WELLINGTON

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1728, 5 July 1884, Page 2

WELLINGTON

-•■■-■ ■ •,. —ij (FbOH OCTJ.OWH COBRESPONWT.) . July 4th, A person nanqed L, J, Lawrence met with a serjoug accident on Saturday morning last, It appcare that he was standing in a passage adjoining Messrs Kempthorne Prosser and Cob drug store, when a dray approached he did not hear and crushed him ngainsjA < the side of the passage. Dr GillQn was fteniW for and soon attended to the injured man* Mr AncoU (the manager 'tor. tympthpraa Prober and Co) spot for a cab in whioh the poor Bufjerer was conveyed home, where he now lies under Dr Gillon's care, Dr Gillon states that the patient has reoeived seyere injuries in the side. ; On Saturday last a football match waa played on the Newtown ground between the fiißt fifteen of ~the Union Club and'the Becond team of the Wellington. The match was the Becond heat for the Union Cupbut as the Masterton men did not come to

Wellington on the Saturday boforo to play the local men the gamo was really the lirst played this season for the Cup. The game was witnessed Ly a good runny pcoplo from town who displayed as much interest in the game as the players. The Wellington wore by far tho heavier men and betting was very much in their favor. But they encountered in the Unions a team that was not to be despised, and from the first of the game to tho finish the Unions made things very hot for their opponents. Towards the ond of the game the Wolliugtons succeeded in scoring a goal, and when time was called the opiosing team had nothing to show against it.

The Kgataiwa tribe have just done a very generous act, for which it is hoped thoy will not repent, and cause a great deal of trouble in tho future But still, so far, praise mußt be given to whom praise is due. Tho Wellington and Mauawatu railway passes through a large block of land owned by this tribe, and at a meeting ot the tribe held at Waikanae on Wednesday, the 26th, Wi Parsta, their chief, signed a deed giving the company a free right of way for the lino through their laud, which extends for about seven miles, He did this on behalf of his stating at the limo to tho represcntafflnes of the company that it was tho wish ¥ both him and his tribe to afford every facility for the construction of the line, for they considered that it would prove not only a boon to tho white people, but to themselves also. He at tho same time slated that his tiibo would continue to hold possession of their land as a tribe, and not have it divided among individuals, An important rneetiiiß of tho City Council was held on Monday afternoon to consider the advices received by cable from Homo of tho decision of tho Privy Council in the case of Primmer Jicevcs & Co. v. the Council. As yuur leaders are doubtless awaro there has been a dispute for a long tune going on between the two parties over compensation for a piece of land close to the Queen s W liar!. The land was first of all granted to Mr Phmnicr by the superintcndant of the province for the purpose of erecting a wharf in the front of it. It some time afterwards fell into Mr Joseph's hands and' was leased from him by its former fuvners, When the City Council decided to cany out tho To Aro reclamation it was seen that tho wharf now on the property in dispute would bo rendered useless as the land would be reclaimed outside of it. Messrs Plimmer Reeves & Co, pressed for heavy compensation, but this tho Council resisted on the

ground that the present occupiers of Ihe land . hud no right to the site, and won every «tion brought by tho firm against them, fe plaintiffs, not being satisfied with the decisions given in New Zealand carried their case to England, where they have received a

decision in their favor, which will causo the |r Council to not only give them heavy compensation, but tho city will have lo bear the heavy law costs, The Council considered at Monday's meeting that tlus affair will ontail such a heavy drain on its resources that it will have to try and do the work of reclaiming Te Aro itself, so as to stve any profits a contractor might calculate on in taking the work, 'llia decision of the Council to undertake the work iesell instead of letting it out by tender is, by some, condemned, but the Council can scar, ely raako a greater failure of it than the the contractors who tried to have it done. On Tuesday evening a meeting of the Trades and Labor Couucil was held at the Press reading rooms. Delegates from the Lumpers' and Seamen's Unions, and the Carpenters' and Joiners' Society were present. A report of the committee presented by Mr G. Conpcr, tlm secretary, showed that the objects of the organisation are to better the condition of the industrial classes, and to obtain rights for them by united efforts, which each individual would

