LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXX, Issue 8428, 19 April 1906, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Miss K. Compton, at present on the stall of the Newtown School, has been appointed to the Waione School.

A rifle match between teams selected from the Masterton Mounted Rifles and Fairview Club will be fired at Fairview range on Thursday, the 26th inst.

The death of Mr J. Nugent Wood, a former Goldfields Magistrate and Warden, at the age of eighty, is announced in a Press Association telegram from Invercargill.

The Dunedin city trams carried 183,000 passengers on Easter Monday and the three preceding days The record was established on Monday, when 55,200 fares were collected.

The Westport Coal Company, being unable to supply the demand for coal, have decided to put on a double shift at the Denniston mine, as well as at Granity Creek. This will give the Company an output of 3,000 tons per day.

A general store, at Hamua, owned by J. Cavanagh, and occupied by J. P. Clark, was totally destroyed by fire, early yesterday morning. The origin of the fire is unknown. The stock was insured for £700, and the building for £200.

The Easter Tennis Tournament at Wellington was concluded yesterday when Brown and Miss Travers won the Combined Doubles Championship, beating Fisher and Mrs Holmes. In the Ladies' Handicap Singles Miss Travers beat Miss A. Ward.

The alleged highway robber, Howell, has been committed for trial at Wanganui on a charge of having on March 31st, while armed with a revolver, robbed James Edward Bailey of 2s in money, a pocket knife and some cigarettes.

Mr John Hayes, who has tendered his resignation as inspecting engineer of the Mines Department, in order to become general manager of the Puponga Coal Mining Company, will sever his connection with the public service at the end of June.

A London correspondent writes : —" Wellington readers will be interested to hear of the wedding of Miss Ethel Magiunity, third daughter of the late Mr John Maginnity, of Wellington, which took place in London recently. The bridegroom was Mr John Francis Abel Sfaines, eldest son of the late John Staines, M.D."

Some weeks ago a man named Thomas Goodger was arrested at Wellington on a charge of stabbing John Pr.estidge, aged 63 years, and had since been out on bail while Prestidge received medical treatment. Yesterday, Goodger was re-arrested, owing to it being thought desirable that Prestidge's depositions.should be taken.

The fact that Chinamen were giving £S per annum rental for land in the district was a good indication of what the soil was capable of producing. He anticipated the time when the larger holdings along this coast would be cut up, and devoted to the production of fruit and vegetables.—MiField, M.H.R., at Levin.

Farmers in South Taranaki are complaining of the cold wintry weather of the last month, says the A r eirs. Feed is very scant, and there is little indication that there will be any growth of winter grass. This'means that "the winter will be a long one, and stock will have to be fed for about two months longer than was the case last year.

A number of skeletons have been discovered amongst the sandhills facing the Waihi beach. The skeletons were found lying in rows, some of them being almost complete, and the bones are in a splendid state of preservation. It is supposed that the skeletons are relics of old fighting days, and the sand which hid them so long has at last blown away, revealing the bones.

At the Ly Melton Magistrate's Court, yesterday, Lilian McMahon, alias Martin, a young woman of prepossessing appearance, pleaded guilty to a charge of having stolen £68 10s from Catherine Buckley, an old woman with whom she lodged. She took the money from a drawer and portmanteau in her room. She was remanded to the Supreme Court for sentence.

Two more large wool stores are about to be erected on Thorndon-quay, Wellington, close to the Manawatu railway station—one of three stories for Messrs Murray, Roberts and Co., and the .other (two stories) for Messrs Abraham and Williams (Ltd). Each building will have a frontage of 99ft, with a depth of 100 ft, and will be provided with the most modern facilities for handling and displaying large quantities of wool. Both stores are to be in brick, and will be rather handsome structures.

Mr F. W. H. Kuminer has been elMed unopposedfor the Eastßiding of theMjetaville County Council.

Bugler Hooper, of the Masterton Mounted Rifles, has been elected Regimental-Sergeant Bugler of No. 2 Battalion.

An article on the useful work done by the Young Women's Christian Association in Sydney will be found on page 7.

The Masterton police have a bicycle which awaits an owner. The machine has been in the possession of the police for about three weeks.

