LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8495, 26 July 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

I The latest return from the Mystery Flat dredge is 450z 12dwt for a week. The Manavvatu Times says there has been a slump in the price of properties in Palmerston North. The Eketahuna Ladies' Hockey Club will play a match with the Girls' High School at Masterton on Thursday next. At the Gisborne Native Land Court, yesterday, states' a Press Association telegram, a large framed portrait of Sir D. McLean, a fonrer Native Minister, was unveiled. It was he who purchased the site where Gisborne now stands. Mr F. Hansen, of Nireaha, had the misfortune to severely cut his foot, through his axe slipping, while bushfelling on Mr H. Keene's property at Putara. He was brought into Eketahuna and attended by Dr. Chadwick on Tuesday afternoon, and was then taken to the Masterton Hospital. At Tiinaru, yesterday, states a Press Association telegram, for a breach of the Canterbury Shearers' Award, five shearers were 'ined £2 each and costs for refusing i •• shear after a majority of the i .'.oarers they were working with had decided by vote that the sheep were in a fit condition to shear. Operations against the fruit fly have been suspended in Hastings district, and it is stated that there is every reason to believe that the pest has been exterminated. The Department, however, has instructed the officials to make a rigorous inspection in November, when the conditions are favourable to the re-appearance of the fly. Oats are oats this year, remarks the Gore Standard, and merchants have considerable, difficulty in filling orders. As much as a bushel is being refused for seed lines of moderate quality, and sales of small quantities of dressed seed have taken place at 3s 3d. With seed oats at 3s 3d and chaff at .£5 a ton it is not a very suitable year for those who are starting farming. The annual report of the Registrar of Friendly Societies shows that the total funds of the societies and branches on December 31st last amounted to £1,057,821 7s 2d. Dividing the total funds by the number of members at the end of the year, says a contemporary, it is found that the average capital per member is r.ow £l9 13s 6d. The sick and funeral fund at the end of 1906 amounted to £386,531. The scow Waikonini is the vessel rei octed on Wednesday to be ashore at Pakiri, states an Auckland Press Association telegram. Messrs W. and G. Winstone, Ltd., the owners, have received a telegram from the master (Captain McDermott) who says that the vessel is ashore in a safe position, and that the crew are all safe. It is not known whether she was driven ashore or was beached. At St. Matthew's Church, yesterday afternoon, Miss Margaret Speedy, of Herbertville, was married to Mr Chas. T. Richardson, of Wellington. Mr W. R. Richardson, brother of the bridegroom, was" best man, and Miss Fanny McHutehon, cousin of the bride, was bridesmaid. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. H. Svkes, of Tinui. After the ceremony a reception was held at Devonshire House. Mr and Mrs Richardson left by the afternoon train for the South, where the honeymoon will be spent. A Press Association telegram from Timaru states that at the Arbitration Court, yesterday, about 90 employees of the Smithfield and Pareora freezing works were to have been dealt with for striking in February last, but when the cases were called on Mr Raymond, who appeared for the defendants, said that they had not been properly cited. Mr White, who appeared for the Department, admitted this was so, the error having been made through the Clerk of Awards at Christchurch having to appoint a substitute during his illness. This being so the cases could not be heard at this sitting. A special sitting is to be held to hear them next month. The statement of Joe Chong Lee, fruiterer, of Martinborough, who has been adjudged a bankrupt, shows that the unsecured creditors hold debts amounting to £l,OlB lfis 6d. The assets comprise stock in trade £350, books debts £350 (estimated to produce £300), furniture £SO, total £7OO, leaving a deficiency of £3lB 16s 6d. The unsecured creditors are as follow :—Wellington—Smallbone, Grace and Co., £B3 lis; A. S. Patterson and Co., £4O; Scott and Co., 13s 9d; V/. H. Green, £l3 4s 9d; Guthrie, Brown and Co., £7B; Wellington Biscuit Company £sl; Maridcl Harris and Co., £sl; Joe Chew. £24; Wong Wah and Co., £172 8s 2d. Masterton--Levin and Co., £2()9. Grey town—J. Fuller, £7 7s 10J. Palmerston North—Joe Kwong Lee, £35. Christchurch Elayward Bros. £23. Oiuki —Joe Siiing Lee, £164 lis. The first meeting of creditors will be held in the Masterton Courthouse on Monday next at noon. A <;"COKI) n.\N!> MACHINE. T e fo'io otto;* t'lom Mr F, W. Alex ituKr, cf I aur 'n„a, is a sample of dozens <;l' te.r f o ia ! .o received by tho agents t-.-r the B.illio Separator "I have us-d it Ual'ie S pur.uor cf 40 gallons capaci'..Y Cot' tw » sea 013, and it has given every sa'.i3 a stion. ThU is n r<>al good little m ichi'ir, c-.sy to turn, l:\kos the full quantity iltimoi. vtry si:n I', and tho optof-p I'j' tii; nvo sn,i-o :s ii-;s o:ily b?en tho cost £er nil. Te t.i of sk'.tn uvL'; bv the f<iC'-ory ninnh ive been uudar .02, wbi h I cons der mu-:t li;> a record for n hand machine." MieEwan and C). Ltd., Sole 'Agonis, U.B.S. Co.'s Buildings, Wellington.

