LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 1 February 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

i'lums are at present being sold in .Yirmertou at from Id to 2d per lb.

j There were, sixty ■'.line .interments in tu > Masterton Cemetery during the year 1912.

Mr «J. C. lioddin ton reports that ,'ax points ci' rain was registered at i-iie L-pper I'lain on Friday morning.

(Ragwort is reported to be spreading with alarming rapidity ill the hlntt Valley. A Dunedin telegram states that the grocery business occupied by Mir Moulds, in King Street was badly damaged by lire yesterday morning. The total insurance;.! were £74-5.

The highest price paid for a stud Lincoln ram at the Hawke'y Hay ram fair on Thursday last was 41 g»s, for a shearling bred by Mr.William Perry, of Masterton, and sold to .Messrs Douglas Bros, of Te Mahauga.

A Brcss Association telegram from Dimedin states that pillaging has been so bad from the last three or four Home boat a that local merchants have started to insure against loss in that direction.

The yield of-cocksfoot grass seed in the" Master ton district this year has been quite a record. Much of it, however, has been allowed to go to waste. The seed is bright and! clean, and should bring good prices in the market.

The District Coroner (Mr J. T. M. Hornsby) has brought the circumstances of the death of a Native at Ureytown under the notice of the Minister of Justice and the Native Minister.

The Master ton Town Hall has been booked for February 27th for an entertainment of an unique character by tho pupils of Mr J. T. M. Hornsby. A high class comedietta is being pre pared for the occasion, and! the programme will be both interesting- and varied.

The editor of the Woodvillo Examiner (Mr John Grant), took first prize at the Woodvillo show in the judging of a cow, beating the whole of the farmers of the district. Thiy is not surprising, -for newspaper men as a rule can tell which end of the cow the milk comes from.

A lawn tennis match between the .Jasterton and Tararua (Carterton) Cli.'is will take place on the Masterton cuvts to-day, commencing at 2 o'clock sharp. the Masterton team will be • selected from the following players:—Messrs iiiundell, Hqwden, Eiconte, Spain, James. Thynne, Cook, Chamberlain, Noblc-CJampbell, Heaton, (J a bites, and Bennett.

The attendance at meetings of the Masterton Cemetery Trust has been so irregular on the "part of some of the Trustees, that a resolution was passe-:!- yesterdav to the effect that on a .member absenting himself from two successive meetings without leave, his dereliction of duty be reported to the religious body on whose recommendation his appointment was made.

| The quarterly meeting of the Mas--1 terton Cemetery Trustees was held yesterday, there being present Messrs E. Feist (in the chair), C'. E.. Daniell, | David Donald, P. Gordon and W. Sellar. An apology for absence was received from Mr H. O'Leary. The audited balance-sheet for the year 1912, was received and passed. The treasurer's statement ivas also received, and accounts passed for payment. The payment of certain accounts during tho quarter was eonfirmed. Messrs O. E. Daniell and D. Donald were appointed a works committee for the ensuing year. Wairarapa breeders obtained very satisfactory prices for the rams, at the Hastings ram fair. Mr W. .Rayner, of Masterton, securecf up to 9 gns for liia flock ißomneys. Mr W. |H. Buick's stock Romney-s sold up to 6 J gns. In stud Romneys Mr W. Perry secured 4l gns and 243 gns for two shear rams; Mr'W. Rayner 15 gns and 9 gns, for shearlings; Mr G. E. Allen sgn& and 7 gns, for shearlings; and Mr E. TCglington from SI gns down to 10 gns for two-shear rams. Tn Lincoln studs the two-shear ranis of the late D. McMaster fetched from 12 gns up to 30 gns. Mr W. Perry «)ld a .shearling at 41 gns, and twoshear rams at 21 gns and' 14gns. A shearlins ram was sold on account of Mr W, Rayner at 8 gns. For a considerable time the experts of the field division of the . Agricultural Department have -maintained that it was possible to grow excellent potatoes on the lupine-covered land at Brighton and Sumner, holding that the humus from the lupines and the nitrogen-drawing powers of the plants rendered tho sand, if moist, eminently suitable for thifi pin-pose. The truth of this contention has been abundantly proved -(says the Lyttelton Times'). On Monday thore were brought to - the office of the Department a number, of potatoes, grown by Mr St-aubel, of Sumner, 011 sand, which were of quite surprising excellence, whilst the crop was a very pro line one. The potato experimented with was the favourite 'Robin Adair, and the root brought to the, Department produced 831b of beautiful tubers, without flaw or blemish.

