LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 2 December 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Opaki Kific Club's field day was stponed from Saturday last until a ate to be fixed.

'The quality of cheese despatched from tho Eketahuna railway station so far this season, is 150 tons.

/The rainfall registered at Eketahuna for the month of November was S.Q inches, compared with ]f).G2 inches for the same month last year.

A street collection taken up hj; Wanganui on Saturday hi aid of the Orphanage fund, realised a sum of £236.

Mr T. C. lloddington reports that there wore 32 points of rain registered at the Upper Plain for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. on Saturday.

A report which was in circulation in Masterton on, Saturday, that oil harl been struck at the Mangaone oilfields is, we aro informed, entirely without foundation. Tho borough ranger at Pahiatua the othor day was charged with allowing stock to wander at large in the streets of the borough. With several others lie was convicted, and or-, dered to pay costs.

Hampers of between forty and-fifty birds belonging to tho Dunedin Homing Pigeon Club, and about twenty belonging to the Timaru Club, will be liberated, from Masterton at five o'clock this morning bv Mr W. Rosson.

The executive of the Efletihu.ia Hospital Committee will wait on the Wairarapa. Hospital and Charitable Aid Board at its meeting on Wednesday next, in reference to the establishment of a cottage hospital in Eketahuna.

What can it bo attributed to? After-, the heavy downfall on Tuesday night the quantity of milk received at the different cheese factories next , morning wont up with a bump. "And there, were no eels- or crayfish in the skimmings,"'one dairyman svir'd an Express reporter, though he ■•+• he had known that to happen, before now.

_ The Eketahuna Express is responsible for the following:—One set*' in the Eketahuna district reports tangible evidence of the .scarcity of domestic help. Ho was in a nositiou where'help was essential, and the best he could: do. was.to send a woman with three children to hi., house. He the family and paid the woman £3 a week for the necessary period.

"It's just the weather for cowspanking," remarked the manager of the Xireaha cheese factory to an Express reporter, "and our supply of milk is keeping up splendidly."' He further stated the supply of milk at the factory >had now readied 4200 gallons a day. and that the company was making about 8 large cheeWs more than at tlie corresponding time hu year.

Says the Northern Mail: We hear on good authority that a syndicate of Hawke's Bay and Auckland speculators intend exploiting the Northern Auckland lands. The syndicate, w.luch comprises some of the wealthlost farmers of the Hawke's Bay district, propose buying up the unimproved farms and land* and developing them, afterwards disposing of them to farmers -with a small capital, and on easy terms.. Mr A: H. Dillon, lately of the Northern Land Agency has been offered and has accepted the position of managing director .for the syndicate.

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 reasponsible 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 Excello, The Austral, The Zealand, The Monarch Senior. The Brunswick, The Melba, The Oak Library Grand, and oilier 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 Tefcrazani,.; Kirky Lunn, Clara Butt, Caruso, andvocal dueta, trios, quartettes and recitations by every artist of note. Then there are instrumental solos by eminent players ,and band mushi 'by the most famous bands.

Visitors ar» welcomed at Th» Dresden Crramaphoaa R«om ii Wellington. They can hear selectiona without tb* slightest obligation i* jnuPc&a.se. Iwsfraafleata and Ree*ris sh«iM be erdered Jirecfc ftoat Tfc« •r+stfat Pia,»« «*.. Ltd.. *f W«lh*ft*tt». 11. -T. Sr*».k<w N*rti IslaafJ UaWager.

The return from the Worksop dredge for 120 hours' is 50oz 9dwt. .Mr A. Hannay has disposed of his To Pare property, at Kahutara, to Mr Ci'eorgo Pain. All oui-door sports were abandoned in Masterton on Saturday, in consequence of the inclement weather. The News states that wool buyers have bought a fair quantity of wool in the Gladstone-Longbush district. The quarterly meeting of the Wairarapn Licensing Bench is to be held at noon to-morrow. The various flaxmills in. the Wairarapa districfare at present very busy; and considerable quantities of fibre are being despatched. A record consignment of 156 cases of white and coloured cheese will be despatched by the Otaraia Dairy Company in the Rotorua on December I*2. The Tararua ranges were again covered wit ha mantle of snow on Saturday and a fall occurred on the lower hills on. Friday night. The Tawaha Dairy Company has been advised that its first shipment of cheese, by the Turakina. realised G3s per cwt. The Auckland policemen, under the presidency of Sergeant Ryan, have instituted a mutual improvement society for debating purposes, while at the station off duty. '. Tiraillemount, a three-quarter brother to Tirailleur (who won the New Zealand Cup for Mr S. H. Gollan in 18S9), was sold out of the Waipawa pound last Tuesday for 9$ 6d. A ballot is being taken.of members of the Shearers' Union, to determine whether registration shall be cancelled. The ballot closes on February 23. 1913.

