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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 687, 8 February 1881, Page 2

Wo understand tliat tho sitting of the R.M. Court at Miwterton on Thursday next is adjourned till Saturday, Mr G. Dixon notifies that his sweep on tho Wairarapa Races will be drawn tomorrow evening.

The Miwierton Hospital Committee holds its usual moatiilj' mepting this afternoon.

Tho usual fortnightly sitting of the R.M. Court at Greytown takes, place to day. Notice is given that tho Landowners' List of the Jlajtertnn Babbit District is deposited tor inspection at tho Highway Board Office, Masterton,

' A meeting will bo held on the 15th Inst.' at the Court-house, Wellington, to consider Mr I!. G. William's application for a discharge under bankruptcy. ' Yesterday another fire , was recorded, Mr W. McLaren's house at Wajuuioru being destroyed, It was insured in the National for £250.

Mr J. Bairstow, of Taratahi, notifies that he is a cash purchaser of wool and sheepskins, and that ho is prepared to scour wool at current rates.

Messrs J, lorno & Co. notify that they will sell at their yards on Saturday next, 6leera, mixed cattle, cows/calves, horses, pigs, poultry, Ac, Mr (!. Ps.mpbell, watchmaker, notifies his former Wairarara customers that he will repair watches, jowciry, ,&c., left with Mr D. F. McCarthy, Masterton, pr al; his residence, Tauci'u. ' ' ' '

■Professor We3ten gave his second en-' tertainmentatCartGi'toii nil Saturday evening, but again to a very poor house. We are sorry to learn he will be a heavy loser by the fire, as when the destruction of the Hull seemed inevitable, most of his things were remnved in a hurry, aji<3 ninny of them being of a slight and fragile nature

were, partially or whoilydestroyed; while, to add to his misfortune after having had a bad house,, not indeed liioi'o than cover-,, in# his expenses, he while hurrying about packing up, and' getting his dogs into safe six and seven.,p/iuj/ds, and a couple ofwhips, of which no trace can; bo found, and .wo fuar "that the Professor wil} pot carry away a very favorable impression of. the Wairarapa journey. A correspondent points put to us that the railway department,- while making a pet place of "Pet.oni, neglects Knitoke, .which is one of the raopt important points on the line. It is a stopping- place for water, and always must be so. It is a sort of half-way house between Masterton ■3nd Wellington, and situated as it is between the principal tunnels on the line it is specially adapted for recovering passengers by refreshment from the poisonous, funies to which they are subjected hi these underground passages. It. is also the centre from which slips, &c., can bo niost readily repaired, and why, it is asked, should the department abolish tho present refreshment room,-which is aii|;e a convenience to the servants of the departfnont and the public, : -

The handicapping for the Wairarapa Races, which we published in our iaaue of yesterday, is admitted by competent; judges to be a vevy fair/one. '' The acceptances under it are likely to be numfi-j rous. .' .'v^''■

Yesterday morning Mi r Peacock, the; well-known carpenter,;\vent ;out at .diiy-; break into ( n\buslr near the avowed intention' o'f As he did not return a was' for him. Wo believe, however, that sub■sequent'inquirie.s'rather sitioirihatlio'jbiiT- simply' .out. of ■ the towir.. • ; ; • -Our Carterton correspondent writes ir-i-('TI?o whole of 'the outbuildings/'and stabliOg'iiUhe re«\i qf tlioMarqivs.of lJp_r.manby Hotel', Cut-torton, were destroyed by lire early together with Uld little iiiavo VMr Cohen used to drive ; in his i}tiggy, and whicl\;could npt. be released j. buitding liacFiT 'narrow escape, its' had also the Public Hall, 'from falling''victims to the devastating element, It either of these edifices had onco got thoroughly alight, thc-ie is no saying where tjie conflagration ''would is more --than probable that this morninsj tho, business centre'of Carterton would have been a. mere heap of ashes. The fire appears- to havoorigmated in the northern end of the stables, near the stockyard, as it was there the fire was first seen breaking through the roof. .It was only at midday that the house had- changed hands',' possession having been given to its pre-, sent owner, Mr'lrwin, add' from'this fact, ■ and it being Saturday night, the house was not closed qiiite so early as usual, consequently wiion the alarm was given, 'there was "stiir'a' good many on tnp ■ground, who, assisted by the members of ' the Fire- Brigade, used. jJvery effort to stay its progress.' It still drove onwards, however, to (ho barbels shop, when, to stay-'its progress the'store .room was felled by axes, which'stayed/its''advance in that direction, while a alight' shift of the light breeze blowing averted the danger, to the. Hall. •' This, however, gwoDt the firo down the other wing of the. stabling, and across to the'hotel, the . back of which was very much scorched—and, indeed, a blind inside caught pre;

