LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 26 February 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Harvesting, operations are still proceeding apace in the Masterton district. A number of the potato plots in and around Masterton are badly aiiectcct with blight. A physical instruction class for teacherfj 'will be held at Mastei ton from May 11th to May 25th. It was somewhat remarkable that . while heavy rain fell iii Masterton 011 Tuesday night, the Wangaehu V alley escaped the downpour. Yesterday being Ash Wednesday, special services were held in St. Matthew's Church at Masterton. The attention of the Government .is being called to the alarming spread of noxious weeds in the Stratford County. Mr J. C. Boddington reports that 18 points of rain were registered at the Upper Plain.at ( J a.m. yesterday morning. , A .solar eclipse ionic place yesterday. It was not visible froni Masterton, but was partially visible in the South Island. The Wellington Education Board has declined a request for permission to use the lawn tennis court at Makuri for Sunday play. The date for the School Committee elections in the Wellington distVictf has been fixed by the Education Board for the second Monday in May.

Owing to difficulties in structural requirements, tho Minister of Public Works has abandoned all liopo of having the Chamber of the new House of Parliament c6mpleted before tlu» session of 1916.

An application for an award lias been received by the. Royal Humane Society in respect to Robin Reuben, a Maori lad, who saved Donald Matthews, twelve years of age, from drownings in the Waipoua river at Mastortoh on the 2nd inst.

Masterton shareholders in the Waipa Collieries, Ltd., will be interested to know that all work in connection with the railway and the equipment of the mine is now completed, and as soon as the line is officially pa'/isd by the Government, operations wi'.l be commenced.

At its meeting on Tuesday, tin* Wellington Education Board made the following grants for -schoftls in the Wairarapa:—Alfredton, contrcting floor of aheds, £ls 10s; Hnkanui, fencing school site, £10; Roiigokokako, drain renewal, as recommended. The Wairarapa polo player? did not, it appears, score a goal against Hawke'g Bay on Tuesday. JtJndeitho rules of polo the last spell mutt cease immediately the bell goes. The goal scored by Evans for Wairarapa was, it is alleged, notched after tlfe bell went, and < therefore does not count.

The motion of which notice has been jsiven by Or A. E. Winzenberg should read as. follows: "That the engineer be requested to, bring up a report, to tho following meeting of the council, on tho probable cost of acquiring! the land necessary to form connecting streets between Pine, Cole, Essiex and Cornwall Streets, about midway between Chapel and Pownall Streets; Pownall Street to railway station reserve ; Queen Street to Chapel Street, and Church or Bannister Street to River Road."

The purchase of a piano is a matter whcli should be thought of at once. The sum ,-nvolved is not. large, but there arc, so manv questions of quality, tone, p'ice and make, vvhii'h must be considered. • There is still another" point win ch' should always weight with a wise nnd cautious, purchaser—buy your piano from a liouse with a reputation. Don't run the risk of a had purchase! Side by side two pianos migjit appear to be of equal value. Yet, one could , really be almost perfect, and the other a worthless imitation. Beinember, goodness in a piano is not merely in the case, tout in tlie quality of its touch and" tone. Jt is in .producing a responsive instrument that sterling .yaliie Ja:. Accorded-r-onp. -wuth, .touch, * arioF of 1 tbrte,: Should yott . desire to purchase a, piano call upon the Dresden Piano Company. They keep the largest (stocks, and deal only with the mwst reliable makers. On time payments from 20s monthly. Local Representative: H. Inns.*

The Australian cricketers left AN anganui yesterday en route to ( hnstcl lurch.

The Wairarapa Automobile Association will hold a picnic at the Miki Miki on Saturday.

A Sydney cable reports' that the well-known racing siro Haut Brion dropped dead yesterday.

A, Sydney cable states that the hent wave has broken, and much-nee kJ rain is falling,, steadily. The Greytown Swimming Club is holding a. swimming carnival to-day, at which several Masterton swimmers intend competing.

Mr W. N. Rummer, of To Wharau, donated £5 from his winnings at the rifle meeting at Papawai to the funds of tlio Wairarapa Rifle Association.

Intending competitors at the Masterton Horticultural Society's Show next week aro reminded that entiles clomo on.Saturflay noxt, February 28. A Christchiirch telegram states that 110 trace lias yet been discovered of Mr King, tlio alpino climber, and the two guides who are supposed to have been lost on Mt. Cook.

