The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1886. MASTERTON IN DANGER.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2301, 21 May 1886, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1886. MASTERTON IN DANGER.

|d^nj>my;;.thlg^^ J^^t^n'imnfe hwrgobd? i»: bei^unidbr-'' arid \fasKati : cloi/ii tHo;river:V Mis:; ai:e^th9:townv : (?radijaliy;^duced,;:anisi^ sacrificpd; that^iito.ißprougKbouiici^t^ the-- ■ fc fi«atefi§'^;^a[nger ) : ;and^ eoi)griitiiK(i,t|i(3 MuriMpat ; autfibfftos3b|; |ftp^ tipnwarrifid!:tiut : ; iast^infc<^ : *, Anyon&.whq; wa)^up;;;the/rivot[bain^ ; ; 111 l ,ofeCTeSKaf|tlie pillows: Ji^many: ■. place* a d;iiin^ ; '.tatalce^ s»Y^jnarfv)pOTtip^ . being: : : : .^|:gpne:;w:#q;^ri|mb]ihg ■ a< the romtfrjvcK Vp mate' :< inaV'efficiont.ly -protected- nearly!.'a .mile';"of similar ; ( ; I 'yi' l iß,nictli()d ) ,and tliero can bo jip'dbubt that a preventive method which ■' has been a ; success,in.one part of the. stream will anawer well in another. We are aware that tho. Council has decided to obtain an opinon from Mr Buckett, as ■well., as from its' 'own/very'. trustworthy Engineer.. No doubt tho Government is interested in the Wnipoua, but calling upon' Mr. Jlackett when.'we'can holp .ourselves seems hardly the best" way of g')ing' : .'t6 : .work; '■ If the Borough staff woro^oncß; put'; to.^work '■' on ,tho rivor ..bank,' driving -willow stakes, and carting boulders to protect them,' the land which is now daily being washed way would be saved, and tho risk of tho river.breaking through into the town would be minimised. Then when Mr Blackett did appear on tho scene, we would have leisure to consider any sug. gestions which he might make. A somowhat lengthy experience of river difficulties in the Wairarapa suggest* that nfty or a hundred jkrtindß spent <sa tfjUcw

stakes iimi boulders is of inoro practical Value than some professional schemes which have cost thousands of pounds, and we need not go beyond the Waiohine to prove this. Last winter the Borough Council did a vast amount of good for a very little money by putting its labor staff to work driving in willow stakeß, and the sooner it sends the staff there again the better it will be for the town.

A stack of good hay of about six 'tons, is advertised for sale in another column'

It is understood that the Featherston Town Board at their next meeting intend prohibiting the grazing of cattle on the streets during the winter months. Mr John Rayner invites tenders for splitting and erecting one. hundred chains of wire foncing at Wosc Taratahi. Wo understand that stops are being taken in Featherotuu with the object of providing- winter evening entortainments, and that an effort will bemade to enlist the assistance of Mr Bunting and the schoolchildren. Tho movement should meet with success,

, As an .instance of the value of total abstinence, Mr W, S. Oaino, M.P. stated that he once saw an Irish member! who was a prominent: obstructionist standing at tho bar of tho House and drinking some mineral water. He congratulated the member upon his drink and asked him if he had turned teetotaller' He answered that he had because he found that he could obstruct an hour and a half longer on water than on whisky.

The valuation for tho Featherston Road District has increased ' from £698,727 to £813,097; or a difference of £114,370' This must show that the' district is progressing, and it is thought that a rate of gd instead of |d will meet the Board's, requirements for the ensuing year.;/.: N>

■■ The regular mooting of the Taueru School Committee took place on Wednesday jast. Present-Messrs Donald (chairman), , Adams,., : Anderson, Garratt, Manning and O'Connor. The minutes of tho previous meeting were read and confirmed. . Tho following accounts were passed for. payment-A. Lovejoy. firewood &c, £4los; Mrs Mulligan, clean'ing £2 Bs. It was proposed by Mr ,Garratt and carried That a wet 'weather ,shed be erected, also that Messrs Donald and Andorspn be appointed a Commifcteo , to.see to.the said work. .It was proposed and carried unanimously that the Chairman write to the master asking him to resign.;. It was resolved that the next meeting be held the first Wednesday in meeting then adjourned.

