LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXII, Issue 9595, 5 February 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A special meeting of the New Zealand Federated Shearers' ;Union will Dβ held in the Dominion Hall at 7.30 o'clock this evening. The Hon. G. Fowlds, Minister of Education, on being interviewed in Ohristcburch, said there was no intention to send School Cadets into general traiuiug oamps. If a camp of instruction was necessary, the Cadets would have camps of their own.

The Worksop Dredge return for the week Is 36qzs lEJdwts.

The Rev. L. Thompson, of Cartertou, will be the speaker at the Y. M. 0. A. meeting to-morrow afternoon.

It is estimated. that the amount taken &t the recent Garden Fete is £75. The returns from the ticket-holders are still to come in. . .

At a meeting of the Council of the Northern Bowling Association on Thursday night, affiliation wasgranted the Fealherston Oiub.

The Council of the Northern Bowling Association has set up a committee to arrange for a testimonial from all tlio affiliated clubs to tho retiring secretary, Mr J. H. Meutiplay.

A donation of two guineas has been made by the Wairarapa Amateur Swimming Club towards the prize fund of the V.M.C. A. Swimming Club's Carnival.

An extraordinary general meeting of the Mastersou Amateur Theatrical .Society will be held in the Exchange Hall at eight o'clock this, evening, when all members are requested to attend.

A special meeting of the No-License League will bo held in tho V.M.C.A. rooms at 7.45 o'clock ou Monday evening. The business includes election of officers and other important matters.

The first instalment of Commander Peary's story of-the discovery of the North Pole will appear in the February number of Nash's Magazine, which is paying £11,800 for the serial rights of the narrative in the English language.

General satisfaction is expressed among local farmers at tho proposal of Mr Darling to establish meat extract works in Mastorton, Preparations are being pushed on with all despatch.

The auuual meeting of subscribers to the Masfcerfcou Tochnical Classes Association will be held in the Technical School at 8 p.m. on Friday, 18th February. The business will include the election of five managers for the ensuing year.

The timber trade, though not booming in the Mastertou district just now, is stated to have held its own during t v ie mouth of January, which, takiug everything into consideration, is fairly satisfactory.

Thomas Brook Lee, who was recently fined £50 and costs for keeping liquor for sale in the No-License area of Masterton, was taken to Wellington yesterday, where lie will undergo a sentence of three mouths' imprison - meut in lieu of paying the line.

The Farmers' aud Commercial Club has now shifted into the new premises, formerly the Occidental Hotel, and the opinion is expressed that the change is a decided improvement. The billiard room is large enough to accommodate three tables, and another has been ordered in consequence.

The Masterton Closer Settlement League is anxiously awaiting some move on the p'irt of the Laud Purchase Board with regard to the purchase of the estates which it is proposed to acquire for closer settlement. The League, it is stated, intends to move further in the matter if something is not soon done.

A noticeable feature in convection with Hacfcenschmidt's entertainment in the Town Hall last night, was the absence of ladies. Among the large audience in the downstairs portion of the Hall thero were only two of the gentler sex. There was really nothing in the entertainment that anyone could object to, and it is regrettable that more ladies did not attend to witness ph3 7 sical culture in its most perfect form.

Turf Notes (by "Niiarod"), ou page 2; Prospecting for Gold—award of a Government bonus, on page '3; Sporting—Egmont acceptances, Seasonal Remarks—a forecast, A Remarkable Imposture, Labour and Wages—Ashburtou threshing mill hands, South Wairarapa and Kopuarauga Notes, on page (>; Selected Verses ("Granny," "Musings," "Take Up Thy Cross," "Twilight aud the Makomako" and "Prisoners and Captives"), on page 7.

At Kaiapoi, on Saturday evening, the Mayor, Mr J. H. BlackweH, on behalf of Mr and Mrs Thomas and Mrs Petrie, presented a gold medal each to two youths, Frauk .Fowler aud James Phillips, who on 3rd January rescued the eight-year-old daughter of Mrs Petrie from drowning in the Waimakariri. A gold-mounted greenstone heart was presented to Mrs J. Turnbull, who gave the alarm when the child was first seen in the stream.

