LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 24 April 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Six degrees of frost were registered a,t Masterton yoste/tlay morning. Tho second, Auckland-Wellington express train is to cea-%© Tunning after tho 31st iast. The Maetei-ton Horticultural and Industrial Society has assets amounting to £4 16s 8d; Its liabilities are nil. Joseph Langley and Richard Barrett were -each fined £1 and costs 7s at Greytown yesterday for breaches of the, motor speed limit. The business premises in Moste-rton are to be closed at 11 o'clock this morning, to enable the staffs to attend the race meeting at Opaki. A now hospital is to be provided in New Plymouth'at a cost '■'•of £33,000 The Government will find £16,000. «i.nd the local bodies tho remainder of tho money. During the visit cf the battleship j New Zealand to j\ r a<pier, a party of ! Boy Scouts will rtin a refreshment booth, capable of catering lor 3000 people. Messrs E. G. Eton and J. C. Ewington have, as was anticipated in our issue of yesterday, been returned un6pjx>.<ed as representatives of the Masterton Borough on the Wairarapa Hospital.and Charitable Aid Board. A large number of visitors from north and south arrived in Masterton yesterday for tho raoes. The weather promises to bo beautifully fine, and there should be a record gathering for the opening day of the mooting. Tho Carterton Now* understands that the Taratahi Hotel has changed hands, Mr B. Douglas transferring his interest to Mr W. M. Bailey, formerly licensee of the Marquis of Norman by Hotel, and lately of Palmerston North. The following notice, of motion will be discussed at the annual meeting of the Masterton Horticultural and Industrial Society .—"That instead of issuing family tickets a,s at present, members paying 10h per annum be supplied with one three ladies' tickets." It is reported that Ot-ago and Southland sawmillers have been feonewhat inconvenienced -fthis year by a shortage of labour. With that exception trade has been good, the demand for timber having been stea'y for a long time.. Mr W. JR. Kern ball, secretary of the Wairarapa Criefcet Association, has placed an order with the Masterton, Implement Company for tbe. making of the (-eat presented to the Masterton Park by the South Melbourne ■Cricket. Club, which visited Masterton last season.

The Masterton Horticultural and Industrial Society has held three shows during the past year. At the bulb .exhibition the door takings amounted to £'4 4s 6d. At the ros« and sweet pea show the door takings were £2l lis Od, and at the autumn show they were £26 15s. iSevera! horses came down in Queen Street yesterday, the roadway seeming to be dangerously slippery. Complaints were numerous, and it seems as if tlie incoming Borough Coum-' will have at least one important matter to <:):iim their .lUoution on coming into office.

Messrs Ctoward and Sons, proprietors of the Standard of Empire newspaper, have presented an aeroplane to the New Zealand Government. Ft its iiot stated what class of aeroplane it is. hut the type is the latest, with-all modern improvements. The aeroplane will be'used for mili-tary.,-ipurjx>s?i-. The nnniJwr of voter s on the Masterton electoral roll is 3106. a s compared w'itii 3-518 at the. .previous election. Of xhis year's, roll there arc 1499 na:iie.p on the residential list and 1667 on the ratepayers' list, as ■compared v.ith IoS2 and 1936 respectively on the previous roll. A small supplementary roll has to be added to thi s year's figures, but will not alter the total to any extent. The swrretary of the Masterton Racing C'Jub hag. been advised by the Wellington Metropolitan Club ' that horses and jockeys that participated in the recent Pahiatua non-totaiisator meeting'have incurred no liability of disqualification. The investing public may, therefore, rest assured' that there will be no danger of disqualification should any horse that competed at the Pahiatua meeting win at the Masterton meeting.

The quarterly meeting of the 1.0. R. was held in Murray's Hall en Tuesday night. There was a large attendance of members, presided over by C.R, Bro. Pearee. The usuail Tent business was-transacted. Three can. didates were admitted as members. Bro W. M. East-hope who represented the Tent at the annual conference, gave a very interesting account of the work done, and was accorded a hearty vote of thanks for his splendid address. An interesting discussion was engaged in by the members present. The receipts for the evening amounted .to £l7 10s.

Considerable interest is being ta.keiu in the coming; subdivisional sale of tli" Mokau lands. The area is about 25.000 acres and the blockis snlj-dividcd into sections several of which are from 1000 to 3000 acres in extent. The s aJe takes place at Palmers!, on Xorth on Wednesday, May 7. Complete arrangements have been made for showing intending purchaser* over the ground. Mr C. B. Swainston is i-epre.sen.ting the com pan v at Mokan. and Mr J. H. Stmbbs at Waitara, and they Avill give all information and assistance. Full particulars can also be obtained from Messrs James Macintosh and Co., Ma&terton. SUPERFLUOUS HAIR.

