vote of thanks to the speakers.

Mr Young, M.P., was recently informed by the Prime Minister that lie had authorised the purchase of 225 empty heifers, at a cost not exceeding £1250, for settlers in Korakonui and Rangitoto settlements Ncs. 1 and 2. Repayment is to be made through butter companies by deducting 25 per cent from cheques. A farmer in South Canterbury rccently lost 158 lambs -in less than three days. The trouble i,s believed to have been caused through the presence of a dead sheep in the yards when the lambs were tailed. The carcase was removed by a man who used the knife, and the infection got on to the latter from the man's hands.

Notice is given in the Government Gazette that £4OOO has been, voted by Parliament for distribution to public libraries. The distribution will take place on February 3rd, 191.3. and no claim will be entitled to eonsideration that shall not have been sent in to the Secretary for Education on or before January'2sth. 1913.

During the month ending to-day, not a single bankruptcy has been recorded in the Wairarapa. For the same month last year, three persons in this district were declared insolvent. For the eleven months of this year, eleven bankruptcies have been recorded (of which only one belonged to Mastertou), against seventeen for the. same period of last year, of which thirteen came ,from Masterton.

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. We, however, specially de-sire to draw your attention to THREE Toilet Articles.'which have proved themselves of special merit, and should have a' place of pride on every well-equipped 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 POWDER: An expuisitely perfumed toilet powder, most effective for treating., expose, perspiration, chafing and. skin, irritations. 6d per tin.; and" "KURA SOAP": A superfatted soap ; containing vegetable medicaments. whichfearesoothitiEr an antiseptic, and impair aJctetightful freshness to the skin .zri-ls per cake. Pasted to any address, from .T. V. GORDON. M*P;.Sv: Chemist (by Exam's,). Mastertois. v.

SUFFERED FOR TEN YEARS. "I hare been a constant sufferer from Bevere attacks of Colic for the past tea years, at tiraas being . .w----eonncioua," writes Mr A. J. Cresswell, Birregvrrra, Vic. 'Th» only thing that gives me relief is Ohanaberlain's Cough and Diarrhoea Remedy, and I am aejor witkoirt a VHTrt in +b» hwifl" Sold by all chemists and storekeepers.

