LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 5 June 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Another keen frost was experienced in Masterton last etvning.

Ploughing operations are now in progress in, the Maaterton district. The new telephone lists for the Mastertaa exchange were issued yesterday. )

Close on eight thousand persons attended the Dunlin Winter Show on Tuesday."

Maryborough's new municipal hall aaid oifices will he formally opened on June 12fch.

The monthly meeting of the stewards of the Masterton Racing Club will be held on Saturday. Two births, two marriages and four deaths/were registered in Greytown during the month of May.

The Masterton Workers' Mutual Benefit Building Society held a "pay night" last evening, when the sum of £443 >vas paid in. The chamois, which were liberated some time ago on the Mt. Cook and Mt. Wakafield Eangea, arfe reported to be thriving Bplondidly.

r Two shipments of butter to South Africa and Vancouver from Atickland a few days aggo.-were valued at £4375. There were 1/50 boxes in All. ,

' A meeting of the directors- of the Workers' Mutuhl Benefit Building Society will be'held on Monday. On Thursday following a ballot for £3OO and a sale of ;j£3oo will take place. A Mangaw'eka land-owner, who sold out some time ago and settled in Australia, has returned to the Main Trunk line ancj repurchased his old homestead at an advance, it is said, of £3OOO.

A Wanganui" telegram states that a man Tiamod Edward Graham pleaded erailty, at the S.M. Court, to stealing £S at Hamilton on March 22nd, and was - sentenced to three months imprisonment. Some three or four years ago (says the Levin Chronicle) there were only two people in this district who milked with machines. Now ' there are about twenty milking plants between Manakau and Shannon.

Tho judges for the Wairatapa Pft9toral and Agricultural Society's ploughing match are Messrs O. J, Percy (Masterton) and (J.'Shaw (Te Ore Ore. Masterton). Mr R. D., Knight, of Paluierston North, is 'the judge of the teams and the young horses.

A girl named Francis Satan, aged 17 years, whose parents reside at Makotuku, Dannevirke, was taken to the hospital in a critical condition as the result of' taking a dose of salts of lemon. The sufferer is reported to havo run away from h6me a week ago and refused to return.

Arrangements in connection with the'annual dance of the Masterton Post and Telegraph Hockey Club are proceeding very satisfactorily. The secretary (Mr J. j. Jackson), has been abb to secure the services of a professional orchestra of six instruments, which should add not a little to the success of the function.

"Things at Home are exceedingly prosperous at the present time," remarked the Hon. Jamos Allen to a pressman yesterday morning in discussing his visit to England. "Trade is booming, money is in great demand, and prospects generally are exceedingly promising. Certainly they are having labour troubles there \as everywhere, and they hamper industry to a certain extent. But, like tlie poor, wo have always got such troubles with us," added Mr Allen. '

$ < The motor trade continues' to expand in an extraordinary fashion. During the first three months of the present year 598 .motor cars and .813 cycles, of a 1 total value of £225,480. were imported to the Dominion. Of the cars 210 went to Lyttelton, 192 to Wellington, 141 to Auckland, and 55 to Dunedin. Wellington took 439 of the cycles, Lyttelton 293, Dunedin 62, and Auckland 19. During the corresponding * period of last year 534 motor cars and 539 cycles, of a total value of £150,250, were 'imported.

A sad event occurred at the Kawnkawa (Bay of lalandsV Hospital on Monday, when Mr George Thwaites, principal 1 igh tho use-k-eeper at Cape Brett and his wife died from consumption the same night. They had suffering for some years past, and last November Mr Thwaites was appointed to the post at Cape Brett, as it was thought that- the climate there might be more congenial to the tftate of their health. The deceased 'keeper had many friends in Wellington, as he occupied tho position of assistant at Pencarrow from >,1902 to 1903. He afterwards removed to Stephen Island, and from the year 1909 to last November he occupied the position of principal 'keeper at o."'-)" Vrnhvind. Tho late Mr and Mr« Th\vaites leave a family of young children.

In proposing the toast to "Farming: Interests" at a social in Poverty Bay a speaker (Mr T. Quirk) had some interesting remarks to make on the relations between the supporters of husbandry and the town-dwel-lers. "The man in town," he said,, "is just as necessary as the man on the land. Each one does his duty and liia p;trt in the same way. Our lives'are so interwoven that one cannot do without the other." Touching on the question of the lure of town life as compared to the prosaicness of the country, the speaker said it was deplorable that the Agricultural Department did not do more for Poverty Bay district in the way of soil and manure experiments, and also something in the shape of herdtesting and wool classing. For the last twenty years there had been a great rise in the value of land, and those who had bought land in the early days had done well. The day had now come, however, when they must settle down to real farming, and they oould .not too highly educate the young farmer. BUYING A PIANO.

