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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1641, 22 March 1884, Page 2

Over a thousand kegs of butter have just been shipped to Sydney by the Kotomahaiia,

We remind churchgoers of the Harvest Thanksgiving service at St. Matthew's to-morrow,

Messrs Lowes & lorns sell on Wednes day the 26th inst,, the stock-in-trade of Mr R. H. Chinchen without resnrve.

Mr James Ralph, of Archer-street, Masterton, announcos that ho is prepared to sharpen saws at reasonable rates. Mr W. P. Allen, whose sound motto is, " An inferior article is dear at any price," has a new announcement in'another column, to which we'direct attention. Mr John Young, who claims to be the cheapest ironmonger in Wellington, announces that he has now opened up his carefully bought stock of guns, carbines, rifles, etc.

On our fourth page will be found interesting and amusing sketches on Alaskan Mummies," " Masonic Statistics," 11 A Silver King's Daughter," "Keeping Our End up," and "Horribly Polite."

We are sorry to learn that Mr W, H, Levin, M.H.E. for Thorndon, has been compelled by ill health to resign his seat in Parliament. Mr Lavin has been undoubtedly a good member for Wellington and a trustworthy member for the colony. _ Woodyear's circus arrived at Masterton this morning after a successful performance at Carterton last evening. The procession was cheered by the Maoris, who thonged Queon street, and who evidently take a lively interest in the coming entortainment,

It is stated that tho case Shaw vBrandon and Brandon has been referred to arbitration, and therefore will not bo decided by the Supreme Court. Mr J, Gordon Allan, it is roportod, will not p arbitrator on behalf of Messrs Brandon, aud Mr T, W. Young on behalf of Mr Shaw.

Our weather reporter writes as follows; —We have had, as usual now-a-days, another damp, dull week. Rain fell on four days, heavy on the night of tho 20th instant. Tho total rainfall for the week is''9ls parts of an inch. Tho barometer mean for the week is 2!) '750 inches j and for tho thermometer it is 50 Fall. The wind has been light, and very much from a northerly direction. It may interest the readers of the Daily to be informed that north winds at Home drive away rain, but in New Zealand, especially in the North Island, rain frequently accompanies wind from tho North,

The custodian of the Kurupuni Public Hall requests the directors to meet him at 7 o'clock this evening sit ll)e hall, tn consider important correspondence, Tenders are invited by Mr \\ r , Davie, for carting 8000 fencing posts from tho Hurunui Flat to the Opaki Railway line, specifications to be seen at Gladstone. • The National Insuvanco and Lifo Assurance Company of Australia havo accepted tenders for the erection of a splendid new office in Wellington, ijt cost of about J;25,000, including site of building.

Mr Wardpll, R,M„, sat at 11 a.m, yesterday morning to revise Ihe North Wairarapa Electoral Roll. A number of objections lodged by Mr J. J, Freeth wore sustained,

The harvest thanksgiving servicoa will be held in St Matthew's church next Sunday. The offertory will he devoted towards liquidating tho debt on the parsonage.

\Ye are sorry to hear from the N.Z, Times that Bishop Hadfield is seriously ill, He has been unwell for some little time, but latterly has grown much worse, It is to bo hoped he will soon bo about again. .

Tho consignment of trout ova ex lonic received by tho Wairampa Acclimatisation Society has hatched out in a very healthy manner, and hundreds of the tiny fry cau be seen disporting themselves in the Maatevlon liatohing boxes. The Loch Level) trout hatched aon}o four or five weeks ago are thriying at a wonderful rate, some five hundred of them occupying a specially constructed pond, Theso latter arc very valuable, at present thoro being only, wo nnderstaud, about 1200 in the colony, and for one of these fish 1000 of the ordinary ova can be obtained.

Lieul. Dick, of tlje Russian Army, lias discovered a i}ev larqinpus powdep which lias three colors—green, yellow, and violet, the last-named, giving the most powerful light, Mixed with water in a glass vessel, an illuminating liijpj jg produced which may yet prove very useful in mining »f)d for military operations. The illuminating power lasts for eight hours, when fresh powder must be added.

Two drums have been presented to the Crystal Palace, one of them covered at one end with the skin of the famous lion, "Monster Leo," which used to be exhibited at the Tower a hundred years ago.

Winter Novewies.-Hooper & Co are now opening up their new season's goods for the winter trade. Special novelties in every department, L, J. Hooper, & Co,, Bon MarchiS.—Advt. Flies and bugs,-Beetles, insects, roaches ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice, gophers, jaok: rabbits, cleared out by " Rougn oil Rats* 7|d' Moses Moss &Co„ Sydney, General 'Agents ' .1 1

Dr 11. Lodenfeld, a famous Gorman naturalist, has arrived in Sydney, Australian fruit has reached India in excellent condition and fresh supplies are asked for,

Hie National Liberal lieform League al Adelaido have oarried a motion in favoi of the payment of members.

In Launceston twenty-one bootmakers havo boon arrested tor leaving their work without giving proper notice. Sir Goorgo Whitmoro, while travelling by the overland express to Melbourne was robbed of a bag containing £52. Mr E. Raoor, ihe footballer is dead. He captained the New South Wales Football toam in its tour in New Zealand. The Melbourne correspondent of the Hawke's Bay Herald an nouuees positively that Sir George Grey is about to visit Melbourne, Sir W. P. Clarke, liart., will be installed as District Grand Master of Free" masons on the 26th of March.

