LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 13 March 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Stratford intends to take a poll on the half-holiday question. The past summer has been the hottest experienced for many years in the Marlborough district. Tlie first annual show of the Marton A. and P. Association resulted in a credit balance of £l6B 17s. The rainfall registered at • Masterton for the twenty-four hours ending nine o'clock yesterday morning, was. l inoh 8 points. The temporary slaughtermen's strike does not seem to have seriously affected tlie Nelson freezing company's works. Up to tho present 5000 more sheep have been killed than for the corresponding period last year. A sum of £195 3s 10d was paid out by the Wairarapa Egg Circle yesterday for eggs supplied during the month of February. A sum of £4OO 8s lOd has been paid out for the first two months of this year, as against £349 7s lOd for the same period last year. Speaking at a luncheon tendered the Hoii. James Allen, in London, Sir Walter Buchanan. M.P., of Wairarapa, expressed regret that there had been little improvement in the handling of frozen meat during the last twenty years. He admitted, however, that a remedy was difficult to find. The iStronvar district of the Wairarapa, is one of ;the parts that has not suffered to any great extent from the prolonged spell of dry weather, and the country and .stock are looking remarkably well. Of course the rains of the past two days will have the effect of improving and assuring a plenitude for the winter.

The pillage of goods en route from the Old Country to New Zealand still goes merrily on, A New Plymouth, importer informed a News reporter that instead of decreasing, the practice is growing, and that it is the exception to receive a box of good.v _ that has not been tampered : with. The work is done so skilfully that even the critical eye cannot always detect anything wrong. A farmer stated to a Southland Times reporter on Saturday that more pressing than more land settlement was the need for more labour to work the land already settled upon. Farmers at present were unable to do this, and in consequence thousands of pounds were being lost in Southland ahme. He maintained that the matter was urgent, and the Government should make an immediate move to remedy it. The following story comes from Taranaki: —A land agent wishing to get a property off his books, met a drover on thie, road, and (suggested that the men should give his mob of sheep a few days' spell by turning them into a farm close by. The drover readily assented. Next day a motor drove up to the farm, and t;io following conversation ensued between the land agent and a prospective buyer. Said the former: "You see the land is all ried those twelve hundred sheep ior two months, and they're still un to their necks in feed." "Yes, * the goods are all right," replied the buyer, "I'll pay you the £SO deposit straight away." Pleased with the purchase the new owner told his neighbour what a good bargain he had made, and was soon enlightened as to the real carrying capacity of the farm, and the trick which had beeni played upon him. A New Plymouth solicitor was immediately consulted, hut the history of the deal never got into the courts to'amuse the public. The £SO was refunded, and both the deal and 'the land agent were off. RHEUMATISM N PACK AND LEGS. "For years I had suffered with Rheumatism in the hack and legs," writes Mr R. C. Philps, storekeeper, Dutton. S.A., "and have found Chamberlain's Pain Balm the only thing that will relieve me. I have found it a most effective cure, for all aches and-pain's. My family always use it for neuralgia and sprains." Ladies! Warner's Corsets are comfortable—guaranteed so. They shape fashionably. The bones cannot rust or can the fabric tear. iQrdee now. Lpea? drapsrs.

Mushrooms aro at present very plentiful in paddocks in the vicinity of Masterton. A gentleman from Ingle wood, aged 82 j'oars, recently .scaled Mount Egmont in the splendid time of six hours.. The schools in the Masterton district will close for the Easter holidays 011 Thursday next, and will reopen on the following Wednesday. Sixteen of the butchers who went on strike at the Tomoana works, Hawke's, Bay, have since resumed work. The Finance Committee of tho Master ton Trust Lands Trust met last evoning and transacted the usual routine business. Blackbirds and thrushes are proving very destructive in gardens in the Daimevirke district, attacking netr! yn]] classes of vegetables indiscriminatoly, even pumpkins and marrows. Tho decision of tho Court of Inquiry, which recently sat in Masterton, to investigate* the Territorial strike, will be given by Colonel Tats at the Territorial parade to-mor-row evening. Fedding is likely to carry the poll in favour of the weekly holiday being observed on Saturday. The petition for the poll to bo authorised contained a great many more names than were required. The sum of £3OO was taken at the ordinary pay nignt of the Masterton Workers' Mutual Benefit Building ■Society last evening. This will enable. the draw of an appropriation by ballot of £3OO, and a .sale -of £300,' on April oth.

Two -running events will he got off on tho Park Oval this evening, by the Wairarapa Amateur Athletic Club. A s the season is drawing to a close the competition is sure 'to be keen, and as the track is in splendid order t'omo keen contests should result. 'Tho final swimming event of the season, under the auspices of ... the Wcairarapa Amateur Swimming Club, will take place in the Park Lake this evening. The entries are large, and as tho winner of the season's points prize is to be decided by the result, an interesting and keenly contested race should be witnessed. At a recent meeting of the Hospital .Board at Napier a resolution of the Nelson Bqard wag read in regard to the Government starting a forced labour farm for wasters. The resolution was endorsed, a member stating that it was a, question the Government would have to consider ere long. Tho Terra Nova; the now famous Antarctic- vessel, leaves Lyttelton -to-day for tho Homeward voyage. The Terra Nova will proceed via the Straits, of Magellan' and Rio de Janeiro, the first port of call in the Old Country being Cardiff. During the voyage scientific observations will be made, special attention being given to the animal and plant life of those parts of tlie Southern Ocean traversed om the journey. The Masterton Racing Club has a number of men employed in making additions to _ the accommodation cottage at Opaki. The totalisator appointments have been completed, and there are now eighteen selling boxes, and twelve paying-out places, so that the Club',c patron, s> should now be well provided for. A number of minor improvements have also been effected.