Mr F. H. Wood, of Tauranga, late of the Wairarapa, who has been staying a few days in Wellington, left last night by the Mararoa for Dunedin, and a trip through the South Island.

A Palmerston North telegram states that Mr J. Fitch, a well-known prospector, has been lost in the Ruahine Ranges, above Rangiwahia, since Friday last. A search party has gone out, but grave fears for his safety are entertained by those who are ■ familiar with the locality. The statutory meeting of householders, for the election of a School CommijAlfor the Masterton School district, will at the Drill Hall on Monday next at 8 p.m.

One of Watson's patent windows, which provides a well designed, neat and attractive shop front, is to be fitted into Mr P. Hamill's new premises in Queen-street, Masterton.

In one day recently rates amounting to £1100 were paid in at the Stratford County office, more than £100 in excess of the previous best day's takings since the County was formed. This looks healthy.

Mr J. K. VVarburton, Auditor and Con-troller-Geneial, who has been granted leave of absence on account of ill-health, is feeling all the better for the rest, and it is expected that he will be well enough to resume duty next month.

Messrs Gilmour and Pattie, land and estate agents, of New Plymouth, report the sale of a number of farms in the Taranaki district, for which they state the enquiry is brisk at present. Town property in New Plymouth is also selling freely.

It has been proved by actual experience (says a Melbourne paper) that the value of separator milk, when used for feeding pigs, amounts to as much as £4 per cow, aadthat without scientific feeding. [We doubt the correctness of the figures quoted.]

At the annual conference of the Canterbury Temperance Workers on Monday, resolutions were passed protesting against the granting of charters to clubs at Masterton, Feilding, Hastings and Wellington. A motion was also passed urging the value oi the reduction vote.

"I hope, when the Assessment Court comes here, that the ratepayers will obtain the redress they seek. If they don't," said the speaker, stretching himself to his full height, " let them come to me, and I will make Parliament ring with the story until I get redress."—Mr E. M. Smith, at New Plymouth.

The first Dannevirke wool, skin, and hide sale is to be held by Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., on Tuesday next, 24th April. The entries so far include 900 sheep-skins, 200 hides, 20 bags and bales of wool, tallow etc. The convenience of outside buyers will be specially considered. Buyers leaving Masterton by the first train will be able to attend the sale and return the same day.

The next best mail despatch for Continent of Europe and United Kingdom will be via San Francisco, closing at Masterton on Wednesday, 2nd May, at 4.45 o'clock, due London, 2nd June. Money orders for despatch by this mail must bejMftgured before 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May. The inward 'Frisco mail steamer " Sonoma " is due in Auckland on Monday, 7th May.

Mr Roderick M'Kenzie, M.H.R., writes to the Collingwood paper —" The complete: and perfect exposure I have made of concoctions, fabrications, and distortions of the rapscallion of Parapara ; the severe, but well-merited castigation administrated to him has evidently borne fruit. He is now writhing like a reptile in a cleft stick, from which he exudes his venom in the language of a Yankee hoodlum, or an English blackguard." The editor adds : " This correspondence is now closed." We should say it was about time.

The opening of the annexe to the Masterton District High School, and also the Solway Home for the Aged, is being arranged for. The Premier was communicated with by Mr R. Brown (Chairman of the School Committee) and a reply has been received as follows :—" If you can arrange the opening for next Monday it would suit me, and I could be with you. Kindly let me know if Monday next will suit." Mr Brown has replied that Monday will be a suitable day for celebrating the opening of the two Inklings, and suggesting the hour of 2.30 the school and 4 p.m. for the An effort is to be made for observance of the half-holiday on the occasion.

In a recent issue of a Wellington newspaper, in an article headed " The Combine and the Producers," it was stated—"The farmer whose meat is frozen by the Freezing Companies cannot deal with outside Shipping Companies that may be in a position to oiler him lower rates." This is not correct. Both the Wellington Meat Export Co., Ltd., and- the Gear Meat Company have always been willing and desirous to freeze on owners' account, leaving them the option of making such freight-arrangements as they chose, although in practice farmers have generally relied upon the Freezing Companies to secure space for their meat. On reference to an old standing advertisement in our columns, it will be seen that one of these Companies states —"The Company also offers clients every facility for freezing on their own account." Thus, the statement referred to is somewhat at variance with fact, and it is only fair that the error should be rectified.

