The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1882. PORIRUA WHISKEY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1249, 9 December 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1882. PORIRUA WHISKEY.

The disclosures in the "Wellington Police Court during tho past few days have revealed two facts—first, that a large amount of illcit distillation lias for some time past been going on in the Porirua district, and secondly, that a number of licensed victuallers in Wellington purchase tho crude spirit which is manufactured in- the bush, and' dose their unfortunate customers with it. The buyers of this spirit.are every bit as much to blame as the makers of it, and we trust that their nanies will yet transpire. If the trade of a publican is to be conducted in such a manner that the publii will have respect and confidence in him the practice of purchasingillicifcgrogmusfcbe stopped. At; present a grave suspicion rests generally on the hotel proprietors of the Empire City. They have, we believe, a Licensed Victuallers Association, wid it is clearly the interest and duty of this body to discountenance and repudiate iu every possible manner the illegal practices in which some of their members have indulged. If at a juncture like this a trade association does its duty honestly and fearlessly, the necessity for more stringent laws or a stricter supervision by the police is obviated.. The recent disclosures have created a suspicion which operates injuriously against the trade as a whole, As many members of it are doubtless loyal subjects,'who supply lawful and honest liquors to their customers, it is very, necessary that these should separate themselves from others who are bringing a.necessary and an honorable calling into disrepute. What, too, will bo said of pur now. brooms—the popular licensing committees—if such 3tuff as Porirua whiskey forms the staple in hotel bars. They, too, have a duty in clearing out the illegal whiskey ring, rj and. if they are worth their salt they will not fail to exercise it. It is tolerably notorious that the working man at the public, house, bar is very frequently drugged or ipoisoned with, Porirua whiskey or with a doctored imported article. In many instances two classes of liquor are kept; the pure and wholesome for the. customer who can distinguish honest from dishonest tipple, and the hot, strong, fiery, adulterated liquor for the. unfortunate men who are not gifted .with nice palates, and whose interiors ..can be practiced upon with comparative impunity.

"Mr Levin M.U.R.addresses his cotistituenis on Tueadnynext. lt.'\'-:.l TJib Waiiarapa West County' holds its ordinary monthly meeting to-day. at Oaf-, terton. The business of this ni'eeting will' we understand be nominal as the moeling which waß held a fortnight ago cleared off all arrears

Owing to an attack of lumbago'Mr Warde'll, R.M., was unable: to .proceed yeßterday to.Teriui to hold .'the,. Court sitting fixed for thai day. "Mr W.Lowes, J.P., kindly consented logo there in his place. There was rather a thin muster at the Masterton Volunteer company drill last evening. Color-Sergeant Williams was in command, and tho company, was practised in the mauuul and platoon exeroises by Drill luslruotor Bezar. ■: Messrs 0. Ludwig & Son,, the well known jewellers, of Lambton Quay, Wellington, have a new advertisomont in another column announcing their Christmag atook, which, aa usual, is most complete and of high clsbs quality and finish. '

: The examination for the eight scholarships offered by the Board of .Education will be held simultaneously in the Normal School, Wellington, and the public school, Greytown, on the 20th instant, commencing at 10 a.m. The aoholarahipa are' tenable for two years, and are open for competition to all children (except those attending classical or other schools, for higher education), whether they are receiving instruction at the Government institutions or not, who were under 15 years of age on tho Ist instant.. The annual value of the highest scholarship is £3O, £lO being that of the lowost, The steamer Napier struok Barrett's Reef on leaving Wellington Harbor on Thursday nipht and arrived at Picton with her forefoot injured aud loaking. The Greytown Bmter aud Cheese factory is to cbmmerice bnsiuess on- next Tuesday, when there is a considerable quantity of milk to be put in the factory, the supply promised exceeding what the most sanguine had hoped for, Mr Shaw, the manager, has come back from the Edondale Factory, where he had been tor a fortnight getting an insighr. as to the working of plant, etc. The half yearly meeting for the nomination of officers In Court Marquis of Normality A.O.F, N0.5533 was held at the Foresiers' Hall, Carterton on Thursday evening, and there is likely to ho a keen eompeiition for several of the chairs. Tho following aro tho nominations : 0.R., Bros T. Edwards, C. H. Robimou P.C.R,,and R. B. ChurchP.C.R.;S.C.R. Bros G. Rumble, and T. Underbill; Sec. Bros DeLacoy, and U. B. Church P.C.R.; Tress, Bro I Smith P.C.R, ;S.W. Bro J. Nicol; J.W. Bros T. Underhill, W. Clarke, and G. Daysh; S.B. Bro J. Sunnex; J.B. Bro J. Reid; Surgeon, Bro Bey; Auditor, Bros J, Nicol, and T. Underhill The election will take place on tho 21st iost,

Mrs Hampsou, after closing her mission at Wanganui, became file guest of Sir William and Lady Pox at Westhoe, and will remain for about a fortnight. Thence she proceeded, to Napier, where her mission commenced on the 10th Decembor, .

