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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 664, 11 January 1881, Page 2

MrJnn, Biirtnn, Fetnni, advertises for 50 nr GO Rnniney Marsh rams. ' Tho usual fortnightly meeting nf llie Mnslerlnn Loyal .Lnclge, I 0.0. F., takes place this evening ' We call attention tii MewaF. H. Wood ftCii.'s stock sale "ii Thursday next at the Rising Sun'yurds, Greytuwn. The total niimher of patients remaining in the Wellington' Lunatic Asylum on ■Saturday last was 140, viz., males, 81, females, 59. Mr Monrhnu!!e,M.H.R.,nnd Mr Baker, native interpreter, are in Mastertun en route for Flatpoint.

It has been decided by tho Greytown Amalgamated Fiieudly Societies' Spoil* Committen that owing to .the various othei attiactions on Annivcsary Day Ihe sports be held on tho 2lst mst., tho day pievious. -It has ulsii>eu decided, to bold a soiree in tho evening. '' .: ''" A coifCs ; j)hiidpl; wf i'tes that:'a'inpetiinjof"'the'Stewards of the Lower Valley: ■J.ickey OlGlvwas hold -at the Waiheiiga Hotel on Saturday.last,...to seltlo up. .'for-! ihe races. Tho'followiug are the amounts paid to the respective winaera;—Dev mond, £25; Tilson, £ls; J.'Sheet, £42; T.'-Ruy, £25; E. Hearn,:£2s; f ßriggs, £lO. The protest of the rider of Fleetwood against tho'rider of Brown Filly was disallowed. The club is in a fair way of becoming a very prosperous one, there being great satisfaction expressed- at tho way in which things were carried out. The secretary Mr C. Tully, was untii-ihg. in hi* exertions to make everything go oil well. . '.-...- It is notified ro Iho Taratahi-Oarter-ton Races thatin the Handicap of £45,the second horse is to receive £lO and the thiid £5 fioni ihe stakes. In the Handicap Hurdles of £25, the second horse is to receive £5 from the slakes, and.in the. Hack Hurdle Race of £ls there are to-be mile heats.' The u.uial monthly meeting of the Maslerton Hospital Committee, will bo held this afternoon at 3 p. m. Speaking of the gift to Taranalti of 25 per cent of the laud fund and other'fat things which should belong to the colony .as a whole, the Otago Daily times says-. , —"lt is a monstrous absurdity that Tarsiuakisluuld be pampered in this way at the expense of tho rest of the colony, while all the time the Colonial Treasurer even wiih an ohnoxiotn property tax, cannot make both ends meet, Tho San Francisco News Letter pays' a warm tribute to the Australian Press. After naming ihe leading weekly journals ' it states;—"ln comparison .with such sheets, the weekly press of this city and Siate, and, indeed, of tho entire- United States, may hide its diminished head, Those papers, cheap as I hey are, command a public interest, which maintains a remuniM'aiivecii'culatiun without sensational paragraphs, or licentious stories, nr illus-' (rations fit-only for brothels, such as are nieiljwilh hero in weekly periodicals continually. Yet they do not suit' the colo uial public. Can it bo that the Austra- , .lasiau public mind is cleaner, and the manners of tho colonisis. purer than ours?" . ■ Wuslgalh's circular of the 10th of Nov. roporis that " tho Colonial Government securities, " havo been remarkably well maintained during the last four weeks, and several of the loading stocks culminated at a height during tho last , week wh.ch has hardly if ever, been at- ,. -taincd at any previous time." With respect especially to New Zealand stocks, '"a strong rise generally" is reported to have taken place. "The last loan had .- risen as much as 2} per cent, (both lives and fours), the Provincial Guaranteed loans 2 per cent., the Four-and-a-half's" l\ per cent., tho 5.30 fives. 1| per cent., , and the 1040 and the Consolation fives each 1 per cent. Croskory, Has'ell and Co., of Wellington, reports sales in their rooms last week:—Flour, sacks, £lO 10s to £11; 1001b bags, Lll 7sGd;sos, L1115s; oatmeal, Lll; pollard, Lb ; bran, L 3 10a per.ton;' oais, 2<; wheat, 3s; barley, 3s 6d; maize, 3s 3d per bushel; hams and liacon, guaranteed, 10^1; cheese, 5d to (Id per lb'; potatoes, new, 4s Cd ; onions, 10s per cwt; eggs, Is 2d per dozen ; cherries, 5s (id '; apples, 4s; plums, 8s fid to 10s; gooseberries, 4s Gd per case; fowls, 4s G-l; turkeys, 12i; geese,-10* ; ducks, 5s fid pur pair. " Touchstone" in the Saturday Advertiser writes :--" Well done Blenheim! In the Compensation .Court there the Wosleyans have.got £IOSO, and Fell Brothers £7050 for land taken for railway purposes, Why on earth was there any railways made there l The present line scarcely pays working charges. These political railways areagreviousanda costly blunder. When will 5 per cent be earned on th.it £BO3O, Chief Justice Gorrie, of Fiji/gels £IOOO a.year.. Ho had a puisne judgeship at .Mauritius worth £1.200 a