LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 19 September 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Sir Walter Buchanan, M.P., has donated £2 2s to the Martinborough Football Club. Thomas Sidney Townsend pleaded guilty at Gisborno yesterday to sheep-stealing at Motu. He was sentenced' to six months. The Egmont County Council has lost no less than £1569 in the past five years through the natives failing, to pay rates. The Wellington Wednesday hockey representatives played Wanganui yesterday. The game ended in ,a draw, t each side scoring a goal.' The Master'ton' bowling green?' is now. betiag.:g;ot, in. readiness for the opening of the/bowling season- early next m6Sth.v':-The' green 'is said to be' in very playing ordef. , ' .. The Conciliation Court -will sit -in Masterton on September , 24th, to deal with a "dispute" in regard to the wages arid conditions of c«nich-work-ers. The 1 'dispute'' affects the whole of the, Wellington province, ,b,ut .is riot of a very serious nature. ■ At the ladies' golf championship at ! Napier this week, Mrs Gny WilliaxrtS, of Masterton, besides winning . the championship, won the following prizes: Best gross score First Handicap, short handicap prize, b est gross score Donnelly Cup, and the Mellsop Challenge Cup (aggregate of three gross scores). ; •> The stables of Mr Charles Todd, of Featherston, were destroyed by fire on Tuesday night. On Wednesday night the stables at the Royal Hotel were found to be on lire, but the flames were extinguished. Early on Thursday morning an . old building adjoining the Town Hall was destroyed. A feeling of uneasiness lias been created in the town. "Lynx" "writes to the Age: *'A good deal has been said about an innocent football match played between public servants on. a recent Sabbath. What about. the Shearers' Union, which is advertising a meeting, to be addressed by Mr Laracy, tin Sunday evening nextp Can the shearers find no other day in the' week to discuss their business but the Lord's Day?" The conduct of the hoodlums of Wanganui towards the visiting hockey players has been the subject of public comment. This has caused a correspondent to write to one of the papers, complaining that the hockey players were not the models of propriety. One of. teams, .it isalleged, was photographed' in men's attire, ' while others were most demonstrative in. the streets.

William Collins and Walter Wakefield, two of the four youths: involved in an escapade between Wellington a)nd Wariganui, and already tinder commital td the Supreme Court, for sentence, came before Mr RiddelJ, S.M., yesterday, on minor charges arising from the "same affair. Collins, the elder, was fined' £3, or" 21 days, and Wakefield £2 or 14 days. Each was also ordered to pay 25s costs. As showing the diminution in the rabbit pest in the North Island, it may be mentioned that the demand for poisoned pollard from Master ton, where the department,-has a "special manufacturing plant, has decreased enormously in recent years. A few years back it was not uncommon for orders to be received 1 for from eight to nine tons of poisoned pollard in a year. This year the. orders received have been very limited in number. The civil sitting of the Masterton Magistrate's Court was held yesterday, when Mr L. G. Reid, S.M., gave judgment for the plaintiffs by-default in the following eases: Pinhey Bros. (Ltd.) v. Robert Andrew (junr.), .claim, 15s, costs ss; fc>; M. Baird v. J; McLachlan, claim £4 9s 9d, costs 12s ; McLeod and Young ' v. Hugh Behan, claim £3 10s Bd, costs 10s ; P. Neiison v. J. Doherty, claim £6 13s 6d, costs £1 3s 6d. In a defendded 1 case, A. E. Wainwright v. Oswald Whittaker, a claim for £7 og for goods supplied "and money lent, judgment was given for plaintiff for the amount claimed with the costs £3. Mr O. Pragneir appeared for plaintiff. J - B. McKenzie, the presiding director, has arranged the following excellent programme for to-nisrht's entertainment in the Masterton Town Hall : —P&rt I.: Charles Dance's delightful comedy, "Delicate Ground"; characters, Citizen Sangfroid, Mr A. L. Tressider, Olphonse De Grandier] Mr O. Gallie, Pauline Sangfroid, Miss i M. A. Townsend. Period 1793. Part II.: Overture, Pipe Band; National Tableaux, juveniles; recitation, | "The Relief of Lucknow." Maurice Hausmann; song, "A Perfect Day," ,Miss Ada Evans; "A Crack wi' Burns," Mr J. T. M". Hornsby; Seaun Triubhas, Misses Nellie and Flossie Dickson; musical monologue. "The Two Waifs," Miss B. Johnston ; recitation-, "John Grumley," Miss Connie Donald ; cornet solo. "Robin Ad-\ air," Mr C. E. Keen.

THE FAMOUS STEINWAY. Mr Leonard Berwick.- the distinguished pianist who recently toured the_ Dominion, in a letter to Messrs Steinway and Sons ,Bays: "I know of no pianoforte in the world to compare with your own make in what are the essential qualities of the inof tone, and evenness and elasticity'of touch." Paderewski writes: "Nothing new can be said of the Steinway Pianos, it is true, for they have been justly praißed by p. 11 the modern masters, and I thoroughly concur in ev«ry word that has already been said; All who play Steinway pianos can but thank the manufacturer." Write 'for particulars of the famous Steinway Pianos. There are easy terms—if you wan them. Sole Agents: The Dresden Piano 00., Wellington. M. J. Brookes, North Island Manager. Local Representative: H. Inns, Dahiell's Buildings, Queen Street, Mafitwton*

