LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 27 January 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Territorials of Carterton hold a church parade, yesterdays Bush i? res are fit present raging in several parts of the Forty-Mile Bush, The milk the Mangatainoka chees" factory on -Friday * was 1930 gallons. A proposal is afoot to form a land agents' association in Palrnerston 'North. The tender of u >Yaristanui firm at £9898 has been accepted for rebuilding the White Hart Hotel at- Marton. A holding of thirty acres at Ao-'ra-hgi, near Palmerston North,-has just changed hands at £6O. per acre.: The result of the election to fill tho_ vacancy on the Wellington Education Board will .be made known this evening. A residence in Pahiatua, cccupied by Mr J. Gibbon? and family narrowly escaped destruction by lire on Thursday evening. HOW TO KEEP COOL. EVEX on the hottest summer days is something well worth knowing. Our systems fell tho climatic changes immediately, and it is only right that we should assist nature and try to keep our bodies at a proper temperature. The blood is the main thing. Keep, that cool and pure during the hot days, and it will surprise you how you can stand the heat. Then you will ask, how may I be pure my blood is pure and cool. Our advice is, take, our Fruit Saline( a delightful ,cooling, harmless fruit salt), once a d'av. That is all vou requiro, price 2s 6d per bottle, our qu-t;. Sulphur and Sarsaparilla Salts, Is 6d per bottle. Both these linos are excellent also , for Sluggish Liver and Headar.he. J. Y. GORDON, Ohemst. etc. (by -xa-wV. Mastertnifc. . ..

Old .settlers of Mastevton avev that the. past t)L>ason has been the best for all round farming that has been experienced' for the last thirty years.

There is still some necessity foi "speeding up" tho railways. It to>k ive days for a piece of machinery to be brought from Wellington to Mastcrton recently. Two of the newly appointed stipendiary racing stewards of New Zealand were pret.'ent at the Wellington races on Saturday. Apparently they saw nothing wrong. A firo at tho Hawke's Bay Dairy Company's factory at MangUtainokn. on Friday night,'did damage to ' the extent of about £2(30. 'lhe iaetory, whi-h-is insured for £2500. was saved u ith""difficulty.

An infant child of Mr X. Elide, carpenter of Whatatutu (Gisborne), swallowed a screw, and all efforts to dislodge it failing, the little one died a couple of hours later. As the result of eating a pic at the Trentham races last week a young man was taken to the hospital in a serious condition, suffering from ptomaine poisoning. After being treated he made a good recovery.

Cr. McGregor stated at Saturday's -meeting of the Wairarapa South County Council that one time he had ordered a thousand, bricks to be delivered to him at To Wharau. The bricks had. cost. £2 7s, and the cartage out there £7 55.!

A scat and an oar of the boat which was washed out to sea at ißangi-tat-a last week has been fohnd on the beach, states a Timaru telegram.

Members of the Stonchengc Lodge, No. 1, U.A.0.D., are request-! Ed to meet this evening for import- ; | ant. business;. - ■ - .

It is expected that from twenty-s'ix to .twenty-eight butcliers will be em-: nloved at the Waingawa works at tho. end of this week. The new chambers', at tliQ works will be ready for use to-da.t, nndi seven chambers will now be available, as against six last season.

One cf the gate keepers at tlu£ Treutham races on Saturday last was arrestedi on a charge of defrauding the Club by admitting persons to the course without payment. A number of half-crowns had been marked, and tendered tho gatekeeper .in payment for admission. These were found in the possession of the man von lie was arrested;.

!!'•> tests of a number of factories in the. lie Bustli showed a decrease in £he'..' percentage-. of butter , fat at the last totflrg period. This is somewhat unusual, as the tests gem-rally .show an increase at this period of the year. A factory manager, when asked the reasnn for the •.lecrea.-ve remarked that lie could not account for it. ' "

j A start .will probably soon bo made | with the erection, of party telephone J lines in-the I'ahiatua district. r lhe uaceisarv wires and poles are now to ■jhand, and the first- ilne will be erectled at Makuri. The various extensions will mean that almut 2d subscribers will lio added to the local oxchange. At this rate only a few more subscribers will be required to ""Surp the nxc'i-Migo being kept open till midnight.—Herald. The following lias been received by the secretary of the Wairarapa P. and A. Society, from a well known | Palmci'ston North exhibitor:—"Hea- • ven. loth November. 1912. Received from Mr thp sum of , guaranteeing to give fine weather for the next Carterton Show, to be held in October, 1913. By cheque. Clerk of Weather." The above was dulv receipted, and a penny ptamp attached.

