The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1880.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 612, 5 November 1880, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1880.

We expect the Pastoral Show to-day to be a great success, although it may not be all that it might have been. Had the railway department a week ago announced excursion trains from Wellington mid Mastei'ton to the show ground, at cheap fares, a very much larger concourse of visitors would have been secured. It may, however, be said, that the line is scarcely in working order, and that the department cannot as, yet meet special occasions of this sort. In all other respects the prospects for to ; day are satisfactory. The society has to be congratulated on many advantages this year. It possesses in Mr Buchanan, the President, a gentleman who not only combines ! the luaviier inmodo with the fortitcr in re, but also devotes a good deal of his time to its interests. The present secretary, too, is a thorough business man, who displays a commendableamount of zeal in the discharge of his duties. In conjunction with these there is a hard-working committee, and the resnltcannotbut besatisfactory. The large increase in the number of entries thisyear we taketoberaore a recognition of .the efforts of the committee to establish a creditable show in the district ratherthanasigr ( of improved times. The pastoral and agricultural interests are certainly-a little brighter than they were twelve" months' "ago, but the difference is not so marked as the augmentation of the exhibits. In our issue of Tuesday last, we pointed out that the country settlers had hardly, at the railway celebration, displayed that amount of interest in the jubilee which might, have been expected from them. The same will not, we feel certain, have to be said of the pastoral -show, It was probably the attraction of the show which decided country settlers to spare .a day from their shearing to it rather than to the lunch given. to the visitors . from Wellington. For the past three years a, number of settlers have,, in the face of many difficulties, backed, with money, time, and labour, the society: To secure a show ground of a permanent valuable character, and to make it fit for the annual show, involved an expenditure altogether beyond the meagre finances of the society, and had not several gentlemen, at a very trying period, taken upon themselves responsibilities which then could not reasonably have been expected from tliem, it must, have collapsed; as it is it has now survived the difficulties which at one time threatened it, and may be not only considered to hold its own, but capable of growing and expanding from year to year, We know of no other local organization which, in the broad sense of the term can claim the prefix " Wairarapa" except this society, and on this ground alone it is entitled to the respect and support of every section of the district. We feel satisfied that to-day's show will reflect credit on the district, and we trust it will also increase the roll of members so that next season the comiuittee.jniay bo encouraged to make still further efforts in bringing the annual meetings up to the level of kindred societies, such as that of Hawke's Bay and Wanganui, which are still a head and shoulders above us.

On account of this day. being a public holiday and the Town Hall being engaged, there will be no parade of the Volunteers this evening, The Church parade on Sunday next, will count as inspection, The Banks will be closed in Masterton. to-day, oh account of the Pastoral Show. The Carterton Post Office is about to be removed to the Railway Station. j Mr Francis, Taratahi, has imported one of Robey & Go's threshing machines, It is the only one of its make in the province,• and will be exhibited at the show to-day. M. Caselberg & Co announce in our advertising columns, that the cheap clearing sale of F. W, Hales 1 stock, will'only last seven days longer, as they are aboutto sell the balance of the stock to a purchaser outside the district. A very large i quantity of goods have been sold at this ] •ale, which has been a 'cash one, and the vendors advise who have cash to | invest to advantage to call before the sale' olosei.

. Ivioliitril James Uiminiiisj, of Mastertoii, has liluit Ins yulioiliilu. Kitsb ineettug.uf creditors, Wednesday, lOlli inst.

The next English niml' via Saii Francisca closes- at the Masterton office to morrow, at 6 a.m.

The Masterton .Rabbit Trustees meet to-morrow at 11 a.m. ; :

Tlio total amount realised by the cash Bale of land o'» the Waimate Plains was £30,870.

A Bideford settler complains of the disgraceful state of-the road to the Upper Taueiu. Travellers in some instances have to make it- as they journey, It ought to lie mure generally, known (says the Sydney Mail) 'that wheat flour is tlie best article to, throw over a fire caused by the spilling and igniting of kerosene. 7 —• •

It is stated that Kimble Bent has taken his departure for' Auckland or some other place,. His wife (a daughter of the chief Tamaiawa) has taken untu herself another husband, and it is presumed that Bent has, in consequence, left the district,

We again remind our readers that the Original Pinafore Christy Minstrels perform at Carterton this evening, audno doubt those who patronise the performance will receive their money's worth. The company visits Masterton to-morrow evening, for one night only.

A meeting of the Masterton Railway Celebration Committee was held yesterday afternoon to settle the accounts for the late gashering. The finances of the Committee were found to be in a sufficiently satisfactory position, and all accounts were oadered to be paid forthwith. : Gary's Pinafore Company appears in the Town Hall, Masterton this evening. An attractive programme has been prepared for the occasion by Mr Gary. One feature alone—the performance of Mdlle. Franzini, "Queen of the Bicycle, 5 should draw a crowded house. All the gems'of Pinafore Opora in character willbe giveu.

