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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 658, 4 January 1881, Page 2

The Masterton Borough Council meets this evening,

There was not a single case of Masterton insolvency filed during last month. This is a clnnge of front.

Applications are invited for the Inspectorship of. the Wainuioru and Otaraia Rabbit Districts, up to the 27th inst.

• The Carterton School Committee-meet make arlangementa.foe.'the annual 'school

..,WP- notice that Meaara Gattgoha • and Prirsoiis have very extensive' additions to tHeirs well.lS6#fi brewery, ■ approaching completion.

• The-Inspeotor of sheep has notified that the Hon John Martin's sheep at Huangaroa, and Mr L. Tulfock's flock at Hauto--tara, are infected.

■ Messrs' Wrigglewortli artdßinns, Photographers, Wellington, announce in our columns that they took the first prize for portraits at the Sydney Exhibition, '

The Wellington monthly price current is candid. It says I The commercial depression which overspread nearly the whole of New Zealand in the early part of this year, has, apparently, become a thing of the past for all the colony except>Wellington, which is still characterised by a gdod deal of dullness,

. The members of the Carterton Local Board meet again this week to adjust the valuation, of their district. Considering that no rates were paid in tho Carterton Local Board District, last year, the ratepayers have not, so far, been , prompt in discharging this year'B claimß upon them. This state of affaire has prevented the Board from doing work that is urgently necessary, "and the clerk has received defi-' nite instructions to sue without further delay any person in arrears, As similar; instructions have' been issued from the, Rabbit Trustees arid the.Highway Board, defaulting ratepayers iii "the; Carterton; Riding.are likely to have a merry time •of itj ' " . »*'<'• • ;

J. lorns & Co advertise, a aa|ei6f cattle, horses, yiga, muchinery, and su'itdraea, for Sut-ufdny next; '•'.. • - "'■ " ;■• v ■■' Messrs; Watson & 1 Whiteiingham : are' the successful tenderers for supplying tho Dog Registrar with the Mmterton canines. \ '" .j /.'■■: • The monthly inspection of theGrey.towb Volunteers will be held this evening, after which an important general meeting of the corps will be held, - The tender of Messrs Dixon and Rountree for repairing the Maslertun Institute,* for the sum of £167 10s, (3d..has-been accepted by the Committee, We understand the contract includes the addition of a kitchen to the dwelling house. The nomination of candidates for' the vacuiit sent in the Musterton Borough Council, takes nlaco to-morrow at noon/ We hope on this occasion to see some ratepayers come forward who will worthily: occupy the place formerly filled by Mr E. Feist.

In accordance with a resolution passed by the.Wairarapa Jockey Club, the Secretary has procured a complete set of the New Zealand stud books. The necessity for the club possessing such a work isobvious, and at raco times will prove vary acceptable in recording many questions as to pedigrees, which hitherto, have to be passed over, in the absence of'the proper authoritative work.

The only thing that kept Greytown from the appearance of being deserted on New Year's Eve was the Greytown Private Brass Band, who made their appearance about 10.30, and played till nearly--1 o'clock some very appropriate music, JEtis Worship the Mayor (H. Udy, Esq,), after calliug them over and handing them a handsome donation, " shouted" for them, which was afterwards repeated by Messrs Baillie and Haigh. We don't know that they played any better after, wards. The annual picnic of the church of England Sunday School children, at Carterton, was held on tho Ist inst. The inclement, weather at first decided the managers to postpone the event, but the subsequent fine afternoon, saw a large gathering of children with their.ieachersj parents, and friends, in all, numbering about two hundred.- Tea was provided and the time passed pleasantly amidst games and juvenile races, tho winners ,of which were presented with bpoljs and other suitable gifts.

