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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 189, 19 June 1879, Page 2

We understand that Mi- C. P. Skipper, solicitor,'of Mnstortoj),'.mid.Mr Parkor, solicitor, of Featherston, have entered into partnership. ' : " A grand concert is announced in the Oddfellows' Hall, Featlierston, for Tuesday,' July Ist, in aid of the school funds. If it bo as successful as its predecessor the promoters of.it will have a capital house. The prospector of the Wairarapa Prospecting Company lias como down from the head of the Euaniahunga with a small specimen of drift gold. At this season of ■' the year prospecting about the snowy ranges must be a rather chilly occupation. A.very heavy landslip is reported on the Taueru road. Mr J. M. Girdlestone's i sale of bankrupt stock is postponed in • conscquenco of it not being possible to ■ bring in the goods from Taueru to Mas- ■ terton; lorris and Fergusson sold the stock and effects: of Mr Cross at Alfredton on Monday last, but owing to tlio remoteness of ! the district, bad state of the roads, and ; scarcity of money, the attendance was very limited. Eight hundred mixed ; sheep were sold at 2s Gd per head; horses ; from L 5 upwards, Mr McLaren, of Cari torton, was the purchaser, who, we believe, intends to let them remain at Alfredton. : The other evening wo were forcibly reminded of the story of a certain old lady who lost her spectacles for a number of years, and accidentally discovered them in ! her family Bible. At the band meeting ! the other night Captain Ruck was in attendance to swear in the members, but wc are sorry to state that a Bible was not to be obtained even " accidentally." . A search was made at the place of meeting, but the Oddfellows had tlio only one i on hand. Two or three persons volun- , teerod to go home for one, but they returned crestfallen with the tidings that " Missu3 left it at church." As showing the influence the Wairahapa Daily exercises, one of our " devils " camo in at the , eleventh hour, and with a copy. Surely tho "devil" is not so black as he is painted. At Onehunga the chief Rcwi walked ' forward arm-in-arm with the Governor, and said to the bystanders—" Ido this in order to show that the Governor and I are ■ now one.' Cannibal condescension now-a- ---[ days is more than remarkable. At Messrs Dwan and Kirton's sale of ' horses on Saturday afternoon, tho Clydes- ; dale stallions—Baron of Olydo and Sir Walter Scott—were sold. Mr Baillie was the purchaser in each case, the first mamed horse bringing £3OO and the other £2OO. It is understood (says the Post) the Hon. H. S. Littclton has resigned his office of Private Secretary to his Excellency the Governor, and the liev. C. R Vessy-Thompson, late chaplain of H.M.S. ! Wolverene, will bo his successor. These changes will probably not take place until a day or two after His Excellency's arrival . at Auckland. In a Boston church tho plan has been adopted of throwing verse after vorse of a hymn that is to be sung by tho congregat tion in large type upon a wall by means • of a magic lantern. This " has already . been found to please tho old as well as the I young," and by its its means " the objeci tions to singing, of having no book, or j having loft the book at home, or eye-in-juring line type, are annihilated." i A painful feeling was caused in Welling- - toil yesterday, reports the Post, by a 3 report that two young men, one of them . a brother of Mr II E, Liardet, of this [. town,[had been drowned in the Wairarapa i Lake. Later in jhe day, however, the ' reassuring intelligence came to hand that ' they had turned up quite safe, after a 1 somewhat perilous adventure, It appears i that on Wednesday a party of'sportsmen, i consisting of Mr F. E. Liardet and a 3 brother of his, and three others, wore re- | turning from the Upper-Lake in two ;■ boats. It iyas an awftilly squally day, J and the wind was driving the spray before 1 it like clouds of dust, Mr F, E. Liardet t and a young man named 11. Buist were t in a skiff called the" Lizzie," and when . last seen, before parting company with the 3 other boat, the sails of the Lizzie were , torn to shreds, and the boat was scudding j before the wind. Suddenly a whirlwind struck her and she was lost to sight. The other boat went twice round tho lake, but - wereunablo to discover any signs, either f of the missing craft, or of her crew, and t the grarcst apprehension concerning their J safety prevailed. The affair soon spread,. , and created a very painful impression among the residents of the district, a 5 report being at iirat current that both • boats were missing, and only one man ) had boen saved, Yesterday morning tho 2 settlers organized a largo search party, . and later oii had the satisfaction of finding |. ilie missing men safo and sound, It ' , appeals that they had been blown to a distant part of the lake, and were but > little the worse for the adventure. A telegram from Greymouth states that r Captain Connor, of the St, Kilda, reports r that two active volcanoes are burning down ( South—one of them this side of Mount , Cook, and tho other near Cliffy Head. J Ho says both are on the peaks of mountains about 2,000 feet high, and that they _ 5 are covered with smoke during the day, 1 and tho fire can be seen at night. He also t reports that between Greymouth and Ho--3 kitifca, about 15 miles off the coast, the sea ii covered with dead barracouia. Cap- , tain Bignell, of the Waipawa, who knows , the country well, says that the volcanoes ' reported by Captain Connor are simply c sni»!;o caused by settlers burning scrub. P A Cljinaman named Ah Yquis, reports '- theO|:i«« Daily Times, H'ill be charged at 1 the City Police Court this morning with t having " impaired, diminished, and j. lightened a piece of the Queen's current a silvorooin called a rupoo," with intent to " make Hie said coin pass for half-a-crown, ' It appears that Mr Ah Young went to the 5 store of Mr Sheedy, Walker-street, yestere day morning, and asked for sixpence worth I of tobacco, tendering in payment the coju 0 in question, ije • vv-l? detailed by Mr Sheqdy and handed to, Detective. Neil, who 3 happened to pass'shqrtly afterwards. Tlio coin l|as been fjled, evidently with the in--1 tention of obliterating "one f rupoo, India," but t])o operation had been i performed in a very clumsy manner, A 1 number of coins that had bean similarly t treated wero found on the prisoner, who ] also had in his possession a shilling to which no objection could be taken, According to tho Marlborough Express, sheep are a complete drug in the market s just now. Our contemporary says l "Mr Dillon has recently destroyed 1,500 fiheep, and used them for manure. Mr A. Monro also killed 9,000 good fat sheop fit for the, biitcher. Wp also heard' of Mr 3 Tescheniakbr having served 1,700 in tho • same way. Tho difficulty of travelling 1 with glipep just now so as to obtain a re--1 munorativo market for them, the pro--8 visions of tho Scab Act, which require j> them to be dipped even before boiling ® down, and the low price of wool have combined to ijiflkp sliogp by no means so • profitable, as tliby would be under an altered stath of circumstances. It'certainlyj seems really distressing to hear of good sheep fit for butchering being sacrificed in this way."

