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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2367, 7 August 1886, Page 2

The Gazette contains a proclamation constituting tho Town District of Pahiatua,'.in the County of Wairarapa East.

Mr H. Hayden, late with Messrs Chamberlain Bros., Wellington, advertises for a few young men to form a party for the Kimborley gold-fields.

A Wisconsin minister was dismissed from his pulpit for building a fire under ahorse. A good minister would have sat in his buggy aud patiently waited till the animal got good and ready to go. In defenco of- the Wisconsin divine it may be remarked that a horse doeß not stay balked with a fire under him till he is very badly scorched. Tho Home Secretary has given his sanction to the enforcement at Canterbury of a bylaw by which greater control over outdoor performances of tho Salvation Army "is vested in the police and magistrates.—'Home paper. . The Town Lands Trustees having £350 to inveßt ih.freehold property wanted to secure some broad acres in the Forty Mile Bush. Mr- K. Hare, one of the Trustees, waited upon the Wasto Lands Board at : Wellington to enquire what land they had for disposal, and he was informed thatno,more land in the Forty Milo Bush would- be offered for sale for cash.

Leopold Von- Ranke, the Nestor of historical soience,.whp had attained tho uncommon age of 90 yoars and five months,'died on Sunday, May 23. For more than 70 years.hflhad been a hard worker. 1 On celebrating his ninetieth .birthday, a few months since, he received many marks of attention from the Imperial family of Germany. Perhaps the greatest compliment ever addressed to mm came from Leo XIII.', who, on throwing open the archives of the Vatican to certain privileged persons, observed that the best history of tho Popes : was

due. to a Protestant. Messrs M. Caselberg & Co.'s monster surplus sale has commenced to-da}', and will continue until Tuesday, August 31st. Tho goods are stated to have all been remarked at tremendous reductions, and must be cleared out to make room for the Bpring and summer coods, which are due in September.. The goods offered •are notified as the firms übusl good uino stock of real woollen and substantial Manchester goodsjall items being the same quality as heretofore. Buyers therefore, can make their purchases with confidence. Cash and account customers will all have an equal opportunity of purchasing these goods at tho marked prices, but the termor will be allowed the usual reduction of ono penny in every shillings worth bought.''The catalogue of prices issued by this firm shows tho present and ordinary prices of goodß they offer for sale. An influential meeting of persons interested in the formation of a woollen manufacturing. company was held, at U spier on Tuisday. Mr T. Tanner occupied the chair. Four sites were offered free of cost on which to erect the necessary buildings, It -was resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting it is.

desirable that a woollen factory should boestablished in Hawke's Bay.. It was resolved to form a company with a nominal capital of £50,0000 in 10,000 shares iof £5 each, only half the shares to bo issued. A provisional directory \ was appointed. Peter Vigo,' well-known to the police, was pulled up before Mr Leake, at Perth (W.A.), the other day, charged with stealing a watoh. He waß asked whether he would prefer to have his case dealt with summarily or not. Petev, with ohild-likoand bland innocence, pretended

not to understand tho nature of the question. '' Come, come,' said tho beak, 'do you wish me, after hearing your jjvidenoe,to send you for trial at the "Supreme Court, or punish or acquit you myself?' With'a smile ; that slowly extended from ear to ear, Peter replied, 1 1 should prefer you to acquit me, your Worship.' Then His Worship winked at the counsel, and .the counsel winked at the clerk, etc., but this did not prevent poor Peter from being '''.fully committed for" trial.'—Freo Lance.

The World has 'the following:—"Tho old porter at Somerset House died last night. For many years tins situation had been : filled by old soldiers who had braved "The battle and the breeze,' The .dead man's predecessor was a veteran who rode with Cardigan in the Balaclava charge in the ranks of the 11th Hussars; while the ono before him was a unit in Sir Colin's thin red line each with breast ablaze with modals; Well, on the last holder of the office being appointed aome three or four years ago, one of tho clerks corning to office one morning observing no medals on tho porter, and his .somewhat obese proportions, said 'So you are. the new man I' 'Yes sir.-' : 'Were you ever in' tho service ?' ' Yes, ,sir.' 'What.'regiment?' 'Mr Shaw Lefevre's coachmn.' " This is "The story of Lofflvro," with a vengeance! •,. The. Pahiatua. correspondent of .the Hawkea Bay Herald makes the following proposal:—The namq of our town is a great bore. No one pronounces it it properly and very few can spell it. A Woodyillo friend says, it is Piatu, the Maori narhe of a vessel of totara bark used to stow away preaerved pigeons. For my part I say that tho first requisite of a name ji that it should be easy to spell, pronounco, and remember. I grant that Pahiatua is musical, but then it is never called that. It is Partoo, Pye-a-twoer; Pee-artwa, and so on; and where i» your music? I remember a station in England called Ctewe, Could you have an easier name to spell or remember? So-here is a hint for a reformer. Let us abolish tho unspellable Pahiatua, and substitute the very unromantio: but practical "Crewe," It •has a local application', as it happeiiß to be tho surname of the hut landlord of the local hotel,' to wbom 1 apologise for the liberty I am taking. ' COUQHB, COIDB,. BeONOBIIIB, SO,, arc quickly cured by using Baxter's cel'sbvated "Lung-Preserver." .This old established, popn-' Ittr medicine is plopnt to the palate, adn highly eitolled by the members of tho medical, legal, and clerical rProfeejioiiF. Sold by all Patent.Medicine Vendors. ' Bee testimonials ib advortisement«,-r-fAriVTjl lam going to thaka a' speciality ot certain lines duripg the next months,. At the. present time I am • running Macintoshes and Overcoat* at prices which defy any." house in;tho Wellington District to approach..: By sending the. length'which you require in inches, you can. bo .'supplied with a. grand ."Cwe'eil'Maciuteßh for •JT/v honestly worth. £3:' 'Give me a; trial, John Thobbiirn, the People's .Clothier, Willis- : teet Wellingbn.-fAuvi l .) . '