Tho Christohurch Globe writing of the missing child at Woodeiul; 'says :—Ada Whitlow, iw.,> and a-lialf years, lost on Tuesday morning, was found alive on the •land downs fully four miles away on Saturday morning. She was sitting in a comatose stale on a mound of Band when observed by James Derbridgaandanotber who were searching for cattle between Mrßeharrell's and Mr McKenzie's farms, near the Kaipoi beach. She was somewhat emaciated, and could not speak, but otherwise unharmed, Derbridge, who had not hoard of any child boing missing, however, took her to Mr McKenzie's, where Mrs McKenzie, who had heard about tho affair, kindly put her to bed and cautiously gave her refreshment. It uppenis that on Thursday last a fisherman saw the child on the beach, but thought its parents wero near. This little one had been wandering and away from home without food for about 100 hours, and had been given up as dead by the numbers of persons who had for the threo, previous days been searching the country. Great credit is due to Rev. "W. H. Gossett, the clergyman at Woodend, for keeping up tkesoarch parties and raising by subscription a reward for the child s recovery,

A Maori woman is creating a sensation in Auckland by her success as a doctor. It is said that her success has' been amazing, eapocially in cases of chronic asthma. Maoris from Waikato, the Thames, and all parts of the North have (locked to her in hundreds during tho past She is a Christian, and has an aversion of seeing any patient on Sunday, The Natives regard her as a prophetess. She steadfastly refuses any payment for her services, believing it will cause a loss of influence and power, and she has been almost ea'en out of house and home by her multitude of visitors. In order to avoid this, patients now keep away from' her place as muoh as possible, stopping at some settlement near at hand. A general collection is now being made throughout the North to provide her with an annuity. Her mode of treatment appears to be mainly hydropathic: She enjoins the strictest cleanliness, with frequent' biths, which in itself must have a beneficial effect on most Maori patients, and she lays down the most detailed rules for diet. To these causes her cures, which seem to be tolerably well attested, may be tairly attributed,

The Eev. C, D. Ward, a prominent member of the denomination known as the Methodist New Connexion, arrived in Melbourne a few days ago. The rev, gentleman is visiting the colonies on a mission, the objeot of which is to ascertain whother it is desirable to continue the work of the denomination in the colonies, there being only four churches connected with it in Australia( ono being at Richmond, Victoria, a socond in Sydney, and the two others in South Australia. It appears that the local income is inadequate to support the churches, and that they, have to be assisted by tho connexion ; in 'tho Old Country. An offer has been made by the Wesloyan denomination in Victoria to receive the churches into its connexion, and this will bo considered by Mr Ward during his etay in the colonios. ' We have just received a largo consignment of new season's teat specially selected by our Adonis in India, and China: For all 'kinds of household stores, Rapp and Hare of the Emporium will be .found the cheapest house in town.— Advt. The annual distribution of Christmas Gifts is now taking place at Te Aro House,' and will continue throughout I 'the month of December. .We have provided.a (large assortment of really artistic ohromo pictures whioh will be presented to every purchaser of 5s worth and upwards. Great care has been taken to provide such only as shall be wortbly of acceptance by all who may pay a visit to Te Aro House. The subjects of.these chromos are many and vaned, comprising landscapes, seascapes. : copieß of Landseer's. mest favourite and popular works, and will be exceedingly attractive to visitors and purchasers efTe Aro House. The. mode in which it has been determined to issue these gifts is of a most liberal character, and will during the merry Christmas season,' be'' i source'of gratification to the numerous customers of James smith, Te Aro House, Cubaitreet, Wellington,—Advt.

.£ Mr A. ;McK<mzi6, the buypfefor tUe.GeatfMeat preserving Compaby, jusi purchased from Mr B. P. Perry drie hun-1 dredfat ilieep whioh average lOOlbieaoh^ The, Rev L/M. Isitt conduots thd ser< vices in.the.-Wesloyan Church, Masterfcnn, to-morrow morning, and his brother, the Rev F..W, Isitt, proaehes in the evening. Mrs Ward, wife of his Honor Judge .Ward preaohed at Oamaru on a recent [Sunday in-the-;Primitive- MuthuJut Churoh both morning and evening. The BevT. B. Stevenson, LL.D, of the Children's Home, London, has arrived in South Australia, and may shortly bo expected in New; Zealand, He lectured to a crowded audience in Adelaide upon'' How to savo the children," and slated that' of the 1300 ohildren who had been under his care, 700 had gone out into the world, and 600 still remained in his various" home*." i Of these 700 children the report was so satisfactory that only. 8 per cent were registered as '< criminals." Seeing that nearly all theso children were gathered from London streets and gutters, such a result is certainly remarkable evidence of what Christian 'philanthropy may accomplish when well direoted. The. gushor of one of the lnveroargill papers thus rapturously descrik] Martina Simonsen aa * * Maritana";-" Here she has only to sing, and such songs! An angolus, devout little Catholic that she is, so sweet that, one can almost see the angels hovering round and hear tho fluttering of their wings; a song as of a harp m tho air, so dulcet toned and melodious that the audience instinctively hold thoir breath for fear of losing one of thoße rippling notes; an orison, such as calls up to the mind's eye tho very image <>f the Viruin Mother, to whom it is addressed ; and last, but not least, an air so full of sweot melody that. instinctively, evon without words, it would conjure up all the scenes that are brightest in this bright world of ours." -

