LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 11247, 15 January 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tho Eketahuna Express understands that a well-known estate in the Alf'redton district has boon offered to tho Government, for closer settlement.

Thero were large congregations at the Masterton Methodist Church yesterday. In tho evening tho Key. S. J. Serpell gave a special address to young people on tho Ascension.

Messrs G. 0. Summerell and R. Gray were appointed by the General Committee of tho Masterton A. and P. Association ou Saturday to fix the reserve on all booths disposed of by tho Association at auction.

ivt the monthly meeting of the Finance Committee of the Masterton A. and P. Association on Saturday afternoon, tho treasurer submitted the following financial statement:—Dr balance, December Oth, J'.IJJ, £187", 9s :>d, expenditure for month, £<>(> 7s 8d; receipts for month, £00 j:is; dr balance, „187;2 vis Jd.

Messrs P. King and Son havo removed one of the produce stalls from the east to the west side of tho Produco Hall at the Solway Showgrounds, and are making preparations to shift the other stall to a similar position. Between the produce stalls and the produce hall will be a oOl't space in which two bicycle stands will be erected for the convenience of the public.

A meeting of the. Grand Lodge Executive of the International Order of Good Templars, held at Wellington last night, passed a resolution that the first meeting of the Board since the poll desired to place on record the magnificent vote in favour of Dominion Prohibition at the recent poll, and desired to draw attention to the fact that- an absolute majority of votes was cast in favour of Prohibition. The meeting further urged the Temperance workers to call upon the new Parliament to amend the Licensing Law in favour of the bare majority.—Press Association.

At a meeting of the Cabinet on Saturday, the Government decided to pay members of the second division of the railway service a minimum wage of its per day. This affects in the traffic branch of><> porters, 12 watchmen and -l-t crossing keepers; iv tne loco branch, :.!50 labourers; iv the maintenance branch, WOO surfacemen and labourers. In addition, a further sum of £15,000 was authorised to the men in receipt of Os and over whose duries are of a more important nature, and who arc at present only in receipt of a slight advance on pay of men at 8s and 8s (id. The rates of wages to workmen on railway construction works and engaged in the Public Works Department have also been increased to Us per day. —Association telegram.

The breaking of a trace caused a trap accident in Perry-street this morning at U.SO o'clock. A Mrs Young, accompanied by her nephew, a lad named Still from Wellington, aud a Maori boy was driving along the street on her way to Te Ore Ore when the trace and the harness broko with the result that tho horse came out of the shafts and the vehicle tipped up. Mrs Young was thrown heavily to the ground and received a severe shaking while her nephew, in jumping out, received injuries to his face and ribs. The Maori boy escaped with a fright. Fortunately the horse was a quiet one or tho accident may have been of a more serious character.

£ Thero was a narrow escape from a serious accident at tho Timaru railway station a few days ago. A woman had been showering kisses over her husband and children m a carriage when the signal of the train to start caused her to rush precipitately out of the carriage, moving backwards, aud still waving farewell to her relatives. Another passenger, a man, wanted to get on board, and the woman didn't see him. A collision occurred and tho man was knocked down, anil slipped between the train aud the platform. A constable dragged the man from his perilous position, but had not got clear when the woman, still backing down tno steps of the carriage, fell ou top of them. The constable had the presence of mind to clasp both of them in his arms and drag both of them practically from under the wheels of the train, which by this time had gained considerable speed.

lii to-day's Dominion is published an interview with a well-known captain with regard to the erection of a lighthouse at Castle Point. In the course of his remark's, the captain said: —"A light on Castlo Poiut is absolutely useless to coastal shipping, and for the life of mo I cannot see why tho Government insist upon erecting one there. Flat Point is tho place whero a light should be erected. Thero is not the slightest doubt about. this, and I think that I am expressing the same opinion as any master mariner or seafaring man would give who has used the East Coast for the past twenty-five years, as I have done. Tho argument put forward by the Hon. J. A. Millar, Minister for Marine, that you must never put a light at tho back of a danger, is absurd. Take, for instance, the light on Tuahine Point, in Poverty Bay. That light was sauctioucd by the present Administration, and it is placed at tho back of dangers almost—l say almost—as bad as those in the vicinity of Flat Point. In tho case of Flat Point, you have dangers extending from Uruti Point to Kahau Rocks—a distance of about fourteen miles of coastline with Flat Point midway between. " In he said: "Seeing that representatives of the various shipping companies m New , Zealand aro at present assembled m Wellington, I thiuk that a big deputa- i tion should be formed, consisting of these representatives and a lew master mariners, and this deputation should wait on the Minister tor Marine and endeavour to convince him that a. mistake is being made." i

