LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, 11 March 1922, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr H. Jxmg, a trainee at the Tauherenikau Repatriation Farm for some time past, has taken up a .section of land in Nelson. On Monday, at Gisborne, the tr> will commence of the Native accused of murdering a hawker named Zambucca, at Motu, s ome months ago Nine members of the Masterton Park croquet club visited Woodville on Wednesday and in a friendly game defeated the local club by four games to three. Owing to the Mayoress (Mrs Prawned) being indisposed. Mrs W. H Jackson has been asked and has consented to present the Solway Oup to the successful competitor. The work of repairing the fences around the meeting-house and monument at Papawai has been commenced. The “Standard'’ understands that the building is to receive attention next. The opening event at the soldiers’ spoj-ts to-day will be the pig-hunt for boys under 12, and boys who intend to take part in it are requested to be on the ground at a-quarter to I o’clock. The Eketahuna 11.5. A. has decided to write the Dominion Executive in reference to the replies sent by sold- ; ier settlers in response to questions . asked by the executive. It was agreed that in applying the report to soldier settlers generally it was misleading.

From to-day the price of a 21b. loaf sold over the counter will be reduced to 6Jd. In the South Island a reduction has been made to 6d. In their annual report the committee of the Red Star Football Club recommends all members to go on the field in the proper club uniform ar... “not to be so dilatory as in previous years about rolling up to practice.” At a two-days’ sale in Loudon of the collection of postage stamps belonging to the late Mr H. F. Acocns some good prices were realised bv Messrs Puttick and Simpson. The co' lection was particularly strong in the Australasian section. A rare unused 3d stamp, deep mauve, watermark “star,” imperforate, New Zealand, 1862, sold for £l2; while a pair of 1864 2d, pale blue, watermark “N.Z., ” perforated 13, with the Dunedin post - mark, realised £6. A pair of 185(< New South Wales “Sydney View,” Id carmine on yellowish paper, plate 1, used on piece of original, sold fee £2O 10s; and £8 10s was paid for a late impression of plate 2 of the 2d blue, with large margins. Clover hay wanted. 1 Saddle horse used to harness wante-i. Cook-general wanted for small fan - ny. The bakers of Masterton ‘ insert a notice re the price of bread. Heart-shaped gold brooch lost two v. eeks ago. Reward. Comfortable home for two or threw gentlemen boarders. Messrs Fairbrothers, Ltd., have a 3seater Talbot motor car for sale. The Masterton Borough Council insert a notice on page 1 re expiration of licenses. Messrs Hugo and Shearer, Ltd., advertise wool tweeds and French twill flannels for sale. Any person found trespassing on Mr H. D. Petersen’s property at Wai ngawa will be prosecuted. Messrs E. L. Holmwood and Co., land agents, Perry street, have a free hold sheep farm of 1350 acres for sale. The annual meeting of the Red Stir I ootball Club will be held on Monday next, in the cld Druids’ Hall, Church street. All members and intending members are requested to attend. There is a keen demand for the wonderful Bulgarian Bud at the Kandy Kitchen, next L. S. Nicol, jeweller, Queen street. Applicants'should place their orders early to avoid disappointment. The new issue of Bibby’s Annual has just arrived. Bibby’s stands alone as one of the brightest and most artistic annuals published. Call and see copies of the charming new issue, together with n copy of “Man of the Forest,” by Zane Grey, 3s 6d, at MjtLeod and Young’s. Seoullars’ sale is attracting very much interest, and the rare value*, being offered rr. 1 alien advantage of very freely. This morning we advertise very special bargains in carpets, and now is the opportunity to secure really high grade earpets at a big savirg. Buy your earpets now; you will never do better. The Salvation A rmy are having their harvest festival thanksgiving services on the 19th, 20th and 21st of thia month, when Ensign Inglis, from Palmerston North, will preside over these gatherings. On Monday, the 20th, friends and sympathisers of the Army will give a programme of music and sc ng. Tuesday the Carterton Bend and comrades piloted by Captain Flintoff, assisted by Ensign and Mrs Hewson, will give Iho programme. Th > various stalls in connection the sale will be open to patrons each, evezv ing. Ensign Lamberton, who has been making a canvass round the farmers and settlers, reports a large amount of produce, in th- way of fruit, vegetables, eggs, butter, grain, etc. Fur ther gifts or donations are very acceptable, and can be left at the Salvation Army Hall, Hall street, or will be called upon by leaving their name and address. The Arts and Crafts insert a spec. ll announcement on page 7 of this issue, in which they'apologise for any inconvenience they may have caused the public, which has been unavoidable during the renovation and reconstruction of their promises, but feel sure the extensive improvements will be appreciated. Old and new friends will l o welcomed, and especially visitors to the town. On the second floor, which > reached by two easy grade flights of stairs you -will find our picture salon where those who appreciate music and the arts may spend many a pleasant hour. The management conclude their announcement by stating:—“We thank the Unseen Power which has imbued us with the optimism to venture on this undertaking at the present time, and are convinced that true progress can only be with those countries who recognise the power and refined influence of music and the arts.” SANDER AND EUCAL’PII EXTRACT The unequalieo remedy fo*. cold-s, influenza, bronchitis, lung troubles, neuralgia, diarrhoea, rheumatism, SANDERS EXTRACT, the surest protection from ail infectious fever, diphtheria, meningitis. SANDER’S EXTRACT, the great healer of wounds, burns, ulcers, sprains, skin diseases. SANDER’S EXTRACT proved at Supreme Court in to contain antiseptic and healin® bfitances not present in other eucalyy tus preparations, hence its superior and unique curative power. SANDER ’S EXTRACT is free from the irritating and heart-depressing ingredi1 ents of the common e-.calyptus oils 1 and the so-called ‘extracts,’ and is safe and henefleial for internal, as well as 19r externa) iw. Insist on tua GENUINE SANDER’S FXTRA Jf.

