LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8510, 14 August 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr T. Mandeno Jackson offered a large number of allotments in the Bruntvvood Estate, Cambridge, Auckland, comprising 1,000 acres,, for sale on Saturday last, but none of the property was sold. The annual meeting of members of the Masterton Trotting Club will ba held in the Club Hotel this evening, at 8 o'clock. As there are matters of importance to be discussed, a large attendance is anticipated.

It is reported that near Ellerslie, in North Otago, cattle are dying for lack of feed. The ground is very parched, and water is needed very much. It is stated that in the Balfour distri-.t, near Lurnsden, Southland, more rain is falling than is required.

At a special meeting of ths Masterton County Council, yesterday, a special rate of cne sixty-fifth of a penny in the £ was struck to cover interest and other charges to the amount of 10 per cent, on an additional loan of £275 for the construction of a bridge and road formation on the Masterton-East Coast Road.

Mr 11. Dunn, representing the Eketahuna Chamber of Commerce, waited on the meeting of the Masterton County Council, yesterday, and presented a petition, containing the signatures of eighty-four Alfredton ratepayers, praying that the Alfredton riding might be severed from the Masterton County and joined' with the Eketahuna County. On the motion of Cr Murray, discussion on the petition was postponed until the next meeting in order that the signatures might be verified.

Between January Ist and June 30th, 1907, the total quantites of butter substitutes imported was as follows: —-Cocoa butter G5,6561b5, nucoa butter 21,5041b5, nuccolene 37,9431b5, cocos butter 6041b5, palm butter 4411b, nut nutter IGOlbs, peanut butter SOlbs, almond butter 121bs, crystal silver fat 1,1201 Lis. neutrex 5,6001bs The total duty paid was £6 12s. The cocoa butter is used in the manufacture of confectionery, and the other substances in the production of various other commodities.

The secretary of the Argicultural Djpaitinent has intimated to the Auckland Agricultural and Pastor; 1 Association that owing to the ordinary duties of the officers of the dairying division being seriously interfered with by their being called upon to judge at agricultural-shows, it had been reluctantly decided that officers of the Department could not, in future, be allowed to act as judges at agricultural shows, but arrangements would be made for the judging at winter shows to be undertaken whenever possible, as hitherto. THE FOPULAK "L K.G." It was exp ct. d for the coming season that the demand for this popular milking machine would bs four li.nes greater* than duiirg tiie pist season. Recent adyi e? frcm the general agents for Australasia show ill it t.r the month aof Maj and June last, ove* seven times as mat; "L.K.G." machines liavebean tent out- as compared to the same period of last season. *3 bis .'peaks wi h do ur certain sound as if gads the popular v i diet. A li;t of puichasers, nanu s unci addies es iB supplied as proof that thase recoivi iiiles are ge'iuioe. J. H. M.icEwan and Ct., Ltd., Sole Agents, U.S.S. Co.'s Buildings, Wellington.

The postponed meeting of the Managers of the Masterton Technical School will be held in the Technical School at 8 o'clock to-night. The Masterton County Council decided, yesterday, to apply to the Government for a grant of £BOO on the £ for £ basis for the metalling of the Wangaehu Road. "Cook's Pictures" concluded their Masterton season in the Town Hall, last evening, when there was another large audience present. The pictures shown were of a high order, and many of them differed from those shown on the previous evening. The programme was apparently thoroughly enjoyed by the audience.

As a result of the representations of the Masterton Workers' and Land Settlement League to the Minister for Lands, it is understood that Mr A. Barron, Chairman of the Land Purchase Board, will visit the Masterton district to-morrow, with the object of reporting ui)on land suitable for closer settlement.

The ordinary meeting of the Stonehenge Lodge U.A.O.D. was held, last evening, Bro. P. H. Holmes, A.D., presiding. A quantity of routine business was transacted, after which Bro. Grant, Grand Secretary from Wellington, delivered an able address on Druidism and the rapid strides the Order is making throughout the colony. The customary Lodge honours were accorded to Bro. Grant. Four new members were initiated, and six friends were proposed for membership.

It was mentioned at the meeting of the Masterton Borough Works Committee, last evening, that portions of the footpaths in the borough where new buildings are in course of progress were being cut up owing to contractors allowing carts to pass over them. The Committee considered that such a practice should be stopped, and resolved to recommend the Council to instruct the Inspector to prosecute any persons offending in the direction mentioned.

It must not be imagined, says the Oamaru Mail, that all the farmers are enthusiastic i.i the matter of forcing Jupiter Pluvius into a better realisation of his responsibilities, o'r to put it in another way, are so carried away with the spirit of speculation as to risk a £1 note whsn there is not a sure possibility of it returning a quid pro quo. At least there is one farmer who is an exception. He was waited upon by the Committee appointed for his district and asked for a "sub." If he was not a "chiel" his reply was at any rate canny enough to earn for him such distinction. "If ye succeed in getting the rain/' said'he, "I'll give you something. I take no part in speculations." No pig in a poke for that farmer.

