The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1885.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1919, 19 February 1885, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1885.

Any telegrams we may recede from the race course after we go to Press will be posted on the Waiearapa Daily Office hoarding for the convenience of the public. We call attention to Leo's programme in another column on the St, Patrick's Day Handicap. The Masterton Tent of Rechabites meet this evening at the Temperance Hall. The performance at the Theatre Royal on Monday evening next will be for the benefit of Mr J. D.Foley, Mr. F, H, Wood announces'a bailiffs sale of furniture and an auction of general merchandize to take place at his Greytown rooms on Saturday next, At the nominations for the members for the Licensing Commissioners, held at Tinui, on Tuesday, only one member was nominated—Mr Mackay, As is usual in this go-ahead township only two ratepayers shewed up to exerciso their right. The second shop at the Theatre Royal Queen-street, Masterton, has been taken by Mr Donald Scott who has opened it as a boot and shoe manufactory. Mr D. Scott has had a large experience in his line of business, and intends introducing to Masterton the "old country" style of work which he introduced into the Auckland province with so much success. Wur readers are referred to his list of prices in another column.

There were only about a score of persons present when the result of the poll for the election of Licensing Commissioners was declared last night, Mr Woodroofe being the only candidate amongst the number. Tho Returning- Officer announced the following result:—Harding 238; Chamberlain, 231; Bell, 220; GirdwoOd, 87; Kingaon, 88; Woodroofe, 74, The first five were declared duly elected, and in response to'a demand of "Three Cheers for the Beer" a hearty shout went up of" Hip, hip, hurrah," thrice repeated. The total number of votes polled was 948, only 259 of which went to the Temperance candidates.

Messrs J. H. Befchune & Co,, at. their auction mart yesterday* sold the' Clifton Grove Run, in the- Wairarapa, lately occupied by Mr John Hume, and comprising 3466 acres of freehold, for the sum of £6500, to Mr Tennantr, of the 'Bank of New South Wales;

Tlie Kuripuni postmaster, Mr J. G, Mackay, lias resigned,

A slight shock of earthquake was felt in Wellington at 8,37 a.m., to-day. Direction, south west to north east.

■'A meeting of'the Masterton Opaki Jockey Glut' i 8: convened for' Saturday evening next, at the Club Hotel/-:'.- '■•'•

Hut(h-;Mawhinay-.announoes that he will.',lecture in the Tlieake' 1 Ebyal on ■Sunday next in'reply to "ivo." . The Railway department notify that extra-trains leave. Masterton to-day and! tomorrow at 10 aim.,, returning from Featherston-at 7. p,m,

'." The steamer Grafton was surveyed this Morning.- She-apparently .'.struck near the.forefoot, the'' only ■ damage being a small'splintin the shoe, • Wright, one of the hands employed by the Masterton 'Goldmining.'Company, has,' on receipt of his-'cheque! resigned his billet. ■--

. Messrs A. Gunderson. T. .Baylis, 0. Goddard, :H. Manns, A. W. Sedcole, B. Syverson, F. Von Redin, and W. Waterson are nominated for the Alfredton Licensing district. The poll is fixed for Wednesday the 25th inst.

At Messrs Lowes and lorns stock sal e yesterday 2400 sheep and lambs were yarded, also'3so pure bred rams; The following prices were- obtained:—Breeding ewes 7s to :10s Gd; good Cotswolds from Mr Donald Donald,Manaia, 10s 6d; shorn lambs, ss; unshorn ditto, Os jculls, 4s 4d; old. rams were not in demand and' prices ruled low, Fair to good Lincolns, 50s to 110s; Merinoes, 255; Leicesters (bred by Mr Lowes) $; Romney Marsh (inferior) 37s Od; 2to 2| years old steers £4 to £4 ss; horses £5 to £l4. Excepting a few ancient rams every line put up at the sale was cleared ..

