LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8232, 8 September 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr U'lio Shannon has been appointed to frame the handicaps for the Maeterton Trotting Club's meetwhich will be held on November 15th..

The Town Clerk (Mr R. Brown) returned to Masterton from Wellington yesterday morning. He was present at the Municipal Conference which was heldj during the week.

At the Masterton Police Court, yesterday morning, Miohael Fahey waa fined 10b, in default 48 hours imprisonment for having been drunk, it having been his eeoond offence. A maintenance case was adjourned until! Monday uext.

The Rev. A. T. Thomson will conduct the setvioes at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. to-morrow at the Masterton Presbyterian Oburoh, and at 3 p.m. at Wangaehu. Mr P. Gordon will conduct tbe services at Dreyerton at 3 p.m.

The Chairman (Mr R. T. Holmes) and the Secretary (MrThos. Dunoan) of the North Wairarapa Uenevolent Society paid an official visit to the Renall Solway Home, yesterday afternoon, and found everything in a satisfactory condition.

A meeting of the Ground Committee of the Masterton Eaoing Clab will be bold at 2.30 n.m. to-day, to receive plans and estimates for additions and alterations to the joobeya' and trainers cottage at t> e racecourse.

The entries for thn Wellington Kennel Club's annual show tntul 468. This constitutes a New Zaaland record in point of numbers, and since many dogs of exceptionally good quality are included, tbe show seems certain to ba highly successful.

A Blenheim telegram, last evening, stated that at n meeting of the Ex hibitiou Committee it was unanimously resolved that Marlborough withdraw from all competitions in grain exhibits unless that olHea closed at the end of October.

Lambing ia exceptionally good in the Waveiley district this season, says the Patea Press. A ewe with three lambs is a oomtnoti sight. Mr W. W. ParHons, of Waitotara, no doubt hae the biggest triumph of sheep tanners, as he is the possessor of an ewe whiob has given birth to five lambs. ' All are living and doing well.

In Taranaki, according to Mr Jennings, a small herd of Angora goats have completely cleared acres of brambles aud other weeds, and they showed no inclination for grass if there are noxious weeds available. Mr Jennings is asking the Government to lay before Parliament the remarks of stock inspectors on the adaptability of Angoras for eradicating weeds and the commercial value of a yeat's clip of hair.

Brave men have tried times over again To reach ice-bound poles in vain; There needs yet more aoute device To storm those battlements of ice; Perchance, by flying ships to be, , They'll gain triumphant victory, Provided they, for colds, secure A store of. Woods' Peppermint Cure.

A shopkeeper was Sned 5s at Ashburton, yesterday, for selling a small buy a pennyworth of lollies on Sunday last. At the Wellington Magistrate's Court, yesterday, Ernest Benge, dairyman, was fined £3 for having failed to keep bis dairy in a state of thorough oleanliness. The name of the Woodville Central irgicultural and Pastoral Association has been altered to .the Bush Districts A. and P. Association. The annual show, as hitherto, wjll be held at Woodville. The Palmerston North Quoits Club will probably play a match with the Opaki Quoitß Club in Palmerston North, on Saturday week. There will either be ten or twelve men a-side. The members of the T.M.G.A. Gymnasium held a very successful practice, last evening. About 15 members were present. The members expect to commence regular practices on Friday evening next. At the quarterly meeting of the Newtown Licensing Committee, yesterday, it was indicated to the licensee of the Park Hotel that his license would not be renewed at the annual meeting unless the house was oouduoted in a better way. It is interesting to note that of the business transacted ja money orders by the New Zealand Post Office last year almost half the total net increase was with New South Wales alone. The issues on that State showed an increase of 23 per cent., while the orders drawn there on New Zealand increased by 9 per cent. The demand for New Zealand coal is so great at the present time that the Railway Department i has gbeen obliged to place an orde'r for several thousand tons from Newcastle. It is expected, however, that in a few weeks' time there will be no necessity for the department to go outside the oolony for its coal. The Auckland Cricket Association has agreed to guarantee £SOO towards the cost of the Englishmen's tour, subject to the Management Committee being able to raise the required sum. Nearly all the delegates present expressed strong disapproval of the English team's proposal to bring an umpire and a servant. At the Ashburton Magistrate's-/ Court, yesterday, states a telegram, Mr Wray, S. M., convicted John Kilgour on thiee charges of selling, and oa a charge of exposing liquor for sale at Mount Somers, and fined him £3O on one charge for selling. James Smith was fined 40s and costs for bringing liquor into a no-iicende district. The staff of the colony's postal department now numbers 4,929. A, year ago it was 4.639. There are in all 303 letter carriers, the number having risen from 285 last year. The Postmaster General's annual report says that "with the exception of a regrettable breach ; of duty on the part of three officers, the oonduot of the staff as a whole was good:" That is the only reference, direct or indirect, to the famous "voucher" incident. The Eketahuna Cricket Club have elected the following officers for the ensuing year— President,. Dr.. Chadwick; Vice - Presidents, Mescrs Marenzi, Mathieson, and Quinn;; ; Captain, Mr J. D. Tripe; Vice-Cap-tain, Mr H. S. Griffith; Seoretary and Treasurer, Mr F. Nelson; General Committee, Messrs Boddington, Dohnt, Wrighf, MoGarry, and Larsen; Selection Committee,. Messrs Griffith, Tripe and Boddington. Mr T. Pinkney was driving his cab out of his yard, yesterday afternoon, when the vehicle went over the edge of a culvert, with the result that it capsized, tiud Mr Pinkney was thrown heavily to the ground. The pole of the cab was broken,. «nd the harness considerably damaged.. Mr \ Pinkney was bruised ahout the body, and though bis injuries are not of a very serious nature,, it is feared l' that he will be confined 1 to his ■ • house for some time.