The Masterton Orchestral Society has had_repeated requests to perform music of a lighter order. While not neglecting the classics, the Society has included in their programme for Friday evening's concert, a number of pieces of a lighter character than usually rendered at their concerts. A selection ircin Planquette's opera, "Rip Van Winkle," arranged by Van Biene, of "Broken Melody" fame, wid be given, also Gung'l's Soklaten Lieder waltzes. Most pianists are acquainted with the serenade by Moszkowski. This celebrated composition has been set for orchestral work by the composer, and will, also, be rindered. The programme_ will conclude with a quaint composition, entitled, "The Wee Macgregor." At a meeting of butchers and bakers, held in Mr J. S. J. Allpajs* Rooms, last evening, Mr J. Wickens presiding, it was decided to play a fancy costume football match on the Showgx*ounds, on Thursday, August 22nd, in aid of the Woodward family. A committee consisting of Messrs J. Wickens, junr., G. Bowen, M. McKay, H. Hilton, Mcintosh and A. Stempa was appointed to make arrangements for a smoke concert in the evening. Mr R. / Russell was appointed secretary, and Ml* J. Boxall treasurer. The Masterton Municipal Brass Band have promised to De in attendance at the match. A meeting of the committee will be held on Friday evening next at 7.30 o'clock in Mr Stempa's office.

A letter was received at the meeting of the Mastertou County Council, yesterday, from the Wairarapa South County forwarding a resolution passed by the latter body objecting to the granting of timber cutting rights on the Forest Reserve on the \vt:s tern slope of the Tararua Ranges. The cc-operation of the Masterton County was solicited in endeavouring to prevent the granting of such rights. Cr Welch considered that it would be a step in the right diraction if the Council supported the southern body's protest. He said that the land on the Tararua ranges was more valuable in forest than if it were cleared. If the land were cleared, the country would only then become a harbour for rabbits. He moved that the Council support the Wairarapa South County Council in its objections. The motion was secpnded by Cr Cock burn-Hood and carried unanimously. M Ul\IT REWARDED BY COURT OF JUSTICE. The acknowledged good qualities and s-cccss of SANDER & SONS' EUCALYP'IT EXTRACT have brought out many imitations, and one casß was just tried in she Supreme Court of Victoria, bo'ore his Honour Chief Justice Sir J. Madden K.C.M.G., etc. His Honour, when giving judement said with regard to the GENUINE SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, 'that whenever an article is commended to the pubuo by reason of its good quality, etc., it -s not permissable to imitate any of its features. Ho retrained the imitatora perpetually from doing 30, 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 duiing the last 30 years to be a preparation of genuine merit, viz., THE GENUINE SANDER & SONS' PURE VOLATILF EUCALYPTI EXTRACT It Dazzles the World. Nodi. r covery of medicine evercreatcd one quaiter of the interest that has been caused by Dr. Sheldtn's New Discovery for Coughs, Co'ds ani Consumption. It has brought rsluf ii the nnst hopeless cases, when all tlse has failed. Obtainable at H. E, Eton, Chemist, Masterton. I

A coin believed to be a shekel of King Solomon's time, found by a Mashona . native among the ruins of Great Zimbabwe, Rhodesia, is in the possession of Mr D. Robinson, of Hudansdorp, Cape Colony. The inscriptions are in Hebrew. On one side are the words, "Holy Jerusalem." and the branch of a fig tree, and on the other, "Shekel Israel," and an incense-burner.

The Besses o' th' Barn Band opened their Melbourne season a week ago, and received a tremendous welcome, some twenty or thirty thousand people lining the streets when they were played from the railway station to the Town Hall. An exchange reports that the Besses are to pay a farewell visit to New Zealand before returning to England.

A Forestry Commission is sitting in Sydney. The New South Wales Government Architect, giving evidence said the Public Works Department experienced an increasing difficulty in ohtainng timber for public needs, and it was feared that a collapse in the supply of local timber was within measurable distance.' The Director of Agriculture spoke of the fiendish destruction of forests.

The Finance Committee of the Masterton County Council, yesterday, recommended the Council to petition Parliament for relief in connecticn with the stoppage out of subsidy t f certain expenses incurred by the Returning Officer, Mr Gillespie, at the last Licensing Committee elections, which the Council objected to as excessive. The recommendation was adopted by the Council. The specially summoned meetiig of the Fire Brigade was well attei fled last evening, when Dr. Cowie delivered the first of a series'of lectures on first aid. The lecture wr s much appreciated by the members cf the Brigade, who recognised thit such emergencies as the lecturer r< - ferred to might occur at any time in the course of their duties. At lie conclusion Dr. Cowie was accorded a hearty vote of thanks.

