The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JANUARY 19,1884.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1587, 19 January 1884, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JANUARY 19,1884.

Our contemporary ihe Post is anxious to ahosv that thoii»h oome degree of depression |aay prevail in Canterbury and Otago, Wellington is. decidedly prosperous, hut business piou in tho Empire City don't Bay tliis, . Notice is given in another column that nominations for tho Handicaps of the Wairarapa Jockey Club Autumn Meeting close at Carterton on Thursday 24th January at 4 p.m. Tho nomination fee is 180 V for each ovont, no qualification feo being required. Tho many friends.of tho Eov J, Dukes will be plcas.od to learn from our advertising ■columns that that gentleni.en will conduct both tha morning and evening eorvicea in tho Wcsloyan Church on Sunday, From the esteem in whichMr Dukes is universally held we anticipate verylorgo congregations. In 1870, one hundred and sixty-five thousand tons of beetroot sugar were imported to Great Britain, and in 1882 the quantity had risen to four hundred thousand tons.

vSilikh II'!(! isnin'' (ni.iiiii.'ai lii'Cln Floicl. A iniMl rosiiio.-t"vvlm wai ••(l)i|.ou hiin this morning, and who baa been nu invalid foe Bomo years expressed Mmaelf extremely satisfied with tho results' of his interview with the clairvoyant and with tho accuracy of his diagnosis. A very old resident of the Hutt, in tho person of Mrs Farmer, of Sandon, aged eighty eight years, died at hoi' sons residence, Bnngitikei on tho 7th instant, Ounveatlicr reporter writes as follows: --Rain fell on three days; total rainfall for tb'o week .075 parts of on inch, mid I cold with the rimi. Snow was on the I Tiimun range on tho morning of tho. 18th iii3iimt The barometer his boeu low this week ; on the lOih it was 28.58 inches, and the mein for tho week is 29.05 inches. The iherrnometor mean, viz,, uSFah,, is likewise very low for | this period of the year, The wind has ' been very strong at times, and from a | west or south»wo3t direction,

Tho timetable for trains on Anniversary Day is published in another colurnu Seveial complaints havo reached us of its ono-sidod charactor. It has been pointed out that a Wairarnpa visitor to Wellington only has tho same time in Wellington as on ordinary days, thus the morning train leaves 'Masterton at 8 .o'clock, reaches Wellington at' 12 50 and

Iciivi-s f.-.r homo at 4.40. Visitors from Wollingion on tho other hand can leave home at 6,25 o:i Monday evening and

eturn on Wednesday morning at, G

o'clock, or they can leave Wellington at 8 a.m. on Tuesday and return at G a.m. on Wednesday. Wo understand some of the complainants have spoken to Mr Buchanan, M.H.R., on the matter, and asked him to explain to the authorities that tho residents of the Wairarapa strongly object to being ignored in holiday train arrangements, [Sinoe tho above was written, Mr Ashcroft has forwarded us an alteration to iho time table, from which it will he seen that vilitors fiom Wairarapa can obtain excursiontickets by the afternoon train on Monday.] , ■ A meeting of the Masterton Cemetery Trustees was held at the Inslituto last evening, Present-Messrs Payton (in, Iho chair), J. McGregor, Bunny, Feist and Ferry. V/hou tho miuutes of the previous meeting had been confirmed it was resolved, on the motion of Mr Payton, that Mr Bunny be chairman of the Trust for tho current year. The treasurer reported a credit balance of £l3 18s;

