LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 46, Issue 14103, 22 April 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

•Mails for Australian States, Ceylon, India, Japan, Straits Settlement, Egypt, South Africa, per Manuka, close . at Masterton to-morrow (Friday) at.fi.3o a.in.

Mr Harry Avery, of Pahiatua, has purchased a farm at Te Puke. Mr F. W. Groves has disposed of his “Waikuku” property of about ISOO acres to Mr 11. Cotter, of Kaitawa. Good yields of “Victory” wheat have been obtained in the Wairarapa this season. My George Shaw,, of To Ore Ore, obtained a return of 62 bushels to the acre, and Messrs Percy Bros,, of To dre Ore, 68 bushels to the acre. In a recent London burglary part of the swag was the “0.8. E.” decoration. It was somebody very high up who remarked: “What on earth did he bother to steal it for? Surely he knows it’s much easier to get the thing honestly.' ’ ’---Glasgow , Herald. A term of imprisonment was imposed on a mhn who,has„, absolutely refused to contribute ,tb\ya'rdS > the biipkaep nit a child.- of whom he is alleged, to lie the fatlter. He had been order'd to pay:.the money by. the Leamington justices, but when again before them lastmonth the,man, Arthur Muckiqw, said he would sooner bare his breast to h rifle or rot in gaol than carry out the order. Although the Mayor pleaded with hiifi to take a “ sensible- course, ” lie still declined, and was sent to .prison for two months’ hard labour . Mr Justice McCardi-e, in the Divorce Court in London, said he had hud letters handed up to him in bigamy cases at Manchester and places in the North, showing that, husband and wife had agreed to dissolve partnership. Mr Tyndale: I know a particular district, in South Wales where contracts for the bargain and sale of a wife aye often entered into. I have had to advise on. such eases more than .0uc,e.,.-.llis Lordship: Do they put it into writing them r , solves ? Counsel: .•.?.<s, -piy Jo.rijt ■.They' don’t, get lawyers to draw i 1 up.

The Colonial Office have decreed 'that German East Africa shall, be. no. more, but thati theVdetectable' country shall henceforth bo'known as ,fl Tlu‘ TanganVika Territory,” says the Daily Chrouiele. ft ; may>' and of .cftiivseV Will be officially described as such, but can ,vro imagine this name being given to it by the. public? Hardly. ‘ it will probably 4q known as Tanks, ’’ which is the name the Stock Exchange long ago applied to the shares .of the Tanganyika Concessions Company; and as such it will always be’'feinfembere.il. Moreover, it would; be a fitting reminder of the war in which we acquired the country. \%£s a Colonial Office person remarked the other day, “;Mespots ’ and * Tanks are the countries of the. future. The kitchen of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York is an acre, in extent. Dinners for more than 3500 persons can therefore be cooked at one time. At the kitchen of the Boil Mafelie, in Paris, which has hitherto been regarded at the biggest thing of its kind, a .roasting-pan will hold-'.no less than 300. cutlets, which represent several sheep, while potatoes are baked at the rate of two quarters, or 2251 b, in each pan. Nearly 8000 eggs are broken on omelette days' by the’sixty cooks and the hundred..a sfs.i afrits who officiate in this gigantic cuisine. No fewer than twelve liame and sixty rowis can be boiled simultaneously iii one pot. At the Mansion House, London, and in the kitchen of Christ Church, Oxford, there.' is l'aeilitv for cooking a bayou of beef of sooib’ ; \ The British, Navy, will shortly have no 12-inch gun.'.battleships, and a considerable clear;Up,of all obsolete vest sels, including'' some whose work has made history,- is likely to take place. Amongst thp battleships and battlecruisers that will probably go are the following:.,- Bellerophon, St. Vincent, Hercules, Colliiigwood, Tndomjtable, Superb, Neptune, Colossus, Inflexible.. The new gunnery policy is responsible for this, because the ranges for modern work have increased, and the naval gunners" are firing ranges of more than 20,000 cards. Future, commissioned battleships 'will have 13.5 'and .I.siit guns. It has been found that there, is nearly double the explosion in a ,13.5 gun to what occurs in a J2iii gun. It is even possible, that guns w.ijl get big--ger in the Navy. At least .about £lO,000,000 worth of British naval property is likely to be disposed of in the neat' future. ' The reunion dinner of officers of the Wellington Regiment, N.Z.E.F., to be field at Palmerston North on Saturday ijiext, 24th .April, 1920, promsies to be a very interesting function. Over 100 officers of the regiment who.:served oy.■eryeas have already notified their intention of being present. Tlje regiment. , lias a speiidid war record, and- the meeting of so many old comrades of i the-.great war is bound to great enthusiasm. On Aiizac JSunday, April 55th,. a unique cerempny jyiji take place in conjunction with’ the .jqe.-:. mofipl service. ’t’lie King’s co.tqqrspresented by his Majesty (o ,tbo 4 tlirco..; service battalions of the regiment.,Fill., be consecrated and lodged) for... safe,-. keeping in All Saints ’• Church, Painter,-, ston North. The colours will bq, actual-, Iv handed over in the church by the . battalion commanders who,-first;'eoiu-manded the respective battalions in:action, viz., Brigadier-General 11. Hart, C. C.M.G., D. 5.0., the first battalion, Lieut.-Colonel W. 11. Cunuingliam, D. the 2nd Battalion, and Lieut.Colonel W. H. Fletcher, D.C.M., the 3rd battalion. The colour party of 20 n.c.o.’s and men for each battalion col--ours will be composed of n.c.o.’s and men who liafe served with their respective battalions overseas. . •