A settlor in the Pongaroa district has 13,(500 f.it wethers ready for freezing.

There was a record number of side shows at tho Pahiatua. show yesterday. The number of people earning a living at this class el business seems to bo increasing year by year.

The Pahiatua llaeing Club, which was deprived of its license liv the Racing Commission, is considering the advisability of holding a nontotal isu tor meeting.

A London cable states that the statue to Kino; Charles 1. at Charing Cros.« was decked with wreaths on the 264 th anniversary of his . execution.

Not tho slightest trace has yet been found of the oil launch and tho bodies of the three men who came to Erief near Aohonga on New Year's Day.

The sight of a well known East Coast settler driving a pair of two-year-old bullocks in a dray, with a horse in the lead, was witnessed recently. It was most instructive.

Island news states thrt Otto Kellor, a trader and planter, while recruiting at Makira Island, was murdered by Malaita buslnnen.

The sheep and cattle ' guessing competitions at tho Pahiatua annual show yesterday attracted a very large number of competitors. The results will be made known in tho course of a few dayV.

First Consul, owned by W. D. Watyon, of Master ton, was tho most successful hack competing at the Pahiatua show --esterday. First Consul way placed first in the lady's hack and light weight hack events .

Mr J. Percy lias presented the JJideford Sports Club with a very handsome silver rose bowl, to be competed for at- the forthcoming meeting, in the hunters' competition. The rose bowl ig on view at Mr L. S. Nieol's jewellery store.

At a meeting of the Masterton Horticultural Society last flight, it was decided to hold the next show on Wednesday, February 26th. The Secretary was instructed to write several per you sto ascertain if they would act as judges at the show. '

A lad named Alfred Hayes, aged about 13 years, who is on a visit to Keatherston from Pahiatua, fell off a bicycle which he was learning to ride, and broke his right leg above the ankle. He was taken to the .Greytown Hospital.

The Pahiatua A. and P. ' Society seems to be dogged with misfortune. For the past two or three years the weather has been most unfavourable for the. annual show, and yesterday the atmospheric conditions were very unpropitious in the morning, and although the weather improved! during the day, many country settlers were prevented from attending.

A most enjoyable picnic was held a few days back at Waikereru, when settlersi were present from the whole of the surrounding districts. In the evening a dance was held in the Rakaunui Hall, at which there was a large gathering. A feature of the function was" the large number of well-dressed ladies, including visitors from Auckland, Hawke's Bay and elsewhere.

Mr C. Spencer Compton, organist of St. Matthew's, Masterton, will give an organ recital in the church on Tuesday evening next, commencing at 8 o'clock. Those who had the pleasure of attending the recital given by Mr Compton shortly after hie arrival here, will remember the delightful music be provided on that occasion, and as a. new and carefully selected programme has been prepared for Tuesday night, a largo attendance of music lovers at St Matthew's Church is anticipated. The soloists assisting Mr Compton -yvsll bo Messrs H. F. Green -and R. J. Young, while Miss Vera Edwards' will sing the solo part in Spohr's anthem, "As' Pants' the Hart."

