LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3150, 30 March 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Under the conductorship of Mr J. Candy, the Mastertori Orchestral Society has settled down to steady work for the winter. The orchestra now consists of 24 members. The anniversary services in connection with the Knox Church Sunday School will take place next Sunday. Under Mr R. Young, the Choirmaster, the children are practising assiduously a series of special anniversary hymns for the service. Mr Ralph, who has lately arrived from England, and is a musician of rare merit, will preside at the organ during the services. The final practice will be held in the Church on Friday night next, at which all'members of the Choir are requested to be present

Edward Hupe, who is under arrest for setting fire to the Royal Hotel, Palmerston North, has been remanded till Friday next. The annual meeting of members of the Masterton Mounted Rifle Volunteers will be held in the Drill Hall, to-morrow evening.

A Press Association telegram from Auckland states that an Italian named Benjamin Mores died at the Auckland Hospital on Sunday from the result of injuries alleged to be due to an assault upon him. It is stated that a number of men were causing a disturbance in a boarding kept by his wife, when he interfered, and was thrown down, causing a severe wound on his head. Mores worked the next week, but his condition kept serious, and subsequently it was discovered that bis skull was fractured.

At the annual meeting of the Dannevirke Golf Club the following officers were elected for the forthcoming year:—President, Mr W. P. Knight; Vice-Presidents, Messrs W. T. Irvine, J. A. Robertson, and Ambrose Potts; Captain, Mr M. Morgan; Secretary and Treasurer, Mr G. A. Greenwood; Committee, Messrs G. Potts, A. E. Cowper. D. Ardel.l, J. M. Saunders, G. Thomson. G.' F. Greene, C. Downes and S. Robertson. Ladies' Captain, Mrs C. Baddley; Secretary, Miss B. Robertson; Committee, Mesdames Nymand, Robertson and Miss Baker. A Victorian pjstoralist is brincing out from London as stockmen twenty five omnibus drivers, who have found their occupation gone owing to the advent of motor traffic. He says thousands of these men, who would make fine horsemen and station hands generally, could be secured. The Commonwealth Government is offering objection to the introduction of this class ot immigrant unless it is shown that the rate of pay at which they have been employed is a fair one. The statement of assets and lialiabilities in connection with the estate of Bernard Douglas, farmer, of Opaki, and Susie Douglas, who have been adjudged bankrupt, shows an estimated surplus of £1,203 Is 7d. The unsecured debts amount to £397 8s sd, and against this there is an estimated surplus from securities in the hands of secured creditors of £1,500. Other assets total £IOO. The only Masterton creditors is Mr J. C. Ewington, who holds a debt of £8 7s Id, practically all the creditors being in Feilding. The secured creditors are Mr T. W. Wardell, £3,196, and Mrs Craig, of Wellington, £379, the estimated value of the securities being £5,075.

There is a dearth of horses suitable for the army purposes all over the World, says the " Pastoral ist Review." In Great Britain, a critical stage in the horse-breeding in dustry has been reached, as the Territorial Army finds itself short of the required numbers. The Government is trying in vain interest the farmers to breed horses, and the masters of Fox Hounds have organised a system of encouraging the horse industry, but farmers are apathetic, and the army authorities are going abroad for their supplies.

The cost of Lieutenant Shackleton's Antarctic expedition is estimated at between £30,000 and £35,000. The New Zealand Government gave £I,OOO, and the Australian Commonwealth £5,000. The Discovery expedition was a public one; the Nimrod expedition a private one. The cost of the former was met mainly by the Imperial Government and the Royal Geographical Society ; the cost of the latter has not been met by any societies or bodies whatever. The principal supporter of the expedition was Mr W. Beardmore, of the firm of W. Beardmore and Co., which builds battleships and makes armour plate on the Clyde. Mr W. A. Bell, of Penda'll Court, Surrey, a relative'of Lieutenant Shackleton, gave £4,000, and the other contributors were the Duke of Westminister, Lord Iveagh, and Sir Rupert Clarke, of Australia. It is hardly fair to leave the Admiralty and the Royal Geographical Society altogether out of the complimentary notices. The former lent several hundred pounds worth of charts and instruments, including a compass, chronometers and sounding gear, and the latter gave several scientific instruments.

The death of Mr Joseph Cordoza, reported in yesterday's Age, recalls the sensational Manugatapu murders of sixty odd years ago. Mr Cordoza is said to have been the last man to pass along the road in the Nelson district before the murders were committed by the notorious Burgess-Levy-Sullivan gang, and so significant did his escape from a short and sharp death seem to the police officials that he was arrested on suspicion of beintr connected with the highwaymen, and was submitted to a private examination before he was released. The murderers were subsequently captured and suffered the extreme penalty of the law. Speaking of the caterpillar pest during the course of an address at Christchurch Mr M. Murphy said that from the experience of experiments he had carried out this season, he thought the pest could not be successfully treated by any of the ordinary methods used for the destruction of other plant pests. He was convinced that the diamond-back moth would never be controlled until a machine was invented .for capturing the moth, which, from the insect's peculiar habit of flight, should not be impossible. There were 270,000 acres under turnips and rape in Canterbury, and estimating- the damage done by this pest at 5s per acre, — and this probably was far too low—there was a dead loss amounting to £68,750; £SOO would not be too much to offer as a premium for an efficient machine as suggested.

