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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2504, 19 January 1887, Page 2

Mr F. H, Wood will sell by public auction to-morrow, at Ureytown, the privileges of the Sunimor Meeting of the Wairarapa Jockey Club. We are sorry to report that Mr H. H. Wolters met with an acoident on Sunday eyoning, by which ho is sufferii.g fiom broken ribs and other injuries. It appears he was coming from Gladstone in company with Mr Seed, when his horse rumbled and fell with him, and caused the injuries referred to. The Harry Power Dramatio Company [ will commence their season in tho Theatre Royal, Masterton, this evening with the celebrated Irish drama, "Kathleen Mavourneen." Judging by the favorable manner in which tho Company have boao received in the southern townships of the Valley, the Masterton playgoers will be rewarded *vith Boeing some good performances during this company's Bta'y amongst us. A pretty strong opinion has prevaifed amongst the mombers of the. Charitable Aid Board that thoysre not liable for tho maintenance of children sent to the Industrial schools, without their authority or unknown to them, and the payment of caimßin respect of these children has from, time to time been. demurred to. The question has howevor been brought to a point by. the St. Mary's Industrial, Schoo), of Neta Intimating .that it will put the matter to legal test If the fees owing to that Institution are nnt'paid.' The Charitable Aidßoard are now about to get legal advice on the position,— Taranaki Herald. ...

. This is a sample of the altered,, tone of American newspapers in roferonco to Protection. It ia from a New York journal ir-Witb Russia- driving ub out of the European proleuin trade; India underselling ua in the grain market, and Egyptian and Surat cottpn becornins ponderous items of British Imports, it'does begin' to look as if the time w,wnot far distant when the United States would have to be more interested in the preservation of its vast export trade than in propping up a few favored home productions by a tariff which does not benefit labor more than a tithe of what it taxes it.

. The Seine Assize Court had its attention devoted to a characteristically! Parisian' adventure, in which love, jealousy, and the revolver once more played a prominent part, In the month of August a Monsieur Noller, a married man of independent meanß, returned one night to his homo in'tho Tiernes wounded and covered with blood.. His wife, muoh alarmed, a.»ked him what bad occurred, and ho replied that he had beon attacked by Borne of the vagabonds who infest the outskirts ot the town,, M, Neller gave a similar explanation to the doctor, but tho latter was not so credulous as the lady had beon', and on his explaining that the story was impossible, the victim of the mishap elected to make a clean breast ,of it. Ho confessed that he had been fired upon by his mistress, a young woman named Marie Arhoult, who lived in a house in the neighborhood of the Boulevard des Capuchines, and who was of livery jealoUß disposition, Tho doctor at once communicated with the police. Tho irascible damsel fm arrested, and. a full enquiry was instituted into tho matter. It was ascertained that on the evening in question M. Neller was' taking a lightsupper irt-Marie amir stooped to put a bottle, ori the floor aa the small table was crammed with eatables, whon his: inislrioss',. '. placing ' he~ muzzle of her revolver, behind his right oar, firod at him. While tho man, fairly idfized, rose tohis feet,-the young woman discharged threo moroiehots at him, and she' fired for the fifth time as he was opening the door of the' apartment in! order to make his exit This bullet hit him in the lumbar region, For some time M. Neller was laid up, but though tho bullets navo novorteen extracted he has long been able to pet about, Marie Arnoult,'on being asked whether M, Noller had ever-promised to wedhery renjied that he hud pledged himself to live with her altogether, as loun »b hia .daughter was married. She had-not bought 'the revolver-, for. the purpose, of killing.W'lb'yijr, but because the country houso to relatives lived was threatone.d-.by thieves, The fact was she had yielded to a Sudden, impulse of jealousy. She was .convinced, that M, Neller was carrying on' with other wdnie'n, and that ho had deblined to stay with hor because ho had anchor rendezvous.' The thought quite (timed herhoad, and she did;not know