The Eketahuna sub-branch of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society liberated 500 .yearling trout in the Makakahi river yesterday. A conference of representatives of Fire Boards is likely to be neld in Wellington shortly to discuss necessary amendments in the Fire Boards' Act. It was reported at the annual meeting of the Masterton Bowling Club, last evening, that £22 had been collected among the members in aid of Mr J. K. Blinkhorne. The amount subscribed to date for a memorial on Marsland Hill to the soldiers who fell in the Taranaki Maori War is £250, states a Press Association telegram. At the annual meeting of the Nel- i son branch of the Navy League, yesterday, states a Press Association telegram, a resolution was carried approving of the Government's proposal to increase the naval subsidy rather than establish a colonial navy. At the New Plymouth poultry show, S. Brooks won the North Island championship for Norwich canaries, and S. J. A. Hicklin that for Buff Leghorns, with a pullet. N. Oldham, of Marton, won the North Island championship for modern game. John Love Brown, aged 45, a fitter in the Government Workshops, died suddenly at Caversham (Dunedin), on Wednesday. A death certificate was given, but the whereabouts of the deceased's relatives is not known. It is supposed that they belong to Whangarei, Auckland. A Dunedin Press Association telegram states that William Brown, single, aged 28 years, was killed, yesterday morning, by a fall of earth at the Theological College excavations. North-East Valley. He was thrown on a spade and had his throat cut. Steven Whelan, a married "man, aged 52 years, was also injured, and two otheYs were a little hurt. At the Waterside Workers' Conference at Wellington, yesterday, states a Press Association telegram, resolutions were passed urging that the immigration of Asiatics should be prohibited, and that the Arbitration Act should be amended to make employers provide the Unions with copies of wage sheets. At an inquest at Wellington, yesterday, on the body of Jas. McEnirney, aged 47, who was found hanging to a tree on Wednesday, at Newtown Park, a verdict of suicide while insane was returned. The widow of the deceased gave evidence that since losing his employment as a labourer under the Wellington City Council he had been very despondent. Efforts to get him reinstated had failed. The deceased had a family of eight children.—Association. j The monthly meeting of the Wellington and Wairarapa Charitable Aid Board was held yesterday. The credit balance in the bank was reported to be £1,836 0s Bd. Accounts were passed amounting to £sll 13s 4d, the chief items being— Wellington Benevolent Institution, £333 6s Sd; Wairarapa North Benevolent Society, £SO; Hutt County Council, £2l 12s lOd; Horowhenua County Council, £lB 43 6d; St. Joseph's Orphanage, £6S ss. At a meeting of boot and shoe importers held at Wellington, on Wednesday, to consider the proposed new tariff, some speakers emphasised the necessity of forming a bootmakers' association in Wellington with an executive with power to act in advising the Government when such items as new tariff proposals were being framed. It was considered by some members that if they had advised the Government concerning the tariff previously, a tariff more beneficial to all than the one now under discussion would have been brought forward. M?-*W. S. Liddie, the young Scottish cyclist, who started on a world's tour from Capetown on December 14th. 1905, reached Wellington from the South on Wednesday, says the Post. Up to date Mr Liddie has covered 15,000 miles on his bicycle., and he has had only one serious mishap with the machine. This misadventure occurred when the cyclist had travelled 25 miles from Glen Innis (New South Wales), and he had to tramp to Newcastle, over 400 miles away before repairs were effected. Whilst on tour Mr Liddie travelled through South Africa, from Melbourne to Queensland, via the western part of New South Wales. Crossing to Tasmania he cycled through from Burnie to Hobart, worked his passage (as on other voyages) to the Bluff, went up to the cold lakes and on to Dunedin, thence to Christchurch, through the Ofcira Gorge to the West Coast, and on to Nelson. After touring the North Island, the cyclist returns to Australia, and goes on to India, China, Japan, America, and finishes his self-imposed adventure in England. MERiT REWARDED BY COURT OP - JUSTICE. Tho acknowledged good qualities and sheet's, of SANDER its SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT have brought out many imitations, and one easo was just tried in ti c Supreme Court of Victoria, be'ore bis Honour Chief Justice Sir J. Madden K.0.H.G., etc. His Honour, when giving judgment said with regard to the GENUINE SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, that whenever an article is commended to ih? public by reason of its good quality, etc., it. s not permis-sabl'.' to imitate any of its features, lie ivstuiii.t'd tho imitators perpetually from doing so, and ordered them to u:fy ;il) costs. We publish this to afford the public un opportunity of protecting themselves and of securing what is proved bsyond ail I doubt by skilled witnesses at the Supremo i Court of Victoria and by many authorities dui ing the last HO years to be a preparation of genuine merit, viz., THE GENUINE BANDER SONS' PURS VOLATILE EUCALYPTI. EX Til AC £* Why spand money at Hot. ruaand othov thermal tprints when llhetfmo will quickly cure you of rheumatism, ro.it, sciatica o.i lunibapo. Ctemists and stores, 2s (3d anp ts 6d. Wood's Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Colds never fails. 13 Gd and 23 6d. Dr. Sheldon's Magiv ti:; Liniment Will relieve at once-Rheum .ii.-ni, Lumbago Lame Back, Cuts, Bruise s, or Burns, an, continued P.pp'ic.i'iaM will tiTsci. a euro in a remarkably short time. Obtainable at H. E. Eton's, Chemist, Masterton. i

