LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 6 June 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

-The price of ironbark timber (imported) was said to be 26s per 100 feet twelve months ago, whilst to-day-it is 37s par 100 feet. . The Eketahuna District High School Committe,e, is (says the Express) to organise a campaign to raise £IOO for improving the grounds at the new school.

The Eketahuna branch of the Farmers' Union has decided to extend its hearty support to the movement to sbcure a, stock track between Hukanui and Tokomaru.

A wedding was indefinitely postponed at Petone on Wednesday, through the bridegroom failing to put in an appearance. He did not even send an apology. • A dairy farm of about 50 acres, in the Konini district, Forty-Mile Bush, is reported to have changed hands lately at a price of between £4O and £SO an acre.

Mr Rait told a meeting of farmers in Eketahuna on Saturday that owners were themselves to blame for malignant growths in stock, as it was nothing but carelessness. Speaking at the smoke concert in ..Masterton last evening, Mr Donald McDonald, of Hawks's Bay, who is the judge of the championship events at the dog trials, stated that the doga he had seen at the present meeting were the best he had ever seen at a trial. ' The settlers in the Waterfalls and Haunui districts have decided to take a poll on the 'question of raising a loan for the completion of the metalling on the roftd ) g rateable area satisfactory to all having Deeri aurived at. Messrs Holmes and Herbert have been deputed to wai£ on the Minister for Public Works for a subsidy, should the poll be carriea, pf. which there seems lit-. tie <km!»t.

Mr W, g. MS of the or tM North leland Vjolhe Dog Association, speaking at the smokfy concert in Masterton last evening, stated that in ,the past"the meetings of delegates had been held at the Palmerston show and at the championship trial gatherings. He understood that there was a probability of the Palmerston meeting being cut out. He also stated that he believed a motion would be proposed at the next Palmerston meeting that the' Olub affiliation fee be increased from £1 to £2.

It ifr reported (says the N.Z Times) that amalgamation will shortly take rilacs between the firms of James Macintosh and Co., wool and produce merchants, and W. and G. Turribull arid Cb.-. merchants, (both' of WellingtcTL; the: combination will take the form of a private limited liability cdaipany. -James Macintosh and Co, now carry oir business in Wellington and Masterton. n'nd W. and G. Turn'bnll and Co M Wellington and Waugaaui.-'"ln-addition, to the. representatives «f tho above mentioned firms b->;ng directors, it is likely that Mr W. D. Hunt, of Invercargill, chairman rtf Wright, Stephenson and Co., will also join the new company. Mr James Macintosh will be managing director and chairman of tho new company. IF YOB HAVE A Cough, Gold, Nose, Throat, or Lung Trouble, Stomach, Bowel, Liver Complaint. Rheumatism, Neuralgia, use BANDER»S EtJCALPYTI EXTRACT; 5 drops in a table, spoon of waZter. Remember, yon cannot expect the good effectß from any sort of enc»lpyto#. Sander's Extract cures because ft contains ethereal and antbarfac substances not contained m eucalyptus prorocts. These made by persons, ignorant of c3ien)tstry, and provided with fancy names and labels by trading concerns wkb do not know what they contauv hare caused grevjoua harm, and a death has resulted from Matt :.**•.. ■>". Da, not . *J>pJj ,• an ohatmeht t© the secretion. To wxpnds, bruises, spawns, " burnt wfoersy eczema, and other skin feroublea, apply Sander'B Extract; IB drops in a tajblespoonfu] of olire 08. The effect will butprise you. Sander's Extract heals, because it is freed frem the Irrigating constituents oantained in other eucalyptus preparations. It heals when others irmate. Isniai upon the Gesubra Stefan.

The latest return from tk« Masterton dredge is 16oze Sdwts for 109 hours' work.

An inebriate was fined 10b i» tke Magistrate's Court at Mastertoa yesterday morning.

The only portions of th* ill-fated Star of Canada that can be salvaged are the anchors and cables.

Mr J. C. Boddington reports that six degrees of frost wc j re registered at Upper Plain yesterday morning.

The annual dance of the Hibernian Socioty takes place next week., Arrangements are well in hand and a successful function is assured.

There were quite a'nubmer of spectators present at yesterday's dog trials. Considerable interest was evinced in the work of the dogs.

Complaints have been made to the Feilding Licensing Branch of the amount of betting that takes place in the billiard rooms of that town.

A meeting of suppliers to the Ballanee Co-operative Dairy Company will be held at Konini this evening, to discuss the matter of condemned pigs.

