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Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 1, Issue 34, 1 October 1886, Page 2

Messrs Wall ifc Co., jewellers, Wootlville, announce tho opening up of a large stock of jewellery, Ac., and invito inspection.

Tenders aro invited by Mr J. Finlay, Wellington, for bush-felling at Village Settlement. Particulars will bo found in advertisement.

Mr T. Sutton, of Palmerston North, passed through Pahiatuu yesterday on a Licyclo, with the intention of proceeding to Mastcrton. The journey from Palmerston to this town was done iu a few hours, but xve doubt if Mr Sutton will make such headway towards Masterton, the road having beon very much cut up in places, especially the other side of Eketahima. Mr Sutton has a considerable amount of pluck to attempt thejourncy at this time of the year.

Although xve took exception to the action of tho Deputy-Assignee, Mr Stanslield, in calling meetings of creditors in the estates of Henry Wagstaff and John Whitmore at Masterton, it gives us great pleasure to testify to tlio efficient manner m which Mr Stansfield carries out liis arduous duties. The business transacted at the meetings held on Wednesday would, under tho presidency of somo men, have lasted a week; yet, owing to Mr Stunsficld's peculiar abilities in this direction, everything was pushed through iu a very short time. Both debtors and creditors had reason to be thankful that tho right man was in tho right place.

A man named Gyde met with an accident whilst engaged bushfelling on the Masterton-Mangahao Block on Wednesday. Gyde waß standing by a punga which another man was in the act of cutting down, when tho axe slipped and struck Gyde insido tho right ankle, above the joint, inflicting a nasty gash, lie was brought into town on a pack-horse during the evening, and taken to Mr Powell's, where ho was attended to by Dr Braining, who stitched up the wound. Tho injured man was afterwards taken to Mr Hounslow's house, whither he was carried on the doctor's back, no other conveyance being obtainable at the time. Gyde is now progressing favorably. Says the Wairarapa Daily:—lu reference to tiio curious discovery of a swag at Pain.it ua, and Os probable owner being tho man xvhoae ski-lelou remains were found in a rata tree some four years since, we aro informed by one who was at the finding of the skeleton that it is his opinion, judging from the present size of tho aperture through which the man is supjiosod to have entered and was unable to get out again, it must have boon at hast fifteen years before tlio finding of the remaius, as the hole in the rata tree lias lessened in size by the growth of the tree, that it is now, ami must have been for years, iiuj>o«*ible for a man to get through it. Our informant is a bush settler of experience both here and in Australia, and his judgment should count. Tlu- terror occaaioned by the noises board at night before the discovery of the skeleton. and wlucn Corned immediately after, our informant fully confirms, lie says the min absolutely refused to continue to work there.

Those indebted to the estate of John Whitmore will find a notice of interest to them in another column. It is said that the only local body in New Zealand that has responded to the Prince i f Wall*-’ testimonial is the New Plymouth Borough Council. Dr F-isaell was taken to the Napier Hospital on Wi ineaday by Dr Hraoting. the jimynfft being performed withntrt any apparent ill-effects. The painful operation of amputation will toko place there if found necessary.

The Great Barrier Island is again coming into notoriety. A constable has been fii spatehed tliery front Auckland to arfOst a Uzsbman who iliri-ateued to shoot another. He is alleged to have said it was a great pity that Uaffrcy hod gone away so quickly, as he should have had a mate. William Pi-ate, solicitor, of Wellington, was arrested on Wednesday morning on a warrant charging him with fraudulently converting u promissory note for xao.

One hundred and forty-four watches xvero seized by the Customs at Dunedin on Tuesday. The importers valued them at 4s Cd, hut tlio Customs, finding their value to be 9s Cd, seized the lot and submitted them to auction.

A sjiecial meeting of the Town Board will bo held to-morrow evening.

The first cricket match of tho season will bo played to-inorrnw—Married v. Single ; to commence at 1.80.

A notice apjiears elsewhere appointing the office of tho Town Board, and the days on which public business can bo transacted.

We remind members of tho PahiatnaPnkctoi Association of tho meeting tomorrow evening at Mr Miller's shop.

Mr Hull has commenced building his boarding-house—not on the west side as originally intended, but next to Mr Wakeman's now shops. On Tuesday afternoon, in blasting a largo log which lay near, considerable damage was done to some of the joists and piles. An extra charge had evidently been put in, and when fired a very largo portion of the log was shot somo distance on to the building, splintering tho joists and driving the piles right into the ground. Fortunately the workmen luul taken shelter a little distance off, otherwise a serious accident might hare been tho result.

