LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11752, 30 January 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A movement has been started to form a new county for the Hauroki Plains. Ewes have been selling privately at, Palliatua of late at 30s, and welters at 335. Some heavy drafts of sheep have come t<J the Waingawa of late from the Pongaroa district. The Masterton agent of the Labour Department has recently been successful in procuring carpenters sought after by local contractors. A number of Masterton lads .are at present engaged in gathering cockkCoot grass-seed from reserves an<J vacant allotments. | It is estimated that the new fevrcconcrete bridge over the Waingawa river, to the south of Masterton, will cost £11,892. * . . i A woman's movement is being _organised in Auckland with the object of "dealing with the Germans and • Austrians in our midst." I A slight shock of earthquake was experienced in Masterton at 9.23 'o'clock yesterday morning. It was. I also felt at Wellington. Gift parcels to Wairarapa soldiers will be distributed at the TmrAiam Camp to-day by members, of the Lady Liverpool Equipment Committee. Each soldier who returns r o Mah- ! gamaire, in the Forty-Mile Bush, receives a purse containing £8 from the settlers of the district, j The Mauriceville County Council has decided to object to the allocation of five per cent as its proportion • of the cost of constructing the new bridge over the Waingawia river. A meeting of the Soldiers' Entertainment Committee is called for the secretary's office this evening, when a full attendance ia' desired as matters of pressing moment are to be dis- | cussed.

The staff of the Mauriceville County Council has nearly completer] the repairing of the Mount' Bruce road. The overseer and men will proceed to the Manga tainoka Valley road in the course of a day or two. The stock department of the, W:nrarapa Farmers' Co-operative Association has sold 1640 acres at P«">r., Alfredton on behalf of Messrs MeFarlane Bros., of Hawke's Bay, to Mr A. Cotter, of Dannevirke. I The members l of the* Masterton ! Girls' Red Cross Brigade are at present engaged canvassing the country districts for articles suitable for sur- \ prise packets, and encouraging support has been accorded then A ; canvass of the borough is likely to be made within the next few days. I The Teviot estate, in Otagd, which j has been purchased by the Government for settlement by soldier's, was offered at auction in. Dunedin bv Messrs Wright; Stephenson, and Co., Ltd., on Friday last. There was only one bid of £60,000, and _ the estate was passed in at that priceVariouflycauses have (says the Auckland "Star") contributed -towards the present h'igh prices of bacon and hams. Undoubtedly the high prices ruling for dairy produce and cattle have resulted in more calves being reared. The high price of pollard ami scarcity of skim milk both contributed to less pigs being reared and fattened for bacon purposes. At a sitting of the Military Service Appeal Board in Wellington yes- ; terday, Mr E. Hay, represented the Public Trust Office in the appeal on behalf of John Cleary Hogan, chief clerk in the Masterton branch. After consideration the Board intimated that- it was inclined to dismiss the appeal, but as a general review of the position in regard to the Public Trust Office is to be made in April, the case was adjourned until then.

The enormous size to which freshwater eels grow in certain we indicated by a specimen caught recently on a hook in Lake Omapere, near Kaikohe. It measured sft 2in in length, and weighed 2S£lbs, at id is said to have been the largest specimen known to have been caught in the lake during recent yea-rsT Unavailing efforts have been made to stock the lake with trout, and it is believed the fruitless results are due to monster eels preying 011 the young trout.

Speaking at the nurserymen's conference, Mr Frank Sissons, a wellknown Papanui fruit rower, urged nurserymen when planting waste areas to plant pinus insignia. He said that he used between L'o,ooo and 30,(Km/ cases yearly for packing fruit. He had tried poplar, willow, pines, lurch, and white pine, and [Tad found that, cases made of p"iims insignia were the best. He had been told that eases made from that timber wouldv contaminate, or taste, the fruit, but experience had falsified this prediction. Cases made from poplar, when left in the sun, twisted in all sorts of ways.

