The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1886.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2388, 1 September 1886, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1886.

The contractors for diergiiig up and re? filling with other material four chains of the straight on the Opaki race couriie commenced operations yesterday. A press message from Dunedm records a serious accident having, happened to Mr George Rignold, who fell through tho stage trap door at the Princess' Theatre. When oxarained by the dootor it was found that ho had broken his collar-bone, and was otherwise seriously bruised.

An outbreak of fire occurred at about four o'clock yesterday afternoon, on the S remises of Mr H. Fielder, furniture oaler, Manners-street, says the Post. The flames originated in a heap of flat which was stowed in a lean-to shed at the back of the shop, and within a few minutes they had enwrapped the side of theadjacent show-room, which is detached from tho front warohouse, and 1n which the bulk of Mr Fielder's gouds are stored! The Fire Brigade were, however, on the spot bofore the destructive eloment had gained a firm hold of the building, and, with the aid of the numerous staff employed on tho premises, tho, burning heap wai easily extinguished,. The damage occasioned by the fire itself is comparatively slight; ,but (he. ( gooda_ in the show-room suffered" considerably from the deluge of water, and also from the rough handling, which was unavoidable in the confuaion, Mr Fielder informs us tbt'.there was more than £2OOO worth- of holloware, furnituro, crockery, &c„' within the building, about half of which has been damaged, and he estimates his loss at about £4BO. The stook was insured in the Colonial Office for. £400,. and the building in the London and Lancashire for £2OO. Nothing is dofinately known as to the origin of the fire. : Tho lad who was working at the heap of flax states that he heard a match struok at the oppeslto side of the adjoining fene'e,. just as no had occasion to enter the upholsterligihop. On his return to his work Immediately afterwards, the flax was ablaie,, and he therefore gave ■ the alarm. Several cramins have been in tho habit of congregating in the neighbouring yard, and causing annoyance, "and as Mr Fieldor had occasion, recently, to nunish ,6n«of their nijmb?r, he. thinks it. not improbable that they have taken this' news of retaliating.

Advieefl from London report the leading firms anticipate a further rise in the prise of Wool of at least 2d per lb. It is rumored in Wellington that Mr George Fisher will come forward for the office of Mayor at the next election. '. The Nprth Otayo Times reports that after the storm of a few days ago the sand oi the seashore between the Awamoa creek and Kartiki has been found to be impregnated with gold, and a number of men are at work on the beaoh. Wo are told they are earning good wages. As a proof of this, two men have left good situations to work on the beach. The appliances required are of the simplest character.

"In the discussion which followed the roadingn of Sir Robert Stout'a paper at the Statistical Society, London, Dr Loungstofl'e, a groat statistical], declared that if full relianco could be placod on the -.statistics adduced in the paper, thoy showed that the public debt of Now Zealand ous/ht to be considered as nothing inore than a fleabite. The vital statistics also created profound surprise, and the Agent-Qeneral was directly appealed to to say whether he felt sure that no error had been made; because they showed a doath rate In New Zealand of something like 9 per 1000, as against in England of about 19 per 1000.—Exchange, Arocont London paper has tho following ■.—'' On Eastor Monday, 1884, a young Italian lady of good family fell from tho pier at Soulhond, Easox, into the sea, and was in immodiate danger of being drowned, when a young man named John David Hudson, who lives in the : Deptford Lower road, and was on a visit to Southend with-his mother and sisters,' .plunged into the water and rescued her. :On May 2nd last the young lady died, 'and left Mr Hudson £2OOO, to which her •brother has added £3OOO. Cortainly Mr Hudson came in for a .handsome reward, and the young lady showed that she did not hold her life so cheap as some do who are rescued from drowning." A Carterton correspondent writes as follows with reference to the team which has beon selected to represent Wairarapa in the match with Sydney on Monday next:—How is this ? Greytown beat : Masterton footballors, also Wollingtou, at Greytown. The Greytown team came here (with two mon in their toam—Udy and Humphies—who would have beon picked in the Representative team, as well as tho Greytown crowd that aro now in it), and the match was a draw, and at the samo time the papers made all sorts of excuses for Greytown, and gave no credit to Carterton. On the following Saturday Carterton met Greytown's best toam on their own ground, and although Greytown did their utmost to score, they failod in the attempt, and tho match resulted in another draw, and now, against seven from each other club thoy have a solitary Carterton man, or shrimp, in Bambor to represent Carterton. They might as well have loft him out too. 1