Prepare for? Wet Weather.—Full stock of Men’s Thigh- and Knee Gums, also Goloshes, all sizes,—At Carpenter and Evan’s.*

Don’t leaves,.the lightness and digestibility your‘ scones and cakes, to chance. Use > SHARLAND ’S Baking Powder —it is bound to rise.*

There are upwards of 60 applications for' the Commissionership of the Victorian Railways.

There are at present seven scarlet fever patients under treatment in the Masterton hospital. Bourhville Cocoa and Fry’s Cocoa are no>y controlled by the one proprietary* Messrs Cadbury Bros., Ltd.

The whole of the schools within eight miles of Christchurch have been closed in consequence of the iniluenza outbreak.

Letters and papers from Shanghai which formerly bore Hong Kong (British) stamps, are now stamped with American stamps.

A cablegram from London states a French motor boat at the Nice races attained the record speed of a mile per minute!

About the middle of February, Welsh steam Coal had advanced me record price of £~> lSs a ton. Before the war it was about- Lis a ton.

The sneak thief is again busy in Masterton. A couple of nights ago a resident oi' Masterton had a clothesline- stripped of the week’s washing. A Press Association cable message from Sydney states that An/.ac Day has been proclaimed a public holiday there- and that all the shops will close. A stoat got into- the fowl houses of two residents of Hope street last evening and accounted ’’or some fowls and ducks before being caught and given a quick despatch. Dr. James Collins, medical practi-. tioner, of Wellington, has been adjudicated bankrupt. His assets are set down at £7OO, and Kis-uiisecured'liabili-tics amount •* ■ The United her navy. A Masterton firm has received a letter? from New York, the stamp on which, is effaced with'the ’words) '• in big type, “Join" the navv-p training, travel. M .<■ ■ , <>..

Questioned yesterday with regard to I lie rnmpur that the issuing of os notes is Contemplated, the Acting-Minister ifo.r Finance (the Right Hon. W. F. Massey) stated that he had no information on the subject. The authorities are takiug action against Territorials and others for not attending drills at Auckland. A Press Association message states that 70 Territorials and Senior Cadets were vesterdaV fined £5 and lesser sums.