A meeting of director? and members of the Wairarapa Caledonian 7 Society was held at Carterton last evening. Mr J. B. McKonzie, president, presiding over a good attendance. Mr McKenzie gave a brief outline of tho initiation of the society, and said he considered the time had arrivedi for the forming of a branch of the society in Carterton. "He. then referred to the proposal to hold a sports meeting at Carterton in aid of the Pipe Band Fund. It was unanimously decided that a sports meeting to be held at a date to be fixed,and that all those present be a committee with power to add. It was also decided that a further meeting he. held on Saturday nex-tat 8 t>.m.. when final arrange-; ment-s would be made.

Yesterday's 'Wajrarajm News had the .followingMr D. Smith., of Ma,<»terton, had a mishap at Pembroke Stroot corner in his motor 'car last night, resulting in a shattered wind screen and a shock to the lady passengers. He was driving up from the south slowly, and approaching the corner tooted the horn. Mr Nicholas Bouzaid, driving down Pembroke Street with a curt load of fruit, evidently Cd not hear or see the car, for h» J ; drove straight on. By this time "-the car was algpgside the centre lamp post, and 'could not Bwerve across the road,.; and Bouzaid could not stop his enough to avoid a collision. The animal threw itself back upon-its haunches, and the ends of the Bhafts projecting struck the winjJ screen of the quickly stopping car, and shattered it to pieces. Beyond thTs 110 damage was accident was extremely lucky, done, but the escape' from a serious

A boy named Tyack, who was riding a bicycle, was knocked down by a cart in. Master ton yesterday afternoon H'« sustained a severe shaking, and a number of cuts shout the face.

A largo number of -signatures are understood to liavo been obtained for a petition which is being circulated" in support of rating on unimproved values for Timaru.

It has been decided to increase thd price of bread in South Canterbury as from to-day to 7d per 41b loaf for cash or coupon. The present price i<j UJd per 41b loaf, and it ha> stood at this- for some considerable time.

Mr F. A. Jacob.sen, Government. Apiarist, state's that owing; to tho favourable weather that has been experienced in the Wellington., Hawko's Bay and Taranaki districts, the prospects of a fair honey crop have materially improved. 'lhe Taihape correspondent of an. Auckland! paper writes :—"The Po\vera Church was destroyed on Monday afternoon by being struck by lightning. The spire of the building was observed to be alight immediately after a vivid display of lightning, aijd within a short time the structure was totally destroyed."

Jho raspberry growers of Waimate have lost hundreds of pounds this year because the raspberry crops have been a failure. Everything looked grand at the start of the season (saye the Times), and the growers w<?ro in good! spirits, but hot, dry vveathor, with hot nor'-westers sot in, and tin's spoiled more than half tho crops of fruit. The growers will not tako near half of what they did last-year. Many of the growers could not got pickers, and so hundreds of buckets of fruit went to waste. Some growers are going to do away with theue cailes and give up the game.

Evidence that the settlers in the King Country have taken advantage of the offer made by the Massey Government to supply' them with dairy stock, is' given, in the registration at Hamilton of 110 less than 27 transactions by which 189 cows ancl> heifers have been handed over to the settlers, the amounts involved varying from £6 to £59. Six similar transactions were registered; at Now Plymouth, covering 80 head. The interest charged is o per cent, and the principal is repaid by deductions from the monthly milk cheque. The purchases were made by Mr Jordan, Crown Lands Ranger, at To Kuiti, who was successful in securing a good class of stock.

I At a mothers' congress at Chicago on November 27th a resolution . was passed denouncing women's corsets as a crime against maternity. Many of the speakers declared that the wearing .of stays is a senseless vanity, and that the practice irresponsible for the physical a,nd'mental dwarfing and deformity of The meeting decided to make an appeal to the "thinkers of the nation" to give an example to the masses by abandoning the aise of corsets, and many of those present pledged themselves to a crusade throughout the country in the hope of converting "American womanhood" to tho evilß of the cof set.

