LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 18 December 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A number of Mastertonians intend visiting the Auckland exhibition during the holidays. The Department of Defence announces in District Orders that a supply of new M.L.S'. rifles is now available.

Mr R. G. Southgatc, J.P., convicted and discharged an inebriate in the Magistrate's Court at Masterton yesterday. Several towns in the Taranaki province are still suffering from shortage of ooal supplies. In Stratford, coal is almost unprocurable. -

It may be accepted as a sign of tlie strike times that £9OOO of good money is due and dwing to the Westport Borough Council, says the Argus. The New Zealand Rugby football team reached Auckland yesterday on the return from America. Wylie remained behind to study for a civil engineer at. Stanford University. A Feilding telegram states that Mr Harry Oarr, a farmer and studmastcr in that district, was found dead on his farm on Tuesday night. . Heart failure ia assigned as the cause ot death.

The Masterton Picture and Entertainment Cotmpany ia giving a "benefit" in the Town Hall on Friday evening to a family in town that is in straitened circumstances. Several of the leading vocalists have promised assistance.

The number of passengers travelling on Wair&rapa trains is at present noticeably small. It is doubtful if the passenger traffic has been so dull for some years past, especially when we are only a week away from Christmas.

A Wangamii telegram states that Cyril Heberley, a young man remanded from Wellington on a charge of the theft of clothing valued at £lO, appeared before the Magistrate yesterday morning. The police having no evidence to offer, the case was dismissed. The Masterton Postmaster advises that wireless stations at Radio Awanui (North of Auckland) and Radio Awarua (near Bluff) are to be opened from to-day. Attendance for commercial business for the present will be limited to the hours: of 6.30 p.m. to midnight daily, but a continuous listening service for distress signals will 1)0 observed. The rates-will be 111- siime as Radio Wellington.

Get your piano where you can rely on quality and value. Hundreds of people are taking advantage of the Dresden Piano Company's time payment system; • and f shipment upon shipment of pianos and organs is coming in month after month. "The Dresden," with over thirty yearg of experience, and a remarkable turnover, is ever able to sell the best goods at the lowest market rate. But it is not satisfied with merely gaining a new customer, it aims at making another business friend—and usually does so. Now, with the* Dresden Piano Co., Ltd., absolute quailty is guaranteed. Every piano issued is perfect material and workmanship. Where, for instance, will you find better instruments than the Broad wood, the Lipp, the ißonisch, and the Steinw'ay—»tney are indeed four great pianos. Ot two finer organs than The Bell and The Imperial—they are incomparable. Write to the Dresden Piano Co., Ltd. Local Representative—H. Inns, Danlell's Buildir.es, Queen Street. *

The Wairarapa Rifle Association's next rifle meeting is to be held on February 23rd and 24th. For negligently driving a motolrcar, Alexander D .Peddie" was fined £lO and costs at Hastings yesterday. Mushrooms are at present being gathered from the fields around Masterton, which is evidence of the peculiarity of the seastin. ' Mr William Perry intends of fori up, four hundred stud and flock rams at the sale to l>e held by him at Masterton next month. Tho sum of £298 was paid in to the Masterton Workers' Benefit Building Society last evening, in view of the ballot for £3OO, which takes place this evening. At the Wellington Magistrate's Court yesterday, charges against men found in hotels during the time the premises were directed by two Justices to be closed, were dismissed. The Waipoua River was fairly high yesterday as a result of the heavy rain. Anglers state that the fishing has been affected during the past few ■weeks, and the sport has been very poor.

The Wairarapa Rifle Association has fixed its programme for 1914 as follows: —Carterton match, 300 and 500 yds, seven aKots each range, £"38; Masterton match, 500 and 600 yds, seven shots each range, £3B ; Greytown match, 600 yds, ten shots, £3O; Wairarapa match, 300 yds, ton shots, £3O; Petofie match, 800 yds, ten shots, £3O; Featherston match, 900 yds, ten shots, £3B; Midfield aggregate for all shooting at 500, GOO and 800 yds, £4O; Championship aggregate for all ranges, £4O; W.F.G.A. Trophy Match, £1& 12s ; Last Try Match, 500 yds, ten shots, £10; Teams Match for five men, £ fott' £.

