The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1886.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2260, 2 April 1886, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1886.

, :;,Tho Maatertoij Vojqnfeef piro Brigade i; 'having resolved to postpone their proppse/} , Easter competition and sports for tlirop months, will hold a ball in the Theatre . i Royal on Thursday, April loth. . A Com- : mitteo has beon formed U> arrange a pro- • gramme. ' ■■■'■■ ' . VTe learn from Woodvillo that the Friendly Societies there are endeavoring to obtain the services of a second medical j town, S3 the doctor who is tUerfl floiy has given up the offico of Lodge Surgeon., are upwards of 100 'members of Frieji<% in that distriofc, ■■ Says the Brueo Aijck land Freethinkers recently celebrated the birthday of Voltaire by a grand display of fireworks. The spectacle was very magnificent, and could only be exceeded by the pyrotechnical show of the 3'ss Atheist is now a constant witness" recently a little girl, about five years old, a ranting soldier in the Salvation Amf 'ltaacfeu prayin" most lustily til) the roof if with thestrength of his supplication. Wing! her mother who was alono with her, she i said: "Mother, don't you think 'that if' he feed nearer to God he wouldn't' Wei ' . j - i t mated,that, the pomWned Weni/is of the' hotels and Jejlding m'ike' »l total of £12,000 per annum 1 /' ' There is sign of "depression" in that," Butiow'; about the division? Is it according to' Mark Twain's captain, whose dollar's worth of provisions consisted of. five cents worth of bread and ninety-five cents of whiskey, whose.only concern was, "What ate we going to do with all that bread ?" J

To-morrow is the monthly pay day of the Masterton Building Society. The regular monthly meeting, of the Masterton Town Lands Trustees take! place this evening at the Council Cham' bers. Two gentlemen were to be gazotted oul of the Commission of the Peace in this week b Gazette. They will no doubt sine "I'm glad I'm saved." At the usual fortnightly meeting of tilt Loyal United Friends, held last evening, one initiation took place, and some im portant business was transacted. Mr F. Noble lma purchased the lasl express from the old established carryini business of Mr Edward Jones, and ad vertises that he is prepared to execut( any orders for carrying to and from thi railway station and any other unrfc of tin town. The funeral of the late fivo year olt daughter of Mr Henry I ones took placi yesterday, and was attended by a largi number of relatives and friends. Th< | Salvation Army was also among the fol owers. Sankey's hymns were sung dur ng the march to the cemetery. The proprietor of the Island Bay Hotel , Mr A. turner, draws attention in anothei column to the inducement offered to. visi tors in search of pleasure or health. Then is every convenience for families or large parties, and sports of all sorts can bf indulged in, as every requisite is al ■ hand. Mr H. S. Wardell has been granted a fortnight's leave of absence from hit magisterial duties, and Mr H. A. Stratford attends to the B.M. Court in Wellington during that period. Mr Wardell, we aio glad to learn, is improving in health, and it is now hoped, by the time his leave of absence expires, he will be sufficiently recovered to enable him to resume duty. The Post says"Rumours are current in well-informed political circles as to an extraordinary intrigue, in which the Government is said to be a party." Our contemporary, after detailing the scandal, winds up by saying "We have, however, strong rea«m to believo that the Government is nut in any sense ft party to any such arrangement," If oi)r contemporary disbelieves a yarn which reflects discredit on the Government and o/i the editor of tho Evening Pres3, why on earth does he publish it ?, Mr Stratford this morning, the Evening Press says, very sharply pulled up a cer° tain local solicitor, who was figuring as a witness, for interrupting with a remark when ho was not giving evidonco or under examination. bgg your pardon," said His Worship tardy, "1 was not asking you any questions. Stand down, This summary mode of procedure considerably astonished the genial M luminarv, and his inability to have a last word appeared as if threatening suffocation or spontaneous combustion, Mi Thomas James, who is about leaving the district, has instructed Messrs Lowes and lorns to sell by public auction at their Masterton looms the whole of his valuable freohold properties, consisting of half an acre of ground of land in Albert street with six roomed cottage and improvements, two cottages in Victoria St,, one acre of laud in Villa street, and a

