LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 19 June 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

An' interesting, article from the pen of a Masterton young, lady, at present on <a visit .to the Old Country, de.bribing **A Trip to Kandy," will be found' on page 6 to-day.

ThV-N\.Z. Dairy Factory Managers' Association has a membership of 70.

A Press Association telegram from P'rilmtv'rston North states that tlie infant ttfrlld of Mr W. Peters, which was son filed on Monday by falling into a tub of hot water, died yesterday, The Wairarapa Caledonian Society intend holding Inglesides in Cartertw and Gladstone at an early date, while four Scotch concerts will' take niacin in Ma-srterton and probably two in Carterton.

Tlk> monthly meeting of the Mastorton Ladies! Social Guild was held at the residence of Mrs W. Wfiittaker, Essex .street, yesterday afternoon. Music and competitions were ■indulged in, and altogether a pleasant time was Afternoon tea; was dispensed by the hostess. The Masterton branch of the- St. John Ambulance Brigade was well represented in the Dominion: Hall Inst evening, when Dr. Archer Hosscinpr continued his cours-> of lectures o'i first-aid. A'! usual tlie subject of disc-•!no was dealt with in a capable wv..:\ anil ihf pupils evinced the '•--nest interest in the various demonstrations.

A well-attended meeting of the Ladies' Committee of the Wairarapa Caledonian Society was held last evening, when Mrs J. B. McKenzie was unanimously elected president, and Miss Gillespie secretary for the ensuing jvar. A good deal of business connected with the forthcoming Tnelfside, was dealt with, and the opinion was freely expressed that the Catherine gave every indication of being tlte most successful yet held by thr- ffaeiety.

ACTTFD ALL OVER. "T lnd influenza, with aches and mnis all nror,"-savß Mr,= E. S. Williams, Priee, S.A. "Was getting worse every minute and did not know what to do' for mvself, until l:re-nemhered that.a friend had told me Chamberlain's Cough R?medy cured his; influenza. I sent my daughter for a bottle and got immediate relief after the first dose and before I had taken the whol* bi'tle was completely cured." Sold by a ll chemists and storekeepers ' *

Another picture-theatre and skating rink is to be erected in Wellington. The. Masterton Butchers' Union will hold their annual dinner and social on Wednesday next, A first-offending "drunk'* was fin-? Ed 10s by Mr J. T. M. Hornsby, J.P., in Masterton, yestarday. » The monthly meeting of the Masterton Chamber of Commerce is. to W held to-morrow afternoon.

Very severe frosts have been exp3rienced in Otago of lat<», and farming operations have naturally been retarded. '

Mr J. C Boddington reports that there were five degrees of frost on Tuesday -night; as registered at Up*par Plain.

There is still luck in odd number*. The winning marble for nearly every section drawn at the- land ballotin Masterton yesterday was .either No. 1 or No.-3. The Mangaono oil bore' has now reached a depth of over 2200 fe?t. The bore has passed throtrgh another strata of shale, and the indicationsare considered good.

1 The Wellington, Land Board is comj posed of the Mayor of a township, jtlie Chairman^of a Town Board, tn«« ; Chairman of a County Council, and a j member of a County Council. j Damage amounting to £IOOO was ! effused by a firg in the premises of i Winks and Hall, Auckland, yestorfxlay. "The loss is covered- by insurj ance* in ' the" Royal, North- -British, , New Zealand and Northern offices. I Probate has been granted by tin? of George v. on the '■'"'■, : ■ jmbtwn.V^if!.i|lr''^...'G,.'-Beard, andth*' - : ...«,. i .tfie-estate,,,of ,Pettia;.Sorma ; A]berth-;*; v?.; v :■seny; ,^'•El^h•nnll,'fbn:', tlie'motJW df,' " i? .-"', .* Mr v ; : #.. Fteaidevilie.; -:i ■■ • .. /, ■■■ ~v..- ~; • ■'; : '■ "..-'/Inj conversation, with,:ah'->iAse> <«*~.;v : V^ ; :.' ■ presentatife'yeeteraay,'. Mr ' \% ;';';■, Brodrick, Commissioner of Crown, ' stated that he had given in r . . , structions that future sales of Crown . . lands 'be.'Better; advertised than, the '■. ■>sales, in the past.',..\;,'-/.;■'■ % ;l;\ : '.\j^', . The d'red'gemftpber for:■ tbjb;;'.jMaiieif' '*• .;;"■,';■,. ? ton Gold; Waging. re^p'Ms 1: '" ''?.\9 'under date ISfth June: VThere is o» '■"'''"'';"• '■change in the wash, which is patchj. . The Best of it lies on the r »a stern half of" the face. The. ground is very : tight, and Bsnf to break down." . To-night thoße who wish to trip the light fantastic should have an enjoyabls time at the annual dance of the Masterton P. and Tf Hockey Club. THis. function, as in past yearsy should" prove quite one of the i most successful of the season.

