LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8322, 31 December 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There will be no publication of the Wairarapa Age to-morrow (New Year's Day).

Mr J. F. G. Briggs, son of Mr H. W. Briggs, of Whangarei, and formerly of Pahiatua, has received notice of his success in passing the .final examination for solicitors.

Two consumptives, who arrived at Wellington by the Ruapehu, are to be sent back to London. The Shipping Company has agreed to take them back at its own expense.

Over £25 has been received by the Taranaki provincial" executive of the New Zealand Farmers' Union towards the fund for prosecuting a vigorous campaign against the Land Bill.

A short service will be held in S. Matthew's Church, commencing at 11.30 to-night. To-morrow morning there will be a New Year service at 8 o'clock.

The Masterton Municipal Brass Band will play a programme of music at the Post Office corner at about midnight to-night. The Masterton South Band will also play in Queen Street at the same time.

The radium mines at Joachimetal, in Austria, recently supplied the Vienna Academy of Science, with ten tons of uranium ore and this has yielded £SO 000 worth of radium, which is to be used for research.

At the Masterton Police Court on Saturday morning, before Mr J. H. Pauling, J.P., two first offenders were fined 5s each, in default 24 hours' for having been drunk, while another first offender, on a similar charge, was discharged on condition that he left the town immediately. Mr L. Bishop, of Taratahi, had a narrow escape from being killed on Saturday afternoon. He was riding a motor bicycle along the road that crosses the railway line near the Clareville station when he collided with the tender of the engine of a train that was running into the tion at the time. He was thrown clear of the rails, but his left leg was broken and he sustained a severe shock. The bicycle was considerably damaged. Mr Bishop was brought to the Masterton Hospital, and |his injuries attended to. His condition is somewhat serious. The funeral of the late Mrs. F. Thompson, of Rangitumau, took place at the Masterton Cemetery on Saturday afternoon. The cortege was a large one, and included a number of country settlers. The Rev. A. M. Johnson, M.A., conducted the services at the graveside. The deceased lady, who died on Thursday night, was ill for over three months. She was 60 years of age, and was a native of Wanganui, but for the past sixteen years she I had been a resident of Rangitumau. j She leaves a widower, two , daughters, and three sons. The daughters are Mrs R. Boyes and Mrs Heney, both of Masterton. MERIT REWARDED BY COURT OF JUSTICE. The acknowledged good qualities and success of SANDER & SONS* EUCALTPTI 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 udoment said with regard to the GENUINE SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, that whenever an article is commended to the public by reason of its good quality, etc., it is not pernnssable to imitate any of its features. He restrained the imitators perpetually from doing so, and ordered them to pay all costs. We publish this to afford the public an • opportunity of protecting themselves and of securing what is proved beyond all doubt by skilled witnesses at the Supreme Court of Victoria and by many authorities during the last 30 years to be a preparation of genuine merit, viz., THE GENUINE SANDER <ft SONS' PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTR&Cr.

