LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 9 December 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tilt! Eketahuna Bowling Club's preen is to be opened on Thursday next. In all probability a number of Masterton bowlers will be. present. Masterton was aftordted a taste ol: real summer weather ou Saturday and &unskf: The at one o'clock yesterday aiferiioon, registered 76 degrees in the shade. At the monthly meeting oi' the Mastertou Racing Club, held' on Saturday last, a letter was received from the .secretary of the Shorts Protection League s asking " for the Club's assistance in forming a branch of .the league in Masterton. Mr Paape stated that lie would visit Masterton again in February for this purpose.

A Government surveyor, while searching for a road! route in the Tangaragau district, discovered a waterfall, the existence of which had been known for years, but it had! never been located. -.-• He declares that it is the finest in the Domiuion. The roar of the water is heard many miles away. .Xhei,,f%il Jias, been named , Mfitapo-.,, Complaints are made. that trout poaching is being practised!.wholesale iu the neighbourhood ol Masterton. This is very unfair to the ...legitimate fisherman, as it robs him of th'e sport to which he is entitled. The Acclimatisation Society shoul dsee that a ranger pays an occasional visit to the UDner reaches of th«ylocal streams.

A letter was read at slie monthly meeting of the Mastepfcon .Racirtg Club on Saturday. frongMr , 'George Say well, stating that he:ha.& patented his improved starting machine. The notification was received. Entries for the amateur events to he decided at- the Amateur Athletic •Sports on Boxing Day. and Caledonian Society's sports 'on New 'Year's ,I)av. close with the respective secretaries on Thui-sdav next, December :12t-h. • V ~Mr T. Parsons, Chairinafli of Directors of the New. • -Zealand ?• Dairy . Union; received advice ..on.iSaturday thp last shipment of butter on behalf of the Union, realised 121s .93" per cwt. - This, is an': advance, of 3s. per,cwt on the previous shipment.

GRAMAPHONRS AND RECORDS. These should ho 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 a-t remarkably reasonable rates. They mclnda The Oincb, The Excello, The Austral, The Zealand. The Monarch Senior. The Brunswick, The Melba, The Oak Library Grand, and other leading The prices are £4 to £BO. : -C|r New .Records from 3s-6d each, Th® Dresden every mail. The stttfifc includes songs by Melba Tetrazzini', Kirky Luna, Clara Butt. Caruso, and vocal duets, trios, quartettes and redtatioßa,.l|y every artist of note. Then there are instrumental solos by eat players ,aod band musie by the wiost famou« bands. Tisitow are welcomed at The Ih'asdau Grramapbeae Rw«m in. Wellington. Ti«y out fcear selections without the ■fig&test ©Wigatio* to purchase. I*sfem«ie«itß and Records should he wiereJ direct fr&m Tbe Dresdea Pia/B® 0»., I/SI., of WeHingtw. M. J. sra»kM iMk Rlaai l^aager.

Tlio latest return for the Worksop dredge is 590z for 127 hours. There arc at present thirty-one patients, including pine Scarlet fever cases, in the Masterton Hospital. Mr F. C. Brown, poultry expert in connection with the Agricultural Department. let Masterton lor Wellington on Saturday afternoon. it is estimated that potato growers in the Onmaru district this year received £30.000 for the potatoes which they exported to Australia. Oppossums are said to be responsible for a good deal of mischief in the orchard's in the Takaka district, Js elson. i j Most of the peach trees in the Grey district are dying out. The foliage is attacked with'what is known as peach ! curl. I The potota blight, which has for several years past .made such havoc with the crops, has already made its appearance in several parts of the Westland district.

Mr F. C. Brown, tho poultry expert, speaking in Masterton on Saturday, said he was .this week sending a shipment of eggs from Wellington to the Old Country. A committee of the Wellington. Acclimatisation (Society has been appointed' to visit Ma-sterton. a.nd make a final selection of the site for the new fishponds. The State brinuette works at Westport is being dismantled. Tho boilers go to the Runanga' State mine, the briquetting plant will be 1 stored at Westport, and the buildWs:sold for -.removal, the lease of the site having expired, and the site being required for railway purposes. '' Mr J. J. Bourke, of the Opaki, last a valuable draught mare yesterday. The animal appeared to go mad ,and, after careering through tho paddocks, fell dead. A post mortem, conducted by Mr Jenkins, M.R.C.V.S.. revealed the fact that the mare had' sustained aa internal rupture, and bled, to death.

