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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2445, 5 November 1886, Page 2

The annual examination of the Masterton Public School was completed yesterday with the following results: Presented Passed

367 309 It will be seen that the general result is inferior to the return of last year, when an average of passes of 90 per cent was obtained, as against 84 this year. The falling-off is partly explained by changes in the teaching staff, but it is evident to us that the introduction of new subjects into our schools, and the ondeavor to carry out tho theoretic ideas of Sir Robert Stout is putting an undue strain on both teachers and pupils.

The Town Lands Trustees meet this evoning. Pasha stands at 100 to 8 in the betting on the New Zealand Cup. The Auckland Cricket Association has resolved to play twenty-two against the Australians.

We have received Mr W. K. Bishop's monthly time table and diary for the current month.

Messrs Cottrell & Young, Shipping and Forwarding Agents, of Wellington, have an announcement in another column.

The following team will resresent the Masterton Cricket Club in the match with the Tradesmen's Cricket Club to-morrow afternoon: Booth, Buttle, Bremner, D'Arcy, Freeth, Harrison, Kibblowhite, Maokay, Rawson, Symonds, Wickens. Emergences: Reove, Rathbone, Dixon.

The members of the Masterton Swimming Club hold a meeting in Messrs Jas, Brown & Co.'s office to-morrow evening at 7.30 to consider the question of handing over their interests in the bathing shed to tho Masterton Cricket Club. The Groytown Working Men's Club, emulating the hotels have placed a lamp opposite the entrance of this institution which is likely to prove a costly decoration, as it had barely done duty for week, when someone or something broke two out of the four panes of glass. The Borough Council has placed two posts on the roadway to protect the handsomo street lamp presented by His Worship tho Mayor, We fancy, however, that these twin defence posts are a breach of tho by-laws in their present position, Could not the Councillors protect their gift by taking turns to mount guard over it?

"Haveyou passed?" is just now tho all-important question of the school children. A little seven-year-old, in answer to the usual query yesterday, replied: "No, 1 failed, failed strong," "How was that ?" asked a chum. 11 Why, the Inspector could not read my writing, and I think we ought to have one that's a better reader," replied the young hopeful. At the meeting of the Caledonian Society last evening, the idea of holding a Scotch Concert in connection with the Society was mooted, Tho annivorsary of Burns' birthday was suggested as a suitable day on which to hold the gathering, but the majority of those present thought that alter tho Sportß on New Years Day would be preferable. The subject waß left to the programme Committee to report upon. A well-known local nautical commander got into troubled waters a few days ago and when battling againßt a headwind was taken in tow by his spiritual adviser who piloted him to port, When tho shipper was safely made fast to his gardon fence ho turned to his pilot and said " Look here Mr Blank, I go to your Church, but you can all go to Hades," Tho pilot cast off, and the prize was collared by a Dutch frigate who administered a broadside, which placed him Iwrs de combat, with the injunction to " lie there and get sober," It is needless to say ho lay. A mild sensation was created in Trinity Church the other morning by the entrance of a young man in " Salvation Army" uniform, just before tbe closing prayer was commenced. This individual evidently regarded it as his special province to create a little excitement by the interjection of loud exclamations, and to bucli an extent did he succeed that at one time it looked as though he would have been the means of breaking up the service, Eventually, however, the Salvationist subsided and the service was concluded with decency and ordor. So far as tho mission has proceeded the reasoning faculties of the attendants havo been appealed to rather than the emotional, and it is to be hoped that no encouragement will be given to this form of excitement which can do no possible good, but rather wound the feelings of all who are at all seriously disposed and have any sense of the solemnity of worship,— Napier Telegraph. The late Sam, Morley—hosier, dissenter, and M. P.-was one of the keenest business men in his young days. Sam, was a past-master in profitable philanthrophy, and the great firm of J. and R, Morley was worked on lines advantageous to the employees and still more advantageous to,the" bosses." Tho firm runs a savings-bank for tho benefit of the juniors offering a moro liberal rate of interest than can bo obtained elsewhere. The system encourages thrift and put a check on the petty pilfering practised in all big houses. It is in J. and R. Morley's too, that the buyers aro inspired to work like niggers by the tempting bait of a "10 years' partnership." After thirty years, or so, of hard toil the Morleys admit their faithful servants in turn to partnership. It is a junior—very junior —partnership, terminable after 10 years. Under this arrangement the Morleys never really part with any of their interest in the pjgantie business, but merely give away, at their discretion, a certain percentage of the yearly profits. Old Sam., in his philanthropic schemes, kept his eye on the main chance. He was a warm supporter of missionary enterprise, and an eloquent advocate of cotton vests and stockings for the heathen. The goods are supplied by Mb firm, doncherknow.— "The Bulletin."

