LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, 29 March 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Forged National Bank notes are still ! in circulation ,in Wellington. | There are now only two influenza patients in the Masterton hospital. Two cases of scarlet lever were reported in Masterton during the week--end. Heavy, warm rain fell throughout the "Wairarapa on Saturday night, and intermittent showers fell on Sunday, The' Prime Minister has arranged n conference between the miners and mine-owners over the Waihi dispute. According to a Gisborne message, Oscar Dickson, a chamberhand at the Waipara freezing woirks, lias been missing since Monday evening last. ' [ A catye, message received last nigbrf ifroni New Vork stated that the Pan-, ama Canal, which was recently reported to be blocked, had been re-opened. The young man Henry • Joseph Lewis, who was recently arrested ai Featherston on a charge of escaping from custody, pleaded guilty at Pal-! mcrston on Friday, and was commit-" [ted to 'the Supreme Court for sentence. '' The Director-General of the Marisi Brothers at Lyons, France, has authorised the establishment of a novitiate, or training college, for aspirants to the Order in the Dominion. The college will be erected i« "Inglewood. * f ; At Nuhaka a native named Mateng'a Tukareho was charged at the Magistrate's Court with indecent as; sault on a Maori girls aged 18,- and also with intent to commit a major crime. After a lengthy hearing the accused was commited for trial on the minor charge. The Minister of Public Works has informed the Wairarapa South County .Council' that owing to 'the large (amoirat of designing work in hand the. officers : of the "department were unable for tivo or 'sree months to prepare plans and specifications for a bridge at Kaituna. The Minister suggested the employment of somt qualified person to prepare the plans for the Department's approval.

A motor car driven by Mr Kay McLaren, of Masterton, cam© to grief in the vicinity of Matahiwi on Saturdaj night. The car was somewhat damaged, but none of the occupants wert hurt in any way.

Mr McNicol, M.P., recently forwarded a letter to the Prime Minister directing-his attention to the faci that the Weber county, comprising an area of 108 square miles, with at unimproved value of £475,510, carrier a population of 420. The .man who attempted suicide at Kaituna on Saturday week last if making satisfactory progress at the Masterton hospital, from which insti tution he will probably be discharget . in a few days' time. The body found floating in the Wei lington harbour on Friday last hai been identified as, that of Mrs Elizi Jane Hebberd, wife of Mr Charlet Ambrose Hebberd, a dyer. She lef.* her home on Thursday afternoon, ap-'. parently in good spirits. Wound*. upon her head and face suggest foui> play. The police are investigating. A Hastings telegram says:—Arthuit Patience, arrested on a warrant fron?-. Christchurch, appeared ai the Haetings Police Court this morning | charged that on 3rd January, 1919, ai Tirnaru, being a married man, he went. 1 through the form of marriage with Mary Rodgers, thus committing big- ; amy. He was remanded to appeal ;at Christchurch on 81st March. Bail was allowed.

