LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7999, 20 March 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The death is announced, at Blenheim, of Mrs Redman, wife of Dr Redman, ex-Mayor of Picton. A Society for] the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has been formed at Stratford. A New York cablegram, yesterday, stated that the Amerioan Steel Trust's surplus, last year, was eight and a half millions sterling. A London cablegram states that ten thousand quarters of New South Wales wheat has been sold at 3s 6d per quarter. A Melbourne cablegram, yesterday, <reportea the death of George Lansell, the Bendigo Quartz King, at the age of 83 years. Mr 0. S. Jones, commercial representative of Queensland in the East, states that preparations are being made to introduce Japanese boots into Australia. It has been decided to amalgamate the two newspapers, The Wnirarapa Leader and Wairarapa Observer, and the first issue of the new pacer will appear on April 2nd. Very Rev. Dean McKenna left Masterton, yesterday, for Potorua, where he will spend a three weeks' holiday. During his absence his place will be filled by the Rev. Father Duffy. A confession by a man in Victoria is alleged to exculpate Henry White, solicitor, from a charge of stealing valuable securities in connection with whioh he h*s just served two years imprisonment. Undeiground telegraphic communication has practically been established between London and Glasgow. The total outlay on the 400 miles separating London from Glasgow will be about £500,000. gin a report to the Sydney City Council the town clerk said that the shop inspection of meat was futile. He quoted the opinion of the city health officer that meat should be inspected when killed. Mr W. W. Astor has given directions for the building of the finest apartment house in New York, at a cost of £600,000. It will occupy an entire block in the upper west side of the city, and will.be called the Ipthorpe. At the Wellington Police Court, yesterday, a letter carrier named Walter Jennings, was charged with the theft of £2 from the Postmas-ter-General. Acoused admitted taking the money out of a letter, and was committed . to the Supreme Court for sentence. RHEUMATIC SUFFERERS. T)ou't waste your money by the purchase of liniment or pills which at the best only afford temporary relief. Go to the root of i the trouble and expel the uric acid (the real cause of rheumatism) from your system This you oan only do by taking a medicine which drives ®ut the uric acid. Rhcumo will do this for you, and you will be surprised to find the wonderful cure effected by tafeirig a few doses. Read the published testimonials from leading citizens all over New Zealand in favour of Rhcumo, and tr/ it for yourself. Sold by all chemists and. stores at 2/G and 4/(1 per bottle.

Eidenoff, a Hatt ju Garden jeweller, was robbed of a wallet containing Ave thousand pounds' worth of jewels, at the Birmingham (England) Post Office, on Saturday. The gross takings in oonnection with the concert, held on St. Patrick's Night, in aid of the St. Patrick's School Fund, amount to £57 5s 3d. At an enquiry into a recent fire in Marton, the jury added a rider recommending the insurance companies to periodically revise the lists. Anxiety is felt in Oamaru regarding the Rio Loge. an auxiliary screw vessel, which left Clarence River three weeks ago with a cargo \ of timber for the Oamani wharf. -'f One of the oldest identities of the colony, Mrs Arabella Williams, died la9t week at Auckland. Deceased was born at Whangaroa 72 years ago. Her grandfather was the Rev. Thomas Kendall, one of the first missionariea, and she married Captain James Williams. Mr J. Montgomery, whose stables, carts and other property were destroyed by fire, early on Sunday morning, estimates bis loss at about £SOO. The insurance on the building is £9O, and on the stock £l6O. The policies are with the Australian Alliance Company, for which Mr W. Gillesnie is the local agent. Mr Swinburne, an Australian politician, who has been visiting New Zealand, said, in a reoent speech, than the great point where Australians were behind New ZeaiandersJ was in "the national idea." In NeuM Zealand everyone "barracked" for his country. There was no other like it in the opinion of New Zealauders. At the Christchurch Polioo Court, yesterday, Louis Ogden, a, member of the West Christchurch Cricket Club, and a player in third grade matches, was fined 40s, in default one months' imprisonment, for having. on Saturday, stolen £1 12s from the olothes of another player, which were hanging up in the Lancaster Park pavilion. Many thefts' from the dressing room at the pavilion have occurred lately. As the effeots of a rathe* severe buffeting in the water against the pier at New Brighton, a few days ago, Mr R. Blank was badly