The North Island Sheep Dog.TYial Association decided' at its .annual meeting, held in Masterton on Wrdueariay'evening, that the next championship, trials be held at WaM^amu. Mr J. Hi Escott, M.A. has roceived a tetter from the PostmasterGeneral, expressing regret that he cannot see his way clear To appoint a letterc-arrier for Mangatainoka. The business does not warrant it.

The chairman of the Ballance Dairy Company (.Mr A. McFarlano.i received a printed , report from England last "week' of a case in which a meat dealer .iii the Isle of Wight was fined-for seilikg certain meats as •>New-Zealand." • ,

A "New Chum" writes from Hastings, asking if ther'a is an opening in MastertSir '"for < a* professional ''dropper." He says he has been informed that the business' is a lucrative one. We have no information on; the subject, but Would refer him. to Mr Nathaniel Miller, whose address is Post Office;' Masterton.

Owing to the large number of. entries, it is expected that only the second and third events in the championship dog trials will be completed to-day. It is probable that the Teams Match, for dogs owned by competitors residing in, the Masterton and Wairarapa electorates, will be got off to-morrow morning.

A sensation was caused in Patea on Sunday, says file Press, when it' became known fhat one., of the female employees at the Central Hotel had attempted, to poison herself by means of lysol. The,cause of the trouble has been assigned to a domestic disturbance, which took place'on the previous day., The unfortunate woman was discovered in the afternodn in a state of collapse, and was taken to the hospital, where she at present lies. A half-caste Maori, living at Onehilnga, who is stated to be affected with smallpox, has been removed to the isolation Avard of the hospital. The Point Chevalier local health authorities state that there is an element of doubt whether .the case is smallpox. It will be- cleared up in a day or two. In the meantime every precaution is being taken to prevent the spread of"the disease. The man is named Pukutai, and is a w:ll known international footballer.

Mr Cuddie, Dairy Commissioner, has recommended that, in view of 'the fact that cheese exhibits at the South Island Dairy Association's ,sli6'.v were excellent, they are to be sent Hom? -in: order to impress English merchants as to th? quality and finish of tiie cheese that New Zealand call produce, under favourable conditions. He could not commit .the Government to any exp?nditure 'ia the mn'ter, but believed Cabinet would favourably consider that phase. It was res'lr'?ci to send the cheese under the of the High Commissioner.

A 'rathe:- unusual occurrence in the form of ;-.. mild strike took place during the fat lamb sale at the 'Addington markets, .says a Christchui-ch telegram. Export- :>rs, uho were operating, fork exception to the pi-e----senee of a buyer who thr-y apparently thought was operating o:i behalf of one of the local agency firms, and they all vacated the pens until this buyor ceased bidding!' ,Things were at a deadlock for a little, time until the buya- at .last withdrew, as he did not wish to spoil the sale, which would have happened if,he had continued, and business then went 0:1 in the normal manner.,

An ajarm of fir© was sounded on the' 'lTasfertoS &V<kty§. about 10J0 o'clock yesterday ln6rnlh|,' and the Fire Brigade turned out promptly. It appears that an assist in the em* ploy of Mr H. T. Wood, chemist, had taken a lighted candle into an apartment containing methylated Spirits. By some means the spirits came! iato contact, with, the candle and caused" a flame. ( Tile assistant ran out with the burning' candle-stick in his hand, but he \vm compelled to relinquish his hold before he got to the door, and the inflammable material was scattered over the floor. The "flames, which got a hold on a portion of the wall, .were extinguished before much damage was done. A number of bottles containing chemicals, etc., were destroyed in the process of suppressing the fire. Many travc-ller* on the Main Trunk line must have noticed at in-« tervals along the route, huge accumulations of sawdust, the remains of a former vast forest. The best crop wkich the land will ever produce has been harvested, the.sawmill has been at work!, and after an area, has been cleared has gone further into the bush', leaving the sawdust hills b hind it; How to utilise this* waste is a problem that has puzzled many people, but it seems have been solved successfully in the United States, where a company is converting sawdust into wood for fuel by means of a simple, machine. The material is compressed by plungers in steel cyclinders three inches in diameter, and a pressure of thirty tons forces the particles together so that no tar or oil is needed to make a solid mass. The machine turns out daily five tons of fuel, which sells readily at 37s 6d a ton, representing an average net p«ofit of 18s 6d a ton from a material that used to be regarded as useless. There may be money in the sawdust mountains in the Nortk Island after all.