! The clerk to the Wairarap South County Council reported to Saturday's meeting of the Council that an. opinion had been received from Mr T. F. Martin, solicitor to the Countie's Association, bearing out his contention thatMt was possible for the loan for the Kaituna bridge to be carried by petition instead of resorting to the more costly procedure of taking a -poll. It was decided to bring the opinion under the notice of the clerk to the Masterton County Council. A better outlook for petrol supplies is notified by Mr W. G. Mac Donald, of the Board of Trade. The arrival of the Monongahela has eased the, situation considerably in- Wellington; and, further, after discharging pari of her cargo in the South Island, the Waihemo will be landing at this port 15,000 cases originally intended for Australia, but diverted here at the request of the Board of Trade. Uri less something serious occurs in re-, gard to shipping, there are sufficient stocks of petrol now in sight to meet all normal requirements. Considerable satisfaction was felt in Masterton on Saturday night when word was received from Wanganui that the Wairarapa Amateur athletic team had won the shield at the Country Clubs? Championships. The'wholt team performed up-to their best form deijpite the" fact that,Wanganui were represented by a team numericallj stronger. The Wairarapa team out, of fifteen contests accounted for ten firsts, seven seconds, and three thirds The team arrives 1 home by the S o'clock train to-day. ' "When I want anyone to do a little work," said Mr Barton, S.M.. during the hearing of a maintenance case "at Gisborne, "I find I can only get a man for 14s a day, and then he oannot come until next week. If ] only- want a man to cut my lawn J have to pay that. Then I come here and a man tells'me he cannot get work anywhere. There;seems to be two classes of people; I wish they would coalesce a little." "Well, your Worship," said the defendant to whom these remarks vf&re addressed, "I'll cut your lawn next time you want it for 10b a day." "Very well," remarked Mr Barton, "that will be a 3tart for yon, and you must get work totaaintain your children." The annual picnio in connection with the Ihuraua school was held at Mr R. Judd's paddock on Friday last The weather was fine,. and an enjoyable day was spent. That portion of the day's outing which was devoted to sports was most interesting to the children. Some very exciting events vere witnessed. The winners were the recipients of very'acceptable trophies. The school championship in the boys' running events was won by Harry Berney, who was presented with a medal donated "by Mr A. Weston. Two events were Held for the adults, and were won by Mrs A. Weston, and Mr Nelson Clee respectively. The arrangements were in the capable .hands of Miss Curtis, and the School Committee.

\ The story was related at a meeting ->f the Auckland City Council of one single rat that two boys caught in a -age-trap on the Auckland wharf. Youthful scientists they evidently #ere, and they determined to poison their prisoner, and watch his gradual decline. So* they used three packets af rat poison that they were given at ;he Town Hall. According to the narrator the rat ate freely of the contents of these packages. Careful observation revealed no visible change in the rat's condition. He was alive next morning. Three more packers, .vere given him, and he still ate freely and still lives. The rat has' had aothing but rat poison, supplied at the Town Hall, and he is plump of body jand contented of eye. "That rat is * still alive, and I don't see anything I n the business to laugh about," con-, sluded the raconteur. The tale he. told was duly noted for investigation.' ft is understood that the boys still condubting experiments wit!} their \ prisoner. . ' .- ■Most of the speeches at the farewell to Deai( McKenna at the Tarajrua Club in Pahiatua dealt with the 'reverend gentleman's prowess in his earlier days on the atheltic field. 3everal of the speakers, testified tenderly to broken shins as a result of collision with the popular claim .on the football field, while others brought forward recollections of his deeds at cricket and at tenuis, ti remained (says the for Messrs W. C. jßrcletotf-ftna H.' McSherry, however, Ito tell the tale of a sensation in athletics which -Bean McKenna caused at the St. Patridfc's College sports at Lower Hutt over thirty years ago. Mr Eccleton, it may be stated, was. speaking from hearsay, but M*', Mo-' Sherry waa present on, the occasion. "Father Tom" liad just arrived fro» Ireland, and" evinced great interest .in the events, particularly in the high jjump. One' of the scholars competing fin this even broke the school record amid great cheers. The young priest, in clerical frock coat and heavy boots, strolled across and inspected the bar. '.'Sure," he said, "is that the best, ye can dop" and then, buttoning, up.' his coat, he jumped six inches higher than the record- "That," remarked ; Mr Eccleton, "i» characteristic of I 'Father Tom.' He can always do a )bit better than anyone else," tCfceerß.)

