LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 7403, 6 March 1903, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tho typhoid epidemic at Coonutnble, iii Now South Wales, is abating. Interesting reading matter will be found on the fouith p:ige, to-day. Renter's Agency states that Britain has restored the captured Venezuelan wai ships. Nominations for the Mastorton Racing (!lub will close with the Secretary, Mr Thos Duncan, at l>.i>o this evening. Mr G. 11. Goodall, in conjunction with Messrs F. 11. Wood and Soils, Ltd., is holding a large sale of boots, bicycles, and blankets at Curterton, to-day. The Champion Stakes, at Melbourne, yesterday, was won by Wakeful, Great Scot, second, Victory, third. The race was won with the greatest ease, in fjmiri 2'J|hcc. Several prominent cili/.eiis, including past and present members of Masterlon Borough Council, aro to ho prosecuted for riiling bicycles without lights. Cab horses did a " bam dunce '' in Masterton this morning. Returning from the early train they met Fitzgerald's big elephant and it was then that the real circus commenced. Wo understand that Mr Josi-ph lonis, of Musterton, intends leaving Wairiuapa at the end of this month. Mrs Jorns has been in indifferent health lately, and a change of climate is necessary. Denis Ixcardon was charged at the Masterton Court, this morning, with drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Accused was lined 10s, or, in default of payment, -18hours imprisonment.

The United States Congress has finally adopted it naval appropriation ot sixteen millions sterling. Provision is lini'le for three battleships, ranging from sixteen to thirty thousand tons.

The Bund .Rotunda in the Masterton Park is now well advanced towards completion, and should soon be out of the contractor's hands. It will prove a distinct ornament to the ground, and tho location appears to be suitable.

Tho concrete gate-posts, for the Pownall Memorial Gates, at tho Masterton Park, are now in a forward stage, and have a massive effect thai will set oft the gate, and make the approach quite a striking feature.

A washerwoman in one of the suburbs of Sydney boasts of making .CIGOO a year by fortune-telling. She can neither read nor write. No wonder the police have found it necessary to intervene to protect the unwary from being llececd.

There was a fair muster of tho Masterton Mounted 1 titles at the parade held yesterday afternoon. Captain D. J. Cameron was in command. The company was taken to the parade grounds at Lansdowno where the men were put through manual practice, tiring exercises and field work.

A press message states that E. J. Ncill, a waiter at the Trentham llille Meeting camp, took ill yesterday, and his condition is serious. Last evening he was removed in an ambulance to the City Hospital. He is supposed to bo suli'ering from scarlet fever. The general health of the camp is good.

Mr W. i\ .lames presided over tho quarterly meeting of the Masterton Licensing Committee, held yesterday. Messrs I l '. C. Tumor, F. J. Bright and T. Wagg wero also present. Tho only business that came before the Committee was an application for tho transfer of the license of the Central Hotel from Mr 11. W. Pownall to Mr E. J. Ilodgins, which was granted.

The Dunedin City Fire lirigndo team, which is to compete at the Fire Brigade's demonstration at Napier, arrived in Masterton last night and left this morning. The Australian representatives, a team from Chiltoii, tho recognised crack Jsrigridi'siuen throughout Australia, and who have, been selected to visit New Zealand, passed through Masterton at noon to-day. They arrived in Wellington last night.

in tho opening match at tho Now Zealand Shooting Championship meeting at Trentham,yesterday, MrG. Il.ydc, of tho Opaki Kille Club, who won the championship last year, scored 100 points, out of a possible 105 points, thus winning the Auckland Match, it will he noticed that other members of tho Opaki Club scored well. li. King obtained W> points, and (.i. Turnbull and J. llcnrv '.)! each, tying with Jive other competitors.

I ; 'itz;.;cval(l Bros.' Circus had a crowded au;lionce last evening. An excellent programme was submitted. The "cycle win/. " was the sensation of tho evening, and was watched in breathless suspense. Tho acrobatic feats wcro remarkably clover, as also wcro tho feats of skill and strength. 'J.he equestrian acts greatly pleased tho audience, and the won hearty applause. 'J'ho performing elephant showed wonderful intelligence, and the other acts by animals demon.itntted what training can accomplish. The great t;hov/ will probably return to Masterton in about a yearn time, supplemented by additional artists.

