LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8993, 30 November 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

To-day being St. Andrew's Day is a bank and court holiday. The Postal authorities have beea informed that a steamer left San Francisco for New Zealand on November 24th, with 96 bags of mail. The steamer is expected to arrive in Auckland about December 22nd:. A resident, named A. Reside, who was summoned to attend the sitting of the District Court,, yesterday morning, as a juror,,, was fined £1 for non-appearance. Mr C. A. Pownall, on behalf of Mr Reside, said the latter had gono to Akitio to take delivery of a large and valuable consignment of stock for the company that he represented, and had elected to ask the clemency of His Honoi' and take the risk of being fined for not being present. The goods* train frorathe north, yesterday morning, was a very heavy one., and in consequence of the slow progress it the MastertonWoodville train in the morning was delayed at Mangamahoe for about thirty minutes.. . The qoarterly sitting of the Masterton, Licensing Committee will be held in the courthouse on Thursday next, December sth. Before Mr G.. Hertm, J.P., at the Masterton Police Court, yesterday morning,. John Flanagan, alias Gray, was fined 5s in detault 24 hours' imprisonment for having been drunk. A. i«ragi'aph, appearing in a Weilington contemporary to the effect that the W.F.C.A. intended to spend about £40,000 in making considerable extensions and alterations to its Masterton premises within the next twelve or eighteen months, was brought under the notice of Mr D. Caselberg by a Wairarapa Age reporter on Thursday. Mr Caselberg refuted the statement, and added that any scheme for extending the present buildings had not yet been thought of by the directors. gKrM-MILK AND DISEASE. Muoh of the disease aniofg dairy stock in this couritsy is spread theoiJgh pooling the skim-milk at the 'factories. In Denmark it i 9 compulsbry for all skim-milk to be scalied before being taken home. You can safeguard your herd as well as enjoy untold convenience by installing a "New Century" Steamer. By cropping the stemn pipe into the can and turning on the s-team, the milk can be scalded in a 1' w minutes without ar.y trouble, arid any chance of its. spreading disesse will be entirely removed. Write for full particulars to MacEwan & Co., Ltd., Sole Agents, "U.S.S. Co.'s Buildings, Wellington.

The Masterton Municipal Brass Band will-render a ot ; music Street this evening. The; programme is as follows— Marches: "Viscount Nelson," "United Australia," "Storm and Sunshine." Lancers: "The Record." Popular airs, such as "Waiting at the Church" and "Parted on the shore," etc. Waltz: "Inspiration." 1 Selection: "Bohemian Girl." Trombone solo: "Pilgrim of Love." The results of the games played on the Masterton Bowling Green, on Thursday afternoon last, were as follow: Mcintosh, Blinkhorne, Scott, King (skip), 21, beat Ogilvy, Finlayson, Whittaker, Richards (skip), 14. Chamberlain, Long, Cochrane, Carpenter (skip), 21, beat D. Mcintosh, Rankin, Ewington, Rose (skip), 14. Feathers —D. Mcintosh, Rankin, Prentice, Cochrane (challengers), 21, beat Hunter, Long, Perry, Dupre (holders), 20. Doubles Chamberlain and Rose (skip), 23, beat Gordon and Whittaker (skip), 16. Peters and Smith (skip), 19, beat D. Mcintosh and Blinkhorne (skip) 12. Ferns —Whelch and Boagey (challengers), 29, beat, Blackman and Carpenter (holders), 17. Star—Ewington, (holder) 22, V beat Richards, 12. Handicap Singles —Finlayson, 6, 24, beat Thompson, ,4, 23. Scott, scr, 25, beat Ogilvy, 8, 17. King, 4, 19, beat Smith, 4, 16. At Knox Church Hall, on Monday evening, the Rev. Mr Jolly, of Palmerston North, will deliver a lecture, entitled, "The Manliness of the Genius of Burns." Musical items have been arranged which will include songs by the Scottish bard. A correspondent (D. Threadwell) writes inter alia with regard to the high prices of flour, meat and bread —"lt is a noticeable fact that farmers do not derive any great monetary gain from the sudden rises in the prices of flour, meat and bread. The millers, butchers and bakers increase the price of their respective articles and all we are told is that the profits derived are not. enough. It is the worker who suffers most by the increase in the price of the commodities of life. What I would suggest as a remedy for this state of affairs is that the workers and their unions should combine and adopt a policy, such as the formation of a Board of Trade, to regulate the prices of foodStuffs. Unity is strength, and the workers should combine in an endeavour to cheapen the rates of living." / Satisfactory progress is being made with the construction of the public swimming baths in Dixon Street, and Mr D. Morton, who is supervising the work, is of opinion, that the contract will be completed | by Christmas. The excavation is, completed, and the sides have concreted, while in a very few days the floor