To-morrow evening an organ recital will be give-i at Knox Church, Masterton, by Mr Purcell Webb. The programme will consist largely of selections appropriate to the Xmas season. Mr H. Mills, the well-known vocalist of Pahiatua. has been engaged as the bass soloist. He will contribute airs from the "Messiah," and other solos. Vocal items will also be rendered by Misses J. McGregor, Janet Miller, and Mr McDonald. Xmas anthems and carols will be sung by the choir. Mr Purcell Webb will play some popular organ solos, andi some of the best of the "Messiah" choruses. Tickets may be obtained at the nominal charge of one shilling each.

Tlie Grey River Argus prints the following statement by; a' very old identity. "I have been 40 years in Greymouth, and have never seen such a state of affairs as prevails, atpresent. . I believe that the only business thAt is in any sort of a .flourishing condition is the despised occupation of 'Bottle Oh I' Even that is not without its vexations. One of the local Red Federation brigade went amongst the sawmills the other day to gather a few bottles and earn a shilling or two on the quiet. But as the poor wretch could not keep his tongue quiet amongst the men he had helped to idle, his propaganda doctrine was not well received, and he finally had to make hack tracks a much sadder and wiser man than when he started 0:1 his bottle-collecting expedition."

An apprentice or improver for boot trade is required by Mr J. Carpenter, Queen Street. Mt F. P. Welch, labour agent, makes a number of additions to his list ©f vacancies. ,

The Te Ore Ore school picnic has been postponed from to-day until Thursday, January 29th, 1914. Mr M. R. Varnham, F.N.Z.1.A., architect, invites tenders for the removal and additions to dwelling at Temii.

The butchers of Masterton have decided to close their business premises on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, December 25th, 26th and 27th, for the Christmas holidays. Members of Knox Church congregation who are desirous of contributing Christmas parcels to the Presbyterian Orphanage, Wellington, are notified that such parcels may be left with Mrsi Willougliby, Bruce Street, or Mra Miller, Albert Street, up to Monday, December 22nd, when they will be* forwarded to the orphanage. Mr J. Carpenter is just now showing some neat lilies in children's slide® for holiday wear. They include all the latest styles, and are specially recommended for comfort and durability. A glance at the price-list set out in the advertisement will give some idea of the ap lend id value.

News of great assistance to you m the selection of a suitable Xmas gift appears in a replace advertisement in this issue of Measrs L. L. Murray, Ltd. Years of experience as exclusive clothiers and mercers enables the firm to buy in the best market and from the m'ost renowned manufacturers. Acting, on instructions,, the firm's Home buyers have posited them direct the very newest lines suitable for holiday wear and Xmas gifts. A hearty invitation is extended to all to inspect the up-to-date stock. The selection of Xmas goods now On view at Mr A. Norman's shop, Queen Street, is a very choice one, and reflects great credit on the enterprise of the proprietor. In a change advt. elsewhere a few of the many excellent suggestions for Xmas are enumerated, such as ladies' leather dressing cases, writing cases, jewel boxes, handbags, military blushes in cases, tobacco pouches, and a large selection of E.P. and antimony ware. As usual, the toy department ijj overflowing with all the latest and most fascinating rovelties. When Royalties marry, one is apt to think the presents always consist solely of something which is either of silver or gold, or else a rare gem. It is interesting to be informed by the Dresden Piano Company, Ltd., that among the wedding presents of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Arthur of Connauglit were two Steinway pianos. One of these came from T.R.H. the Duke and Duchess of Connauglit; the other fi-om the Canada Club. Such a sensible example ought surely to bo followed here. Marriage would then have its immediate substantial advantages, apart from the sentimental and domestic attractions which are. c-ver inseparable from it. TERRIBLE HEADACHES. "I am a bootmaker," writes Mr Frederick Miller. Great King street, North Dunedin. N.Z., "And for many years suffered from terrible headaches and irregularity of the bowles due to my sedentary life. After taking one box of Chamberlain's Tablets I was greatly benefited and they soon effected my cure. Upon the slight- ! est symptoms of constipation I take: two or three Tablets which always set j me right." Sold by all chemists and storekeepers.* |