year, hut the Colonial OHicn promoted hiin to Fiji on the petition of the' European .residents. Now this was logical, for why should not a man pay'tor his honors as for other commodities'! Perhaps,-th(m-,'h. Chief Justice Gorrio would rather not hsu-e paid in cash, and at the rate of £2OJ a year. It will be'seen by. tho various advertisement! in to-day's issue, that Mmu and Madame Ilasehnayer make their bow before a Masterton audience to-morrow night. We should judge that they must be something out <>t the common, as the " Canterbury Times" of the Ist, in noticing their performance says:—Professor aud Madame Hasulmiiyer reappeared at ilik Theatre Royal, Ohristoliurcli, on Dec. 2-ltli, and were favored by a largo andk'iieo. The programme was of a'highly interesting and astonishing character, consisting chiefly of an exhibition of what can bo done in tho way of training such insignificant and unpromising pupils as canaries and white mien and of some, very clever illusions.executed with a perfection •of skill absolutely marvellous. The " crystal cabinet niyslory " is a very attractive item. In tho cabinet Madame Hasehnayer is closely confined by her wrists being, padlocked, to two small stanchions. The locks and the whole apparatus having been duly examined by gentlemen from the audience, who appear to be perfectly satisfied that everything is secure, a screen is dropped over the cabinet, fur about.a.minute, and Madame appears at the wing.' The screen is raised and the cabinet is visible with all the locks intact.. The Professor next introduced his" stylocurfe," a musical instrument of his own invention, on which, accompanied by the orchestra, he played some operatic selections"in so brilliant a manner, thatwhen he had finished the audience called for more.' The performances of. the troupe of birds and mice were remarkably good, The " goblin drum," which answers qnestious.in a.most mysterious manner, was also exhibited. The Professor's drum, it may be stated, stands on a pedestal placed mi the gangway-in the'stalls; and many of the iiudiimce are much closer to it than is the Professor himself, " Psycho," the automaton whist player, took a hand, with three well-known gentlemen, "Psycho " and his partner scored eight tricks between them. How the automaton is " inspired-" is a perfect mystery. It stands upon a hollow cylinder, perfectly transparent, which is handed about for inspection ; and it is otherwise completely isolated.- The entertainment concluded by Madame Haselmayei being placed upon a table in the centre of the stage, and then hidden:from view by a screen, covering her, but-hot the table. In some imcomprehensilile manner she contrives, without being seed, to leave the stage, and when called appears in the dress circle. The above description will give but a fain! idea of the excellence of the programme,■ which includes many items not noticed here. .'Everything is done with consuih- ; mate skill, and the pleasure of the seance is enchanted' by the. pleasing flow of slightly imperfect English incessantly'kept up by the Professor. A change of programme was given on Wednesday. The) Theatre has been well attended during the • week, I

Tho Good Templars of tho Valley con. (omplalo holding amalgamated sports at some central spot at an early date. Sir William Fox is of the opinion that tliei e i\ ill not be'a general election for the next fifteen mouths.' . '• _ J !.. V. Smith iitnlFi G. : Mn'ore, are appointed review- 1 ers of property assessment, for the Wuirlira pa District. • . •-Tho ordinary monthly meeting of the Wairarapa West County will be held on Thursday.'- The Chairman, Mr 0. Pliantzynj 'is-'bii« , k""tVi»aiir; from his Australian tour, and a full meeting may bo expected. It will be seen : by an announcement in another column that there is a- prospect' of the experiment of ainkiii**' an artesian ■'well; in the Master)on district being attempted. : The experiment, should it be tried, wriuld lie valuable and interesting to hnth town and country settlers. The Pope has written a letter to the Archbishop of Dublin, in which he strongly condemns tho method of the mi Cation'of the Irish to obtain a redress for their grievances. He.trust's justice will be done them by the Government, but expects, that.'