LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8911, 11 November 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Brindisi mail for Wellington is on board the Mokoia, which left Sydney ou Wednesday for Auckland. The Wairarapa portion of the mail should arrive in Mastertou late ou Tuesday evening.

The New Zealaud Postmaster-Gen-eral has forbidden the registering, forwarding, or delivering of postal correspondence to two more Australian firms which purport to treat certain diseases.

All the talk .there is made about child slavery may be summed up iv one word—' ( Humbug". Iv no country of the world are children so exempt from bodily toil as they are iv New Zealand, and in uo country on earth are the parents so strenuous aud so earnest in their efforts to have their children educated as they are in New Zealaud.—Hastings Standard.

A cablegram announced the other day thatMelba, who has made Australia aud herself famous with her voice, is to give a series of concerts before returning to Euglaud from her holiday. Mr Andrew Black , the Scottish baritone, who is now enjoying a holiday iv this Island, has been engaged to appear with Melba in the four concerts she is to give in Melbourne.

A young man summoned at Maryleboue (Loudon) Police Court for assaulting a woman pleaded that she put a curse upon his child and aggravated him. "But that is no excuse," said Mr Plowden. "Women are sent into the world to try men, aud men are sent into the world to keep their tempers in spite of women. It is a perpetual conflict, which never ceases. You must pay ten shillings."

The seaside has a distinct charm for most Wairarapa residents, tilt the trouble has always been tofiud suitable accoin ,v, ~"" '". , '-.7",iV>" ■^V - at a suitable sU>*. This difficulty has UOW btiiii eiitirel^ removed by the erection of cn'3 t^y's Bay HouSS, a large aud comfortak 1 ? private hotel at Day's Bay, on the eastern side, of Welliugtou Harbour. Day's Bay Mouse lies in a sheltered and sunny position facing the beach, aud commands a complete view of the harbour. There is also bathing and boatiug: Another advantage which Day's Bay possesses is that there is a quick ferry service with Welliugtou j several times daily.

A professor of hygiene, according to the London correspondent of the Scotsman, has frightened the workers in three Hoxton factories into a wholesome respect for fresh air. They were all womeu, and an ignorant majority who suffered from the fatuous idea that fresh air meant colds refused to allow the windows to be opened, and tbe proprietors were powerless until they thought of the professor aud a lantern lecture. The.proprietors suggested what his services were wanted for, and the professor brought with him a series of lantern slides showing ou the screen microbes magnified as large as mice. The effcet was instantaneous. A shudder went through the audience, and next day all the windows in the factory were open. The professor received many commissions to give his demonstration in other factories. i

John Kobertson, hotelkeeper, Alexandra South, adjudicated a bankrupt in July, has been committed for trial on a charge of failing to keep proper books of account. Sporting and political 6. Wairere, Lansdowne andJlWrthWairarapa notes on page 3. Thursday Cricket notes, by our contributor "Point," on page 2. How frozen meat sometimes gets a bad name on page 7. There has been an extraordinary influx of whitebait at Westport during the past few days, record local papers. The preserving factories were compelled to temporarily refuse fish owing to the stock of -tins running out.

About thirty applications have been received for the appointment of Professor of Mathematics at Wellington College. The applications have been sent to Dr Baker, of Cambridge, who will make a selection of the likeliest candidates. - It is rumoured that a member of t!n#S Cabinet has contributed £1000 towards ' establishing a herd of Holstein cattle. Also that a gentleman in Hawke's Bay has been approached with a view to establishing in a similar way a herd of shorthorns. J^ Last year the Government expuded £13,45)8 in assisting immigrants from the United Kingdom by means of reduced fares, and £854 in passages for separated families. This year the Government is asking for a vote of £10,000 for the. same purpose.

Iv the opinion of Mr John Walsh, Maugatainoka, there is in the FortyMile Bush some of the best dairying country New Zealaud cau produce. Mr Walsh hirnsolf milks twenty-four cows from which he is taking 800lbs of milk daily to the butter factory with a 3.5 test.

Mr H. G. Grove, Bush Grove, courteously supplies the following meteorological notes for October:— Total rainfall 2.51 points, total days with 16, maximum fall .5(5 on 4th. Maximum shade temperature 81 on 30th. Minimum temperature 30 on 16th. Rainfall for October, 1906, 107 points.

About two o'clock on Saturday morning the Orepuki Advocate office (43 miles from Invercargill) with a dwelling attached was burnt. Nothing was saved except a few of the day's 4 papers. The proprietor, Mr J. was in Wellington at the building was insured in the CoiTiaercial Union for £275, and the plaut in the North British for £220.

There are nineteen applications for the four six-roomed workers' homes in Coromandel-street, Petone, by the Government. The applications will be considered by the Land Board next Thursday, aud, if necessary, a ballot will be held on the 19th instant. The leases are for fifty years, with right of renewal for a further term of fifty years, or option of acquiring the freehold.

"The county gaol at Clifton, in Arizona, is the strongest in the world. It comprises four large apartments hewn in the solid quartz rock of a hillside. The entrance is through a vestibule built of heavy masonry and equipped with tnree sets of steel gates Some of the most desperate criminals have been confined in the Clifton gaol, and so solid and heavy are the barriers that no one detained there has ever escaped.

Congregational Church services were resumed in Masterton yesterday, and will be continued in the V.M.C.A. Hall, under the guidance of supplied ministers, until the Union d,<vudes upon providing a resident paS«t~ probably in a few weeks. The J. Reed Glasson aud W. A. Evans, both of Wellington, are favourably impressed with the progress of Masterton, aud fully recognise the justice of the demand which has arisen fey the establishment of a Con.{jyv»fjatioual Church.

