LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 8 February 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Masterton ram fair, which is to be held on the two days following the Sol way show, promises to be a big success. The entries received total over 2-300. Tlio Auckland merchant who is to be prosecuted "at an early date" for having sold cocoa containing a greater proportion of starch than is allowed under the sale of Food and Drugs Act, was fined £5 for the offence several days back. A meeting of the committee of the Farmers' Union will be held this afternoon, to consider the question of inviting Mr W. D. Lysnar. of Gisborne, to give an illustrated lecture in Masterton on the handling of New Zealand produce in England. The housing of visitors at the -forthcoming exhibition ia likely to become a very serious problem (says the New Zealand Herald). At the present time the majority of the hotels and boardinghouses are full. Tourists arriving in Auckland lately have as often as not been compelled to leave their baggage on board the boat or at the station-whilst a fi'ea'joh for accommodation was made. Tf the demand for rooms is so Croat now, it will be_ greatlv accentuated when the exhibition visitors arrive. TO BANDSMEN. The championship and also the Challenge Shield at the Palmerston North Band Contest of 1911 were won by the Wellington Garrison Band. They used Hawke's Excelsior Sonorous Band Instruments—a complete set. In the first test piece the maximum number of points was allotted, tiie judre -declaring tlint he had never heard better playing. Ho commended in eulogistic terms the tone and blend. The Wellington Tramway Band, also using a complete set of Hawke's Excelsior Instruments, won the B Grade. These two successes on such a croat occasion, are' worthy wins for Hiwke's whoso instruments are pre-em-inent all over the world. Bandsmen —buy a set of Hawke's—-there are honours and valuable prizes to be won with them! Write for catalogues. Sole agent? —The Dresden Piano Company, Ltd., Wellington. Local representative, H. INNS. Daniell's Buildings, Queen Street.

A number of cases of Witfjisles are at present under treatment hi Masterton. Yesterday was the 7'kd anniversary (4 the signing of the Treaty of . Wajtangi at llussell, Bay of Islands. Tfea Church of England Men'n Society have been granted permission to conduct C.E.M.S. Institute tents j at the forthcoming Territorial camps. The country towards tho East Coast is beginning to feel the effects of the dry weather, and the land in many parts, is looking very dry and ( parched. j At the Bideford sports on Thurs- ; day, Mrs F. Miller. IX McKenzie, D. j Cunningham and W. Percy tied in the sheep guessing competition, earh guessing tlie exact weight, S7.\lb. j Several business places in one or two towns in the South Island, closed their premises on Saturday, instead of Thursday, by way (it experiment, j Thee hange was not found convenient, j and a return has now been made to j the usual day, viz., Thursday. j A new stipendiary Magistrate's ' Court district, 'which may be called ] the Main Trunk District has been [ formed and assigne'd to Mr E. Page, ; S.M., formerly of Kketaliuna. The new circuit extends from Huntervillo j to Matiene, with headquarters at Taihape. An experiment was made last year I with the cultivation of lucerne on the J school pint at Masterton. Tlie experiment did not prove a success, and ' the agricultural instructor is of op- j inioii that the soil of this district is ' not suitable for the production ol this I class of fodder. - j The following will represent the J Masterton Club against Carlton at the Park Oval this afternoon, at 2.30 p.m. :—Logan, Oongdon, E. Perry, Redmond, lbhetson, Wixen, I Walker, Jordon. Blackmail, Forman, DunnAn examination of candidates for promotion in the Territorial Force is to be held in the Masterton Drill Hall on Wednesday and Thursday,. February 19th. and 20th. Captain'Gr. W. Braddell will be presiding officer. The j following candidates will present themselves:—Captains-E. H. Saund- ! ors, Lieuts. J. R. Kidston, S. V. Wilj son, W. S. Cooper and L. T. Herbert. ' By a typographical error, a report 1 concerning the Masterton dredge ap- | peared under the heading of Success | dredge, in the mining news published |in our issue of yesterday. We trust ) that Success shareholders have . not i suffered too severe a shock. The outj look for this dredge is by no means I discouraging. Repairs having been I effected to the tumbler on .the dredge, j some good returns are anticipated' as soon as work is resumed. I It ia said that the Pomohaka river lin Southland would be one of the j best fishing streams in the Dominion | were it not for the number of. moiis-1 ter trout infesting its waters. These cannibals, it is. alleged, simply live on the smaller fish, and once tasting of tliia diet will not seek for any other food. It has been suggested as a remedy for this sort of thing that the Acclimatisation Society ought to , get men to net all these bif fellows, and that the price obtained for them I would go a long way towards the cost | of their destruction.