Ssthiuel Thomna Holmes, known as the " raving carpenter" was brought before Mr Von Sturmer ( R.M., this morning, ch»r?ed with being drunk and disorderly and insulting people in Queen-street yesterday. A previous conviction was proved against him, and he was fined 40s or

three days' hard labor. The prisoner elected to take it out.

We (Otago Daily Times) regret to have to join our voice to that of the Lyttelton Times to call upon the Government to do their duty with regard to the death of Captain Cain. It is idle, as our contemporary says, at this stage to pretend to ignore that a considerable quantity of antimony was found in Captain Cain's body, and equally idle to suppose that that body would have bocn oxhumed without the police havo sufficient evidence to warrant a suspicion of the poor gontleman having come to his ond by unlawful means, Until the trial of Hall for the attempted poisoning of his wife was over, there wero the strongest reasons for keeping the results of thb analysis of the contents of Captain Gain's body secret, and that a Minister should have violated that secrosy is surely one of the greatost indiscretions in high places that has ever boon known. Now, however, that flail has been convicted on the wife-poisoning charge, we are told—first, that " the police are engaged in collecting evidence as to the circumstances of Captain Cain's death," and, lastly that it is unlikely that any steps will be taken to prosecute anyone on the charge of having poisoned Captain Cain.

_ Is it, after all, quite so certain thahve like to assume (says the Pall Mall Gazette) that in theanimal kingdom man is cock of the walk ? Take even so poor a creature for instance as the rabbit; its place in the history of tho world has still to be written; but that it will be a very considerable one is already certain. There is Heligoland, fol' instanco, where the rabbit is eating away, they say, into the German Ocean; and in that Great Britain of the South, in which we are always told to believe the future of our race will lie, the rabbit is the one question of primary importance—beside which Imperial Federation is mere moonshine, and politics in the Pacific only idlo talk, What profit would it bo to the Australians if they annexed every island in the Southern seas it all the while the rabbits had annexed their own continent ? And now in England also, where the rabbit has hitherto only been thought of as conferring immortality on Sir William Harcourt, we are told by the British Association that it is undermining Stonehenge. What the storms and rains of centuries have spared, the rabbit is to devour. Wlion Stbnehenge is gone they will demolish tho pyramids. Joseph J. Popplewell, an elderly man, created some little excitement in Temuka the other day. The Timaru Herald relates that on the previous night he retired to bed with his wife, but about half past one he declared his intention of standing it no longer, and bade good-bye to his wife and family, announcing that ho was resolved to put an end to his troubles and himself summarily and simultaneously. Ho then left the house, lightly clad in an abbreviated shirt, and proceeded ostensibly to the brewery creek tn seek oblivion in its somewhat muddy stream. Mrs Popplewell alarmed the neighbors, and one of them rushed off to the police, Constable Morton at once' seized the drag and went down to the creek, which he began to whip industriously for the " slovenly unhandsome corpse." After some little time during which he brought to the surface nothing more important than an occasional battered billy or defunct dog, tho custodian despatched his assistant for a larger piece of rope, he himself continuing to fish with equal want of success, on tho way back, however, the man who was bringing tho rope met the supposed suicide calmly taking the early morning air in the middle of the road. He at once seized him, and despite the lively vitality of the corpse, succeeded in holding him until his yells brought Morton to the spot, Then they convdyod him to the station and locked him up till ten o'clock. He was then brought before Messrs W. Rolleston and K. F. Gray, Justices, and charged with attempting to commit suicide, As nothing of an attempt could be proved against him further than that he was taking a stroll in a somewhat unusual costume and at a somewhat unusual hour, he was discharged with a severe roprimand. Messrs Lowes and Jonis report holding one of the largest stock sales yesterday yet held in the Wairarapa, In cattle their entries were upwards of 300 head, being principally large bullocks, which class is most in demand, and brought good rates. The balance of the cattle were two and three-year old steers, speyed cows and Hereford heifers. The steers all selling freely, but female stock was hard to quit. In beef the entries were limited, although a small entry of really prime beef made £8 7s, that being the highest price of the season, and clearly demonstrating the advantage of breeding good cattle, In sheep the entries were mostly butcher's sheep off the shears, the balance being ewes and lambs and small mixed sheep These did not show any marked improvement in prices No doubt this fact is due to the quantity just at prosent being put into tho market from shearing. Horses wero still dull of sale, although decont hacks sold better than at previous sales. Amongst the entries was a grand three year-old draught entire (Young Chancellor) from the Napoleon stock, which was passed in at sixty guineas, and is still in Masterton for private sale. Pigs were plentiful, but only small sorts soiling at anything like payable rates. The following wero tho rates obtained: Heavy prime beef, to £8; small cow beef, 80s; large forward bullocks, £5 to £5 2s 6d; 3-year-old steers, 75s to 80s; small steers, 40s to 50s; apeyed cows, 52s to 555; store cows, 40s; good heifers, 40s to 50s; calves, 20s; yearlings, 30s to 355; dairy cows, £4 to £5; fat sheep, heavy, 8s 9d; small fat sheep, 7s; stores. 6s; ewes and lambs, good, 10s; farm horses, £lO to £l3; hacks from £6 to £7 10s; small pigs, 7s 6d to 8s 6d ; large pigs, 20s to 225, A resident in the country has had a peculiar experience. He went home one evening very wet and very weary, Fearin? that he might catch cold he determined to take a reviver, and going in the dark to where the whisky was usually kept, He lifted a bottle to his mouth and took a draught. Something in the flavor of what he had inbibed excited his curiosity, and he struck a light to see what was in bottle. He found that he had got a fair share of methylated spirits into his stomach, and not knowing precisely the nature of that highly perfumed commodity ho at once concluded that he was poisoned. He immediately mixed a stiff emetic of mustard, salt, warm water, and various other pleasant ingredients, gulped down the mixture, and waited with impatience for the results, They soon came, but still feeling very ill he despatched an urgent telegram to a doctor in Napier, informing him of the facts, and asking for advice, The reply was very short, and to the following effect:—"lf you will swallowed much you will be very drunk, but if only a small quantity you havo not be damaged much. The emetic probably made you sick, in which case you will not even be drunk, but you will likely enough be sorrowful." The victim now has a strange objection to being told that "spirits manifest a rising tendency."—H.B. Herald.