The ploughed gallop at Tauherenikau ia now in first-rate order, the recent wet weather, and the work done there by Mr Hay ward and others having reduced many of the rough places to,very, fair The wheel ruts that were 9n the course near the protective works ,-havo been; attended, to, a little more attention will make that' as good as any other part of the course; There is asmall breach made .into the bank above the protective works, which a potind or tivff expended now would probably, put right, as the fascines and stakes are on the ground; but if left, we shall probably have to deplore the loss of another portion of our racecourse, as the result of the next high flood, We believe the Secretary intends having this seen to. at onp'e/' The other improvements decided -upon/by the Stewards are now in full, progress.; and when finished will compare, favorably with the racecourse appointments'generally, and certainly be superior j.6 th'e/tuajority of country meetings. ' -Tjie members of the Greytown Workiug Men's Club had a very pleasant re union, on' New Year's Eve, Some 30 or'4o' members sat down to a supper, and the •'inner man being satisfied the company ad-, journed to the billiard-room, which was nicely decorated. M,r Skeet was voted to" the chair, and Mr Varnham to the viceclwir. After the health of the Queen, Royal Family, and Governor had been drunk arid several songs sung by well-' known amateurs the Chairman proposed prosperity to the Greytown Working Men's Club. It had hold up its head in the piißt, and ho did not think memberswere afraid of its future—(Applause). The singing members having again entertained the company, the' Vice-Chairman' pi£posed the health of the President and Vica-Eresident of the Club, which was drunk with cheers, Mr Skeet, as Vice-,-President, then returned thanks for the' kind way in which the toast had been received, and ■ expressed 'sorrow at the' absence of their worthy President. The ltoui; of midnight' having 'arrived, the company rose and sang Lang Syne" in the good old fashion, and then' dispersed, after having spent a very pleasant evening. A terrific hailstorm is reported from Hayland'a station, near Moimt Thomas, •'Aahlay - Country. The. hailstones averaged an; inch and a half in length, and broke everything fragile in thei/way, but. luiikily the storm was confinedjj td a narrow limit. Nearly, everyone of glass at. the homestead wan-broken. A number of ewes; just turned, shed, were killed, and also a number of

turkeys, arid & two-hundred,.afira.paddock of oats was out- off at distinctly marked was the-.'edge', ojf the Btorm. thata crpp of growing whetft in tlie next paddock was'untouched, while a shed on the.other side was battered by the hailstorm, The damage done is serious, '

■ The " Daily Telegraph" Bays—"The United States continue to pay off their national debt by rapid and large instalments, So.niuch' bo that Inst year a'total equal to thirteen millions of our money was thus cancelled. The Secretary to the Treasury • has saved ,doubly during the past two. years -: for while the extraordinary prosperity of the nation and its accumulation of material wealth have led' ti) a lavishness of individual expenditure which

greatly swelled the .national: revenue,v.the debt he was thus able to clear .?ffjjy:his anuuul surplus paved the way for a reduction of the interest on-what debf ■remained. ' Thus the economy in that charge was more than is represented by the mere wiping out of so! much capital; and' the saving went on in an accelerated_ratio ( for each' year of lessened charge' forTnterest augmented the surplus, whiqh in its turn gave, the secretary ever growing means.to pay off Ihe principal of the-debt; This result, of course, has only been possible owing to the exceptional advantages-of the position which .thevCnited States enjoy." A peculiar oustom iu Oorea is thus des .Cr.ihed.hy.a.recent traveller "In sitiea and small townships, it is considered a great offencoagainst modesty andcustom, whenover a woman is met in the public streets daytime, and they sjuit their apartments hardly ever during the day. To indemnify them' for this strictly-kept up seclusion, the following remarkable arrangement has been made. - At in the evening during the summer, and at an early hour in the winter time^the city gates of Saoul and other towns are closed at a given signal. As soon as this has talftifplace all men are bound to leave the streets, and these are abandoned to'the women for the purpose of .recreation and promenading. Any male finding himself' by accident belated and behind the appointed time in the streets is'sure to hurry ,to his house as fast as possible without looking up or regarding anything about him, and severe punishment 1 would fall upon any person daring in the face of the stringent prohibition to molest women in

the least.. Good breeding demands from any man, antj this is always done, to cover his face with a fan, as soon as he encounters ladies walking thathe may not be recoeniaedj and to'-walk over to the other side of street bo as' pot to disturb or terrify them," J.