The northern express was derailed, on Saturday, on the Gore side of Wai : pali; (50 miles from luvercargill), through running over a cow." ' The engine left the rails fifty yards before reaching one of the mapy bridges on this section, but was brought to a staudstiil within three yards of it. Had it toppled over the steep embankment at the place of the accident the

result would have been disastrous, as

the train was crowded with holiday passengers. As it was, there was little damage done. With the help of the passengers, the engine Was got dii to the rails, aud the train proceeded after a delay of twenty-five miuutes.

It is a lamentable fact that among the deaths that have this year taken place at the Mount View Mental Hospital, are those of several of ton's most useful citizeus. least, were men who occupied gone-by prominent positions, and \Vere honoured and esteemed by their fellow citizeus. They were pioneers of no ordinary kind, uuselfish, loved aud esteemed for their good works; yet singularly euough they managed to outlive the recollection of active lives, spent in the public interest, aud the Asylum on the hill became their living tomb. The male atteudants made" their closing hours as comfortable as the wards would allow, for restraint they needed not—for they died of senile decay.

Brief mention was made in our cable columus about a month ago concerning the shipment of some deer aud pheasants for New Zealaud from England. Detailed information states that Mr W. Wakeman, of Pahiatua, has made extensive enquiries in England concerning the possibilities of obtaining deer aud pheasants for New Zealand, with the result that some selections had been made, aud would be shipped to New Zealand on the Tongariro ou the 3rd October. There are six head of deer —two stags aud four hinds; aud six pheasauts of the Mongolian variety—three cocks and three hen birds. Through the introduction and representation of Mr J. M 4tk.Millais, a well-kuown deer, Mr Wakeman was brought in touch with Mr C. J. Lucas, of WarnI ham Court, Horsham, iv Sussex, who i to fclie OWilel 1 of one Of the most famous hems ill Gta&t Britain. That gentleman , expressed great ihktfest in possible improvement in the New Zealand deer, and his interest took p rac *'cal shape, for he has generously presenteu some °f the deer to the Wellington >l?climatisation Society, while 'for the GfliefS he has reduced the ]3rice very considerably. The stags which were to be shipped w"?r<3 two of the best specimens of three-year-olds. The record number of points for the autier of a Warnham Court stag is no fewer than forty-six. Mr Russell, who lives' m&x Hythe, also acted generously iv f&mvd to the six Mongolian pheasants, ■wmc'fo W ere purchased from him.

Readers of the I)B,iif Times will be . glad to learn that '-the (M - established piano firm of Chas. §€gg au'd Go Wk Ltd., whose headquarters for thoNorth Island is at Wellington, JiaJ opened up a magnificent stock or pianos for residents of MasCertfdn to choose from. They have opener ihv Queen-street, and "intend holding a 1 temporary sale of first-class instfrir-: ments. Persons desiring a really gOorl piano should not fail to embrace this splendid opportunity, which may' never be offered again. Pianos frofh! £37 10s to £72 10s are on view and'

may be obtained either for cash or. on the firm's easy hire-purchase system.Inspection invited.*

The was a heavy downpour of rain at Waverley since Sunday morning, font it is clearing now. The rain has fteen very welcome. —Association. weather in Masterton to-day not cheerful or inspiriting by any SM 4Kieaus, the sun being invisible owing td the overcast sky. The rain would *be of incalculable value to the country, though it spoiled the enjoyment ■of hundreds of intending holidayimakors. The Hawke's Bay Herald says:— Householders who received a visit from three little girls in masks, aud were asked for "Something for Guy Fawke's Day, please," must have woudered just how far woman's invasion of the male creature's rights was going to extend. Should the weather prove favourable, which at time of writing is rather doubtful, this evening, the Mastertou South Brass Baud will render a programme of music from the balcony of the Exchange Buildings, •commencing at 8 o'clock. The following are among the items to be given: —Marches: "Dependene"(Ord Hume), "Royal Rifles," "Mik Asa.'' Waltzes : "Casino Tauze" (Guugel), "Sobre Las Olas," "Baracoa," "London." jmix E. P. Blake, of Waverley, who Wceutly returned from a trip to the Old Country, and whilst at Home also visited Denmark, feels assured that so far as New Zealand is coucerned we have nothing to learn from Demnark in regard to the dairying industry. He considers that our method's at present are in advance of those used in Denmark at the present time, the only advantage so far as he could disceru that the Daves have over the colonies is the systematic marketing of their produce. A man cook is required by an advertiser. A good office boy is advertised for in another column. A young man requires board and residence in a private family. A lady advortiser wishes a set of books to keep in spare time. On page 8 of this issue Mr J. B. Keith advertises several houses of four and five rooms to let and for sale. Also several good sheep and dairy farms in good localities on exceptionally easy terms. Mirror-front Wardrobes, 655; Duchesse Cheats, 455; Couches, 355; Easy Chairs, 27s 6d. Only picked heart of rimu used at the W.F.C.A. Furnishing Department.®

If you want a good egg preservative try a scientific preparation, which a thin coating of glass round the egg, in which state it will keep for months. Sold ■by H. T. Wood in bottles 6d and Is.* 'A splendid display of English and French -millinery is now being made at Hooper's. The new season's novelties are of the choicest description, and ladies are invited to call and inspect them ; everything is new and of first choice, in fact the pick from thousands of Parisian and English trimmed models. Honper and Co.*