lacerated about the feet and legs, and since then blood poisoning has set in, and his condition has become serious. Mr Blank, who is strong swimmer, went to the resoue of bather who had got out of his depth . at tbe end of the pier, and after a hard struggle, succeeded in rescuing the bather and restoring circulation. Soarlet fever appears to be sfrill maintaining a persistent hold on Southland, two additional cases from Invercargill and one from Winton being reported last week. The maladyis said to be still preTalent at Kaitangata also. In eaoh instance vigoroua measures have been adopted for fthe suppression of the outbreak, but, owing to tbe difficulty of isolating the patients, it appears extremely difficult to stamp out. A peculiar occurrence is being investigated by the Inveroargill police. It appears, says a local paper, that a number of windows in the Leet Street Methodist Ohuroh were broken on Wednesday evening, and it is alleged that the destruction was the act of a well-known oitizen. It is stated that a young office-bearer of the ohuroh went to the schoolroom at the rear of the church about6.3o o'clock on the evening named, for the purpose of getting a hymn-book. He observed that several windows on the west side of the ohuroh had been bruken, but passed on, not thinking that the damage was of reoent origin. But when he bad looked the sohoolroom door he heard the crash of glass on tbe east side. He went round to investigate, and the report"goes that he saw a man pushing his umbrella through a window. About a dozen windows in the schoolroom were also broken, the total damage amounting to about £B. Messrs Varnham and Rose invite tenders, to close at noon, on Monday next, for the ereotion of two brick shops in Carterton. Applications are invited to close on Saturday, March 31st, for the position of huntsman to the Wairarapa Hunt Club. Mr W. G. Newton, solicitor, who has commenced the practice of his profession in premises over Heoksh«r and Co.'a Mart, Perry Street,' inserts a professional notice in the leader column. Mr J. C. Boddington, Secretary of the Masterton Chamber of Commerce, inserts a notice to manufacturers and others who may be desirous of exhibiting at the forthcoming International Exhibition. A number of watches and other articles that have been left with Messrs H. Lamming and Co. to be repaired await ownership. The firm are dosing their Masterton branch on March 31st, and customers are notified that all articles must be called for during the current month. By advertisement elsewhere the Department of Education announce that the Technological examinations in connection with the City and Guilds, London, will be held at various centres in May and June next. Application forms and particulars ol fees can be obtained from the Inspector - General, or-' Schools, Wellington. } - $ MERIT REWARDED BY COURT OF JUSTICE. The acknowledged good qualities and success of SANDER & SONS' EUCA LffPTI EXTRACT have brought out many imitations, and one case was just tried in the Supreme Court of Victoria, before bis Honour Chief Justice Sir J. Madden, K.C.M.G , etc. His Honour, when giving udement, said with regard to the GENUINE SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, that whanever an article is commended to the public by reason of its good quality, etc., it is not pe*missable to imitate any of its features. He restrained the imitators perpetually from doing so, and ordered them to jfcy all costs. 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The election nominations include «ight candidates who are unopposed, including the Premier and Minister of Lands.—Hobart cablegram. A telegram from Wairoa, last evening, announced the death, of Mrs R. A. Bayliffe, wife of the postmaster at Wairoa. j A deputation waited on the Hon. j T. W. Hislon, Mayor of Wellington, last night, urging him to again con test the Mayoralty. He promised to give a reply in a couple of days. A Tokio cablegram, received yesterday, stated that the House of Representatives at Tokio has adopted a railway nationalisation proposal costing fifty million sterling. The work in connection with the establishment of workmen's homes, in Wellington, is proceeding apace. At Petone the formation of streets and drainage works is almost complete, and the erection of forty bouses will be Bhortly commenced. Mr G. B. Bridge, who has been Chairman of the Wanganui Education Board, for a number of years, resigned, yesteday, owing to illhealth. Mr Frod Pirani has been elected Chairman of the Board for the remainder of the term.i Mr T. M. Donovan, representing Mr John F. Sheridan's Musical Comedy Company, arrived in Maaterton yesterday, to make arrangements for the opening of a season at the Town Hall, on Monday next, of his company, in "The Earl and the Girl," one of London's latest successes.

