LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7828, 22 August 1904, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The registered rainfall in Masterton, at 9 o'clock yesterday morning for the previous 21 hours was sixty points.

The return quoit match between the Mangatainoka and Opaki Clubs will be played on the Masterton grounds en Wednesday next.

A cable to Australia from Wanganui has elicited the information that Paderewski requires a guarantee of i>4oo to give a concert in Wanganui.

Three great qualities of the Irish language, said a delegate at the Irish Teacher's Congress lately, were that it was the language in which they pray the most fervently, curse the most bitterly, and court the most sweetly.

" There is no question that, the quality of meat being served in the Borough is twice as good since we have had compulsory inspection."—Cr France at the Palmerston N. Borough Council meeting.

A football match, Dannevirke representatives versus Wairarapa Thursday representatives will take place on the Masterton Park Oval, on Thursday next, commencing at 2.80 p.m.

In order to meet the wishes of a number of suppliers wishing to take up shares, the Masterton Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., have found it necessary to increase their capital to £5009.

James Knight, Esq., Lower Hutt, gives particulars in a Plantekoa advt. how this remedy restored his health at seventy-three.

Mr J. H. Kibblewhite, and old Mastertonian, who has been senior clerk at the Lyttelton Post Office for some time has been transferred to a position in the accountant's branch in the General Post Office at Wellington.

Plans of the Oaks Estate (late Mr T. E. Chamberlain's), Upper Plain-road, which has been cut up into acre and half acre sections, are now available at the office of the auctioneers, Lowes and lorns, Ltd.

The Wellington City Council, on Saturday, accepted the tender of H. Fielder, Wellington, at ■£572, for furnishing the Council Chamber of the Newtown Hal). Mr Fielder's tender was also accepted for 8500 chairs for the Town Hall, at 63 Ud each.

A contemporary states that the Press Association agent at Woodville is likely to get censured for a report which he sent to the various papers concerning the Salvation Army's Austral Guards Band, which is now touring the Colony.

At the meeting of the Masterton A. and P. Association,'on Saturday, a telegram was received from Mr J. D. Eitchic, Secretary of Agriculture—in reply to a request from the President — stating that arrangements would probably be made for the State stallion " Danger Signal," to be at the service of breeders in the Wairarapa district this season.

Following are the drawings for the next round of the card tournament: —

Fire Police meet Fire Brigade to-night in the Fire Police Station ; the Borough Staff meet the Druids on Tuesday at the same place; the Foresters meet Ewington's team on Thursday at the Fire Brigade Station, and the Eailway meet the Oddfellows on Friday in the Fire Police Station.

Writes Mr G. P. Donelly from Home : —" I visited the meat market one day last week. There was nothing on the markot to equal New Zealand lambs and mutton, especially lambs, with the exception of a small line from Germany, which had been killed about a day and a half. The English lamb was very plain, and not finished, and had it not been that they were blown up they would have looked very indifferent. There is a prevailing idea in England that there is a great deal of disease in our mutton and sheep.

The bell-like call of the tui is now a familiar sound in the trees in Sydneystreet, Wellington. There is quite a large number of the " parson birds " in the city, to which it is a rave visitor. The habitat of the tui is in the bush, which is gradually dropping further away from the centres of civilisation, but exceptionally cold weather drives it into the towns. On Saturday morning five tuis were seen and heard whistling merrily on a tree in Mr Manteli's grounds in Sydney-street. The bird is becoming more rare every year in the Colony. — Post.

Mr W. P. James, S.M., sat at Dannevirke ou Friday morning to hear a charge preferred against James Allardics by J. B. Johnston. The information charged Allardice with assaulting Johnston while the latter was executing a warrant under authority of the Court. The case arose through Johnston's attempting to execute a warrant in connection with a case Johnston and Co. v. Mclntyre, and there apparently had been some business transactions between Allardice and Mclntyre, After hearing evidence, His Worship said that as it was the person most interested who was seizing tho horse, he would regard the matter in the light of a technical assault, and inpose a fine of 103, with costs 303. If the Bailiff himself had been executing the warrant he would have imposed a heavy fine.

