The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1886.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2376, 18 August 1886, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1886.

Persona requirinsc watchoß, clocka and jewellery cleaned and repaired, can , have thorn dono at Mr D. Prydo's,' MannorsSt., Wellington, who guarantees to mako a first-class job of anything entrusted- to him.

At the mooting of tho Masterton School Committee this week, a proposal for a school picnic at Mauricoville on the Princo of Walos' birthday will bo considered.

Tho Privato Quadrillo Assembly meet at the Thoatro Royal to-morrow night for their usual wookly dance, and upon' this occasion the music will bo supplied by the Masterton Brass Band. < The International Rural Exhibition, which has just been opened it Buenos Ayres (says the Melbourne Argus), brings Into prominence the fact'that the flockowiiors of South America have been payr ing great attention within the last' few years to Improving the breed of their sheep, Quite recently as .many as sixty rams of the choicest varieties have been Imported from the national establishment at Rambouillet, in France, and from the best breeders in Great Britain and Hungary, • Miss Georgia ■ Smiths^must be congratulated upon the manner „in which the drama " All that glitters is not gold" was placed upon tho stage the Theatre Royal lastjßvening.. All the dresses and appointments were perfect, and probably prettier scenery and more elegant costumes have never been presented to an audience in tliiatown, George Smithson took, &h a matter of course, the rolo of heroine in the piece, and the spirit and talent which she infused into' the impersonation displayed a rare artistic talent'. Mr Holloway, the only,oljhor professional in the bill, took upon' himself the ono comic character in the play,' Mid was ai} immense success. There was a formidable array of amateur parts, which were well filled. Miss Beaufort and Mrs Wrlgley, in conjunction with Messrs .Wrigley ana Kibblewhite, undertook leading' parts with credit. Of course, as 1b usual with tho first presentation of an amateur performance, tho dialogue occasionally dragged, but taken as a whole it gave great satisfaction to the large audience aasombled to hoar it, In the aftor-piece, a dance by Georgie Smithson, costumed as a sailor boy, and by Miss Beaufort, brought down the house, and tho pailto* mimio agility of Mr Holloivay was loudly applauded. Spirited -musio by -an orchestra under , the leadership of Mr Kolsenberg was a notable feature In tlie| evening'* enjoyment, In consequent of the success of last night's performance "t|ic piece will be repeated this evening fo.r the benofit of the Benevolent' Society.

' AbOut 600 Were"pKleriWthe meeting morning, including. many respectable persons.. H. ,W. Farnall, whowas'chairmtiiv .•said he had District who could not take on'more at tlie railway works' till more sleeping accommo-' dation wm provided. One hundred mon were at present employed, and he'.would soon take on another 50 men, He had Bent three telegrams to the Hon.. Mr. Ballance re lands for the unemployed, and he had received no replies. It was resolved to adjourn the meeting till the return of the members from Wellington, when those gentlemen would be invited to address a meeting. The AucVland Bell, a strong Government paper, and to which Sir Julius Vogel is suppoßod to contribute, writes': —Tho enquiry into what is known as the " Stark Purchase" at tho North Shore has been completed, and the Parliamentary Committee has said it was all right. This is tho biggest Bwindlo that probably ovor was perpetrated in the district, and there is not an honest man in Auckland but says -bo. Wo do not for a moniont say that the Government was involved in tho dishonoaty, bub we do emphatically Bay that the Government lias, acted Improperly in not washing Its hands of oven a vestige of complicity by distinctly repudiating approval of what was -done. Nay, moro, we hold that tho'Goverhment should have instituted a prosecution for conspiracy to dofraud, andhavo proved its honesty in the transaction- by.leaving no stone unturned to sheet home' the :crimo to the conspirators. Thp Government was clearly "had" in the-ipattoj', and should not have'been ropolled.;,by a; falso shame from admitting it.

