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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2343, 10 July 1886, Page 2

A meeting of the members of the Parkvillo Special Settlement Association is convened for Saturday evening next. July 17th, in the Temperance Hall. Since the commencement of the present serios of wool sales, we lenrn by to-day's cables, 269,100 bales have been catalogued of which 6,400 have been withdrawn from sale. The prices are still firmly maintained throughout, Mr F. H. Wood advertises his next stock salo in the Taratahi yards for Thursday next, 15th July. Besides sheep, the list embraces dairy cows, yearlings, fat heifers, and bullocks, and,. as is usually the case, the entries will doubtless be. considerably augmented before the sale day.

A public meeting, called by the Mayor, was held at Ohristchurah on Thursday night, to consider the question of relief for tho sufferers by the Tarawera eruption. The only person present, however, was the Dean of Clnistchurch. There appears to be a general impression that loose cash is scarce in Ohristchurch just now, and that there has been a good many calls' upon the purses of the charitable.

The Southland News Btate» that Biahop Nevill, who good-naturedly interfered on behalf of some Chinamen who wero being snowballed by a group of small boys on Sunday at lnvercargill, found that the offices of the Ohuroh proved of no effect, for the youngsters forthwith turned from the Chinamen and started on the Bishop, contenting themselves, however, with only throwing four or five missiles—just as a hint of what might be expected if further interference took place, The Bishop aaw that little good could be done with such material, and went on his way satisfied, no doubt, and certainly not without reason, that colonial youths are no respecters of persons. Mr Beetham, R.M., delivered an important judgment at Chriatehurch in the c«» of Farquhar v Farquhar, in which the husband w»6 charged by the wife with trespassing in her house and refusing to leave when requested to do so, contrary to the Police Offences Act, section 6. On June 22nd the husband returned and walked into her house. He was told by his wife to leave, but said ho would stay, and she left the house. Mr Beetham said, " The wife has no rit/hfc to refuse the society of her husband, even to the extent of cohabitation, unless by sanction of the Supremo Court, given after solemn procedure.' My opinion is that the husband can enter the house which is the separate property of the wife to enjoy her society, that is if he can enter without destroying property." The caso was dismissed.

This evening the last in Mastorton of Mr Matthew Burnett's lectures in the cause of temperance will he t<iven in the ■ Theatre Royal. Great preparations are being made by the committee to make this meeting attractive. A very popular chairman has been secured in the person of Mr B. P. Perry, one of the earliest settlers and a member of the original Masterton Small Farm Association. A , ; procession, headed by the Salvation Army Brass Band, of the various temperance organisations in regalia, and supported by friends and well-wishers to the cause, will . meet'at the Wesloyan Church and march down Queen-street, returning to the Theatre in time for the opening at halfpast seven o'clock. Special and final •fforts will be put forth to increase the number of pledged abstainers who have signed since the mission started last week to 500. This number is the quantity Mr Burnett stated at the commencement of his campaign he wished to have recorded as the result of his mission in Masterton, and about eighty signatures will complete that list. The subject for this evening's lecture is "Yankoe Bill—his terrible tarjer, and how he was rescued." At the closo of the meeting at the Theatre Mr Burnett will proceed to the Salvation Army Barracks, and take part in the coffee supper which is similar to what is given there every Saturday night. ; The Napier Telegraph says ing to an advertisement which appeared hv Saturday's paper, a Mr Thomas Baker delivered a lecture yesterday on "The Coming of Christ," to a moderate attendance. It was no doubt in many person's mindß that it was going to be a freethought lecture, but great was their surprise when the proceedings were opened with prayer, As to the lecturerwell, ho is not a good speaker, looks very young, and his address was composed chiefly from quotations from the Bible and a few words of his own interspersed, A short whilo after tho lecture had commenced, the audience gradually thinned down. Mr Baker reminds us of "Happy John," formerly a member of the local Salvation Army here, his way of speaking and style being almost the same. Of the lecture itself it is hard to tell what its object was. The speaker told those present that the time was not far distant when Christ would come on earth again, I that he could tell tho signs of the timej etc. Ho also stated that tho Jewn wore tho Kings of tho East, and that there was a necessity that Christ should come again on earth. After the lecture was finished, it was announced that tracts would be distributed to. those that desired them, but judging from the number that made for the doors, it was easy to see that there was not a very great demand for that class of literature. In the course of the lecture it was intimated that he would deliver another shortly. We would advise this young lecturer to choose for his neit address some other topic, andfardifferent from " The Coming of Christ" and which he may be able to handle better"

The Timaru Herald publishes the following extract from a letter from an Edinburgh resident:~" The fact is that the prejudice which existed here for so long against New Zealand mutton is fast dying out. The co-operative store now supplies it to its customers, and at least one butcher advertises regularly that he will supply it. The price would appear, to be about 2d a pound under the price of Home mutton, and there is thus a distinct margin for direct improvement on net result to growers, supposing prices otherwise remain where they are. You have already found in New Zealand. 1 see, a distinct improvement in the net price obtained, 1 think you may count upon a steady and gradual appreciation of the meat here, I think all that can be done is being done to open up the trade, and could not advise to risk money in developing it on your own account. The market is so vast that the moment you pass the point where prejudice vanishes even in a comparatively limited area (and that point must be nearly reached now, there will be an outlet for all the sheep that a dozen New Zeaknds can produce. Keep up the quality. That is the real thing to do, and let each shipper look well to his brand. Then, just as champagne or claret sell in virtue of the 'growth' and 'vintage,' so will your mutton be known by its brand."