but was speedily pulled down and extinguished. -The-large, heap, of .firewood;.'' too, stacked in: the rear of' the'hotel,. caught firo, ; and was almost' totally des- : troyed. The premises destroyed 1 were' insured iir the Colonial Fire Insurance Office for £3OO, Tliero wore plenty of. willing hands at work, both with'water and with axes, notably among whom: were Messrs R. Dixon, •G. Sykee, Brennaiid, Reeves, Gibson, Beard, andBarlow, while the Miss Hookers' and Mrs, Gibson, in the'vigor they displayed ia.bb* taining and supplying water seta lesson which others might well profit by. All danger was over by about five or six in the moniing, but at the first outbreak the ; confusion was very great, .and there..were' two or. .three smart passages of amis. There aro all sorts of rumors abroad, but; as there is to be a coroner's inquest during wgek, and Hi 3 Worship the R.M, will also have the matter brought under the, cognizance, I refrain from alluding to theiri, save ill a passing remark-, until they have'been ' judicially .disposed.. of. The main difficulty throughout was th'e"want of water,.as' the late dry weather lias run' most of the wells very low.' As-it was, several of. the adjacent' buildings-and 'a haystack'', belonging -to Mr Barlow, .got alight from the breeze carrying burning' lakes on to. them ; but the "parties being on. the alert the fire- was extinguished as Boon as it apoeared. "

Cincinnati will shortly have an' art museumy :Mr C. W. West, one of the wealthy-, merchants of.''.that.city; having 'lieaded a subscriptio'h . list for that, pur pose with the munificent sum of 150,000 d 01.." ' ' ;• v '• ; '" It has been calculated that every year 1000 Frenchmen escape .military service on the ground of being ecclesiastical students. , Taking,-the period which each Frenchman has to serve his country, 20 years, this makes a loss to ".the French army of 20,000 men,

At a public feto at Suit Lake' not the least interesting, feature of the day's pro? ceedings was a wagon witlv a large family. in.it which accompanied,thoi'prbcession. The family earned a banner "'with the motto, " The Happy Polygamic'Family."

A Jew 1 and Jewess naniod Golda Yenk'elepitch and. Mary Kirchmaiin, charged .with decoying liussian girls to Constantinople and selling them there to traders, were recently sentenced, the man to eight years' exile, with hard labour,. to Siberia, and flie woman to eight months' imprisonment, •'

In manufactures England at present stands pre-eminent. Itsoperatives.number 2,930,000, against 2,781,000 of Germany, and 1,936,000 of Ftauee, 1,150,000 nf Russia, Tire production per operative is given—United Kingdom £224, France £220, Germany £lO3. ■ . Four million two hundred thousand tons cf hot water, averaging 135 F., are annually pumped from the Comstock mines, To heat this mass of water by artificial means would require a consumption of over 50,000 tons of coal a year. The water from some of the deepest shafts, 3000 feet, has a temperature of 157' F. *

The Stakes won at the Wellington 1 Racing Club's Snmmer Meeting, held last week, woro paid to the winners at the i Empire Hotel, between the j)Qurs of 11 and 12 a. m. yesterday. The folio wing were the amounts due:—Hon W, Robinson, L 351105; Mr W. Waters, L 223 55.; M.H. Lunn, Lllß los, j Mr R, H. :Vallance,L7l 55.; Mr H, Horsford, L 49 10s, j Mr P. Butler, L 47105.; Mr W. Hi Chitham L2B 10s.; Mr T, H.Hill, L23lss.;Mr TOrosbie, L 23155,; and Mr H. Redwood, L 23 15s, ;Total 90110 a. A London'telegram dated -February .4, says debate, on th 6 Irish .Goefcidii Bill was resumed ip tho House.,of Com-• . nio'iis last' evening.- . Tho -Irish' nie'mbera •, again pursued a c6ufa.o of.obstruction, and much disorder prevailed. Finally,Mr Par'nell and all his were, 1 by tho Speaker's ord'erV expelled;froro thr House/and the discussion, ori the measiire is .now proceeding quietly i ■ A great sensation has been caused owing .iti-l'he oxpulsion of tho obstructor's, A later adds: The expulsion of-Mr fornell aritl-'liis : 'follower?, from tho Houp of Commons last ..night was: proposed' by Mr .GJaiistppe, who moved thjng Jess-,. would suffice' to restoi'e/drder..■ The motion was carried, and the Speaker gave orders'that the obstructors'-be'bx-' pelled. An' unexampledscene.' of tumult .find disorder ensued. Many of'tire njeni/ bers w.h,o were'ordered to retire resisted, the' officers of tlis House. Mr Dillon opposed them violently,'apd was forcibly; expelled, Finally all the obstructors left tho chamber; and order was restored. Shortly after the Irish obstructors had been expelled, the House discussed.Mr Gladstone's motion, that a' majority of three-fourths, or the passage of a motion of "urgency," should suffice to give the Speaker supreme control Th.e motion was slightly modified and-adopted. The Coercion Bill was then declared " urgent" : in order that the Speaker should have full power to put down any obstruction to its discussion, and the dobate was resumed. The Ho.use is Btill Bitting. Mr Paruellhas issued a manifesto, in pliicli he jirges ■ his followers to act with calmness, pd • promises to renew the fight against the - floergjon Bi)l in Parliament. C •, / : ■{:

