LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 11879, 15 January 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Week in Wellington on page 2; Allegod Wit on page 3; Sporting, Vio lent Struggle, Sir Joseph Ward, Railway Matters, Charge of Assault, District News, and Commercial on page 6; EnttiiH.'iments on page 7. Mr J. Compton, of Masterton, who was the successful tenderer for the work of constructing the new Long-wood-Featherston water races, has made a start with the work. A branch of the H.A.C.B. Society has been formed in Woodville and is meeting with great success. Mr McLean, of the Post Office Hotel, is tho President, and Mr W. 11. Hoult is the secretary. Some Masterton residents made a fast run from Wellington last night in ,i light motor car. Tiie run to Masterton was accomplished in 2% hours, the hill being taken on the high gear. Up till yesterday afternoon about 500 "preference badges" had been applied for and issued by the executivo tj m jmbers of the Wellington Wharf Labour.•is' Union, who were entitled to thorn. The Greytown Dairy Company will forward 450 cases of cheese to London by tne steamer Tainui. The Masterton Dairy Company will consign several hundred cases of cheese by the same steamer. All the patients in the fever ward at the Masterton Hospital have been discharged. This is the first occasion for over twelve months that the fever ward at the institution has been unoccupied. Several large trains of fat sheep have passed through the Woodvilo station since Monday. The sheep are from the Wairarapa, and are bound for the ixorth British Freezing Works at Napier. The sum of £120 19s was paid in by shareholders at the fortnightly pay night of the Workers' Mutual Benefit Building Society last night, in anticipation the ballot and sale of £600, free of interest, on the 29th inst. A one-man manual competition held by the Greytown Fire Brigado on Tuesday night resulted as follows: —Lieut. Coe (scr) 36secs, 1; Branchman Bilby (scr) 38secs, 2; Branchman J. Workman (3secs) 39 4-ssecs, 3. The Trust Lands Trust voters roll will bo closed on January 31st. Persons who have been resident for six months in the Masterton small farms area are entitled to enrolment. Forms for tins purpose may be obtained from the secletary (Mr A. Hathaway). [ The following team will represent tho Greytown Rifle Club against To Wharau in a match next Saturday:— Riflemen J. C. Bidwill, A. B. W. J. Feast, T. C. Irving, J. Whaiti, J. B. Bairstow, H. C. Trotman, R. Ingley, S. Feast, E. Leppien, A. L. Webster, 1. Orr. A temporary change came over the v- °ather in Masterton yesterday afternoon. For a brief peiiod light ram from the north fell, aud then a cold southeily wind, accompanied also by light t-howers, was c-xeporienced for some time. To-day the weather js pgaiu typical of mid-summer. A recent traveller over the road between Tauranga and Tirau (Matamata County) was struck with the comparative absence of rabbits on the coastal side of the mountains as compared with tho Waikato side. While hundreds were met on the. one side, only about half a dozen (according to an exchange) were seen on the 20-mile stretch from the top to Tauranga. A very good performance with the blade shears is reported from a station in the Fairlie district, Canterbury. The tally for one day was 109, but the excellence of the performance lies in tho fact that tho shearer was on his first venture. Ho learned shearing at the technical classes held at Smithfiold ; n October, and had never been on tho boards previously. This is said to bo something of a record for a novice with the shears. An English paper gives interesting particulars of how raspberries and strawberries were grown last year in Kent and Cambridgeshire during tho winter. The .account proceeds: "The summerlike weather which we have had during tho past few weeks has led to amazing results in fruit growing. Second crops of raspberries strawberries and plums have grown and ripened in the open. The vast strawberry fields of Messrs Chivers and Sons, the well-known jam manufacturers, of Histon, Cambridge, are literally white with blossom, thousands of strawberries have formed, and many have come to maturity and are ripening. The raspberry canes are loaded with fruit, much of which is ripe and equal in size to the fruit obtained at the best season of the year. Thousands of ripe plums are to be seen in the orchards, and quantities of these have boon gathered and sent to market. " Don't use an ordinary polish for good furniture and floor coverings. The ideal renovator and polisher is TAN-OL. In tins —liquid Is; paste 6d.*

A largo number of swaggers are reported to be on tho roads in the Masterton district and other parts of the Wairarapa.

A local resident was fined £3 at the Greytown S.M. Court yesterday on a charge of having used obsceno language.

"My bridge has swam away, and please would you mind looking into it," wrote a Bettler to the Kairanga County Council on Tuesday.

Three applications for land agents' licenses were applied for at Greytown yesterday.: One license was granted conditionally upon certain formalities being observed.

New York papers claim that. New York has passed London as the most densely-populated city in the world. They point out that the population of Greater London is 7,411,000, and of Greater New York 5,476,966, but the area of the former is 793 square miles, and of the latter 326 square miles.

According to the English '' War Cry," the profits of the Salvation Army's Trade Department .luring the past year amounted to £4400, whirh is to be distributed among th' 3 cudtnners. This is the outcome of the nrolit sharing scheme inaugurated in Mil, gmng to soldiers an I officers pu.vliasiug nniiorms, literature, a7-.u other requisites, a share in the business.

There has been a g'ooT <!i::il of folic lately about shearing tall'ios. One cf tho latest performances >f the kind is that of Mr J. Healy, who shore 273 sheep at Bra-icepeth (near Afastvrton) the other day, in eight iov.-i. This 13 reported to be a record for the Wairarapa, although much bigger tallies ha\ c at different times been recorded in Hawke's Bay and elsewhere.

