LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9169, 18 August 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The price of butter is steadily rising in Carterton. One store is ask - ing Is lOd per lb ratai', writes our correspondent. The lambing season h'ia commenced in the South Wairarapa, and given favourable weather there shouli be record returns. Mr Dillon, of D ilelield, narrowly escaped serious injury on Thursday morning last, j.car the Dalefield railway crossing. Ha was proceeding along the road as the up express'was approaching, and did not hear the whistle, until close to the crossing, and pulling up sharply, the horse swerved and capsized the vehicle. The driver of the train pulled up, hut on investigation found that Mr Dillon had escaped injury, and was able to proceed on his way. The quick results of Chamberlain s Tnb-lot-H in the cure of lJiliousuess, and prompt relief of all its bad symptoms is something unequalled by any other medicine. , They ulcanse the stomach, cl-ur out and gently stimulate the liver, drive away every symptom of pain, distress aud discomfort. For sale by all chemists and storekeepers.

Parliament will Le resumed tomorrow. The store and post office at Dyer (Lower Valley) was burned down on Saturday morning. All the dairy factories in the Carterton district will re-open for cheese making eaily next month. A start has been made by Mr T. S. Arcus and Sons with the erection of a stewards' stand on the Taratahi racecourse. The Mutual Trading Company, Carterton, have decided not to go into liquidation, writes our correspondent. Satisfactory arrangements are being; made to mett the wishes of the creditors. All through the Lower Valley the new gra?s is coming on well, especially where seed was sovVii after the grass tires last summer. " Generally I speaidng. the sea;on promises to be a good one. Twenty thousand young rainbow trout-the first of the season —were forwarded to iiawke's Bay yesterday from the Masterton Fish Hatcheries. "We have had a most successful hatching this season," remarked Mr J. Millar, curator of the Fishponds, to a Wairarapa Age reporter. "The number of fish hatched during the season was 600,000." Our Pahiatua correspondent writes: —Mr H. Jacobs, an old and wellknown settler of the Pahiatua district, is leaving very shortly for Queensland in connection with the purchase of tome 10,000 acres in the Romo district. The property has, it is understood, returned during the last six years' an amount equal to £4,600 per annum. \ Quite a sheaf of applications for enrolment on the supplementary electoral roll for the Masterton electorate shows that election campaigning is proceeding in real earnest. The Returning Officer (Mr M. Foley) has received ov«r four hundred fresh names for the supplementary roll.

The Endeavour Lodge held its weekly session last evening. Bro. King, P.0.T., occupied the chair in the absence ot' CT. Bro. Heyhoo. One member was initiated into the Order. Bros. Morris, Leete, and Gilbert and were appointed tow ait on the Rechabites in reference to the betterment of the Temperance section.

According to information supplied to the "Poverty Bay Herald, ' the activity of the mud springs at Waimata, near Gisborne, seems to be closely associated with the presence of petroleum, which is plentiful in several parts of the Poverty Bay district. It is shown that in many other countries petroleum occurs in the immediate neighbourhood of mud volcanoes.

On their link.", on Saturday last, the Hutt Golf Club beat the Featherston Club. The clubs have now played in all four matches each side having won two. Featherston put seventeen players in the field —fourteen men and three ladies. They won four matches, tne winners being Messrs Bidwill, James, and Williams in the men's match, and Miss Viles in th? ladies, while Mr G,il. Cundy playei all square /with Mr Maxwell. On the previous occasion Featherston won ;ill the gamt-s.

Trie nueting of the Y'.M.C.a. DeSociety, last evening, took the form of a "question box." There was a good attendance of members, ar.d an interesting evening was spent. Tnejudges announced that the test piece for the elocutionary contest would be sent to each contestant this week provided he sends in his name to the secretary of the Debating Society within three days. The contest i* opsn to financial members of the Dt bating Society.

