LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9189, 11 September 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The following are the latest dredging returns to hand:—Mystery Flat, 520z 17dwt; Masterton, 38oz 3dwt, The lambing returns in the Kopuaranga district this season piomise to be a record. The mortality amongst ewes is very small. The Dominion Day celebrations in connec ion with the Masterton School have been fixed for Saturday the 26th inst., at 11 o'clock in the morning. The medals struck to commemorate the occasion of the raiding in status of the colony to a Dominion will be presented, probably by the Mayor.' The, School Committee and other officials will be present. A telephone office is now open at Mine Creek in the Westport district, and also a bureau. The hours of attendance are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and telegrams are delivered regularly. The office is closed on Sundays and holidays. A new telephone office has also been opened at Mangamutu, Wellington district. The hours are the same, but there is no delivery. The Pahiatua railway station is now enly a receiving office for telegrams. There was a gale of exceptional, violence at Carterton yesterday. Fences and young trees suffered considerably. A lady music teacher, of Masterton, was proceeding along Broadway Street to the town, when a sudden gust of wind carried her off her feet, and blew her through a wire fence. Some books which the lady was carrying were scattered in all directions. Beyond a shaking, the lady escaped injury. As rate notices are being received by ratepayers the abnormal increase disclosed in every case is invariable causing unkind things to be said regarding the action of the Council. The water rate increase promises to be the cause of almost a revolution among ratepayers, and an indignation meeting is threatened as a means of showing the Council, that their financial policy is not meeting with approval. The annual ball of the Dalefield Football Club was held in the Hall at Dalefield on Wednesday evening, and was largely attended. The floor was in first-class order, and the music was played by Miss Berrill (piano) and Mr R. Crawley (cornet). Extras were played by Misses Neilson and V. Sayer, and Messrs G. Paget and F. Roydhouse. The duties of M's.C. were ably carried out by Messrs G. Abbott, B. Standen, A. Playle and W.Hart. Yesterday was one of the most tempestuously windy days experienced in Masterton for a long time. Rain squalls were also frequent, and in the morning occasional peals of thunder high overhead sounded like distant artillery. The gale moderated somewhat as evening drew near. A few orchard trees are out in blossom, but it is a little early for the wind to have done much damage in this respect. The diving-stand at the Park Lake was unable to witnstand the force of the windy element, and toppled over in the morning. Pimples, eruptions, blotches, scales, ulcers and eczema are all caused by b.ul bio id, Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are wonder woikers in the cure of ull disorders caused by bad or impure blood. They eliminiate all poisonous matter by enriching the blood and enabling it to make new and healthy tissues. Pure blood means perfect health, and if you will use Chamberlain's Tablets they will give you good health, and a pure,clean skin free from pimples and blotches. For sale by all chemists and storekeepers. Write to-day, if you are not contemplating a visit to Wellington, for a selection of the Daintiest Spring Creations, from 30s, each one a style 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.

Bread is selling in Wocdville for 6d per 41b loaf cash, and 7d ser 41b , loaf if booked. A heavy gaie is raging at Kopuaranga, and considerable damage has been done to houses and fences. The Carterton District High School broke up yesterday for the term holiday of one week. The New Zealand Dairy Union will open their Kopuaranga creamery for the season next week. Mr C. A. Pownall will defend Tobias Miller, who shot at Ernest Hight in Perry Street on Tuesday, when the case is tried in the Lower Court at Masterton. Ernest Cohen will appear at Masterton Police Court this morning charged, on the information of C. E. Daniell, with obtaining the sum of £2 13s by false pretences. The condition of Mr Ernest Hight, the victim of the Perry shooting affray, is about the same. He was taken to Dr W. H. Hosking's surgery yesterday, where an X-Ray .. examination failed to reveal the bullet. The bowling season will be opened by the Masterton Club on Thursday, October Ist. The President (Mr O. Pragnell) will provide afternoon tea, and the occasion will be made rather a special one. The new green, which was put down afresh last season, is hardly likely to be ready for the opening day. The Saturday course of instructim / for Wellington teachers, given by Mr R. Parker, at the Training College, came to an end last Saturday. Arrangements have been made with Mr Parker for a similar courre to bo given at Masterton District High ' School, beginning on Saturday, 19th instant, at 1 o'clock. , An effort is being made to secure a seauence of agricultural shows in the North Island, now that the Trunk Line will shortly facilitate interchange. Tnranaki and Auckland ar?. coming to agreement, and have asked Wanganui to follow a week after Manawatu, instead of a fortnight. Egmont, Taranaki and Auckland would then follow at wetkly intervals. Bertram Sewell was charged before Messrs Eli Smith and J. Cross, J.'sP., at Masterton Police Court yesterday morning with assaulting; Archibald Williams. Constable Brown, who was standing close hv whew accused stracft Williams in Queen Street on Wednesday night„ w gave evidence in support of the information. The Bench