arrears of fees 110, Instructions were given to the secretary to claim fees in advance, and to insist upon arrears being pid up. The custodian reported that during tho past yoar fifty-two interments had taken place. The secretary was instructed to prepare the annual balanco sheet, and Mr Sellar waa appointed auditor to tho Trust. A letter was read from the Borough Council asking for , a grant of ut site for tjio erection of a public morgue. It was quoatjoned whether tb.6 Trust had legal power to grant a site, bat aftor discussion it was decided to inform tho Council that prior to complying with the request made a plan and specification cf the proposed building must bo submi'led to liio Truste. It was resolved that Mr Puliick ilourigan should bo recommended lor the appointment to the vacant teat in the Trust caused by the resiimini.in of Mr Kellohcr, The folluwiin? accounts wore passed for payment : Charles Collins, £2 3s 9d; T.Ja?n,l6s; J, C, Ingram, *2l3s 4cl; E. Feist, 3s 3d; and A. K, Bunny, £1 14s. The ineelini; tjien adjourned, At about half-past four yesterday afternoon ilia Masterton. ficeboll rang out n vi-roiMiia alarm, and it was reported that a cottage ill Wrigley street was on live. The liro engine was got out, hut through an error in judgment in placing it in a position from which there was not a dtiflicicnt length of' hose to reach tho burning building, the Brigade were not so successful as usual, and did not got. water on till the house was completely destroyed. The adjoining building and shods wore saved by the exertions of bystanders under the supervision of Fire Inspector . viappor, Tho house destroyed was the property of Mr 0, Giffjitl, iate of Masterton, but now resident, in Napipr, ijnd was occupied by Mr Ilulloway. At the time the builiing taught lire Mrs Ilolloivay was with her children in the botlroom, when she heard ut loud crackling at tho back of the house, She ran into the kitchen to ascertain tho cause, but feeling a great body of heat overhead immediately ran out again and g.ivc tho alarm, She can give no idea of the cause of tho fire, but it is assumed that a Epark from the chimney dropped ou to tho shingles, which wero fanned into a blaze by tho atri-n,: breeze which was blowing at tho time. The place took a long time to burn, the roof going first, aud tho fire gradually eating its way downwards. The only furniture saved was from the bedroom, which burn' last. A sewing machine, bedstead, and spring mattrass were got out, when the smoke became too dtir.so to allow any more to bo done, There was no insurance on the furniture, but tho house was insured in the NewZealand office, of which Mr Cellar is agent, lor £125. The wind carried sparks and largo pieces of ignited shingle on lo other buildings in the rear of the burning house, and in one instance the roof of another cottage became ignited, but was quickly cxtinquished without any great damage being done,

Chine'so emigration has found at least one unobatruoled channel —in North Borneo. At the end of last year tho Chinese Sobali and Land Farming Company was formed with a capital of 140,000, Three of tho directors are Chinese, and threo fornigners. Large tracts of land have been purchased from tho North Borneo Company, and these are being cultivated by Chinppo Jjibor. Tho Chinese aro 110 strangers in that jsland, for when the Portugcso visited Bornoo in 1530 they found there largo and flourishing Chineso settlements. Labor being a necessity in Borneo, and a superfluity in in China, tho two countries seemed destined for tho present to supplement' each other's deficiencies. On. New Year's Eve an extraordinary distiu'bniKS .was made at tho lkssel.l street Gaol in Melbourne by upwards of forty of the prisoners, male and female. They started yelling about 11 o'clock, making night hideous, and until 3 a-tn, they kept up fcho screaming, interspersing it with most foul and disgusting language, notwithstanding the remonstrances of the authorities. A body of police was sent over from Euasell-strcot to assist in quelling tho nocturnal vociferation, but they were of no avail, Their assistance was not required in any other respect, as tho prisoners wero all secured in the cells, At about 3 a.m. Iho noise ceased, and a few honva' slcpp was given to the residents in tho neighborhood. Mr Call, P.M., visited the Gaol, and dealt severely with the principals to the number of twenty six ma!e3 and five females. He sentenced tho most outrageous of the prisoners to solitary confinement and subsequent imprisonment, and those who desisted when remonstrated with got off leniently. It was llie most disgraceful affair that has ever happened in the Gaol. M. Frochelle, a French chemist, has ascertained by a delicate analysis that a great deal of milk sold to tho public, in addition to being adultercd with water, has syrup of glucose mixed with it, This glucose has tho effect of bringing the milk up to its normal density, and therefore defies detection by the use of an ordinary lectometer,

Wr li .'Hit- llhl.il J II -.- Oliynil-', UV'i «f the "li.nck" i.< mill o tho futo lu.tjid catering line, having purchased two refreshment booths in connection with the Dnmls' fete at tho Lower Hutt : on Anniversary Day, ;■;/"; ; i :•;■

The directors of the N.Z. Shipping Company havo issued invitations" to a latjic number of the loading citizons of Wellington to dinner mi hoard their steamer Aorangi on Hominy evening, Tho Propaganda has solected Bishop, .Morali as the successor of tho late' Most Piev Rouor Bode Vaughiin in tho Arch diocese of Sydney. Tan Rev W. Morloy : has been elected pn'MJoiit of iho Woslejan Couforeuco for the ensuing year,

Mr Fellingham, of Mastcrton, has been mora or less laid up daring the past eighteen mouths by an injury which ho sustained to one of his foet while working a machine used in his trado,. Ho ib uow clown in Wellington, where, in accordance

with tho beat advice, lie lias consented to tho' injured , member being amputated. The operation has boon successfully performed,'and tho sufforor Ib'progressing very favorably.

