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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2533, 24 February 1887, Page 2

The adjourned mooting of the Masterton Borough Council will be held this evening to discuss the Gas and Waipoua river questions. Tho Taratahi-Carterton Horticultural and Poultry Association Show takes place in the Carterton Lyceum on March 3rd. Wo have to acknowledge the receipt of a press ticket from tho Secretary. The entortainment committoo of tho Masterton Cricket Club met yesterday afternoon-and decided to.'>engage tho Theatro Royal for St, Patrick's Night for tho proposed concert and dramatic performance. Mrs McLonnah, the clairvoyant, of Victoria Street, to whoso phenomenal powers we drew attention tho other day publishes a notice in anothor column naming the hours'during which she may be consulted. She undertakes cases, re-, commended by ministers and doctors free of charge. ■We'liave beon informed by Mr Dalryniple, Estate Agent, that the land in the Rangitumau and Waugaehu Valley, which ho has lately had placed in his hands for sale, is going off rapidly, and although it can bo had on most easy terniß some of the purchasers have preferred to pay cash Tho transactions .have been completed, surveys made, and the new ownera on tho land clearing for their homesteads, all since the New Year.

Messrs Lowes and lorns yarded some 3000 sheep, 40 head of cattle, and 40 rams yesterday, and sold every line. The prices throughout were very -low, but stock moved freely,- In sheep, good forward wethers made 5s 6d, fat ewes medium weights ss, heavy weiphts 6s, good young owes 5s 9d, good breeding ewea 4 fid to 4s Bd, old ewes from Is Gd to 2b 9d, lambs Is 6d to 3s 3d. Fourteen Lincoln rams were sold on account of Mr Perry from 40s to 62s 6d, and on account of Mr Mckenzie 20 Lincoln rams were sold from 15b to 32s Cd. In cattle, good steers reached £3 12s, small steers 455, good heifers 455, old cows 25s to 60s, horses £3 to £lO, store pigs 12s. We called attention some time ago to to great danger of'the railway engine crossing the Gpaki plains without proper spark protector, and to-day we have to chronicle a loss by fire occasioned by one of these engines. Last evening, soon after the ballast train to Mauricovillo passed Mr R, Campbells property his grain stacks were discovered to be on fire, and notwithstanding strenous efforts were made, three of them consisting of wheat and oats, were destroyed, It is bad enough for farmers to suffer through bad harvests and natural causes, but when their losses are occasioned by those we look .to for protection, it plainly points out that there is something rotten in the state of Denmark. From further particulars to hand we learn that tho fire started by the ballaßt engine, waß first discovered in a sixteen acre paddock ot grass, and from that spread to the stacks and destroyed two stacks of whoatj one of oats, and one pf hay. '• The estimated damaged fully £350, and Mr Campbell, we aresorry.to hear, is uninsured. Every effort was made to check the grass fire, but a gust of wind' carried the flames on to the stack. Tiiero was the result of 47 acres | of harvesting in tho wheat stack, and 14 acres of oats. Mr Campbell .states his intention of making a claim against the Government for. damages through their negligence.. At the usual meetine of the Education Board held at Wellington yesterday the resignation of Misii Jupp and Mr and Mrs Reynell of the Masterton schools were accepted, Mrs Oraip was appointed Bowing teacher to tho Featherston school at a salary of £5 por annupi. It was stated in answer to an application from the Masfprton School Gommjtteo, tljat the district was )j.o,t .ontitled to ajiother pupil teacher according to the rogulatjons. The question of a second adjQuri|ed till next meeting, and feasts Bficjianari and Bunny were appointed to inspect the proposed site near the gas-jvorks- and report thereon. Tho question of erecting a school at Mangaono -ivas left'in tho tyaiji&f 'of tjhe .Chairman, and the' pro§ddjjtumtp the flchool iere (letyrrejl fyr jp' enatylo en* quirlea to ■))© '

