LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 11 December 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A settler in the Masterton district has had 3038 lambs taken as a first draft from a flock of 4f)00 ewes. Tho lambs averaged over 351ba at theWaingawa freezing works. This will constitute nearly a record for the Wairarapa. A party of Mastertonians who had intended "leaving for Auckland by motor this week, have postponed the journey, having been informed that some of the roads in the north .are almost impassable for motor traffic, on account of heavy rains. Even the dairy farmer, who is, as a rule, satisfied to have plenty of ram, a grievance against the weather clerk.' Many have crops of hay and oats to be harvested, and they stand a good chance of being ruined should the present conditions continue. Another wet day was experienced in Masterton yesterday. In the forenoon intermittent showers fell, but this developed in the afternoon and evening to a heavy ddwnpour. Farmers are wondering when they will be able to complete shearing operations Those who have crops in the ground are also becoming anxious, as the continuous wet weather will have a very bad effect. When the bi-monthly reports were being discussed at yesterday's meeting of the Wai'rarapa Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, Mr McLeod (Martinboroiugh) made complimentary reference to the manner in which the minutes of committee reports were placed before members of the board by the secretary (Mr H. F. Green). Other members endorsed Mr McLeod's remarks. Asked by a reporter whether the irregular arrival of butter.in England would seriously affect prices-, the secretary of a Palmerston North dompany stated that from present indications) buyers in London were offering as high as one shilling per lb. fdr butter shipped from here in December, which would not arrive Home until the middle of February This was a good indication that London buyers anticipated prices were likely to remain high. •' IT IS THE RESOLVE to obtain the GENUINE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT which will procure for you a remedy of sterling value and will protect you from haying your health injured by one of the many crude oils and so-called "Extracts," which are passed off by unscrupulous dealers as "just as good," and which are, according to authentic medical testimony, very depressing to the heart. The GENUINE SANDER'S EXTRACT is absolutely noninjurious and brings instantaneous relief in headaches, fever, colds, bronchial and gastric affections, and its great anticeptic powers protect from future infection. Wounds, \ilcers, burns, sprains are healed without inflammation. SANDER'S EXTRACT is endorsed by the highest medical authorities, and is unique in its effect; purity, reliability,', and safety are its distinguishing qualities. .Therefore, set the GENUINE SANGER'S EXTRACT—insist if yon lliave to—but get it and derive the benefit.—Advt.

Tho monthly meeting of the Masterton District. High School Committee takes place to-morrow evening. Mr J. C. Boddington reports that there were 11 points of rain registered at Upper Plain up to 9 a.m. yesterday. Whooping cough is very prevalent in Wanganui just-now - , and over a hundred children are absent from the infant school. Several Territorial eases will engage + he attention of Mr L. G. Eeid, 6.M., in the Masterton Magistrate's Court on Friday. Tho Manawatu A. and P. Association ia considering the advisability of introducing public school athletics at the winter show. The Manawatu A. and P. Association estimates the profits of the recent show at £431 13s, not-withstand-ing unfavourable' weather. The Wairarapa Hospital and Charitable Aid Board decided at yesterday's meeting to increase the secretary's salary by £SO per annum. "Business is very dead for this time of the year," said a Masterton tradesman yesterday. "Our Christmas business gives every indication of being the worst for many years." The matron of the Masterton Hospital desires to'thank Mrei Tringham, of Pigeon Bush, for the gift of a box of books for the patients, and the Masterton Y.M.C.A. for a case of -Shearing operations at Akitio have been badly interfered with this season owing to rains. -A comn.encement was made in the boginning of October and the work is not nearly completed. ....;.. The Dominion agricultural show, subsidised by tho Government, was opened at Auckland yesterday, and continues till the end of the week. The prizes are valued at, £2200 and the entries total, 2098. At the monthly meeting of the Wairarapa Hospital and Charitable Aid Board yesterday, it was decided that the question of revising the salaries ab tlio various institutions be held over till the end df the year. Eels are extraordinarily numerous in the Mangorei creek, in the Bideford district. Yesterday a party of Maoris landed hundreds of tunas, the weight of the eaten being estimated at anything from half a ton upwards. A Masterton stock inspector reports that feed on farms in the Pongaroa and Akitio "'districts is abnormally luxuriant, and the oldest settlers state that they have never experienced such ai season for growth of grass: A spell of dry weather is, however, badly required. Threats., to induce men to refuse work are punishable out of New Zealand. In Sydney the other day a man named Arthur Swam was fined £1 or fourteen days' imprisonment for telling a seaman that if he signed on at English rates on the Benalla they would "deal with him." An explosion at Huntly yesterday morning alarmed the neighbourhood. It was at first thought that an attempt had been made to blow up the company's boarding-hduse with gelignite, but it was found that detona- , tors only had been used. The-dam-age ig not serious.