At the Blenheim swimming tournament yesterday, the 440yda championship of Nelson was won by J. Emerson, who defeated .the holder, ,V. Trott. Masterton bowling enthusiasts have been unable to occupy the local green for the past fortnight, and present indications point to the green being unplayable for some days to come. In the latest District Orders of the'' , New Zealand Defence' Fc-ices, it announced that the .services of thiP* Eketahuna Defence Rifle Club have been accepted by His Excellency tho Governor. Three men named Christopher Itobert Smith, Samuel John McCormack, and James Anderson, were committed for trial at Chriyteluirch yesterday in connection with the alleged Customs frauds. They reserved their defence. A Christclmrch telegram states that the New Zealand Cricket Council lias accepted the offer of Mr Arthur Sims to bring a first-class Australian cricket team to New Zealand during February and March. A Wanganui wire states that ex- , ccptionally heavy rain fell on day night, accompanied by a gale. Much damage was done to . [ the roads, owing to slips and wash-. I outs, while the railway line in many places was under water.

A well-known Masterton farmer expressed the opinion yesterday that though the unsatisfactory weather conditions were having a had effect, it only required a month or two of seasonable weather to enable farmers to recuperate, as with feed so plentiful, the number of fat stock exported from the district should easily prove a record" Advice from Marton states that heavy rains flooded the streets, several shops being inundated. A big. " slip came down on tho Main Trunk line, several slips being also reported on other parts of the line, caus- , ing traffic to be temporarily suspend- £ ed. The rainfall yesterday morning totalled 2.37 inches; constituting a, record. , The man who hanged Biddlc was not the man who hanged Talii Kaha at Auckland. He was a farmer, and he told Press representatives that ho had volunteered for the task not for any pecuniary gain (lie was prepared to forego any fee), but from a senses of public duty, as he was not sure when anybody's wife might be attacked like Mi*s Lilley, and he considered that the community should be protected.

The statement filed in the estate of Messrs. Wlnteman and Hare, sawmillers/of Masterton, shows tiiisecured creditors to the - amount of £934 <• 4s 6d. The creditors am as follows:—-R. U. Harden, ton £376; Haitchinson, Wilfeon and Co.| Wellington, £123; Easson, Ltd., Wellington, £9O; J. C. Ewington, Masterton, £94; A. J. Giddings,_Masterton, £6O; Wairarapa Sawmillers' Association, £4*7; Thompson and Loader, Taueru, £3T>; T. H; Henderson, Miki Miki, £29 Is sd; W. C. Tully, Tauheye'nikau, £27; Welch and Hope, Masterton, £2O; D. P. Loasby, Greytown, £lB 12s 4d; G. T. Smith, Wellington, £l7 ; Hutton and Syverston, Greytoiwn, £l2 12s; J. J. Niven and Co., Wellington, £l4; D. M. MoRae, Masterton, £ll 16si; J. Nicholson, Miki Miki,, £10; Robertson and t Co., Wellington, £10; C, E. Daniell, Masterton, £5 8s Id; Allan and Co., Masterton, £5; Gawith and £3 19s 8d; Johnson Bros., £3 9d: Charles Loader, £8 • Albert tfare, Wellington, £8 10s; Meadows and Co., Wellington, £6 6s 8d; Stewart Timber Co., Wellington, £B. \ "PLEASING WARES ARE HALF SOLD!" And there are thousand of citizens who willingly testify to the wonderful efficacy of t Tonking's Linseed Emulsion for coughe, colds, influenza, etc. Instant relief follows first dose. * 1/6, 2/6, 4/6—'Chemists and Stores *