; Wl\e learn from the N.Z. Advocato that ■.Edward Payson Weaton, tho widely-known ■,.■ total-abstaining --prdestrian, finished a .;walk,of.two.thousand five hundred milos i <itChiwgo,.on tho Gth ult, r His contestant. was/O'Lenry, who.uses habitually alcoholic; beverages .The contest was arranged .as a trial of. endurance between ; an abstainer and a non-abstainer, both being, recognised as representative pedestrians...-: It was agreed that they were to .walk twelve houra daily, the man who covered two thousand five hundred miles first to.be tho winner of a purse of'B3'ooo, offered, by sundry New York friends of Temperance,.,,Weston walked fifty-four averaged forty-six. and .fifteen fifty-fourth miles per day, and was in gbod: : 'conditioniat the end; O'Leary reached an aggregate of two thousand two hundred and ninoty-two miles, and then collapsed, and did not again appear upon the track. Ih this contest, as in his memorable walk in England, Mr Weston has rendered the temperance reform a most important service/ and has prethe publie on both sides of the Atlantic an object lesson of groat practical yalne.rf;:.:V:; ; ;.. :: \

. ,■ .■ Dickens fells the following story of an ? American sea captain :-on his last voy- ... ago; home, vtho captain had onboard-a . younglady of remarkable'pononalattwd- ,. .lioiis-aijphrasa 1 uee as one being on"rely new, and one you never meet with young lady : rwas...- boloyed : ; intensely ' : , b- five young turn ; -f " ! .W« with thorn all- very ardently ■■,liut r without : .any;particular ■ preference .■.ioreither.; .: Jot', knowing • how to'make >up,„hor;derermination,-; in - this dilemma : fl|io,consulted.my.friend the captain. The captain, being a man of an original turn oF-inind said to' tho young lady, "Jump .;overboard, .and marry, the manthat jumps lady struck with tnoMdea,. and being naturally fond of ;bathing, especially in warm leather, as ;lt then wag, tookfche advice of.'the capboat ready in case of next morning thajyolovers' being on deck,' and looking very.devotedly at thVyounc lady slie plungedvinto.: tho sea' : head fore°most. /Jourxifthflilovcralminediateiy, jumped m a the.y.oung.lady and ,«»B:four.lo r erß,::-were, out.iagam, B ho says .to am-.L.t6' do with ■thGm:iiow;thoy.';aro Wwotfe"fake tho r^^n^^; :';Atul did and :married:-hini.;v> r : +xM? '-x*^,■

jM^.:^»earl^ll:fehands at the Uareiico, Bridge; Ivpoiiversed with say ;.fchat though; .Suhday ; > night .'was : very boiatereua anddark,:the gloom was not porpetunl.tho uiobn occasionally showing 'out.;;vThe.Taia ro a' B .masthead■ light was dMiiictly.Beem'aHheßridge,' though no ;onc:Cpuld:Bay : ;that it was observed earlier than a little before eight o'clock. Somo of the men {row grumbling at the Bridge works being stopped ayain when one of thQir.number.iemarked, /'Never mind (boys; there's a steamer ooming along, she's tobo^reckdandwe'll get plenty ; of.work; fpra.month.". Someeneelse who saw the. light replied H 4 tho steamer was all .righ i: ;Bhe : only kept close along shore .out of the.sea,';: Others wont outside the mens house and disagreeing as to whether .the light-had moved, referred to a young sailor known by thsobriqud of 'Spunkoy' !'to-:.decido ! -f.:.;He didn't trouble himself much about the matter, but in an off. hand manner ho said she was steaming ahead, and no further notice was'taken of tho vessel. Solmig were they concerning themselves about the wreck that had rockets been fired or blue lime burnt the men would soon have been at tho scene of tho disastor. , I

SiDDrEcoNOMT.-Hearingfrom everyone I met that tbe Wairarapa Clothing Factory was ho cheapest and beat House in tho district fo Mens, Boy'si and Youth's clothing, I thought I woulrlg l yoitatiial,whiohl did, and to my BurpnsolgoUWeed suit, all wool, crimson shir, annel undershirt and pants, 'a French felt at, collar.handkerchiefand box, for the small sum of 665, I've paid elsowher for tho same goods £SIO S . My advice, therefore, to Qvorj*rio in to call at tho Waimrapa Clothing Factory, next tho Empire Hotel, whore everything ut good and very cheap.—Advt. I am going to make a speoiality ot cortain hnn during the next months, At the present time I am running Macintoshes and Overcoats at prices which defy any houso :in tho Weiington Distnct to approach. By sending the length which you require in inches, you can be supplied with a grand Tweed Macintosh for 2,/G, honestly worth £3. Give me a trial John Thohbuhk, the People's Clothier, Willis, street, Welliugton.-fADVT.]