A middle-aged men named Isaac Watts was working, yesterday, on Bartholomew's tramway,, near N/?a----tira, in a cutting, when a fall of earth occurred, sending: him down the sh'jot, and burying him completely. Some Maoris helped to dig him out and his four mates carried him on an improvised stretcher over four and a quarter miles of rough bridl'etraek in 45 minutes. He waa taken to the Waikato Hospital,, where it was found he had suffered a broken leg and severe bruises on the back. The new Minister of Lands, in his speeob in the House on Tuesday - night, gave the following expression \ of bis belief in the land policy of the Government:—"l believe that when the people of the colony who are soattered over it, not only on freehold, but on Crown lands, realise that we nave made an honest endeavour not only to provide for leasehold land for the people but blso along the lines indicted to provide for those who do not like leasehold and prefer the freeholdend we have been successful beyond what might have buea expeoted from us by our most ardent supporters—in place, of the opposition which has been exhibited over a large portion of the colony to our proposals, from one end of the oolouy to the other there will be universal and unbounded satisfaction. Speaking for myself—l do not - speak for anybody else—l should £ have no hesitation in going back to my constituents without fear of what tbe results might be." FACTS ESTABLISHED AT COURT. In an action, the cause of whiph was flagrant misuse of our firm name and other gross misrepresentation by an imi tating company, which was tried before his Honor, Ch'ef Justice J. Madden, K.C.M.G., L.L.D., in the Supreme Court, at Melbourne, the prosecution showed: — 1. That Sander and Sons' Pure Volatile Eucalypti Extraot contains all medical constituents of the eucalypti, in a highly refined and pure form. 2. That it is rauoh more powerfully healing (antiseptics) than ordinary eucalyptus preparations. 3. That it does not depress the heart like ■ ordinary euoalyptus preparations. 4. That it contains no harmful ingredients, and 5. That it is highly commended by many authorities for the last 30 years as a safe, >. reliable and effeotive remedy. Some imi-A tatbrs have tried to deceive the public by * simulating our get-up; others have relied on the "just as good" game. Therefore take oare and obtain the GENUINE SANDER AND SONS EUCALYPTI EXTRACT

A football matob will be played at Wellington, to day, between the Maaterton and Wellington tailors. The New Plymouth Chamber of Commerce nas resolved that the Government be requested not to ratify the reciprocity treaty with Australia. A New Plymouth telegram states that Mr Berry, representative at Few Plymouth of the Pacapara Iron and Steel Company, intimated at the Chamber of Commerce meeting, last night, that the Government is quite prepared to amend Cause 14 of the Parapaia leases in any way desired by the company in order to ensure the development of the iron ore industry. It was recently announced from Fiji that some natives at Udu Point were poisoned by eating turtle. The incident was much more serious than was at first anticipated. No less than 28 deaths, including a family of live, have taken place from the one cause. There are still several patients suffering. It appears the turtle eaten was picked up in a doga swamp in a'dying condition. gApropos of preference to unionists, Mr Herries, M.H.R., has given notice to ask for a return shuwing—(l) The number o* award 9 under jtthe Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act in force on Maroh 31st last; (2) the number of awards in which preference to unionists is granted, giving the particular trades in which preference is granted, and the oondifions under which it is granted; (3) the number of awards in which preference has refused.