The following is the order drawn for the Holmes Trophy match at the Morris Tube Association shooting tonight:—7 p.m. —Oed, Smith, Sutherland, Winslade, Tomlin, and Perry. 7.30 p.m.— Lewin, McCs - mont, Brighting, Hornblow, Recmond and Allan. 8 p.m.— M. Mcintosh, Wellington, McNabh, Hodges, and Robinson. 8.30 p.ir.— Burridge D. MclntosTi, King, Blane, Williams, Taylor. 9 p.m.—Coo'-, Robertson, Beere, H. Perry, E»_ Perry, Lett and Spackman. Important proposals with referei ce to the Wellington and Manawatu railway are to be made to theJolnsonville Town Board by the chairman (Mr F. T. Moore). He has given notice of the following motions: — "(1) That in view of the time having lapsed within which the Manawatu railway can be purchased at a satisfactory figure, the local bodies between Wellington and Palmerston. •be asked to jointly or severally request the Government and the Manawatu Railway Company to enter upon an agreement whereby the said company's line shall forthwith be worked as a part of the North Island railway system, so that no different rates of freight shall be charged ujon any goods passing to or from the company's railway, and so that holders of North Island season tickets, may use the company'!? said line. (2) That additional daily through trains, leaving Wellington at, say, one hour before noon for New Plymouth, and leaving New Plymouth at. noon for Wellington, be added to the present time-table; and that one through train each way between Wellington and New Plymouth be run. on Sundays. %

Gas consumers are reminded that to-morrow (Thursday) is the last day on which discount will be allowed on current accounts.

A general meeting of the members of St. Patrick's Day Sports Association will be held in the Exchange Buildings at 8 p.m. on ,Saturday next.

Special requirements of the wool season, as supplied by Messrs Donald and Sons, Ltd., are Cooper's shearing machines. Fairbanks engine?, ar.d Donald's wool press. The firm are now busily engaged in * completing new installations of these popularmachines throughout the North Island.

On Saturday next, at their rooms, Carterton, Messrs J. E. Blade and Co. will offer at auction, 011 account of Mr R. H. Hole, the property known as the Platform Farm, near Greytown, consisting of 288 acres of the best land in the Wairarapa. The soil is river deposit, and is unequalled for grazing or for purposes. The property is well sabdivided and there is a good house besides other necessary buildings. The terms offered are exceptionally " easy, which should briqg keen coin—| petition. The Central Motor Garage and "Talkeries," established in Queen Street by Messrs T. Dwyer and Co., is equipped with all modern appliances and expert workmen for L the particular classes of work in connection with car repairs have been engaged. The firm undertake to give satisfaction in all work entrusted to them. Another branch which the firm has established here is nickelplating, and a complete plant for the work has been installed under the charge of competent mechanics. In the supply of phonograph requisites the firm are always up-to-date with the latest improved machines and records are received by every mail. A cordial invitation is extended to the public to visit "The Talkeries," and hear the latest voi;al and instrumental novelties. There is no opiate of any discription in Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and that ia one of lhe reasons why it has become so popular all over the world. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy soothes and heals, strengthens the lunga and removes tin cause of the cough or cold. We condemn no honest medicine, but when the safety of jour life or that of your child ia at stake, take no chance for poison. For sale by all dealers.

Why suffer the awful agony of rheumatism, gout, lumbago, sciatica, and kindred diseases? Rheumo, if given a fair trial, will quickly cure you. Sold at 2s 6d and 4s Gd.

What shall it profit a man to proinduce a few more pounds of butter to- - day and a degenerate race of cattle tto-morrow? This is a query asked he readers of an American paper. In May last, Jack London, the author, reached Honolulu in the :Snark, a ketch-rigged boat of about ■ forty-five feet water-line, in which he intends to make a cruise of the •.•world. He is accompanied by his wife ; and her uncle (a man of sixty years) and two Asiatic servants. After : leaving Honolulu the Snark will cruise through the South Sea down .to Samoa, Tasmania, New Zealand, Australia, returning thence by New •Guinea to the Philippines. The .Snark has a small engine to be used in case of emergency. -The question of taking steps to .have the saleyards between the Waipo.ua bridges removed from their present position came before the meeting of the Masterton County Council,- yesterday. The Council considered that the position of the Kaleyards increased the danger to vehicular and pedestrian traffic on that part of the road. As it was not definitely ;lcnown whether the Council haflpoWßl' to order the removal of the saleyards, •it was decided to defer taking action -until the opinion of Mr T. F. Martin, solicitor to the New Zealand Counties' Association, was received ©a '.the point. -A new "Prophet" Dowie has arisen in Ohio, who expects to take tup the dead Reader's mantle and found ■.a new Zion. The new "prophet," tfie Chronicle says, is Levi Lupton, who , iis the leader of a sect called "The ; Disciples of the Gift of Tongues."; ■His headquarters at present are at i&Uiaflce, Ohio, g.nd he declares he will (establish a faith which will spread ■©verithe world. iLupton says he has had revealed to him the rules under -which the adherents of the faith shall live. One of these rules limits the iatfchful to one meal a day, and the concerts babble a gibberish invented by lupton, who cl&ims it is the ti£>r\g®e of the new nation. The sect is Sjicggasing.