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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The staff of the Masterton County Council has renewed forty feet of the top-decking of the ltuamahungai bridge, on tho Masterton-Waimata road.

There aro 528 gas cookers at present in use in Masterton. Four additional cookers were sold lost month, .itakihg twenty-one in- the year. The value of cookers and fittings sold for the month was £95 5s sd. The latest record-breaking feat is said to have been performed at Baetihi last week, when a burly denizen of the wilds is alleged to have drank 43 bottles of hop beer during one evening. The man was out and about as usual the next morning. The gas manufactured at the Masterton gas works; during the past , month was 3,720,000 cubic feet. The gas sold for the month of June was 2,770,300 cubic feet, an increase of 7 per cent, on the corresponding month of last year. The average rate of increase for the current year was 11.25 per cent.

•During the past month, temporary repairs have been effected to SfiS Lairedowne water works by means of encasing "the perforated portions oi two lines of'pipes with ferro-concreier The exigency of the case has demanded thfe( being done. The work has been carried out by tho caretaker and ihia assistant.- :

At the meeting of the Masterfon Borough Council evening, the Mayor stated that the question of a superannuation eoheme for Council employees would come before the Municipal Association next week. Personally, he did not oppose superannuation, but he thought the system should be' taken up by .the Government and extended. He was of opinion, that every person in the Dominion should receive a superannuation allowance.

Temporary repairs have been effected to the southern approach'' of the Waingawa bridge, and it has been necessary to limit the loads to four tons. The engineer to the Masterton County Council has urged the importance of driving a pier of iron bark piles, as he fears the temporary work will be 'unequal tti the heavy spring floods, as the rivejris now attacking the southern bank.. The Council decided yesterday ; to refer the, question to the Wairarapa. South. County Council, and point out the urgency of the work.

The question of compelling owners of motor garages to have water meters attached to their premises was introduced the meeting of the Masterton Borough Council last evening by Cr Temple. He mrged that the by-law should be amended, so that the motor garages should come under the "extraordinary" supply regular tion. The Mayor held that the bylaw already made provision~for dealing with motor garages. After some discussion, it was decided, on the .motion of Cr Temple,, that the by-law be enforced in regard to motor garages. At the meeting, of the Masterton Borough Council last evening, a letwas read from Mr Alfred Caselberg, stating that his part of the borough was -without drainage, and j suggesting that, in view of ithe recent epidemics, , it was desirable that a scheme for draining the whole borough be placed befort the ratepayers. The • Mayor stated that the Council would have to consider the .matter at an early date, Injfche meantime, he could not see what the Council could do. The letter was received.

At the annual meeting of the Bash Districts A. and P. Association (says a Woodville Press Association telegram), an effort was made to wipe out the Association. The knowledge that this .'.notion was coming forward had the effect of bringing a large number of members to the meeting. The matter was discussed for a long time, and the motion wae ultimately defeated by an overwhelming majority. It was considered absurd to bring forward such a motion, seeing that the Association is only £3O in arrears, but it will stimulate the .members to greater interest during the coming year. 'The secretary (Mr Husband) resigned, as the work interfered with his business.

At the meeting of the iMasterton County Council yesterday, Cr Toogood moved that the Government be asked for a vote of £SOO towards renewing the bridges on the East Coast road. Cr Toogood pointed out that this was a rnain road .between Wellington and Napier. Or Foreman seconded the resolution. Cr Cross opposed the resolution. He said it was flibsfard to state that this was a main road between Wellington and Napier. On the motion being put to the meeting, it was lost on a show of hands. Or Toogood then moved that Sir Walter Buchanan, M.P., be asked to use his influence to get a vote for these bridges. Or Gross objected that this »esoiation was traversing the previous resolution. Cr Toogood expressed surprise that the me-nbers of the Alfredton Riding should try and block this vote, af-, ter getting so many Government grants for thomstelves. After a (somewhat heated exchange between* Cr Cross and Cr Toogood, the chairman took a vote in favour of rescinding the resolution' previously passed, and, of .making application to the Government for the vote. Cr Oross voted against the motion. The chairman declared it carried, and the meeting adjourned. It was subsequently discovered that a motion' could not be rescinded without the unanimous consent of the meeting. The Council thereupon resumed, and Or Cross having withdrawn his Opposition, the motion was unanimously rescinded, and Or Toogood gained his point.

YOU SHOULD BE DETERMINED in rejecting the worthless and frequently injurious counterfeits which are sometimes pushed for the sake of greater gain as "just as*good" as the GENUINE SANDER & SONS' PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Be not deceived! SANDER'S EXTRACT is recognised by the highest medical authorities as possessing unique, stimulating, healing and antiseptic powers. The preparation of SANDER'S "EXTRACT from the pure selected leaves, and the refinement by special processes give it curative virtues peculiarly its .own. Therefore, be not misled I Demand and insist upon the GENUINE SANDER EXTRACT, and you will derive the benefit that thousands have derived from it before. When ill.you should not depress yourself more by the common, -bulky and neaueeating eucalyptus oils and socalled extracts. What-you want is quality and reliability in small dose; and this you find only in— SANDER'S EXTRACT.