The people of Pahiatua aro divided on tho questions of Post Office and main road, but the latest development in “ splits ” has occurred amongst the Church going members of the community. Various sites had beon offered—some free and others not —and a committee was appointed to Bcloct the one most suitable. Whilst the residents of the south and middle wore reposing, a “ northener ’’ stole a march on them, and made an offer of a site to the liev Mr Wrigloy, which that gentleman accepted, So xvo are informed, without consulting tho committee. The war ragos fiercely, and what the outcome will bo we aro not prepared to say. It it to bo regretted that oven in Church matters the “ cloven hoof ” is visible. Mr Spargo somo time atro received a notice from the Registry Offi e, Wellington, to the (-fleet that unless ho within fourteen days paid the sum of £8 0s 6d on a Crown grant which lay in the office for him, proceedings would bo taken for the recovery. Mr Spargo received the letter whilst working hi the bush, and he immediately left his employment to go to Woodville to send a Post Office ordor. The journey meant a loss of two days, and Mr Spargo is only one in a great number who have to lose valuable time in order to satisfy the requirements of Government. We don't xv ant a proper Post and Money Older Office. So the few who haTJ no trouLlc in that direction think. The Government have been in possession of Mr Spargo’s money for the last four weeks, and ho has not yet received an acknowledgment or the Crown grant. Air Bonthome had a miraculous escape on Tuesday. Ho with Mr Baucke were engaged at Mr Wakeman's new building, the former standing under a scaffolding about 14 feet high. By some means a heavy joist used on the scaffolding fell, striking Mr Bonthome on tho shoulder blade, fortunately just missing his head. Strange to say no bones were broken, but the effects of the injury have prevented Mr Louthorao resuming work since.

The publio meeting convened by the Chairman of the Town Board re main road, was held last evening, about seventy being present. To give a report of the meeting would be absurd in the extreme, for the questions brought forward were treated more as jokes than serious matters affecting the general welfare o r the town. Such meetings are productive of no good, and instead of giving encouragement to those who have hither taken a prominent part in public affairs of importance, cold water has been thrown on their attempts. It may amuse a few to opjaise everything that is introduced, but the time will come when they will regret their action. In the meantime the town must stand still. That is the verdict of the public meeting on Thursday night. The adjourned meeting of the Town Board was held on Tuesday evening. Present Messrs Hughes (chairman), Wakeman, Burrows, Crimp, Briggs, Reese, and Crewe. —Messrs Miller and H. Sedcole waited on the Board as a deputation from the Post Office Site Committee, and requested that the Post Office question be included in the business of the public meeting to be helJ on Thursday evening. Agreed to, if time j-ermitted.—The Road Board was appointed the office of the Town Board, and Mondays and Saturdays, between tho hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p-xn., the davs on which tlio office would be ojain for public business ; same to be publicly notified. —Mr A. W. Sodcolo was appointed Treasurer to the Board. —A sjiecial meeluig was fixed for Saturday evening to go into the question of bye-laws.

The Miuiawatu Tunes says :—Our reporter interviewed the Hon Mr Ballonce, Minister of Lauds, with reference to the question of the delay of tho Gorge contract. The Hon gentleman, in renly to questions stated that no action had been taken iu tho matter, which would come up for consideration at a cabinet meeting to be held the first week in October. It was probable, however, he thought that no large contracts would be let till after the noxt loan is raised. This is not vory satisfactory news.

Says tlio Wairarapa Star : —Saturday night was pay night at Ekstohuno, and as 130 muscular men averaging fourteen stone each had to receive a very round amount among them, high jink* in the festive and convival establishment presided over by Mr Tuck were eijwcU-d. C,amiable CuUinane of Masterton was speciall y despatched ui private clothing to

keep order, but it turned out that the fear* of " Lord John " were quite uuniUMwary. Not only w»i thcru no ru»'>lu<m, but the quantity of hquor consumed wan very trilling. in fact, rcuiarkni.lv ao. Tin'turn paid for their board, turned on their hmi md absolutely rofu.-d to worship at the ■hr in* of tin- r. »ta god. Moat at the men I have bought u-nlB, nn 1 those inntar-- not hoardingm Mr Jones' Tamp-nirtsn liotnl. arid the adjaoeH accoiptllndation house. 1 wheat! they arc well satisfied with their treatment, are boarding ihemseh u». Sunday in consequence was remarkably quiet. We hear that there is a great probability of a license for a second hotel being applied for at the next annual meeting of tip- licensing committee. Intelligence has been received from Taupo to the effect that Hua|>ehn and Tonganro aro quiet. The appearances seen from Matamata on Tuesday wars owing to a pile of clouds, which was mistaken for steam. On Wednesday a good view of both mountains was obtained. They were thickly covered with snow. Tongariro was steaming, but no more than usual. There was no earthquake, nor alarming sounds of any kind. The Superintendent of I‘olice at Auckland has received a telegram stating that the cutter Sovereign of tho Seas has boen wrecked near Port Macquarie, New South Wales. The wreckage, which was found there on the 25th Sept., includes a board with the name of the cutter paintod on it. It will be remembered that the Sovereign of the Seas was tho cutter in which tho Great Barrier murderers mado their esoajie in Juno last. Over a month ago a strange cutter was sighted noar Port Macquarie, and subsequently it was reported that Caffrey, one of tho murderers, had been seen in Victoria.