should be finished. Thursday's Dunedin Times states that Lionel Terryy on •arrival at Lamb Hill, last Friday,, was hatless and clad only in shirt, trousers, and sandals. A resident offered him a hat and then a cap, both of which were politely but firmly declined. He quietly told them who he was; also that he had made his way thither from Seacliff across some rough cojntry, including the Silver Peaks. He was tired, he said, of the monotony of Seacliff, and intended to take a fortnight's change. The fact of his having traversed such a difficult stretch of country in a few hours did not seem to strike him as being a feat. He partook of some food, and walked away up the road. Another resident, anxious for an interview, attempted to head him off, seeing which Terry turned aside into a gully, and disappeared as unexpectedly as he had arrived. It is that Terry was seen in the neighbourhood of Waipiata yesterday morning." Speaking of raffles at church bazaars at the Burns Hall, Dunedin, on Tuesday last, the Kev. A. Don waxed , reminiscent. Having mentioned the case of a minister who had resigned his position at Lawrence •as a protest against the practice of raffling, the speaker went on to tell of a certain pius brewer who pre--1 sented the congregation with a barrel of his best XXX to be raffled for at the church sale of work. The corpulent barrel seemed as muchout of place as a fish at a flower show, and many of the elect were horrified. The situation was relieved by the beer being won byjj the brewer's daughter, who took it away with her. The Otago Daily Times on the session says:—"The Opposition has discharged adequately and with due . sense of its responsibilities during the session the uphill task which devolved upon it, and it is only right it should be acknowledged that it was its forbearance from anything in the nature of captious obstruction that enabled the Government to accomplish even in a session of unprecedented duration the programme it has placed to its credit." A 'falling off in the quality of dairy produce in the Taranaki and Manawatu districts is reported. The Clyde Guardian says:—Many well-intentioned people decry the totalisator, and they have time and again petitioned Parliament for its suppression, but the totalisator has at least the merit of being honest. The high wages paid to boys in the country were made the subject of comment by Mr Acland during: the hearing of the farm labourers'' dispute by the' Conciliation Board at Christchurch. "Boys are not to bf had ( for love or money in the country," he said. "The boy sits up aloft ano makes his own terms, and the farmer who has milking to be done has to make the best terms he can, if he has no sons of his own. The wages of boys have gone up from practically nothing to almost the same amount as Boys of eighteen as much as £65 a year, all found, as shepherds, and learn their trade at the same time. There are many cases of that kind in the country." .When a man has smoked them once—cigarette buying is no longer a question of choice, for he naturally asks for Taddy*s Myrtle Grove Cigarettes.* 1 The use of pills is often followed by constipation that many auffevers from stomach disorders hesitate about taking them. Thoro need be no hesitation about taking Chamberlain's Tablets, for their use is never followed by constipation, in fact, they cure that complaint in its moat chronio lorm Foe sale by all dealers,

The Kaikoura County Council has purchased 20,000 small birds' «ggs, during the past two months. Eleven Chinese arrived in Wellington by the Moeraki from Sydney, on Wednesday. ' Three of them had previously resided in .New Zealand. The farm hands who come to New Zealand from the Old Country, said a witness before the Conciliation Board, at Christchurch, on Tuesday, are worth only from 8s to 10s per week to the colonial farmer. Many of them had never seen a double plough or a binder, and they had to unlearn a good many things before they could be taught anything. The Home labourers were of use to the farmer than the colonial hand —the colonials could not be compared to them. Their work Had made their muscles and sinews in far better trim, and after getting experience in colonial methods they were splendid workers. At the residence of Mr H. Clark, 83 Lincoln Road, this afternoon, Mr J. R. Nicol will hold a clearing sale of furniture and effects. Every line be sold without reserve, as Mr Clark is leaving Masterton. The Salvation Army are carrying on a big propaganda of social reform work in New Zealand. Several new institutions are shortly to be opened. Mr Findlay, of Remuera, has given 134 acres as a site for 1 the erection of - a home for destitute and orphan girls, and it is expected that a building capable of accommodating eighty will shortly be established there. A home for destitute and orphan boys is also being opened in Taranaki, Mr Jenkins, of Eltham, having presented a large furnished house and ten acres of land for the purpose.