A wail from Mirrian-street over tho. dangers of.the gasworks, is crowded out | of this issue, and will appear to-morrow. A Chinaman, who waainvolvcd. in monetary troubles, and who had lost some: coin while on a Bpree it the Camp during; the New Year Festivities, attempted .to; commit.suicide in the Tuapeka Creek last week. The Tuapeka Times says that after writing a . letter ,to Mb cousins arranging hia little affairs, and in which he referred to the " better land" , spoken of by the missionary, he betook himself up the creek to a deep hole, which he. believed, would answer the purpose, and quietly waded in. When the water re&ched'hiß fleck-,lie : '.cMriped'"hif Wind,'' and came out and went home. . In the meantime his cousin had'received'the letter, had communicated the-intelligence toanothor Chinese party working near by, and all went in search of the body, On returning to the hut in the evening, after a fruitless • search, they -' were, /surprised to find the dead man standing at the-tiro drying his clothes, looking none the wprse, but decidedly cleaner for his brief immersion. The most serious aspect of the case ia that the suicide bequeathed the whole of his .belonging to liiß devoted cousin, who now layß claim to the lot, and refuses to give up possession. A lawsuit is pending.

Australia has a lady editor in the person of Agnes McDonald, of the "Sunny Corner.Free Press," but the experiment in journalism does not appear to be quite successful. At Bathurst District Court recently tho fair editress was sued for £2OO damages for libellous statements published concerning Sarah Ann Holman. The Judge in giving a verdict for £IOO and costs, said that the libel was a mere strinp of unmmmatical abuse, and be. was glad to hear defendant say that she; had not written it, for it she had it was a libel on the name of women. As editress she had shown the negligence in permitting the paragraphs and articles to appear. It was . shown'in evidence that a quarrel had arisen betweon Agnes and Mary Ami out of some amateur theatricals, in which plaintiff and defendant were rivals. Feminino jealousy will prove tho death blow to the employment of ladies as editors. '

Tho latest returns of tho British Army show that the Regular Forces have increased' from 201,500 effectives of all ranks last year to about 205,600 now, for afl empire possessing 9,200,000 square miles, and ruling'over nearly 320,000,000 souls, the most considerable addition of the year being the 200|000 square miles, and three and a half millions of people in the ex King Theebaw's dominions. Omitting from the calculation- the . vast territories of Australasia - and British North America—the forther containing no Imperial troops, and the latter only about 1400—there are still considerably more than 2,000,000 square miles left to be guarded by tfye ordinary land forces, which allows roughly about ' one soldier to ten square miles, of British home, colonial, and Indian possessions, Of tho 207,500 about 301,000 are quartered in the British Isles, and the remainder would be insufficient for the Indian and colonial dependfenciea were tlxe doficiericy not made up by local levies, which, varying from tho highly trained and tried native Indian troops to the loosely held militia of the minor colonies, would swell the tofail of troops subject to her Majesty to numbers which have probably never been calculated.

It is not alwavs vouchsafed to those who have the prefix of Rev. to their nariie' to be the mild, long-suffering Christians which the prefix would naturally suggest them to be, The Rev. Shirley Baker, who has been shot at in Tonga, has doubt-; less deserved the notoriety which he has; by this incident attracted. Commencing his career as a Wesleyan missionary; in the South Sea Islands, ho drifted into politics, and has been Premier of for some years back. Be seems '.to have been one of those men who can never letwell alone, and being possessed of a cantankerous nature, coupled with ah autocratic spirit, ho had determined to carry things political, social, and religious with a high and mighty hand. It is evpfy assorted that he was making . sliot for tho. Crown., so that his'' monarchy might be absolute. His government has been oppressive, and, except in a narrow circle, he is cordially hated, At present ho has got the affairs of Tonga in a protty mixed condition, and a civil war is reported. to be imminent. The Rev. Shirley Baker would liavo earned more enviable renown by keeping to his missionary work, and not disgracing his'cloth and creed by over-reacliing, and "love of autocratic and cruel power.—Waimato Times.