Mr W. A. Low, the popular mauager of the Pollard Opera Company, who arrived in Masterton to-day with the combination, states that record business has been dou6 since the company lias been re-organised. The Pollards now have a number of artists new to Masterton, and are staging the two finest pieces in their extensive repertoire. "The Belle of Cuba," to be presented this evoniug, has met with great success, and has drawn crowded houses wherever it has been staged.

Ou Tuesday night, at the meeting of the committee of the Ohristchurch Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, considerable indignation was expressed at the unprovoked aud indiscriminate slaughter of wild animals in Africa by ex-President Roosevelt. "It is not giving the animals 'a square de>.ii,'" said one of the members. The Press reports that the fact that a minister who had frequently presided at the meetingof the committee was an enthusiastic deerstalker, a kind of spore which was warmly condemned by some of the lady members, was also strongly commented upon.

Ten big crates, each of which contained an American moose, arrived from Sydney by the Ulimaroa, on Wednesday night in charge of Mr Moorehouse, of the Government Tourist Department. The moose, which are reported to be iv good condition, are to be liberated in the Sounds district of Western Otago, where a number were located some years ago and are believed to be doing well. On more than one occasion their spoor has been seen near the coast, but the animals are timid, and get away back in the bush at the approach of anything that threatens their solitude. It is hoped that one day the Sounds country will be a popular one for the big-game hunter.

The deepening of the Park Lake on the south-eastern section of its area is a matter towards which the Wairarapa Amateur Swimming Club intends to move in the near future, if the Club finds the Borough Oouncil ready to co-operate in the idea. The various swimming carnivals have shown the necessity for this, a? since the Lake was enlarged by the addition of tne area of water in the part under mention it has meant thafe the spectators on the bank have been too far removed from the swimming course to get an idea of who the competitors are. This means, of course, that the races do not have nearly the same interest and excitement as they would if the swimmers were close to the public and recognisable in the water. What the Swimming Olub hopes to see before nest season is a good, deep course commencing from the bank on the east end south of the diving stand, and it is probable that in a short while a move will be made to attain that object.

At a meeting of the Wanganui Hockey Association, last evening, it was decided to offer the New Zealand Association the sum of £75 for a match between the Wanganui Association team and the English team, v the gate money to be retained by the local Association, who will take all risks.

The Minister for Education, the Hod. G. Fowlds, who is on a visit to the South, spent the morning in Christchurch yesterday listening to requests for more school accommodation in various districts. He incidentally said that his main funotion was to resist Education Boards when they clamoured for money.

inquiries are being made as to the whereabouts of Miss Alvis Fay, who is heiress to an estate in the city of Oklahoma, U.S.A., valued at seventyfivo thouHund dollars Miss Fay is thought to bo Komowhero in Australasia, Hho having joined a theatrical company, probably under au assumed name. •

Sydney Ihih had three ladies as Sonia in "Tho Mfirry Widow." Carrie Mooro in described as the melodramatic widow; Hatty Olils, the mischievous widow; and Florence Young, whom Matiterton playgoers saw in the role, the Hinging widow.

Tho Ulirrmroa Hhipped at Wellington on Thursday ono of the largest consignments of horsoH that have left New Zealand for some time. They comprised lifty-two high-class draught stallions, geldings and mares, forwarded by Mr JR. D. Knight, of Longburn, and three yearling racnhorses from the Waikanae stud farm. The latter were purchased by Mr O. Eroese, of Ascotvale, near Melbourne. They were a brown colt (Achilles—Olivette), a brown filly (St. Ambrose—Success), aud a brown filly (St. Ambrose—Tamarind).

In answer to a correspondent, who asks whether the Borough Council can make a charge for admission to the Hosking Memorial Baths, in the Park, aud also whether the ladies can levy a charge for admission to their Carnival, we are able to state, as the result of inquiries made, that both the Council and 'the Ladies' Club have i}ower to charge. Elsewhere in this issue is published a schedule of regulations drawn up by the Council, in which the prices of admission are set out.

