LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9165, 13 August 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There is at present a keen demand for the shares of the Worksop Dredging Company, and salea werd' recorded yesterday at 355.

Mails for the Commonwealth of Australia, Ceylon, India, Chin', Japan, Straits Settlements; ako South Africa, Continent of Europe and United Kingdom , per "Uliraaroa," will close at Masterton on Friday, at 6.15 a.m.

It was reported at yesterday's meeting of the North Wairarapa Benevolent Society that two inmates had left the Renall-Solway Home since the last meeting. One of them had gone north to join a lelative, and the secretary had found a suitable situation in Masterton for the other.

The annual meeting "of the Knox Church parishioners will be held this evening at half-past seven. During the evening short addresses will ;be given by visiting clergymen. A special musical programme, including a male quartette, will be rendered. Refreshments will be provided by the ladies of the Church.

A match will be played at the Lower Hutt, on Saturday, between the Featherston and Lower Hutt Golf Clubs. The following will represent Featherston:—Messrs Fenwick, Speedy, Bladen, Card, Allen, Bicknell, Toogood, E. Toogood, Burt, Williams, Everton, Cotter and G. Cundv. Mrs Saunders, Mrs Toogood, Mrs "Allen, Miss Viles and Mrs Speedy.

The final, social of a series in connection with the Pahiatua Anelican Church was held in the Drill Hall, Pahiatua, on Tuesday night. There was a good attendance and an enjoyable evening was spent. The music was supplied by Mr Hanby, of Palmerston North. Messrs Green.. Mime, Sturton, Nathan, and McAlister and Mesdames Milne and Manifold contributed musical items.

Miss Talbot, the Wellington Education Board's instructress in cookery, will commence the final term of her Ladies' Cookery Class to-morrow evening, in the Masterton District High School Cookery Room. Mi?s Talbot is a certificated teacher of cookery, and has conducted vety successful classes. Included in this term's programme will be—Soups (oyster nonsomme), fricass3 (fish), cream pie (American). fauchoiK-ttes, cannelons, breakfast dishes, supper dishes, and cakes.

At the meeting of the Wellington Presbytery on Tuesday, the Rev. Thompson asked that approval be given to the proposed additions to the church at Masterton. Already over £1.200 had been promised and was in hand to carry out the work. An organ had been cabled for, and once the plans were approved tenders would be immediatey called for. Approval as asked for was unanimously granted, gratification being expressed at the liberality shown by the Masterton people in providing the funds. The annual ball of the Opaki Quoits Club was held in Mr Wyeth's woolshed at Opaki on Tuesday evening, and was a very enjoyable function. About fifty couples were present, including a number of visitors from Masterton. The music was supplied by Mr Volheim, and Mr J. Nicholson was M.C. An excellent supper was provided by the members of the Club. It was announced during the evening that a number of trophies had been donated to the Club for competition. Mr S- Tankersley, the popular secreretary of th* Club, and an energetic committee spared no effort in making the function the success it was. YOU NEED NOT HELIEVE IT. It is truo just tho same. Success succeeds success and tho successful farmer is tho one that feeds his stock right particularly at this time of tho year. SUCKOSINE is what they want. It is tho most valuable winter food for all stock. .It goes further and is relatively cheaper than other foods. Obtainable from W.F.C.A., All Branches. For rheumatism, backache, faoeaeho earache, neuralgia, and other musculor pains nothing cau equal WITCH'S OIL (registered). 8

The main street of Carterton is at present in a disgraceful state, writes our correspondent. One cannot go along the thoroughfare at night without getting nearly bogged.

Some person unknown has been destroying horses in the Grey town district. The police are investigating the matter. Up to the present three horses have been killed.

Mr D. Jensen, of Waihakeke, won the "wedding cake," in the St. Mark's Bazaar monster candle-burn-ing competition. His guess was 59 hours 15 minutes, only a minute less than the time it took to burn. The other nearest guesses were:— Mrs Salmon. 59 hours 30 minutes; and Mr Edwards, 59 hours 45 minutes. The ladies of the Featherston Golf Cluo will play their first cieek competition this afternoon. caps are as follow:—Mrs Saunders owe 6, Mrs Toogood 9, Mrs > Allen 9, Miss Viles 9, Mrs Lucas 17, Mrs Fenwick 23, Mis Speedy 23, Mrs Wickens 30, Mrs A. J. Toogood 32, Mrs Williams 40, Miss Tyer 40. The Pahiatua Hospital Trustees were advised on Tuesday evening by their Wellington agents that two patent lire extinguishers had been forwarded. During the past month eleven natients have been admitted to the" Hospital, and seven discharged. No deaths occurred. Twelve patients remain in the institution.