On the 11th inst. a railway hand named Jeremiah Sullivan was admitted to the Masterton'Hospital suffering from severe contused wounds in both feet. He has subsequently at his own request been removed to the Wellington Hospital. It was intimated to him that a surgical operation would be necessary, and as he was anxious if possible to avoid this he went to Wellington for the benefit of further medical consultation, It was rumored in town this morning that his departureifygm the local institution was duo to a want of attentjpn paid to his case, 'but from enquires we We made at the hospital we are in a position to state that thin report l» unfounded Mr A, Read, sooretary, Ohaiing-Cross Hospital, writes:~" About half-past ten last (Sunday) night the porter heard, a dog whine outside the hall-door of the hospital, He opened it, and a rough terrier limped in, squatted. on the mat and held out his right forepaw. The porter, seeing the limb injured, fetched the house surgeon, The dog follpw.Gd this gentleman across the hall to the accident room, and, in responso to his invitation, jumped on to the chair, and again held forth the injured limb. The house surgeon dressed it, and the dog immediately testified his gratitude by licking his hand and barking loudly, So loudly and persistently did he bark that' he had to be put out. He left very reluctantly, hanging about the entrance for quite two hours,

it was rumored in town last nightwrltes the N. Z. Times, that something serious had occurred at the' Wellington Hospital, and a' reporter was immediately depatched there. In answer to Ills inquires, Dr Chilton; .the resident medical officer, kindly furnished the following particulars.:— On Saturday morning there was mi" outbreak of septicemia, or blood poisoning, in the two surgical wards of the Hospital, The disease was at once recognised and distinctly traced to an unfortunate admission of a case of puerperal fever, from which the patient died in twenty-four hours, Every means were "taken by Dr Chilton to prevent the spread of the disease, but it increased, and last evening he found himself .reluctantly compelled to discharge all such cases to their own homeß as could be in any way treated there, and to close tho surgical ward. The infectious cases have been strictly isolated, but it is feared they are in very gravo danger. The whole matter has been telegraphed to the Inspector (Dr Grabham), and the Colonial Secretary has been communicated with, in order that some temporary arrangement such as a tent may be erected for urgent surgical cases. The Ladies' Committee of the Home very kindly relieved Dr Chilton of some old women who were taking up beds set apart for infectious cases in the fever ward. Mr Chilton did all he possibly could in the matter, which is a grave one, but luckily has heretofore been unknown in the new hospital," We learn by telegram this afternoon that the patient suffering from puerperal fever was admitted to the hospital by mistake, but how it occurred has not transpired. The patient died eight hours after admission. The .other two patients who have been, attacked by blood poisoning are in a critical state. The Colonial Secretary has given instructions to the medical superintendant to use every endeavor to stamp out the disease, Meanwhile the Government are having Hospital tents erected in the grounds for the convenience of patients who cannot be removed to their homes for treatment and for the reception of urgent cases.

A very interesting report is given of a meeting of the members of the London Society of Operative Millers, which was held at Deptford in the end of November after a visit to the roller mills of Messrs Greenwood and Sons, at Blackburn. The object of the meeting was to report on what they had seen, and to discuss the roller system of milling, The system was much praised, not more than two out of upwards of a dozen who gave their opinion against it. The first report, given by Mr Ansell, the secretary of the Society corresponds generally with the opinion of the other members. He expressed unqualified approval of all he saw at Blackburn, after careful consideration and reflection and a, minute inspection of the samples of the finished product. On entering the mill at Blackburn, the first thing that struck him was the remarkable cleanliness and freedom from dust, and the quiet manner in which the mill was working. He first went into the grinding room where he found they were making seven breaks on fluted rollers. These breaks were first rate; no heating, wheel breaking, bearing heating, or oil wasting propensities, were shown. The automatic feed and the exhaust were two things as near perfection as lie had seen. The product from each break was also comparatively cold. The scalping reels, the intermediate dusting and sizing reels for the chops and middlings were doing their work veiy satisfactorily, and in the purifier department the work done was splendid. The wind or gravity purifier is a marvel of simplicity in construction, and perfection in their work for the larger sized middlings; and the semolina rolls and centrifugals for dressing the flour were working equally as well. The system is well arranged, and each machine seems well adapted for its work, whilst the flour produced was better than any he had seen before produced from an equal sample of wheat, both in color and strength. The first Break flour or crease dW was taken out' witli as little waste as possible, and nobody who saw it could say that it should not go into flour,' The offals were well cleaned—as clean, in fact, as any miller could wish.—Telegraph.