LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 45, Issue 13982, 19 November 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Four gas boiling rings arc-to be installed in the Masterton iniblic park for the use of visitors.

During the month of October the Masterton Gas-works disposed of 2860 sacks of coke.

The number of cookers sold by the Masterton Gas Department during the month of Octobe was 14, making jthe total number for the current year 74..

The new eonsifmers connected up with the Masterton Gas-works during October was 5, making the total number for the year 34. c

Mr J. L. Murray's 532 acre farm at Opaki has been sold to Messrs Ka,msay Bros., of Wellington, through the agency of Messrs C. C. Ross and Co.

Tho quantity of gas manufactured during October by the Masterton GasAvorks was 5,219,800 cubic feet, as compared Avith 4,754,000 cubic feet in the same month 'last A-car.

A recent advt. from the London Morning Post: —"Young officer, demobilised, pre-war gentleman, no home, money or job, wants real help or advice;'do any old thing; colossal responsibilities; he apologises for not going West; someone help."

The gas sold by the Masterton Gasworks .during the* month of September amounted to 4,790,000 cubic feet, as compared with 4,426,300 cubic feet for tho corresponding month last year, an increase of 363,700 cubic feet.

The following are the results of the V.M.C.A. Club's events, decided yesterday afternoon: —100 yds.: S. W. Gallagher 1, B. B. Williams 2, S. % Willoughby 3. 50yds: S. W. Gallagher 1, B. B-. Williams*2, 3. Gardner 3. 25yds: R. Allan 1, J. Bacon 2, 3. Gardner 3..

Mr Thomas 'Sparrowhawk, a rag and bone merchant, of Portland road, Mitcham, was nearly "gassed" by burglars, Avho, after robbing him. of £50 in notes and a great deal of clothing, turned on all the- gas taps before leaving the house. Mr Sparrowhawk, who was living by was awakened by the noise caused by a pile of bird* «-.'ge-j being knocked over by the bur-gkr.-s as they left.

Fif.y-e'ight cases of influenza. Avere notified from noon on the 13th to noon on the 17il! inst —42 mild, S pneumonic, and 8 seve.v. Nineteen of the mild cases were in ihe Auckland district, 16 in the Wellington district, 5 in the Canterbury and 2 in Otago. Six of the pneumonic cases wero in the Auckland district and 2 in the Wellington district; while of the severe cases 3 Avere in the Auckland district, 4 in the Wellington district, and 1 in Canterbury.

The report of the air spaces sub-com-mittee of the Council was received at the meeting of the Masterton BoroughCouncil last evening. The committee recommended the purchase of a section oil the corner of Villa and Pine streets, which the Mayor pointed out,was an ideal site for a children's playing ground. It was decided to defer the "adoption of the report until further information concerning the site, and the price asked \>y the owner, is obtained.

The War Office has notified the New* Zealand military authorities that applications Avill be received from officers desiring appointmout to permanent commissions in the Begular, Army of the Imperial Forces. ■ The conditions under which non-regular officers can obtain these permanent commissions are at present under consideration by the.lmperial authorities. However, applications will be received from officers desiring such appointments in case they should be required.

The Mayor, at the Borough Council inoe'ting last evening, stated that while the Council was always pleased to see deputations which have legitimate business to bring before the Council,, he would like to point out that the Council cannot afford to have a largo amount of its time taken up by" deputations. He thought that the Council should have a special time to receive deputations. He desired deputations in future to place their requests or complaints before the Council as briefly as possible. \ Some astonishing examples of soaring prices, plainly indicating that the strain of slender purses is to be greater still hi the, near future, are to bbc found in importers' manifests, and in the latest "quote"' cablegrams to hand (says the Duiiedin "Star") Ten, the universal beverage, has advanced 7d a lb (landed price) since September, the li'test quotes being 2s 10d (first grade) and 2 S 7d '(lowest grade-). One reason jjiven for this advance is a rise of o.'H per cent, in value of the; rupee-. more «hai 4 p rises havetaken place iv the last .12 months iv respect of other grocery lines. Cocoa beans, Avhich were bought Inst vein- at £80 per ton, are quoted to-day (new seaso.i beans) at £241 a ton; Java coffee, quoted from Java to-day at £112 a ton, has been costing £4:5; and coffees, costing £80 a, ton ait present, are now quoted for the new season nt £190.

What must surely be the record sacrifice made by any family in the war has been made known in Paris. When the great conflict started M. Vanhee, a Prcjwch cultivator at Eoninghe, near Vpres, had 36 children —22 sons and 14 daughters. Twenty of the sons fought on various fronts, and 1.") were killed. Three were discharged on account of serious wounds. One went through the operation of trepanning, another returned home blind and deaf, a. third had both legs amputated, and a fourth, who, before the war, was valet de cluunbre to Pope Pius, was four times* wounded. In 1917 the ividow of one of the sons was killed by a German shell at Dunkirk. The father of this family and one of his daughters met a tragic end. In October, 1914, they weiit to Lille to take part in celebrating the hundredth birth"lay of a relative. They were met on their return by a German patrol and were shot.

