The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, JUNG 11, 1884.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1708, 11 June 1884, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, JUNG 11, 1884.

The ordinary monthly mee ing of the Masterton Hospital Cummittee was held yesterday afternoon. Present Messrs Pay ton, Isiti, Paige, and Bisli. The Trenßiirer reported a credit balance of i£lsl4s Bd, The following accounts were passed for payment—M. Casolherg & Co, 11416s 4d; J. Payton&Co.lllOs, A letter npolo»iains for inability to attend was read from Mr W, G. Beard. It was decided that the annual meeting of the Hospital should be held on the second Tuesday in July; that Mossrsßoddinnton Paino and Dish should he appointed a sub ciimmi'toa to publish tho annual report. Mr Bish'was nppuiuied visiting member for the ensuing month. A meeting of tho Carterton Licensing Oommitteo was held in tho Courthouse yesterday. Present-Messrs Fail-brother (Chairman), Calliater, Vickerstaff, Parker, and Campbell. Tlio uiinutua and Police report hiving been read, 1\ C. Darby stated that he was instructed by tlio Inspector of Police to opposo applications for renowal on tho part of A. Miller of tho Marquis of Normanby and R. Elliotie of of the White Hart hotel, until sufliciont provision had been made for escape in case of lire, Applications for renewal wero then made by Messrs Miller, Elliott, Uodgins, Ray, and Sexton, and as Ihoro were no other complaints all these wero granted coudiuoually that tho applicants satisfied P. 0. Darby as to tho means provided for escape in caso of fire. At the usunl meeting o( ihe Masterton Lodge of Oddfellows held last evening, tho ordinary routine of business was gone through, and three porsmis proposed as members of the order. They were duly elected, and at the close of ilia meeting given Hie" making lecture." Their names are Bros, Mueller, Kebblo, and Telling. Bio. Cobourne, Railf/ny Station Master, joined by clearance from the Petoue Lodge Nominations wore received for the various elective officers, and the ballot for same will be taken at the next Lodge night, which is tho regular halfyearly summoned meeting. Bro, W. F, lloydhouso was gianled a clearance from this lodge, owing to his having left the district in order that he might join a Wellington Lodge, and general regret was expressed at losing him as a member of the Lodge, at the same time (he good wishes of the Lodge wero with him and members hoped he would be successful in his new enterprise. Tho wasts of the evening having been given the Lodge adjourned, Professor Hugo delivered his inaug. • \il lecture last evening in tho upper room of the Masterton Institute to a very lari/e and attentive audience. Every seat was filled, and the ladies of the town indicated their inteiest by attending in considerable numbers and lakiug a lively and intelligent interest in the proceedings, The walls of the lecture hall were hung round with hold diagrams illustrating every phnze of character and emotion, and the Professor on a raised platform leotured comfortably for an hour and a half without wearying his audience, We do not prupose giving our readers a summary of his excellent discourse on character and how to it, beoauso they can get physiognomical hints much better from ihe lips of the Professor, His style of speaking is a pleasing one He does not hurry his audience, but' fakes' them along gently from point to nointyand oveiy now and then by some apt illustration rousing any one among them ; whose attention may wander or flag. Professor Uu!>o in a quietwayisahumoritit. Litiloincidonlal ebulitious in the course of the lecture went to show this; as for example when ho gravely informed husbands tint it was unnecessary to fool their wives humps in order to ascertain whether their better halves wore out of temper. Again he declared that manhood suffrage would bo as owellont in practice as it is in theoiy if all mon with protruding lower faces were hung. But in. these little asides it is as much the quaint manner in which they are given that makes them enjoyable, and this cannot bereproduced in a report. The concluding half hour was devoted to a putlio exposition of (1), character, from handwriting; (2), from walkiug; and (3) from heads There was great fun over the walking competitors. The first was a Borough Councillor who was told that he was practical, and industrious, and would do his duty in a humble sphero of life. A couragoous lady nscendod the platform, and received an excellent character, and four of the sternor sex submitted their lineaments to tho eagle eye of the Professor. The success of the lecture was undoubted. At its conclusion wo observed two reverend gentlemen thank the locturer for the pleasure" he had given them, and the ladies-who are usually hard to pleaso at lectures-give, we understand, great praise to Professor Hugo, To-night the Professor delivers his celebrated lecture on "noses,"

Tho Wnii'iimpn East County Council meets to morrow altornonii.

