LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, 14 December 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The recent show held under the auspices of the Masterton Horticultural and Industrial Sficiety resulted in a profit of £23 5s lid. An inebriate, who was lodged in the Masterton police cells last evening, will appear before the Court thi.i morning. Napier, according to statements in the local papers, is in the position of having to caret'idjy husband its water supply. The position, it is stated, was "far from reassuring" on Wednesday last. The price per unit of current for electrical power in Hastings is to be raised from 2}d to 2ijd from January 1 next. The principal reason for this is the increased cost of fuel. Scene : London club. Pageboy going the round in search of a member calls, "Mr MacGrcgor! Mr MacGregor!" A nose appears from the recess of an armchair, and a voice from its vicinity asks, "Vat is dor Kerisehtian name?" A painful accident happened to Mr W. Chapman, of Marfinborough, yesterday morning. Whilst engaged in cranking a lorry at his .garage, the engine back-fired, causing a fracture of Mr Chapman's forearm just above the. wrist.

The body of the young man Thomas Pearee, son of the late Mr A. C. Pearce (ex-Mayor of Karori) and MrsPearee, of Karori, who was drowned in the Wanganui river at Piriaka on the 2nd December, was recovered on Sunday at Taumarunui. The first of the suspension bridges; at Hinakura is rapidly approaching completion. The plating has jin-t been finished in readiness for the reinforced decking, while the towers have been improved by exterior decorations in bands of red. The new road approach is now being graded and prepared. Three strange passengers landed at Southampton from the. Bed Star liner Lapland, from New York. One was Ann Bernn, whose home is at Deptford, the winner of the recent competition at Madison Square gardens for the ugliest woman in the world. The' others were Les Goudins, the tiniest husband and wife in the world. The man is 37 inches high, and is -13-years old, and his wife stands three inches taller. They are Brazilians, hut speak fluent English.

The interest I hat Americans arc taking in the Davis Cup contest was strikingly demonstrated recently. A cablegram was received in Auckland from a wealthy resident of New York asking that one of Ihc principal hotels in the city bo. reserved for himself and party. c His request could not be acceded to, however, tor, apart from any other consideration, thp accommodation had been hooked mouths previously. Children are often most amusing when most serious, and Miss Louise Mack has found this out in her lectures to children which she has delivered all over New Zealand under the auspices of the. Education Boards. The lecture often becomes a. talk. When speaking of Germany in her travel talk she asked her small auditors: "Can you give me thp name of the Emperor of Germany?" "Mr Mas'sey," promptly responded one small patriotic youngster. On another occasion she asked the small audience: "Can you tell me who won the war " Fp went a hand from a wistful little girl in the front benches. "Well, my dear, who was it?" "My brother," proudly responded the fragile child. !

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The strength of the Mastertoa ftf» Brigade now totaU tweoty-eight jflen. .M It is reported that a Painwston North ironmongery firm, on opening up a case supposed to contain Yalo locks, found in their place a quantity of coal. The ease, showed no evidence of having been tampered with. The Municipal Band, which proposes to render short programmes of music throughout the town and suburbs will visit the Upper Plain and liUiisdowne to-nigh I. Funds are wanted for Nelson contest. A young married man named Henry 'Sneddon was charged before Mr 8. L. P. Free. K.M., at the Masterton .Magistrate's Court yesterday with having used obscene language in Queen street on Saturday night. His Worship fined the accused forty shib-JKJ lings, and ordered a prohibition order to be issued against him. Tn the course of his quarterly report, the Superintendent of the Masterton Fire Brigade (Mr E. Freeman) stated that during the past quarter there had been seven alarms in Masterton. Two were of an incipient nature, and three were chimney fires, while the remaining two were actual fires, the damage totalling £lB7. The Bank of New Zealand has received advice from its London office that the date, of commencement of first series of wool sales is 11th January. Privately-owned woolb will be offered on 13th, 19th, and 2oth January, and, if required, 25th January. Second series commence 22nd February. Facilities to offer privatelyowned wool will be increased to supply available.