By the death of Ply month' White, at Reading, ./Vermont, American citizens, with any money to lose havo gained in security, but the world has lost one of the moat notable thieves who ever won a place in the Temple of Famp. -White was quite worthy of ranking with Turpin, Paul Clifford, and other celebrated puwo- ' emptiers; and lie was, If anything, more of the fine gentleman than any of thorn. He bogan his careor by the .daring feat of selling a cartload of sand for £IOO,OOO as gold dust, and a few years afterwards, while in temporary confinement, he succeeded in swindling the Sheriff himself out of £4ooo—a stroke of genius unparelled in tho history of crime. Tho total amount resultiug from his "ludustry" during a somowhat chequered lifo is said to have readied tho sum of more than 1,500,000 dollars.. Ho was a polygamist, and was generally takon for a Protestant parson. Now ho has committed suicide, and has opened up a rare now field for the ponny novelist. Referring to a statement that has boon, made that at present kangaroos are better property than sheep, seeing that a good skin will bring moro than a fleece, thoMaitland Morcury writes: — 1 ' There is an oitonsivo demand for kangaroo , skills for the American market to? bookbinding purposes, and somo of our Sydney friends who issue' tlieir reports of sales, give the current prices as ranging from IGb to 84a per dozeny In the course of ■ the conversation townich we listened, it was stated that many men make onor- • mous profits out of the combined business of scalp and skin getting. The pelt) of .the kangaroo having;'thus a commercial ■ value, is.it not worth/ while to. determine whether tho kangaroo should any longer be considered a noxious animal? It is somewhat comforting, considering tho low price of wool, and. the actual prospective competition of. the River Plate in sheep-breeding, that we have in Australia an indigenous product not likely to bo exposed to competition in any part of tho world. A country producos best what nature dictates,' and tho despised marsupial may yet become Australia's mainstay." An English author, who is 'printing a book In America for tho firsfcliine, enters a protest In th6,Criklo,agaifisti]ip liborties the printer has taken with lib manuscript, "I was quits prepared," says he, ;"to have all. my u's struck, out of my honour (although to this day no university don at either Oxford arid 'Cambridge would think of eliminating the euphonious littlo vowol); but the printer, or his devil, has struck an I out of my travelers, and has taken the same liberty .with my marvellous while he has turned 'all my miwts into can not, and has substituted an a for the cin defenca." He objects to this, even if Noah Webster,be clt?d as an authority against him, holding;that as no one nation can claim a monopoly of tho'English language, it is the duty of scholars of all oountries to preserve jits purity and excellence by conservative methods, In reply, another correspondent makes some assertions that will probably astound many of our readers —viz., that tho Americans "have presorved the English language in Its parity and strength." and that tho tongue spoken in the future will be American-English, which represents tho language as it was in its : force and boauty in Queen Elizabeth's day. Tho Service of Song " Reclaimed," or "The Harwood's two Christmas day 3," was rendered last night at the Wesleyan Church, Masterton, to a.large and highly appreciative audienoe.„,The choir, which numbered 50 voicos was under tho able, leadership of Mr F. W.- Tomple, and he deserves every praise for the perfection to which lie haa brought it. The singing waß accompanied by the-grand new organ played by Miss Perry which contributed considerably to the effect and success of tho musical part of,the programme. Mrs Gapper whose Bkill'is 'so well known presided at tjie piano a very unenviable position ip the present instance, the Instrument having very jußt claims to superannuation, 'A .solo "Sighing for thee" was sung by -MisVGreen very effectively and the part-song's' and chorousos, gave throughout great pleasure. The reading of the Rov. L.M.-laitt was, what everyone expected, good, and'hiq recitations, (especially the one' ontitiqd " Drink") were rendered with a pathos and power that left scarcely a dry eye amongsttholargoandsympathotioaudience At the " conclusion the Rev.'jJNpwman Buttle expressed his pleasure at the success of. the gathering. If they had more of such friendly re-unlbns tlioy would be better for it, Ho moved a vote of thanks to the choir, more especially to the leader, Mr Temple, to the Jadies presiding at tho musical instruments, Mrs Gappor and MiBS Perry, and to their able ohairman and reader, the Rev. Mr L. M. Isitt, for tho parts they had taken during tho evening, Before putting the motion, he referred to the financial object of the meeting, whloh was to raise funds to pay for the new organ they had acquired. The Church choir had offered to raise the money for the new Instrument, and the Trustees like wisemen, had only been but too pleased to accept the offer, considering it would bean acquisition to uso in Church services, Qo also intimated that the inclompncy of the weather having prevented many from attending, who were desirous of hearing the Service of Song, it would be reproduced on Monday evening next. The votes of thanks were then put and carried by acclamation. The Doxology, which was joined in by. the whole audience, was followed by tho benodiction,, after which the meeting concluded'with a verso of the. National Anthem by the Choir. A voluntary by Miss Perry on tho now organ as tho audience dispersed, gavo somo idea of the grandeur and tone of the instrument. The Church members and others interested are evidently well pleased with their latest acquisition.

