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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1466, 25 August 1883, Page 2

The lecture announced to be given by Mr 11. W. Green on Sunday evening has been postponed owing to the lecturer's Parliamentary duties compelling his presence iu Wellington on Monday afternoon. The services will be taken by the Bev L M, leitt as usual, Mr T. E. Price, of the Educational Repository, baa a now advertisement in anotbor column, of new books, painting aud drawing materials, now music, photography, &o, The Wnirarapa West County Counoil and the Taratahi-Carterton Highway Hoard moat at Carterton this day (Saturday), The linutod accomodation at .present afforded at the B.M, Court, Carterton, is at last to be improved, also some stabling ereoted, The annual general meeting of shareholders of the Wellington Meat Export Company is convened for Wednesday 29th August at 2 o'clock. Carterton has been prolific in supplying sensational incidents within the last few days, and still another narrow escape, occurred this morning. As Mr Walter Gardener, of Gardner and Son's, was driving the firms' brake in from Mr fl. Tancred'a station, at Fonatahi, and while coming down the Kokatau hill his foet slipped off the brake andho fell across the footboard, In trying to save himself by some means be got turned round with bis back to the ho'rSes and feet underneath tho front part of the vehicle between the JBprihgs. Holding on to the iron railings i he {managed to atop the horses, luckily escaping with only a few soratohes,

. The Mnslorton and Graytowc Town Lands Management Bill wsb passed through the Legislative Council yesterday afternoon.; £%&■ .;;;, '.,. It was., stated ; by,; Ministers .in, .the House yesterday that ; it : wus not intended to proceed' with the Municipal Corporations Bili'thissesßion, but they would be willinglo amend any urgent defect in the' present law. ./.'. Messrs Lowes iSflorns sell a lot of valuable furniture at their rooms on SaturJaynext;" ' "*" The Masterton; Volunteer Bind will perform in Quoeu-atroot opposite the Theatre Royal this evening. A thirty feet ladder, for use in ease of fire, hfn been placed in a convenient place adjoining the Fire Brigade station.; Messrs Lowes & lorus offer for'sale or I to lot by tender, with or without purchasing clause, the Mastorton Stoam, Mi, and Door Factory, particulars of whioh upponr in our advertising obliimnß Thin will offer a very rare .opportunity to; an enetgetit man lo securoai non*l business. The patient John Fry (nr Jordun), wh'o died in the Masterton Hospital on Wednesday night, was buried yesterday after-: noon. -

We learn that Kuripuni residents areabout to petition the ■ Borough .Council for tho drainage of a certain swamp in that neighborhood. We trust that it will meot with tho favorable consideration of the Council, cs it is a nuisaiico that should be immediately remedied. Thore was a very fair practice of the Greytown Fire Brigade on Thursday evening, but the wells, whioh were again tried, proved unmanageable. We would remind our Grey town readers of the meeting of the Horticultural Sjciety this evening, to he. held at tho Council Chambers at 7 o'olook.

Mr Green's contraot for erecting about thirteen chains uf close boarded fencing attheShowlground, Carterton, is nearly completed. ! The completion of this must necessary work will be a great boon to the Seorelai-yof the Pastoral and Agricultural Society, and as groat a nuisance to those who!have been in the habit of indulging iheir propensity to save their shillings by obtaining admittance to the ground without previously interviewing the gate-keeper, Wo understand that Mr D, Cameron, coach and carriage builder, of Greytown, has arranged for tho building of a factory, wherein ho intends establishing a branch of his already large business.' Mr T. Bennett has tho building in hand, the site for whioh adjoins his Steam Woodware Factory.

Tho way in which the sheep traffio is conducted on tho Wellington and Master ton railway is being justly complained of by tho passengers, who get a good foretaste of the meat export trade without participating in the benefits. The journey from the Wairarapa ia by no means an enviable onb, especially when about a dozen loaded sheep tracks are placed in front of the cars, The stench from tho trucks, blended with the steam and smoko from the engine liberally diffuses an effluvia among the passengers that causes them to nnxioudly look forward to tho joumey'B end, and 'when" the threo "Fells" are attached belching forth tor-' nados of exhaust steam, &a, labouring through tho tunnels, the passengers reach, iho acme of, discomfort. \Va are awaro. 'hat by the system , pur railways, are worked it is impossible to oarry tho Bheep ■my way but in front of the carriages, but We think Ihoitiuie has arrived when tho ahcop should bo transmitted by soocul trains,, and that Iho comfurf of the passengers should not be a secondary consideration. An English and European mail via Nup'es, will leave Mastertou on Monday morning at 6,50, Mr Joseph Paul announces in. our advertising columns the last fourteen days' sale of clothing at his shop adjoining the Theatre litiyal. Professor Lichtwavk's horse training logons are being taken advantage of by sjine of his pupils. As much as £lO has been noltod at one class by an enterprising Lowor Valley settler, who promises to eclipse the professors performances,

