LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 8098, 24 March 1905, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

! The latest return from the Hessey Dredge is 12ozs 3dwts. A' meeting of Stewards of, the Masterton Racing Club will be held on Wednesday next. Mr W. MeKenzie, formerly proprietor of the Cartcrton Observer, was a visitor to Masterton yesterday. The registered rainfall in Masterton at 9 •o'clock this morning, for the previous 24 hours, was two points. Mr A. R. Wallis, of Carterton, who has been on a visit to Nelson returned home last evening.—Carterton special. * The annual meeting of the Mastei'ton Golf Club is to bo held in the Bank of Australasia on Friday next the 31st Inst at 4' p.m. A meeting of Justices of the Peace is to be held in the Magistrate's Courthouse on April 7th at noon, for the revision of the jury lists. A breach of promise case is spoken of between an opulent widow and a still more opulent widower. Both parties are wellknown in Masterton. A Sydney message states that the man O'Hara has been sentenced to death for the murder of his wife at Surry Hills on November Ist. • On page 7 will be found an account of an interesting special interview with General Booth, prior to his departure from Home on his Australasian tour. Mr IT. P. Richmond, B.A..LL. 8., has been nominated for the position of graduates' representative on the Victoria College Council, vacated by Bishop Wallis. The coffin of the late Marquis of Anglesey whose life was heavily insured, was opened on its arrival at London to enable the insurance companies to identify the body. Mr J. G. Eliott has presented a gold medal valued at £2 to the Masterton Quoits Club. Play for the medal is restricted to the Club to which it has been presented. The steamer Corinthic arrived at Hobart yesterday morning and sailed at 5 a.m. today " for Wellington. She has thirty-two Australian and 270 New Zealand passengers on board. The appeal to the Supreme Court by Mr Cohen (Mr P. L. Hollings) against a decision of Mr James in favour of Mr Lamming (Ml , C. A. Pownail) has been dismissed with seven guineas costs to respondent. Veterans in this district who desire to enter the Veterans' Home at Auckland should make immediate application, as owing to additional accommodation having been provided there will be vacancies shortly for several more inmates. Mrs H. E. Gosnell has disposed of 350 acres of her Kakare property, adjoining the Masterton abattoir site, to Mr C. Weston, of Mangamahoe, and 25 acres to Mr F. Holloway, of Queen-street, Masterton. Both sales were effected by Mr W. H. Cruickshank, land-agent, Masterton. The potato blight, which has affected a number of the crops in this district (says a West Coast paper) promises to prove not to be an unmixed trouble, as the blight is now attacking the gorse and blackberry growth, which was threatening several of the farms. A London message is to the effect that King Edward has remained indoors since, his indisposition. A Court Circular issued yesterday stated that he is greatly improved. It will be remembered that the Prince of Wales had to preside at a recent levee on account of the King's indisposition. The Belgian Consul in Wellington (the lion C. J. Johnston) has been advised by the Consul-General at Melbourne of the death of Baron Lambermont, Minister of State and Secretary-General of the Belgian "Foreign Office, who had rendered great services to his country in a diplomatic capacity. During a thunderstorm at Te Puke (Tauranga) a young man named Barrow was struck by lightning. He was seated on a disc harrow at the time, and* fell oft', with the result that the harrow passed over his leg, breaking it near the ankle. A medical man was called in, and it was found necessary to amputate the injured limb. After the cricket match, yesterday, " Old Boys v. Masterton School," both teams were entertained at dinner by Mr A. C. Scrimgeour, of the Club Hotel. The headmaster and several members of the teaching staff were also present, and a thoroughly enjoyable Lime was spent. Mr Jackson, on behalf of the teams, thanked Mr Scrimgeour for his hospitality. Our Carterton special is informed that Mr C. Smith, who made an attempt on Wednesday night to lower the record time on a cycle from Wellington to Napier, but had to abandon his attempt at Eketahuna, owing to a gale, is to have another try on Sunday next. His brother, Mr " Tas." Smith, and Mr R. Chew, will most likely pace him from Featherston to Masterton. In the United States there is an Apple Consumers' League, every member of which agrees to eat daily, during the apple season, two apples, raw or cooked, to have the fruit on his table daily, to ask for it in some form whenever he eats a meal at a public hotel or restaurant, and, if it is not in the bill-of-fare, to endeavour to persuade the landlord that it is to his advantage to provide cooked apples. Starting in a very small way, the V.M.C.A, at Palmerston North has now one hundred and fifty names on the roll. The committee has secured a cottage and a piece of land in Andrew Toiing-street, and as soon as sufficient funds are collected, they hope to erect a suitable building. It is expected that a gymnasium will be erected by Easter. The committee also hope to have a hocky and football team in working order before long. William Innes, the elderly miner from Queensland who was refused permission to land when he arrived in Wellington from Sydney by the Monowai a fortnight ago, because the Union Company declined to enter into a bond as a guarantee that he would not become a charge on charitable aid, is again in New Zealand. He was . returned to Sydney by the Waikare last week but has come back in her, as the ■authorites here have removed the prohibition against his admission to the colony. SOFT, WHITE HANDS IN A SINGLE NIGHT. Soak the hands on retiring, in a strong, hot lather of Cuticura Soap. Dry thoroughly, and anoint freely with Cuticura Ointment, the great skin cure and purest of emollients. Wear, during the night, old, loose, kid gloves. For red, rough, chapped, and discoloured hands, dry, fis ured, itching, feverish palms, shapeles nails with painful finger ends, this treatment is simple wonderful.