Messrs Lowes and lorhs announce their next fortnightly atpck sale at Masterton fpr Wednesday; August ssth. r Their list: includes fat and store sheep, mixed cattle, cows, horses, and pigs. - ; • } The biggest mp at Monte Carlo during the present season has been landed' by a young Englishman. The amount is, £6,000, whiohiSum the lucky man had the prudence at once. to remit to, his bankers in London,

The survey of the Barkv'ille township has been accepted by the Department,and the Committee of the Special Settlement have accepted tenders in several lots for falling the bush on the town site. There are now between 40 and oOinon ac work there, The town and suburban sections will bo allotted on Saturday ovening next, at tho Temperance Hall.' The rural lands it is decided .not to allot until May, 1887. A meeting was hold at the Town Board Ollice Feafchorston on Monday evening for tho purpose of forming a Temperanco Society. .The Rev. Mr Ward and Mr Johußon from Greytoivn were present, It •was decided on the motion of Mr Barton to form a Society (o be called " The Foatherston Temperanco and Blue Ribbon Society." Considerable interest was taken and a Society formed. It was wisely agreed to make It a purely secular society, meetings to be held fortnightly, and there is no doubt a largo amount of good will bo done. Rev. Dr Burton lately gave this hint to the theological students in a talk at Yale (U.S.)" 1 tell you, young gentleman, a manmußt have a full head of steam on,' and keep his whistle open wide, or a inodorn congregation will go to Bleep over one of his sermons. Times have changed, and a preacher cannot pray an hour; and then preach another hour with disgusting a congregation of the presont day. You must so conduct your service that an hour spent in church will not amount to imprisonment."

Volunteers, and -especially men, will be disappointed (says the Wanganui Herald) on hearing that tho Martini-Enfield - rifles are not likely to be here iritiino for the Christohurch mooting fo the N.Z.R.A. Captaiu Somervilla informs us that recent letters from Mr Ballance state that the Agont-General has reported that the contract for tho first 500 will be out of hand by the end of December. Allowing for delays bound to take place, tho weapons are not likely to bo out here much beforo tho meeting in February, so tliat the idea of competing wholly with them will have to bo abandoned. At a meeting.of tho Executive, to bo held in Wellington shortly, Captain Somorvilio will propose, That, in tho event of their not reaching New Zealand by tho date of tho meeting, a district match be placod on tho programme. This will be likely be arranged in tho following manner ; Twonty rcprqaontativos will be selected from each " command," e q, 20 from Col. Stapps district, 20 from Col. Butts', 20 from Col. Pitt's, &c. These, men would havo the Martini-Enfi'elds placod in their hands without an opportunity to practice, and the rifles would receive as sovere a test as .they could well havo, The d-ito of the meeting will be fixed by the Executive on.the same occasion. Captain Somerville expects by' next mail t6 hear of the card-board targets ordered some time back from England, of which he has had good reports from other places. Hois fully convinced that the Christchurch meeting will bo in every way a great success, Tho news of the arrest of Mr Thomaß Hall, of Timaru, on a charge of attempting to'poißon his wife, created interest, surprise and horror, says the Post, when it became known yesterday. The parties to tho terriblo accusation are well known throughout the colony. Mr Thomas Hall is the senior partner In an established firm of commission agonts in Timaru He is a man of about 30 years of ago. His father, Mr T, W, Hall is a brother of Sir John Hall, and la an old stationownor and settler In tho neighborhood of Timaru, Anothor son, Mr John Hall, was formerly in the Telegraph service hero and in Napier, and haß for some years been on tho literary staff of the Timaru Herald. Mrs Hall, whoso life it is Baid has boen attempted by her husband, is a daughter of the late Captain Cain, of Timaru, one of its oldest and wealthiest residents. Miss Cain was married to Mr Thomaß Hall in May, 1885; but, we believe, her father did not approve of the match. A fow weeks ago Mrs Hall was confined of a son, and sinco thou alio has boen very ill. Tho suspicions of her medioal adviser would appear to havo been aroused by her symptoms, and the result was yesterday's arrest. Miss Margaret Houston, who has been arrested apparently as ail accomplice hi the supposed crimo, arrived in Wellington about three years ago. She has for several months past resided with Mrs Hall as a companion or lady-help, It is sincerely to bo hoped that both Mr Hall and Miss Houston may be able to clear themselves completely from the terrible crime with which they aro charged. We are glad to bo able to state that her medical attendants last nifht declarod Mrs Hall to be out of danger.

