LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8403, 18 April 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the fortnightly pay night of the Workers' 'Mutual Building Society, last evening, over £159 was received. The Eev. Charles M. Sheldon, author of "In His Steps," will visit New Zealand in July, writes our London correspondent. The death occurred at the Greytown Hospital, on Tuesday morning, of Mrs Charles Bowies, of Waihakeke. The deceased was 39 years of age. Mr J. M. Caradine, who is contesting the Mayoral election, will address the voters on municipal matters in the Foresters' Hall on Monday evening next. A Press Association telegram from Napier states that the Union Company's steamer Haupiri went aground while leaving port, on Tuesday evening, but is expected to float off with the tide. Messrs A. Haughey, J. Yarr, and W. Pragnell, candidates for seats on the Masterton Borough Council, will address the electors, at the conclusion of Mr Coradine's meeting, in the Foresters' Hall on Monday evening next. At the annual meeting of the Nelson Agricultural and Pastoral Association, states a Press Association telegram, Mr J. Hagen was elect~d President, Mr J. E. Bartlett VicePresident, and Mr W. K. May delegate to the Agricultural Conference. At Carterton, on .Tuesday night, the Rev. B. H. Ginger, who, with Mrs Ginger, will leave shortly on a holiday trip to England, was presented with a gold watch by the congregation of the Methodist Church and the citizens of Carterton. Mrs Ginger was presented with a gold brooch. A large pumpkin, weighing 80Ibs, grown by Mr E. E. Chamberlain on his property, at Upper Plain, is on view at the W.F.C.A. The pumpkin is of the Yellow Mammoth variety, and was grown from seed supplied by the W.F.C.A. Mr Chamberlain has a number of pumpkins about the same size in his present crop. The ordinary meeting of the Masterton Fire Police was held, last evening, Lieutenant Wilton presiding. An apology for absence was received from Captain Dixon. Sick leave was granted |to Constable Groom bridge. It, wqs decided to hold the annual social or, May 23rd, and a strong committee was appointed to make arrangements for thei function. The Secretary of the Masterton Hospital reported to the meeting of the Trustees, yesterday morning, that there was £671 Is owing to the Hospital in patients' fees. The sum of £124 17s had been collected and £7O 2s would have been paid had not the patients owing that amount been subscribers. The total amount of payments received represented 18 1-6 per cent. A large number of the supporters of Mr J. M. Coradine, who is contesting the Mayoralty, met, last evening, in the Y.M.C.A. Rooms. 1 Mr R. Rigg occupied the chair. A strong committee was formed to carry out matters in connection with Mr Coradine's candidature. At Mr Coradine's request, Mr H. W. Pownall was appointed to act as organiser and secretary to the committee. , DAIRY MACHINERY. The "LK.G." Milking Machine differs from any other machinery. Thus Cream Separators, right front the old out-of-date machine still hanging on to a reputation of 20 years ngo, up to the "Baltic" of', to-day, all employ ,tho indispensable principle of centrifugal force, which id free to all. The old unsuesessful principle of "dead" suction in milking machines is likewise free to all, but the principle of breaking down the dangeirotio suction on the teats at each pulsation by inletting air belongs entirely to the first and only euccesslul milker, the "Lawrence-Kennedy-Gillies." J. B. McEwan and Co., Ltd., Agents, U.S.S. Go's Buildings, NVell.ngton.