Anew advertisement from-Mr H. E.. Eton,'chemist, Queen street, is unavoidably held over until Monday next. Mr F. W. Temple announces that fa has some superior locally cured bacon, which he is sollin? at tempting prices. Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their stock salo entries for Wednesday next, 320 heavy vrcthcvß and 80 good lambs. The proprietor of tho Theatre 'Royal Oyster Saloon announces tho arrival of ut consignment of smoked whareo and kippered makorel, Wo have sampled the delicacies referred to, and can recommend them as being superior to anything of the kind yet introduced into the district. The Treasurer efthe Masterhm Hospital begs to acknowledge receipt of the following subscriptions;- W.iirarapaKast County Council £25, Masterton Borough Council £25, Glendonald station list £4 10s, Messrs R, 8. Hawkins £2 2s, Cockburn flood and Walker £2, W, Perry £1 Is, L, J. Hooper £1 la, C. F. Gawith £1 Is, J. W. Leahy |1 Is, LI. Owen & Co. £l, R. R. Meredith £l, Littlejohn & Son £l, John Rayner 10s b'd, Robert Wilsone 10s 6d, W. R. Berry 10a Cd, D-. E. Toohill 10s, H. Phillips'lOs, Walter Smart 10s, P.. Dickson 10s, T. Parsons 10s, Jas, Thompson 10a, James Elliott 10s, Townsend and Cowper 10s, E. McEwen 10a, G. T. Farmer. 10s, J. Williams ss, R. Allen sb, D. Mcintosh ss, J. Bamber ss, F. H. Sutton ss, M. Lowenthal 53, E. Richards junr. ss, W. Greathead os, W. J. Foster ss, L. Jones ss, L, Oaselberg ss, J. CaselbergSs, T. C, Rayner ss, A. Henderson ss.

The defaulting Bank Manager, Holt, who is at present confined in Paramatta Gaol, has been submitted to separate treatment similar to that of the prisoners in the Berrima and Goulbum gaols. The medical officer of the institution has reported that Holt is on the verge of aoute mania, and the Government have directed tho Health Officer to critically examine the prisoner and report upon his mental conduon.

According to the Daily Telegraph, the Ngatirangitihi natives, living at Matata, purpose petitioning the Government to close that tract of country befcwoen Mount Edgecumbe and Lake Tarawera, the natives hiving resolved that the land in question should bn made tapu in consequence of tho death of their friends at Ariki and Moura by the rewnt eruption, amongst whom whom was tho «hi»f Niheta Kaipara. There is no way of accounting for tho manner m which the tongue will twist itself at times and distort the English language. Everybody who has experienced the mortification caused by this pfervorao and unruly member will appreciate the following:—.; young lady entering a crowded church was a little uncertain as to the locality of ut pew in which friends had kindly offered her a sitting, Touching an elderly gentleman on tho shoulder, she sweetly ill4llilr.fl. " Can you tell me who occupewj this pief A large contractor in Napjer recently obtained from Chriatehurch a simple of the best "dressed" bricks, and samples of the ordinary bricks made at tho Napier yards. Bach brick of the several samples was separately weighed and then immersed in-water for a stated period, at the expiry of which tho bricks were separately weighed again. The'result (says the Hawkes Bay Herald) proved that the Chrisfcchurch bricks absorbed an average of two ounces more wator than was taken up by tho locally made bricks. The British Medical Journal has the following in reference to making ointment from wool:—Dr Liebreich, of Berlin, has discovered a new material for making ointment, to which he has given the name of Lanoline. In 1868 Hartmann and Schuke found that fatty acids, combined with cholostrine, occuras fats of a peculiar nature in the fat of sheep's wool. We have here a series of fats previously unknown in connection with the animal organism. Messrs Jam' and Darmstadter of Charlottenburg, manufacture lanoline by transforming the wool-fat (or yolkj into a milk, and then subjecting it to centrifugal action. By this process a thin milk and a thick cream are obtained, just as when milk is subjected to centrifugal action; and tho cream contains "lanoline" in a pure condition. Lanoline is likely to be largely used in medicine as a basis for ointment and cosmetical preparation. Who would have thought of getting milk and cream from a sheep's back? v

" Pa," said a lazy little chap, as the old man came into the woodshed, "haven't I sawed enough for to-day. I'm getting tired." "Tired? Why, I bet your mother ten cents that you would have the wholo pile sawed before supper," " You did," shouted tho boy as he grasped the saw and expocturated on both hands, "You bet ten cents on me? If the saw holds out I'll win the money." Some men are too mean to have children. During the last two months I have sold 50 Moil's Heavy Whitney Overcoats at 16a 6d, and have remaining just 35 more, which I intend selling at 15s od. I have also just landed 24 Mtn's Heavy Beaver Overcoats that I am selllag at 28s Gd, that are honestly worth 465. Boys' Overcoats from 9s 9d. Youths' N.Z, made Tweed Hats 3s fid. Men's Tweed Suits from ISsM, Inspection solicited. Noto the addross—The Wairarapa Clothing Factory, next tho Empire Hotel, Masterton. Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, tc, are quickly cured by using Baxter's oolebrated Lung Preserver." This okl established, popular medicine is plonsant to the palato, adn highly extolled by the members of the modical, legal, and clerical professions. Sold by all Patent Medicine Vendors. See testimonials in advertisements.—[AnvT.l I am going to make a speciality ot certain lines during tho next months. At the present time I am running Macintoshes and Overcoats at prices which defy any house in the 'Wellington District to approach. By/sending the longth which you require in inches, you cau be supplied with a grind Tweed Macintosh for 27/6, honestly worth £3, Give me a trial John Thorborn, the People's Clothier, Willisstreet WoUmstton.-fAnvT.] Venetian Blind and Revolving Shutter manu factory. All Blind"; guaranteed of the very best description, Price list en appliiation to fi. W, Henn (late Henn and Hansen.) Poiwke Steam Venetian Blind nnd Revolving Factory, Wollintfton.-AnvT,