The Daily Press has discovered a means of circumventing the gaming law so far as it relates to the puolication of tips. It says:—"Apparently the new gaming faw is to put a heavy hand on the jwt&lieation of , sporting news. . Not only are 'tips' barred, but papers are not permitted to publish dividends. WMle the law has provided that the newspaper man shall not spread broadcast his information regarding 'dead certs,' it stili left a loop-hole.- We are not-to publish information which indices that any particular housasmay win a 1 race, but so far as we can see thare is nothing to prevent us tipping the losers.' This should serve-jja£.t as good a purpose " Cooks, generals, and station hands are required by Mr F. P. Welch. An advertiser' has- for sale a quiet trap horse.. / An advertiser has for sale a 6 h.p. ' motor car in good going order and > with all accessories.. A spiritualist address will be given in the Dominion Hall,, to-morrow evening. , . A notice of the - cancellation of the "bankruptcy of Mr Jas. W. Mcßae, of Stronvar, appears elsewhere. . At their rooms,, tn-day, Messrs R. E. Howell and Co., Ltd., will offer at auction a quantity of highclass furniture on accouht, of Mr Edward Collie, Wellington. A general line of sundries, poultry and produce will be sold at the same time. Messra RJ E..Howell^and 1 C 0. ,: auctioneers, report a brisk demand for second-hand furniture- and poultry of" all descriptions. Sales throughout the week have averaged—potatoes 5s 6d per cwt, swede turnips 5s sack, vegetables 8s sack, ducks 5s 6d,. roosters ss, hens 4s 6d pair. ? Special services will be conducted in Knox- Church,, to-morrow,, when the preach.er of the day will be the Rev. Isaac Jolly, M.A., of Palmgrston North. He will preach and evening, and special collections are requested to extinguish the"debt on the building. Services in the outfield will be conducted as follows : Kaituna 2.30 and Dreyerton 7.30, by Mr A. G. Crawford; and Miki Miki, 3 p.m., by Mr M. Gordon... ■ On page 7of this morning's issue' Messrs R. E. Howell and.Go., Ltd., announce thei arrival of. a big consignment of furniture. The range includes pieces of every description, manufactured according to. the most modern designs. Patrons requiring l household furniture of any kind are invited to call and inspect the selection on .view, atithe firm's mart in Perry, Street.. Messrs Dalgetj and; Go., Ltd., report holding a clearing sale on account of Mr' V. McKalielt, Ma®ga- , ramarama, on; Thursday, 28th inst. Although the' day. was wet a fair number of settlers turned up; Cows that had not been in: milk too long brought good prices up, to- £lO 2s, average of cows £5 Is, heifers and I empty cows £2ito «£3, 18-month heif--1 ers 375, bull. £2, milk cans 12s 6d to 165,, lease of 30 acres grass for three years 18s per acre.. Particular attention, i& niaw being paid by the W.F.C.A. t® the display of a very fine assortment of Christmas fruit, and the innumerable delicacies that are so popular at the festive season. The firm has a full supply of nili the finest goods of this class that can be procured, and their clients are invited to % make their selection as early as possible and to 'place their, orders for Christmas* hampers so that arrangements can be made for, early delivery. Full particulars of the fruits and other commodities will be found on page 4of this issue., , Messrs J. Alpass and Co., bakers and. confectioners* elsewhere have a special; word to say in connection with the coming Christmas season. The firm are making special preparations for the festive season, and orders for Christmas caskes will receive their best, attention. The display of seasonable goods on view in their window at the