LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 22 September 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The crops on tho To Ore Ore plain are looking exceedingly well just now. The snow is, fast disappearing from the Tararua ranges, and many peaks are already quite bare. Air J. C. Boddington reports there were 2$ degrees of frost registered at tho Upper Plain on Saturday. There is an abundance of grass in the Masfcerton district just n«w, and stock generally is in splendid condition.

The track to Mt. Holdsworth is now in very good order and alpineclimbing; will probably be popular with 'Mastertonians in a few weeks' time.

, The road between Master ton and the Lower Taueru is in excellent order. Tho County Council is at present effecting repairs to the bridge at the Lower Taueru.

Guide Bannister told an Age representative on Saturday last that tho ranunculus on Mt. Holdsworth will bo in bloom fliis year at kast a fortnight earlier than usual. It is expected that, when the holding ponds at the Malsterton fish hatcheries are completed, the cost td the Acclimatisation Society of the new site, .with the buildings, etc., will be £I6OO.

The old Anglican Church in Mastertoa has had -several inarrow escapes from destruction by fire. On one occasion a hole was burned in the roof through an «mber alighting upon it from an adjoining fire. Speaking at the official opening of the new hatcheries in Masterton on Saturday last, Mr L. G. Reid, S.M., stated that the first trout liberated in the Hutt river were hatched by Mr George .Denton, of Wellington, in his garden.

Application has been made to the Tourist Department for a vote towards repairing the bridge leading to Mt. Hordsworth, and of maintaining the track. It is expected that the vote will be made at an early date.

Since 1882, no fewer than 20,000,000 trout fry have been sent away from Masterton. These have been turned out chiefly in the Wellington, province. A considerable number have, however, gone to other parts of New Zealand, and some have been sent to Australia. The ideal of those who took an interest in acclimatisation matters ia the Wellington province in the early days was, according to iMr L. G. Reid, S.M., to thoroughly stock the streams and to issue fishing licenses at the nominal fee of 2s 6d. The destruction of the trout by shags, etc., had made it impossible to attain this ideal.

A Masterton, or rather a Wairarapa "sport," is in a calculating mood just now. He made two investments of £2O each at th© Avondale races on Saturday. One of his fancies got' first place, and the other second. The first horse paid a dividend of £1 ss, and the second a dividend of 14a 6d. Query: How much did he lose on his winning transaction ? The 'property situated at Ahiahouka, which was submitted to auction by Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., on Saturday, on behalf of Mr H. G. Williams, Masterton, was sold under the hammer to Mr William McKenzie at the rate of £35 per acre, which is equivalent to about £45 per acre for the land available inside the fences. About thirty years ago the stream that runs through the St. Matthew's Church acre in Masterton. was a favourite eeling-ground for natives. The "natives had a belief that the nearer they got to the church, the larger and ! sweeter were the eels. On one afternoon about five hundred "tunas" were taken from the stream by Maori women with fcpears.

In the course of his address at the opening of the fish hatchery in Masterton on Saturday last, Mr L. H. Tripp stated that a gentleman had made a gift of £4OO towards the work of erecting the hatchery. Mr Tripp stated that he was not ia a position to mention the name of the donor, after whom it been desired to name the hatcheries. The gentleman, however, had always taken a keen interest in acclimatisation matters, particularly on the West Coast. He said he did not wish the hatchery named after him, npr did! he wish special recognition for his gift, for he realised that others had given time and money to further the work of acclimatisation.

Mr L. G. Reid, the hard-working Stipendiary Magistrate at Masterton, is possessed of a fund of anecdote. He is practically a native of New Zealand, having come with his parents from the Falkand Islands when a mere infant. His fatter, by the way, spent some time in Australia, and 1 was regarded as a "chief" among the blacks, he having arrived in a certain locality after the death of a well-known aboriginal. (The Australian "blacks" had a belief that when one of their number died, lie came to earth again a« a white manj When Mr Reid was in practice as a solicitor, he had occasion to visit the West Coast. While there, he procured some chips from a vessel which had been washed ashore from the sea. It was a very oid vessel, and nobody knew from whence the wreckage came. He was travelling on a coach, and was telling the storv of the wreckage, when one of the passengers remarked: "1 remember that vessel well. I was part-owner of it. It was wrecked on the New South \\ ales coast, and we were never able to trace the wreckage." The discovery on the West Coast was. says Mr Reid; of valuable assistance in determining the movements of the ocean currents.

