LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8551, 9 October 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There has not been a bankruptcy in Ashburton since June 12th. Mr H. Larsen, of Mangamahoe, has purchased a property at Upper Waitara. The prices obtained for fat stock at the last sales at Waipukurau are declared by old settlers to be the highest on record. #The Parkvale Dairy Company, yesterday, paid to suppliers the sum ot .£240 9s lOd for milk supplied during September, writes our Carterton correspondent. A mock Trust Lands Trust meeting will be held to-night by the members of the Y.M.C.A. Debating Club, at which the exchange of sites question will he discussed. The annual general meeting of the members of the Masterton Cricket Club will be held in the Central Hotel, at 8 o'clock, on Friday evening. The contiguous wet weather has caused a general shortage of feed for stock in Taranaki. Stock in the Hawera district is suffering from the weather, the milk supply being badly affected.

During the month of- S?ptember there were slaughtered at the Master-ton-Borough Abattoir 151 cattle, 15 calves, 710 sheep and lambs, and 6 pigs. The receipts for the month amounted to £lOl 14s 9d.

Thirty horses and four cattle were impounded at the Borough pound during last month. During the same period 29 horses and four cattle were released and one horse sold. The receipts amounted to £4 Cs. The Masterton County Council, yesterday, confirmed a special order passed at the previous meeting, scr king a special rate of 7-24ths of a penny in the £ to meet interest and other charges on n loan of £3,000 for metalling and bridge-building on the East Coast Road.

A presentation of a handsome set of silver-mounted carvers was made to Mr A. E. Baker, who is to be married to-day, by the employees cf Messrs Levin and Co.'d Masterton brand], yesterday. Mr G. C. Summerell, manager, made the presentation, which was suitably acknowledged uy Mr Baker. The Hawke's Bay seat, winch is at present held by Mr Dillon, is already attracting much attention, although the general election does not take place until the end of next yeai\ There are at present three candidates in the field: Mr Dillon, Sir William (Captain) Kussell, the ex-member, and Mr T. J. Thompson. The latter is a Government candidate.

"Never in the history of Auroa, Taranaki," says a Hawera Star correspondent, "Were so many calves killed as is the case this season. Some farmers, who a few years back reared as many as sixty or seventy calves are not keeping one this year, and I am certain that next year will see cattle as dear, if not dearer, than they have ever been before in New Zealand."

A branch of the Hibernian Society has been formed at Invercargill with 103 members to start with —a record for the opening of a Friendly Society in the Dominion, states a Press Association telegram. District-Deputy Marlow, of Dunodin, opened the branch, and congratulated Invercargill on at once taking the place of the sixth strongest" branch in the Dominion.

The ordinary meeting- of Stonelienge Lodge,'U.A.O.D., was held in the Drill Hall, last evening, Bro. P. H. Holmes, A.D., presiding over a good attendance of member?. A P. A. diploma was granted to Bro. A. 0. Levifin. Pour friends were proposed for membership, and two were initiated into the Order. At the conclusion of the business a card tournament, Married v. Single, was played, the former winning' easily. FTB\M ON THE FARM. Do you iccognisc what an advantage it is to have it supply of live steam on the farm? If means a liberal supply 0 f lioUir.;,' water i >r washing cans or clothes, for Fimldiriff pigs or cooking stock food, iv (I you crtu secure these advantages' at a very Kiua 1 cost by rurclmi g a "New Century' Steamer. One good firo provides steam for a'omt t.vo hours, nnd can bo lyft with perfect stfity. The "New Ccmluiy" combines Muntrong points of theordinary poifihie wdslVir; cepp'r and the high pifisiiita tteini bci'er without their disadvantages. Mac-Swan and Gx, Ltd., Role Agents, TJ.S.S. Cu.'a Buildings, Wellmglon,