Fair Faces Fairer.—Ladies troubled with growth of hair on face, neck or arms can permanently remove it by using "Violet Snow Cream." It acts directly on the hair roots, and destroys their life. "'Violet Snow Cream" is splendid for Blackheads, Wrinkles, Sunburn, etc., and is a guaranteed cure for superfluous hair. Obtainable from H. Wood, Chemist, Master ton, fc I 'i/6, or send postal note direct to Hemeley Burnet, Hair Specialist, 46 George Street, Dunedin (All parcels sent in plain wrappers), Hemsley Burnet's Hair Eest/rpr fa Grey Hair, 419. Indigestion nearly always disturbs the sleep, and is often the cause of insomnia. Many case 3 have been permanently cured by Chamberlain's Tablets. For sa 1p by all chemists and storekeepers.

Arrangements have been made by the Masterton Racing Club with Mr J. Dixon to supply non-alcoholic refreshments at a reasonable charge at the forthcoming meeting of the Club./' The Grey town chess-playeis will' play a match with the Carterton players, at Greytown, to-morrow evening. Messrs Kidd, Avery, Biaden, Walden a< u Cooper, will represent the Greytown Club. A match was played on the Carterton Bowling Green on Saturday afternoon last for the Grady trophies between Messrs Holl'ngs and Ewing(Masterton) and Phillpotts and. Whyte (Carterton), the latter winning by 31 points to 19 points. The Masterton Stock" Office" in tend to start immediately with the work of making an inspection for liceinfected sheep exposed for public sale, with a view to prosecution under the Act. Sheepfarmers are reminded that the sheep-dipping season, will close to-morrow. A valuable prize was offered by Messrs McLeod and Young, of Masterton, for the pupil attending the Fernridge School who wrote the best essay on the recent school excursion to Wellington, and this had been awarded to Miss Marjorie who gave an excellent o" the trip.

At a meeting bf the Friendly Societies' Council, last evening, at which Bro. P. Smith presided, it was reported that arrangements were well in hand for the annual demonstration on May 2nd next. It was further reported that some of the mst prominent footballers in Masterton would take part in the football match proposed to be held on Saturday, May Ist.

The usual meeting of Endeavour Lodge, 1.0. G.T., was held last evening, Bro. Gilbert, C.T., presiding. Owing to the inclemency of tke weather there v»as only a small attendance. Routine business was transacted. During the evening several of the members gave short addresses on Temperance. The next meeting night will be a "fruit night,'" each member being required to bring one pound of fruit.

As an illustration of the methods resorted to by smugglers of opium to get the drug through the Customs, it is interesting to mention, says the Sydney "Daily Telegraph," that the Minister has in his possession a dried lemon, the inside o£ which has been replaced by a quantity of the drug. At Dubbo last week two tins of opium, valued at £5, were seized by Senior Constable Meagher on the' premises of a local Chinese storekeeper. The officer followed a carter from the station, boarded his trolly, and was present at the delivery of his parcels, which he demanded to be opened. After a search he discovered the opium in a bag of peanuts.

Settlers throughout the district are apparently keenly alive to the dangers of allowing the rabbit pest to /increase. In an interview a representative of the Wairarapa Age bad with the local Stock Inspector yesterday, that official stated that farmers were most anxious, to do their best to exterminate the rabbit. This was proved by the output of phospharised pollard manufactured at the Masterton depot, which was this year far in excess of the output of any other year. As , a rule one man was' constantly employed manufacturing the preparation, but for some months past it had been found necessary to employ additional labour in order to cope with the increased demand.

A delicious cup of "Zanda" tea is a healthful drink at all times. It brews out strong, and fine flavoured, and that is why everybody who has ( tried "Zanda,' is a "Zanda"' enthu- 1 siast. This tea is grown on the high ! grounds of Ceylon, and is imported direct by Messrs Cossarand Hughes, of Featherston street. Wellington. It is packed in air-tight 51b tins, which preserves its aroma and keeps its goodness intact until the consumer is ready to use it. Those who drink tea should just take Thome a box and try it. All up-to-date grocers stock it. A cook-general is wanted for a small hotel at Nelson. An advertiser seeks boara and residence in private family. The furniture and effects to be sold at the residence, Cornwall street, to-morrow, by Mr J. R. Nicol, on account "of Mr H. W. Buttrey, will be on view this afternoon. Messrs Veitch and Allan, drapers, Cuba street, announce an Eabter bargain festival, when the firm promise their customers some interesting parcels in' all departments of their business.

The new advertisement inserted elsewhere by the Masterton Branch of the New Zealand Clothing-Fac-tory is'of to these in need of shirts, underclothing and footwear. The firm stock the best in all lines.

On page 6 of this issue Messrs George and Kersley, of the Economic, Wellington, have a special announcement to the residents of Masterton and district. A special bargain catalogue will be circulated with the next issue of the Age, which will giv6 some particulars of the- bargains to be offered.

Mr Claude Corbett, who recently assumed control of the hairdressing saloon, formerly owned by Mr Williams, has got the business into full working order. All the appliances are up-to-date, and experienced artists attend to customers. The stock of tobaccos and smokers' requisites, is replete with the best lines.

The name of AYLMER'S, WiJLs-s« Wellington, is synonymous with pertV. - tion m the art of Millinery. Lad 63 write for a selection on approval. Design* by every mail from the London and Pf jis houses.

Of the great piano makers, there is always one that can be most safely trusted to furnish the instrument required in any single case. The Dresden Piano Company stocks the instruments of aH the great houses. Before you buy a piano, you will do well to profit by th£ Company's experience. And it" yon want, to buy on e isy terms, the Company wiM. arrange the matter for you without and embar,assing conditions. In a wellorderad bouse of this century, a piano iB as necessary as a sideboard. Local representative, Mr T, B, Hunter.