LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 6 May 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A farmer at Rewa, in the Orrnia County, is reported to have left a fortune amounting to four million*. The art gallery in connection with the forthcoming Auckland Exhibition, contain painting") valued at £500,000. A Glsborne confectioner was fined £1 and costs on Friday la.st, for keeping his «shop open on a Sunday for the purposes of trading. Meesrs A. W. Hogg, C. Spencer Oompton and J. Georgeson were appointed an Advertising Oomimittee at a meeting of the Masterton Competitions Society held last evening. A good deal of metalling and other work has been going on of latp in the Pahiatua County, and hired teams as well a.s the County'* own teams have been employed. Owing to the rough weather in Cook Straits, one of the telegraphic cables broke on Saturday, and another developed a serious fault yesterday, leaving only tlire« in good working order.

The annual meeting of the Masterton branch of the St. John Ambulance Brigade will be held to-morrow evening. A number of members of the Carterton branch, havo signified their intention of being present. It is understood that there is a proltfthility of the lnglewood OilBoring and Prospecting Compauy being incorporated in the Taranaki, New Zealand, Oilfields, Ltd. .The lnglewood Company has boring rights over an area of about 16,000 acO'ev. situated at Mokau and lnglewood. and a limited area at Moturoa.

Three breaches of the Licensing Act will -be dealt with at the sitting of the Masterton Magistrate's Court on Friday. Several breaches of the motor by-laws will also be dealt with. The latter charges are the result of alleged furious driving between Masterton and Opaki on the occasion of the recent meeting. Mr Pea ice stated at the meeting of the Farmers' Union on Saturday when discussing the shearers demand*, that he had siioru sheep for thirty years and never had any trouble with his men until these awards started. He did not. study the first award and the result was that he had three strikes in his shed if l one dav.

A meeting; of directors of the Masterton Aiitomatio Gas Pressure Lamplighter Company, wf&s held last evening. Mr W. H. Jackson presiding. Business of a routine nature was transacted, amd it was decided that ;the annual meeting of shareholders be held in the Dominion Hall on May 21«t. It was also decided that the directors meet on 12th. inst. for the purpose of drawing up its annual report and balance, sheet.

We go from home to hear news. A cable to the Sydney "Sun," under date April 21st, »ays: u Xew Zealand has stolen a. march on the Australian. States in the matter of arranging with the Port of London Authority for the erection of storage for perishable produce. 'Phe Dominion has completed a scheme for the building of accommodation within three .miles of the SmitMu'ld Meat Markets in tho city for the reception of frozen meat."

A Wellington telegram .states that in the Magistrate's Court yesterday, charges against hotel-keepers .of conniving at gambling on licensed premises «ere dismissed. Salvatore Snlvey, cliarged with betting in a hotel, was fined £2O. In the course of his judgment against two publicans Mr Riddell, S.M. held that betting was not gaming within the meaning of the Act. Judgment was reserved' in another ca.se against an alleged bookmaker for betting in a billiard room. Counsel for defendant -submitted that a.billiard room was not a public place. The new English Bankruptcy Bill makes an interesting departure in prescribing punishments for those who have become insolvent through gambling. The law is always chary of making jself a judge of morals, and adheres in the main to the principle of letting everybody "go to the devil in his own way." But (says the Pall Mall Gazette) the man who has gambled away not only his own assets, but the security relied on by his creditors, has obviously overstepped the boundaries of his charter ; he has, in effect, squandered what was not his own, and is really in the same position as an embezzler. I)r P. R. Cook presided at a special meeting of the Masterton Competitions Society last evening. The meeting was called -as the result of complaints that certain test music pieces wei-e unobtainable by intending competitors at the forthcoming competitions. Mr C. Spencer Compton intimated that all the pieces were procurable from various music warebouse» in the Dominion, and a list of the latter was supplied to the secretary, [t was decided to inform intending competitors that information on the matter could be secured on application to tho secretary (Mr W. Gillespie).

Wool to the value'of £38,523, and 1'R8,73S worth uf frown .meat, wer» oxporlxxl from Gihborne last month. Tho registration of the Otago Trades aJid La hour Association under tbe Arbitration Act has been cancelled. During April 6.79 inches of rain fell in tho Gisbornu district, beinji; equal to the total fall tor tho jprevioua five months. It ia reported that a Masterton resident, whoso behaviour lias of Jate been veiy eccentric, was yesterday removed to a mental hospital. Thji rainfall registered at tho Uppor Plain <m Sunday morning was (51 point*, and on Monday morning 3-> points, making 3.(W inches for fourdays. The interest of Mr B. .Douglas in tkts Ta>ratahi Hotel has boi>n sold, to Ur W. M\ Halley, of Palmoratxm. North, who takes possession on Saturday next. J£r Paul Hunter, of Porangahau r has donated to tho Mastei'ton A. and P. Association a .sinn of L'A, wlhich waa forwarded to him «-s a judge's lee in conneotioai with the last Solway A man on horseback came to grief at the Past Office corner in Mastei'ton yesterday afternoon. The horse slipped and fell over on to its side. The rider .fortunately managed to get his feet out of the .stirrups as the aui■tal fell, and escaped with a shaking.