The Wellington infantry Brigado will go into camp at Oringi from April 14th to '26 th. Leavo will only ho granted to men who would' bo seriously inconvenienced in their business, or on the production of a medical certificate from an officer of the JN'.Z. Medical Corps. All applications for leave must be made in time to allow of a report being sent to Brigade Headquarter;! four weeks before the camp begins. Leave will only be granted! on the distinct understanding that ' the applicant attends a casual camp. Xew Zealand has no longer a monopoly of boiling lakes. There is now one on Niuafou, an outlying island on the Tongan Group. Captain Wallis, of the' steamer Atua,"which arrived in Sydney on Thursday week, stated that he called at .Nlunion.on January 12th, and landed a mail. The volcano on this island, which was previously in eruption, has subsided, but the white people there reported that the lake, which ia situated in the centre of tho island, and which is said to be an old crater, is now beginning to boil. This phenomenon has considerably impressed the native residents, who consider that it betokens disaster, and they assert that there is a. likelihood of the island subsiding.

] A man named James Smith, alias j Grift'o, was charged in the Magisj trate's Court at Mastorton. yesterday, before Messrs <J. M/ Coradine and M. C. O'Cormell, J.'sP., with being an iclo and disorderly person, and ivit'll having insufficient* lawful means I of .support. Mr G. H! C'ulieu appeared fop the accused, who stated in his defence that lie had earned £43 at shearing prior to CJm'stmas, and that as late a'.s last Saturday he . received £7 for scrub cutting. "The police stated that the accused was living with a. worn a.n named Donaldfori in Worksop Road, and there had been ' frequent rows at tho house. Jhe Bench were satisfied that the .accused was not a desirable citizen, and sent him to Wellington for a period of fourteen* days. UNTOLD AGONIES. • CAUSED BY KIDNEY TROUBLES •TO TURN IN BED CAUSED INTENSE AGONY. "It- was a year ago that I was first troubled with. kidney disease and" backache, and since then I have suffered untold agonies," writes Mrs Florence Newman, 11 Elger Street, Glebe. N.S.W. "Tho pain seemed to bo right in the small of the back and across the kidneys, and when I was compelled to stoop it seemed almost impossible for me to rise again. When I went to bed at night .1 was quite miserable, and found it very difficult to obtain any sleep at all, and to turn over in bed caused me intense agony. "f heard of Dr Sheldon's Gin Pills, and decided at once to give them a trial. Tito result lug been-that all my pains have entirely left me, and I have now no indication of kidney disease, in any way. I consider that 1 am perfectly cured." Dr -Sheldon's Gin Pills' arc sold everywhere at Is 6d and 2s 6d. Obtainable everywhere. HAD TO LAY UP WITH COLD, j "I had a severo cold, accompanied with distressing pains in 'the chest, and had to lay up," writes Mi* • Sam Scott, 56 Fitzgerald Street, North' Perth, W.A. "I had tried all sorts of medicines, butnothi Tig did me the slightest gocd. Having Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in stock I tried that, and it gave mo instant relief, and I ; was quickly cured. Best of all 1'

Ho litrgo have? he<?<j>vift the? ftiatsegj* instruction in. the Ciaisfc—• church Technica 1 College that it has boon found necessary to considerably enlarge tho buildings.