—Press Association. In granting leave of absence from the bi-mdnthly meeting yesterday to three members of the Wairarapa Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, the chairman laughingly remarked that the trio had urgent business at ' Woodville. A smile illuminated the faces of those present, and the worH "races" was audibly whispered. Dr Elizabeth Qtmn, when addressing the school teachers of Stratford, was not complimentary concerning Taranaki children, the bulk of whom ■she considered.ill-developed and the schools dirty. She advocated nosebloiwing drills on the lines of a glorified handkerchief parade, and the use of a towel corner instead of a brush on children's teeth. i A letter was recently received from ' Westport by a Taranaki resident showing how sorely the people of that place are suffering through the strike. They have not had any butcher's meat for three weeks; coal is up to £1 a ton (in a coal-mining district); the 21b loaf of bread costs 10d; potatoes are £1 12a 6d a sack, and 561bs of sugar £1 7s 6d.—Eltham Argus. Many people have gained an impression that the tramway system in Napier has been paying its way (says the Napier Telegraph), and a return prepared by the town clerk j endorses that opinion. Since the cars commenced running! they have earned sufficient to pay all outgoings and interest on the money invested. The return is based on the council's decision to charge 2d per unit to the tram service for electrical power. As a matter of fact, the cost of production is at present higher than that figure, but it is believed that the cost will be considerably reduced shortly. At the bi-monthly meeting of the Wairarapa Hospital and Charitable Aid Boiard yesterday, Inspector Cairns reported that the following cases of infectious diseases had occurred m the undermentioned places during the past two months: —Masterton Borough: Scarlet fever 2, tuberculosis 1. Masterton County: Scarlet fever 5, chicken-pox 1. Carterton Borough: Chicken-pox 2, diphtheria 2. Wairarapa South County: Scarlet fever 1. Greytown Borough : 'Scarlet fever 1. Feathers-ton: Chcik-en-pox 1, tuberculosis 1. Martinborough: Scarlet fever 1, chickenpox 5. Eketahuna County: Scarlet fever 1. Rakaunui: Scarlet fever 1. Pongaroa : Hydatids 1. Akitio: Scarlet fever 1. Totals: Scarlet fever 15, chicken-pox 9, .diphtheria 2, tuberculosis 2, "hydatids 1. FOUR SUPERB PIANOS; THE BROADWOOD! THE RONJSCHI THE LTPPI THE STEINWAY! There are constantly received by the Dresden Piano Co., Ltd., big shipments of these famous pianosnew instruments in brilliant condition and tone. Although these pianos have a world wide reputation for 6tyle and quality, they can yet be sold by The Dresden at prices which constitute remarkable value! j Time payments if desired. The Dresden system of deferred payment is so reasonable that clients scarcely miss the instalments. Moreover, those who buy in this way are only charged legitimate catalogue prices. This firm—established over thirty years—carries thp largest stock of of pianos in New Zealand, and has instruments from the lowest to the highest price, so that all can be THE DRESDEN P;IANO COMPANY LTD., WELLINGTON. iNprth Island M. J. Brookes. Full parfcr.-.urs from the Local Representative. H. Inns, Daniell's Buildings, Queen Street.

Tho Wairarapa Automobile Association will hold a run to Gladstone on Saturday. Tho Greytown dairy company yesterday paid out £1698, being at the rate of 9d per lb of fat on the November supply of milk. The total gallons for November were 127,007, being 21,557- gallons increase over November, 1912. The quantity of cheese since the factory opened this season is 139J tons, being almost 25* tons ahead of the same period last year. The crops of hay are exceptionally good this season. Messrs Jas. Elliott and Co., in their replace advertisement, are advertising their enormous stock of Rick covers for the coming season.. In to-day's issue is advertised a-spe-cially selected'list of dairy and sheep farms for sale by Mr W. IngJis Husband, land agent, Pahiatua. They | are cheap, and on easy terms, and J buyers should mike it their business ■ to rgo them. Smart and serviceable one-piece dresses and costumea at exceptional reductions are advertised to-day by Messrs Hugo and Shearer. The firm have made an extensive purchase from one of the leading wholesale manufacturers—goods of a high quality and perfect fitting—at about third of their usual price. These are being offered during the next three days at attractive bargain prices. The plans for the Te Mahanga land sale which takes place at Hastings on the 17th inst., are now available and can be had on application to the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Go's, branches throughout New Zealand, or Messrs Cotterill and Humphries, Hastings. Judging by the numerous inquiries this sale promises to be one of the most important- ever'-held-in the district, and those requiring the very best quality land will make this the opportunity to secure their requirements. See Loan «nd Mercantile Co's. advt. on page 8 of this issue. No need to worry over those Customs entries until -your brains , are fogged. Pass them along to Messrs J. J. Curtis and Co., Ltd.,—they are experts, at the game. There's no time to be lost''(and time is money to you) when your entries are passed by Messrs. J. J. Curtis and Co., Ltd., Customhouse-quay, Wellington. Their charges, too, are very moderate.*