YOU CAN DEPEND ON IT that it you procure the GENT'JNTC SANDER EUCALYPTI EXTRACT .von will not only be benefited, but you will bo safe from the harmful effects of the common eucalyptus oils and the so-called "extracts." The importance of this is brought home forcibly by the report in the Melbourne "Age," August sth, 1916, of poisoning of abont 30 girls by eucalyptus lollies, which were evidently made from the common eucaJpvtus. SANDER'S EXTRACT can always be relied o<n. It prevents meningitis and all other infectious diseases; sniffed up the nose and three drops on sugar. Applied to ulcers, poisoned wounds, burns, sprains, eczema, it gives prompt relief and cures permanently. Cold's, bronchitis, lung trouble, rheumatism, neuralgia, are banished bv it. SANDER'S EXTRACT is beneficial in so many affections that no household can afford to be without it. Specially refined and prepared by Sander's process it has mo harmful byeffects : vou run no rigk with SANDER'S EXTRACT.

A innu named David McKenzio wt6. lined i-2 and oosts at i'aimerstoi* -NorMi on (Monday for making* 1 disloyal utterances. It appears that the man put his head through the win- * dow af a railway carriage, and when asked by the guard to pay for th& damage, he said: "To Holf with the King and country. I would not fight. bare. no time for men wearing reef "duds on tlieii' arms. They are. damn fools. The Germans are had enough, hut tlie English are a sight> worse. If Kaiser Hill and the Germans came here to-morrow [I would turn and light for them, amd would Iv far better off living under them.'* Mrs Stokes, caretaker of the baths at Parakai, Helensvillo, sustained fatal burning injuries recently. Slit* rose early in the morning, and commenced to boil water on her spirit} lamp to make tea. The lamp upset, and the methylated spirits covered Mrs Stokes' dress, which caught fire* By the time she had got into a bat't of cold water to put the flames out* her clothes wore burnt off her. One*of her legs was very badly burnt., She called for assistance, and wart

given flour to dress the wounds.! About an hour afterwards it wart found that the sufferer was still irt the cold hath. A lady present go# her dressed and sent away to a doctor. She died on the s(Jth inst. Mrs* Stokes was nbout 32 years of age, and is survived by her son. "There seems to lie an. impression; that thb Government- are making advances \jn pelts," said the Hon. W. : D. S. Mac Donald, when in Christcllurch last week. "The position ia this, that so far as freezing companies are concerned, pelts are not commandeered, and the sheep pelts may be exported; under permit, to neutral countries, while lamb pelts can only be exported to the United Kingdom; but they will have a free market in the United Kiugdom. No advances are made against them by the Imperial or New Zealand Governments. Pelts purchased from butchers, and country skins purchased and fellmongered. on behalf of the Imperial Government are dealt withby selling them direct to the Imperial Government or neutral countries. These have been sold from 25s to 65a a dozen, according to quality.