, Coughs, Comb, Bkonohitis; . io are quickly cured by using Baxter's celebrated 'Lung Preserver." This old established, popu. k medicine is pleasant to the palate,and highly extolled by tho members of the medical legal, and clerical professions. Sold bv al'

; Mr Do Mey, the "Board" gymnastic instructor, is paying his periodical visit to the Masterton school to-day. ■ ' The Waingawa railway bridge is sufficiently strengthened to admit of the foods and passenger traffic being resumed The Theatre Royal will be occupied on Sunday evening next by Miss Ada Campbell, who will give her long promised leeturer • ■

There was a heavy flood in' the Waiugawa river Inst night, but the protective works, now in course of erection,- withstood ..the pressure, although the main body or tho water set in fnnu that bank. Mr P. H. Wood had a good attendance at his stock sale at Taratahi yetl.rday, a considerable number of sheep and cattle were yarded (notwithstanding the verv wet weather) nearly all being sold uude'r the hammer at fair, prices; Complaints reach us from Carterton that horses and cattle are repeatedly turned out in the road every night to graze, and that as it has boon frequent for some time it loota as if the authorities are winking at it. Probably calling public attention to the nuisance will rouso the responsible oflicer to the sense of his duty,

Our Alfrcdton correspondent writes as follows:--Wo are having quite a run of floods in this part of the world, 1 should think that yesterday and to-day the creeks were higher than they have been since 1 first cam* to the district, We are having quite a lively time of it between the flow of water in tho creeks and the flow of swaggers on our roads. As to the former I suppose ive must" grin and bear it," but as to the latter 1 think our miserable Government ought to be made to grin and bear for it,

n A meeting, of the Management Com■ii .mitten of' the Wairarapa Rugby Football a- Union was held at Hie White Hart Hotel it last evening, Mr W. McKenzio in the ie chair, Messrs Wiokerson, C. Beard g Dcmpsey, and F. W, Jackson also being present. Congratulatory letters were reu. ceived from tho Canterbury and Hawkes ~- Bay Unions, with an invitation from tho f: -- latter to visit them during this season. v The Secretary notified that he was in ,J communication with 'the Sydnoy team, d with a view of yetting them to visit, the e Wairarapa during their tour through the ~ Colony, It was. decided that senior con- . tests be arranged for the Union clubs, the r dates for playing same to be fixed by Oom- ,, hiittee. Nominationsfortheseniorcontests j and junior cup matches to be sent in to the 0 secretary by Thursday next 27th in ß tant. . The secretary was requested to write to ,j the Wellington Union to arrange a match ~ between tho two representative teams t before the visit of the Sydney team. It , was decided to recommend the match committee to pick a trial representative fifteen and a next eighteen to play matches t in Greytown, Carterton, and Maßterton, 1 so that the merits of the players may be i thoroughly tested. The question of i visiting Hawke's Bay during the present 1 • season was postponed. Tho meeting,adr journed until next; Thursday, when the j fixtures of the season will be made, i In the Sydney Globe appears the foli lowing:—A certain, prominent politician ■ who was returning to Australia from 1 England in a' mail steamer, boasted so » much of himself, his position, and his i capabilities that Ke disgusted most of his , fellowvoyagers, who dubbed him "the Eminent Egotist." Passing through the Bed Sea; some, of the younger passvngera determined to (what is popularly called) take a rise out of the E.E.. Accordingly one afternoon when ho was on deck, threo young ladies put fishin? lines over tjie Bide, although tho steamer was going at the rate of fifteen knots an hour. Presently the E.E. observing them came up and enquired whether it were possible to catch fish when the steamer was going so fast ? He had scarcely spoken when one of them began rapidly hauling in her line, and to the surprise of the E.E. brought up a-fine .role, which was unhooked by a gentleman standing _at her side, and carried below, lhewayit was done was this—A confederate was below at one of the portholes '' with the fish (which had come from the ' ice-room) hooked on to a second lino. At 'i a given signal ho knotted 'lns line on to 1 the one hanging over the side at the level | of the port, and as he dropped tho fish i into tho water he cut the first lino below ' the knot. It was afterwards so well l manipulated by the gontloman assisting on ' dock, as to closely resemble a live fish J Shortly after this, one of the girls asked f the 1.. E. to hold her line for a minute \ while she went below. A moment after he felt something tugging at tho line, and . mi his excitedly hauling it in discovered to his intense surprise a red herring on -I the hook. But the beat of the fun was instead of taking the matter as aliarmless joke, as any sensible man would, he got angry, and walked the deck for the rest of the afternoon with his-nose higher in tho air than usual.