Tho Friendly Societies' • Picnic Committee met in. Masterton last evening, Bro. B. Chapman in the chair. Routine business in connection with the picnic was transacted. The delegates representing the vari ous societies intimated that each lodge had donated IGs 6d towards the prize funds. Trophies were also received from Messrs ,G. R. Sykes, M.P., W. Burridge. Thompson and Payne, and T. Ross. The final meeting of tire committee will take place on March 19th. We have not asked permission to inspect the plans of the proposed new police station in Masterton, because these may not be the plans finally adopted. The Public Works Department frequently ca11,9 for tenders for a structure, and afterwards modifies the plans .considerably. When a tender is accepted, we shall give our .readers a description of the building. In the meantime we are permitted to state that the new station will meet the 'requirements cf the district for igome time to come.. William Brownrigg, apparently a farm labourer and a gardener," who had worked in Hawke's Bay, Taranaki, and Masterton districts, died suddenly in ■ Palmerston 011 Tuesday. He arrived there on March 1, stopping at a local hotel. He went to bed • apparently well on Monday night, but on Tuesday morning complained of being unwell. Hp was looked after, but the illness was not considered serious. however. died suddenly in the afternoon. TIIO police'would be pleased to hear from his relatives or friends. It is understood deceased leaves two or three children, who are living with a Mrs Harris.—Manawatu Times. The Follies Costume Comedy Company appeared for one night in the Masterton Town Hall last evening, and played before an appreciative audience. The performance. 011 the whole, contained a good deal of merit, several of the items being artistic and highly entertaining. Perhaps the feature of the programme was the part singing, the duets by Clifford and Cissy O'Keefe, and the quartettes by the Misses O'Keefe and Black, and Messrs Black and o'Kocfe. reaching a high standard, and beino- the medium for loud applause. The dfu'r-hig of the sisters Tilly and Lulu Susarne was quite the latest, and was. much appreciated, as was the eccentric dancing of Percy Dalton. The humorous songs of Misses Lily Mnore and Iris Edgar and Percy Clifton created much amusement, while the opening and concluding choruses by the combined company, were exceedingly well rendered. Should The Follies pay another visit to Masterton, their re-appearance would no doubt, attract a good deal of attention.

SUPERFLUOUS HAIR. , , Few things are more annoying to refined and sensitive ladies than superfluous hair on any part of the face or body, and it is with real pleasure that ire publish herewith a recipe received from a reader who states that by its use she in a very short time completely and permanently removed a stubborn growth of hair from her upper lip and chin. This recipe calls for 4i- drams Pulverised Sulthinr Concentrate, 2} drams Zinc Oxide. P.B. and ,1 dra-m of powdered Orris Root, which should be thoroughly mixed and put in a wide mouth- bottle. For use, mix a little of the powder into n paste on a plate by adding a few drops of water. Apply with n narrow knife blade and remove at the end of two minutes witW tlie back of the knif<\ when the dissolved hair will come with it. Repeat at intervals of two dnys. E.icb time the growth will be les>s, until it entirely disappears. A food nnn-frreasv ore.nm, such a* s Creano To-Kalon, may be used after 0-pnJr^R'tion,

.Shoplifting by wonion is said to-* be fairly prevalent in Waiiganui at tho present time, and the authorities aro finding somo difficulty * in bringing' tho charges home to tho perpetrators. The enormous growth of the dairying industry in Yaranaki may bo gauged from the fact that tho j'atea Harbour Board has decided to build a permanent harbour at a cost of somewhere between £100,000 ; and £150,000. It is not many years ago since Pa tea was a practically unknown coast township. The life of tho meat work butcher is not all that it is sometimes said to be. Quite a number of the men at Waingawa have beea compelled to" cease work for a Week or two, during tho present season, with badly cut hands. Apart from tho loss of time and wages, the wounds received were .vom climes of a dangerous character. •Settlers on tho East Coast are satisfied that rabbits have been greatly reduced.during tlie past few years,. owing ehietiy to systematic poisoning, under the 'supervision or Government inspectors! The opinion has been expressed that, on tho coast lands at least, a few years will seo the complete extermination of tho rabbit pest, which has proved such, a drain upon tho farmer's packet for so many years. Tho deer-stalkin&j season ig close at hand, and sportsmen are already ' making preparations for going out iu quest of heads. Judging by reportsfrom various parts of tho district, good heads will be conspicuous by their absence. It becomes more and more apparent, as th,o years goby, that if the deer areas of the 'Wairarapa aire to maintain their position, new blood must be introduced, as for the pastt year or two the animals have shown a strong tendency to degenerate. A live, six, or seven roomed! house, with, stable, is advertised for. The W.F.C.A., Masterton, require a smart boy for the grocery department. Messrs E. B. Hare and Co. are advertising aii ideal little dairy farm to lease as a going concern. Thirty good two shear Romney rams are advertised for sale. Address may be obtained at this office. The date fixed for the benefit performance at the Tliompson-Payne Pictures', in aid of tho Amateur Athletic Club, is April Ist. Mrs Kendall gives noice that Ler • dancing classes will resume on March 24th. Private classes can be arranged, also deep-breathing classes. Prov. Dist. P.M. Bro. Parker, of Petone, 'will conduct the installation, ceremony at tho Loyal Orange Lodge No. 59, at Murray's 'Hall, to-night. Visiting brethren are welcomed. Easter is coming on apace—lndeed a few days, and 'twill-be here. lu the meantime much preparation v for ' vacations will be hurried forward. Incidentally, let us mention a special Easter display by Messrs Hugo and Shearer. Tile latest fashions ha/o now reached the firm, and Easter special prices are the order of the day.