LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 20 June 1925, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Wairarapa pakelia, when complaining of the continuous rain to an old Maori, received this reply: ‘‘ Te Premier, he dead. Te sun he weep all te time.’'' N

When one drives a horse or milks a cow, each has a near and an off side; ships are steered to port or starboard; only in our highways and byways do we suffer an ambiguity, for there the left side is the right side, and the right side is the wrong side upon which to ride, drive or walk. Lives have been lost through the clumsy nomenclature.

Shaved necks must be covered immediately, a'nd bobbing and shingling .are to be abolished among assistants in at least one department store in Paris. The girls have not received the edict kindly. They retaliated immediately by buying dainty wigs, which they wear during the day and leave in their lockers when they go home. The directors have found that fastening of the wigs wastes time, and further developments are awaited.

Twelve years ago a foundling infant girl was brought to the Bellevue Hospital by a policeman, who found her on a doorstep in New York one winter’s night. She bore the name “Katherine Kennedy. ” She was subsequently adopted by the recently deceased Mr Warner Leeds, brother of : the “ Tinplate king,” whose will leaves her his entire estate of more .than four million dollars. The girl is now attending school, and will live with guardians appointed under the will until she comes of age. ~ ~~ Evidence at the inquest into the death of Mrs Martin Butler, a Montreal widow, who was found dead beside an open gas jet in . her room, revealed that the woman was 65 years old and unable to work any longer; that her first-born had .been scalded to death in infancy; that her daughter had perished in the Herald fire in Montreal, in. 1910; that her son, Private Martin Butler, had died in the war; that on April 17th, eleven years ago, she had lost her husband, and that on the morning of that day this year her body was discovered by neighbours —a suicide.

“What is the end of the world?” asks Mr James Douglas in the Sunday Express. “The conventional view r is that at a certain hour on a certain day the earth will cease to exist as a toy balloon ceases to exist when it is pricked by a pin, or a glowing cigarette end touches it, and it blows up. Thereafter there will be no more mankind. All our inventions, and all our literature, all our sciences, and all our arts, will vanish in nothingness. There will be no more life and no more love. I do not believe tlgt is what is meant by the end of the world. I believe that for you and for me and for everybody the old world- comes to an end every night as we fall asleep, and the new world begins every morning as we wake. This is the most cheerful fact in life.”

The preparations for the rose garden which tne Masterton Beautifying Society is constructing in the Ma9terton Park are now well in hand, and the committee-is going ahead with the formation of the beds. The garden, which will be situated on the emergency croquet lawn opposite, the custodian’s house, will comprise many small beds arranged in a colour scheme and divided by limestone paths. A small concrete kerb will surround the garden, and in the middle will be a small pillar on which a sundial will be erected. A total of 450 rose treees are required, and the Society intends making an appeal for donations of trees with which to till the beds. Donations so far received are: Dr. A. Hosking, two dozen; Mr H. M. Peacock, two dozen; Mr. W. T. Wilton, one dozen; and Allan and Co., one dozen. Donations may be. left with Mr. J. Allan (.treasurer). A canny Scot who refused to allow his sense of justice to override his native economy, figured in an amusing incident at the Marylebone Police Court. A Glasgow youth named Alfred Meikle, a cabin boy, was charged with sleeping in the streets. -Detective Quinlan said the Glasgow police had reported that Meikle Was formerly in the Mossbank Industrial School, and that he was suspected of being a youth wanted for stealing £ll. The “ Procurator-Fiscal, however, did not intend, to send for him. Mr Wilberforce (the Magistrate) asked if it w r ere not the practice in Scotland to prosecute for stealing. Detective Quinlan said it was, but he thought the Glasgow' authorities “wanted us to pay the fare. Perhaps you would like to see the letter,” he added. “Oh, no,” replied the magistrate. “It is only a letter from a Scotsman, saying he doesn’t want to pay money.” (Laughter.) The magistrate ordered the boy to be sent to Glasgow.