The members, of the' Wellington Land Board' were- impressed with the class of applicants for land at. the ballot taken im Masterton yesterday. "They all seemi to b3 bona "fide farmr ers and likely, settlers," sajd one of the m«nrbersV . ; ' TTour streets are the best I have* seen in the Dominion/' 7 said a Land Board member to an Age reporter Yesterday. "T tfimk r ' nowever, yoa hare rattier mucfe camber in the main street, arid: the- street lamps should be removed from -the, centre."" A Master-ton apw*ffst, m'conirerwition ah Age reporter yesterday, ', stated that the past year has Been a (very poor one for the, production of honey in the Wairsrapav The summer had been so short that the . honey-gathering'of the bees had been. = curtailed. ; ,- ~ '' " The l trading account of the/Wellington Farmers^. Bacon*. Company, the business oT -which- has been carried on at the Waingawa freezing works, showy a profit? of £l9 tfis lid on the past year's operations. subscribed capital, of the Company is £2510. , The plant and machirierr are valued at £3359' ISs 6oL

the ballot ",in' MaetsEton yesterday (a He . drs#:/two sections in ' presented at the! ballot, and had not " deposited his half-year's rent, a second draw had to Be made in each case, and he is siill among the landless. ' , ! A'. ■••■ • ', "

Mr H. KT. MclTenzie, of Master.ton, vras vei-y BTicc?©9ful. at the Eaff mersion winter show with his fat bu'* locks. In the class for single bullock; any. .age.i &e'i ifir*^' second, and third, .HgfcTy commended, and highly commended. For two btillocks under three yearshe was award ?dN'first,' second, and third prizes: and for two Bullocks under four years, he took" first, second, third, comm i end'erf,'and highlv commended. In point of fact, he "scooped the poor." - >

The annual taeetrng of the Wellington Farmers" Bacon Comoany is to be held in Pshiatua on June 27th. In their report, the directors say:— "The Company is now thoroughly established; and the .quality of its products has beer* vftry favourably com- ! mented on by well-known buyers 6? bacon. Since March last the busi- ' ness has been earned on by the Wellington Farmers'. Meat "Company* Ltd., and your directors now desire you to appoint a committee to confer. witßi the Board on the future conduct of the- Company's business." Rabbits seem to have csased to_ba a- pest,, in Southland especially, where bush and other" cover does not exist to; amy considerable extent, trapping at the proper time being sufficient to keep them within bounds; What a change time effects (says the News). When they were introduced for sporting purpose, so valuable an asset were -they,considered that at New River, where a number were liberated, a .notice was posted pointing out -that anyone destroying them would be punished as Faw directed. The sandy waste this side of "Riverton beach was thr-n covered with native growth, the transformation being due to the / operations of the rabbits. A pathetic story of the—mission field is told by a New York correspondent of the Montreal Daily Witness. When the steamer Verona had been moored at the pier one of the passengers, Miss Margaret Reynolds, stepped ashore'after an absence of' about two years in India, where she had been engaged in the faminestricken regions. Awaiting her was. Mr Walter H. Thompson, of Chicago, to whom she was betrothed. But instead of the girl who left him two. years ago he found a grev-haired woman of 24, bereft of reason, who-failed-to recognise him. The suffering she witnessed in India'drove Tierinsane, and she was brought back to> New York in charge of a murse. BUYING A PIANO. During our Annual Balance this month we are prepared to offer terms of payment ever more advantageous than the very liberal and exceptional terms we extend in the ordi'narv course of business. Perhaps vou do • not want terms; but if you do this is your special opportunity.All our instruments are absolutely good, bearing—in addition to the names of famous makes such a« tha Broadwood, the Ronisch, the Lipp, and the Stein way—the guarantee of our wide repute and long experience. If we sell you a piano during this Annual Balance period, you are assured of a fine instrument, and the payments will be too easv to bother you.At all. The Dresden Piano Com* pany, Ltd., Wellington. North Island Manager: M. J. Brookes. Local Representative: H. Inns, Dftniell'a Buildings, Queen Street.