At a banquet given to Admiral Scot the other evening in Dunedin, His Exeel lency tho Governor, who was present, in respond to tho toast of his health, said that tho Chairman - had only done him justice in Baying that he entered most heartily into everything connected with the colony of New Zealand,' Never in the whole course of his life had he experienced greater cordiality than ha had done since he had been Her Majesty's ■ representative in this most .' magnificent country.- He was a thorough believer in the colony of New Zealand. No one could believe more strongly in the. future than he did.. He thought it was designed to be the home of millions of the British race. It was no'figure of speech when he uttered these sentiments, and]wWhe reported, as he had done on former occasions, that this would become one of the greatest countries of the world. At the same time, it muss be recognised that the' colony'was' going too fast in its career. The hiid only to pause for a while; they had only to go on steadly progressing—only to bring population here, to pay the debt they had incurred, and tho acknowledgements whleh were then due. They had only to bring things up te one common level, and the progress would not be greater in any country bolonging to the British dominiorio. He eould not Btote how much, pleasure he felt in being Goverior of this most.important colony, and how much pleasure he would have in remaining in [this magnificent country so long as it | pleased Her Majesty to retain his services here,—Waimato Times. A rather amusing story is told at tho expense of Mark Twain—and the- Bame story-is already a standing joke in society. Not long ago, the humorist was travelling in the country and stopped one evening at a house presided over By an elderly woman.. Ho was shown to a room somewhat bare of ornament and furniture yet slept peacefully until morning. When the morning came and hearose, ho became mindful] of the fact that although he had provided himself , with a toothbrush he had forgotten his tqoth-powder. He consoled himself with the thought that there must be toothpowder lying spine where about. _ After a brief search ho discovered something in a small box on the mantel, which certainly resembled Jooth-powder. At any rate, he used it vigorously on his teeth and found it satisfactory, WliQn.lie ?ot downstairs ho apologised to his hostess for using her tooth-powder. She appeared surprised. " What'tooth-powder ?" she enquired' blandly., "It v was on the mantel," Mark replied.. " On'tW mantel? she repeated. "Yes, in a Bmall box. It m excellent," he declared. " Good graciouif she ejaculated,?' that' was't 'tooth-po.wder. "" Vyhafc was it ?" asked Mark, now slightly . alarme.d, " Why, .that- ;was' aunfte,".said.' she; that'.' auntie" had Jbeen cremated.

_ New advertisements appear in to-day's, i issue from Messrs L. J. Hooper and 00. setting forth that a tow special lines from •their raorister ; sale are to bo cleared out to wtike room for new. goods. , Misa. : Georgie Smithson and 'Company annQUiiQe.to'.o'ur.Tenui readers, that thoy will appear.at the Tenui Hall oil the Race nights, March 3rd and 4th. £ho Company is a strong'one, and a capital programme has been prepared for the visit. The elegtion of the Borough Liscensing Committee takes place to-morrow. Very little interest appears to be taken in the event, ' The excitement of the " Gas" question' tO;-dl : i'ppearanc"e8 completely overshadows all others 'MrTancred's Administrator won the Marlborough : Cup yesterday carrying 9st Bib and','Ee,Volie, the JFlying Stakes beating and Lady Agnes. Spade Guirjep,won the Dunedin Cup, having Biibina and Hermitage, as attendants at the^inish.. Among the features of yesterday's show was Mr Taylor's fruit and refreshment stall, It was well stocked with tempting delicacies and judging by the manner it was patronised, the visitors fully recognised tho efforts made to satisfy the , cravings caused through inspecting-the; tempting exhibits. - - '■