In connection with the American "welcome flags," Mr J. Hunter received the following telegram from the Premier last night: —"John Hunter, Esq., Secretary Subscribers Committee. Masterton, —I have very much pleasure in informing you that fleet week in Auckland has been a very great success from every point of view. The Commander-in-Chief of the U.S.A. Atlantic Fleet, exp-essed himself as being especially pleased with the flags bf welcome from the various cities and boroughs., He said it' afforded tangible evidence of the goodwill of tne people of New Zealand towards the American visitors. I desire, on behalf of the Government, to thank you for having 'contributed a flag of welcome.—J. G. Ward." 4 general meeting of the members of the Masttnon Choral Society to elect olfi'-ers and a general committee will be held to-day. Among matters to be considered will iie the question of engaging- the services of i4r Charles Saunders and his wife (Miss Clara Robson) for the coming concert, in which they would sing respectively the parts of "The Lover" and "Queen Elizabeth," in Sir Sfcerndale Bennett's cantata "The May Queen." Mr and Mrs Saunders would also contribute several items on the miscellaneous part of the concert; and the assistance of the great English tenor and contralto will no doubt guarantee a full house. The orchestral part of "The May Queen" have not yet come to hand, haying been detained owing to Jthe postponement of the concert of the Society from which they are being borrowed; but these and some other music are expected next week, when a practice of the combined choir and band will be held. It is hoped that there will I be a full meeting to-morrow evening, both for the sake of the practice and also that a strong committee and body of officers tnav be appointed. Yv*li\? I S.S AND^Ru SONS PUKE VOLATILE ECCALYPI'I EXTRACT superior to an/ other Eucalypti Product ? Because it; is th» rosuit of full experience, and of a special and carotid process of maim- ' faeture. Tt i* always sate, reliable and effective, and the dangers of irresponsible preparations which are uo-v paUiwA oil' a-3 Extract are avoided. A death was recently r 'ported from the use of one of tht so concoctions und in an action at. law a witnovs testified that he suffered Uio most cruel irritation from the application to an ulcer of another, which was sold as "Just as good as SANDER'S EXTRACT." Therefore, beware of such deception. Remember that in medicine a drop that cures is better than a tablespoon that kills, and insist upon the preparation which was proved by experts at the Supreme Court of Victoria, and bv numerous authorities during the last ;S5 years, to be a preparation of genuine merit, viz: THE GENUINE SANDER AND SONS PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.

Two hundred and twenty-five n6w books have recently been added to the Greytown School library., The retail price of factory butter in Greytown is Is 5d per lb, separator Is 2d, and dairy Is Id. Ploughing operations are in full swing in the Carterton district, and' a much greater ar«?a than usual will, be put under crop. Mr E. Gates, employed op Stonestead station, Greytown, severely l gashed his hand with a slasher on Friday, necessitating surgical aid. The members of the Masterton Mounted Rifles will act as escorc to. His Excellency the Governor, |who will visit Masterton to-morrow. The Wairarapa District Court, which was to have opened its quarterly session at Masterton on Friday,, has been adjourned for a week. One of the scholars at the Greytown School, Oscar Bicknell, had his ankle-bone broken on Friday, the result of a fall received while wrefi , ling with another boy. A deputation from the Trotting Club will meet the Committee of the Masterton P. Association to-day in the Club securing a course Solway Showgrounds. While endeavouring to alight a swiftly moving tram-cat in Symonds street, Auckland, on evening, a young woman, named Whiteleigh, aged aboit 22 years,, whose parents reside at Litchfield, street, Fonsonby, fell and sustained such severe injuries to her head that, she died within four hours after tha accident.

One of Wellington's leading 1 builders says that he has not the least; difficulty in obtaining all the labour he requires. He has been much struck by the number of plasterers who are seeking employment. So far as he knows, there ate now more men in that line out of work than at any time during the past ten years. Plasterers will, however, be in better demand as soon as some large build - ines at present in hand are approach ing the finishing stages. A paragraph has been going the round of the New Zealand papers to the efiect that recently Lady Plunlcet is said to have exprtssed her opinion that the factory girls of Auckland, should wear bonnets and shawls, and domestic servants black sailor hats, during Fleet week. The absurdity of the statement should carry its own refutation; but as her Excellency hasbeen asked in many quarters whether it is true, the Auckland papers'have been asked to state that it is a pure invention. A Press Association telegram from. Napier states that the cases in which Leslie Fowler, William Stack ( and Matthew Johnson were charged with behaving in a manner likely to cause a breach of the peace at Hastings (the outcome of a hostile cemonstratiun against the police after the hearing of some betting cases), were before the Napier 3.M. Court, yesterday, when the defendants applied for a change of venue to Hastings. This was vigorously opposed by Inspector McDonaH, and the police, offe ring no evidence, the cases were ujtvmiyscdr—