cottage in Chapel Street. The whole c these properties are situated .in desirabl positions, ai}d should find ready sale a easy terms of purchase can bo arranged, Part of the four aore reserve at Ki] birme is to bo converted into sqlt wate baths. This will be a great boon to |h tonje ( population, of Wellington, am Ivan s Bay, in time, may become a seconi Brighton or Longbranch,. It is proposed to cover the cost of erection by issuin< family tickets at £1 each, and already ' thud of the oust has been taken up ii tickets. If the prompters of the achemi would go in for the thing properly ant lay out pleasure gardens, promenades ant retreats they would, no doubt, make i fashippable sea-side resort that would bi patronised by visitors from this antj othci districts, A sanatorium lypvjid prove i profitable investment, and one we reconi' mend to the consideration of thosi interested, Dr F, A. Paley asks a most pertinenl question m the current number of tlu Contemporary Mcvkw—is there waste ir wheat crops! The botanist says that theoretically, every grain of wheat sown can nominally produce 300, Asamattei ot fact the ordinary English farmer produces from 12 to 15. Substracting something from the theoretically possible figure of 300, it remains highly probable that a farmer can, with caro, produce a good deal more on the same area and from the same seed than he ordinarily does at the present time, Dr Paley thinks a considerable percentage of the grain is lost in the stackyard, and advises threshing m the field, and Bundry other innovations which may not at once commend theniseUes to the Conservative instincts of English farmers.' But whether or not they apcept these remedies, farmery will rjo jyell to take these and njany other hint?,' I)at it they will improve their'position they must ipi prove their methods. Wheat it 30s per quarter wpi)].d not bo quire etj atal to its growors if tUo seed which fell ipon good ground brought forth aomo iity fold and some a hundred. A good story coines from Bai)»iora canterbury. Mr Burnett, the tomperanoe ecturer, was holding forth in the Hightreet of the sleepy little township the ither day when a waggish commercial lent pushed his way through the crowd, nd addressing the lecturer, said that a ,oan was dying in the hotei opposite and would he Mr Burnett) kindly desist, as the noise he made in speaking was very trying to the dying man, The lecturer at once complied with the request, Then a a large ),iecß of blue "bbon ajiked the (Mgpian where the dyin» man was- The commercial lejl hirn into the oaj- of the hofel, where he 'pointed to a fellow who washing with Ins head' on a table.. He was in a drunken sleep, .'f But 1 thought yoii said he was dying!" said the disgusted Bl«e Ribbonito, »» And 0 , if, , 18 ' . Eaid , t , he incorrjgiblp bagman, dying for a drink"—and then he fled. The Saturday Review onoe declared that the greatest benefactor of the human race would he he who could enable men to drink an unlimited quantity of wino without their getting drunk. Such : a man has been found. • Dr Bell invented the telephone, but its wonders pale before the telegastograph. This is an electrical machine, by which the palate can be tyMed and pleased, by any flavor, and for any length pf tinie, fear of indigestion or inebriety/'% pi)fctjr)g S oii P) iish, op wipe into s po'pneptfid with a powerful the jastp nf'the damtest viands can be conveyed along ft telegraph wire for miles, and to an mv limited number of b<w vmnts, They have only to put the wire into their mouths, and they seem to bo eating or irinking. They maypetdrunkor over-fed; 3ytthe jmpment the contact is broken off ;he eVll dpfo' pas's 'and nothing re»ainß but a-dellghtful oiliilaratiph" The iiveiitdr, 'saya -the Napier' telegraph, lowever, deeps 'the modus opirandi 'iL ' >erfect secret, and wishes to perfect his liscovery'before- 1 he discloses'it' to tlie rorld. • '< -.'it : JJr Thorbuiw, the Clothier, of Willis- i treet, Wellington, ia raising £llOO • bn c is stock. He is selling all his stock at he cost price fir, cash, only for 28 days. \ t is a rare chance for country settlers to t themselves and boys out with a cheap 2 int. He is adopting,thiß plan instead of orrowmg the money.—Advt si

. The Registrar General is now in Masterton engaged on oflioial duties. Messrs Lowes and lorns add to' their sale for Wednesday next, 400 full mouth ewes, 750 cross-bred ewes, 200 young wethers, and 420 lambs, Also horses and fowls. , 1 Mr George Deller killed on Tuosday a fine heifer, weighing 640% He was astonished to find on opening it for dressing an immotiße quantity of fat, coveting the kidneys, which weighed 1301bs. Tt waa a splendid quality of suet, '■' here is no one in the district with whpm we have convered seen such a large quantity of suet taken from an animal of such a weight. I fc . Hp been on show in Mr Delia's principal shop in High-street, and lias attracted the attention of a large number of farmers and graziers from all parts of the district.—Observer,