A number of "white metal" shillings are in circulation at Greymouth at, present. -;The magazine of a rifle containing five- unused cartridges was found amongst some rubbish at the Christchurch destructor yard the other morning. The Mataura Ensign states that in a district adjoining Gore the representative of a Home firm has purchased the wool of several small runholders on the ground at 12d a lb. Consternation has been caused in Western Australia by the discovery of rabbits along the Midland Railway line, considerably to the west of the second rabbit-proof fence. The death is announced of Mr James Caradus. The late Mr Caradus arrived in Auckland in the ship Duchess of Argyle in 1842,, and lived in the Auckland district for the remander of his life. At the Congregational Church, Linwood (Christchurch), Mr_ S. B. Staples, son of the late Mr William Staples, of was married to Miss Agnes Davies, of Narbeth, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. Poisoned pollard is being successfully used in parts of Australia for the destruction of caterpillars. The poison baits are made by mixing loz of Paris green with lib of pollard, together with a little sugar or treacle, and sufficient water to make a dry dough. People sometimes wonder 'how sly grog-sellers manage to pay the heavy fines they do, and, generally, smilingly. But if the statement of a correspondent of a Taihape paper is true, that they buy whisky at 6s a bottle, and retail it at the rate of £2 a bottle, it is easy to see where the money comes from. According to the Gisborne Times wool is coming into Port Awanui slowly, owing "to a scarcity of shearers. The County Council and the farmers are complaining that they cannot get men to tender for contracts, and it is feared, says the i paper named, that several Gbvernment votes for roads in Poverty Bay will lapse owing to the scarcity of labourers. Henry Stratton Izard will appear," on remand, at the Masterton Magistrate's Court, this morning, charged with fraudulent conversion of securities and criminal breaches of trust in connection with the deficiencies in his bankrupt estate. A further remand will be asked for so that the case may be heard after the Court holidays. There are special regulations in regard to fire engine traffic in England. . When the gong of the engine is heard in the street every tramcar must come to a standstill and every vehicle draw up to the kerbing. The immediate, effect of this is to direct the attention of foot passengers to the presence in the street of the swiftly moving engine and the risk of collision is thus reduced. A Sydney bankrupt named Thomas Victor Brown Graces, stated under examination that horseracing and vaudeville were responsible for his position. He used to go to races pretty regularly—mostly pony races —and he lost from £2OO to £250 this year. He also, took a six months' lease of the Queen's Hall, at a rental of £ll per week, to carry on a vaudeville entertainment, and' he lost nearly £l5O in four weeks. The North Island Challenge Shield, won by the Opaki Rifle'. Club at the recent Wanganui meeting, is at present on view in Messrs King and Henry's window. The Shield was- presented by the - Wanganui Licensed . Victuallers' Association, and the Opaki Club is the first to win it. The Shield is handsomely designed, and is one that any club might be proud of. The Hawera'Star states that the change in the electoral boundaries has already set intending candidates to work. Mr C E. Major has decided to contest the seat which includes the borough of Hawera; Mr Felix is looked on as a,certain starter for Egmont; and for this latter seat Mr Wake will also be a candidate. The no-license party, it is understood, generally dislike the change in the Hawera boundaries, but think that the conformation of the Egmont electorate will give them a very strong chance of carrying nolicense, in that electorate. Settlers on the Verdlea property of Gore (says the Mataura Ensign) have been much plagued of late by men and boys with dogs and guns, in search of rabbits, disturbing their sheep, and are determined to put a stop to trespassing in any shape. Some dogs which had been worrying sheep were recently captured and chained up, but were removed at night, probably by the, owners. The other night a dozen rabbit traps were stolen and one hundred others sprung. The settlers are determined not to put up with this state of things any longer, and a prosecution will be instituted on the first opportunity offering. How far is it possible to carry "union principles" into effect? Logically, they find their fullest expression in the rigid caste system of India, which Kipling has called "trade-unionism" with the polish of three thousand years on it. Christchurch gardeners complain of the "unfair competition" of working men with small private gardens. In a recent award, they called as witness a machinist in receipt of full wages. He stated that he was a member of a union in connection with his own trade, and an upholder of union principles. In his spare time he prepared garden plants or flowers for sale, and made £3O or £4O a year by it. Had he spent that £ spare time in the bar-room orbil-* Hard-saloon, probably no objection would have been raised. ; CAN I'OU BLAME HER? If at last she tires of the fault-finding of a dyspeptic husband and leaves him? The worst of the dyspepiic is that he doeg not realise his own meanness. His world is eutirely out of perspective. A man is i only as strong,as his stomach, When the stomach is diseased all the other organs suffer. Dr Sheldon's Digestive Tabulea are the sufferer's tree of life. They will e'ui'd him and bring him health and happiness just as certain as he takes them. They are sure because they are a natural remedy, and contain exactly the same chemical properties as the digestive fluids j in the stomach. For sale by H. E. Eton, J Chemist, Masterton, J. Baillie, Carter 1 ten, and the Mauricevifle Co-operative I Store, Mauriceville West. ■• J

At the Wellington S.M. Court, on Saturday, T. W. Neill, alias Brookes, alias Burke, was remanded until January 7th, on charges of having, at Carterton, obtained £2 from Ernest Debrency by means of a valueless cheque, and at Featherston stolen a bicycle, valued at £ll, the property of Samuel Aitcheson.