The late Feath'craton Town Licensing Committee election is to be challenged. The objectors say that Mr Bunny is ineligible by beinsr in the service of the < Government, They also allege that the returning officer gave his own vote and one for a focal body; There 'is also another rumor that the returaingofHcer sent for a voter'and asked him to vote. An interesting lecture was delivered in St. Matthew's Church last evening By the Rev R,<Comins on the Melanesian Mission. The attendance' was somewhat limited', owing to tho counter attraction of the flower: show, but. those present received an insight into the working of this mission,; that only a gentleman of the Rev. Comins' long , connection, with it, is able to supply, An application is being made by Mr Alexanedr Cumming'Milne, Licentiate of the Royal College of> and Surgeons, Glasgow, to have his name placed on the Medical Register for the colony of New Zealand,. Mr Milne announces in another column that lie has commenced practice in Masterton and can be consulted at Mr Eton's, chemist, Queenstreet.

At .the Grey town R, M. Court yesterday before'-Mr Von Stunner, R.M., J. Haxton was charged by Constable E'ccleton with cruelty to a horse by beating it on the head, on the 12th inst. Evidence was Efiveii by a lad named Loader and Constable Eccleton to the effect that the horse driven by Haxton was cruelly used, in a most miserable condition, and not fit to work, and had more than ono bad collar mark., Fined 40s and costs or ten days imprisonment with hard labor. Jdgeph Higgieson was charged by Constable Eccleton with being drunk, riotous and disorderly at the Club Hotel, Greytown, yesterday. Fined £5 with costs, or one month's imprisonment with hard labor.

Disheartened missionary, returning to his field after years of absence: Oh unhappy man I You have lapsed into error and darkness and pagnanism again ! .Chief heathen, apologetically : " Well, you'see, after you went away, a Catholic missionary came alonp and told us the bad place was full of Methodists, and so lie scared us into his communion ; then he went away, and a Presbyterian came along and waked us up on Regeneration, Adoption and Election,' and we joined bis church; then an Episcopalian camoand we burned our Westmiuistersand stocked up on prayer bobk's 'j tlienhe left and a Baptist 'landed,'alid' walteed lis into the water and baptised us right, and we'd just about got settled when a new Congtegationalist came over and told us that so long as we •were'heathern we hud a dead sure thing of going to heaven; but if we became Christians we had te walk mighty straight or go to the everlasting bonfire. " / So we ate him up, burned our bibles, and resumed business at the eld stand, Boys put the panon in the cage and'fat him ; : for thanksgiving Day.'' Wo have-inspected the stock of Men's, Boys', and Youth's New Zealand and Colonial Tweed Clothing at the Wairarapa Clothing Factory, and ; for quality and prices wo have not seon.anything in the :Colony to eqnalthem, and we strongly adviso anyone requiring Clothing to call at The Factory, next Mason's, Chemist, and see for themselves,—Advx,

,ABora.iHAtii3b.ro be given away,— To the Editor—Shy, Will you allow me through your-columns' to lot the peoplejof the Wairarapa know that. I am going to sell 'all my stock, consisting of men's, youth's, and boys' clothing, shirts, hats, hosiery, &c,, at a great reduction in prices up till thie eiid of tho year; and also to ■remind them that every one who buys goods to the value of 2s Cd gets a ticket in my £35 competition, Think Of that I By spending 2s Cd with me, you-may win .raopeyj/bti'ough to carry you for a trip round New Zealand,—John Teorburn, Clothier, &c„ Willis st,, Wellington, A Wonderful Henn,—Many are the in-, stances cited of tho astonishing fecundity of 'the vflrioua species of domesticated fowl; but thefcelebraied WellingtonHENN (whbli, strange to say, is of tho masculino gender) has a soul above the mere production of eggs, The manner in which he turns out Venetian Blinds, etcr, is tho wonder and. admiration of .everybody from ■the Goveraqr downwards, Tho name of tliiß 'wonderfulibird is R. W. Hunk,'and hia well iknown 'fowl-houso is theroneke Steam Window Blind Factory; Molesworth-etreet, Wellington, -Advt.