While in Taranaly, )aj&t. week (says the Nelson Colonist),' Sir' W. Lock -jvas shown a lemon tree on the property of Mr Baird, the county engineer, on which some of the fruit had been completely stripped of the rind;. This was the work of oppossums, which nvn said to be responsible for a good de-iil of mischief in the orchards in that district.

The hemp market fluctuated a good deal during last week. The price to millers flt time, advanced to £2B 15s'per toff foi- good faif;'and fell again, to £27. On Saturday the ruling rate was £27 los to £2B per ton.. High point fair was £27 per ion , and low "point fair about 10s per ton cheaper.

t " On,.Saturday the MasterWii' Homing Pigeon Club held the largest, and one of the most important races of the season, viz., from Invercargill, 311 airline distance of close upon 550 miles. The birds, numbering fourteem, and representing eight lofts, were liberated at 4 o'clock on Saturday morning, in fine weather, but with a light west vni*a to face. The first ;bird to arrive home was Mr J - Dixon s Sunbonnet, which arrived at 5.12 p.m. on Sunday the time beincr 37 hours 1Z minutes, but. allowing for eight hours' darkness, the time stands at 29 hours, 12 minutes, being a splendid performance. It is noteworthy in connection with this race, that Mi F. B. Rosson is prepared to give £o to the owner of any bird that travels.soo miles in one day, which, means ; that the distance will be required to he covered botAveen 4 a.m. and 7,30 p.m. No bird has. yet succeeded', although 1 last season one bird wont close . to earning the reward.

|A n advertiser has for sale a motoi bicycle/and a section, cottage, in Dannevirke Borpugh. 1 Attention is drawn to'a chance advertisement inserted l elsinvbere in this issue bv Mr ,T. L. Matthews, butcher, •Queen Street.

A reward is offered for the recovery of a handbag, containing a sum-of money. The bag was Ics-t on Saturday. between Renall 'Street and the

Prmce of Wales Hotel Notice is given that an ordinary meeting of the Wellington Land) Board will be held at the District Land and Survey Office, Wellington, on Thursday, 19th December, at 10 a.-m. Mr Donald to-day. on page 2, replaces his advertisement with a riding habit announcement, and those requiring such would do no harm to see what lie offers. , A meeting to form a Ladies' Oraage L<?dK&..iivMastprtpn,. wdU ho-hel/J!. , in Murray's Halt on .Thursday " night next. The Orangemen erf the institution will be present. . Miss :Hogg. instructress of , the International College of Musk-, will be in attendance daily from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., in the rooms. Trust Buildings, Queen Street. The Rev. W. D. Little, of Dunedin, will deliver a public lecture in Murray's Hall on Wedn&Sday night next, on "The> British 3smpire, and the dangers which tliVeat-en it." The Mayor, Mr Coradlpe, will take the chair.

Inteaiding buyers of motor care, are requested to inspect the stock of Messrs Inglis Bros, Harrig Street, Wellington. They are agents for several well-known cars, mentioned in their advertisement, airxJ imported by them. The,so cars are specially built to suit colonial , requirements. They r wiim pleased'to* receive a- visit of inspection, an£l=£o -arrange demonstration s if;*required. Catalogues' arid ful| information ' will be. supplied oro application. '

.XMA&U9I2." , v ' Are, jus itp band. Thousands of aifts will soon bo .passing £etw«sii, relations and friends, but jiroblera is V■ ■, ■ WHATSHALL IQIYE ? tt sfliOst bo sotnething USEFUL. DAIKTY. and worthy of expressing a deep, sincere WISH." Everyone knows what their friends would prefer. If, however, you find in the-following list any suitable article, von rtu w on getting absolutely the BEST QUALITY at MOST REASONABLE PRICES from GORDON'S MEDICAL HALL. We have just opened up a large, fresh, up-to-date stock of Ladies* Hairbrushes and Optebs. Gents"' MiJitarv Brushos. Baby Articles, Cut Glass and Silver Mounted Bottles, High Class Perfumery, Perfume Snrays, Seorrted Satchets. delicately perfumed iupetfutted Toilet Soau.i, Soap Cases, Mirrors. Safetv. Razors, Shavin?: Brushes and Soauq,' Cameras and Photo Outfits, and numerous o&sr. daintv and useful, yet incxpen<o.Tft GOODS. . j Postal Orders receive fcnrefu! and prompt attention- '

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