Wanganui has quite a remarkable number of swimming baths, every educational institution having one of its own. Swimming is a compulsory subject at all the schools, and among the youths of, both' sexes there are some splendid swimmers, many following up the art with, marked enthusiasm.

At the Primitive Methodist Conference at Christchurch on Saturday, a basis of union with the Methodist Church was adopted by 65 voting for and Ifi against. The matter was referred to the Methodist Union Committee to recommend tho manner in which the basis should be presented to the quarterly meetings.

As the result of a taxi-cab accidont at Wellington yesterday morning, a young man named Garnet Caldwell, employed in the commercial department of tho New Zealaud Times, was injured about, tho head rather seriously, and taken to the Hospital. The exact nature of the injuries has not yet been ascertained.

A. recommendation from the Finance Committee that the acting-secretary be engaged for the months of January, February aud March at a salary of £20 per month, and that applications be called for a permanent secretary, was adopted by the General Committee of the Masterton A. and P. Association on Saturday afternoon.

At the meeting of the general committee of the Masterton A. and P. Association on Saturday last the following new members were elected: — Messrs P. Jorgensen (Masterton), W. Eagle (Upper Plaiu), J. Leadbetter (Aohanga), J. B. Thompson (Masterton), E. R. Howell (Masterton), A. Southey senr. (Oastlepoint), H. O. Fowles (Masterton), J. Tarbit (.Penrose), Ogilvy senr., and J. Ogilvy.

It is not generally Known (says the Waihi Telegraph) that thirty years ago curfew law obtained in Aratapu, and at 8 p.m. all lights iv the various residences were supposed to be extinguished. Those were the days when the rights of individual workers received no consideration, when the truck system swayed the district, and when "the mill hands only dared to approach the hotel on pain of dismissal.

The New Zealand Dairy Union during the. month of December paid out £87-15 for butter-fat, £900 for cheese at tho Ash hurst factory, £1014 for cheese at the Mauakau factory, making a total of £10,720. The highest cheque was one for £208 paid to an Otaki supplier, a Dannevirke supplier coming next with £100 A cheque for £147 was naid to another supplier at Otaki, aud £101 to a supplier at Ashhurst.

Replying to a query as to how to tell the age of cows, Hoard's Dairyman says:—"The teeth of an animal form a very fair index as to whether the animal is too old to make the best use of its feed. When the front teeth narrow up so that there is more or less space between them, the probabilities are that tho" animal has at least passed its prime. It is a pretty safe rule to count the rings on the horns of an animal, if present, and add two to the number to ascertain the age of the animal.

An area of laud at the foot of the Puke to i range, near Puketoi, will (according to the Pahiatua Herald) shortly be thrown open for settlement. The block, which is between .'.MOO and JJOOO acres, has been surveyed into sections of between 200 and 300 acres each. The. laud is of good quality, and does not include any steep faces. A piece of land has also been surveyed for settlement near Kaituna. It is expected that the ballot will take place about February, so as to allow the successful applicants to fell the bush during- the coming winter.

Quite, a peculiar position has arisen in regard to the election of a member to represent a riding of the Whanganiomona County Council. A previous election was upset because the name of one of the nominators of a successful candidate was not on the roll Another candidate was then declared duly elected, but he resigned in order to give the man who had been displaced a chance to contest the seat. When the election took place only fifty-two votes were recorded, eacii candidate receiving twenty-six. There were two polling places, and each candidate polled seventeen votes at one, aud nine at the other. The Returning Officer will now; have to draw lots to decide which of the two is to represent the electors on the Council.

