LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXV, Issue 10713, 2 November 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Now potatoes are soiling in Ohrist-ch-urch at 1-Jd per pound, Monday next will /bo the nnnirersary of the Marlborough Province. A large number of Mastertonians intend proceeding to tlio Palmorswm .show tilts week. On,, young man who enlisu<d in -Mastvrlon last week ha.s alir-ady five brothers serving at 'die front. J. C. Boddington reports ':hat there woi'o S3 points of rain .'roistered at Sohmy yi.>,ste.rdav inorniritr.

The Gorge H((:el, neaJ' Ashhursc. which was over forty years tip :i» l . was destroyi\| bv lire c.n ijalurday.

Shearing has been delayed in the M as- erton district during the last week o;- two, oiviiiir ».■<> the broken weather.

The rainfall lrg'st-orod at Mi. Bruce, to oh'.* north-west cf Mfislvrton. for iho month of Ortober. was o.SI inches. A Sydney cable states there was strong competition at the wool sales and the previous high prices were maintained.

The youngsters of Masterton are making preparations for burning effigies of the Kaiser on November sth—Guy Fawkos Day.

It was Mi". I). Mathoson. of MasiLerton, a.nd not ,B. Miidsen, w!io tit vI ill the judging of the we : ght of thr> sheep at the Cni'ierton show. A Sydney eabl ( > stai s that Charlie Towns has decided not 10 row A\ illiam Web!), of Wanganui, for the championship of New Zealand. jN'o bankruptcies wore recorded in tho Wairarapa during the mouth of October. The total for the first 'x?n months of the year is nine. October was a fatal month, so far as Masterton is concerned. The number of deaths recorded (twentyone) constitutes a record for the town.

Tlie Kketahunn hr-wiing-green will bo opened J'or cho season mi Thursday noxt. Two or Liirco "inks from tlio ,M.ii-stoi*ton CIuU intend lining .present.

Of tho number of recruits registered in tlio iM'asterton military area, during tlio past fortnight, 110 loss than thirty-seven have boon declared unfit for service. The vital satisfies recorded in Masterton by tho .Registrar (Mr NV. M. Enstliopo) for tlie month of Uctobor wei'o as follow : —Births, i"H; deaths, 21; marriages, -1.

During Saturday and Monday there were forty-four registrations at the Masterton Recruiting Office. Of this number twenty-four intimited their willingness to enter camp within fourteen days.

Another consignment of leather waistcoats, for uso of the boys in the trenches during the. winter, is being despatched to Wellington by the Masterton members of the. Lady Liverpool Equipment Company.

As showing the necessity I'or a disk'nguishing badge such as that suggested by Earl' Kitchener, a Masterton wounded soldior states that he was vigorously assiil.d by a woman recently because, as she said, be was "an <n,blo-bodied Juan who ougl': to be at the front."

It- is reported that keen comp itioii continues among Otago millers, and that Hour has b'.'on reduced Lv Ids j»er ton, and is now qeocrj <u £l2 10s. It is further xlal-d, that although this may he the uemihal quotation, flour can be purchased at. even a lowc figure than that mimed.

A .resident of (I'sborae ivcv.v.hl through tlio )■'■-' fclL,> rther day a white iV-aic-hsr, with a footnote to T ' l " elFoct that lie should bo> ashamed <>l hiiuself For not poiiio- to the front, lie immediately won?.; to the' Garrison Half, and would hare got through easily but for his age, wh'ch was irivoii as 98.

A settlor cf the Mastericon district, who recently .returm-d fr/cm a visit to the Old Country, told an ''Age'' representative yest(j'"tla.y that before lie left England over sixty German .submarines had been accounted for in the English Channel. Ti to sea was patrolled by sweepers w.'lch nets, and it was, difficult for the submarines to escape. The annual University examinations will commence in the Masterton Technical School this morning, the Very Rov. Monsignor McKenna, V.G., acting as supervisor. Tl;e subjects and candidates will be as follow: —Senior scholarship, 1"; B.A. and B.Se., 3; L.L.J3. and law professional, 4; 8.0.0/ M. and accountancy profession. 8. The examinations will, terminate on Tuesday, November 16th. A Mcosterton resident who reeoutly visited Feilding, a. thriving town in. the Manawatu district, pays a compliment to the townspeople for tlio bold attempt to make the place a 'beauty spot. H points out, however, that while the Beautifying Society is doing excellent eorvi.ee shameful neglect is displayed by permitting Chinamen's gardens find stock sales to exist in the centre of tlie town to the menace of public health i

