The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1885. ENGLAND AND RUSSIA.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1985, 8 May 1885, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1885. ENGLAND AND RUSSIA.

Although the news fegui .Honie.with regard to the strained relation between England and Russia are on the whole, reassuring, the various messages are so contradictory that we are still left, to a large extent, jjj doubt as to what the final issue will ho. Yesterday afternoon, for instance, news ranje to hand that Consols had recovered to tile extent of two per cent,, and as the stock market is an unerring barometer of public opinion, this was highly satisfactory. It was- however, accompanied by a message from another source, which directly ciiiitradiiited it, oii/.> of these came through Reuter, and tb" vthpr through the United Press Association, The resignation, too, of Lord Dufmun, Viceroy of India, is open to more than one construction. It, may be that the fall (n Consols was due to it; yet we havo yet fo Jearn that England has not as good wen available to lill the place; nor do we see how the maintenance of peace with Russia i can to any great extent depend upon the Y c ;roy. It seems to us ridiculous to suppose that Lord Duffkkis's resignation means that the position of aflairs is hopeless, It is much more likely that he had been desirous of re.inning a'luut the time the trouble started, ami that he lias come to the conclusion that affairs have now mended to such an extent that he could cairy out his wish without causing alarm, If so, the outlook is very hopeful indeed, Denmark, it is aiso : said, has consented to arbitrate between the two powers, and tha% too, is a healthy sign, There seems to be a prospect of the Cranstone Government being subjected tw another attack on ' account of their policy, wfticlf 4 ies no appear to have pleased any party very much; but it is questionable whether i it will come in. time to interfere materially with the present uegotii- 1 tions. The feeling against the Glad stone Ministry is, no doubt, increased by the opinion that Russia has gained a diplomatic victory over England, ■ which appears to prevail on the Con- i tinent. If the Ministry waie defeated before the details for the proposed arbitration have been settled, it is highly probable that the arbitration would 1 not be allowed to proceed at all, and j we should pass through another period , of suspense. Further news regarding : the attitude of political pai ties at Home ! will therefore possess more than ordinary interest, as upon the issue may de- : pend Peace or War.

The adjourned annual meeting of ratepayers in the "Alfredton Ro£d District is to be held to-morrow. In the Castlepoint District, the first afcpt to hold tho annual meeting also failed, and it'is now to bo held to-morrow. •' Mr F. H. Wood's sale of now English aud colonial furniture, takes place at the Theatre Royal to-morrow, beginning at 11 a,m. A lunch will be provided. To give the public an opportunity of inspecting tho ?oodß, the Theatro will be lighted, and thrown open botwoen 7 and 9 p. in. to-night.

Mr James Tonner, of tho Eketahuna Hotel, invites tendors for falling 200 acres of bush in tho Alfrodton District.

ThoManawatu Herald regrets to record the death of Mrs Morgan Carkeek, after having given birtli to twins, one of whom is also dead. Tendors for road formation on the Fernridge close at the office of the Highway Board at noon to-morrow.

Mr L. Jones has a splendid collection of gourds on view at his fruit, depot. A large pumpkin is shown, tho weight of which reaches lOOlbs. A football match of some interest w ill be played on the ParkOvalat3 30p.m to-morrow, teams being chosen from tho boys of Masterton, and those of the natives residing near Masterton. We do not know whether the latter can muster a good, team, but if the play of tho former towards the end of tho last season can be taken as a criterion, they should give a good account of themselves. Spiritualism doesn't pay in tho States. The Baltimore police arrested all tho mediums and clairvoyants they could lay their hands on on the 7th of April, and they were fined £5 each. A professional medium came to grief too in Kansas city, where a newspaper editor, who was present at the seanco, squirted some aniline dye on the face of "an embodied spirit form," which dye was afterwards found on the cheek of the medium.

Public corporations occasionally pay some strange compliments to each other at Wellington. A day or two ago a public meeting was called to consider a side, issue of the Te Aro reclamation difficult}', in which the City Council and Harbor Board are concerned. The latter attempted to exhibit some plans at this meeting, but the Mayor would not admit them unless the Board paid half the rent of the hall. The demand itself is not unjust, but the manner in which it was made tends to show either that there is very bad feeling, or that the Mayor was afraid that the plans would have an effect that would not be favorable to his side.