According to information supplied by the Department of Agriculture the colony's total production of factory butter approximately amounts to 49>£ million pounds annually at the present rate. The Department states that it is found impossible to give a more precise statement than Shis. tThe amount of butter made on also, can only be estimated by an indirect sort of process. This indicates that about 2)4 million pounds was made iu this way last year. A fire broke out, last evening, in a six-roomed house iu High Street, Dunedin, owned by B. Greenwood, and occupied by Mrs Rolls, wife of the captain of the Tarawera, and spread to the adjoining house, owned by George Fen wick and oooupted by Mrs Monk. Both houses, wi*h all the contents, were practioally destroyed. Greenwood's house was insured for £3OO in the National and Mrs Rolls for £3OO in the|New Zealand. Mrs Rolls estimates her loss at £251 above the insurance. Mr Fenwiok had recenily reduced the polioy on his house to £SOO in the New Zealand Office. Mrs Monk's furniture was insured for £250 in the Manchester ROffloe and her son's furciture for £IOO in the National Office.-Association. The New Zealand Herald is strongly opposed to Mr MoGowan's Majority Verdict Bill. It says:—The Crown has on itß side practised lawyers, limitless money, gaols in which to keep the aooused while its agents are collecting what evidence they can which will condemn him, countless opportunities to make mistakes if it has aoaused the wrong man. Ana on the side of the aooused is one thing only: the famous jury system which has been the admiration of less lortunate nations; the jury system which says that until a man's peers have no doubt whatever as to hia guilt he shall not be condemned. What new thing has happened that Mr MoGowan asks Parliament to alter this historio system, for surely it has always been recognised that it is better to allow an occasional criminal to escape than to risk theoonyictionof an innocent man. The member for Ashburrton treated the House, of Representatives, on Thursday night, to a homily on gambling, and made an i open confession of his limitations in an original and diverting manner. After making the declaration that he had never gambled, Mr M'Laohlan said that gambling was inherent in every one brought np in the school he bad been brought up in. Every member of the House was a gambler—excepting his good friend, Mr Aitken. (Laughter). "I have never gambled," repeated Ash - burton's representative, and, after a pause—"although I married once! I've never gambled, but I've got several other vices. I suppose we oan only indulge in a certain quantity of vices, and my number is full. I can't take any more, be cause the measure of my iniquities is full!"

The surporters of the totalisator were jubilant on Thursday night at their successful manoeuvre in killing MrEll'a Totalisator Bill, says the Post. A few minutes previously the anti-totalisator members were delighted because a friendly amendment put by Mr Fisher, apparently to save the position, was carried. But the pro-totaliaator contingent had only been digging a pit—and their opponents fell in. At tne same time, Mr Ell and his sympathisers are consoled by the fact that there were only six votes difference in the result of the division. Last year there was a oount-out on the Bill. The following was the division-list, which resulted in the killing of the Bill: —Noes (35): Alisoo, Baune, Bennet, Bollard, Carroll, Oolvin, Davey, Dillon, Duncan, Field, Fraser (2), Greenslade, Hardy, JHeke, Herriea, Hogan, Kidd, LawryyLeihbridge, Lewis, M'Gowan, Major, Millar, Parata, Poland, Reid, Rhodes, Rosh, Rutherford, Seddon, Smith, Symes, Witty, Wood. Ayes (29): Aitfeen, nllen (2), Arnold, Barber, Barclay, Baddo, Ell, Fisher, Fowlds, Gray, Hall-Jones, Hanan, Hornsby, JeDniugs, Kirkbride, Laurenson, R. M'Kenzie, M'Nab, Maopherson, Malcolm, Massey, Ngata, Puule, Remington, Sidey, Steward, Tanner, Ward. Mr Thrifty: " How can we nave this •dull room with this torn paper look nice without spending too much money upon it?" Mrs Thrifty : «• 1 don't think we could do better than get Bobt. J. Lyttle to do it." Mr Thrifty: "Good idea 1 I will look into his shop on my way to the office." Why suffer the torments of Hell ■with Ehenmatism or Lumbago when Dr. Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment will ease pain at once, and continued applications effect a permanent cure. Price 1/6; large bottle 3/For sale by H. E. Eton, Masterton, J. B&Hlie. Carterton, and the Mauriceville Co•operative Store.

Private advice haa been received in Napier that owing to the soaroity of kauri the price of this class of timber haa been raised by Is 6& per 100 feet.

A well-known dnotor gives the following remedy fnr toothache:— Pill a small cup with boiling vinegar; dip a pieoe of ootton-wool into the vinegar, and rub the gum; let the vinegar be as hot as you cau endure. Stop the aching tooth with soma wo"l. In five minutes the pain will have ceased. Sometimes, however, two applies tions must be made.