Tho milk supply received at tho Greytown factory yesterday was *264-5 gallons—-a slight increase diux-i-tig the past week. An Ashburtcn Urogram state* that tho fourteen m.onths' old son of Mr J. 31. Hampton, of Hindu,, rr&i awidentaHy drowned yesterday ing, by falling into :» water race. Close upon fifty Territorials were a* niigned before the Court at Westporfe the other day, for failing to attend parados. Compulsory training evidently does not p.p'ptsal to the. Weak Coasters. The -president,' directors. and secretary of the Wairarapa Caledonian Society will visit "Carterton this evening, to attend ft meeiing for the purpose of forming it branch of th® society in. Carterton;. A Tinmru. telegram, states that » report by an officer of the Health Department to the County Council on tho sanitation of Fairiie, strongly condemns the water supply in --ortain parts of tho township. The. Council resolved to take, action if house proprietors do not remedy the evils. The- West Coast rain fair eon eluded at Feilding yesterday. 'lhe prices ruling throughout were nut satiafaotor to tho vendors. The. highest df price obtained yesterday was -37 V for a ram sold, by Mr W. Perry,, oif " Masterton, to Mr G. V. Shannon, of „ Waituna. . The Hon. W. Eraser, Minister of Public Works, ' will pay another visits to the Auckland district next montK. On his way North ho will••inspect-the* Ci.sborne-Motu and other sections- of the East Coast railway, and will thaa go. on to Auckland, en route for Kawakawa and Kaikoho on road and railway business. The manufacture of tobacco, saya the Waikato Argus., is attaining th» dimensions of an important industry ia Hamilton. Tho industry hag been, carried on successfully for some time, and the demand for the tobacco has grown to such an extent, that o» new company is being floated to extend the business.

For furiously driving a motor car io. / the Waikato a few days ago, a young ; man was fined! £3 an d costs. As the> result of travelling at excessive speed a collision with another car took place, with more or less serious results. As long as fines are limited! to a few pounds, if will be hardly safe for any others than motorists-to use the roads in this district, saya a. Waikato exchange. A southern exchange states that; in Christ-church, acd other parts of 'Canterbury, tho compulsory. military training movement is making rapid strides, and tho authorities are now meeting with very littie opposition, from the youthful soldiers, all of whom seem to be imbued with tho desire to become as highly efficient aai possible.' "John Chinaman" is apparently getting quite up to date. A Chinese* market gardener in tlio Timorn district, with, two of his partners', thaw left the .Dominion and will be absent* about twelve, months. One of tho party is ail- enthusiastic amateur photographer, and ho is taking hist camera with him on liis travels. H<* intends to be as observant as possible while away, so that he might be im a position on his return to give up to dato information about China. In conversation with an Age irepresentative yesterday, a Master ton farmer, who is a supplier to the Wellington works, said he could aiot' understand why the companies wer® standing out as they were doing. Tho farmers, he said were • tho people who should have boen consifcred, and it wag significant that tho only representative meeting 'of farmers that had been held in the Wairarapa had passed a resolution ta favour of conceding the men's, demands in respect to wages. At a .meeting; of the Ashburtca. County Council yesterday, the chair-, man said he had been approached by the Mayor of Asliburton on the question of Asliburton sending an ..exhibit, to the Auckland Exhibition. A. discussion on sued, and- finally it was tresolved' that a committee be set up to confer with the Borough Council, as to the advisability of the County and the Borough ha vine a co\irt of their own at the exhibition, but that it be recommended that such committee support a. Canterbury Court, to include an Asliburton Bay, provided the amount of the require# contribution was not too great. Press Association. .

Speaking to a representative of the Southland News, at the. conclusion of his Southland tour, Sir G. ®:. Sykes, member for Master ton, said: —"There is no other district in New Zealand with such a stretch of fertile country; I think Southland is a grand place." "ConV> down and opposes Mr Han an," remarked Mr Harris. "No chance, old man; better come, down and take up some land. ■ It's the cheapest land in New Zealand. My word," ho continued, "there will be a change in Southland in the nerfc ten years. Wo have all been prejudiced against Southland, especially in connection with tho climate, and if we had some of our metalled roads up north you could luave all the railways. One thing strikes me in that little notice seems to be taken, of rabbits or noxious weeds. I have only noticed one' rabbit-proof fence, and I have been looking out for theni, too." IF YOU HAVE A Cough, Cold, Nose, Throat or Lung Trouble, Stomach, Bow-el_ or Liver Complaint, Rheumatism, Neu-' largia, iuso SANDER'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT; 6 drops in a tablespoon of water. . Remember, you cannot expect the good effects from any sort of eucalyptus. Sander's Extract cures because it contains ethereal and anitiseptic substances not contained in other Eucalyptus products. These 'latter, made by persons ignorant in chemistry, and provided with fancy names and label* bv trading concerns who do not know what they contain, have cause grevious harm, and a death lias resulted from their use. Do not apply an ointment to a sore. It keeps back the .secretion. To wounds, onuses, sprains, hums, ulcers, eo wma and other -skin troubles, apply Sa.nder's Extract.; 15 drops in « tablespoon of olivo oil. The effect will yurpriso you. Sander's Extract, heals because it is freed from tho irritating constituents contained i«:>ther eucalyptus preparation*. T6 heals -when others irritate. |,us|sff I.'pon tb.e nuiaa