At Wellington, yesterday, Mr J. D. Cruickshank, of Masterton, was married to Miss J. M. Malcolm, of Wellington. A Dunedin paper states that the Dunedin City Council is likely -to undertake its own insurances, including guarantee, accident and fire insurances and superannuation. Says the Feilding Star .-—According to Cr Harford, Masterton, with £5,000 endowments, levied Jd more rates in the £ than Feilding, without any endowments. The Tourist Department has been advised that a geyser, long since considered defunct, broke cut at Tokaanu on the Bth instant, and played to a height of about 80 feet at intervals of twenty minutes for the two following days. Our London correspondent writes: —Mr D. J. Richards, who was thirteenth wrangler at the Cambridge. University in IUO4, has, I am informed, been appointed Professor of Mathematics at the Otago University. At Christchurch, yesterday, a man named Thomas Livingstone pleaded guilty, in the Magistrate's Court, to setting fire to a cottage on the Canal Reserve on the night of April Ist, He was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. —Association. Efforts made by reform societies in England to get a law passed abolishing barmaids have disclosed that 27,000 girls are employed in barrooms in the United Kingdom, and at least 7,500 in London. Most of them are under 25 years of age, and above 16. Salaries vary from 5s to 17s a 1 week. Mr Charles Carter, the New Zealand tenor, may be expected in London shortly with the Moody-Manners. ! Opera Company, with which he has been on tour, writes our London correspondent. He took the name part in " Lohengrin," in which he met with great success A Press Association telegram from Auckland states that the Commissioner of the Railway League visited the north end of the main Trunk works last week, and found the work proceeding splendidly, and with good weather ought to be finished right through easily by the end of 1908. There should be a ciear run to the Makatote viaduct by August, and a J gap between the railheads of only twelve miles by February. The team to represent the Opt.ki Rifle Club in their match against the Te Wharau Rifle Club on the Opaki Range, on Saturday next, will be relected from the followirg:—W. J. Welch, A. J. Cameron, J. Turnbull, D. McCalmont, A. Dawes, J. Sutherland, W. Winslade, H. Mawley, Jno. and James McKenzie, W. Feast, J. McHattie, S. McNabb, W., D. Bennett, F. Miller and A. Matthews The match will commence at 11 a.m. i Captain Wynyard, who went out to New Zealand as captain of the Marylebone Cricket Club's team, arrived in London by the steamer Corinthic on February 20th, writes our London correspondent. He participated in the earlier matches, but returned an invalid, in consej quence of a mishap in the cricket field. He hopes, however, to be able to play next season. His impression of New Zealand cricket is that it is of a good all-round quality. A meeting of the committee of the Wiararapa Amateur Athletic Club was held, last evening, to discuss with Mr H. Hall the proposed entertainent which is to be held in aid of the funds of the club. It was decided that the entertainment should take the form of a novelty minstrel entertainment, vocal and instrumental: items, concluding with a specially selected farce. The club will be assisted by a number of the best local artists, and with such a wellknown and capable performer as Mr H. Hall at the head of the movement, the success of the entertainment is assured. An Invercargill Press Association telegram states that an information has been laid against a dentist, charging him with having permitted an unregistered person to perform dental operations on bis behalf while not under his immediate supervision. The assistant will be charged with | having as an unregistered person within the meaning of the Dentist Act, 1304,. performed a dental operation on behalf of his employer, both having by inference adopted the title "dentist," and having used this title. The information was laid by the police at the instance of the Dental Association. At the annual meeting of the Masterton Morris Tube Association, last evening, in discussing the question of accepting the Hall Committee's terms for rental of the Drill Hall, Mr R. J. King considered that as the Morris Tube Association fostered rifle shooting and helped on the volunteer movement, the Volunteers should meet them and let them have the use of the hall free of charge. Mr C. Perry thought the Volunteers were meeting them in a very fair spirit, as they had had the free use of the hall for two years, and now only a nominal rental, amounting to | about two shillings a night, was asked. The chairman (Mr H. Brigbting) stated that the Drill Hall cost the Volunteers and Mounted Rifles about £6O a year, and they made an effort to reduce that expenditure by leasing the hall. Considering that for dances, etc., three or four pounds a night was charged for the use of the hall, he considered that the Morris Tube Association were getting it on very reasonable terms. It was eventually decided to accept the terms of the Hall Committee. MERIT REWARDED] BY COURT OF JUSTICE. The acknowledged pnofl qiwhties and sreoess of SANDEIt & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT have brought out many imitations, and one case was just tried in tbo Supremo Court of Victoria, beforo bis Honour Chief Justice Sir J. Madden K.C.M.G., etc. His Honour, when giving judoment 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 s not permissable to imitate any of its features. He restrained the imitators perpetually from doing go, 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 & SONS' PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. "