The overdue barque Empreza arrived at Kaipara yesterday. A movement is on foot to form a racing club at I-lunterville. An Automobile Association has been formed at New Plymouth. The lambing percentages in the Elcetaliuna district this year .have been high. The Fairvievv Rifle Club will open the season on the Fairview Kange to-morrow. There is said to be plenty of trout in the streams in the vicinity of Eketahuna. A meeting of the Stewards of the Mastcrton Trotting ,Club will be held in the Club Hotel on Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. Miss C. H. Dixon, a patient at the Christchurch Hospital, died under chloroform, yesterday afternoon, states a Press Association telegram. The "Wellington Presbytery has nominated the Rev. W. Hewitson for the position of next year's moderator, states a Press Association telegram. The Auckland bakers do not think that bread wiil advance in Auckland, unless millers again raise the price of flour. The present price is sevenpence per 41b loaf. At Eketahuna, yesterday, Mr T. Smith, third son of Mr Eli Smith, of Masterton, was married to Miss Ethel May Smith, second daughter of Mr T. F. Smith, of Tiraumea. The last Government Gazette announces the appointment of Mr Humphrey John O'Leary as a Masterton Cemetery Trustee, vice Mr A. Stempa, resigned. The Inspector of Weights and Measures, Sergeant Miller, yesterday tested the Borough weigh-bridge, which has been re-erected in the Gasworks yard, and pronounced it to be now ready for use. The death occurred in Wellington last week of Mrs James Higgins. The deceased was a sister of Mr J. Ashdown, of Nireaha, Mrs W. Dowsett, of Newman, and Mrs A. Ure, of Newman. The mail which left Wellington on August 30th by the Wimmera, to connect at Sydney with R.M.S. India, via Brindisi, arrived at London on the night of 4th instant, two days early. The premises of a Chinese named Hoo Choo, in Stafford Street, Dunedin, were raided by police on Sunday night, and, after a thorough search of the premises, one full tin of opium, and a number of pipes and smoking-gear were seized. Mr Oliver Mewhinney, for many years private secretary to the late Sir John McK>nzie, and afterwards to the Hon. T. Y. Duncan, has been appointed chief clerk to the Land Purchase Board, states a Press' Association telegram. Mr J. Blatchford waited on the meeting of the Masterton County Council, yesterday, and urged that repairs should be effected on the road leading to his property at Opaki. Cr Harri,'' and the Engineer «'ere authorised to deal with the matter.

A culvert in High Street South collapsed, yesterday, and a horse and cart in passing over the broken structure had a narrow escape from meeting with an accident. The Acting-Borough Engineer had the work of reinstating the culvert commenced at ones, and his action was approved of at the meeting of the VVorks Committee last evening.

The following tenders have been received by Mr D. Dobson, C.E., for the drainage, septic tanks and filter beds at the new Masterton Hospital —Taylor and Hodges, ,£169 5s (accepted) ; Beaie and Parton, £175 15s; J. Eldor, £197; Pickering Bros. £252. The design of the septic tank and filter beds has been approved of by Dr. Frengley, District Health Officer, who will watch the work on behalf of the Inspector-General of Hospitals and the Health Department.

Various replies from local bodies were receiveJ at the meeting of the Masterton County Council, yesterday, in connection with the Council's request for favourable consideration of their newly-drafted by-laws for the control oi motor traffic. The Eketahuna Borough Council stated that the by-laws had bsen referred to the Bylaws Committee for a report. The Carterton Borough Council's reply was to the effect that they had already such by-laws in operation, and it was not intended to take any further steps. The South Wairarapa County Council advised that the bylaws would be fully considered when the Model By-laws Bill, if enacted, was considered by the Council.

A special meeting of the Masterton Borough Council was held last evening. The Mayor presided, and there were also present—Crs J. Elliott, P. W. Temple, A. Haughey, J. C. Ewington, J. Prentice, J. Yarr, W. Pragnell, J. H. Pauling and W. Morris. A formal motion was carried empowering the Acting Town Clerk to collect the rates for the current year. The Mayor and Cr Temple, Chairman of the Finance Committee, were authorised to sign the rate book. The Mayor reported that he had been waited upon by Crs Welch, Harris and Morris, v of the Masterton County Council, with reference to the Borough Council paying half the cost of dedicating and surveying a portion of the land which Mr W. [ Perry had offered to give for the widening and straightening of Ngamatawa Road. He proposed to deal with the matter at the next ordinary meeting of the' Borough Council. TWO SOVEREIGN REMEDIES. THE JFAMOUS SANDER AND SONS' PUKE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTINCT was proved by experts at the Supreme Court of Victoria to possess curative properties peculiarly its own, and to be absolutely safe, effective and reliable. Therefore do not a gravate your complaint by the use cf one cf the many ciude euoalyptus oils which are now palmed oil as "Extract!?," and from tbo use cf which a death was reported recently, but insist upon the GENUINE SANDKIt & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTBACT, add reject all others. For wrinkle?, sunburn, pimples, blackheads, freckles, cracked h mds, dry and inilamed skin, me SANDER & SONS' SUPEBBA SKIN FOOD. No lady should bo without it. Alldjs irritation, produces a clear and spotless complexion, and a smooth nnd supple skin. REMEMBER that SANDER & SONS' SUPEBBA. *IUN FOOD is not an ordinary face cream, and unlike any of th€m,pvoduces a permanent beautifying effect. All chemists and stores.