cautioned accused and entered' a conviction only. Unclaimed' Tetters for the undermentioned persons are awaiting delivery at the Masterton Post Office: —*Robt. Adamson, John Burness, W. H, Carr, Alice M. Dixon, G. Flux, Wm. Gardiner, F. H. Harris, John E. Hartley, A. C. John Eon, V. H. Park, United Kingdom; Dan , Raftery Victoria; A. C. Raxwortby, Queensland; Miss L.. Reynolds, H. Tuck,. New South Wales: F. C. Walker,, Victoria; J. Warren, United Kingdom ;K.K. Winberg,United Kingdom; Miss B. Williams, New' South* Wales; John Smith, United King--1 dom. That the inventor is very much abroad in New "Zealand, is plainlyshown by the report of the Patents, Designs, andi Trade Marks Depart- ' ment for the past year. Of thp total number of inventions 77 were in respect of dairying, 50 sheep shearing and ; wool and hides, and 28 harvesting. Other classes included temperaJ ture testers for bales of flax and the 1 like, fencing, vehicles, furniture, cooking and kitchen appliances, heat- " ing, amusements, non-refillable bottles,, and washing and cleaning, and so on. i I An ex-resident of' Masterton, who last year attended the local ambu- . lance classes, at which Dr Cowie ; gave instruction in first-aid and getieral ambulance work, has 1 been the; means of saving his own lite through ; the knowledge gained at the lectures. ~ In a letter to a Masterton resident he ', states that while bush-felling he' severely cut an artery in one of his legs, and but for his knowledge of how to arrest hemorrhage (so the doctor informed him), he would undoubtedly have bled to death before medical assistance could have been obtained. This is a striking'instance of. the value of ambulance work. We have heard stories of the seizure of silver spoons; and platie from the warships when visiting the ports of other countries (says the Melbourne "Age"), but it was thought that there would be no repetition of the scandal in Australian waters. It has leaked out, however, that.'a quantity of the Connecticut's silver was stolen by the guests at Admiral Sperry's "at home," the excuse offered being that the thieves were merely taking souvenirs of a historic function. It is to be hoped that some of the Sydney ppople will have the grace to secretly return their annexations. Each article is stamped with the official crests. The American .officers, though viewing the thefts with deep regret, regard the matter in a philosophic light. One captain tells a story of an admiral who, at a conversazione on board a colleague's vessel at a Pacific port, left his coat on a chair in one of the cabins for half-an-hour. On his return he found that the ladies had cutoff every one of the gold buttons. 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f lie first lambs of the season were sclUt Burnsido (Otago) on Wednesday last. Five brought 35s 6d each, two 25a 6d each, and one 24s 6d. The "FeilJing Star" says the *Wsrd Ministry will be known in history aa the "Government of compromises," for in almost every .measure of importance some big principle has been abandoned for the .sake of compromise. Several factories in the Aucklnd .district are inquiring of the National Dairy Association in regard to its co.coerative marketing scheme as well ,as one or two factories in the South . Inland. Mr John Maxwell, of Whareama, " has achieved a result in winter feedsheep that will be hard to l-beat, states the "Pahiatua Herald. ■He has fed ninety wethers for five .months en a three and a-half acre * patch of turnips, and the sheep are & said to be thriving well. ,In Melbourne last week, Clarence 'Weber eclipsed his own record for i "one handed lift all the way, by *vL*6t*+-*P from the floor to arms the right hand, 206&1b. The lift was accomplished before a committee, who weighed the bell. The world's record for this lift belongs to Launceston Elliot, England, who put up "ri<rht-handed all thp wav" a lift of 2141b. Launceston Elliot weighs 17st 61b, and Weber 13s^lb. Noßody wishes shearers or any other body of men to be housed in quarters that are insanitary or even devoid of comfort, states the Chnst.'church "Press," but the Government hardly ought to exact from the small farmer a higher standard of accommodation for men employed for a short time during a pleasant part of the year than they themselves are rr -pared to provide for their own coop -rative labourers and railway em- * rployeea even in the depth of winter. Some time ago the secretary of the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society wrote to England regarding a proposal to import red deer. He has received a reply from Mr C. J. Lucas, Warnham Court, Horsham, saying that he will be pleased to forward twelve deer from his park. He proposes to send three three-year-old stags, and nine two and three-year-old hinds. Mr Lucas expresses keen interast in the importation of deer t» the Dominion, and hopas that ' the change of blood will be useful. Writes a London' correspondent:— At 1-ast one New Zealander has made up hi 3 mind to contest a seat in the British Parliament at the next general election—rumours have reached me that he will not be the only one. However, I now refer to Mr J. C. Gleason (Napier and Auckland), who came to the Mother Country with the professional "All Blacks" aa one of the financial managers; he remained on this side of the world. It is his i inte.iti in to stand for one of the Irish seats, in the Liberal interest. Though members are kept sitting all hours of the nieht and morning, there is still no time to consider such matters as defence, immigration, local guvernment, and land settlement, which, after all, are the chief national issues at the present time. Ministers are content to B mark time with paltry measures of the kind that has just been Bhown up by. Mr Lewis (the Shearers' Accomodation Bill),, which will nev.jf has into law, and are never intended to pa?s, says the "Gisborne Titnis." The only rurpose they serve is to nrovoke discussion, and provide the* Governrrfent'with an excuse for a .stifling debate on more important issues. '! "It is a rather strange thing," remarked Mr James Drummond at.the Christchureh Philosophical Institute on Wednesday evening (says the "Press") "that, although there are large numbers of small English birds on Kapiti Island, I did not see any of them associating with the native ? birds. The manner in which the English and colonial birds on the sancf tuary kept apart is very noticeable. There is no attempt *o establish relationships of any kind. Ido not think that the English birds are in rany way to blame for the decrease of ,-' native birds. The English birds do ' not interfere with the natives, and • the natives take no notice of the intruders. Both have their own domains. I did not see an English bird insi-Je the fringe ot the bush, and I saw hardly any native birds in the open outside of the trees." I The workers' leaders are responsible to some extent for the prevailing apathy, states the "Lyttelton Times" matters in connection with the farm labourers' dispute and the refusal of the Arbitration Court to make an award. Instead of declaiming against the President of the Arbitration Court, Mr THoni'mTJhis friends ought to be working up an agitation concerning the Bil/now before Parliament. The of the provision introduced into last year's Bill, extending the definition of a "worker" seems to us to be very significant and important, yet it has apparently not inspired a single protest. If the farm labourers are to receive relief it must be through legislation, and it would surely not be difficult for them to have" their considered while Par- >■ liament is discussing the Bill this year. They are missing a valuable opportunity. They have declined to take the one definite step that might lead to useful results, and are tactlessly wasting their energy in a campaign that can only confirm their de-

IBlocyl poison resulting frpm small wounds is bee mir g more prevalent, Evm so slight an mjuiy as the .scratch of a pin will sometimes cause blood poisoning. The safe way is to apply Chambeilain's Tain iJßalm as soon as the injury luwboen received. That liniment prevents all danger of blood poisoning and causes the in;my to heal in a->out f one-third the time required by the nsnnl t'.eat nent. For sale by all chemists and storekeepers. A WORLD WIDE DEPUTATION. Such is the fame of the " Gilruth" CALF FOOD. It has lonf? since pasved the experimental stage, and its vplue is now appreciated by all Dairy Farmers throughout this Dominion. For rearing strong healthy calves with a Bound constitution it •has no equal In any part of the world. 2 There is not a particle of opium or other narcotic in Chamberlain'B Cough Kemedy, and never has been since it was first offered to thelpdfblic. It is as safe a medicine for <a child its for an adult. This remedy is famous for its cures of colds and croup, •and can always 'be depended upon. For !*ale by all chemisteand storekeepers.

It is said that there are 2,784,270 hens in New Zealand, of which 1,670,560 lay eggs, and that there are also 282,000 ducks, of which 170,000 are layers. The laying hens and ducks produce übout eighty eggs per annum on an average. So that the total egg output consists of about 133.644,800 hen eggs and 13,600,000 duck eggs. The question of importing the German "little owl" as a means of meeting the small bird nuisance was recently before the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association. A letter was received from the secretary of the Otago Acclimatisation Society, in reply to a request for information on the subject. Owls, the letter stated, had been obtained from P. Castang. a bird dealer in Leadenhall market, for 5a each. They had been caged and fed on ox hearts on the voyage. Of the last shipment of sixty-five, sixty had come to hand in good order, except three or four which had sore eyes. Bonuses were given to those who had cared for the birds, which cost 17s 6d to 2(ls a head to land. The bonus system had been found the best for importing the owls. There was no difficulty in getting the cost back from the fruit-growers in Central Otago, who were loud in their praises of the little owls' efficacy in keeping down the small birds' nuisance. The association decided to-ask farmers to subscribe to a fund for the purchase of owls.

' Messrs Gillespie and Co. want rabbiters and station bands. The Elite Skating Rink will be closed to-day for the purpose of arranging for to-night's Carnival. Mr A. Norman, draper, will make a display of new summer goods and fashions at his premises*, Queen street, to-night. A special gaslight display of new millinery and latest novelties will be made this evening and to-morrow night by Messrs J. Graham and Co. The Wellington Education Board invite tenders, to close at nocn on Saturday, September 19th, for fencing and'the supply.of school furniture for the Lansdowne School. The third term of the Girls' Collegiate School, Masterton, will commence on Wednesday next. The Principal (Miss Hampton) will be at home on Tuesday afternoon. The list of goods to be sold by Mr J. R. Nicol, at the residence No. 14 Cole Street, on Saturday, for Mr H. Russell, who is leaving Master ton, is advertised. The whole of the lines will be sold absolutely without reserve. The clothing department of Mr J. L. Murray's establishment will be opened in his new premises, next to the Club Hotel, this morning. Mr Murray has just opened up a large connignment of clothing, and the amnle room provided in his new shop will enable him to make an effective display.