Miss Katie Gair, of the Fitznjaurico Gill Dramatic Company, in a young lady who has gnined considerable; notoriety in "Wellington, and—in fact ■ throughout [ho whole Province, as a reciter and teatlioi* of elocution. Her services at concerts were in groat demand in the Empire City, and fo\V public porforiuch. have ytvcii tjicii: assistance nior'o graciously, ftlio v/as ever ready to do her utmost in any good canst, and her licparturo from Wellington to become a nieniboL , of tho dramatic company she is now appearing with was a matter of general regret, anil sho carried with not the beat wishes of Wollingtonians for success in tho profession of her adoption, Of course, Katio Gair is only a professional iio)ii ilc phone ; she is tho daughter of Mr J. D. Wrigglosworth, principal of tho well-known firm of Wrigglcsworth and Binns, Artist Photographers, Wellington. Tho idontity of this talented young lady'is'referred to hi sho has many friends in this district,

LUXURIANT, LUS'I'IUH'S lI.Mil, with a clean, wiio!;::." , " ™ :ll|) ' kw k ° ] V V^" li and scaly eruptions is tin.; resihu.,. vv """ 1

sliaiujjoos vitli Cuticura Sonp, followed by light dressings with Culicurii, purest of emollient ,skin cures, the mo.stulTectiveskni. sculp and hairpuriliersaud hoautitiersin the world. This treatment will clear the scalp iiiid hair til' crusts, scales and dandrulY, tsoothe irritated and itching ijijU'faec,, l, , sylimulate the hair follicle*, and supply the roots with energy and nourishment.

Good rains have fiilUn in tho southern portions of New South Wales. Madame Molba left Auckland, to-day, for San Kraneiseo, en routi: for Europe. Mr Crichton, conductor of tho Wanganui Garrison Hand, is to be presented by the citizens with a purse of £150. The Fit/.muurico Gill .Dramatic Company did excellent business in Ptilmorston North. Miss Ada Crossley will visit Australasia in August and September next. Shu is now having a highly-successlul tour in America. A cable message, to-day, announces ! the death of Jean Inglesant, tho wellI known authoress. I The weather, to-day, was perceptibly cooler, and by the feel of the atmosphere ! it would seem that rain was not far oil. A Press Association message, from Christchuroh, states that a hitch in the

negotiations in connection with tho proposed machinery combine tlireatent) its 1 existence. ! A burglar tried to effect an entrance ; into tho house of Sir John Sue, Premier lof New South Wales. He was lire J at by a constable but made his escape. i J j The old Oriental Hotel, in Wellington, ; which was burned down some time ago, has been replaced by an up to-date brick structure of four stories. ! Mr 0. Williamson has engaged Miss Ada Crossley to sing at 25 concerts in : Australasia, appearing in Melbourne in i August or September next. I Over a hundred cabinet-makers lnivo been " locked out" in Auckland. Tliecm- | ployers have retained the men whom they think worth Is .'Jil an hour and ; dismissed nil tho others. Evidently I trade disputes are beginning to iiud their : level in Auckland. '. Mr It. ISriiee Wallaco (son of tho late Mr .1. Howard Wallace, one of Wellington's early settlers) died recently at Jscndigo. Mr .Bruce Wallace was for some i years manager of tho National Insurance . Company's branch in Wellington.

Of the thirty-seven Canterbury Justices of the I'oace in lS(H), Sir Jdlii) Hull, the lion. C. C. Dmvcii, Messrs ljineelot, Walker, and J. Studholme, arc still un tho Coimnissioii of tho Peace for the Colony. i Complaints have reached us of doad 1 animals lying in different parts of the town and suburbs—tho careaso of a dog in one instance and a sheep in another. ■ Now, when diseases arc prevalent in ; adjacent districts, care should be taken I to avoid ali risks of the kind indicated.

ThoMasterton team selected to meet the Tliorndoii Club, in tho Wellington Provincial Shield Championship, to-morrow, at Alaslcrton, is as follows: —Messrs C. C. Cox, I , '. C. Bunny, ,1. Sellar ami N. Bunting, wiili Mrs Burns and Miss Payton. The match will bo commenced at one o'clock.

At the Palmerston Sports, in the 100 yards Handicap,A. K. Wilton, of Masterton, won tho second heat easily, but was unplaced in the liual. having the bad luck to trip over. In the -110 yards, from a bad start Wilton "dead-heated" with Craig for second place, the latter having 10 yards more start than the Mustertonia-ii.

