LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pyramtis liiiigjtoß foa' Wonme® udder sealed ordeis on Wei^neday. . Am epidemic of amall burglaries has been reported in CSiristchurch of late, chiefly at houses in the suburbs. A« outbreak of anthrax is reported from Moama, in Victoria. Two persons ar« »e.verelr affected. A severely cold epell is heing expeH*r<ed 'in Soiith ..Australia. Th? re&dititf r# the lowest for fifty-five years".

The •cottQcil of 1 tfee Wellington Aoclimatisatiott Society has decided to b.ar« a i'armal opening of the new fish batcher iea at Master ton.

Three mere youths have been taken from Chistchurch to Ripa Island, tb. undergo mititary detention in default of payment of fines under the Defence Act.

The cost'-ofVthe' >tt&npt to salrftge the steamer which is ashore on, the Batfgitikei beach, ia estimated at £IO,OOO to date. The TeKawiiti- is a wain, engaged in, reoov-r ei-itig and rofjavlng the. an- "■ " V.": ; •' •-■•'■'■ . A.n AwekMol \ielegram saya. that Laohiaa Speckle* was found dead at the back door of ins-house at Eovnck, with a gunshot wound in the forehead. Beside the body was a dou-ble-barrelled shot-gun. Deceased was 47 years of ia comfortable cirand &ood health... It was suggested ;<t tho inquest that he tripped. c-r! the accidental, discharge of ih-' itiia. Th>' iuiiuiM: r v nort of the Beer Trade . PefVr.f ■<.» League, presented at at meeting iu-lj in Sheffield, last tr«j«k (says a in the Sydney Sun), deetaifs tiiafe the English licensing favrs ill-,* the laughing-stock of thft European nat-ionß. "The people/' tlw lr-aort goes on to say, "want a public-house to bo ft pnblichousv in fact a* well, as in name, suited to tbt» wants of its users, -;and aot accord-;try; to. the' 'fancies of a snivelling, anaaniio breed \pf fanatics. The vocieties, however, are declining. a'at* there willeoon Jpe a .turn of tlu> .'wheii w> and tW.oId women Who ara Voriyitfg the trade vr:lt !*>. swept <ratv of: the way, and will common A#nS« and liberiaee.' *' > ' Tta ila.fl hj« ferfd her dearly, Fa* *ir* ; billed anl ooioed bo awetly, Aird sta pmwuKCKi WahonW hare her li» the l»appy days fio be. But «h« qualified it thnswise: j That she'd Marry limi for snre If Wd pjoiriiso ti» always keep * .stfeck ' Of' Grnt. Giu'©..

A dona© fog waa experienced i# Miwrterton yesterday morning.

A pronounced stock of earttwjualM* tras fek in Mayterton at 7.34 o'clock last night.

Tho Maaterton Butchers' Union. has rewired to bold a, social gathering on Juu& &yth.

Tht> Tokomaru freezing works bavo dtaed down for. the'soasou. About 130,000 carcases have been pu* through during the seasora. Mr JT. O. Boddington reports thaith&ro jrera six points of rain and! four degrees of frost- registered. aV tho Upper Plain yesterday. A number of -applications Save beem received 'by thy Masterton Labour Office far tho erection ol' houses on the site secured by the Government in the Yates' .I'-stato for workers' homes. So far, however, live Department has not granted any of the applications. Mr L. G. Reid, S.&L, yesterday adjourned until June liOt-b. a ca*e an which Harry Vv. L*t>, sheepfarmer,. of Maaterton., ciaimesi from O. .Lick-a-son, station manager, We rait i, a sum of £49 16s for damage* alleged to h&ve been dona / to plaint iff't; sheenby defendant's dogs on or about May, ieth.