A comprehensive programme of town beautifying w r as adopted by the Masterton Beautifying Society at its last meeting, when allocations were made with which to beautify open spaces and carry out tree planting. The Open Spaces Committee was instructed to take in hand the Essex street section donated by Mrs. Maunsell, scnr., to attend to the trees already there, and to plant new trees where necessary. A general lay-out scheme for the section will be submitted to the next meeting. Expenditure for improving open spaces was authorised as follow's: Rigg Brothers corner £5, Essex street ‘ection £SO, metal pits at Church street and High street (near Fleet street, subject to Council’s anproval) £SO, Kuripuni Triangle, £3O, island in the Park £lO. The Street Planting Committee was authorised to spend £l5O, the following streets to be given preference: Lincoln road to Villa street, Renall street to Pownall street, Elizabeth street, Miriam street, Short street, Bannister street to Worksop

road. Be alert for advancement and gain, Or you’ll sigh for the treasures you miss, To avert disappointment and pain, Take prompt measures, “Don’t Miss This!” When a cough or a cold comes your way

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To-morrow (June 21st) is the short est day in the year.

A Sydney message states that cyclonic conditions prevail, and therefore the outlook for the football match is not bright. The Masterton Beautifying Society has sent a letter to the works committee of 'the Masterton Borough Council, requesting that in making new kerbing and channelling, it should, w-lier-ever possible, bo of sufficient distance from the fences to allow tree planting in accordance with modern methods. The annual Conference of the MidCanterbury Farmers’. Union yesterday adopted the principle of the Marketing Association. It also decided to demand the revision of taxation on heavy traffic, and, also, to draw the . attention of the Department of Agriculture to the high prices of manures and fertilisers. The conference protested against the motor car tax, speakers favouring the tyre tax.

The police in Berlin have arrested a band of amateur highwaymen whom they have been seeking for years. These men caused great excitement in 1921 by holding up motor omnibuses on the road between Potsdam and Berlin, and plundering the passengers at the point of the pistol. The clue that led to the arrest of these modern Dick Turpins was an old-fashioned leather handbag stolen from a schoolmistress who was among their victims. The police found this bag in a Jewish pawnshop in the East end of Berlin, and by carefully following up this clue at last ran the criminals to earth. All four men have made a full confession.

Scotch Proverbs:—The parish is aye pleased to bury its paupers. A lockit door keeps out honest foulk. Cash down saves many a frown. A poor man should leave impudence to his betters. It’s the bit o’ woman in the man that keeps him from understanding himself entirely. It’s just as well to say “Sir” to the man who pays you. Beauty and gudeness are no aye twin bairns. There’s uaebody can prevent you getting into Heaven, but there’s mony aye ready to gie ye a shove into hell. If the looking-glass disappoints you, dinna look in’t sac aften. The man that’s ill to a wean wud be ill to a giant if he daured.

The seSond season of the Greytowjn Herd-testing Association, which ended on May 31st, was a good one, except that a few herds suffered a set-back bythe floods a few months ago. Mr O. A. Cadwallader’s purebred Friesian, Topsy, a 4-year-old, heads the list of 1200 eows under test, by producing 870.071bs of butterfat in 365 days. A Friesiancross of the same owner produced, the highest individual yield for 30 days : of 101.761bs of . butterfat. The ten highest herd averages -were: O'. A. Cadwal-lader-313.53, P. Bain 312.37, H. T. Tilyard '290.8, Terry and Lukies 277.25, W. H. Gordon 275.13, L. Thompson 259.77, Montgomerie 258.93, W. A. Saywell 251.99, C. Fairbrother 244.34, W. Bicknell 242.36,

(Ford truck for sale. Cheap apples, at Slater’s. Partly-furnished house to let. Black and white spaniel dog lost. Advertiser wants to buy house. Air Ingham inserts an advertisement on page one. The Druids’ Lodge will not be holding their usual dance to-night. Joe Sales is. opening boxing class in Caledonian Hall on Monday night. Messrs Hugo and Shearer, Ltd., advertise special 1 bargains for Monday. Te Parae road between Taueru 'and Te Parae is completely blocked for all traffic until further notice. The Masterton Auctioneering Co. advertise a sale of furniture and effects on Tuesday next at 87 Dixon street. The offices of the solicitors practising in Masterton -will ibe closed on Tuesday, the Prince of Wales’ birthday. Taueru football dai.ee -will be held on Tuesday, June 23rd. Smith and Staniforth’s car will leave Alasterton Port Office at 7.30 p.m. Alessrs Richards and Co. ’s char-a-banc will leave the Post Office at 7.30 p.m. on Monday for the Carterton Football Club’s ball.