Tho latest return from tho Maatorton dredge is llozs 3dwt for 125 hours. Wairn-rapa sheepbreeders Rpcured very satisfactory prices for stud stock sold at the Feilding ram fair. . General Godley stated last night I that his visit to England was purely j to study military matters connected " .with the co-ordination of Empire defence. | The Government has decided to cancel the contract tunnel-clnving at Lake Coleridge. Hie Public Work* Department will carry on the contract at the. contractors' expense. Tho Lansdowne School Picric Committee met last evening, c.etails in connection "with the picnic were dealt with. .The picnic is to take place at Willow Park on I'ndaj next. Arrangements wore made toi three conveyances, the first to leave Lansdowne at 8..>0 a.m., and second at 10 a.m. I Bulls hn« been the scene of an- ( other fire, says the Star. Messrs Ellis Bros.' stables at Killeymoon being destroyed. The fire had a strong hold when '.its-covered, and although eve.ry effort wns made to save a valuable two-year-old draught mare, she perished. The origin of the fire is a mystery. I "There is a critical time ahead for [Auckland builders/ said a prominent Auckland contractor last week. He was referring to the scarcity of labour in tho city and province, and especially to 'the short acre of good plasterers, carpenters, and plumbeis. "I have just ' been over to Sydney, and there is a scarcity, I was told, all over Australia. So what is New Zealand goin-g to do!*'" There is _ a prospect of this and next year being the busiest buildimr' period we have ever experienced, but with the shortage of labour a number of buildings will bo kept back." An .advertiser requires gardening work by the dav or week. -Plums are advertised for sale at 81 Dixon Street. A waitress is required at the Club Hotel, Martinborough. A young main, desires board and lodging in private family. . A lost black and white collie pup is advertised for. Finder "will _ bo rewarded: on returning same to Union Bank. i An advertiser wishes to lease a three or four roomed house, with three to five acres of land. [Wall papers in all the newest do- 1 signy and. colourings are advertised in"this issuo by Mr C. E. -Danioll. •Inspection is invited, and prices will bo given for papering-' if required. The Mauriceville County Council notify that the ten per cent- penalty will be added to all rates due and remaining unpaid at the 10th March. Only a few more, days remain for Messrs Hugo and 1 . Shearer's great expansion sale. Extraordinary price reductions arc being made in all departments for the closing days. I Easter is approaching, and those requiring holiday suits aro invited to call at Messrs Krahagen and Chapman's, Perry Street. Every suit receives the most careful attention. The firm have a change advt. in this issue which is well worth perusal. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., have received instructions from Mr F. A. Judd, of Tane, who has told Ids farm, to hold a clearing sale of the whole of his stock. Tho list includes over 4600 sheep and 50 head of cutle, full pariculars of which are adverised in this morning's issue. The salo will tako place on Monday next at 1 p.m. Tho "Flott" cream separator is a machine which hag been specially designed to suit the requirements of small farms, private dairies, and' in fact every household. Tho price of a 12 gallon "Flott" is £3, railed free. Those interested should read the advertisement inserted on pago G of this morning's issue, by the Situs iHardrwaro Company, Wellington. Going merrily, is the correct term for the summer sale at the W.F.C.A. Ltd. Hundreds of satisfied customers leave their parcels to be f.umt after them, and on reaching home, gather their friends round, to show them the wonderful result of their shopping. Wo are bringing forward fresh bargains for Saturday. Do not delay. Bo in time. Jf you cannot come yourself send your friends. *

The annual sports meeting of tlio lAhiaruho Sports Club is) announced to take placo in Mr James Snell'. s .' paddock, Ahialnire. on Thursday, March 6th. The committee is to he congratulated on the programme, which is a most attractive one. and includes the Hunters' Competition, Kolcj medal and £8 os cash, Ahiaruhe iHandicap (foot event) gold medal and £l3 10s. Entries close, on Thursday, February 27tfi v with Mr - AY. •Tucker, Carterton. Programmes may ho obtained at the Wairarana Age office.