It is understood by the Woodville Examiner that Pahiatua will shortly be connected with Woodville by telegraph. This will be a great convenience, as messages could then be received at Pahiatua from all parts of the colony. Wo think, however that it would have been better had Mr McCardle's suggestion, to cany the lino from Masterton, been adopted. The mcro fact of a wire ending at Masterton would not be worth anything to the place, for with a wire connecting fit Woodville we should have just the S4))}o convenience. But if the wire were carried fcjm Masterton there would be a chance of iSfoWlHlia being included iu the system, lire long, probably, a wire will be carried right through tlm Inn;!]. We have received a copy of tho supplementary Gazette, dated May Ist. As it tij haiuj to-day, it is just a week old. )ytyet)|er jlj longer to print a Goyerimjent jjamp' #j}' |Jisnary newspaper 9f ffMjer ')f e (PSlf $ veying It frpn) Qne O.l&e jto'aiiotJijji.'' is such a laborious one fet a fjijl \yeek is required to forward it whgre there g,rp two daily mails each day, is a question i/i) which the head of the publishing department in the Government Printing Office js, ni) doubt, an authority. He recognises the iiflPi'OTlJce of the Gazette reaching the Wellington flypaper offices within a few hours of publication, ftilrf }j'.e should be obliged to him if lie were to inaiie effort- to include us in the list of those to whom he pays special attention. As a rule oar copy never comes till about four .(jays after publication, by which time it has l)ec,gn)e r}pe far Jlie waste paper basket.

A thrilling incident occiped qn pig Wairarapa railway on Wednesday afternoon, gays the Evening Pres.?., Whilst thp i o'olock express vyas between ijjgahauranga and Petoiio, loud spreaius were heard from a number of lady passengers, and on enquiry, they all oxolaimed that ft man had fallen overboard. The train was stopped and reversed, and about a mile back, a man was found by the side of the line, his face badly battered, and covered with mud and goro, Notwithstanding his severe injuries, he was Bit'tiljg ot the embankment by the side of the because lie could not get a matiih to burn j<> Jjght his pipe. His first remark to the guavd' W£US / ."Well, you've had a pretty big collision,' eIU Just jumped off in time, didn't 11" It appears that .'the mail, whose name is Tiw?.'White, was slightly under the weather, ,ui4 1/ad imagined that ho saw a collision iipp£),&, to avoid which lie jumped overboard, borne twenty yards further on he' inugji have been instantaneously killed, as there "iij V &. deep cutting within a very short distance of where he was found. His harrow es.cijpe apparently had no salutary effect iipun iiiu;, $ a little further on he fell off again, fci'xj finally the guard had to lock him up in tliQ Vifi? Iff keep him in safety.

Mr Spurgeon has an amusing pMSf|j]||j note iu his magazine this month, founded on a letter he received from a gentleman in Jfjjw Zealand, who implores the great preacher jy ||,«e his influenco in finding him a wife, p.refty'abjjr;; plow, lie says that they need " shijjlou//a o/pi/'ip" out there. Mr Spurgeon docs not fee! that J/'e can enter into the match trade; but he says It has occured to him to be a miserable circiiii)ijljiUKo that thousands of good women should be starving in this country while ill ninny of the colonies tl|eli> nrjee would literally be " above rubies." lntije present distress, he adds, lie dare not keep back an nmusins: incident; it may put people In mind of quo of the few real remedies for London ills. Emigration would be a great aid at this time, anil some who cannot bo useful at lwujo must nerve themselves to go abroad.

During his passage out in the Kaikonra, Mr F;ut, who was in charge of the salmon ova, was twice locked in the freezing chamber. On the first occasion, while he aiul his assistant were in the ova chamber, which was approached through that in which the meat was kept, the ship's baker came into the latter with a quantity of jellies ami. ices he wisliad to " set," and on leaving, jogl; p.d Jtlje outer doors behind him, in cmnpliaiiyu jyjtjf Regulations, not knowing, of course, tiioj;' pjrqnp was within. The doors of a freezing chainboy are three in number —an outer one of iron, and two inner ones, especially constructed to keep out the warmer external air, The efforts of the prisoners to make themselves heard were fruitless, and for half nil hour they were in anything but an ouviablfl portion. At length the engineer inanage.4)j}ii)je his way out through a ventilating trunk, whiojf pn closed with a small door that p/wld hp forced open without much diflioulty, Mr Farr's liberation quickly followed, It was none too soon. His limbs were fearfully numbed, and he felt the efFecta of his refrigeration for two or three days after, His second imprisonment was not so serious, The engineer, having once found a-\yay out, wan able to avail himself of it; again. Ileilbron's German Worm Oaken and Fitzgerald's Koromiko Extract are Patented,— Advt.

You Can Be Happy if you will stop all your doctoring yourself and families with expensive doctors or cure-alls that do only harm and use Nature's simple remedies for all your ailments; you will be well and happy and save great expense. The greatest remedy for this, the great, wise, and goodwill toll you, is American Go's Hop Bitters,

Tho steamer Arawa has arrived 1 at Port. Chalmßrs from London.

An American salmon has been caught with a net in Wellington Captain-Edwin telegraphs that bad weather may lie expected within 12 hours.

Letters of naturalization have 'been issued to Johan Olsen, of Pahiatua.

The Austrian corvette Saida arrived at Auckland from Sydney yosterday. She goes to Fiji a week hence.

