LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXV, Issue 10713, 6 July 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Japanese AjraLuing squadron sailed yesterday from Sydney for Brisbane The, Anglican Synod of tTie Diocese of Wellington opens at Wellington to-day. The "Hawke's Bay Herald" understands that the Government has purchased an estate containing about 8000 acres in the vicinity of the Shei* enden settlement for cutting up. The following donations have been received at the "Age" office for the Sick and Wounded Horse Fund: — G.C., M.O.J [PoifciMj /Itorfity, M.11.. E. 0., L.a, N.H., G.H., W.lt.; J. 11., and H.G., all Is each: total, 13s.

The Mayor of Masterton (Mr J. M. Cora-dine) visited the Trentham camp on Sunday, and interviewed a number of the Wairarapa boys. He found most otf them healthy and cheerful, and, although they were living under obviously difficult venditions, they were making light of their troubles, and few of tEem had any serious oompilaint to make. Tlie Masterton Town Hall was fairly weill filled in all parts last evening, the occasion being; the performance of the operetta "Rose of Joy," by a company of juveniles, trained by Mrs Birss, of Carterton. The motif of the operetta is of the weakest, and the plot lacks body. Only the xnise en scene, costumes, music, etc., could commend it to an audience, and in these respects the performance last night had some pleasing features. The presence and the singing voices of children were, of course, delightful, though the chorus required a much stronger instrumental backing. There was evidence of insufficient rehearsal as to stage "business," but the memorising had been well carried out. The ladies in waiting), whose entrance was very indifferently arranged, demonstrated how thoroughly dead is tlie old-fashioned . and graceful obeisance known as a curtsey. There were some delightful points, however, and on tlie whole, the performance was entertaining. Mr A. J. Cameron, of Makuri, has applied to the Pahiatua County Council for permission to erect electric lighting lines in the township of Makuri, the area of supply not to exceed a radius of one and a half miles from the Makuri Post Office. He has supplied plans of plant, roads, streets, and streams, and the fullest particulars to the Public Works Department, and recently in■torvifewed officers, 'who were prepared to let the work proceed, and it only required the council's assistance for the scheme to materialise. •He is prepared to supply 1000 c.p. free of cost for street lighting, and although he had to pay a Government tax on all current generated, he was willing to give all income from the Tines to the Wounded Soldiers' Fund, as long as the war lasts. He asked the Council Tor a grant. The estimated cost of the plant to the fur£lier supplier was £l5O, a disance of seven chains, and he was endeavouring to raise the money by local -subscriptions.

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Tlie Tima,vu Harbour Board's loan of £IOO,OOO, which has boon on the market i'or only a month, has been over-subscribed. The Akitio County Council has decided to ask for a Government grant for metalling on the Eketahuna.Pongaroa road. Five hawkers' licenses are at present in opeiation in the Akitio County. They have been issued at £1 Is each i'or six months. In view of the increased cost of living due to the war, the Xapier Borough Council has in several cases written off the surcharge of 10 per cent, on ove.vdue rate;-. An appeal is being made to the Anglicans in the Masrierton district fo,r subscriptions in aid of a fund for improving the institute at the Trentham camp. A sum of L' 1100 is required. An opportunity will be given to those present at the Rev. Al E. Hunt's dramatic recital in the Masterton Town Hall this evening to contribute) towards the local wounded soldiers fund, during the rendering oi' •"The Absent-Minded Beggar." The Masterton Orchestral Society will meet in the Y.M.C.A. rooms at S o'clock this evening. It is the intention of the society to inaugurate a series of patriotic concerts. The society lias been in recess for some time, and the public will no doubt welcome a continuance of the excellent concerts the society used to give. Intending members are invited to attend.

The Duncdin City Council has struck a special rate in view of the proposed tramway loan, but to remove misapprehension the Mayor says: "There is no intention of collecting the rate for this loan. It is only struck to give additional security to the lenders of the money, and will be struck only in the event of the council making default in the payment of the interest."