bo unable to obtain by himself. It was

their intention to try and permanently «blish the eight hour system; to reudcr ini&ry aid to its members; to try and . ent strikes by arbitrating between

employers and employed; and to endeavor f by every legitimate moans to get labor repressed in the legislature of the colony. A very interesting little battle was fought out on the Queen's Wharf on Wednesday morning between somo sailors .-md a policeman named O'Farioll, It appears that about seven o'clock iu the morning of the day in question two sailors wero trying to settle some little difference by an appeal to the fisticuffs, As soon as the limb of the law interfered they set upon him. and tried to put him over the wharf, when a desperate struggle ensued, but tho constable, being as

strong as a young lion, succeeded in shaking one of his enemies off into tho water, and then turned his attention to the other; but by this time some more sailors came to the rescue of their mate, and they dragged the policeman on board tho ship, Hudson, whore they threw buckets of water over him, handled him very roughly, and at one time it seemed as if he were about to loso his life, for ono of the sailors kept calling out for a knife, with which to slay their enemy. Fortunately, before a knife could bo found, communication had been sent from the vjsßby telephone to tho police station, wSP soon brought a number of constables

to the scene of action, and they SQftu, rescued their comvanion, and arrested fom.' of the j ringlcaderß, who were brought up at the Eesident Macistrate'p Court, one beinp dismissed, and |hq three others sent to gaol for a month.

The l)i?cr?e Court was occupied on Thursday with a very interesting ease— Craig v Craig —being a petition on the part . of the husba .d for a divorce, on the ground of his wife's adultery. The evidence of the plaintiff went to show that the parties were married on the ?Bth July, 18(19, at Wellington, and that there were seven children by tho. play-Hat ?• H e all 'l l" 3 w f e did not live ■ happily, ard. a separation order was grauted several years ago. The petitioner had not visited his v/ife since 24th February, 1883, did not see her again till last month; hut in Iky ]ost liis wife was delivered of a male child, the petitioner contending that this was proof enough of his wife having committed adultery. Charlotte Craig, the respondent, deposed that she had a child in May last, but denied that she had committed adultery, as her husband was the father, he having had connection with her when ho visited her in September last. In 1879 she went into the hospital, and remained there for two years, during which time her husband got a woman \n the house named Clara Jones to look after the children, he said; hut ho still kept her in tho house after, the children had all left, and strong evidence was given at the trial that he had had improper thWo'spital, When the wife came home Bhe was coolly told by Miss Jones that she had more right to he than she (the wife) had, Ljvely scenes then ensued, whiffy resulted m a protection order beiug granted to the wife, after which husband and ■ iyifo lived apart, and nothing of note occurred till the birth of the last child when the husband instituted proceedings for a divorce. His Honor justice liichmond remarked Ijlwt the eviden.ee on both sides wag very unsatisfactory, the husband shearing that he had nqt had access to his vife during a certain time, while she on the hand swearing as positively that he had, Tho judge considered that the petitioner had failed to prove his wife's '■ jdiiHery and would therefore make no '■ decree,

THE BAD AND WORTHLESS aro never imitated or counterfeited This is especially true of a family medicino, and it is positive proof that the remedy imitated is of the highest value. As soon as it Had been tested and proved by tho whole world that Hop Bitters was the purest, best and most valuable family medicine on earth, many imitations sprung up and began to steal the notices in which the press and the people of the country had expressed the merits of H. 8,, and in every way trying to iudiice suffering invalids to use their stuff instead, expecting to make money on the credit and good name of H. B. Many others started nostrums put up in similar style to H. 8., with variously devised names in which the word "Hop" or " Hops" were used in a way to induce people to believe they were the same as Hop Bitters. All such pretended remedies or cures, no matter what their style or name is, and especially those with the word " Hop" or " Hops" in their name or in any way connected with them or their name, are imitations or counterfeits. Beware of them. Touch none of them. Use nothing but genuino American Hop Bitters, with a bunch or cluster of Green Hops on the whito label, and Dr Soule's name blown in the glass. Trust nothing elso. Druggists and Chemists are warned against dealing in imitations or counterfeits,