A return presented to Parliament states that 106 of the original settlers on the Cheviot estate are still in occupation of their holdings. .Mr Joseph Roberts has beenj appointed assistant teacher at the Eketahuna Public School during the temporary absence of Miss Toohill. As a result of an inspection by the Surveyor of Ships, the schooner Awanui has been detained at Auckland for extensive repairs. It is understood that the Minister of Justice (Hon. J. McGovvan) has offered to take £I,OOO from the Masterton Trust Lands Trust for the exchange of the Government section in Queen Street near the Post Office, for the one owned by the Trust Lands Trust in Hall Street, in order that a new Courthouse might be built on the latter site. Mr W. Corlett had a narrow escape from a serious accident while driving four horses and a waggon down the Taueru Hill on Wednesday last. The horses took fright at a passer-by and bolted. They broke away from the waggon. Mr Corlett and another occupant of the waggon were thrown heavily to the ground. One of the wheels of the vehicle was broken off. The occupants of the waggon were not injured. The horses were stopped at Mr O'Connor's homestead. The accounts of the Public Trust Office for the year ending March 31st last show that the balances in hand totalled £2,152,343, the chief items being as follows: — Wills and trusts £1,471,904; intestacies, £137,751; Government Railways Superannuation Fund, £110,736; mental patients, £81,615; West Coast Settlement Reserves, £48,645; Civil Service Reform Act, 1886, £47,402. The balance to credit of the profit and loss account on March 31st was £47,551 19s 2d; The chief sources of revenue were as follow — Balance from previous year £38,844 5s sd; commissions and charges £16,844; interest being surplus from investments £15,688. The Endowment Bill does not state clearly upon what terms the nine million acres of land proposed to be reserved is to be leased. Some confusion has arisen in the minds of members as a result of this, and several interpretations have beea placed on the clause which provides for the leasing of the land. Speaking to a Post reporter, the Premiersaid that the idea of the Government ; was that the land should be let cn 1 a sixty-six years' lease, with the ' right of renewal at a revaluation | for periods of 'thirty-three years' i lease. "This proposal may be modified," he said, "but a long lease will be necessary because a good deal of the endowment land will be* bush country, and will have to be broken in by the tenants. The present intention of the Government is to give a sixty-six years' lease for a start." An advertiser has for sale a piano nearly new. The owner of a white and black collie dog is elsewhere advertised for. An advertiser has for' sale White Leghorn and White Plymouth Rock pullets. A young man, well educated, seeks employment as clerk or other position on station. To-morrow, at 2 p.m.. Messrs R.. E. Howell and "Co., Ltd., will sell, at their rooms, a large assortment of various lines. Particulars of two good farms, GOO and 900 acres, respectively, on easy terms, are advertised by Orchard's Agency, Wellington. Messrs East and East, land agents, of Wellington and Christchurch, advertise particulars of several farms in the Manawatu district which they have for sale on easy terms with small deposits. The furniture and effects to be sold by Mr J. R. Nicol, to-morrow, on account of Mrs Bond, at her residence, Lincoln Road, will be on view from this morning. Catalogues wili be supplied by the auctioneer to intending purchasers, who are reminded that owing to the long list of goods to be submitted, the sale must be commenced at one o'clock promptly. Messrs Hendry and Buxton announce that their sale this season is proving a record one. The reduced price of every article is plainly marked, and they are all guaranteed reductions that should appeal to those in search of bargains at the right prices. In the men's department special values are offered in rainproof coats, caps, suits, shirts, ties and hundreds of articles too numerous to mention but all worth inspection. Mr J. C. Norman, a well-known Australian journalist and musician, arrived in Masterton, yesterday, to arrange for an appearance here of Madame Teresa Carreno, the celebrated pianist, who is touring New Zealand under the management of Herr Benno Scherek. Madame Carreno, after a highly successful series of recitals in the principal cities of Australia, is passing through New .Afc. Zealand from the South en route for America, where she has been booked for eighty concerts. Next week she will play in Wellington, and she will give a recital in Masterton on Wednesday, August 7th. With this morning' 3 issue Messrs Webb and Millar, tailoi-s, Queen Street, circulate an inset in which they announce that they have decided to hold a big clearing sale. The sale is being held in order to make room for large shipments of spring and summer goods, and will last for one month only. All goods*now in stock are to be cleared, and a glance at the prices set forth in the inset will give an indication of the bargains to be secured. Uncalled-for suits are to be disposed of at very low prices, and the firm announce that any alterations required will be done at cost. An inspection is invited. Footballers. After the match is won or lost, try Dr. Shelcbn's Magnetic Liniment for all bruises and strains. It will make you fit for jour next struggle. Obtainable at H. E, Eton, Chemist, Masterton.