A3 has been already stated this is. not Admiral SperryV first visiV to New Zealand. He was in Wellington in 1869, a; "Which time he was a sublieutenant on the United States warship Kearsarge. Referring to this, reminiscence of his younger days, the' Adniral said to an "Auckland Herald'' representative:— "There weire than only a collection of a few wooden houses on the beach of what is now your capital city. I remember well that Sir George Grey, who was then your Governor, was noted for his gracious hospitality and attractive personality. The time I speak of was: just after the Maori war, arid I recollect that Sir George Grey and a. party of very able men had beeni selected to settle the difficulty " It came out in evidence before the South Australian Wheat Commission (writes- a correspondent of "The Worker") that, although the railway rates on the carriage of wheat from the country had during the last; year' been reduced by a total of £28,000 t0£30,000, £30,000, not a single penny of this, amount had reached'the pockets of the wheat producer, but every cent, has been swallowed up by the capitalistic wheat buyer. The method' was simple. By what is called am '*h mourabie understanding among wheat merchants the price of wheat between the distant country stations and Port Adelaide remained exactly the same as it was before tie reduction of freights, ana thus the buyer,' and not the farmer, pets the full benefit of the reduction in the cost of carriage. Some interesting light isupon the effect of the recent snowstorms upon the sheep in the Rock and Pillar district in a letter received by a Dunedin gentleman from a brother resident at Hyde. In* the course of his letter he says:— "More sheep will be lost in the snow than was anticipated.. From one particular drift in a basin on the sunny face of the Four mile Spur I extricated about twenty sheep a few days, after the snowfall, and though I searched diligently I could find no more. But about a fortnight later five or six sheep which I had missed were taken out of the same hole alive by other members of ou- party. Again, a fortnight later, seventeen dead sheep were counted in I drift, and there are probably more,. :as the drift is still very deep. The storm seems to have come up from the south and driven the sheep to take shelter in the cavities in theface, where the snow drifted over them. I rescuei 25 sheep from one drift of this sort by tramping'a track through the soft snow to them, making a really deep track, and you will imagine my surprise on visiting the spot after a thaw some ten days later tj find that 1 had driven the rescued sheep over the top of another little mob, which were still, alive and able to scramble to a safer place. However, evep after all losses are taken into account, I consider that the good done by the snow and rain will more than equal any damages." Write to-day. if you are [not contemplating a visit to Wellington, for a selection of the Daintiest bp King Creations, from 30s, each one; a stylir of its own. Ready-to-wear in the Merry Widow and Miss Hook of Holland shapes from 15s.—AYLMER'S, Millinery Specialists, 9 Willis Street, Opposite Grand Hotel.

James Atholwood, the well-known actor, who was convicted of bigamy last May at Melbourne, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment, wai released at the end of July. Soon after his conviction a petition largely signed was presented to the Acting Attorney-General, asking for mitigation of the sentence on the ground that Atholwood's health was suffer that the woman with whom he went through the bigamous marriage had not been wronged. This woman made representation to the S'Ama effect, and the authorities, therefore, decided to extend clemency.

