LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 11 January 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Voting in connection with the election to the vacant, .seat on the Wellington Education Board closes to-day. The result erf the election will not be made known lor a fortnight. Land in the vicinity of Taurnnga is in strong demand. The farming lands, which have been considered as of a poor character, are now being tako.ii' up and proved to be highly valuable.

"A very lino meteor was seen in Carterton," writes the. correspondent of a Wellington contemporary. Carterton is not a. dry area, and they occasionally sw some strange things in that township.

It is stated that the Federation of ■Labour has received: the sum of £369 odd on behalf of Sirs Evans, the wife, and the family'of F. G. Evans, who shot Constable Wade, and was afterward? batoned by Constable Wade so severely that he died.

An angler from Ashburton was fortunate to catch an 18 pounder in the Opihi last week. It was the finest fish taken in the Opihi for some years. Several other anglers got fish weighing from 21b to 81b, «i early all being taken on live bait.

The amount paid to .jockeys in connection with tho Southland Racing Club's summer meeting totalled £239 10s, and the Government tax amounted to £760 lis. A rough bal-ance-sheet, furnishod by the secretary showed the profit from the meeting to be over -£IOOO.

The Govern nitwit has sanctioned the purchase of Mr G Bruce's farm of 206 acres at oamain, under the Land Settlement Finance Act, 1909. The transaction, says an Oamaru telegram, is the first to take place in North Otago under the Act. The price averages £3l per acre. The Hawke's Bay Herald of Friday ya y.s :• —Ye sterna v morning a man, 31 years'of ape, mlio hails from Wairarapa. was found lying by the side of the Tavadale Road. When questioned: ho a-ppeared to have lost his^ memory, buto lib eing brought into Napier we elicited the fact that the man had. 1 had no food for two days. He is at present under medical treatment.

Once more (says the Star) it is reported that a bacon factory is to be erected at Feilding. It is stated that a man who has had; all the necessary experience in forming a private company, will establish the factory close to Feilding. The farmers having failed -o make any progress with the idea, it is to be hoped that the man of business will plant his factory firmly in the ground in the Feilding district.

| The difficulties experienced by the postal authorities in delivering letters i insufficiently addressed were exemplified recently (says the Southland News). A letter arrived at the Invercargill Post Office addressed to a name, "Church Street, New Zealand." 'Die fact that there are 13 Church Streets in various parts of the Dominion seemed an almost insurmountable obstacle, but the addressee for whom the missive was intended l was discovered in Masterton, and the letter promptly delivered. .A debtor who was pUt in the witness box at the Auckland sittings of the Magistrate's Court admitted that he was able to afford an occasional holiday in the city. He added, however, that he was so crippled; with rheumatism that he had nothing to do at such periods but lie down. If, he hinted darkly, he could obtain certain, moneys that were due to him by the Public Trust Office, he would soon be free from his difficulties. "Well," remarked the .magistrate (Mr C. C, Kittle) "if you've got nothing to do but lie down, why don't you make the Public Trust Office sit up?"

The Wairarapa Cricket Association's championship matches will be continued tin's afternoon on the Park Oval, when Master ton A and Carlton ■will continue their match, and Martin borough will conclude their game with M&sterton B. Carlton finished their first innings with a lead of 60 runs over Masterton 13, while the latter have lost three wickets for 29 run-s in their second innings. From the present position of the match Carlton should win. but the glorious uncertainty of the game may considerably change the state of the contest. Martinborough would appear to be in a tight corner, and will have to do some exceptionally good; work to avert defeat. Two very interesting contests should result.

The Wyndham Farmer states that two anglers beheld an unusual spectacle on Saturday afternoon. 25th ult, while indulging in trout fishing on the lower waters of the Mimihau stream. Suddenly a heavy commotion in .still water near . the bank startled the anglers, who noticed a good sized trout being roughly handled. Closer investigation proved that a monster eel had seized the trout by the head, ■biting into the fish's eye, and was? literally drowning it. A lad accompanying the anglers, jumped' into the water and frightened the eel away. The trout, -which was in its last throes, proved to be a two-pounder. What between shags and eels, to say nothing of the guddler and the sportsman, the spotted beauties have a bad time of it.

Writing to his parents, who reside at Te Harapa, Mr M. S. Edwards, formerly on the Gisborne Times, and now on the Transvaal Leader, does not give a very bright picture of conditions in South Africa, from the point of view of the man who has to work for his daily bread.. Referring in particular to journalism, lie f says that although he is earning a very handsome salary, the gilt is fairly taken off the gingerbread by the excessive cost of living. As examples of how prices go in Johannesburg today, Mr Edwards avers that anything like good board costs 50s per "week. For a bath Is 6di is the usual figure. In tile matter cf laundry work, twopence is asked for washing and ironing a handkerchief, and in respect of other garments the price is correspondingly high.

