LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 46, Issue 14100, 19 April 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mails for Australian States, per Niagara from Auckland, close at Masterton to-morrow (Tuesday) at 10.30 a.in. The Palmerston North Patriotic funds amount to £64,886. IT SOOTHES AND CURES. Cuts, burns, bruises and sores are immediately soothed and quickly cured with Bee Ointment. Being antiseptic it prevents septic infection. Try it. Is 6d buys a large pot. Free . sample from Bee Ointment Proprietary, Box 388,* Wellington. Best Value, in Town in Men’s Splits, Shooters, nailed heel and toeplates. Our prie'e 2os. These are worth considering. Only a limited quantity. Buy Now! —Carpenter and Evans.* Masterton Women are taking a keener delight in Music, Flowers and Voice Culture, etc., since “NO RUBBING” Laundry Help liberates them from Washboard Slavery. Is per packet. - Don’t leave the lightness and digestibility of your scones and cakes te chance. Use SHARLAND’S Baking Powder--** is bound to rise;* 1

The expenses in connection with the last Carterton show amounted to £1476 10s.

A case of scarlet fever and one of diphtheria were reported in Masterton during the week-end. The administration expenses of the Wairarapa P. and A. Society during the past year amounted to £SOB 17s 6d. During the past year the Wairarapa P. and A. Society has made permanent improvements to the value of £2196 4s od.

Since purchasing the “Admiral CorJington,” the Poverty Bay Farmers’ M/at Co., Ltd., have refused £53,000 on their bargain. Burglars were busy in Wellington on Friday night or in the early hours of Saturday. One of the clubs was entered and money was taken.

A Press Association cable message states that the Bristol and Dominions Producers’*Association is issuing 60,000 pound shares, making its total capital £IOO,OOO.

A social in connection with Knox Sunday School anniversary will _bo held in Knox Hall to-night. A musical •programme by the children ill be given. . .

A Levin poultryma.n has received a return of over £39 for his output ol eggs during the past fortnight. He sold oil the Wellington market, where prices reached 5s per dozen. At the annual meeting of the Wairarapa P. and A. Society a paper on “The. Economy of Meat Production” will be read by Mr Charles Elgar. Forty-two applications have been received* by the Wairarapa South County Council for the position of overseer. A final selection will be made at the ordinary meeting of the Council on Saturday next.

At the .Masterton tennis courts on Saturday, two finals held over from the Faster tournament were played off. Mrs P. Gordon and Miss Graham won the ladies’ doubles, and -Miss Curtis and Mr B. Welch the combined doubles.

The Cremona Company of musicians presented a first-class entertainment >it the Masterton Opera House on Saturday evening. The limited number of people who attended were, given a real musical treat.

The Knox, Sunday School anniversary services yesterday were attended by large congregations. At the afternoon service the annual distriuu—tioii of prizes took place, the present lotions being made by the Rev. G. l\ Brown, M.A. The following were the gate receipts at the various football grounds in (he Wairarapa during the 1919 football season:—Masterton £22 3s, Carterton £146 3s 3d, G,reytown £95 15s 3d, Fcatherston £-0 4s 6d, Pukio £1 17s 6d, Alartinborough £6 0s 8d; total, £298 ]4s Id.

A waterside worker named John AleIlwhanc collapsed while buying a ticket for the races at the Lambton station, Wellington, on Saturday morning. On being examined Mcllwhane was found to be quite dead. Mcllwhane was an elderly man and widely known on the waterfront.

Legislation of last session provided for the prevention or suppression of unfair methods of competition, the suppression of monopolies, the establishment. of fixed or maximum prices, and the general regulation of prices. The Prime Minister states that regulations to give effect to this legislation 'have been drafted and are being considered bv the Government.

Regarding the temporary closing of Christ's College, Christchurch, as far as boarders are concerned, owing to an outbreak of mild influenza, the Health authorities informed a “Press” representative that the trouble was confined to one or two of the resident houses, and that there were no serious aspects. None of the other secondary schools, and none of the primary schools, was adversely affected.

It is not generally known that a person muv l)e married without a wedding ring, and marriages have actually been “solemnised” without Ihc ring. Twice Air F. Evans, the Christchurch Registrar, has “hitched” a couple without the' conventional circlet. Ia . one case when be asked for the. ring the bride said that she had a religious objection to the use of it, and as there was nothing in the Marriage Act about wedding rings the ceremony had to proceed.

.James Newberry, who is in custody on charges of having attempted to murder Caroline Christina Cooper and" Annie Christina Skjoth, at a house iu Norman Street, Wellington, on the morning of April 9th, was against brought before Air E. Page, S.AL. at the Wellington S.AL Court oil Saturday. In applying for a further remand for one week, Chief-Detective A. Ward said the women were still iu hospital, and therefore unable to give evidence. Aly A. B, Siovwriglit asked if the chiefdetective could give him any idea as to when the proseeutiiVi would be ready to go on, but Mr Wright said he could not help counsel with the information. All he could say was that the women were out of danger. The remand was granted.

A boy is required after school hours to deliver Daily Times. A married couple advertise for rooms. A lad is wanted at Thompson’s Hardware Store. Mr R. W. Ferris requires a boy for the bakehouse. 1 A respectable' young man seeks board with private family. Air E. Spicer, South Rd., inserts a disclaimer on page 1. The Castlepoint County Council invite tenders for gravel. A young man seeks work of any kind. Clerical work f preferred. Alessrs H. Beale and Co., Ltd., require a boy for the plumbing. A reward is offered for the return of a lost opal bird brooch. The district ‘ boundaries of the Masterton schools are advertised by the Wellington Education Board. A social and dance, under the auspices of the Gladstone Football Club, will be held in the Town Hall, Gladstone, on Thursday next. Arrangements are well in hand, and patrons are assured of an enjoyable evening.

Green long-fibre flax material is undoubtedly the most waterproof and durable material for horse and cow covers. Messrs'; Jas. Elliott and Co. have just landed a shipment of this material and aig now supplying covers lined with canvas, felt or check. Remember, if you want to get rid of that heavy nihil feeling in the head, which accompanies Nasal Catarrh, just take a good inhalation of “NAZOL,” through a Natol Inhaler, and get immediate relief.* Good cooks., waste nothing. They prefer SHARLAND’S Baking Powder because it ensures best results and IS CHEAPEST.* 1 For Influenza, take Woods Great;Peppermint Cure 1/9 2/9*

There was a time when the name ‘ ‘ fireman ’ 1 was a synonymous with an exceedingly rough . sort of, gentleman with an unslakable thirst and-shore orbit that. hit only the places where they sold beer and the police-stations-But things have changed. There was a boat in Auckland a few clays ago, the Star says, on which a man was actually forced by his fellow-tireinan to leave on account of Ins drunken habits. Instead of being horded together like four-foot-ed animals, the men on the craft, in. question have two-berth cabins, a proper mess-room, and a mess-room steward.

Allred French ,aged 55 years, a married man, residing at 64 Austin street, died in the Wellington hospital at 6.40 o’clock yesterday morning, following an operation to remove compression of the brain, resulting from a fractured skull, due to a fall off a tram in Courtenay Place bn Saturday evening. Deceased, who was employed by the Harbour Board in J shed, appears to have lost his balance, thus causing him to fall off the car. On being picked up he was apprehended on a charge of drunkenness, and while at the Taranaki street police station his condition became serious. He was sent to the hospital and admitted to that institution at 11.45 o ’clock on Saturday night. In addition to a fractured skull French appears to have been suffering from lung trouble. Besides a widow he leaves one grown-up daughter.