■..A'-Reuters •telegram-' received; thU? imnning' states that two steamelrs-left'' Sydney yesterday, taking, four. 'Kundre'd. digjjera for Kimberlty. ,}' •„., ; .„;t.-•.;• :-;• Mr F; H. Wood ha« • *i. lon^': list of: stock" to offer at bis next; regular fort-' nightly' tale at' Taratahi which. tak«a place on Thursday, AugUßt IS. Full particulars are given in his advertisement'on' our third page, " ■

Tho season for purchasing garden and other iiL'cds having arrived, .Mr F. Cintper, the well known wholesale and retail seedsman of Wellington,'is to the fore with a notice which appeal's in another column. He will send a full descriptive Catalogue gratis and just free on application. During the discussion on the Estimates on Thursday evening, Mr Beetham informed the Minister of Mines that a museum had been formed at Masterton, and asked that specimens shnuld be Bent there, as had been done to other places in the colony. Mr Larnacli said that if a School iif Mines was funned at Master: ton, it would be subsidised in the same manner as other Schools of Minos iu the

colony. . Those about to try t wir iortunes lit t e Kimberley .goldfields, are informed that the well-known China Clipper May is advortised to sail for Cambridge Gulf, Bhould sufficient inducement offer, on the. 18th August, taking pacsengors, horses,. and cargo. The 'saloon passage is £l7los steerage £l2 10s, Horses £l2 10. As several passages have already been secured intending passengers are advised that they must send a deposit of one half the passage money before the 14th' August, so as to secure a berth. MrF. W, Cnttrell Shipping Agent, Foatlierstnti-street Wellington, must be applied to for freight or passage,

Dr Gilbert gave the concluding portion .of his lecture "Who are the true Freethinkers ?" last evening in the Theatre Royal to a largo audience. The lecturer gave a retrospect of tho first part of the lecture, which was delivered on Sunday evening last, and then finished what was really a scientific research into the' laws of evolution, As a' scientific lecture it was ah undoubted success, and must have been an agreeable surprise to many, and also a disappointment to a numbed.who went expecting to hear the dogmas of Chrißtinnity buffeted about, At the conclusion, Mr J. G. Mackay addressed- the audience mi behalf of freethought principles, and asked the lecturer,several questions on'Ohristian'theology. Tho doGtor in answer told his opponenUnd the audience that he did not go in for theology—it did not matter to him whether Jonah swallowed the whale or tho whale swallowed Jonah, These questions'did'-not-affect the principles of Christianity. He finished a spirited declamation against the supposed freethought principles.' of the day by stating that" the true freethinkerswill be those who will meet- on one platform for the universal brotherhood, of man, advocating human rights, : .and-M». lowing the religion of humanity." .- An accidonfc, which unhappily.euded fatally, happened- near Pahautanui on Thursday .'.says the Evening Press.; Mr W. Stace, farmer, together with his brother, Arthur, was bushfalling some five miles from Pahautanuj. The latter had cut through a sapling which supported a pine log, when the log rolled over, and struck him on the lugs, shattering the left leg'at the thigh* and causing a compound fracture of the right, a little below the knee. The accident was witnessed by Mr William Stace, who immediately rode for assistance, and with the aid of Borne willing hands, the un* fortunate man was carried some twomiles over very rough country, and then conveyed in a trap three miles to Pahautanui, whore ho was attended by Dr Bennett, who bandaged the injured limbs and ordered his immediate removal

to the Wellinston Hospital, where he duly arrived last night, liavintr been convoyed by rail on the Wellington and Manawatu Company's'line. At the-hos-pital he was attended by Drs Grace, Collins, and Hassoll, who- decided to amputate the left' leg. The operation was successfully performed at eleven o'clock last niffht, but owing to' : 'tho terrible nature of the accident, arid the severe shock 1 it caused to the system, the unfortunate man died at about' two o'clock thiß morninp. The Coroner lias decided that it will be unnecessary to hold ao inquest. .