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At a Meeting held last weak-, »t was decided to -refillseitato the Eketahuna Cricket Club. The matron ©f the Masterton Hospital will be thankful for donations of old linen for the hospital. There are at present 28 patients in tho Masterton Hospital, eight of whom aro in the fever ward. Tho Grand Master and officers of the Wellington District Oddfellows' Lodge pay a visit to Jsiketahuna tonight. A little girl named Pullen fell into a bath of hot water a Woodville last week, and was badly scalded, the injuries resulting in her death. Tho dairy herd, of Mr A„ Dunstall, of Newman, last aeason averaged £l3 lib per cow. The best cow in. the herd produced milk valued at over £2O.

Lambing percentages are working out as high as was anticipated, and some averages well on to 100 per cent am to be l recorded.—Gisborne Times.

Taranaki possesses forty-one Gutter factories and seventy-seven ckeese factories—total,. 110—of which fifteen are dual- and make both butter and cheese. Besides these there are iifty skimming stations. It is estimated, by those who are in a position to judge, that replacing of horse vehicles by motor traffic in "Napier has made a difference of ever 10,000 bags in the annual turnover in oats.

A Hereford bullock, bred by Mr W. Blrdling, ofKsinganui, Waitara, was among those sold at the Addington yards on August 6th, and it has dressed out at 16751b. The hide was an exceptionally heavy , one,, andi was sold for £4 10s-.. *

Mr E. Clifton, Director of. Experimental farms, says that on certain lands in the Mackenzie Country sorrel has grown so quickly that farmers expressed the opinion that the weed was the best pasture for sheep the land had produced. A Southland teacher during; the fortnight's exercise in Swedish drill lost four pounds in weight, another increased by six and a third by eight pounds. A fourth claims to be threequarters of an inch taller, and to be several inches less in girth inconsequence of the training. The annual horse parade under the auspices of the Wairarapa P. and A. Society was held on the Carterton showgrounds on Saturday last in fine weather. There was a large attendance of farmers, and thirteen horses were on parade. Our detailbdi report is unavoidably held over until to-morrow.

The accident that occurred on the Clareville road on Friday, last to the lad Bishop was, not attended with serious results. The lad was* riding on a. timber waggon driven by Mr H. Miller, and containing about 12cwt of timber. . In jumping off, the young fellow fell under the wheels, which passed over his. body. He was picked up in an unconscious condition, but it was subsequently discovered lhat no bones were broken. A Southland potato grower has- decided to plough several acres in owing to the unremunerative prices ruling. He consigned four tons of seed potatoes to Auckland a week ago, and netted less than, £8 for the lot, a return that does not warrant thte employment of labour, inr digging: aaid lifting. Other growers have had; a similar experience, having, been too late with their crops to be able- to Hake advantage of, the much higher prices that obtained some months ago. A recent arrival from the Old j Country, who was in Masterton, last week, stated that he had been two months in the Dominion, and was astonished, to find the prosperity that existed 1 on all hands. He had not been able to discover poverty in any shape or form. "The workers of this country," he said, "are-living in a paradise. They may complain! aibout the cost of living,, but they all seem to dress well, and they live like fighting-cocks. I wish some of those who complain could, drop in at the slums of the larger cities in- Englaaid',. and see what poverty really isv' r