On page four the Wairarapa Farmers announce special prices for Circle Incubators. They also stock Buffalo incubators, poultry leg bands in all colours, and thermometers. A children’s service will be held in the Kuripuni Methodist Church on Sunday afternoon, when the Rev. W. Beckett will give an address and present the Charter of the 'League of Young Methodists to the school.

The .annual sale of stud Jerseys and grade Jersey females, will be held at Carterton on Wednesday, Juty 22nd. Entries must be made before June 30 to Messrs Levin and Co., Ltd., or Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd. Mr. J. Bradbury, jeweller, draws special attention to his present large selection of diamond rings, which, from a modest beginning, has grown until it is now one of t..e few great stocks in the island. Business cannot grow without a reason.

Parishioners of St. Matthew’s, and Anglicans generally throughout the Wairarapa, will to-morrow enfbark on a campaign for the completion of the house block at the St. Matthew’s Collegiate School for Girls. At St. Matthew’s, on Sunday morning, the vicar (the Rev. W. Bullock) will preach a special campaign sermon, the subject being, <( A Living Education.” Parents of scholars and all interested in the school are cordially invited to attend. On Wednesday, His Lordship the Bishop of Wellington (.Ur. Sprott) will address a meeting in the new Parish Hall. At tke conclusion of the meeting afternoon tea will be provided. A ladies’ campaign committee has .been formed, with Miss Vallance and Mrs Guy Mace as joint secretaries, and will meet on Monday to m'ake arangements for their effort towards attaining the objective. Dr. Archer Hosking has been appointed treasurer for the campaign. The Rev. E. P. Blamires, general secretary of the Young People’s Department in the Methodist Church of New Zealand, will be visiting Masterton on 'Sunday, June 28th. During the week following he will conduct teacher training classes. To these classes teachers of all Sunday schools, public school teachers, parents and anyone interested in the training of childhood and youth, are heartily invited; A meeting for parents will be held on the Tuesday afternoon, at 2.30. The meeting on the Wednesday will be at 6.30, immediately after tea, so that those attending can get away to the great prohibition rally which is to be held the same evening in the Municipal Hall. For Children’s Hacking Cough, Wood’ Great Peppermint Cure.

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“What is ;a pedestrian?” queried eoun el in the Supreme Court at Auckland. “A careless person!” came the reply from the chief traffic inspector, who added, as an afterthought, “as a rule,. ’ ’

The smoking compartment was full, and the topic turned to making puns out of names! “Ah,” said one man, .“you can’t make a pun out of my name.” “What is it?” he was asked. ‘ ‘(Dunlop, ”he answered. ‘ ‘ Easy, ’ ’ said a thoughtful one. “Just lop the end off and it’s dun.”

A Press message states that the Auckland Acclimatisation Society _ resolved to write to the Minister of Internal Affairs drawing his attention to the poaching of trout at Rotorua and at the southern end of Lake Taupo, and asking that the rangers be, requested to obtain convictions as soon as possible. The Municipal Band will give a sacred concert to-morrow evening at 8.15 in the .Municipal Hall. Last night’s street programme showed that the band' is playing exceptionally well, and the concert Should attract a large attendance. Community singing will be led by Air. R. J. Young and songs will be given ,by Mr W. Iggulden.. .Mrs. J. W. Andrews will be accompanist. Instrumental items -will be* rendered by the band. Collection in aid of contest funds.

“We are going very thoroughly into the question of improving the quality of ‘New Zealand wool,” remarked an officer of the Agricultural Department •to a Wanganui Chronicle reporter when asked lif, in his opinion, the quality of Dominion-grown fleece would tend to improve if farmers maintained more purebred flocks. He added that he was not prepared to supplement his remarks further than to say that his department would probably have some good advice to impart to farmers in •this connection in the future.

During the restoration of Swithland Church, Leicestershire, which dates back to Saxon times, three of the original eleventh century windows were uncovered. Beneath the floor -were found two coffins of children of the Danvers Butler family, ancestors of the present Earl of Lanesborough, w r hose country seat is at' Swithland Hall. The most interesting thing in collection with Swithland, however, is the tombstone of Sir Joseph Danvers, who died- nearly 200 years ago. It is probably the only instance in England where half the tomb i 9 in the churchyard and half in uneonsecrated ground. It is said that Sir Joseph told his son to bury him in this fashion, so that when the last trumpet was sounded he should he. able to arise on tlie' Judgment Day upon his own land.