am not an active mombor of tho Carterton club, but can't help noticing things. A reporter of tho Otago Daily Times who has boon visiting. Glenorchy, Lake Wakatipu, writes to that journal—- " During his travels ' your special' had the good fortune and pleasure of meeting with Mr H. Homer, than whom thoro are fow men better acquainted with tho wilds of tho'Weat Coast of Otago, and particularly tho Big jay portion, which Mr Homer has traversed in different direcand for many miles inland. It may be! mentioned that at tho time ' your BpecjaFfliot Mr : Homer, he had not road the report laid before Parliament; yet his account. tallies strikingly with that given by Meßsrs Carey and Hyndman of. the country they have boon prospecting. ■ MjJß<»hier also spoke of tho vast extent of terraces and 'mado' grounds through which creeks had worn their chauhols, exposing tho wash in which prospects of; fine scaly gold could bo obtained. Gold had also been found by him in the creeks, and Mr Homer has no hesitation In stating it aa his opinion that there is vory groat extent of country which would pay small wages, but ho cannot ondorso the statoment' That it is ono of the richest gdldfields in the Australasian colonies.' Mr Homer's opinion of the Sold is ontitled to eVery consideration, as he has had considerable oiporience as a miner and is an intelligent man of a practical and mattor-of-fact turn of mind."

.The London' Daily Telegraph in an article on tho recent convulsions in New Zealand, ospreaaeda hopo that tho catastrophe will not seriously affect New Zealand from the tourists point of view. The Telegraph took advantage of this opportunity of pointing out that "a valetudinarian at home, who is weary of Cann.es and Nice, and to whom Monte Carlo is no longer alluring, and tho Riviera" is no longor attractive; who iB Bick of Malaga and Madeira, of Algiers aiid'Biarritz, of Pau and St, Moritz, of Bournemouth, and Torquay, has only to (jo down to Plymouth and to take a first ! cliiss passayei)n,. 6ne of the magnificent steamships of,which a powerful fleet are now plying between England and New Zealand, to find himself in less than forty days at Lyttleton or Port Chalmers. In less than, seven weeks he can be in the heart of the wonderland of tho North Island. A few hours, however, by coach or by rail, it is added, " will take tho pilgrim back to the onjoyments of all tho comforts and most of the luxuries of advanced civilization. In .lieu of precipicesand waterfalls, and seemingly endless vistas of impervious fern sorub, and beds of rivers brokon by huge boulders, between which a hundred channels of rapid waters rush; In lieu of spouting cataracts of boiling water, of steaming mud volcanoes, of pits and gorges clouded with sulphurous vapors and reeking with sulphurous odours; in lieu of an immeasurable emptiness of landscape, with here and thoro a few wooden shantlos or Maori wharos for all human habitation, he will traverso cities, whose handsome thoroughfares are full.of shops vying in the variety and riehnesß of their merchandise with those of Regent Btree? or Bond street; he will be received with splendid hospitality in well-appointed Clubs; ho will be entertained with. eager cordiality in private society, which, in culture and refinement, has nothing to fear from comparison with the mother country. There is no lovelier scenery in the world than is to be found in the Hot Lake region of New Zealand. It is finer even than that of Switzerland or the Tyrol. It is a fern paradise. The aspect of tho lakes are onohantinor, the mountain views are superb, thi climate is eminently healthy, the hot springs are as eminently health-reßtoring And, if the volcanoes of Tarawera and elsewhere are occasionally prono to eruption, it should be. remembered that there are yet clobo to the city of Naples, and have been for many hundreds' of years, two pleasant, pictusesquo, and popular townships, called the one Portici, the other Torre del Greco, and that both are oloser, and perilously closer, to a certain volcano ; called Vesuvius." "Venetian Blind and Revolving Shuttermanu factory, All Blind* guaranteed of tho vary best description. Price list on application to R, W\ Henn (Uto Honn and Hansen,}' Poneke Bteam Venetian Blind and Revolving Factory, Vollinrton,—Advt, lam going to make a speciality ot certain lines during the next months, At tho presont time I am running Macintoshes and Overcoats' at prices which defy any houso in the Wellington District to approach. Blending tho length which you require in inches, you can be : supplied with a grand Tweed Macintosh for 27/0, honestly worth £3. Give me a trial, i John Thobborn, the People's Clothier, Willistreet ,'Wellin?ton.-fA»VT.]