-irishmen, will, respect the laws of their country A serious accident occurred on the road to Graytown yesterday, Monday, by which Mesdatnes Eagle and Booth narrowly escaped injury. As they were driving over the Waiohine bridge, the horse took fright and capsized over the embankment at the South, end, breaking a shaft and other small damages, but fortunately, the occupants escaped with nothing worse that a severe shaking. They were picked up by a passer by aud driven on to Greytown. It has been proved repeatedly, that one acre of good green fodder will feed two cows-through the summer. Fodder crops must be put in early. A mixture of oats and peas-is-the best crop.fur early cutting, to come in after the first clover,. which follows the rye.' The' two sown toother ' will yield, on one acre, about as much as if "sown separately on two acres. This may bo doubted, but. it is true. Tall growing leafy oats and tall peas yield the 111118 C fodder. A pretty serious court was held in Carterton on Saturday, which occasioned the presiding magistrates, Messrs Boys and Booth; considerable trouble in investigation; hot from the nature of the cases themselves, but the contradictory evidence adduced :-Kelly v Moran, assault; Mr Skipper for informant; defendant pleaded guilty and was lined Bs and costs. Kelly v Moran, obscene language; Mr Skipper for informant; dismissed with a caution. Moran v Kelly, assault; Mr Skipper for defendant; fined ssaud costsBrown v Quinlivnn, assauit; Mr Skipper for defendant; lined LI Is, costs of court and doctor's fees. Another case of obscono language was withdrawn-by consent of court on payment of court fees, The Engineor gives an account of ReesoV fusing.dißU; by means of which a bar of steel is cur. in two by a current of - air. Tha.diaois42 inches in diameter, of 2-16 inch soft steel, .and has a peripheral velocity.of 2500 feet per minute. The round(it must be round, it seems) bar of steel is also caused to revolve in thesanie direction at a rate of 200 revolutions per •minute; thus the opposing faces-travel in opposite directions, and if the disc touched the steel it would no doubt cut it, as steel rails are sawn off by'a soft iron saw. But it is demonstrated that the disc does not touch the bar, aud it is clear that the motion by tho disc. The latter, which is 3-16 inch thick, "cuts" a groove 5-16 inch, thick, and has J'-inch clearance in front of tho edge. The machine is actually at work in the United" States.- ' Mr Armstrong sold the privileges- of the Taratahi-Carterton Races on Saturday afternoon. ' The'attendance wasigood. the onmpetion keen, and the sale resulted in the Club netting a sum of' L?2. The funds are in so flourishing a condition, owing to the liberal response of the public, that the value of the prizes to be competed for have been'increased as follows: -Hack Hurdle Race, from LlO to Lin; Handicap Hurdle Race, the second horse to receive L 5 ; Taratahi-Oarterton Handican,'second horse to receive LlO, third L 5. . The prices realised at the salo of privileges- were as under: —Publicans' Booths-No, I,T. Ray,L9;No. 2, H. Giles, Ll3. '• Refreshment Booth, A. L. Why a, L 7 ; Fancy Stall, L 5 ; Gates, W. Hercock, L3O; Saddling Paddock, A. G. Bayliss, L2 10s; Cards, C. H. Giles, L 3 IDs; Horse Yards, T. Witt, L2. It is rarely that we are called upon to chronicle a pugilistic encounter, but yesterday morning we found it necessary to dispatch a reporter to witness an impromptu meeting which had been arranged between two local bruisers. TNe sjone was a grassy,paddock adjoining Constable Fleming's.residence, and if it be asked why within tho precincts of the abode of a policeman such a fierce outrage wasfor a moment contemplated it may be slid in reply that the spot selected'was the quietest—iho safest one. ■ Under the new' regulations, our constables are turned into baililfs, aud. spend their time running about the country serving summonses. Hence thowmbatiiiits wont to work under the very eyes and nose, as it-were, of the law, only that the said eyes and nose were abroad on ihe trail of debtors,• by order of the paternal Government, which pr.or tects our heart lis j our homes, and everything we have excepting, our pockets. Thero were plenty of backers and onlookers, who formed a long line on the adjacent fences. The combatants came up .fresh and Bmiling, and speedily divested themselves of their outer gar-ments."-No, 1 was a small-built man, about 11 stono in woight. No. 2 carried a-little 1 more weight, and evidently would tu'tii the scale at 13 stone. 'Their names are Scandinavian ones, and until we get them translated we will venturo to call' No. 1-Peter,-and No.- 2 Paul Round 1. —The artists faced each other and squared according to the popular notion of attack and defence. .Paul feinted with his right, and Peter- commenced -dancing around, giving Paul a somewhat wide berth. At last Paul closed' with a rapid wheel, and delivered his leftwjth grace and ease on the seat of his adversary's pants, amidst the frantic, applause of the spectators. Round 2.