In conversation with Mr T. C. We*bb, of tho local Stock Department, yesterday, an Age representative was informed that the weather of tho past few days was the worst experienced on tho East Coast for a number of years. Stock have suffered considerably, but .so far as is known, there ■has been no mortality. The roads are generally badly cut up. and rendered travelling difficult. Councillor 0. Cress, one of tho representatives of the Alfredton Hiding; on the Masterton County Council, was in Masterton yesterday. He is making arrangements to get a ipoll taken on the question of metalling that portion of the Eketahuna-Pongaroa rond thaf is in the Masterton County. With tho assistance of the Government, it is noped that a sufficient sum" of money will be available to complete the metalling on this road before next winter, so that the mail service may bo diverted to Eketahuna. ! Tho Premier stated in the course of a reply to a. deputation in Auckland in reference to tho expenditure on public buildings, that within the/ next, two or three weeks tenders' would be called for tho new Parliai mentary Buildings in .Wellington. Tho time had come when it wa,s imi possible for Parliament to go any longer in the old buildings. Thiw meant in the course of four years an; expenditure of £250,000. The buildings would probably take seven or eight years to complete. A .mild suggestion was made to Oaptairu Halsey, at Gishorne. that the hull of the wrecked Star of Canada would afford an excellent target for big gun practice by the Dreadnought, and he would be doing the port a. service by removing such an eyesore from the 1 very gates of the town. Captain Hateey smilingly replied that it would . be 'better amd cheaper to apply a. charge of dynamite. The vessel was so full of holes that a torpedo would only tear ■nnotheE-nieca |-|MyLjgfi her., and ilio incidentally rnentioned each torpedo sent out costs a matter of £4OO.

A remarkable instance of a dog'« remorse has occurred at Leigh (England). Mr Burke, the- secretary of the local Nationalist Club, had a Great Dane, which was a favourite with his, children. On© day in March the dog was playing with a child, when the nail of one of its paws got fast in the child's lip. The animal put its otiher paw up to try to release itself, and hi doing so tore the child's lip rather badly. The dog, which .seemed to feel acutely that it had hurt the child, with whom it was a, favourite, went into its kennel. whore, refusing all food, it died after fasting for three days.

The Dominion states that tendei-s have been received by the Government for the installation of automatic telephone equipments in Auckland, Wellington, Blenheim, Hamilton, Masterton and Oamaru. As these, tender s are of a highly technical character, and could not have been dealt with in tho ordinary way by the Tenders Board, that body has'had associated with it in connection with the consideration of the automatic telephone tender's, Messrs J. Orohiston (Chief Telegraph Engineer) and T. Buckley (Chief Electrician), of the Post and Telegraph Department. No particulars regarding the tenders are yet available, but it is understood that the American firm which vends the Strowger system and the Western Electrio Company of England have both tendered.

An extraordinary story of a daring robbery of which Mr Winston Church, ill, First Lord of the Admiralty, wn** lately made the victim by a 'young woman at Cannes has just been published. Mr Churchill is reported to have lost not only £SOO, but also some highly important and confidential naval data. The robbery was perpetrated immediately after Mr Churchii: had won <-ome inop\v at car's The young reman, who is susixvted of being an agent of some foreign Power, and two aristociviic-lookiig men by whom she was accompanied, paid great attention to the First Lord, and while chatting to the woman Mr Churchill placed a bundle of note s in his right hip pocket. He went away a few minutes later, and it was not until ho returned to his yacht that lie discovered the 'loss of his money and a pocket-lwok containing notes on British naval matters that would be extremely valuable to any foreign Power. Scotland Yard officers are investigating the case.

