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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 550, 24 August 1880, Page 2

A summoned meeting of members of Doyal Masterton Lodge, M.U. 1.0.0. F. takes placo this everting, '' Messrs F. H. Wood & Co, announce a stock sale at the Rising Sun Hotel yardß, Greytown, for Thursday, Sep, 2.' His Excellency Sir Hercules Robinson has been pleased to appoint Mr Duncan Cameron as his saddlor und hai i ues3makei'. •

The Rev Father Halbwachs, S.M., announces (weather permitting) a Service and Sermon at Tenui on Sunday morning noxt, and on the same evening a lecture on temperance.

The Masterton auctioneers notify that for the future they will charge 10 per cent on sales of goods under £IOO. In doin« this we believe they are following a rule which is practised by their brethren in the Empire City.

A Porangi Polka has been dedicated by Mr Angelo Forrest to the Chief Justice. We presume the., talented composer will follow it up with a waltz in slow time for the Ministry, and a break-down for the Opposition, - At the Colonial institute, after a lecture on New Zealand ,by Mr Halcombe, Sir Charles Clifford, in a few closing remarks, mentioned that when he went to New Zealand he took-with 1 him two servants, who had not the proverbial half-crown, In thirteen years time they were worth £40,000, Another gentleman .-who went out at the same time, with £150,000 died a pauper. Now they might ring the changes on that and Bay. that if anyone had brains and money they would do better in New Zealaudthan in England, but if they., had .neither -brains nor money they had -bettor stay at home,' where they would have the workhouse to fall back upon. :'f A meeting of the Carterton Rabbit Trustees was held at the Marquis of Normanby Hotel, yesterday, when Messrs Nix (Chairman), Boys, Braithwaite, and Gayfor (Secretary) were present. It was moved by Mr B. Boys, seconded by Mr Braithwaite, that Mr W.'S. Forbes as returning offieer, be instructed to take steps for electing a trustee in lieu of Mr Gayfor resigned, said notice to be published in the Wairarapa Guardian. Mr Gayfor was requested to furnish a report by next meeting, and instructed as soon as, the poison arrives' to advertise in the Daily and Standard as follows"Rabbit poison for sale at Mr. G. Fairbrother's -phosphorus 6s per lb, rhodium 4s per ounce; landowners. requested to purchase ; and lay as soon as possible, owing to the lateness of the season." Resolved that Mr Kempton be furnished with the poison to lay ,on the cemetery. The Inspector was empowered to take necessary steps to assist small landowners, -A letter was received from the' Masterton Trustees, asking the co-operation of the Carterton Trustees in a request to the Government .for LIOOO to be placed on the Estimates and devoted, to the importation of stoata and weasels,- The Secretary was instructed to state-that the -Carterton Trustees could not -co-operate in such j

