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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 662, 8 January 1881, Page 2

Wc hiivo received an anonym hh letter signed " Straight Forward." Bayliss' Derby Sweep will be drawn in the Town Hall, Carlcrtoiv/ on Saturday, (he lath inst. Messrs J. lor in and Co. hold a market sale at 2 p.m. to-day in their yards. Tlio catalogue includes horse 3, cattle, harness, curt, etc. Mr Thomas Ballinger, of Wiilis-streot, Wellington, has an advertisement in another column which should be interesting to householders and builders. The privileges of tho Taratahi-Carter-ton Races will be sold at 2,30 p.m. to-day by Messrs A. 'Armstrong and Co. Patrons of the Botanic Treatment for tho ills of llic llesh, may procuro all descriptions af herbs from Mr W. H. Eyre, Cuui'tcnay Place Wellington, who has also fitted tip a very convenient and olliciont vapour bath which is stated to be a most effective remedy for rheumatism, colds, fever, &a.. For the year ending Doc. 31,1879, the deposits and withdrawals in the Savings Banks ot our local offices were as follows: Carterton, deposits, £1027, withdrawals £'7B4; Feathorston, deposits £1897, withdrawals £1578; Greytown, deposits, £1922, withdrawals £1305; Mustei'toii, deposits £2955, withdrawals £351(1. We direct the attention, of housekeepers and others to an announcement in another column, of Mr W. Barber, of tho Wellington dye works. Dresses, feathers, itc., need not now be discarded because they are faded, as it will be seen they can be efficiently dyed and renovated at tho above establishment. Land has been set apart for sale on deferred payment in the Forty-mile Bush, ■Wellington Land District. ■ The sections are situated in blooks. VII., VIII., XI., and XII, Mangaho Surrey District, and in Block IV., Malum Survey District, and will be open for application on the Bth proximo, An auction salo of land, encash payments, in tho same distict, will bo held at Masterton on the 10th proximo. We direct attention to tho advertisement of jly W. C. Fitzaerald, of the Pharmacy, Manner-street, Wellington, in which effective remedies lor a variety of ' disorders are set forth, and amongst them the best medicine to be taken during tho debilitating heal of the summer. Our attention has been called to tho quantity of informal papers at the late election 'at f-frcytown. There being only two candidates, surprise v/aa expressed that anyone should be so stupid when they have written instructions before them, and are also told distinctly by the Returning Officer how to act. The only solution of the difficulty we see is that somo free and independents do not care to vote for either candidate Well he is only making a fool of himself; but there are others ivho err through not knowing and being coo proud to fl.sk. A captain who was asked by his wife to look at somo pianos whilo he was in the city, with the view of buying her ouo,wrblo home to her—"l saw one that I thought would suit you—black walnut hull, strong bulkheads, strengthened fore and aft with iron frames, sealed with white wood and maple. Rigging, steel wire—double on the ratlines, and whipped, \yiro .on the lower stays, and heavier cordage, Belaying pins of steel, and well driven home, Length of taffrail overall, Cft j breadth of beam, 38in; depth of hold, Win. Hatches can be battened down proof against ten-year-old boys and commercial drummers, or can be clewed up on occasion, and sheeted home for a first-class

Monday, the 24th' instant, is tho day appointed for the annual' election of school committees throughout the district. : ' \ Tho Mastevton Volunteers had a fair muster for their skirmishing parade in the' school ground last evening. The popping of the rifles'made tho town quite lively for an hour or so. Mr Mulligan, jeweller, of -VLambton Quay Wellington still continues his clearing salo, and as the articles offered are of choico quality and workmanship, tho sale is attracting numerous customers. Among other visitors to Masterton yesterday we noticed Mr Bunny, M.H.R., Mr Marchant, and Mr Holdsworth, the commissioner of Crown lauds. The last? mimed gentleman was hero in connection with tho approaching salo of tho Pahiatua block.

A meeting of the-Mastorton Town Lands Trust was held last evening. Present—Messrs licnnll (chairman), Hare, McUnrdlo, Perry, Gray, and Feist. The secretary was instructed to take proceedings for the recovery of rental on section 72, and to iidverlisu ihe voters' list. The rest of tho business was merely formal. A meeting of tho Cemetery Trustees was held in tho Council Chambers on the 7th inst. Present—Messrs Feist (in the chair), Perry, and Hare. The report and balanco sheet for the past year were submitted and approved. Mr Feist was appointed treasurer in place of Mr Hare, resigned. Messrs Payton and Hare were appointed asub-conimittso to look after the necessary work to be done to the Cemetery for the current quarter. Several small accounts wore passed for payment. Wo understand that Messrs Caselberg and Co,: intend opening their new store at Greytown on Monday next. The : new building is one of the handsomest of the kindin the Wairarapa, and although not very high, yet the frontage seems in very good tasto. Tho size of the building is CO by 30 feet. Upon entering, the first object that strikes tho attention is the two handsome centro show stands, and in fact, all the fittings are not only mostsuitable for tho purpose for which they are meant, but in highly good taste. At the back is the counting house, over which is a sleeping npurlment for tho person who takes chargo at- night. The body of tho building is lighted with a large lantern light, which gives a nice mellow light all over the shop. Underneath is tho cellar, 27ft by 14ft, a most commodious place for heavy stores, Altogether the store is excellently suited for the purposo and reflects great credit upon the builder, Mr E. Gray, for the manner in which the work has been carried out,