At a meeting of the Carterton Borough Council on Tuesday night, it was decided that a grant of £25 be made to the Mayor, to cover his out-of-pocket expenses. The cricket match Australia v. Wanganui concluded yesterday, and readied in a drawn game. Wanganui's first"innings realised 104 runs, the visitors replying with 285 for nine wickets.

Sergt.-Major Sandliam, of the St. Jolm Ambulance Brigade, WeHjjjfeton, will ■ visit Masterton on" Saturday, when members of the.local branch of the brigade will he put through company and stretcher drill.

At a meeting of the Nursing Division of tho Masterton St. John Ambulance! Brigade last evening; it was decided to hold Ambulance- Saturday on March 21st, in preference to a date in May, when tho weather conditions cannot lie relied upon. The shareholders of the Masterton Workers' Mutual Benefit Building Society contributed the sup of £IOB odd at the fortnightly pay-night last eveiiing, in anticipation of participating in the ballot'for £3OO free of interest, which takes place on March sth. According to the Premier at Hastings on Tuesday night, the experiment tried in South Canterbury for providing five-acre farms for labourers \yho paid ar deposit of £25 and the balance in 25 years. liu\d been a great success: A similar experiment would Ih> made in Masterton, where the land had been purchased. . . The • railways again! The race-, horses Sinapifl, Reputation and Vocation had an unenviable train journey on Monday (says the Wanganui Chronicle). The trio left Tauherenikau at ,4.30 a.m. on Monday, and entrained at 6.10 a.m. at Carterton, en route for Wanganui. They did" not- arrive here until 2 a.m. on Tuesday, tho whole trip taking close on 22 hours, of which 20 were spenT on the train journey. The Akitio river mouth bridge, will soon be completed.* Tho contractor (Mr R. McKenzie, M.P.) says that 'vehicles will* be able to cross in a fortnight's time. The timber for the "Look-out" ford bridge is just about all on the site, and given ordinary autumn weather, . this much needed structure should be constructed befoio tho winter sets in. A timber been landing" the balance of bndge timbers at Akitio during the week. A meeting of the Masterton Labour Party was held last evening, when it was understood a proposal to amalgamate with - the Social-Democratic party was to be considered. A reporter of the Ige presented himself at the meeting, but was told by Mr E. Flanagan that if tliero was any information for the pra«;-it would be supplied. As nothing; had reached us 'O/ midnight, we presume that the business transacted is not to bo made available to *the public, at any rate in the meantime..

Greytown Standard states that on Monday, a regrettable incident occurred on tho Papawai riile lange. One of the competitors accidentally discharged his rifle in the midst of a large number of shooting men in th rear of the firing lino, but fortunately without damage to anyone present The offender is an old and esteemed rifleman, who has made himself ini-' mcnscly popular on every range he has fired upon, but the council of the association had to perform a most unpleasant duty and disqualify him fi'om taking further pa-.*t in the meeting. A well attended meeting of tin* Nursing Division of the Ma-'teiton • branch of St.. John Ambulance Brigade was held last evening. It was decided to hold tho annual meeting and social oil March 2oth, and to invite the members of the Carterton and Waingawa branches to be present. It was also decided that a demonstration of ambulance and first aid. work be given during the evening, the teat cards to be made up by those present. It- was resolved that Dr N. H. Prior be asked to act as lecturer to the division in the coming year, and l)r Archer' Hosking as examiner. The resignation of Mis,w Elsie Campbell as inspector of stores was accepted with regret, arid Mrs Beale was unanimously elected to fill the >vacancy. Hearty votes of thanks were passed to Messrs C. L«. j Lewia and the Masterton Racing Club | for denation of trophies,. It was dc- , cided tbat Mr Darnell's trophy be al- ] lotted for highest marks gained at the annual examination Mr Lewis's trophy for the candidate, gaining highest marks thin year, and tho Bacing Club trophy for! best marks in oral work. A number of new members were proposed for election, and an application from the Amateur Athletic Ctab t° have two members of the brigade in attendance at the club's sports on March sth wtis granted.

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Arthur James llankin was found ralintKston yesterday on a charge of !n °> A Hamilton telegram states that a man named W. M . R . Dund was employed at the gasworks, was kicked by a, horso ye.vterdny morning, and died m the hospital in the after! noon.

It is anticipated that there will" bo keen competition m tlu* deeorativo classes at the Masterton Horticultural Society's shoiv on Wednesday next For the decorated tables special prizes will be given by Mrs Harden and Mrs Graham, Misr Mncnra, Mr V'am, ham and Mrs P. H, Cook.