Speculation n running high (says the European Mail, October 20th) with reapeoi to the probable oust of the war; and various sums have been " tottled" up to affright the British v taxpayer, and make him cry out for ajGovernment which brings him hjimi' and peace,, as distinct from honor with war; Sapient and emphatic party authorities to the contrary notwithstanding, the campaign will not cost anything like £20,000,000, nor even £15,000,000. The nearest utinule gives the total .»f £7,000,000. A heavy item which falls into this bill is for hired transport.'' A quarter of a million of tons of shipping was chartered for a period of (our months at an average of 20s.per ton per month, This will givo a gross sum of one million, There are also the Canal dues, which were it the rate of £2OO a day for a period of a fortnight, In addition thore was a charge.of 10 francs for every soldier who entered the Canal. It is estimated that the coat nf bringing the Indian troops to Egypt and carrying them back will bo L 2,000.000. It is needless to say that the Vote of Credit of L 2,500,000 has been exhausted by the ourrent expenses of " strengthening Her Majesty's Army in the Mediterranean." The rapid termination of the war, howevor, has certainly .saved a million to the pocket of tho taxpayer, if it has not saved a larger sum.

Dr Copleatone, Bishop of Colombo, has dismissed n schoolmaster fur engaging himself to marry the daughter of a Methodist. In his lei ter the Bishop wrote to the schoolmaster:-" lam deeply grieved that you had - not loyalty or courage enough to save' you from the wretched fall you contemplate,"

The Bishop of St David's has re-openod the parish church of Llandawke, a Norman building of groat antiquity, whioh for years has been in the most ruinous and dangerous condition, Tho parish is only 620 acres in extent, and all the land except the glebe is owned by a Nonconformist, while the!population numbers ouly 21. ,

y The following' paragraph, taken from another journal, is given by, the Tablet— Wo are sorry to learn that tho Eev. J. Bavlage, of Prairie Du Loot;, 111,, is at the point of dying a horrible, death. It appear* that the domestics of his parsonage are in the habit of using it" washing fluid" in place of soap, Tbii the) seem to have very liberally employed in doing their Training a ; week ago, and enough remained'iu the clothe* to fatally poison Fftthur B.erlast* when he wore them. It ii said that on all parts of his body tho slfin drops off as though rotten, and also that large holta are Consumed in the flesh. The terrible poison is literally eating the unfortunate man alive, It is also said that Father Berlage is fully cognisant of his impending fate—knows that he mils! 1 , surely die, and i« resigned. Amorica it', of course, to the front in finding out the boat manner of preventing a panic at the time of fire in a public building. According to t New York contemporary, a-theatM took fire one evening, but a ruahfor the door was prevented by-the manager, who, with great presence of mind, alippidto the fnint, »nd said: " Ladies and gentlemen, we have prepared a little surprise for you. An immense kettle of whisky punch is now being heated, and in a few moments waiters will pass: through the hall and distribute it." After this, i'we are told, the audience were pulled out one by one, and the_ clover rase saved many lives, though it made no end of months water in vain.