Following up the recent recommendation by Mr J. A. Gilruth, the oommittee of the Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Society nave paseed a motion to the effect that in their opinion it would be in the interests of the frozen meat industry that aa indelible "brand, indicating that tne raeHt is of New Zealand origin, should be stamped on each carcase prior to shipment.

A London cablegram states that the directory of the Irish League has reiterated the demand for an Irish Parliament, and has complained that the pledge given in the King's Speech in opening Parliament has been departed from in matters of vital importance. The directory passed a resolution thanking Australians for geiierous support.

A dog poisoner has been operating in Blenheim to such au exteut that an indiguation meeting of oitizens has been held and a Dogowners' Protection Society formed. A reward of £SO for conviction of the offender has been offered by the Asdooiation. The method of the poiscner is to put poisoned meat in the public ttreets, and already several'working sheep dogs, besides household petß, have met untimely deaths.

The first case of the kind under the Sharebrokers Act aaiue before the Police Court at DunedinJ, recently, when F. G. Gray was charged with acting as a sharebroker without being the holder of a license. Mr Cray is manager of an insurance company, the general manager being Mr W. A. Walton, formerly of Dunedin, j but mostly residing in Sydney. Mr , Walton is the holder of a share biok'er'B license. The attention of the authorities was drawn to the matter by a valuation declaration by $Mr bray that he was a sharebroker carrying on business injj nunedin There was no proof that he had acted as a sharebroker or bad sold shares, and defendant givina evidence said hie only dealings had been in municipal debentures. The charge was dismissed, but the pcint was made clear that no oae could do sbarebroking on a license held by another person for whom he was acting. A boy for the shop is wanted at the Osmond Cycle Agency. A lady's silver watch, with chain attached, lost in Queen Street on Saturday last, is advertised for. An elderly lady, recently arrived from Home, seeks a position as housekeeper. The annual meeting of the St. Patrick's Day Sports Association will be held next Saturday evening, in the Foresters' Hall, at 8 p.m. In the wanted column Mr J. &. Blade, land agent, Carterton, advertises for lease, near Carterton, farm of 131 acres, with 20 cows. ~" The Masterton [Racing Club invite applications, to close at 5 p.m. on Friday, September 28tb, for the position of secretary to the club. During the continuance of the sale at the Central Boot Depot, Mr J. Carpenter offers bargains in all linos, and inserts a reduce} pric« list, which is worthy of perusal. At the Bannister Street Auction Mart, to-day, Mr J. R. Niool will sell prime beef and mutton. A quantity of leading lines of furniture will also be sold by auotioa during the afternoon. The annual horse parade, under the auspices of the Masterton A. and P. Association, will fce held on the Showgrounds at 1.30 p.m. on Saturday next. Entries for the catalogue must be made with the secretary, Mr G. R. Sykes, on Thursdny, September 134 hj, Messrs R. E. Howell and Co., Ltd., have been instructed by Mr Kobt. 0. Tylee, who is giving up housekeeping, to sell by auction the whole of his high-class rurniture. j The sale will take place on Thursday, September 13th, at%Mr Tylee's residence in Victoria Street. Mr R. D. MoFarlane, tobacconist, Queeu Street, will open his new billiard saloon to-day. The table is one of Alcook's latest patterns. A silver-mounted pipe, of the value cf 255, will be giren to the player who makes the highest "break" during one calendar month. The contract for the erection of brisk shops in Carterton, to the order of Mr H. E. Andrews, is now practically finished. The shop fronts were fitted up by Messrs Low and Pearce, of Wellington, and the high class of work reflects great credit on tbem. The windows are each 10ft high and lift wide with a return of 6ft, and are fitted in polished stained cedar frames, the dwarf walls underneath being tiled. The windows are constructed so as to be thoroughly dust-proof and at the same time arranged to display goods to the best possible advantage.

PREPARE FOR CROUP. The time wasted in sending for a physician, or for medicine, when a child shows symptoms of croup, often proves fatal. A reliable medicine, and one that should always be kept in the house for immediate use, is Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It will prevent the attack, if (riven as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the oroupy cough appears. It is also the safest, as it contains no narcotics. For sale by T. G, Mason, Masterton. No matter where you purpose travelling—either in New Zealand or to other countries—you will find that the cheapest and best way to ensure prompt delivery of your luggage is to give it into the charge of J. J. Curtis and Co., Ltd., Forwarding, Shipping and Customhouse Agents, Customhouse Quay, Wellington. Write for further par ticulars.—Aavt.