It is stated that information lias reached (New the effect that the Imperial Government has purchased very large quantifies.-of butter in Argentina,: at a pi’lCe . corresponding to that which was paid for the butter bought from the Dominions last season. Speaking to. a .Daily Times ’ reporter to-day, fin oflicer who is in a position to know' - remarked,,.,t-h;i;t scarcely a drunken man had been arrested in Masterton during ‘this year, except a few who had just arrived by coach, rail, or "‘car from outside districts.

’ down'considerably in the near future, says the; Palmerston ..North Times. It appears that at present there is quite a glut on the bacon market, and those who have been holding large stocks are anxious to unload. • Aj. j-ecqrd was established by- the Miuigamaike (Puliiatua) breeder, Mr .1. K. Hewitt, when he -sold two pens of five Hoc-k Romney rams fit. 26gns and 27gns respectively, these being the best .prices this year. The pens in question (were placed second and fourth respectively at the Dannevirke ; ,s}ipw. The Mayor of Masterton (Mr W. H. Jackson); informs cu?' Jhat.dt. ,ds hsjgj.Si* lentioii, if the new*'•street from Queen Street to? Chapel Streets is sanctioned by/the- ratepayers, to suggest that it be named Frinep .-,St-neet> to mark the occasion of the Prince of Wales’ visit to Aiasteiton. It is estimated .that the number of signalmen! needed td patrol the Royal train, asldescribed by Air R. W. McVilly, General Manager of Railways, to the Wellington deputation this week, would require approximately 1600 men. This is fin average of one- man for every quarter of a mile for the, 400 odd miles of railway. For the South Island a. proportionate number will be required,

According to a Press Association telegram from Auckland, there is apparently a deadlock iu.the negotiations between the/City Council and the tramvvaymen in respect to increased pay. The best offer made by the council in each of the three sections is an increase of fourpcnce an hour, •while the men demand iiiuepence. The parties were to meet again to-day. .. A Taranaki settler, writing to the , .Palmerston North Times, "says:— “Land sales are still going strong. The latest two; sales, just-down the road, .1:85. to £lO5 . per The •Government', turned- down- 850 acres; at £25. Within a; Week it; was sold for. £27 10s. Within fouy mp.nths,}()() acres of; it wassold for • £6O per acre. Within one month this, was resold.for £lO5. I can only snmpt up as want of judgment, but I don't know on whose part!” An unfortunate position has arisen on the Auckland waterfront, through a rush on the part of workers to join, up with the Watersiders’ Union. Already the membership has bounded up from 900 to 1201, with the result that the supply'is substantially in advance of the demand. According to the statement of the president of the union, Mr M. Sanders, there are at present about 6.00 men in excess of requirements. These men, he states, have been attracted to the waterfront from permanent positions through the rate of wago offering.

Reference to the new Government regulations tp restrict bookmarking was by thie Rev.' ,T. I. North.at Mon,xigy jS, v piee.tiUg-df the Christchurch Conn■cH >r Churches. After referring to what the (Council Jhad done in urging the need of such legislation, Mr North said that uii<ler. the. new regulations the bolpjk- ' inciter ha/i still some sort of legal position in thjj country, and the Government tolerated his presence and had placed no fean upon him. ifr North ''if On tinned’ .that he had evidence of a 'tro'ttiiiA' liieutiiug at which bookniak-'o’-s took doubles. As soon as the chief face was won, the bookmaker could tell How’' things would pan out if any particular horse in the minor event ran, and it became instantly an affair of thousands to the bookmaker that horses should not run in that race, and it was notorious that that race was never an honest race, because the “doubles business’ operated to prevent horsds winningl Good cooks waste nothing. They prefer SHARLAND’S Baking Powder because it ensures best results and IS CHEAPEST.*