A Wellington to.lejrrnm state&jPiat Gilbort Junius Young was yosterday fined) £2O on a charge of betting.

An Oamaru telegram states that Mrs ißlawcliffe. an old age pensioner, died suddenly on Thursday night-.

At tho Police Court at Ashburtow yesterday, Gideon Scott. a:i old of* fender, was convicted and. sentenced to three months' imprisonment on a charge of Keeping liquor for sale.

The Masterton Trust Lands Trust~ees have commenced the New Yea* well. They transacted their business last night, in less than :ui hqua and a half.

A house of nine rooms and a store at Riecarton, owned by -J. Oolville, and occupied partly by the owner and partly by Mrs Blackburn, were burnt early yesterday morning. /■ A Waikato resident advertisos itv the Haw era Star as follows: —"Land seekers, communicate 1 with me, and J shall arrange to show you tho best! land available in the Waikato. Board and lodging arranged at. mv place. Land itn my district is obtainable onethird less than in TarnnakiV A number of Wuilii miners who pro-, ceeded to tho West Coast or th« South Island were able to iial' era-, ployment soon alter the.'.!' arrival, states an exchange. Several WeS* Coast mines have been working short* handed for closo on a year, and work was readily found for the new arrivals.

There is to-day in Paris a concUevge who is reaping a small harvest o/Jv»fJss from visitors to an attic, whicli, a quarter of a century ago, was ten* anted by no less a personage than tho presont King of Servin, in the 'fess. palmy days of his< pretendership. The agreement can also be seen by which! Peter Karageorgevitch hired- the attic for the annual rental of 700 francs, which was really rather considering the. neighbourhood in which this erstwhile abode of royalty is situated. The concierge has beeni offered large sums of money, chiefly by Americans, for the agrement, which: contains King .Peter's' autograph, hut be refuses to part ■with such a valuable source of income.

At the inquest on Patrick Fergussoil, who was found with a, bullet wound in his head in the tram waiting shed at Oriental Bay, Wellington, a verdict was returned; that deceased; died from a wound, self while temporarily insane. 1 A witness stated that ho received the following note from Fergusson :—"Dear oldS friend Tom: lam going to change my medicine. It will be hard to take, but- I think it will cure all complaints. Some people might, say I am all wrong, but I think it is the only move on the board. Will say good-bye. Prosperous .New Year.—. PADDY."

Speaking to a number of Canterbury farmers, Mr J. B. Merrett staid that, all over the world poultry products -were rising in prices. The export trade should be developed. British Columbia was asking for half a, million pounds' worth of eggs arid) poultry for the table, and New Zealand should! have a slice of this/trade. From. Sydney ireports received on Friday, table chickens were selling at 10.4 a pair by" auction, geese 15s, turkeys Up to 60s. Mr Merrett urged? farmers.to give poultry-raising fop table their attention. There were . plenty of eggs in the country, and! suburban and specialist breeders would; help to keep up the supply, but for table poultrv it- was to the farmers they must look for supplies. A most enthusiastic meeting of ' the above club was held in the secretary's office last evening, Air A. D. Gillies in the chair. The various committees in, connexion with the club's forth-' coming carnival, to be held on Anniversary Day, reportedi good working progress, and everything points to-, wards splendiQ entries being received from local and outside competitors feu* the various events. An unique event in connection with the day's sports,. )is the fact that the propiietary of Messrs Thompson i J ayiiie Picture Co., have kindly agreed to take a photographic conematograph film of the competitors taking part in the gala, and of the visiting public, and also items of interest that may occur during the day. In order to enliven ..the sports, in addition to the ordinary racing acquatic events, arrangements have been made to put on several comic sideshowssion the Park Lake, which;, will prove very amusing, and at the same time interesting. Several very good trophies for the events have been donatedi b~ enthusiasts supporting theclub, and the officials feel deeply gratij fied. for the general enthusiasm shown, i this season. r , I It is not generally known (saws the • Taranaki Herald) that Sir Walter | Buchanan, the new Wairarapa knight, once did. Taranaki a very good turn. It was in the earlier days of the Moturoa Freezing Works before the company's business had grown large enough to command the respect atrcf attention of the shipping companies which it now receives. Mr J. B. Connett, then chairman of the company, used to go to Wellington to personally look after the transhipment of butter from the. coastal steamer to the Home liner. Occasionally he had trouble wfth the shipping companies about space and the company found itself in the position of being forced to engage space beforehand which it might not be able to fill, or run the risk of having part of it«,shipment shut- out. So Mr Cwnnetti looked np Mr Buchanan, who was a large shipper of frozen mutton, explained; the position, and asked him whether he would help the company out of the difficulty? * What could he do? asked Mr Buchanian. "Well." said Mr Connett, ""if you could see your way to fill un with your mutton . any space engaged by my company which it was unable to fill, or to give us a little of your space if our shipments are larger than Ave expected, you would be doing the company*anU> the dairy industry of Taranaki a valuable service." Without hesitation Mr B_uchann.il' agreed to do this, and so relieved; Mr Connett and the company of a serious difficulty. It was an action quite characteristic of Sir Walter Buchanan's generosity and readiness to assist the farming community.