An Auckland telegram slates that James Granville wns fount) dead in bed at his farm, Glenmurray, on Saturday night. Death was caused by a gunshot wound. There was a gun alongside the body. Granville was a witness in Thome's trial. He was the owner of the horse Mickey, and Thome's employer. He is believed to be a single man, and ris about fifty years of age. It is rumoured in Napier that the benzine market is overstocked, and it is stated that the price has fallen 10s per case. One Napier syndicate, it is reported, has lost over £SOOO on a shipment. Recently another buyer who ordered 300 cases of benzine at a certain price, was informed that the price had gone up, and he promptly cancelled the. order. Since has been besieged to take a much lower figure.—Tribune. At the Master ton Magistrate's Court yesterday Mr S. L. P. Free, S.M., delivered his judgment in the case in which a married woman named Mary Elizabeth Patton was charged with having obtained liquor for consumption in a no-license district by means other than by an order in conformation with "Rio. Licensing Act. The evidence at the recent hearing was to the effect that Mrs Patton had ordered liquor in her husband's name, hiring his full authority so to do. His Worship dismissed the. inform at fcrfi. He said he had carefully considered the matter, and was quite satisfied that no offence had been committed. Concrete block building promises t/y go far to solve the housing in England. In Manchester a pair of semi-detached houses on the Lean system, adapted from Scandinavia, were completed in five weeks, the concrete block walls were built in three weeks by four men, the average speed of laying blocks corresponding to 1300 bricks per day per man. The general average with bricklayers is only about four hundred bricks a day. Tha houses are of two storeys, with gables, and the design, judged by photographs produced in the press, is quite pleasing. The monolithic poured concrete house is not popular in England, being deemed cold in winter and hot in summer, while the walls are said to sweat badly inside. The advantage of the block system is that the blocks can be made on the site, with the use of local materiajgjii slag, gravel, breeze, and so ffytaV Houses on the Lean system have stood fifteen years' test in Scandinavia, under extremely trying conditions of climate. The monthly meeting of the Directors of the Workers' Mutual Benefit Building Society was held in Masterton last evening. Mr It. Krahagen presided, and there were also present Messrs' J. P. Prentice, T. S. Cresswell,. J. C Ewington, H. 0. Fowles, A. H. Gardner, A. K. Johnston and G. Hyde. The minutes of the previous monthly meeting and minutes of ballot and sale were read and confirmed. Of No. 1 Society Mr R. Krahagen was re-elected chairman, and Mr A. K. Johnston vice-chairman, for the ensuing year. Messrs R. Krahagen, J- P. Prentice and J. C. Ewington were re-appointed valuers, and Mr A. W. G. Rollings was appoinjrflfehe directors' auditor for the year. The treasurer reported a credit balance of £2513 16s, with outstanding liabilities amounting to £ISOO. An application for a release of a mortgage was granted, and the valuers reported' favourably on the security offered by a shareholder for an advance of £l5O. Sundry accounts were passed for payment. In connection with No. 2 Society the treasurer reported a credit balance at date of £1322 0s Id, with outstanding liabilities amounting to £6OO. It was decided to hold a ballot and sale in January. Owing to the approaching Christmas holidays it was decided not.to hold the usual pay night on January sth. The security offered by a shareholder for an advance of £4OO was approved of,. Other routine business was also transited. A meeting of Lansdowne ratepayers will be held in the Lansdowne School at 7.30 o'clock to-morrow night to receive the committee's report in connection with the amalgamation with the borough.

SANDER & SONS' PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT can be obtained ofc all chemists and stores. There is no reason foi putting up with inferior brands, because you can obtain "SANDER'S," which is not only recognised by the highest medical authorities, but is "proved by the Supremo Court, Melbourne, as the best. SANDER'S EXTRACT is specially manufactur d for medicinal use, under the constant supervision of a medical man. SANDER'S EXTRACT is unoquallcd for colds, influenza, bronchitis, diarrhoea, flatulence, infectious diseases; locally for wounds, burns, ulcers, piles, itchiaifr chilblains, Mr. J. Hopkins, writes:— "I have used SANDER'S EXTRACT for the last 42 years with the very best results. Oner, a substitute was given me, a larger bottle a* the same price—result, no good. Only SANDER'S EXTRACT enters my hons«,"

