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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2298, 18 May 1886, Page 2

; The Stonehenge Lndge of Druids meet .'tliis'evening.; I ';,- : . : ;'.''".. ;; The regular, fortnightly meeting of the Masterton Borough Council takes place ■this'evening.-■:■■„ ■".'■; v. ,; : :An advertisement in another column notifies tho adjournment of the sale of ■MrPi S. Macdonnld's furniture at Carter-;ton:;to-morrow .(Wednesday, 19th). This :.was.;deemed. advisable, by Mr F. H. ; : Wood,: the. auctioneer, on account of the !-llgodß.P-/-"'-;:--: , . :^

;'} ''The; Presbyterian Sunday School anniversary special services will be held on Sundayvnext at 11 a.m., and 3and 7 p.m •'.Oii.Monday;:.'.May/24th, a tea meeting .will take;place, and afterwards addresses ■.\vill:be; r given':by various Ministers and 'othersiii'tho church. : ?;.v ?:;

:;:;; v MrJohn;Graco'i'averyold settler, and .fof;:many years: a\resident'at. the Hutt 'died;oh;Saturday : morning. / Mr Grace arriyodinMew'Zealand by theNorthfleet dn;;lßs3.;His;fuuoral takoa place at tho XowerHutt to-morrow. .'•...

Budget for March 1G conveys;the; cheering information that after seventeen years of persistent effort ; : Mr Stans6eld in tho House of Commons, liascarried his motion for the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Act in England ;by,an overwhelming majority. The debate lasted onlv two hours. :.

..'* ;JWo rcgrot to learn that Mrs Rutherf urd died.suddenly yesterday 'morningif heart disease. The deceased .lady haslong-beon a settler in this district,, and was held in high estimation by a/very large circle of friends. She leaves behind her a large family of children, to ; whom her loss will be irreparable. The funeral .ia.: announced to take place on .Thursday liext.;.-^,;...-.:,-''. j SM^Stratford, : : R.M., : at Wellington, Beemsj'frpin the newspaper reports of his ;ori, a.most.peculiar individual on ithe Bench, 4; His'latest freak was to order "alChinaman, "who 1 -appeared bofore him, ■tblet'dowii the tail he had coiled round his head !,. : What on earth this was for, the remarks, tho R.M. probably only k,nbws, : ;but. we may. expect next to hear ■of his .'ordering tho alteration of the hire:ute,:.adorhment3 of fche.fenialcs who appear :inJOourtj ; ,or.complaining of v the pattern jpf'th'eiiriether''garments,: of:;aome. guilty individual.upbefore him/Vv'

i: Our Tefiui cbrresppndenfc reports that .atiiist .Saturday's moeting of.the' Castleppini. Road' Board Mr.Handyside was appointedchairman of th«r Board,. : and it Wfiß:d'ecided tpreduce the Clerk's salary ;frpm .£9o,:toJ7s,Vand the Overseer's (iricome:froiiv;£lso^to:';£l4o.:;:^He. hears tliat:a-' petition"';is:•being signed .'.for the ;c.onstitiitipn;of a separate.riding and road :b6ard;for:the% , Jof-'/jthe- Castlepoint :; : Board," being the : ; horthernyjjisrtiort of .the".;district;, lying ;W.hakfitfiki '■■. rivers. [ The .recent': ; rainsV;it is reported, have done no materklin juryjotho Munp'apakaria Road.

, . Morefchanges at'the universities 1 Con;;grcgati(!h:at:.yif ■ divinity out ate at Gambrldgeis going 'to admit engeering/. ■ Of ; the/twp changes, : % so : i significant (aayaa homo paper) in their coincidence, the : latrer ia'far the more important. The 1 ' at Oxford.iha's 'alwayß been a'farce except when ;it has been, a scandal; ,Tho stories which ; have amused so many generations of freshmetr,of the best ways to dodge the Kings : 'of:lsrael and Judah.'will retire into tho Ulim ; past. Religion at .Oxford will gain.; a little, by being disassociated from a ridiculous examination, ■and .that is 'all.'•'■■ The formation of an engineering', tripos at Cambridge is on the other hand a constructive piece of academical, statesmanship.'of which' Professor Stuartj'.th'o member for Hoxton, may well be proud;.; : It is a happy omen tnat at a time when the whole subject of technical education will shortly be forced by events before the country so excellent a beginning should be made at one of the universities. 'H'lr'r'-''■..."■'