On Saturday afternoon. last a very interesting demonstration by means of the Pa the Home Cinematograph was given in the Technical School, at Masterton before Messrs F.. H.. Bakewell (school inspector), the chairmen of the local school committees,, and school teachers, about sixty being present. The demonstration was to show the advisability, of vising the cinematographs in our schools.. Mr W. Wildmaiv manager of tli© Arts and Crafts Depot, gpve the demonstration. H© explained; that Messrs Pathe Freres had established a committee of professor® actually engaged in the teachingprofession, whose duty it would be to select pictures for use in tije schools. In other words this committee wae to scrupulously observe the official 1 programmes issued by the Minister of Education.. Further, each film was to lie accompanied by explanatory remarks. Several very excellent pictures were shown on the screen. The- machine is self-con-tained. The turning of the handle generates the electric light for the reflection of the moving picture. It is also possiblte Co stop' the machine in order to give the teacher an opportunity to explain any portion -of the film, and yet allbw the picture to remain on til© screen. The screen J measured about 4' feet by 3 feet, and ' the effect was excellent.

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Another caset of scarlet fevw was reported in iMusierton on Saturday.

The latest return from tbe Work* aop dredge is 920 m for 180 hours* work.

Ten new members were elected at the monthly mooting ©f the Waimrapa Caledonian Society «h Saturday last.

It is expected that the business of the Supreme Court, which- opens in Masterton to-morrow, will be completed in two days.

Offertories, received at St.. Matthew's church serviced yesterday amounted to- £BS. This sum wiU cp towards the church building fnud» The Wairarapa Society's Pipe Band has been engaged by theMangatainoka Sports Club to attend the club's annual gathering on "Boxing Day.

Ten new members were elected at the meeting of the Teachers' Institute in Masterton on Saturday-Ninety-two teachers were present at the lecture in the afternoon v There are about 1500 members of. the Shearers' Union in the Wellington province. The total- membershipfor the Dominion is 447-5. Wellington province has the largest membership. .

A meeting of the local branch of the Shearers' Union held at Tinui on Saturday last, and in Masterton last evening. Mr Laracy, secretary pf the union, delivered- an address at each place. Mr "F. H. Bakewell. M.A., read extracts from "Jbtard Times/' by; Charles Dickens, and "uVlaeterman Easy," by Captain Marryatt, with tellingef--fect at his lecturdon."ldeals of Edtjca,tion" in Masterton on Saturday ■The ladies' committee of the Wairarapa. Caledonian Society will bte entertained in the Arcadia tea Thursday next by the directory off the society. A number oTmembepsof v the. Carterton branch of th© * society will also be present. *

It is worthy of note that in thayear 1883 the old St. .Matthew's-: church in Masterton was submersed' in water to a depth of several feet',, through the overflowing of the Waipoua river, and boats were employed, to rescue soime of the furnishings^ The annual home mission services in connection with the Masterton Methodist Church were held yesterday.. There were large congregations at all, •' the services, the preachers being the Rev. S. J. Serpell and the Hon. C M_ Luke, M.L.C., who delivered interesting and: telling addresses, which were listened to with deep interest,

It Juts been a practice in the past with members of the Shearers' Union to either lodge £1 or their uniosii ticket with employers as a guarantee of good faith that they will answer the roll-call when shearing common-# ces. Mr Laracy informs us that this, year there is attached to members' ticket a deposit slip, and this maybe lodged with owners in lieu of th» £1 deposit or ticket. If a shearer .fails to answer the roll-call without* ■■ reasonable excuse, the fine of £1 will be imposed on the slip Being forwarded *to the secretary of the union.

Some dissatisfaction has been caused among shearers at the action of certain sheep-owners in the Wairarapa andelsewhere injnaking agreements with agents for a board of shearers, and subsequently, letting their shearing by contract. It is pointed out that this puts shearers and agents to considerable expense and annoyance, and that it is tantamount to a breach of contract. Mr Laracy told an Age representative last night that cases of the kind mentioned #re not numerous, but several had occurred!, and, for the sake of industrial peace, he considered the practice should be discontinued. 1 'I he ordinary monthly meeting of; directors of the Wairarapa Caledonian Society was held, on Saturday, last. Mr J. Georgesoa (president) in tae chair. Mr O. Hausmann wrote,-, resigning his position as dent on account of leaving thie district. It was decided to accept th& resignation with regret, and , that a suitable letter be forwarded ' to Mr Hausmann. Mr W. Dickson was admitted as a deputation on beh'alf ofi the W.A.A.0., in reference to the visit to New Zealand of tlie American athletes, and asking thatr th'e society take over the guarantee of a it an Ji have the team competing' at the Now Year's Day sports. It was decided that the matter be referred to the joint programme and' co , mmittee - u was decided that the directors favour th'e proposition submitted by Mr Dickson. Reports of the finance and ladies' committees were read' and adopted. Ifc was decided that the matter of getting up a reserve of new members for pipe band be referred! to the• pipe band' committee. It was decided that the Carterton committee suggest a date their next sports gathering It was resolved that from October to S \ of the society beheld at 2.30 p.m., and'firom April toSeptember at 2 p.m.

