LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8778, 8 June 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The annual social and dance of the Carlton Cricket Club is to be held in the Exchange social-room on Friday next.

The Minister for Education has authorised the acceptance of a tender for erection of a two-storied brick building for a technical school at Feildiug. It is understood that the price is slightly below £3000.

Mr W. H. Gaisford has been elected president of the Bush Districts A. aud P. Association. The vice-presidents are Messrs Beattie, Bolcon, Nelson and Smith. The accounts presented at the annual meeting, held at Woodville, show that financially the* Association just about held its own (under unfavourable circumstances) last year.

The Secretary of the Hawke's Bay Farmers' Union wrote to Mr A. Dillon asking him to oppose the present Land Bill. Mr Dillon replied as follows :•*-'' When the Bill comes before the House I .shall use my own judgment, and, if I am wrong in my vote, let the electors at the next election decide the question." — Dannevirke Advocate.

Ten miles per hour has been fixed as the speed limit at which motorcars and motor bicycles may be driven through townships in the Waitaki, Waihemo, and Waikoriaiti Counties. This decision was come to, says a Press Association message, at a conference composed of county delegates who met to frame by-laws for the control of motor traffic on roads between Dunedin and Waitaki.

The Wellington Conciliation Board has filed its recommendations in the timber workers' dispute. The recommendations affect some three hundred employers, whose places" of business extend over nearly half the North Island. The most noticeable feature of the recommendation is the proposed increase of wages to unskilled workers. The minimum wage under the-current award is Ts per day. The Board recommends an increase to £2 8s per week, or Is Id per hour. Outside the city,of "Wellington 45 hours shall constitute a week's work.

At Salta, in Argentina, a list of bad schoolboys and girls is published weekly in the newspapers.

It was on the 4th June, 1785)— one hundred and eighteen years ago—thatX, the first theatrical performance Australia took place in Sydney. Prisoners performed "The Recruiting Officer" to celebrate the King's birthday.

As a result of an inquiry into the recent mutiny of the Wellington Submarine Mining Volunteers, charges have been preferred against a noncommissioned officer of instigating the> k~~ mutiny and supplying information to '"* the Press, etc.

According to a message from Westport, a miner named John Leece, uged* about forty-live years, who is married and has a family of ten, died in the ~ , Westport Hospital, as the result of \JjtL fall of coal at the Westport Coal pany's Mine this afternoon. The deceased was formerly a newspaper proprietor in New South Wales.

The Methodist Band of Hope met last night, in the Schoolroom, when the Rev. J. N. Buttle presided. An address by the Chairman, followed by songs and recitations from the members, made up an enjoyable evening's programme. Bauds of Hope are good work the world over in training girls and boys in habits of Temperance, and it is hoped that the local branch will be of benefit to children iv Master ton.

The death occurred, at. the Wellington Hospital, on Wednesday afternoon, of Mr John McGregor Harvey, youngest sou of Mrs George Harvey, of Waipu, Auckland, formerly of Mastertou. The deceased was about 22 years of age, and had been in the employ of the Government Advances to Settlers Office for some years past. Death was due to pneumonia setting in after an attack of scarlet fever. The funeral will take place, tomorrow, leaving the residence of Mrs Pomeroy, Albert-street, Mastertou, at 2.:-K) p.m.

The Mastertou School held a special meeting, last evening, to consider applications received for the position of secondary assistant teacher at the Masterton District High School. Messrs R. Brown (chairman), C. Perry, G. Townsend, J. Carpenter, W. A. Fendall, H. O'Leary, H. H. Cork and E. H. Waddington were present. An apology for absence was' received from the Rev. J. N. Buttle. After a discussion, the Committee, decided to recommend Messrs J. of Kilbirnie School, and G. CromiflPr of Grey town School, for the position. The Education Board will makf the, appointment.

"My strangest case," said a wellknown oculist recently, "is a woman who can only see with her eyes shut. Her eyes are -normal except in one respect—the nerve that conveys the image to the brain has become misplaced. This woman's eyes are bright and clear. They perform all their functions properly. They dart about, regarding the sunset, the sea, everything ; but, on account of their misplaced nerve, they see nothing—nothing whatever. Yet let the woman close her eyes, and the last object gazed upon is clearly visible to her. She sees witli her eyes closed. She looks at you, and everything is black. She seals up her lids, and there you are, distinct and bright before her."

The Wellington tramway service is now open to Miramar North. A test trip to tie terminus of the new .sootion,' which runs through the valley to the foot of the old Wor.ser Bay-road, was made under the supervision of _.., Mr Furby, of the Telegraph D*\r<itfjM9 ■ merit, on Thursday afternoon. 'J-fln official opening of the section wtfs made by the Miramar Borough Council, yesterday afternoon. There will be an hourly service for the present. from the Kilbirnie terminus to Miramar North, for which journey, two miles in length, a charge of one penny is to be made, making the fare from the* Government Railway Station to the heart of Miramar Valley threepence—a cheap and interesting trip.