"Major-General Finn, of Sydney, in biß annual report, Hays maoh remains to be done before the military forces of tbe Commonwealth can be deemed to be efficient. The use of the rifle is advocated, and more shooting under servioe oonditicns in place of fixed targets. On Saturday a young man named John Hunter, 30 years of age, a son of Mr Gardner Hunter, of Eves Valley, Waimea West, vias found it* a ditch about three miles above his parents' residence. Deceased was subject to fits, and was apparently drowned, as the body was found lying faoe downwards in the water. Tbe present bookings for the Mas- , tertin Town Hall axe as follow: —J. JF. Sheridan Ou., March 26th to 28th; Stephenson Musical Co., April 3rd; J. 0. Williamson April 7th' and 9th; Napier Frivolity Co., April 16th; J. 0. Williamson, Jtine ! 11th and 12th (pencilled), Meynell and Gunn, June 25th; Fire Brigade, Volunteer and Band Bazaar, September 3rd. A telegram from Blenheim, yesterday, stated that there was a record booking of Marlborough passengers for the Corinthic'a coming voyage to England, the number to date being twenty-four. The contingent includes several settlers who have had a run of remarkably successful seasons on Starborough and other settlements during the last few years. Tbe following are the handicaps for St. Matthew's Amateur Club's fortnightly sports, to be held tonight, March 20th:—120 Yards Handioap—W. Muir scr, Waddington syds, Berry syds, Wilkie 7yds, Phillips 9yds. La Roche and Hatoh 10yds. Quarter Mile Walk W. Muir scr, Waddington and Hatoh 10yds, Phillips 15yds, Mackersey 25yds. At the Masterton Magistrate's Court, yesterday morning, -before Mr W. P. James, S.M., James O'Brien was fined 40s, in default seven days' imprisonment, for a breach of the peace, and on a charge of drunkenness he was fined £5, in default 14 days' imprisonment, it being bis third offence ' within six months. Alexander Mathieson was aoquitted on a oharge of a breach of tbe peace. Donald MoOallum was fined 10s, in default 48 hours'imprisonment, for a second offence of drunkenness.

""Before Mr W. P. James, S.M., at the Mastertou Magistrate's Court, yesterday morning, a young man named James Shaw was charged with having assaulted Frank Johansen, John Graham, and Stanley Garcia. Evidence for the proseoution tended to show that the three persons allegedly assaulted entered "The Shades at the Prince of Wales Hotel, on Saturday evening last, where they met accused. Words led to blows v and Garoia. Johansen, and Graham sustained bruises in the struggle that ensued. Garcia alleged be was struok by accused, but the other two did not recollect how they received their injuries. The Magistrate dismissed the oharge, remarking that it was difficult to decide as to the facts of the case. Mr C. A. Pownall appeared for the accused. The Dunedin correspondent of the Christobruch Press states that in purchasing the piece of land known as Windle, as a site on which to erect workers' dwellings, the Government, it is believed by many, scarcely gave duo consideration to the conditions necessary for the success of such an experiment. Strong objection is taken to the difficulty of gaining access to the property from Dunedin. It has since transpired that when Windle was purchased about twenty acres of splendid land at Musselburgh, within two minutes of the tram service, was under offer to the De payment. Mr Mackay, of the Labour Department, paid a visit to the various sites, and it is understood that several will be recommended to the Government as suitable for workmen's homes. CROUPY CHILDREN ' If your children are subject to croup, watch for the first symptoms of the disease —hoarseness. If Chamberlain's Cough Bemedy is given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, the attack can be averted. Even after the croupy cough has appeared the attack can always bp prevented by giving this remedy. It is also invaluable jor colds and whooping coughs. It ahvay cures and cures quickly. Fovsale by T. G Mason, Masterton.—advx. OLD FOLK'S FOLLY. It a folly for old folks to allow the ' bowel debility of age to master them, as it naturally makes them age faster each day By using Chamberlain's Stomach and live 41 Tablets, safe and pleasant relief can always be had. There is nc gripping. For Sale by T. G. Mason Masteiton.— vt.