Thus the Mercantile Gazette: Calendars are getting every years moreexpensive, and competition in the value of the gift is getting keener. I Is it wise? "Is it necessary? What is a calendar, anyway, from an advertising standpoint? It is a pretty gift designed to give a moment's - pleasure till the recipient gets another calendar that is prettier. It has very little value as a salesman. As a rule it is designed not to Bell the goods of the user, but to eell iisel fto the merchant." He sees an attractive piece of lithographic work and he immediately becomes infatuated with it, audi thinks that because it is attractive to him it will' help him sell his goods." j "A Miner's Wife of Waihi" recently wrote as'follows to the editor of ' the Christchurch Press: "My husband I was a Waihi miner for 16 years. We' | had made a very comfortable home there, and he was receiving good , wages. We have aisraall family, and the children were well educated, aod everything was going on very satisfactorily until such time as. Semple and Parry started with their ad/vioe to the miners to strike. What is the result? We are all more or les« ruined by listening to the harangues of these men. My husband, being a member of the union' was obliged to strike, but I am glad to say he took no part in "slanging" the willing workers or opposing the constabulary in carrying out their arduous duties. I am thoroughly ashamed to own, but it is the truth, that some of the (Women there, were the greatest- of T -fenders; and!.'their language was, .of I the very lowest and foulest thai I I have ever heard, and I wag bred and ' brought up in a large mining district , iii the Old Country. Here we are stranded in Christchurch. My husband. hits got some work to do, but not the good wages he earned in Waihi, and 1 have got some needlework and washing to do to keep our family going, but we have lost our home .furniture, and garden, -which took jus sixteen years to imake, all through the meddlesome'interferences of S'eniple, Parry and) others."

Thrifts the month of January,! twenty births ,three deaths, and six marriages were registered) in _ mas* torton. Mr J. W. Cunningham has sold lis property, Te Roto, Bvdeford to Mr E. W. Bunnv, manager ot Glenbum estate. Tlio Masterton athletes who are competing at the Wellington Provincial Championship meeting leave for the - Empire City this morning. Four burglary charges were preferred! against Constable Charles Alfred Remmers, at Wellington y estei " S • The accused was remanded tl'll' Wednesday. The whole of the missing property has been recove ecl For driving a vehicle throng . Queen Street after dark without a Ticht Fredl H. Wrigley was toed £1 »nd V costs in the Magistrates Court at 'Masterton yesterday. - Tn the Magistrate's Couirt at Mastertoa yesterday Howard S- Devonport was charged under the Defence Act with obstructing - systematically disobeying the g Defendant 1?1«M guilty, and said was f -r n<l what had occurred. A fine of IU.» and costs was imposed. •.

" A vounn; man wag charged in the Madstrate's Court at a^r ton iverdav, before Mr L. G. rleid, p. > with having used insulting language in ft public place, viz. a Chinese shop an Queen Street, w'ithm the hearmf, Wed to have heen used to Co nstable "Ferguson, who entered the shop to a-emonstrate with the young ihom he said was annoying the Ch-mimaa. Mr Cnllen the defendant, and raised the point that the Chinese shop was not a public -ol ace within the meaning.of the Ml.' This objection was upheld bj His Worship, and the information "was "withdrawn.

Mr J. Carpenter, Queen Street, requires a smart "boy for paicels. Miss Bishop, teacher of and theory, 28 Victoria '• "j 11 resume teaching on Monday, Eelim®ry 3rd.

A meeting of the residents of- Lang<low!W3 will bo held. In tlie scTioolroom on Monday evening next, to "make arlirangements for tire annual school picjiic. •

Miss V. Hampton will resume teaching pianoforte and the theory ot music on Wednesday stli February. Country pupils may obtain concession tickets.

Hie first term of Girls Collegiate School heeips oa Tliursa»y, 6th February. Miss L. C. Hampton, BA. the princioal, will be at home from 3to so'clock .today and tomorrow-.