Judgo Aspinail, in refusing to Sent excessive alimony to Mrs eyes the -wife of a> millionaire' baoiker of New York,- sftid: "Society women make me tired. They go to fashionable restaurants' and dubs,, drink highballs and smoke cigarettes, instead of .staying at home and maktheir husbanda happy." A case, was partially heard it; the Magistrate's Court at Masterton yesterday in which Bernard Doran, labourer (Mr P. L. Hollinga) claimed from Wm. Pot-herick, motor car proprietor (Mr T. Jordan) £IOO damages, allotting that- on J£ay 27th, defendant's servant, in charge of do* fendant's car, carelessly and negligently drove the said ear aiid ran iiitaplaintiff, near G-roytown, smashing his motor cycle And inflicting persona* injuries on plaintiff. After hearing the eridenco of plaintiff, Sergeant and defendant, the case was adjourned until June 26th, in that Hoi? and Holland and Wm. J* Welch might' be added as defendants. The half-yearly meeting of the : Butchers' 1j rtion was held in Master- . ton on Wednesday night, Ms- Mcintosh in the chair. The general secretary (Mr A. H. Cooper.) wan in attendance. . Several .minor breaches of | the award were dealt with, and the--general secretary gave the members a very interesting address on the, Shops and Offices Act, also tho Aborting of the award, under the Act. The new award will bo brought into the country districts at an earlydate, and. the secretary explained, that it was working 'satisfactorily inWellington both to employer and employee. Mr Ityppoh\aiad Mr Marshall were apipoantcd for the -Wai"~- .. rarapa T for 'the Union in the hearing: «, of the a-pplicatioh-for the new' award. The shareholders of the Master tonWorkers' Mutual Benefit" Building So" ciety were called together last evening for the allocation of £6OO, £3of? by ballot and .£300." by sale. Mr R. wo« in the chair, sod about thirty shareholders were present. Measrs J. W. Gordon aad J. Pulfoi'dh 3 were appointed scrutineers, and Mrs O. drew the numbers from the ballot ho*. Mr® Whitt was tfee sue'sfefcreholtieir, who resolved 4®--forego, and it) then.'.df»c|ded: ttr- . ballot again. ;:y> was the next '' ' tp receive £SOQ % .fms of interest. ch&Lrmae then csflcd- for tenders- for " d*»s i-yrvm f ana share "*.*** •- v Ving the • highest tend- i;; :"->serM ' 10s for the decjared' tW-' successful sh', - v.-: .

The Ma'ateri . • .ji-a -bi of. the St. John • Ambula.iew ix is- out f*ur" •the good of viia cmiim unity. Firstaid classes, for- women been oonducwu Iqc-notime past, aad on more, i>ha*i o;in occasion the Rood results <*r the. tJM.iung received . have been dbiamj stfat-d. Many of" 1 the kidies ••, tflio havo taken, tk® work Up have becoaid highly efficient exponents .of first-aftd, and, judging , by the enthusiasm and interest displayed in being conducted by DrvArcher Hosking, Masterton people should be .benehted gt*j?«tly by having in their midst' a. b.uad'. of ladies efficiently trained in the important duties. .attached to readAfing,. first-aid. '• The . Associations', does Hot deem it sufficient to U»T» {adies alone, trained ,in thi» valim&fe; ■work, and to-night Dr P. B. Cook ■trill wen a> series of . lectures for ftsea and youths over years of age; Tk© lectures will be delivered m the Dominion Hall, commencing at 8 o'clock, »ad it ds- to bo hop**! thai a3 many as possible will arid iJteiHselves of such a eplondid opportunity of acquiring kno>viedgd . ttgNljk training in.how to render first-aM the'injured; . The valine of tliQeQ textures ii'iist icommepd [itself to; jo if .'almost everyday fllcunrence. •'