The Wellington Meat Export Company have lost their, case against the Shaw, Savill and Albion Shipping Company.' , •Messrs Lowes & lorns 'add to their stock sale on Wednesday a line .of beef, and-twenty pigs, and foi 1 Saturday's Bale one tip dray.

Tenders are invited for the supply of timber to the Masterton Borough Council for twelve months. .'.■■-..

Mr Joseph Dawson's tender (£282) for the erection of the MartinboroughPuhaua bridge has been accepted,

In our advertising columns will bo found an announcement;by Mr Thos. Parsonß a candidate for a seat on. tho Borough Council. . News was brought into town this morning that the house of Mr Donald McKonzio, Dreyerton, had been destroyed by fize. The remains wero smouldering when the goods train passed thorn at 8 o'clock this morning. An application was made in tho Supremo Court by William Shields for the issue of a mandamus compelling tho WaiHopi Licensing Committee to grant a license for Mensies' Ferry Hotel After two hours' argument Judge Johnston refused tho application. ; Mr Casolberg in another column intimates to the burgesses that it is not his intention to be a candidate for the Mayoralty at the expiration of his present term. Had Mr Oaselberg ohosen to say. the word he might, like" Dick Whittington," have been " thrice Mayor,"' but he has elected to modestly retire for the present from civio honors. We hope however at come future time to again see him at the horse-shoe table.

The seoond performance of the Cogill Brothers American Minstrels drew a' ! largb audience at the Theatre Eoyal last evening, The programme was an exceptionally attractive one, every item being loudly applauded. The final performance takespla'cethiß evening, when another change of programme is announced. Wo recommend all who have not seen Hub clever troupe to tako the opportunity offered in their final appearance. , The Masterton Emporium, the store of Mr John Graham, has been undergoing some alterations which are a decided improvement. A now window has been put in the building on.tho Williamsstreet Bide, which gives a good light to tho grocery and ironmongery, departments. In consequence of the ironmongery business of this firm having been mcreasod, it has been found necessary to provide a new counter and fixtures which has been done with great advantage, One branch of business which this firm has lately gone into to a great extent is tho sale of locally produced tinned goods, of which they keep a large and assorted stock. Thore are New Zealand fruits, preserved whole, of ovory variety. Fjbli of the choicest kind, for which tho southern seas are noted, and in tins of various sizes that prosaic but useful article mutton, tho latter being a luxury much sought after, and is of preat convenience to bushfallers and others working at a distance from any town or station/where fresh meat is a provision that cannot be otherwise obtained,

Twenty years ago tho Minister of Publie Instruction in Paris formed a professorship of universal musical language, in order to give practical effect to the invention of M. Sudre, who had created an international tonguu formed by the seven notes of music. The system had been highly eulogised by the French Instituto, but tho war drovo the subject out the people's mind. It has been lately revised, however, and the language is being taught in the Lycee Condorcet, The grammor is vory simple. Only the infinato form of the verb is used, its moods and tenses being doterminod by fa st, which is an augmentative and superlative, and by.si fa, which is a diminutivo. The feminine gender is indicated' by duplicating.the final vowel. Thuß, Aomifado signifies man, and domifadoo woman. Synonyms are inadmissible For examplo, ladinwre means to augment; .to increase, to aggrandiso, to add to, and forth ; while its inversion, rtdvmik, signifies to deminish, reduce, lessen, die. Domkol is the name applied to God, and solmido that of Satan. The blind and tho doaf and dumb learn this musical language it iB said, with great facility.—Exoh'ange.

Anyone requiring New Zealand Tweed Clothing will Bave money by purchasing,at the Wairorapa Clothing Factory, for tlioir suits at 19s 6d, 255, 30b, 37a Gd, '4os and 60s, and trotisors and vests at 12s Gd, and trousers at 5s 9d aro honestly worth double the money. Note the address,—Next to Empire Hotel, Maatarton -Advt.