LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 11264, 3 February 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The latest return from the Worksop dredge is (iOozs Tdwts for 130 hours' work. Mr A. Turner, of Tupurupuru, has been asked to judge the Shorthorn and Polled Angus cattle at the next. Dannevirke Show. It is stated that there is a probability of court proceedings resulting from the conduct of a band of hoodlums in the Park on Thursday night. The New Zealand Loan and Morcantie Agency Co., Ltd., report having 'sold Mr "R. N. Barton's "Clifton Grove" property to Mr Charles Bennett of Hawke's Bay. The 2nd battalion of Territorials will go into camp at Takapau from March" 10th to March 23rd and will be under the command of Major Charters. Building operations are brisk at Lausdowne at the present time. Two up-to-date houses of handsome design are at present under construction, and I others are contemplated in the near i'utuie. Mr L. G. Reid, S.M., presided at a sitting of the Widows' Pensions (Joint S yesterday, and hail several appiieai tions before him in one case a peu- ; sion of £24 and in another a pension :of £18 were granted. Two other applications were adjourned. The first parade, of O Company of the 9th Regiment, 2nd Battalion of Territorials, was held last evening, under the command of Staff-Sergeaut-Major McChristell and Lieut. Haslani, there being a muster of thirty. Staff - Sergeant-Major McOhristell put the ' company through the iirst course of drill. Last, season Mrs Arnot, of Lausdowne, who had giown the Elephant variety of potato with great success, gave one plant to a gardener at Lausdowne. This was cut into four pieces, and sown this season. A prolific crop has been obtained, the one potato producing seventy others, all of good size. The Hawke's Bay Highland Society's Caledonian Gathering will be held on the Napier Recreation Ground on Wednesday, 21st February, 1912. A splendid programme Jias been arranged, over £200 being offered iv money prizes and trophies. Wairarapa athletes axe reminded that, entries close on Wednesday, next, 7th insr.. Programmes may be obtained at the Daily Times office. Mr Isaac Allen informs us that he threshed on Thursday 9(5 bushels per acre of "Abuudanoe" oats on Mr McKillop's property at Te Ore Ore; while the straw, after threshing, pressed two tons per acre. Mr A. W. Cave was the first in the district to try this variety of seed, which he imported from England, and Mr McKillop's extraordinary yiold was from seed grown on Mr Cave's property. At Hastings on Thursday uight Barney Ireland of Waipawa easily defeated .Jim Snarp, oi Tinui, in a boxing contest. The Napier Herald says:—"lreland weighed list 21b and Sharp 12st sib. Ireland had an easy win. Sharp appeared to be a stone overweight, and ho was quite unable to keep out of the way of his nimble opponent. The Waipawa represeutative had all the best of the fight, and kockeel his man out in the fourth round.''