Mr and Mrs Carson have arrived in Waipawa again, tho Mail notices, after enjoying a pleasant trip to Old Ireland. Mr. Carson was in Belfast for three months and was in the city when the riots took place, Ho says the accounts of these affairs were tremendously exaggerated, and anyone might live at one end of the oity and novor know that riots were taking place in other parts. The report reached New Zealand that Mr Carson has been killed in a riot, but thin turns out to be only one of the many exaggerations. Mr Carson saw the June riots and says that many people in Belfast knew nothing of them until next day, whon the newspapers cam# out with full accounts of them. Mr Carson say's he certainly did'nt leavo home oo account of thocountrybeinginsuchanunsettled state, but he merely returns to England aa jolly as ever, and all the bettor for his trip.

._Tho select committee on tho Owhaoko and Kaimanawa'Lands Bill reported that there should be a re-hearing with respect to Owhaoko No-1 and 2, and Owhaoko proper, and that a prima facio case for a re-hearing had been made out in the case of tho Kaim&nawa Oruamatua Block. In their opinion thoro. Is nothing to show partiality or favoritism on the part of Judges Fenton and Rogan. As to the charges against Dr Buller, they offer no opinion, he being an abseatee, There waß no doubt, says the Committeo, there has beon much irregularity in the proceedings of tho Native Land Court, but they are of opinion it would not be right to judgo that Court by so strict a standard as that applied to others, They also add that Judge Fenton performod certain executive duties, and the letters and telegrams referred to in Sir R. Stout's memo, he alleges were written in his executive capacity, Venetian Blind and Revolving Shutter manu factory. All Blinds guaranteed of tho very beat description, Prico list on application to R. V, Honn (late Honn and Hansen.) Poneke Stoam Venetian Blind and Revolving Faefcory, Wollimrton,—Akyt,

lam going to make a speciality ot certain lines duringtlid next months,. At the present timo I am running Macintoshes and Overcoats at prices which defy any house in the Wellington District to approach. Bylsonding tho length which you require in inches, you can bo supplied with a grand Tweed Macintosh for 27/6, honestly worth £3, Give me a trial, John Thorburn, tho People's Clothier, Willistroet "Wellington.—fADVT.]

Aiicwjolicitor.has started. in Greyto'wri,—Mr R. W. Jfate. His card appears in our advertising columns. '• • ••„

The Premier announced yesterday that the prorogation' of Parliament would take place at 5 o'clock to-day, v _ Footballers are reminded thai the meeting re costumo football match" takes place this evening at Mr J, Williams, Queenstreet. . , ' '

MrF. H, Wood advertises anunregeryed- auction ; of household requisites arid'- general goods for next. The sale will beheld in his Masterton mart, and othor lines there will be sixty boxes of new seasons tea, furniture, crockeryware, and an Alexandre harmonium, ?•': ■

The commodious premises opposite the Wesloyan Church in Ball Street, lately occupied by Mr E, Richards, has . been taken by Mrs J. H. Corbetfc, late hostess of tho Empire Hotel,.. and has been thoroughly renovated and furmshod as a first class boarding houso. Mrs Corbott. has vacancies for a few permanent boarders.

Mr S. Kingdon notifies that ho is propared to execute gasfittiiig work in all its branches, Tho rumor circulated that Mr Kingdon did not intend to go iu for the gasfltting business, is _ dispelled by tho advertisoment in anothor column, and the fact that a varied and extonsive stock of fittings has just arrived ex Rimutuka for him.

A quiet but. interesting ceremony took place this morning at the Wesleyan Church, Masterton, when Mr T,. J, James led to the hymeneal altar Miss S, H. Barnes, As both of them have been for a considerable time connected with the Sunday School movement in Masterton, the quiet manner in which tho event was conducted will bo dissappointing to many who looked forward to be present at the ceremony. The service was conducted by the Rev. J. N. Buttle assisted by the Rov. L. M. Isitt, • .