; : A tea and. open meeting was held at the Temperance Hall last night, under the auspices of the Phcenix Lodge, 1.0.0. T. Between. sixty ~and seventy persons ontered with full 'mV into the first part of the programme, the good things provided by a committee of ladies of the Lodge being appreciatedand speedily demolished The tables were removed, and the seats, restored to their usual position, were speedily filled by" the awaiting throng, eagor to hear the "old, old Btory." The chair was occupied by Mr Bambsr, who conducted the business with his usual affability. Addresses were given by the Chairman, the Revs. Mr, Buttle, and D. Fulton, and Messrs Holdaway, Easthopo, Dixon, and others. The Wesleyan Church Choir sang sevoral selections from Sankey's collection of songs. Messrs Gant and Armstrong favored the company, and were much appreciated. In addition to the harmonium belonging to the Lodge, a piano was kindly provided by Mrs J ago, at which Mr Keisenberg, with his usual courtesy on such occasions presided. . Mrs Gapper accompanied the choir on the harmonium, During the evening Mr Hold'awny read the petition about to be' presented to the Licensing Committee at its annual meeting, praying that body to discontinue licenses to private bars in hotels. A vote of thanks proposed by .Mr'Eyerndea excluded i

, Here is a story about Mr Greville, the | late clerk to tho Privy Council. Greville was persuaded, when he was over sixty years of age, to attend a spiritualistic seance Foster, the presiding medium was in great form and his revelations were astounding. Greville sat silenUy, and his aged widened face was as motionless as a mask Suddenly the medium grew oxcited, and said to the old gentleman, " A female form is bending over you." " Oh! the extraordinary likeness." Greville sighed again. "It is your mother." "Ah, poor thing" said Grovillo, "I am glad." She smiles. She says lb is woll with her," Grevillo sighed again, and said, " I'm di lighted." " Sho says she will see you soon. tfou are old and you must meet her before long." Then Greville quietly observed, " That's very true. I'm going to take tea with her at five o'clock tliia. evening." Tableau, His mother was then, though ninety years old, hale and vigorous. The Temperance advocates who base their arguments upon statistics taken from the results of the prohibition in the United States must hold their hands awhile. The State of Maine is, as is well known, the one where prohibitive measures have been most stringently enforced yet the total number of persons committed to gaol in that State during 1884 was 2395 of whom 188 were sentenced for selling liquors, which was an increase of 38 over the statistics of 1884; and 1761 were sentenced for drunkenness, which was an' increase of 411 over the statistics of 1884. The present writer remembers well riding through Maine three or four years ago, when prohibition was at its height, and at not a single inn did he pass the night without the landlord 'quietly dropping .the hint that if " rum" was desired it would be forthcoming, In one hotel the largo urn of icewater, which is the feature of the Halls of all American hotels, supplied ice water if tho tap was pressed down—the usual method of working it—but to the iniated, who pressed it up, it furnished whiskey.-Pall Mall Gazette, A contemporary says:—"Some two years ago Messrs Muir and Co., a firm including several well-known Wellington residents, purchased from the natives at Poverty Bay a block of 34,000 acres, situated about 35 miles from Gisborne. There were 86 native proprietors to be dealt with, but all the signatures were obtained, and a Crown grant for the property, known as the Waipawa Station, has been issued. Since taking possession Messrs Muir and Co. have enacted wonders in tho way of improvements. They Uavo now on the station 5000 sheep, 100 head of cattle, and other stock, and have erected buildings, yards, and sheds on a very extensive scale. Within the last year they have sown upwards of 800 acres with English grasses, and within the last few weeks fhoy havo taken to Gisborne, from Wellington, upwards of 50 good bushmen to fell timber on the station. Fourteen of these men came from Makara, and the remainder from Wairarapa. The firm intend to have 1100 acres of their property at onco cleared from bush. The men, on arrival at Gisborne, were conveyed to the station by coach, and the arrival of the first lot, who were driven up in a coach and five, was quite an event in the history of settlement on the East Coast."