The supply of jr/iJ.'.- at the Grcytowfit dairy factory yesterday morning wag 3592. gallons. i It is .stated that the Methodist Church iiJionds holding services at Martiuborough. It is the intention of tho Maoris to build a largo meeting my]so at Carterton. The Natives have boon m iking big hauls of whitebait in tho Turanganui stream, Lower Valley, of late. Farmers in the Lower V.iJley are complaining of the difficulty it' getting men to do gorse cutting. Twelve thousand people were present on the People's Day of the Stratford Show. The gate- takings, constituted a record. At the Greytowji flower sioiv on Thursday,, the cup for the most points, in roses was won. by Mr A. Booth. The sweet pea cup was won by Miss. Bunny, with Miss Tver (Featherston). second. Twenty-five two-tootn Koinnov rams. I ff a V* h * »**« Dal® ke" i r" !° th ° ordw «> f » HawAt s Bay d.ent. The rams are par-t-ciilarly well grown, aad wro elected from the flock of Messrs (W Bros -. of Taratahi. J ! At inq ues t on t ho hod,- ofVviljlum Buix-h, who was drowned hi letu iied a verdict of accidental death. H e expressed hi* sympathy with the relatives, ,; d the hope t! l; ,t tho river would be bridged •it the spot where the acei-Jont occurred. Mr J. T. M. Hor,sbv was Wie coroner. Mr Tennaut, Principal of the Wellington Teacher's Training College, who, ni company witli a large party of ins students recently visited the Gladstone school gardens, was high in his praises of the work dono there. He recently visited Europe and while travelling there saw most ol the important educational institutions, and' says that nowhere has ho seen anything to equal Gladstone school gardens.—News. _ The Stratford Post states that from mqmnes made it transpires that onehundred, and not three hundred, men. were put off the works on J ,hc Strat-ford-Koura railway. Tho majority of the men who were nut off were very soon snapped up by Labour agents, and work provided in almost every case, the , demand, for labour being' very keen. The Masterton Homing Pigeon Club, held n ra.?« for No.' 1 birds, from Russell, Jsorth Auckland, on Thursday, hut no birds arrived home until 9 a.m. on Friday, when two birds wero caged, these being Mr J. Dixon's Nil Desnerandnm. and Drake Bros. Little Gem Twenty-eight birds' were sent north, and it is expected that several lofts l will suffer henry loss. A race will' he held to-day from Timaru for No. 11. !>irds. A meeting of the Masterton Town Beautifying Society was held in the Borough Council Chambers last jiight, Mr F. W. Temple in the chair. A ; set of by-laws, as taken from, theChristchurch Beautifying Society's', rules, was revised, andi it was decided to submit the same to a, general meeting of members at the annual meeting in February. I Five good terrier pups are advertised for sale. I "The House for beautiful Christmas, j Presents" is the title of a two column Jadvt. on page 6 of this morning's issue. The advt. is brimful of suggestions for Christmas presents,'and'i* well worth perusal. The W.F.C.A. are showing in their window some choice pieces of bacon, suitable for' boiling, which they are I retailing .at'6Jd per lb. * I Messrs A. J. Johnson and. Co. will' hold a clearing sale of household furniture and effects on the premises, No. 180 Dixon Street next Old Show Grounds, on Tuesday -next, December 3rd. [ Messrs A. J. Johnson and Co will sell to-day at the Post Office Auction. Mart, on behalf of a client leaving; Masterton, furniture and sundries, also poultry. Mr Martin Kennedy notifies that he lias taken over the management of the Tikitapu. Station, and no other persons are authorised to deal or sell any property or stock of the station or contract any debts on account of the said property until further notice. •Specially fine displays- of new; season's goods suitable Tor Christmas shoppers, are being made by Messrs McLeod and Young, booksellers and stationers, of Queen Street. The firmhave no end of choice Christmas cards, calendars andi booklets, which those who like select goods, should make a point of seeing. Mr B. E. Eton, M.P.S., Dispensing Chemist, Masterton, draws attention to some of his specialities in toilet requirements that will prove very useful for the Xmas season, and very acceptable as presents. In perfumery Mr Eton carries a very large stock of elegant and fragrant' perfumes, got . up in the best of styles, and embracing all the newest scents. Then there is the iiseful vacuum flask, that will keep fluid hot or cold as required for several hours; seltzogenes and sparklets for providing cooling and refreshing drinks in the warm weather, bvushware for ladies and girls From the best London makers, and.' all bhe other thousand and one article* that go to make up the fancy goods stock of an up to date pharmacy. All country orders receive prompt and ?arefu] attention, and are sent by •eturn post. It is difficult to credit all the war stories that are cabled to New Zealand, but it may be accepted that the Sillies have beaten back the Turks, md look like being able to force :erms of peace at the gates of Constantinople." Absolute reliance can, lowover, be placed in the statement! :hat Crescent Tea is the best t&* irocnrable in New Zealand at 2s. Is[Od and Is 8d per lb. Try a free CHEAP NATIVE LAND. *" HAVE placed in my hands for sale a block of* 6000, acres of tfativ;e land which can be purchased' t-fe approximately Govern-menta valuaion. The land is nearly all grass, pith a little light bush. As no coklnission is being added to_ the vendors irfce this is an exceptional bargain' A land "purchase. Full particular* ibtainsbl* on application to—G. Hv ItfLTJSf, Mmiar. Perry Street 1 , £as"t«/t:on

A first class sheep dog is advertis-. cd for sale*

A horse power chaff cutter, in good working order, is advertised for sale.

Uost strain wbito and brown Leghorn chicks, -block Orpington, and white Rocks arc advertised for sale, also millets 8 to 10 weeks old.

Strawberries in any quantity are advertised for sale by Messrs Jackson .Eros., Macara Street.

Hadley's boot and shoe sale will t-lose to-day.- Special bargains in Footwear will be offered for the last day.

Messrs Hugo and Shearer's grand Xmas Carnival has been tho centre of attraction during tho last few days, andf the staff have boon taxed to their utmost to manago the crowds of -eager buyers. Another instalment •of temporary bargains will ho brought forward for to-day's soiling. Prices sire to suit tho purses of all, and ladies should visit "Tho Shop for Value" before making their purchases elsewhere. *

Holiday excursion tickets; available for "return until 13th February, 1913, will be obtainable from any railway station to any station on the North Island main line and branches and South Islam! main line and 'branches, from 18th December, 1912, to 2nd January, 1913. Mr E. R. B. Daniel, land and estate agent, Hastings, advertises for sain- 600 acres freehold at Maharhara. Particulars are advertised 1 on tho front nag'