otuig lady seeks position as lady l help. A gent's bicycle is advertised for sale. Experienced driver for four-hors<Sr brake is advertised for. Mrs H. B. Maunsell requires a cook by second week in March. A reward is offered /or information as to the whereabouts of two* white swans, lost from Kenalt street. Messrs A H. Herbert and Co., Eketahuna, advertise for experienced grocer, capable of taking charge off shops. 1 . There will bo a two-star change of programme at the Paramount | Theatre to-day at ii.SO, nflien. ! "intrigue", and the gr.;at animal j drama "Man and Beast,'' will be shown. Attention is directed to the alteration of date in connection with the clearing sale on account of Mr C. F. Vallamco at "Ngaliuo," Longbush, t<> ue conducted by Messrs Levin and Co., Ltd. The H! »lc will bo held on Tuesday, February 12tb. The N.Z. Loan and Mejpantile Agency Co., Ltd., acting under instructions from the trustees in the estate of the late W. holfl a clearing sale on Upper Plain, 011 Thursday, February 7th. Full particulars will be found advertised on page 8. v • The annual picnic in connection: with Knox Presbyterian Sunday School will be held to-morrow (Thursday) at Solway showgrounds. A motor service has been arranged to leave Knox Church corner at 10.30 a.m., also at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. All frjends are cordially invited. The many patrons of the Opera. House arc advised that the muchtalked about film serial "The Girt and the Game," starring the daring actress Helen Holmes, commences, at th ( , Opera House to-night, and will' be shown 011 Thursday, Friday, Saturday matinee, and will also be continued every week. The big Summer Sale at Messrs ami Shearer's is '.still booming along. Hundreds of bargains have been obtained by delighted shoppers, but hundreds of real genuine bargains still remain 'in every department. Watch the road to the W.F.C.A., Ltd., and you will see streams of eager shoppers going that way. The attractions of the Summer Sale appeal with irresistible force. Join the throng of iiappy shoppers. .Special offering to-da.v (Wednes-\ day, January 30th) of ladies' navy blue serge costumes, sale prices 19s 6'd, '2os, 47s 6d. Will you call and: see them?* In a change advertisement on page 6 the Municipal Gas Department directs attention to its stock of every requisite for gas lighting and heating. A competent staff of fitters will undertake all classes of gasfifting work on short notice. Prices will bo submitted for complete installation of gas, and if desired easy, payment terms may be arranged. Messrs Cole, Bros., the Reliable Decorators, beg to state that they hav .•secured the agencies of Blade's Patent s-« ompariy also for extension ladders, trussels, and planks. Extension ladders are just the tiling for the farmer, householder or business man, as one ladder. can be adapted for all require*-, jiients by being extended or lowered as required. They also carry large stocks of paints and the latest in-, paperhangings, and having a large and efficient staff are prepared to carry out; promptly any work entrusted to them in either town or country. Phono 149. Self-oiler windmills fonri the subject of a replace advertisement from .Booth, Macdonald and -Co., Ltd., Christchurch, with local branch in Quean street, Masterton. The term .self-oiler, as applied to windmills, has a special significance to those already experienced in windmill work and. will be, fully appreciated by them. To> those who have not yet had windmill experience. tb e difference of climbinga windmiii tower once a year, as against anything from twelve to, say, fifty times a year, should be sufficiently significant to make them, at jleast, make fullest Investigation before committment elsewhere. Full particulars are obtainable from Booth, Macdonald and Co.'s Masterton branch, opposite C. E. Daniell's, Queen street.: For tho best in Dairy Tinware,. Factory Supplies, etc., send to Albert J Parton, Carterton.*