It is supgested in Christchurch that the celebration in connection with the signing' of tho contract, for the Midland railway should take the form of a free banquet so that the poor may have at least one good dinner. The Lyttelton Times suggests that it would not be a bad thing if arrangements were made for ensuring to them a succession of plentiful meals, and says: —"That there are persons who are not infrequently in want of a good dinner in Christchurch is, unfortunately, too true, but'it may be doubted whether many of thesewill be found among the participators in the ' free feed' which it is presumed will be held ere long on Hagley Park. In order that the really deserving poor may be able to participate practically ill the enjoyment of the forthcoming festivities, it has been proposed that the benevolent supporters of the Wjjst Coast railway agitation, now apparently so happily terminated, should subscribe to a fund to be placed in the' hands of his Worship .the Mayor and applied to tho relief of those (cases of distress which, owing to his official position, are continually being brought under his notice. Owing to the energetic measures taken by Mr Saunders tho heavy sea last night did no further damage to tho harbor works railroad. About a chain and a half in length of concrete wall has been carried away, and the sea has cut into the land about half a chain in depth, leaving very little space to the foot of tho cliff. To prevent further encroachment, Mr Saunders caused bags of shingle to bo built up round the sides of tho beach, and these with other protective works prevented further damage. Men are now employed in cutting away the cliff to give room for a deviation of the railway line. Just where the accident has occurred the wall took a curve outwards, and directly faced the tread of the waves. It is at a point midway between two reefs, so that the sea does .not break there till it strikes the wall, The weight of the waves bearing straight at the wall gradually shook the work, for the wall appears to have been smashed down rather than undermined, The road round there this morning presented a grand sight; heavy seas wore tumbling in and racing each other, and throwing up columns of water as they struck the wall, and drenching the whole ground to the face of the cliff, The crano is in no clanger whatever,—Napier Daily .Telegraph. The European Mail says,:-" It has long been fqlt that the adoption of electricity for the purposes of domestic lighting would never become very general until the new illuminant was available in a portable form. Phis difficulty has not long since been solved by Messrs Hirsh, Greystock and Co. in a fairly satisfactory manner by the design and manufacture of their portable electric light, The new lamp gives a pure, white, incandescentlight of'about ten-candle powor, and it is said that it will burn for just upon three hours without recharging. The necessary chemicals may be ootained of the makers in any quantity as required, and so simple is the task of recharging that a child may easily perform it. The price at which the portable electric light is retailed brings it within the reach of practically all classes. Among the more obvious advantages attached to this form of lighting' are its absolute safety and the absence of either heat, fumes, or smell. On these grounds coupled with its inexpensive character, both aa regards first outlay and current cost, it is expected that this invention will win its way into publio favor."

The Lady Mabel, a brigantine of 300 tons, is now in our port (says the Oamaru Mail) loading with stone for Samoa. The vessel has been chartered by Mr M. de H. Duval, of Timaru, on behalf of the Catholic Bishop of Samoa, and the stone is to be used in the construction of a I Cathedral at that place. Mr Duval is the I architect of the building, which is to be 157 feet long by 62ft wido, the walls 30ft high, and the front to be flanked by two towers, each 120 ft high. The style of architecture is to be Roman, and 60,000 cubic feet, or 3000 tons; of Oamaru stone will be used in the" construction of the building in addition to native i volcanic stone. Owing to the violent storms that periodically visit the island it has been deemed necessary to make the walls of the main building 4ft and the tewers Bft thick. The structure will 'therefore be of amostßub'staniM«»nffiu a b&utf.' fl chjivactlcir.

A letter from Mr John King, on the Wainuioru Bridge, was received too lato for our present issw.

Members of the Maßtort'on Borough Fire Brigade are requested to meet at the Brigade Station this evening at 8 o'clock sharp. , ■ At a Temperance meeting held' last night a petition to tho licensing Com-' uiifctee to abolish private or second bars in hotels in Masterton was read.

Messrs Lowes and loms salo at their Masterton Yards to-morrow comprise 600 wethers, 1100 lambs, principally Romney Marsh, 1,000 ewes, including good crossbreds in lamb, and a fat Hue. In addition to the sheep, there will be offered calves and forward bullocks,

The passengers on the WellingtonRailway in consequence of tho dangerous state of the Waingawa bridge have to leave the tram on one side and walk across the bridge, where they enter another train in waiting for them'. The luggage is.senfc over in a trolly. -

At the It, M. Court yesterday afternoon, before Messrs W, H. Beetham and W. Lowes, J.P.'s, in the case Inspector DrummondvJ. 0. Andrew, breach of the .Rabbit Act, an adjournment was granted for fourteen days, in consequence of the defendant being weather-bound at Picton. In the case Inspector Drummond v George Whitcombe, failing to dip sheep infected with lice within a month after receiving notice, defendant pleaded guilty, stating that he could not get his dip prepared in time as the roads were bad. They had been dipped within six weeks after the notice was served. In reply 'to the Bench, William Cameron, sheep agent, stated that he found several sheep infected in a flock of six or 'seven hundred. The i case was adjourned till the 31st hist.