Saturday last was the 138 th anniversary of the landing in New Zealand of Captain Cook. One Wanganui doctor estimates that there are fully a thousand cases of influenza in Wanganui at, preset ■* Constable Egan, pf the Masterton police force, has received notice that he is to be transferred to Wellington. He will leave for that city on Saturday next. At a special meeting of the Masterton County Council, yesterday, a special orcter was passed authorising the raising of a loan of £2OO for metalling Robieson's Road. " To meet interest and other charges en the . loan a special rate of one-seventh of a penny in the pound was struck over a special rating area. The Treasury advised the meeting of the Masterton County Council, yesterday, of the remittance of the following grants:—Ruamahanga Suspension Bridge, £46 lis 6d; Fori Road Loan, £150: Alfred ton, Tinui and Springvale Roads Loan, £350; Oaks Estate Road, £3OO. Messrs Lord and Wall have disposed of their Clifton Grove property situated near Gladstone, and comprising 3,500 acres, together with 4,200 sheep and 500 head of cattle. Mr Koy Barton, of Mataikuna. is the purchaser. The sale was effected through Mr W. H. Cruickshank, of Masterton. The n.onthly meeting of thu Finance Committee of the Masterton County Council was held, yesterday morning, there being presenters W. J. Welch (chairman). C. E. Cockburn-Hood, W. Harris, J. Morris, and A. Murray. The Treasurer reported as fellows:—General Fund Account, dr., £3,255 Is 4d; Local Bodies Loans Account, cr., £845 7s lOd; accounts dr. balance, £2,527 lis lid; receipts'for the month, £2,119 12s'4d. Accounts amounting to £597 6s 3d were passed for payment. Members of the Court Loyal Enterprise A.0.F., Masterton, visi ed Carterton last evening, and played a euchre tournament against, Cpirt Marquis of Normanby, Court Lojal Enterprise won by 33 games to 19. The rest of the evening was spent in a convivial manner. The following toasts were honoured:--••"The King," "Ancient Order of Foresters," "Kindred Societies,'.' "Our Guests." "Court Marquis of Normanby," "This Ladies." Songs were sung by Messrs B. Walker, B. Hooper, H. Walker, H. Selby, Hulley, and Simpson. Messrs Redmond and Herdman presided at the piano.* .- Mr Henry Burling submitted to the meeting of the Masterton Counvjaß Council, yesterday, a conditional offer" for the metalling of the AlfredtonWeber Road. He stated that he would give £SOO provided both the Government and the Council would subsidise that amount £ for £, making; the total £1,500. The offer, which; was left open for a month, was also< made on condition that the metalling: work was completed before March,. 1908. The Council decided to ask Mr Burling to extend the time for the completion of the work in order that the Government may beapproached to obtain a £ for &\ subsidy, and the settlers interested interviewed with a view to raising a loan of £SOO for the work. The' Chairman stated that it would be impossible to raise the money and complete the work before next March.

! An advertiser has to let an eight—- ! roomed house in Cole Street. Special supplies of first qualityv 1 fruit will be to hand at the Tip Top fru-it stall for Saturday's trade. I Messrs J. Graham and Co. announce- , further special reductions in hosiery ; and other lines during the last three days of their sale. Breeders are notified that duringthe season the carriage sii;e King George will be at Pinhey's Sfables. every Monday. Particulars of several handy sized; small farms ranging from 100 to< 350 acres are advertised tor sale by Orchard's Agency, Opera House' Buildings, Wellington. Tenders, to close at noon on October 15th, are invited by the Masterton Borough Council, for renting: and leasing portions of the Borough Waterworks Reserve. Mr Norman H. James, accountant, notifies tradesmen that he is prepared to keep books and post them daily. Further particulars can be obtained: on application to Mr James, whose offices are in Bunny and Dolan's Buildings, Perry Street. The furniture and effects to be sold, this afternoon, by Mr J. R. Nicol on account of Mr H. R. Wood, wi.'l he on view at the v residence, Renall Street, this morning. The sale will be commenced at 1.30 p.m., and the outdoor goods will be submitted first in order of sal<\ Messrs Fairburn and Silk, land and estate agents, of Wanganui, advertise for sale as a going concern the y, goodwill of a native lease of 5,000 acres, and stock of a well-improved farming property situated in the Wanganui district. The property is highly improved, has a large carrying capacity, while the soil on the river flats is pronounced to be some of the richest to be found on the West' Coast, and is very conveniently situated, being close to a main road, railway station and creamery. Anyone,in search of a really sound payable investment would do well to communicate at once wiMi Messrs Fairburn and Silk, who will be pleased to show the property to intending buyers. From an indifltr nfc piano jou can only expect indifferent music. Even the most biilliant musician requires a good instnv ment, olhfrnife his efforts are at best only second-rate—bo lacks delicacy of expression and fails in tone. A good piano is not necessarily an expensive one; the CotUge-piauo of to-dtiy Is better than the Grand of josteiday. Wo have Pianos which are moderate in price, exquisite.in tone, handsome in appearance, and of remarkable durability. They are just the class of instruments which, the aviMge purchaser rtquiie*. These Pianos cost from thirty-eipht to fifty-five guinea;, and represent the highest development m piano construction, They are made by skilled worktrcn, from dependable materials, Rud are instruments which cannot fail to give the utmost satisfaction ana pleasure. We shall be pleased to show these Pianos to intending purchasers, and explain their r.dvnntcges and merits. Don't forset our easy lime-pnjmenfc system. The Dresden Piano Company, Wellington. Local Manater: A. B. Wallace.