LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8349, 4 February 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr W. H. S. Nicholls, who has been appointed postmaster at Thames, will leave for that town on Friday next. The Masterton Racing Club have decided that in future all new members of the club shall be elected bv ballot.

The Hon. Dr. Findlay (AttorneyGeneral) proposes at a later date to take the platform and assist in meeting criticism of the Land Bill.

The fire in the park at Dargaville is under control, welcome rains on Saturday morning completing the safety of the standing kauri trees. A Royal Warrant has just been received by Messrs Wm. Cooper and Nephews, Berkhamsted, England, appointing them Dip Makers to His Majesty King Edward. The death occurred on Saturday morning of Thomas Charley Jones, infant son of Mr and Mrs J. Jones, of Lansdowne. The funeral took place yesterday.

According to the record kept by Miss Thompson, daughter of Mr J. Thompson, of Waingawa, 320 persons have ascended Mt. Holdsworth since the track was put in order a short time ago. At the meeting of the Stewards of the Masterton Racing Club, jon Saturday, it was decided to ask the St. John's Ambulance' Corps (Mr L. H. Lewis, secretary) to attend the club's Autumn Meeting.

Mr F. R. Evans, manager of Messrs J. Graham and Co.'s drapery department, who is shortly to be married, was presented by the employees of the firm, on Saturday morning, with a handsome swinging lamp. An arrangement has been made between Messrs A. L. Baird (manager and director of the Exhibition "Wonderland"), Mr Arthur Coe (sub-man-ager), and a group of capitalists, whereby Wellington is assured of a large pleasure resort, similar to "Wonderland," for next season.

The Wellington Education Board has awarded senior scholarships to Berthel Syverston, Masterton, and Colin Grant, Gladstone. In Class C Board scholarships have been awarded as follow: —Annie McCarthy, Mangarama; Flora Isles, Rakaunui; and Thomas Hancock, Tinui. Two severe earthquakes occurred on Saturday, at Rotorua. The first, at half-past four, was accompanied by a peculiar rumbling noise, and shook the buildings. The second shock, at twenty minutes to six, was of a wavy character. Both shocks lasted several seconds.

A Wanganui telegram states that the body of Charles Wixcey, who was drowned while bathing at Castlecliff e on Sunday, January 27th last, was found yesterday morning on the beach, about a chain from where he disappeared. An inquest was held yesterday afternoon, and a verdict of accidental drowning was returned. The Waihi midday train was stuckup in the Karangahake tunnel pn Friday for an hour. Eventually the train had to be backed twice and the cargo lightened on a third attempt. The passengers suffered considerably from the heat and smoke. The same thing happened with the evening train. Representations are being made to the Government to remedy 1 matters.

The 12.45 Auckland to Mercer train ran off the line at Westfield (Otahuhu), on Friday, the engine and five trucks being derailed. The driver and fireman escaped injury, also the passengers, the latter's carriages remaining on the line. It is thought the accident was due to the points being unlocked. After two hours, traffic was resumed on the line.

A start will be made to-day with the erection of a footbridge over the Maungatarere river at the foot of Mount Holdsworth. Those who intend to climb the mountain should find the bridge a great benefit, as it will do away with the risk that was formerly attached to crossing the stream, which, after a downfall of rain, quickly becomes a raging torrent.

John Findlay, who was recently acquitted on a charge of having murdered Alexander Hay Rennie, the schoolmaster at Papakaio, was committed for trial at Oamaru, on Saturday, to the Supreme Court for burglary and theft from the dwelling of the deceased. The trial lasted three days, and the evidence was somewhat on the lines of that given in the murder case.

A year ago the Wellington Education Board decided to allow the Dental Association to make a systematic examination of the teeth of the children in the higher standards of some ; of the city schools. The report of the examining dentists has now been prepared. It shows that the teeth of 1,148 children were examined, and it was found that these children had 5,887 teeth in bad order—an average of over five teeth per head. The privileges in connection with the forthcoming Show'of the Masterton A. and P. Association were sold at auction by Messrs Abraham and Williams on Saturday. The publican's booth was sold to Mr P. Debreceny, of Palmerstori North, for £ll9, and the fruit stall to Mr E. Gascoyne, of Palmerston North, for £2O 10s. Last year the publican's booth realised £lO6 and the fruitstall £l3.