whit Bhe waß doing. The soman, waß condemned to one year's imprisonment. ABOIfIiTHAT i3b ; IO BE GIVEN AWAYiTo the'|ditor-Sir, Will you allow We .throushiyour columns tbJet the people of 'the Wairarap.vknow that I am going to ■/Sell-.all my stock*,';gopsfstiiig. of men's, youth's, and boys' clothing,'sjijrte, hats,; 'hosiery, &c, at a great reduction in prices ■up till the end of the year; and also to 'reiMtld.them that everyone who buyß ■goods ¥ the, value of 2s 6d get* a ticket inmy£i3i)C(?!ftpetipion,- Think of that! By spending 2» <jd with me, you may win monoy enough to carry you for a' trip round New Zealand,-rjop Thorbubn, | Clothier, ft,, Willis it,, Wellington.

On Monday and Tuesday noxt Sir VV. Fox and Mr Glover will viait Maatertoii,and address public meetings in tho Ternperanoe Hall, ■ '

.' It is nocessary that burgesßos filling' in nomination papers for the Borough Conuoil election to-morrow; should be on the roll ef 'the particular ward for which the candidate stands., A neglect of; this, obvious precaution will invalidate a noraii nation paper. The Borough water, cart has been finished several days, and although the traffic in Queen street is manufacturing dust, which the wind is wafting among the wares of the. storekeepers, nothing has been, done as 'yet towards putting the cart to its proper use. Thevehiole -which is a credit to the" builder (Mr J. Roßa)holda throoliuudrod gallonsof water, and is fitted with tho latest appliances for street watering purposes.

Getting money from tho Government seems fast becoming ah operation akin to producing blood ,f roim a stone. At pre ; stmt the Harbour Board Me kept out of nine months revenue from the land fund,, and it has decided.to tpake a request that the money be paid over without delay. It is pointed out that the Board is not only deprived of the due poflsemion of the.money, but also.losea what interest it would receive;by having the land fund to its crodit.-rTafanaki Herald.

• A special, meotinp : of the Wairarapa ' South Connty Gouuoil was hold yeßt'er.' :< day (Tuesday).'.' Preaent—Ors W. Booth (Chairman), H. Bunny,. H. B. Bunny, H."Braithwaitej W. Q.:Buohanan, and J. Tully* Th'e. meeting; was held for .the purpose of defining the rating area for tho loan of-£650 to bo borrowed under the Local Bodies Wn.Act, 1886, for the pvrpose of completing the MartinboroughPabaua Road. The area being finally agreed upon, the meeting terminated. A Mr Heersenfc has laid before the Bordeaux Ohamber'of Commerce a project which shows thero ia- a tochnical possibility ot uniting Franco and England by a bridge and railway across the Channel, and the Chamber has approved tho project and will warmly support it. i It iB estimated that the work will cost say £36.800,000. To this, however, would have to be added interest of about 5 per cent during tho time of building, extending over seven years, which would absorb, about £8,O0(),OO0, The gross receipts', have beeti estimated, and would be looked upon to produce about £4,500,000 per annum . The following is a statemont nf the assets and liabilities filed in the estate of Alexander M, Hirßchberg, of Carterton. Asßets L9B, as follows :—B"ok, ; dobts, L 159 Us, estimated to producb L 75; hows, L2O. Liabilities, L9O Bs,'.' viz.— E. Buckeridgo,. L 2 5; Hugh Mitchell, L251 M. Hodgms. Lls ;D, P. Ljasby, 15.13b jJ. Fabian, LB; Oaselberg aud Co,, L 4 6s 3d.; F. Foist, LBto 9d ; Mercer and Baylies, L2 7s Gii; R. Crawford, L2 ; Walter Armstrong LI 10s ; Smith and Hogg, Ll; W. Llndop, 10s Bd. The first meeting of creditors will be held tomorrow in the Old Court Room, Masterton, at 12.80 p.m.