Tho favorable news received bycnblu respecting the Kimberley goldfielda hn caused no little .commotion throughout this as-well as; adjoining colonies. In Wellington, ,says the Times, many inquiries have been mado as to tho distance, climate, and the best means of Retting there. There are several expeditions bointt formed in Melbourne to go to the. field, and at present, negotiations aro proceeding in Auckland with a like object. At the latter place it is pro.posed to .dispatch tho Northern Company's s.s. Wellington (formerly a trader to this port) about the 25th of the current month should sufficient inducement offer. The proposed destination is Cambridgo Gulf into which tho Orda along which the alluvial deposits have been traced empties it«6lf. Derby is the capital town of the Kimberley district, on the northwest coast. It is built at the mouth of the htzroy Eiver, in Kint? Sound-a magmficientbay. Derby has a population of only one hundred at present. In a telegram dated April Gth,- t 0 the Governor of West Australia, the Government Resident at Derby says:-" I have fjreat pleasure in informing your Excel lencythat-most favorable reports have reached Derby from tho goldfielda. Five parties are down, all' bringnig alluvial, gold-some more, some, leas. There are over 400oz in tho town professional diggers speak highly of the nelcUnd predict one of tho biggest rushcß seen for years; they also predict rconV as a future certainty. The field is exten" : sive. The excitement produced in Perth by receipt of this telegram led to a numberof.people priweeding at once to Kimberley It would be well for people here, before deciding to try their fortunes in the new field, to consider not onlv the expense and difficulties of getting there but the climate they will ] laTe to face King Sound is about 18deg south of the equator, and must necessarily be verv trying to people who have spent the greater portion of their lives in. a temperate climate like Now Zealand; ' Messrs L J. Hooper & Co., of thoßonMarcbe first instalment of autumn and winter goods on Saturday, the/g J liv been imported direct from tho manufa tuZ mEng and and Scotland, and are ZThZ « marked ofl at price, that will compare with any ' wholesale house in the colony.-AnvT y Messrs Duncan & Son invite special attention to then'now consignment of from tft manufacturers-which the7of? a low prices. Best pocket S -and Is 6d j sets carvers, and forksaudst e 8 2 3 upwards| bread knives, Is; and a] kinds of eecro-plated goods at little mo Snth price of ordinary tinmire.-ADVT factov tian An il p l r an l u7' BIl S! h Guaranteed of the verv be. description Price list on applicatioro L W> S"" fet« Henn and Hansen.) Ponek!

t The Gazette notifies that the resignation of Captain A.'L. Webster of the Greytown Rifles, and of Lieut. t>. J. Cameron of the Musterton Rifles, have been accepted. •

John Hobman, a barman, was arrested •last night on a charge of purloining money from the till of the' Club Hotel. He will bo brought up at the R.M. Court this afternoon.

Messrs Lowes and lonia sell at. their rooms to-morrow, new and secondhand furniture, watches, clocks, pictures, cheats drawers, couches, men's and boys' clothing, flannels,' calicoes, dresa goods, potatoes, onions, oats, fowls, and sundries.

Despite the postponement through bad weather, MrF. H. Wood's sale of Mr P. S. Macdonald's household 'furniture at Carterton, on Wednesday last was entirely successful both in point of attendance and in-the very fair prices that were obtained.

An eutertainment on belialf of the widow and children of the late Mr B Sewoll, who was accidentally killed at Booth's mill in Carterton this week, is being organised in that township, ft is expected to conie off in the Lyceum in about three weeks, and will consist of' a concert and dramatic entertainment.

OneofMasterton's ancient landmarks -a whare near the Masonic Hall, Ban-mster-street-is to be placed in the hands of that ruthless person,-the auctioneer. As may be seen advertised, Mr F. H. Wood, after disposing 'of a quantity of clothing in a liquidated estate, will offer for sale in his 'Masterton rooms, the venerable whare referred to. ■ The purchaser wiil have to remove tho relic, and possibly the Borough Council'may be. induced to purchase it for the Museum ;ib they have no place at present for the display of their collection of fossils.