It haß been stated that tho time taken by Mr J. Dixon's yearling homing pigeon "Soldiers' Chorus" to fly from Poranga Ranga (487 miles airline) was a record lor the club, and probably for New Zealand. Such is not the case. Mr Dixon's bird took fourteen hours to do the distance, whilo _.r F. B. Rosson's "Little Nell," also a yearling, flew tho same distance in eleven hours, so it will bo seen that " Soldier'b Chorus" was three hours behind the record. Little Nell won the race from Russell the samo year.

"Do not break your back in trying to win a race you cannot possibly win. Aim at a goal a little nearer, and you are almost sure to win.'' This, said Sir George Reid at Bathurst last week, was his philosophy of life, and it had worked out very well, though he had often wondered how he had done so well. When ho came up to what was equivalent to a stonewall he did not do what some of his political friends tried to do. He did not try a combat between his head and that wall. He knew that his head was not hard enough, and did not havo enough in it. After he had made an attempt to upset the wall he tried to get round it, and often succeeded. If he could not get round it he used to try to get under it. When he was a boy that seemed an easier proposition than it was now —(laughter) —and if he could not get under it he tried to get over it, and if everything failed he would lie clown beneath its shade and consider it a blessing in disguise. (More laughter.) "So, with a plan of campaign like that," concluded Sir George, to the accompaniment of more merriment, "you can understand how, when my opponents used to storm at me and abuse me, I used to enjoy .it. 'V Board and residence, is sought in a gentleman's family. McGruer and Co. 's gigantic '' Eclipse All" sale will commence to-morrow morning. A reward is offered to the finder of a £1 note, lost this morning, in Queen street. A child's tan shoe, lost On Saturday between Club Stables and Opaki r is advertised lor. A fine exhibit of seeds was made at the Pahiatua show yesterday by Messrs G. H. Perry and Co., of Masterton. Two sheets of notepaper for a Waipukurau firm, bearing timber measurements, lost in Queen street, are advertised for. A meeting of members of the Shearers' Union will be held in tho Druids' Hall, Masterton, on Saturday next, at 8 p.m. Tenders are invited for the soft drinks stall and fruit and confectionery stall privileges at the next Solway Show. A meeting for the purpose of forming a branch of the Pipers' and Dancers' Association will be held in the Prince of Wales Hotel on Saturday, 17th inst., at 8 p.m. During this hot weather a sparklet syphon will be found a great convenience in the home. Messrs H. Beale and Co., Ltd., are selling sparklet syphons at lowest prices. The New Zealand Clothing Factory mention in their advertisement on paga 7 that a good resolution for 1914 will be to see that the '' H.B. brand appears on all your wear. This brand is a guarantee of value, fit and style. A final reminder is given that all entries for the Feilding A. and P. Show close on Friday next, January 16th. Schedules will be forwarded on application to the secretary, box 98, Feilding, or may be obtained from the office of the nearest A. and P. Association. The annual stocktaking sale at Messrs C. Smith's, Ltd., is proving a great attraction. The public know that the firm's stock is right up-to-date and absolutely dependable, and when the goods are marked down to genuine sale prices shoppers know that there is something good in store for them. Everything from the proverbial "needle to an anchor" is tho result of improvements made by ingenious men. The inventor who improves often wins greater monetary rewards than the originator; but only when his improvements are protected. The first step for every man who has devised an improvement is to consult a firm of trustworthy Patent Agents. Messrs Baldwin and Rayward, Wellington enjoy the highest reputation throughout tho Dominion. * Gentlemen! next time you require a "best hat," buy the "R. & G." make —it will style and comfort give you. Apply local drapers. * R-anulas Effervescent Citrate of Magnesia makes a very valuable medicine and a palatable drink, keeping the blood and system cool. Price Is. H. T. Wood, Pharmacist and Chemist (by exam.), Masterton The very latest cure for rheumatism gout, neuralgia, lumbago, sciatica, etc. is the "M. Broughton Lotion"—to bf used externally only, according to dir ections. The late Rev. C .H. Spurgeoi stated that he had never met with s lotion which so speedily and so sureh removed pain. The late Dr. Hattor Smyth, M.D. (Dublin), stated concerning a man with a split ankle-bone thf inflammation in which had resisted thf doctor's treatment for eight months that he was cured by "M. Broughton '* Lotion." The Wairarapa Farmers Co operative Association, Ltd., have beerappointed agents throughout the Wai rarapa. *

A motor bus company is now being formed in Masterton and the project is being well-supported. - Tho faro will probably be threepence a section. The very latest type of motor bus will be introduced, and a start will bo made with two of tnese vehicles.

A cablegram from Paris states that Guildeman, a workman, aged sixty-ono committed suicide in a quiet spot on the riverside at Alfertville. He lit five dynamite cartridges, and then smoked his cigarette until he was blown to pieces.

The London Daily Mail states that surgeons describe an operation which has been performed at St. Bartholomew's Hospital on a patient named Anan Australian miner, as one of the most astounding on record. As tho result of an explosion, a stone an inch in diameter entered the orbit of his eye, lacerated the brain, and was embedded in the skull. Tho operation, a difficult one, was successful. Anderson is practically blind in one eye, but otherwise is well, and is returning to Australia on Friday.