Gardening work or House cleaning: is required by an advertiser. An improver to dressmaking is required by Mrs Richardson, 47 Ban-nister-street. A reminder is given of the Forest-, ers euchre party to, be held at 8o'clock to-night. °* special services ta be held m at. Matthew's Church tocoiumnS PU ia . OUr adTOrtiai »« wS rm !T' trap ' H * bt K»K> hand-cart and buggy, H u in good or" for M " The District Officers will meet the i>oyal Masterton Lodge, 1.G.0.F* ■M.U., on Tuesday, 23rd insfr. AIE members are requested to attend 1 . Messrs Seaton, Sladden and'Pavitt; engineers and surveyors* invite tenders for about one mile of road con-, struction, culverts and bridge in re* inforced: «oncrete. Tenders will btf received at the Masterton office. In a change advt. Mr J. C. Ewineton notifies that; he is selling tile latest models in Indian motor cycles* another shipment- of which ife due afr ;the month. Ha for 1914 medfel night and

The value of church property in JDAasterton at the present time is estimated at between £25.000 awl £30,000. Owing to pressure of copy we are compelled to hold over several items ci" local interest, and which will Appear in to-morrow'h issue. Mr Jacobsen, Government Apiarist, iwill deliver an address before the members of the Eketahuna branch of tie Farmers' Union on Saturday *eit. The Wairarapa lady hockey players returned from Wangamu on Saturday, much pleased with their trip, and bringing with them tho coveted trophy. A prosecution is pending against the Waikato A. and P. Association in connection with th* tattling of & Cadillac motor car. Considerable interest i 9 being taken in the case. It is estimated that a sum of be\jtween £7OOO and £IO,OOO a year has Tbeen expended in various forms or entertainment by tho Masterton public during the last few years. Tho Petone footballers, who played a match here on Saturday, were yesterday taken For ft drive through the southern of the district, accompanied by members of the Wairarapa Rugby Union. A hockey shield match was played *t Wellington on Saturday between Wellington, and Auckland'. Neither tskle scored, and extra time was played, Barry eventually notching a goal tor Auckland, who thus won by one goal to nil.

'fhe tinanoe and general committee A \of the Wairarapa and East Coast P. and A. Society met on Saturday: morning, the president, Mr E. Eagle, presiding. Practically only routine •business in connection with the forthcoming show was discussed. " A painful accident befel Mr G. JSowman, of Masterton, yesterday. Me was engaged cutting a piece of . # mirror, when, by some means, his hand came into contact with a (sharp edge. The Arteries in his wrist were severed, and he lost a large quantity of blood. The wound was dressed by a local doctor, but it will be some weeks before he will be able to re« sum© work.

Dr. Prior presided at the Y.M.Q.A. jttrangers' tea in Masterton yesterThere was a large attendance to hear a most interesting and inspiring address by the Hon. tJ, M. Luke, M.L.C. A vote of thanks was passed to the ladies of Knox Church for providing the edibles. A service was subsequently conducted at the Solway Home by Mr Rutter. Mr M. Laracy, secretary of the N.Z. Shearers' Union, told an Age reporter last night that the agreement made with the employers at a recent conference was for a period of one year oniy. The secretary and president, however, have undertaken to recommend members to accept the agreement for a further term of three years, and a ballot will be t&kea on the subject during the coinbearing season. ,

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