On Wednesday evening last the pr< dent of the Masterton Club, Mr W, Beetham presented.to Mr W. Wakemi on behalf of tho members, a very hai some clock, together with a letter, expr sing their appreciation of his faith services. The clock is a vi handsome white marble Frer time-piece, with visible escapeme obtained from the establishment Messrs W. Littlejohn & Son,' and be; the' following inscription :-"Presenl to William Wakeman by the members the Masterton Ciub, on his retiring, afl five years' faithful service, from f position of custodian, March Mat, 1886 A cable message was received in to' to-day, announcing the death' in Engla of Major Levin, the youngest son of t HonN. Levin, formerly of Welling and brother of ° ur respected townsma Mr W. H. Levin. Lionel Henry Mucal Levin was a native of Wellington, a received his early education in this' cil Ho afterwards proceeded to England complete his education, and on the 20 February, 1870, he was gazetted to ensigncy in the Army, On tho Ist August, 1884, lie was, after passing ti preliminary ranks, gazetted a major in t Prince of Wales' own regiment, formei the 19th Regiment, Yorkshire, and w subsequently detailed forduty as Adjuta of the 3rd Battalion of the West Yorkshi Militia- Major Levin, like his brothe was a general favorlto with all who km liira, and his early death is duop regretted by a largo circle of friends Wellington who have known'hun sin childhood. He has not visited Wellingti since his boyhood. On reoeipt of tl news, the offioes of Messrs Levin and C were closed for the day, and the shippii in port lowered their flags to half-mast a token of r'espeot to the firm.-Bvenii Press. The Hawera Star says;—"a privn letter received by a gentleman wl resides in this part of the colony, and well-known in the political world, pu matters in a very different light to that ■ which they were shown by special corn who are mostly dependa upon Ministors themselves for the rumo which they dissominate. The write who from his position and experience, ai from the avenues of information open him, is hardly likely to have been misle says of the present position' A mon ago I thought it quite possible, but n probable, that the Government might g a dissolution, but I do not think so no' It is not generally known, but there is i doubt at all that they askod for at were indignantly refused one, the object being to keep the country ; ignorance of a great many damaging fact While free themselves 'to go to the several electorates with a programme suit the time and place, instead of sul mitting a Ministerial platform, as the must do, when they meet the House We do not undertake lo guarantee tin the foregoing is absolutely correct, bi we should not publish it did it not con 1 from a source which we regard as entire! trustworthy. However, it is abundant! certain that there will be no dissolutio before the session, and wo have ourdoubl as to whether there will bo one at all, f the result of a Ministerial crisis'! today's meeting at the Land Boar the Minister of Ijands submitted an ai plication which had been received froi the Carterton and Goneral Gonjo Special Settlement Assooiations fc portions of tho Mangatalnoko block. M McCardlesaidit was within the knowledg of tho Board that other persons haapplied for the land in question, If j were given to the Associations the genera public would be shut out altogether froi participating in the block. It had beei given forth, moreover, tliafc the lam would be offered to the general public and numbers of intending applicants hat visited tho district, and these had receive! assurances from himself and others thai the land would be offerod at au earh date._ MrMcCardle proceeded to stati that it had come under his notico recent!) that there was a valuablo block of land on the eastern side of tho Pukotoi, whicl would be available for special settlement, There were about 200.000 acres of land' the greater portion of which would requiri tp be laid olj in 20(1 qr 300 "acfe?, tfiiili frpm 60,00Q tp 100,000 acreg were suitabjj fqr small settlement?. He advised! the Board to impress upon the Government the desirabloness of taking early steps to place this jn the market, as there was no bjoqk in the district so c:\lqijlated k ««?■ a , largo population, nor one foi which there is likely*to bo a groutoi demand, He citod the .opinion of a correspondent of the New Zealand Industrial Gazetfco, who had inspected the land and who was loud in his praises of ifc( advantages. Mr Fitzherbert said with regard to the Mangatainoke block, the promoters of the Hntt Special Settlement Association were the first to apply for the land, and he moved that there be produced the whole of the applications which had been received in respect to this block. It wa» agreed that this should be done, and the further considerafcion on the matter was deferred till the ijext irieefii)g,—Press. o 'whsf'Pojfy 'flfwffittfi, (to are quickly cured by nsiijg Baxter's' celebrated 'f Lung Preserver." " This 'oldestablished, popular medicine,' is pleasautto the palate, and highiy extolled by the members of the medical, legal, and olorical professions, Sold' by all. Patent Medigine Vendors, * See test}. monials in advertisements,—Advt. Messrs L. J. Hooper & (Jo,, of the Bon Marche, received their first instalment of autumn and winter goods on Saturday, these goods have been imported direct from the manufacturers in England and Scotland, and are now being marked off at prices that will compare with any wholesale house in tho colony.-ADVT, Venetian Blind and Itevolving Shatter [MWfoqtQry, AH Blinds guaranteed of wi.b beity jJtjspfc'lpflpn. Pripe list on appligatjoh' tp'fe; (|ab' Henn &' j 18 *?') SteiHp Venetian BljnH and Revolving Shutter i'actqry'Wel-nra.-ArivT : i - '