Tomatoes are being retailed''inSg >er lb by a firm in Maaterton. A considerable amount of-Greytoi^ t'ruit is now being sold in Maswrtop It is expected that about: ;isj visiting firemen wfll bo in Master^ this week. • The retailers of Palmerston Kbr% xaxe decided not to observe Eaat"B| Saturday as a holiday.. /£ . A party of deer stalkers from- Eke* ;ahuna intend visiting Martinborougfe or tho opening of the stalking sea| _ am. ' t '& I The Masterton fire brigade intenfk endering a banquest to vjMjplirft aen in the Masterton MuffiSpal -B0 m .the evening of Easter Mounday:^ Masterton's larrikin element was gain in evidence on Saturday n ghfc| md a group of youthful, songsters 1 fere dispersed in Queen street by ths police. ~^-j Up to the present, nearly £loo,oo^ ias been subscribed to the Hawke'a 3ay War Memorial Fund. The Mas* .ertoh district has not yet reached the; 35000 mark. %$ "The fashionable young maniU"Pari| ;ends to London for his clothes—the, fashionable young woman inJUradoii .joeß to Paris for her costumes"—said ■Mr A. H. Herbert at the Eketahtujl Chamber of Commerce moating. ."■**;s j During a discussion at toe monthly meeting of the Wairarapa Souip Council on Saturday, Cjf Moore, who is a member of the'Cew .'bral Committee of the Hospital Boards stated there was nothing more pertaifj 'than that the hospital levy to locaf would show- an increase ?«n last year. ~,.„' : -?|| Hardly a day passes without com* plants, reaching the ■ Masterton policf regarding bicycles' being stolen; &nl invariably they|are not recovered One practically pew bicycle, in tptei | did condition, was discovered in i'ih > river near the town last week, marus its front wheel. The police have ism matter in hand. /1| ■ The harvest festival services hti&'M Knox Church, Maßterton, yesterda|| were attended by large The church was beautifully decorate« with fruit, vegetables, and jjpwerJf! and appropriate sermons € dd by the minister . Brown, M.A.). The colleotionsi%« | fruit and vegetables, which "wjttfs m forwarded to-day to the WeUingWi Presbyterian Orphanage, were conadj ared to be of a larger, quantity tnal; at any, former festival. When U letter: from the vßjnwlf Electric Investigation Committeelwai before the meeting of the WairaraM South County Council on SaturdJM asking that a person ( be nom:nwj||| for a seat on the proposed 'Hydii| Electric Board, expressed \ hat the Masterton Boroulf Council had neglected to nominal Mr J. C. Cooper* whose service&j|| the Board would . prove invaluabM The Council decided not to nomination until it was ascertammi whether Mr Cooper was any body. "* > Mr A". McNicol, in opening;*,;?!® thodist bazaar, at Woodville on Wel| nesday, said he was in a waydloseM connected with the church becatisef hp father was. one of the pioneer PreirS terian ministers of the proivincef:ssJj Otago. Possibly some people wj>n|i think no better 'of him fori "'thall Biblical history did not tell IbiggflM calling followed by the father ,ofl.tP prodigal son, ' but popular -optn&ij! would not be greatly, surprised. if'-lal turned out to be a parson, (Laughl tor.) When he looked round at tp array of good things provided by'that! harvest festival he was led to woadal whether knowing the parson's son they had im fatted calf. (Renewed lajjghteriyi^i