A correspondent of a New Plymouth journal narrates the following incident which occurred some years ago at the opening of a hall in one of the Taranaki kaingas. There was quite a large influx of Europeans. The Maoris seemed to have developed a craze for "change." Visitors were approached by a Maori in this wise : "You get te two single sliillin , and te ikipeuny for te half-crown?" And the change would be given. Others wanted two sixpences for a shilling, two shillings for a florin, two Threepenny pieces for a sixpence, and so on. By-aud-by came dinner time. The. pakehas trooped in and enjoyed their feed. A collection was taken up. Gee whiz! Itfo't a soul of them v had anything smaller than a \ shilling piece. That's how the "dißj of Nature" got home on the civilised product

Court Loyal Enterprise, A.0.F.. held its ordinary meeting last evening, Bro. A. W. Chapman, C.R., presiding. A letter was received from the District Secretary notifying that a District Officer woulcU.yisit the Court on June 21st. The following nominations of officers for Ifie ensuing six months were received:—C.R., Bros. A. W. Chapman and G. G. Johnston; S.C.R., Bros. H. Brassil and G.G. Johnston; S.W., Bro. W. Blinkhorne; J. W., Bros. Morris and H. Brassil; 5.8.. Bros. Morris and Budil: J. 8., Bro. J. Fitzgerald; Secretary. Bro. V. G. Darroch; Treasurer, Bro. W. Candy; Minute Secretary, Bro. A. Gardner; Auditors, Bros. E. H. Waddingtou and T. Cresswell. It was decided to entertain the District Officer on his visit- to Masterton. and a full attendance of members is desired. Two new candidates were proposed for membership.

•The disabilities of the Opaki Rifle Club were freely referred to after the recent presentation of prizes, and some of the speakers regarded them most seriously. It seems that rifle range at which the VolunteersJ||r as well as the clubsmen, have their " v practice is within three miles of the Masterton Drill Hall. Three miles being the limit within which Volunteer Corps and Rifle Clubs are by regulation prohibited from recruiting in company, the Rifle Club is placed at a manifest disadvantage. Residents in and around Masterton are unable to become members of the ~ Opaki Club, because they are within ,r three miles of the range, unless they ,3k* have first served a term of years aa\ Volunteers and are over thirty years of age. It may be urged that this disability might be removed if the range were altered and fixed a little further away; but it appears that no suitable range in that case could be obtained nearer than five miles from Masterton, a distance that makes it prohibitive for use by Masterton residents.

THE GUINEA POEM. A cheque for £1 Is has been sent to the writer of this verse—Master F. 8., tar a, Taranaki:— Wβ; The winter snows hare brightened '^' The mountain's rugged slope; liike snow my clothes have whitened, Bince using SAPON Soap. Win a guinea! Prize Poem published every Saturday. Best four short-line advt. verse about "Sapon" wins each week. Sapon wrapper must be enclosed. Address, " Sapon " (Oatmeal Washing Powder), P.O. Box 635, Wellington. • List of prize-winners, -with full name*, ; may be inspected on application.*