Messrs T. K. Macdonald held an important sale of city and country properties at their rooms, Panama-street yaal'orday afternoon. Following aro tho prices obtained :-L;it 1-Silverstroam, nine sections, containing 1187 acres, Mr D.T. Stuart,'22s per acre. Lot2—Section .fronting Ballance-street, reclaimed land, MrD. T, Stuart, 11300. Lot 3.—Section fronting Whitmoro street, reclaimod land —Withdrawn, Lots 4 to G—Woodville, sections, 95, 9G and 30, no bid. Lot 7 Featherston, section 175, bought in at £7O Lots Bto 11—Four town section's at Normaiil,}-, withdrawn. Lots 12 and 13—Waverhiy, no bid I Lot 14—Master-

ton, par rural ?,«'t ; o'. "■> bid. Lot lfi-Ma''f !■'•■••'. i'iif ;iv i section, no bid. Lot 10 to 18-Waihenga and Creatford, sections, no bid. Lot 19 —Mulroao, 10 sections, no bid. Lot 20— Bunnytliorpe. 72 acres, Mr W. Boyd, £3 10s per aero. Lois 21 lo 81-Kiwitea, 397 acres, no bid. Lots 32 to 37-Sec-tions at Alfred' -n, Gladstone, Kiwitea, no bid. Lot 38 -Canarvon, quarter-acre section', Mr G:--r : ■", £5. Lot 39-Wel-lington buildni:.; allotment, Hanson-st., Mr George, 30s per foot. Two storey family residence, Watson-street, Mr G. Preston, £725.

Since the war between France and Germany the population of the former' has increased lo the extent of 612,000, and'of the latter to 4,500,000 souls. At Conway, in Wales, there is a monument erected in the church to the memory of a dead worthy, Alderman Hoopos. Hia epitaph exists o f 'he following sentence I—' He w » i-.-j father of twentyBevon children, a..d was the forty-first; child ofl'is father." A French inventor, who has patented a machine for the use of concentrated solar rays as a genera} motive power, has set up three of his machines - in Algeria for the French Government. He is now carrying on experiments at the Island of Porquerolles, near Hyero, in France, where he is threshing Indian corn and raising water .by the action of the sun's rays,

The summer season is now well advanced, and notwithstanding the extra

ordinary amount of rain that has interfered sadly with outdoor exorcise as well as with farming operations, tho usual happy change from wintor furs and ulsters to handsome drosses and 'elegant dolmans has taken placo in tho costume of the ladies, who ate fortunate in being

aMo to obtain a wonderfully varied selection without travelling froin Masterton, where the slock of drapery, millinery and clothing of all kinds ia extensive and choice tit Owen, Bghroobr, & (Jo.'s Hall of Comniorco, Queen Street.—[Anvi.J We believe that if every one would use Hop Bitters freely there would be much less !:ickucs3 ainl misery in the world, and people are fast beginning to liml this out, whole families keeping -aoil at a. trifling cost by its use. ; .Vc advise all to try it. fear]

Ai'wr sovenl years' experience in supplying watches fur the colonial market,' Littlejolm and Son, of Lambton Quay, Welling'™, have observed the need for ft thoroughly sound English Lever Watch at a lower price than that usually paid for such watches.. It is only bj tho'judicious division of labor and by the manufacture of largo quantities on a uniform plan, that we aro enabled to meet this want Wo have now tho pleasure of introducing our Six Guinea Hunting.Silver Lever, This watch, being simple in design, durable, highly finished, and accurate, fulfils all the requirements of a pocket timekecpor. A written guarantee for two years will be given with each watch, Sent by post, 6ecurely packed, on receipt of Post Office order or cheque.—(Advt) Te Aro House, Cuba Street, Wel lington.—Our usual sale of summer stock commenced on Friday the 18th.—Advt, Te Alto House,—ln addition to' a large lot of bargains from our own stock, we shall be able to make somo very special ones from the goods saved from tho wreck of the Triumph.-Advt, We were unfortunate enough to have tho groutest. pinion of our shipment by the Triumph very much damaged, but having made satisfactory arrangements with the Insurance. Company, we shall give our customers some rare bargains at the Salvage Sale Te Aro House.-ADVT. We shall show, among other things, 4 cases of ladies' stays, ornoarly 1000 pairs, stained and soiled, of course, but thoroughly durable for all that; they would have been sold at from 83 6d to 6s 0d per bair, now they aro to be had tor 3d and Od (think of that) at the Salvage Salo, To Aro House.—Advt.

We havo also several bales of white and grey calicoes and sheetings, floor oloths, felt carpels, &«., &e,, moro or less damaged, which can be had at sale prices at Te Are House Cuba-stroot, Wellington. —AnvT.