Twelve opossums were liberated on the hiHs at the back of Eketabuna on Wednesday. * A number of Wangauui milk .vendors are to be prosecuted for adulterating their milk with water. Mr F. Wise, of Eketahuaa, has been deputed to interview the Baity Commissioner, Mr D. in Wellington next week, in connection with the proposed cheese storage in Wellington. A number of tempting: offers for bullocks have of late been made by buyers to holders of this class of cattle -in the Eketahuna district. Sellers, however, do not appear to be numerous. : Masterton was well represented at the Wanganui v. Wairarapa Rugby football match at Carterton yesterday, a considerable number of enthusiasts travelling to Carterton to witness- the match. The road between Masterton and Carterton has received a coating of metal* in parts which were worn, and if the roller is applied the improvements should greatly benefit the thoroughfare in question. The Nireaha cheese, factory j<>n r Tuesday made its first churning- of, whey butter. This is pronounced by those who have sampled it as beinj? of excellent quality and practically indistinguishable from the ordinary.. first-Clasa article. There has been a brisk demand for lambs on forward delivery in "the ' jfiS-tsrict of late. One stock firm lias withi'ti the last day or so at sT satisfactory Ijirice. —Express. ( .An Auckland telegram states tfat a .girl four years of age, named Grif* fen, was'knocked down by a tramcar and killetT instantly. •It was. twenty minutes before the carwas lifted off" the body, on which one wheel rested. The father was present During' the. past 1 season the' Wairarapa has gained four Dominion cham-pienshipSj---live bird, pigeon s'hboting clay' bird pigeon shooting,'ladies golf, and ladies' hockey. It has a few other championships in. hand, and they are steadily piling, up. "We are getting on, despite the Rimutaka incline and other impedementa.

The Te Wharau Gun Club v held a successful clay pigeon match on Saturday last, for a handsome trophy presented by Mr R. Cooper,." Gladstone. Eighteen competitors took part and the shooting generally . was of a high, standard*. The match was won by" Mr A* McGregor, who won from a shoot-oif with Mr H. .Mitz, feacir in the first instance killing twenty-two out of twenty-five birds. ' ■ Lovers.of national dancing are assured of a treat at the Caledonian, entertainment in the Town Hall, Masterton, to-night, when a national tableaux arranged, by Mr Rod McRae will be produced. A number of juveniles dreesed. to represent Scotland and Ireland . will dancethe hornpipe, the reel and the jig. 'ln addition the Missee- Nellie and Flossie Dickson, two new arrivals from Scotland, will danw the Seaun Triubhas. These young ladiete are delightful dancers, being prize winners lp the oid countryThere was landed' in. Eketahuna yesterday morning (says the Express), a thirteen-monthM>ldi pedigree Jersey bull, purchased, by Mr A. J.. Rutherford, of : Moroa, Alfredton; irom Mr, E. Griffith;, ; ;fchewdi-inown "Plymouth -Jerseybreeder.. This animal (Grannie's" Girl—Squire) is a splendidly developed; little beast,, showing qjaaJityjr and he shduld proye a benefit, to "the: 'disfrict. "Sis mother holds the .New. Zealand record for butter fat (-TOOlbs), ami the bull is described by experts as being the best butter fat animal, from records, that is in the Dominion. The price .paid "was £lO6, and the seller has retained the option of re-pur-chasg. The final ecene o£ "The Geisha" asfar as Masterton is, concerned? was enacted in the Club-Hotel after last evening's performance, when the company , foregathered, at a* very enjoyable supper.* The gathering was a .large one and included visitors from. Wellington) and Wanganui. Mr W. H. Beetham presided,. an<T sn. ai briefr speech complimented: the society oii. its very excellent work. Messrs D. Kenny, Newton' (Wellington) and Swan (Wanganui),. in replying; to the toast of the visitors,. made eulogistic reference to the performance, which; they considered, one of the best amatem- productions they /'had seen.. The unanimous-opinion was expressed that the society had i a very prosperous .future before it: Several-other speakers.. reiterated ; the opinions , expressed by the visitors. ; A\ pleasant evening and a fitting tei ; miinationi to the Masterton s"ea«on of "The Geisha" was concluded to tli 0 strains of 1 Auld Lang Syne;" A girl for light: housework is advertised for;, . ' v. ■■ . A red cow and 1 calf fouWl on Opakiroad awaits ownership, A strong ladi is required, at Mr, J. Dixon's cordial factory; Chapelstreet.

Messrs E., 81. Hare and. G0.,, land agents, Pahiat.ua, advertise in this issue a snug; little dairy farmj as a going concern.. ■New goods are now. being shown at Mr A.. Wor man's,. Queenstreet, and they, comprise' the very latest in ladies'' and. children's wear. A specialty iis< madfe of children's, hats and bonnets in silk; and muslin, from 2s 6d, upwards.. Children's- dlresees are shown, in great: variety and at wonderfully low, prices. The. W.F'.C;A., Ltd., have imported direct froiS tile- manufacturers an absolutely- germ-proof filter. Germs of disease carried' in the .brighter water quickly grow and' multipy in the human body.. Beware of oldfashioned filters. Delphin Filters are approved by the highest authorities on modern bacteriological science.— Adv-fr. We specialise in men's wear of quality,, and we sell it at strictly moderate prices; in. fact, we offer value which spells true economy to every mam—for our goods are/all high in quality and can be reKed .upon for long service. Every man who is particular about his dress needs is invited to call and inspect our new •stocks of shirts, ties, collars, ete., for spring and' summer.—W.F.C.A., Limited.—Advt. THE QUALITY COUNTS. Orescent Tea -is much higher in quality and no higher in price than other teas. It is a scientific blagM of the choice jtagg from ; and Ceylon, the to the per lb,