At the final examination in surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons (England) recently, Morgan, the scorer of the famous try that enabled Wales to gain the only victory recorded against the New Zealand footballers, last year, successfully passed the examinations, qualifying him for admission as a member of the Royal College of Surgeons and Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians.

The battle of rates entered upon by the various insurance companies transacting business in Western Australia, which had its beginning in the suspension of the tariff agreements, and which raged fiercely for a fortnight, may now virtually be regarded as having terminated. The state to affairs is due in a large measure to the fact that practically the whole of the risks available have been accepted, and partly to the fact that towards the end of the struggle many of the companies declined to quote low rates for a longer period than twelve months.

On the occasion of a recent examination of the native school on the coast (says the Opotiki Guardian), some severe weather was experienced. Many of the children started from their homes, and swam the swollen river, so anxious were they not to miss the examination, and as a result the Education Department has requested the teacher to convey to the children and their parents its appreciation of the efforts made by them to be present at the examination, in the face of such adverse circumstances.

A rather unusual distinction has been gained at Waikau School (Otago) by two sisters for their work during the past year. Alice Dent, in the fourth standard, obtained first prize in every subject. Her sister, Dorothy, who last Christmas gained the same distinction in the fourth this year was awarded first in every subject in the sixth standard. A handsome silver watch, presented by the committee to the child adjudged to have made the greatest progress during the year, was awarded to Dorothy Dent, who will not be 13 years of age until next March.

It has already been reported by cable that the enquiry into the allegations made in connection with the recent trial of Crick, Willis, and Bath, at Sydney, has been adjourned until January 2nd. During the first sitting the commissioner, Judge Fitzhardinge, referred to the question as to whether the press should be admitted to the proceedings. He said he certainly intended that the press should be admitted, and that the enquiry should be held with open doors. But he would probably ask that the evidence should not be reported until the whole of it was completed. That, however, was a matter not yet fully considered.

An exciting incident happened in Hamilton last week at the conclusion of the sale. During the afternoon a bull had rushed another animal, and dislocated one of its forelegs, and an attempt was later on made to get it away to a paddock. As soon as the cow reached the road, maddened with pain, she rushed at everything within striking distance, and continued to act as a kind of clerk of course for Some time. The police then sent for revolvers, and just as they arrived the cow scattered a crowd of young men, who dashed for the nearest fence, but found the barbed wire unsympathetic and unyielding, and some slight delay occurred before they could reach safety. Fortunately, however, Constable Ryan tpok a shot and steadied her; a second and third shot followed, the last one proving fatal.

The two-days' intercolonial military tournament, which was concluded on the Exhibition sports ground on Thursday night, probably constitutes a New Zealand record for the amount of eventfulness crowded into the proceedings (says the Christchurch Press). A commencement was made with the programme on Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock, and it was continued (with but a short interval for tea) until shortly after 10 p.m. On Thursday, 8 o'clock again saw the competitors taking the field, events following each other in rapid succession until 10.30 p.m., things being cut so fine that the last echo of the cheers exchanged between the opposing teams at the close of the concluding event had not died away when the electric light illuminating the grounds was ■switched off from the main building. Practically twenty-eight hours of •sport was provided in the two days.

While he was in the North, re- / cently, Mr T. E. Donne visited some underground -caves, about twenty miles from Rotorua, towards the east ■coast. It is supposed that these excavations were made by old-time , Maoris," escapees from Hongi's massacres, or something of that sort," , says Mr Donne. He found ten of these caverns, which were cut out of soft rock, evidently by Maori chisels, for the walls were all scored with chisel-marks, of various sizes. The largest of these ancient habitations is about 12ft long and Bft wide. Only one relic of the old dwellers, & stone lamp, was found. The caves are interesting ethnologically, states Mr Donne, but are of no great value from the general tourist point of view. They are too far away from Rotorua, and the way to them is rather arduous. \ \ HEADACHE CANSOT EXIST When Chamberlair 's Stomach an Liver Tablets are taken. Their marvellous in fluence on the liver and bowels puts an nd to it every time. They follow Nature's • own method, just what is needed. -No other laxative ever made can compare with them for effectiveness. For sale by 'T. G. Mason, Chemist, Masterton. A PANACEA FOR khh STOMACH TROTOWS "lafound in Dr Sheldon's Digestive Tabules, which digest what yeu eat and give the weary stomach a much needed rest. For sale by H. E. Eton/ Chemist, Masterton, ~j. Baillie, Carterton, and the Mauvicevilla Co operative Store, Mauriceville We Liniments cannot remove the real trouble in rheumatism, gout, sciatica, and lura 'bago. Rheumo does, by removing the excess uric acid from the blood. Rheumo •effects a thorough cure. 2/0 and -'/e.