10,167 sheep wero despatched per rail from Masfcerton to Wellington during the month of May. The fourth entertainment in connection with St Matthew's Church, is .to-be held on Thursday tho 19th instant, \

Two teams of working bullocks, used to all kinds of mill work, are offered tor sale by Mr John Eados, ot Hiah st. Carterton.

Wo call attention to Professor Hugo's announiement in- another column of a lecture this evening on " lips, and noses," On _ Wednesday evening next Ihe Salvation Army at : Masterton hold a tea meeting in the barracks, which 'i expected to ho a big celebration, •

The matron of'the Masterton Hospital acknowledges, with' thanks, the receipt o f parcels r.f old linen from Mrs Feist and Miss Vallance. The annual boll of the Masterton Itifle Volunteers takes, place in the Theairo Royal I his ovenihtr. A hand of six perforniere with Birr Lundquist ns louder and Madame De La Roche as pianist has been engaged for this event.

A buy on the Upper Plain road engaged in firewood cuttins lias severely wounded his foot with an axo. We understand ihat he is a German by birth, and arrived a few days ago in the colony by ihe Victory. His parents are too poor lo obtain medical aid, and if the case is as represented, to us it ought to at onco be taken to the hospital for treatment. At a meeting of the ..Salvation! Army held at Nelson on May 7 it was; statud that for ihe quarter ending April 30 the receipts in Nelson had been Mi. 5s lid, and the expondimro £3Ol 5a Id, 31- a cloar prolit of £ll per weok since the campaign was opened on Fob. 1, In tho Wellington Divorce Court, a potition has been filed in the caso Craig v Craig. The petitioner, who is a Hardener residing in the Hutt district, seeks a dissolution of marriage on the ground of his wife's adultery. Gibson, who, mi Friday last, was taken in charge for being incapable, was brought un before Mr Burton Boys, J.P., on Monday, and fined 20* or 48 hours in the coll,

A sherifFa sale of two race horses, a hack, five head of cattle, a small flock of sheep, and household furniture and eflects, is announced for Monday next by Messrs Lowes and lorns,

A novo! consultation, headed " Here's Luck _ Programme," appears in our. ndvcrtisina columns on tho Waterloo Cud Courainr; Maich, the cup winner to receive £IOOO with a mnnslor distribution of prizes from i's to £SOO. Tho date of closing is July 14. The Woodville Examiner writes that the prnereas being made by the contractor for the Upper Manawntu bridge is fur from satisfactory, and calls for the attend tion of Iho Government, The work should have been completed by now, whereas it is not much more than, commenced. There are few hands employed, and the contractor is in Dunedin or Melbourne on oilier business, instead of beiup on the ground hero pushing the work ahead.

At tho examination meeting of Air Ronaldsnn late of Greytown hold yesterday the official Amignee stated that tho offer made hy iliehankntpi, who has been a commisfi-in agent, to pay 10s in tho I, had been accepted, The debtor slated ''iai, with regard to the asset sworn to by him against George Jonas, of Grejtown, ihey were due to him for keeping Jones' hooks, In reply to his Honor, the bankrupt said that he had mado bia peaco wi'li all his, creditors. The Official Assignee report tot? forth that the bankrupt had agreed lo pav £4 per month out of his salary; till the composi'inn of 10s in tho £ had been saiilod. Tho examination was closed, and that day three weeks was Used for iho moeiiug for hearing of the bankrupts application for discharge. Tho Official Asuicmeo staled that he would issuo a ceriificat eat once,

At tbe last meeting of tlio Nelson Pliiliwnpbieol Socioty, a paper was n-ad by Mr Eugh Martin, juu„. on "The objections to the introduction of beasts of prey to dost-'ny the rabbit." The paper dealt principally with the objections to tijo weazlo tribe, and as a cargo of these animals are on their way tn this country it may ho as woll to state briefly what the author of the paper has to say against them, In the first place, ho believes thorn to be unnecessary, because phosphorised com is quite as effective. Secondly, he anticipates that, owing to their having no natural enemies here, and to their extraordinary fecundity, they will soon prove a greater nuisance than the rabbit. This opinion he strengthens by reference to the rapidity with which the mongoose has spread over the whole of Jamaica, Should weazles, ferrets, and Bloats spread in New Zealand, ho expects the worst results will follow, as they have no marked preference for the rabbit, hut being natnrally hlooodthirsty, are likely to attaclrhares, lambs, birds, and even calves and horses. Mr Martin instances cases in which weazles have attacked human beings, and adds that it is well known that ferrets will attack infant'. As to the statement that the tribe will be useful in exterminating the kea, ho says there is another side to that view of the case, for in destroying the kea, the animal will necessarily come across wounded and bleeding sheep, and so will become tutored into killing sheep and lambs. The paper is one that has evidently been carefully prepared and the subject is one which is well worth investigation. Of the 207,330 in thoßritish : Volunteer only 303 are undor the ago of 17. From 20 to 21 is the most common' ago.

