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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2385, 28 August 1886, Page 2

4t tho usual fortnightly mooting of Court Loyal Enterprise, A.&F., hold on Thursday evening, it was proposed that tho Bum of £7 be donated to tho Masterton Hospital funds, and the Secretary was instructed to ascertain what concessions tho Hospital Committee would make to tho Court for the amount proposed to bo given. Six new members wore proposed for initiation next Court night. A voty. of thanks was passed to Messrs Reeco, McCardlo and Naylor for their hospitality to. tho members of the Court who went to Pahiatua to open a new Court there on Monday last. William and Edward A mold were again brought up in tho Wellington Magistrate's Court charged with having received, harboured andmaintained James Mitchell wbII knowing the said James Mitchell tohave committed a burglary on tho premises of H. J, Freeman. Mr Jellicoe appeared for the prisoners and pointed out to the Court that instead of conceal-; ing the man James Mitchell the accused, had been taken into tho confidence of the polico with regard to tlio robbery. Wlieu the detectives had got all they could out of the Arnolds, ana sucooeded' in arresting tho burglar they turned round and charged them with harboring him generally.- Mr Wardell thought Inspector Brown hod put the cart before the horse in proceeding against Hccusod as they had done. Tho evidence, so far as he could gather from it, did not show, that the Arnolds assisted Mitchell in any way. Thev simply allowed him to live on their promisos and his doing bo ' was not. unknown to the polico. 1 The information was dismissed.

Tho following applications for patenw have been received :-J. McDonald of Duuodiii, for method of ÜBiijg cement concroto t<) work.undor wator; G. Ainluy, of-Auckland, for improved blindß; W, A.- Comber, ot Petono, for improvements ir. wator pressure engines; J. A. Frostic, of Christchurch for improvement in boot-a and shoes; W, B, Bust, of South Dunodin, for an invention for a gate. latch; E, Wickles, of Greyinouth, for a lifting, slings regulator; John Barron, of Wellington, for invention for the manufacture of-vaßes and other curiositios from ferntree trunks; H. J. Smith of: Dunedin, for hinged davits; H. Sinclair, of Dunedin, .for brake for two-horsed vehicles; W< Ross, of Jnverc'argill, for improved fleiiblodisoh&vrow ; A, Storrie, of Invercargill, for improvements in disc harrows; H. Mainland, of Outautsu, Southland, fur an automatic bag-filler; T, Huwke, of Tuakau, Auckland, for invention for deepening rivers, &c,; G. Ainley, of Auckland, for a cooking" stovo; G. Barrel, of Sydenham, Canterbury, for ut washing machine, Th« four : weekly railway returns for tho period ending July 24 bliow a total revonuo of LOB,BO], nj(ainßt L 80,408 for the corresponding period : of laßt year. The North Island returns are L 22.679, against L 22.742 in 1885; and the South Island, L 45,821, against L47,(i65. Tho figures in the various sections, excluding shilling aud pence, are—Kawakawa, L4BB, airalust L 464; Whangarei, .L 274, against L 268; Auckland, L 7543, against L 8780; Napier, L 4682, against L 4092; Wellington, 5100, against L 4397; Wanganui, L 4688, aguinst 4748; . HurunuiBluff, L 41,202, against L 43.336;! Ureyinoutli, L 1675, against L 1927 ; Westport, L 1560, against L 1318; Nelson 1897, againßt L 647 ; and Pictoji, L4BB, agaiiißt L4OB. The total expenditure' was L 58,184, against Ln4,478 last year. In tho North Island tho oxponditure was L 20.089, against L 17,594, and' in the Soath Island L 37,124, against L 36,883. On the Wellington section the expenditure was L 2979, against L 3277; Auokland seotion, L 7381, against L 5926 j Napier, L 3013, against L 3401; Wanganui, L 2820, against L 4378; Huiuuui-BlufT, L 34,571, against L 34,318. At least one firm of estato agents in Wellington have no cause to complain of tho scarcity of customers socured for properties placedjn thoir hands for sale or to loase, Tho Eveniny Press learns that Messrs Baker Btob. dißposod. of the Mowing on Tuesday; 03 aores, Belmont district, was sold to Mr Gobs at a satisfactory price; south side of Courtenaypfaco, 20 feet by .115 feet, with dwelling, price £500;-bought by Mr Oottoril;_ 21' feet to York-street, by a depth of 51, with cottage, sold to Mr Cotteril for £220; Nelion-street, 25 feet by 85 feet, and 4-roomud cottage, was purchased by Mr Arous at tho prioe of £300; on Upper Featherston-tertace, thefi-roomed; house with ground of 33ffc by : 90. feet, in the occupation of Mr Goulin, was sold,. but the price has not transpired.; on the east side of Cuba-street, near Imjostre-street, a section of 30 foot by I&9| foot, with two houses theroon, let to Mr Ayros. for 14 years at a rental of £B4 per annum, tho front cottago to be converted into • a shop. £825 was offered but declined for a shop and five rooms, «rifch ground of 33 x 132, on south side of Courtetiayplaco near Cambridce-torrace, Soveral of the abovo had beon in the agents' hands only a few days. Such an auiount of business done in the dullest month of the year, transacted in one day, is no doubt due to the fact that the members qf the firm (in connection with which there aro now four brothers) concentrate the whole of their time and energies'to a speciality—that- iB, everything oonnocted with or arising out of the estate agency; We Hie informed that one of the brothers has just declined a seat on tho Board of Advico of a large Life Insurance Association, preferring to adhere to the principle by which they have mado one line .of business so great a success—that of not having too many irons in the fire. The price of properties iu Wellington has had an upward tendency for some time past. Messrs Baker -Bros, negotiated during last week the sale of a vacant section 1 on the Adelaide Road at an inorease of thirtyfive per cent on what was paid eighteen months ago, and a property in Taranaki street at a price whioh, though considered | a very reasonable figure, yet represents an advance of twelve per cent, on what, was given for it four years ago. |