A young man, named J. Townley, was killed by a kick from a horse on Friday, near Balclutha.

The Government of New South Wales has decided to reserve as a national park 100 square miles of country, including Mount Kosciusko.

The command of the Wellington Volunteer district will be taken over after the holidays by Lieut.-Colonel Bauchop. Mr Huddlestone, who has been for some time past in charge of the Carterton stock office, will leave to-day for Thames, to which place he has been transferred.

A petition was in circulation at the Martinborough races praying for the retention of the totalisator and protesting against its abolition.

At the inquest held on Saturday, at Kaiapoi, touching the death of David Strachan, who was drowned in the Kaiapoi River, a verdict of accidentally drowned was returned. Strachan, who was 18 years of age, was on a visit to Kaiapoi at the time of the fatality.

A sad drowning accident occurred at Evans Bay, Wellington, on Saturday afternoon, when two boys, aged about 17 and 14 years respectively, were drowned. The lads had gone out in a flat-bottomed punt, and when some distance from the shore the boat capsized.

Mr J. P. Pickersgill, storekeeper and postmaster at Leithfield, is reported to have shot himself through the head on Saturday morning. Dr Morris, of Amberley, was sent for, and attended to him, but Pickersgill died shortly after committing the act. The deceased was about sixty years old.

In Warsaw telephone subscribers are now supplied with a "waistcoat pocket telephone," the invention of an engineer named Weingott, and with a little key which unlocks public telephone boxes distributed at convenient street corners and public offices. The pocket instrument is used to establish connection with the "exchange," and to call up subscribers in the usual manner.

Heavy rain fell on the mountains around Masterton on Saturday morning, and the result was that all the rivers rose considerably. The Waingawa river overflowed at the bridge, on the Masterton-Carterton road, and blocked traffic for some time. The Ruamahanga river was very high, and flooded some of Mr P. Carr's land at Te Ore Ore, without, however, doing any damage. The Waipoua river rose about a foot. Little or no rain fell in the town.

To-morrow will see the inauguration of the new mail service between Masterton and Flat Point, via Homebush, Te Whiti, Gladstone, and Te Wharau. A post office is to be established at Homebush as soon as satisfactory accommodation can be arranged. Mails for Kaiwhata and Kummerstein will be forwarded by this route, connecting at Te Wharau. Messrs Richards Bros., of Te Wharau, were the successful tenderers for the service. The days of despatch will be Tuesdays and Fridays, mails closing at 6.15 a.m. The coach will leave at 7.30 a.m. Inward mails will arrive on Wednesdays and Saturdays, due at 2'p.m.

In the Dunedin and Suburban General Labourers' award, which came into force on December Ist, and continues for a term of three years, a new departure has been taken by the court in the granting of the preference clause.. In a former award preference had been given, but in view of the greater scope of this award, which includes all classes of labourers, as well as quarrymen, the court had added some modifications, "to prevent any inconvenience to the public bodies now made parties to the award." The proviso, however, applies equally to private employers. Its effect is, that unless a competent union man' is supplied to an employer before 1 p.m. on the day of application (such appointment to be made between 9 and 12) the employer is free to engage anyone he pleases.

Messrs A. H. Atkinson and Co., land agents, Feilding, advertise for sale/ a desirable property of 1970 acres, near Hunterville.

$ The Masterton County Council invite tenders, to close at noon on Monday, 7th January next, for road formation and metalling contracts. | ■ Messrs E. Howell and Co., Ltd., advertise particulars of several town and country properties which have been placed in their hands for sale.

The holder of the privilege to sell I fruit on the Park Oval on New Year's f Day notifies that there will be an ' ample supply of, seasonable fruits, I and invites the public to patronise the stall.