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Mr C. Carman, of Ngaturi,/ha? his property, in two sections, to Messrs Tildesley, of Eketahuua, and J. Shan-4 rahan, of Ruawhata. It is said that it is almost certain that Lord Jellicoe’s return to the Dominion as Governor-General will bo early in August. It" is an unwritten law that the incoming Governor doesnot meet the outgoing Governor. Cheap hydro eelctric power in Tasmania is reported by “The Times'' (London) to be" attracting important ihdustries. It is proposed to establish Hobart a sewing machine factory, to produce 20,000 machines per annum, and to supply them to the Australian and New Zealand markets. “Leap Year. Married (it last P’S was chalked on a motor car proceeding along a certain street on Wednesday, says the Wanganui Chronicle. Naturally the car caused interest as it sped along, and there were anxious endeavours to see the **’ happy couple. ’ ’ Rumour has it that it eventually transpir-. ed that the sole passenger was a local Roman Catholic priest! The Wellington Education Board approved yesterday of a recommendation from its executive that holiday? during' the visit of the Prince of Wales should be observed as follows by schools under the board’s control: —Schools north of Eketahuua, Alonday and -Tuesday, May 3rd and 4th; Wairarapa schools: south of Eketahuua, Thursday and Friday, May 6th and 7th. The spirit of Robin Hood still exists in Lincoln. Two ex-soldiers, Walter* Notion, : 24 years old, and William Neville Brown, 26, driven to desperation by : unemployment, waylaid a prosper-ous.-looking man on a lonely road near; Painton. Diligent search revealed only sixpence. The prosperous-looking wayfarer turned out to be. a schoolmaster, which profession, after the ministry, is notoriously the most ill-paid in Great Britain] The ex-soldiers handed the money back; to him and' said they' did not roll poor men. The-schoolmaster went on his way rejoicing.' The footpads, howover, had better luck with a prosperous dairy farmer who strutted along with his pockets bulging with wealth from the sale of butter and eggs. Th«v took from him a nice goM watch, a thick wad of notes, and manysilver coins. They were arrested latdr and now await trial at Lincolnshire assizes.

Sir James Wilson (chairman), Alessrs H. J. Richards, John Balsillie and. Thomas Aloss, together with the general manager of the company (Mr A. Leigh Hunt) have resigned their .connections with the New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Distributing Company. Sir James Wilson, who is president of the Board of Agriculture, and of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union, and Messrs Richards, Balsillie and Hunt, have been associated with the company since it was formed, about 20 years ago. Starting , with a capital of £oOUO, the company now lias . a subscribed capital of £200,000, and itsshare list contains the names of 2300 farmers. There are branches of the company at Feilding, Wanganui, Mas-ter-ton, Alarton and Taihape, and the annual volume of business is now £l,088,000. Last year the concern handled 26,000 bales of Wool. Sir James Willson (chairman)- and Air Leigh Hunt (managing director) of the Dominion Farmers,’ Institute.’ Ltd., will still hold their offices on that body.'Ah advertiser requires a lady-help. A five-sea ter Ford car is advertised for. A youiig sheep dog is advertised as lost. Advertiser wishes to buy, for cash, light motor car. An advertiser. has two good sheepdogs for sale. A girl’s secondhand bicycle is advertised for sale. An advertiser wants to buy a four or five-roomed house. . An advertiser wishes to purchase two single wooden bedsteads. A reward is offered for return of a" gout 's lost waterproof coat. Green expanding wristlet watch lost in Queen street yesterday afternoon. Electric lamp, lost between Alasterton and Sulphur Wells, Bideford, is advertised for. A 4-roomed house with all conveniences, with few minutes, of L’.O., is advertised for sale. “Have you ever overslept yourself ? JT -This' seems a ridiculous question to ask, because' practically everybody has, but-there is 'a- remedy. Purchase a re-' liable alarm clock from Bradbury’s. R. 'H.' Fjil] and Co. a.i;e t jipj£ : showing a very choice variety of articles suitable for christening good?./;(Pho>:; selection includes imtgs,'"cases of spoons, spoons and forks,, knives, forks and spoon,s in solid silver and silver plate. The. N.Z. Farmers’ Co-operative Distributing Co., td., have received instructions from the late William Wilton’s Trustees to sell by public auction 40 acres of land, with 6-roouied house, situated South Road, adjoining the Afasterton Borough. The property is rich drained land, equal to the best dairying land in the district. Particulars are advertised on page 8.

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