During our Annual Balance this month we are prepared to offer terms of payment ever more advantageous than the very liberal and exceptional terms we extend in the ordinary course of business. Perhaps you do not want terms; but if you do this is your special opportunity. All our instruments are absolutely good, bearing—in addition to the names of famous makes such as the Broadwood, the Ronisch, the Lipp, and the Stein way—the guarantee of our wide repute and long experience. If we sell you a piano during this Annual Balance period, you are assured of a fine instrument, and the payments will be too easy to bother you at all. The Dresden Piano Company, Ltd., Wellington. North Island Manager: M. J. Brooke's. Local Representative: H. Inns,. Danioll's Buildings, Queen Street.

Mr J. C. Boddington reports that there wore 5 degrees of frost regist?r«i at Upper Plain yesterday morning.

At a recent clearing sale in Canterbury, a line of 283 fat. lambs' brought the high price of 21s 9d, and a line of 3(X) 4-tooth ewes mad©-' 245.

A Waitohi Flat farmer, Mr Inwood, has just harvested a self-sown crop of white clover, and from nine acres he obtained 20001b of goot! se.)d.

Some of the red clover orops in ■ the Wakanui district are giivng returns equal to 2301b per acre. Tlimf represents a total gain to farmers?, of close on £8 per acre. The J. 0. Williamson, Ltd., company opened in Wellington last evening the "Fuss in Boots" season. The company will produce this , great extravaganisa in Masterton an early date. Messrs O. C. Boss and 00., of Masterton, received the following, telegram from the secretary of the Murray Creek Goldmining Company: "Manager wires cut stono two feet thick north of Roaden'a No. 2 level.*' Crutching operations are still itr progress in the Masitertoo district. The other day an owrner, shepherd, cowboy and cook were found industriously employed at the work on a certain farm.

Among the .qualifications possessed by one of the applicants for tlu> position of driver of the Waimea County Council's traction engine wa> that lie "understood nursiria:." a net wag able to administer first aid." ■ The Mayor of Hamilton consider** that publicans' license fees should b< l assessed on .a population basis, seeing that while - the population of 'Hamilton has doubled in recentyears--much to thip benefit of the- vhortelfi, • the' lioense foea' ■ are still the • samft.

The sheep-sheading machine is ft wonderful contrivance. Nobody everdreamt, howover, that it would boused for tho clipping of horses as well as of sheep. A few days ago, on a station in the Masterton district, by the use of an extra crank, the shearing-machine was successfully employed in clipping a horse. The Secretary of the Masterton Chamber of Commerce has received! the following: communication froiw the local stationmaster: "In reply tw yours of 23rd inst., I beg to advise you that amoking accommodation is now provided on trains leaving Mas-.-terton at 10 a.m. and returning at 0.8-p.m. p.m. I have also to advise you that, weighbridge at this station was ex* aminad and tested by the railway fitter on 26th instant, and wasfound to be in good order." ...

The dredgemaster of the Master ton Dredge reports, as follows: The'. ground has become deeper across the 1 " greater part <>f the face. The hot- ' torn is now divided "up into' a number .of deep gutters, whicn is a' sure eigir that the ground will soon become' shallowed. Tlie wash on the whole* is looking better, as yet there is not' much of the blue wash though it now" extends from the centre of the cat almost to the eastern side.