The sneak thief is at work again in Greytown—this time "borrowing" certain journals from the readingroom, says the "Standard." The price of newspapers, nowadays, is within the reach of every individual, and the purloining act is a despicable one, to say the least of it. At Carterton, quite recently, a young man was sentenced to imprisonment for theft of periodicals from the library, and this should prove a warning to the light-fingered gentry. v '

The American visitors in Auckland have been much impressed by the inscription "Welcome" in front of the police station. Apropos of decorations, says an Auckland paper,, we heard that a man went on board the flagship and asked if the Admiral had gone off. "No," was the answer, "hut, by gum, he will when he sees some of tho decorations!" The point of the remark lies in the fact that the majority of the American flags have been hoisted wrong side up.

Information from the Mackenize country is to the effect that the snow is'slowly melting, but so slowly that there is very little "black country" on the Tekapo side, or on the range west of Fairlie. Sheep are still being "raked" out on some of the runs, and they are otten found to be much stronger thin was expected after a month of starvation. In many casts (says the "Lyttelton Times'") the sheep have eaten the wool off one another's'backs. The tracks, that have been ploughed are now floored with uneven ice, that makes it impossible to ride along them faster than at a walking pace.

A Press Association telegram from Gisborne states that when the steamer Monowai was Leing tendered for passengers yesterday morning, a welldressed woman, from Wellington, on reaching the deck of the steamer Tuatea, (stepped overboard. There was a nasty sea running, and she was rapidly carried away. Mr Douglas Hamilton, a member of the Frank Thornton Dramatic Company, promptly jumped overboard, and at great risk to himseif brought the woman to the boat, which he reached in an exhausted state. Tha woman is said to have been suffering from melancholia in consequence of the death of a relative.

In the last two months or less there have been 19 conferences held in Wellington. There have been conferences of AcclimatisationJSocieties, Public Service Representatives, Trades and Labour Councils, Commercial! Travellers, Anglican Synod, Maori Conference, Maori Congress, Pharmaceutical Chemists, Farmers'' Union, Sawmillers, Wharf Labourers, Trotting Clubs, Racing Clubs, Hospital and Charitable Aid Boards, Milk Vendors, New Zealand Nolicense Alliance, Licensed Victuallers, Societies for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and Municipal Association. A conference of Chambers of Commerce is now being arranged.

The police force of New Zealand cost in 1907 3s per head of population, and ,3s 2£d in 1908. Thet-p is one policeman to 1,331 of population. In 1884, when our population was 587,295, the cost was 3s;3d per head, so that the expenditure has been kept well within limits, notwithstanding the fact that there has been a large increase in the police force with the growth of population. By comparison with !|the neighbouring colonies. New Zealand comes out very well. Victoria pays 4s s£d per head, New South Wales 5s lOd, South Australia 4s, Queensland 7s ljd, 'West Australia 9s 4d, and Tasmania 3s lOd. Owing to the continued growth of the population especially as regards the city and suburbs of Wellington and Auckland, the Commissioner of Police states that a further augmentation of at least 40 men will be necessary during the current year, and he has therefore recommended an increase accordingly.

In connection with the investigations thatj.are being made into the relative cost of building dwellings in concrete, an architect writes to the Auckland "Herald":—"Thirty years ago I built for the Otago Government, near Dunedin, a row of peven cottages with concrete walls and floors by day labour, the Government providing all the materials. When completed they were £l7 10s each cheaper than a similar iow of wooden ones built within half a mile of them. At that time cement was 22s 6d per cask. Here it is now about half that price to say nothing of the excellent hydraulic lime to be got, and which is cheaper still. In 1874 I built the Star Hotel here with lime and scoria, and that building still speaks for itself. For the bulk material for concrete, New Zealand generally is one of the most favoured countries. So, with its scoria, beach and river shingle and diggers' talings and cheap lime and cement, concrete buildings could, without doubt, be built cheaper than wooden. on*s —that is, if properly gone about."

A seven-year-old bullock, weighing 2,§3§lb, was slaughtered at Nelson, and Weighed after dressing 1,8501b. The tat on his back was a foot thick.