Of the 1363 dwelling-houses in Masterton,~only 900 are attached to the drainage system.

Mr J. O. Boddington reports that 19 points of rain were registered at the Upper Plain to 9 a.m. yesterday. The butter output of the Biillance Dairy Company for the past season was 527 tons, of a value of £60,360. Good progress is being made with the erection of the aiew brick premises in Eketahuna for Mr F. C. Tumor.

The special orders striking general and special rates over the Masterton County were confirmed at yesterday's meeting. The Eketahuna County Council has a credit-balance of £757 8s 4d on its general account and £285 19s on the loans account.

The Eketahuna County Council decided on Saturday that it could not support the proposal for a continuous telephone service. It costs the Eketahuna County Council £3l 7s per week for the upkeep of its teams, and wages for the permanent outside staff.

The'Eketahuna Hockey Association is considering the question of sending a ladies team to compete at the Wanganui tournament. The directors of the Kaiparoro Cheese Company have decided to 6hip their next season's output on open consignment. < The Masterton County Council decided - yesterday, oh the., motion °f Cr.' Toogpod, t« take steps, to^rq- 1 vfde a roadman's' cottage fit-Blair-logie. .'•".':' '.'"''.

The EKetahima. Bprotogli Council has decided to inform; M? Gv B. Sykesl MP;, that it prefers that Mayors shall continue to be elected by the people.

Mr Ernest. S. Cox, scientist, and explorer, will give ja limelight lecture at the Y.M.C.A. gymnasium hall in Mastertbn on Thursday evening next. . ■■•:•;. . . •■•■.'., '■•

The tender- of Mr H;> Story has: been accepted by the Featherston; County Council for the erection of telephone lines to the Tablelands Settlement.

The park committee of. the , Mattertbn Borough Council has- resolved to erect a fern house in the park. It has also decided to paint the two bathing sheds in the park.

The time allowed the sub-cominit-tee set up by the Mastertoii Couiity Council to report on' the ..question ;t of purchasing a stonercrusher has been extended for a month. *.

The Feilding Chamber of Com-merce.-has expressed strong disapproval of the Government's proposal to have Mayors elected by the Council, instead of under the present system. The Prime Mihister has advised the Mastertbn ?tjj)*iifts; Council that the letter of tlif Oouriicl in reference ty improvements; at railway *■ 'teyel; crossings Ms been referred to the Minister of Jtailways.

The State Guaranteed Advances Office has advised the Masterton County Council that the ten per cent oh the (northern"approach loan would be available when) the necessary steps were taken. It was decided to strike a special rate to cover the interest on the loan.

According to a- Press Association telegram, the. South Canterbury cation Board"yesterday a solution endorsing the circular s*&&': IKmedin, (urging thei Minister to adopt some other method of determining the salaries than by average attendance," and "also urging that the salaries be increased. * ■•■.■-'""■

Cr.' Cross (speaWng at the Masterton County Council's meeting yesterday) : "It's all nonsense for Cr. .Toogood to say. that ten ratepayers maintain, the Wainuiora road.' ' Or; Toogood: f'lf Cr. Cross knew some-thing-of what he was talking- about, councillors would listen to him, I assert that only ten* r ratepayers are maintaining the road." The Masterton. County Council has notified the N.Z. State Guaranteed Advances Department that it contemplates asking for loans for the following works :• rere road, metalling, £300; Wai'nuiomapu road, forming and metalling deviation, £300; lEiversdale * road, metalling, £600; Alfredton- Weber road, £1600; Opaki-Rangitumau road, bridge over Ropuaranga stream, £400; Mangatakato road, £IOO. It is also proposed to ask for a loan for a bridge on. the Alfredton district road.

The engineer of the Masterton County Council has, during the past month', inspected? the four, old bridges north of Kahumingil These bridges were erected 36 years ago, and are in a state of more or less decay. The Council decided yesterday to instruct the engineer to prepare plans and specifications, with estimates, for the renewal of the structures. It is proposed that the Castlepoint County Council be subsequently approached on the subject of bearing a portion of the cost of the work.

At the last meeting of the Masterton County Council, Mr John Savage drew attetnion to the danger of the encroachment of the Ruamahunga nver on his property. A subcommittee was set up to report on the matter. This committee reported yesterday that' it had no recommendation to make. It was satisfied that there was no cause for apprehension concerning the encroachment of the river on to private property, and there was no objection to people taking metal, provided they did not endanger private, property. The report was adopted.

