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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1245, 2 December 1882, Page 2

i'Tho Graytown Eifle Volunteers are notified that all arms and Government property must be handed in next Tuesday evening, at the monthly inspection parade. Any members not complying will be sued for the same. 1 Ml' Eountl'ee, lof Masterton,. ia; the successful tenderer for the extension of Mt Murphy's Hotel at Woodville.

The Wairarapa East, County meets At: tlio County Offices, Maslerton, this afternonu, .Our report of its proceedings will appear on Monday.

• In nnothor; column will *be found a notice of the speoial traiii v arrangement* i for'tlie Opaki races. A cheap train leaves Wellington on.: Wednesday' morning at .6.30,. and iretUrns from. Masterton oil Thursday ivening at ,6.30. 1 , The Grey town fire Brigade had a very' pood dry practice on Thursday evening,- j there was a very good attendance, and for a young Brigade their time was capital. With a feir more such practices they will be able to hold their own with dome of the older brigades. . v -On Thursday evoning' there was a igeDoral meeting of the Greytown Philharmonic Society 1 , when it was . resolved ; to .adjourn till April next, which we think a very, wiso resolution, as the. attendance during tho summer months we feel stirei would not be good. ■

In concluding our report of the. Horti cultural Show, we omitted to mention

that the Committee wished to conyey their thanks to Mr McCarthy for kindly, plaoine the store at their disposal and also for his hearty co-operation in the'affair, Mr MoCarthy went to considerable inoonvonience and expense in., perparing the room for tho Show, and thus assisted materially in making the affair a success.' The Masterton Building and Invest, mont Society recoives its monthly, payments to-day. . Thirteen noticos of intontion to compete for the Masonic Scolarships have been received,by the ohairman of the committee, Mr Gillon, Ten'of the candidates' are boys' and three eirlai Three of the competitors are from the Wairarapa, The examination will lake place prior to Christmas, -The Wairarapa candidates consist of; Miss Jessie Corbett fand MastersGoorge Nicol,Vbf Masterton, and. we belio've a pupil' in the Greytowh Public School, 1 ' The .examination of the Wairarapa candidates will take place at Mastorton, the Rev. W. E. Pai?e having consented to act as supervisor to it. Messrs Lowes & lorns add to their list for Tuesday next, bnf/now theodolite, : by' order of the trustee in IWs estate. ■ Clouds ot dust this morning have harassed tho shopkoopers of Quoen-at,, and they havo somo of them threatened ts lay on a water-cart against the enemy, Tlio railway authorities' have deoidod to rue an excursion train between Wellington ani Masterton on the days of the Opaki Races, arriving at Masterton at 11 a.m. on Wednesday and returning at 6,30 p.m. oil Thursday,

A eevero necident happened at Mossrs Bootli & Co.-'s mill on Thursday afternoon, shortly before tho mon leaving off work. A nun named John Sunnex, jun. was coming down the tram with some trucks, when a log rolled off across the line, He appears to have gone on, and a short time after John Floyd oamo down with snmo more trucks, which caught the jog. He was.thrown off, and tho truck came over on him, sevorely injuring the .spino, Tliii whole of the tho lowor limbs are completely paralysed, and Dr ,Boy holds out no hope of hi> recovery. Dr Sponcur Cobbold has ducorered that tha male mosquito is a harmless oreature, and only the female insect bites. This triumph for crusty old bachelors is somewhat spoilt by the further announcement that the she-mosquito is only fishing for fllarioo in tho veins of lior subjeoti, and may; bo rendering a service, seldom appreciated by. those most interested.

_ A .correspondent of the Wostern Star gives tho following explanation of the Comot:-"The exhalations of phosphor from: the South Island of New Zeoland

being attracted magnetically in an cast-north-eaat direction for 7,000,000 of milea, and then losing that attraction, formed tlio huad of. the comet. The tail, air, without tliu slightest doubt, is formed by the pkoaphoriaed ghosts of 33,000,000 deceased buunies,

The rapid diminution of the sheep of the United Kinedom, it is said, is attracting the attention, and is riowed as deoidedly serious in consequonce of tho steady simultaneous growth of the human population, In 1874 there were nearly 35,000,000 sheep in tlio kingdom, whilo now there nro only 28,000,000. The decrease in Iroland last year was over 300,000 head, The press urge the farmers to spare no pains to incroase their flocks and prevent any defioiency in the home supply of mutton. The Rot Mr Buddie, in a'rccout lecturo in Auckland on his early experiences amongst tho Maoriß, said that whan ho (Mr Buddie) landed mi the beach of Kawhia with his wife k? busied himself in getting his stores out of tho • boat, and whilo so doing, to his astonishment, saw his wife hoisted shoulder high by a party of stalwart Natives, who immediately trotted off with her inland,—; (Laughter), He followed up the.' track as speedily an possible, beinp only a young mariied man tlion—(laughter)—and found that they had got her comfortably seated in a species of chair which they had improyisod and were carrying slung.<jn 'poles shoulder high, palanquin fashion/ and in that way his wife was carried comfortably over the rangts to Whaingaroa,

The .Paris, correspondent of the Bydnoy Mornings-Herald writes:—"The Crushing blow delivered by Sir Garnet Wolseley to Arabi at Tcl-el-Kebir and its immeliate consequences caused greater surprise in Franco than it did in England. As I stated in my last letter, the prevailing opinion in this country, including those favorably dirpwed towards ; Kngla*d, entirely discredit jd General Wolseley's optimist views respecting the difficulties of the campaign, The Ahglophobii t Proas went further, and. represented the position of the British 1 force at as desperate. Eyory engagement up to the dato of the battle of Tel-el. Kebir was then made to wear the appearance of a discomfiture to the expeditionary army; and there ban be litttle doubt that, had a, serious. disaster,' befallen our arms in Egypt, the majority- of the Paris journals would havo rec orJed the newd with every expression of satisfaction. When, however, the jvavcamo suddenly to an end, there was as remarkable a ohange in the tone of the anti: English press in France as there was in the attitude of thi t'rench, Italian, and Levantine inhabitants of [Alexandria. The old adage "nothing succeeds like success" received anew.ana convincing illustration.,, Papers which were furious at the independent action of England ia Egypt were silenced by the fails accomplis at Tel-el-Kebir and Cairo, or commented on the situation in language that was courteous in comparison with, that to which they, have, accustomed us of late,"-

The Pall Mall Gizette says u So heavy, have been the marine insurance losses from which' Lloyd's' have suffered,, that we hear that as much as £750,000 has lately been paid away by tho underwriters there. Quite, a number bf them have withdrawn from the. business altogether, some perforce , because their means was at an end, others .beeauso they saw no hope of doing a mora profitable business in the future, and preferred to keep what was loft of their fortunes, Tho competition ot the outside marine insurance companies is blamed for this state of things. The; havo knocked ratesidom, it-is.said,till it Ino longer pays to take ' risks. Judging by the accounts ot ma'nytof these marine com'' panics there must be a good deal of truth mthat view, and if matters are so bad with the underwriters of lloyd' s'aa to oatii > i sciious talk of elosiug the marine business 'dene there altogether; what !can : ;we expect: to be the end of the companies .who by their* rccklosansss have brought matters to suck pass."

T-By an :order in Oounoil a rejjjpve bun". been vetted in the Wairarapa ; douncil, situated on tho ■ «ueh ! reservation being in trust j purposes. •. / \ „<A ; L i#r \ '