.Mr'Geoigo Hunter, "strange to 'say, died without having made his will, The i ox-M,H,R, had prospered . exceedingly i for,the estate: real andvpersonal/isrworth£l3s.ooo. This will be divided amongst- n his surviving children two Bons and two daughteis. Mr W. Booth, -as Chairman of the '1 aiatahi-Oarturtou Highway Board, to-. 1 gether with their engineer, Mr,E. Anderson, visited Huruuuiorangi respecting the , dispute re the right of /road across' that flat, about which there has been no end of bother lately. Grey town' Borough seem to be held at a very low estimate in some instances. Yesterday a mob of cattle, numbering some 250 head, were driven through the maihUtreet.iat about three o'clock' p. m.,' with impuiiity, scattering pedestrians and others in all directions. >•, /By some unaccountable meanß-ari error crept into our columns on Saturday, in mentioning the appointment of Mr Bock as agent for the Australian Mutual Life Assurance Co. It should have read, the " National Life Assurance Co.Messrs F. H. Wood and Co, being agents'for the former, Upon enquiry, we find tliat the rumor concerning the destruction of Mr Booth's team of bullocks is untrue, but some time must necessarily elapse befor work is resumed at his saw-mills, owing to the number of trees felled by the late gale, and, with which the tramway is now strewn. Messrs Gardner & Son had a horse killed, and one or two others are missing, possibly from the extent of country they have to run over, aud they may turn up aafely. At the London weol sales on the 20th inst., 10300 bales were offered, making a total of 37,800 bales catalogued since the opening. There was a better demand, and good qualities generally, are now realising about the same as last sales. On the following day 10,700 bales were offered, making a total of 48,500 bales catalogued nince the opening. Tone of sale was animated. , Crossbreds l|d to Id lower than last sales, A north-westerly gale on Thursday night at Dunedin did considerable damage throughout'the city. At Campbell's china bazaar a wall was blown down, and Mr Campbell estimates his loss at £ISOO. Messrs Park and Curie's building of iron and wood was also blown down. Messrs Richards.& Co,, George-street, also suffered considerably,' -Fences and windows inumerablo were : broken, At Port Chalmers several vessels dragged their 1 moorings, but no damage was done, Those whose business or pleasure . caused: them to brave the boisterous weather last night, and walk along Lambl on Quay, could not fail (writes the ■ Post) to"have their attention arrested by the really magnificent display of meat to be seen at the establishment of Mr J. , Gear. Crowds of people blocked the footpath in front of the shop, eager to i feast their eyes on the toothsome beeves and muttons. Suspended from the ceiling were two large pigs, each of which weighed GOOlbs, also a whole bullock, which turned the scale at 12001bs, together with 50 quarters of splendid beef, arid 80 sheep, The bullock was bred by Mr Hume, of the Wairarapa district, A meeting of the Finance Committee , of the Masterton Fire Brigade was hold yesterday afternoon. Present ■ Payton (m the chair) Jago, Bish, Brown. Easthope, Elkins, and Muir, The minutes i of the previous meeting were read and i confirmed. The new Fire Brigades Bill , waß read and considered. It was resolved that as soon as the Bill became law the. ■Masterton Borough Council should be 1 asked to strike a rate, under clause 16, to the amount of a penny in the pound: per ■ annum for the half-year terminating i March 31,1881. A report from the Fire , Brigade, recommending- the-erection of . the engine-shed on a site, offered by Mr Payton, and giving an estimate'of cost of same, was read and adopted. It was deci--1 ded that tenders should be at once called ! for the building, and the meeting adi journed till Monday, September 6, when i tenders will be considered. 1 The Sydney Evening News recently • purchased, over the counter for analysis, l samples of liquor vended by the low ; drinking shops of Sydney, and gives the result as follows What is called pale brandy is not pale brandy at all, It is a _ locally-manufactured article, and is comt posed entirely of potato spirit burnt , sugar, hydrated oxide of otthyo (fusel oil) spirits of nitre, and flavored with oil of l cognac. ' Oil of cognac is a composition ■ manufactured in Germany, and large quantities of it are' exported to the Australian Colonies. A small phial of it will impart the flavor of brandy to a hogshead of liquor, It is easily procured in Sydney. Our readers can form some conception of the mental and physical state of a man i after drinking several glassess of such a i filthy mixture. The next samples tried [ were those of delightful whisky, which ) were all proved to contain a large proportion of white spirit, creosote (oil of tar) : and saccharine matter. - A very nice . beverage truly 1 The rum of the purlieus, , on being submitted to the teßt, was fouhd | to contain sulphate of copper (bluestone) ! cayenne-pepper, and was flavored with amytic ether. The only wonder is that men in the habit of drinking such: loathsome compounds do not more frequently commit murder. There is a popular idea | that it is utterly impossible to adulterate gin. That may be quite correct, but it is 1 easy to manufacture it. This is the result of the' analyist's inspection of what | was purchased as gin The sample.was ' diluted with white spirits, and strongly ' flavored with ojl of juniper and Strasburg turpentine."

• Jn the province of Gaiicia, in Austria, there is a petroleum field some 400 miles long by 40 wide. The most, westerly of. the districts in work . produces about 400 barrels of oil per day, the wells varyin® from 600 ft to 800 ft, and. the oil. being refined on the spot,'

From February, 1878, to February of the present year, the. numbers of • marsupials destroyed'in tha Warwick (Queensland) district- were .247,313 kangaroo's, $8678 ls9d; 50,915. wallabies, £636 8s 9d; 4670 wallabies, unpaid; total, 302,908 marsupials at a cost of £931410s 6d.