American papers announce the sale (if the champion milk-producing Holsteiu-Friesian cow known as "Pjutiao Rag Apple," for £1(500. We understand that a - couple of jt ■euterprising Pressmen, in Wellington have undertaken the compilation of a New Zealand "Who's Who?" on rlio English model. It will contain particulars of the careers of . leading colonists. Mr 0. 0. Aitken, bookseller, of Masterton, lias presented a very line map of the North Island (comparative i series) to the Mastertou Reading V Room. Tho map is one of Phillips' } latest, and should prove an interesting addition to the walls of the Reading Room. A Taranaki dairy factory manager irives it as his opinion that the best w crossbred cow is the Jersey-Holsteiu ot ■ftp the lirst cross. Where it is possible to i do it, he considers that live or six ; purebred Jcrsoy-Holsteiu cows should be kept in order to secure the iirst cross heifers to maintain the standard of the herd. | At a recent meeting of the Dunedin w'o.T.U.. Mrs Don (president) proposed, and Mrs Hislop seconded, the following resolution, which was carried unanimously : "That this meeting j U*- deplore the evil' of cigarette-smoking j amongst juveniles, and regret that the i Act prohibiting the same has not proved more effectual." It is stated that tho Railway Department has had a good deal of difficulty in securing bauds to resume ■operations at the Opaki ballast pit. After a spell of nearly a couple of mouths, ballasting was started over a week ago, and a gang of fourteen navvies, mostly youths, is now at work. The old rate of pay is main* taiued—viz., Ss per day, with deductions for time lost by bad weather. At Waimate, South Canterbury, yesterday, G. H. Parsons, Town Clerk, was brought before Mr Keddell, S.M., on several informations charging him with misappropriation of moneys belonging to the Borough Council "and Domain Board; also ot The Gas Company, of which he was secretary. The various amounts disclosed by tlie informations totalled £2)ls. Accused was remanded till j Thursday next, bail being allowed m j accused's own surety of £250, and ] four sureties of £(50 each. A meeting of persons interested in j The formation of an Amateur Operatic 4 Society in Masterton, was heLd in the Y. M. 0. A. Rooms, last evening. Dr j Ross occupying the chair. It was decided that an operatic Society be formed, and that the members' annual subscription be fixed at ">s., which j will cover incidental expenses. The | lirst of a series of operas to be pro- j se.uted will be "The Bohemian Girl" i ißalfe). Officers, as follows, were elected:—President, Mr A. W. Hogg. M.H.R., vice-presidents, Dr Ross and | Mr P. L. Holliugs; secretary, Mr N. j F. Eager; conductor, Mr Sydney ! Earee. Several apologies for nonattendance were received. Persons desirous of becoming members of tiie Society should communicate with the j secretary. Those requiring a timepiece that embraces the qu-iliiications of accurac}' and durability | in the highest degree, should call upoQ Mr j Alex Henderson, watchmaker, manufacturing jeweller and optician, of Queen street. Masterton, and enquire into the solid nickel, open faced, keyless lever, which he is seilinn at 203. A twelve months written guarantee is j given with each —the English manufacturers j maintaining that this is the best; watch ever ; made for the money. Mr Henderson has im- | ported a gross of them. ; A furnishe 1 bedroom is advertised to let. j Board and lodging is required by an ad i An advertiser wanted to lease a five or six ■roomed cottage. j The second term in connection with the j ilasterton Technical classes will begin on I Uonday. A notice to free students appears < elsewhere. i A supply of good household coal has b?en ! received by Messrs Chamberlain Bros. Large { or small orders will be delivered to any part I of the town. Mr J. Compton, Macduli Dairy, gives notice that, in consequence of constant trespass, he j has authorise the County Rangei torenove j til stock from his frontage on the Waingawa i river bed. A large purchase of ladies belts has been made by Mr John Hey hoe, and these are now being offered at less than wholesale prices. A sample line of umberellas has also been purchased at a rediculously low price and these are marked up at bargain prices. The bargains are genuine at J. Graham and Co 's great sale, which is now proceeding at their Queen street premises. It is necessary to pay a call of inspection to see the big reductions that have been made on ordinary reductions. An important land sale is to be held in the Foresters' Hall, Masterton, on Saturday, 29th inst., when the valuable freehold property / ■" Springbank," of about 700 acres, will be ditted The property is about 12 miles from It is first class pheep country, well adapted for growing rape and turnips, and stock thrive well owing to the warm nature of the country. Terms can be arranged. Cyclists and motorists will appreciate the all round reductions made by the Wellington and Wairarapa Motor Co., Ltd., (late Jenkin- j son's) in the ruling prices of tires. The reductions are permanent and apply to the best standard lines. Cyclists may choose their requirements from comprehensive stocks and for motorists, the new firm carry a complete stock of Michelin Square Tread, round, and uon skidding tires. " The Academy catalogue of popular books contains the titles of thousands of works of fiction which are to be disposed of at sixpence each—surely the bedrock of cheap prices for popular works. The catalogue is circulated wiih this issue, and as, in addition to the titles of books, it contains a deal of "valuable information re postal rates and railway timetables, it should be preserved for purposes of reference. Country residents who cannot take advantage of public libraries will now be enable to establish one of their ■own by the expenditure of a few shillings. Messrs McLeod and Young, of Queen street, Masterton, will supply all information required. LjSmokers read this. The good thing at ■It—DERBY in Plug or 2oz. Tins. You Wto't do better.* A fine range of Carpets is now being shown at the Furnishing Dept., W.F.C.A.* Hooper aDd Co are the people for dress materials. Their stock is the largest and best selected in the district, and for the purpose of increasing the sales they have secured the attendance of Miss Barr, one of the best costumiers in the colony, who has taken over dressmaking department. By placing orders wi'h Hooper and Co. you will more than satisfied. 0 Perfect Sewing Machine Oil,_. This will be found a free and lasting lubricant, in ■every way suitable for all high-class operative machinery. Is H. T. Wood, Chemist and Pharmacist (by exam.), Masterton.* The one great topic of conversation in and around Masterton appears to be in relation to the Great Bargains that have been and now are to be procured at the Great Flood Sale at Glasgow House. It is almost the first question asked by those visitors from the country districts, who are so constantly streaming into this town, and by a visit to the premises any day during the week, ample evidence be seen of the interest that has been eflpd. It must be distinctly borne in mind is no ordinary sale, but a compulsory disposal of valuable goods, a quantity of which is so damp as to necessitate a cmick clearance. Working on the principle that the first loss is least, Mr Murray is sacrificing ' the whole stock, which is a large one, and consists of millinery, drapery, clothing and mercery, a great proportion of which is new season's goods, only to hand a few days, before the advent of the flood, that has caused so much trouble.*

Following are returns from Antonio Flat dredge: 19oz i)dwts for a short week.