This year the South Devon .pedigree ■bull, Widland Perfection )5217) won for Messrs 3, S. Wroth and Sons, Ooombe, Avetoii Gifford, second prize at tho Royal Cornwall Show, first and champion at Totnes, and second at the Royal Agricultural Show (states a London paper). Recently the bull was killed at the Government slaughterhouse at Cardiff. His live weight was 29i|cwt, and he produced 19ewt 3qrs olbs of beef. The fore-quarters weighed 534 and 5301b5, and the hindquarters 517 and 524-lbs. The value of the hide Avas £5 15s 10d, and the net return to tho owners of this colossal bull, AVhich produced the heaviest carcase ever recorded—probably for any breed —was £1.39 18s 3d. Twelve years ago Avhen Mr W. ,T. Crossings, Plympton, South Devon bull, Coleridge Hero, was killed at the same age, his carcase weighed IScwt 71bs —forequarters 570 and 5381b5; and hindquarters 461 and 4541b5; and he carried 3Solbs of loose fat.

Kitchen economy demands the use of SHAELAND'S Baking Powder. Costs less than others —gives better' results. Your- grocer sells it.*

The total number of gas-consumers m Masterton is 1637.

Mr Cuttle, the Eeform candidate for Wanganui,.was asked: "Do you believe in fining men for playing two-up—they were fined for being caught!" replied the candidate, and the audience chortled loudly.

Barbers in some quarters of London are lamenting the preference of ex-sol-diers among their customers for very close hair-cutting. In pre-war days the same men sought a shampoo and a trim, which cost more.

It was stated by the Mayor at the Borough Council-meeting last evening that the work in connection with converting the Central Hotel into tenements was proceeding. He estimated that the necessary repairs would amount to about £90.

With a population of approximately 80,000, Honolulu and the island of Oahu have banks and trust companies with assets of more than £8,000,000, according to a statement recently compiled. The island's banks have deposits of almost £6,000,000.

At the- "meeting of the Borough Council last evening the Mayor stated that in connection' with his housing 'efforts it was impossible to secure the Kuripuni Hall, owing to the probability of the site Vicing sold. He was still, however, in communication with Mr Whatman in reference to the use of the boxing hall.

Mrs London Wallick, a New York woman, is suing Mrs MaeHirseb, also of Xew York, for £100,000, the value of her husband's love, alleging alienation of the latter's affections. Mrs MacHirsch is the widow of a clothing manufcturor, who left her £100,000.

The circulation of the Paris newspaper "L'Avenir';' is likely to go up with .1 bound, for it offers to sell to subscribers for a year 101b of sugar at cost" price. Sugar is almost unobtainable at Ki-ocers' shops, but the newspaper purchased a shipload, of which it is disposing easily.

.The manager of the gasworks stated at the Borough Council meeting last evening, in reply to a question, that Short street wns on the schedule, and if the gas loan was carried it would be one of the first street's attended to. He considered it a good business proposition.

"Give us a square deal, Bill," said ;in interrupter to Mr Massey at Papakara on Saturday night. Mr-Massey replied: ''You and your friends had it for all my term of office, and my opinion is that we shall be able to give you a square deal- for the next six or seven years. (Applause.) lam coming back, and all the Bolsheviks, Sinn Feiners and I.W.W.'s can't'keep me out.' ,

A serious accident befel a married man named Dave Cray, aged 30 years, residing in Hall street, Wellington, while out rabbit shooting between Porirua and Titahi- Bay yesterday, at 4.30 p.iii. It seems that. Gray's gun accidentally wont off, and he received the charge in his*head. He was admitted to the Wellington'hospital at midnight in an unconscious condition. His case was. regarded "as critical. Gray is foreman for the Blackball Coal Company* at Wellington.

"I would like to draw attention to a complaint made many months ago in regard to a bone mill in the borough, and the fact that the Borough Council passed a resolution regarding the same, which has not been given effect to," stated Cr. McLeod at the Borough Council meeting last evening. "It seems to me that the Council passes resolutions, places them on the Council's books, and there the mrttter ends—they are never given effect to."

A stabbing affray occurred in Alma Lane, Wellington, about 10.30 o'clock last night, when a -single man named Hugh Walker, residing at that address, received a knife wound in the head and in one of his arms. A coloured man named Jose Mendoza was arrested at the house in connection with the stabbing. The police were informed that Mendoza was taken to the place to stay for the night, and after some drink had been passed round an 'argument arose, which culminated in the stabbing of Walker. Dr. Begg attended the injurediSnan, after which he was taken to the hospital, where he was admitted at 12.20 o'clock this morning. Walker's condition was not critical.

"Marriages between the deaf an<3 dumb are on the increase," says an official of the Royal Association in Aid of the Deaf and Dumb, "It is entirely an erroneous idea that these unions provide examples of matrimonial bliss, for quarrels can still take place, al--1 hough all noise is eliminated and gesticulation substituted. The only esc'aoe the husband or wife have should they wish to terminate the quarrel is to shut cheir eyes, or, if? it be night time, to put out the light. ( Jn the majority of cases the of these marriages are in no way affected, and have the use of all their faculties."