Writing under date March Bth, oat London correspondent states that' Madame Clara Butt is now getting rapidly over her recent illness. At present she is staying at Bournemouth, where she sang on March 2nd, for the first time sinee she fell ill. The following team will represent the United Club against the W.F.C.A. Club in a hockey match at Lansdowne this afternoon :—Hatch, Vernon, Olds, Rees, Carley, Nicol, R. Hooper, Tooby, Wing, McLaren and Winter. Play will commence at 2.45. p.m. An Auckland Press Association meseagfi states that the Hon. R. McNab, speaking at Te Puke, urged) that efforts should be made to concentrate freights in the chief ports, instead of sendirg steamers round from port to port. Freights would then come down. He believed that this would yet have to be done to compete with the Australian States, where everything went to one port. He added that during his present tour he had seen hundreds of thousands of acres of waste land, all of which could be brought into profitable occupation. He did not know of any place in the South Island like it. At the meeting of the Masterton Hospital Trustees, yesterday morning, Mr J. A. Renall stated that he would not be able to attend any more meetings of the Trustees as he would be leaving the district. He, however,, would like to be a member of the Trust when the new Hospital was opened, as he had taken a great interest in the ; erection of the building. The Trustees could either grant Ikiin leave of ( absence till the end of his term or appoint another Trustee in his place: The Trustees present decided to grant Mr Renall. three montl s* leave of absence.. Three old and well-known members of the Manawatu A. and P. Association—Mr James Thomson, of Kairanga, Mr H. Bryant, and Mr James Stuckey, of Masterton resigned I from the General Committee at a meeting of the Association on Tuesday last. Mr Stuckey resigned on account of his going Home at an early date. It was decided to place on the books of the Association a> record of the valuable senvices that had been rendered to the Association in years past by the three gentlemen referred to. It was also decided to give Messrs Stuckey and Thomson a circular letter of introduction to kindred associations in England and elsewhere. The Wanganui Municipal gasworks had a net profit for the year just ended of £1,864, this suceesful result being obtained after making up £4OO transferred at the beginning of the year for the relief of rates and £4lO for renewal of retorts. The assets were increased by £396 and the liabilities decreased by £319 during the year. The sales of gas increased 10 per rent.—Association. The New Zealand Times says that the ballot system is being deliberately r.sed as a means of speculation, and gives an instance of a Wellington tradesman who gave £448 for 317 acres under the optional system, and in ten months sold it for £1,120. At another ballot he was offered £6OO to transfer should he draw a ceitain section, but a speculative doctor secured it. At St. Paul's Church, Edinburgh, on February 23rd, the marriage took place of Mr Henry Searle Gilberd,. F. 1.,0. and F.S.M.C., second son of Mr James G. Gilberd, of Napier, New Zealand, to Miss Clara Olga 'Zenner Dunn, only daughter of the late Mr Joseph Dunn, of Nuwcastle-on-Tyne, and niece of Mr James Russell, secretary to the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. There was a aspirants for the position of secretary to the Masterton Morris Tube Association at the annual meeting, last evening. After four members had been proposed as secretary, andjhad "declined with thanks," the matter was held over while a member, who was willing to fill the position, was "hunted up" in the street. A candidate was eventually discovered, and was duly proposed and elected. The question of enforcing'the clearing of land containing valuable timber came' before the Land Board at Gisborne on Tuesday., The owners of a section at Mot.u asked to be exempted from the improvement clauses of the Act so that the timber could be preserved. Mr Kensington's estimate was that there was 110,000 feet of timber to the acre., The applicants claimed that by holding the timber it would be of great benefit to the railways as well as to themselves. The Commissioner said it opened up a big question as they might expect other like applications. After consideration the matter was deferred to be dealt with at the next meeting of the Board in Napier.