Dr. Fleming, of Dunedin, was killed i» a motor accidont .yesterday afternoon, and his chauffeur, George Pagan, injured. Tho car was descending n steep road near Highcliff (six miles north of Dunedin), on tho Peninsula, when it got out of control, and dashed over the embankment. Both the ocqupants Avr.j thrown out. The doctor apparently struck his head on a stone, and was killed instantaneously. Fagan was rendered unconscious, but is expected to recover. The car was smashed to bits. THERE TS ONLY ONE. SANDER EXTRACT, and that is why the people insist on getting it, arid why they reject the' many inferior substitutes and the cheap and frequently harmful "just as goods." Tim GENUINE SANDER EXTRACT is free from tho objectionable tics of the common eucalyptus oils and the so-called "extracts." SANDER'S EXTRACT is the most powerful anticseptio and healing remedy that can be used with it prevents and cures all infectious diseases —influenza, colds, fevers, smallpox, diphtheria, flatulence, dyspepsia, diarrhoea, dysentery, and kidney troubles. SANDER'S EXTRACT, applied to ulcers, burns, sprains, cuts, inflamed and itching skin, gives instant relief and cures permanently. Three drops in a n<aspoonful of cod liver oil is a specific in all chronic lung affections. Rheumatism, neuralgia, and toofcTTache are quieldy dispelled by it. Reliabilty, effectiveness, and safety, are the great attributes of SANDER'S EXTRACT. **'

Shearing is now in full swing in the Itakaunui and Pongaroa districts.

A shortage oi' shearers ami > hod hand- is being experienced in the Auckland Province. Two "drunks" were, arrestfil in Masterton during the month of October. lioth were strangers to the town.

There is an abundance of grass throughout the Forty Mile. Bush, and stock generallv are looking exceptionally well".

''Warfare is all right if you come out of it alive," remarked a Maori warrior who has returned to the -Dominion ,by the Toi'ua. Buyers from the south have been scouring the Masterton and Wairarapa districts of late for fat rattle. As high as £3 per lOOlbs has been offered for fat bullocks delivered in the south. .Me-.siv W. 11. Coe and M. Connor have presented the Itakaunui Carnival (Vu'.jinittee with a handsome Union .lack which is to be auctioned at an early date in aid of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund.

Tin-re was a large, attendance at the parade of the Citizens' Defence Corp? last evening, and some good work was put in. The alteration of the nii:.'tit of parade appears to have had a stimulating effect.

The llakaunui flail shareholders held {.heir annual meeting on Sataiday ' voning last, when tho finances were stated to be in a satisfactory condition and various minor improvements to the Hall were agreed upon.

Til-.; liberation of trout fry throughout the district is now almost finished for the season, though there are 100,000 to he set free in the streams in and around Masterton. A number w ill he liberated at Waingawa to-day. Altogether twenty-one wounded soldiers from the Wairarapa group have returned by the Willoehra, distributed as follows : —Master ton 9, Woodvdlo 1, Maurieeville 1, Greytown 1, Featherston 3, Dannovirfce •I, Waiprnkurau 1. Pahiatua. 1. . A rumour is being freely circulatd, and ii is believed to have some truth, \hiii. one uiiiht recently a. von no; man oti sentry duty at Fort Ballance was *!•::>• f.i. the bullet p:iss : Jig through !i:s iroso. I.!; was late'- 'discovered thai, ;.h> telephone wire had boe-n cm*. ft. ir difficult to know what good could bo gained by shocking a sentry or cutting the telephone wire, bur. it, ihiit enemy subjects are at largo who w : II stop at nothing. -I'oiiiii l Chronicle.

Tlie ;;snal fortnightly meeting of the Stoiielienge Lodge, of Druids was held in the Druids' Hall, Masterton, last evening, Rro. D. Sim presiding over a fair attendance. A good deal of routine business was transacted. It was decided to suggest to the Or-rnivnl Committee that all the local Lodges attend a torchlight procession on Friday night in conjunction with the Lansdowjie school concert. toe procession to he headed by the Municipal Band. One. friend was propos. u for initiation.

Two furnished rooms are advertised to 'p'j.

Mrs ]?. Boyle elsewhere inserts a thanks notice.

Boys for distributing pamphlets are advertised for.

Basket-work side car in good is advertised for sale. Cook-laundress is advertised for by Mrs W. Wardell, To Whiti.

Finder of .small key is asked to leave sumo at Messrs .Dalgety and Co.'s, Masterton. The annual social of the W.C.T.U. will take place at Knox Ifall at 2.30 o'clock this afternoon. Messrs I'-. i>. Bare and Co., land agents, Pa.fr'atiiii, advertise for sale if/') arms, nearly all ploughable wli.mi stumped. Mr F. I\ Weleli i-li'ers for sale oil.' beha'lf of a client, who i.s leaving Mastarton, a good' I:»u s:: and $-aero land at a price w!roli leaves a good nuygin lor '.prorib. All holders of tickets or money in connection with .Red Cross Day c-re •requested to hand same in without delay to either the Mayoress or Mr H. M. Boddiugtou. Mr .7. Bradbury is imaking a window display of the new rustless cutlery. TJio rustless and staink>,ss qualities of the steel are fully illustrated by a prsw.-bical demonstration. The sale of ironmongery and hardware is still going on at the Post Office Auction Mart, and today is the last day. Those who iiav e not yet bepn in will do well to ; tten d before the close.