The "Auckland Herald's" corre3pjndent at Tonga writes:—The ravL-nue for the kingdom during th? half-year ended June 30th has been ascertained to be over £14,000, Av'iich is well above the estimate for tint period, although not so large as for the corresponding six months of last year. A good sum is being paid out now in wages each month, owing to the pushing on of various public works. This has been a busy month in ship_ning among the smaller coasttimes in the Islands to see the whitewinded schooners coming and going, as in the days before the steamers made this a regular calling place. The St. John Ambulance Association in Christchurch has just received a very troublesome letter Iroui the Canterbury Dranch of the British Medical Association. The corporate ho ly of doctors says that the memb rs are finding their time taken up to an excessive extent by the demands on them for free lectures. Thdr' services are made use of by various bxiie;>, and they feel that it is only right that, they should be adequately paid for what thev do. The Medical Association has decided, therefore. that its members can leo t :re for the ambulance association only at a fee of a guinea a lecture, an I there is to be no advertising of the names of the lecturers. _ The Ambulance Association finds itself faced with a serious position, for the payment of lecturers' fees will make a considerable hole in its funds, and will mean the curtailment of emi-nently-desirable expenditure in other directions. -

News from Westport states that operations for the relaunching of the Taviuni, stranded on the south beach ad Westport, are proceeding. Heavy uurigh r . lengths of timber are being fix -d to the side of the vessel, which lied embodied in eight feet of san i. Thi jacks will be attached to these lcn.'ths of timber, and the vessel lif el, to enable the skids to be placid under her. This part of the operation will probably take from one to two munths. When tho vessel is on the skids it is intended to repair her, so that she may be ready when relaunched to immediately resum* collier duties. Mr J. Daniel,, of c>c Union Company's Wellington repair works, is superintending the who!;! uf the work.

A Mairi, writing to the "Rotorua Timis" on the starving Maori subject. says "My business takes me about continually, and I visit all the pas in the Waikato and Rotorua districts, aldi» down at the Bay. So I am well conversant with their condition. There are to he seen in none of the districts I visit Maoris in a more comfortable position than those in the Rotorua district. Most of th ,j m are working either for the Tourist Department, on the roads, or as th-j Maniaiui mills. A number ar- 4 engaged in ,such occupations as typing, clerks, etc. Even if in some the Maori gets i. JSS wn ges than the palceha, he pays no rent, and has land on which to run a little stock, keep fowls and pigs, and grow vegetable, potatoes, and maize. As a Maori, and a grand=on of Wirernu Thomson, I must protest against the statements made about Maoris starving, as it castJ what I consider a serious reflection on my people. It would lead outsiders to think the Maori was too laav to work for a living, preferring rather to eut 'rottan' maize, and starve on it. I know of no Maoris staving, and trust that on hi? return the Rev. Bennttl; will tell ua where they are, so thac Maori and pakeha may join in relic!/ing th-air necessities, and finding oat how they came to starve."

The disturbing rumour published i ' first by the "Taihape Times," that J ths "Black" tunnel on the Main j Trunk line, between Toi Toi and j •Mangaweka, is in a very unsafe condition, finds no acceptance in official , quarters. The allegation is that a hole exist-:; in the tunnel, through , which the waters of the Rangitikei River can be seen Mr R. W. Holmes. E igini er-in-Chief to the Public Works Department, states that there is a hole through the flank of the tunnel, but it was bored according to a common custom, for the ejection of the tunnel spoil, and is in no way a source of danger. The Railway Department, which has charge of this portion of the line, has received no information that anything is the matter with the tunnel, though, together with the permanent way, it is inspected every morning by a competent man, and further inspected once a week by a railway gang and officer in charge. A statement wa made recently by Dr. Norris, chairman of the Victorian Board of Public Health, to the effect thut children frequently had the organism of diphtheria in their system before tha disease manifested j itself. Ins. ich cases they were an unsuspected mea'is of infection. An interesting practical test was made recently (says the Melbourne "Argus)" by Dr. Robertson, a.-si-stunt-medical officer to the Board of: Public Health. and Dr. Summons, assistant-city health officer. Visiting a seh ml in the metropolitan area, they took "swabs" from the throats of thirty children. The "swabs" were subjected to a bacteriological examination by Dr. Bull, and as a result the diph'h?ria organism was found to exist in the cases of two apparently healthy children. Action will be taken to prevent the disease spreading to other scholars receiving instruction at the school. A wore throat may be quickly cureil b,y a plying a flannel bamlnge dampened with Chamberlain's Plain Balm. A lame bank, a pain in the sido or chest, should bo reated in a similar manner, l'ain Balm is also furious for its cures of rheumatism For sale by all chemists and storekeepers. For Bronchial Coughs take W,oods eat Peppermint Cure, ] ,'6 and 2/6.