Tho Wairarapa Star loams that about six weeks ago a Mr Martin from the Hutt uirchasod 300 acres of fine river flat at Kketahuna together with several township sections from a local resident for ill4oo. One of the township sections has since been sold to the Bank of New Zealand for £BOO. Others have been disposed of at a good figure, and now the fortunate purchaser having cleared his purchase money out of the town soctions has 300 acres of splendid land free to himself as the result of his bargain.

This is what the Evening Belt (Auckland) lias to say about Mr Ballauce's village scheme :—lt is one that stands head and shoulders above all other settlement schemes that havo precoded it, and though Mr Ballance will havo left his mark in other ways on tho history of Now Zealand, wo venture to sav that for nothing will ho bo so gratefully remembered by posterity as for his initiation of the scheme ol village settlements. According to tho Timaru Herald, Mr William Sweet, nursery gardener, of Temuka, claims to havo discovered a perfect cure and antidoto to that pest of gardeners, the blight. His experiments have lasted over some years ; but he is now confident that he can not only cure blighted trees, but can prevent tho recurrence of the evil. Mr Sweet's remedy is very simple. It consists merely in planting in proximity to the affected trees a shrub indigenous to England. How this alfucts the insect which curries the blight wo are unable to say ; but we have been credibly informed of some wonderful cures alfectod by such apparently simple means.

Tho Australasian credits the progeny of Musket with winning £16,503 last season. The sires St Albans and Choster come next with £6831 and £6373 respectively. Musket's record has never been approached by any stallion located in an Australasian stud. A Ballarat telegram, in a Melbourne paper says: grocer, carrying on business at the comer of Macarthur and Drummond streets, Ballarat North, is lying in the Ballarat hospital in a precarious condition from the effects of tho bite from a cat. The sufferer was bitten on tho arm. which is now very much swollen, and the patient is now in a delirious state. The Prince of Wales has written a lotter to the committee which was formed for the purpose of presenting a testimonial to his Koval Highness for his exertions in connection with the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, declining a personal present, and requesting that the funds which have already been collected shall be devoted to the Imperial Institute. The Committee have acquiesced to this proposal, believing that the desire of the donors would be to act most acceptably to the Prince. The city of Paris has become lately the possessor of a remarkable collection of documents which will have great interest in years to come for historical investigators. This was the senes of death warrants, extending from tho 7th of April, 1808, to the Btli of December, 1832, belonging to Samson, the notorious headsman of the Itcvolution. The collection was bound up in 19 volumes, and Samson has prefixed to each volume a summary of tho contents. It appear* that during 25 years he executed 7143 capital sentences, being an average of 217 executions in each year—rather a busy life. During tho 25 years he only twice ascended the scaffold without a fatal result

—once in 1815 when General Count Lavalette was to have been executed, for complicity in the return of Na|sdeon, but eaca|H>d tiie night before his intended notion through the heroism of his wife. The second tune was in 1817, when PhillippeJeau Antoine, a noted ooiner, was respited at the last moment by Louis XVIII.

Says tho New Zealand Times : The accounts of tile Kimberley goldfield are of a remarkable conflicting character. Some

of the letters received by residents in this city are dismal enough for anything, but the personal reports of Wellington men who went to Kunbexley and returned are lugubrious to an extreme of doleftilneas. On the other hand tile latest telegraphic bulletins are of a much more cheerful character. The fact teems to be tliat those who failed and came bark at once are not unnaturally apt to aeo and recollect everything ui tu worst aspect. No doubt they have honestly described everything as it struck them, but it does nut follow that their s was the general ex|>erieuce of Kimberley diggers. Probably they went without adequate equipment in money or appliances—in spite of the warnings that wero given beforehand—and so went to predestined failure. At the same time it must be clear to all Miitible people that the new goldfield does not offer such attraction as should justify men in quitting this Colony to " try their luck *' at Kunberley.

Wk believe that if every one would use American Co.'s Hop Bitters freely liu-rc would be much less sickness and misery in the world, and people are fast finding tins out, whole families keeping well at a trifling cost by its use. Ws advus all to try it. Bead.