Already six ea ndidatos have boon Unnounced for the Southern Maori r election. t ;, A London" cable states that the "Military 'Medal has been awarded to 368 New -Zeahindeijs. v WJ. 0. Boddington repoH« that there wore 15 points of rain register«d at Solway yesterday. Some healthy crops of mawo have I Ijeea grown on the Taratalu plains ;i this year. * During the last few weeks quite ti * number of parties have boon camping »t the foot of Mt. lloldsworth. ( "tK"maintenaneo fees received by y the Wairarapa Hospital Board during the month of December were as follow: —Masterton hote{)ital, £7O Us 4kl; Greytofrn, I'tf) 15s; Pahiatua, £33 13aAt the monthly meeting of the Ontra.l Committee of the Wairarapa Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, ( fceld in Masterton on Monday, ac- ' counts totalling £2302 9b 7d wore parsed for payment. I The Patea "Press" reports that i timber and joinery works at Waver- I ioy, belonging to Air T. Wall, were < destroyed by lire at about oaie o'clock < «m Friday morning. The owner was 1 aiot insured and will be a heavy i loser. * The court-martial wliieli sat in i Faimerston on Thursday last to try , James Higgins for deserting from , His Majesty's Forces, has sentenced , accused to 15 months' imprisonment, j This sentence has been duly comfirmed. ' A Sydney cable message, states < that Desert Gold's appearance on i the racing track eroated many j favourable comments. The mare 1 impressed the critics by her abnormal vitality, resembling Carbine when j at his best. At a committee meeting of tho i Wairarapa Amateur Athletic Club, 1 held last night, Mr H. Welch was i elected a vice-president and Messi's i <J. Shaw, F. Butcher and F. Fel4 linghain now members. Accounts i amounting to £lB were passed for payment. j: la the course of a ease in tho Auckland Police Court on Thurs- | day, Mr F. V. Frasar, S.M., com- j mented on the lights of motorists sad pedestrians. He said that ' ] some motorists seemed to think ( that tho sounding of ihe.'r horn meant "get out of my way, the road j belongs to me." This was quite wrong, as the sounding of a horn i was meant to indicate the approach ] «if the car, and to ensure safety, to ' j both parties. Motorists and pedes- i trians had equal rights to the road, and if anj r thiug the motorist had the i greater responsibility, as he had ( charge of a heavy and dangerous < machine.' , J Writing to a relative in Christ- : dhurch ',ieutenant H. Pohio, of Tuahiwi, who left New Zealand with t : the Main /Body of the Maoris, says : j —ln the fight for PasschenOaelo 1; 1 was hit with a piece of* casing from j 1 » high explosive shell: The pieco ] entered the muscle of the right arm, I 1 between the arm and the body, 1 tearing the flesh right around tho lione, without breaking any bones—just a olean, opes wound, and 1 can thank my lucky stars it wasn't worse, as the shell burst within a yard of my feet, and I wan rather forfcutoto in uot getting shellshock. The people here in this hospital are very nice, doing all they possibly can for me, and nothing is too much for them to do." Referring to those whom he terms "our-people," the writer "Up to the date 1 got cracked np thq? wery {tfl going well, itud 1 j might mention ' that the South > Island platoon in the battalion is recognised as one of the best in the outfit. 9 That compliment has been paid to us by the colonel commanding our 'right.' " Referring to twd of bis brothers who have served in •France and have returned home, lie says that they 'deserve their trip home,"' adding: "But tell those who are floating about tho pa that there is plenty of room here for them in the battalion,' and tell them to hurry up, so as to allow a lot of the old boys out here to return'homo for a spoil" The writer makes mention of a "feed" of mutton birds which he and his comrades had in France, and says, "By Jovo, they went very well." Further particulars about tho bullet which has been used with such success against Zeppelins are given in Melbourne "Table Talk, as follows:—So the secret of the famous bullet that brought the Zeppelin terror to an end is out. Do you remember I told you months ago that when the secret came to be revealed it would he discovored thai it was an Anzuc who would reap the honour won by tho invention Then I could not reveal the name, a* the British .authorities would not allow it to be whispered, in case some German sympathisar or spy should make any attempt to send the )' clever inventor 'soaring upwards and • •ut of the world. » I employed the term Anstac. advisedly, although Mr .John Pomeroy is not a soldier, because it included New Zen la nders as well as Australians. Ho hails from that canny little city of invercargill, New Zealand, but his father. Sir J. H. Pomeroy, now lives at Healesville. Had tho War Office only received him and accepted his bullet when he first went to England - to offer it, this happy state of affairs would liavo cojne about much sooner. But rod tape kept him waiting and tangled up lor about six months before ho could get a hearing for his itlea. Then as long again slipped past, while Zappelinettes were heing built upon which to test the bullets, instead of testing them upon tho invading horrors themselves. WHAT PRESENT SHALL I GIVE? » With Xmas and New Year comes the question to all, what shall I ffivep Something, no matter how small or great, it must be good, and fitting gif\i to express the hearty Hood wish. We keep in stock many dainty and userul articles suited for Buch a purpose, and we invite you to Suspect our supply of High-class English and French Perfumery in Caskets, Fancy Bottles and Sachets, I/nvenders and Colognes, Toilet Powders asid Soaps. Soap, Boxes, Sponge Bass, Mirrors, Thermos Flasks, Oam«rns from 6s upwards. A specially poor! assortment of Brushware, with fflbony, Mother of Pearl, Xylonite and Wood Backs; and a good range of nil Perfumes, etc., etc. In spite of the war you will find our prices most reasonable. J. V. M.P.S., Dispensing Chemist (by Xxam's.), Mnatorton.