present timeindicates what the firm is capable of turning oat in the manufacture of first-class goods. The array of conSectionery is particularly attractive, land full ranges of every variety of the well-known Cadbury's and Cailler's manufactures are shown to advantage. Some exceptionally fine locally-grown cherries are, also, on. viqw, "Have followed the shearing season through Nfw Zetland and «31 over Australia, " says Mi- R. L Mcßean, Duntroon, New Zealand, "aDd tb'e changes of water and tucker always bring on an attack of . diarrhoea, and the only relief I can obtain is from Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and,Diarrhoea Remedy. Every shed now has some shearers who use this wonderful medicine, and always carry a bottle with theln," For sale by all dealers,

The rainfall* return for October shows that it rained twenty-five out •of the thirty-one days of October at Otira, during which period 23Jin of rain fell. This astonishing rainfall was exceeded at the Mount Cook Hermitage, where over 26in of rain ;fell in nineteen days. Nearly 13in were recorded in Greymouth in ■twenty one days, and 17Jin fell at Te "Mata (Raglan) on. nineteen days. Speaking at a meeting of milk suppliers in Auckland on Thursday night, Dr Mason, Chief Health Officer, said it was absolutely essential to ensure pure milk that proper -cans be provided. He knew of an instance in Wellington where a leak was stopped )( jap with soap. The 'vendors were not the only ones to blame; the public to a large extent were also to blame for leaving receptacles at doorsteps. He had seen dirt in jugs in Wellington before the qnilk got there and had also seen cats and dogs licking billies.' The "Wanganui Chronicle," in a leading article, describes the Gaming Act as a law which is destined to go •down to history as one of the'greatest triumphs of social reformers." A Woodville authority says that in •one of the largest factories in his ■ district the output of butter will not 'be as great as it was this time last "year. The season was very late in ■starting. He forecasts a great shortage of fcut'ier in the dominion this reason, fnd expects to see the present high prices maintained. During the hearing of the farm labourers' dispute before the Conciliation Board at Christchurch, Mr Acland referred to the high wages paid to boys in the country. "Boys are not to be had for love or money in the country," he said. "The boy sits up aloft and makes his own terms, and the farmer who has milking to be done has to make the best terms he can, if he has no sons of his own. The wages of boys have gone up from practically nothing to almost the same amount as men's. Boys of eighteen earn as much as £6s' a year, all found, as shepherds, and learn their trade at the same time." Mr A. C. Orr, of Christchurch, who has returned from America, says he had interviews with President Roosevelt and Mr J. D. Rockefeller, the richest nfen in the world. He says the latter, if hj? lives for another twelve years, will be the first billionaire man the world has ever seen. There was nothing in his appearance or conversation to indicate the fact. He seemed a kindly, philanthropic old man. A New Zealander recently back from an extended trip to the States has revived the question of tramcar etiquette. He says that a New York journal recently sent a lady reporter on the trams crossing Brooklyn Bridge with 50 dollars to be given to the first man who gave up his seat for her. She had to travel several days before she found someone to whom she' could award the money, and he was an old labouiing man. The Murrkans say that if women can compete with men in business, they ) are just as well able to stand in tramcars as men.