"T At "The • .Cenitral-; i•" Shoe-, Stare,;*<suee'n Street', Mr J. Carpenter is at 'present showing some very elegant style in ladies and gents' footwear. The'range is such Us to please the most fastidious, and those requiring dependable tintl stylish footwear would do well to make a.m/inspectionPrices throughout are very low: for such value.

In 'another column Messrs S. and W. Mactay-make an announcement in connection with their stock of school Books and stationery. The firm are .-well-known as the oldest established firm "of educational booksellers, m the Wellington province. Some three - years ago they started a branch.business in Masterton, where they now claim to carry a. larger stock of books • than any firm in the Wairarapa. Mr E i-B: Hare ,land agent, Paliiatua, elsewhere draws special attention to .fi lease, pi 600 pf splen-. did sneep country. , which is advertised in his land, space. The property ... winters over ,2 big slieep per-acre, heV sides cattle,and isoffered for lease for M . ,4£ years at 9s per acre, with optional purchasing clause. The same firm ... have also a snug little dairy farm of 43 acres, with a choice herd of 17 cows, horse, trap, harness, furniture, etc* as, a going concern ,at £3O per acre. t ; r ' Mr'S'rM:' Baihl, motor car import, er, lias just, landed in MastertoiUi,; to the order, of Mr D. McMaster, Matawhero. Lower Valley, a 1913 Cadillac car.- The car is a beautifii Ipiece of workmanship, and is one of the most up to date in the Dominion. It is equipped with a full electric lighting system, and is also fitted with the electric starting gear. which _ has been through the most exhaustive tests hrthe Old Country.; The ch-r is a five-seater, is finished in royal blue, \. and the nickel fittings and superb upbolstering are a special feature. f >Messr>s Graham aiid- Co announce. ..the last seven;days of their great pummer sale.' For the v 'rdmaifting* day& of ther sale special reductions will be inad<t,'.as it is desired to clear as "stock as possible td rnake ' ' new -autumn goods. The bargains being offered present a splendid opportunity for money saving to shoppers, - and it will pay the public to buy their requirements at Graham's sale. The success of Messrs Hugo and Shearer's Great Expansion Sale has been most-pronounced. Hun-. w. t .;;dreds of satisfied buyers have visited the store durinnr the sale, and now ; that the closing das at hand the fr'""; .firm have decided make a good fiftV; ish by offering.some most convincing l -~- ■bargains for th£ remainder of the sale period'. Id our wanted columns to-, day a few special linet). are quoted, and these may be taken as a 1 guide; to the wonderfully low prices now ruling; at Hugo and Shearer's Expansion Sale. ._ t ; - ■ ; 4 '. , 4. X- hearty is extended to all men to the usual tea and service f r ,5$ .^erd T at s tlie''' : K'3bF.C'/A;' - reports will be given' by; . z Messrs. Hunter, t'earsei. and! Pryor, • ■ . .at .the. 'first Now.-, Zealand . V tional Convention held church .from 2nd to-6th Janiiary. The 1 reports, t no doubt, will be very inter--«h«ys, andji large gathering is as6vi ' . i • * Nine out" of ten Gouty and Ithellsubjects do not know that their, neait hhas been seriously undermined by an excess of Urio Acid in the blood. There is but one certain cure, and that is RHEUMO—it removes the Uric Acid from the blood, and seldom fails, even in stubborn cases of Rheumatism, Gout, Lumbago and Sciatica" Sold by all chemists and stores, 2s 6d od 4s fid bottle. TWO DOSES A COMPLETE CURE. ''l am subject to bowel troubles, writes Mr Alfred Wane 185 Auburn OEtoad, Auburn, Vie, £ 'but have always which cause pain and inconvenience," found two dosesof Chamberlain's aW" know that there is such a -safe arid ;V ,T ' V\!. Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy to effect —f complete cure. I am, pleased to certain remedy as Chamberlain's Colio. and Diarrhoea. Remedy, and always * keep' a bottle handy."