Mrs W. M. Kebbeli, of Lansdowne, has, with a band of willing workers, for some time past been busily engaged in making and rolling bandages for our wounded soldiers. The supply of material'has not been coming forward as freely as it should do of late, and Mrs Kebbeli has asked us to appeal to residents of the district for further supplies, which are procurable locally. Either the bandaging or money foy the purchase of same will be gladly received. Tho Feilding "Star" lias the following: Two young men—one from Rangitikei, and the other from Sandon—recently enlisted, for service as mounted troopers. One was practically born to the saddle, and lias spent most of his life with horses. The other is one of the vary best, and most sought after gentlemen steeplechase riders in New Zealand, and lie has won more cross-country races than he can remember. Yet, they were both rejected because they failed to pass their -mling tests!

A final reminder is given of- the dramatic recital of selections from the works of Charles Dickens, which is to be given in the Town Hall, Masterton, this evening, by the Rev. Archibald E. Hunt, assisted by several leading local artists. The box,, plan is on now at Messrs McLeod and Young's, where seats may still be reserved in both dress circle and stalls. "No extra charge is made far booking, and those who have not yet reserved their seats shoiuld do so at.once, to avoid disappointment. Fow people arc aware of the circumstances under which the late Mr J. X. Williams established the fruitgrowing industry in Hawke's Bay. lie visited California in the year 1898, and was so impressed with what he saw that, on his return, he conveyed his impressions to the then editor of the Hastings "Standard." A series of articles were written, and a company was formed to prospect the district. The late Mr Job Vile was one of tho provisional directors of the company. Shares were taken up freely; but the late Mr Williams ultimately resolved to Dromote the industry by means of a private company. The original company was, therefore, abandoned, and the Frimlev orchards were established by Mr Williams and liis friends, and subsequently sold to the Hastings Fruitgrowing Company.

A brown Spaniel dog, lost from 2o Chapel street, is (advertised for. Mr W. Gr. Hand-Newton, solicitor, has ,£IOOO for immediate loan on broad acres. Reward is olfered for recovery of a gold three-bar brooch, set with three stones, lost in Masterton on Saturday. The W.C.T.U. will bold an "At Home" meeting in the Y.M.C.A. rooms this (Tuesday) afternoon, at 3 o'olocE. The Premier Dancing Assembly will hold their usual weekly dance in tho Exchange Hall to-morrow (Wednesday) evening.

Tend aie elsewhere invited for the g< od vuij of the business, plant and st d n trade of .tlie bankrupt estate of Joseph Oakley Suckling, plumber, of Eketalmna. Younp; people art? reminded of tf.e meetings to be held this week in connection with the Presbyterian Classes' Forward.- Campaign. He&tiiigs are elsewhere advertised in this issue. ' , The friends a? the late Hori Te Huki arc invited to attend his funeral, which will leave Haeata Pah, Lansdowne, at 10 o'clock to-morrow ("Wednesday) morning for the Tatieru cemetery. > Sir F. P. Welch advertises for sale a first-class sheep run of 2202 acres, which is a line subdividing proposition, being right on the boundary of a fast rising and progressive township, and-' (having main roads and railway Iron tapes.

Factory managers, contemplating extension, alteration or new plant should consult Albert J. Parton, Dairy Specialist, Carterton.* Mothers will be interested in the advertisement appearing on page 3 in reference to "Glaxo," the food that "Builds Bonnie Babies." Every mother should take advantage of the offer made in the advertisement and get a free copy of the "Glaxo Baby Book," which tells all about Glaxo, and contains 72 wellillustrated pages full of just those hints—about baby's feeding, (bathing, sleeping, nursing, travelling, ailments, etc.—that a mother or nurse needs every day of the week. All that has to he done is to cut out the coupon from the advertisement and send it to "Glaxo," Department 45, Palmerston * North, and a free copy of this useful hook will be sent by return post.