A corres|Hindcr.t writing from Dm ids* says It almost took one> breath aw »J 1 to ate by the notice Liard that between st- am* rs and sailing \essels there are row elti;si engaged in the New Zealand frox- i an at trade capable kJ carrying 590.000 carcases ! Tin- busi:i>-ec d -ns, both at the exhibit on and in the city, by Missra Fitter has of ialo been very brisk. I sue tliat the prices at the /.inner are as follow*; — Sheep I average weight i-fllks to 00!b«h 6jd per lb; hiid«pi.\rt*r^^Bdt forequarters, ssd ; breasts. Bjd. rcmbs (average weight 30!bs. to 4-lllis.l, Mjd per lb. ; hindquarters. 9jd ; forequarters, fid. I This is delivered free within a mile of tho exhibition." Tsiw detailed reports which are being sent homo concerning the volcanic crup- I none at Tarawura and Wairoa. and the | descriptive accounts which are being com- | piled on this aide, aro not calculated to i improve the general state of affairs in j New Zealand. Anyone unacquainted w ith tho colony reading the sensational article on this terrible catastrophe which appeared in the Pall Mall Gazette of August 4tli would not unnaturall arrive at the conclusion that tho colony of New Zealand was tho very worst place on this earth that an Englishman could go to, and indeed tine view is already beginning to gam ground among the uneducated claases. The article in question was howled, in large type. " Half Let Loose." There was a second head, Tho Becord of a Dreadful Night," and a number of sub , heads, such as the following, " Flames a , Thousand Foet High." “ They thought , the T-ost Day had Come." " Thev Tray in tho Darkness." “The Dreadful Night," , "Amid tho Pouring Mud and Olowmg Fireballs,” See. Then there were illustrations, showing tho Wairoa township before and after the earthquake, and a 1 representation of " Hell Lot Loose." —Ex 1 change.

Mr W. A. Wynnc, describing himself ae a surgeon, applied to the City of London Conrt recently for the a-hninistration of his affairs under the £SO clause in the Bankruptcy Act. The debtor sa l he could only offer Is in tho pound. He had beeu engaged to a lady w hose undo |>aid him £550 a year for being engaged to his niece. But he did not marry the lady , he married a dressmaker instead, upon whoso earning* he now depended for a living. Ho had no practice but had an engagement as loeum tenons for a debt- -r at Buxton. The learnod Commissioner — This is almost a romance. I can't understand a gentleman being paid to be engaged to a lady. Why did'nt you marry her ? Applicant—Because it was a very unhappy engagement all along. The learned Commissioner —Can't you offer more than Is in the pound ? Applicant —No; I havo no inoan9. I have onlv a lot of pawntickets I can show vou. The learned Commissioner then made an order for the applicant to [sty Is in the |a>und, by twelve equal monthly instalments.

The Dundee Advertiser, referring to Mr Wakefield's criticism of " Oceana" in tlie Nineteenth Century, says : —There is a cutting article in the uctv number of the Nineteenth Century on Fr-mde'e " Ocoana." The writer is Mr Edward Wakefield, a member of the New Zealand Legislature, and he sets himself with great success to prove that the greater part of Mr Froude's book is nonsense. MrW.tke field, like most colonials, is a plain-spoken gentleman, and he says is no very round about terms that Mr Fr-md* is a sn-ih, and a very inaccurate snob into the bargain. He points out, what most people have seen, that there is not much in Mr Froudo's book except the honours done and the feasts that were given to the great man himself, and that of the rest the greater part is a tissue of errors. Mr Wakefield is amazed that Mr Fronde should have written so much that is contrary to fact about the colonies. If he had known Mr Fronde he would not havo been surprised. Mr Frou-h- ha 1 tw-o objects to serve. One was to magnify himself. Tho other was to misrepresent Mr Gladstone and the Liberal party in Great Britain. It was necessary therefore that Mr Froude's discoveries in the colonies should square with liis conceits and his prejudices, and the result is a book whose theories and “ facts" aro the laughing-stock of nearly evorv authority in tlie colonies who has anything to say about it. The book will die m spite of Mr Froude's splendid style.

A Wise Deacon. —“ Deacon Wilder, I want you to tell me how you kept yourself and family so well the p%9t season, when all the rest of ns have been sick so much, and have ha-1 the doctor* running to us so often." Brother Taylor, the answer is very easy. I use-1 Hup Bitter* in time, an-! ke|it my faiudy well, and savtsl large doctor's bills. Four shillings’ worth of it kept us all well and able to work all the time, and I will warrant it has cost you and most of the neighbor* £lO to £IOO apiece to keen »iek the name time. I fancy you'll take my medicine hereafter." So*