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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1712, 17 June 1884, Page 2

Mr Wardell, B.M „ sits at Carterton and Qroytp'wn to-day. '/'] >/ , ,;' i

The Maaterton Borough Counoil meets this evening. Mr F. H, Wood Bella general merchandise at his Greyi own rooms on Saturday next.

Professor Hugo leoturos at the, Institute this evening on '' foreheads." ;•'

A shock of earthquake was felt in Maaterton'this morning at about quarter tOBJX, •">■

Mr Geo. Dixon, tobacconist and fancy goods seller, announces in another column that he is appointed! agent for Moore's well-knownherbal pill of health. - A general meeting of the Masterfcoh-' Opaki Jockey Club will be ; held on Saturday next at the Club Hotel, ...

Mr George Heron, the trustee in< the esiate.of William Dixon, notifies that a first and final dividend' will be paid at Mr Gawith's office on or after tho 18th inst.

In view of an immediate general election persons desiring to place ilieir mimes on the roll should lose no time about it,' Claims for enrolment can be obtained at this office, Agentloman residing in Masterton, a leading public man, waited on SwnorHug yesiorday and expresses himself delighted and astonished'by the wonderful accuracy of tho diagnosis which he received. Wo one who visits the Siijnor ha 3 doubts afterwards as to his voyant powers.

A meeting of the Borough Lamp Committee was held last evening, when it was decided to recommend' the erection of nine additional lamps in various parts of the town,

At the Court hold yesterday to hear objections to the County roll thirty-live additional names of Pahiatua residonts were admitted by Mr Wardell, R.M., at the request of Or McOardle. At the concert to be given in St Matthew's school room on Thursday nest, songs are promised by Mrs Hug, a lady staying in Mastorton, who possesses a beautiful ami cultivated voice, and Miss Payne, who. at the last entertainment, made such a favorable impression on the audienco

A plan of llio land to be sold in the Wairarapa Survey District on July 8, by the Commissioner of Crown Lands, can be seen at the County Offices, Masturton, Tho section in question is situated near the Lake,

A peculiar accident happened in the Manawatu Gorgo yesterday. The coach from Palmerston to Woodville had just ontered the Gorge when Mrs Hurst, wife of Mr Hirst of Kaiwnrra, who was an inside passenaer, was changing from front to the back seat of the vehicle to obtain a bettor view, whon the swine; of the coach when going round a corner, threw her clean out on to the cliff Bide. The accident was noticed,.and the lady was picked up notlmij the worse for the mishap—save a few bruises ,

Mr Wardell, 8.M., hold an innquiry mto tlie County Suspension Peiiion yesterday, Mr Mooro appeared on beliilf o( tbo County .Council and Messrs McCardle, Hogg, Hathaway and Welsh on behalf of the suspenders, Five hours were devoted to reviewing the signatures, Wo undorstand that Mr Wardell is prepared to admit some of the names objected to, provided evidence of their identity with the ownership of cortain properties specified on the roll, ia brought forwald. He is of an opinion that the form of declaration throughout the petition is irregular. This latter point is, we behove, new regarded by the suspension party as the most formidable obstacle to the petition.

A farm of 280 acres, at Bangituuaau,<ia to let :

Mr A. J. P, Hathaway gives notife that he intends to apply at the neifc sitting of the District Court for an orcbr of discharge. ' A poll for the construction of tie Mnnga Kulu line of road taken by tie Masterton Eoad Board under the Boils and Bridges Act has beon lost. i

Mr W. Sellar. the deputy oflichl nsignee, notifies that the public examination of Messrs Chinchen, Knight, Harvjy & Sons, and D, F. McCarthy, will jio held at the District Court, Mastorfcun, tn the 25th inst, j The next outward San Francisco mail closes at Masterton on Saturday the 21it inst., • . .. | Tenders for the erection of schools It Belvedere, near Carterton, and Pahiatila are invited by the Education Boarj. Plana may. bo seen at Mr Booth's stow, and at the Wairaeah Daily Office, j

Tbo licenses for ibe Prince of Walls hotel, the Empire hotel, and the Club hotel were renewed this afternoon by the Licensing Committee after a scerio between the police and the Comtuitlei, Our report will appear to-morrow. | Sir Julius and Lady Vogel arrived ia Wellington by the s.s Rotorua iron Lyttelton yesterday. Sir Julius appears to bo still in very bad health, and had to be cauied to his carriage in an invalid chair.