Some people complain of the rates of insurance. A Maaterton resident who was in the insurance business; ia 187G, has shown us his policy book.From this we gather that premiumson dwellings in those days were at the rate of 20a per cent., 011 hotel property 60s per cent., and on .stock-in-trade of stores 45s per cent.

Messrs A. J. and'O. Percy and E. Harper, of Masterton, left yesterday morning by the Main Trunk express to inspect a large block of land in tiic north on behalf of Messrs C. "C. Host, and Co. Should their report prove favourable, Masterton investors will have the opportunity of joining the syndicate which will be formed. A member of a suburban Methodist Church in Christchurch spoko very candidly and very courageously at the opening of a sale of work and picture show'in the church tlio other day. "I give you the menage ,as it appears to me," lie .-aid, quoting the Scriptu-'. rnl references to the injunction.

"Make not My Father's house an house of merchandise." Ho doub'te<? very much whether church members were doing the right thing in raising: money for tho church by bazaars held in the church. The'matter was one which might well be considered by the conference which was about to deal with the affairs of the church.

Inspector Seed reported to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 011 Tuesday that a,case of cruelty to ducks had como under his notice. Six ducks .had been railed in a kerosene box. It was a shocking, case of cruelty, as the ducks had come all the way from Masterton. ?" They had not discovered the name of the consignor,) but the consignee was a. very humane man, and a:egrettefl that the ducks had been so packed together: It was decided that ■ Inspector Seed sihould . make inquiriH,', with a view to a Tho "'' .Secretary stated that ho did not think ' such cases frequently occurred, for the. Railway Department had acquainted - • the society in tho present instance. < The Waverley paper, dealing witli the agitation for the deviation o£ the Rimutaka railway, gays : "This is a matter of great' poment to tho .whole Dominion —it is a mistake to : view it as concerning 110 other parts of New Zealand than Wellington and Wairarapa. It is a national question. The section is being worked at-a" dead loss, the year through, and that-lois falls on tho.whole body of taxpayers —to miy nothing of the individual loss and inconvenience, which arc matters: affecting but a section of the, community. It is the duty of every tax- * payer to assist m obtaining, throughout the land, efficient service on a minimum expenditure basis—but without cheese-paring., In other words, at as cheap a rat'e as ia compatible with efficiency—on' soundly economic, lines. To that end there should bo •united actionI—on 1 —on the part of members of Parliament and the people—to remedy the existing state of affail's and put a stop to the waste now going 011 over three hundred days each year. Tho sooner the Rimutaka ia put an end to the sooner will money be saved and made available for expenditure on other lines. Taking the railway over and through tlie.Rim.u--takas was a stupendous piece of economic folly; to perpetuate that folly when it can be profitably remedied . is even a greater one. Oh, for a Government and a Parliament that will sink party and personal consul- - erations : in favour of the common weal!" * ' Young married man advertises i'oipovition as baker. _ ■ . Mr F. P, Welch has a first-class furnished house to let.

Adveftiser wishes to rent 4 to 0 roomed cottage, close t?) town. Chestnut mare and a Ijav gelding, losafc in Maaterton, are advertised foi\. An energetic and experienced'' canvasser for life asouraiice in the Wainu. rapa is advertised for. . The Masterton County Council elsewhere invite tenders for metalling contract o \ tho Alfredton-Weber road. Mr W. H. Ci uickshank, land agent, inserts a fresh list of properties* in his advertising space in this issue,\ to. which attention is drawn. Mr V. L. Fairbrother advertises an organ, in perfect order, a dog-cart,, and an exceptionally ' piood consign-, ment of nearly new furniture for private sale. Attention is drawn to a change of advertisement by Mr A. T. Diclrason. Ho has several special lines which.a re well worth inspection by anyone requiring same. The Government Tourist Department is apparently determined to-, leave ndthing undone that will add to - the indoor attractions of the new Government Hotel at Mount Cook. The latest evidence of its care for the entertainment of visitors and residents is shown in its acceptance of the tender of the Dresden Piano Company. Ltd., to provide a'handsome upright - grand piano by the well-known firm oi Messrs John Broadwood and Sons. Miss Christie's final lecture will given this evening" in Murray's Hall. Masterton, when the true meaning of the recent attempts to make Mrs Besant give up the guardianship of the Head of the Older (Mr J. Kri.shnamurti) will .be explained. " This order now numbers eleven hundred in New .Zealand,, and includes membeis.; of all"religion* and every Christian sect. ' This, is the last opportunity of hearing Miss Christie for at least a .year

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