BUYING A PIANO

Dining our Annual Balance this rabjith weave prepared to offer terms of payment ever more advantageous than the very liberal and exceptional terms we extend - in the ordinary course of business. Perhaps you do not want terms; but if you do this is your special opportunity. , All our m&trumeatß\are ahßolntely .good, bearing—4n addition to\ the names of famous makes such asthe; 'Bfoadsvood, the - RioiMsoh, '."thV Xapp, and the Stein way—?the guarantee ef oar wide repute and long experience.. If we sell you a piano during this Annua! Balance period, you are assured of a fine instrument, and the payments will be too easy to bother you at all. The Dresden Piano Company, Ltd., Wellington. North Island Manager: M. J. Brookes. Local .Representative: H. Inns, Danielle BuiWingg, Qu«ea Street.

| Seven thousand sheep and lambs were put through the Waingawa work last week. A Dairy Shorthorn Breeders' As* sociation has been formed at Hamilton, which is tlie first in the Dominion. A Hamilton telegram states thai a native named Jacob fell off a waggon at Karamu, and his head was crush xl by a wheel. The distinguishing mark for motor! cars in the Dannevirke borough ami; county is "D.V." That i,s very appropriate for a district where theroads are not too good. The ruling passion. When three* hearty cheers had beon called for die i\.iag, at a military function at G.sborne on Tuesday, a youth in thecrowd called out, "And another iorr the referee."

A large meeting of Waikato pig< breeders affirmed the principle of insuring pigs, to recompense owtierafor the large numbers of pigs that are condemned by the Government!' inspectors.

We are requested to state thati no matinee will be given by the Masterton Picture and Entertainment Company to-morrow afternoon. The next entertainment will be on Tuesday evening, for which a specialty attractive programme is being art ranged.

Owing to the increased*output :r:;iii: the Waingawa freezing works, it.Lt-.s-been found necessary to make l'*'rther important additions to the storming accommodation. A st""t has aready been made with this iv.tr c* and. an order has been , placed Coit machinery. . * At the annual meeting of the N't>-;hi Island Sheep Dog Trial Association, held in Masterton on Wednesday; evening, the following newclubs .were* admitted ».to the Association : Pupa* rangi, New Plymouth,, Wanganm* Whakatane, King Country Central, and Pio Pio. j The Southland Times reports thai; mining at Preservation in quiet, but one or two parties were getting good, alluvial gold until stress of caused a temporary cessation of operations. .■■ Mi\< George Woods brought back some fine samples of heavy alln* vial gold'.from his claim— a number; of nuggets the size of peas. Up till the end of May, the number of sheep and lambs put through! the freezing works at Waingawa for; this season was 243,000. This is .t considerable increase on the total of last year, which was 189,700. Twenty butchers are employed on the-killing-board', but' they are only -work—' ing. about half time, as there |i a9 i . been a considerable falling off in stocic ' since the cold •weather set in. The output for the season would havebeen very much largerthanit is, had there not been a block hi the shipping last month. It is anticipate;! , that killing on a reduced' scale wiilF; ; ! :be continued for some weeks: yet. , ,T . The Masterton Collie, Club enter— " tained visiting competitors and judgesat a smoke concert in the A. ajid P«- i rooms at Masterton last evening-; There was a large attendance, audt His Worship the Mayor (Mr J; M. Coradine) presided. The following;, toasts were honoured: North Island. Sheep Dog Trial Association, Master* \ ton Collie Club, Masterton A. and .-« P. Association, the Farming Indus* try, the Judges, Visiting Competitors, the Cook, and the Chairman. Songs, recitations, etc., were givea.: by Messrs G. Ball, P. Lu. McKen&e,' P. Eadie, R, Davidson, and D. Heh■enton. Scotch and Irish dances were*also given by. the Sutherland children, to ' bagpipe music "by Mr T. Pickett. During the evening, tho--Mayor presented Mr A. Beaton with' the handsome cup donated by Mir John Strang for the winner 'of the- / championship long-head event.

At the, annual meeting , of 'the-' Roraney . Marsh Breeders'" Association, to be .'held during the. currency of the Mariawatu Show this month, Mr Ernest Short will-move: "It lias. be?n considered that, on and after January Ist, ,1914, the time has arrived when the association ehouid have an annual inspection of alii shearling ewes entered in each volume of the Flock Book, similar tothat carried out by the Kent or Romney Marsh Sheep- Breeders' Association in England, and that each ewo so passed shall bear the Association's tattoo mark N.Z.R.M-.,- audi, that it be an instruction to the Comr~ cil to hold over the'returns'of'ewelambs, from 'the Flock Book until' they have been passed by the inspectors appointed by the Association;. The work of inspection to be carried out from November Ist to February 28th. The Association to bear* two-thirds of the cost of inspection."'