■ Steps are being taken. at Invercargill to raise, by public subscription, a testimonial to Captain Raymond, the discoverer of the phosphorised oats rabbit-poison, and which in its use has had the effect of ridding large areas in Southland of the rabbit pest, A memorial is also to be sent to''the Government setting forth Captain Raymond's claims to recognition for his valuable discovery, ,

Messrs Shaw, Savill arid Oo.'a, sliif ■ Henftione, Captain Roberts, left for Lon•don on Saturday, being their second wool ship of the season, and thejourth despatched from this ppr.tr; She.takes,(reports the Times) the following ciirgo";'—Wool —1585 bales, value' £23,240, Levin and--Co. ;.108l' bal.esj- £16,422, Parie; 1005 bales Muri^y,'.Roberts, and OiC; 851 balesj'ljl2iC66, -'Johnston and Co.; '333 :bales;-:E4840, Jfru'U and Co;; 104 bales, ;L2003i-O.;H; Duncan.; 192 bales, L37QO, ■ -Bethane and hunter; 88 bales'; Llslo] T. •Millsand C0.;23 bale's, L 440, Turnbiilf and. Co.; 29 bales,'l3so, J. Taylor. Total —5291 bale?, E81;743. • ■■Tallow^rlS-'casks L 92, JS. Peitrce ,;,9;casks, !L99, Levin mid Co.;3liM«ks, L1350,133J,Gear; 16 casks I il2i Krull and Co. -• total 202 casks, £ll2l. Skins—lß bale*. .Johnson ■& Co.,- £lO5, Murray, Uobei'ts, and Oil.; 13 bale's,- LB2, Johnston and Co.; I;bale, L 9, Kiull aiid . Co,; Uale L 7, Tur'nbull & Co.; 1 bale LO J. laylorlbale,£l2,Betliurie&.Hunter ;39 Iwles, L 307, Levin Co.':; 1 baleplilllßy Pearce-total, 75 bales, L509/-i Miscellaneous—223 cases preserved meat,-L378, 6 do. butter, L2O, J,'Gear; 8 bags leather, 1'24,13 cases shells, L 57, 9-bags bones,LI, Levin and; Co.-,4 cases shells, £134,' C. H. Deacon; 2 packs rabbit skins, L 3; 9 oases shells, L 23, Johnston and Co.; 6 kegs butter, LlO, Turnbull and Co.— total, L 650. - Total value of cargo, L 84,873.' ... . :V. The first number "of Petermann's ;Mittheilungen contains'a brief account of the eruption of'a new volcano in'Chili, which occurred during part of June and July last year. The; voliiano, known by the name of Lhagnell, isjsituated in the south of the country; in".Arauco between the volcanos Vjllarjcq. and. Llaimaj' near the river Cantin. 'lmmense quantities of sand seem to have been thrown out, some of whioh, according to Dr Phillippi,.oi..Santiiigo, reache3l"ffiianc'e of 300 or 400 miles nprth; from the volcano." This saud is.described.as consisting of angular transparent green particles of volcanic glass. Dt; Phillippiajso-'reporis that for fourteen days, about mid»night.- a strong south wind blew, as far as north as Santiago, quantities of sand, much coarser than the above, with rounded .corners, opaque ahcl grey, Great quantities' of lava, according to the report of-a spectator, have overflowed- the district, causing considerable destruction of life, 'and'•stopping, up the fwHJoeqe, which' if'tliu'B ed-into a considerable'lake;.'. The.Wairoa correspondent ofthe Napier • -Daily.'.Telegraph says;— There is an uneasy feeling gaining ground amongst the few loyal Natives in thiadistrict a.fc tho rapid .maun.OT ; in 'Te';'K:oo'ti ! s ; new religiofi .iB spreading. .Peace and goodwill to-all men; arid especially; tVwpniS) fi are said to be faaturesitfiiis'new forni of wors&i|'; b imposed to b.e merely superficial. - •Th6re-.i6'..jometl}ing underneath that may mean-arepVtifc'ipn of' "What h'fs'been ■3ope ; at';K?erty..3ay <> .snd M'ohakoV. lii these: days;oFret.renbhtiient it niust not be fojgotteii..that it-r-was by to' half a' dozen; tiieh .tlia'tlteprisgnersi ivere ; allowed'. to escape.' v A$ ]his dietrict niunber" about ten strong-, pd barring fceteir rifles and a. few shot guns -th.ere;iß i)ptftt)other firearm in "the place.. -,| ■