-Peter rushed in on Paul, breaking through his guard, and muzzled him by the nose, which oigan, when the grasp was relaxed appeared slightly lace rated ; backers of Peter expression their delight in Ihe usual manner. Round 3. A long scatter, which ended in Paul gripping Peter, and throwing him on the grass. Round 4—Peter, rendered cautious by the previous experience, endeavored to increase the distance between himself and his adversary as far as the limits of a twoacre paddock would permit. Paul, standing ill the centre, telling him to "go home" if he would not stand his ground. But Peter said he would go and have a drink first. We understand that the thirsty Peter is still having his drink, and that the combat, is to' be renewed as. soon as he has finished his . .liquor..ln the meanwhile the fight stands adjourned 'tintdie. ;' A writer in the Argus says .that the ' ;grass is not necessary for the sustenance of rabbits ; M.Victoria-''So long as there are,any gum leaves about either.green' or dry," he says,, "they' feed' upon' them ; indeed from what I observed in my garden a ■ rhhbit preferred 'to eat - fallen" (jum leaves to lucerne by which it was feeding,"

We hnvo received a letter from Carterton on the Church question.-which com- ; inences," what led to the present financial embarrassment J—trbachery.!'! Does .our I correspondent realise the- fact thtit he is n Christian brother who is writing of another Christian brother, and what the unfaithful think of such, -ebullitions -of Christian brotherhood 1 . That euferprising.and energetic Carter-toninu,-Mr AIL. White,' baker, corifecttimier, Ac., lias commenced the manufaq•ture audtinningof jinn, and intends carry-, ing on this industry to alargo extent, while fruit is plentiful and 'sufficiently cheap'to leavo a fair margin of profit. Mr White commenced business in Carterton a year or two ngn,;in an unpretentious style, and has now a handsome, roomy shop, with a well finished and convenient dwelling house attached, in which are a number of well-appointed bedrooms for the accommodiitiuti of approved boarders. A new idea has been also earned out in this, establishment, viz., the addition of a large room for the convenience of private danc ing parties, who may thus secure a roomfree of charge, and have first class catering on-the Bpot—an effort to meet the public convenience which should meet the reward it deserves. Mr Whito has confidence that his effort to develope the industry of jam manufacture will meet with success, and we heartily trust he will find the result, in accordance with his hopes. Mr E. L. Wakelin, baker and flour •miller, of Carterton, is making very extensive additions and alterations, to his. mill, which, when completed will him to turn out more than double- the amount of flour per day, than has hitherto been the case at this mill. Mr Wakelin has purchased a very powerful engine and boiler for the purpose, which, will be in working order in time for this harvest ■• . The improved French method, of preserving wood by the 'applicat'ibd of limeis found to work well. The plan is to.pile' the planks' in a tank, and to put' over all-"' a layer of quicklime, which is gradually s slaked with water. Timber for mines requires about a week to be thoroughly impregnated, and other, wood more or-less time according to. its thickness. The material acquires remarkable consistencyand hardness, it is stated, ou. being sub"jacted t'o'iniriifiiple" prooess; and the assertion is made that it will never rot. Beech wood prepared in. this way for hammers and other tools for ironwork is found to acquire the hardness of oak, without'parting with any of-its well-known elasticity or toughness, and it also lasts longer. A fata! accident, reports the Times, occurred at the Hutt on Saturday morning. A milkman passing Mcintosh's Hotel, at an early hour, saw a body on the ground, close to the' building, and having ascertained it was that of a dead man, awoke the inmates of the hotel, It was thou found thattho body was that of Mr Gibbs Jordan, a man very.well known at the Hutt and in Wellington, he having formerly -been ■•derir-to-tlra-:Provincial. Council, assistant clerk to the Legislative Council, and an extra clerk in the House of Representatives. The deceased, was formerly a man of good means and posi-. tiori, but his career during'ihe last few. yeare was a downward tfne, he.having lost.. • several appointments through becomingaddicted to drink'. Jordan recently .'received £7OO, bequtathed him' by an EngJish relative,-and had since been drinking heavily, On Friday night, being.at Mr •Mcintosh's Hotel, at 10.30 he was put to bed there, being too drunk to-go to.his .own home. At.4a.m..Mr-Bernard Gallagher, who occupied the next room to that of deceased, .was arotised by hearing: a window opened, but. paid little heed to. the occurrence;'falling asleep again. It was evident that the deceased came by his death through falling from his bedroom window, which