The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1883.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1383, 19 May 1883, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1883.

•"< tflie'cofflmittee'of'tliij Wairarapa.lnstl tuto ilioot ori'Monday evening al 7.30 p.m, o1 | ts.Cjjyil Sowceexaminationß for l'S^Wa'piiblwheil,, Wm. 'Oplt a Maatertou candidate passed.'!" " .-s.Thji Government |printin£ office is being /i 1 IiJPI IdaQd ilb ; ' elecitic light;; Luxuriee of this kind can only be afforded bj .offices which obtain ways and' means tKrouglva parliamentary; vote, j ..,' Bailees American Novelty Exhibition, still continues to draff lar«p crowds tc pookburn's.BMu Sp numeroub »re thej bfian evening, that if is a difficult,,raatier to get insidojibe^building. l "The cloyct sleight of.band tricks, card manipulations, : And] ready :{lp,»/oli ,wit< and Cliutojoi* of '[the proprietor, keeps the audience well eiitbr; tained, while a large variety of rjaefiilMd amusing are« means ol! epeoiila- ' -iibii'to those' Wdisposed. ( .The ext'aeis will 1)8 found on our back page:—' Alleged Discovery of Noah's Ark," "TllNa' Tr.ust|Yo)!! "'A Sporting Servant Gal," and paragraphs/ Mr H. H. Brown, who was] the, first jlatioij maslej at jtbej Grey town! Hailwiy 'Station, ana well Mown in musics circles here, is now a fjourisbing, bonifaco at George ToTvtf,>,Tafeba'ahiaj;: where Ihekeepe i l'^ Settlers complain that the,islands .on 'theWftingawa river; 'ilie property of the Government, are' breeding grounds foi rabbitßji.,and- : that tho powerß' that be should se'tlhem a good example by keeping down the petton unoccupied land of :this^BhctorJ ,lH: ' il , 1 ! ' ; ■! , • yiThe Fe&tfie.rßton Jown Board) bss.dA. tided to strike a three fntbingi iethe ipo»^ ; | :';;■; ;;;ii Edrmmd Toliey who - was in charge qj ithe/yVaiiefigaffltitel whe'ril it |fi'i* burned down, was arrested on Thursday eveaingj and brought before Messrs.BeyaniTand W<;!!«?fe;Wni.ng clw'ed ifii|i mcendiajiim .aad was remanded"'i tjj Feathettton;.tai Monday next, when 'the charWliakirdbefora the Resident M '.. ~•■ :|;'v.;;;;i; Brigidfl laet-fbi' ?ra ion J tewpjnlriut, owing to the small attendance only a short practice wm indulged in, Lieutenant Ouneron va| |||barge.

■: A^ll:;marked, though jiotibrandfld. ;phfjsfeut:;m»rß/;'Bwait» : 'au-(rffnMVißYthe Masterion Pound',, 'y^/f^%f )§■.. : ■:s* reßtet toiipr that Mr J. J.-Ewife, Olerk coifeoed to his bedbytiilnasi; .:;: ■ /■/:■■,:■■.ss,.. A perusal of Bapp&'Hareo new advertisement will be interesting. This firm are offering arms and amraunilign.it English cost, and at audi pricos they ought to have an immense sale. ~,P,al'riok Shea was charged at the Masteflon, 11. M. Court this morning, with beinj» drunk and inoapable on the pre* ceding evening, The acoußod responded: ;V That,is right, your Worship,;' and. paid a fine of five shilling!. Mr Lowes, 1 uM*.', was pn the| bench, The Maatertou builders have takon advantage of the fine weather of the past week, and pushed on with the works in hand. Mr Cleghorn has th'u whole of the framework of the new oourthouie finished, and is busy roofing it in. Mr Montgomery hat made great progress with the two shops under his '.bjJr'B in Queen-street, and numerous ;new dwelling houses in (he town hare sprung up'lik'e mushrooms, /The record ot oar weather reportoi runs as follows: It was very wet at the beuiniung of the weok, but the remainder has been exceptionally fino. More rain fell on Saturday last than on any other day during ihe past fifteen months, a rain fall of 8.475 inches being registered, on that day, lho baromoter was low on the aamo day, viz: 29,29 inohes and on the ICth it roße to 30.13 inches, The' mean thermometer reading for the week is ;48 Fah, 'lt was frosty on four daysj and the wind has been light nearly the whole .sreek. -.."■■l:-.^ The Poßt writing on Milner Stephens! cps nays:-" He, like other fines'murisls," as it is the fashion to term, them, simply calls into operation a certain well; recognised psycho-physical procesrwhicri acts successfully or fails, wholly or,partially, according to the idiosyncrasy of the subject treated. There is the whole thing in a nutshell." Our contemporary wc fancy leaves the oraoking of tho nut to its readers.- .;'(; ■;.;;■ It was rumonred in Greytown on Thursday that a woman had demanded payment of the 125 reward offered by Messrs Caselberg and Co for information leading to the discovery ef tho stolen goodi and that when the police.went to the place specified (somewhere in the vicinity of Kaiwaiwai) no goods were found or any trace of them. The local constable has been moat coinraendably active in the search, but without success so far, ; The people of Greytown are speaking of forming a vigilance oommittee on account of the number of burglaries which have been committed in the town within the last twelve months,