At the meeting of the St. Patrick's Day Sports Association, on Saturday evening, on the motion of Mr Pickett, the .resolution, that had been passed at the previous meeting of the Association, granting £2 2s' to the Masterton Ambulance Corps, was rescinded, and the Secretary was instructed to write to the Corps stating that the subscription was intended for the Corps that always attended the St. Patrick's Day Sports, namely, the St. John's Ambulance Corps, of which Mr L. H. Lewis was secretary. MERIT REWARDED BY COURT OF JUSTICE. The acknowledged good qualities and success of SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI 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 wlsment 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 permissable 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 1 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 th'e last 30 years to be a preparation of genuine merit, viz., THE GENUINE SANDER * SONS' PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACr.

The Auckland City Salvation Army Band will give an entertainment in the Army Barracks this evening.

A movement is on foot for the formation of another coursing club in Palmerston North.

The Government has- nearly completed two miles of the metalling o'f the Waiohine Valley Road.

It is anticipated that the Carterton Borough Council willonen it gasworks with at least one hundred conumers.

The vital statistics for Carterton for the month of January are as follow : —Births, 6; death, 4; marriages,

The Rev. Leach, of Pahiatua, has been transferred to Hokitika, where he will take up his new duties next month.

The criminal sessions of the Supreme Court in Wellington will be opened this morning. Mr Justice Cooper will preside. The Masterton Municipal Brass Band renderedv a programme of music in the Park yesterday afternoon. There was a large attendance of the public.

A feature of the recent bowling contest beween the Napier and Waipawa Clubs was that the leader of the Waipawa rinks was a boy of 11 years, a son of Mr C. M. Whittington.

The championship'in Golden Wyandottes will be competed for at the Eketahuna Poultry Association's annual show, to be held in June next. i

The following tenders have been accepted by the Eketahuna County Council for metalling contracts:— Newman-Stirling Road, H. Dillon, £195 16s 8d; Mangaone Valley Road, W. Cadwallader, £llO.

At Wellington, on Saturday, Mr Justice Cooper sentenced George Groves, alius Williams, who had pleaded guilty to a charge of .forgery and uttering and false pretences at Masterton, to eighteen months' imprisonment.

Log fires were raging in various quarters of the Eketahuna district on Thursday evening, and a number <of settlersjspent an anxious night protecting their property. The fires were probably most dangerous in the Hukanui, Stirling, Mt. Bruce and Alfredton districts.

While leading a team attached to a straw-laden waggon past a traction engine in Belvedere Street, Carterton, on' Saturday, a young, named William Harrison, was thrown down' by the frightened horses, and the wheels of the waggon o passed over his body. He was removed to the Greytown Hospital in a critical condition.

. A member of the Eketahuna Branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Union has given notice to move at the next meeting: "That it would be a benefit to the Farmers' Union if branches were to open co-operative stores in all districts where, the tradespeople oppose the interests of the Union, shares! only to be available to members of the Union."

Betting at the Tauherenikau races with John Stephens, an infant, was the nature of a charge preferred at the Wellington Magistrate's Court, on Friday, against Richard Carroll, bookmaker. Mr Herdman entered a plea of guilty on behalf of Carroll, and said his client was under the impression that Stephens was twenty-one years of age. Chief Detective MeGrath explained that ' the defendant accepted 10s from Stephens on a certain horse which came second. Dr A. McArthur, S.M., imposed a fine of £l, with £2 0s 4d costs.

The introduction of a man from Taihape to a woman at the Wellington races on January 26th resulted initheman being robbed of £lB and the woman getting three months' imprisonment with hai'd labour at the Wellington Magistrate's Court on Saturday morning. Her name is Annie Maud Sales, and the informant's name is Roderick Chisholm. Chief Detective McGrath explained that the parties came to town after the races and went up Wellington Terrace, where accused took the money from the informant. Dr McArthur, S.M., in passing sentence, said if he could only get "the other fellow"—the one who gave the "introduction— he would give him all he could.

A young man, named Henry Collings, employed in Mr C/E. Daniell's, timber yard, met with a serious accident on Saturday morning. He was stacking timber and loosened the bottom planks of the stack, with the result that a very large quantity of timber fell on him, pinning him to the ground. When extricated he was unconscious. Dr. Cowie attended Collings, who was afterwards removed to the Hospital. It was then discovered that he had sustained several fractured ribs as well as large cuts. and a number of bruises on the head and chest. He regained consciousness during Saturday afternoon, and at present is progressing very favourably. Collings was one of the cornet players in the Masterton Municipal Band, and was to have gone to Christchureh on Friday with the Band to compete at the Exhibition Contest. The Band will have a difficulty in filling his place. v