The Hawke's Bay Land Board has affirmed the principle that provision should be made for workers' homes whenever land is being cut up for settlement.

The secretary of the Royal Humane Society of New Zealand has receivei a communication signed by the chairman and members ol the Maniototo County Council, bringing under the society's notice the action of Daniel Weir, of Gimmerburn, who, on July Bth last, rode from Gimmerburn to Nasbey in a blinding snowstorm to get medical assistance for a neighbour's daughter. When he reached his destination the snow was from three to four feet deep. It took him from 5 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. to cover the sixteen miles between the two places, and he got back to Gimmerburn about 7 o'clock the same night. On his journey to Naseby and back to Gimmerburn he exhausted four horses. The letter concludes: "Knowing, as we do, the conditions which prevailed that day, we are unable to understand how he managed to get. through, and undoubtedly he risked his life that day to get assistance for a neighbour.'' The society will probably ob f ain furter particulars ot the matter, and deal with at at its next meeting.

The primary reason of the trip of the Minister of Lands to the South last week concerned certain timber leases there. The timber country is divided under two heads (1) Crown lands and (2) State forests. The former are administered by the Land Board and the latter by the Ministar Regulations have been made from tim'j to time altering the line of policy regar ling th' j se Crown lands, and the Fame remark applies to the State forests. The position has been complicated by the commissioners, in some cases in years gone by, administering Avhat the statute required the Minister to do. The subject has ber.n brought to a head in ihe South by a number of, men interested in the timber industry investigating the titles of present holders with the result that lengthy enauiries have been made by the Land Board, and in one instance a fairly large area of bush country has been forfeited. Investigations rcrarding other titles are to be made, and the only way to get at the facts of a very complicated business was to go to Invercargill and review the whole position.

An advertiser requires a general servant or ladyhelp for Carterton. Mr F. P. Welch has vacancies for general servants and station hands. Particulars of the new furniture and draperv to b !i sold by Mr J. R. Nicol . at the Mauriceville Hall, on Thursday next, are advertised to-day. A first--lass dairy farm of 380 acres of weil-improved land is offered on lease io' five years by Mr Newton King, land agent, New Plymouth. A partner is wanted for an established wholesal • business in Welling ton. Applications should be addressed "Commercial," Box 475, Wellington. Messrs Drought and Payne, land ngei.ts, Auckland, advertise particulars of several good farms and a sheep run which have been placed in their hands for sale. In the Wanted Column, Messrs Warnock'and Adkin, drapers, Queen Street, advertise specially reduced prices at which high-class goods are being offered during the currency of tbeir winter sale.

Mr J. R. Nicol will sell, on account of Mr a Percy Young, at 36 Church Street, this afternoon, the whole of the furniture and effects. Every line is to be sold without reserve.

The scarcity and high price of fodder has been a heavy tax on stock owners and dairy farmers. The W.F.C.A. announce that they hold large stocks of baled straw and hay, which they are selling at prices and lots that fanners will appreciate. Messrs Goldbloom Bros., ladies' tailors, of Grey Street, Wellington, announce that from Thursday, August 20th, to S-'ptembsr Ist, they will make their first display of new ■ seaton's models. Ladies are invited to see the new goods, which include the latest materials and fashions.

The new Elite Skating Rink (late Gymnasium) has been deservedly Will patronised during the last waek. The floor is in excellent or-d.-r, and its large dimensions make it a most popular place for this kind of recreation. A number of patrons of this Rink are arranging a Grand Fancy Dress Carnival, which should quite eclipse anything previously attempted.. The Band adds greatly to the enjoyment of skaters. The first open handicap race in this Rink will be held on Friday evening next.