'vi ' "• ■ iW "'- ■:• ' •: ■ ''■ \f The Masterton Workers' Mutual V IBenent Building Society Held a "pay- - "night" laf>L evening, vuieuVthe sum 1 -of £l4B Us was paid in to the secreflltary. 'A ballot will be held in the < t < -course of tu few weeks. It is proposed, says a New Ply"jnouth mre, to hold a reunion at a . icpnvypient centre of tlw 'surviving aaem&rs of the 43rd Begiment, on :-the> fiftieth anniversary of their land : ,« f iing in New Zealand on December - 11th. "S *At 'euchre tourmy held in con- ' section with tlu Masterton Forest',*ers' Lodge oh Tuesday evening, the . 4mae-winner 8 were bs follow: Gents, Jtc Smith; ladies, ( Mrs Wimsett; Tconsolation, Mr Fraser* and Mias Hoffema. Mr Merrett, of Christchurch, is getting out an incubator to hold 3000 eggs. It is worked by electricity, -and a bell rings in the house whon the temperature rises above or, be'low a certain point. The eggs are tinned automatically. 'ltTiof-e fortunate enough to have " tmft-ps to dispose of this year ar« "in a position to demand a big price (says the Otautau as it is admitted on every side that winter feed is verv scarce. Immediate- .. ,*. ly it becomes kflflvv*, that a* farmer * lias turnips to dispose of he is rush'«jd on all «id?s by eager stock owner* .willing to Durchase. A Longbush correspondent states that when Mr J. Bannister was re.»'turning from- Carterton • a motor, ".cyclist dasheß into the* horse which -v'he was driving, with the'result that ' Mr Bannister was thrown out of the *'fs&. - The fririhtened "anininr Mted: . -and dashed ; across • theV.Abkbteu ■*J)ridge..at atgallop,*.bttt'after-'t'pavet' {djjfe'jtobnt a Siile*i*«»:%ppM'% Mr ; . -' '; ,*iiatel:r.gs«p%^ ■ ■*' The iHlßd l^c]A^*^«lb^:%te:' '-Friendly Council ; iTOs" field in ; last;- ; e*fl9ninß, "Brb. Chapman in the chair. A letter waa