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The quaffl% of c&ke sold life* Masterton gs»B*orks last month wa» 2964 sacks.

A sliglit shock e* earthquake WW experienced in Mastdtton about 8o'clock yesterday morning.

Ten new gas-mains h*ve been connected up in Masterton during the past month making a totad of thirtyfive for this year.

Twenty-four head of stock Bar* been seized on the roads in the Maaterton County during the past month by the Oounty ranger.

It is reported that ako ake is very prevalent "among tho natives in theMain Trunk district, and that one or two white children are affecteft with the disease.-

A number of musical items composed by Mr Woodley, conductor of the Masterton Brass Band, will be played at the picture entertamnrtnfc at the Masterton Town Hall tbl» evening. Five Maoris in the North Islajuf, and none in the South Island, hadU up to June 30th last, been declared? Europeans under 'the . provisions of the Native Land Amendment Act of 1912.

The Premier stated in the Honse x>f Representatives yesterday that as soon as the Commonwealth Government had notified that they had ac-r oepted the reciprocal treaty, the House would be informed of the fact* '• The manager-of-the Masterton gas- . works has been-instructed to proceed . «t-i>nee?w3th"'.the eorinectionof: Pott-. ; iiail andiGomwalifstreet's. He hj««, > also bVnHiMructed to ordeure price* ; lor aOOQft of 3-inch and. 1500 ft of ;i- ■ : inch pipes. _;.. •,.,.',. . ■ ■"■'■".*.'■•;■■'■':"l":*. The regular meeting of "the Master* tori Tent, 1.0. R., was held in Murray's Hall last evening, Uro. A. J. Minifie presiding. One new member was initiated.- It. was decided thai; the local brethren pay > a fraternal visit to the Cartei-ton Tent, .: / •

Or. <)'£eary mentioned at< th* ' ; meeting "of the Master'ton Borbugfc . iCouridl last evening that certain i*~ - .sidents outside the dramas* 1 area.', were complaining that the: - were* not receiving regular, visits from the. scavenger. It was decided to communicate with the scavenger on ifcft subject. •

A Foxton telegram says: A jnar* ried woman named Katherine Hyne*,: aged -35 years, committed suicide jm Monday night by taking, "rough-on-rats." She purchased theiipoison ; fronr a chemist on Monday ahd put it. into the - tea-pot?,. the-;teat :; from i which was seryed to th? iam~ Vi , v ily. One child and the | out of danger, but the - : othW ,cliilC / is very. ill. The woman has 'beea\ melancholy for the past two monttou The family recently arrived from £«*•■' hiatuaV "" •. . \ : ,;.;•• •"■

The loiiowing team "has been select* , ed to represent the Mastartim Minia* ; ..tureßifie Club in a: match agamsi ; Maurioevilleand Ihaufua Clubs" at Mauriceville on Thursday evening:—* B. J. Smith, A. Miller, H. R. Kingy W. HornbW, L; Hill, H. B. Liddle, H. Perry, W. Wellington, J. Cullotfcy, F. Mintonv J. Murray,: J. E. Emergencies: M. Carr, V. Swansonli Any of the above -who are unable to go must advise the secretary imme- '* diately. The drag will leave Pin-' hey's stables at 6.15 j>;m, sharp. ' Cr. Tempi© masoned at last night's meeting of"the Colncil that Sihere. wlas.a- - sum of 4590 owing to the Council for. betterment' in "connection Vith a-spc-„ tion of land in Bannister-street own- , * ed by the -temperance bodies. ' He suggested that the .Council" take actionto'recoyer the amount.;" of -betterment. On the motion of Cr. Ewington, it was decided' that a demand be made upon the trustees ofthe section for the amount owin£, and failing the money being paid, legal proceedings be taken. for its recovery. . , * '

A motor car driven by a native and occupied by two Europeans, came into violent collision with'ite street lamp opposite Knox Church,. Masterton,' shortly after 6 o'clock - last evening. So violent was ths impact that the concrete base;of the: pillar was shattered, and th<» glass-in the globes destroyed. The* motor car was "reduced to an unrecognisable mass. The front portion was complete wrecked. One or two of the occupants received cuts from the> glass that flew from the wind-screen, and their escape from serious injury was little short of a miracle.

A report from the Health Tngpec-. tor (Mr J. Cairns', was read at the meeting of the Masterton Borough Council last evening. Mr Cairns urged -that the time had arrived" when the drainage system should he extended. Be expressed- the opinion also, that a destructor should be provided for town refuse/as there was* a considerable amount of paper and accumulated rubbish in the borough. Generally speaking, he considered the town was in a clean and healthy condition, notwithstanding that therehad been a good deal of infectious disease. Several councillors expressed the opinion that something should be done to deal with town refuse. Cr. Ewington pointed out that there was already provision for taking rubbish to a depot. In answer to Cr. Flanagan, the Mayor stated that the provision for dealing with rubbish was the same in Masterton - as in other boroughs. Cr. Temple thought it was the duty of tradesmen to dispose of their own refuse. The report was received.