In : the Court at Masteiton yesterday, Mr L, G. ReM,. B:M. t gare judgment by default i*. ' the following cases: W. Q. Bmtd v. Mita Taupopoki, claim. £l9O 198, costs £9 ss; Th.os. Wagg and C?o. v. Frederick Butcher, cxaim £2*4 3s, costfl £2 19s; same r. Arthur Uoodin, claim'£3 Os fid, oosts 14)s,- Wei--: liugtott Farm6r& Meat Company v. Bv A. Jones, ciaim £6 18s, costs £1 3s 6d; Robftrt Pook v. William <D •owes,, claim £1 12s 6d, costs 5»; R. sSykes v. H. Byrn, claim £2.145, cost-* 10 s J. Macintosh and Co. r. H.. Byrn,, claim £4 13s Bd, cost# 10s; A. J. biddings v. John Bockman, claim£o, costs sa; .Geo. Neich r. 4': Al Hardie, claim £l2s6d, costs oaj Hubbard Bros, and Co. r. S. O. ' Brewer, claim £1 17s'3d, costs 5»;, same v. Arthur daam 3s 6d", Roosts oN.Z. Loan; and' Marcaitttile Ageiicy 00., Ltd.-, v.' Albert 'Smitfei \' claita £7;l9sy costs £1:6»-6d.; Robert Moss v. Jas. AstwooiJ, claim £3 12b .9d, costs £l. 7s 6d. Judgmeat sbbV "iapns cfteeß : -W. .^Kseriy £& 6s v 3d'deifeiid*" ant ordered to pay in de* fault seven days imprisonment, order to i!>e suspended so long as he pays £1 per month. 3. L. Murray v. W. J. Morris, claim £4 Is Id, ordered to pay £3 within two months frtfra date, in default seven days. Graham and Co. r. John Savage, claim £2 8s 9d, ordered to pay -within two months in default three days imprisonment. PIANOS WITHOUT TROUBLE Do you want to get a fine piano of superb brilliancy and tone, without trouble ? Our Annual Balance affords you an exceptional opportunity. 1 Baring this period we Fill liberalise still more our usual liberal terms of extended payment, and place geu in a position of peculiar advantage. This is because our painos are our best advertisements, and we -.rant to have one in every home in the land. \ . ' v

. "They '.ard Vsqgtad' t&at" sss■'. Boa&ef '■. homelier. Hiey are nuufc I merely tis loot to' • .will. —to lire with, tO oCeUpy a pEfrmaitV ent place among? the' :(mwTsti<Kl possessions of the hetaie.' "Wig kwjfe Wjjf recent shipments ttf pianos' apd «r----sans open for selection, and *fl will ha offered, during; tlie current. w«nth, on the special terms now referred i«. The Dresden Pian« Company, Ltd., Wellington. North Island Manager t M. J. Brooks. Looaf H. Xttns, BantielPs Bwlaingg^(Jti ewt Strpft. *

Theoitfrefiming at New Plymouth is to be opened next week. ■ v The latest return from the Moa--1 fcerton dredge is Bozs lOdwts for 128 fours' work. A tot-water service has been installed in the whole of the hotel barß in' Dunedin.

A fancy dress skating carnival will fee held in the Perry street Skating Sink at an early date. The Masterton Trust Lands Trust Will meet to-night, it b?iug the first meeting since the election. 'Wethers from the Opotiki district, in Poverty Bay, realised from 19s to 22s 3d at a rocent Auckland sale. A proposal has bees circulated among members of the Canadian Parliament to raise their salaries to

£IOOO a year. •- In the course of a few weeks a idraft of 40 good-oonduct prisoners Ifrom various gaols in the Dominion will be sent to Wakeira prison farm, Be..;' Tv Kuiti, where they will be employed in useful outdoor work, -which will be of practical value to them upon re-entering the world. It is not often that a message from the sea is so promptly deliver 3d as the following, which reads: "Juno •6th, 1913. S.B. Kapuni. Left latea for Wellington." The message was nicked up on the 7th instant en lie iJaetlecliff beach, having come ashore in a ibottle redolent of strong ale.

-'Although tha potato market ita Duraedin is generally considered to be easier, at is surprisingly difficult to .pick up a truck of really good ones. Sales of prime quality have been made on the farms as high as £4 168 per ton, and indications point to tjia conclusion that the best potatoes will be good stock jet. : A Waitohi. Flat' (Feilding) farmer. Mr Inwood, has just Harvested a self-sown crop of white clover, and from nine acres he obtained 200' lib of good seed. Some of the red c over crops in the Wakanui district aro giving returns equal to 2301b per acre. This represents a total gain to termers of close an £8 per acie. It is rumoured that a thick seam . of coal has -been discovered. in the Catlins bush, Otago. It ia said that a buahman, whilst engaged in hauling legs down a slight incline in the trash, was rather astonished to Bind that the log dislodged from the face -of the incline a large lump of coal, irhicV had com© off a seam of coal showiajq upon the surface. 1 In his monthly report presented at the monthly meeting of the Masterton School Committee last even- • itie, the headmaster stated that the school was vtery free from epidemios, ; w|uch was due largely to the new disi infectant—lzal —which has been used for some time. The report stated that a number of inquiries had been deceived regarding the methods adopted at the Masterton school in connecV with disinfection and sanitation. A correspondent, who has had eipeiience in the_ British naval r.tarine, suggests that if the Waaganui pub- • lie wishes to "treat" the men on tie New Zealand the best way to do it is to make a present of some dairy produce to the ship's crew. It may not be known, he says, . that .the ' British tar has to pay for sum delicacies butter (beyond a certain amount), and a donation of ihis i;se- . ful commodity would be as mupli ap- ■■■ predated as a holiday ashore.—>(shrcnl" icle.