The International Harvester Company, whose head office is situated in Christchurch, with agencies in all the principal centres of the colony, is in a position to meet the requirements of farmers for all classes of harvest- . ing and agricultural implements and machinery. The company handle the Deering, Macormick, Osborne and Piano binders and mowers, also harrows, ploughs, cultivators, grain and turnip drills, engines, and the Svea cream separators. The company claim that they sell machines to do good work, and give satisfaction, and the popularity of the various implements and machinery enumer-' ated is beyond question. The, company have also special facilities for the supply and delivery of their machines on terms that are acceptble to farmers, and duplicate parts are always available. The company insert a notice on page 2 which will be of interest to the farming community. THE WHOM BODY LAUGHS. When the liver and bowels don't act, life is a failure. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets wake these drowsy organs, like the sun wakes the earth, and the whole body laughs. It is fun to live when the body is in good trim, but it is never so when the liver and bowels shirk duty. There is more happiness in als (id box of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets tban you ever dreamed of. They Btim"late the nervous system and make you feel young again. For sale by T. G. Mason, Chemist, Masterton. Why nol get your customs work done with the greatest promptness and despatch? Send the papers to J. J. Curtis and Co., Ltd., Shipping. Forwarding, and Custom": house Agents. Customhouse Quay, Wellington, who will carry out every detail and deliver the poods to you, at tbe most reasonable charges. Write for further particulars.—Advt.

A sudden death occurred at Gore on Friday afternoon. Mrs J. Jamie, an old resident, while talking to her daughter in a shop in Main Street, said she felt ill. She fell forward, and died almost immediately. Deceased had suffered long from heart affection.

A party of picnickers at Tomahawk Head had a rather startling experience last week, which' might have ended tragically (says the Dunedin Star). During a slight shower they took shelter in one of the caves in the headland, and were just seated when, without the slightest warning, a large mass of rock fell from the roof of the cave. Several of the party were struck, one being rather badly cut about the head, others being stunned. Fortunately no one was seriously hurt.

Rua, the Maori prophet, has built his pah right across the Rotorua stock track (says an exchange), and is ruling his flock with an iron hand. One of the settlers near there states that two of his boys who had occasion to pass that way the other day were ordered to take the pipes out of their mouths and hats off when they approached the pah. This gentleman states that about seventy followers are with' Rua, who is fed on the best, and makes his community work, hard. ,The prophet makes all rise for prayers at four o'clock every morning. > ;

Special New Year services were celebrated at Knox Church, Masterton, yesterday. There were large congregations at both the morning and evening services. Appropriate music, was rendered. At the morning service Mr C. Ibbetson sang a solo. The Rev. A. T. Thompson preached at the morning and evening services. In the morning he took for his subject "Tempus Fugit," and preached an eloquent sermon in keeping with the season of the year. The main points of his evening discourse were forgetfulness of the past, concentration of the present and anticipation of the future. A watch-night service will be held in the Church, to-night, commencing at 11.30 o'clock. Special music will be rendered during the service. The Scottish Association of Medi cal Wjomen held a meeting in Glasgow recently, at which it was stated that whereas in 1891 the only lady doctors in Scotland were two in Edinburgh, there are now a large number practising in that city, and in Glasgow, besides others in Dun dee, Aberdeen, Paisley, Leith, Dunfermline, Inverness, Ayr, Orkney, and Kirkmichael. In Edinburgh, at all events, three ladies (writes \he Edinburgh correspondent of the Otago Daily Times) do not confine their practice to women and children, but include men' among their patients.- The outcry against them, which was so loud when the movement began, has entirely died out, and one hears nothing but good said of the lady doctors. They are finding, however, that their calling is as onerous as it is honourable.

BOWEL COMPLAINT IV CHILDREN. during the summer months children are subject to disorders of the towels, and should receive the most careful attention. As soon as any looseness of the bowela is noticed, Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and Diairhoea liemedy should be given. Get a bottle to-day; it may save a life. For =*ale by T. G. Mason, Chemist, Masterton

Ehecmo cure 3 rheumatism and kindred complaints. Ic eliminates the excess uric acid and purines the blood. All ohemists and stores, 2/fi and 4/6. Try it. All tores.