The retiring Trust Lauds trustees this year will bo Messrs E. G. Eton, O. E. Dauiell and T. Wagg. The names of three local residents are mentioned as candidates for the next Mayoralty election at Masterton. A Dunedin telegram, states that Mr Arnold, late M.P. for Dunedin Central, last night received separate presentations from the prison warders of New Zealand and from his political supporters. The Pahiatua Herald states that subscription lists have been opened with a.view to making a presentation to Mr R. B. Ross, ex-M.P. for Pahiatua, in recognition of his services to the district. A special meeting of the Masterton Trust Lands Trust was held last evening at which the question of establishing pictures at the Town Hall was discussed. The Press were not admitted, but it is understood that a report will be brought forward at the ordinary meeting of the Trust next Friday. A returned New Zeaiander affirms that Queensland lias outstripped the Dominion in its progressive laud policy, and big areas are being 1 secured. The next step is the construction of a railway,to open up the Crown settlements, and townships are springing up like mushrooms. A final reminder is given of tiiQ grand sacred concert to be hold in the Town Hall to-morrow (Sunday) evening. The promoters nope the publicwill respond liberally to this appeal on behalf of Mr Reeves. The doors will be opened at 8.15 p.m., concert commencing at 8.80 o'clock. The Masterton Municipal Brass Baud under their new conductor (Mr Mayo) will render one of the Gisborne band contest test selections. William Sturt, a miner employed at Huntly, met with a serious accident on Thursday afternoon, while blasting logs in a drain near his home, through a charge of gelignite going off before lie was able to get clear. PI is right hand was badly shattered, and both his eyes so badly injured that it is feared'he will lose the sight of one, if not both, tic was removed to the Waikato Hospital, where four fingers have been amputated. In connection with tin. , fatal accident which occurred in Cathedral Square, Christehuroh, near Broadway corner, on the afternoon of Friday, January 10th, when Thomas Ryan was knocked down and run over by a motor car, his injuries proving fatal in a few hours, an information has been laid, charging the driver of the car (Reginald Blunden, of Bennett's), with manslaughter. The case will be heard next Thursday afternoon. At the Wellington Supreme Court yesterday, Geo. Alfred Tracy pleaded guilty to three charges of stealing carpenters' tools and one of stealingcarriage lamps. Counsel asked for leniency, as the prisoner had previ- | ously borne a good character. Pie is now in the hospital, having undergone an operation. Mr Justice Chapman said he did not think he could admit the prisoner to probation. He would like to hear that restitution had been made apart from the goods recovered. The case might be mentioned agaiu on Monday. In the meantime the prisoner might return to the hospital.

Hockey players are already preparing for the 15)13 season, says the Grcynioutii Star, and as the West Coast rep. team lias to play off with Marlborough for the Nordern Clip at Easter time, it is the intention of the local Association to have the probable players in active training during February. The three Associations still in the JNorderu Cup competition are West Coast, Marlborongh and Mauawatu, the Coast and Marlborough to play off at Blenheim on Easter Monday, and the winners to meet Manawatu for the final on the following day. The Rev. Robert Haddon, Maori missiouer, writes to the Hawera Star in reference to a Press telegram which recently appeared: "Just a line of explanation. Dγ Pomare, or Mani Pomare, is not a three-quarter caste European. He is the descendant of half-caste Maoris. His father, Te Paera Pomare, is a full half-caste, and so is his mother, Mere, and both descended from high-rank ancestors of the Ngatiawa, Taranaki and Ngatiraukawa tribes." Lately there passed awa3 7 at Paramatta, near Sydney, an old identity in the person of John Deianey, aged 88 years. The deceased was married at tne age of 20, and the union resulted in a family of 2i). Twelve are living, and the remaining 17 are dead. He was a native of Sydney, but settled in Parramatta at the age of ten years, so that he resided continuously in that town for 78 years. His father was a heavy dragoon, and fought in. the battle of Waterloo, and lived to the extraordinary age of 105 years. The. deceased left no fewer than 108 grand-children, and and several great-grand children, and his son John, who is a. grandfather himself, heads the list with IS children, and his daughter Ellen, who is now deceased, reared 17 children. Two others were responsible for 12 each, and another two members of the family for 10 each. Writes a Turanaki rural correspondent: The blackberry curse is a big problem, and fining men who are paying high rent for laud for not cutting them is not going to solve it. Many a land-buyer and leaseholder has been "had" by taking land that lie believed to be free of weeds. A 200-acre farm is not like a horse, that .you can detect the blemishes at a glance. It ma} 7 appear perfectly clean from the track the vendor leans the likely purchaser along, but may be uncommonly dirt} 7 the other side of "that nice bit of shelter bush," which is poiuted out to him a few hundred yards away. There is only one way of coping with the black berry, and that is by reducing the area of holdings. Unless blackberries are cut at least twice in twelve months, the} 7 are spreading so that cutting once only is of very little use. Mrs Kendall resumes music teaching on Monday next at her residence, vole-street. The Brethren of the Stonehenge Lodge, U. A.O.D. are requested to attend a special meeting to be held in lie Drnids' Hall on Tuesday, (itli February, at 7.150 p.m. As business is very important, a full attendance is requested. A slight error occurred in our inset of last night with regard to the half price remnants for the closing day today of extraordinary price sale at W.F. C. A. The time was given as from 8 a.m. to i) a.m. and should have been 8 a.m. to 1) p.m.—all remnants marked in bine are to be sold at half marked price. THE GUINEA TOEM ! A Cheque for £1 la has bean sent to the writer of this verse—Miss L. 8., PleasamBtnet, OnehuDga. Puritan Soap is the best I've seen, It makas my clothes so white and clean. Usi it, ye people, spread its fame; TcU all you meet to do the same. WIN A GUINEA! Prize Poem published every Saturday. B?st original four shortline advt. verge about " Puritan Soap " wins each week. Printed wrapper—from c*kes of Puritan Soap—must be enslosed. Address : " Puritan Soap," P.O. Box 203, Wellington. Wholesale Agents: A. 8. Paterson & Co.