• A well-known sporting medico of Melbourne netted L 30,000 by Ben Bolt's win in the Caulfield Oup. Trenton won the Royal Park Stakes at the Victorian Racing Club's meeting yesterday.

To-morrow is the monthly pay day of the Wairarapa and the Masterton Building Societies. The Frank Wilmott Comedy Company have arranged to perform at the Theatre Royal on the ovening of the Prince of Wales' Birthday. The Royal Commission to enquire into land clainiß of old soldiers and volunteers is sitting in Masterton to-day. Some twonty-fivo applications have to be considered.

A gentleman from the Hutt district was so well pleased with the appearance of Mr W. Neill's thoroughbred liorso "Lord Mandeville" at the show on Wednesday that ho has, made, arrangements to send three mares to visit the horse this season. Messrs Lowes and lorns announce an alteration in the date of the sale for Tuesday to Thursday, 12th, after which sale thoy sell a quantity of seed potatoes, furniture, and sundries.

Messrs Lowes and lonis announce a most extensive sale of stock in trade eflecks, etc., in the estate of G. Gillard, for Wednesday noxt 10th insfc. The sale will be entirely unreserved and will embrace stock-in-trade of a countrystore, horses, cattle, vehicles, and aundriea, and will be held on the premises which are situate between the lime kiln and Mr Macara's stables main coach road, Mauriceville.

The railway department have made special arrangements for tho Prince of Wales' Birthday. The fares have been placed within the reach of all, and no doubt a largo numbor of people will take advantage of the holiday to tako a trip. Special trains will also run between the Wairarapa stations for the benefit of visitors to tho Spring Meeting of the Wairarapa Jockey Club, which will bo held on the now course at Groytown on Tuesday and Wednesday noxt.

A certain individual who likes fisli for breakfast, recently throw a charge of dynamite into the Kuamahunga, and by its explosion secured a satisfactory dish. Had he known that an act of this kind is punishablo by a penalty of £2O or two months' imprisonment, he might have considered the game hardly worth the candle. Wo hear that the Acclimatisation Society has decided to "go" for the next man who adopts illegal methods to obtain fish, and tho dynamater of fcho Kuamahunga will do well to tako out a fishing license, and purchase a rod and tackle, unless, like the proverbial fool, ho choses to make a rod for his own back.

The Observer says" A sad accident happened to a little girl named Nelly Petersen on Wednesday evening between six and seven. The child was noar her home in Park road, when a horseman, galloping along at a furious rate, knocked her over. When picked up she was unconscious, and bleeding from the mouth and nose. The man, who is now unknown, did not even stop to ascertain the extent of tho girl's injuries, but continued on his mad career. The investigation of the affair is in the hands of the police, who have every confidence that his identity will bo established. Dr. Johnston, who was called in to attend the child's injuries, held out very slender hopes of recovery. We hear this morning that she is stiil unconscious, and not expected to recover." Wo learn since that tho child whs was about five years old, died this morning from injuries received. The man who caused the mishap, and whose name we beliove is Bickering,' was arrested by Constablo Darby last evening, and will be charged with manslaughter, A green sportsman, after a fruitless tramp, mot a boy with tears in his eyes, and said: "1 say, youngster, is there anything to shoot around hero?" Tho boy answered; "Notliin' just 'bout here, but there's tho schoolmaster over t'other sido tho hill. I wish you'd shoot him Venetian Blind anil Revolving Shutter manu

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