;' Seaaonablo words are like seasonable L goods—always beneficial and very use fill, The man tbat would openly defy (he elewits and ruin his constitution is guilty of gross ignoranse. Within the laßt throe months numerous severe maladies have been traced direct to the want of suitable clothing. How very eaiy it is to provide against all this by calling on G.W, Schroder, ofthoHall of Oomnietco; . He oan furnish you with a good, strong, 1., well-made suit of clothes for 27s Gd., Woollen under-garraents direct from, the . Manufactory, consisting of woullen pants, i 0 shirts, and socks, together with an overw coat, which for quality and price ire not d to; be equalled in New Zealand.-ADVT, L.J. Hooper & Co. ara now opening their second shipments of winter goods in every department. The shipments have , beon well and carefully selected, superior r ' in quality, and of the newest textures and I designs, end owing to the continued depression in the Home markets, being bought for cash, they are very mnoh : better In valuo than at any other period, The new goods now being opened consist of Men's, Boy's, and Youths' Clothing, Ladies' and Girls' Hats, Millinery, Bon- " nets, Seal, Velvet, Plush and Bearer , Turbans, Ladios' and Girls' Jackets, : Mantles, Paletots, Four-in hand Jackets, • Newmarkot Uliters, Hooded Ulsters, Four-in-hand Ulsters, Winter Hosiery, Costumes and Skirts, Blankets, Flannels, Dross Goods, Velvets, Plushes, Velveteens, Sheetings, Shawls, Stays, aud Underclothing, We invite hoadi of families and our friends generally to ' come and inspect our stock before pur- ■ ohasing elsewhere. We offer as good value as any house in New Zealand, and our goods are all now and of sterling \ quality; Particulars in future issue of •. this paper. Remember the address isL. J. Hobm & Co,, Bon Marche".—Advt. •; A petition will be forthwith lodged , against the olection of Edward Shaw for "• Inangahua. Four grounds aro alleged, : two of which are mi to bo fatal to his i election, *■-■■> There is said to be In a graveyard in ■; Pennsylvania, a tombstono inscribed ;, Methuselah Smith, aged one year. ' On Feb. 24 the Emperor of Russia [ reviewed 30,000 troops of the Guard ' in front of the Winter Palace at St Petersburg. . The increase of banking advances . during 1882 in Victoria, Now South , Wales, and New Zealand, amounted to j ton millions eterhng. A writer in Figaro states that the ( floral crowns piled around Gambetta'j i coffin were worth over £20,000; ' There were 4000 of them, and the' i smallest must have cost 50 francs. .:•..: The following advertisement appeared ' recently in a London daily papery r "Amerchant wants a clerk who, can . "correspond fluently in three languages] ■ salary, £1 a week." .. : ,_,,_.' , '•."The Brush Company has challenged 1 the United States Electric light Comj pany to a public test of their systemsj 1 in Louiseville, Kentucky..,; The losei is to pay £2OO towards the expenses of the exhibition, and £SOO to: the Polytechnic Society of Kentucky, The transactions of the Bank of England are enormous In the course of .five years the paid notes amount to 77*745,000 in number, and they.* fill 13,400 boxes, which; if placed side,by (Ml, would reach two and one-third niiles. If the notes were placed in a pile'ithey would reach to a height of five "and'two-third miles, or if joined end to end,they would form a ribboon 12,445 miles long. '..... 'lmportant notice I Eeljable information ! 1 Interesting to the general public I! 1 -fG. W. Schroder, of the Half of Commerce, while thanking his many customer| for past favors, begs to notify that a direct consignment of Gentlemen's Clothiog auitablefor the present severe season hWjufiV been; bjieried up at the Halt of Commerce, and marked off at very low prices, consisting of ;-880 Men's Heavy Tw.eed Suits, selling at 27s 6d, remarkably; good.; Value, worth 52s 6d; 75 Boy's Knicker Suits, with belts, selling from 7s lid.the/ complete anil;, 650 Boy's.and Youths' Heavy Tweed Trousers Suits, telling, at 28b, worth 37s 6d; 50 Gentle? meuVTweed Waterproof Coats', all sizes, ranging in price from 19a 6d each to M rain proof ;i36 Boy's and Youths' Wintor Overcoats, very cheap.-' Inspection invited by G, W. Schrodor, at the Hall of Commerce.-|AnvT,]