The statement of nsßots and liabilities n the estate of Sarah Ann MoLannan, late botelkeeper of Featherston, has been filed as follows:—Assets LSO. Liabilities 1)166 lis sd. The liabilitiea are— Edmnudaon and Warrington and Co., L2O 13s 9d; Joseph Nathan & Co., L 9 4s; J. and W. Youmr, Lll 18g Gd; F. Preston, L 5: Strike and Hamilton, Ll3; Levin and Cc,- L4210a; United Importers Co-, LlB lMd; W. Gilpin, L9sb 7d ; J. 'Fuller, L 10; A. Donald, L 7; W. Bonk, L 0 15b Id ;Dr Hosking.'Li The ■osets consist' of book debts. '■

Notwithstanding several counter at-, tractions there was a capital attendance at the usaal weekly meeting of trie •Wairarapa Gospel Temperanca last evening in the Masterton Temperance Hall. The chair was oocupied'oy Mr 4 Glass, and addressoß were delivered by the' President and Rev. D. Fulton. The' latter made a very vigorous and earnest appeal, and dwelt upon. the seductive influence of alcoholic liquors. He tracedits'power from the friendly tdass to the drunkard's grave, aud gave several instances in which men of high position's. have fallen under its Biiares. Ho also, showod that neither'wealth; education, position, family ties, or character were'a bulwark against the demon, whose power seemed fast declining under tho increasing growth of eduoatiori..

The Anglo-Australian, writing in the European Mail, makes'the following remarks: —" Sometime since I referred to the important position that Australian wheat appeared, about to take "on the markets hero, I would draw the special attention of cereal cultivators in Australia and New- Zealand generally/to the. fact .-for fact it is-that many millers here are much disappointed at the reduction in the colonial supplies of grain,'- at the apparent contraction of the area, and generally at the smallness of the ' visible' supply. of Antipodian wheat. I would once more urge upon the careful consideration'of Australasian farmers the fact that in this country thero is a strong disposition to welcome imports of Australian and New Zealand grain. It is felt more and more that it is of increasing importance that this country should not entirely depend oc American groin, and just now.there aro very significant signs, that Bußsia will not long continue to be a great grain exporter, and it is well known to those who study the statistics of the cereal situation that the wants of the Continent are rapidly growing. India certainly sends a great deal of grain, but it usually comes in a very dirty state; and as under the new conditions of roller millingwheat must be clean bofore it goes to the first .'break,' this dirt adds touch to the miller's cost.and trouble. I again repeat that, while in the present temper of the home trade towards Amerioa, it would be well for Australian, cultivators to consider seriously the very great advantages that they '.would certainly reap by putting, an increased area under grain. The markets hero have risen of late, and with an increasing populationand arapidly oontraoting wheat area in ;England, there is, it seems to mo, a great inducement for the Austral colonies to put in larga supplies of wheat." ". " A gay solicitor named George Barnard Harvey Drew, was recently brought up ata : London Moo Court on a charge of ombezzling £4OBO, tho property of a company of whioh he was secretary and oolleotor.. Some timo after his disappearance, a olerk discovered his whereabouts, quite in a novelists' fashion, by finding an assumed name and address, reversed, on a bit of blotting papor in the missing man's office.. But by this time the bird had flown from the address found, Tho finding" of the BBBumed name, was, however, useiul, for after a time came to, Sydney the first of a series of Bank of England notes endorsed with that game.- Tho police in Sydney were commnnioated with, and they had no difficulty at all in finding 'Arthur Adair.' He wliving in Sydney in a most extravagant tyylo." He had purchased a yacht, tho Entrails, for whioh he paid £2OOO, spent a further sum of £7OO in fitting her up in b most-luxurious style, Ha went abopt the Btreets dressed in fantastic stylo, wearingredstockingsandawhite suit,with tho name of the yaoht printed in gold letters .aoroßS his chest,. He., had mortgaged the yacht for £4OO, tmd presumably spent the money, as he had only 6s in his possession when arrested-on one of sixteen warrants. The lunatic made no attempt to escape or excuse himself. Wheij brought up at, (he Central Criminal Court; London, on : November 25th, he pleaded guilty to tho charge, aid .wae-'sentenced to ten years penal servitude, A VojfDKBFDL H?NN,-Many are the 'in. istancescited of the' astopishlng. fecundity; of the various species of domesticated fowl; but thecolebrated Wellingtpn.HpNN (>yhijh, strange toVayf.is'-oi the masculine gender) lifts a soul above tho mere production of eggs, Tlie;nanner iin.which he turnS'iut Venetian Blinds, ! etc, is' the wonder and admiration of everybody from the Governor downwards. Tho name ofithis wqndorful bird is K, \Y,' HENN, : and his wellknown fojvlfhovso is the Ponelte Steam Window BlUTactorji','Mglesworth-stree'ij Wellington, ~bw " r " ; "';' ■' .. '•