The services at Knox Church yesterday were much disturbed by motor cycles passing. The riders either had no silencers ou their mounts or had what, is known as their "cut out" open. At one point in the Rev. MiMcGregor's sermon he had to stop until the cyclist had got well past, the church. Riders of motor cycles might show some consideration for the feelings of congregations when passing churches where services are being held.

At Saturday's meeting of the Masterton A. aud P. Association, Mr D. McGregor, junr., expressed the opinion that it would be a step in the right direction to have an afternoon tJa stall at tho Show, in addition to tho one in the grandstand. This would, he was sure, prove of great convenience to the public. He moved that the Committee sell tho right to dispense afternoon tea from 1 p.m. each day, the Ground Committee to fix the site for the booth between the entrance to the bush aud the coppers. The motion was carried. It was pointed out that the successful tenderer would require to provide his own stall, coppers, hot water, etc.

The Programme Committee of tho Wairarapa Caledonian Socioty met on Saturday afternoon, Mr J. Georgeson presiding over a good attendance of members. The programme of the last sports mooting was gone through seriatim, and several suggestions and recommendatious w T cre made for tho programme for next New Year's Day: It was decided to recommend that the maiden piping commence at 10.30 a.m., and all piping and dancing events go on without interruption; that in district events "competitors be bona fide residents in tho district for three months immediately preceding tho competition;" that event No. 2, wrestling catch-as-catch-can style, be struck out; that events Nos. 39 aud 5G oo boys' and girls' championship races respectively; that an open high jump be. added to the programme. Complimentary reference was made by several members in respect to the support and assistance rendered by the Amateur Athletic. Club, aud it was unanimously decided that it bo a recommendation that in additiou to the amateur events already on the programme, the following events be included:—Vaulting with tho pole, aud a 800 yds race for a ladies bracelet valued at £-1 4s, second prize £2 2s third prize £1 Is,

Lord Kobert s* is fighting hard to geoure CO mpuisory service for the citizeu soldiers of Great Britain. Some time or other England may como to I • with gome other uatiou am i j_. a f ned so ldiers will be needed, Numberg wi n tell, but the quality m couut most It is beciUlSo qua lity ._ esgential tllllt Crescent Blend Tea ig SQ widoly popular. It is a good tea d daU tho time Try it.*

The meeting of the directors of the Masterton Dairy Company, which was to have been held on Saturday afternoon was postponed till next Saturday.

According to Mr W. L. Moore, Chief of the United States Weather Bureau, phenomenal times will--be. made with airships:—"Two hours' time will be all that's necessary between Detriot and New York, and London will be only ten hours 'out' from New York. We will be travelling so high in the air that a thermomoter would show 50 degrees below zero, but, we won't notice it because wo will bo speeding along in aluminium air ships or tubes. Aerial navigation soon will be past the experimental stage, and then you'll see very rapid development, fully as rapid as your automobile industry here was, aud undreamed-of speed will come with the aeroplane. But this wonderful speed will be made at such a height that the aerial craft will travel practically through ether. You won't rido in a picturesque aeroplane, such as you see imagined in the lithographs, of to-day, and are going to be literally shot to wherever you journey. A breakfast in New York and dinner iv ijonddn will be easy."

The following incident is related by the Poverty Bay Herald:—Au inquest was being "held at Waikaremoaua some weeks ago and for a long while the jurors waited for the witnesses to appear before them. At last their impatience forced them to go in search of the expouuders of the whole truth who were discovered in a river bed dancing slowly with hands joined and giving vent' to a mournful and monotonous chant. Wondering what, strange rites they had stumbled on the inquiring jurors crept closer to get aural evidence and at length a cadeuce familiar to their childhood brought with it the knowledge that the mystic chaut was nothing less than the multiplication table. The natives had reached "four twos are eight" when discovered and despite the urgent entreaties of the Coroner's Court they refused to bring the csremonies to a conclusion until the grand climax of "ten tens are a hundred" was readied. Truly education spreads apace in the back-blocks aud it was an original mind that conceived the idea of making a ceremonial service of the multiplication tables.

An advertiser requires a reliable girl for housework.

" Mr J. C. Ewingtou requires a boy for blacksmithiug.

Messrs Ogilvy and Sons want to purchase thirty to forty pigs.

Notice is giveu that claims for enrolment iv the Masterton Trust Lauds Trust voters' list must be lodged at. the office of the Trust on or before January !Jlst.