Dengue fever has spread to Rockhampton. :■ ' ' The latest returns from the Mystery Flat dredge are 41ozs for 132 hours work. Queensland purposes advertising on a more extensive scale its lands and resources. —Cable. Nominations for the Masterton Racing Club's Autumn meeting close with the Secretary at 9.30 to-night. The Park Improvement Committee will meet this evening when the date of the next sports will be finally decided upon. The annual meeting of the Masterton Football Club is to be held in the Central Hotel on Friday the 31st inst at 8 p.m. On page 6 will be found a very readable account of Fire Police Secretary Lewis' re-' cent trip south to attend the Fire Brigades 1 Conference. The members of the Old Boys' cricket team yesterday made a donation to the Masterton District High School Recreation ground fund. An oddity in the offlicial return of the export of frozen meat for February is the return of frozen meat shipped from Oamaru —" 2 lambs, 1 cwt, £1." A cable message states that gold-bearing quartz has been struck at Bendigo, Victoria, at a depth of 4162 feet, which is said to be the deepest in the world. In agreeing to become a candidate for Wellington City at the approaching byelection, Mr John Hutcheson declared himself in favour of prohibition. The apple crop in the Marlborough district this year is said to be the best ever experienced. A large quantity of apples are allowed to waste for want of a profitable market. The Masterton Workers' Mutual Benefit Building Society realised a very satisfactory price for the appropriation of £300 by sale, last evening. Mrs A. Hawke was the suc T cessful tenderer. A man was brought into the Masterton Hospital, yesterday, suffering from a scalp wound received while working at a sawmill in the Bush district. The patient is now progressing satisfactorily. No fewer than 13,716 vessels belonging to the United Kingdom, and 40,340 lives have been lost at sea during the past 25 years. Most of the wrecks have occurred on the English, coast between Flamborough Head and the North Foreland. While in England the Rev. Mr Chatterton, of Gisborne, paid a visit to Mrs Selwyn, the widow of Bishop Selwyn. The lady, who is 96 years of age, is living at Lichfield. She has full possession of her faculties, and was much interested in hearing about New Zealand. Hockey and football loom large on the public mind just now at Palmerston North, and there is a prospect of there being good competition in these two branches of sport during the coming winter. Already there are five hockey teams in the field and several football teams are mentioned. Crisp bank notes are likely to be supplanted by soft, velvety ones, at a saving in cost. The paper is treated chemically, and this makes it not only soft and pliable, but antiseptic, while preserving it. The United States Bureau of Engraving and Painting are now trying experiments to this end. Referring to an item sung by a male performer at the concert at Hunterville on St. Patrick's night, the local paper says:— "So-and-So (full name mentioned) is not worth criticism of any sort. Only unbounded cheek accounted for his appearance on the stafe. Doubtless, the fellow thought it.a joke ; but the audience were disgusted."

Visiting cards for dogs is the latest vogue in fashionable New York. The youth who calls on his " best girl" sends up his dog's card with his own. This is intended as a subtle compliment to the lady's pet dog. The cards are smaller than the man's visiting card, and it is customary to bestow the family name on the pet. The Bishop of Wellington will officiate at Holy Communion, at 8 a.m., in St. Matthew's Church, and at the evening service on Sunday next. At 3 p.m. he will hold a service at Matahiwi. His Lordship will address the members of the Gleaners , Union on Monday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, and will administer the rite of Confirmation at St. Matthew's the same evening at 7.30. Mr Charles Smith, son of the late Constable Smith, left Wellington at ten o'clock, on Wednesday evening, with the intention of endeavouring to break a bicycle record between the Empire City and Napier. He made excellent time as far as Masterton ; but, after leaving the latter township, he encountered a fierce gale, and, on arriving at Eketahuna, at 7 o'clock, yesterday moming, decided to abandon the attempt. In consequence of the large number of accidents that have occurred in various parts of the Colony, the Railway Department has prohibited- any of its employes using trollies on any of its lines. A number of surface men have sent a petition to the Department praying that the decision may be rescinded, as they find that they are greatly inconvenienced through not being allowed to run trollies when travelling to and from their work. Several members of the Eketahuna Crickot Club met in the Club Hotel last evening, and presented Mr W. H. Jackson, headmaster of the Masterton Districs High School, with a pair of pipes in case. The captain of the Eketahuna Club, in making J the presentation, referred in grateful terms to the many kindnesses they had received from Mr Jackson when they had visited Masterton. The gift was acknowledged by Mr Jackson. They do things quickly in America. They hustle. A story was told by -Mv White at Napier recently, that shows the method of their quickness. The National Cash Register Co. discovered a crack in the lofty stack of their power-house. Scaffolding had been erected and the work of repairing commenced when a gale upset the whole concern, and the massive structure crashed through on the machinery beneath. It was a serious thing, and cessation of work for a fortnight 'faced the company. The debris was cleared away, a temporary structure erected, and the factory was turning out cash registers by the dozen —next morning ! This morning's N.Z. Times, in a report of a meeting of the Wellington Centre of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association, has the following :—" A letter was read, giving information that Wilton, of Masterton, who has entered for Saturday's events; had broken his amateur status, and a motion was carried instructing the secretary to telegraph to the secretary of the Masterton Association asking if the information was correct. It was also decided. that Wilton, on his arrival in Wellington today, be asked the question." The secretary of the Masterton Association (Sir J. Conlan) informs us that the above is a misunderstanding, and Wilton lias net broke his amateur status. A short faced Agate Tumbler pigeon is advertised for. .. ■ Farmers should note the announcement regarding Messrs Booth Macdonald and Co.'s " Steel Queen " disc-harrows, appearing on page 2. Wood's Teething Powders for children cutting their teeth. They help the little ones to thrive. Is, Is 6d.-~H. T. Woo», Chemist and Pharmacist (by exam.),Mastert©n. —Advt.