A line of well-conditioned bullocks penned by Mr Frank White, of Tunc, realised £lB per head at the Pahiatua cattle fair on Monday. Several settlors in the Masterton district intend purchasing Polled ' Angus 'cattle. This class of cattle ia popular in llawko's Bay, and in , Otago. Marjorie Ethel Gill, aged six years, a daughter of Hohert Gill, a. farmer j at Chertsey, met with a fatal accident yesterday. The horsi. 1 attached j to dray bolted, and the little girt . was crushed bo I ween the. wheels of the dray and a post. Death was instantaneous. A number of College boys have | been doing good work in the harvest fields* in the neighbourhood of Masterton .this season. In Homo cases they have earned 2s per hour and found which is equal to '2<")S per day of eleven hours. One. farmer was so satisfied that he made the lads promise to return next year. I The. latest return of pationts m the various Wairarapa hospitals is as follows :—Masterton, admitted 29, discharged 87. remaining in hospital at end of month, 27; Greytown, admitted 12, discharged 27, died 3, remaining 80; Pahiatua, admitted 7, dischared 10, died I. remaining 12. 1 The labour troubles in the Wairarapa are evidently being satisfactorily overcome judging by depiamlß made upon the Government 'Labour Department in Masterton by employees. At present only one farm labourer is sought after. Very few men, however, are just now seeking employment. | Some time back it- was reported in tho "Ago" that a runholder on tho East Coafst, who failed to secure the necessary number of shearers, had the work put through with tlio assistance of other hands employed on the station. It has since been reported that at another station tho manager appeared to be placed in an awkward predicament owing to several shearers suddenly leaving in the middle of the shearing. An'appeal was jmade to tho permanent hands, and they loyally saw the work through. | It happened in a Christehurch aucition room (says the "Sun"). She was determined to purchase a certain suite of furniture aud gave her bids determinedly. In the doorway stood a man of a type of bidder often seen at an auction—a. man who, with back turned to the proceedings, intimated his bid to the auctioneer by tho simple and blase process of flicking the ash from his cigarette. The price rose as the result of competition between the two from £l6 to £27, at which stage the flicking of the cigarette ceased, and the lady, in full triumph of the right' to call the furniture her own turned exnltkigly to her defeated rival. Hit also turned. There was a simultaneous gasp of amaze.ment, as weil there might—for they were husband and wifel Through a misunderstanding hoth had attended jthe sale with the specific intention of purchasing the same thing, and hence jthe tragedy. Their little misunderstanding had resulted in a loss to them of £ll. During a sermon on' p?ace at Albury (New South Walos) on Sun-' day ,week the Rev. C. J. Bazeley, B.A. of Sydney, said England was not in a condition for peace, and would not be so until she reached tho humble spirit that indicated national dependence upon the Almighty. Individual character had degenerated both in England and Australia, until tho stage had been reached v wh<>n it might be asked in .ill sincerity whether oithor country 1 could really, in the general make- • up of its temp!", claim to be Christian. In Sydney thoy would on Sundays find the trams crowded with people not for Worship, but for tlip pleasure resorts. TJjfl degeneracy of the race was further exemplified by the class of Sunday reading matter that was Issued and, by the tone of the theatre. It might bo said by those who had studied the decline of higher morality in the Empire that organised Prussianism could not be a greater evil thart the class of civilisation that at present obtained in the Empire through the departure from Christian principles, but God forbid that such a thing could really bo said of them. The most trying period for tlie Empire would bo tho days of reconstruction after victory was secured, for even victory would bring its anxiotiwr if in approaching the days of pfcace *ho British people did not more dearly, cherish the teaching of Christianity. Another war romance, »n which a New Zealand soldier and an English nurso are the actors, is reported. Years ago the soldier, when quite a |lad, was induced by an English magazinu to participate in its scheme for the exchange o r picture post-cards on the part of its subscribers in different parts of the world. Tlio New Zealand lad exchanged post-cards with a little English miss, and .for about a couple ■ of years both were enabled by this , means to add to their cot'ections. iThen the correspondence gradually died away. Some years flew by, and then the great war broke out. The young New Zealander was ono of the first to enlist, and saw much service before he was seriously ; wounded. He was invalided lioioe [ to New Zealand to discover that his . fiancee had, during his absence, ! married one of the stay-at-homes. Though discharged from the forces , he now had but one desire—to go i, back to the firing lino as quickly as ; possible, and forget his troubles. . Ho returned to the front with one » of the reinforcements last year, and r after a period of strenuous fights od. He was sent to a hospital in Eng" 'He was sent to a hospital in Englifnd, where he was placed under the charge of a pretty nurse. It was ' a case of love ,at first sight on the part of both, and as soon as it was ' possible they were married. Then f they discovered that they were the 7 parties who had corresponded with ' one another by means of post-cards 7 years before. The young soldkr, r no longer fit for the army, has nbw r brought his wife out to his home in ' Christehurch. 3 1 '» CAPTION. ' Persons when travelling should exercise care in tho uso of drinking 1 water. As a safeguard it i 3 ur- \ gent that every traveller should seeuro a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic ' and Diarrhoea Remedy before loavi ing home, to be. carried in the hand luggage. 'Hiis may prevent difiJ tressing sickness and unnecessary delay. Sold everywhere.