Miss Bishop, teacher of pianoforte and theory, 28 Victoria-street, will resume duties 011 February Ist. Piano students are entitled to free admission to the theory classes.

Messrs A. J. Johnson aud Co. will hold a sale of furniture aud household effects on Thursday, January 18th, on account of Nurse McWhinnie. The snle will be held at the premises, OS) Bannister-street,

Mr A. Norman will commence a great clearing sale of drapery on Wednesday next. The whole of Mr Norman's well-selected stock will be reduced in price, and bargains will be obtainable in every department.

Messrs C. Smith's drapery sales are usually very successful, and the public wiil have some idea of the business being done at the present, sale when it is stated that tho business on Saturday eclipsed that of any previous sale' Saturday. Fresh bargains are being brought forward daily, aud those who visit the sale are bound to see something they can buy with great advantage to themselves.

Messrs McLeod and Young are now booking orders for Florence Barclay's new book, entitled "The Following of the Star." The story is graceful in fancy, clear-cut in characterisation and distinctive in dramatic character of the situations presented. Hero aud heroine will alike secure the affectionate regard of the reader. The story, so say the reviewers, will eclipse "The"Rosary" in popularity.

The Wanganui River tourist steamer proprietors report excellent tourist aud holiday traffic. Their beautiful aud large Pipiriki house and unique houseboat's accommodation are taxed to their utmost, Pipiriki House frequently having to provide for over a hundred visitors at a time. At present the river scenery, owing to the wet spring, is looking its best. The hillsides are at present, with tho magnificent rata in full bloom, in many places, a blaze of scarlet colour. The Company's new advertisement appears in this issue.

Watch the windows—the Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative Association will mane a special sale display during this week of some extraordinary lines. These are the result of a special purchase of a warehouse, stock. Clean up-to-date summer goods at considerably less than English cost. Although these goods will be shown during the week on no account will they be sold at sale prices previous to Saturday, 20th January, the opening day of the summer sale. Kindly note this date.*

A mechanism recording the revolutions of a ship's propeller suggested the cash register—a rubber baud twisted round a pencil suggested a well-known electric switch. Indeed, most of the profitable patents are but adaptions of other ideas. To protect, any good notion, consult Messrs Baldwin and Rayward, the reliable patentattorneys, Wellington. *

Rheumatism, Gout, Sciatica aud Lumbago are due to the presence of excess Uric Acid iv your system. How can you hope to cure them bj T liniments and embrocations? You must get the poison out of the blood, and RHEUMO will do it. All chem- < ists and stores, 2s Gd aud 4s (id.*

During the New Year use Tan-01. It lightens labour aud freshens up linoleums wonderfully. In bottles (liquid) Is, tins (paste) Gd.*

Ask persis'ently for the Roslyn Writing Tablets.*

Children's gifts, if ornamental, as well as useful, are attractive. IT. Bealo aud Co., Ltd., havo just received a particularly nice lot of tea sets tiu aud enamel, 2s to 7s (id, fancy cups and saucers 2s aud 2s Oil, sets of knife, fork aud spoon Is, 2s and 3s. Iron toys from 2d each, money boxes !)d, Is and Is Od, tricyles, etc.**

Less work and better results if you use Ta.-i-01, the wonderful polisher and preserver of linoleums, floorcloths and tan boots. On sale everj'where, Is aud Git*

Thirty-seven pounds ten shillings will secure a first-class English Piano at the Furnishing Dept.. W.F.C.A*

"Linseacl Compound ' — the Remedy" for Coughs and Colds. Of 40 years' Droven efßeacv *

Sulphurine Lotion cleans the skin from redness, roughness, pimples, etc., and renders the skin sof f . and healthy. Price, Is Gd. H T. Wood, Chemist and Pharmacist (by exam.). Masterton.*

'•Linseed Compouad ' for JCougLs end Golds Loosens phlegm, allays irritation.*

At tho Kuripuni]Mothodist Church yesterday the services were conducted by Mr Roberts, of Carterton.

Mr J. C. Boddington reports that 1G Jioints of rain fell on the Upper Plain for tho twenty-four hours previous to J) yesterday.