was in the upper storey, to the ground, his neck being broken by the fall, death being consequently instantaneous. For what reason he should be at the window of course could. not be known, but from his. previous heavy drinking, he cnuld not at the time of his death have recovered from" the effects, and he could not leave his room by the ordinary means, the door having been locked. The matter was at once re ported to Constable Withers, stationed at tho Hutt, and on arrival ho found the body lyiuo; on its riaht side, the left arm being athwart the body. Under the head was a pool of blood, which had come from the nose, and there was a large scalp wound above the' right ear. Deceased had on his coat, trousers, socks, and boots. The window of his room was then open, and thero wore marks showina that in his fall his hoots must have struck the window sash of a room on the ground floor. The deceased, who was of middle a;'e, loaves' a wife and family,who live in Titiakiiri-ruad, having recently obtained a protection order from tho R.M. Court. On the fact of tho sad end of the deceased bocoiiiiiig known, it caused considerable interest,.as he has been well-known in the district for nearly twenty years, and, despite his principal fault, was possessed tf ninny good 'qualities, which at one lime bid fair to place him in a career far different from that which'has just closed so l^uomiiiiously. When a girl concludes to put up her back hair and make hersolf look sweet the best policy is to let her have her own way, She can't be drawn from her mirror by any "of the ordinary things of this life. A fire will sometimes do it, but it has been shown that even a lire may fail to exeite some girls. The other night a New York lodging house took fire and at a most uncomfortable hour—when most .girls probably have, their back hair down. -One of the young ladies heard that the place'was burning down, but she didn't feel "like making, her appearance before the crowd-which had gathered in the street looking like a perfect fright. She shut the door leading into the hall'to keep out the flames and went to her mirror to fix her hair. Anybody who has . waited for a girl to fix her hair knows that it takes time and a great deal of-it.' This girl wasn't any quickor than the averageand she was very particular about having her hair done up exactly as it Bhould bo.' The fire had cut off her chances of escape by the stairs, and her lover, after appealing to her for some time, finally lost his patience, and got away without her. A fireman got up to the' rooii "on a :la'ddor, and alio made him sit on the odgo of the window, and wait until she had arranged her hairpins ana ribbons for a right sort of public appearance; the she threw herself into his was so romantic— . and slid down the ladder with, him, looking just sweet. The whole thing was a tremendous success; but when'the careful young girl was safely landed oil the pavement she found Bhe had forgotten her •stockings. A strange story is in simulation (says tho Southland News to the.effect that offers have been made to certain insurance companies which were once severely hit by an unaccountable-fire, by parties who profess to be able to give "such clue as would leal to the detection of the incendiary. It is further stated that the terms demanded are. so high as':.to make it a question whether it would be better • to entertain the .offer of information or "let by-giines be bygones." The precise i scene of, the affair it would be obviously improper" to even hint at, but, as there j have -been no fires at.lhvervargill for , some years, the stroy has of course no -] local application, '.-.''. -,

Subscribers to the general church fund ■ in theparterton district are requested to pay tlieir contributions to the credit: of ,-.*■ the fund at the Bank of New Zealand, - Carterton. The* oat harvest about Masterton is now iivfull Bwhig. A less acreage hss been cropped this year than 4wt, but.the yield !b said to be agood.one. : The following cases were heard before Mr Wardell yesterday:—Constable Brunskill vMaryOrnuin/drunk and disorderly; reprimanded and discharged. Same V same, obscene;and indecent.language; fined L2or 14days Imprisonment. Same v Maurice Ornriin, :: assault upon Mary Oronin; sentiinced to'ohe months.nra- : prisonment with hard labor. Same v Maurice Oronin, drunk and . disorderly; reprimanded. Same v same, assault on constable in execution of his duty; sentenced to seven days'imprisonment.with hard labor, sentence to take effect after previous Beutence had expired, His .Worship, iu dealiug'with the cases, characterised as dibgraoeful the general conduct of the Oronin family. .Mary Oronin,whenshewas Bsntenoed, olasped her hands and piously exclaimed, betoGod-for'thafc" . •"' I