A Jirst-offending inebriate was convicted aud discharged by Mr George Heron, J. P., at the Police Court, Masterton, this morning.

Just as wo go to press wo learn that there aro very slight hopes of recovery of the lad Clarke, who met. with a serious accident at Kopuaranga.

The flames issuing from the chimney of the blast furnace at the Farmers' Implement Company's works caused an alarm to be sounded on the Masterton lirobell, last evening.

Driver Meikle and Guard Seaman have been dismissed from the railway service in connection with the Bankside railway collision on ;2'.)th March. —Association.

Mr C. A. Pownall has been retained to defend Luther Murray, a wellknown resident of Dannevirke, at rhe sittings of the Supremo Court at Palmerston North, next week, on charges of robbery and cattle-stealing.

The Workers' Column, memorandum from Education Department to Education Boards, and South Wairarapa mows on page (!: Gladstone notes on page :}; selected verses on page 2; and short account of Bishop Wallis 1 tour on the Main Trunk Line on page 7.

Mrs Holmau, the mother of Mrs Evelyn Thaw, states that if her daughter had told her what she told Thaw ami the jury it would not have been necessary for Thaw to kill Stanford White. " She would have killed him herself.

A pleasant change in the weather in Wairarapa set in this forenoon, the sun shining brightly and with considerable warmth, though in the shade the temperature was like a freezing chamber. On the Tararuas snow had fallen on the higher peaks, but there was considerable haze towards the foot of the hills. Captain Edwin predicts frost to-uight.

Mr W. H. Cruickshank reports having sold Mr F. W. D. Quaiutrell's property, at Taratahi, containing (578 acres,together with the stock thereon, the purchaser being Mr A. Anderson, of Clareville. The property adjoins that lately owned by Captain Elliott.and purchased last week by Mr W. P. Simpson, of Alfredton.

Knox Church Young People's Association held a "newspaper"' evening inst evening, and a highly enjoyable aud instructive time was spout. Mr R. J. Young was "editor," and was assisted by a capable "staff." Some excellent essays were contributed, and humorous "pars" were plentiful. Among the best "special articles" were "A Day in Colombo" and "The Nineteenth Century and Its Failures."

The Now Zealand Trade Review reports that money continues abundant but demands are also fairly active, especially for municipal aud other local governing bodies. Tho terms still given by the Post Office. Savings Bank—SO per cent, at call, within certain limits—is a hindrance to any cheapening of money. It is quite possible that the Savings Bank authorities may have a difficulty in finding profitable and satisfactory employment for the large sums that are flowing into their coffers, and thus be driven to lower their deposit rates and make way for lower terms in the open market.

Too much cannot be said of the generous spirit of co-operation and self-sacrifice which characterises the efforts of the members of the Masterton A. aud P. Association to promote the primary interests of the fanning community generally. For four days past two of the members. Messrs R. J. Dagg and Jas. Morris, have spent the whole of their time in turnip and mangel fields judging the entries in the root crop competition. Their clothes were saturated most of the time with rain and the damp from the fields. The judges had to travel from Greytown to Taueru to inspect crops, fields entered being situated at the foot of the Tararuas on one hand and almost under the Mauugarakis on the other. The judging of the garden plot and dairy cow competitions involve an almost equal amount of time aud trouble, and the unselfish spirit in which members accept the responsibilities of judging speaks volumes for the iutorest shown in the work of the Association, aud its utility to the farming community.

At the School Committee meeting, last evening, Mr W. H. Jackson, Headmaster of the District High School, stated that ho had made arrangements with Inspector Fleming, for everything to be in readiness for the commencement of higher sewing classes at the school. It had been found, when the cooking classes terminated, inadvisable to hold the cooking classes continuously dm ing the year, and it was proposed that cookery classes should be held during half the year, aud sewing classes the other half. The girls of the fifth and sixth standards and in the Secondary School will be taught cutting out and high-class needlework at the classes. An offer for the supply of two sewing machines to be placed in the school for £5 each had been received. Tho only difficulty in the way would be the matter of finance. The Committee might induce the Edncation Board to take the class over, and appoint their own instructress in the same manner as the cookery instructress. The. matter was left to the sub-committee to deal with.-

Lovers of tbe pipe should remember there is nothing to equal DERBY Tobacco. Try it in 2oz. Tina.*