Messrs Lowes & lorns add tji their sal o for Wednesday next, a line of dairy cows • nino young pigs, horses, ote.

We are informed that Mr R.. H. Scott manager of the New Zealand Clothing Factory, is about to leave for- the Gisbormt branch of the same firm;, to. which he has been promoted. His successor, Mr W. H. Webber, who is now in charge of the Masterton branch, has- been some considerable time with the same firm in Napier, where he was highly esteemed. Messrs Kibblewhite and Cameron announce their new invention in wire straining, and plug dispenser. The firm have added another improvement to their machine which will bo of great value in wire fencing, and their plug dispenser will prevent the splitting of posts as is the case by the old method. ..Fencers and otherp would do well to inspect these inventions, It is the intention of the firm to patent the invention.

When it was known that Mr Burnett would pass through Masterton en mik for Pahiatua and Woodville, strong repressions were made to him to try and get him to consent to give one njght to Masterton, and after considerable pressure he consented. An advertisement by the Gospel Temperance Union announces that Mr Matthew Burnett will lecture at the Theatre Royal on Tuesday next, that being the 23rd anniversary of his life and labor as a social reformer and evangelist. The subject of the lecture is " Battles fought, and victories won."

The Pall Mall Gazette calls attention to the emphatic declarations of Mr Justice Hawkins concerning the inadequacy of the law-oven after it was amended last year-for the protection of girls. As Mr Justice Hawkins has himself, tried 120 cases within the last six months, he Bpeaks as an expert whose authority cannot be gainsaid. It is indeed scandalous that a satvr like Gibney, who was sentenced recently to four years' imprisonment for assaulting sixteen girl-children between eight and fourteen years of age, cannot be sentenced to perpetual imprisonment. Penal servitude for life is the sentence for levying blackmail on a man of wealth; penal servitude and the cat-o'-nine-tails for taking sixpence with violence; but neither penal servitude nor the lash can be meted out to those who spend their leisure in corrupting the children of the poor. For them there is only imprisonment, and in the case of Gibney it only extends to two terms of two years each. He ought to have.had two years for each case, or thirty-two years in-all.

Venetian Blind and Revolving Shutter mami . factory. All Blind"- guaranteed of tho very best description.. Price list on application to R. W. Horn (late He'nn and Hanson.) Poneke Steam Venetian Blind and Revolving-Faetoryj Wellington.—Auvt.j Anyone requiring; New Zealand . Tweed Clothing -will save rmmey by purchasing at the Wairarapa Clothing Factory, for their suits at 19s 6d, 25a, 30s, 37s 6d, 45s and 60s, arjd' Mers and vests at 12s 6d, and trousers at* 9d are honestly worth double the money, Not* the address,—Next to Empire Hotel, Jwsierton -Advt. . .-..;••

to fKfi 01 ihefc' ._.Ai\tlS9* ! SupwraVT/ouifc, Dupedifi, the by Mr Rustic*' Willia'miinjthe diwtfJe.ciisc Wakefield v. •Wakefieldaadaiiother. .•!.::!■-;!'£ ' Mesiri'LoweS'aild turns announce their .iiifention of sale on' •Monday next at two o'clock", the list too great to get through! to-day.- •'• '•' "■' ••'■ Mr J.. Ward of the Red House is very; anxious that the public should get full value for their money when (purchasing fruit, nuts, jams, and other condiments. Ho quotes prices that'he sells at in our wanted column;

A pleasant meeting' was hold lqst night, m the Prcsbyterion Church to bjd farewell to Mr R. H.'-'Scott. Manager, of the local branch of tho'' New Zealan'd Clothing Factory, who is loaving for Gisbome. The pastor of the congregation presided, and on behalf of the subscribers', presented to Mr Scott a beautiful, gold albertchain, bearing the following inicription : "Presented to,Mr R. H. Scott as,, a token of respect by the members of his bible-class and other associations of the Presbyterian. Church Masttirfon, 1B&5;" In.piesenting this slight luomorial olf appreciation and., respect Scott, Mr. Fulton .spoke very highly of the christian, character, ability, and usefulness of the recoipient, and referred specially to the good work Mr Scott had done;in' the senior bible class, the sabbath morn-

ing fellowship meeting, and the young men's mutual improvement association, the two' latter of which .he. had been largely instrumental in founding. Mr Scott suitably and feelingly replied, and after a few wofcls had been spoken by others wishing Mr Scott all success in his future epheve"oflabpi l , the meeting, terminated. ...... . Never Return}—lt is said that one; out of every four invalids who go, to. foreign countries to recover.health never. return, except as aWpse. The under-; takers, next to tha'/hotel-kcepers, have

the most profitable business. The bioeii me mortality may'be prevented and. patients saved and cured under the pare': of friends and loved ones at home if-they will but use American Co'a Hop Bitters in time. Read. " •'