•; We draw-attention 'Adams and Sniis list of seeds for'sptin:,' sowing.-'. A. foul chimnoy in Licvln Road. was. thecause'of a duet on the fire-bells last evening. ■ '•••

A'large number of excellent, breeding sows are advertised for sale by Messrs Ji and.O. Herbert of Hawkhurst-, •

A meeting of shearers will bo held in tho Masterton Temperance Hnll this evening to consider the price' of shearing for the coming season in tho Wairarapa. Mr J. Graham, of' the Emporium, intifies that stocktaking is completed at his establishment, and to suit tho times goods have ajl been re-marked and reduced.. Ho invites a call and comparison of quality and prict's. As a token of the esteem in which kiss S. Barnes (Mrs T. James) was held by both teachers and scholars of the Masterton Woaloyan Church, of which she was connected as teacher for the past three yours, the former presented her with a circular cruet stand and butter-dish, and the.latter with a pajr.of vases and candlestioks, on the occasion of her marriage laßtweek. ,

Tho Bruce Herald in noting the decay of the "parliamentary uuions" formed in the country towns, supplies an explanation which is not very wide of the mark: —" If now and again a union drops on a question that is interesting, the discussion bncomeß too lively, often personal, and thon the concern bui-sts up, Democratic feeling is too prevalent in New Zealand for such debateß to be carried oil without unpleasant results. By democratic feeling we mean that everybody sits.upon everybody else 1 who holds another opinion, and freedom in debate is altogether ignored., -.This: is" just an illustration of tho fact that the democracy which so many shortsighted people glorify is fast developing into the grossest tryanny. .