A remarkable ■ encroachment of -aand is reported by the Otago Daily For some years, it is stated, ' ttweand drift near; the -mouth of the Jg4ktiim river Ji#■ progress. A large area" of pins for-. , «st has been submerged, ana the remainder is threatened. Some trees 60ft high are completely covered with a sand. The farmers in the locality luwa become alarmed at th© constant onwaxd march of the sand, and have asked the Department of Apiculture to take the matter in hand and advise them what to do. It sometimes transpires that the Vusine»B to be transacted by local bodies, makes it necessary to observe irery lite hourß at meetings (says the Auckland Star). An admirable staadi?ie order of the Devonport Borough douflaU states that if an objection js - made by a councillor <to any fresh fcueineee being transacted after ten the meeting must bo closed *t W time. At a recent rrteeting * mopser of the Council did make use . «f tfri » time limit, and the meeting ended forthwith, notwithstanding some of the councillor's' continued efforts to make speeches. At the monthly meeting of _ the Masterton District High School Committee last evening, a communwat l ? ll was received from the Prime Minister, Stating that the resolution passed at a meeting of ' householders in Masterton' protesting . the . withdrawal of free school books would £e 'forwardedtp . * catita for :'t his;,, consideration.. - The, resolution- Making, for;: -aft.; eadmeßt of thei Act» to eA-. able JHstrict ' High Schools to be_diß- - established and Agricultural High Schools ■ established in their steadrin' rural districts would receive careful consideration when Parliament met. ttb headmaster (Mr W. H. soSw the Masterton District High School reports the following attendances lor the past month.: Main school, roll 623, average 578, percentage 93; side school, 173, 169, 02; ■ secondary(,;tsassea, 70, 66, 94. . The report .•Wted that the attendance was remarkably good, during j the aaontk', the worst day s attendance feeing on the 12th ultimo, when 132 children were absent owing to bad weather. The best day's record was on the 19th, tfhen only 33 pupils were absent out of the total roll of . 866. Hie report indicates that very little sickness was prevalent during the • ,V*; swwmfa- ■: ''': tertoh District- Cdtomit; V-wis, held ' ing present Messrs R T BrowA (chair-I Bank W. Kemp, A. Hendry, A. ; 'Chapman, "W. L. Fal'ootter ! aTidv_W; ' titrarlay.The treasurer, reported tt Sedit Wee of 6sjd. It^WM decided, on the motion of Mr Chapman. that the report brought down bv the sub-committee, in regard t» tie appointment, duties and. of a custodian, be adopted. The refort of the visiting oommittee, emracing a number of recommendations for minor imprOTdments, was tead and adopted. Messrs Kemp, Falconer and Pragnell were appointed a sub-committee to carry otit the recommendations of the visiting committee. Accounts amounting to 17s lid were passed for payment.

WHAT IS OERBGENP

itefe may be deprived of starohes, gt«M, and fats and., still live* but , <.. wiffirat Proteid we die. • ' *' There is little donVfc thavthe ran dofrn conditions of our systems and nerrons disorders are maily by an insufficient supply or Proteid - aed Phosphites, to repair -the ■ waste •' The floiir- *o.-]arjs<Mj *tsw io-dsy -is s'o 'finely milled and 1 that practically all the pro* "Y= taid aad Phosphate* And fata arc' reffdrftd, andin; cooßequence otir bod•erf.* food, in a. dMicen trnt ed and easily assimilated form. is unequalled «b a geneal Tonic body It is sola in tms, 2b f". -*f 6d, 6s 6d .UlSedby J. Chm, . -i*t«' Masteton, who x the sole, for the Posted any address,

1W bfciliot for twenty-tiro sections ia the M»iifs»taiaok* bloek tokos plaoe at Pabiatua on Cka l?tfc inwt. A, Bomber at by-law cases will be dealt witii at tho criminal wtting of tiit* Magistrate's Court io Jla-storton to-day.