It may not be generally known to the people mlaud, writes our Tβ Wharau "correspondent, that this district lias, along the coast range,' a numbex- of those remarkable physical features that have made Kotorua so famous. On Mr Kummer's property, Kummerstein, there is stroug thermal activity. One geyser has been very active of late, throwing great quantities of mud and, water to a height of some thirty or forty feet. So persistent has it been in its outflow that one big gully is already filled up, and the flow still continues. At another point on the same property there is a strong expulsion of gas. This, when a match is placed to the vent, ignites. About seven miles from Kummersteiu, on the (jrlenbum estate, there is another thermal belt, and from this the air is heavy with sulphur fumes. There is not the same activity manifest here as at Kummerstein, but the pulsations of the thermal force are always evident.

At the ChrisEchurch Magistrate's Court on Saturday, before Mr H. W. Bishop, S. M., Charles J. Carter, magician, who recently appeared ia Masterton, was, on the information of the Collector of Customs, charged with having 75(5 pounds cf printed posters in his possession, these being uncustomed goods. Carter pleaded guilty, and was lined £87 -is od. The Magistrate reduced the fine to £21 16s Id, under section 282 of the Customs Law Act, 1908. The posters used by Carter were undoubtedly the finest specimens of theatrical printing yei seen in New Zealand. While in Masterton the manager of the compauy remarked that in a number of towns the effectiveness of the posters was marred by the manner in which they were placed upon the hoardings. He considered, however, that the display ou the largo hoarding opposite tiie Post Office was quite equal to auything he had seen, aud spoke volumes for the artistic taste of Mr J. Arthur, who arranged the board.

The s.s. Papanui, which is to be offerea for sale in Melbourne, has made twenty-one voyages between England aud New Zealand. She is a steel single-screw steamer of 55-48 tons gross aud 4242 tons net, built in 1898 by Messrs W. Deuuy and Brothers, of Dumbarton. Her principal dimensions are:—Length, 430 ft; beam, 54.1 ft; depth, 30.1 ft. The vessel was specially designed for the New Zealand trade, aud she is fitted with refrigerating machiuery|aud electric light. There is accommodation for a number of third-class, and a limited number of saloon, passengers. The vessel's engines are of the triple expansion order, capable of giving the ship a speed of about twelve knots an hour. Of late years the Papanui has been somewhat thrown into the shade by newer and faster vessels of the same line. The contract price for repairs to the steamer was £33.000.

An addition of twenty-five per cent, to the graduated laud tax will be charged this year : for the first time, on properties of an unimproved value of £40,000 and over, under the Land and Income Assessment Act of 1908. The increase applies to all laud "other thau business premises," which are defined as "any piece of land included within the area of a building used for business purposes, together with such additional land as immediately adjoins the said building, aud is used and occupied in connection therewith, and does not exceed in extent the area of the building itself." When the same person is the owner both of business premises and of other land, graduated land tax will be assessed in respect of the whole of such business premises, and other land without the increase of twenty five per cent., aud this increase will then be calculated only on the amount cf graduated laud tax that would be payable by him if he were not the owner of the business premises.

At the Magistrate's Court, Wellington, on Thursday, before Mr W. G. Riddell, S.M. (reports the Times), William Frederick Shaw, storekeeper, of Mastertou, proceeded against Ephraim Liggius and Tobias Child Froggatt, manufacturers' agents,Birra» ingham, for possession of goods or recovery of their value, £89 2s. Recently the defendants obtained judgment against the plaintiff for £89 2s damages, representing the value of goods of which Shaw refused to take delivery. Costs amounting feo £9 Ss were allowed. No evidence was taken in the present action, counsel presenting the facts of the case. These showed that after Shaw had satisfied the judgment named the plaintiffs refused to give him possession of the goods until a further sum of £27, costs alleged to have been incurred in addition to those allowed by the Magistrate, had been paid. Mr Hollings, for the plaintiff, argued that the former action was treated by the Magistrate as an action for the price of the goods, though nominally it may have been an action for damages, and that plaintiff, having actually paid for the goods, was entitled to possession of them. Mr Dix, who appeared for the defendants, submitted, on the other hand, that the former judgment was for damages only, and that nothing that could be said could divest it of that charaoter. Judgment was reserved.

Officers of the Mokoia, which arrived at Wellington yesterday morning, reported having sighted a small deckhouse floating in the water about four miles north-east of Gable End (near Gisbome) at 3.30 p.m. on Wednesday. It was pai.uted grey, and was apparently new, not Laving been long in the water. Captain Smith expressed the <Sjjuion that it will probably come fflßore in a very short time sotnewhare about Tokomaru or Waipari. The wind was blowing along shore at the time. The wreckage is probably from some sailing vessel.