One hoars a good deal about "muscular 1 Christianity," but it iB not often (saya Truth) that one sees a really worthy exhibition of it—especially among parsons. The Rer. G. H, Hawkins, Vicar of Holy Trinity, Stroud, lias, however, jußt given a practical and striking exemplification of it. -While the rev. gentleman was out walkine with his wifo,- ho saw two men amusing themselves by setting a dog on to a poor old womaii; He remonstrated with the ruffians, who retaliated by attacking him in a most savage manner. He defended himself with his stick and bis fists, and with such efiect that ho knocked one of his assailants down two or three times, though,. while he was holding, him down, the other man ' savaguly'kicked him. The Stroud magistrates thought tho fine of lOj and 8a 6d costs was sufficient punishment for tins' brutal lavages,

. Some days ago it was aiuiouncod that Wellington jvae likelv to ba fixed upou as tho first port of oaf! of tho New - Zealand mail boats, aod.it- is to lie hoped that this will be carried out, for anything more inoonvient than tho present arrangement as regards passengers could not well' bo imagined, A correspondent writes to the Napier TelegraphSouio month* ngo I was asked to advise as to the boat line to reach HawkeV Bay from the Old Country, and I roplied tho most convenient and least troublesome for a middle-aged poraou would be by the Nuw Zealand Shipping Company. Tho advice wan taken, and tho pumgo secured by tho Rimutaka, Tho voiwul arrived oa. Thursday morning last. wook,-aud the Hftwko'fl Bay paiißongers will probably roach Napier on Monday ; tho Wellington ones have yet to bo landed thore, and tho -Auckland oneß will get to thoir destination on Tuesday or Wudnoaday. Now,Jiad passage beon taken by tho Orient lines (the faros aro the •same) and tho vessel arrived at Sydney tho sanio day as the Rimutoka reached Dunedin, tho. passenger would have seen Sydney, and tho beauties of Auckland and the surrounding coast, and uvrivod at iJapior earhor. . Tho company would be studying'theiywn interests by arranging io call first at a central port like Wellington, from which passengers could be despatched promptly to nil parts of tho colony. Wellington haß the position and natural advantages and therefore it Bhould ba adopted. Jußt imigiuo a stranger in a strange land having to spend eight days between Port Chalmers' and Lyttleton, and then neod wo wonder if thore is a feeling of dissapointment-with the colony.

_. The Palmeraton North correspondent in last night's livening Press says The career of a gay Lothario named Gubli promises to bo interrupted at" tho Patea Court. He was married at the Congregational Churoh, Olapham, England, in 18t55. A daughter was the issue of the inarriago, He separated from his wife and arrived in Wellington some uinoyoars: afterwards, whore he kept.a school at the Hutt, From thonce ho went to Napier bv way of Wairurapa, '• At Napier he obtained a good position as head-master of Port Ahuriri school, and married the daughter of an old resident, who was in ignorance of Mb first being alive until some two years ago when she accidentally discovered the. fact in Auckland. She lofb him, and wont home to Napier with hor two ohildren, absolutely .refusing to take proceedings against him for bigamy. He thon proceeded to Taranaki, and on to Wavorloy, where he lived for aomo ten months. Ho was .in the act of going through the formal ceremony of marriage there for tho third timo, when a resident here fortunately prevented it. Ho is now charged with making a. false, declaration. The second wife and a witness proceeded toFatea to-day to.give evidence on the charge. ■

A new systom of brakes for railway engines and carriages was tostod on Friday, tho Christohuroh Press says, with very satisfactory results. It is called the " vacuum automatic brake," and is manufactured by the Vacuum brake Company Limited, London. It has been sent over from Melbourno by the agents of the Company thero, and will bo used on trial on a train between Jjyttloton and'Christchurch. It has beeu largely adopted on the loading lines in Great Britain, on the Continent and India, Hiß used also on somo of the Australian and Tasmania!) linos, and iB apparently coming into •general use. The' following is a short description of it: —By moans of a small ejector placed upon the engine tho air is drawn out out of the main train pipe, from top to the .bottom, sides of tho piston, and from tho flexible pipe and nail valve, so that in running a vacuum of 20 to 24 inches is maintained-through-out the syßtom, The brako is operated by a valve in connection with tho main train dipe, which is opened by the driver or guard, allowing air to flow to the bottom Bide of the piston, thereby applying the brakos, The top Bides of the'vacuum through the action of the ball-valve, whioh closes immediately-air is admitted to the train pipo.' In tho, event of a train parting; the " Universal" hoso coupling will, without damage, become detaohod, and the brakes immediately apply.themselves. To release tlie brakes when the engine iB detached from the train,-the ball-valve —by means of a small wire guard placed on either Bide of the carriage—is opened, which admitß air to tho top part of ths piston, thus restoring equilbrium on both sides of the piston, under whioh conditions the braiceß fall off by gravity. Bome of the advantages claimed for' this system of brake ate that it. Can be applied to a train of any numljer of carriages, and that, it is automatic, instantaneous,' powerful, economical, and simple. 1

