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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9064, 13 April 1908, Page 4

The Rongokokako Dairy Factory is now only receiving milk three times a week. The profit on the autumn meeting of the Masterton Racing Club amounted to £l3l 3s Bd. At the stock sales at Eketahuna on Friday last, a number of pens of sheep were ticketed as being infested with lice. Subscribers to the local telephone exchange who have overlooked the payment of their subscription for the current half-year are reminded that they will be disconnected from the Exchange if the amount is not paid by 4 p.m. to-day. Application has been made to the Court of Arbitration to extend the bricklayers' award (which was made on September 6th, 1906) to additional employers, as follows:—Napier, 20; Masterton, 11; Hastings, 36; and Palmerston North, 23. The annual meeting of parishioners of S. Matthew's Church will be held on April 29th. The meeting will take the form of a social to say farewell to Rev. A. M. Johnson, who is leaving Masterton to take charge of St. Mark's, Wellington, and also to welcome Rev. Watson, the new Vicar.

The Masterton Racing Club are considering the advisability of still further improving the appointments of their course, and at Saturday's meeting of Stewards the following committee was set up to report on the question:—Messrs C. F. Vallance, J. Macara, C. A. Pownall, J. Cress and O. C. Cooper.

At the annual meeting of the Carterton Gun Club, held at Carterton on Friday night, the balance sheet showed a credit of £l2 8s Id. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year:— President, Mr J. Oaies; Vice-Presidents, Messrs G. W. Deller, J. T. M. Hornsby, M.P., W. C. Buchanan, B. Scannell, W. M. Halley, W. Howard Booth; secretary, Mr C. S. Beechey (reelected.

At the conclusion of the evening service at S. Matthew' Church, last evening, the choir gave a rendering of Stainer's "Crucifixion." The congregation was laige, and it was manifest that the cantata favourably impressed the listeners. The rendering of the various passages was highly meritorious ar.d was, if anything, an improvement on the last performance which took place recently. The 3oloists were Messrs Fendall, Hunn, Nixon and Earee, and the several numbers were most effectively rendered. The chorus work was also of a high order.

Knox Church was prettily decorated yesterday, on the occasion of the Sunday school anniversary. Special se-vices were held in the morning, afternoon and evening, at which the Rev. A. T. Thompson delivered appropriate sermons, and music of a special character was sung by the children, assisted by the choir and an orchestra. The congregations were very large, and the services of a hearty nature throughout, the choirmaster, Mr R. J. Young, having pvidentiy devoted considerable time to the preparation of the musical portion. Miss M. McKcnzie sang "Blessing the Children" as a solo at the afternoon and evening services. The decoration of ths church was done by the Ladies' Bible Class.

The question of the disposal of the present Showgrounds was brought up at the General Committee meeting of the Master ton A. and P. Association on Saturday. Mr P. L. HoiLings wrote asking whether the Association was prepared to grant an option for the purchase of the grounds tor the purpose of submitting the p&aie to a poll of ratepayers of Masterton, the grounds to be used for recreative purposes. The secretary of the Masterton Football Club, Mr D.. E. Parton, also wrote asking on what conditio.! (if any) the Association was prepared to dispose of a portion of the grounds—in particular, the portion at present used for football purposes, and a strip of the bank,including the present pavill--10113. It was decided to set up a committee composed of the President, Messrs D. McGregor, G. C. Sjmmerell, Wm. Perry, and C. E. Daniell, to deal with the matter. The monthly meeting of the Stewards of t e Masterton Racing Club was held on Saturday afternoon, there being present*. Messrs C. F. Vallate (chairm-in), A. J. Welch, P. C. Coop r, C. li. Sraitl), W. lorns, J. lorns, J. Macara, tV. Piatt, C. A. Pownall, A G. Pilmer, J. Cress. An apology for at'seuce was received from Mr D. McLachlan. The Wellington Racing Club wrote forwarding a jockey's license for T. McUrath, trainer's license for A. Watson, and gentleman ruler's license for C. J. Bennett. A letter was received from the Traffic Superintendent of the Railway Department, stating that the Club's request for a platform and shelter shed at the siding opposite the Opaki racecourse could not be granted. Messrs Bunny and Dolan wrote asking the Club to withhold the stakes won by Gaelic at the last meeting, but it was decided to pay the money to the nominator of Gaelic.