' The terrific, north-west gale that had been blowing since Friday told' severely upon chimneys, outbuildings, and fences in Greytown, as well as the other townships in the Wairarapa, On Saturday night the gale was at its-height, and it was almost impossible to get along against it, We understand that no less than eighteen chimneys were levelled, and the extensive greenhouse of /Thos. Kempton, sen., Esq., foil a victim'. Fences and tos were strewn in all directions, aud windows innumerable/were blown in, " It's an ill wind that,blows no'one luck." There will be a busy time amongst the brioklayers, glaziers, and fencers for a few days, as each viotim wants his own damages' attended to 'first/

Laery and Campbell, oh-Welling'ton, report no material, alterations-in prices or stocks since last''week's report, Ohiqk' wheat, 2s to 2s 3d; oats, 2s to :2s 2d ; maize 3s to 3s 6d; flour,-in: 100' a, Ll2 ;• bran, 8d; pollard, Lsloa • fresh-butter, none; salt, butter, unsaleable; : cheese, 6d I to 6d; bacon and hams still remain; with-1 out enquiry; potatoes, 60s to 555; onions I L 6 ; eggs, Is 2d; fowls, 4s } no'fruit inth« market. t '

■ It is reported that' Rana, one of the 1 Qpunake natives, went to the Parihaka ,i .meeting.. To Whiti, hearing that he had: ■> knocked down fences on the journey up, 1 ordorod him to go down and put them up i again. Rnna.refused, telling Te Whiti he did not care about being sent to Dunedin gaol, and that ho preferred living with his avife. Te Whiti asked where hia wife was. liana repliedj " In Hawera, selling land." This made Te Whiti r aiigr^, aild he said "Bo you not know your wife is doing wroiig 1 Tell her to come to Parihaka." Rana declined to put up fences, and declined his wife to Parihaka,. Mr B! Graham, of Auckland, accompanied by;Wi Marsh,to Rangikahekej paid a visit -to Parihaka on Tuesday last. When theyiarriyed.at Parihaka Tohu had just finished his speech, After the .speech was ended Mr Graham was iuvited ' to Te Whiti's whare,.and was introduced to the prophet.- Mr Graham said (addressing Te Whiti): " You saved many lives at the wreck of the Lord Worsley. I was one of the -passengers; whom you saved." Te Whiti said Yes, I recognise you." Mr Gntliam said: " Show me your right hand that I may be satisfied it is you." Mr Graham and the prophet then shook 1 hands cordially. After a few minutes silence, Mr Graham said: " You are i called Te Whiti now, but I knew you in the old days ,as Eruiti," and adding, : " You were so-friendly townrds the pakeha when the Lord Woraley was wrecked, and saved the lives of the i Europeans.. . How is it now that you are i causing all this trouble with the pakeha 1" : Te Whiti made no reply. A f short time - afterwards Patara came and visited Mr Graham,- and entered into conversation with him. Mr Graham asked Patara why 1 Te Whiti was causing trouble 1 Patara ' replied, " Oh, it will all' come right; we ! shall continue the fencing, First the 1 men willlgo, and when they are all taken, 1 the women will take their places, and 1 when they too are made prisoners the 3 children fill go to the fences; after that ' Te Whiti and Tohu will themselves go to . the fences, arid will be taken prisoners, Patara also compared the Government to Satan, and . said their works were the I works of Satan. He said: "Do you B think if we wanted to fight we would 3 allow all our fighting .men to be taken 1 away? We have no intention of fighting." , Mr Graham also freely conversed with , other natives, and they were all confident a that Te Whiti would bring them out of . all trouble. They were determined to b abide by all the counsels of the prophet t to the end. Having seen the principal [. chiefs at Parihaka, and obtained a clear insight into their feelings, Mr Graham took his leave, after obtaining a most 0 fr.endly reception, and left by the llanga--8 taira for Manukau. The steamer left " about 5.30 p.m.