Tho auction sale of the extensive stock of Messrs Duncan and Soiis will be continued on Monday by Messrs Lowes and' Toms, .on' the premises adjoining the Olub Hotel. The regular meeting of the Masterton RoaiJ Board, : which should 'have been held to;day, toojc place by'private arrangement yesterday. No intimation was given to the press of the alteration in. the customary date of meeting. Intimations of the interruption on tho telegraph lines in the various districts consequent upon tho heavy snow-storms came close upon eiich other yesterday, The immediate district over which Dr Lemon acts as Inspecting Officer was, however, remarkably free from breakages

The first snowball match of the season took place in Queen Street, Mastertou, yesterday between the boys of the town versus all' comers'. Unfortunately tho materiel of which the balls were composed turned into slush and the gaum, became very unpleasant and both sides were glad to retire from the contest. The Cogill Brothors troupo of American Minstrelß, whioh will appear at the Mastertoii Thoatro Royal on Monday next, coijpists'of fiftoen perforiuors. They aro all specialists,'' Charles \Y, Cogill is celebrated as an oxpoiiont of comedy and grotesque dancing, H. P. Cogill is a character • vocalist, John Gilmore is renowned as a cornio vocalist and .clog dancer, Walter Medus as ;comedian ana interlooutoiC Alfred Maison is a phasing tenor,. and the others, especially the ladies comprising the troupe, are all spoken highly of in the Wellington papers.

We are informed that Lord Maudeville has changed hands, Mr W, Neili of the Prinoe of Wales stables,, having become the purchaser "at the comparatively low price of £3OO, whioh is less, than half the price by £SO than was latoly given for his full brother Lord' Burleigh. The present owner intends putting Lord Maudeville to tho, stud tho coming season. Lord Mandoville is by that princo of sires, Yattondon, whose stoolc is the best on- record, amongst others Chester, who has agaiu reproduced himself in First Chestor, Acme, and others. Then there is Grand Flaneur, who has wot) every race ho started for. Lord Burleigh, who is full brother to Lord Mandoville, ißalßoa mwt performer on the turf. He was.the winner of the Wagga Cup iu tho fasktst time ou record. The district is supplied with good racing ■sires, and all • it wants now is a better class of brooding mares to he.able to produce stock equal to anything in the colonies • Venetian Bliud and Revolving Sliutter manu factory, All Blind* guaranteed of the very best description. Price lint on application to R. W, Hwra (late Henn and ilaumm.) Poneke Bkatn Venetian Blind and Revolving Factory, WeUinuton.—Aiivt. - •

Anyone requiring New Zealand Tweed Clothing mil save moticy by purchasing at tho Wairaropa, Clothing Factory, for their Bujts. at 10b 6d,- 265, 30b,- 37b tkf, 43s and 50a, and txoUßore and vests st 12s 6d, and trousers at Cs 9d aro honestly worth double the money. Koto tho address,—Nert to Empire Hotel, Mastorkm -T-AnvT,

_ I am going to make a speciality ot certain lines during the nest months. At the present titfte I am running'Macintoshea and Overcoats at prioes which defy any house in tho Wellington District to approach, By sending the length which you reqiure in inches, you can be nuuplied with a grand Tweed Macintosh for 27/0, houoatly worth £3. Give me a' trial, John Thokburn, tho Pooplo's Clothier, Willistroot Wellington,—fAmx]