Mr Boddirigton, the new manager o'tlio Bank of Ne«r.'Zealand at Masterton, arrived yesterday with his family, . Mr and Mrs Alexander did not perform at Greytown on Tuesday on account of tho downpour of rain which foil all the evening. Wo are glad to notice a great 'improve ment in the choir of St; Lukes, Grsytown. Several valuable now members have recently joined, and the choral portion of the service is now excellent. Wo direct the attention of the Greytown Borough Council to the state of'the footpaths in Main-street, A few hollows have' formed in tho paths which after a little rain become full of water, and on a dark evening pedestrians, ladies especially, suffer considerable discomfort in consequence. A few loads of sand would remedy tho inconvenience, and it is to be hoped tho Council will see its way to incur tho necessary expense. A great improvement lias recently been made to the entrance to the grounds of St, Luke's Church, Greytown, Where thero was formerly a very awkward step, from the footpath to the walk leading to thechurch'door has been filled up, thus doing away with tho step altogether. It was interesting, however, to observe people on Sunday evening as usual grasping the gate-post to lower themselves on to the footpath; their astonishment on their feet suddenly meeting firm ground being slightly amusing to those who had just been similarly caught. We notice that the Borough Council of Greytown have cut a sensible channel for the White Pine creek, through the paddock next Mr Fonton's store, This will have the effect of keeping land on the KW. side of the road from being inundated in the event of a fresh, but unless the channel is also widened and deepened on the S.E, side of die road, afresh would probably cause a larger body of water to overflow the land on that side, but no doubt the Council have this in their consideration and will make a good lasting, job while they have it in hand. A meeting of the Committee of the Wairarapa Institute was held at Greytown on Tuesday evening. Present—Messrs Baillie (in tho chair), Bock, Stenhouse, and Webster. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The Treasurer reported the credit balance at the bank to be L12017s 4d. The following accounts were passed for payment Librarian's salary, LG ss; insurance, L 3 153; Borough rates, L 4 19s; J, Payton and Co,, 13s; Otago Witness Co., LI; Darloy and Knight, cartage firewood, L2 Bs. A discussion arose re bringing the matter of the Public Libraries Act nnder the notice of the general meeting in July It was reported that 100 slips of catalogues could be printed for about L3los. It was resolved that they be printed. It was resolved, on the motion of Mr Bock, seconded by Mr Stenhouse, That tho annual meeting be held on 17th July. .The usual vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the business. The creditors of Mr Bichard Alfred Wakolin, mill sawyer, of Greytown, met on Friday last for the purpose of considering whether they would consent to a deed of assignment, Mr Chew occupied the chair. The statement of the debtor showed that there were £ISOO of good assets over and above the liabilities. One of the trustees explained that they expected if the debtor werc'allowed to carry on he would shortly beabie to pay 20s. in the pound. The creditors assented to a deed of assignment, Messrs Chew and Corpe being the assignees, Tho young Crown Prince of Italy (says an English paper) is not a handsome child, but is frank and manly. He has small, pale eyes, heavy features, and brisling light hair rising above his forehead. His expression, however, is intolligont and bright. He in vovy foud of court display, and an amusing story is told by Miss Brewster in relation to this fondlcss. When he was between three and four years of age ho was sent one summer to England to consult a specialist about a weakness he had then in the feet and ankles. As lie went through Paris his attendants noticed that was discontented, and even irritable. His governess asked him what ailed him. " Why docs not the guard here salute me ?" he replied, with fierce childish passion, Mis Brewster is reminded by this of a similar story told of one of the sons of the Crown Prince Prussia, When lie was a little follow, under four years of age, thoy had great tiouble to make him wear his gloves when ho went out driving. At last they told him the guards had orders to march away before ho came down to the carriage, so as to avoid giving him the royal salute, which thoy could not do if he did not wear gloves. This ended the trouble instantly. Every day when the hour oj driving came tne boy ran to his nurse and begged her to help liini pull on the gloves. Then ho rushed to the palace window, thrust out his two little gloved hands, shaking them eargerly, and crying in Ills baby voice, " Don't go away! Sue! I have the gloves on !"