Wicker push chair for safeT f "a Three-year-old mare for sale. * ' Two or three unfurnished' rooms advertised' for. \$ Ladyhelp or general for countrs seaside advertised for. ' , " .£" Mr. J. B. Parker, telephone 174$ advertises potatoes for sale from "one*! sack to 5-ton lots. . _. & Mr. C. W. Dieksson, carrier, adver| tiees for sale 30-ewt: express, witul pole, mare, and harness. " The Wairafapa South County? Council invite applications for'_tw<it permanent surfacemen at To Wharau? The opening of the season's dancer at Rangitumau will be hejd in thifl Bangitumau Hall, on Tuesday Zoning! next. ■ 'Z The Dnnlop Bubber Company, Wet* lington, advertise that will be closed from Good 1 Friday. tflt Easter Tuesday. >** Medical men assert that to haves good health you must have sound There's "a world of* repose" ira Dickason bedding—the most hygienic! obtainable. 'V A general meeting of members cjs the yWairarapa Beturned Association will be' held in the Ctaß** house on Friday, April 9, to make} arrangements for parade during visfe of H.B.H. the Prince of Wales,' an3B ' general business. - """^ Mr. R. T>.. Bickerton, _ejeßighVwill visit Masterton to* mpjreow and on Wednesday, and may? bo interviewed at the Club Hotoli*, Owing to the shortness of his stay ifti Masterton on his previous clients were disappointed," tbiß> account he is paying anotKe* viaitej Clients of Mr. are notified' that Mr. Bick-erton will carry on his> practice in Kaaterton* SANDER AND SONS' EUCALYPTri EXTRACT.. The unequalled remedy for raids/, influenza, bronchitis, chest neuwlgia, rheumatism. SAHDER'&] EXTRACT, the sure protection all infections, feves, diphtheria,,, meningitis. SAILER'S the great healer, of • wounds* ulcers, sprains, skin . SANDER'S EXTRACT, proved at. Supreme Court of Victoria to. conftaiiti antiseptic and heating, substances noi? present in other eucalyptus. preparsff tions—hence its superior and tutfquo* curative power. SANDEB/8 EXTEAOTf: the only eucalyptus fljfeSnct preparers exclusively from selected leaves on&ij; refined by apeoial process, is free the irritating and depressing effected of the common eucalptus oils and ihV* so called "extracts," and is safe aatl* beneficial for internal as well' Wj external use. Insist on the GENUINE J SANDER'S EXTRACT, and derive the? benefit of purity, reliability, and tiyenesa. Ti«w is no "jußt aa gooiM

Numerous basketsful of mushrooms were gathered-in the fields in the outskirts of Masterton on Sunday. The Government has acquired another 7 site at Kuripuni (Masterton) upon which to erect workers' dwellings. Mr L. A. Wadham, of Masterton, is leading in the single duck contest at Fapanui, Christchurch, with only one week to go. >• 'lt was mentioned at the meeting of the Wairarapa South County Council on Saturday that bluegum timber was being sold in the district at 32s 6d per hundred feet. A Masterton builder told an "Age" representative on Saturday the building operations were never so animated in Masterton as they are at present. Dwellings are being erected in nil directions, and yet the demand is far from being satisfied., "Is thero any chance of you staying on if we make it worth while?" asked Cr. Robert Cooper of the overseer at Saturday's meeting of the Wairarapa South County Council aftor that officer had tendered his resignation. "I don't think so. Bob," oame tho plump reply from Overseer Johnson. "It's not 'skite,' the average American really believes that he did win the war. He has that much confidence in his own country, and he believes all that his own press (with but a few exceptions) telfe him, but most of tho press in America woefully mislead tho people," said Mr Herbert at the Ekotahuna Chamber of Commerce meeting. < "My eyes were, opened to a considerable extent as to what British manufacturers could do in the matter of supphos during the war, when they were, put toit," said Mr Herbert at the Ekotahuna Chamber of Commerce meeting last week. When big rush orders were about, Britain (said to be a decadent nation) was the country that was looked to,, and could fill them. At the meeting of the Eketahuna - Chamber of Commerce last week, Mr Pike brought up the matter of the visit of the Prince of Wales and con- , sidered facilities should be given the school children especially to go to , Masterton. A committee might act with the school committee in the matter. It was pointed out that.ls, special rain was being provided for , school children and returned soldiers, and that the member; for the district - was moving in the direction of securing train facilities for tho general » public. ' . Ah exciting runaway occurred in Masterton on Saturday morning. It appears that Mr Reginald Pinhey was putting some luggage into his cab at the railway station on the arrival of the mail train, when a motor lorry was started near the horßes. The animals took fright, and before Mr Pinhey could regain his hold of the, , reins, bolted from the railway yard into Lincoln road. They galloped down the street at a fast pace, causing pedestrians to scatter. A lad named Qourlay ihased the runaways on his 1 pony. He overtook them and caught one rein. As they approached the stock bridge in Colombo road, Gourlay that. his hold upon the rein was drawing the horse into the post at the side of the structure. .He therefore let go, but after the horses had crossed the bridge he again took up the chase, and, catching the reins, pulled them up in a short distance. No damage was done to either the horses or cab. It is fortunate that there were no passengers in the cab when the bolt occurred.'