Although the recent takings at the gates of the X.Z. Metropolitan Trotting Club's ground probably constituted 'a record (states the '"Sun") they would have been larger Iliad not some ingenious person in the outside enclosure found a way of beating the club for revenue. individual placed a ladder against the high fence which divides the course from the show grounds and soon a stream of intruders set in down this ladder. Apparently the incident escaped the notice of the police, or perhaps they thought the ladder had been placed against the fence to make another entrance. Anyway, the game of ''getting in for nix' , went on for a considerable time. At one stage a ■ma-n hurried over to the ladder, and it looked as if the game was up. However, he merely straightened the ladder and steadied it a little, and the loss of revenue continued. At last a steward reached the spot and removed the ladder.

The seerifico by a schoolgirl jf her life in a» attempt to rescue a playmate from drowning was revealed by rhe inquest.nt Whakatane as to the death of a half-paste native girl, Olive Murphy, aged nine. The inquest was licM at Matata on Wednesday, by Mr JP. J. Burt, J. P., acting coroner, and a jury of .six. Olive Mark, a schoolgirl, nine years of age, deposed that a party of 'five girls, including deceased and herself, went bathing at the- seaward entrance to the lagoon at Matata lastTuesday afternoon." One of the party, Whrtngapoa, Pita, got into difficulties, and Olive Murphy went to the rescue, being able to swim. The >girl Pita scrambled on to a rick and thus reached shore, but Olive Murphy never rose again. The jury returned the following verdict: "That Olive Murphy met hei -, death by drowning on Tuesday, November 11/ at Matata lagoon, whilst trying to.saie the life of Whangaroa Pita. The jury wish to sympathise wjfch the parents in thi? loss of their child, and commend the brave action of deceased in attempting to save her playmate. , '

The Bey. E. S. Gray delivered an address on prohibition at the Post Office corner this afternoon, there being large audience. ijf

Up to November 35 a sum of £1,204,----323 had been paid, out by way of gratuities to former members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. The record number of 33 candidates - will sit for the matriculation examinations that are to> be conducted in Masterton early next month under the supervision of the Bdv. Monsiguor MeKenna. In making the awards in the impromptu speech at the AVellington elocutionary competitions' last night, the judge stated that it was quite evident that the speakers knew little of matrir monial life. As a matter of fact, of the. competitors' was a man. Of such is the kingdom, of elocu- "-— tion judges! A carpenter, for tw.o days, is sought. An advertiser wishes to purchase a ' banjo. . Two furnished rooms are advertised' to let. . ■ . Good weaner pigs are advertised forJβ sale. s «^> Mr J, C. Ewington requires a striker. A lost black and white pup is advertised for. " A lad is required as a companion in country campT A first-class waitress is required at ■ the Burlington Tea,Jloonis.

A strong girl, to assist in country for two or three weeks, is required.

Mr Baxter Buckley will attend. Arts and Crafts on Thursday morning to enrol pupils.

Prohibition electors are elsewhere invited to make certain that their names axe on the roll. . . ".

The Masterton Borough Council inserts an impounding notice on Page 1 of to-day's issue.'

Information will be thankfully received re 3 bay horses which strayed from 103 Lincoln Boad on Sunday.

Messrs Gawith and Logan insert a> notice on Page 1 with reference to the proposed construction of a road and bridge partly in the Castlepoint and partly in the Masterton county.

The Salvation Army advertise particulars of a tea and musical evening to be hf*l#l on Thursday. His Worship the Mayor wiU preside, and the proceeds are in aid of the Instrument Fund. ™"The~Kuripuni Girls' Club will hold a social evening in the Church of the Epiphany, Sunday School on Thursday evening at 7.30 p.m., to which the parishioners and others are cordially invited.

The chance of a lifetime to secure jewellery and plate suitable for Xmas .presents is presented by the greatly reduced prices at Mr D. Walsh's sale. See the windows; all goods marked ia plain figures.*

Mr L. S. Xieol, jeweller, has just received a glorious selection of Plain Silver Teapots, Hot Water Jugs, and Entree Dishes. The designs are' quite new. Inspection of these goods is cordially invited.*

The holeproof buckskin trousers is a boon to shearers. They are made of a. Hard, finished material, do not hold grease or wool. J. a^Af urray 'a Ltd., have a full range goods, sizes 3 to 7, and are at the old price —• 13/6 a " Many Masterton make excellent Members of Parliament, but it would be a distinct national loss to take them from their present positions while they are so busy families with theipure "GOLDEN BULE" Soap, "GOLDEN BULE" Candles, "GOLDEN EULE ,, Tea, *' GOLDEN BULE'' Writing Tablets, "KEEP SMILING" Lino Polish, "KEEP SMILING" Boot Polish, "KEEP SMILING ,, Pumice Soap, and the famous "NO RUBBING" Laundry Help. • _J