TJw Nireaha Choeea Cpmffany has reeraved foriy-frw applicatjoaa for the portion of manager. Tbo applications will be dw»lt with in t&e oiuret of a day or two.

All have b:-on cornpteted for ttoe i*rjw Giibwt Ben eat to Iws given in tn.a liaatßJten Town Hall thin evening. lb e prcgnimmo, ■whicii is a moat attractive oitr, will be t'irtmd on oui front ■ Tiut Masto-natt Gongregatkmal Church Sunda; School conducted a vwy suew&flftd coucort in the tbtirch hall last evening. The various item" rendered were greatly appreciated by rlv* large attendaaoo of members and friends. The RaWavers' Association reently formal in Eketahuna has started well. It has decided to support lorud industry by getting a P^P® 1 ' printed in Wellington, entitled lhe Boycott." The name speaks volumes.

The Express states that Mr Sutherland, Or own Lands Ranger, and a companion- wore recently compelled to stay all night in the bush while inspecting the land on the ranges on tne route of tha proposed HukanuiTokomaru Btock track, owing to darkness preventing: their retreat. According) to a cable in*the Sydney Sun, wild scenes were witnessed in Berlin during the exhibition oi Princess Victoria's bridal . costume 9/nA wedding presents in the Museum of Arts.-. The womenfolk simply^tore tho dresses off one another s backs is their rush to {jet into the buildvuz Hatpins, paraaols, finger-nails, and teeth were all used as weapons, the worst offenders being the employees oS the fashionable modistes. So serious did the situation, become at o«e.stage that the police reserves had to be summoned, and it was not Until after chaos had reigned tor an hour that anything like order wa-s restored.

Private board and residence, close to railway station is advertised lor.

Private board and residence, within ten minutea of post office, is wanted.

For. the man who feels he needs and must have a dress suit Mr Alex Donald's advertisement to-day on page 8 will be of great interest for in that change a word or two is sa;d about this class of suit in particular A final reminder is given to those ticket holders \of the Pryor Gilbert Benefit that all return® must be given in to the secretary of the fund today. Any books Hot in by to-night-oannot 'participate in the, draw for the oil paintings. ( The contractor for the removal.of the Bahk" of * New Zealand - buildings kii Queen street, informs us that tne material he is advertising for sale is gelling freely, people coming from quite a distance to fill their requireIBSlltB.

Messflß V. :L. Fairbrother and Jas. Macintosh and Co., instructed by Mrs Jones Mcßae, are selling- on the premises, Queen's Hotel, to-day common" cia* at 11.30 a.m. sharp, the whole of hf*r household furniture a-nd eftecte, particulars of Trhich Tar® advertised this morning on page 8. ; They also Wbmit 181$ acres, situate at f&rwar, partly improved, , dwel : lings, £sheep?yards, etc. .

-,ffty <wr "Roßlyu".Writing -Pad—three for la, Hugo and Shearer. .1

A Stratford Kenffefliftn fcajjs:' _"I tried Tonkins*'B LLnsoed Emulsion far a severe oold that I had, and jbhe one bottle cutkx! mo. I think it is a wonderful remedy for colas and ba« cases of . influenaa. Having tned other remedies and getting no relief, I got a bottle, and am now completely cured." Tonking's Linseed Emulsion of chemists and storoft I—ls 1 —Is od^ Women as a rule are the most consistent tea drinkers, and the multiplication of tea-room* and tea kiosks, throughout ■ tha Dominion affords ■striking evidciio® of the increasing popularity of tea. Tho women of New Zealand may be classed as tea cownoiseurs, for they show in decided prefurenoe for Orescent Tea, which-is rich and strong, of delicious flavour, and sold at 2s, Is lOd .and. Is 8d per lb.