The well-known J. C. B. Golder, of Masterton, was brought before Messrs Renall, Hoskings, and Lister-Kaye, J.P.'s •yesterday .charged with wife desertion. In reply to the Court ho made a very rambling statement. I remembor,hesaid, my existence beforo the world was, People may think me mad but I am not so. Things which I foretold seven years ago have come to pass. All the past and the future lias been revealed tome. I have only another month to wait when I shall trouble nobody, Tho Creator of the universe told me that I should be required to appear before him in judgment in seven years' time, the seven years will be up about February 2nd. I shall then be relieved from all curses. I started in' business in Waipawa as a watchmaker a a month ago, if I had been loft alone I should have not on, work was just beginning to come in, and as soon as I had got sufficient money, I would have sent for my children. If lam left alone, I will try and assist my wife and family. I havo only ten shillings, and intend to return to Waipawa, where my tools are. I havo relations at tho Hutt, but I would rather put my head in a river than loaf on anybody. Mrs Golder, who was called, said that since her husband had left Masterton, he had sent her no money. He had only given her HOs worth of debts to collect, out of which only 2s Gd had been paid. She did not know where ho was living. Sho considered that ho was able to get a living. When in Masterton he spent most of his time in writing bonks and smoking. She would'be afraid to live with him again. The court came to the conclusion that tho best thing to do was to let the prisoner go, but finding by a reference to the Act that only the Resident Magistrate had' power to' deal with tho case they remanded him to Featherston.. The following ingenious suggestion is made by a correspondent of the New York Herald .— ;( You recently called attention to an evil which exists in connection with the racing tracks of both England and America—viz., tlib unfair riding of horses by faithless jockeys. Thero is unquestionably a deep-rooted feeling in the minds of by far the larger number of tho ordinary visitoi'3 to a race track that it is customary to manage certain races ju tho interests of certain owners and betting men, One simple remedy is to increase the surveillance over the jockeys while riding a- raoo, and to that end I beg leave to make the following suggestions:--Erect one or mora' stands to bo used as points of observation during the progress of a race, and at each of these stands place someone who may be relied upon to direct and report any false riding or other suspicious action on the part of the jockeys; The pulling of the horses generally occurs on that part of tho track furthest from the principal stands, and where it is difficult to see what is going on. The location of these observation stations round tho course would effectually obviate litis, and tend to allay the suspicions of a great number of very respectable people, who will continue to take pleasure in seeing good hovses win fair races." The following interesting fact concerning the burial plaoo of the Maories—the Cave-have been .communicated to the Grey River Argus by Mr Mutu, the son-in-law of the lato chief Tainui. The Cave was a burial placo of tho original tribe of Maories who inhabited the We3t Coast before it was taken possession of by Tainui's tribe, When it was resolved that the Cave should bo the burial placo, bones and other remains were found in it, which were olc-ared out. The first body deposited in it was that of Tulmru, the father of Turapulii and Tauui, in 1854; then was buried Nihorere,tliedaugliterof Tokuru; Tarapuhi, Hie fighting chief of the tribe, and son of Tiihuruand brother of Tainui; Meri, Turapulii, Tini Tewaihuka, Hereni Meri Thirakaihua, daughters, and Weretah Tarapuhi, son of Tarapuhi; Hoani Hanlaha Tainui, Tamati Tainui, son of Ihaia Tainui; three other relatives; and, lastly, the old chief Weretah Tainui. The is still believed to be some of the old Maori tribe living in tho southern parts of the West Const, and not long since a female was captured with fingernails like claws, sqmo-.jncjies in length, but in consequence of the appearance of a number pf moles of the tribe, hor capters was compelled to let her go. The Hon Mr Taiaroa, M.L.0., who is regarded as the head of the all but lost tribe, has several times deeired to send out a party of Natives to ascertain the retreat of the tribe, but it-has been considered up to the present time that it would bo almost useless, as the tribe, is, no doubt concealed in fastnesses unknown to Europeans or Maories. This is tall tall? for an Otago journal ;- The true men of the Canterbury Pilgrims, cannot forget that Otago kept them from starving in 1851,' and that after 1860 Otago carried for several years the whole colony oii its back,

The famine in Khurdistan'is still so terrible that at E-Kosh the Kliurds have have sold hundreds of young girls at about £2los a head, in order to buy food. Tho British Consuls, the Amovican Belief .Committees and tho • American missionaries have been moat active and have dono all in their powor.to bloviate the miseries of the famished population; but the means at their disposal are very insufficient, and there has. been hitherto great difficulty in transferring grain from one district to another, partly on account of the deep, snow and condition of the roads, and partly on account of the.-general insecuity. . ... ■:,-