At the monthly meeting of tho Cartorton School committee this week, the Secretary waß instructed to write to Mr Samuel, and express sympathy with him in his illness, and recommend him to apply to the Educational Board fur sick leave for such a period as his medical

advisors may think neocosary, and the Counuitte will he happy to assist him as far as lies in their power to obtain such

leave of abseuce. The following resolution was proposed and carried.— "That Mr Samuel be authorized to obtain

what needles, thread, and calico he may require for the infant olass." " That the Committee regret to hear.that some parents objeot to sewing being taught during school hours, as tho Committee

think it very desirable that all girls attending the school should be able to sew." "That the Committee, taking into consideration the preva lenco of sickness, the rising uf tho passes

in the Standards, and the examination coming two months earlier than usual,

agree with tho head master that it is not to be expected that the.usual high per coutage of passes can be maintained this year." " That Mr Samuel he authorized to expend £7 in obtaining olass readers for the Bcbool.'—Standard,

The extraordinary sale of Surplus Winter Stock at Te Aro House, Wellingtonshould be a matter of some interest to all readers of the Waibarapa Daily for these special reason*, Ist, because of the largeness of the stock, 2nd, liocauße of the short duration ut the Bile, IB days only, 3rd, because of the unprece. dentedly low prices. Our price list, issued with this paper, flhotild, wo think, astonish uvorybody, and very certain it is that a trip to the salo would bo money in pookot to oyory Wairarapi resident that should try it. If not able to como, their orders, accompanied with cksh, would be as well oxcoutcd as though selected personally.' It simply moans 20s for 10s, or ovoa Use in many cases, thoroforo try it, 0 ye residents, and that right oarly. Bear in mind that we have no country businesses whatevor, no branches in any township, and no one is authorised to sell for us, eithor regularly or irregularly, We have only one place of businmh Ik province, and the public would do woll to koep this fact in mind when sending thoir orders, or visiting Weilington,that our sold establishment in|th'o oolony is that known as James Smith's To AroHouse, Wollineton,—Advt, A paper pulp cliimney,;fifty; ; feot high, has been put tip at Keslaiij Germany, Wa remind drapery purchasers that G W. Schroder intends shortly drawing his immense clearing sale to a close, Ladies and gentlemen having patronized tho Hall ot Commerce during the present sale, speak very highly of the quality of their purchases, which, together with moderate prices,' have given _ every satisfaction. Great reductions will be made to cash purchasers this day and the following week.—Advt. . How to Get Siok.—Expose yourself day and night, sit too much without exeroise, wjrktno hard without rest, doctor all the tinip, take all the vile nostrums advertised, aud then you will want to know How io Get Well,—Which is answered in three words-Take Hop Bitters I Read. Thick headb, heavy stomachs, bilious coNDmoNS.—Well's May Apple Pilla"— aatibilious, catharaio, Es&ndls. Moses, Moss & Co., Sydney, General Agents,

Mr B. H. Ohinflhen a large assortment of rough'and. Boribbling New Zealand i)idries fdr ? 1884, . f

school!, has drawn] the 'Kgulationrfor tlie.;Masterton District X man named/'J;. Tanefy brought before /Messrs' 5 '! 1 Biftti''arijl ; W. Lowes J.P.'s this morning charged with, being drunk and ÜBingobsceho language in the public street and in Messrs Chamberlam Bros, shop. For: the first offence he was fiued ss, and £3 or a months .imprisonment for Hie'latter. .;/...••

• "Ladders to be used in fire have' i een hong in convenient pjacesin the. Borough by the Kr&Brlgaße.--' -Mie're are' four of them thiriy:feeMnn|i|, and are to ; bd found at tho undermentioned places :'— At the Fire Brigade station, and in Queen Street by 'the. side of Messrs Pickering, Bish, aud PetryVlNd 1) Bliops.' •, • ]