received from the Wairarapa Rugby -Union, offering*to, tafce over the managfni«?nt f CodnciHs seven- * *-side foofcßafl shlpld. It was' deto r approval *af the Lodges, to agro? to the UnfMsas*r proposal; - The- annual combirf«t' Friendly Societies' social and ,'.\jiance was fixed for Thursday. July. tpfctth. Bros. 'Darroch and O'RefcuT ft/were appointed joint secretaries of fe**he -dance.^ %i- The* /first representative hockey of thfe season, as far as the gXiWairarapa is concerned, will take Replace this afternoon on the Park K Uval. The contesting teams ' will f| Jbe v Manawatu and Wairarapa, the g&vftaner being challengers' for the ij-Nordon Cup, which was wrested § their possession last year by pYWairarnpa, after one of the most in- ; Interesting: and closely contested games witnessed in Palmerston. Tomatch promises to be no less Kf Interesting. < Manawatu, who come a big reputation, are out to coveted trophy back again,' the local representatives will reS be on their mettle to avert iCJguch' "a- catastrophe happening to hockey The fe'gTOnndriis Convenient, and I 'if the feather keeps up will be in a fine feCjgtaying order, 60 that an excellent of this popular game may Messrs Gray» *» of JpStahnerston, and Gray, of Mastercontrol the gam 3, whieh to be o'ne of the best yet' It played' in Masterton. Wt*** An 'Owner is wanted for a bunch of jfehtfed keys. married couple with good referopen to an engagement. .hL. C. Robinson, solicitor, has ~TOpnffrt ■f'T flf m***' lend at Si per owner" in the Masterton" ra»d. ( ' ? y '__,,'' ! • " pony *gelding, impounded SpwwfeMi' W. B. Cameron's property, |ig|srati, lVitt-vthe Masterton pound, ownership. Englishwoman seeks a as ladyhelp \or working- .„/ __ / Mrs J.. D. Reardon, -sTesehj«iwhere extend thanks who sympathised wjth 'them Hpf|istr%* r recent bereavement. hnve a stream running Advertisement v in this isstream will earn you B»^fe' t 'J r * a ' rDr .°* n P r > l*nd agent, advertises two handvsmall, farms, well improved; WwEPPfy i&heep run in the Waitotara of 1290 acres and twojjon■ras3&eßt dwellings in Masterton. aPySs'V. L. Fairbrother is holding a ■KTOMfring sab on Friday, on behalf of Goodwin. Amongst the lines nK|s£ss&l4j> .special attention is drawn '.poultry. which are a first-class catarrh and head colds are just now, and some■nwjw*i«eri6tt*B troubles follow. For a wtipjfrity Mr J. V-; Gordon, % chemist, offers "Nasobam" as a grand fancy dress carnival will aiitlio skating rink on evening, July Bth. Full jfc ill appear later. The being well patronised, both in |||pJ|i[ej*afternoons and evenings. I L. Fnirbrother lias been ' by Messrs Salon Brothers, to dispose 0f,£6800 stock and _ travellers' The goods will be on ■KSgG?i.'sU' a v to-morrow and will be on Saturday at 10.30 a.m.— without reserve. J. Fraser and Co., land agents, advertise in this issue jjarticula,rs of 675 near Masterton, which JWssW\ y worth perusal. First-class Hggpfottled xesidenca .with 20 acres of m^es roai Masterton, is for sale. '

A Press Association telegram from Blenheim last evening states that a proposal to raise £72,000 for drainage purposes" was .negatived by 91 votes.

At the Supreme Court at Hamiltou'yesterday, William Benson-was acquitted on a charge of riring a iu-voiv-jr.at Geo. Alien, who admitted improper relations with Benson's wile. Judge Cooper characterised Allen as "a blackguard entirely devoid of moral sense."

'■ The Open Handicap of £IOO nt the Hawke's Bay County Gun Club's meeting at Napier on Wednesday vrai' won bv Mr W. Woolvvn, a member of the Masterton Gun Club, who secured the possible number of kills. Mr Duncan Fraser, the well known gun .shot of thv? Wairarapa, divided second prize money with four others. At the Palmeriston winter show, Mr E. Harper, of Matahiwi, Masterton, took first prizes for spring wheat, Partridge peas, and cocksfoot grass seed. Mr W. C. Miller, of Masterton, took first prizes for winter whe-at, rye corn, Cape barley, Dun oats, Goldfinder, Victory, amd White Ligower oats, Yorkshire peas, field peas, Italian ryegrass seed, and cowgrass Beed.

Try our "Roslyh" Writing Pad—'hree for Is. Hugo and Shearer. *

Auckland lady's recommendation: "I have found Tonking's Linseed Emulsion a splendid remedy and so 'delightfully- swlhjngtp a sore chest, and will recommend it to all my friends/' Hove you a hacking cough ?; Nothing so sure to cure as Tonking's Linseed Emulsion.

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