Eight-land agents m Waragamu ■were granted licenses under the Ltund .Agents Act. At Sefton, Canterbury just before /'w;«tmns one resident had , geese stolen, another seven lambs, and ,n third lost some ducks. Rents received by tho Trust Lands Trust dunnfi the P*»t jSrth amounted to £303 59 2d. as^~d tbu semi-finals. Tbo M b?tto^ ,is ? xarapa raw meeting. t» • rr the past month ten patents t? £$ hi r^tS; tion is 7. . •11 in PaVmorston are expeii-l Builders m l aim , vucmg a -'? i in some measure to xidiored to bo du • canßo quently pnsliuis on e— tochrrs Tbo New SouU tflur of the Do■hring their criclfeexm Mond liex t, AuS?'o.'«et representaroad in' «red not tar tri" writes a to the rjl% d SS£So r a S a»o,,--üble mine. , f Mr Jobn H e a^'. _ l gJ Heath Akaroa, died on . about forty came to N<™[ p n^ ady Jocelyn, -years ago in th • j an gay. rel„i took np Akaroa, 1 tiring some He was . -w here -he has of tho Akaroa i for some time » "»' Borough Council. I At a meeting it was ! 3&Jr:&SJT£BL as th<! "ftatherston »■«»■* con . Sto«%t'i T t 6 Sf-£?&aonFe b rn. -tei-ested to fc farther imthe Pahiatua paper to the r\risiS.rßr«,»Jv »t MMS*™North tun of 100 oka. Ihe replaced by gallon capaci J, pac it y . _A new one of 1100 gaii.ola y . capa ble of Pontifex brevvmg PP . also at brewing 1100 gallons of the brewery ready to be m 7QO one at present in use omjr gallons. " The Herald say. that thej^j of the Pahiatua- Akitio A| r and Pastoral ( Walsh) is already _ieceivg ow ftnd entries for < ther _ everything indicates horse ing entry fees totalling jumping coi®P^ ns ws aire coming in 40 b " <,no of the features of the show. Bush fives are now taking every part of the district (says t- - Taumanmni / Heavy Jko Ko \ ta l a "tL®SSaLrV»Vley day worhanra th %f;\7Si s fnctory burns i&rt* *> *». j-S jear's 5." ™- fcavo s one The M %r* t"CT" to Bt ° p the progress of the flames Tho settlers on the ctf the Tararua range a e - ment to maKe distance, and to ascertain the, estii ; iated P but tur or five miles would conIS tile SSw roadj running into thft range on either side, and, it k S ¥ Is rthTSS.SW J3£ tua-Aokautere Road, besides s"« 1 ' ino- the distance' between the J airaSpa aSd the and« Eketa- : §iuna would thou be witlnn thn j miles of Palmerston North. \ good general is advertised for A reward is offered for the recover, of a yellow beardie dog. An experienced traveller for paten line is advertised for. Accountant require* position u office or -warehouse'. Bnercetic and reliable canvasser fo Lower Valley is advertised for. A five roomed cottage is,advertise, for sale cheap. Two gentleman boarders in privat boardingbouso are advertised tor. Walnuts for pickling can be obtain ed at No. 2 George Street.

An advertiser wishes to exchange liouse property in Masterton for \\ el--liftgton city allotments. Mr and Mrs W. Sinclair elsewhere convey thanks to their many friends •for kind expressions of sympathy in their recent bereavement.

The time for closing tenders for the erection of fish hatchery and residence etc., at Masterton, ie extended to 16th January.

Messrs McGruer and Co., drapers. Queen Street, have made a special purchase of 500 dozen handkerchiefs, and are selling th&m &>t one shilling the half dozen.

Messrs C. C. Ross and Co., land agents, Masterton, advertise a freehold dairy farm of 75 acres, 9 miles from Masterton. Also 621. acres registered Native lease at a low rental, For which a very reasonable price is asked for the goodwill and; improvements.

"Watches for hard wear" is the heading of a change advt inserted elsewhere bv Mr L. S. Nicol, watchmaker and jeweller, Masterton. rucol's 20s open .face lever watch is equipped with extra heavy movements, fully jewelled, accurate timekeepers, and with each timepiece is a written guarantee to be kept in order for two years. v

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