In Victoria, people are .mem-; bera of friendly sooie|fc : : The Bristol, tMiMerpool Post, is the sender steamer in the wild. j§hi|ta3 , sleeping accominoijatibpSr class passengers. • She belong to the famous Fall River line, and runs nightly between New York City and The Pall Mall Gazette records a tale of terrible orueltybyastepmothertoa little girl aged 11 ; yeara.. The unfortunate'little Victim'' was clothed in rags, starved,, ani once left M 'Blj'^ B ■ withouli (any W whatever.' Her body, was covered with bruises ■ and-j sores, .both eye? blackened, and he'rtoes were, so ihjured'that they would shortly hiye) • dropped off. Her stepmother "had branded her on the ■ back finger in a lamp M^' i Wwpnf' , it > iu.a door and 1 it: ; Shealeodug. a hedand! The girl had a chilblain, and: after hammering it wkh'a'hamm'er/thV stepmother put it and then covered it withssit andiheV with sugat'/^Everjri^ay'before' shodressed it she,used...to strike it with : % piece•o|%«#;^ilflly,Hifr , ■ with ; a' : cane" : by: s&' the girf faf fw|gs: Wafrdisoase, antt will |fg' ;,-| > y | .;■!; l UW SeyenlYiy at EtonJ" Mr a story 6lMl is a sfcrik !of thei ■s?%l|d^^e^>w^ion,- ; wheh ! the' prMeh't-^miepWfltt : iSfeting. as prropositor of his form,,he omitted, either by accident or, from,intend down the.name ofa'soßoolfellow who had' been late'for school, The latecomer .was a friendjof Gladstone's; and Dr Keats chose'to consider the omisBioniisa wilfut'offence. He lost no time in sending for a fresh, birch, informing the. delinquent. pi-?aposjtolr that;; his. omission ..was;a Jgrbss breach'of trust.'. The was at no loss for'a'reply.' He said, "If you ' please, sir, my prsepositorship would have been an office of tftist if I had sought Hof my, .own: accord; but it was forced,upoij me,'!:-.•, > \ ;■' In thoproductifa ofniantifictu'rea in'' the "United States there are engaged 2,207,197 men, 581,753 women,; pr 2,737,950 persons in all,; Itiscajcu-.. latedthat each of these maintain, on an average,,,two. and: a' half other individuals,, making the whole number of persons supported by manufactures in the United States 9,58.6,325; or, almost pnerfifth of the entire population. : ( Great offence has been given in BerHivikiCpnsequenM (of ;the Crowii Pnncoss having procured) her: silverwedding dress -from. London ■; tumes of :hOr daughters also came from England;-'. >'!■: ■-.<■'• :i[i . ; ' ; ;;Thesword »f,hpiior presented by the inhabitentSi'pf Cairo to Lord Wolseley has ibeen .forwarded to i his lordship tjirpugh the .Foreign. Officei It is of, the; moat/coatly and' magnificent work-' inansbip. ~....,

•, Paris papers repott the extraordinairy run of a flnaall hydrogen" gas. balloon, [which/ having been liberated at Beroy, was dis-covered'at-'Grondo in Poland, having th?lo%st'air journey on record for so imalhan object,;,. ,;,:'.; '';.") ":'\ ' The population of the Highlands hw fallen off in the last fifty yeara nearly one-half. s ;.Since 183r the'lnumber>of inhabitants in Argyllshire has actually, declined from 100,973 to ■75,468. V,,Gf the latter number no fewer? than 30,387 the urban class, arid-the rural population' tbm:.:Bliows''i»! reduction dunn^.thm;v:perjpd ; from! 85,973' to 46,081. ( : \fl ;' \< ! :. J - I '' .-■'-* t; IJand in the city of New York is '**ss& a hlgh-vpriceriAi;. >a/ recent' by 30ft, 1 ;Wall and. Broadway streets, which is li-eAlly the best Corner" in the whole city, brought 168,000d015, being at the rate.'. of per highest' pried 6ver obtsiined.for any' Veal Mta)e /: in';Anieri(»i;i-.) il,: , !'"•'''■" ■"' ■•' 'The' ;&dp "Prince'' and Princess have'devote'd the fund contributed' by the jmbjicior, the celebration' of their, silyer.i,w.edding,!:which amounts to, 850,000'; marks,' 7 to' benevolent 'purposes, j .• ) 'jlttmmipg>JW i in the Auiiralwim savgj.'There h. quite a fashionjiblo ,furore for velveteen this winter, audihemoflthand.. some costumes consist of a combinatp qf, velveteen,and plaidodwoollen or| tweeds in' 'heatherpixtqros., /The plaia>kirfc of velvewith a'rnohraij of fringed'silk' matehiilgthe hue'of;:th'oskirt.; ,The tweed Mvplaitled ; 'usualljj showing a: fine rich ihiii'te'o^brown', areenj gold, and :Boar.l.eti:srdrlirM u over':this skirt either' or forming a deep point in front and a rierio*a=of fildi.above it, orja Grecian, 'tunic raised very, high on,one side. "The 99flt fabric; •6pening\pvM.;a- of'the v'el-'. ■fpriM this jaunty |sile(i l 'and' : .'the |coat is of Heather twieasVana invite'an early. inspec-TeAroflouso.-fADVT,] | "; ir " r -'