SUFFERING THE TORTURES OF ECZEMA is the condition of thousands who live in ignorance of the fact that warm baths with Cuticura Soap, to cleanse the skin of crusts and scales, and soften the thickened cuticle, and gentle anointings with Cuticura Ointment, the great skin cure, to allay itching, irritation, and inflammation, and soothe and heal, and mild doses of Cuticura Resolvent Pills, to cool and cleanse the blood, will afford instant relief and point to a speedy, permanent and economical cure when all else fails.

Mr C. G.- Monro, architect, has ferted his offices to Perry's new buildings, Perry-street. '

A burning flue cansed an alarm to be sounded on the Kurupuni fiiebell, last evening.

A service of song, entitled " True as steel," was rendered at the Salvation Army Barracks, last evening, by the Juniors. The reading was taken by Adjutant Melksham.

A cable message states that negotiations are progressing in connections with another arbitration treaty, between Britain and Austria,.as a result of King Edward's visit to Vienna.

Messrs A. W. Cave, C. F. Vallance, and J. Macara, the committee deputed by the Masterton Racing Club to select a starter, have finally decided to appoint Mr C. H. Chevannes, of Wanganui.

Mr F. H. Wood had a record furniture sale, at his new rooms, on Saturday, both as regards attendance and spirited Good prices were received right The attendance of ladies was especially large, and as a consequence a very successful sale resulted.

In the Eketahuna appeal ca3e, heard at Wellington, to day, the Chief Justice and Justice Cooper refused to grant the appeal of Margaret Thompson, of Eketahuna, against her conviction and sentence of one month's imprisonment, for cruelty to her niece.

The tender of Mr C. E. Daniell has been accepted by Messrs Varnham and Ro3e, architects, for the erection of brick stables for Mr James Macara. The price is £1000, and the new structure will be an extension of the well-known Prince of WaW Stables,in Queen-street.

A fire occurred in a small stable, in Bannister-street, on Saturday afternoon. The Fire Brigade were quickly on the spot, and, although the flames had obtained a good hold on some hay in the loft, they succeeded in putting the fire out. Two horses were in the building when the outbreak occurred, but they were safely removed. Tne stable, which was the property of Mr E. Darley, was uninsured.

Weddel's annual review of the buttealj trade says that the serious deteriorationJPl in the quality of Australian butter are due to the improper use of private separators and other unscientific methods. The quality ot the New Zealand butter is even superior to that of the previous year, and it is steadily gaining favour. It is now regarded as more satisfactory than most Australian butter.

At the Auckland Supreme Court, this morning, Leedhan Sweeny and Thomas Bill, aged about 28 years, came up for sentence for assaulting and robbing a seaman, at Clevedon. A sentence of three years' hard labour was imposed. Thomas Hermain was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for assaulting a boardinghouse-keeper with a table knife. Yoz Yujnovich was sentenced to five years' imprisonment for attempted outrage on a Maori woman seventy years of age.

A man known as Patrick Healy, but whose correct name is Patrick Brereton, has been missing from his camp at Waikopiro (Hawke's Bay) since the 26th of last month. On that date his visited Makotuku, at>out six miles from his camp, and after purchasing sompH stores, started on his return journey. He has not been heard of since ; his,swag is still at his camp, and his best suit of clothes, which he left at the Makotuku Hotel remains there unclaimed. The gravest fears are entertained as to Brereton's safety.

A meeting of the Albion Social Committee was held on Saturday night, there being present: —Messrs A. Dawes (in the chair), F. O'Connor, Lilley, Chapman, Faulkner and Hogg. It was decided to fix the prices for double tickets os, single Bs, and extra lady 2s, and for members of the Club 3s double and 2s single. The following ladies' Committee was appointed: — Mesdames Eayner, O'Connor, Wickens, Styles, Hogg, Greathead, Shaw, and Misses O'Leary, E. Henry, Wickens, O'Connor, Corbett, Peterson, Finlayson, Cashion, N. Chapman, Hogg, Eeynolds, Greig and Holloway. It was decided that the general committee meet again on Tuesday night, and that a meeting of the ladies 1 committee be called for Tuesday, 30th inst.