Prom-lings are to ho taken in the Police Out against Territorials Whoassaulted an Otago Daily Times re-pm-ter by -'.lucking'' him in a creek afs Sutton, The Eketalmna Golf Club will play matches against Tiraumea on .May loth and July 3rd. against Carterton on June 3rd and September 4th, and against Pahiatua on August 7th and October 2nd. The Wairarapa Hookey Association ha-s arrived at an .amicable agreement; with the .Mnsterton P. and T. Hockey Ohi-b in connection with matters which, were causing'friction in hockey cir-. cles, and n.s a '-esult of the Association,'a attitude at last night's meeting, the P. and T. Club lias now derided to enter for the championship, during the forthcoming sea-son. A Makomako settler informed the meeting of the Fanner**' Union at Pahiatua on Tuesday that he had 20 acres of the clover known as Lotus Major, growing on hi.s farm. In reply to the chairman, he gave theclover a good name. Samples of Lotus Major wore lately exhibited by .Mr W, Wakeman, before a gathering; of settlers. Large consignments of muttonbirdfc.nrrived at Bluff from the islandson Sunday, the liita and Britannia, bringing'between them about 2o.00(L The birds arc. in excellent condition, and, according to reports, those engaged in t)he industry expect a record .season, the number already caught to date, .being appreciably in excess, of that of the previous year for a similar period. Several blocks of land in the Woodvillo district are expected to lie thrown open for settlement. TheMangatainoka Native Block, situated between Pahiatua and Woodville, willbe opened for selection in June, and Mr J. H. Eseott, M.P.. intends endeavouring to get the ballot for the same to be held in Pahiatua, He interviewed the Departmental authorities at Wellington on the matter last wwk. The .Aliuataranga block, just outside Woodville, will also be ballot-" e<| for tni June, at Woodville, and the Hall-Siberia block will be available for intending settlers in July.—Herald.

Indignation is certainly not the most prominent feature of the following letter, written l>y a Cltinaman iiif Rarotonga to a New Zealand fruiti merchant: —"We received yours 16th: in>st., when wo read your letters and your account sales. You letters make me sick. Also the account sale*. Many years I lieen start to shipped fruit to New Zealand. I never saw any agent or fruit merchant like yours. Remember the 39 cases of" bananas. The. whole expenses cost. me £7 16fi. What you think that-' 1 lost. It is no good for me. Well think you can get this lost of me. But we read all about your letter*. Wo know all about write to me and I don't believe what you say aboutr the boat and you sold 3s per case. I buy this fruit here for f.o.b. 4s per case. It is no good for me." At the annual meeting of parishioners of St. Matthew's Church, Masterton, last evening, the following-" resolution in reference to the Bible-in-sehools question was passed: "In. accordance'with the decisions of the General and Diocesan Synods; this annual meeting of parishioners of the parish of St. Matthew's, Masterton, in the Diocese of Wellington, pledges itself to support the objective of the Bible-in-Schools League, and requests a referendum of the whole people of" the Dominion bo taken to decide the question. This meeting further calls upon every parishioner to show his or her individual adherence by (a)' earnest prayer for God's blessing on the movement; (b) .signing the card! of membership; (c) active work in inducing ©thena to sign the card ofmemibe.r&'hip; (d) contributing some * donation), however small, to the campaign fund." '

Messrs W. H. Cole and Son require a good painter at once. An address by candidates .'to till seats on the Borough Council is published in thjs Morning's Age. A reward is offered for the recovery of a black and tan sheep dog lost in Masterton last week. Messrs MeLeod and Young, of the "Academy," will have a stock of Jeffrey Farnol's new book "An Amateur Gentleman," to hand in a few days. Orders >shonld be booked at once to secure a copy from the first edition. The Masterton Picture and Entertainment Co., Ltd., assisted by- tlie local Caledonian Pipe Band, will give a benefit performance in aid of thor widow and family of the late Mr R.J. Ewington, on Friday, May 2ild. The annual meeting of the. Masterton Centre of the Farmer;;' Union, will be held on Saturday next at I.MO p.m. in the A. and P. Rooms, Perry ■street. Mr Cockayne, of the Agricultural Department, will lecture on theProper Care of Pastures, etc. All farmers are invited to be.present-. Character in neckwear, a most singular remark, but very true, for when? you have seen our selection of men's neckwear, you will realise the truth of it. Here you have a range of .shapes and stylc-s that ensure satisfaction for every type of man and every shade of taste. The quality, is right in every case, and prices low. Give us a call to-day. W.F.C.A. *