A number of members of the Carterton Oddfellows' Lodge visited Masterton last evening. A Sydiiey Press Association eabltf states that a Boonoke ram, sodd ort behalf of the "Australia Day" fUjl.!, realised 2200 guineas—a world's record. Mr J. C. Boddington reports that nine degrees of frost were registered at the Upper Plain on Sunday morning and six degrees yesterday, morning. The Government yesterday morning* decided to prohibit the export of butter from New Zealand. 1 lie Minister for Customs has accordingly sent but the necessary instructions. ■■Collier's," a leading Americanmagazine, says the presence of tho Germans in Belgium was symbolised accurately by the picture of .•* baby transfixed by a Prussian bay-, onet. Two more men from Trentliaia Camp died on Sunday, Pte. W. Jewell, in Wellington Hospital, from •meningitis, and Pte. Kenneth Ca!dor in the Victoria Hospital, from m ensiles. The Akitio County Council has endorsed the resolution of various Chambers of Commerce that all goods and material for use on contracts should be of British or British-colon-ial manufacture. The following are further bids for the photograph sold 1 at Feabherstnll * Mr and Mrs John Martin, a further £"300, now making ,£1000; Messrs R. and S. Smith -have raised their 'bid from £IOO to £300; Mr Erie Riddiford, £IOOO. Total to date, £21,078. On Saturday afternoon Master Frankie Birss, son of Mr and MrsA. Birss, of Carterton, had the misfortune to severely scald himself He was putting, ion liis boots in. front of the fire, and rising suddenly, .upset a pot of boiling wa,ter from tho range over one side of ids face and body. Major E. H. Saunders ,of Feathers ton, recently wounded in the Dardanelles and mow doing well in Hospital at Alexandria, writes to Mrs Saunders: "They have German sisters as nurses and tliey are very good, but it seems strange to lienursed by the people with whom eur country is at w£pr." The Christchurch "Press" says.— "The Wairarapa lias, we should say, already outdistanced all other districts on a per capita measurement, and its contributions to tho various funds will be famous by the end of the war. The zest with which' ibe- . well-to-do people of the Wairarapa keep on writing,big cheques is exceedingly pleasant." A correspondent of the Hawke's Bay "Herald" relates the following, incident of the Dardanelles campaign: "S ace da, I'm do orderly officer," said an obviously Turkish, person as ho climbed over the top of the hill and toppled heavily into one of our trenches. "Saceda, : ' I may say is the Arabic for good' evening. This Turk must Have been either a great fool himself or deemed as uiich. His end was swift." The autograph book offered at' auction at the juvenile performance in Masterton last evening, by Mr A. J. Cooper, realised a sum of £62 10s for the Wounded Soldiers' Fund. The -book was ultimately bought by Mr J. H. Taplin, of Masterton, for £lO. A box of perfume was also purchased by Mr Taplin for £2, and handed back to the donor. A doll realised a sum of £l. The total proceeds of the sale amounted!• to £65 10s. The Britisii-born wife of an unnaturalised Austrian the other day applied at "Wanganui for a maintenance order. Counsel for defendant submitted that the wife of an -liensuffered from the disabilities of her husband and had no rights at iaw. The S.M., however, said the case came within the scope of the Destitute Persons Act, and that enemy subjects eould sue and plead like other persons. Tho application was therefore granted. A most successful and enjoyable social was held at Waiorongomai on Friday evening, July 2nd, when tliero were about 100 people present at the opening of the new school. Air A. Matthews occupied tile chair. During the evening Mr M. B. Tait, of Featherston, was presented with a purse o£ sovereigns as a token of the esteem in which lie was held by the employers and employees of the Wharepapa, Papatahi, and Waiorongomai stations. Wlien tender "babes, oppressed by ' croup, Lie gasping in their little cots, Their anguished parents o'er them stoop, And strive to save the tiny tots. To such as these there comes a boon, Which needs no doctor but a spoon, A syrup, soothing, safe, and sure— World-famous "Woods' Great Pepper" mint Cure."*