The first horning pigeon "fly" of the newly-formed Master ton Homing Pigeon Club took place on Saturday. The birds, six in all, were sent by morning train to WooiMUe, and were therd liberated by the stationmaster at 12.3 p.m. The first bird to arrive was Mr H. E. Billingum's "Westmere," which reached its loft at 2.7 p.m.; the second arrival was Mr H. L. Pickett's "Black Prince," which arrived two minutes later; the third was another -bird belonging to Mr Billington, "South Star," whi".h arrived about a minute later than the second bird. The air line is about 48J miles, and the velocity of the winning bird was, roughly 670 yards • per minute-not a very rapid rate of but contrary winds retarded rapidity of flight. The Club is adding to its membership rapidly. The next match will be flown from Dannevirke. .STRONG LAMBS. Healthy Hoggets, Increased Clip. Secured by using vennocine, the famous internal parasite destroyer and tonic. Its tonic properties are especially valuable, as besides killing and expelling parsites, it operates immediately in building up the system, and so prevents fresh attack. Prepared by the A. and P. Food Co., Ltd. Obtainable from W.F.C.A., Ltd. -

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According to the "Tapanui Courier," a lot of deer poaching has been going on, and since Ist April illegitimate shooting has been very rife. The Mastprton South Brass Band have arranged to give a recital of sacred music in the Town Hall on Easter Sunday, commencing at 8.15 p.m. A collection will be made in aid of the instrument fund. Owing to a printer's error in the report of Mr R. R. Martin's speech at Taueru on Friday night it was made to appear that the loss on the working of the dominion's railways was £6OO per annum, whereas Mr Martin stated it to be £621,000. The following donations have been received by the Carcerton Fire Brigade :—Mr F. E. Tyler £l, Mr E. Goodin 10s. Mr T. G. Underbill fitted up the sanitary arrangements at the new station free of cost. Opaki Rifle Club has accepted the invitation of Fairvievv Rifle Club to » spend Easter Monday on the Fairview range, a fixture held annually, at which a very enjoyable outing is invariably spent in rifle shooting and various lighter pastimes. The Y.M.C.A. meeting, yesterday, was largely attended, when Mr O. C. Pragnell delivered a spirited address on "Objects of the Association." Mr C. Ibbetson was the soloist. Over thirty persons sat down to tea, including eight strangers, who wer>9' cordially welcomed. The Eketahuna Mounted Rifles held a shooting competition for the championship belt on Thursday last. Corporal Marenzi was top scorer with' 87, the next highest being Sergeant Hill (82), Private Olsen (79), Private Preece (78). Messrs Dalgety and Co., Limited,, report having received a cable from their London office to the effect that a firmer tone is now ruling in th°. hemp market, and present values are quoted "good fair" at £25 10s to £25 15s per ton. A match for a side-wager was run at Pahiatua, on Saturday last, between Messrs S. Girvvood and E. Cook, the distance being 220 yards. The latter won by five yards after a good race. A number of other matches over a similar distance are being arranged.

Forms of application are now being distributed among Civil Servants throughout the dominion for a refund from the Public Trust Office of the amount deducted annually from their salaries since the Civil Servants Reform Act, 1886, for retiring allowance, the superannuation scheme having now superseded the latter. Several officers in the Masterton Office have from £6O to £IOO to draw from the Treasury.

The Carterton Rifle Volunteers, t> gether with a number of the Masterton Rifles, held a Church Parade at St. Mark's Church, Carterton, terday. The Volunteers fell in at the Carterton drillshed, and headed by the Carttrton Brass Band, Pipers Ingram and Pearson, of Caiterton, and members of the Masterton Pipe Band, marched to the church, where an impressive service was held, the Rev. R. Young, Chaplain, officiating.

This week will be an important one with the local branch of the Y.M.C.A. Messrs W. Gillanders, 8.A., National Secretary, and H. N. Holmes, Secretary for the Wellington centre, will visit iVasterton, and will be banqueted at the Association rooms at 8 o'clock on Wednesday evening. On Thursday evening a lecture, illustrated by lime light views, will be given by Mr Gillanders in the Foresters' Hall, and musical items will be rendered by the Y.M.C.A. quarte'.te party.