;■ There is another Sydney! mptery. A man disappears from the fitenmer Korabla on her passage from Newcastle to Sydney, mate asks him tor. his ticket,' He says •lie will pay directly, goes on deck, and is never again sewn He is supposed to have been; a'iman named Bluipo, a builder, and it i 3 also Bupp'osed that lie was (jot "on board ,in a hocussed state, to have been JheQ robbed, and supposition cannot even -B^qeslj'wh'ere.iSrliovv, he disappeared. jh.e. mi-Iljidain chief ; ; .lij)as' J«enusto nishiu laf tS an; Errm-' cisco,7>ji his iv'aytb London. 'His talent as a slmrpshootor is..unrivalled, Burpassing any thing over yjstbeheld.'; „'One.of his,, great feats' , that of rnark.blin;fold;e"dr' Aiglnq.s.ball twenty , feet away, and the ioy is MJmved'Jo'gaze at it. .Tlieivliis eyea'ii'e bandaged, and lie) is turned round'several times! bbt ho usually. breaks the ball,thojjgh. lie-wire manages. liis aim;ia'a"riiysfery.'"

There was a reniarkable 'acene' in-Paris a few week ago on the' arrival .frpm New Caledonia of the Communist female leader", Louise Michel, with the last batch of the amifestied. M. Rocheford and M.Olemenceu kissed her, women threw themselves on her heck, and there was altogether a gushing Scene, till M. Rocheford got her into a cab; Many of the, people had red ribands in their buttonholes or dresses.

The Chinese Museum at Fontebleauian will; it once'niore be acces-. ible to the public, After the fall of -the empire the hqirs of Napolean sought to recover; possession of this collection as' private properly, but' the tribunals having decided that it belongs to the'nation, the state of sequestration has,ceased. Th'e museum,consists chiefly,of the. objects of Oriental art and industry .brought to Europe after , the. sacking of tke : Winter Palace. . ' •'

The Imperial Marine List for 1881 has just been published, with returns up tg, the Ist of November, from which it■ appears that the German navy now includes seven ironclad frigates, five ironclad corvettes, eleven covered corvettes, five socalled flat-deck corvettes, and' four more: in course of Construction, nine giitiboatsy with a variety of boats for coast defence, despatch boats, transport's, training ships, |ugs,':pilot; boats, &o,"

'• jnie safety of the Czar from domestic Conspirators is purchased at n great price: We read that during his Majesty's recent journey fro'in Livadia,' ten' peasants and tiyo. soldiers were stationed as watchmen aloug each verst of the entire distance from Sebastopol, making a total of 36,000 men on foot,, with 1700 mounted, As these were on guard two days' and a night\ it must bo supposed that half were reliefs. The cost of these watchmen, after making allowance for compulsory service, is estimated to have been at least £15,000. The Dundee People's Journal, says "Burns had his faults-r-as what mortal has not—^but' with all his faults we loyo him still.' It might not .be a bad. thing' for some who are so. ready, to Vilify "his memory were they afflicted with a-few .of his-faults if along wjth these, they cbul'd manage to exhibit, a few. of his'many virtues.. Burns has-been .charged'with; the grave crime of teaching--immorality■ in his writings; but if read aright,: his! works are a' warning 'against rather than; ah-incentive to vice. The best and loftiest bf his strains are devoted to the inculcation'of til?-noblest principles of patriotism . and moralityi • By his writings he has caused his native land to be ' loved at home; revered abroad.' Hia fahae, whicli bigot'Mai strove -not unsuccessfully "to

tarnish' while: he trod this vale of tear!

■has since his death eighty-four- years ago "grown brighter and brighter, until now.it may truly.be said that the lustre of it fills the whole earth. Jiidgo Hargroavo, of Sydney, must havea well-developed " bump" of hmnor. He was being examined before a Select Committed of the Lower House, when the - followjng- colloquy occurred The Chairman: " This must be a fine country for barristers ?" The Judge : " I cannot tell you about that; I' never.- practised except for Crown work as AttorneyGeneral, The prolixity is something swful;" The Chairman ; " You say the Judge has the power of stopping counsel, but it is one-he can very rarely exercise ?" The Judge; "The only way' to stop the counsel, ia to. look as if you agreed with them, and thon they turn round upon you •sometimes, 'I thought the-Court was Villi me,'said a barrister the other day. •'Yes,'l"said,'in the pstrenjo shortness with which. yCu'stated, your ciisp,' Tjie long speeches are really awful. As a mattor of faot. they do speak at awful length." ! = .Strangers paying a visit' to and up: country settlers arriving in Masterton are often at a loss to know which is tho cheapest and best, house to purchase all kinds of General "Drapery, Millinery, Clothing, &c. Schroder, Hooper & Co,, 11 all of Commerce, offer special advantages in' this line which cannot bo met with elsewhere,, their' stock being the largest and'best assorted in the Wairarapa.; TJieir prices are'loiver then any house in. Wellfngton/'their gondii arp all new and of the'most' durable olass, and they sell cheap and for cash, This establishment is situated directly opposite the Club Hotel. Remember the address— Schroder, llooper&Co., directly opposite the Club Hotel Read fhejr advertisement on the front Pagt> o# thjs, paper.— Advt), ' '. *' '