I ' „"'",.. . '., .-' „ .:■**?* Mr F. P\ Welch requires station cook, mill bushmen, fencers, /etc. "■*. ;■:..'. '■•■'•■• ,•• r ;

A reward is offered for the recovery". of a driver's Whip, , lost > between! ' Chapel Street and Lansdowne. An advertiser is prepared to buy a fire or six-roomed house on the western side qf Masterton. Mr F. Court and family tende* their , sincere thanks for the manjj kmd expressions of sympathy extend* ed to themvin their late bereavement, A reward i s offered for the recovery of a gold solitair, engraved with cres# and the word "Bydand," lost in Queen iStreet. For the convenience of settlers* Messrs J. Macintosh and Co. have decided to alter the time of commencing' their Waipoua stock sale from 11.30' a.m. i>o 11 a.m., commencing nex# Wednesday. , ~, , Mr V. L. Fail-brother, land agent, Masterton' advertises" 6400 acres off splendid sheep and cattle country, in* a good district, winters 3 sheep to> vthe acre, ,and a bullock to every # acres. . Mr Fairbrother has also fo* sale several houses in Masterton on easy terms. The Arts and Crafts Depttf haw» a beautiful display of pioture s thr* week. An inspection will reveal a unique assortment of the latest andf most exclusive ideas in picture frames. The framing ig specially designed bjf the firm and prices will Be submitted! on application. Mr V. L. Fairbrother is holding a sale on Saturday, at the 'Mart, on aa. count of Mr T. Waugk, of the well*, known Hutt Valley Nurseries, of a large consignment of hedge sod shelter trees, fruit trees, ornamental am| flowering shrubs, etc. Buying commissions will be undertaken for any* one who is unable to attend. try, etc., will be sold at 1.30 p.m.j also several items of nearly new fur* niture.

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"My little HgitJs," N#lje:,a*d Jessie, werfi ;bad . wjih\"erbiifp£"," wnfces,.: Mrs, Jas. Burgis, Stanley,'. a am| would wake up choking, for'breath*; 1 was told Chamberlain's Cough Ran medy was a marvellous cure fn* ctoud and I tried «t with wenderfnl results. Now if they show thd slightest sign of croup I giro then* a- dose of Chamberlain's wugh. Re-t medy and never hear a sound from* them for the rest of the night." Sold fry all chemists and storekeeper. *

~ "Treat all mammitis as contagiwas the advice given by Mr Bait, M.R.C.V.S., to farmers in Ms ,address at Eketahuna on Saturday. 4 'The affected animal should," he I aaid, "be isolated and a sample of the 4 m;lk forward to the Agricultural Department in Wellington for analysis," Harry Long, charged at Carterton yesterday with driving a motor car •at a dangerous speed through the borough (the police stated between (30 and 40 miles per hour) was fined 40s and costs 7s. Mr G. H. Cullen appeared later for the defendant, and on bis representations that a very sick man was being driven to get •medical attention, the Magistrate reduced the fine to 80s.

When sitting at the Te Kuiti • Court, Mr E. Rawson, S.M., (one time of, Masterton) was confronted ■ with the question as to what constituted a labelled parcel of liquor. - The oase in which the. point was raised was one wher-3 the licensee of a hotel wrapped ; the liquor in 1 paper and labelled the same. The , purchaser of the liquor placed the parcel in a bag, presumably for convenience in carrying. The Magistrate said it was a reasonable thing to place the parcel in a bag for con- • vemence, but the practice would leave ■ -room for abuse, and the Act evident- ,-./.'. ly intended that the label should be ' «ri the outside covering. '., The Cromwell Argus that a - 'striking: illustration of the extent to -'which the pastoral country has been deluded through the rabbit gest and overstocking is to be found on the Ihmstan range, a short distance from HDromwell. In a certain gully is to be seen a, huge mass of rock, which at ' some time has . slipped away from • a bluff higher up. On top of this is a diposit of 'something like a foot of £ soil, but the- sides of the rock; be- ; ihg so steep and smooth on all sides, .the top-is isolated from' stock or The result is that on the / -summit there is an abundant growth '• : V--«rf;- native tussock, a ,veritable oasia ■ : ?.. in the desert, for the country all carries little or no vegetation :•?: in comparison therewith..

Try our "Roslyn" Writing Padthree for Is. Hugo and Shearer. *

A Poilsonby lady writes: "I can- . not speak too highly of Tarakihg's Linseed Emulsion.. I both 'use it my-"-«e]£ and recommend it to all my friends. In fact, I would not be without a bottle.of it'iri the house." Of -chemists and stores—ls 6d, 2s 6d, 4s 6d. *