The' Harry Power Dramatic Company arrived in Masterton by tho midday train to-day/ : ' Mra Oorbett, of Hall street, has vacancies for'two respectable boardere at her private boarding house. At a meeting held at Morrison's ?ush I on Saturday night last, it wasteaolved to form a cricket club. Tho club will open withascratch match on the 22nd inst, ''

The ratepayers of the Borough are invited to'meet the intending for municipal honors at the Temperance' Hall to-morrow, evening.

. Messrs Lowes and lorna announce their next stock sale for Wednesday 26thhut.,, the list alroady embraces some ] 550 Bheep of all classes; 22 head of good cattle, horses, vehicles, and Bundrieß. The Greytown Reorearion. Reserve Committee have employed -some men this week in sinking a well, and the Fire Brigade last night saturated the'ground from the water in the new well.

A private steeplechase took place at ' Martinborouah ■ last night between the: horses Bamboo, and Supplejaok., Both horses jumped • well,'and after & wellcontested race Supplejack woo. Hr George Lawrio, of Martiobpwugh, met'with a slight accident while riding' - Kouie. oh . Saturday. night • last, . Wbon deecending.Bidwill's tutting, a sheep' ran aoroag the mad, 7 and etartled the hone, which Bhjed and ; threw him', causing'' a slight;scalp wound, ■,-' '■/.;.. We hear that tho hsuMnce .Company ave about to proceed Park villa Special Settlement Association, for the value of the cottage burned down through the firkin their township, and' that other olaims will be made for damage done, among which will be one for a number of sheep that were destroyed. .• ' The Lower Hutt School Oommitteo have nominated Mr Honry Bunny, 4 present a .member of the Board, and Mr H. S. Fitzherbert, M.H.K., as members of the Wellington Education Bourd.. Mr fitzherbert is nominated in the place of Mr G. V. Shannon, who declines to stand again. , . . . The nominations for Councillors to the several wards in the.Borough, takes place to-morrow at noon at the undermentioned places:—ln tho North Ward at the. Council. Chambers, Institute, in the South Ward at the Kuripuni Public Hall. In the East Ward at the Municipal Fire Brigade Station, Ohuroh Street, In the West Ward at the Public School, Queen Street.

The crops in the Lowor Valley are all being reaped, and although rather light thoy have ripened quickly, There was a large fire raging near Maryborough, in immediate proximity to the 'old ferry house, which appeared-in danger of being destroyed.

In tho Masterton R.M. Court this morninp,'before Mr Von Stunner, E.M., John Reid, alias Breed, was charged with'larceny on December 11, 1884, from a Maori whare As tho evidence was not completed,, owing to the'short time Bince the arrest of the defendant, the case was romanded till Monday next, 24th.inst.