The Mangarei Co-operative Dairy Company (Taranaki) has disposed of the August output at Is 4|d f.o.b. net. This is believed to be a record.

The mails which left Sydney on the 7th July by the R M.S. Aoranig. via Vancouver, arrived in London on the morning of the ,10th instant —two days early.

Two nominations have been received for the extraordinary vacancies on the Greytown Borough Council, caused by the retirement of Messrs Stevens and Humphreys, namely, Mr H. Tully and Mr J. E. Raison.

Cases containing 150 dozen preserved eggs were seized and condemned by the health authorities at Dunedin yesterday, about 75 per cent, of them being bad. The eggs had been apparently acted on by some acid in the preserving compound used.

A colt, which belonged to Mr Luke Kingi, and which was injured at Papawai some days ago, died on Tuesday night. Mr Taylor, M.R.C. V.S., of Masterton, who was called to attend the animal, gave it as his opinion that death was the result of ' a gunshot wound.

A deputation representing 10,000 shop assistants waited on the Victorian Minister for Laoour recently and asked him to amend the law so as to provide a universal Saturday halfholiday. The Minister expressed himself personally in favour of the deputationist3' requests.

A Napier dealer in jewellery had arranged with an Auckland jeweller to send down a diamond ring valued at £SO with a view to purchase. The ring was wrapped up in readiness to be posted, but during the absence of the owner from the shop between five and six in the evening, a robber effaced an entrance, and helped himself to £SOO worth of valuable's, including the diamond ring. As the Napier dealer had not affected the purchase of the ring the loss falls ou the Auckland jeweller. Something unprecedented in the history of local bodies is chronicled in Auckland. A borough council has actually declined a Government grant. The Te Aroha Council has practically told the Government to keep a sum of £SOO which is offered. However, the local body is not as proud as its action, at first sight, would make it out to be. Cabinet agreed to give £SOO towards the cost of improving; the town water supply, on condition that, from the date of the payment of this sura, no lurther shares should be made for the supply of water to any Government Department or woiks within the borough of Te Aroha. The Council decided to refuse the grant under this condition. The most ridiculous of; fools is the man who thinks he can't bp fooled. In the Western Australia Court, att the Franco-British are a number of fine gold nuggets and other specimens obtained from some of the Kalgoorlie and other famous Western Australian mines, valued altogether at £200,000, and guarded day and night by police. A visitor' spent some time inspecting these specimens. Turning to Mr Maitland, the Government geologist in charge of the exhibits, he said: "I dioVt ' think you could make such: good models in your country." They are not models," Mr Maitland replied, "they are actual gold specimens exactly as they came from the mines." "Get along," the stranger retorted, "You can't fool me, I'm from Yorkshire I"

The patrol parties from the American warships in Auckland are by no means figure heads, writes an Auckland correspondent. They carried very formidable-looking batons, and any obstreperous sailor who received one tap from one of those batons was not likely to want ano*her. The patrol men went everywhere—into theatres hotel bars and side-streets—-watching for any disturbance, and where anything in the nature of a riotous behaviour occurred the patrol was on the spot! in less time than it would take to call for them. Out from one side-street came six rather merry "Jackies." They had evidently ki:own where to find a "Manhattan cocktail" or two, and the patrol pounced on v them. "Fall in," ordered the chief of Jthe patrol. The' habit of discipline is very strong, and merry as they were' the sailors automatically obeyed. "March" came the n"xt order, and the little group was safely taken to their launch and sent on board.

Speaking of trades suggests something in which the people of New Zealand will be interested (writes the Ottawa correspondent of the "Otago Daily Times"). In 1905"" there were 157 woollen mills in Canada, small and large, giving employment to 6,863 persons. Upwards of £2,000,000 was invested in this in- " dustry. A*; that time the importation of woollen fabrics amounted in value of £1,500.000. Now there are not more than 100 mills in operation, and the imports for 1907 exceeded £4,000,000. These facts would seem to point to the conclusion that the domestic manufacture of woollens, involving the use of homegrown and foreign wool, is not pros-, pering. This result is disappointing. In a country where the wearing of woollen garments is a necessity during a large part of the year, and which is capable of producing rawwool, it is natural that we should expect to help ourselves in this matter.