The Carterton Observer says'in its last issue: " Codlin moth plague very bad in Picton district. One grower, instead of having 100 bushels, as anticipated, only had four or five." We should have thought that such a result was a very gratifying one. Mr Stratford, R.M., has intimated

that in future he will hold sittings of the Court in the South Wairarapa, on alternate weeks, on the following daysCarterton, Tuesdays at 3 p.m.; Greytown, Wednesdays at 3 p.m.; Featherston, Thursdays, at 3.30 p.m. " We are requested to remind our readers of Lowes' & iorns' sale of furniture at their rooms to-morrow.. The' catalogue is a most attractive one, embracing as it does, every description of new and secondhand furniture aiid general household requisites. The following are the principal items-Drawing room suite, dining room suite, Broadwood pianoforte, couches, chairs, tables, bedsteads, spring mattresses, cots, carpets, , linoleums, sewing machines, E.P. ware, crockery, cutlery, cooking utensils, washing boilers, and sundries. They also sell horses and poultry in the yards, The premises will be lit up this evening in.order to give the public an opportunity oif inspecting the goods to be sold. The sale takes place at 2 o'clock.

A public meeting of the Carterton Blue Ribbon Army was held last night (Thursday), add there was a goodly number present, The President, Mr T. A. Westin, opened the meeting with afew appropriate remarks on the nature of the meeting, and called 'upon the choir to sing the opening chorus " Our Jewels," which was received with much cheering. Then followed another song by the choir, "Robinßedbreast." Mr Beecher gave a reading "The Shakers," which caused a good deal of mirth. This was followed by Mrs 0. Robiuson singing " Give me the cottage in the valley." A very pretty recitation was then given by Miss Edith Grattan, "Assisting Mother," which was loudly applauded. Messrs Easthopc and Iloldaway, of Masterton, then gave a very interesting and able discourse on the temperance cause, The Choir nept sang " A band of truest friends are we," and was loudly cheered. Master 11, Grattan then read a piece from Captain Marryatt, entitled "Tho cow and its tail." Mrs Grattan sang in a beautiful voice, " Wait, till the mist rolls by," when she sat down amidst much cheering. The Choir then sang "The mjser," after which followed oitr'olt} stager, Mr 8. s^.' Hari,' wit)i sW],i}t $ yijnJ of tjlije' ribbon <)ang)i]jg before tlje eyes qf tljie audience, and his eliicjijent speaking proved' too femptipg a bait to l)e pepted, ag gonje i)f the audience began to «jajip tjjejr wjiy tfl tile front, ami while they werebaing bjipjcf} the choir kept them alive with harmony, and by the time the meeting closed there were thirteen new names added to the Army. Miss Callis presided at the harmonium, an(| Mr Beecher was the leader of the Choir, to whflij} great praise is due.

The annual meeting of ratepayers in the Taratahi- Carterton Road District, was held yesterday. There were five Wardens present, viz., Messrs B, Boys, H. pliait)>iyaite, J,'seynpij|s, E.'W. Dorset, j»)d W. Bjrp|i, j||) ftpijipgy was rgcpiveg fpr the ipiavoidable #e|)ge i)f Jfr.4, Gallon. The Q}erk intintatet} that there was np annual meeting la§fc the TOt flf fi quorpn), "conpe.qi]ently tjjei'g were >)0 ifliiwtep tp reafl. %v H. Braitliwaite move 4, and Mr J, Reynolds gegoiu (ted, that Mi' B, Boys lie rejected Chaivmaii for the ensuing yep, The motion was put to the meeting by the Chairman and carried, Mr Boys in a few appropriate remarks thanked the Wardens for the confidence placed in him in re-electing him Chairman, and said that his wish was that they might work together as amicably in the future as they liaij in the past, The Clerk laid on the table a statement of receipts and expenditure for the past year, but said the proper audited accounts had not yet been returned from the Provincial District Auditor. The Witrdtink'Waited fortorrie time to see if any ratepayers put in fin appearance to lay complaints orotherby.t no ono turning up, they conit)] wore satisfied,'.'and the

The urn monthly parade of the Mastcrton Rifles was held Inst night at tho Theatre Royal, Drill limtvuqtor Bezar aiid Lieut. Cameron 'put .the meii through a number of evolutions in the presence of Ij. great many onlookers—chiefly Militia men, Tfye lpd played several selections, aiul appeared tfl'be yi;i:y efficient, Thirtyfive rank and file, Including Band, principally recruits, fcll'in; bwingto this, and tlio apparent helplessness of some of the non-commissioned officers, flio /JrjJj did not afford all tho instruction that was appw.Gjjfly sought by tho spectators. After drill a jif'eejifits v/ag held. Tho first business was th« eMton .of a Lieutonant. The names of Sergts. Dixon and Dairy in pie, bugler Bentley, Vol, Thompson had been proposed, hfft on feljiijg fl|.e yutosj it was found that none of tlf.e' gan.difjatefi ha,d' secured a sufficient number tp entjtlc to the election, and the cjiiestion therefore lies jn aheyan.ee., 4- committee was appointed to HlftlfP ftripgenieiifs connected with the animal bull, life is to he held on the Queen's Birthday, and writ]|qp t.Q carry out details of the Queen's Birthday Review,

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