Mt A. T. Dickason reports that prices at the Queen street Mart c>n Saturday were as follows: —Laying hens, Is 8d to 3s; roosters, Is lid to 3s; cockerels, 8d to lOd; ducks, 2s 4d per head; o.s. chaff, 8s; straw, 3s, etc. Messrs Newland and livadcr announco that they are now receiving at their ,produce sio.ro, Queen stivet, regular supplies of new potatoes and spring vegetables, at lowest prices. The firm also good varieties ot la.to 'sood potatoes —(Dakota Red, Gamekeeper, Northern Star, bp-io-Dat«. l.iuspectiou is invited.

Artistic engraving of any article is a branch of tho jewellery .bnsiness that ea.n only .bo C ~ cess by ;i skilled workman. This is ;i department that has always been specialised ifi by Messrs A. Henderson i»Ki Co., Jewellers, and Engravers, Mas-foMtnn and by vxoeuling a high standard of work {they have established a .'wide conriect : on Very often important engraving work is required at the shortest nnrtiee, and in this connection tho firm with a skilled aj-t : si, on ibr spot await the services oj' pat-ivm*. No matter what the description nj' eiuiravinu: they will tu v n out neatly ;nid promptly and u'ith a puarantoo of satisiaelion. For the best in Dairy Tinware, Factory Supplies, ete;, send to Amvert J. PviiTOx. Carterton.* SUMMER W INDS ANI) HEAT. Probably in no other season of the yeaj- is it .more necessary than in summertime to devote a little attention to the care of the skin. The hot dry winds tend to dry the skin and make it rough, and the hot sun produces tan, etc. All that is required is a mild soothing antiseptic emollient to keep the skin smooth and free from blemish. Our "Peroxide Cream" is a non-greasy preparation and contains nothing* injurious, but only those ingredients best suited to keep tho skin clear, smooth, and healthy. Is 6d Per jar from j. V. Gordon. M.P.S., Dispensing Chemist (by esani.) j Mastcrton.

The Tararua ranges arc again al-»-most entirely free from snow.

Considerable metalling works avo to be carried out in the Akitio County in the coming summer.

Three motor carp and ton motoi' cycles were registered by the Masterton Borough Council last mouth.

At the recent Hastings Show tho total stand and gate receipts were .€■sßs, as compared with £7(i<3 last year.

Tho Masterton and AVairarapa quota for the Tenth .Reinforcements will probably leave for Trentham (U» Tuesday, the loth inst. Yesterday was the anniversary of the Hawke's Bay Province. A Government holiday was observed throughout the district. A good deal of purebred .dock from the Masterton and "\\ airarapa. districts is being exhibited at tho Manawatu show this week.

The Melbourne Cup is being tun at Flemington to-day. The -esult should reach Masterton between fiveail d six o'clock this evening.

There wore 380 enlistments in tho Masterton military district during the month of October as compared with 128 during September. Five building permits, of a. value of £2335, were issued in Masterton in the month of October. For the same month last year the value of the permits issued was only £350. A visiting showman to Palmerston knocked another showman down on ♦Saturday night and kicked him en the ribs and abdomen. One was admitted to the. hospital and the other arrested.

Tho latest sale on behalf of one of tho Pahiutua, cheese factories is fifteen tons of mediums (November make) at B;jd on trucks. This price is equal to approximately Is 9d per lb of butter fat.

The Mayor of Masterton was fidvised last night that the nine wounded soldiers belonging to Masterton who have returned by the Willoehra will leave "Wellington by the 4.25 p.m. train to-day. They will reach Masterton aliout 5.45 p.m., and will be welcomed by tho Band, Patriotic' Committee, and citizens. It is hoped that there will be a large gathering at the station to give tho soldier." a hearty welcome home. William Hancock, aged' 31 years, a native of Cornwall, England, fatally shot himself in the mouth with a revolver in the public gardens at Wellington on Saturday morning. Hancock was a non-com. in the Eleventh Reinforcements. He was a. member of the Main Expeditionary Force, and had returned invalided' and rejoined the Eleventh Reinforcements. It is understood he left a letter explaining his reason for tho deed.

Farmers in the Masterton district are not ax all apprehensive concerning the weather .prospects. The warm rains of t?Hi pns« merit'.), which varied ifroin two to three inches in difference parts, have :inmuiat<'d tho growth of grass and caused watercourses to run freely. Mo;): farmers now agree ;that thene ' : s not itho slightest 'dang<j" of a drought, ootid the keen demand for st-re entitle demonstrates their confidence. The absence of the westerly winds thnVdld so much damage to the pastures in October of last year has bce,r remarked on every side.

Mothers will be interested in the advertisement appearing on page 7 in reference to "Glaxo," the food that "Builds Bonnie Babies." Every mother should take advantage of tlio oifer made in the advertisement and get a free copy of the "Glaxo Baby Book," which tells nil about Glaxo, and contains 72 wellillustrated pages full of just thosehints—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 be 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 bookwill be sent by return cost.