The San Francisco papers record an extraordinarycure of smallpox patients by an accident. Sixteen men while being conveyed from the ship in which they were attacked to the hospital, were thrown into the sea by the upsetting of the boat, and were thoroughly drenched with soa water, and sat In their wet clothes for an hour afterwards.! The medical men looked for a large percentage of deaths after" treatment" of this kind, but all the men made an extraordinary recovery, I while others who. had been attacked at the same time were still far from convalescent. The San; Franoisoo people aro enquiring whether a Bait water bath is not the right treatment for.smallpox. ~'.■ _Mr Rutherford; M.H.R. for [ Bruce, said in his speech the other day at Milton that he was perfectljr.iatisfied that if the honorarium were reduced to £IOO they would have a House much improved in character. The great-want in the Houae was to got.more members imbued with the serious nature;of the datiea they had sworn to perform,' '.. h '. A St. Louis paper (ells us of two dogs that are habitual druntards,;;'One; is a poodle and .the other is a small terrier, They h*ve been addioted to the flowing bowl for some time,and they seem to enjoy their drink as much; as some men do. They get their "tipple" at the beer trough. of a,:saloon;'and usually 1 begin, drinking early in the, afternoon.; By six o'clock they aro lively, attdoxbibit their 1 hilarity by chasing each other around the room, barking, ' toil-, This lasts until nine o'clock when they become quarrelsome, and often get into a fi«ht with, each other. Then they stagger'off to their corners and retire for the night. In the morning they aro blear eyed aud duH, and look and act as if they were ashamed of allowing themselves to be overcome by ( their appetites.; The. terrier, however, is ready for his beer again at an. early hour,, but one won Id fancy that the v paodle'lhad'"- awern off," for he. avoids Jhe' trough for several hours; 'bnt-.ab < temptation over-. comes him and at'noon Ife again indulges,' anda few hours finds them both drank egaia.

Yesterday morning the Maories stopped the survey of.the approaohea to the Manawaju li-idnei now being Carried on by Mr Robs, Government surveyor. t

,Mr D.'MeMaster's annual sale of pure bred shorthorn pedigree bulls will take place at the ram and ewe fair at Carterton in February next. Mr F. H, Wood will conduct the sale. ■■• • - '■:*;■■■■ ■ > V

John Myers, alias "the Marquis," made hia third appearance in the R.M. Court this morning, on a ch'argelof inebrity, and was fined twenty: shillings by His Worship the Mayor. ; ''•■'. - Sixty claims have been sent ic to the Government by persona wlin were injured in the .recent railway accident at Hawthorne. All the patients are improving in health, • . ' ... Our Pahhtua correspondent writes that the late agitation is bearing fruit, as a gang of men have .been seiit tip by 1 the; County Council to put Tiraumea 'road in order. ■.'•:; We regret to, that Mr, C. Winteringham's knee cap was fractured in the lato accident on the Opaki race course. Dr Hosking has set' the fracture, which is expected will take a long time to get right, ~,-;,

At an adjourned meeting of the creditors of Joseph Fellingham, ofFeatherston, held at the Supreme Courthouse yesterday, Mr J, D, Oakley, of Featherston, was elected creditors' trustee. The only creditors present were Mbssrs A. Lindsay and E, H. Hunt. Others were represented by proxy. .It has been decided that Arabi and hia accomplices, whose sentences of death have been commuted to exile, are to be de ported to Ceylon, anarrnngomonts to tha effect haying beeu arrived at with the. Biltish Government, i A meeting of the seitlers of MauriceYille was held last evening in the schoolhouße to consider the question of amalgamation, Mr 6. Gunderson occupying tho chair. A resolution was proposed by Mr Jagerhorn, seconded by the chairman, and uuimimously carried—That it is in the opinion of this meeting that it is desirable that Counties East and West be united. A petition in favor of the resolution was signed by all present. We learn from our reporter with the "weather eye" that very little rain has fallen during the weak, the total rainfall being only .080 inches. It has been at times hot and close, and consequently neither healthy nor pleasant. The mean barometer reading for the week is 29,675 inches, and this morning (Saturday) is 30.00 inches. The thermometer has varied very little—maximum CC Fab., minimum CO. The wind has been light and variable.

Au interesting experiment took place on board the ship Ploiono nt Wellington hut week, A number of gentlemen connected with the local insurance offices and others assembled on board, at the inritation of Gintain Eemuit, in order to witness a trial of tlio 'tinned Asbeitos Company's lireproof paint, which it was thousht was likely to be parlicularly suitable' for a wooden city like Wellington. The result quite bore this out in the opinion of thine dresent. _ A small piece of wood coated with pmnt was placed'm the engine fire by Capfcuu Eenaut, After tour minute's exposure to the intense heat it waa taken out, and found quite intact, although just beginning to catch. It was then placed back again for another three minutes, and although it had been cracked in handling it with the tonga, it was at ill nearly intact when removed for a second time from the furnace. Another piece of wood partially coated with the paint, showed the protective powers of the latter in a striking manner, the unprotected part being consumed in an instant, while the paint withstood the action of the fire for a considerable time. The visitors, especially the insurance gentlemen, considered the experiments highly satisfactory, The paint is said to bo superior in many other respects, besides its fireproof qualities, to the ordinary p=unt, and has ben oxlensively used at Home in connection with the scenery of theatres, &c. Iu Wellington, if used generally for paintiiiji houses, &c, there seems ovory reason to believe that many a serious fire might be checked at the outset. At the conclusion of the trials, the parly took lunch with the gonial captain in the saloon.