An experienced young lady seeks a position as assistant in stationer's business. The Matron of the Masterton. Hospital requires a tidy girl as ! housemaid. Messrs Whishaw and Co. advertise particulars of several profitable investments which have been placed in their hands for sale. At 2 o'clock, on Saturday, Mr J. R. Nicol will sell by auction the whole of the furniture and household effects at the residence of Mrs McArdle, Pine Street. The Masterton County Council notify that it is their intention to enforce the heavy traffic by-law which will come into operation on May Ist next. Particulars of the by-law appear elsewhere. Messrs Mitchell and Griffith, auctioneers and land agents, of Eketahuna, and Pahiatua, advertise particulars of several improved farms which have been paced in their hands for sale.' The pai'ticular merits of the Challen piano forms the subject of an advertisement inserted by the Wellington Piano Company, which will be found on page 4 of this issue. Messrs McLeod and Young are the local agents. Way spend money at Rotcruaand other hernial tprings whenßheumo will quickly cure you of rheumatism, gout, sciatica or tlumbago. Chemists and stores, 2s 6d and 43 6d.

The annual meeting of the Wairarapa Hockey Association will be held in Mr J. L. Hughes' Rooms, this •afternoon, at 4 o'clock. The Dannevirke Advocate says that, •during the next twelve months, it is anticipated that something like 25,000 acres of land quite close to Dannevirke will be on the market. It is reported that Mr C. R. Yickerman, District Engineer of Auckland, will become Inspecting Engineer of the Public Works Department, in succession to Mr R. W. Holmes, promoted to be Engineer-in-Chief of the Colony. ' A writ for compensation has been issued against Allan Maguire,contractor for construction of the Kilbirnie tunnel, as a result of the recent accident whereby two men lost their lives. A thosand pounds is claimed on behalf of Harrington's widow. Four hundred pounds is claimed on behalf of Eli's mother, and a writ is to be issued claiming that amount. The Wellington correspondent of the Hawke's Bay Herald telegraphs that there is a dearth of boys offering as telegraph messengers. The Wellington telephone exchange also is working short handed, in consequence ■of which the girls have a very hard task and subscribers considerable reason for complaint. At the annual meeting of the Masterton Morris Tube Association, held last evening, several members congratulated the Association on the Estate of the finances, which showed •a credit balance of £6 2s Bd. Mr C. Perry stated that with this amount of cash in hand, and the prospect of another succesful year, the Association must be considered to be in a very flourishing condition. It was decided at the meeting to effect several improvements in the range, lighting, •etc. Progress on the Main Trunk Railways (says a Wanganui paper) is causing many farmers in the southern portions of Hawke's Bay, where the land is hardly as productive as some of them wish, to make anxious enquiries as to the fertility of the new country being fed by the rapidly advancing arterial line. Most of the •dissatisfied settlers have had a more -or less successful experience in the dairying industry, hnd are now anxious to turn their attention to grazing pursuits, at which, if the gross profits are not always as substantial, the nett returns are infinitely more consistent with the expenditure of labour and the conditions of life generally. What is conceived to be an alarming state of matters has disclosed itself in the West Coast Sounds, says the Southland Times. Ferrets during the past year have been making rapid progress throughout the eastern parts of the district, and are known to have got as far in their mauraudings as Northport. Those acquainted with the geography of the place will perceive that they are now within measurable distance of Resolution Island—the native birds' sanctuary. 'To get there, they must have bridged over these "running waters," and there is nothing to hinder them continuing the "bridging process" right on to Dusky. This should be seen to at once, otherwise we may waken up to find that our bird preservation enterprise has met with "short shrift."