At the meeting of the stewards of the Masterton Racing Club, on Saturday last, the secretary submitted the balance-sheet in connection with the recent meeting, which showed a credit balance of £l3l 3s Bd. The receipts were set down at £1,766 153 (nominations £164 10s, acceptances £179 10s, privileges £SO, race books £56 12s 6d, outside gates £62 13s-, grandstand and saddling paddock £47 3s, totalisator £747 15s Gd, bookmakers £360 10s), and the expenditure £1,635 11h 4d (stakes £1,250, Government tax on totalisator £122 lis lOd, printing and advertising £64 ss, gatekeepers £3O 15s, judge £ls handicapper £2O, starter £lO 10s, cartage £l2),

A new grader for potatoes and onions has bsen tried in Melbourne. It operates in much the same manner as that which received the Government award last year. The potatoes are forked on to an elevator, by which they are lifted to the top of the machine. Here they are tipped on to a carriage of ropes and roller?, and in their passage over this the grading process is performed, the tubers being automatically sorted into three sizes. It is claimed that from 20 to 25 bags per hour can be graded by the apparatus, which requires two attendants, one to work it by handle and the other to feed it. In the opinion of the Government expert, a trial of the machine gave: very satisfactory results.

In order to find out the amount of money lost through the abuse of the credit system, the Southland "Daily News" went to some trouble and obtained some striking information. Taking Inve'rcargill as an example, it found that one collector alone, acting for some 160 clients, has no less that £33,000 on his books, and of this sum he states that at least £20,000 is absolutely irrecoverable. This is startling enough in itself, but it represents only a section of the business community, and the "News" says that it is in a position to state that no less than £IOO,OOO has been lost to retailers at Invercargill during the last ten years. With such evidence, is it surprising, asks the "News," that business men are bestirring themselves in the matter? On a basis, of population,, at the rate of for every 10,000 of population, there is the seemingly prepostsrous fact that no less than £9,000,000 has been lost to the retailers of the dominion by bad debts incurred during the past decade.

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There are at present nine patients in the Grey town Hospitf 1. There is said to be a good deal of .sickness in the Moriaon's Bush district just now. The Wanganui Agricultural Association at present has 105 life, and 720 ordinary members. The Stock returns for 1907 show that there is a total of 6,912,519 cattle, 26,116,503 sheep, and 2,636,808 pigs in Great Britain. The Poverty Bay Rifle Association has resolved to enter a team to shoot for the London "Daily Mail" cup, valued at 50 guineas, open to all rifle associations and clubs throughout the Empire. Cardinal Moran recently paid a tribute to New Zealanders as dancers. He told his hearers that while in J<lew Zealand recently he had been greatly pleased with the dancing he had seen there. He had never seen anything more beautiful than some of the New Zealand terpsichorean efTorts, and he humorously suggested that some local people should journey to the dominion to learn the steps, and return and perform them at Hunter's Hill. According to a statement prepared by the Australian Postal Department, the letters posted in New South Wales since 1901 for delivery within the State have increased by 40,000,000 a year, in Victoria by 26,000,000 a year, in Queensland and South Australia 6,000,000 each a year. The Tasmanian and Western Australian business also shows an increase. The parcels business, to'j, has grown considerably At present Victors ami Queensland each distribute . 'early 400,000 parcels a year within their own boundaries. That number i 3 easily exceeded by the New South Wales total. Some curious evidence has been given at Rangiora, before the Conciliation Board. Joseph Loveday, farm labourer, of'Ohoka, said that he was aged 29, and was married, and had three children. He had owned a farm for seven years, but, owing to poorness of crops, ho had lost £4OO, and had had to go back to labouring. He had joined the Farm Labovours' Union, at Ohokn, but the schedule of conditions had not been discussed, and the branch had not an opportunity of expressing itself on them. A dozen men had joined at the same time as himself, but he did not think that any of them were genuine farm labourers. The general farm worker of Ohoka was not a member of the union. He did not think a farm could be worked by set rules and conditions and he would prefer to have the present conditions. He had heard of no dissatisfaction except among loafers. "One of Auckland's besetting sins," said the Rev. J. A. Luxford at a meeting of the Auckland Ministers' Association, last week, "is Sunday pleasure seeking, and if not l-isisted it will have a far reaching and disastrous effect.". The rev. gentleman said that while no one would object to recreation or pleasure in moderation, he thought it was time for the churches to sound a note of alarm. It had been said a few years ago that a statutory halfholiday would bo the means of filling" the churches on Sunday. The people now had their halfholiday but wero not satisfied, and continued to invade the sanctity of the Sunday. Pleasure-seeking on Sunday, he said, was doing moral harm to the recipients of pleasure, and both physical and moral harm to the hur.dreds who were called upon to cater for the Sabbath-breaker. The New Zealand Railways Department advertises special train services for the Easter Holidays. A notice to make returns under the Land and Income Assessment Act, 1900, is inserted by the Commissioner of Taxes.