.'Jn an actiwi-ftt"Homerecently;;which ocjsupiqd. two,days,--against. the Farmer's. Chronicle, in.- whiph it was alleged; 'the. paper had been guilty of libel in imputing : to tiie,plain tiltliat: Jiehad.tampored with a'.bload-hcwndjto'jJeceive the judges at a show,' judgment was eiven for' defendant. The imnimiug.'iip by the Lord Cliief Jussignificant.. .He said if•• the• jury -thought the libels were published;on the plaintiff aa dbg .treedof,'and ifftputing discreditable conduct to him in that 'Capacity, lie was entitled to damages.',-But'public Writers might clearly say .of a, man on a "subject of public interest what is untrue,' jftbvidedit be done bop'i fide, and without pilice j.'wTlfiis was certainly a public affair; lienTg'a review of the dog- show to which the public were invited. The Jury were , required to answer the following question Were the statements. in the Farmers', Chronicle bona fide and without malice {.After an hour's absence the Jury replied that the statements were uutrue, but bon fide,

A new chum named David Hay ia making a tour through Canterbury on foot with a wheelbarrow, in which ha carries his impedimenta. In a letter to the Press lie thus explains his preference for this singular mode gf progression .—"First of all it is cheapness.' Was there ever a Scotohman who was not mindful of a bawbee 1.1 have no lodging to pay for, because'l carry my tent with me strapped to one of the spokes of my barrow, ■ I transfer my vehiole into a kind of bed. by taking the wheel off and spreading out its waterproof cover on the ground, then wrapping my rug' round me,' I defy all changes of weather. The "weather"* however, .in, this..highly favoured land is: so good that not much defying of its changes is called for." He has travelled in America' in' the same manner.' Every' one to liia iaate. •

The ..('lllustrated News" says :-"All the ladies are talking about the new artificial diamonds, or .'Diamante Brilliants,'! in which the clever workmen of the Jura Mountains have at last..succeeded' in jtnitating with wonderful fi'deiity the refractive power and befatttiffll' blue''tone' 'of the .•precious Btone,-. Thjsyar.e. an>.ijiflproyer .menteven qii the falee.diamonda exhibited srtHe Pariß" Exhibitiofi of 1873/ahaeyen if they are no't genßrally accepted : ih the ■ :dtii wing-room would-b&invaluable for-the . -stage-or ; for ceremonial purposes,' .jfe-.is, «urioua that tfo discovery has been-made-by a lineal descendant of one of'tb'e oldest manufacturers of the Jura,; wherejj the " y §arTL76o"'a woi-Tchlen 'made'a'cbmpo,iit(on tailed' 'strasa,'aft'er his own'.name Straps, which composition haß for a century-form-ed (herbatis for. the matvufaeture' : ofi ar.tiß.cial preoious stones,-It was subsequently purified and' improved by a lapidary, called Marlin Lancon-, - who ingeniously mixed a combination of potash,- ojfide of lead and silicia.. It -is needless to point out that all the stories about husbands discovering that their wives had- raised' -moneyontheic-diamonds-andsubstituted ifalse ones were entirely mythical, in that before the year 1878 any child could have difference between a false and a true, dmmond, and it is in the highest Wpelmprobable that any husband or [any section of society would have failed to ''aetecf- : tf{6 , .'. : domestic, fraud; - Hitherto, artificial diamonds have lacked refractive power altogether, and what is' worse, have rapidly become dull andopaJjue, oivingto the excess of lead oxid.; All this, then, is obviously inconsistent .with the theory of duped husbands and-lost diamonds; but now that sparkle has been obtained, and durability ensued, no one can .tell what will happen, unless, ladies' neck-laces,-rings; and aigrettes' are to be-tested occasionally by a professional connoisseur appointed to pounce down very unexpectedly oh the jewel case.

, : :Dugald—Did' ye. hear, thai Sawney M'Nabwasta'enup for stealinVa coo? Do'nam—Hoot/ toot the -stipit bodie i Could; he up booht it; an! no paid for'ti >