•, May 20th was "Oak Apple Day." There are still some hamlets in England where the grandfathers take notice of the anniversary of _ the preservation of King Charles in the Oak lof Boscobel. A hundred years ago scores of villages used to celebrateth© occasion with games , and general rejoicings, while the oottages and inns were decorated with branches, taken from the oaks by the children; in the early hours of the mornings.. ' The Royal Oak was a common nam£ for inns in those days, and was illustrated tjisually by a. picture. of, tree with tlie monarch' * through the branches., . < The practice of giving two perfor- ■ mances oath .night has not yet been extended to Australasian theatresand music halls, but' it is growing, rapidly in Great Britain. The first performance begins about 6.40 p.m. and the stcond about 9, p.m. The managers of the West End theatres and music halls have not succumbed to the temptation to cater for two audiences iu> one night, but in the suburbs and. many of the", provincial towns the practice is invariable. As there are also two matinees a week, an actor who has an engagement at one of these places lias to give 14 performances in the. week, i Cannibalism, which is popularly supposed to have been long since abandoned iu the South Seas, is still going on in the New Hebrides. The Rev. John Gillan, speaking at a session of the General Assembly of thePresbyterian Church, held ia Melbourne last week, instanced recent, cases where women and children were; eaten. In the New Hebriddb, however, members of the foreign mission are doing their best to convert these cannibals to Mr Gillan said lie could not give detailsbefore ladies of. the revolting actsdone by 'the New Hebrides cannibals. ' He also referred in very string terms to the way in which, as he alleged, native women and girls were being, kidnapped by French traders. Mr -Gillan has been engaged for 24. years in mission work in the,, New Hebrides.

A young lady as companion-boarder is wanted in small family, good home.

A reward is offered for the recovery of two dogs lost from the Prince of Wales Stables, on Tuesday night. Tenders are invited by Mr Thomas Parsons, farmer, Rongokokak *, for the lease or purchase in om or more lots of 600 acres of good dairy land, within a mile of creamery, cheesefactory and store. A reliable alarm clock is certainly needed at this time of the year. The Columbia eight-day alarm and the' Big Bens are sure to give every satisfaction. Mr It. S. Nicol, jeweller, has opened up .another consignment' of these well-known clocks and inspection is invitad.

Those requiring goods for dress wear will do well to inspect the display in the middle window at Messrs J. L. Murray, Ltd. The verj best quality in gentlemen's white kid. gloves, dress ties, tucked and alllinen shirts are being shown. Ready-. . to-wear dress suits are stocked in all sizes. Smart dress mufflers are on© of the leading features of the display.

Try our. "Roslyn" Writing Padthree for Is. Hugo and Shearer. '*•

A settler writing from Ruahitmi, via Gisborne, says: "Contracting a severe cold, I decided to give Tonking's Linseed Emulsion a trial—two doses gave relief, in two days cold" was cured completely. I have never tried, or heard of a remedy to equal it. The buah boys were amazed at its effect." Of chemists and storesIs 6d, 2s 6d, 4s 6d. »'

BOUGHT A BOTTLE. "I'had pains in my legs which t))e. doctor said was rheumatism," writes' Mr Robt. Cochrane, Builder,.Waimaha, N\Z.' "His' lotion did me" n Of good and I suffered misery. I aaw a friend using some liniment which* he told me was. Chamberlain's PainBalm and offered me Bis bottle to try it. It did me so much good that I bought a bottle myself and was soon free from all pains." Sold by all chemists and storekeeper*. *'

The Masterton Collie Club's meei3ag will conclude an Friday evening. "It is to be deplored," said Mr Justice Denniston at the Supreme Court in Christchurch, "that appeals ju'e {flowed from the Magistrate's decision on points of fact. Magistrate's are as well able to judge such matters as are Supreme Court judges."

An eight-roomed house in Maxwell road, Blanheim, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday. It was owned by Dr. Nairn and occupied by A. Sutherland. The origin is a mystery. The insurance 011 the house amounted to £275 in the Royal Exchange, and on the furniture £l2O in the State.

The visiting competitors to tie Masterton Collie Club's Trials, at present being held at Te Ore Ore, will be entertained by the local club to-night. His Worship the Mayor (Mr J. M. Coradine) will preside, and Mr CI. R. Svltpk. M.P., will present cups and trophies, won during the trials.

Only when tea is absolutely pure do Jw get the highest stimulating power And the. least waste. Purity in tea is secured by the utmost cane in «yery branch of the industry, from •piclong of the leaves to marketing of the finished product. Orescent Tea •is a high grade, pure Tea. It is ' <ch and strohg, and uniform in flavour. Sold in three grades at 2s, Is :, IQd aed -16 3d per lb. ' * " The. boarder sat in his lonely room, His heart was heavy m lead; His evA.i were watery with, the. "tile," *. . \' r - :'■■■' - - ? ■ j. And throbbing washia liead.• I . Biit eoon a familiar, vpice he heard—- " 'Twaa his old friend Mr Jure; ; 'Who," heairing he was'; very ill, Brought Peppermfht Cure.