With all its advantages, one thing the Masterton Park lack* is a fullsized croquet court. Both the lawns used at present are under-sized, and the result is that when members of the local club visit such places as Carterton, Eketahuna and Woodville, it is some time before they feel at home on the excellent courts there. A Wellington Press Association telegram s tates •that Elizabeth Gallop, a waitress, aged 28, succumbed t<» poison, evidently self-administered. She was at the Central Hotel, and had been conversing with a male t . iend. when she called out that she uad taken poison. She was removed to the hospital, where she died. De--eased’s husband is believed to reside Sydenham, Christchurch. Several complaints regarding the tate of the road leading from Mas- :< rton to Lansdowne were made to an “Age” representative yesterday. The road is being tarred by Borough workmen, and motor cars ploughed tltrough the. tar and generoii* quantises adhered to the wheels. Tin’s is bad for the wheels and destructive of the tarred surface of the road. It is suggested that the tarring should done in sections, one half of the road being done from end to end, and when that is dry the other half could attended to. This would leave a lean s trip f° r traffic. I/ord Trevethin (Sir Alfred Law- . once) who has resigned the Chief .lusticeship of England, was appointed in 1921. As he was then 78 year© of age it was obvious that he wa s intended only to keep the position warm for some politician who was not ready at the moment to abandon the House of Commons. Sir Gordon He wart, who has now been appointed, is 51 years of age, and has had a distinguished career at the bar and in Parliament. With so young a Lord Chief Justice, aspirants for that position during the next 20 years will have to turn their ambitions elsewhere. The biggest locomotive in the world recently hauled the longest train ever made up—more than a mile in length —over the Blue Ridge and Allegheny mountains, from Princeton, West Virginia, to Roanoke, Virginia, for the Virginia Railway. The locomotive and tender weighed 449 tons and measured approximately 125 feet i»n length. The train was composed of 100 rars, each of which weighed 40 tons and measured 51J feet. The load carried by each car represented 120 tons of coal, making the total weight pulled by the engine approximately 16,000 tons. Since football for girls was a novelty last year the idea caught, the fancy of some immensely, but the opinions of others who had not been themselves overtaken by that idea differed greatly. The possibility of the continuance of the games this year is mentioned in the annual report of the Wellington Football Association, and doubts arc expressed as to whether suitable grounds will be available if further girls’ clubs are formed. 4 * Whether football for ladies should be encouraged is a moot point,” says a paragraph in the report, 1 ‘but as played by the ladies concerned no possible harm can happen. It must, however, be noted that the Football Association, London, has refused to sanction any future games being played under its jurisdiction.” A drastic reduction In wages for Indian labourers and of prices for sugar-cane was recently announced >n I iji by the Colonial Sugar Refining Company (reports the New Zealand “Herald”). The company proposes to redm e wages from 2s 6d to Is 6d f day, and to pay growers lbs a ton 101 cane, instead of 19s paid last season. The following notice was issued to Indian wage-earners:—‘‘At the commencement of the crushing season row closed, the company undertook that the basic rate of pay then prevailing. viz., 2s a day with 6d a dry bonus, would not be altered during the season. Since then the market value c! su< r has dropped to an extremely low 1- 1, and Fiji sugar must now be sold i 'ompetition with that of other count •s, such as Java, where wages arc very low. Tn these circumstances, the company is reluctantly compelled to discontinue the bonus of fid a •lay ; • I to reduce the present wage from to Is 6d a day. These alt< rati .s will take effect as from Sai vrday February 25.”