Local jealousies have already been aroused in Auckland in connection with the fleet 1 celebrations. Thus "A Quondam Member" in the Auckland "Herald" regarding the invitations to the State ball:— "Whilst every city councillor is invited to this function, which will certainly be historic, even ehairmeu of large adjacent suburban local bodies have been passed over as such, several of them being professional men, exceptions being made only in cases in which the holder of the office held military or semi-militarv rank. Numbers of private and non-official persons; and persons not generally persona gratae to the great mass of the citizens, have been invited, who, as a rule, accept invitations, yet, do not attend, whilst numbers been invited from other parts of.'"' the Dominion who camwt attend, so that the plea of want of room is hardly sufficient reason to account for the oversight,"

Mr F. P. Welch, land agent, Masterton, advertises particulars of two good dairy farms placed in his hands .for sale. Mr A. Crawford, land agent, Auckland, advertises particulars of a number of properties placed in his hands for sale. Style and fit, with quality and price -corresponding, are some of the essential features of the new season's -clothing at Messrs Hooper and Co.'s. A Rambler bicycle, found on the •Opak-Mauricevillo Road, awaits .-ownership, and can be'iobtained from .MrW. James, Rangitumau. A-rating notice is inserted by the "Mauriccville County Council, which :■ appears elsewhere in this morning's issue.

The boot department of the W.F.C.A., Ltd., draw attention to a special consignment of the latest and most fashionable ladies' footwear just to hand.

Mr J. R. Nicol, auctioneer, will hold an unreserved sale of household ~-tr/rniture, on behalf of Mrs Kirkby, «»on Saturday, August 15th, at 2 p.m., .-at the residence No. 24 Wrigley Street.

The Masterton Orchestral Society .announce that their second concert of > their fifth season will be held on 'Tuesday, August 25th, in the Town : Hall. The box plan may be seen at /.Mr J. Candy's shop, Queen Street.

An advertiser has to let a 26-acre farm, with 7-roomed house and cowshed. It is situated near station, school, and creamery. The address can be obtained on application to this office.

Mr H. A. Bygum inserts a notice in this morning's issue that persons found trespassing on his Mungaraupu property, with dogs or gun, will be prosecuted:; and that all dogs will be shot.

Miss Spellman (certificated St. Helen's Hospital, Wellington) announces that she has opened an up-to-date private maternity hospital at 31 Worksop Road. Full particulars can be obtained on application. The Wairarapa Hunt Club invite tenders, to dose on Thursday, August 20th, for the privileges of the publican's booth and luncheon and afternoon tea in connection with the Club's Steeplechase Meeting, to be held on August 27th.

The Post Office Auction Mart notify the residents of Masterton and surrounding district that they conduct sales in any part of the town or country. The charges are reasonable, and clients can rely on receiving pompt,and efficient attention to all instructions.

The Masterton Borough Council elsewhere irrvite tenders for the renting nf 37J acres, the balance of the Waterworks Re&erve, for a period of twelve months, with the right of renewal for a further term of one year at the same rent. Tenders will be received by the Acting-Town Clerk up to noon of the 18th instant.

Mr P. Hami'll, draper and outfitter, announces, in a change advertisement in this morning's issue, that hs 4ias opened an up-to-date ladies' and gentlemen's tailoring departmtnt in connection with the business.' A ilarge stock of the latest and most fashionable goods in tweeds, wor f£jd3, and costume cloths are now open for selection. Mr Haraill hap -secured the services of Mr W. H. Marriott as cutter for the new department, who has had a wids experience at the business, and holds very high reference 3. All orders placed with the firm will receive prompt attention, and satisfaction is vguaranteed.

A very fine exposition of billiards was given last night at the Central Hotel billiard' room. The players were Master Gray, of Australia, and *a well-known local amateur, the former conceding his opponent 150 points in a game of 500 up. Master Cray has been heralded as one of the world's best players on the losing , "hazard stroke, and at a very early stage of the game he produced substantial evidence of his claim by running up a break of 158, in which only two cannons were made. His judgi ment of pace and strength is little short of marvellous. During the .■game Master Gray made breaks of 158, 56, 42. and eventually ran out with 88 unfinished. His opponent's best breaks were 35, 23, and 22. The performance of the boy is all the .more creditable, for he is but sixteen years of age. He is a slight-built youth with a pleasant personality, and his father says that when the boy is not playing billiards he likes to be playing marbles, or join in other boyish Karnes. Master Gray ■ carries a very beautiful gold watch, which -vas presented to him by Mr J. R. -Belfield, amateur champion of Australia, when the latter was beaten in a game of 600 up by the toy, who is surely a wonder-child in ;fie world of billiards.