A pony, harness and rubber-tyred gig are advertised for sale. A confectionery business is advertised for sale. A reward is offered for the return of a lost black Cocker Spaniel pup. A four-roomed cottage is advertised tor sale, purchaser to remove building from present site. ■ jttk An elderly man, able to make himself generally useful, seeks employment at nominal wages. Don't forget those delicious English pies to-night for supper, on sale at Mackay and Sons' till 10 p.m. tonight.* Some splendid lines in men's footwear are announced by Mr Carpenter in to-day's c issue. He gadvises men who like good wearing, smartlooking boots to £0 in for a pair of those mentioned. The Bideford Athletic Sports Committee have decided to extend the date for .closing nominations for foot events from the 10th to the iJOfch February. Many buyers from outside districts have expressed their intention of attending Messrs McGregor's sale of stud sheep next week. The reputation of the Romneys and Lincolns is of a very high order and a successful sale should be the result. The first term of the Girls' ColleJj|ate High School, Church-s rect, mMterton, will begin on Thursdaj , , Bth inst. The Principal, Miss L. E. Hampton, B. A., will be at home on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons. Miss V. Hampton, teacher of pianoforte and theory of music, will resume teaching on Wednesday, February 7th. Pupils are prepared for the Associated Board ami Trinity College examinations. Messrs Ba'.cUia and Rayward, Patent Agents, Wellington, report that amongst the many applications for patents they hava ju3t filed are —C. W. Atson, Christcburch, Autoin atic Sign.i; C J. & H. A. Craig, Uisborne, El bo /-joint, f.>r shearing machines; F. V. Raymond,. Invercargill, Fiix dressing machine; 11. U. Kasterfield, Wellington, Producing Ammonia Sulphate.* Tan boots to be kept in good condition and to look well should be daily polished with Tan-01, the preservative that gives the best shine. In tins, liquid Is; paste 6d.* Uric acid is the chief cause of rheuamtism and kindred, discuses. Knowing this, why continue suffering untold agony when Rheumo will cure yon? It removes the excess Uric Acid from the Blood, and thus quickly gives permanent relief. 2s (id aajjtJs 6d per bottle, at all chemists* W For polishing tan boots or linoleums use Tan-01. It is quick, very easy, and wonderfully good. * Roslyn blankets, rugs, tweeds, worsteds, suits, hosiery, unshrinkable flannel and underwear "Delta" finish. Thu best that money can buy.* There is hundreds of pounds' worth of Oilcloth and Linoleum to select from at the Furnishing Dept., W.F.C.A.* Effervescent Saline, purifying, refreshing invigorating to all who suffer from sickness, headache, sluggish liver, etc. Price, 2/6. PL T. Wood. Chemist and Pharmacies, (by exam.), Masterton.