Several members of the. Masterton Volunteer Corps met at the butts yesterday morning for the purpose of confeinuiiicr the class-firm? The ranges were 150, 200, 250, and 300 yds. Thefollowing are the scoresOol. Sorgt. Girdlestone 61, Private Ward 62, Private Hosie 44," Private Easthope 50, Private Ohinchin 22.

The Moutoa natives havo just had £6OOO in cash paid over to them fur their iand, There were 35 claimants and the sum due to each was paid over in cheques ; the natives, however, returned the cheques and wanted cash, so that the whole of the tribe could see the money. This was done and on Thursday last the ceremony of handing over the notes was successfully gone through,

The number of different languages and dialects spoken iii t.he known world is 2 623, of which 58? belong to Europe, 386 to Asia, 390 to Africa, and 1,264 to America.

The Whitehall Review states* that the Prince of Wales has insured his life in the Prudential for £40,000, and pays £BOO a year premium,

A census enumerator in a New Hampshire town found one family where the mother's age was 26 and that of the eldest boh .14 years. Inquiry revealed the fact that the mother was married when eleven years and six months old to a man 23 years old. She is a native of Rhode Island, and claims to have been the youngest m&ther in the State. A Moscow oorrespondet of the Cologne Gazette describes the misery and starvation prevailing in the south and south-east of Russia aj unknown in the memory of man, No food is to be «at for the horses and cattle for any money, and the animals are consequently dying everywhere of starvation in the Transural Steppes and the Don Steppes. The Count de Grasse was once wounded in the -knee with a musket ball. The doctors out and hacked and made many incisions, when, setting out of all patience, the Count asked why they cut him up bo much. "We are seeking," said the surgeon," for a ball," " Why in the name of thunder didn't you mention that before 1 I liave the ball in my pocket."

The chief Tamatawa, of Taiporohejiui, makes it known through the-local.paper (the Hawera Star), that he will ba glad if ■his. pakeha friends will abstain from visiting him on' Sundays, Since lie became a member of the Church of Englapd, many years ago, his. faith in it has never failed him, and he regards Sunday as a day of rest, and as the Sabbath of his church. • • '

A man named W. Dowevs was brough t up.More H. S. Wardell, R.M., yesterday on a charge oi lunacy. Dr Beard who examined him, stated that he was suffering from riervous depression, and lect'mii o id- d- that he should be sent to" Masterton Hospital; As yet the man has not been taken to that.iustituiion, as this morning he sliinvs unmistakable signs of mental' disturbance, and we doubt whether the committee would be justified in admitting-such a case, The King of Denmark has just conferred on Madame Sara Bernhardt a high mark of his royal appreciation of her talents. It consists of-a cold medal bearing the effigy of His Majesty surmounted with the royal crown in diamonds, and suspended to the white riband with red border of the Order of the Danebrog, The owner, by special favor, is authorised to wear it as a decoration. This exceptional Danish distinction is very rarely accorded. The only two ladies who have been honored with-it before Madame-Bornlmrdt happen also to be distinguished theatrical, artistes— Mesdamcs Trebelli and Nilsson,'

Paris ia terribly overrun with ruts, and they hre made use of to " clean "tho bones of dead horses, which are thrown for the purpose into a common pound, where thousands of rats are kept. Every r.ow and then there is a grand, battue, and vast numbers are killed, and a very considerable amount ia realized by.the dead bodies, which make marketable commodity, the fur being used by hatters, ■ whilst the skins are . used in making thumbs for gloves—such thumbs being toucher and more elastic than kid. The black and brown rats live - together in perfect, their offspring being particolour. . We ("Home News") reported some time since that the Queen intended sending an interesting present to the President of the United States,. In 1852 the Reso-: lute, which formed part of the expedition in search of Sir JohnJPiahklin, was abandoned in high; latitudes.. She was recovered by a whaler in 1854! The United States her, fitted her anew, and sent' her as a present to QuSen Victoria as a token;of goodwill and friendship. The' Resolute, so abandoned and so restord,. has broken,.up, but of her tjmlws a writing table has now been made.; .at the Queen's command* by a Bond street tradesman, and. this; writing table, with an. inscription recoi ding the facts, is to.be presented? by the Queen to Mr- Hayes, ''as a memorial of the courtesy and loving kindness which dictated the ofi'er of tho Resolu e." • The writing'table is pretty and. substantial, It will form a partiof the furniture at the White House.