Says a London correspondent :—" In reference to the suggested visit of a New Zealand football team, 1 learn that Mr \V. I. lL'cvcs, Agent-General for New Zealand, has been a good deal in communication with the Secretary of the Knglish liugby Union, and has had numerous interviews with him. Mr George Kowland Hill, who is Secretary, wants die New Zealand team, when it docs come, to be a very strong one, so as to he able to tackle the international teams of -Kngland, Ireland, Scotland and Wajes, as well as other lirst-elass teams.

At the Mastcrton S..M. Court this morning, Mr C. A. Pownall made tin application, on behalf of George Manning, for ii variation of the maintenance order in force against him fur the support of bis children and wife, he having obtained a decree nixi on the grounds of adultery, to be made absolute in three months. Mr James agreed to vary the order to be for the maintenance of the four children only, at the rate of us per week for each.

Miss Manoramabai and Miss Abrams —two distinguished lady missionaries from India, will plead the cause of Indian Missions in the Mastcrton Wesleyan Church, this evening. They have been pleading the cause of Indian Missions in the chief centres of Australasia and they have the reputation of being very able speakers. They arc not asking for collections, but are seeking to deepen the interest of the people of New Zealand in India, and especially in Indian Missions. Miss Manonunabai's mother, Pandita Uamabai, a converted highcusto Brahmin, hasdonc a great work for tlie women in India, and is spoken of as " The Widows' Friend," her good work being well-known throughout India, and the missionary world. As these ladies have had special opportunities of knowing the life of Indian women, their account of Indian lifo and the efforts that are being made to reach our fellowsubjects,'the women of India, must be deeply interesting. The meeting will begin at H o'clock. Rooms are required by a married couple. Mr F. P. Welsh advertises for a gardener, plumber, married couple, station hand, etc. Mr F. Holloway notiliuj that prison for dogs has been laid on his property at Te Ore Ore. A dark bay gelding is to be sold by auction to-morrow, at 12 o'clock, by Mr C. IL. Savage, poundkeeper, at the Masteiton Pound. The fashions arc at Hooper's. We have opened our first shipment of autumn and winter novelties, and have never had a nicer bts of goods. Tho trimmed millinery, of which we have over 300 imported hats and bonnets, is charming, and some wonders of arc. The jackets and skirts are tailor-made, well-linished, full of style and taste, and latest cut. They are selling quickly, so don't tarry. Our dress goods are the most fashionable and favoured materials, with trimmings and all the little accessories to match. Wo have also a splendid selection of fancy drapery, such as collarette?, furs, ribbons, laces, feathers, (lowers, corsets, etc., and should be pleased' to show you the stock whenever you have from 5 minutes to a day to spare." Hooper and Co., Drapers and Importers. - Advt. 'WJIH-N "KIIKCMO" IiOKS IN KIIEUMATICS GO our! That tells the story of " llhoumo." His a solvent uf uric acid, and Nature's mode of solution. It is the excess uric acid in the sy..tem that causes rheumatism, sciatica, gout, gravel, and kindro.l complaints, and Kheumo is the medicine that cures. In diseases depandent upon a uric acid diathesis, it is a remedy of extraordinary potency, ltheumo is a medicine—not a liniment, lihcumo is a liquid—not a pill. Itheinno nets promptly and effectively. " llheuino Conquers iiheumatism." Sold by F. Feist and Co., storekeepers, Mastcrton, and by all chemists and stores at 2s (id and -Is G*d per bottle. a luyrv thought may bring a fortune. Inventions arc not always the outcome of long study or experiment. A happy thought, leading to the production of a useful article, has very often turned the lido of life, and yielded the inventor a competency.—Extract from pamphlet giving information on patents, obtainable free ; by post, from Baldwin and Kayward National Chambers, Wellington. The ioliowuii; speaks loi itself. Mr L. It. Webb, settler, of -Makotiiku,' Hawke's Jiay, N.Z., writes:—"l am writing you a tesiimoni il. 1 was suffering from lumbago for some years. 1 tried a good many remedies before I tried your "ltheumatic Powder. I took youvs by directions, and I wa.i relieved after tho thud dose. I have not felt any symptoms since. One tin cured me. Thanking you for the same." • • •

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