The Waipoua has made serious inroads between tho railway bridge and the town, and unless prompt action is taken by;the Borough Council nothing can prevent the river breaking through in a line with Albert-street. During the present fresh a considerable quantity of land has been washed away, In some places the river bed has taken the place of paddocks at tho rear of the houses in the vicinity of Villa-street. The main body of the water runaatthe end of Hope-street, having made the connection with Villa-street still more dangerous than heretofore, and at the rear of flope-street a large tree has lodged, dividing the stream and causing considerable danger to Mr Fogden's house, which is adjoining Mr Bacon's granary. Matters had assumed Bucli a serious aspect when the flood was at its height, that it was thought advisable to vacate Mr Fogden's house, and pack up the furniture and goods ready for removal, Tlw Borough Bridge was placed m danger through the floating logs, and fears were evitcrtniuod that tho light structure would not be proof against the strain. This morning the scene is one of desolation at the North boundary of the Borough, the course of the erratic river being undefinabla

In connection with the "Ammoniaphone" which Miss Cowles refers to by advertisement in another column, the "Catholic Times," of 13th February, 1885, says:—" An invention which is at once 'scientific' in the purest Bonse of that ill-used word-and is proved to be valuable to almost everybody, cannot be ranged among the average discoveries .which are advertised for purposes of gain. Dr Carter Moffat's' Ammoniaphone' is of this kind. A man of science who has spent a dozen years in analysing atmospheres and dews, and who has succeeded in compounding and imprisoning a vapour which strengthens and enriches the human voice, must bo said to have earned the laurel of industry, as well as of orieinal design. Why have Italians better voices than Englishmen 1 Because the atmosphere they breathe is better, Therefore, says Dr. Moffat, let ino imitate Italian air, which is abundant in peroxide of hydrogen and still moro abundant in ammonia, and create a volatic fluid which, being inhaled from fitting instruments, shall produce the best effects of southern climes. -The thing isdone-is a success. A hundred men of science have confessed to this. Wo hare a patent which is not a quack, but a real boon; and for one guinea every person can purchase it,' while it can be used .without risk and without trouble. Most of us like to have "better voices," not only in the singing but the talking sense, and tho " Ammoniaphone" will improve us day by day. So have said many professional singers, and so have said many public speakers, We must therefore allow Dr. Moffat the praise of a genuine invention,

_ lam going to make a speciality ot certain lines during the next months. At the present time I am running Macintoshes and Overcoats at prices which defy any houso "in tlie Wellington District to approach. By sending the length which you require in inches, you can be supplied with a grand Tweed Macintosh for 27/1), honestly worth £3. Give me a trial John Thohbuun, the People's Clothier, WillisBtreet, Wellingto'n,-[ADVT.]

Messrs L J. Hooper k Co,, of the Bon Marche, received their first instalment of autumn and winter goods on Saturday, theae goods have been imported direct from the manufacturers in England and Scotland, and arc now being marked off at prices that will compare'with any wholesale house in the colony—Advt.

Messrs Duncan 4 Son invite special attention to their new consignment of cutlery—direct from the manufacturers—which they offer at fabulously low prices', Bost pocket knives, Is and Is Gd; sets carvers, and forks and steels, 2s upwards; bread knives, lsj and all kinds of olectro-plated goods at little moro than the price of ordinary tinware,—Advt.

Strangers and country people often ask us which is tho best and cheapest house for men's, boys' and youths' clothing, and we recommend them to go to thoTOrarapa Clothing Factory, opposite the Theatre, for it is, without doubt, the cheapest and best house in the district. You not only save 20 per cent, but are sure to get good value for your money.—Ann. Venetian Blind and Eovolving Shutter manufactory. All Blinds guaranteed of the very best description. Price list on application to 11. W. Henn (lato Henn and Hansen.) Poneke Steam Venetian Blind and Revolving Factory, Vellmston.—Advt.

Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, ic, are quickly cured by using Baxter's celebrated "Lung Preserver." This old established, popular medicine is pleasant to tho palate, and highly extolled by the members of tho mcdioal, legal, and clerical professions. Sold by al •Patent Medicine Vendors. ;Seo testimonials in advertisements—[Advt.l