Mrs M. Caeslberg requires a competent cook.

The Masterton Lodge, No. 19, meets in the Bannister-street lodged room at 8 o'clock to-night. • Messrs Beale and Co., Masterton, advertise for sale a complete apiary of about 100 colonies in perfect condition. Exceptionally easy terms are offered, and full particulars appear in this issue.

Messrs Abraham and. Williams, Ltd., have received instructions from Messrs Elsmore and Pitt to offer at their farm, Nikau, the whole of their dairy herd and sundries. The list comprises 38 dairy cows, horses, pigs, milk cart,, and cans. The firm can confidently recommend the herd to buyers. The sale will take place on Monday, August 18th, at 12 noon. Full particulars are advertised ui this issue. ' - /

ATTACKED SUDDENLY. "I was attacked wijth influenza and got so ill that I hadftto go to bed," writes Mr A. Mayall, Bootmaker, Taukau, N.Z.,,"My wife went to Green and Colebreok's store to get something; for me; they told her to give me Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and she brought a bottle home. , I am glad to say that it cured ma and in less than a week I was as well as ever and back at work." Sold by all chemists and storekeeper!. *

• The contract has been let to a iWanganui firm at £ISOO for the erection of the casein factory at ,sFrankton in connection with the iNew Zealand Dairy Association. The gilding will bo about 60ft square. **•■ The question of the proposed legislation to prevent notor 'buses from <sampeting with tramwavs was mentioned briefly by the Mayor of Masr *-, terton last evening. The Mayor tated that the matter did not ton- • -<jern Masterton, as it did" vot possess •tramways. The Amuri County Council is of the opinion that the present system of electing harbour boards is cum-, foersorae, expensive and unfair, especially, to the country districts, and ■ ~that it would be better to Teyert to iihe previous system of election by local bodies. ... The question of overhanging trees I was again discussed at'the meeting of I the Masterton County Council yester- • day. - The engineor stated that there were fully one hundred people in the . -district "against whom proceedings might bo token; It was decided that proceedings be instituted against those who failed to comply with the notices of the Council. A return furnished to the Masterton County Council yesterday by the ''Trade Commissioner showed that there are 2708 motor cars and 3234 ! motor cycles registered in New Zea- • : land. Of the motor care, 640 are of • British; i)7l of American, 626 of Ca- • dadian, and 262 of 'French make, ' while of the motor cycles', no fewer - -than 2778 aro of British make. More than one-third of the total number « -of motor cars and nearly one-half of "' the> total number of motor cycles, are - - regi&teredln the Wellington district. A deputation, consisting of Messrs Murdoch and Stansell, of Shannon, -■ waited upon the Minister of Public Works (Hon. W. Eraser)-and urged the necessity of the construction of a .-"stock track frdm : Hukantii (Wairarapa) to Shannon. ■ The speakers i" pointed out that such a. track would •"have the great advantage of enabling """• stock being driven over a direct route instead oftovar the circuitous one via Palmerston North now used. The track, it was claimed, -would also open " up a great deal of new country. The . Minister replied thai the matter would have his careful consideration when the Estimates, for the district . were being prepared. It is estimated "that ' the work wjll cost about ~£IOOO. The Methodist congregation of • are about to give an enter- ; •■- tainmentlh aid of their church funds, ''* which; should induce a crowded house L at the which building has \J been already secured. The ent<^ • taii&ent may l>e said to be of ft most , interesting nature, consisting as it does of the representation of "Uncle Tom's Cabin."* This story is old, but 'ever new, and presented as it will be •by means of a very strong cast of .'characters in the many tableaux ar- ." ranged for the occasion, the ■ whole performance should be most able. The slave melodies, of the • • days when the negroes were the chttt- • tels of the planters, will be sting by *'- a number of our vocalists, and these Ci "sweet old'tunes will prove delightful. The-Ochestral Society is assisting, ; »nd the recital of the story will be • «iven by Mr J. T. M. Hornsby. • Many fine solos will be sung, and a ' Kuittber of the Fisk Jubilee songs will be included on the programme. The ' .groupings of characters in the tab- ' leaux will include scenes from Tom & ' hdme on the Shelby estate, in the '" ! tiousehold of St. Clair, and on the plantation of the fiendish Legree, after Tom-is sold tTovtn the river.

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

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LOCAL AND GENERAL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 13 August 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 13 August 1913, Page 4

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