Shocks of earthquake continue 10 bo felt in Tasmania,

An Indian named 1 Man afrnid oMSFoth" in"' married a white women in Montana recently, and in one week after the wedding applied to his tribe to have his named changed. •

A Georgia paper tells of a daddy who listened for. two hours while his/dadghter and her dudelet occupied one comer of the sofa, and this was the s.ile conversion : He—' If lovie die, what ud dovie do ?" Sho-Dovie die toV

'This is a sample of the courteous style adopted by the New York Mirror in speaking of Mrs LandryHer face is as immobile as a masque; her voice is as expressionless as a Capo Cod foghorn; her action is wholly devoid of dramatic spirit,"

M, Victorien S.nduu, is at' Nico busily engaged upon no fewer than four works. One is the transformation of his drama "Patrio" into the libretto of an opera, another is a play promised for the Paris Vaudeville, a third is a piece for Sarah Bernhardt at the Porle St Martin theatre, and the hard working author is also comprising the scenario for a new play at the Comedie Franjaise. Flotsam has left among his papers a posthumous opera, entitled " Le Chevalier de Saint Negrin," which will be produced at Cologne shortly. Apropos of this, the Cologne Opera Company are expected at Convent Gardon next season, to alternate their performances with the usual Italian opera.

During a recent scene in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, Mr Perkins referred to one member (Mr Aland) as ' 1 old and pious." This gross abuse aroused a storm of indignation, immediate exception being taken to tho words by the friends of the member so attacked, On the motion of Mr Griffiths, it was resolved that Mr Perkins be oensured end .oalled upon to apologise. Mr Perkins thereupon " exceedingly regretted having made a false charge."; and this apology was accepted,

A Victorian journal states that a young Australian has written to a paper thus " Sir,—l think that the greatest injustice to boys is their father marrying so early. If a man didn't marry till he was 40, lie would die aud loave his money to his son just at the time the latter was entering upon life iu earnest, and tho boy would find it very useful. Instead of this, men marry early, aud they live to spend their money on themselves. I have a father who is only 19 years older than myself, When he is seventy I shall be 51. So you see it is no good my-waiting for my inheritance, I must work for my own living, This, sir, is one of tho greatest difficulties we young men liavo to encounter through the inconsiderate conduct of 'our fathers." "

What a picture of one of the moat striking features of modem life is afforded by the simple statement that no fewer that 2200 trains leave the stations of London every twenty-four hours. Every hour between ten in the morning airl eleven at night, 16001 rains for the various termini m London-that is, at the i ate of 120 and lq .ro every hour, oy two a minute, all dfly Ion.;, not including ihe trains in the Metropolitan and Metropolitan District, Of the 2200 trains despatched daily, 1750 serve the suburbs and a suburban region of thirty miles around the city, Fifteen leave for Scot" land' and Irolnml, and sixteen for the Continent, Three hundred and twelve trains start from Victoria, three hundred and twenty-one from Liverpool-street, and three hundred and ninety-five from at least, is the calculation of tliß statistician of, the '"Revue (knerale des Ohemines de Per," from which these Oguros are taken. What a living tido thus surges daily in and out of the great heart of the Empire, for as many trains arrive as depart, and the motion to and fro is never stilled.

A short time ago, at a school in the North of England, during sj ]psson on the animal kingdom, the teacher put the following question Can any boy name to mo an animal of the order indentata; that is, a front tooth, toothless animal f A boy, whose face beamed with pleasure at the prospect of a good mark, replied, "I can," "Well, what is the animal?" "My graadmother!" replied the boy, in great glee.

On the State railways in Sweden, there is generally a doctor for every 32 miles of lines, and in this way 44 doctors arc employed by the Government. The private railways have a similar system, The medical men examine all applicants for employment, and reject those physically disqualified, especially by defects of sight and hearing. They also give their services to all injured by accidents on the line, to regular employees and their families in sickness, to occasional employees while engaged in service, to laborers in the shops \yho have paid tho same contribution as those engaged in working the line, and also to their families, ° No exception is made in the cases of those who suffer from injury or disease caused by their own fault,-British Mai],

1 lie Hall of Commerce yesterday was. as usual, the scene of active business. Messrs Qwcn, Schroder, & Co.'s drapery establishment was donsqly crowded with customers so much so that although the shop is very spaciou', scarcely standing room was obtainable, We would suggest that customers making their drapery purchases at this establishment during the pale shoijlcl make them m tho morning if convenient, so ag to avoid the afternoon crush,—Advt.

After Boveral years experience in supplying watches for the colonial market, Littleiohn and Son, of Lamblon Quay, Wellington have observed the need for a thoroughly sound English Watch at a lower price than that usually paid for such watches, It is only bj the judicious division of labor and by tho manufacture of large quantities on a uniform plan, that we are enabled to meet this want We liava 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 timekeepei, A written guarantee for two years will be given with each watch. Sent by post securely packed, on receipt of Post Office Qraer or cheque.—