The Fahiatua County .Council laafl an overdraft to date of £IBOO, The Union Shipping Company's new -steamer Niagara left Sydney for Wellington yesterday. The Hon. F. M. * 1L Fisher is a passenger by the vessel. During April 19,2160»s of gold, valued at £73,976, were exported from the Dominion, as compared with 35,5190z5, valued at £140,552, for the corresponding month last year. It is underetc d that Mr H. O. L. Robinson, who has tendered his resignation from the Masterton Trust Lands Trust, intends offering himself for re-election. It is stated also that Messrs A. Pickering (Lansdowno) and H. Evans (Fernridge) will be candidates for seats on the Trust. At the annual meeting of the Egmoivb A, and P. Association on Saturday it was shown that a profit of £261 had been made on the year's - working. The list of entries at the annual show was a record for the Association, being an increase of 200 ■over any previous year. A Masterton settler told an Age re prosentative yesterday that the severe weather of the last few days would be a boon to townspeople. "If." he .said, "the freezing works in the Province had continued during the next two months at the same rate they have of late, the price of mutton would have been very high before the winter wa» oyer." At a meeting of fifty farmers held in H«wetr«, representative of the whole province, it -was unanimously decided to form a'FarmerS' Cc*operatire Organisation. A provisional prospectus was drawn up, and an executive committee appointed. Mr G. L. Buckridge was appointed chairman of the executive. The company wiill have an initial capital of £500,000, and will hare for its object the purchasing of farmers' requisites and the distribution of their products. Two prisoners named John Fairley (aged 29) and George Groves (aged alxuit 31) who were awaiting trial for alleged house-breaking and forgery, mode their escape from the Palmerston North police celk on Sunday night. Fairley is about sft B£~in high, has "a dark complexion, and slight dark moustache, and, was dressed in blue serge clothes. Groves is aged about 31, is the i&aine height as FairJUv,. i 5 cAean shaven and fair and \& dressed in & grey suit. Tile polSoe will be glad <tf infoKmfttion aa tio their whereabout^ The first meeting of the new Board of Managers of the Masterton Y.M.C.vA. was held last evening, Mr J. Hunter presiding over a record attendance. Thft'.ohainusiM extended a' welcome to the new Managers, and expressed the hop-> that the coming year would be a'3U<v.v.\,.-Jul one. The following committcH".-. were elected (the first-named in each case being chairman): Religions- V.»rk, Messrs Hornsby, Grant, Onvwrell, and D. Pryor; junior d'puttiu>nt, Messrs Shoosmith, Morris, K. IVyor and R. .Sutherland; Social/ M.*-rg J. Hebenton, Cresswell and A. Hendry; strangers' tea, Messrs- Pnarsa and D. * Pryor; education, Messrs A. Donald, Horasby and Hebenten; physical. Dr Prior, Mr F. Graham :md the instructors; membership, Messrs A. E. Winzenberg, Hebenton and Minific; finance, Messrs C. E. Daniell A. Donald, Hunter, Minifie and secretary. It was decided that a cabinet, to be formed from the secretaries oi 'the, various committees, be set up to make recommendations to the board, as to any improvements in administration. It was decided that'the future meetings of the Board be held on the third Monday -in each month, at 7.30 o'clock. A hoy to learn job printing is required by the Masterton Printing Co. A. young lady boarder for private family is advertised for. An advertiser wishes to rent a 4 or 5-roomed house with all conveni«ences. ' The W.C.T.TJ. will hold their monthly meeting in Knox Hall this (Tuesday V afternoon at 3 o'clock. The casual camp of 2nd Battalion, 9th Reciment, will be held at Oringi from 19th to 31st May. An experienced junior is required for' the hardware department of Mr O. E. Daniell, Dueen Street. Every woman who wants a new coat or costume ishould see Hugo and Shearer's new winter stock. No use waiting till you catch a cold—call today. Members and intending members of S. Matthew's' Club are reminded of the annual- meeting to he held to. irigh't. Besides the ordinary routine there is some important general business to he discussed. I The friends of the late Allan Cam- | eron, of "Ditton," Masterton, are invited to attend his funeral, which will leave the residence of Mr S. Mawley, \ "Ditton," to-morrow at 12 noon, arriving at the Waipoua Bridge at 2.30 p.m. The local branch of the British and Continental Piano Co. notify patrons that they have just landed a big consignment of "His Master's Voice" records, including all the latest and most popular selections. Inspection is Invited at the shop, situated next the Fire Brigade Station, Queen St. Messrs C. Smith, Ltd., advertise special values that they are now offering in flannelettes, flannels, table linen, dress tweeds, and haberdashery. They have now opened up their winter supplies in these lines, and also have over 100 pairs of white blankets, down quilts, carpets, etc., on sale.

Messrs James Macintosh and Co. have received instructions from Mr B. Douglas, who has sold his interestin the. Taratahi Hotel, to sell all his live and dead stock. The list includes 8 milking cows in profit, dairy heifer*, Holstein heifers, weaner heifers, 2 young Jersey bulls, sheep, 100 fowls and tducks, 5 tons hay, 5 tons «at«n «heaf chiaff, and sundmws. The sale will take place on Monday. May 12th, at 11 a.m. Cycle Cars for the man of moderate . means, for they combine all the plea- { sure* and comforts of an expensive I Motor Car with small untial outlay and low running expenses. P. W. Reardon, sole Wairarapa Agents for Humbewtte. Read the illustrated fldvt. «n page 6. Trv our "Roslyn" Writing Padthree for Is.- Hugo and Shearer. The characteristics of Ceylon Tea are robustness, flavour and fcfcrength, the liquor being very-palatable, and having a fine silky texture. Crescent Tea combines, in a happy degree, these characteristics, for the Mending is carried out by an expert. Sold by all storekeepers, at 2s, Is lfld «»4 Is M per lb.