An advertiser wishes to purchase a number of totara piles.

Three lost horses are advertised for. A smart girl for housework is advertised for. i A married couple wish to rooms.

A purebred Ayrshire heifer is advertised for sale.

A reward is offered for the return of a lost gold cable bangle.

A diamond and ruby brooch, lost on Wednesday night, is advertised for. A reward is offered.

Nominations for the Marlborough Racing Club's autumn meeting close on Saturday, the 21st inst., at 9 p.m.

Mr G. Olliver has commenced business as a general carrier, and intimates that he is prepared to execute orders carefully and promptly. All trains will be met.

A powerful machine for heavy cutting is the McCormick Daisy Reaper. Morrow Bassett and Co., Christchurch.*

Ask for Linoarnish, the great linoleum varnish. A beautiful floor polish that will not wash off. Save time, money and labour by procuring a tin at the W.F.C.A., Ltd., Furnishing Department.' 3

P. and D. Duncan stubble plough, with patent hand lever, were originalkfcdesigned for stubble and skim ploughing?^!;ley are now used by-many of the best farmers in Canterbury for all their work. Mastertcn Farmers' Implement Company.®.

The Government is now inviting tenders for the erection of twenty-live cottages (" vvorkei s , homes ") at Petone.

A civil sitting of the Masterton S.M. Court is to bo held on Monday next. There will be between forty and fifty debt cases on the list.

Dr. Ross has left on a short visit to Wellington, in order to thoroughly recuperate before resuming his usual professional visits throughout the district.

A sub-committeo appointed by the Stewards of the Mastorton Racing Club have made arrangements for the laying down in grass the new training track on the Opaki ■course.

Among the passengers on the R.M.S. Omrah, which arrived at Fremantle on Thursday last from London, was Mr Frank T. Bullen, the well known author and lecturer.

The statement that there is an insufficiency of wharf labourers in Wellington is now denied, many of the workers affirming that they have not been fully employed for a considerable time.

A farm of one hundred acres, two miles from Winchester, South Canterbury, was put up at auction the other day. The bidding started at £21 10s, and at £30 5s per acre the property was passed in.

The Masterton Borough Council as a committee of the whole will meet this evening, when a good deal of important business will be brought forward. The By-laws Committee will meet to-morrow evening.

The loud report heard, this morning, in Masterton at about 7 o'clock, was due, we ■are informed, to a dynamite explosion at the fish ponds. The locality of the report seemed, by the sound, almost in the vicinity of the Post Cilice.

One, Constable Cartin, in an obscene language case in Melbourne, gave evidence that " the stream of foul language uttered by Lacey floated in the air like the dense smoke from a bush tire." Lacey was lined " £7, or six weeks."

The Wellington Education Board has made the following appointments :—Miss Scott, of Toru, to be assistant at Waikanae; Miss Porson, of Tikaramanga, to take charge at Mangaone; and Miss Compton (at present at Waikanae) to be assistant at Waione.

So great are the demands for fat stock in Auckland that the steamer Rarawa, it is said, will be engaged for the next four months, as well as an occasional second steamer, in carrying cattle and sheep from the New Plymouth breakwater to Onchuiiga.

The weekly meeting of the Committee of the Wairarapa Coursing Club was held in the Empire Hotel last evening, Mr E. Welch presiding. Various matters relating to the approaching coursing gathering were arranged. The Chairman reported that the indications confirmed the prospect of a highly successful meeting. The balance of the hares ordered are expected to arrive in Masterton in a few days, and these will make a total of one hundred on hand.

The Secretary of the Masterton A. and P. Association draws attention to the closing of entries for the turnip competition on AVednesday 25th inst. Prizes of <£3 each are being offered for the best crops of swedes and turnips of an area of not less than three acres. In order to make the competition as educative as possible, competitors are required to furnish names of manure, and quantity used per acre, as well as particulars of work done.