The Masukfi. and the Mt&eno arrived ■ at Sydney yesterday afternoon. "* "Tho three gaskets for the Commerce car have come," remarks Superintendent E. Freeman, of the Masterton Fire Brigade, in his quarterly report. "One has been put on and tho others stored for future use. This car is now running well, and at present is all that one could wish for. Tho plant is in ,good working order. The steam lire engino has been overhauled. It worked very satisfactorily ac the snleyards fire, where there was no town water supply." The pupils of the Lnnsdowne School journeyed to Carterton last night, where they produced the operetta "The Rajah of Rajnhpore" before a. large and enthusiastic audience. The performance was very .successful, and evoked much applause. In response to many requests, the promoters havo decided to again stage the operetta in Mnsterton at the Opera House on Thursday night, when the proceeds will be donated to the Blinded Soldiers Fund.

The pilgrimage of Maoris to Ratana, the "miracle man," still continues. Recently, according to the Taranaki Herald, about -10 natives arrived from Whakatane and other places in tho Auckland Province. Their sicknesses and troubles are many and various, but Batana. is confident that after two or three days they go away rejoicing with a stronger faith in the true God. Ho admits that some of his previous cases have had relapses, but says that it was due to lack of faith. They had a "korero" with the unbelieving pakeha, and began to doubt the power of God. They doubted and went back to the old Maori beliefs in tohungnisiu and rrmkutu When Maoris did that there was no hope. "I am trying," he said, "to make them believe in God and the Holy Ghost." The new church which U being built will be ready for opening at Christmas time. It is to be an undenominational church, "open," said Tabu, "to every church which believes in tho true God." To an interviewer in Auckland, Sir Conan Doyle said the three great Dominions were developing new types. Without taking note of uniforms he believed that he could pick out an average Canadian, an average Australian, and an average New Zealander in a London street. Of the three types the New Zealauders most resembled the Briton. He had been struck with the resemblance- of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles in the .South African War to the yeomen type of Briton. "But you run bigger," ho said, "the result, no doubt of a more healthy and open-air lif .• and better food." The Australian was developing along different lines. The* were the sallow aquiline type. Th:Canadian, on the other hand, was developing the square-headed, squarejawed type. Sir Conan added that his'investigations for his history of the Great War lie had ascertained that the New Zealand Infantry Di- . vision had the finest record of the British Army in France, for the. proportion of killed and wounded to prisoners taken.

The quarterly meeting of the Loyal Masterton Lodge was held last night, when Bro. A. Burton, N.G., presided over a good attendance. One sister was initiated into the *rder. The surplus of 1915 quinquennial was placed before the Lodge for appropriation, and a rule governing the same was duly adopted. The Lodge adopted the medical agreement, and authorised the Trustees of the Lodgo io sign the agreement and forward same to the medical officers for their signatures. 'Nominations for district officers were received as follows: G.M., Bro. Stcft'erflen; D.G.M., Bro. J. Langley; management committee, Bros. J. Langley and P. M. Smith; examining _and relieving officer; P.P.G;.M. Bro. Madeley. The following remits wore ieferred to district meeting: (1) To increase the sickness benefit to 30s per week and contributions to meet same on actuarial basis; (2) to have printed a monthly magazine; (3) to print a more comprehensive form of balance-sheet. A letter of sympathy was forwarded to P.G. H. A. C. Holms, wishing him a speedy recovery. The Lodge closed with the usual season's greetings.

In the course of his lecture in Wellington on Saturday night, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stated that when the mothers who had lost their sons in the war began to come to him for help, he sought out a reliable medium, a Mrs Brittnin, and sent them to her. In all seventy-two of the mothers tdld him of the results of their attempts to get into communication with their sons. Six had dead failures, six cases were half-and-half, but sixty undoubtedly got through to their lost ones Names and every kind of detail were received, including some matters that mothers had to certify afterwards, so that there could be no doubt as to the genuineness of the communications and that telepathy was out of the question. He did not know what our telephone, system was like in Wellington; but, if it was like theirs in London, if- they got BO messages perfectly through on I of 72 it was a very good average. (Laughter and applause.) This medium saved two people from suicide through the comfort she was able to bring them; and numbers from mind failure. His wife and ho, therefore, determined to devote their lives to preaching this great truth, and liad come out here for that purpose. They refused to take anything but their expenses for the work they were doing. Whatever was over they turned over lo the spiritual cause. (Applause.)

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