A telegram to the Times from Rauriinu states that Mounts Ruapelm and Ngaurnhoe are unusually active at present. On Tnursday night Kuapehu was throwing up huge columus of smoke and steam to a height of seveval thousand feet, and presented a very striking spectacle. Old residents in the district report that, the mountains displayed similar activity during the eruption of Mount Tarawera on June 9th and 10th, 1886, winch resulted in serious loss of life and the destruction of the Pink and White Terraces.

To-day's share market quotations appear on page 8.

Owing to their preseut busiues3 site having been purchased for the new fire station, Messrs J. Smith and Sou, painters and decorators, are compelled toJind new premises. In order to retheir large stock of wallpapers, prior to moving, the firm have decided to hold a genuine sale for one mouth. Twenty-five per ceut. discount will be allowed off all cash purchases. The firm have also a number of framed and unframed pictures, including some excellent engravings, for which they will accept any reasonable offer.

Plums may be purchased ar 45, George-street, for per lb. A six-roomed house in Bunny-street is advertised to let.

Mr K. Russell, second-hand dealer, has one hundred rabbit traps for sale.

; Sis pieces of poimlar aud standard songs and piauo music are being sold ac the Book Arcade for one shilling.

Mr J. B. Keith advertises particulars of some properties he has for sale aud exchange.

The Borough pouudkeeper advertises a description of a mare impounded from Mr J. Savage's property at Te Ore Ore.

A Bank of New Zealand cheque, No. 503,005, drawn by Mr O. O. Cooper, wasJgst this nioruiug. Payment has beeflptopped.

It will be noticed that a Mastertou man this week has won the Hayward Flag Brand Pickle Competition. He receives a guinea for four short lines, and his verse does him great credit.

The coming of the Show will create interest among all equestrians, and new riding breeches will perhaps be needed by some. In such a case, Mr J. L. Murray's advertisement in another column will form interesting reading.

Messrs B. Martin, Limited, the •oldest established art decorators iv Wellington, invite persons about to build to communicate with them for all particulars as to designs aud prices. The firm's stock is the most complete in New Zealand, and the most fastidious will be pleased. The famous "Fabrikoua" is stocked, and can be supplied in all art shades.

Mr T. Shields, of Wellington, arrived in Masterton to-day on a short visit. In anticipation of an increased demand for seasonable clothing on account of the forthcoming Show, Mr Shields brought with him a nice assortment of suitings, including all the latest goods from Home. Gentlemen requiring stylish clothes should certpjfclv pay a visit to Mr Shields' see the'goods now in stock.

In connection with the visit of Mr George Hackenschmidt to Mastertou, Messrs S. and W. Mackay, booksellers, have just received supplies of Hacseuschmidt's great work, "The Complete Science of Wrestling. " The volume contains some seventy odd photographs, and gives a thorough introduction to the author's method of training, and a full exposition of the whole art of modern wrestliug.

Mr J. Smith auuouuces by advertisement in this issue that his Saturday art classes will resume on 19th February and the Thursday classes on 24th" February. Mr Smith's ability as a teacher is fully recognised, and liis classes were well patronised during the last term. A display of Mr Smith's work is made in his Queeuscreet premises, and several specimens of pupils' work are also exhibited, showing the rapid progress made during one term.

A fine range of Carpets is now being shown at the Furnishing Dept., W.F.C.A/ 5

Sulphurine Lotion, cleans the skin from redness, roughness, pimples, etc., and renders the and healthy. Price, Is 6d. H. T. Wβ!, Chemist and Pharmacist (by exam.)7isasi;erton.*

Money is scarce, which accounts for the marvellous bargains that are now on at Hooper's Great Cash Bargain Sale. What do you think of this? Dress goods 27s 6d, dress reduced to 6s lid; costumes 29s 6d, reduced 6s lid; ladies' skirts 15s, for 4s lid; silk blouses 16s 6d, for 5s lid ; washing blouses G3 6d, for Is lid. These are oniy just a sprinkling—there are thousands of good things now on at Hooper's. Take a pocketful of money and get ihere quick. Don't forget it is a Cash Bargain Sale.*