Our.wealbet reporter writes acbange from the nice ploasaut.weather we J enjoyed ,so muoh.tothe■ooWirai'serable; 1 weather of the present week/ The strong winds iu the early part ot the week reminded one of the hot winds in * Canterbury, only not so'' 'strong -" of /'bo : warii. * One forms an opinion that the same 'ca'Usos produce these warm, winds-we had this week, viz., the liberated latent heat contained in rain, which is aot free; wlieu rain falls freely on the mountain ranges.. Inthialboality, when the windrows from the west, this does happen, but only when we have exceesive rains on - the .Tararua range. Rain fell on "five days, giving a rainfall of '545 parts of an inch, The barometer mean reading-is 2980 inches, and has fallen again, so that there is every likelihood of the present-: cold, damp.: weather continuing a fow days longer.'. The mean reading for the therraometeris 51,5 fab. The bills were white with snpw on Friday morning. Tho wind has been stronger here than at any other time during the past year and a half.. The latter part of the week was bitterly cold.' > f.-

An entertainment is announced for Monday, 3rd pros. 1 in the" We'ileyan. soli'ool room in aid of the school fundi. A. capital programme has been arranged, in which the leading musical; talent iof Masterton isinolnded. The'speoialfeature of the entertainment will be a "ToySymphony" porformed by nine children,' who have been for. some time past under the instruction of Mr Keiseuberg. In addition to the prizes mentioned in yesterday's iaaue,.-Mr. A., Klkins has cairied off the following epepial prizes, at the Wellington Poultry, PigeoTri and Dog Show:—Poultry-Class B.—Presented by Mr Sheriff, Class 11.—Presented by Mr Dwanl Class 25.—Presented by Messrs Barber Bros. Dogs—Class 184.—Presented by Mr W. B. Gibba. Extra prizeCup, given by Mr E, Edmunds, for the winner of the highest number of points In poultry. Cup, presented by Messrs Blundell Bros, to the person living ten miles or over from Wellington, showing the greatest number of exhibits, ■

The Arkansas Legislature passed a Bill prohibiting the sale of liquor within two miles of any church; ,; ' ' The King of Bavaria has appointed' a niece of the late Richard Wagner to bo "Royal Professor of the School of Music," this being the first appointment of the kind which has ever been given in Germany to a lady. The famous Baron Stulfcz is probably a unique instance of au onobled .tailor,

He was created a nobleman by the Grand Duke of Baden. The orphan house attached to the Convent of Lichtcnthal was founded by Stultz. The industry of amber digging is one of very groat, importance for Prussia, and it is calculated that the amber district of that country still contains a quantity which, at an average value of 5s per lb, ia worth uo less than 1350,000,000 sterling.; A spark from a locomotive set fire to some lumber piles at Union City, Indiana, a few weeks ago. '% high wind rapidly extended the flames, so that the best part of the bttsine-.a section of the town was destroyed,-.'he loss amounting to 260,000d015. Voltaire's house is now used by. the Geneva Bible Society as a repository for Bibles, the British Bible Society's house in Earl-street, Blackfriurd, stands where, m 1378, the Council forbid Wycliffe circulating portions of Holf Scriptures, and whore' he uttered the words: " The truth shall prevail," and. the religious Tract SocietyVpr'erniios are where the Bibles were publicly burned. The oldest tree on earth, -so 'far as anyone knows, is tne " Bo" treo in the sacred city of Burmah. It was planted in 289:'8;c.,:.and is accordingly 2171 years old. Its great age i 8 proved by historic documents. The little Princess Clementine, of Saxe-Coburgh, daughter of the Royal Family of Belgium, now only 13 years' old, has been selected, it is said, forth uture wife of Prince Albert Victor orae half-dozen years hence. , IloUoway'ii Pilli. —Dismiss all your doubts; let no one be any longer oppressed with, the notion that bis or hor malady is incurable till these purifying pills have had a fair trial, Whero ordinary preparations fail these Pillsproduco the he?t results. A course of this admirable medicine cleanses the bLod irqnv all impuritios, and improves its quality, The whole system is thus benefited through the usual channels without-shock torthe nerves or any other inconvenience; in fact health is renewod by natural means, For curing deseasea of tho throat, windpipe, and chest, these Pills have pre-eminently established a world-wide fame, and in complaints of the stomach, liver and kidneys they are equally effloacions. They are oomposedpf rare balsams, 'without a singlu grain'of mercury oranj deleterious substance, Jim AND Boos, beetles, insects.roaishe?, ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice, gophers, jack, rabbits, cleared out by " Bough on Rats," 7Jd. Moses, Moss <fe Co., Sydney, General Agents, f . , ...