Alexander Watt Purvis, late secretary and master of the Ohiro Benevolent Institution, was brought before Mr Justice Cooper at the Wellington Supreme Court on Saturday, for sentence on twelve charges of theft and false pretences, connected with 'funds of the institution. Mr Skerrett, who appeared for the prisoner, appealed for probation or a lenient sentence, on the ground that Purvis had previously borne a good character, and had placed £l5O in trust to make restitution and that his management of the Ohiro Home had been very successful from a financial point of view. His Honour said that the case did not come within the First Offenders' Probation Act. The. prisoner had an established criminal intention and he had abused the trust placed in him, although not to a very large extent, so far as investigation showed. The extraordinary feature of the case seemed to be that the prisoner was a man of means. His own explanation was that he had succumbed to the temptation of two others. In passing a sentence of twelve months' imprisonment His Honour said 'he thought he was dealing leniently with accused.

• The State Schools in the Wellington district will be re-opened today. The estimated cost of raising the .-barque Wai-iti, which is ashore at Mangawhare, Kaipara, is £I,OOO. It is expected that the Otago Central railway will be opened for traffic 'to Clyde in March. The young man Jalcie, who at- . tempted to take his life at Auckland, as the result of a quarrel with his wife, is still alive, and will probably recover. When taken'to the hospital a search for bullets was made with some success. One bullet was extracted from the chin ty Dr. Aickin, and the other was located in the cheek, and will probably be extracted without seri•ous difficulty. At a meeting of the New Zealand Executive Independent Political Labour League, in Wellington, on Friday evening, the following resolution was carried:—"That the New Zealand Executive of the Independent Political Labour League regrets that the present Government has disregarded public sentiment in making further appointments to the Legislative Council; and further regrets that the result of the patronage to its followers will saddle the colony for seven years with an unnecessary financial burden." Australia now possesses the deepest gold mine in the world. Within the last few weeks the shafts at the New Chum Railway at Bendigo, Victoria, have been sunk to a -depth of over * -4,300 feet, and the quartz there ' tapped has been sampled and crushed, with the result that a yield of gold equal to an ounce per ton has been •obtained. The operations in the mine have been tested by Government officials in view of the fact that never before in the world's history has gold been obtained from so low a depth as three-quarters of a mile. The Hon. G. Fowlds, Minister for Education, received a' cable on Saturday, conveying the sad news of the death of his father, Mr Matthew Fowlds, of Kilmarnock, Scotland. The • late Mr Fowlds, had attained the age of 101 years, and death came as the result of an accident, by which he sustained a broken'ttigh. He was a weaver and was in full possession of his faculties to the last. The hundredth anniversary of his birth was celebrated last year, his son; (the Minister for Education), the Minister for Lands, and the Premier, who happened to be in- Scotland at the time, all being present. t A case of interest to shearers has been before the Wagga (New South Wales) Police Court. The manager of Bookbook Station summoned ten shearers for having absented themselves from duty. The shearers had " engaged to deal with not less than 22,000 and not more than 30,000 sheep at £l. They had shorn 23,000, and refused to shear sheep belonging to an adjoining settler unless they were paid £1 ss. The manager admitted th>t these were harder to shear than the Bookbook sheep. The Magistrate found against the shearers so far as these particular sheep were concerned, but for them on the point of their having been kept waiting six hours, for them, which amounted to a breach of agreement. • Defendants were allowed costs. The County Council invite tenders to close at noon on . February 11th for several contracts of road works.. The North island Brewery Company's "Tui" brand prize ales and stout are obtainable at all hotels and from Messrs Levin and Co., Ltd. who are the Wairarapa agents. The W.F.C.A. drapery sale is now in its last week, and will close finally on Saturday next. During the week a large number of remnants will be offered. The public are invited to inspect the goods and note the prices. In the wanted column Mrs A. Watson, proprietress of the Carlton Boarding-house, Queen Street notifies that the house has been re-built and enlarged and thoroughly renovated throughout. Mrs Watson is now in a position to receive boarders and visitors who can rely ion obtaining every attention. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Palmersfton North, report having sold the following properties, on account of Mr A. Sowry, Taoroa, near Utiku:--320 acres, 0.R.P., to Mr D. - G. Gordon, Taoroa; 225 acres, 0.R.P., to Messrs Fowler Bros., Taoroa. Both properties were sold at a very satisfactory figure. , Anxious Moments. One of the most aixious times of a mother's life is when her little ones have \ croup. There is no other medicine so effective in this terrible malady as Dr Sheldon'.' New Discovery. It can be safely given and depended upon. No mother should over be without a bottle in the house. For sale bv H. E. Eton, Chemist. Masterton, J. Baillie. Carterton, and the ' Mauriceville Cooperative Store, Maurice j ville West. i