Persons whointended to make the railway a convenience on Anniversary Day are rather hazy bb to the time tlie trains start, the department having advertised that the ordinary time tabie"wfll' be suspended, aud the rato of - excursion fares, but have lef travellers to find out the time of deparfurelas best' they v oan! We,-have reoeiyed 'several 'letters oomplaining of this.' -

~ A' general meeting' of the Mangahw Special'Settlenientw4B.held,last, evening in the Volunteer 'Drill.-,Shed, '; Mr' W;' McOsrdle. in ; the..,chSir. •'.. The,.businesß principally of a private oharaotisr, reiattrig»%-;.Bur.y'eyß, : &o, It: -ww resolved t|a|.p:Keuip3r bo paid; 'the aura of- £lQfor- 1 -supervising"tho bii'ab felljng oh the tbwisiup; ; Biiico tho-kpicar tionof Garvin's coutragtvtime, viz., December Ist, 1888, •• Thi) Secrotaiy; was requested to r oomraunicate with the Wobdville Road/Board, Hawke's Bay. Land 'BoaVd,.and. Wiipawa: County ; Coun'?' oil; expressing-tho; disapproval"of the Association -to.the -proposed -dosing. ,of Ormuid'B illne'.'. • it was decided to tioid quarterly ineutiiiys iif .-members. •

The Town Clerk of Masterron has received the fullowiug communication from tiie Colonial Secretary's Office:—" 1 have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of' your letter, forwarding a petition sigued by the Mayor and Councillors of the Borough of Masterton, praying that the proclamation of the 30th of Decernher, dividing the Borough into five wards, may bo suspended, and that an inquiry might be held as to the sufficiency of the petition praying for such division, and also forwarding a petition signed by burgesses of the said Borough, praying that it might be divided into three wards. In reply, lam directed by the Colonial Secretary to inform yon ho is advised, that thero is no powor to suspend a proclamation when published, and further, that the only way in which a re-division of the Borough into wards can now bo effected, is by the presentation of a petition signed by not less than one fourth of the burgesses, of each of tho four wards, into which' the Borough was divided by the said proclamation.

On Saturday or.Sunday last a tire started at the upper ond of the Wangehu Valley, which has up to tho present gone through about a thousand acres of fallen bush, and unless it can be .prevented from spreading will do groat damage to the prasß, whioh is very long and, dry in. that district, The fire is supposed to have started near Mr Hurley's property, and lias made a clean sweep through Messrß Brown's, Leo's, Jackson's, Daag's McKonzie's, and James', the dwelling of the latter -being' with difficulty saved. Most of,the grass Beodin tho Wangohu ,libb boon harvested, but'should the fire get among the high feed it will prove very disastrous to the settlors thero. Although the burn camo unexpected, and before the settlers wanted it," it will not be so bad as was first anticipated, aB the long spell of dry woathor appears to have done good .service, in drying'- the timber, even if it has parched the .feed A good-spell'of wot Woathor would-just now be a boon to the Wangehu Valley.

A well-attended meeting of, the Loyal Maetertoh Lodge, 1.0.0. F., wag beld last evening, Bro. Ranby,: ; N.G,, presiding. Tbe Lodge was rated by P.G.M, Bro. J. Clark, and P.P.G.M. Bro Loasby. Bro Loasby gave a very interesting acoount of the conference held m~CTh'rißt-" church last November to take'into consideration the advisability of instifcotinß a Grand-Lodge for New Zealand. The rpovemenfc was received there very favorably, and with every evidence' of the question being brought .to a snocessful issue. Ho -stated tj\at• from.the report of the Registrar General of New Zealand; he had ascertained the .Manchester Unu)y of Oddfellowß possessed' more funds than all the other Societies iri New Zealand put together, which was,,he considered, quite Bufftqiant inducement for them to have a; Grand Lodge in. New "Zealand, Bro. Clark strongly ur«ed the formation of juvenile .iod?<jß,;and gave an account of the will be,discussed at. .the next summoned Vneeting of; ,the Lodge. Tbe/Mlance sheet for the year was read, showing the amount of £23813 a7d to the credit of the funeral fund,, being an increase of for tlw year, ' .•'.'..: ' *