There was a good attendance at Mr. W. B. Chennelis' auction rooms, onj| .Saturday, when a number of sections in^

the Newtown estate were put up for sale. Bidding, however, could not be

induced to reach the reserve, and all the sections offered were withdrawn. Ten sections have been sold at owners' prices, including several which were quitted after the sale, and it is expected that several, for which offers have been made, will be quitted by to-night at owners' prices. The section frontingQueen-strcet on which Mr Hounslow's shou is now

standing was also put up and realised i>29 per foot, the buyer being Mr Clark. The Dixon-street section also changed hands, the prices being £3 5?, £3 3s, and £3 6s per toot for the three sections offered.

A meeting of the Directors of the Wairarapa Caledonian Society was held on Saturday afternoon. There were present:—Messrs W. D. Watson (in the chair), B. Cameron, T. McHattie, A. McLsod, F. Moore, C. H. Smith, A. Turner, T. P. Lett, E. E. Chamberlain, B. Grey. An -apology for absence was received from Mr F. Hill. The Secretary (Mr T. Duncan) reported that the Conference of the New Zealand tion of Caledonian Societies that shoulcje have been held in Wellington recently, had lapsed for want of a quorum, and it had been decided to adjourn the Conference for five weeks. The Secretary was appointed to attend the Conference. On the motion of Mr Grey, it was decided to see if the Association continued in existence before arranging for a championship meeting.

A Dunedin message states that His Excellency Lord Plunkeb, accompanied by Lady Plunket and the Hon. Kathleen Plunket, have arrived in Dunedin by special train. The Premier also'arrived by the same train. On arrival, the Governor was met by the Mayor and City Councillors and presented with an address of welcome. At Knox Church His Excellency also received an address of welcomi c. There was a fair inusfcer of volunteers and cadets to form the escort and line the streets, the Ordinance branch mustering 231, the rifles 551, and the cadets 1001—a total of 1783. His Exellency witnessed a march past, and expressed himself as very pleased withJb the turn out and general appearance of^|

the volunteers and cadets. Iα the evening the Governor was entertained at a dinner by the members of the Fernhill Club. .

In acknowledging receipt of a medal ■from South Africa from her son, a Reefton mother, writing to the Nelson

Defence Department, says:—"My son, like many other?, fails to appreciate this medal as he otherwise would have done had the ' Chows' not been allowed tc occupy a country the Britishers suffered and endured so much to win."

"When will the Now Zealand poultry 'farmers embark in the egg industry in something like these proportions? An Americau paper states : —Harry H. Carr, of St. Johnsbury, Yt., has already packed 22,000 dozen eggs for the fall and winter trade, and expects to put in about 43,000 dozen or more before the season closes. There are about 1000 dozen eggs to the ton, and in a few weeks he will havo 35 tons of eggs in his cold storage plant.

A Taranaki paper reports that quite a crowd assembled at the Moturoa oil-boring works on Friday, the news having reached town that there was a " burst" there and that the promotors had " struck oil." Enquiries elicited the information that on leaving the papa formation the drill had penetrated a sandstone stratum, and shortly after there was a great escape of gas, throwing •water and mud to the height of about eighty feet. The newly-discovered " geysor " continued operations during "the whole of the afternoon. Mr Fair ■looks on this as a most favorable indication, and is sanguine of success. The bore has now reached a depth of 1120 feet.

Two rooms are advertised to let. An advertiser wishes to purchase a general store and commission business.

An advertiser wishes to rent for about four months a furnished cottage.

An advertiser wishes to sell aboub 129 cords of root and stump matai.

A general servant is required by Mrs S A. Noble-Catnpbeli, Worksop-road.

Mrs Heggle, in another column, expresses "her heartfelt thanks to all who have assisted her during her late trouble.

Teiiders are invited by Messrs Pinhey Bros, for the erection of fencing on the Te Ore Ore road.

Mr F. H. Wood advertises for sale a farm •of 500 acres, situated about eleven miles from Eketahnna. Three hundred and fifty aores are felled and grassed, and the section is well - watered by permanent streams. Easy terms can be arranged. The price is £1600.

Dr. Van Slyke, of Wellington, Specialist in Eye, Ear, Throat and Nose, may be consulted at Club Hotel, Masterton, on Wednesday, August 24th.—Advt.

The McCormick Binder is light in draft and easy to operate, easy for the driver and ■easy for the team.—Advt.

H. T. Wooi, pharmaceutical chemist (by exam.) Bead advertisement on page 3.—Advi.