Mr J. O. Cooper told an Age representative yesterday that it is hoped to put through over 2000 sheep a day at the Waingawa works during the remainder of the season." _Up till date, about 60.000 sheep have been slaughtered this " -which is fully 10.000 more than had been put through at the same period layt year. It is expected that '200,000 niore will bo put through before the season ends. Last season the total number slaughtered was 189,800. There, is practically an unlimited demand for apples for export (savs the Agricultural Department's last annual -report), so that apple growers need have no fear of markets being lacking for the disposal of their crops. The demands this season could not be supplied—in fact, the shipments made were exceedingly small in proportion to the orders placed. South America alone made inquiries totall"hic 70,000 -cases, but- unfortunately growers are not ■ vet quite m a, position to contract for such large ouantitiei. Requests for supplies frorrl the Home markets are constantly being received, while, as pointed out in former reports, there are also several other markets as vet practically untouched. The exnort business at present is just starting.

An important development is about to take niare ?n connection with the of the quarts reefs supposed to exist in the vicinity of Moonlight ("states the Groymoutli Star.'* For ♦be yh four T-pors the Moonlight Syndicate .bas had >v .fl number of men at work drivinje i«/4ho higher levels, and tho stone- struck there and in the adjoining claim of Messrs Mitchell. Russell, and party has been of such a promising description that the owners have been encouraged to furthei extend their operations. For this purpose the tivo parties mentioned have amalgamated under the title of the Moonlight Syndicate, and intend to systematicallywork the low level*. The first work to be undertaken will be the driving of a-tunnel 300 ft, by which distance it is hoped to intercept the promising reefs struck higher , up. Tenders for this job . are now beinc called.

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It' is estimated that 150 motor cars travelled in m Wellington to the Trout ham races on Thursday last. Settlers in the Kaituna district state that' tho country hi badly in need of rain. There are at present twenty-nine patients being treated in the. Masterton Hospital, including three lover rases. •Mr Evelyn Wrench, organiser of the Overseas Club, will give an address on the objects and aims "1 t.he organisation in" the Exchange Hall, -Ma'st-erkm, this •evening.

A runaway occurred' on the Carterton,. Road *on Saturday evening, which resulted in .the- driver of a gig audi his. companion being thrown out, and . the gig . rather badly damaged. Beyond a few bruises neither wore ypriously. injured. Hawera is the latest town in Taranaki to form, a-Beautifying Society. Tavanaki appears to be taking up the question of town beautifying In a most earnest and enthusiastic manner.

The Taranaki Herald states that there is likely to be, a scarcity of fruit as tho season adwuces. owing ■ to large quantities ripening prematurely during t-li'o very hot weather.

A Timam • wire states that at a meeting of delegates of local, bodies held: there on Saturday, it was-de-cided that. South Canterbury should send _a number of agricultural . exhibits to tho Auckland Exhibition:,

The cricket match Masterton A. versus' Marterton B, which was to have been played on Saturday, was postponed owing to,neither team being fully represented.

A reward is offered: for the re-covery of a gold bangle lost on Saturday.

A reward is offered for' the recovery of a gold wristlet watch, in brown leather strap.

In a replace aclvetisenient Messrs IMcGruf'r and Co. have some advice to offer on money saving. A glance at the published pricey -of some of tlie reduced linos will' explain how money -can be saved. '

•Messrs J... Fraser and Co., land agents, advertise a daliry farm of 106 acres freehold, near to school and cheess factory.- Also a sheep farm of about 400 acres, highly improved.

Messrs Jas. Macintosh and Co have received instructions from Mr John Turby, of ITukanui, to hold an unreserved sale of all his livc\ and doad- stock: /Ihe sale' will take .place on Thursday next, axid tlie'. liyt' ' includes 31 cows in profit and in calf, and other lines.