An Australian shearer, who recently struck a Lincoln'-Romney shed in the Wairarapa, remarked:—"Gee! If this is the size of the sheep, I'd! like to see the cattle!"

j A number of Masterton .sports miss|ed tiie irain at Palmerston North on Saturday evening, in returning from I Feilding races, owing to a mistake as I to the time of starting.

The contract for the alterations and extensions to the Pongaroa Post Office was let by the Public Works Department to Mr Whittaker, builder, of Pongaroa. and the work is now in progress.

A heavy thunderstorm, accompanied 1 by a fall of hailstones, was . experienced to the north and east of Masterton on Friday afternoon last. Strangely enough, the. storm did not visit Masterton.

The burr, or "biddi-biddi," has been later than usual in coming to maturity in the. Masterton district ibis; year. This is said to bo duo to the cold, wet weather that has been' experienced.

Thursday was the thirty-fifth anniversary of the passing of the Act which gave New Zealand a free, secular, and compulsory education system.

* "New Zealand apples for quality will easily hold their own in competition," remarked a Nelson fruitgrower. "It is net generally known +hat in 1904 at Hobart. in* 1907 at Brisbane, and this year at Melbourne, New Zealand apples were awarded pride of place."

One of three Horses belonging to the Wairarapn Brick, Tile and Drainpipe Company which wore hauling a loadi of bricks to the Maori' College at Clareville on Friday, dropped dead. Tlic News states that the" incident caused a "mild sensation."

The Federation of Labour has officially declared the Waihi strike "off," and several hundred men are clambering to get back to work. The company, however, finds itself able to take on only a few men in the meantime, owing to the water in the mine.

I According to the Herald, there is [ a prospect of the Defence Department spending between £2OO and £3OO in Pahiatun shortly. Flans have been prepared locally for the erection of a number of orderly rooms and caretaker's room at the drill shed. . The old rifle range on Messrs Bottomley and Mexted's properties is also to be put in order. . '■•"": : - .-"•'■' - We'understand that.Lieut. Wilson, officer commanding the "C" Company of Territorials, will hold au "orderly room" one night this week, at which the incident that occunvd-in the. Masterton Drill Kail, during bis absence on Friday night last. Avill be investigated. A.s far as we can ascertain the Press will not bo admitted to the inquiry.

The usual large number of young ,men were present at the Y.M.C.A. Strangers' Tea in Masterton Inst evening, when the association welcomed back to its circles the 'Pev. H. Watson, who lias recently returned, from the. Old Country. Mr Watson gave a brief account of his experiences of the Christian side of the various places he visited. Mr J. W. Blackmail .presided.

As it is anticipated that hundreds wishing to witness the'performance of The Great Jansen, would be unable to gain admission, should he onlj show in Masterton one night, ho has been prevailed upon by the request of numerous leading citizens, to extend his season here to two nights, so as to allow everyone, an opportunity of seeing his marvellous performance. The Great Jansen Mill therefore appear in the Town. Hall, Masterton, on Friday, December 6th. a,s well as Thursday, December sth.

SUMMER TOILET ARTICLES. We keep a complete up to dat© STOCK OF ALL TOILET ARTICLES; including Combs, Brushware, Sponges. Soaps, Pewders, Puffs. Smelling Bottles, Perfume. Sprays, etc., ets. We. however, specially desire to draw vour 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 fxee.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.—lg 6d per tin. ; and "KURA SOAP": A superfatted soap containing vegetable medicaments, which are soothins: 'art antiseptic, and impart » delightful fmshness to the skin.—ls per cake. Posted to any address, from J. T. GORDON. M.P.S.. Chemist (by Exam's.). Mife- j £«rton.

The following is the return of pa- ■ tients treated! at the Mastortou Hospital during the month ended 30 November:— In hospital, :51st October, 22; admitted, 39; discharged, 28; died 1; in hospital 30th .November, 32. Jt is stated th»i a new picture theatre is to be erected in Palmcrston within n year or eighteen mouths by a, firm operating in New Zealand. The location of the building has not yet been definitely decided on. Disciples of the gentle lr«iak Walton who are looking for fresh waters to-fi-sh during the holidays, should try the streams round Mount Kgmont.

One does not catch trout by the hundredweight, as is done at Rotorun — that is not sport, any more than taking part iu a pheasant ' drive —but some of the best fly-fishing streams in New Zealand, well stocked with rainbow trout, are to be found within easy reach of Now Plymouth, iho "ideal holiday centre." A line to the secretary of the New Plymouth Expansion League will bring particulars by return of post. A good general .servant is advertised 1 for. Messrs H. Beale and Co., plumbers, require a smart boy for the ironmongery department. The friends of -Mrs Duncan McGregor, sen., are respectfully invited to attend the funeral of her late husband, which leaves the residence. Upper Plain to-day (Monday) at 2 p.m., for the Mas.terton Cemetery. In connection with the Woodville races to be held on the -Jth and sth December, holiday excursion tickets will be issued on these dates, available for. return until 7th December, at Feilding, Mastortou, Dannevirke and intermediate stations. These tickets will' not be available for break of journey.