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A da.ry farm of 220 acres in the { Hawke's Buy district is advertised for sale by Messrs Wrattan and Spence, land agents, Dannevirke. Mr D. Charteris, land agent, New Plymouth, advertises particular* of several sheen and dairy farms in the Taranaki district. The properties at', said to be of exceptional value. Dr Ridgwa.v's Creasoted Lung Balsam, an excellent remedy for colds, is obtainable from The Austral Botanic Manufacturing Company, Queen Street, and the principal stores. A meeting of those interested in further prospecting the coal measures at Mauriceville will be held in the Dominion Hall at 7.30 o'clock tonight. At the residence of Mrs Mcßride, Albert Street, on Wednesday, at 2 o'clock, Mr J. R. Nicol will offer at auction the whole of her furniture and household effects. Those in search of farm properties will find particulars of several good investments .advertised by Messrs Rose, Ltd., auctioneers, Dannevirke. In addition the firm have on their list a number of profitable businesses for sale. In connection with his candidature for the Mayoral election, Mr P. L. Hollings invites the electors to meet him in the Town Hall at 8.15 o'clock to-morrow evening, when he will deal with the administration of the past year. The dress circle has been reserved for ladies. At the'*Masterton"Auction Mart, on Wednesday afternoon, Mr J. R. Niwil, in conjunction with Messrs Ro-ts and McGregor, will sell the lease, for about seven years, and the stock of the Book Arcade. Particulars will be given on application to 'the auctioneer, or Messrs Ross and McGregor. To-day Messrs McLeod and Young, of the Academy, will commence their .'first annual clearing sale of books, fancy goods, and toys. The firm point out that this step has been taken in order to facilitate stocktaking, and bargains in all lines will •be given to purchasers. The stock •of fancy and leather goods is a particularly good one, and all lines are - equally reduced. Mr C. F. B. Livesay, Architect of Wellington, has moved to move convenient ' rooms in the National Mutual Chambers. • ■Customhouse Quay, (adjoining the Head •Office of the Bank of N.Z.) Address— SP.O. Box 771. Telephone 2803,

Rabbi Goldstein, of Auckland, protests against the idea as stated by the Christchurch society for the prevention of cruelty to animals that the Jewish method of killing cattle is necessarily cruel, contending that it causes less pain than any other way. Commissioners Ross and Kershaw have been appointed by the Martinborough Town Board to attend a meeting called by the Wairarapa and Ejst Coast Pastoral and Agricultural Society to discuss the question of urging the Government to establish an experimental farm in the Wairarapa. There is a probability that a btate Coal Depot will be established in Dunedin shortly. The Minister of Mines has informed Mr Arnold, M.P., that he is negotiating for a piece of land, and hopes to have a depot established in the near future. The Gisborne Technical School is initiating cooking classes for youths a3 well as girls, considering that the opportunity should bo. afforded young rr.eit whose occupation takes them to places where competent cooks are not available, to secure a knowledge of plain cooking. A rumour has been persistent for some time (says the Oamaru correspondent of the "Otago Daily Times,") that the Hon. T. Y. Duncan is to be promoted to tho Legislative Council, and that he will not ba a candidate at the forthcoming general election. The "Oamaru Mail" mentions, on the'authority of Mr Duncan himself, that there is no truth in the statement so far as he is concerned, and that he does not intend to forsake his supporters. From Wellington comes also the rumour that Mr Duncan may be offered a seat in the Cabinet without portfolio but apparently this was not mentioned at tha time of *he conversation recorded by the "Mail."