The T7 nited States Ilib the biggest oyster fisheries in the world, this single industry employing over 50,000 people, find violdinß nyatora to tlio valuo of some 2.70b,000d0k In tlio cmirso of nno year, in the Muni, cipal Laboratory of Paris, 33G1 namolos of wino were examined, and moro ihan •one hiilf found lo bo bad, while 202 wnre positively dangerous Of 1037 samples of milk and cream 542 were had, and of 71 samples of preserves (fruit) no fewer than 25 were found to he dangerous. Of 92 samples of water, 03 wero pronounced dan«erous. M, Dtimaa recommends water saturated '.villi a'ura for extinguishing (Ires, its value being supposed to be due to the coating it givos to objects wot with it, which prevents contact with the oxygen of air, and thus diminishes the rapidity of the combustion, The Minister of the Interior has recommended that the firemeu of the French towns be supplied with facilities to use eiich solutions of alum. .. •

Well's "uorjCrt OvOopns".-Ask for Well's "Rough ou Corns." 7£d, Quick re |; ef, completo, permanent cure. Corns, warts,bunions, Moses, Mo-s & Co., Sydney, Gener?' Aleuts.—Ami,

Half Asleep !—" I never,' wrote a yorig )r.dy to a friend, "to to church or 'eoture but I am half asleep, aud I nevorknow afterwards what the B'irmon or. lecture was about," It was aplricive of neivous lothnsy, produced by wnt of action of the liver; id d' 'estiva organs, She was p»rsunded to try Hop Bitters, and now she \ ites: "How intelligent and bri ht r-e, Irchtros dow, and how glorious the.world we live in is I Hop Bitters aro indeed a blesLngtomo." Notice

The Southdown foxhounds lately rah a fox into Poyiiiug Ohuroh, Reyua'rd took refuge in the pulpit, from which lie was apaedily disestablished and despatched.

Charles Bradlaunh, the infidel member of Parliament, has a brother who is actively emjuged in evangelical work The latter disclaims any differences with liis brother, except in religious opinions. and_ though there is no fraternal companionship between them, he says he lores him as much as ever and confidently looks,for his conversion to Christianity, The Great Westorn Railway Company havo given. notice that they will not receive any packages on deposit at the olpabooms of their stations unless thoy have the n«ht to open and examine them, either at the time ot reception orat their oonvonience, and to remove from them anyihing deemed likely to endanger the Eervanta or passengers .oh-the line. A silly and dangerous kind of joke is reported to have been practised in one or more of ihe colonial cigar factories, consisting in the insertion .ot Chinese crackers in tho heart of cigars ABallarat contemporary montions two cases, in one of which the trick was discovered befoio the cigar was lighted, but in the other Ihe cigar exploded whilst a gentleman was smoking it. MoTiiun Swan's wotim syjici .-InfnliMe tasteless, harmles catharic; for feverishnew, rnstleasnesa, worms, constipation. Is Mo;os, Moss & Co., druggists, Sydney, General Agents.

After soveral years expottence in supplying watches for the colonial market, Littlejolm and Son, of Lambton Quay, Wellington, have observed the need for a thoroughly sound English Lover Watch at a lower price than that usually paid for such watches. It is only bj the judicious division of labor and by the manufacm e of large quantities on a uniform plan, that we arc enabled to meet this want We have now the pleasure of introducing our Six Guinea Hunting Silver Lever, This watch, being simple in design durahlo, highly finished, andaccurato.fulfils, all the requirements of a pocket timekeeper. A. written guarantee for two years will bo given with each wi><nh, Sent by post, entirely packed, on receipt of Post Office rdur or cheque.—(Adytl