Mr Georsje Thomas reports Wellingtoa produce piices as follow*: Fjr. 'all descriptions of grain, business Las been rather quiet, and various anoiions.advertiaed hare only resulted in a few sales jif small farcele, tbo Jat'ger linea having been withdrawn, Oats are unchanged, ruling from 28 4d to 2s 7d j maize is in light supply and demand at 4i 9d; bran is inquired for and easily disposed of, L 410; pollard, L 5 to L 5 10s; chaff, L 3 Ids to :L4 10a. Floni importations are heavy, and present prices show signs of a slight decline ; I quote for sacks from LlO to LlO 10a; Adelaide, Ll4. Oatmeal steidy at Ll2 6s; whole fowls' wheat abundant, and ruling at from %i 9d to 3s 3d; barley 2s|od to 2s 9d: potatoes, 55s to 60a, sacks extra; onions from LS to L6los; cheese is unaltered at sd; hams and bicon 9d and lOdrespectively for Canterbury euro; salt butter, without inquiry; good fresh ditto, Hi. to a Is; eggs, more, plentiful, Is9d, with' downward tendency; fowlß, very saleable. 3i to3s 9.1; turkeys, 8s Cd; ducks, 4s; geese, 6s per pair. There U every'prospeot of all kinds of frujt being sc;rcetliis winter! already the supplies' ot ap'plos and pears from Nelson show signs of giving out, and' advices from Sydney report {he orange crop ai.falhng far short of last year's yjeld. Leather wheels are seated to be made in France for railroad and other cars. It is officially deolared that 7C30 people were killed during the late revolution in Hayti. •■:.•" ; ;.. ■,: ■■',.;'.:;;'.' .U. - . The last survivor of Trafalgar, as it is' claimed,* Henri Blino, has lately died in France,

The police force of En»land : ahcl Wales' numb0r34,923. :;;f ;:;;,! .;-'!?::,;

■:■ Four .workmen" have ■Hoen killed, arid several injured by _the fallin? to',of,the cupola-of the hospital'ohurqh at Lisbon; whioh is at present being repaired.; ./j

Violent slormsraccompaniedbvhaavy falls of snow, are reported.from all parts of the, United' States. The Santa Clare Valley, in Oalifornii is flooded.- The damage.dono in that district is estimated, at Soo,ooodola. A snowsHp his occnrrod at Alto,. Utah, demolishing the works of the New Emma mine, and killing.,,l2 personsjnoluding two women. • Unlike the Chinese, the Japanese never smoke opium, A dread of it prevails in Japan ever since the war between ■England- and .China, wliioh arose about 'opium. : If Chinamen are found smoking opium in the ports of Japan ; they are apprehended and punished. L >The Dutch wero the first to introduce opium j into Japan, but is only used medioinally j The following is a, faithful transcript of a title deed of William the. Conqueror, conveying manorial rights to t family, now represented by the Marquiß of Hasttnes. It refers to a grant of land in the West .Hiding of Yorkshire, hear Leeds :

J, Williim Kyng, the third- yere of my [.. Give to thee, Paulyn fioydon, Hope land Hopetowne, •,.;•; i With all the bounds—both up. and downe From heaven to yerth, from yertho to hel For thee and thyne there t-> dwel. As truly as the King right is rny'n— j For a croaa«bow and an arrow i •. When I sal come to hun t on Varrow. , I bit the whyt wax wi<h my tdothe - More Med, Maud, and' Margery, j And my third sonne Henry.'. .i The condition of presenting a cfoasbow and arrow to the Kin? and: his successors whenever any of them should came to Bhoot there dues hot; seem a heavy rental for bo much. '' . ! The Countess de Clocbeville, wholhas recently, died at Tours, has left her entire fortune, 'amounting'to three millions of francs, to a convalescent hospital for children, with the condition that it shall continue to be managed by the S'sters of Mercy. The Town and Country Journal says 100 yards have been covered .in If seas, nnd is the fus'est time in the colonies, but does not give the man.-N.Z. Herald. Probably the T. and" C, referred to Hewitt and Harris in 1870. Flies and bugs,—Beetles, insects, roaches, ants bod-bugs, rats, mice, gophers, jackrabbits cleared out, by "Rough on Rats, 7,} d. Moses Moss &Co., Sydney, General Agents

The largest and beat stook .of men's porpoise Lido hand-sewn walking boots, especially adapted for winter wear, aro to be seen at Bapp & Hare's Emporium, (iovi).

HoUomay's Pills.— Cure for Indigestion.— Indigestion and constipation, with torpidity of the fiver, are the sources of misery \o thousands, 1 who spend spend each day with .accumulated aufferio's, all of .wdieh.may be avoided by. taking'Hollowaytf Pills-'; They strengthen and'invigoratis'all'"the secretive and nutritive, functions./:Thei. action is essentially purifying' aud strengthening. Thoy may bo safoly takon without.mterfariir with ordinary pursuits, or requiring much restiiotiah in diet They" quickly remove noise and giddinerr in the head, and dispel low spirit and nervous- fears. These balsamic Pills work the care without debil* atinp; or exeaustinß the. system; on the they conserve support the vital principle by •substituting pure for mpure blood. ■■'■'•' After several years expenence in supplying watches for the colonial market, Littlejolm and Son, of Lambton Quay, Wellington, have observed •tbe.'.iieed for'a thoroughly sound English Lever Watch at; a lower price thai that usually paid'for such watches, It h oily bj the judic'ous division of labor and by the numifacuio 0f larjo quantity's on a uniform plan, that we are enabled to meet this want. > We have now the. pleasure of inj'oducing pur Six Guinea Hunting Silver lieyer. This wa!:ch,', ; l)eing 'simple in design durable, highly finished, and accurate,fulfils, all tho requirements of a pocket timekeeper, A written gunrautee for two years will be given with ; e.toh wMoh. Sent by post, senurely packed, on ieceipt of Post Office order or cheoue.—(Adttl